Chapter 478: 478. Co here for a mont.
Too many major events have occurred in recent days, leaving the common folk with barely enough ti to process one thing after another.
The Great Shun Dynasty, which existed in na only, finally officially kicked the bucket, and the shocking news of an impending female emperor burst onto the scene!
While everyone was heatedly discussing this, word spread from north to south of the Yangtze River that Lord Lu had annihilated 20 forces within three days!
From the mighty and powerful to the ordinary people, all were discussing the matter:
“Several female Grandmasters rode Spiritual Sparrowhawks, each covering thousands of miles in a day, with a Magical Treasure in hand!! The remaining 9 forces, so frightened were the Sect Leaders that they personally went to the Imperial City to confess their sins, offering up most of their secret vaults in hopes of escaping fate.”
“It was only because their cris were not punishable by death that Lord Lu spared them.”
“They should have obediently gone to the Imperial City to attend the eting from the start. Look at the background of Lord Lu; as long as you obey him, you’ll be fine.”
“This guy practices the ‘Way of Domination’; it is wise to be cautious in the future.”
While outsiders were amazed, little did they know that Lu Yao was planning to expand the range of his crackdown.
The Wudang Sect destroyed the Li Mountain Sect with zero casualties, and both cha and Battle Armor played a significant role, with excellent effects.
Consequently, Lu Yao ordered the Imperial Guards out on a sweep to eliminate all the misbehaving small and dium-sized martial factions on the ground.
The bandits claiming to be kings of their own hills, the gangs charging protection money, and the business associations bullying the markets were all within the scope of this crackdown.
These forces that long oppressed the lower-class citizens and couldn’t stand scrutiny were brought down overnight by nurous humanoid tanks grounding them into the dirt.
The markets were chaotic for a few days at first, but afterwards, there was a significant improvent in the public order!
One couldn’t say that you could leave things unattended on the road or keep doors unlatched at night, but at least there was a basic sense of order.
The ordinary people felt the most direct benefit from this, with the absence of those sinister forces making life much lighter all at once.
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Although the coronation was set for the first day of January, the new governnt was already busy with preparations.
In recent days, Li Pei had been incredibly busy, often not seen for several days at a ti.
Today she took the rare opportunity to rest for a while, but her worried expression suggested she was under great pressure.
Governing a country was not easy, especially with the disastrous state the Shun Dynasty had left behind: the people’s livelihood in decline, wounds and scars everywhere, and an air of desolation everywhere you looked.
Li Pei was on edge, fearing she might ss things up.
Seeing her like this, Lu Yao decided to set aside his cultivation for the ti being, and took her in his arms to gently advise and comfort her:
“Don’t be too hard on yourself. As for how to restore people’s livelihoods, the answer has been clear for thousands of years.
It’s simply a matter of relieving the common folk of harsh taxes, allowing them to recuperate, just as the Han Dynasty’s reign of Wen and Jing; then shift to heavily taxing the powerful elites, the rchant class, and foreign businesses. Don’t fear their backlash. Those who dare to rebel should be beheaded imdiately to eliminate the higher-ups.”
Li Pei nodded in agreent, and essentially, it boiled down to the taxing of the rich and the integration of scholars and farrs into the tax system, which troubled governnts ancient and modern.
For her own part, however, this would not be difficult to implent. When one had absolute military power, many things tended to simplify.
Nevertheless, Li Pei had so concerns:
“Husband, this approach won’t convince everyone, and there will certainly be those who turn to Yuan Kaisheng or Liu Kunyi.”
Lu Yao laughed, “Let all those who oppose us jump out openly and even gather together, isn’t that just making it convenient for us to catch them all in one net?”
It was like “gathering monsters” in a ga, making it easy to take them all out at once.
Startled for a mont, Li Pei quickly caught on and laughed as well, “That’s a good point indeed.”
Taking a deep breath, she brightened up sharply and kissed Lu Yao passionately:
“It’s so good to have you~”
Lu Yao encouraged her, “Take it easy, with my support behind you, you can go ahead and do what needs to be done.”
Li Pei stood up from Lu Yao’s lap, “Indeed, I shall go then.”
