What Kind of Type-Moon Is This!

[Talent activated in the name of "Brando"]

[The petty you have no intention of letting that old dog Chunyu have an easy time, and Zhao Gao has the same idea]

[You transmitted your voice to Phoenix Fire, and Phoenix Fire directly descended from high altitude, spraying fire at Chunyu Yue as if drawing an outline]

[Zhao Gao took the opportunity to advise that auspicious signs appearing when Chunyu Yue is displeased are mostly harmful to the country, and he should retire and return home]

[The Confucian scholars and doctors were greatly alarmed. They immediately pleaded for mercy. The First Emperor admonished the scholars not to offend again and reduced Chunyu Yue's official post as punishment]

[Phoenix Fire let out a cry and flew into the high sky, flying far away]

[Chunyu Yue harbored hatred for you and Zhao Gao, but you didn't care at all. After all, you weren't just dealing with Chunyu Yue, but also Zhao Gao]

[Everyone descended from the shady slope. At the foot of Mount Tai, there was a small hill called Mount Liangfu. A square altar was built there to honor the earth, and the imperial edict for the Fengshan ceremony was buried underground as a memorial. This was the "Chan" part of the Fengshan ritual]

[The Fengshan ceremony on Mount Tai concluded. The weather turned gloomy on the way back, and then it started to rain]

[Those Confucian scholars who were not highly valued were overjoyed upon hearing this. Some scholars said this was the consequence of not following their rules, some said this was the First Emperor's lack of virtue, and that heaven was weeping. Other scholars imitated Confucius in satirizing the First Emperor, but their satire missed the mark, merely being a clumsy imitation]

[The words spread quickly. The First Emperor heard about it and said nothing, but the Confucian scholars holding official positions in the court could no longer remain silent]

The many Confucian scholars and doctors chimed in with excuses: "First fire, then water. This rain is an auspicious sign, in line with the Great Qin's virtue of water, and Your Majesty's heavenly might."

Consort Yu found it all amusing, as if she had merely come to Mount Tai for an outing and happened to catch a theatrical performance.

Chapter 90: So, what's the price?

[The First Emperor continued to tour the sea with his civil and military officials]

[Wherever they went, they offered sacrifices to famous mountains, great rivers, and the Eight Gods, praying for blessings from immortals like Xianmen]

"What are those Eight Gods?"

Consort Yu, who had very little contact with human society, couldn't help but ask this question when she accidentally overheard the Confucian scholars mentioning the concept of the "Eight Gods."

Bai Ming explained, "The names of the Eight Gods have existed since ancient times. Some say they were created by Duke Tai of Qi, also known as Jiang Taigong. First is the Lord of Heaven, worshipped at Tianqi, where there is a Tianqi abyss. Second is the Lord of Earth, who prefers the shade and is worshipped at Mount Liangfu, at the foot of Mount Tai, where the Fengshan jade tablet was buried. The Earth prefers the sun, and its worship must be performed on round altars in low-lying areas. That's why the round altar was used for worship on the sunny slope during the Fengshan ceremony, and the square altar was used on the shady slope.

Third is the Lord of War, worshipped as Chi You. Fourth is the Lord of Yin, worshipped at Mount Can. Fifth is the Lord of Yang, worshipped at Mount Zhifu. Sixth is the Lord of the Moon, worshipped at Mount Lai. Seventh is the Lord of the Sun, worshipped at Mount Cheng. Eighth is the Lord of the Four Seasons, worshipped at Mount Langya. If you wish to see them, I can summon them with a yellow talisman, and they will have no choice but to appear before me."

Consort Yu knew Bai Ming was capable of this, so she didn't say anything. She merely rejected Bai Ming's idea of capturing the so-called Eight Gods if there was any disagreement: "I just asked casually; I don't have many thoughts on this."

[No other strange incidents occurred during the tour, and you successfully returned to Xianyang Palace]

[Fusu could finally break free from the cage of supervising the state]

[The aristocratic families emerged during the Shang and Zhou dynasties and reached their peak during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. However, under your interference, Fusu's governance bore some of the imprint of your Joscelin Brando]

[He managed the aristocratic families by winning over some, dividing others, suppressing some, and eliminating some, bringing them all under his complete control]

[Many aristocratic families transferred their resentment towards Fusu to you, his teacher. They believed that if it weren't for you, Fusu would have surely become a puppet of the Confucians, manipulated by those corrupt officials]

[Therefore, instigated by some remnants of the Six States, many aristocratic families and local strongmen prepared to unite and eliminate you]

