Public Sentiment Can Benefit All Generations; To the Heaven Dou Empire!

Star Luo Empire, Wu Ping City.

"Heavy rain, floods... Since it's somewhat similar to the terrain around the Min River in Ancient Shu Prefecture, then could I..."

"Luckily, that Li Erlang was one of the prototypes for my Daoist Qingyuan Miaodao Erlang Manifesting Sage, so I remember this design very clearly."

"As long as Father finds some people who understand waterworks and has them make a few modifications..."

Dai Chengfeng held a brush and stood before the table, no one knew what he was drawing. There was only the soft rustle of his brush moving over paper.

Knock, knock, knock~

Only when he heard the knock did Dai Chengfeng lift his head. "Come in."

Soon, Zhu Fan walked in, soaked from head to toe. He shook the water from his clothes, and as Soul Power circulated through him, he quickly became fresh and dry again.

"Uncle, how is it?"

"Was anyone in the city preparing to take advantage of the soldiers going off to control the flood, leaving the interior empty, and start a riot?"

Zhu Fan smiled and shook his head when he heard this. "Chengfeng, you really do plan like a god!"

"When you first sent soldiers to help Wu Ping City control the flood, I even wanted to Block you. Now it seems..."

As he spoke, he raised his thumb and praised, "That really was a brilliant move!"

"When we first entered the city, there really were many people who resisted us fiercely."

"After all, even if the Heaven Dou Empire's people are not as fierce and hardy as we Star Luo folk, we were still invaders in the end. They would not accept our rule so easily."

"But now!"

"After they saw that once you took Wu Ping City, you not only did not harm ordinary commoners in the slightest, but even sent troops to help them control the flood and save people... Many of them are extremely grateful to you now!"

Dai Chengfeng smiled and nodded. "That's good."

"Before, Wu Ping City was a city of the Heaven Dou Empire. They were our enemies, so naturally they had to be killed without end."

"But now that Wu Ping City has been incorporated into our Star Luo Empire, they are naturally also subjects of our Star Luo Empire."

"Besides, how much money can commoners have?"

"As long as we kill those wealthy merchants and Soul Masters who are rich without benevolence and confiscate their estates, the money we obtain will be more than enough to reward the three armies several times over, with plenty left to fill the inner treasury."

"That makes sense!" Zhu Fan nodded in agreement.

At this moment, only after the final stroke fell did Dai Chengfeng finally let out a long breath and look at Zhu Fan.

"Uncle, are you ready to leave?"

His tone was incomparably solemn.

"Uh..."

Zhu Fan's expression stiffened when he heard this. "Chengfeng, must you really go to the Heaven Dou Empire?"

"Although, just as you analyzed, with His Majesty personally stepping forward to help 'vouch' for you, most people believe there really is something wrong with your spirit. As a result, aside from Xue Qinghe, who knows the truth of the Wu'an Blood War, the rest of the Heaven Dou Empire's people won't pay too much attention to you."

"But I'm still afraid that if the truth is exposed..."

Dai Chengfeng shook his head. "Uncle, I really must go to Heaven Dou!"

"I know this trip may be somewhat risky, but this trip also concerns exactly how far I can go in the future!"

The more he cultivated the Innate Skill, the clearer Dai Chengfeng became...

If he wanted to make up for the Origin missing from his White Tiger Spirit in a short time, he could not do it by absorbing spirit rings and cultivating alone.

Only Immortal Herbs could!

And if he did not personally go, it would not be realistic for anyone else to obtain the Immortal Herbs he wanted from Poison Douluo Dugu Bo.

First of all, they did not recognize them!

In the Original Work, aside from Tang San, that walking cheat, those who possessed knowledge of Immortal Herbs included Chrysanthemum Douluo and the Breaking Clan, and there was absolutely no one from the Star Luo Empire among them.

After transmigrating into this world, Dai Chengfeng had also once tried searching through the Star Luo Empire's imperial library to see whether there was any knowledge regarding Immortal Herbs.

Unfortunately...

There were piles upon piles of military texts, as many as one could want!

But knowledge related to Immortal Herbs? Sorry, none!

Since that was the case, as long as he wanted Immortal Herbs, he had to go personally!

Moreover, the news that he had already stepped into level 20 and become a Soul Grandmaster probably could not be hidden for long.

If he did not leave soon, there was no need to even think about his Third Soul Ring. It would definitely be the Vajra Tiger...

Although White Tiger Vajra Transformation was the only Soul Skill among the first three rings that Dai Chengfeng somewhat acknowledged.

But!

