CHAPTER 550: CHAPTER 534: SYSTEM REWARD_1

After Li Bai returned to the Grand Temple, Qin Wudao led the officials and clan disciples to pay homage to the ancestral spiritual tablets once more before returning to the Imperial Palace to hold a court assembly.

"Issue the order: decapitate the invaders and hang their heads outside the Great Wall to deter all under heaven!"

"Furthermore, inform the realm of the crimes committed by the Saint Heaven Institute, the Golden Ding Inn, and the Lin Sacred Family in their invasion of the Qin Dynasty. From today forth, the Saint’s Court of the Qin Dynasty declares war on these three sacred lands, a war to the bitter end!"

Standing on the ninth imperial step, Qin Wudao, facing the civil and military officials, issued his majestic command. His eyes were cold, brimming with an endless killing intent.

The sneak attack on the Imperial Capital by the three sacred lands had left him infuriated. When a sovereign is enraged, blood flows for thousands of miles! He would make the three sacred lands pay in blood! He would use the fresh blood of countless beings from the three sacred lands to quench the emperor’s anger!

"As Your Majesty commands!" The officials bowed in response to the enraged Qin Wudao.

In the eyes of the numerous ministers, there was also boundless fury. The three sacred lands were far too brazen! Daring to launch a sneak attack on the Qin Dynasty’s Saint’s Court during the Ancestor Worship Ceremony. If this vengeance was not exacted, where would the authority of the Saint’s Court lie?

Having issued his orders, Qin Wudao calmed somewhat and commanded in a deep voice, "Yuan Tiangang, Li Bai, Han Xin, and Nie Zheng shall remain. The rest of you are dismissed!"

"We shall take our leave!" The officials respectfully departed from the Imperial Palace.

"You four, follow me to the Imperial Study!" Qin Wudao said to the men.

He had kept Yuan Tiangang and the others not to discuss dealing with the three sacred lands, but to handle the war with the Myriad Demon Saint’s Court and the Beidou Palace. Despite his rage, he could still distinguish priorities. The Myriad Demon Saint’s Court was the true enemy! After the demise of the Old Man Seeking Dao, Lin Xiao Yun, and Jin Yinduo, the three sacred lands were nothing but small fry. Even with their foundations, they could be easily wiped out.

Upon arriving at the Imperial Study, Qin Wudao took the main seat, with Yuan Tiangang and Li Bai seated to his right, and Han Xin and Nie Zheng to his left.

"General Han, how is the army mobilization progressing?" Qin Wudao asked Han Xin.

"Your Majesty, I have drawn ten million troops from the local army corps. After rigorous rounds of selection, seven million were eliminated, leaving three million elite soldiers ready to march and engage the enemy at any time!" Han Xin stood up and replied confidently.

If any outsider heard this, they would undoubtedly scoff. Less than two months to train an elite army capable of waging war? How could that be possible?

However, Han Xin had the confidence to make such a statement. Known throughout Huaxia and hailed as the ’War Immortal,’ his accomplishments in training and commanding armies were rarely matched in the world. He could achieve victory with fewer numbers and find a way out of desperate situations. He could turn the tides, transforming a group of raw recruits into elite soldiers in an exceedingly short time. Moreover, for over fifty days, he had been training soldiers on the drill platform, where time flowed slower, and had led them through more than seventy war map simulations. If I still couldn’t forge them into a capable army, then I wouldn’t deserve the title ’War Immortal’!

"Now that the three sacred lands’ sneak attack has failed, I worry they might ally with the Myriad Demon Saint’s Court and ambush our frontline army. You are to immediately lead your legions and proceed secretly to the Middle Region!" Qin Wudao nodded and ordered gravely.

Having learned from past mistakes, the three sacred lands would not dare attack the Qin Dynasty’s heartland directly. Their only chance to inflict significant damage upon the Qin Dynasty lay on the frontline battlefield. Moreover, they had no choice but to cooperate with the Myriad Demon Saint’s Court. Once the Myriad Demon Saint’s Court was defeated, the experts and armies of the Qin Dynasty’s Saint’s Court would be free to deal with the three sacred lands.

"This general obeys!" Hearing he could go to war, Han Xin was overjoyed. After paying his respects, he left the Imperial Study.

As he turned to leave, a terrifying battle intent surged from him, rocketing into the nine heavens. In the blink of an eye, it obscured the sun and permeated the azure sky.

"Nie Zheng!" Qin Wudao called out again.

"Your subject is present!" Nie Zheng stood up and bowed.