[However, you didn't care at all. After all, Lao Tzu said, "Excel in your endeavors, and act according to the times." This means not only should one be skilled in utilizing their abilities but also learn to seize the opportune moment]

[Talent activated: "In the name of Brando"]

[You, who craved peace of mind, could not possibly let any of them go. You marked their entire nine generations of relatives]

[You began to investigate their relationships, and Consort Yu was learning some of your behaviors]

[After you finished marking them, you found someone to act as an assassin to kill yourself. Then, you first annihilated the nine generations of one aristocratic family. The First Emperor wanted to say something, as nine generations was too much; five generations would suffice]

[The First Emperor annihilated an aristocratic family he had long wanted to eliminate on charges of rebellion, and all the other aristocratic families praised the First Emperor as a benevolent ruler, hoping he would eliminate the arrogant Bai Ming]

[Fusu reacted a step ahead of the First Emperor]

[Your disciple Qiaosongzi, or rather Prince Fusu, was exceptionally gifted and created a celestial technique of his own, named Celestial Killing Technique: Three-Clan Severance]

[Using blood ties as a link, it directly caused three generations of relatives to die instantly, without pain or discomfort, dying peacefully]

[The surviving descendants of the aristocratic families whose three generations had been exterminated all praised Crown Prince Fusu as unparalleled in benevolence and a virtuous ruler]

[The actions of the aristocratic families and strongmen targeting you were thus thwarted]

[The First Emperor wanted to speak but stopped, ultimately saying nothing. At least Fusu was no longer the disobedient son who talked back to him every other day]

Xu Fu and the other Confucian scholars and alchemists returned from their voyage, bringing back some rare treasures, but there was no sign of the elixir of immortality that the First Emperor had spoken of.

Upon their return, Xu Fu and the others were all terrified after hearing about Bai Ming slaughtering nine generations, the First Emperor slaughtering five generations, and Crown Prince Fusu slaughtering three generations.

After meeting the First Emperor, Xu Fu sought out Bai Ming and, with a thud, knelt before him:

"Ch-Chief, those three immortal mountains at sea... I really couldn't find them... Do the three immortal mountains truly exist?"

Xu Fu knew that Bai Ming was a true immortal, unlike her, who was a fake immortal alchemist. Therefore, Xu Fu desperately hoped that Bai Ming could save her life.

Bai Ming, feigning ignorance while knowing the truth, replied, "If you couldn't find them, you couldn't find them. Why are you telling me?"

"Chief! You can't just stand by and watch me die, Chief!"

Xu Fu was on the verge of tears, "Consort Yu, please put in a good word for me too!"

Consort Yu remained silent. Interceding was absolutely out of the question; she found Xu Fu embarrassing.

"Since you've spoken the words yourself and made a commitment, you should fulfill it even at the cost of your life—" Bai Ming drew out his words, "—and most things in the world have a price. If you want me to help you, you must be able to afford the price first."

Xu Fu looked at Bai Ming with a hint of surprise, a flush of shame and indignation appearing on her naturally gloomy face.

"The Master said: A man without integrity cannot stand. This saying has three interpretations: First, a person without integrity cannot establish themselves in society. Second, if others don't trust me, I'll beat them until they can't stand. Third, if others break their promise to me, I'll break their legs."

Bai Ming stood up and walked towards Xu Fu. As Xu Fu watched the tall, heroic man approach her step by step, she became terrified and retreated, saying, "Chief! I can serve tea and water!"

"I have hands and feet, I don't need you to serve tea and water."

Bai Ming said, "Let's first settle accounts for your irresponsible talk and baseless promises. I must cure you of this habit of making reckless promises."

"No... don't! I don't want to break my legs, and I don't want to die!"

Xu Fu turned and ran, but after only a few steps, she felt her feet lift off the ground. Xu Fu turned her head in terror and saw Bai Ming forming a hand seal. She was then bound by the wind, unable to move her feet.

"I can let you escape, but once you leave, I guarantee all Confucian scholars and alchemists will die a painful death."

Bai Ming put Xu Fu down and gestured for her to leave, "Go, you coward who only knows how to talk tough."

[Xu Fu didn't believe you would let her go so easily, so after a few steps, she turned back and rushed to kneel before you, muttering something about "wrongdoing deserves punishment, standing at attention when being hit," and asked you to punish her.]

Looking at Bai Ming's expressionless face, Xu Fu became increasingly uneasy.

She always felt that Bai Ming was like someone who had been a king. When he exerted pressure with his silence, he bore some resemblance to the First Emperor.

