Tumor Sword Immortal

Chapter 402 Disconnection
Ultimately, simply making empty promises, having spirit and belief alone is not enough.

You must feed the refugees.

Cultivator, you must give them spirit-nourishing pills.

Hey, it's like he just wants to die on the mountain.

Pei Xia, along with Feng Yao, prepared to return to their palace.

In the darkness, a figure suddenly appeared from the mountain gate.

At first, she was on guard, but after the figure moved a couple more steps, Pei Xia recognized it.

Isn't this the Zhou Tian (a concept in Chinese astrology)?
The old man was carrying a wicker basket and had a long bamboo pole with a line attached to it slung over his shoulder, looking like he was going fishing.

No wonder he went out early this morning and is only now coming back.

Waving at him from afar, Pei Xia walked over and peered into his basket: "Let me see what you caught."

The old man casually shoved the fish basket behind him: "Sigh, bad luck. The fish I caught was too big and it bit through the line and got away."

That sounds so familiar.

Pei Xia gave a forced smile: "How old?"

Zhou Tian stretched out his arms with all his might: "This... is so big! It must weigh at least forty pounds!"

That sounds even more familiar!
“If it were really that big, it would definitely weigh more than forty pounds; yours would be over a hundred.” Pei Xia chuckled.

The old man's face turned bright red, but he didn't argue with him. He angrily picked up his fish basket and went back to Wangjiang Tower.

In the dead of night, Jiang Shu was at the shipyard, and his bedchamber was completely silent.

Lately, because of her anxiety about Yangchun Dan, Pei Xia would toss and turn every night, trying to find a solution.

Han Youzhi helped him solve a major problem, and now he needs to think carefully about his next move.

The construction of the sect is naturally an important matter, but he can't help much in this regard. To replenish manpower, he has to rely on Jiang Shu and Ma Shilin, the ship captains.

In addition, Cao Hua and Guo Gai, who went up the mountain today, gave Pei Xia a reminder.

There will be more and more people on the mountain, especially those coming from the boatmen. They are generally sensible, but also more thoughtful and have higher expectations.

Right now, the sect is just starting out, and everything is in need of rebuilding. Everyone is busy with their lives, so it's not obvious yet. But once things settle down, there will definitely be a lot of disharmony.

There are two things that need to be put on the agenda.

One is the sect rules, which is easy to handle. Next time, Han Youzhi will bring him a copy of the Changjing Sect's rules, and Pei Xia can modify them himself.

The other is the position; we need to select some suitable people and gradually begin to take on the management of the sect's affairs.

Forget about finding ready-made "administrative talents." Even someone as capable as General Qinzhou doesn't have many under his command; otherwise, why would he need to govern a prefecture through a clan?

Pei Xia was in her room, taking a couple of sips from her little black gourd, and slowly a rough idea formed in her mind.

Strength, prestige, obedience, and the ability to make decisions on small matters.

Everything else can be disregarded.

I noticed Cao Hua today; he seemed quite composed. I could try having him lead teams more often, whether it's logging or quarrying, to give him some experience.

Pei Xia then turned to look at Feng Yao, who was standing to the side.

Actually, the brain worm is also a good choice. Since Tianbao Mountain, she has grown a lot. As long as I teach her patiently and let her practice, she will be able to become the head steward of Jiangcheng Mountain without any problem.

Unfortunately, Pei Xia has no spiritual power, so even the Yangchun Pill requires a process of consumption. Just in case, she still needs to keep it by her side.

"Once the framework is built and the houses are repaired, in addition to the one and a half acres of refining fields, let them go to the back mountain to reclaim some wasteland to grow some vegetables and find a way to raise some poultry and livestock. Then the daily operation of this sect will be brought back to life."

As the wine went down his throat, Pei Xia's eyes narrowed slightly: "I need to start thinking about cultivation."

In Qin Prefecture, cultivation can only involve refining the head.

Pei Xia had previously learned from Jiang Shu that, in principle, as long as one gets enough nutrition, anyone can become a head cultivator.