"You are to depart immediately, assassinate the seven Star Honors of the Beidou Palace, and break their ’Beidou Seven Star Sword Array’!" Qin Wudao commanded.

He had studied the ’Beidou Seven Star Sword Array’; it was an exceedingly powerful formation, adept at both offense and defense, capable of contending with cultivators at the Supreme Great Emperor Realm. However, its activation conditions were stringent, requiring precisely seven individuals. Lacking even one person, it could not be successfully deployed.

"As you command!" Nie Zheng replied calmly. The moment his voice faded, his figure vanished into thin air, as if he had never been there.

"As for you two," Qin Wudao stood up, stretched lazily, and addressed Yuan Tiangang and Li Bai, "stay here and review these memorials. I have other matters to attend to, so I’ll be leaving first!" With that, he quickly exited the Imperial Study.

"This..." Yuan Tiangang and Li Bai exchanged glances, their faces etched with wry smiles. After all this, it turns out we were just brought here to do hard labor!

「Imperial Bedchamber!」

Qin Wudao sat cross-legged on the dragon bed. In front of him lay the ’Death Abyss Sword,’ the ’Scholar’s Book,’ and the ’Gold and Silver Male and Female Basin,’ as he awaited the system’s rewards.

"Ding! Congratulations, Host, for obtaining the Xiantian Spirit Treasure ’Death Abyss Sword.’ Sign-in reward: a strand of attribute-less Power of Laws!"

"Ding! Congratulations, Host, for obtaining the Xiantian Spirit Treasure ’Scholar’s Book.’ Sign-in reward: a Jixia Academy!"

"Ding! Congratulations, Host, for obtaining the Xiantian Spirit Treasure ’Gold and Silver Male and Female Basin.’ Sign-in reward: the figure Shen Wansan. Do you wish to summon?"

Soon, the system’s prompts echoed in Qin Wudao’s mind. An attribute-less Power of Laws! Jixia Academy! Shen Wansan! Qin Wudao was faintly pleased; the items rewarded by the system this time were all exceptionally useful.

The attribute-less Power of Laws, needless to say, was valuable. The system had previously rewarded a strand of it, which he had bestowed upon Huo Qubing, enabling him to break through two cultivation realms. If he absorbed this strand of attribute-less Power of Laws, he should be able to break through to the Emperor Realm!

What truly delighted him, however, were the Jixia Academy and Shen Wansan!

Name: Jixia Academy!

Introduction: An independent mustard seed world, containing learning halls of Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism, Legalism, etc.

Function: Possesses the True Spirits of the Hundred Schools, can cultivate disciples of the Hundred Schools, enhance comprehension, and summon projections of the Sages of the Hundred Schools to pass on teachings and assist in combat...

Name: Shen Wansan!

Rank: Peak of the Ancient Great Emperor Realm!

Cultivation Technique: ’Richest Man’s Secret’!

Physique: Treasure Gathering Myriad Divine Body!

Weapon: Treasure Basin!

Introduction: A wealthy merchant from the late Yuan to early Ming Dynasty, Shen Wansan became the richest man in Jiangnan through overseas trade. He once donated funds to rebuild the Great Wall and Nanjing City. However, he incurred the suspicion of the first Ming Emperor, was conscripted, and exiled to Yunnan. During his exile, he resumed trading along the ancient Tea Horse Road and found renewed prosperity.

What a legendary figure! After reading Shen Wansan’s introduction, Qin Wudao remarked in admiration. After all, not everyone could suffer such a devastating blow and still manage to rise again. He smiled and said, "System, summon Shen Wansan!"

BOOM!

Suddenly, the clear, vast sky above the Imperial Capital turned dim. Countless citizens looked up in alarm to see the Void shatter and a colossal mountain emerge. Initially thinking it was an attack by powerful experts and preparing to defend themselves, they then saw innumerable green-glowing stones falling from the giant mountain.

"This... this is a Spirit Stone!" A Martial Artist curiously caught one of the stones. Sensing the dense Spiritual Energy within, his pupils contracted violently in utter shock.

A rain of Spirit Stones from the sky? Countless people were stunned, then hurriedly scrambled to gather the Spirit Stones.

No one noticed that atop the Spirit Mountain stood a figure in a white robe, with Space Rings on all ten fingers, sparkling with a dazzling brilliance, as if silently declaring to the world, "I am a tycoon."

He was Shen Wansan! A magnate so wealthy he had once nearly been beheaded for it!

And the spirit mine beneath his feet was merely a small gift he brought to the people of the Imperial Capital to celebrate his new lease on life!