Yan Kingdom Imperial Palace
Azure Fish Island.
Inside a Secret Chamber.
A senior member of the Azure Fish Hall frowned slightly as he looked at Su Bai's resume.
"During the years you were missing, did something unexpected happen to you?"
"If you have any problems, feel free to speak up. Azure Fish Hall can help you."
Su Bai shook his head slightly. "It's nothing serious. I'd like to go back, is that alright?"
The Azure Fish Hall executive nodded. "That's no problem, of course. However, returning means that Hai Jiu's identity will be cancelled. If you want to join Azure Fish Hall again next time, you will have to reapply. Do you understand?"
Su Bai nodded. "I understand."
The problem is that after losing his Assassin identity, he can no longer use the Teleportation Array here. After advancing to the Golden Core stage, it will be more troublesome to return to the Demon Star Sea.
We'll look for other teleportation channels then.
If all else fails, they will Escape Light, spending half a year on a long journey.
"Hmm, that's good then." The high-ranking member of the Azure Fish Hall nodded slightly, then handed over the 75,000 Spirit Stone that Su Bai had earned during his career Assassin to Su Bai.
These Spirit Stone would make ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivator green with envy, and they would immediately exchange them for Spirit Pills and go into Closed-door Cultivation.
But for Su Bai now, it was nothing. He casually put the Spirit Stone away and stored them in his Storage Bag.
After the handover was completed and the Azure Fish Talisman was returned,
Cultivator from the Azure Fish Hall led Su Bai to the Teleportation Array.
Su Bai stood on the Ultra-Long-Distance Teleportation Array, the flashing teleportation light marking the end of his short career Azure Fish Hall assassin.
Amidst the flashes of light...
Su Bai appeared at a Teleportation Array at the Azure Fish Hall Headquarters in Qingzhou.
Your belongings are all in the Storage Bag.
"Please check the contents and then follow me." A Azure Fish Hall Cultivator standing guard beside the Teleportation Array spoke as soon as Su Bai came to his senses.
Su Bai's gaze lingered on the table beside him, where a Storage Bag was placed.
Su Bai waved his hand and took it; everything he owned in Qingzhou, including the most important Jade Mist Sect True Disciple Jade Token, was inside.
Su Bai put his things away and followed the Azure Fish Hall Cultivator.
Led by this Azure Fish Hall Cultivator, Su Bai entered another Small Non-Connecting Teleportation Array.
After a flash of light, Su Bai appeared in an ordinary valley deep within the Qingshan Spirit Plain.
In May, the climate in Qingzhou is similar to that of the Demon Star Sea.
Su Bai summoned the Soaring Dragon Sword, checked the direction, and headed towards the Yan Kingdom.
With Su Bai's Sword Flight speed...
However, just one day later...
Su Bai then appeared in the sky above the Yan Kingdom Capital.
"It's only been six years, but the Imperial Palace has changed a lot."
Su Bai swept his Divine Sense across the entire Imperial Palace.
The area of the Yan Kingdom Imperial Palace has increased by one-third, indicating that the Yan Kingdom's national strength has developed quite well in recent years.
Su Bai's Divine Sense swept over the palaces one by one.
Soon, his Divine Sense locked onto the few remaining mortal relatives.
Su Bai forcibly stripped Father Su of his throne, and Mother Su were seen walking hand in hand along a small mountain path inside the Imperial Palace.
Seeing that the warmth in their eyes was genuine, Su Bai felt slightly relieved that he hadn't made that decision to kill his Father Su with a single Law Technique.
During the scan with his Divine Sense, he saw his younger sister Su Yao, frowning as she reviewed official documents in a Study.
Su Bai used his Divine Sense to lock onto the text and discovered that the content was a battle report from the front lines of the Yan Kingdom.
After thinking for a moment, Su Bai swooped down and soon appeared in the Study in front of Su Yao.
"Brother?" Su Yao felt a gentle breeze in front of her, and when she looked up slightly, she saw a familiar face.
Six years have passed, and his face has not changed at all; in fact, he looks even more ethereal, which makes Su Yao quite envious.
"How is your role Empress?" Su Bai asked softly.
Su Yao gave a wry smile, "It's tiring, so tiring, much more tiring than being a general."
Su Yao started complaining.
It turned out that not long after she ascended to the throne, neighboring countries thought that she, a woman, was too easy to bully and launched a series of wars against the Yan Kingdom.
Su Yao, young and ambitious, personally led the army into battle. Her Martial Dao Talent was not weak, and with the Empress personally leading the army on the front lines, the morale of the Yan Kingdom soldiers soared, and they crushed their opponents in several major battles.
They even took the opportunity to annex many cities and territories of neighboring countries and plunder a large number of people.
This was originally a perfect opportunity to rise to prominence.
However, during a campaign last year, Su Yao was injured by enemy cultivators. Fortunately, the Sword Qi left behind by Su Bai killed the enemy cultivators, but she still almost lost her life and was left with injuries.
After that, Su Yao stopped personally leading expeditions, and the Yan Kingdom also stopped its expansion, consolidating its previous gains, and its national strength steadily increased.
Upon hearing this, Su Bai first reached out and touched Su Yao's forehead, then activated the [Spring Return Spell].
The [Spring Return Spell], cast by Peak Foundation Establishment Spiritual Power, was remarkably effective, and Su Yao's internal injuries were completely healed at an extremely fast speed.
"Brother, you're so kind! Remember to come back often to heal my injuries!" The usually imposing and domineering Empress Su Yao tugged at Su Bai's sleeve and started to act coquettishly.
Su Bai rubbed his forehead. "Be more composed. You are, after all, the ruler of a country now."
Su Yao chuckled, "So what if she's the ruler of a country? She's still your own sister!"
At this moment, a thought arose in Su Bai's mind.
In the Demon Star Sea, the divide between mortals and cultivators is not as deep as in Qingzhou; in many places in Demon Star City, mortals and immortals live together.
Mortals are a precious resource, Han Family, to which Han Zhenyuan belongs, has begun to take the lead in implementing the "Nation-and-Family Cultivation" model to select talents.
The population of the Yan Kingdom exceeded 30 million, more than half that of the Han Kingdom.
If it were to operate according to the Han Family's model, it would likely be able to select a considerable number of cultivation talents from among these 30 million citizens.
However, to truly achieve this, a large number of trustworthy low-level Cultivator must be deployed to the lower levels, and it will take time to accomplish this.
The Han Family's model also has many hidden dangers. For example, if the direct line of the Han Family weakens, will those immortal cultivation geniuses who were granted the surname still be truly loyal to the Han Family?
"There's no need to bestow the family name upon everyone. Only those who perform exceptionally well will receive the family name and preferential cultivation resources."
The remaining ordinary cultivators selected from within the nation will serve as Household Retainer of the master.
"In this way, although development is limited, at least loyalty can be maintained stably."
Su Bai pondered for a moment. He was currently strong enough and had no shortage of resources, so he decided to start with his own Yan Kingdom, cultivating some potential cultivators to lay the groundwork for future development.
Whether it succeeds or fails, we'll see later; there's no harm in it.
If successful, the Su Family's 'family and nation' cultivation system will be of great help to Su Bai in the future.
Su Bai instructed Su Yao to gather all the young direct and collateral Collateral Line surnamed Su.
The Su Family has multiplied for so many generations in the Yan Kingdom Imperial Capital. There are tens of thousands of young people in the Imperial Capital. Surely, they can find a few promising cultivators.