The surrounding sounds gradually quieted down, and only the breathing of the crowd could be heard.

Xu Fu gritted her teeth and decided to break her own leg. Just then, Bai Ming spoke, "I cannot give you the elixir of immortality, but I can give you a pill to remove the Hydra's poison from the First Emperor."

So... what's the price?

Xu Fu looked at her legs. The price for her careless talk was that the Chief would consider breaking her legs later. What would be the price for this pill?

Chapter 91: Consort Yu: What's going on with these two show-offs of a master and disciple?

[Xu Fu took the pill from you, respectfully offered it to the First Emperor, and then accidentally broke both her legs, beginning a long period of recovery.]

[It wasn't that Xu Fu hadn't tried healing magic, but when it was applied to her legs, it not only had no effect but also amplified her pain several times over, nearly causing Xu Fu to heal herself to death.]

"It seems this is the price you mentioned earlier..."

Lying in her room, Xu Fu could only rely on a few maids to bring her food and take care of her daily needs. When her gaze fell upon her legs, Xu Fu had another thought, thinking: The breaking of my legs is mostly the Chief's doing, but this is also a way to teach me some skills. If I can thoroughly study this forbidden healing art, I believe I can advance further.

Xu Fu searched through the thought-key patterns. After confirming that her access level couldn't query it, she gave up on the idea of cracking the Daoist art Bai Ming had cast on her through thought-key patterns.

[Xu Fu began to study the principles of the Daoist art you cast on her and became engrossed in it.]

[Her research progress was very slow, partly because your Daoist art was extremely obscure and difficult for her to understand, and partly due to Xu Fu's own talent limitations.]

[Xu Fu's talents were all in building villages, creating magical items for immortality, setting up barriers, and dispelling evil spirits. In terms of external Daoist arts, Xu Fu was undoubtedly a master of external alchemy. If she were to become a Servant, her external alchemy skills would reach A-rank, but that would be the extent of it.]

[Daoist arts are a type of thought magic, but the connection to the thought disk is limited to a certain range, unlike you who can freely use any field within the thought disk. Therefore, Xu Fu often felt exhausted while researching the Daoist arts you casually created, but you didn't care at all.]

[The work you had on hand regarding Kuaiji Zero has also come to an end. After taking the pill, the residual diluted Hydra poison in the First Emperor's body has been completely removed. However, before that, the First Emperor's body was already on the verge of collapse due to the Hydra poison's influence.]

[You had nothing else to do, so besides teaching Fusu how to strengthen his physique, go with the flow of nature, and seek transcendence, you also watched the silent Consort Yu.]

[Consort Yu didn't seem to mind your gaze, at least from your perspective.]

[Time slowly passed. During this period, you began to practice spells frantically, while Xu Fu gave up on studying your Daoist arts. She knew she couldn't learn it, so she stopped trying.]

[Zhao Gao was very well-behaved during this time, so well-behaved that you couldn't find any excuse to act against him.]

[You didn't pay attention to Zhao Gao's actions, just busy cultivating, teaching students, and watching Consort Yu. At first, Consort Yu didn't pay much attention, but later, when you looked at her, she also deliberately sat down and stared back at you.]

[One day, you stared at each other for an entire day.]

[You started your furnace to refine artifacts. The Analects has 20 chapters and 492 sections. So, you refined twenty bamboo slips for Fusu as his magical artifacts, inscribed with all 492 sections of the Analects.]

[You then started your furnace to refine a full set of attire for Fusu. Fusu bowed three times and then began to refine the magical artifacts with peace of mind.]

[Prince Fusu wore the Cloud-Piercing White Jade Crown, the Glacial Silk Robe, and the Five-Colored Flying Cloud Boots. His gentle, jade-like face looked even more radiant in this attire.]

"Master, you only refined these for me. I see you've been wearing plain clothes all day..."

As the saying goes, a day as a teacher is like a father for life. Even if Bai Ming gave Fusu nothing but taught him skills, Fusu deeply respected Bai Ming. But seeing his master so poor and giving him everything, the kind-hearted Fusu's eyes welled up with tears.

"I just like plain clothes. But if you really want to talk about attire..."

Bai Ming flickered, and instantly the Seven-Star Jade Crown, the Azure Dragon Embroidered Robe, the Thunder-Phoenix Armor, and the Coiled Dragon Jade Belt Hook appeared. Then, a Phoenix Dance Crimson Feather Cape spread out from the Thunder-Phoenix Armor. Bai Ming was surrounded by swirling mist and thunder, emitting endless radiance.

