Chapter 303: New Order in Yuzhou, the Idea of Crafting a Flying Boat

Chapter 303: New Order in Yuzhou, the Idea of Crafting a Flying Boat

Su Lingxuan looked at the Golden-horned Deer. While it did have an impressive appearance, it couldn't compare to the chubby and adorable Chicat. Nor did it have the same soft and fluffy feel when rubbed.

Suddenly, she missed Chicat, her beloved pet.

Her interest waning, she tossed the bottle of pills in her hand and said, "Here, take it!"

The Golden-horned Deer was thrilled and eagerly caught the bottle of pills. It then began to thank her profusely.

What a good owner!

Zhu Xingzheng hadn't lied; he truly cared for her well-being.

However, Zhu Xingzheng was stunned. He had actually given the entire bottle of pills to the Golden-horned Deer?

Su Lingxuan entered the house and began to prepare the diagnosis, getting ready to treat the injured warriors.

Yue'er followed her inside and helped with the preparations.

"Do you think Zhu Xingzheng has other intentions for staying here?" Yue'er asked in a low voice.

"Don't worry about him. Even if he has ulterior motives, he won't succeed. If he stays, he can be our free labor. Anyway, I've already given him a bottle of healing pills, which is enough to pay for his services," Su Lingxuan said nonchalantly.

Yue'er nodded. With their senior present, Zhu Xingzheng wouldn't dare to act out of line no matter what he was plotting.

"Little Gold, let me see the pills and tell me what their effects are," Zhu Xingzheng said with a smile as he approached the Golden-horned Deer.

"They're pills that can enhance strength!" The Golden-horned Deer was excited, its eyes filled with gratitude. If not for Zhu Xingzheng selling it, how could it have obtained such precious pills? Therefore, it didn't hesitate to hand the bottle over to Zhu Xingzheng.

"This is quite a lot of pills. How about this, Little Gold. You keep one pill, and I'll take care of the rest for your father," Zhu Xingzheng said as he poured out a pill and gave it back to the deer, keeping the rest for himself.

"No, these are mine!" The Golden-horned Deer became agitated.

Pa! Zhu Xingzheng slapped its head. "Do you think I'm trying to cheat you out of your pills? I, Zhu Xingzheng, walk the path of righteousness and would never do such a thing.

"I'm thinking of your father. These pills are meant for him. Now that we have this opportunity, if your father takes these pills, he might have a chance to become a super sixth-order spirit beast.

"Once he's almost a super sixth-order, does he still need to be accompanied by the strongest beasts?"

As the Golden-horned Deer tried to argue, Zhu Xingzheng slapped its head again and scolded, "Why are you so unfilial? I'm considering your father's well-being, but you're not considering him at all. Haven't you thought about fulfilling your filial duties?

"Little Gold, how can you be such a deer?

"If Miss Su and Miss Yue find out that you're such an unfilial deer, what would they think of you?

"Would they still value you if they knew you were an unfilial deer?"

The Golden-horned Deer's face turned ashamed, "You're right. You can take the pills to my father."

Zhu Xingzheng nodded in satisfaction. "From now on, you keep 30% of the pills, and give me the remaining 70%. I'll pass them on to your father."

"Th-that... that won't do," the Golden-horned Deer stammered, its eyes wide. Losing 70% of the pills was too much for it to bear.

Showing filial piety to his father didn't mean giving away almost everything!

Zhu Xingzheng sighed in exasperation. "Little Gold, that's your father we're talking about. He's about to become a super sixth-order spirit beast, and he'll need a lot more pills. Once your father reaches super sixth-order, it means you'll have a super sixth-order father as your backing.

"Where is 70% too much? Moreover, when Miss Su and Miss Yue find out how filial you are, they might bestow even more pills upon you. In the end, the number of pills you receive will actually increase."

The Golden-horned Deer blinked, its mind struggling to keep up, but it felt that Zhu Xingzheng's words made sense.

"Alright... fine," it reluctantly agreed.

"That's more like it. You should be a filial deer. Look at how filial Miss Su is to her master. When she knows that you're a filial deer, she'll naturally have a better impression of you, and you'll be bestowed with even more pills." Zhu Xingzheng patted the Golden-horned Deer's head, nodding in satisfaction.

Li Xuan witnessed the entire exchange and couldn't help but feel speechless. Zhu Xingzheng was truly an expert at taking advantage of spirit beasts!

After successfully persuading the Golden-horned Deer, Zhu Xingzheng began crafting the signboard for Evergreen Pavilion, beautifully executing the tasks assigned by Su Lingxuan. Afterward, he asked Su Lingxuan if he could bring a severely injured elder of his for treatment, to which Su Lingxuan agreed. She instructed him to bring the person and prepare the necessary spirit herbs for the diagnosis fee.

At the site of the Chi Ming Sect's ruins, a grand manor was built, with a plaque bearing the name "Evergreen Pavilion." This naturally attracted the attention of the Lingzong aristocratic families in Luo State.

