Changes in Xingfeng City! The Mortals' Respect

At this moment, Liu Qian walked over from a distance. When he saw the hazmat suit Chen Feng was wearing, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

He had never seen this kind of clothing before, and for a moment he was quite curious.

"Don't come any closer!" Chen Feng called out to Liu Qian, who was walking over.

Upon hearing Chen Feng's words, Liu Qian immediately stopped in his tracks.

"Have this area sealed off; no one is allowed to approach these things," Chen Feng said solemnly.

These nuclear fuels were sealed with radiation-shielding materials.

However, there is no guarantee that there will be no leakage of radioactive materials. If it is not handled properly, it will bring a huge disaster to the Xingfeng Sect.

Only then did Liu Qian notice the pile of things in front of Chen Feng.

He was quite surprised, because it was the first time he had ever seen his sect leader so serious.

"Yes, Sect Master, I'll contact someone right away."

Liu Qian didn't dare to ask any more questions. He took out his walkie-talkie and started contacting people.

Before long, dozens of inner sect martial artists came over, each carrying a spear.

After instructing a group of martial artists to guard the area, Chen Feng walked aside and took off his hazmat suit.

He planned to get some hazmat suits after returning to the modern world.

The subsequent construction of the nuclear plant will also require a large number of protective suits for the martial artists of the Xingfeng Sect.

Leaving the nuclear fuel storage area, Chen Feng led Liu Qian to the plaza in the inner gate area. Liu Qian spoke up:

"Sect Leader, twelve people within the sect have already learned the Chinese language you posted."

Hearing this, Chen Feng nodded slightly; he wasn't surprised by the result.

The entire Xingfeng Sect has tens of thousands of members. It took him almost a day to go to the modern world to steal nuclear fuel, while ten days have passed in the Painting Scroll World.

Given enough time, talented people can easily learn it.

"How's the situation at the outpost?" Chen Feng asked.

Liu Qian replied:

"I have already dispatched martial artists there. They have established a stronghold two thousand kilometers away from the Great Yu Dynasty, deep in the mountains."

As Liu Qian spoke, he took out a map from his person and showed it to Chen Feng.

This map was recorded by the martial artists of the Xingfeng Sect during their recent outings, and it is more detailed than the previous map of the six kingdoms of Yingzhou.

Chen Feng took the map and examined it.

The map clearly marks the location of the Dayu Dynasty, which was situated east of the Yue Kingdom.

This stretch of road is tens of thousands of kilometers long.

Yingzhou's population is concentrated in only a few areas; the rest of the region is mostly barren.

The map also clearly marks the location of the Xingfeng Sect's outpost, which was built in the mountains two thousand kilometers away from the Dayu Dynasty.

"Great Jin?" Chen Feng then noticed another country to the west of the Great Yu Dynasty on the map.

The map only shows the name of the Great Jin Dynasty; no other information is provided.

Liu Qian explained:

"Sect Master, there are three major powers in the center of Yingzhou: Great Jin and Great Yu. As for the third major power, our people haven't investigated it yet because it's too far away from us."

"The strength of the Great Jin is about the same as that of the Great Yu. Our people have already set off for the Great Jin to investigate, and we will have detailed information soon."

Chen Feng nodded slightly. The Great Yu was the focus of the Xingfeng Sect's attention. As for the Great Jin, he wouldn't bother with it as long as it didn't provoke him.

"How's the Spiritual Qi gathering going lately?" Chen Feng asked in turn.

Reaching the Foundation Establishment almost exhausted all of his previous Cultivation Resources.

Chen Feng has now reached the point where he has no Spiritual Qi left to cultivate.

Liu Qian said:

"Zhou Jing has been collecting Spiritual Qi in the Ning, Xue, and Zhao kingdoms by helicopter for some time now, and hasn't returned yet."

Liu Qian already knew about Chen Feng's collection of Spiritual Qi.

Although he didn't know what it was, he was certain it was very important to Chen Feng, and Liu Qian had always kept it in mind.

Hearing that Zhou Jing was collecting Spiritual Qi, Chen Feng felt relieved.

At least he can still collect Spiritual Qi; he's truly afraid that one day he won't even be able to collect Spiritual Qi anymore.

Chen Feng then turned his attention to Liu Qian and began asking him about the Xingfeng Sect's financial matters.

He hadn't asked about it in detail before.

Walking along the inner path, Liu Qian began to give Chen Feng a detailed report.

The current total number of martial artists in the Xingfeng Sect, both outer and inner, is around 13,000.

Of these 13,000 people, 5,000 are at the Xingfeng Sect headquarters.

The rest were scattered across the Xingfeng Sect branches within the territories of Ning, Xue, and Zhao.

