Chapter 900: Refusal to Communicate
look poisonous.Lu Cheng of course wouldn't recklessly rush in headfirst. Instead, he stopped at the edge of the miasma.Took out the alchemy furnace and synthesized a simple 【Healing Pill】.【Herbs for...> Suwen has been in Jiangnan for seven years now. The Taoyuan branch, from its humble beginnings with only a handful of people, has grown to a hundred-strong community, including some accomplished practitioners of alchemy.
Land-based zombies are far weaker than those by the river. The Peach Garden earthworks, fortified by skilled engineers and cultivators, withstood wave after wave of zombie attacks and managed to hold their ground.
But lately, things have been a bit strange.
Last year, Master Chen Lu didn't know what secret method he used to fill the burial with the corpse-killing yin energy and piled up soil into a mountain, creating an ominous Yin Mountain.
To everyone's surprise, the learned Master Chen had not only seen this plant but also knew how to cultivate it. He spent a year growing it, making the entire sect look eerie and ghostly.
My faction has no objections, but the Wang family, Jiangnan clans, and even some southern sects have expressed discontent. They claim that the Peach Blossom Branch exploits the peace in Jiangnan to amass wealth and wildly cultivates evil!
The matter was reported to the imperial court and the Jiangnan Dao League.
Everyone knows that the *Suwen* wouldn't raise evil spirits.
In fact, the Wang family always rebels against the Chen family.
This kind of resource-seeking approach made things tense between the Wang family and Suwen, almost to the point of open conflict. Meanwhile, most of the Jiangnan clans saw Taoyuan's success as a challenge and wanted a share of the benefits for themselves since it was a rising force.
After all, these days who doesn't have some spirits or ghosts to appease
I reckon this time, Suwen is definitely going to cough up some benefits.
However, Mr. Chen informed everyone at the Jiangnan Grand Assembly that Su Wen wasn't just about studying the yang of the living, but also the yin of the dead. What do you say
Don't like it Just keep quiet or come and do it yourself!
In a nutshell, either get it done or leave it alone.
Suwen has always been gentle and soft, having a formidable master like Chen Lu is quite surprising.
But even the disciples of Taoyuan Fēn Táng didn't know what use this eerie place was for.
It is said that it was a study of the yin of the deceased, and even ordinary disciples of the Suwen School were not allowed to enter, so it can be called a forbidden place within the school.
In fact, only Lu Cheng himself knows that Taoyuan Yinshan is not suitable for studying yin-yang arts at all. It cannot be opened to the disciples.
This is the town of Soul-Willow Grove, steeped in gloom and pollution!
Lu Cheng had seen this crop in the underworld.
Once again imbued with Yin energy by the spirit wood, it regrew from the ground up, synthesized and reborn, giving birth to a Soul-Suppressing Willow.
According to the Shan Hai Jing, this plant generally grows only in the underworld and is used to suppress the souls of the dead.
Besides the Cargo Silver, if you want to convert your hand-held Yin Qi into money as quickly as possible, then building a Yin Land and transplanting some willow trees from the Evil Wood Forest to the Yin Mountain, and then producing the Soul-Soothing Willow Workshop is the fastest method.
Lu Cheng picked up sand from the thousand-year war, swallowed wind and sand to fight battles, never caring about what was righteous or evil, spiritual or demonic.
If it's usable and the negative impact is controllable, then we'll use it!
In order to specifically counter necromancy, Lu Cheng plans to equip his disciples with the [Soul-Binding] armor set for this match, making it extremely targeted.
As for pollution, it does exist and it is indeed serious.
This could potentially impact the entire Peach Blossom Paradise, so for now, we'll temporarily bury it and place the 【Pollution (Corpselord)】 in our deck.
As long as we bring down the Wang family and find out who this "old friend" is causing trouble in Jiangnan, there will be time and resources to put things right.
Remove these negative cards from the table.
As for those who come knocking, waving the banner of environmental protection to extort money.
I'm sorry, we don't serve you!
Common willow trees become mature in about 60 days, while the Soul Willow takes much longer to grow into a tree, requiring almost an entire game turn.
