Chapter 313: Shen Qing's Thoughts Are Called Policy in Da Wu!

In midair, two green dragons held the fish-people aloft; hearing Shen Qing's voice, several people lowered their heads to look, but they had not noticed when Shen Qing had arrived there.

However, they noticed Shen Qing's cultivation was at the fourth level of the Yuan Dan realm, so they did not pay much attention.

One green dragon twisted its body, bringing a patch of green cloud to Shen Qing's front, exhaling two scorching air pillars from its nostrils; it looked at Shen Qing with mockery in its eyes.

"Such a big tone—what gives a fourth-level Yuan Dan cultivator the nerve to say this?"

"I, Ao Yun, am right here! I'd like to see how you cut me into eight pieces!"

Before the words finished, Shen Qing had already arrived behind Ao Yun, his palm pressed against Ao Yun's nape, and with slight force he seized Ao Yun's dragon tendon.

A light pull, and the snow-white dragon tendon came out like a noodle; then Shen Qing flicked his finger, emitting a blade glow that gave Ao Yun a flower-cut, and Ao Yun's hundred-meter body was instantly severed into eight sections.

Yet Ao Yun's head remained suspended in midair, because Shen Qing had grabbed it; Shen Qing's vital energy surged, turning Ao Yun's head to face himself.

"Do you now know how I will cut you into eight pieces?"

Ao Yun's dragon mouth twitched slightly, blood flowing uncontrollably.

"Ah..."

The intense pain made him keep wailing.

"I... I'm sorry... it was my fault for not recognizing Mount Tai just now..."

"Please spare me once..."

After all, the dragon race is one of the physically strongest races; even with only a head left, it can survive for a while, and though reconnecting the shattered body brings great sequelae, at least it can live—he no longer cared about dragon dignity at this point.

Shen Qing smiled: "You beg me, but I won't let you go."

Having said that, he directly crushed the dragon head into powder.

Meanwhile, the other green dragon on the opposite side dared not move at all; what had just happened occurred almost in an instant, and by the time they reacted, Ao Yun was already reduced to just a head.

Shen Qing turned to look at him; he nervously swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "I am Ao... of the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace."

Before he finished speaking, his skull flew up, and in midair he saw his own body severed into several sections.

The female fish-person also fell toward the sea; she steadied her form: "I, Yuan Ling, thank this benefactor; please leave your name, and I will surely repay you in the future."

Shen Qing paid her no heed.

Seeing Shen Qing gave no reply, the female fish-person gritted her teeth, rose, and flew toward Da Wu; just then, a gust of wind reversed, and Shen Qing appeared before Yuan Ling.

"I said: if you go forward, you'll be cut into eight sections—return to the sea."

"Sea beasts are not allowed to enter Da Wu's territory."

Yuan Ling froze, torn between advance and retreat, and actually burst into tears; the fish-person race is inherently extremely beautiful, a tail of scales flashing gold in the sunset, her features exquisitely lovely, her head adorned with a coral-made headdress, and when she wept, it was like pear blossoms in rain.

Still, it's rather embarrassing—she encountered the sigma male Shen Qing, who glanced at her.

"Cry? Do you think crying will make me let you pass?"

"Get lost back to the sea!"

Yuan Ling shouted: "Kill me! I can't enter Da Wu, so I can't find Shen Qing, and the Blue Abyss Empire will fall! My brother will die too! Kill me!"

Shen Qing raised his eyebrows, seizing on the key words.

"Blue Abyss Empire? What is your relation to Yuan Hou?"

The Blue Abyss Empire was precisely the first sea-beast empire encountered during the suppression of the Wokou, offering Shen Qing considerable aid, and he had promised to help them in return; if related, he would naturally honor his promise and act—besides, Da Wu has had no recent warfare.

Yuan Ling wept: "Yuan Hou is my brother!"

Shen Qing spoke calmly: "Enough, stop crying—I am Shen Qing; what has happened to the Blue Abyss Empire?"

Yuan Ling stared: "You... are Shen Qing, Lord Shen?"

"Indeed."

Yuan Ling's eyes reddened as she looked at Shen Qing: "Impossible—I just arrived in Da Wu, and with so many people there, I just happened to meet you?"

Shen Qing chuckled: "Indeed quite a coincidence; then it shows your Blue Abyss Empire has not yet reached the point of destruction."

"But if you keep dawdling, destruction may not be certain."

Yuan Ling also came to her senses, wiping her tears.

Right—Da Wu has so many people; she hadn't even entered Da Wu yet, and on the sea she encountered Shen Qing himself, and he even saved her life—isn't this heaven favoring her?

Thinking this, she no longer dawdled: "It's like this, Lord Shen—our fish-person race is relatively wise among sea beasts, so we often have other races seek us out in the sea to enlighten their offspring."

"This period I have come to the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace to enlighten a newborn prince."

"But I overheard these two green dragons discussing something."

"In the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace, a dragon intends to provoke war, aiming to kill the leaders of several sea-beast empires in the Eastern Sea and ignite war across the entire sea region—this includes my Blue Abyss Empire!"

Shen Qing narrowed his eyes: "Has the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace also rebelled?"

"The whole world, aside from the terrestrial Da Wu and the Holy Luo Empire, belongs to the Four Seas Dragon Palaces and the Giant Dragon Island as the strongest; yet even the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace has rebelled—is it unwilling to submit to humans, or has it become similar?"

"So they plan to assassinate your brother?"

Yuan Ling shook her head: "No, they intend to invite the leaders of each sea region to the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace as guests, then strike."

"After that, I don't know—I heard this and was discovered; I fled the Dragon Palace all the way, yet these two green dragons still pursued me."

"I had no time to return and tell my brother, but I recalled that my brother and I once mentioned Lord Shen, so I decided to come to Da Wu..."

Shen Qing nodded: "Alright, I understand—let's make a trip to the Dragon Palace."

Having said that, Shen Qing flew to Li Dabo on the fishing boat.

Li Dabo and Xiao Sun had already recognized Shen Qing; after all, Shen Qing's fame spread throughout Jia Shui Jun and Dong Hai Jun after exterminating the Wokou, and Li Lao Bo and Xiao Sun had also visited Shen Qing's temple to pay respects.

The two knelt on the ground, unusually excited: "Commoners pay their respects to Lord Shen!"

Shen Qing extended a strand of vital energy to lift them up, then looked at Li Lao Bo: "Is your son taking this spring's imperial examination?"

Li Lao Bo nodded excitedly.

Shen Qing said: "Then there's no need to go to the capital; just wait in Dong Hai Jun, for this year's Da Wu examinations have been reformed."

"From now on, the spring examination need not go to the capital but will be held in the nearest prefectural city; Dong Hai Jun is close to Qing Zhou, so go to Qing Zhou for the spring examination, and the officials will escort the top scorer to the capital for evaluation."

Ancient transportation was inconvenient, so going to the capital to take the spring examinations was indeed a dangerous undertaking, and what's more, this is a world where cultivation is possible—ordinary people could easily encounter a life-or-death crisis from just a gust of wind or a blade of grass, so this system truly needs reform.

Old Man Li was stunned for a moment: "Lord Shen, but we haven't heard of any similar policy..."

Shen Qing waved his hand: "You definitely haven't heard of it—I just thought of it."

"Go back and wait for the announcement; you'll hear about it within three days."

Old Man Li and Little Sun showed expressions of sudden realization.

Only then did they understand.

The light in Shen Qing's room illuminated the path forward for the entire Great Wu.

And Shen Qing's idea is called policy in their Great Wu!