I have the best bloodline

"Man proposes, God disposes."

Princess Luanming spoke at this moment, not targeting Su Yan but looking at the nameless man, and said:

"But we're going to the Red King's fiefdom next. The Grand Tutor has us form a temporary team so we can go directly to a small border town and manage it for six months!"

"We all know each other well, so if we have disagreements, we can compromise and make concessions. But we don't even know who the anonymous person is or what kind of personality they have. How can we form a team?"

As the daughter of the Xuan King, Princess Luanming was better informed than Su Yan and Zhou You. She already knew the destination and contents of the spring outing arranged by the Grand Tutor, so she was not too keen on agreeing to let the nameless person join the group.

Zhou You pulled Su Yan aside and complained, "Brother Su, you should be more careful! Don't just pick up random objects of unknown origin on the street. Even if the things you pick up are of clean origin, how do you know if there are any hidden dangers?"

"Uh"

The nameless man crouching on the ground, seeing all the criticism directed at him, felt slightly embarrassed. He stretched out his arm, which was covered by his long sleeve, and a plant root emerged directly from the wide sleeve, manipulating it to extend, meander, and twist in the void to form several characters:

[I am the Imperial Physician and will not offer any opinion.]

The nameless man before them was a wood-element cultivator, and moreover, he was an assistant physician from the Imperial Medical Bureau.

The title of Imperial Physician Assistant is for imperial physicians, and it is an official position that requires passing an examination. Not just any doctor or alchemist can call themselves Imperial Physician Assistant.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 162 Red King's Territory Flower City

Chapter 162 Crimson King's Territory - Flower City

"click"

Located in Yongle Academy, the celestial boat, after Grand Tutor Jin boarded, had its gangway, which had been resting on the stone surface, gradually retract into the hull with a crisp sound. The bottom of the boat then unfolded an intricate array of patterns to support the entire celestial boat.

The celestial ship floated to the sky channel, with symmetrical, wide, flat oars extending from both sides of the hull. The restrictions on the ship lit up one by one, unfolding into an oval protective layer to ensure that the hull would not be torn apart or disintegrated due to collisions with flying monsters during high-speed flight.

Unlike ships that travel on water, celestial boats do not need to consider draft or shape. They are like aerial cities built with countless arrays. Depending on their purpose, they will be equipped with different arrays. Some celestial boats equipped with powerful arrays can even briefly block earth immortals.

However, those immortal ships are very expensive, and only the 'Weapon Sect' in the entire cultivation world can produce them.

Building a warship is not only incredibly expensive in terms of price and subsequent maintenance, but it can also take more than a decade from construction to completion.

Aside from some major forces and top experts in the cultivation world, ordinary cultivators wouldn't even dare to dream of a war-themed immortal ship.

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The celestial ships used by the Xia Yu Dynasty ascended into the sky, activating all defensive formations. After a brief period of charging, they pierced the sky, transforming into a golden streak of light, and headed straight southeast of Xia Yu along the pre-set route.

Its speed was extremely fast, no slower than that of an ordinary Nascent Soul stage cultivator. The academy cultivators sitting on the immortal ship could not even see the changing scenery clearly, and in the blink of an eye, they had already flown more than ten miles away.

Compared to Xia Yu's troop transport ships, the cargo ship that Su Yan had been on was incredibly slow, like a tortoise crawling.

However, thanks to the array's enhancement, the academy students sitting inside the troop transport ship did not feel any discomfort.

"Su Yan, Jun Xia, Zhou You, Anonymous, and Feng Shiqi, the four of you will disembark at the New Flower City. Here are the letters of appointment you will need."

Once the celestial ship had sailed smoothly, Grand Tutor Jin began calling the roll of the crew members. Then, he took out all the previously prepared appointment certificates and began distributing them to the students whose names he had called.

"Take the weapon out of your storage ring, then hand over the storage ring or bracelet."

Grand Tutor Jin placed the letter of appointment in Su Yan's hand, and then asked everyone to hand over their storage rings.

After thinking for a moment, Su Yan took out the Red Jade Hairpin Sword and a bag of dried meat from his storage ring, and then handed the storage ring to Grand Tutor Jin.

Su Yan's storage ring didn't contain much; he had entrusted his spirit stones and other valuables to his aunt. He was worried about being robbed if he kept them on his own, so he was particularly quick to hand over the storage ring.

"?!"

Upon hearing that Grand Tutor Jin would confiscate the storage rings, some students' expressions immediately changed.

