Food gives me an entry, I will be invincible if I stay alive

Chapter 356 Beast Language, Demons Devise a Plan

In the Xuanhui Hall of the Jade Capital Heavenly Capital.

Before the emperor could finish speaking, he had a long dream.

In his dream, he dispatched a large army to intercept Chen Xu and Wen Daoyuan before they could use their magic to spill the dragon's essence blood.

Wen Daoyuan, tears streaming down his face, knelt before him and offered the dragon's essence blood. He ascended the altar, using the nation's destiny as a conduit to maximize the effects of this essence blood—

The dream was so wonderful that the emperor was completely unaware, and was loudly calling out, "Wang Zhen, Liu Shao, come here..."

At that moment, Wang Zhen and Liu Shao rushed over.

Wang Zhen hurriedly helped the emperor up and called out cautiously, "Your Majesty, this old servant is here, this old servant is listening."

The emperor emitted a faint, hoarse hoarse sound: "I command you... I command you to quickly bring Ziwei, the Ziwei Academy, and all..."

What does "众" mean?
Before the emperor could finish speaking, he suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood.

He cried out "Ah!" and finally, overwhelmed by his emotions, he closed his eyes and collapsed to the ground.

Years of hard work were destroyed in an instant. In reality, Chen Xu and Wen Daoyuan disemboweled the "evil dragon" that the emperor had carefully nurtured, spilling its blood on the earth.

The emperor, despite being the Son of Heaven, received not a single benefit.

How could the emperor not be angry?
Wang Zhen was extremely anxious and hurriedly called out, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

But all I could hear was the rapid, pattering sound of rain outside the window.

Amidst the torrential rain, the distant cheers of palace servants could still be heard: "It's raining! It's raining! Great, hahaha..."

As the saying goes, the law does not blame everyone.

Normally, the rules in the palace do not allow loud noises, but this rain came at just the right time. Even the head eunuchs and palace maids, who had been bound by the rules for many years, could not control their emotions at this moment.

Northern Xinjiang is experiencing a severe drought, and Beijing has also gone without rain for months.

Some high-ranking officials are not in a hurry, but the common people are, and most of the palace staff are just as anxious!

Unbeknownst to the emperor, even a bowl of clean water in the palace now requires payment.

The icebergs in Xuanhui Hall were replaced day and night, and cold springs provided ventilation, while jade talismans were used to cool the area.

However, the living quarters of some palace maids and eunuchs, separated by only a few walls, were stuffy, damp, and as miserable as a cage.

When the heavy rain came, the whole of northern Xinjiang cheered.

Wang Zhen dared not do anything more than hurriedly send the emperor back to his bed and then hastily summon the imperial physician.

As for the order that the emperor didn't finish saying, Wang Zhen had no way to carry it out.

Even if the emperor had made it clear what he intended to do with the "people of Ziwei Academy," what could Wang Zhen do?
Should we take the Xingtian Guards and wipe out the Ziwei Academy?

Wang Zhen can't do it!
As for Liu Shao, he had already vaguely guessed the emperor's thoughts after the emperor had only said half a sentence.

The emperor had no way to deal with Wen Daoyuan directly, so he wanted to investigate the Ziwei Academy from another angle.

Even if we find some flaws in it, or even fabricate some flaws—

No, there's no need to fabricate it.

How could such a large academy, with three to five thousand disciples, possibly be completely free of corruption?

If such incidents are amplified quickly and spread throughout the world, even if Wen Daoyuan is a great Confucian scholar or has made unparalleled contributions, his reputation will likely be damaged.

In this way, the opponent may be forced to reveal a weakness.

Given the unparalleled achievement of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, the emperor might very well have seized it.

Liu Shao's face showed anxiety and concern, but his heart was neither sad nor happy.

He guessed the emperor's thoughts, but he had no intention of becoming the sword in the emperor's hand.

Although he had served as the emperor's sword countless times, the sword still needed the right moment to strike. He couldn't just blindly stab, nor did he need to do something that was impossible.

The emperor was so angry that he lost his mind and acted impulsively, which is why he suddenly thought of using the Ziwei Academy to deal with Wen Daoyuan.

Once he comes to his senses, he may not act in the same way again.

Even if they actually did that, it's still unclear who would be blamed.

Liu Shao pondered for a moment. He had shed the blood of countless innocent people in his life, so he naturally didn't care about being blamed or not.

However, the current change in the situation suddenly gave rise to another thought in his mind.

Perhaps the key to breaking the deadlock that he wanted to achieve did not lie with the emperor, but rather with that young man named Chen Xu.

The rain poured down.

On Xiaofeng Mountain, in front of the water mirror.

Looking at the dense, bead-like rain reflected in the mirror, the ugly monkey sighed, somewhat convinced of its defeat.

"He used the blood of a dragon to turn into rain to fight the drought demon. Chen Xu was actually willing to throw away all the dragon blood essence he had painstakingly refined. Such magnanimity makes me realize that I had underestimated him before."

The ugly monkey spoke with a weary tone, and after a sigh, he couldn't help but reveal his monkey-like nature.

It couldn't help but scratch its head, face, and cheeks, squeaking a few times as it said, "Hey, but just raining isn't enough, what's next?"

But then I heard Mr. Zhou next to me smile slightly and say, "Next, naturally we should do as the 'Strategy for Pacifying the Locust Demon' says: plant trees and forests, restore soil and conserve water, so that the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains can be green again."

