Chapter 1672

Kangxi was speechless: "These people don't even have uniform weapons—some are just holding wooden sticks—and my Qing's Eight Banners were defeated by them?"

He simply could not accept this reality.

As he thought this, a woman walked in.

"Bring in the enemy leader, to be dealt with as ordered."

"Yes."

At the order, soldiers advanced and seized Kangxi.

Kangxi had intended to resist, but his body went limp and he collapsed to the ground.

"Take him away. If he resists, kill him on the spot." Long Er's expression was calm as she turned and left.

Arriving at the imperial treasury, she packed the gold and tossed it to Zhou Qing.

After finishing this, she manipulated her true qi and arrived at Lu Ding Mountain, opened the mountain, entered it, and looted all the gold within.

"At this time, foreign gold isn't abundant yet. Wait a few more years for them to develop, then loot again."

Returning to Jingcheng, Long Er launched another massive looting campaign, stripping both Manchu and Han officials, and acquired even more gold.

"All who have shed Han blood—execute!"

"All who have betrayed their country—execute!"

With these two orders, heads rolled instantly.

Even half a month later, the stench of blood still hung in the air of the entire capital, nauseating to breathe.

Chat group.

Zhou Qing: "The gold has all been refined. 【Red Packet】I took five million points; the remaining five million are yours. You've got a bit too little gold on your end."

Su Xiao: "Normal. Ancient society had limited mining capacity—how much gold could there possibly be?"

Long Er: "Su sister is right. I still have some silver—several hundred million taels—but can silver be refined?"

Zhou Qing: "Probably. But if you refine silver too, how will your economy function? Only use copper coins?"

Long Er: "Don't you have paper money? I'll just buy a currency-printing machine from your side. With your era's technology, people in my time shouldn't be able to replicate it."

Zhou Qing: "Fine, try it out."

Long Er: 【Red Packet】

Zhou Qing: "You've been waiting for this, haven't you? Good, good—saved me a lot of time."

Long Er: "Big boss, what about the people I need to recruit?"

Zhou Qing: "Almost there, almost there!"

Su Xiao: "That sounds familiar?"

Long Er: "..."

Suzuki Satoru: "Isn't that what the Holy Maiden said?"

Zhou Qing: "Just refined some silver—turns out it's quite good. The same mass of refined silver can be sold for fifty points. These you gave me can fetch fifty million points; half is twenty-five million. 【Red Packet】Here you go."

Long Er: "So fast?"

Zhou Qing: "Don't forget where I am. In the Dao Lord's sacred domain, there's the Cosmic Tower's time multiplier—I cultivate at an incredible speed. Refining this much takes barely a moment."

Long Er: "Has the big boss already become an immortal?"

Zhou Qing: "Just a Celestial Immortal. Not worth mentioning."

Su Xiao: "That's faster than Brother Taixuan!"

Zhou Qing: "Can you even compare? The Dao Lord cultivated from absolute poverty, accumulating bit by bit. We've been given cheats by the Dao Lord—our cultivation environment is infinitely better than his. With the Dao Lord's cheats, even a pig could become an immortal easily."

Xiao Mai: "That's true. Time multiplier, talent multiplier... Brother Taixuan gave us too many cheats."

Xiao Mai: "I'm still a little envious of Sister Long Er. She earned thirty million points at once—that's enough to buy a Divine Emperor Scripture. We used to have to scavenge for ages just to afford one!"

Su Xiao: "Most of that credit goes to Zhou Qing, right? The Grand World is incredible—just one refining technique can turn decay into wonder. Truly astonishing."

Zhang Taixuan: "That's the Primordial World. Besides this, there are many other benefits. Zhou Qing, you should explore more later—you'll find surprises."

Long Er: "I truly owe thanks to Brother Zhou Qing. By the way, big boss—if I recruit people, one point per year, plus elevate them to the Primordial Realm, is that acceptable?"

Zhou Qing: "Of course. At that salary, anyone will come."

Su Xiao: "An annual salary of two million, stepping onto the extraordinary path, with lifespan multiplied several times over. Of course anyone can be recruited."

Long Er: "Then please help, big boss—I'm desperately short of hands. I hope they can come as soon as possible."

Zhou Qing: "No rush—I'll handle 230 of them in a few days."

Tai Xuan Mountain.

Zhou Qing ended his cultivation and summoned a disciple.

"Li Yu, I recall your family background in the mortal world was quite respectable, right?"

"Yes, Sect Master."

Zhou Qing nodded: "Here's the situation: another world urgently needs people to govern it. Help me recruit some from the mortal realm. Salary: ten catties of gold per year, plus the chance to ascend to the transcendent path and become a Primordial Realm martial cultivator."

Li Yu was stunned: "Another world? There are other worlds?"

Zhou Qing smiled: "Why be so shocked? Our Tai Xuan Mountain itself was casually opened by Master Tai Xuan using a supreme treasure—a middle-sized world. Isn't it normal that beyond this world lie other worlds?"

"That's true," Li Yu nodded.

Zhou Qing: "Also, remind applicants that once they go to the other world, they cannot return for at least five years. Be prepared mentally."

"I understand," Li Yu nodded. "Sect Master, what kind of talents does that world need?"

"Construction, public order, agriculture... that world is in ruins; most specialized professionals can go." Zhou Qing listed them one by one. "But above all, they must have real ability. This is crucial—do you understand? You don't want your first mission to embarrass our Tai Xuan Sect, do you?"

Li Yu nodded firmly: "Sect Master, rest assured—I'll personally oversee everything and get it done right!"