Upon seeing this, some radicals, without saying a word, took off their storage rings, muttered incantations, and destroyed the spatial array patterns within the storage rings, causing the storage space, along with their personal belongings, to collapse into nothingness.

Grand Tutor Jin glanced at those people but did not express any opinion.

Storage rings are extremely private items, containing all sorts of things. Those who detonate their storage rings before handing them over are probably worried that other cultivators will spy on their privacy, so they destroy their storage rings in advance to avoid exposing their strange quirks or out-of-the-box behavior.

"Ok?"

Grand Tutor Jin raised his hand and grabbed Zhou You, who had just handed over his storage ring and was about to turn around. He said with a mocking expression, "Although this dean is old and frail, my eyesight is not yet failing."

As he spoke, Grand Tutor Jin grabbed Zhou You's head, lifted him up, and shook him violently as if he were about to dice. Bound by the immobilization restriction, Zhou You couldn't even scream. He was hung up and swung around like a dried duck.

"Didi Dangdang."

As Zhou You lifted him up and swung him around, all the spirit stones, wine pots, medicines, and other items he had hidden in his sleeves, clothes, and trouser legs fell onto the deck of the immortal boat.

After Zhou You stopped dropping equipment, Grand Tutor Jin released his hand and tossed Zhou You aside, saying indifferently, "This student is lucky. If there is another student who hoards items, you may need to consider whether your teeth and throats can swallow your hoarded items."

"Next group: Jiang Yin, Li Chun, and Mou Qun. Come out and receive your letters of appointment."

"That's right!"

Grand Tutor Jin reached out to Su Yan, pinched the paper bag in Su Yan's arms with his thumb and forefinger, ignored Su Yan's shocked expression, and took away the dried meat snack directly.

Su Yan: "."

Can't I even grind my teeth while on the boat? Although Su Yan inwardly criticized Grand Tutor Jin's behavior, he didn't dare to speak out directly, for fear that Grand Tutor Jin might find a copper rod to grind his teeth on.

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"Next is the Flower City. You can hand over the letter of appointment to the county magistrate."

The celestial ship stopped at the edge of the Crimson King's fiefdom, above the city of New Flower City. Grand Tutor Jin didn't even look up, and with a wave of his hand, he threw Su Yan and his group off the celestial ship. Then he ticked a box on the booklet and once again steered the celestial ship to travel further and further away along the edge of the Crimson King's fiefdom.

Upon arriving at a designated city, the Grand Tutor would throw out a group of cultivators according to the original plan.

Only after all the students of the academy had been thrown out did Grand Tutor Jin steer the troop transport ship toward the Crimson King City.

It seemed that the Crimson King already knew of the Grand Tutor's arrival. As Grand Tutor Jin piloted the celestial boat to land, the servants and cooks in the Crimson King's mansion busied themselves preparing the banquet.

Dressed in yellow casual clothes, with a kind smile on his face and a slightly plump figure, the Red King stepped forward with a cheerful laugh to greet Grand Tutor Jin.

"I never imagined that after parting ways with the Grand Tutor during the Imperial Martial Arts Competition, we would meet again in just a few days."

It was not surprising that the Red King knew that Grand Tutor Jin had arrived. The appointment letter that Grand Tutor Jin had previously held had been stamped by both the court and the Red King.

"Of the eight princely fiefdoms, your territory is the most chaotic. It's not surprising that you've seen me here, is it?"

Grand Tutor Jin smiled and gestured for them to proceed, then walked with the Crimson King towards the Crimson King's residence.

"Am I not just doing this for His Majesty? If I can control expansion, I can't control the people's livelihood."

Faced with Grand Tutor Jin's teasing, the Red King did not show any shame or embarrassment. Instead, he smiled brightly and frankly admitted that the security in his fiefdom was indeed ridiculously bad.

The fiefdoms bestowed by Yu the Great upon kings of different surnames were all located on the outskirts of the Xia Dynasty. Moreover, the areas of these fiefdoms were usually not large, at most enough for the kings to build a mansion.

but!

The kings of different surnames all have unlimited rights to expand outwards. They can use the banner of Emperor Wusheng to train their own soldiers and continue to expand their territories. As long as the kings of different surnames pay taxes and tributes to Emperor Wusheng regularly and maintain the living standards of the people in their fiefdoms, that is enough.

The Red King is currently the king with the largest territory among the eight kings of different surnames.