The Xingfeng Sect now has a wide range of industries, including mining, agriculture, and chambers of commerce, all of which are spread throughout the Three Kingdoms.

Including taxes, Xingfeng Sect's monthly income is approximately 100,000 taels of gold.

The Xingfeng Sect also has very high monthly expenses, amounting to a full 40,000 taels of gold.

There are currently two major expenses related to the Xingfeng Sect.

One aspect is the construction of Xingfeng City. The construction of the city requires a large amount of manpower and building materials, which is the biggest expense.

In addition, there are supplies transported to the modern world.

The mining of Blazing Sun Stone has expanded significantly compared to before, and now there are 10,000 miners.

In addition, there are raw materials for two other medicines: Yangyuan Jianti Pills and Wound Healing No. 1.

It also requires a lot of money.

Given these expenditures, it's quite good that Xingfeng Sect can still make a net profit of 60,000 taels of gold per month.

"Sect Leader, the tax policy hasn't been finalized yet. Once it's fully implemented across the three kingdoms, our revenue can increase significantly."

Liu Qian said something.

Chen Feng nodded:

"Let's go take a look at Xingfeng City."

Chen Feng valued Xingfeng City highly; it was the first city he built in the Painting Scroll World.

It is also the starting point for development and change.

He plans to bring in a large number of goods from the modern world and sell them in Xingfeng City to increase Xingfeng Sect's revenue.

Now he can sell some incredible items in the modern world.

It's really not cost-effective to buy weapons and equipment with gold every time.

While gold has strong purchasing power in the modern world, it is far less powerful than the Painting Scroll World.

In the Painting Scroll World, a Xiantian- level elixir is worth only about ten taels of gold.

If a pill of the Xiantian level were auctioned in the modern world, it would definitely fetch at least tens of millions.

Chen Feng didn't choose to sell some of the extraordinary items from the Painting Scroll World before because his own strength wasn't enough.

His influence in the Golden Triangle has now grown significantly.

They could easily set up their own auction company to auction off some incredible items and thus raise a large amount of money.

Walking along the road, Chen Feng instructed Liu Qian:

"Since the inner sect still has ample funds, you should issue a bounty, sending people into the great forest to find herbs of sufficient age."

Today, there are very few medicinal herbs over two hundred years old in the territory of the Three Kingdoms.

Even if there are some medicinal herbs, they are controlled by certain martial arts forces that practice alchemy.

With the strength of the Xingfeng Sect, they could indeed directly rob those martial arts forces.

But the Three Kingdoms are now part of the Xingfeng Sect's territory.

To seize the wealth of a martial arts faction within one's own territory is tantamount to undermining one's own foundation.

Issuing a bounty and sending warriors from all three kingdoms to search for medicinal herbs in the great forest would undoubtedly be the best course of action.

As long as the benefits are sufficient, many martial artists will choose to venture into the great forest.

The financial cost of martial arts training is enormous.

Especially after reaching the Xiantian, without sufficient financial support, one might find it difficult to make any progress for decades.

"Yes, Sect Leader, I'll take care of this matter shortly."

The two soon arrived at the foot of the Hengduan Mountain.

A massive city appeared before Chen Feng.

The outer city wall has been built, and it is a full eight meters high.

The city gates were also very large, consisting of three gates.

Chen Feng could still see many ordinary laborers coming and going within the city.

Upon entering the city, one is greeted by rows of houses still under construction, some of which are already completed.

People are cleaning up.

The architectural style of the houses here is completely different from that of the Painting Scroll World.

In the Painting Scroll World, most of the houses are built of bluestone, but some of the supporting structures of these houses utilize modern construction techniques.

Chen Feng could see many ordinary laborers laying the foundations, which were all made of steel.

However, the Painting Scroll World doesn't use steel; other metals are used instead.

Chen Feng looked at Liu Qian in surprise. "You arranged this?"

Liu Gan replied with a smile:

"Master, some of the houses in the information you gave me last time were built this way. After seeing it, I had someone try building them this way, and we found that the houses built this way are indeed very sturdy. It's just that I haven't been able to find the corresponding material to replace the concrete mentioned in the information."

After listening to Liu Qian's words, Chen Feng explained:

"It's a special composite material that requires processing to manufacture."

"Then how should it be processed?" Liu Qian immediately perked up.

"Have you learned Chinese?" Chen Feng then asked.

"Sect Master, I learned it three days ago." Liu Qian said this in Chinese.

His face radiated confidence, even though he wasn't the first to learn Chinese.

However, their learning speed also surpasses that of 90% of people.

