Chapter 438: Preparing to Learn the Wu Language

When the top decision-makers of both the Wu and Yao factions entered a state of secret plotting.

Fengxi was energetically gathering his subordinate's clueless strategist team, rolling up his sleeves ready to undertake a major undertaking.

At least he had obtained the Five Emperor Seals, truly establishing his crown prince status and wielding the regency over humanity.

If he doesn't achieve something, how can he live up to the expectations of Majesty Fuxi and Lady Nüwa?!

For this, Fengxi gave it his all.

"Are we really going to do this?"

Hougang wore a strange, bewildered expression, as if he were reevaluating his old friend—previously just throwing mud on others was bad enough, but now he's throwing mud on himself?!

"Just like that!" Fengxi's face was full of holiness and fearlessness, as if he were a warrior prepared for sacrifice, possessing overwhelming influence.

But… if an outsider were present, understanding the source, they'd probably be at a loss for words, sighing, "Really playing around."

"Remember, remember!"

Fengxi instructed, "When you spread rumors, be secretive, be half-hidden, be sneaky…… to arouse the clan's curiosity and delve deep into investigation."

"And during their exploration, intentionally guide them, releasing a fog of false information— the true truth doesn't matter; just tell them what they want to hear as the 'truth'."

"…" Hougang's mouth twitched, he raised a hand to his forehead, "Alright, alright."

"A generation's crown prince, in his spare time off work, studies the Wu language deeply at the vacation winery run by the Wu Clan… according to the niece of a staff member's aunt's cousin's nephew who works there, rumors say that during this process, attractive female witches often appear, and if one listens closely, one might occasionally hear sounds like 'hmm… ah… oh…', the echoes lingering for three days—what do you think of this plot? Are you satisfied?"

Without a doubt, Hougang is also a clever fellow.

Randomly fabricated, spewing nonsense, a rough script was formed.

"Sure, sure." Fengxi nodded repeatedly, his expression subtly shifting as he glanced at Hougang.

"You seem to understand quite well, huh?"

"Brother, let me level with you—do you often do this kind of thing?"

"It's not true; you should believe in my noble integrity." Hougang's gaze flickered as he flatly denied it.

"I believe you… about as much as I believe a ghost." Fengxi curled the corner of his mouth.

"Cough cough cough!" Hougang gave two light coughs, "Don't bring up trivial matters… the big picture is what matters! The big picture is what matters!"

He forcibly changed the subject, returning to the proper course.

"With rumors, we also need to give them a beginning and end, a rich and complete plot, so listeners find it reasonable…" Hougang paused, then said, "We definitely can't explain it as mere lust on your part—that would cause the clan's support and satisfaction to plummet, a loss not worth the gain."

"This prelude and consequence can be inserted with the real purpose—" Fengxi instructed, "Human-Wu integration, optimizing the bloodline… therefore, Crown Prince Fengxi's actions are not pure lust, but driven by the lower half."

"He did this because he feared the clan couldn't understand or accept it, and out of concern for the frailty of the human physique and bloodline, he led by example, engaged in deep exchange, secretly maneuvered, to obtain excellent perfect descendants, gradually achieving the improvement of humanity's bloodline!"

"Comrade Fengxi's self-sacrificing, family-for-the-greater-good noble spirit is worthy of being a model for all ages!"

"—Just promote it like that."

Fengxi said.

Hougang took a deep breath, "Alright."

"I have one last question—"

"That is, during the rumor-spreading process, should we slightly add some 'astringent qin' to increase its impact?"

"Astringent!" Fengxi waved his hand, "Put in the astringent!"

He is more open than Hougang.

At this moment he had no hesitation, directly making a decision, completely uncaring about the damage to his own reputation.

"However, this astringency also needs to be refined."

"Oh?" Hougang cast an inquisitive glance.

"We need astringency within control, the kind that avoids vulgar language and sensitive terms throughout, so we don't blow things up and suffer a dimensional reduction strike, yet still make people feel at first glance that the protagonist is battle‑hardened…" Fengxi rested a hand on his chin, "You get it?"

"I don't." Hougang shook his head, "Your demands as the client are rather high."