Lu Yao slapped the young woman’s ample buttocks, creating a crisp smack, “Go for it! I just can’t wait to ride the Emperor and command the regional princes~”
Li Pei looked at him with a mixture of feigned annoyance and delight, and ran off in a whirlwind of emotions.
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After seeing off the future Empress, Lu Yao only had ti to stretch his limbs before quickly moving on to the next task—caring for the Spiritual Sparrowhawk.
The Spiritual Sparrowhawks had consud Duke-level Blood Cores, and their primary task now was to consolidate Demon Cores with the help of the efficacy and ascend to the Innate level.
At this mont, they tucked their heads under their wings, quietly closing their eyes to rest.
Lu Yao would check on them three tis a day, morning, noon, and night, to ensure everything was fine.
His Mind Force reached out, revealing a new organ covered in fascia and blood vessels within the chest cavity of the three sparrows.
This organ, connected to all internal organs and parts of the body, pulsated rhythmically like a heart, brimming with vigorous vitality.
This was the yet-to-be-ford Demon Core which, under normal circumstances, would take half a year to reach its current state.
But with the enhancent of the Duke-level Blood Core, it had only taken three days!
After a thorough inspection, Lu Yao felt that the little guys were progressing steadily and quickly, and it wouldn’t take long for them to condense the Demon Core.
He was very pleased in his heart and gently stroked the big head of a Spiritual Sparrowhawk.
Having experienced many things together, Lu Yao no longer considered them as pets but as family.
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Moving quietly, Lu Yao then rushed to complete his daily cultivation routine.
He squeezed ti to read the newspaper and stay inford about global affairs, refine Magical Treasures with Mind Force, and more—his days were very fulfilling.
If not for the automatic simultaneous cultivation of three Divine Skills, there wouldn’t be enough ti.
The newspapers still had the sa news, with the great powers licking their wounds after suffering heavy casualties, but the most interesting thing was the situation in Rakshasa.
Due to crippling losses in a previous war on Great Shun’s side, Rakshasa’s economy collapsed, leading to an unprecedented nation-wide rebellion from the suffering populace.
The leader was a “Knight King,” on par with a Martial Artist of the Golden Body Realm from the Shun Dynasty.
Moreover, this Knight King had actually manifested a psychic entity (Divine Manifestation)!
The Tsar’s forces were retreating step by step, and now the capital was under siege, looking ready to fall at any mont.
“If Duke-level Vampires can’t win, aren’t there Primordial Ancestors?”
Lu Yao was quite curious to learn about the combat capabilities of the top-tier demon entities, but Primordial Ancestor-level Vampires hadn’t been seen since the An Lushan Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, so no one knew their current situation.
As he was pondering this, he suddenly saw Liao Qe sneaking over.
The girl leaned against the door fra, showing just her head, her cheeks flushed with a shy expression as she said,
“Lu Yao~ Can you co here~”
She then went back to her own room.
Lu Yao, sowhat puzzled, followed and saw Liao Qe already lying on the bed, covered tightly with a quilt.
Thinking the girl was in the mood, he didn’t give it another thought and firmly closed the doors and windows.
“You little glutton, if your sister finds out you’re doing this with in broad daylight, she’ll scold you again.”
“Sister is in seclusion to solidify her realm, she won’t know~”
As Liao Qe spoke, she slowly lifted the quilt off of herself.
Lu Yao turned around and imdiately his eyes widened, his breathing beca heavy!
“Black stockings! Has Otherworld actually invented such marvelous things”
He saw the girl wearing smooth and delicate black silk stockings, which made her already straight and long legs even more sexy, and her slender and full feet were irresistible to touch and play with.
Fully enjoying this enchanting tactile sensation, Lu Yao deeply chided himself,
I can’t believe I’ve overlooked these; it’s truly inexcusable!
Seeing the gleam in her beloved’s eyes, Liao Qe felt as sweet as if she had eaten honey, she gently lifted her legs, showing off their beauty:
“Do you like it?”
“Like it, like it very much!”
After a short while, the sound of fabric tearing and the girl’s surprising shout could be heard from the room:
“Ah~ Don’t rip them! There aren’t many pairs…”
“No worries, there can be as many of these things as you want!”
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