Da Zaojun

Chen Xiu was overjoyed at this moment. After reaching the seventh rank, his essence had broken through to 30, his qi to 24, and his spirit was only slightly lacking, at around 18 points.

Because he became a mountain patrolman, in addition to stealing sheep, he also gained a supernatural power: "striking the mountain to scare the tiger." To be precise, in addition to training mountain dogs and patrol eagles, he could also have a fierce tiger as a mount. Furthermore, he could subdue mountain spirits and wild monsters, and his "grassroots soldiers" numbered three hundred.

However, he'll have to figure out how to get his salary himself.

Having become a seventh-rank official, he felt he had gained more skill and wanted to fight Song Wuji to test his abilities.

Although Song Wuji had refined the Six Animal Frolics, the essence, energy, and spirit he had lent out were still slowly recovering. However, his essence, energy, and spirit were only recovering from 20 points to 30 points. It would take about a month to fully recover, but by then he might even be able to make further progress.

After the reconstruction of Jianxin County, the people will receive houses, and Song Wuji's second seventh-rank ritual [Yangzhai Master] can be completed.

Even if he were to communicate with Hongzhou Prefecture and get the people of Hongzhou to worship the Kitchen God, Song Wuji could achieve his goal immediately.

Then we can begin working on the rituals for the sixth rank.

Even if the essence and spirit of the Three Treasures are lent out, the people of Jianxin County will not refuse to return them; they will still give back in the future.

Moreover, Song Wuji's Hunyuan Dao Golden Core was still intact, his realm and supernatural powers remained, and he held Chen Xiu down with one hand: "Don't compare yourself to me, go compare yourself to the demons. When I was at the eighth rank, I could kill seventh-rank demons as easily as cutting melons and crushing vegetables. You almost overturned all five hundred soldiers before you killed one seventh-rank demon."

"If it weren't for the Pool of Ten Thousand Demons' Creation, I would have cleaved you in two alive!"

After being pinned down, Chen Xiu could only sigh, "As expected, I still can't beat you."

Song Wuji said, "I plan to hand over Jianxin County to you for garrisoning troops, and convert Taichang County for logistics purposes."

"How many troops are stationed here?" Chen Xiu rubbed his hands together. "This time there are 40,000 more civilians. If we draw one out of every 20, we can have about 2,000 regular soldiers!"

“They all harbor hatred, and they would be willing to take one-tenth or one-third of the profits, but I can’t afford to support them.”

"The purpose of stationing troops is to build high walls, construct defensive fortifications, and ensure the safety of the rear. What you need to do is lead them to conquer all the demonic and secret realms within Jianxin County, and then select suitable seeds from them."

"Lu Han, you will be the magistrate of Taichang County. While you're at it, also help improve the lives of the people in Jianxin County."

"This time I don't have much luck to use. I need to go back and ask the Weaver Girl for the Heavenly Net and Earthly Net to set up the laws."

Lu Han looked troubled: "I'm afraid there won't be enough food. Some of the demons in Jianxin County are actually humans. Making them into jerky might not be a good idea."

"Then burn all the ones that look like humans, and use the ones that don't look like humans as reserve food."

"Moreover, since Jianxin County is occupied by the Demon Path, the rank of the demons in the wilderness is higher than that in Taichang County. You can often see ninth-rank demons and even more low-rank demons."

"It doesn't seem like Taichang County, just that there are more small demons among the plants and trees."

"I estimate that rebuilding the city will require 10,000 able-bodied men, clearing wasteland for farming will require at least 20,000, and grain will require more than 1.5 million catties. Those 100,000 fasting pills are simply not enough!"

"Why don't we go to Hongzhou Prefecture to borrow grain? They have a secret grain-producing region!"

"The General of Hongzhou wrote this message in a letter, probably because he wanted us to join his ranks and he would provide us with provisions."

"If we don't want to be controlled by this general, then we should find a way to take over this grain-producing secret territory."

"What's the rush?" Song Wuji said, "We haven't finished eating the food yet!"

