Card: I Rebuild Five Thousand Years of Chinese Civilization in Another World

Chapter 222 Branch of the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion
Yan Hongxue was also unaware that the Lingdu architectural complex was a massive defensive formation.

When he heard Xie Yuwei ask this question, he explained to her, "This city was built a hundred years ago. Back then, demonic beasts descended from the sky and slaughtered everywhere. The local people were no match for the demonic beasts, so they fled to the imperial city to survive, and the imperial city grew bigger and bigger."

"At that time, this place was called the Imperial City. As more and more people fled here, the Imperial City became the Spirit City."

"The city has grown larger, and the entire Lingdu has begun to be rebuilt. The person in charge of rebuilding Lingdu is the Imperial Preceptor Chongyang, who activated the talent of the Card Spirit Master."

This was the first time Xie Yuwei and the students of Fengyun Academy had heard this story.

They already held the National Preceptor Chongyang in high esteem, and now, hearing his story and seeing the boundless Lingdu City with its towering buildings, their admiration for him only grew stronger.

Xie Yuwei was very curious about this National Preceptor Chongyang. Seeing that Yan Hongxue had talked about it a lot, she asked curiously, "Only a hundred years have passed. National Preceptor Chongyang created the cultivation of Card Spirit Masters, so his strength should have been very high. How did he fall later?"

This matter is known throughout the entire Ling Kingdom.

How could Xie Yuwei not know?

Xie Yufei stood beside her and whispered, "Sister, the Imperial Preceptor Chongyang was seriously injured while fighting a peak Saint-level magical beast, and later died."

The fall of the Imperial Preceptor Chongyang is a great loss to the human race.

When Xie Yuwei saw that everyone was looking at her and was surprised that she did not know the reason for the death of the Imperial Preceptor Chongyang, she explained, "I thought this was just an excuse released by the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion to appease people, and that there was another truth behind the death of the Imperial Preceptor Chongyang."

Isn't that how storybooks are written?

Yan Hongxue found Xie Yuwei's idea unbelievable; how could she have such a thought?
He said to Xie Yuwei, "No matter how Grand Preceptor Chongyang died, he has been dead for fifty years. Even if he did not die from serious injuries, it is meaningless to say these things now."

Xie Yuwei hovered the Kunpeng Card outside the barrier of Lingdu City, resting her chin on her hand, and asked, "The Imperial Preceptor Chongyang has been dead for fifty years. How does the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion operate now?"

Yan Hongxue realized that Jie Yuwei lacked understanding of the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion, and he was happy to explain it to her:

"During the period when the Imperial Preceptor Chongyang was seriously injured, he established nine departments in the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion, and these nine departments together supported the operation of the entire Imperial Preceptor's Mansion."

These nine departments are:
The entire Imperial Preceptor's Office, overseen by the Grand Elder, is called the Imperial Preceptor's Department.

The Second Elder was in charge of crafting the array's core, a department called the Crafting Department.

The Third Elder was in charge of maintaining the barrier; this was called the Defense Department.

The four elders are responsible for recruiting talented individuals from all over the world and testing their character and qualities; this is called the Recruitment Department.

The Fifth Elder was responsible for cultivating talent and imparting the martial arts techniques of the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion; this was called the Department of Learning.

The Sixth Elder was responsible for collecting data on magical beasts, researching information about them, and understanding all changes in the world; this was called the Dark Division.

The Seventh Elder was responsible for finding resources for array refining and cultivation at the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion, which was called the Treasure Spirit Hall.

The Eighth Elder was in charge of diplomacy and selling defensive array elements; this was called the Maritime Trade Office.

The Ninth Elder and the Ninth Department have always been a mystery; no one knows what the Ninth Department is responsible for.

Xie Yuwei hadn't expected the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion to be divided into such detailed departments. According to this division, her mother should be in charge of the Defense Department, which was overseen by the Third Elder.

Yan Hongxue continued, “These nine departments supervise each other, and there are countless stewards under the nine departments. Each steward at each level is responsible for different tasks. Even if the Grand Preceptor Chongyang has been dead for fifty years, the Grand Preceptor’s Mansion can still operate according to the will of the Grand Preceptor Chongyang.”