However, there are actually some barriers to entry into this industry.

Jiang Shu didn't fully understand this either, and could only tell Pei Xia that there's a difference between eating and dietary supplements, and that getting "power" from food to strengthen the body also depends on talent.

For example, some people can have enough energy to strengthen their bodies even after eating only half a meal.

But some people can't even eat until they're stuffed; they'll die from overeating. Those people just don't have the talent.

However, Pei Xia now sees that there are clearly loopholes to exploit. After all, you can eat until you're stuffed.

Can you really overeat pills?

It's hard to say.

Pei Xia knew that no matter how strong he was, he could hardly compare to the general of Qinzhou. There might be another reason why Li Qing did not use pills to feed an army.

But that doesn't stop us from giving it a try.

Three days later, I received the spirit seed from Han Youzhi and tried planting one.

If it can be grown, then perhaps, in Qinzhou, the only thing that is not allowed to retain spiritual energy is people, not land.

In fact, Pei Xia had already made this guess a long time ago.

When Pei Xia first encountered Jue Ling at Tianbao Mountain, she examined her magical artifact. Without Pei Xia's spiritual power, the Twin Spiders immediately became ineffective.

Although the Xunhai Sword, which possesses the pure blood of Guixu, cannot be replenished, the spiritual power of the pure blood has not been eliminated.

There are many similar cases, such as the talismans Pei Xia took out from Yu Qiong, including those pills. If Qin Zhou Jue Ling could really target things other than people, these pills should have become ineffective long ago.

If that's the case, then perhaps Pei Xia has another solution regarding spiritual power.

At that time, it's possible that we'll be able to get rid of Li Qing.

Feng Yao stood behind Pei Xia, watching his master drink alone. As he drank, he suddenly started chuckling to himself.

Is there some good news?

"It's hard to say yet. We have to wait for Old Han to deliver the spirit seed. It'll take three days..."

Pei Xia suddenly paused.

He and Han Youzhi agreed to meet three days later, beneath the signboard of Qiongxiao Yuyu.

But then he suddenly remembered that this morning, when he was about to meet Han Youzhi, Yuqiong had inexplicably lost her composure.

Pei Xia was taking the last Yangchun Pill, and she was sweating profusely.

But for some reason, Yuqiong recovered after using it again.

Pei Xia reached into her bosom and placed the string of jade beads on the table.

Yuqiong is definitely Pei Xia's greatest asset since arriving in Qinzhou. His pills, talismans, and magical artifacts are all stored in it, not to mention that it is connected to the Jade Palace of Qiongxiao.

If something happens to Yuqiong, the consequences are unimaginable.

Pei Xia felt it was necessary to have it checked.

After swallowing a Yangchun Pill, the inner cauldron regained its spiritual power. Pei Xia first checked the space inside the jade pendant and found that everything was stable, and storing and retrieving items was not affected.

He tried to enter the Jade Palace again.

However, when he closed his eyes and channeled his spiritual energy, Yuqiong once again lost her ability to respond.

Pei Xia opened her eyes and tried again with a serious expression.

Unlike the brief malfunction in the morning, Pei Xia was still unable to enter the Jade Palace this time.

He didn't succeed again until all the spiritual power of the Yangchun Pill was used up.

Yuqiong seems to have completely lost her connection with the Jade Palace.

How could this be?
When I first gained spiritual power, I entered the Jade Palace without any obstacles.

Even if one's spiritual power is insufficient, repeated entry is unaffected when using fake medicine.

Why is it suddenly not working?

Qiongxiao Yuyu, strictly speaking, is also a branch of the Worldly Sect, originating from the great supernatural powers of the legendary master of the tower.

Pei Xia, of course, could not understand the principle behind it. He could only wait quietly for half an hour, and then take the Yangchun Pill again to try again.

A moment later, he opened his eyes, and all the plans he had made for the future not long ago now turned into a feeling of oppression and heaviness.

He failed; he could never return to the heavens.

(End of this chapter)