Chapter 296: So this is what it means not to waste food

Shan Wanjing's eyes were like fire, her insteps arched straight, and her dark, cloud-like hair covered her cheeks. Yet, her vibrant red lips, her flushed, pretty face, and her fair skin all gathered together, revealing a breathtaking beauty.

"Grand Tutor Gu, that's enough."

Shan Wanjing's insteps arched slightly, her arms hooked around Gu Qing's neck, and she said in a cloying voice, "This time, he really has gone far away."

After Gu Qing and Shan Wanjing finished their act, Shang Ming had been so angry he vomited blood and left. The two of them then frolicked for a while at a nearby inn. Shan Wanjing's lingering resentment toward Zhu Yuyan had mostly dissipated by now.

"I hope Shang Ming can show some backbone this time."

Gu Qing said.

Shan Wanjing had almost been kicked to pieces. As an important figure in the Dongming Sect, Shang Ming should be able to quickly find a new partner and get married... Of course, beauties like Shan Wanjing were not easy to find.

Gu Qing and Shan Wanjing tidied their clothes and returned to the Ziwei Palace. After eating the meat porridge prepared by Lu Miaoji, Gu Qing received Dugu Feng in the Ziwei Palace.

The current Luoyangcheng was under the control of the Sui Dynasty, and the Dugu Clan was a major power in Luoyang.

"Dugu Feng pays respects to the Grand Tutor."

The current head of the Dugu family, Dugu Feng, arrived here and, seeing Gu Qing sitting there in a grand manner, bowed immediately.

Gu Qing raised his hand, and the He Shi Bi inside his sleeve slid onto the desk.

When there was no He Shi Bi, you called me Grand Tutor, and I wouldn't pick a fight with you over it. But now that the He Shi Bi is in hand, what do you call me?

Dugu Feng's eyes lit up; he already understood Gu Qing's determination. He immediately knelt on the ground and shouted "Long live" repeatedly.

"Get up."

Gu Qing let Dugu Feng rise and said, "We are all our own people; there is no need for so much formality."

Hearing "our own people," Dugu Feng thought of Dugu Feng and felt relieved in his heart.

An emperor marrying a minister's daughter was, in itself, a form of solicitation.

"The world today is, after all, one where martial arts are respected."

Gu Qing said, "Therefore, our system must begin with the Six Sects."

Although *The Legend of the Twin Dragons of the Tang* had a relatively low power level among Huang's martial arts novels, the gold content of a Grandmaster was still there. Take Fu Cailin, for example; he could support an entire nation, which was no small feat.

Gu Qing told Dugu Feng these things to have him mobilize manpower and begin establishing departments. To be an emperor, one person was not enough; there had to be a rigorous power structure below so that the emperor could grasp the essentials and not have to do everything personally.

Fortunately, from ancient times to the present, various system designs had been recorded. The pitfalls stepped on by previous dynasties had been compensated for by later ones. Moreover, in this *Twin Dragons* world, although it was called the Tang Dynasty, the level of productivity was extremely high, paper circulation was dense, smoking pipes had become weapons, and there were records of city walls dozens of zhang high. It was even more prosperous than the Ming and Qing dynasties. When designing the system architecture, Gu Qing followed the Ming and Qing models.

For the matters that followed, Gu Qing did most of the talking, while Lu Miaoji and Dugu Feng took notes. By the time Gu Qing finished speaking, both men had looks of admiration in their eyes.

"Your Majesty's vision is far-reaching and incisive; it is something we cannot match."

Dugu Feng flattered him fanatically, saying, "After I return, I will immediately contact the Li Clan, the Song Clan, and the Yuwen Clan to come here together..."

Watching Dugu Feng's fanatical appearance, Gu Qing felt a sense of oddity in his heart.

Gu Qing talks, talks, talks.

The people below write, write, write.

Once he finished speaking, they started cheering fanatically.

This wouldn't make the people of Sui and Tang feel the radiance of the sun, would it...

"In short, gather the people in as quickly as possible."

Gu Qing said deeply, "I will not enjoy this glory alone!"

By incorporating people from major factions into his own system, these people and Gu Qing would become a community of interests, pushing Gu Qing to overthrow Yang Guang together. By then, Gu Qing would be the one everyone looked forward to.

How much merit would this be?

For a period of time afterward, Gu Qing remained in Luoyangcheng, gathering forces in all aspects. Factions like Yun Yuzhen's Jukun Gang were also encompassed by Gu Qing.

Cihang Jingzhai's choice of Gu Qing was originally a helpless one, but seeing Gu Qing manage everything in an orderly fashion and design a more reasonable system, Fan Qinghui's internal resistance lessened, to the point that Gu Qing even farmed merit from her.

"You reached the Ultimate Demon Realm so quickly?"

Shi Feixuan's jade face was slightly surprised, her lips curled into a smile, and she asked in wonder.

For Gu Qing to be with Fan Qinghui, he must have operated the Dao Heart Planting Demon Art to the Ultimate Demon Realm—the peak where the Demon Seed and Dao Heart fuse.

"This isn't anything worth being surprised about."