Chen Feng nodded:

"I'll bring some books with me in a while; they'll contain a lot of knowledge about architecture, including concrete. You can read them if you're interested."

Once Chinese is widely spoken, we can begin to teach modern knowledge.

Chen Feng plans to build a library at the Xingfeng Sect and buy a batch of books from the modern world to put in it for the sect's martial artists to study.

He couldn't have made it to the industrial age by himself alone.

Every era of change requires a group of people who possess knowledge.

"Books? When will the sect leader get them?" Liu Qian asked excitedly.

From the appearance of the Chinese language, Liu Qian deduced that Chen Feng was definitely preparing to teach them some knowledge that could only be learned in Chinese.

The book that Chen Feng mentioned is undoubtedly the one they will study next.

Chen Feng replied:

"Let's wait until the matter with the Great Yu is resolved."

He's still in Cherry Blossom Country right now; he has to wait until he returns home before starting anything else.

This time, Chen Feng not only plans to build a nuclear factory, but also intends to have Lin Wei build a small nuclear reactor to solve the power problem for the Xingfeng Sect.

Electricity was the most important step in the Industrial Revolution.

In the future, Chen Feng also plans to launch satellites, but of course, this will be done step by step.

As Chen Feng and Liu Qian entered the city, the people inside were all alarmed.

The news of the sect leader's arrival in Xingfeng City spread throughout the city.

Some overseers and ordinary people were all rushing towards where Chen Feng was.

In no time, Chen Feng and Liu Qian were surrounded by a crowd.

Most of them were ordinary laborers working shirtless.

The total number of people is in the tens of thousands, and it is still increasing.

Upon seeing this, Liu Qian's expression changed, and he asked, "Sect Leader, should we send them away?"

Chen Feng shook his head. "No need."

Chen Feng deliberately walked to a relatively high rock so that these mortals could see his appearance.

He knew that these people had gathered around simply because they wanted to see him.

As Chen Feng stood on the high ground, the mortals were able to see Chen Feng appearance clearly.

Everyone got excited.

"Is this the leader of the Xingfeng Sect, or some King of the Northern Territory?"

"Legend has it that the sect leader is an immortal, and I actually saw an immortal today!"

"The sect leader is so young."

"Quickly, all of you kneel down!"

All the mortals around them began to kneel on the ground, a dense, dark mass of tens of thousands.

Everyone looked at Chen Feng with respect.

Since the Xingfeng Sect took control of the entire Northern Territory, the lives of ordinary people living there have become completely different from before.

Back when the Lineage of Liuyang Town were in charge, these ordinary people had to worry about being exploited by Lineage every day.

Mortals already have a very low status in the Painting Scroll World, and some martial arts forces never pay them even if they recruit them to work.

Every winter, many ordinary people in villages starve to death because they have no food.

But with the Xingfeng Sect taking over the North, they no longer had to worry about starving to death in the winter.

Xingfeng Sect not only provided these people with job opportunities, but also paid them quite well.

They've earned enough money to get through the coming winter.

Most importantly, Xingfeng Sect also established a law that prohibits any burning, killing, or looting within the Northern Territory.

Whether mortal or martial artist, all are equal before this law.

In the past, some martial artists would often come to ordinary villages to burn, kill, and plunder, and basically no one would care about such things.

After the law on the Xingfeng Sect was promulgated, such incidents rarely occurred.

Therefore, every mortal living in the North has a deep sense of belonging to the Xingfeng Sect.

At the same time, they held the legendary leader of the Xingfeng Sect in high esteem.

Chen Feng looked around and said:

"Everyone, please get up. I'm just here to take a look around."

Chen Feng's voice was very gentle, without any hint of authority.

The ordinary people were greatly surprised by Chen Feng's calm demeanor.

In their minds, those in positions of authority are all dignified and worthy of worship.

But this Master Chen was unlike any ruler they had ever seen.

The mortals around them also stood up, no longer kneeling.

But everyone's eyes remained fixed on Chen Feng.

Liu Qian then spoke at the opportune moment:

"Everyone, please disperse. The sect leader is just here to make a visit. How can he walk around like this?"

Upon hearing this, the mortals around them quickly scattered.

"Quickly make way for the sect leader! You can't block his way!"

"I never expected the sect leader to be so easygoing. I'll definitely tell my wife about it when I get home; she'll be so envious."

"When my child is a little older, I'll give her to the sect leader as a concubine!"

"Forget it, your dark-skinned kid is no match for the sect leader!"

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The mortals who had scattered were still talking amongst themselves, and each of them would occasionally turn back to look at Chen Feng.

For these mortals, being able to see this legendary Lord of the North even once was something they could brag about for a lifetime.