Chapter 220: Setting Off and Shifting Positions (Seeking Subscriptions)

The sky was gradually brightening.

Du En sat cross-legged in silence, still immersed in his cultivation.

If anyone were to come to this place at this moment, they would not see any surging spiritual energy, nor would they even see the scene of a normal cultivator practicing at first glance; instead, they would see a verdant, tender seedling sprouting from a vast expanse of yellow earth.

Its leaves and sprout were verdant, the yellow earth beneath it was thick and heavy, and its roots and stem were crystalline and translucent; as a whole, it appeared fragile, just newly sprouted, but in reality, it was tough and powerful, possessing a vigorous strength far exceeding its seedling stage.

Everything looked fine, everything seemed to have no issues, yet Du En frowned slightly.

And so, the illusory manifestation quickly faded, no longer giving people a false perception; he quietly opened his eyes, from which a look of contemplation was revealed.

With a thought, the interface appeared.

【Age: 32/523】

【Spiritual Root: Low-grade】

【Cultivation: Golden Core Early Stage (33/100)】

【Cultivation Method: Cyan-Yellow Canon (Small Achievement 0/10000)】

【Spells: Giant Cannon Art (Small Achievement 200/10000), Wind and Sand Art (Small Achievement 200/10000), Ice Breath Art (Mastery 0/3000), Statue Casting Art (Small Achievement 200/10000), Hundred Control Art (Small Achievement 0/10000), Golden Flame Art (Small Achievement 0/10000), Wood Spirit Entanglement (Mastery 2000/3000), Thorn Piercing Art (Mastery 2000/3000)】

【Divine Ability: Burying Death, Flourishing Life (Proficient 10/50)】

【Hundred Arts: Gathering and Appraisal (Small Achievement 0/100), Culinary Cooking (Mastery 0/300), Spirit Seeking (Small Achievement 0/100), Artifact Refining (Small Achievement 0/100)】

All the changes that should be on the interface were not missing.

The size of the Golden Core had also increased by ten percent, the star ring of mana had become more complete, the range of his divine sense had expanded to three hundred and fifty zhang, and his lifespan limit had increased by thirty years.

However...

"The basic efficiency of cultivation has not improved; in fact, it has become twice the effort for half the result."

This "twice the effort for half the result" refers to needing two sessions of practice to equal one session from before.

But then, a strange point arose.

He could now, with all other conditions remaining the same, increase his daily practice from forty times to over a hundred times, more than doubling it.

Calculated this way, the actual efficiency of cultivation had, in fact, increased.

"The time for a single session of cultivation has shortened, the quality of a single session has clearly dropped; this is... a bit of a deviation in practice... but the Canon also says that a thousand people can obtain a hundred different methods, and depending on the level of comprehension and the differences in actual circumstances, there will be significantly different manifestations. Well, let it be for now."

At least the transition of the cultivation method was successful.

This Canon was truly too hard to chew through.

"I'll think of a way later to see if I can make up for it."

"As for now, since the cultivation method has been switched, it is time to set off and begin traveling."

Du En thought this, then stood up and left the place.

Knock, knock, knock!

A knocking sound rang out, and Wei Ming and Ning Cai were startled, waking up at this early morning hour.

They opened their somewhat hazy and sleepy eyes, looking at the various documents piled up in front of them; they still felt incredibly unfamiliar and struggled to adapt, so for a moment, they were dazed and sat there foolishly.

As the saying goes, when one person attains the Dao, their chickens and dogs ascend to heaven!

Therefore, this was the Outer City Affairs Office, and the five corpse-buriers had long since been transferred into the city to serve as document reviewers, working in this inner room near the Chief's office, responsible for the preliminary rough screening and review of various jade-bamboo reports and official documents.

The Outer City Chief, Tang Yiping, had been dead for a long time, so the one currently handling various matters in his stead and maintaining the operation of the Outer City Affairs Office was the former Mineral Affairs Manager from outside the city, who had also been transferred over not long ago.

His current position was Assistant Secretary of Outer City Affairs, a position responsible for assisting the Chief in handling matters; because Tang Yiping used to be self-opinionated and took on everything himself, it had been left vacant, and it was just right to slot him in now.

Furthermore, over the past year or so, due to the determined push from Meng Changqing, although the outpost camp had not been disbanded and had long since been reorganized and rebuilt, the corpse-burying work in the Southern End Border City had been terminated.

The wasteland for burying corpses was sealed off by magic, and the corpse affairs outside the city were directly and entirely abolished; therefore, the old City Lord, Yang Feng, chose to act according to the trend, packing the entire corpse affairs into the city and settling them all into various parts of the Outer City Affairs Office.

They were scattered and distributed throughout the inside and outside of the Outer City Affairs Office, mainly serving as minor servants.

After all, Du En came from this background, so he felt that this group of people was Du En's core team.

And those who were truly close to and had a good relationship with Du En naturally received special treatment.

Like the former corpse-transport supervisor, Li Jian, he was directly given a Foundation Establishment Pill to help him establish his foundation that very day; he now served as the Chief Deacon in the Affairs Office, responsible for commanding a group of deacons.

As long as his subsequent cultivation could continue to be raised, he would be given the green light all the way.

Like Xu Ran, an old friend of Du En, he was even given a lucrative position as an external warehouse auditor, specifically responsible for the incoming and outgoing matters of the Outer City Treasury; the various treasures he handled every day were something this former corpse-transporter still hadn't adapted to.

From transporting corpses to transporting treasures, the pressure was ridiculously high, and he was so worried that his hair had been falling out recently.

But if you asked him to quit, he wouldn't want to!

Position transfers, resource tilting... Yang Feng was working very hard here; since he couldn't find an opportunity with the main person himself, he would manage the forces for him.

It had gotten to the point where everyone in the entire border city knew that Du En was the first choice for the next City Lord.

Of course, it was Yang Feng who was building the momentum; anyway, doing this early would help clear obstacles for the person, and after he stepped down later, he could boldly break through.

Positions can be stepped down from, but a person cannot die!

Before, he was afraid that if he broke through to the Nascent Soul stage, he would be directly transferred to the front line; now, this could be considered as having connected with True Monarch Meng Changqing, the prospective True Monarch, and being able to avoid this sinister and terrible ending, so wouldn't he work hard to help manage things?

Even if Du En didn't end up becoming the City Lord and had a better position elsewhere, this attitude and this loyalty had already been presented; perhaps it could even allow him to continue guarding this small border city far from the front line after he broke through!

Based on these circumstances, Du En did not stop or interfere, which could be considered maintaining a tacit understanding.

Usually, he focused on his cultivation and basically only stayed in the inner city; except for hearing about the wasteland being sealed and the corpse affairs being entirely abolished and transferred, he had only come here specifically once to set the tone for everyone that could not be violated.

This made them feel at ease, and they also worked diligently, not having caused any rotten trouble of abusing power under his name yet.

Incidentally, he had met with his old acquaintances and subordinates at that time, but faced with the sudden change in his status and cultivation, they were either reserved and timid or felt he was too high to reach; in fact, no one could say much.

Therefore, he felt there was no need to come over much later, only coming over sporadically two or three times.

And then it was today.

(End of chapter)