Gu Qing said nonchalantly.

Gu Qing's own cultivation was not weak, which could push the Dao Heart Planting Demon Art to take form. Moreover, Gu Qing had a "merit" cheat code; advancing to the Ultimate Demon Realm was easy for him.

It was just that once in the Ultimate Demon Realm...

Gu Qing held Shi Feixuan, the Demon Seed and Immortal Fetus communicating secretly, making Shi Feixuan's face turn even redder. Fan Qinghui had already been eaten; Shi Feixuan was not far behind.

"Gu Shi, this won't do."

Wan Wan leaned in, her eyes filled with feigned anger, and said, "Wan'er's Heavenly Demon Art hasn't reached the eighteenth layer yet. If you get together with the Saintess, Wan'er will have no way to survive in the future."

Gu Qing looked at Wan Wan sideways, couldn't help but kiss her, and feeling Wan Wan's slender and plump figure, said, "Rest assured, I will definitely take you along."

After this bout of laughter, Wan Wan asked, "Gu Shi, the Six Sects you created, why use Shen Luoyan?"

Shen Luoyan had been hunted by Qin Shubao and rescued by Fan Qinghui, naturally carrying a Cihang Jingzhai flavor.

"Because she has the talent."

While speaking, Gu Qing couldn't stop looking at Wan Wan.

In *Sun and Moon in the Sky*, Wan Wan missed Xu Ziling excessively and let go early, but Wan Wan's two disciples were more remarkable than the last.

"The creation of these Six Sects requires training a batch of manpower."

Gu Qing asked Wan Wan, "Do you want to come and train these people?"

Wan Wan's eyes lit up, and she hugged Gu Qing's arm even tighter, saying, "Of course I'm willing." For Wan Wan, this was a good opportunity to take root in the Six Sects.

Shi Feixuan stared at Gu Qing, knowing that Gu Qing had absolutely no interest in power, which was why she let go and allowed Wan Wan to train the subordinates, completely unafraid of the Six Sects becoming the foundation of the Yingui Sect.

For Gu Qing, whatever righteous path or demonic path, as long as it could be used, it was fine.

This made Shi Feixuan think of the time Gu Qing invited Lu Miaoji, when he had said, "I originally had no intention of chasing the deer, but I know the suffering of the common people." Gu Qing truly had no intention of chasing the deer.

In Luoyangcheng, the news of Gu Qing holding the He Shi Bi quickly spread throughout the world. Hearing that Gu Qing was sitting in the Ziwei Palace in Luoyangcheng, the forces of the world came to surrender one after another. Gu Qing had only been in Luoyangcheng for half a month, and people from all over had run over.

Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin of the Li Clan.

Song Zhi, Song Shidao, Song Yuhua, and Song Yuzhi of the Song Clan.

Li Mi of Wagang Village, Du Fuwei of Jianghuai, and so on.

In the Ziwei Palace, Gu Qing couldn't stop looking at Li Mi.

When dynasties changed in this world, there were often prophecies. For example, at the end of Wang Mang's Xin Dynasty, there was a rumor that Liu Xiu would be emperor. At that time, there was a person who shared the same name as Liu Xiu, and he was killed by Wang Mang. During the Sui and Tang years, there was a "Peach and Plum Child" prophecy. Upon hearing it, people stood up without hesitation, but it turned out the prophecy referred to Li Yuan's family.

"Master."

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling came together and bowed to Gu Qing.

Gu Qing hadn't seen these two little disciples for many days. Seeing that they were beginning to change due to puberty and that their internal energy was circulating more vigorously, he felt a little happy. He let them rise and asked how they had come.

"We came together from the Heavenly Master Dao."

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling looked at each other and said.

At this stage, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were just starting out in the martial arts world and were inseparable.

"Master, here is a scroll of books that the Song Clan Master wrote at the Heavenly Master Dao, asking us to hand it to Master."

While speaking, Kou Zhong came before Gu Qing and handed over the scroll.

Gu Qing flipped through the scriptures. The more he looked, the more surprised he became. Finally, he quickly flipped through the scroll, memorized it completely with merit, and then slowly pondered the unfathomable mysteries within the scriptures.

This was because these scriptures were the secret, non-transmitted art of the Heavenly Master Dao: the Yellow Heaven Great Art.

During the Frontier era, Yan Fei was the most outstanding swordsman, but when facing Sun En, he was still suppressed by the Yellow Heaven Great Art, simply because after the Yellow Heaven Great Art was cultivated, the body's energy connected with heaven and earth, and internal energy was endless.

"Did the Song Clan Master have anything to say?"

Gu Qing asked.

Upon hearing this, Kou Zhong immediately said, "Master Song is at a critical moment in studying the secret techniques. He didn't have any instructions for us coming here, but Master Song told Master to let go and do it."

Let go and do it?

Gu Qing nodded.

"Grand Tutor Gu."

Yuwen Chengdu hurried in from outside, carrying a peerless beauty in his hand. When he saw Gu Qing, the peerless beauty's face turned livid, while Yuwen Chengdu knelt down to claim credit, saying, "This assassin of the Goguryeo remnant has been captured by me."

