Chapter 198 Split
Shi Xuanying had only contacted Xiao Hongfan once or twice, but she never doubted for a moment that she could win over Xiao Master never assumes failure.
Because when she led the Sword Sect to a comeback and carved out a path to heaven, she became a thorn in the eyes of countless people. Failure means death, and a sword cultivator who has survived the catastrophe of life and death has long since put life and death aside, so for her, the consequences of failure are equivalent to no consequences.
Since there are no consequences, what is there to think about!
Shi Xuanying said to Yan Cui with a sad expression, "I have now fallen to such a cautious state. I am really going backwards as I grow older!"
During her peak period, she could break all laws with one sword. There was nothing that could not be solved with one sword! Thinking back carefully, the first time she had to rack her brains to plan was when she was struggling to survive in the outer sect of the Sword Sect.
Yan Cui really couldn't agree with her self-evaluation of being "cautious".
However, compared to her casual attitude towards herself, she does take the safety of her teammates more seriously.
Working hard for other people's lives is... quite touching.
Yan Cui couldn't help but think: I don't want her to work hard to protect me, I just want her to work hard to earn spirit stones and give them back to me to spend!
He was still immersed in his thoughts when Shi Xuanying took out a thick stack of papers and changed the subject: "Tomorrow you will go with me to Qudu to pick up General Shao and his family."
"So many people?" Yan Cui quickly put away those shameful thoughts and looked at the densely packed names.
In recent years, the generals of the Xiao family army have been consciously keeping their clansmen away from Qudu, but the direct descendants of General Shao and the other two generals were left in Qudu. The population of their three clans, including their children and servants, added up to seven or eight hundred people. What's more troublesome is that some of these people hold official positions in the court.
Compared with 70,000 people, this is not a lot, but the last time everyone in Pingcheng Pass acted together, and this time they have to sneak the people out under the nose of the entire Qudu.
Yan Cui pondered: "The people of the four counties plus the disaster victims, we have affected the trajectory of hundreds of thousands of people. The rules of heaven will inevitably grow stronger because of this. If you want to take people away without anyone noticing under such circumstances, you need to use your greater mental power. In this way, are there any unknown risks?"
"Besides, these people are more thoughtful than the victims, and are difficult to control." He pointed at a name, "Are you sure he will be willing to leave?"
This man was called "Shao Jin", a doctor in the Ministry of Rites, and the half-brother of General Shao.
"The Shao family is a military family, and a civil official has emerged. In the environment of Qu State, he has become a doctor of the Ministry of Rites at a young age. He is not a simple character. If he knew that General Shao had escaped from Pingcheng Pass, would he abandon his official position and follow you, or would he be careless and kill his relative?"
It depends on people's hearts.
It is easier for military generals to be promoted in Qu State. If they cannot be promoted any further, they can move to civil service positions. It must be remarkable to be able to be promoted to the fifth rank official position as a pure civil servant.
Shi Xuanying automatically extracted the part that interested her most, and her eyes lit up slightly - this was another rare talent!
"All solutions are thought of. Look, there is a solution now!" Shi Xuanying stuffed the list into his hand and took out a cinnabar pen. "Come on, help me see which ones need special attention and circle the names! This can save me a lot of energy!"
Yan Cui held the paper and pen in a daze for a moment, then looked at her with complicated eyes, then lowered his head and circled her name silently.
"You don't have to worry about me." Shi Xuanying understood what he meant. As she watched him circle his name with a red pen, she explained, "That strand of Heavenly Dao rules has now determined that my Divine Mansion is a small world, and they are fighting for the ownership of my Divine Mansion..."
Yan Cui's hand slid out, pulling out a long red line. He looked up at her in surprise, and even his voice was out of tune: "Heavenly Dao wants to occupy your divine palace?!!!"
Seeing this, Master Xuanying couldn't help but wonder, "You are not as weak-minded as the Taoist master, are you?"
