Chapter 378: Sitting on Pins and Needles

Watching Li Si and Su Fan communicate cordially, others in the reception hall of the Little Sage Virtuous Manor did not dare to step forward.

After a long time, the second and third masters of the Little Sage Virtuous Manor came in a hurry, looking apologetic: "Young Master Fusu, the Uncle Master has already gone into seclusion, and we have not been able to see him. Please forgive us."

"Hmm!"

At this time, Li Si and Su Fan also ended their communication. Hearing Yan Lu's words, both of them were expressionless. As for Fusu, he was still young, and after his mouth twitched slightly, he quickly returned to his original expression.

"Since it is Elder Xun who is in seclusion, it is not convenient for this Young Master to disturb him."

Since people wouldn't come out, he couldn't force them out. Xunzi's status was not simple—a great elder of the Confucian school, directly comparable to the various philosophers.

Even his father, the Emperor, would not force him.

After all, these great sages were the talents of the human race.

"Mr. Zhang Liang, we meet again."

After Yan Lu and Zhang Liang bowed to Su Fan and the others one by one, Su Fan looked at the other party with a smile.

"Yes! A year has passed, and seeing you again, you are now the Agriculture Colonel of the Empire."

After Zhang Liang entered the hall, his gaze was almost entirely on Su Fan, sighing at the other party's momentum.

From the owner of a restaurant in Sanghai City, he suddenly leaped to the center of power of the tyrannical Qin. Such a change, even for Zhang Liang, was a huge shock to his heart.

Regarding the tyrannical Qin, and the employment of people by that Emperor, he truly had nothing to say.

Compared to the emperors of the Six States, Ying Zheng was far beyond them in this regard. He employed people without regard to their background. If the Six States could have done this back then, could the tyrannical Qin have defeated them?

Zhang Liang had been thinking, and it was likely that the Six States would not have been defeated so quickly.

The reason why the tyrannical Qin could rise was that in terms of employing people, from Duke Xiao of Qin, Shang Yang, Zhang Yi, Baili Xi, Li Si, and so on, these talents all came from the Six States.

The Six States didn't use them, eventually letting the tyrannical Qin rise.

Now Su Fan was the same. One move was different. Paper didn't need to be mentioned; it could make government orders simpler. Agricultural technology even increased the yield per mu for the people of the world. For the thousands upon thousands of people in the world, it was truly like a sage.

Even so, Su Fan's status among the people leaped up.

If Su Fan were a disciple of the Agricultural School, he would probably have been rated as an Agricultural Sage.

Even so, Su Fan's status among the people leaped up.

"Everyone, this Young Master was ordered by the Emperor to patrol the land of Qilu. Now it has been half a year. The land of Qilu is rich, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, with many disciples of the Little Sage Virtuous Manor contributing."

"This Young Master thanks everyone on behalf of the Emperor."

"Please!"

Fusu raised his wine cup and said some polite words.

"Young Master praises too much."

Fu Nian heard this, and a smile appeared on his face. He was an orthodox Confucian disciple. Now that Great Qin had unified the world, he also advocated that the Confucian school lean toward Great Qin. After all, the future of the Confucian school, if it always confronted Great Qin...

I'm afraid it would follow the path of the Mohist school in the future.

Don't look at Great Qin absorbing a large number of Mohist disciples, but the orthodox Mohist disciples, that is, Master Ban and the others, had already been labeled as wanted criminals by Great Qin.

The Mohist school had actually existed in name only. Once Master Ban and the others died, the Mohist school would have no continuation.

Even if the foundation was still there, it could no longer be considered the Mohist school.

If the Confucian school didn't want to follow the path of the Mohist school, it could only lean toward Great Qin.

In reality, the leaders of the other lineages of the Confucian school had already headed to Xianyang City. For example, Fusu's teacher was the leader of another lineage of the Confucian school, and also a great Confucian scholar of the world.

In terms of the status of the Confucian school, it was only slightly lower than Xunzi.

And because of Xunzi's concepts, this person's status in the Confucian school had gradually caught up with Xunzi.

Plus the title of Fusu's teacher, his status in the Confucian school became more and more stable.

Fu Nian understood that Young Master Fusu's arrival in Qilu this time was to patrol the world, but wasn't it also to beat the Little Sage Virtuous Manor?

The Little Sage Virtuous Manor had great influence in the land of Qilu, especially since the Little Sage Virtuous Manor inherited the power and influence of the Jixia Academy of the State of Qi back then.

Such influence, and still secretly alienated from Great Qin, made Great Qin feel like a fishbone in its throat.

Great Qin hadn't taken action, which was already very tolerant.

This time Fusu's arrival was also a warning.

Fu Nian had also discussed with his Uncle Master where the Little Sage Virtuous Manor should go. His Uncle Master's meaning was also to let the disciples of the Little Sage Virtuous Manor head to Xianyang City.

Especially their Three Heroes of Qilu—one had to go.

This made Fu Nian somewhat troubled. His Junior Brother Yan Lu had no desire to compete, was peaceful and content, and was very indifferent to fame and wealth, preferring quiet over movement, so he was not suitable to go to Xianyang City.

And his Third Junior Brother Zhang Liang—he knew even better that the other party always wanted to restore the country and overthrow the Qin Dynasty. Letting him go to Xianyang City would only harm him, and might even harm the Little Sage Virtuous Manor.

So his idea was to let his Uncle Master Xunzi go to Xianyang City himself.

Especially since his Uncle Master Xunzi had already broken through to the Three Flowers realm. With his status as a Confucian master, going to Xianyang City would inevitably be highly valued, and the crisis of the Little Sage Virtuous Manor would be resolved.

It was a pity that his Uncle Master's temperament was too strange.

He didn't agree either. He didn't know what his Uncle Master was thinking, so Fusu and Li Si's arrival made him understand that the future of the Little Sage Virtuous Manor was in his one thought.

If one move was handled poorly, the Little Sage Virtuous Manor would be destroyed. Even if his Uncle Master broke through to the Three Flowers realm, facing Great Qin, there was fundamentally no power to resist.

A few days ago, he also felt that great battle, and he knew it was a battle between Great Qin and the Divine Court.

Great Qin also sent out Three Flowers combat power, which showed that Great Qin's hand had very powerful strength.

Fusu and Fu Nian exchanged pleasantries, but Su Fan didn't care, instead turning his gaze to the others in the hall.

Fusu met guests at the Little Sage Virtuous Manor, and there were many guests who came this time. Legalists, School of Names, Mohists, and Military School were all there.

And the Yin-Yang School and the Daoists had also arrived.

It was just that their identities were different.

"Chu Nan Gong!"

Looking at the old man sitting beside him, Su Fan's spirit was awe-struck. This old guy was not simple, and extremely mysterious. He looked playful, like an old urchin.

But his identity was not simple; he was not only an elder of the Yin-Yang School, but very likely a veteran of the Daoist school.

As for his strength, it was an unknown mystery.

But Su Fan knew that the old guy's strength was definitely very powerful. With his current divine soul power, looking at the other party was like looking at an ordinary person.

You have to know that his divine soul had already exceeded Profound Mastery, and even for people at the Five Qi Morning Origin realm, he could perceive one or two things.

And Chu Nan Gong gave him the feeling of just an ordinary person. Was this possible?

Naturally impossible, so this was the most terrifying thing; the other party's cultivation realm was bottomless.

His strength probably exceeded Five Qi Morning Origin, and was very likely a Three Flowers expert.

With such a person sitting by his side, Su Fan was naturally sitting on pins and needles. ===== CHAPTER 379 =====