My descendants burn incense and worship me as a real immortal

Chapter 637 The First Person to Solve the Problem: Benefits
"It's that book that can take you to the legendary land."

It was the book they had read before, which only had a story as an introduction.

At this point, images and text depicting yamen runners, rats, and escorts slowly appear on the following pages.
In ancient times, the imperial court ordered various regions to pay tribute of "white grain," which the tribute bearers had to transport to the capital at their own expense. The court set up special post stations along the route for the tribute bearers to rest.

Because of the widespread rat infestation throughout the dynasty, the imperial court set aside 30% of the grain as a "rat thief" to be collected. The post stations along the route then set their sights on this "white grain," even keeping rats in places where they weren't normally present to steal 30% of the grain.

The job of guarding the post station had become a lucrative one, attracting many yamen runners vying for the position.

Transporting grain was no easy task; the journey was arduous, and the grain was often stolen and exploited by both real and fake "rats" at numerous post stations. By the time the grain arrived in the capital, very little was left.

This journey to deliver grain resulted in the destruction of families and the deaths of ordinary people, but it enriched the "rats" along the way.

A beam of light shot out from the book, and a blood-red flower slowly grew from the blood-soaked post station.

Blood Rice Ear

[A Treasure of Heaven and Earth]

[Rank: Heavenly]

【Attribute: Wood】

The farmers, having been exploited by the post station along the way, guarded this hard-won grain. This single ear of rice, representing the culmination of the hard work of countless farmers, would grow into a fruit that could enhance wood-type attributes. Consuming it directly would grant a large amount of merit and a small amount of luck.

[Can be planted]

Yang Min pulled it from the ground, put it into the spirit jade box, and sighed deeply.

“Ancestor, I once heard a master from the Lingmiao Continent say that the legends of the legendary lands are actually stories from ancient times. When they are remembered by modern cultivators, they will become new legendary lands.”

"In ancient times, this place was also incredibly dark. What difference was there between the imperial court, the yamen runners, and the demonic cultivators?"

"Ancestor, will our Great Nai Empire also come to this end in the future?"

Yang Min was deeply moved.

He realized that the Great Nai Empire of today was completely different from what it was a hundred years ago.

The Yang family is now huge and bloated, with connections everywhere.

It is visibly difficult to maintain complete fairness and impartiality in all aspects.
This is also one of the reasons why Yang Min did not work for the Empire.

He would rather be a teacher instructing the cultivators of this empire in magical arts than get caught up in the whirlpool of human relationships, kinship, and friendship.

What he desired was a pure and sacred place for cultivating immortality.

Xuanwu Academy is Yang Min's own utopia.

There were only students and teachers there.

Yang Genshuo had already roughly figured out the direction of the story beforehand. Because this kind of thing not only happened in the cultivation world, but also in ancient times on Earth.

The exploitation of the lower classes is nothing new in the world.

It's just that this legendary land is a cultivation version.

Therefore, he asserted that those yamen runners were definitely not good people either.

In response to Yang Min's question, Yang Genshuo firmly stated:
"No! We won't become like that!"

"We have more advanced and better practices."

"The cultivation world is not a zero-sum game. Learn from your Grandma Jing, make the pie bigger, and everyone can benefit."

After listening, Yang Min fell into deep thought. After a while, he tentatively asked:

"Grandpa, what is a cake?"

"It's something similar to a steamed bun. That's not important. What's important is that you must abandon traditional cultivation ideas, make more friends, and treat everyone you can befriend with kindness. You will definitely have a better future."

Yang Genshuo's ideals and the centralized rule of the monarchy will lead the future of the Da Nai Empire onto the right path.

Even if things have gone a little astray now, as long as Yang Genshuo is still around, he is confident that he can correct them!
This is what he will do next.

"Ancestor, it's so good that you're back."

Yang Min was deeply moved by the successful breakthrough, realizing how convenient it would have been if the ancestor were still alive.

"The flower you received is an extremely precious Heavenly-grade treasure. Its effects are as follows. Keep it safe."

After Yang Min saw the information about 【Blood Rice Ear】, he quickly said:
“Ancestor, I will offer this to you when we worship our ancestors next year.”

"Um, I don't really like this. It won't be of much use to you. Let's put it in our treasure vault when we get back, and they'll be able to put it to good use."

Actually, this Heavenly-level treasure, [Blood Ear], is quite special.

This was the first time Yang Genshuo had ever seen such a rare treasure that could increase one's merits and fortune.

"A large amount of merit and a small amount of luck look like a special prop."

"To whitewash some Yang family descendant who did bad things? To deceive the heavens?"

"Hmm, I can't see any benefits from doing this yet."

"Perhaps planting them, allowing them to flower and bear fruit, is the option that yields the greatest return."

This stuff is actually a really good thing; it's a fruit that enhances wood-type attributes. It sounds amazing.

"To me, any extraordinary treasure that can improve one's innate talent is a top-tier treasure!"

Yang Genshuo's initial talent was too poor!
Five spiritual roots 20 pentagonal waste.

Any improvement in his qualifications is crucial to him.

