Chapter 71

Shen Tianxing wore a helpless laugh; this was definitely a fake name, but it could be completely confirmed that that person had also transmigrated.

No one knows what means were used to make his descendants remember his ancestors for a thousand years, and whether they are friend or foe is hard to tell.

Thinking this, Shen Tianxing increasingly felt that the Side Quest given by the System appeared to be completed and rewarded, but the real task had probably just begun.

"You shouldn't overthink it; haven't we left Luoxia City safely? Still, you should rein in your temper—although it's to save people, you ought to understand the situation clearly before acting."

"As for the cities ahead, although they lack experts like Wang Dagang, those officials and nobles are not to be offended lightly; we should keep a low profile, and when entering cities later, let the women disguise themselves as men and smear some ash on their faces to avoid unnecessary trouble."

"Yang Tieqiang saying this doesn't mean he's timid; he simply doesn't want unnecessary trouble, and Shen Tianxing nodded with a smile."

In the blink of an eye, five days passed, and Shen Tianxing's group arrived at another city in Jiangzhou. They didn't enter the city, but sent Zhao Lingfei and Tian Guangguang with some people to buy food, then continued their journey, while the System was about to finish its upgrade.

At this point, the situation in the capital had stabilized, and the Ninth Prince smoothly ascended the throne; although there had been much trouble on the day of his enthronement, Sun Zhongquan had suppressed it all.

Furthermore, on the day the Ninth Prince ascended the throne, Sun Zhongquan was made Regent King, thus fully controlling the court; however, most local officials outside the court merely paid lip service while opposing in secret.

"Prince, the situation in the capital is now stable; should we send people to pursue the Yang family and their companions? Also, we still haven't found any useful information about the one called Shen Tianxing."

Sun Zhongquan's confidant Lu Zhaoyuan is currently the commander of the Imperial Guard, and after the deaths of Heiying and Yemu, he also took over Heiying's assassin organization.

"If we can't find out, we keep investigating; assassination isn't that easy. Unless one can become a grandmaster in action, as that earlier grandmaster said, going there with a rank above ninth is as good as death."

As for eighth rank, how many men do you think we need to wipe them out completely? His Majesty has just ascended the throne, and the capital's forces are already insufficient.

"Unless we can mobilize local troops, but how many local officials would actually obey orders? Let's set that aside for now and think about how to truly secure the Lei family's allegiance and how to eliminate Yue Yunyang."

Lu Zhaoyuan nodded respectfully; this matter was indeed more important than pursuing the Yang family, but he currently had no leads, only able to roll his eyes incessantly when a sudden inspiration struck, and he smiled, clasped his hands, and said:

"Prince, This One has an idea: His Majesty has just ascended the throne, still a minor, but the harem cannot lack consorts—don't Lei Wufeng and Yue Yunyang each have a daughter of suitable age?"

Lu Zhaoyuan (Lu Zhaoyuan) line11 (actually line11 earlier than line14; we need to reorder: line11 appears before line14. Let's adjust order.)

Let's redo order correctly:

We'll go line by line and capture first appearances:

Line1: Shen Tianxing

Line2: none

Line3: Side Quest

Line4: none

Line5: Wang Dagang; Luoxia City

Line6: Yang Tieqiang

Line7: Jiangzhou; Zhao Lingfei; Tian Guangguang; System Upgrade

Line8: Jingcheng; Ninth Prince; Sun Zhongquan

Line9: Regent King (Sun Zhongquan already)

Line10: Yang Family; Shen Tianxing already

Line11: Lu Zhaoyuan; Heiying; Yemu

Line12: none new (Master generic)

Line13: none new (Your Majesty generic)

Line14: Lei Wufeng; Yue Yunyang

Line15: This One (Lu Zhaoyuan already)

Line16: Lei Wufeng already; Yue Yunyang already; Noble Consort

Line17: none new

Line18: Emperor; Jingcheng already

Line19: Imperial Edict; Jingcheng already

Line20: Prince; Lu Zhaoyuan already

Line21: Sun Zhongquan already

Line22: Your Majesty generic; This King generic

Line23: Your Majesty generic

Line24: Prince generic

Line25: System Prompt; Shen Tianxing already

Line26: Red Beauty System; Host; Killing Value; Military Token; Martial Dao Realm; Second-Rank; Perfection (System Upgrade already)

Line27: (no new)

Line28: (no new)

Line29: (no new) Red Beauty System already

Line30: none

Line31: Hong Yi

Line32: Emperor already

Line33: Hong Yi already

Line34: Yue Qingxue

Line35: none

Line36: none

Line37: none new (Sun family father and son generic)