They quietly observed, wondering where this Evergreen Pavilion had come from and if it was affiliated with the Alliance, the Thousand Martial Sect, or the Thundercloud Manor.

If it had been the past, there would have surely been a visit from the Lingzong families to directly inquire about their origins. However, after the great war with the Alliance and the display of power by Chang Dabiu, a supremely powerful expert, the Lingzong families in Luo State had become more cautious.

Especially with the recent killings of Yu Changfeng and Jian Zhai, the sect leader of Jian Zhai, the loose cultivators who had once been suppressed now stood tall once more.

Even Fan Kaishan, the supreme expert of Thundercloud Manor who presided over Luo State, wore a grave expression.

Su Lingxuan was in communication with Fang Hao via message talismans, keeping up with the latest news in the Lingyu Martial World. As for Xu Yan and Meng Chong, due to the distance, they were out of the range of the message talismans and couldn't be contacted.

While his disciples ventured out into the world, Li Xuan remained in one place, continuing his leisurely research into the heavenly laws and the compilation of the Divine Might Martial Tome.

From time to time, the Golden Book of the Great Path would provide feedback, either about Xu Yan slaying a God-refining Heavenly Man or Meng Chong doing the same.

His first and second disciples seemed to be making a name for themselves in the world.

Fang Hao, the leader of the Yuzhou Alliance, met with Shen Tai, the strongest expert in Yuzhou, and reached an agreement. Fang Hao even personally appeared to intimidate the remaining Lingzong and aristocratic families.

The Yuzhou Alliance officially emerged and smoothly took over the former territories of the Yushen Sect and the Su family, making their presence known to the world.

Of course, in the process of acquiring these territories, they publicly claimed to have crushed the strong experts of the Shen family, without revealing their secret deal with the family.

The Shen family was an aristocratic family, and this identity allowed them to gather intelligence from other Lingzong aristocratic families.

Thus, there was no need to expose their relationship, as it would only bring trouble to both parties.

With the Yuzhou situation stabilized, the Yuzhou Alliance firmly established itself.

They continued to promulgate the regulations for loose cultivators and the principle of equal treatment with the Lingzong aristocratic families, as well as the equitable distribution of resources.

Moreover, they consistently eliminated second-rate and lower Lingzong and aristocratic families, ensuring that only first-rate Lingzong and aristocratic families remained in Yuzhou. The state was now divided into two camps: one comprised of the Lingzong and aristocratic families, and the other being the Yuzhou Alliance.

Regarding Zhenguo, the Yuzhou Alliance did not intervene, allowing it to maintain its neutrality and special status, continuing to carry out the tasks under its responsibility.

By this time, the Yuzhou landscape had undergone earth-shaking changes.

Loose cultivators finally had a place to call their own.

In addition, martial arts manuals began to spread. These were the manuals obtained from the Yushen Sect and the Su family.

Among the Eighteen States of Lingyu, excluding Chen State, where the Alliance's headquarters was located, only Yuzhou had truly secured a place for loose cultivators and achieved equal treatment with the Lingzong aristocratic families.

Fang Hao continued to rectify the situation in Yuzhou, continuously promulgating a series of regulations, establishing an intelligence network, and constructing a communication system to replace the outdated flying pigeon transmission method.

He set up arrays in the spirit crystal mines and built a grand city for the Yuzhou Alliance.

In Yuzhou, after Shen Tai expressed his inability to stop the Yuzhou Alliance, the remaining first-rate Spirit Sects and aristocratic families could only agree under Fang Hao's pressure and signed the agreement.

Moreover, seeing the Shen family taking advantage of the situation to expand their territory and occupy the land and resources of the originally second-rate and below Spirit Sects and aristocratic families, the others became envious.

Normally, to occupy the territory of a Spirit Sect family, one would need a legitimate reason and the strength to crush the other party, and finally, they would have to report and gain recognition from the Upper Sect.

Generally, without a legitimate reason, one would not be allowed to attack and occupy the territory of other Spirit Sects and families; otherwise, they would be punished by the Upper Sect.

This was the unspoken rule of the Spirit Sects' control over the entire Spirit Realm; everything had to be done according to the rules set by the Spirit Sects.

However, the Myriad Ages Alliance was not bound by these rules. So, when the Yuzhou Alliance crushed those second-rate and below Spirit Sects and families, the Shen family took the opportunity to annex and receive them, which was very reasonable and appropriate. Instead of violating the rules, they were maintaining the Spirit Sects' territory and preventing losses.

It was for this reason that when Fang Hao secretly expressed that he could give them some of the second-rate and below Spirit Sects' and families' territories and resources, the remaining first-rate Spirit Sects and aristocratic families immediately agreed.

They completely disregarded the pleas for help from the second-rate and below Spirit Sects and families. As a result, the second-rate and below Spirit Sects and families were quickly annihilated.