"Go back and have Li Minsi plant it herself and nurture it well. Perhaps in the future it can be called a 'Little Tree of Life'?"

When the Tree of Life was mentioned, Yang Genshuo's expression became somewhat strange.

"Is that thing considered useless now?"

After a hundred years, the mutated Tree of Life in Bright City has evolved into a strange form.

It's a given that it will bear the fruit of wisdom, but it seems to be developing a special kind of fruit.

"100 years is just a blink of an eye for a sacred tree of this level. It has barely entered the fruiting period. Judging from this, it will bear fruit within the next two years."

Yang Genshuo doesn't have high expectations for it; it might just turn out to be a poisonous fruit.
"Looking at it this way, this Blood Rice Ear still smells quite good."

The story of this post station has come to an end, but Yang Genshuo's operations have only just begun.

"What we need to figure out right now is whether the other groups have the ability to unlock this ending? What do you think of Yang Min?"

Yang Min is the most qualified to speak on this issue.

“Ancestor, I have been testing the strength of these yamen runners, the Rat King, and the final combined true rat runner. Based on what you told me about our current grouping situation, I think only Aunt Yang Qiangjin can pass steadily, while the others are at some risk.”

"Yes, Qiangjin will definitely be fine. The rats are afraid of fire, and she is a top-tier fire-type cultivator, so she already has an advantage. In her team, Li Minsi and that expert from the Heavenly Dragon Army are also quite capable. However, the others also need to try and find a way to get this reward."

"Then please let Aunt Qiangjin and the others go in first. If we can separate the yamen runners and rats and prevent them from merging in the end, there are a few other teams we can try."

"it is good."

If it weren't for that final, massive fusion, the True Rat Warrior, other teams that held the initiative and control of the story would also have had a chance to challenge it.

Yang Min searched the entire post station again and found some small treasures, but none of them were considered rare treasures. He immediately distributed them to his nine nephews and nieces who were burdened with debts.

Nine people who won without lifting a finger: "Thank you, Uncle!"

"Thank you, uncle!"

Following Yang Min, the nine of them could be said to have enjoyed a life of luxury.

Of course, if Yang Min fails, then the nine of them will definitely be wiped out.

Nine people combined couldn't defeat a single yamen runner.
Yang Min concluded, "The biggest gains are the [Blood Ears] and the grain in the underground warehouse. These will probably be very useful later."

This also echoes the words spoken by the starving officials at the beginning, which were about "procuring food on the road."

In fact, the plot already foreshadowed everything they would encounter next, and they would most likely find food.

In another space.

After learning about Yang Min's method and process of solving the riddle, Yang Qiangjin hesitated for a moment before returning to the post station with Li Minsi and the Tianlong Army generals from the Nirvana Realm.

This time, they chose the strategy devised by Yang Genshuo and Yang Min.

First, they pretended to help the yamen runners get rid of the rats, and then killed the rat king.

As expected, the constables were overjoyed!

"Jiehu, you have helped us once again! You are a friend of the yamen runners, and you will receive our assistance!"

"We've encountered a lot of rat infestations along the way, so you'd better prepare plenty of food. We've taken half of the food we found in the rat burrows and are sharing it with you!"

"Get on your way soon. If you encounter any danger, our doors will always be open for you." The constables spoke sweet words, and if Yang Qiangjin hadn't known what was to come, she might have actually been fooled.

But now it's half?
Who are you sending?

I have to be all!

The rat's nest has so much food; if we miss it, we don't know when we'll be able to find it again.

Since it's a shipment of grain being escorted to the capital, there will definitely be some discussion about the grain once it arrives in the capital!

We must collect all the food we can see along the way.

This is the consensus among puzzle solvers.

"Since that's the case, then you may all die."

"Do it!"

Yang Qiangjin shouted, and Li Minsi and the Tianlong Army attacked the nearest constables together.

boom! ! !
A giant insect demon suddenly burst from the ground, and the puzzle solver No. 9, who had been hiding underground, also emerged with his puppet.

"You've rebelled! You've rebelled!"

Twenty constables couldn't even defeat the Rat King, let alone Yang Qiangjin, who was at the half-step Nascent Soul stage, leading three fierce generals.

He was beaten to death on the spot!
They acted swiftly and decisively, leaving them no way out and no chance to transform themselves.

After killing the Rat King and eliminating the yamen runners, a book appeared in the sky above the post station.
In ancient times, the imperial court ordered various regions to pay tribute of 'white grain'.

【.】

【.】

This journey to deliver grain resulted in the destruction of families and the deaths of ordinary people, but it enriched the "rats" along the way.

The same story unfolded again, exactly the same as Yang Min's version.

"Success! This method can prevent the constables from combining with the Rat King and growing into a big boss. A team only needs two Golden Core cultivators at the Great Perfection stage to challenge it!"

This reduces the difficulty by more than half!

The book in the sky shone with light, and the corpses of the yamen runners and rats on the ground slowly dissolved into the earth.

A red plant grew in the center of the inn.

"I'm coming!"

"If we can get a few of these plants, the Yang family will have another way to make money."