"What does it have to do with my Dao heart!" Yan Cui said expressionlessly, "Even the ancient black iron would crack after hearing this."
Shi Xuanying thought to herself, I didn’t expect Jianzi to be such a humorous person.
Seeing her strange expression, Yan Cui took a deep breath and calmed down: "So? What's the situation now?"
Shi Xuanying said: "The reason why the power of Heaven is also called the power of rules is because all things in the world follow the rules of Heaven. If it is reduced to a human, my consciousness is the rules in my spiritual palace. However, there is actually a fundamental difference between the two..." When she said this, Yan Cui understood.
When the heaven and earth were created, all things came into being, and the rules of heaven were born. Although the human spirit palace exists from birth, it cannot be considered a space, let alone a "small world". It is born as the cultivator's spiritual consciousness continues to increase. The two are exactly the opposite.
All things in the world do not depend on the laws of nature to survive. As long as the world exists, if one law of nature disappears, a new law of nature will be born.
"Then... can a cultivator's purple palace space exist independently of his soul?" Yan Cui asked a key question.
"It depends on the situation." Shi Xuanying recalled that she had encountered the Purple Mansion Secret Realm left by a dead cultivator in her previous life. "Some cultivators leave a trace of remnant thoughts after death, which can make the Purple Mansion exist in the world. Or, when the cultivation consciousness is strong enough, the Purple Mansion Realm will become real. As long as the secret method is used to separate it before the soul dissipates, it can exist independently."
Yan Cui wanted to ask whether her Purple Mansion Realm had materialized, but the words stopped at his lips, because after all, this was a cultivator's privacy.
Shi Xuanying knew what he wanted to ask: "My Purple Palace is currently semi-realized."
If it does not really exist, it will not be judged as a small world by the power of rules.
In her previous life, her purple palace had already materialized, but the situation in this life was a bit strange. The purple palace of this body was empty, as if it was born to accommodate powerful souls.
Yan Cui was shocked: She...just told me such an important secret? What kind of trust does this show!
Shi Xuanying was unaware of his shock and continued, "Putting it into the Purple Palace space and leading it to completely break away from the 'Shan Chenjie' to compete for my Purple Palace is our advantage."
"What you mean is..." Yan Cui's eyes darkened slightly.
Shi Xuanying nodded affirmatively.
He hesitated for a moment and nodded in agreement.
The two reached a consensus in silence.
Before leaving, Shi Xuanying took a tour of Tao County and Linxi County and found that things were arranged in an orderly manner, so she took out spiritual fruits and distributed them to the officials who worked diligently.
The spiritual fruit was taken from dust and mustard and used for dust, so Shi Xuanying had no reluctance to give it up. In addition, she discovered some time ago that ordinary people became energetic after eating the spiritual fruit, and they were still energetic even if they did not sleep for twelve hours. So she became more generous and promised to provide them with an uninterrupted supply in the future based on their political achievements.
Everyone had seen the monks fighting hard in the arena for a few boxes of spiritual fruits, and knowing that this was a good thing, they were naturally overjoyed.
There are few people in the family of County Magistrate Cao and his wife, so each of them got one.
When they woke up the next morning, the Cao couple were almost buried in dirt on the bed and couldn't get up!
"Ugh!" "Ugh!"
The two of them went into a bathroom while dry heaving, washed more than ten times in the stench, and when they came out they were almost shocked by each other.
The middle-aged belly has disappeared, the skin is firm and delicate, the legs and feet are no longer heavy, the mind is clear, and the whole body seems to have endless energy!
They have actually returned to their twenties!
No, Mrs. Cao felt that she had never been so happy in her life! She had never left the house before, and her body was not strong. Although she got better later, she still suffered a lot of unspeakable pain after giving birth. All these pains disappeared overnight.
Within a day, many people knew that the magical fruit awarded by the county magistrate could make people rejuvenate.