However, with the return of silver funds, it just makes up for it.
At the beginning of turn 7, Mirage played a card. 【Willow of Soul-Pacifying】 grew, and it was just the right time to start organizing disciples within the sect to establish a production line!
When the Jin Dynasty declined, the emperor moved to Jianye.
As they passed through the Jiangnan region, the court officials concealed the devastation of villages and towns with gold brocade. They claimed that the emperor was too busy ruling to be burdened by the suffering of the common people, thus preventing him from witnessing the widespread famine.
After settling in Jianye, the emperor did not begin to revel in pleasures, but worried all day instead.
Will the Hu people cross the river
The emperor is so worried.
Upon learning of this, the court jesters each conceived their own plans.
Their positions were all granted by the emperor. Whether they truly had abilities or just used tricks to please the emperor, everyone knew.
If the emperor were to start governing diligently one day, wouldn't his own people be the first to suffer
Thus, in order to please the Son of Heaven, the minister successively offered advice.
"The Yangtze River is a natural barrier, making it impossible for the barbarian army to reach. It's an insurmountable obstacle."
And now that the south of the Yangtze River is stable while the north is in chaos, let the Hu people fight amongst themselves like dogs. Our side will rely on natural defenses to hold firm. In a few years, the north will weaken due to war. Then our army can sweep out, cross the river, and retake lost territory once and for all!
The emperor listened.
That makes sense.
Along the way, I saw that life in the South was stable, while in the North, the Five Husbands were causing chaos and sixteen pseudo-kingdoms were vying for dominance. This is a prime opportunity to strike while they are busy fighting among themselves.
The jesters were about to receive their awards.
Unexpectedly, bad news from the Jiangnan region keeps coming one after another.
The Wang family submitted a document to the court detailing Sun Simiao's actions. They stated that while Sun Simiao's initial intentions when traveling south were good, after seven years, the local religious factions had become rampant, using the Wang family's wealth to gather tens of thousands of refugees and privately practicing forbidden rituals, forbidding anyone from interfering. They have essentially become a new powerful clan.
As soon as this letter was submitted, it was cut off.
Where's the stability in Jiangnan that we agreed upon
To sugarcoat things isn't this level of sugarcoating, is it
Seven years ago, in order to conceal the truth and maintain appearances, officials downplayed the severity of the situation. They attributed the disaster in Jiangnan to negligence on the part of the royal family.
The emperor ordered a swift resolution and demoted the old Wang.
This is a quick solution.
The clowns know, there's no relief silver in the treasury! It's all in their own homes!
Thus, he blamed the Wang family and ordered them to quickly open their granaries for relief. He also sought out folk Taoist priests to exorcise evil spirits, hoping for peace and prosperity in Jiangnan.
The Wang family agreed well, but what they did was just average.
A reward was offered for a cultivator to come and slay the demons, but they were unsuccessful. They then refused to release grain, claiming the river had been blocked.
My eyebrows are on fire!
When the jester felt that things were about to be exposed, someone stepped forward.
The Classic of Internal Medicine
The Jiangnan Dao is not too big nor too small.
They saw that the commoners were suffering from the disaster, and neither the imperial court nor the officials of the underworld cared. They couldn't bear to see this, so they wanted to go south to the Yangtze River region and open a branch there to help the disaster victims.
Thus, the powerful officials attached great importance to it and recommended Meng Kui, a capable man, as the superintendent of construction!
Hoping to achieve some results, so I can report back up top.
Wow, I didn't expect so many knowledgeable people here who understand the Classic of Internal Medicine!
It's not just about getting good grades, this is a miracle!
In just a few years, he opened up the waterway, established branches, and even managed to persuade the Wang family, known for their miserliness, to open their storehouse.
Now everything is settled. Suwen did the work, the Wang family provided the funds, and the court profited. Peace and prosperity!
It hasn't even been a few years.
Something big is going to happen!
This "Classic of Internal Medicine" cultivates private interests and evils, gathers crowds to cause harm, and arrogantly elevates oneself.