Gu Qing looked at the woman Yuwen Chengdu had put down. Her gaze was icy and hateful, and her expression was very stiff.

"Fu Junyu?"

Gu Qing looked at the girl and called out her name first.

"That's right!"

Fu Junyu raised her head proudly and said with hatred, "Gu Qing, you Han dog! I wish I could kill you directly!"

After Gu Qing swept across Goguryeo, Fu Junyu came to the Sui Dynasty wanting revenge. Along the way, she stabbed many people to death and even caused a stir in Daxing. However, Fu Junyu was young after all, her martial arts were not pure enough, and she hadn't encountered any real experts, so she had been able to roam the martial arts world for a while.

"How did you catch her?"

Gu Qing looked at Yuwen Chengdu.

"I just collected information along the way, gathered it around her, and then captured her in one fell swoop."

Yuwen Chengdu had a smile on his face and said, "Grand Tutor Gu, back on the Piaoxiang, you warned me not to waste food. This girl has some looks, so I am willing to offer her to you!"

Yuwen Chengdu often heard at home that there were no women who could be sent to Gu Qing. After taking down Fu Junyu, he immediately made a decision to send Fu Junyu to Gu Qing.

This could also be considered solving the urgent need of the Yuwen Clan.

"You are very good!"

Gu Qing gave Yuwen Chengdu a thumbs up.

Back on the Piaoxiang, Gu Qing had taught Yuwen Chengdu the Bodhidharma Internal Energy and the Great Strength Vajra Finger. These two martial arts had clearly been successful, and his demeanor was now different from the past.

"It's just that this woman."

Gu Qing looked at Fu Junyu, seeing her head held high in a look of unyielding defiance, and said, "Just kill her."

Gu Qing already had many beauties by his side; Fu Junyu's looks were nothing rare. Moreover, between Gu Qing and Fu Junyu, there was national enmity and family hatred, leaving no room for forgiveness. Killing her would instead remove a source of trouble.

Fu Junyu suddenly lowered her head and looked at Gu Qing, who was sitting in the center. She hadn't expected that his cold sentence would be enough to slaughter her.

Fu Junyu was not afraid of death, but dying without any value was something she found hard to bear.

"Kill her?"

Yuwen Chengdu looked at Fu Junyu, wanting to plead for her, but thinking of his own clan's tangled roots and precarious situation, he couldn't help but sigh.

Gu Qing was wasting food.

If he had known, he wouldn't have sent her to Gu Qing...

"Gu Qing, you will have retribution!"

Fu Junyu cursed at Gu Qing, saying, "Just you wait, in at most a year, your retribution will come!"

A year, my retribution?

The eleventh year of Daye?

Gu Qing thought and thought, but couldn't think of any force in the martial arts world that could come to kill him in a year.

Unless it was the resurrection of Guang Chengzi inside the War God Hall.

"Grand Tutor Gu."

Li Shimin walked out and said to Gu Qing, "The Goguryeo remnants seem to have colluded with Turkic forces."

In the current north, the greatest external force was the Turks. Because the Sui Dynasty was in chaos due to Yang Guang's mismanagement, internal forces were all wanting to rebel, and the Turks became the joint force for all sides. It was now the tenth year of Daye; many things were buried underground, and when Yang Guang died, various "Khans" would all pop up.

And because of the internal chaos in the Sui Dynasty, in the future, the Turks would come into the interior of the Sui Dynasty, and every one of them would become honored guests and people above others.

Now that Li Shimin had suddenly mentioned Turkic forces, many people in the hall were already uncomfortable. They looked at the Li Clan members and were still cursing in their hearts—this Li Clan wasn't clean either.

"Turkic forces, huh."

Gu Qing used the Soul-Searching Technique to call Yuwen Chengdu and asked, "Has Fu Junyu been killed yet?"

Yuwen Chengdu was amazed by Gu Qing's supernatural powers and responded immediately.

"If she's killed, bring her corpse back."

Gu Qing sat in the Ziwei Palace and watched Yuwen Chengdu and the guards bring Fu Junyu's corpse back. Yuwen Chengdu had acted too quickly; Fu Junyu was already decapitated.

"Pour oil."

Gu Qing ordered.

Yuwen Chengdu immediately poured lamp oil. Watching Gu Qing blow with his palm wind, Fu Junyu's body ignited with raging flames, the corpse crackling as it burned.

In the hall, besides the four clans, there were various other forces. Seeing Fu Junyu's corpse burning in the hall, the close-range experience was different. One by one, they felt uncomfortable, and when they looked at Gu Qing, their eyes held a bit of fear... This burning of Fu Junyu's corpse was clearly because of Li Shimin's words about colluding with Turkic forces.

Now that the corpse was burning, it was killing the chicken to scare the monkey.

Watching the raging fire below, Yuwen Chengdu grasped this point, and his heart brightened: So this is what it means not to waste food.

Fu Junyu's corpse gradually burned down to bones.

The Ziwei Palace in Luoyang was chilling, and many people felt a cold breeze rising.

"Meeting adjourned!"

Gu Qing got up and left.

(End of chapter)