Chapter 771

But...

Suddenly, a melodious voice rang out.

"Zheng'er, is this your eldest son, Fusu?"

The crowd was stunned for a moment, then looked in great alarm at the person who had opened their eyes among the three figures at the very top.

Ying Zheng hurriedly cupped his hands:

"Reporting to the Ancestor, Fusu he..."

"Hmph! Rotten wood cannot be carved!"

Xuan Chen let out a cold snort, and the surging high-pressure aura of a cultivator's life level descended, enveloping the entire space.

In an instant, a series of explosive sounds rang out; the many Confucian scholars who had previously followed Fusu were now reduced to blood and gore, exploding on the spot.

The scent of blood permeated the entire hall, but the next moment, a phantom of a mysterious bird flashed behind Xuan Chen, and a gentle breeze blew, making everyone feel a heart-piercing comfort.

Xuan Chen said indifferently:

"Zheng'er, today, the Ancestor will teach you how to govern a mortal court as a cultivator."

"A cultivator emperor's words carry more weight than the heavens; whoever disobeys, dies!"

"Zheng'er, remember, you are no longer just an emperor, but a cultivator."

"In the world of cultivators, strength is supreme; the weak have no right to offer opinions on the ideas proposed by the strong."

"Whoever speaks, dies!"

"Do you remember?"

582. Teaching Ying Zheng how to be a cultivator emperor

Ying Zheng was silent for a moment, then nodded and said earnestly:

"Yes, Ancestor, Zheng understands."

Xuan Chen's expression was cold.

"Cultivators are already devoted to cultivation in their daily lives and have little time; if you take time out to handle government affairs and still have to worry about bickering with others, then there is no need."

"You must remember, you are no longer an ordinary emperor, not even a mortal; everything must be based on strength."

Ying Zheng nodded with complex emotions.

Immediately, he asked with some curiosity:

"Ancestor, you previously said that when you were tempering your heart in the mortal world, you were an emperor for over seven thousand years. How did you handle government affairs?"

To be honest, the idea of a cultivator being an emperor was still very novel to Ying Zheng, and he wanted to learn from Xuan Chen.

As for the people below, once they heard Ying Zheng say this was his ancestor and that he had been an emperor for over seven thousand years, they immediately understood what was going on.

They looked at Xuan Chen with some nervousness.

This was a genuine ancestor.

"Handle government affairs?"

Xuan Chen smiled, shook his head, and said:

"I was the emperor at the time; why would I need to handle government affairs personally?"

"Wouldn't it be enough to just handle the people who handle the government affairs?"

Ying Zheng was silent. After a pause, he said again:

"But if that were the case, wouldn't the empire..."

"That's impossible. During the years I was emperor, the Great Xuan Empire was quite prosperous."

As soon as the words fell, Jin Dang smiled and joked:

"Elder Xuan Chen is not wrong. During the years he was emperor, the Great Xuan Empire unified the world in that realm and was prosperous and flourishing."

"However, in terms of methods, mortals might not be able to understand."

"At the beginning, Elder Xuan Chen just wanted to be an emperor to temper his heart in the mortal world, so he transformed into a mortal and led the people of that world to overthrow the tyranny."

"After becoming emperor, he felt there were too many things to do, so he handed all the work to the people below."

"After a hundred years of seclusion, he came out and found that those ministers had not executed government affairs according to his ideas, so he killed them all, and incidentally killed more than ten million of the rebel armies that those ministers had secretly organized."

"Since then, no one in the Great Xuan Empire has dared to resist."

"Later, Elder Xuan Chen's handling of government affairs became much simpler: he would just find a few talented people to be ministers, and if they didn't listen, they died."

"As for the army, Elder Xuan Chen also assigned a bunch of generals to command them in one go."

"Similarly, those who were disloyal died."

"If the people rebelled, the same logic applied: no matter how many there were, they died."

"Zheng'er, you must know that at that time, Elder Xuan Chen's cultivation had already reached the peak of Refining Essence into Qi, and in that small world, no one could defy him."

"If he wanted to, he could slaughter the entire world by himself."

"When you have obtained such power, everything in the empire is as illusory as a reflection in a mirror or the moon in the water to you."

"Whether as an emperor or a cultivator, your will should not be something that mortals can defy."

"Although we cultivators do not often take action against mortals in our daily lives, it does not mean that mere mortals have the qualifications to communicate with us on equal terms."

"Even Shushan is like this. Do you know why cultivators in the cultivation world protect mortals?"

Hearing this, Ying Zheng shook his head blankly.

Jin Dang said calmly:

"In our long lives as cultivators, cultivation will always be boring."

"When you feel bored, you will find ways to make yourself happy. Mortals are like golden canaries kept by cultivators."

"Would you agree to others rashly taking action against your pets?"

Ying Zheng suddenly realized. Although it still felt a bit outrageous, considering the long lifespan of cultivators, it was acceptable.

"Of course, a country has a country's management method. When I was tempering my heart in the mortal world, the empire was not managed like that."

Jin Dang smiled. Looking at Ying Zheng's expectant gaze, Jin Dang said calmly:

"I bestowed a thousand years of lifespan upon my many ministers, and then used the method of divine sense to tamper with their wills, making each of them firmly maintain the interests of the empire."

“Speaking of which, this is much more convenient.”

Xuan Chen couldn't help but complain:

"But later, Patriarch, because you found it troublesome, you applied the will-tampering technique to the entire empire in one go."

"Everyone in the empire, from the moment they were born, before they could even call their parents, would call out that the Emperor's Dao is equal to the heavens."

"What's the difference between that and playing house?"

Jin Dang sighed awkwardly.

"So that time of tempering my heart in the mortal world didn't have much effect... I am indeed not very suitable to be an emperor."

"Cultivating in daily life is already a waste of time; where would I have the extra energy to consider the government affairs of an empire?"

"So, in my ten thousand years of tempering my heart in the mortal world, the most comfortable time was the three thousand years I spent as a beggar."

"There were no big events, I could still witness the warmth and coldness of human relationships, and I could go into seclusion whenever I wanted, and no one would find out."

Xuan Chen smiled and joked:

"In the short term, Zheng'er is afraid he won't even consider being a beggar to temper his heart in the mortal world."

"It's a matter of time."

Jin Dang waved his hand, then looked at Ying Zheng, who had complex emotions.

"In short, no matter whose method it is, Zheng'er, you must remember."

"After becoming a cultivator, except for your identity in the cultivation world, nothing else is important."

"Everything must be based on cultivation."

"Cultivators need a long time to go into seclusion and practice. If you waste time bickering with mortals, and a powerful enemy from the cultivation world forms a feud with you..."

"When those enemies attack, do you want to rely on the mortal kingdom to help you resist?"

"So, your thinking should change."

583. Ying Zheng: Whoever works hard, I will take them to cultivate

Regardless of whether what Jin Dang and Xuan Chen said made sense, Ying Zheng finally understood some of the cultivators' worldview.

For any cultivator, everything they do must be beneficial to their own cultivation.

Cultivators have a lot of time, but...

This does not mean that cultivators definitely don't care about time.