The First Marquis of Daxuan

Chapter 259: Eight Origins (Please subscribe, please collect, please vote for the monthly ticket and recommend the ticket)

There are six ranks of nobility in the Daxuan Dynasty, among which the title of king is only conferred on princes.

Below them are dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts, and barons.

The title of Duke has almost been abolished, and the title of Marquis is the highest level of nobility outside the royal family.

The title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households can only be obtained through military merit.

As for the ranks below the Marquis, their reputation is actually greater than their reality.

For example, this viscount has a fief of 500 households, but it is considered good if he actually has 200 households.

Even if there are 500 households that are actually sealed off, and each household is given 25 wen and 3 zhu coins per month, for 500 households, the total amount is 12,500 wen and 3 zhu coins per month.

That’s twelve taels and five cents of silver per month…

Su Mu works in the Taiping Division, where his salary is the highest among officials of the same rank. He is now a fourth-rank pacification envoy, and his monthly salary alone is six hundred taels, with all kinds of losses reimbursed faithfully.

A dozen taels of silver is a joke.

Moreover, the title of Viscount is only equivalent to a fifth-rank official position.

And Su Mu himself is now a fourth-rank commander of the Taiping Division.

Therefore, for Su Mu, the title of Viscount, except for the additional honor, other benefits can be almost ignored.

With a slight thought, Su Mu summoned the system panel.

[Name: Su Mu]

[Position: Weaponsmith (concurrently), Silver-faced Assassin (concurrently), Viscount (Victor), Pacification Envoy (Fourth Rank)]

[Points: 80000 points]

[Realm: True Yuan Realm]

[Magic Powers: Immortal Golden Body, Bloody Body, Giant Body]

[Kung Fu: Qiankun Infinite True Essence Technique (Minor Success)...]

[Martial Arts: Thunder Artistic Conception (Great Success/+), Kan Water Artistic Conception (Great Success/+), Gen Mountain Artistic Conception (Great Success/+), Xun Wind Artistic Conception (Perfect), Li Fire Artistic Conception (Perfect), Archery (Perfect)]

[Vision: Fire Wind Cauldron]

[Skill: Heavenly Artifact Refining Method (Beginner)]

What surprised Su Mu was that there was an extra attribute on the system panel, which was the identity of a duke!

Focusing his attention on it, Su Mu understood it instantly.

A title is different from an official position, it does belong to another identity.

But at the same time, a title is similar to an official position in that it can actually bring points!

Viscount title, 500 basic points per day!

No performance points!
In other words, this identity can bring Su Mu an additional 500 points of income every day.

By this calculation, if Su Mu did nothing every day, the status of pacification envoy and viscount could bring a total of 1,500 points.

If he performs the duties of a pacification envoy a little more and gets the maximum performance points, that would be 2,500 points.

These 2,500 points are a stable income.

As for the identities of weaponsmith and silver-faced killer, the more you work, the more you get.

It costs 5,000 points to forge an ordinary weapon.

After completing an assassination mission, the points you get will vary depending on the difficulty of the mission.

"good."

Su Mu nodded with satisfaction in his heart, "There are more and more sources of points, and the 'cash flow' is becoming more and more abundant."

Taking a look at the several “+” on the system panel, Su Mu felt a sense of accomplishment.

He has never been idle these days, and has been trying hard to comprehend the artistic conception picture he got from Luo An Ning.

There is still an effect. To reach the perfection of Kanshui state of mind, only 60,000 points are needed now, which is almost half of the original 100,000 points.

The same goes for the Zhenlei state of mind and the Genshan state of mind. The points required for perfection have been greatly reduced, and even 80,000 points are no longer needed.

Thinking that Prince Gong Li Chuan was still there, Su Mu did not consume points to improve the realm of his artistic conception, but quietly put away the system panel.

"Su Zhenfu Envoy, it's not that Your Majesty is reluctant to part with things."

Prince Gong Li Chuan smiled bitterly and said, "It's true that Daxuan is in a difficult situation right now..."

"learn."

Su Mu nodded.

The Daxuan Dynasty is only prosperous on the surface, but it is actually rotten inside.

This cannot be blamed on the current emperor of Daxuan.

This is inevitable when a dynasty exists for a long time.

Now in the Daxuan Dynasty, those aristocratic families are as wealthy as a country, but the national treasury is empty.

The Taiping Division could only barely resist the Demon Court, but was powerless to deal with Daxuan’s internal troubles.

The current Emperor of Daxuan is not a man of great talent and strategy, and it is already his limit that he can barely maintain the status quo of Daxuan.

