Chapter 856: Maiden = Handmaid?
Chapter 856: Maiden = Handmaid?
Donning the red and white maiden's attire, she had a beautiful face.
A maiden!
Yes, a maiden appeared before Tang Ping.
"This is... Lord Tang Ping!"
The maiden was initially bewildered, but quickly recognized Tang Ping.
There was no other way; during the maiden training, they would learn about the Blazing Sun Will and Tang Ping, the founder of the will.
Brainwashing education naturally intensified their loyalty to Tang Ping.
Thus, the loyalty of the maidens was genuinely guaranteed.
"It's me. You're dead now, and this is Paradise, your new place of rebirth!"
Tang Ping explained to the maiden before him.
Yes, the goal of Paradise was to intercept souls, so it wasn't strange to see souls here.
However, there would be a selection process for souls.
For Pure Land, only the souls of ninjas could enter.
Chakra was the best 'screening' method; without chakra, one wouldn't be marked by the Pure Land.
Paradise, on the other hand, used 'spirit energy' for marking.
Ordinary people couldn't come to Paradise.
Otherwise, with so many ordinary people, if a few thousand or even billions of them came, they could instantly fill up the newly born Paradise.
"I... I think I'm dead!"
The maiden furrowed her brows, trying to recall. She then remembered that she had indeed died due to her age and overwork.
As one of the first batch of maidens, her youthful appearance was a result of spirit energy.
This allowed the maidens to 'stay forever young.'
While it didn't extend their lifespan, the benefits to their appearance were enough to ensure the maidens' loyalty.
After all, while there were women who didn't like money or power, those who didn't like youth were almost non-existent.
It was precisely because of the abundant benefits and advantages that this group of maidens was considered the most stable and loyal to the Sunray Country.
"Your next task..."
Tang Ping explained the other party's situation while also instructing them on their upcoming task.
The subsequent tasks of receiving and settling souls, of course, couldn't be done by Tang Ping himself, so he had to rely on the other party.
The souls in Paradise were the foundation of his ascent to the Six Paths level.
If he were to follow the Otsutsuki path, he would directly become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and naturally enter the Six Paths realm.
However, that would only mean he had Six Paths-level power, not a true ascension.
He would also need Otsutsuki bloodline, otherwise he wouldn't even have the qualifications to take this shortcut.
Therefore, Tang Ping had long known that to reach the Six Paths level, taking the chakra route was impossible.
His surname was Uchiha, not Otsutsuki.
Spirit energy, or faith energy, was his true foundation.
One could say that trying to surpass the Otsutsuki clan with chakra was like trying to outsmart them in their own test—it was simply impossible.
But there was no problem!
Tang Ping had prepared for this early on, so he had been working on extraordinary energy to replace chakra.
Compared to extracting chakra from the body, obtaining spirit energy was extremely troublesome, but in every aspect, it was far superior to chakra.
Moreover, in this field, he was the creator, not just a user.
Furthermore, spirit energy, this extraordinary energy refined from faith, had a higher potential and usage range than chakra.
The entire ninja world had less than a million chakra users, and refining chakra was also detrimental to the body.
But faith energy providers already numbered in the hundreds of millions, and this number would only grow, without harming the body.
In terms of development potential and limits, spirit energy far surpassed chakra.
As long as he waited a little longer, once the accumulated faith was sufficient, Tang Ping would choose to ascend to the Six Paths level.
"Yes, Sunray Sovereign!"
After entering Paradise, the maiden instinctively understood Tang Ping's position and respectfully nodded, indicating she would follow his orders.
"I leave it to you!"
Tang Ping's soul body disappeared into Paradise.
Underground laboratory of the Skyguard Tower.
Buzz! The light gate's vibrations brought forth a slightly transparent Tang Ping, who returned to his physical body.
Due to the prior preparation of nutrient supply, there were no jokes about starving or thirsting to death, only a feeling of fatigue and awkwardness in his body.
It was like a driver who hadn't driven for a few days, feeling a bit uncomfortable.
After moving his body a little, Tang Ping left the laboratory and, upon reaching outside, saw the silhouette of Hyuga Tsukuyuki.