"Hey!" Fengxi, somewhat frustrated, "Just devise some special techniques in my name!"

"For example, 'Five Campaigns'! 'Five Desires'! 'Ten Movements'! 'Seven Losses Eight Gains'! And so on!"

"And what about the 'Nine Methods'…"

"If we make it more blatant."

"Or we could say—those twenty years old emit every four days, thirty-year-olds every eight days, forty-year-olds every sixteen days, fifty-year-olds every twenty‑one days, sixty‑year-olds are done, cease emitting and never again; if one's strength remains robust, once a month… and so on!"

"Using an experienced tone, promote some sensible things, but combined with the rumor's presupposition, let the clan members fill in the blanks themselves… Got it?!"

"Got it, got it!" Hougang wore an expression of having been taught, seeming to bow before Fengxi's erudition.

"That's good." Fengxi waved his hand, "After you go, gather manpower, act covertly, and be sure to hype this into a hot topic!"

"Three years!"

"I only give you three years!"

"After three years, I want the streets and alleys, the clan's after‑tea gossip, to be all about this… Understand!"

"Hiss!" Hougang sucked in a cold breath, contributing a minuscule amount of strength to warming the Honghuang, while his gums ached.

——Too ruthless!

He's losing quite a bit of his integrity!

"Won't this be too forceful?"

He asked cautiously.

"Only great effort can produce miracles!" Fengxi declared, "If the effort isn't fierce, how can we leave a deep impression on the clan?"

"Furthermore."

"When we begin our actions and let humanity and the Wu clan show the advantages of bloodline fusion— you wouldn't think the Heavenly Court would just stand by, would you?"

"They will surely intervene, even secretly guide, concentrating firepower on me!"

"If that's the case."

Rather than let our opponents come to smear us, spread rumors, and keep the situation out of our control, it's better for us to take the initiative, make our plans clear—this is called using the enemy's road, leaving the enemy with no way out!

Fengxi spoke confidently, leaving Hougang nothing to do but give a thumbs-up in praise, with nothing else to say.

Moreover… if we ourselves control the pace, smear ourselves to the extreme, then a reversal will be even more shocking, right? Fengxi said.

Huh? You still want to whitewash? Hougang's eye twitched.

Of course! Fengxi had a matter-of-fact expression, "I smear myself, that's for work considerations, not really wanting to ruin my reputation; what needs to be saved still needs to be saved!"

At the appropriate time, we must take action to dispel rumors!

Can this still be whitewashed? Hougang rubbed his forehead.

Nothing can't be whitewashed… damn, I've dragged you into the mud!" Fengxi rolled his eyes, "I'm originally clean, self-disciplined; why would I need to be whitewashed?"

I merely enriched your script.

Like that vacation resort, learning the Wu Clan language, conducting cultural exchange… this is indeed true!

In a moment, I will convey the meaning to the Wu Clan side, having them put on a show, dispatch a delegation team, both to cooperate with the performance and to genuinely exchange advanced technology.

And to show respect for the Wu Clan friends, I urgently crash-studied their language and culture—what a big deal!

At most, the teacher of language and writing is female… as for causing groundless speculation? On the contrary, I will severely criticize some clan members' wavering minds, their groundless speculation!

'Spreading rumors is you, whitewashing is you, even turning the tables is still you…' Hougang muttered inwardly, yet on the surface he obediently accepted the order, 'I understand.'

But… how should we deal with those strange sounds?

Just say it's a body-shaping class specially designed for female cultivators, merely happening to be held at the vacation resort!" Fengxi pondered briefly and gave the answer, "Precisely because of this, it caused the widespread coincidental misunderstanding among the human folk."

Studying a foreign language is just studying a foreign language, with no other messy affairs… the human king's virtue remains steadfast, worthy of trust!

As long as the greatest dream remains unfulfilled, as long as the undertaking to set right the thoughts of all humanity has not yet been accomplished… we will never fall!

Fengxi's voice resonated with strength.

Good, good, good…" Hougang drew out his tone, "These problems you've solved… but how can we explain those so-called 'techniques' that sound so plausible?"

This is proper business! Proper Dao! Why need explanation!