"It was my duty to supervise the construction of the Bailu Academy in Songjiang Prefecture. I shouldn't have asked for any reward. But since Your Majesty has shown such kindness, I will accept it shamelessly."

Su Mu said.

"I hope Envoy Su doesn't mind."

Prince Gong Li Chuan breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "That was the imperial court's reward just now. Next, it's my thank you gift."

His expression became serious, and he said solemnly, "If it weren't for Su Zhenfushi, I would have died at the hands of Taishi Tianbi.

I have no way to repay your life-saving grace, so I can only offer a small gift to express my gratitude."

As he spoke, he pulled out a scroll from his arms.

"Dui Ze artistic conception map."

Without waiting for Su Mu to ask, Prince Gong Li Chuan said, "Envoy Su should also know about my situation."

He showed a bitter smile on his face, "This Duize artistic conception map is indeed the most precious thing that this king can bring out."

Su Mu: "..."

The Luo family in Wuling City can produce several artistic conception paintings.

However, Prince Gong Li Chuan sounds very noble, but in fact he may not be as good as the Luo family.

Although the current Emperor Daxuan is not a man of great talent and strategy, he has one advantage compared to the previous emperors of Daxuan.

That means you can have children!
He had dozens of sons alone.

There were as many as thirty or forty people who were crowned kings.

Therefore, the value of the king of the Daxuan Dynasty is actually very low.

It is better that some princes can hold real power, but most of them are just good in sounding terms, and their actual power is not even as good as that of a city lord.

An unpopular person like Prince Gong has no real power. Although he is crowned as a king, he has no actual fiefdom. Whether he lives a good or bad life depends entirely on his own management ability and the influence of his maternal uncle.

On these two points, Prince Gong Li Chuan has no advantage.

He spent a lot of effort to get this painting of Duize.

The prince's family really has no surplus food.

Su Mu looked at Prince Gong Li Chuan with some sympathy.

In fact, if Prince Gong Li Chuan had more outstanding qualifications, he would have been able to get more resources. Unfortunately, although he had martial arts qualifications, they were only average.

But then again, if he had not been born into a royal family, with Prince Gong Li Chuan's martial arts aptitude, he might not have been able to cultivate to the Zhenyuan realm in this lifetime.

"I accepted it."

Su Mu smiled and reached out to take the Duize artistic conception map.

In fact, for Su Mu, to comprehend the artistic conception, he does not need an artistic conception map at all. He only needs to find a few martial arts of the Duize lineage to practice.

With his current status, it is not difficult for him to find some martial arts of the Duize lineage.

It's just that Su Mu has mastered enough artistic conceptions. Until now, the Zhenlei artistic conception, Genshan artistic conception and Kanshui artistic conception have not been perfected, so he doesn't have too many ideas about comprehending new artistic conceptions.

Despite this, he would not refuse any benefits that came to him.

It might be useful in the future. Even if he doesn't need it, he can give it to Luo Anning and Xiang Xiaoyuan.

Seeing that Su Mu accepted the artistic conception map, Prince Gong Li Chuan smiled again.

"If you have nothing else to do, Your Highness Prince Gong, you can stay in Songjiang Prefecture for a while. The scenery here is quite nice. In two months, the Bailu Academy in Songjiang Prefecture will start classes. At that time, the "foreign students" from Yaoting and Beiting will arrive, and it will definitely be very lively."

Su Mu said casually. "That's what I was thinking."

Prince Gong Li Chuan said with a smile.

He didn't have much to do, so he used the excuse of being injured to stay in Songjiang Prefecture to recuperate for a while and get in touch with the geniuses of the time.

He had heard that when the Bailu Academy in Songjiang Prefecture opened for business, almost all the geniuses from Daxuan would come.

They were all eager to compete with the monsters in the Demon Court.

All of his royal brothers who had ideas about the throne would inevitably come here to recruit talented people.

Li Chuan didn't want to seize the throne, but watching the fun was one of his few hobbies.

…………

After seeing Li Chuan off, Su Mu was preparing to go back and take a look at the newly acquired Duize artistic conception map.

One foot just stepped into the backyard.

Suddenly, his face became serious.

The next moment, the Thunder Blade had jumped into his hand.

Without any hesitation, he chopped out with his sword.

In an instant, a fire dragon emerged from the blade. The wind fanned the flames, and the fire dragon swirled and turned into a giant three-legged tripod.

The high temperature that could burn mountains and boil seas erupted from the giant three-legged cauldron.

At this moment, a red sun suddenly appeared in the sky.

The red sun also burst out with scorching heat.

The high-temperature air waves collided with each other in the air, turning into waves visible to the naked eye.