Every single one of them deserves to be put to death!
"Dare to even become the new power in Jiangnan They don't even want to interact with the local snakes yet."
It's disrespectful to the Wang family, but the Wang family is at least a Marquis. What does this even mean
It's impossible.
The ministers gathered together to discuss, each speaking their piece.
"Sir Xu, is what was said in the letter true"
“Really” The old man, called Mr. Xu, stood up and took out another sealed letter: “Yesterday, Meng Kui wrote to me, saying that the negotiations between the major factions in the Jiangnan region had collapsed. This leader of Su Wen Tang refused to cooperate and probably offended many people. Currently, the Wang family has taken the lead in cutting off supplies to Su Wen.”
"Grand Tutor Xu," another minister spoke, "Although the Jiangnan Wang family is powerful, they have always been relatively restrained. During the Southern Migration of scholars and officials, they agreed to donate gold to cast a cauldron. While they have made mistakes during the Jiangnan disaster, they have always cooperated wholeheartedly. It seems that Su Wen has indeed become powerful in Jiangnan and views himself above others."
"Gathering tens of thousands of displaced people, operating independently from imperial restrictions... This could very well be a prelude to rebellion!"
Upon hearing this, all the ministers fell silent.
You know, the Jiangnan epidemic zone comes right up to the territories of the Wang family and the powerful clans. Then there's Jianye City!
If the head of the Daoist sect is compromised, and refugees trample on aristocratic families' gates, then Jianye will be in peril.
These cultivators generally do not appear in the world, but during times of great upheaval, such as when chaos reigned in Shangzhou, their figures would always appear. If left unchecked, they could bring about disaster, Master Xu.
Xu Da tapped the table with his hands, Lingyu's knuckle tapping made a crisp sound.
But, the master of this treatise, *The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine*, is a capable person. If he agrees to the Wang family's suppression of them and takes their place, who among you all could quell the turmoil in Jiangnan
Everyone heard this.
They stared at each other.
Being used to fine clothes and delicious food, the women under his command are seductive and skilled in acting. They have some talent, but can they handle the crisis in Jiangnan
Who can do it
It is said that once you go there, cultivators die as cultivators and soldiers perish as soldiers!
After a while, someone spoke slowly: “We can reward Suwen and then assign someone to take over the job and pass it on to the Wang family. For so many years, their family has always been honest.”
"Nonsense!" Master Xu roared. "Good-for-nothing! The Jiangnan incident was all because the Wang family overlooked things. After the incident, the Wang family did nothing; they are useless and incapable of anything. They're even less useful than your pig brain!"
"Lord Xu, please calm your anger. I still have a plan."
"Speak!"
As far as I know, this Jiangnan corpse plague actually originated from the goods that came across. The main source of trouble comes from the north bank of the Yangtze River, and this Su Wen has been wandering in Jiangnan and the Yangtze River for seven years without making any progress. I think we can spread rumors that there is a group of refugees from the north bank of the Yangtze River who want to go south. Give Su Wen some silver and urge them to go and provide relief. In this way, Su Wen will inevitably take action to eliminate the corpse plague in the north bank, both sides will be injured, and we can make plans later.
"Aren't they smart The entire northern Jiangbei region is a wasteland, where would refugees come from" Xu Da was furious.
"Sir, there truly isn't any. But we can spread the word and let everyone in the Jiangnan region know. It would be best if the Wang family came knocking again. After all, the Suwen always values face and reputation. In this way, whether they believe it or not, they wouldn't possibly ignore a cry for help, right These cultivators value righteousness above all else. If they don't go, their image will crumble, and their influence will naturally disintegrate."
"It's still reasonable," Xu said, stroking his beard. "This Suwen kidnapped the Wang family in the past and got what they wanted. After developing and growing strong in Jiangnan, they didn't even bother to reveal their true identities. Now it's been so many years, we just need to put him up as a warning to show them who's in charge!"ative naval defense strategy may no longer be suitable. Our forces should probably adopt an aggressive one, arming both the army and the Army Air Beasts, and going all-out to strike Dragonwing Plateau...