Xie Yuwei understood. Even though the Imperial Preceptor Chongyang was no longer alive, he left behind a complete system of Imperial Preceptor's Mansion. As long as these departments supervised each other, the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion could last for hundreds or even thousands of years.

The premise is that the human race can hold out until then.

With Warcraft becoming increasingly rampant, how will the Imperial Advisor's Mansion deal with it?
After Yan Hongxue finished speaking, Feng Qing said to Xie Yuwei, "Lingdu has a no-fly zone, so Kunpeng cannot directly pass through Lingdu's barrier. Let's land in the suburbs."

Since Xie Yuwei was new to the area, she decided to adapt to local customs. Following Feng Qing's advice, she rode the Kunpeng to the outskirts of Lingdu and stopped there.

Lingdu is the capital of the Ling Kingdom. Even in the suburbs, there are still many people nearby. The moment they saw the Kunpeng, they exclaimed in surprise: "What kind of card is that? I have never seen it before."

"What a huge fish, what a powerful aura! This is a Saint-level card."

"I wonder how powerful this card is."

Those who saw the Kunpeng nearby rushed towards it, hoping to catch a glimpse of its owner.

When Feng Qing led the students of Fengyun Academy down from Kunpeng, the people around them were whispering:
"who is this?"

"To possess such a card, one's identity must be extraordinary, right?"

"Looking at them, they seem more like students here to participate in a ranking competition?"

"Which college are you from?"

"do not know!"

"Look, isn't Yan Hongxue, the only son of the Yan family, in that crowd?"

Xie Yuwei was quite capable, and she had been hearing these people's comments about her.

She put away the Kunpeng Card, handed it to Feng Qing, and then jokingly said to Yan Hongxue, "I didn't expect you to be so famous. There are actually people in this crowd who recognize you."

Keen-eyed onlookers, noticing Yuwei putting away the Kunpeng Card, exclaimed in surprise, "Is she controlling the card?"

This card is estimated to be Saint-level. If she can control this card, does that prove that she is a Saint-level Card Spirit Master?

Such a young Saint-level Card Spirit Master?

In this world, apart from the legendary celestial card maker, there should be no one who has reached this level, right?

and many more!

The Celestial Card Maker, could she be the legendary Celestial Card Maker?

People who thought of this got excited.

Under everyone's gaze, Yan Hongxue listened to Xie Yuwei's words and explained to her, "No matter what, I am a member of the Yan family."

"You may not know that the aristocratic families in Lingdu are strictly ranked. Families like Tang, Li, Wu, Wu, Lin, Huang, and Yan are all first-class families, while Zhou Zhiyuan's family belongs to the second-class family."

“They may not know about other things in Lingdu, but the direct descendants of first-class families are almost universally known among ordinary people. Even if they have never seen us in person, our portraits will be scattered around.”

So he wasn't surprised at all that some of these people knew him.

Xie Yuwei did not expect that the five great families of Tiansheng City also had a main branch in Lingdu, and that the main branch in Lingdu was quite powerful.

After putting away the Kunpeng Card, Feng Qing took out more than a dozen Spirit Horse Cards. These Spirit Horse Cards were all of the initial level and were original cards from this world.

Such cards are popular in Lingdu, but rarely used in Tiansheng City.

Cities like Tiansheng City prefer to use real horses.

After all, before the Bainaka existed, even with the Lingmaka, they still needed to be harnessed to a carriage to travel. Since carriages couldn't carry passengers, it was better to use real horses to pull them.

Lingdu is different; here, the carriages can be changed at will.

Feng Qing distributed the Spirit Horse Cards to the team captains of Fengyun Academy. The team captains took out the carriages that the academy had prepared in advance from the Hundred Nascent Cards. They activated the Spirit Horse Carriages, hitched the carriages to the Spirit Horses, and a caravan of more than a dozen carriages appeared.

I originally planned to update on the 1st, but things didn't go as planned. I had to attend a funeral in my hometown before I could come out.