"Improve the aptitude of wood-type spiritual roots. Tsk tsk~ I wonder how many experts will fight tooth and nail for it."

The matter of aptitude is something that no one, from a novice cultivator in the early stages of cultivation to a Nascent Soul expert, can refuse!
Even if you are a wood-type cultivator with a heavenly spiritual root, increasing your aptitude will raise your upper limit.

There are also differences between different types of Heavenly Spiritual Roots.

"【Blood Rice Ear】There are as many as you can get. There's absolutely no worry about selling this stuff. If it's not produced anywhere else, then I can set whatever price I want."

Just as Yang Genshuo was fantasizing about the Yang family's business empire becoming great again, that red plant grew.

But it wasn't the "Blood Ear of Rice," but rather a small tree with a red fruit growing on it.

"Huh? What's this?"

【Mouse Fruit】

[A Treasure of Heaven and Earth]

[Rank: Earth-level]

[Attribute: None]

This peculiar fruit grows on piles of dead rats. Consuming it can enhance one's spiritual power and significantly improve one's blood and energy.

This fruit is a rare commodity in this day and age; even the most prestigious families cannot obtain one.

"Why did it change? Was it random?"

"But going from Heaven-level to Earth-level is a huge drop in class."

"Or is this method a shortcut, and we still won't get the [Blood Ear]?"

This answer will have to be verified by future generations.

However, at present, the effects of this [Mouse Fruit] seem to be rather limited; it may be a quick-growing spiritual fruit.

"But to be fair, it supposedly greatly improves qi and blood... how much? I think I could eat it."

Yang Genshuo is currently at the Foundation Establishment stage and the Great Perfection of the Innate Grandmaster realm, but has not yet reached the Divine Realm.

If we can help him reach the Divine Realm, then he will be closer to the Nirvana Realm, which he desires most—the regeneration of severed limbs.

"But this introduction seems to have a story behind it; we might need it later. Let's observe it first."

Having failed to obtain the [Blood Ear] here, Yang Genshuo decided to try again with another team.

After watching for a while, it was discovered that only Yang Zhushuang's team was capable of completing the task.

Judging from the two battles just now, suppressing and eliminating the Rat King is one hurdle, and dealing with 20 constables is another, even though they are not strong enough, they outnumber the enemy!
If you don't have any strength, you could be beaten to death by 20 constables in no time.

Don't underestimate Yang Zhushuang just because he's a loser; the teammates he's matched with are actually pretty good.

Two puzzle solvers, each accompanied by two powerful Golden Core Great Perfection demon slaves, two Nirvana Realm Heavenly Dragon Army captains, and three soldiers.

Dealing with 20 constables shouldn't be a problem.

As for the other teams, such as Yang Zhu's team, their strength is actually quite poor. Yang Zhu himself is only at the first level of the Golden Core stage, and his only teammate who can fight is the Puzzle Solver No. 6 and his puppet.

They're not strong enough to fight.

"Alright, alright, let's not let them take the risk. What if we anger those guys and they chase after us?"

Yang Zhu and her companions continued their journey towards the capital.

Yang Zhushuang received a notification from the ancestor.

"Go back, destroy the rat's nest, and kill the yamen runners. You can obtain the treasure."

"Huh? Me?"

Yang Zhushuang was slightly stunned, seemingly unable to believe that he could be entrusted with such an important task by the ancestor.

"It's for your people to do. Stay away, or you'll die in there."

Even if Yang Zhushuang is a bastard, he can't die at this time.

Fortunately, although he was bad, he wasn't a complete idiot. Following Yang Genshuo's 'standard answer,' he successfully annihilated the Rat King and the yamen runners.

In the end, they obtained a warehouse full of grain and a [Mouse Fruit].

"Hmm, it seems that different strategies yield different rewards. Yang Min challenged the highest difficulty level, so he finally obtained a Heaven-level treasure, while Yang Qiangjin and Yang Zhushuang both used tricks and ended up with Earth-level [Rat Fruits]."

"Or perhaps, as the first person to solve the puzzle, Yang Min was given the first kill bonus in the legendary land?"

"By the way, although the other teams can't beat 20 constables, the Rat King's strength isn't that much different from the constables'. If a master joins the battle and uses fire-based magic, they can help the constables kill the Rat King, and then we can gain the gratitude of 20 constables."

"Taking half the grain is better than going empty-handed!"

"Other teams, execute Plan C!"

These grain delivery teams were empty-handed; if they went to the capital like this, they would definitely lose their heads.

They must fight for every grain of food they see.

Soon, the other teams followed the method given by the ancestor and helped the yamen runners drive away the rat king, obtaining half of the food in the rat's nest and earning the yamen runners' gratitude.

There are no more treasures.

"Hmm~ This level is alright, not bad."

Because of the existence of the ancestor, the Yang family members, who have a field of vision, have been following the correct path taken by the previous strong teams.

But in places Yang Genshuo can't see, there are many people who are smearing the way forward.

Some of them were fifth-generation young people in the Yang family who did not believe in their ancestor.

They did nothing wrong; they simply didn't believe in an existence they had never seen before.

At this moment, they are imprisoned!

(End of this chapter)