Only in this way can we truly transform the world. As for how to plant trees, restore soil, and conserve water?
On the other side of the water mirror, Chen Xu, draped in wind and rain, suddenly raised his hand and grasped the golden light of the treasure map on the ground from a distance.

Because he was the original creator of the treasure map, he naturally possessed an extraordinary and magical control over it.

As he grasped the golden light of the treasure map, vast tracts of land on both sides of the canal suddenly seemed to come alive, pulsating strangely—

This pulsation is certainly not substantial, but rather more like a hazy, half-real, half-illusory feeling.

At that moment, many creatures on both sides of the canal also felt their hearts racing.

People looked up, and so did the demons.

At that moment, Chen Xu, who was standing in the void, raised his hand and suddenly sprinkled a large area of ​​crystal clear and wonderful soil from his palm.

With a whoosh, the fine soil particles, like golden sand, drifted in the rain and landed precisely on both banks of the canal.

Following closely behind were vast expanses of tree seedlings and floating rice seeds that fell directly into the canal.

Initially, the floating rice seeds did not germinate.

The trees on both sides of the strait sprouted quickly and grew rapidly as soon as they landed.

The ugly monkey on the other side of the water mirror clicked its tongue and quickly moved even closer, saying "Oh dear!"

"This kid has quite a few treasures, though they're just low-grade spirit crystals. But in this barren world, using them to grow ordinary things has surprisingly good results."

That's right, the "crystalline soil" that Chen Xu just sprinkled was not actually soil, but a special spiritual material captured by the Food Cauldron Heavenly Book: Thousand Spirit Earth Crystal!

The entry states: "[Thousand Spirit Earth Crystal, after being crushed, can be mixed with Ten Thousand Year Snow and Demon Bone Powder to make Earth Essence.]"

Sprinkle this essence of earth onto the land; when plants and living beings consume it, their growth will accelerate and their energy will greatly increase.

The so-called "food for plants and trees" is actually plant fertilizer.

Chen Xu scattered all the refined Thousand Spirit Earth Crystals he had on hand—

He had only recently acquired this treasure, but during a brief moment when he and Wen Daoyuan were traveling by cloud boat from the northern frontier back to Pingyang Prefecture, Chen Xu had taken the time to probe his consciousness into the kitchen.

He refined the Thousand Spirit Earth Crystal in the shortest amount of time.

At that time, he had already anticipated that as long as the South-to-North Water Diversion Project was successful, these Thousand Spirit Earth Crystals would come in handy.

At the same time, Chen Xu suddenly pulled out a hairpin shaped like a lotus stem from his head, with a jade-like lotus seedpod growing obliquely from the top of the hairpin.

This is the extraordinary treasure obtained from the Water Lord of Brilliant Star Lake: the Demon Heart Lotus Pod.

Chen Xu released the little hedgehog and mouse living in the Demon Heart Lotus Chamber. He used magic to lift the two little demons with the wind and send them to the ground.

From afar, Chen Xu's voice rang in the ears of the two little demons:

"Ah Shi, Ah Yuan, we are now doing something of great benefit for generations to come: we need to plant vegetation on both sides of this canal to conserve water and soil."

We also urge you two fellow Daoists to lend a hand, either by using your own magic or by commanding other creatures of the same kind, to assist in planting the tree and thus gain this merit.”

Yes, Chen Xu released the two little demons at this time so that they could reap merit.

Now that most of the crises that might have been encountered during the South-to-North Water Diversion Project have passed, if not now, when will you call on your two best friends to reap the rewards?

The two little demons were still somewhat confused about what was happening.

But since Chen Xu asked them to plant trees, they naturally threw themselves into the tree-planting project with great enthusiasm.

Meanwhile, on the north bank of the Grand Canal, a group of foxes appeared again, rustling around.

Some of the foxes were half-human in shape; they stood upright, wore human clothes, walked like humans, and wore various dried flowers in their hair.

They might rush silently across the two sides of the strait, or look up hesitantly at Chen Xu in the sky, only to suddenly smile at each other.

"Chirp, chirp..."

The foxes are calling.

Animal language has its own wild charm.

Some foxes picked up hoes and turned the soil in front, while others took out various saplings from the embroidered pouches at their waists and planted trees behind them with great effort.

Before long, the foxes became a vital force in the tree-planting project.

Yes, the number of tree species that Chen Xu personally carries is limited.

Even if he used magic to build green embankments along both sides of the canal, how could he possibly turn all of these thousands of miles of riverbanks green by himself?

What he couldn't do alone, all sorts of demonic creatures that had been hiding in the northern frontier suddenly took action.

In the wind and rain, it's not just foxes that are rushing over at this moment.

The wolf king's wolf cubs and grandchildren were not to be outdone, and the snake king's snake demons were all experts at turning over soil.

There was also a group of yellow-clad monsters, most of whom wore small melon-shaped hats and were short, about three or four feet tall.

The leader, peeking out from behind a small hill, had small eyebrows and eyes, a neatly trimmed mustache, and spoke with a distinct Gyeonggi-do accent:
"Hey, everyone's here! Little demon Huang Silang has also brought his brothers and sisters from our clan to join in the fun."

I don't expect to be of much help, but at least I'll be tilling the land and not falling behind, hehe, hehe..."

With a wave of its hand, a swarm of little yellow-clad demons rushed over.

The little mouse, Ashi, who was casting a spell to stabilize the soil next to a small tree, was stunned.

(End of this chapter)