Immortality: Starting with a grave, I'm invincible when burying corpses.

After a year or two of this, Mu Ling'er only encountered a few powerful clan members who fought with her.

After these guys got beaten up, they didn't bring out a large group of people. Instead, they spent money to find some thugs in the nearby village, and in the end, Mu Ling'er gave them all a beating.

Whether the fighting actually helped rid the people of this scourge is debatable, but quite a few ordinary villagers certainly got beaten up by Mu Ling'er.

As a result, Mu Ling'er even fell into self-doubt, wondering if she had chosen the wrong approach.

Why do the sons of high-ranking officials in Qishan Road never play by the rules?

They certainly showed contempt; Mu Ling'er could sense the contempt in their bones. But why didn't these people curse or hit each other as they were in the script?

The promised carriage accident, the promised whip cracking, the promised oppression of the people...

Mu Ling'er didn't see any of the common situations in these stories.

The troubles she encountered mostly came from ordinary people whom she had once thought were a vulnerable group.

The less educated a person is, the more vulnerable they are, and the more tragic their experiences, the more radical they tend to be, and the more likely they are to encounter various troubles.

This is vividly demonstrated in villages populated by displaced people.

It's not that these people are bad, it's just that their methods of protecting themselves are too radical, so radical that they contradict the laws of Qishan Dao, leaving Mu Ling'er feeling helpless.

In contrast, the privileged sons of the Qishan Road seem to have taken a completely different path.

Making money and getting promoted are what they care about most, and ordinary people are the best tools for putting on a show.

In most cases, let alone conflicts, these scions of noble families wouldn't even exchange a single word with Mu Ling'er, who was dressed as a peasant woman.

Even when they had to speak, they would only use very polite words, leaving Mu Ling'er with no fault to find.

On several occasions, when crossing the bridge, Mu Ling'er even saw scions of noble families give way to her and let her go first.

Over time, the effect that Mu Ling'er wanted did not come about.

On the contrary, the high-ranking officials and nobles in Qishan Dao knew about this matter and repeatedly instructed their family members to do a good job of maintaining appearances and not to cause trouble.

In a short time, the atmosphere improved considerably.

……

Putting aside these less-than-ideal events, Mu Ling'er has still done quite a few useful things over the years.

She picked up the administrative affairs she had abandoned and added several new departments to Qishan Road, forming a power system of checks and balances.

Whenever she finds something inappropriate, she immediately makes adjustments.

She also discussed a series of problems she discovered in people's daily lives and took some corresponding measures.

The massive influx of migrants has brought about a series of problems that urgently need to be addressed.

After much discussion, the ultimate goal is still education.

To change the status quo, we must carry out education and popularize education in towns and villages.

Even knowing that enlightening the entire population might ultimately lead to the collapse of the original system of Qishan Dao, Mu Ling'er still formulated a relevant plan.

After several twists and turns, Qishan Road launched a vigorous plan to popularize education.

The initial plan is to have more than 90% of the population understand moral principles and righteousness within 50 years.

……

When she has nothing to do, Mu Ling'er will also go to Mu Family Town for a stroll, seemingly looking for a new successor.

Mu An told her several times not to waste her time on these meaningless things.

If you have time, you can study the Great Dao more, or you can go to the Five Spirits Immortal Realm in the heavens for a while and do some more useful things.

Mu An also told Mu Ling'er that as long as her understanding of the Great Dao could reach a minimum critical point, he guaranteed that he could help her obtain the Heaven and Earth Fruit Position.

Mu Ling'er didn't take this concern too seriously, or rather, she understood Mu An's concern but was unwilling to do things according to Mu An's ideas.

Whether or not she could live forever, Mu Ling'er didn't really care.

This is Mu An's obsession, not hers.

Mu Ling'er was very open-minded about living longer; she preferred to extend the breadth of her life rather than its length.

Several times when she was told this, Mu Ling'er refuted Mu An with her own righteous indignation, saying that what she was doing was far more valuable than Mu An's talk of becoming a god.

Mu An didn't want to argue with her. The two were standing at different angles, so their judgments on the importance of things were naturally different as well.

Mu Ling'er was ultimately just a mortal, deeply influenced by the thoughts of mortals.

He has already done so much, how can he just stop now?

Mu Ling'er didn't want to argue with Mu An either; in Mu Ling'er's view, Mu An was "sick".

The illness is very, very serious.

Destroying the meteorite and opening up the meteorite field aggravated Mu An's "illness" a little.

Mu An has now forgotten what she used to look like, what he once said to her, and the lessons he once taught her.

It will be much more difficult than before to cure Mu An's "illness".

Mu Ling'er knew that she didn't have much time left.

Even though she had prepared a great deal beforehand, she couldn't guarantee that she would be able to cure Mu An's "illness".

She had to arrange everything in Qishan Road as soon as possible, and then devote herself wholeheartedly to "treating" Mu An.

Aside from their normal daily interactions, they each did what they wanted to do and didn't interfere with each other.

……

Ten years have passed since then, and Qishan Road has remained peaceful and stable, steadily advancing under Mu Ling'er's leadership.

With the spontaneous movement of the boundary markers, the territory of Qishan Road naturally expanded to the three prefectures.

Today, the entire territory of the three major prefectures of Lingzhou, Yongzhou, and Jiangzhou falls under the jurisdiction of Qishan Dao.

The continuous influx of refugees has led to a growing population on this land, which has now reached 200 million.

It has increased more than tenfold compared to when Qishan Road was first established.

The surge in population brought chaotic security and a huge burden on education and healthcare, but it also laid a solid foundation for the future of Qishan Road.

Overall, the future of Qishan Road looks promising.

Two years ago, Mu Ling'er adopted a boy named Mu Yong in the Mu family's ancestral land. The boy was six years old and had quite good martial arts aptitude.

Mu Ling'er usually kept him by her side and groomed him as her successor.

This move also relieved the important officials of Qishan Road.

The True Lord is detached from worldly affairs, soaring through the Nine Heavens in the Five Spirits Immortal Realm. Lady Xuan Nu may return to the Immortal Realm with the True Lord at any time.

A country cannot be without a ruler for a day, and the fact that Qishan Road has never had a successor has always been a source of anxiety for its officials.

If the two great masters, Zhenjun and Xuan Nu, were to depart, the Qishan Dao, now leaderless, could collapse at any moment.

Now that Mu Ling'er has finally chosen the next crown prince, the old ministers of Qishan Road are much relieved.

……

Unlike the tranquil Qishan Road, the outside world was heading in a different direction.

The world was at peace for only a decade or so before war broke out again.

Within just a few months, the entire Great Qi was plunged into chaos.

Unlike previous wars that were fought with back and forth, this time the war has become one-sided.

In the catastrophe brought by the meteorite, the Great Qi suffered an unprecedented blow and was no longer able to deal with the rebellions that broke out simultaneously in various parts of the world.