Line38: Ancestral Precept

Line39: none

Line40: none

Line41: Wang Family

Now compile list in that order:

1. Shen Tianxing

2. Side Quest

3. Wang Dagang

4. Luoxia City

5. Yang Tieqiang

6. Jiangzhou

7. Zhao Lingfei

8. Tian Guangguang

9. System Upgrade

10. Jingcheng

11. Ninth Prince

12. Sun Zhongquan

13. Regent King

14. Lu Zhaoyuan

15. Heiying

16. Yemu

17. Lei Wufeng

"Regardless of whether they acknowledge the Emperor, this is ultimately an imperial edict; if they agree, they must personally send their daughters to Jingcheng, and once there, we have ways to make them submit—if they refuse, they cannot escape while in Jingcheng."

"If they both defy the edict, we can issue another imperial decree, granting high offices and generous salaries, ordering local officials to muster troops and encircle them; if one of the two sends his daughter to Jingcheng while the other does not, then we let the one who sent his daughter attack the one who did not."

"This way, Prince would not only eliminate a major threat, but also help the Emperor choose consorts, accomplish it without spending a single soldier, and discern which local officials are worth reusing and which should be dismissed early—truly a strategy that kills many birds with one stone."

Yang Family

"Not bad, that's a good idea; your intellect makes it a waste for you to be merely the Imperial Guard commander, but for now, only you can keep watch over the Emperor, after all, you are the person I trust most."

"Tomorrow morning I will enter the palace to discuss this with the Emperor; I imagine he won't object, and once it succeeds, your merit will receive due reward."

"Thank you, Prince; being able to offer counsel to you is This One's honor, and This One will devote myself utterly to your service, even unto death."

While Sun Zhongquan was scheming, Shen Tianxing had just settled down to rest in a small town when an unfamiliar system prompt sounded in his ear.

"System second upgrade complete; subsidiary Red Beauty System opened, not yet activated."

"Opened autonomous conscription function; Host can use a certain amount of Killing Value to activate conscription, recruiting ordinary civilians as soldiers, and the system will automatically generate an equal number of Military Tokens."

"Host can expend Killing Value via Military Tokens to raise the Martial Dao Realm of recruited soldiers, up to Second-Rank Perfection, with a current limit of fifty thousand. Both the Martial Dao Realm and the limit will increase as the System Upgrade."

Having just sat down and taken a sip of tea, Shen Tianxing's face lit up with delight; the Red Beauty System is still inactive, but this conscription function is exactly what he urgently needs now.

"All these upgrades are done; shouldn't you also show yourself now?"

To be honest, over these seven days Shen Tianxing has greatly missed Hong Yi; leaving this Baidu radar, he really isn't used to it.

"If you don't call me out, how would I dare to run out on my own? Do you miss me? If you miss me, just tell me. Also, a reminder: you need to hurry—the Emperor plans to steal your wife; if you're slow, you might end up with your wife promised to the Emperor."

Hong Yi slowly appeared, still the same appearance, and while saying this she wore a playful, smiling face.

Sun Zhongquan really knows how to stir up trouble; last time I didn't kill him to complete the mission. He's actually helping the Emperor keep an eye on my wife, probably Yue Qingxue, right?

Boring, how are you not at all surprised?

Hong Yi pretended to be angry, hands on hips, pouting, and lifted her head; indeed, the more you look, the more she resembles.

I've only been in this world a short while, and the only people I've offended are the Sun father and son; one I've already killed, so the only one who would scheme against me is Sun Zhongquan.

Right, let's first talk about something serious; that side quest from the system earlier was to rescue Yue Qingxue, and what happened afterward was beyond my expectations—can you see through my memory what exactly is going on?

This is simple, wait a moment, it'll be done soon.

Hong Yi finished speaking and closed her eyes; she had been smiling lightly, but her expression quickly turned serious, her body trembled slightly, and then she suddenly opened her eyes.

Impossible, this world is merely a low-martial world; there is no direct passage to cross over, only able to enter via the soul and merge into another's body.

If a whole person had really come over, this world would already be in chaos, but now there's obviously nothing amiss; as for that so-called Ancestral Precept, it should be a bloodline seal possessed only by higher realms, and shouldn't appear in this world.

You seem to have gotten into big trouble; this isn't that simple, but now the system lacks sufficient permissions, and I can't find out anything— for now, don't contact anyone from the Wang Family; after the next System Upgrade, I should be able to find out.