Chapter 685: National Day and Continental Development

"Feihuang, what is this?"

Nan Tianchen stared blankly at the object in his son's hand; the power within it made even him feel a palpitation, a sensation he had rarely experienced since breaking through to become a Title Douluo.

"This is the God Position of the Slaughter God, the deity I killed. Father, you can try it. If you can master this power, you have the hope of becoming the new Second-Class God, the Slaughter God." Feihuang handed the God Position to Nan Tianchen.

Nan Tianchen reached out to take it and said, "Slaughter God? A deity of slaughter? It doesn't seem to be a very good fit for me."

As the first Great Emperor of this unified dynasty, no matter how tempted Nan Tianchen was, he did not lose his composure, instead considering his compatibility with this God Position.

Nan Feihuang replied noncommittally, "That is true. The Slaughter God is more similar to the War God, leaning toward physical attacks and being a deity with a very heavy heart for slaughter. In fact, within our Gu Lei Dynasty, the most suitable person would be E Lai, but E Lai is the deputy general of my Peerless God Generals, and his God Position should at least be comparable to a Level One God; there is no need to inherit this Second-Class God Position."

"Fortunately, the laws of the Slaughter God are ultimately different from those of the War God. The previous Slaughter God was similar to the War God only because the path he took happened to be the same. The essence of the Slaughter God still lies in the word 'slaughter'. Killing with a sword is slaughter, killing with poison is also slaughter. Like you, Father, using a fire Formation to burn people to ashes—isn't that also a method of slaughter?"

Nan Tianchen understood. The laws of the Slaughter God focus on the word 'slaughter'. Regardless of the method of killing, strictly speaking, this God Position is suitable for many people, whether they are strong in physical attacks or elemental attacks; as long as they can kill, it works.

The key problem now is that Nan Tianchen's killing intent is not heavy.

It is impossible to send him to break into the Slaughter City. For a Spirit Master with a book martial soul, being unable to use soul skills there is equivalent to being useless. Should he rely on hitting people to death with books?

Therefore, Feihuang could only let his father try. If it works, it works; if not, it doesn't matter. Surely, once he and his mother both become gods, they won't be unable to bring his father along?

Nan Tianchen thought for a moment, "Feihuang, I will first try to make contact with this God Position and see. If I cannot do it, then we shall choose someone else capable."

As an emperor, Nan Tianchen knew how to make trade-offs. He liked the God Position, but he would not be greedy for it.

The key factor now is to strengthen the power around his son. If it comes to a point where it is impossible to do otherwise, he would not mind giving up the God Position to someone more suitable.

Feihuang handed the God Position to his father, leaving him to handle it, while he himself took Xue Ke back to the Eastern Palace.

He must recover from his injuries as quickly as possible and then begin the God Position inheritance. Before the God Realm reacts, he must become a true Peerless God General; only then will he possess the power sufficient to contend with the Five Great God Kings.

"Oh!" Upon returning to the room, Xue Ke suddenly cried out.

Feihuang asked with concern, "What's wrong?"

"The baby is kicking me." Xue Ke touched her belly and said happily, "They must know their father has returned in victory and are dancing with joy."

Feihuang smiled helplessly, "Your mother-filter is truly too thick. I see them as just two little rascals inside."

"That's not true!" Xue Ke pouted and acted spoiled, "They are your little treasures, Brother Feihuang, and they must be as smart and strong as you, Brother Feihuang."

"Alright, alright, our babies are the smartest and strongest." Feihuang pulled Xue Ke into his arms and whispered, "Ke'er, no matter what happens, I will protect you and our smartest, strongest babies."

"Mm, I believe in Brother Feihuang." Xue Ke nodded; her husband's embrace was always the place where she felt most at ease.

Just at this moment, a 'Bang' was heard.

A brilliant firework flew into the sky, exploded, and turned into a beautiful flower.

Immediately after, more fireworks bloomed across the sky. "Brother Feihuang, look, how beautiful. Do you remember what day it is today?" Xue Ke asked.

Feihuang replied with a smile, "Of course I remember. Today is the National Day of the first anniversary of the founding of our Gu Lei Dynasty."

On this day one year ago, the nation was founded and the gods descended. On this day one year later, Feihuang slaughtered a god to prove his Dao.

Over this past year, the rapid development of the continent has been astonishing.

As the head of the civil officials, Xun Yu assisted Nan Tianchen in implementing the nation's various decrees.

In addition to the new basic laws, Nan Tianchen also accomplished two major tasks.

The first was the establishment of a research institute to vigorously develop Spirit Tools. As a person with great ambitions, unifying the continent was not the end. How to develop after unification was also something a ruler needed to consider.

To make people live better, just learning how to make Spirit Masters stronger is not enough; after all, ordinary people are not Spirit Masters and cannot cultivate. And the things that can help ordinary people, using a term Xun Yu heard from Feihuang, are called technology.

Therefore, as soon as the continent was unified, Xun Yu wrote the Spirit Tool research plan into a memorial and reported it to Nan Tianchen, who naturally approved it immediately. He wanted to develop more useful Spirit Tools to assist the common people in farming, constructing buildings, and so on, or even allow ordinary people to fly and burrow like Spirit Masters.

Only then could the lives of the people become better.

Even Ning Rongrong joined this department; her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda could help the department find many precious materials.

She also wanted to use this to restore the prestige of her sect.

When the war ended, Feihuang kept his promise and sent her the heads of the Lower Four Sects' masters killed in the war, the head of Citun Douluo, and the captured Lingyuan. It is said that she tortured that old woman Lingyuan for seven days and seven nights before ending her life with one strike.

Although the revenge was not fully satisfied, a large part of it was vented. Since then, Ning Rongrong's inner knots have loosened quite a bit, and she no longer dwells on the remaining hatred, but focuses on vigorously developing the sect.

Her efforts were somewhat useful; now her new Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect already has over seventy disciples.

She is the Sect Master, Oscar is the Deputy Sect Master, and Zhu Zhuqing, who returned from her travels, is an Elder. Although it is still far from being comparable to the sect's peak period, it is a good start. Isn't every sect developed bit by bit like this?

The second matter was suggested by Feihuang.

Using the old site of the Spirit Hall Academy in Wuhun City at the center of the continent, they established a super-large Spirit Master academy facing the entire continent. Regardless of government affairs, people's livelihood, or military affairs, it is solely responsible for teaching students.

This is like the Shrek Academy of later generations, continuously transporting talent for the continent.

Of course, there is one point that is different: Shrek Academy was almost independent of the nation, but this academy is not. The dean of this academy is always concurrently held by the Emperor of the continent; the royal family is the biggest boss of this academy.

If it were truly mastered by outsiders, Nan Feihuang would also worry about cultivating a bunch of traitors.

After the academy was established, major affiliated kingdoms, duchies, sects, and even the Spirit Hall sent their outstanding disciples to study there, quickly making a name for the academy.

(End of chapter)