Chapter 315: Jianqi Great Demon

Using the Four Gods?

This time, not even Markado, even the speech‑impeded Divine Emperor finally fell silent.

The two first exchanged a glance, then both turned to look at Xisi.

They waited in silence for Xisi to explain, and Xisi directly laid out his entire plan.

"The Empire's citizens have a low standard of living mainly because of high‑intensity wars, which force the Empire to organize its administration around warfare."

"Thus the core system of the tithe tax was born; as long as sufficient quality and quantity are paid, the Empire can completely indulge the Governor's jurisdiction over the planet."

"This leads to two problems: lax governance and arbitrary, excessive levies."

"Moreover, the extreme inaccuracy and slowness of the Star‑Language Court's communications make communication itself a problem."

"In the end, the efficiency of governmental affairs handling becomes virtually zero, and the Empire virtually lacks any substantive administration."

"Of course, there are many other factors, but these two points are undoubtedly the most prominent."

"Therefore, I thought of using the Four Gods to fundamentally solve the problems of stagnant governmental processing and untimely communications."

Xisi roughly outlined his focus on internal affairs; Markado and the Emperor did not interrupt, but continued waiting for Xisi to continue.

Xisi then finished describing the situation, paused briefly to reorganize his words, and finally took a deep breath:

"As for handling governmental issues, my idea is to find a massive number of ultimate administrative processing machines to greatly boost efficiency."

Hearing this, Markado this time frowned and looked over.

His gaze was even a bit skeptical, because that sentence was essentially equivalent to...

Nonsense?

"You mean, find a bunch of tireless, non‑replaceable, naturally adept at handling administration... uh, super administrative machines?"

"And they have to be massive in number?"

Markado asked earnestly, and as Xisi listened, he fully understood Markado's thought, then nodded decisively.

After receiving Xisi's affirmation, Markado immediately asked the second question:

"Then where do we find such machines?"

"Does the entire galaxy have such perfect 'administrative machines'?"

Markado wore a speechless expression; after all, if such beings truly existed, would they still need you, Xisi, to mention them?

The Emperor had long ago dispatched a massive army and brought it back in one piece.

Seeing this, Xisi forced a barely suppressible smile, inhaled deeply to quell his excitement, and spoke:

"There are!"

"Not only are there, but there are many!"

Speaking, under the increasingly stunned gazes of Markado and the Emperor, Xisi raised his hand and opened a Subspace fissure on the spot.

The fissure was small, serving only as a window to look inside.

When the scene beyond the window appeared, not only Markado but even the Emperor froze on the spot.

At the same time, they finally realized what Xisi was about to do.

On the other side of the fissure, sensing the bewildered gazes of the Emperor, Markado, and Xisi, the figure looked over, looking a bit confused.

A massive body, a blue double‑headed monstrous bird.

Facing the 'affectionate' stare of the three, Jianqi froze, its four eyes daring not to look back directly.

Instead it glanced left, then right, finally peeking cautiously at the opposite side, frowning and lowering its head, eyes full of bewilderment.

Some unnamed dark, sealed interior.

The darkness was so thick that one couldn't see a hand's fingers, making it impossible to gauge the space's size.

Only through faint, wavering light could one see that the surroundings seemed piled with endless books.

Tall bookshelves stretched row after row, as if immersed in an infinite sea of books.

Until the very center suddenly emitted a burst of blue phosphorescence, fully illuminating the area.

Around the perimeter, countless mortals in scholar robes knelt around the formation array, heads bowed, chanting some prayer.

At the array's center, numerous Thousand‑Child Scholars raised their staves, continuously releasing spiritual energy toward the ultimate summoning totem.

As the spiritual energy and prayers grew stronger, the surrounding endless sea of books began to move on its own without wind.

In the darkness at the array's core, space began to warp.

Simultaneously, a black wisp, accompanied by a faint 'Jie Jie Jie' chuckle, entered the real universe.

"You all, why summon me?"

Arrogant, contemptuous, proud, indifferent, the voice was steeped in deep mystery.

In response, the Thousand‑Child Scholars, together with mortal scholars, called even more devoutly, arranging countless pallid mortal sacrifices nearby, ready for the summoned being to feast upon once in the real universe.

Seeing the endless crowd of mortals, the black shadow's eyes finally showed a satisfied expression.

"Infinite variations, you truly have no idea whom you have summoned,"

"But that's fine; you will know soon enough,"

"Jie Jie Jie~"

Maintaining mystery while speaking profoundly, the black shadow finally coalesced, and a massive double‑headed monstrous bird, staff raised, appeared at the array's center.

This was not Jianqi, for the Jianqi Great Demons are almost always double‑headed monstrous birds.

When this Jianqi Great Demon finally arrived in the real universe, ready to gorge on mortal souls, the mystery on its face had not yet faded, yet the surrounding darkness vanished first.

A surge of electricity flashed, instantly flooding the entire space with bright light.

Then the scholars who a moment ago were devout, along with the Thousand‑Child Scholars, instantly changed their expressions.

The Jianqi Great Demon was startled by the light, about to raise its staff in defense, when the surrounding summoned crowd drew its gaze.

One might have thought these people would employ another trick, but the scholars, simply weary after completing a task, sat down plainly on the ground.

Then he took out food and water, and ate and rested in silence.

"Eh?"

"Aren't you going to hit me?"

Jianqi Great Demon loves endless transformations, but this particular change left it a bit baffled.

Only when the Jianqi Great Demon withdrew its gaze from the scholars, paused briefly, and then suddenly turned its head toward behind.

Because at an unknown moment, someone had already flown to its back.

Turning back, a big slap came down.

Snap—

"Jie jie jie?!"

Snap—

"Infinite variations?!"

Snap—

"Know it right away?!"

Luojia flew in midair; as the Sanctified Original Body of the Golden Word Envoy, Luojia's slap landed on the Jianqi Great Demon's face, and the demon couldn't dodge!

Then, while the Great Demon was bewildered, it was publicly slapped three times!

At the same time, the Dadian above automatically opened to both sides, revealing a view of the outside.

Outside was an even taller Dadian and, in the true sense, an endless sea of books!

And the Jianqi Great Demon, after being slapped three times in a row, was kicked out by Luojia after the contract was smoothly signed.

Then that room that summoned him automatically closed, and the scholars inside once again returned, preparing for a new round of summoning.

The Jianqi Great Demon stared at the scene, still bewildered and unable to react, but Luojia didn't care about that.

He directly kicked the Jianqi Great Demon outside, then pointed to a specially adapted gigantic desk and said unambiguously:

"Stop spacing out; that's your spot, go handle that pile of administrative affairs."

"Administrative affairs? Handle?"

The Great Demon was stunned, then followed Luojia's gaze, and suddenly its four eyes widened!

"That pile?"

"That's clearly a mountain!"