My Cultivation Starting from Archery Chapter 918 - 272: Foundation Establishment (Part 2)

"Ancestor!"

"That scoundrel killed Mr. Wu and even stole a Foundation Establishnt Pill!"

"Now..."

"He escaped towards the direction of Tianshui Hongfu Road!"

"..."

"Search!"

The Li family ancestor’s voice was like thunder.

Yet another wanted notice was added in Daze Fang City.

[Demon Cultivator Xiao Feng, murder and pill theft]

...

Beiyang Road.

An elderly loose cultivator, half-bald and leaning on a cane, walked along the desolate official road amidst Demon Suppression Departnt mbers rushing past.

"Old churl, out of the way!"

"..."

"Alas~"

Chen Sansi trod unsteadily while sighing in his heart. He originally planned to use the second-tier spirit vein in Daze Fang City to rapidly elevate his Immortal Realm to Qi Refining Perfection.

The sudden turmoil disrupted his original plan.

The identity of Xiao Feng beca that of a wanted criminal!

But fortunately, obtaining the Foundation Establishnt Pill was easy, and he could now enter seclusion until he reached Foundation Establishnt without further disturbances.

Chen Sansi recalled recent events.

All factions displayed an extre desire for the treasures within Bai Family’s dicine Valley, yet remained highly restrained, seemingly unwilling to escalate the situation.

He estimated that if things continued like this, Beiyang Road would surely witness great chaos in the next two or three years.

The Bai family relied entirely on Ancestor Bai Xifeng’s support, yet the ancestor was like a flickering candle in the wind. Once he fell, Dusk Valley might face catastrophe.

Chen Sansi’s subsequent martial arts resources would also beco a troubleso issue!

But if it truly is so supre treasure, with his current strength participating forcefully, not only would it be difficult to reap benefits, but it might also bring deadly consequences.

For now, observe the situation.

If it’s truly unfeasible...

After seclusion ends, he could always relocate!

Tianshui State workshops abound, and there are martial arts families besides the Bai family. Even if they truly couldn’t find any, they could still seek refuge in the Qingxu Sect, at most wasting so ti.

Actually...

Chen Sansi owed the Bai family a favor, and if they were willing, they could easily bring the so-called treasures and run away to his territory for so shelter.

The Bai family mbers should be aware of this too.

But perhaps due to suspicion, or so other reason, the Bai family had never contacted him through Old Mo Zhu.

He didn’t want to volunteer either, lest he appear covetous of the treasures.

Forget it, deal with it after Foundation Establishnt!

He resolved as such in his heart, hastened his pace towards the ends of the earth, altered his appearance several tis midway, ensuring no one noticed, before using a jade token to teleport away from Tianshui back to the Eastern Continent.

At this point, it was already August in the seventh year of Tian Wu.

In the past six months, the court had received nurous impeachnt letters from grassroots officials, many high-ranking officials in state governnts were severely corrupt, leading to widespread public resentnt.

Unlike the mortal realm, in the past when such matters arose, due to the long distances, it could take several months or even half a year by carriage, and the court could only send an imperial envoy to investigate, inevitably encountering myriad troubles along the way.

But Chen Sansi, looking at the mountain of impeachnt morials, unsure of truth from falsehood, ultimately steeled his heart and took two months to travel incognito.

In just a few short years, the Han Dynasty court had cultivated a self-serving interest group, which made him sowhat annoyed, especially in the Tongtian River region.

There, officials embezzled construction funds, causing the river dams to collapse and floods to inundate several prefectures, subrging the farmlands of hundreds of thousands of people.

In the end, just the "Tongtian River" case implicated over two thousand officials, resulting in a bloodbath.

Even though corrupt officials were hard to eradicate entirely, under the Han Dynasty’s policy of "light taxes," the overall situation was progressing in a good direction.

With nearly a decade of accumulation, the national treasury was growing more ample, and in about two years, they could start unifying the surrounding three states and completely unify the Central Plains.

After dealing with major cases around the states, Chen Sansi returned to the capital, only to be inford by the Jinyi Guard that Prince Yu had killed soone.

He originally thought it was a major disaster caused by his unruly son, but upon careful inquiry, he learned that it was due to releasing the Golden Beast, which killed several corrupt officials.

The specific reason was that the big households in the county collaborated with the county magistrate, taking advantage of the "Tongtian River" disrepair. During heavy rain, they deliberately dug open the river dams, creating a flood disaster, subrging many local farmlands, waiting until the following year when grain was exhausted, villagers were famished, and then opportunistically buying good land cheaply.

Within this, there was also Chen Duhe, who found himself deeply frustrated after his hard-earned property from years of farming was about to be swindled away, causing him to explode in anger.

This ti, he finally experienced what was called "the strong oppressing the weak."

Chen Sansi’s objective was achieved.

Originally placing his rebellious son in the countryside was not to "raise poorly" but to instill empathy, achievable only through personal experience.

Otherwise, in the future, such a son might indeed utter words like "Why not eat minced at?"

Moreover, in assisting with governance, only those who rise from the grassroots understand the myriad twists and turns, and are not easily deceived by officials.

For two consecutive years.

Chen Sansi did not leave Chang’an, staying quietly secluded in the Boundless Hall of Sky Wall City for cultivation, finally reaching the breakthrough threshold in his Immortal Realm.

He sat cross-legged, his top-grade spirit root greedily absorbing the spiritual energy in Sky Wall City, refining it into mana through the Circulation, rging it into his Dantian, and condensing the last wisp of mist.

[Cultivation Technique: Swallowing Fire Technique. Qi Refining Ninth Layer]

[Progress: 0/0 (can establish Foundation)]

[Utility: Fla Spell]

[Fla Spell: Manipulate unmastered fire]

From [Fire Technique] to [Fla Spell], the difference lay in the original ability to only manipulate mundane fire by adding mana into it, but now, with changes in realm, manipulating different strengths of fire is possible.