Fengxi raised his eyebrows and countered, 'Popularizing the correct male**yang concept among the vast human populace, rather than letting them stray into curiosity, shame, and ignorance, is a deed of immeasurable merit—why hide it, avoiding it one by one?!'

Well…" Hougang mused, "You need to know, in a big forest there are all kinds of birds… although our human race has developed well, there remains a small portion whose enlightenment is slower.

Even if it's a good thing, the benevolent see benevolent manifestations, the wise see wisdom's elaboration… yet they can turn a blind eye to all merits, and, imagining they've found faults, vehemently rebut, in the name of caring for future generations, perform their own ignorance and absurdity.

So, if possible… you should still make some embellishments.

Hiss… alright." Fengxi sighed, "Since it's like this, we'll just stick to the same routine.

If there's a pot, just put a lid on it for the Wu Clan side, and that's settled!

Ugh…" Hougang's mood turned subtle.

Just say, when our human high-ranking officials were exchanging and learning with the Wu Clan, as the representative I once had concerns about human reproduction and proliferation, so the Wu Clan friends gifted us many precious video materials.

While I was organizing the materials, unfortunately part of them was lost outside, leading the clansmen to misunderstand and produce all kinds of strange misunderstandings… As someone who is both heir apparent and regent prince, I am certainly not a stud opening a large harem!

How about it? My explanation barely gets by… is that acceptable?

Should… perhaps… maybe…" Hougang weighed his words, "Would that work?"

Then it's good." Fengxi nodded satisfactorily.

First, smear ourselves in a wave, topping the internal hot-search list.

When we promote and build momentum with uncanny means that penetrate people's hearts, arousing the clan's curiosity, then I will whitewash… thus, a situation where everyone is happy can be achieved.

We have pushed forward the human bloodline complement plan, and the clan members also understood that there are also the risqué operations of intermarrying with the Wu Clan to improve the descendants' bloodline foundation… perfect!

Fengxi snapped his fingers, admiring his own cleverness without end.

Okay, I've noted it down." Hougang took out a small notebook, scribbling and drawing, deeply grasping the superior's meaning.

After a while, he hesitated and spoke again, 'Fengxi, your way of teasing and then reversing is quite slick… but what after the heat dies down?'

Then we won't let it drop.

Fengxi stroked his chin, sighed, 'I will sacrifice a bit more myself.'

When, the heat has gone down.

Then… right under everyone's eyes, like a night-blooming cereus appearing, a little girl comes up, hugs my thigh, calls out 'Father'—what do you think?

In the eyes of a clansman, who has always been a single king, suddenly gains a daughter, even more daughters, and displays unparalleled mighty potential, supreme wisdom surpassing myriad talents, reaching the level of a crown prince fit for a human king candidate… you see, is this news explosive enough?

Hougang's visage twisted.

This… is more than just explosive!

This is too extreme!

You let me ease… ease…" Hougang rubbed his brow, after a moment he spoke, asking a not-so-related question, "This… why a daughter?"

Because earlier, the goddess Nüwa hinted…" Fengxi said, "She briefly mentioned to me the succession issue of the Fire Master and Fire Officer."

Now, Majesty Baoqi is not far from abdication, I am about to take office.

After I take office, to be safe, the approximate heir apparent candidate still needs to be determined.

Nowadays, with military peril and war danger, if one day I suddenly die, the heir apparent must be able to immediately take over and continue executing the human race's grand strategy.

And regarding my successor as the next human sovereign, the goddess has some ideas.

By then, she might possibly send down a weighty incarnation as a pawn… if so, I would need to pave the way for her in advance.

But how to put it…" Fengxi pondered, "Actually, I don't need to do much.

After all, the Fire Master I command, which balances the Dragon Master system, was still drawn from the goddess's cadre… in terms of prestige, the goddess Nüwa is still above me.

Thus, even if it's internally decided, it's no big problem.

Of course, considering we want to give some promising seedlings opportunities, the required procedures still need to be followed.

Fengxi shrugged, 'After me, the female cultivators' eligibility to run for human king greatly increases… so if there's a need for acting, I might add another two or three daughters, etc.'

(End of chapter)