"She won't agree to move unless we build her a Deer Terrace?"
Through Hu Ze's Avatar, Li Chen relayed the outcome of his discussion with Pan Ning to the Confucian ministers, who inevitably began debating it.
"Grand Preceptor Hu, this would burden the people and drain the treasury."
"The Deer Terrace the Grand Empress Dowager speaks of is no ordinary raised platform, but a special ritual altar used for the Deification Sacrifice Ritual. Each one requires spirit materials and secret treasures to build. If we use mundane materials, I fear it will not satisfy her."
"Hmph, the Grand Empress Dowager certainly knows how to indulge herself, even using this to hold us hostage."
"Lord Long, mind your words! Still... alas!"
Watching the Confucian ministers' reactions, Li Chen had already expected as much.
The facts were indeed just as the ministers said. The Deer Terrace was no ordinary elevated structure. In essence, it was a ritual altar.
If it were merely a bedchamber to live in or an ordinary mansion, the Great Qian Dynasty could easily build it.
Although they did not follow the path of external tools here, mastering all manner of construction techniques and engineering like Puppet Masters, they had plenty of martial artists and laborers, as well as abundant natural mineral resources. Even if they had to pile it up through sheer manpower, they could get it built.
But a ritual altar used for the Deification Sacrifice Ritual was nothing like an ordinary building.
It was a product of the array dao, containing magic arrays and restrictions whose workings touched upon creation itself, with the special ability to mobilize Heaven and Earth vital energy and gather the incense offerings of the divine path.
There were corresponding standards for its construction. If it was merely intended to invest someone