Whether it was the Thousand Martial Sect or the Thundercloud Manor, neither of them paid much attention to the situation in Yuzhou, as Yuzhou's overall strength was relatively weak, and Zhenguo remained unaffected.

They tacitly maintained Zhenguo's special status, and that was enough.

And Fang Hao's name was also remembered by the major Spirit Sects.

In the sky, a large eagle soared through the clouds, with three people riding on its back.

Zhu Xingzheng had a solemn expression as he said, "Master, Sister Su said she can treat your injuries. Since you're already in this state, we might as well give it a try. Who knows, it might just be our lucky break."

Sitting next to Zhu Xingzheng was a man with charred black hair and half of his face burned, breathing heavily and looking weak. Occasionally, he shook his head as if to clear his mind, and at that moment, his face turned even darker.

What did he mean by "a dead horse treated as a live horse"?

"Little Fatty, are there really such divine doctors? If they can't cure me, then I'll be at a huge loss for agreeing to help your Myriad Ages Alliance this time."

The other person on the eagle, a beautiful woman, sighed as she spoke.

Her once delicate face now had a charred black mark, like a beautiful porcelain vase stained with a dirty smudge.

The woman wore a kind of silk dress that shimmered with brilliant light in the sunlight.

Even more striking were the fins on her arms and the back of her legs, which occasionally opened into a fan shape and shimmered with a brilliant light, resembling the wings of a cicada.

"Don't worry, Senior. We won't forget your help, and we'll definitely do our best to find heavenly treasures that can aid your recovery." Zhu Xingzheng said solemnly.

"You take care of yourself first. Half of your face is burnt," the woman replied, rolling her eyes.

The speed of the sixth-order spirit beast was not slow, and it naturally attracted the attention of many warriors, especially the strong ones from the Spirit Sect and aristocratic families.

"He's not from the Spirit Emperor's Court, so how did the Myriad Ages Alliance manage to cooperate with the Spirit Beast Clan?" asked a God-Refining expert from the Cangyun Dynasty, furrowing his brows.

"Are they going to the Evergreen Pavilion? So, the Evergreen Pavilion belongs to the Myriad Ages Alliance," the group of Spirit Sect experts said, their faces darkening as they watched the direction in which the eagle was flying.

"Zhu Xingzheng is back?" Su Lingxuan and Yue'er looked up at the sky as they saw the sixth-order spirit beast eagle approaching.

Li Xuan suddenly felt dejected as he looked at the Golden-horned Deer. Although it looked impressive, it was only a sixth-order spirit beast, and riding it would not showcase his status as a supreme master.

There were indeed some strong cultivators in the Spirit Realm who rode spirit beasts for transportation.

For example, the people from the Spirit Emperor's Court.

"Riding a spirit beast is too common. I am a supreme master, so how can I be so ordinary?" Li Xuan's eyes lit up as an idea came to mind.

"A flying boat! How could I have forgotten about that? With the emergence of alchemy, arrays, and restrictions, why not craft a flying divine artifact? There are no flying boats in the Spirit Realm or even the entire Great Cang Continent. As a supreme master, if I travel by flying boat, it will truly set me apart and showcase my status."

The more Li Xuan thought about it, the more excited he became. Flying boats could be big or small, from those that could be stored in a spatial ring to those that were hundreds or even thousands of feet long.

"What a great idea! I can't believe I never thought of this before. I should also give Fang Hao something to do. He can craft a flying boat for me!"

Li Xuan looked up at the descending eagle and was surprised to see the sea spirit clan woman.

"Hmm?"

His gaze fell on the sea spirit clan woman, and he couldn't help but be amazed. "So, this is the sea spirit clan. She looks so hydrated and vibrant. I guess it's because they live in the sea."

He couldn't help but think of mermaids.

Of course, there were significant differences between the sea spirit clan and mermaids.

Sea spirits below the God-Refining realm could not stay on land for too long, but after breaking through to the God-Refining realm, they could walk on land.

However, only those who reached the Spirit Emperor realm could stay on land for extended periods without any adverse effects.

But if their injuries were too severe, they would have to return to the sea to recover faster.

The sea spirit clan woman before him was severely injured, but due to her strong cultivation, she could continue to walk on land without returning to the sea for healing.

Moreover, her injuries were unique, and even if she went back to the sea, it was uncertain if she could recover.

"Sister Su, we have a patient!" Zhu Xingzheng helped the man down from the eagle's back.

"Quick, quick, lie down," Su Lingxuan said excitedly as she pushed a prepared bed for the man to lie on.

Jiao Li looked at Su Lingxuan, who was brimming with excitement and eager to try out her skills, and he couldn't help but feel disappointed. How could such a young girl possibly cure his injuries?

Had Zhu Xingzheng been fooled?

However, since they were already here, it wouldn't hurt to give it a try. As Zhu Xingzheng had said, they had nothing to lose at this point.

So, he lay down on the bed.

(End of Chapter)

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