Chapter 248: Staying Temporarily in Chiwu (Seeking Subscriptions)

The merit of "Ding-Medium" ranks second to last among the four grades and twelve levels of meritorious service.

If Du En were to split it into three "Ding-Low" portions to exchange for those three rare Fire Flame Flowers, he would use it all up completely.

Yet this incident, where the Chiwu Mountain Range collapsed, Chiwu City nearly perished, and it even involved the Phoenix's lingering hatred, the Phoenix Blood Firmiana, and the heritage of that so-called Heaven Corpse Sect, among other things, was actually only rated as "Ding-Medium" with no other rewards; one has to say, this really seems rather stingy.

"Over at the Southern Pivot City, there was indeed some unfairness and lack of reward, but from our perspective, the remains of the Phoenix Blood Firmiana should be in your hands now, right? So, I just argued strongly and overcame dissenting opinions to compensate you with it."

The freshly minted resolution was relayed immediately.

Meng Changqing multitasking is already a daily routine.

Du En is not surprised about the matter of the Phoenix Blood Firmiana's heart root, because the Falling Feather Immortal Gate is the one that understands it best; this incident likely had full monitoring throughout.

Therefore, after nodding, he asked: "Did my divine ability get exposed to other True Monarchs?"

"No, it is Zhuding on rotation these days. That guy can be said to have malicious intentions; he actually intercepted and destroyed that part of the records, so even I cannot see the specific process. Therefore, you must be careful when facing him in the future."

Regarding True Monarch Zhuding's persistent evil intentions, Meng Changqing is very nervous, his mouth full of bad-mouthing.

Trying to poach my talent? No way!

Afterwards, he did not dwell on this topic, lest he leave too much of an impression on Du En, and thus said with some emotion: "The matter of the Phoenix in the past was truly regrettable and hateful. Clearly, as a divine bird of the five virtues, it never intended to intervene in the messy business of the Immortal Gate hegemony, sigh..."

"Isn't it because of the two words 'Falling Feather'?"

Du En's heart stirred at this moment, and he asked this, intending to probe the upper-level secrets of the Falling Feather Immortal Gate.

In the scripture pavilions of small border cities like Nanmo, the collected classics actually only contain basics; once the level involved is high, there will be missing information or false information.

For example, regarding the Chiwu Mountain Range, what he read there was the legend that a Phoenix once perched there, but that is not the case at all.

And even on Ren Li's side, being able to consult the great city's library, it only reached the point of saying it was rumored that the original tree species had bathed in Phoenix blood, which was similarly vague and unclear.

"Naturally not. Our sect's current name actually originates from the Sect Master and has nothing to do with divine birds like the Phoenix, although the Phoenix was indeed killed by him, and that was also the last Phoenix in this world."

"Venerable Falling Feather?"

"... It is the Supreme."

Meng Changqing seemed to sigh, carrying wariness and even deeper hostility, which he did not hide, revealing it in his words: "The five great Immortal Gates, the five great Supremes, the pinnacle of the human world; even those of the same rank cannot defeat them."

Is that so...

Du En's eyelids drooped slightly.

Meng Changqing mentioned it, then seemed to sense his intention, or perhaps had complex emotions about it; in any case, he did not want to say more.

So after a moment, Du En chose to ask about another matter: "Speaking of which, the reason Cui Wei acted rashly this time was mainly because of that so-called rectification matter; is that true?"

"No, it is because they have been afraid of battle for too long and have become birds startled by the mere twang of a bow, so they felt the Nanmo affair was 'beating the grass to scare the snake'; however, it was only that there wasn't one originally."

Speaking of this, Meng Changqing was somewhat displeased: "That guy Zhuding is now taking the opportunity to propose that we should vigorously rectify the South, allowing this sector that has been at peace for quite a while to return to the 'normal' state of the past."

What is being rectified is clearly nothing else but that matter of fearing and avoiding battle.

Although any normal person would have that kind of psychology—after all, who living a perfectly fine life would be willing to go be cannon fodder and die?

"If there is to be a resolution on this matter, we still have to negotiate and pull strings properly to determine who will be the leader."

Meng Changqing's mood was poor.

Because he himself holds an extremely negative attitude toward the matter of hegemony; if it were left to him to lead the rectification, it would certainly be a rectification toward the cruel persecution of the lower levels and so on, and he wouldn't care about any fearing or avoiding battle.

So it is obvious that the other True Monarchs are basically impossible to agree to let him lead.

Since it will likely be difficult to get his wish in the end, then, let's just drag it out and delay it first.

He could only think helplessly.

Du En nodded as if he understood, and then, having nothing else to say, he prepared to end this contact.

"Wait."

Meng Changqing called a halt at this moment: "Actually, there is one more thing. I just looked at the candidates for the new City Lord and new Superintendent of Chiwu City, and not one of them is a good thing. So, in the next period, I need you to hold the fort in Chiwu for a while, watching them to prevent them from acting recklessly, scraping the bones to suck the marrow, and exploiting the cultivation power, to ensure the city can recover in an orderly manner."

Du En had no objections and calmly agreed.

Because he also needs to stop and digest things for a while, and the reserves of Dharma artifacts also need to be replenished... let's leave after breaking through to the middle stage of the Golden Core.

Du En made a decision quickly.

And so, in the following time, he stayed temporarily in Chiwu City.

In the morning, the City Lord's Mansion was quickly cleared and organized, and the Pivot City also dispatched specialized personnel and resources to begin repairing the main veins of the Spirit-Nurturing Land, allowing the Chiwu Mountain Range to quickly return to its original appearance.

Du En did not go over to interfere, only moving within the inner city, familiarizing himself with and confirming the repair and recovery situation in various places, so as to arrange for subsequent "liver-grinding" practice.

Such as artifact refining venues, practice grounds, etc., he would intervene to make them recover faster.

At noon, Yunyi City sent a batch of pills via express delivery, specifically for dealing with the semi-corpse transformation; it was not just the Yin-Dispelling Pills that were originally agreed upon, but also several other good pills for recuperation and nourishment.

This was specially arranged and added by the Great Cultivator of Yunyi after learning of the situation; the total amount was quite large, clearly exceeding the number of surviving cultivators in Chiwu City, which can be said to have been a huge help here.

Under Du En's coordination and handling, they were properly distributed to those in need; anyone who didn't need them was not allowed to reach out, which made some people have great opinions of him, but they were helpless and dared not show it at all.

In the afternoon, the new City Lord and Superintendent took office, Inspector Zhen returned various permissions, and the people sent by the Pivot City returned one after another, having no intention of lingering in such a remote and desolate place.

Du En was also present at this time, invisibly putting considerable pressure on these three new successors.

After all, the previous three all died at his hands!

With this pressure, the various tasks in the city could be carried out in an orderly manner, showing consideration for the subordinates, and not immediately imposing harsh additions or operating on the premise that everything must be restored to its original state within a few days.

Everything was flourishing, and Du En also returned what needed to be returned to the treasury and sold what needed to be sold, thereby obtaining a reward of one hundred high-grade spirit stones, and immediately asked the new City Lord for a part-time job in artifact refining.

Seeing that this "great master" was actually refusing to leave, what could the new City Lord and new Superintendent do?

They could only force a smile and treat him politely.

(End of chapter)