With Tsukuyuki guarding, unless the Six Paths Entity itself committed suicide, there was no way they could threaten Tang Ping.
"Alright, let's go back and rest first!"
Tang Ping planned to take a break first.
For him, the next step was to recover from the soul's exhaustion.
He also needed to quickly transform the Shinigami into his own form.
This was a valuable item seized from the Six Paths, and he couldn't afford to waste it.
Controlling the Shinigami wasn't difficult.
These minor gods were only powerful within their specialized domains; if one truly wanted to control them, it wouldn't be much harder than controlling a Shadow Rank Powerhouse.
Genjutsu and faith-based brainwashing!
One could directly transform the other into their own form.
Just like a phantom!
Once so defiant and untamed, but now, it's completely loyal to the Sunray Country, the kind of loyalty that's off the charts.
For this networking plan, since the follow-up had been arranged long ago, there was no need for Tang Ping to get involved.
He only needed to complete the most crucial task.
In other words, stall the Six Paths Sage, and leave the rest to the others.
After the network was established, one of the benefits was that the Maidens could 'make phone calls'.
Communication!
In the past, the ninjas had various means to ensure communication over long distances.
However, these were all secret techniques and special methods, not many in number, and extremely troublesome to use.
But for ninjas, this was sufficient, and no one was thinking about developing further.
However, if it were for 'civilian use', these methods wouldn't suffice.
After the Sky Tower network was established, spiritual energy could cover the entire ninja world, which meant one thing.
The Maidens could communicate via the Sky Tower's relay.
Each Maiden could be seen as a spiritual energy receiver.
Now, the Maidens were spread across a vast area, and their numbers were not few, meaning the communication network covered the entire ninja world.
As for the importance of communication, it didn't need further introduction.
From now on, even without sending people from the Skyguard Tower, they could precisely command the Ghost Country, Snow Country, Water Country, Sea Country... thousands and tens of thousands of kilometers away.
At the same time, they could also be the first to know about any situation.
The entire territory and influence of the Sunray Country instantly became an integrated whole.
If one were to say that the Sunray Country in the past was barely integrated due to the Maidens, now with communication, it directly became an integrated whole.
As for the technical difficulty?
It wasn't that high.
Just like Nagato's Holographic Body Technique, it was directly 'video calling'; the current communication method relying on the Sky Tower's network didn't involve any particularly difficult technology.
At most, it only consumed some spiritual energy.
This service could be made available to ordinary people.
For example, merchants.
Charging a fee of ten thousand taels per minute for a call, it was a guaranteed profitable deal.
Because for long-distance messaging tasks, a single mission could cost tens of thousands of taels, and there was no guarantee of success.
For confidential information, even a million taels might not be enough.
Now, the Maidens could help by using spiritual energy to establish the connection, and the fee was a minor matter; the key points were security and efficiency.
It was a communication revolution!
Especially for rulers, the improvement in communication allowed their rule to expand rapidly.
Now, the Maidens would offer a limited 'calling' service (Maidens: Oh no, I've become a Handmaid!).
As long as they were allies or friendly forces of the Sunray Country, they could pay to use it, and only later would it gradually open up to outsiders.
With this service, they could not only attract more people but also earn a large amount of money.
With this money, the Sunray Country could improve the living conditions of its people and save more lives.
Improving the environment would strengthen the people's faith, and the more lives saved, the more faith providers there would be.
A positive cycle!
The one who researched this technology was naturally the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju.
Although some sensitive projects couldn't be disclosed, these projects not involving critical cores were a different matter.
In the following month, the entire ninja world was calm and peaceful, as if the Bridging Heaven and Earth Battle had never happened.
However, this calm was like the tranquility before a storm.
During this time, Tang Ping also managed the Shinigami, transforming it into his own form and creating a clone to control it.
It was like a shadow clone, but only the consciousness was transferred, and the body was that of the Shinigami's spirit.
It was like having two lines of operation.
With the Shinigami stationed in Paradise, it became stable, and Tang Ping had the opportunity to witness a legendary scene.
(End of Chapter)
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