Wow!
The house was instantly knocked down by the strong force.

The high temperature caused the beams, doors and windows to burn violently.

The three-legged cauldron and the red sun were in a stalemate for only a moment, and then the three-legged cauldron exploded with a loud bang, turning into strong winds and sparks and dissipating in the air.

Su Mu stepped back a few steps.

The red sun rose several feet into the sky and then disappeared.

A figure fell from the sky.

With a loud bang, a strong wind blew and blew out all the flames in the yard.

At this time, Shi Ziran, Yang Yunzhong and others heard the noise and rushed over aggressively.

But before they got close, they saw the figure falling from the sky.

"Everyone, go back. It's okay. They are sparring."

Shi Ziran waved his hand and said, "Let's ask a craftsman to come and clean it up tomorrow."

"It looks like we have to hire a few craftsmen in the company."

Yang Yunzhong muttered.

Su Mu’s residence was just rebuilt not long ago, and now it has to be rebuilt again.

The governor is good in every way except his cultivation, which is really a waste of time.

…………

"Commander, are you too idle?"

Su Mu looked at the figure carrying the gun and spoke helplessly.

Xiangzhou Commander Li Tingkui!

Li Tingkui looked at Su Mu for a long time, then he laughed, "You are worthy of being the person I have chosen. I never thought that you could actually do it!"

Originally, he was a little bit unconvinced that Su Mu had already comprehended the vision.

That's why he just tried to test it.

Only after seeing it with his own eyes did he believe it was real.

Amazing.

When he was in the Zhen Yuan realm, he realized the vision.

It took Li Tingkui fifty years of hard work to get to this point.

When he comprehended the vision, Li Tingkui had already reached the perfect stage of Jindan realm, which made him much stronger than Su Mu now.

When he was Su Mu's age, he had just broken through the Zhenyuan realm and hadn't even touched the edge of the vision.

"Don't I want to test your quality?"

Li Tingkui laughed and said, "You are really good, you actually understood the vision."

"If you want to try it, just tell me in advance. We can go to another place to spar."

Su Mu said speechlessly, "Whose responsibility is this loss?"

"Why are you being so fussy? Just rebuild a yard. How much money can it cost?"

Li Tingkui said impatiently, "If you don't have money, go to the Xiangzhou Taiping Division to ask for it. It's mine.

I came all the way here to give you something, and you actually care about this shit!"

"Commander, are you here to give me something?"

Su Mu immediately smiled happily, "Forget it, I still have some private money, I can build a yard.

Commander, what do you want to give me?"

Li Tingkui couldn't help rolling his eyes when he saw Su Mu's smiling face.

Why didn’t I realize before that this guy is so shameless.

He just gave me the cold shoulder, but as soon as I said I was going to send him something, he immediately greeted me with a smile. He is too snobbish.

This shameless look is exactly the same as the truth when I was young!
But Li Tingkui is now respectable.

"Hold it, this is our Taiping Division's heirloom. As long as the person is alive, the thing will be there. Even if the person dies, the thing must be there."

As Li Tingkui spoke, he took out something from his arms and handed it to Su Mu with a serious expression.

"What is so important?"

Su Mu also became nervous.

As long as the person is alive, the things are there. So, should the things also be there after the person dies?

"The Diagram of Heaven and Earth."

Li Tingkui said in a deep voice.

"Heaven and Earth Diagram?"

Su Mu was a little confused. It sounded like a mood painting, but a mood painting didn't seem to be that precious.

The Taiping Division is not as poor as Prince Gong Li Chuan...

“You should know the original eight realms, right?
Qian is heaven, Kun is earth, Kan is water, Li is fire, Zhen is thunder, Gen is mountain, Dui is marsh, Xun is wind.

Li Tingkui said, “These are the original eight realms of mind, and they are also the realms of mind that most warriors practice now.

On this basis, there are also some unconventional ideas, which we will not go into detail about.

I can tell you now that the original eight artistic conceptions all evolved from the diagram of heaven and earth.

Of course, this picture of heaven and earth is not the original one, but a later copy.

But even so, its value is immeasurable.

If you have enough understanding, you can comprehend the conception of heaven and earth from it."

"The artistic conception of heaven and earth?"

Su Mu's expression was solemn.

The two most powerful of the eight original artistic conceptions.

Is this fate?
He had just received the Duize artistic conception map from Prince Gong Li Chuan, and now Li Tingkui sent him the map of heaven and earth.

If he could comprehend these three artistic conceptions, he would have comprehended all eight original artistic conceptions.

"Commander, what would happen if someone could comprehend all eight original realms of mind?"

Su Mu asked curiously.

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