Bai Ming turned around and casually raised his hand, and the mist, thunder, and endless radiance disappeared. At that moment, Consort Yu, who was outside the main hall, entered with the thought of "What's going on inside?" and happened to see the master and disciple in their imposing and extremely flashy Confucian general attire.

She blinked her beautiful eyes, then turned and retreated. A moment later, she walked in again.

Seeing that they were still in their flashy attire, Consort Yu was sure that Bai Ming was up to something, so she asked coldly, "What are you doing?"

Bai Ming said indifferently, "Fusu wanted to see the toys my master gave me. Of course, I also followed my master's example and refined some toys for Fusu."

Master! Give me back my gan dong! I thought it was something good!

Fusu wanted to shout this out, but he knew this was probably not a good time to crack a joke.

Consort Yu reached out and touched Bai Ming's attire, then carefully examined Fusu's attire for a long time. Finally, she asked with some hesitation, "You call things that people would fight over if thrown out 'toys'?"

Fusu knew that he didn't understand anything, but the immortal Yu before him was not ignorant. The "toys" his master mentioned might be divine artifacts. It's just that his master, having been spoiled in his sect before coming out into the world, didn't actually have a clear understanding of the value of many things.

In other words, were the more than twenty iron bamboo slips he threw to him earlier, which his master called toys, actually divine weapons? He was planning to enshrine them for the Supreme Master of Taiji, but they were meant to be his weapons?

"If not toys, then what are they?"

Bai Ming spread his hands. Consort Yu said helplessly, "That's enough from you."

Although Consort Yu had given Bai Ming a courtesy name, it was perfectly fine to just call him Bai Qing. However, Consort Yu still wasn't quite used to calling him by name. She mostly referred to Bai Ming as "Hey," "Yo," or "You." Occasionally, she'd throw in "Bai Ming," "Bai Qing," "Xiang Yu," or "Xiang Ji," but that was usually only when Consort Yu was in an exceptionally good mood.

Fusu thought to himself, The atmosphere between these two is so… peculiar. Maybe I should just leave first?

[Seeing the peculiar relationship between you and Consort Yu, Fusu decides to take his leave first.]

[While Xu Fu was recovering from her leg injury, the Confucian scholars and alchemists, under your intentional indulgence, split into three factions.]

[Led by you, the Self-Strengthening faction began to do practical work and improve themselves; the Longevity faction, led by Xu Fu, attempted to refine the elixir of immortality; and the Immortal Seeking faction, led by Lu Sheng and Hou Sheng, sought elixirs and immortality.]

[The First Emperor did not bring many people on his subsequent eastern and even western tours. Before the First Emperor's next eastern tour, Xu Fu's leg healed, and she set sail with Hou Sheng, Lu Sheng, and others in batches. Fusu supervised the state, while you, after dragging the reluctant Consort Yu around Xianyang City for a few days, resumed your advancements in Daoist magic.]

[The Daoist school has six supernatural powers: the divine eye, divine ear, divine nose, divine tongue, divine body, and divine mind.]

[You awakened the divine eye. The divine eye is clairvoyance, allowing one to see through three realms, unaffected by the five colors, without yin or yang, without small or large, seeing all things.]

[Simply put, **you gained a skill, Clairvoyance [EX], which allows you to know the past, present, and future. It can be turned on and off at will.]

[Through Clairvoyance, you made eye contact with King Solomon, who also possessed Clairvoyance, across the vast expanse of time. King Solomon gave you a nod of approval with evident relief.] Chapter Ninety-Two: The Oath of the Peach Garden, Activation!

[King Solomon was surprised that someone could awaken Clairvoyance through their own efforts.]

[However, you had no intention of paying King Solomon any mind. You only planned to give Roman a good kick in the behind after the simulation ended. Giving a nod of approval was clearly an invitation to take on the responsibilities of a Crowned Mage. You had absolutely no intention of touching such troublesome work until Merlin, Roman, and Gilgamesh had completely vanished from existence.]

[You began teaching Fusu formations, demonstrating various methods for simultaneously manipulating twenty iron bamboo slips to set up formations, kill enemies, defend, and even escape.]

[Fusu learned quickly, but he also had a few questions.]

"Master, I see those alchemists are always refining elixirs and reciting scriptures. Why don't you recite them?"

"What's the point of reciting that nonsense? Recite what's useful, and forget what isn't. Anyway, when it comes down to it, you'll be the one fighting first. If you can't win, call for your elders. Or do you think reciting those scriptures for an hour or so will protect you in a fight?"