Half of the annual tax revenue from the fiefdom, excluding tribute, was invested in the army and offerings, which led to a slight lag in public security and people's livelihood. The people often wrote to Xia Yu City to complain about the poor security in the Red King's territory, which sometimes even affected the people's productivity.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 163 County Magistrate! Pack up, we're on holiday!

"It is precisely because of the unlimited right to expand that the fiefdoms of the kings of different surnames vary in size, security, and even the local government offices have no say at all. They are just decorations in the city, and the locals have always lived according to their own traditional rules."

After landing on the ground from the sky, Princess Luanming explained to Su Yan, who was looking at the city with a face full of surprise.

The Xia kings, who were not of the same surname, had the power to expand outwards. During their conquests, they annexed a large number of different tribes or sects. Those tribesmen and small sects did not dare to say a word against the kings and Xia Yu, and could only watch helplessly as their homelands were swallowed up.

The kings of different surnames are not weaklings; even in the cultivation world, they are elders of their respective sects and forces.

Unable to resist, the indigenous people could only integrate into the fiefdoms of the kings of different surnames, silently accepting the subtle cultural and institutional education of Yu the Great.

But the Red King was a war fanatic who constantly expanded his fiefdom and plundered it.

This also resulted in the inadequate education of the local people. The local people were afraid of the power of the Red King, rather than recognizing the rule of the Xia Dynasty. In other words, the government offices established by Xia Yu did not have much real power.

The closer to the border, the less influence one has. The new Flower City is a newly built city, and it is currently controlled by the local indigenous tribal forces.

"As far as I know, New Flower City is a brand new city that has been established for less than ten years. Because the Crimson King is currently at war with the Eternal Life Cult and the Southern Frontier tribes, his management of New Flower City is basically limited to tax collection; he leaves most other matters to the city to manage."

Princess Luanming said with a helpless expression, "We've really come to the right place to take up our posts. No wonder the spring outing at Yongle Academy is a secret. If we can fight our way out of this remote and impoverished place, how could we not secure a position in the Xia Yu court?"

The spring outing at Xia Yu Yongle Academy was very mysterious, and it was specially reserved for the students with the best academic performance.

As long as the spring outing is completed successfully, returning to Xia Yu will definitely lead to a meteoric rise in status, and each of them will become an outstanding and prominent figure in Xia Yu City.

Previously, Princess Luanming did not understand why those people were transformed after just one trip. It wasn't until Grand Tutor Jin threw her into a remote and impoverished area beyond the reach of Emperor Yu of Xia to take up her post as the magistrate of a city, where she was about to face a population of 100,000 unruly natives.

Princess Luanming understood everything.

Forget about managing the new flower market; it would be good enough if people could just be physically healthy and go home alive.

Judging from the current situation, if we want to stand out from the test of the academy's spring outing, we need to make political achievements!

However, to achieve political success, it is necessary to engage in a direct power struggle with local indigenous forces.

It's quite normal for someone to accidentally die in the street.

Upon arriving at the new Flower City, everyone faced an unspoken choice: whether to huddle and waste half a year, gaining nothing, until the academy's spring outing ended, or to make achievements and acquire the resources from Grand Tutor Jin.

Whether one rises to great heights or remains mediocre is merely a matter of a single thought.

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As the daughter of the Xuan King, Princess Luanming was quite knowledgeable about the management of her fiefdom. After being sent by Grand Tutor Jin to the new Flower City on the border of the Chi King's fiefdom, she already knew the content of the academy's spring outing assessment and how to win.

But it is precisely because we know this that we find it difficult to handle.

No one dwelled on the matter too much. Following the Grand Tutor's instructions, they landed and headed directly to the local government office.

Whether or not to pursue political achievements is another matter. Right now, the most important thing is to find a local guide to understand the local situation, and the Flower Office is a great place to do that.

Although the tribal natives ignored the government's authority, they didn't dare to demolish the government office that the Red King had erected there.

Su Yan and his group arrived at the government office in the center of the city, but when they arrived, the office was empty. Helpless, they could only swing wooden mallets and beat the drum to summon the county magistrate, county assistant, and registrar of the flower and flower government office to the front of the government office hall.

"Who is it? Who is beating the drum in the hall, trying to prevent me from leaving early today and not receiving my full attendance bonus!"

The drum in the Xia Yu government office was not used to appeal for justice; its purpose was simply to remind the officials in the office what time it was.