Song Wuji said, "Don't send troops near Hongzhou Prefecture yet. We've already lifted the siege by killing Hei Luan and Wu Tong. Let's see if they continue to cower in their shells or have the guts to come out and cooperate with us to wipe out the surrounding demons and reclaim the remaining counties one by one."

Lü Han nodded: "Alright then."

Song Wuji sighed, "I certainly don't want to be under the command of the General of Hongzhou, or the Prefect or the City God. I just hope they will be sensible and understand that chaos has arrived."

It immediately transformed into a Vermilion Bird, becoming a rainbow of light, and circled around once, like a second sun in the sky. After inspecting the area for a while, it returned to Taichang County.

This time, instead of refining the six livestock fragments, Song Wuji summoned the mirage dragon.

The mirage dragon sensed that although Song Wuji was slightly weak, his life force was greatly increasing. It suppressed the strange thoughts in its heart: If I were to cause any more trouble at this time, I'm afraid someone might come out and kill me right away.

As a dragon, he naturally understands the concept of destiny, and can turn misfortune into fortune and change one's fate.

This is precisely the prerequisite for the saying "Those who survive a great calamity are destined for good fortune"—it is essential to avert disaster and save lives!

Song Wuji killed the Black Phoenix and took away the true form of the Five Paths Evil God—a black sheep with the bloodline of the Taotie. This resolved his own calamity, as well as the calamity of tens of thousands of people in Jianxin County, the calamity of the besieged people of Hongzhou Prefecture, and could even be said to have resolved a crucial calamity in the human realm.

"Master, what brings you to see me?"

"How's your refinement of the Yellow Spring Pearl going?"

"I am attempting dual cultivation with the Fallen Dragon of the Underworld."

Song Wuji hadn't expected the Mirage Dragon to choose such a method.

“I endowed him with spiritual wisdom, and after experiencing countless lifetimes in the illusion, he gave me the true nature of the underworld and cleansed me from the secret realm.”

"Furthermore, I also want to reproduce the descendants of the Dragon Nest. I am the only one left in our lineage."

"Alright then." Song Wuji didn't mind, and simply said, "Come with me to see the Weaver Girl."

Song Wuji was somewhat wary of the Heavenly Weaver Girl, and therefore needed the Mirage Dragon as a protector.

However, the Heavenly Weaver Girl herself did not do anything obviously bad, but Song Wuji always felt that there was some hidden scheming. In addition, he was a little weak now and was afraid that he would be manipulated by karma.

"Yes."

The Mirage Dragon said, "It just so happens that my master has allowed me to occupy the Hungry Ghost Realm within the Rakshasa Ghost Market. My wife and I can complement each other and evolve the Lesser Thousand Illusionary Realms of Reincarnation."

They immediately entered the Rakshasa Karma City with Song Wuji.

Song Wuji walks the path of the human world, while the mirage dragon walks the path of the hungry ghosts.

But the subtle Bodhisattva path was also attracting Song Wuji. Song Wuji thought to himself, "It's probably because of the previous transformations into White Bone Manjushri and Calamity Fire Vajra."

Ignoring the call of the Bodhisattva path, Song Wuji stepped into the human realm, only to encounter the same person who had sold shrines here before.

However, there was no time to make purchases, so they went directly into the Yin-Yang Money Shop.

Within the Karma Money House, the Heavenly Weaver Girl transforms into a young girl in a palace dress, but this is actually just a puppet of her past life's corpse controlled by silk threads. She is probably beginning to cultivate the path of the past, present, and future through the Twelve Links of Dependent Origination.

The past body can be replaced by a previous life corpse, but the future is difficult to find because the future is also the present.

"Congratulations to the Lord of the Realm for conquering the Demonic Path and subjugating Jianxin County."

The Heavenly Net Weaver Girl laughed and said, "The Heavenly Net is difficult to weave, please give me some time. However, the Earthly Net has already been woven."

Seeing that she was unaffected, Song Wuji took out the Calamity Treasure Canopy: "Master Xu Jia instructed me to extract the threads from this magic treasure and refine it into the Heavenly Net."

"But the net of earth has already been woven, so you shall weave yourself into the net of heaven!"

(End of this chapter)