First, its amplification effect somewhat overlapped with the White Emperor Domain, and the White Emperor Domain did not merely strengthen Dai Chengfeng alone; it could also cover all allied forces within a hundred-meter range.

Therefore, if possible...

Dai Chengfeng wanted a transformation Soul Skill that suited him better and was even stronger than White Tiger Vajra Transformation.

Opposite him.

Zhu Fan looked at Dai Chengfeng's grave, earnest gaze. Though he still did not want Dai Chengfeng to risk himself, in the end he gave a helpless sigh. "Very well!"

"Since you say you must go, Chengfeng, then your uncle will accompany you on this trip!"

Hearing Zhu Fan agree, Dai Chengfeng let out a long breath.

"Then, Uncle, wait a moment."

As he spoke, Dai Chengfeng wrote a line of words for Zhu Yan on the back of the papers on the desk, the ones he had been scribbling and sketching on earlier...

Then he and Zhu Fan each mounted a horse and rode out of the city.

An unknown amount of time passed.

"Your Highness, it's time for dinner. Why haven't you come out at all today?"

"And, Your Highness, do you know where Commander Zhu Fan went?"

Zhu Yan's voice rang out from beyond the door, but there was not the slightest response from inside the room.

"Your Highness?"

Zhu Yan waited for a long while. Seeing that the door still did not open, he called out again tentatively.

Silence.

After quite some time, Zhu Yan, full of doubt, pushed the door open and entered.

"Strange. Where did His Highness go?"

Zhu Yan looked at the empty room, deeply curious, and soon saw the paper on the desk.

Zhu Yan, Commander Zhu Fan and I have already set out for the Heaven Dou Empire. If you see this, help me inform Father Emperor.

Also, you must have Father Emperor look over this diagram as soon as possible. Once it is revised, begin construction at once.

When I return from the Heaven Dou Empire, I want to see the first outlines taking shape!

"To the Heaven Dou?!"

Zhu Yan looked at the contents written on the paper and could not help crying out in shock.

But very quickly, he was no longer so panicked.

After all, in terms of major politics, the current Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire were not actually enemies. Instead, they were "allies"...

Allies who jointly targeted Spirit Hall!

There was only friction in some smaller cities, such as Wu'an and Wu Ping.

But at large passes like Golden Citadel Pass and Golden Mountain Pass, both sides had maintained such a tacit understanding that for decades, no conflict had broken out.

"Who in the Heaven Dou Empire could possibly imagine that the one who devised the brilliant strategy of Openly Repair the Plank Road and Secret Raid on Wu Ping wasn't me, the City Lord of Wu'an City, but His Highness?"

"A Crippled Prince in the open... should be very safe, right?!"

Thinking this, Zhu Yan curiously flipped to the front of the diagram. "Dujiangyan Irrigation Project? What is this? Why is it called that?"

Zhu Yan frowned slightly.

"Using the three main parts of the Golden Citadel Water Dam, Tiger Might Weir Flood Spillway, and Holy King River Intake, along with the Hundred Zhang Dam, Human Character Dam, and so on..."

After reading the notes Dai Chengfeng had left, Zhu Yan's eyes filled with amazement. "No wonder His Highness overruled everyone and insisted on taking complete control of Wu Ping City..."

"So he was thinking this far ahead!"

"If this weir is completed, not only can it solve the frequent flood overflow problems near Wu'an, Wu Ping, and Golden Mountain Pass, it can also add hundreds of thousands of qing of granaries to the empire, solving in one stroke the empire's shortage of plains and the problem of its grain output being far inferior to the Heaven Dou Empire's!"

At this thought, Zhu Yan could not help sucking in a cold breath. "Heavens!"

"With such a vast granary, in the future, as long as we can deal with Spirit Hall..."

"If my Star Luo Empire seeks to unite the world again, then food, the greatest problem of all, will no longer be a problem!"

For a moment, Zhu Yan carefully held the diagram with its strange name, yet one that could be called a priceless treasure, and bowed deeply toward the outside of the city. "Chengfeng Your Highness is mighty!"

"This diagram can benefit the people of my Star Luo Empire for thousands upon thousands of generations!"

"I, your subject Zhu Yan, am convinced!!!"

At the same time.

"Achoo..."

Dai Chengfeng, already sixty li outside Wu Ping City, suddenly sneezed.

"Your Highness, have you caught a chill?"

"How could I? Probably someone talking about me. I wonder who..."

Dai Chengfeng rubbed his nose while looking at the endless forest ahead. "Uncle, if we just keep going like this, we can reach the Star Dou Great Forest?"