It Exploded? What the Heck Exploded?
In fact, for Zhuo Ning, the Xia Kingdom was originally entrusted to him by Yi Xuan to manage, so if Yi Xuan found a suitable person one day, he would naturally be happy to hand over this heavy tank, so that he could focus on improving his own strength.
But now, after more than half a year of governance, the Xia Kingdom has gotten back on track under his leadership, and everything is developing in the best direction.
However, Yi Xuan suddenly wanted to rebuild the Gazing Immortal Sect within the Xia Kingdom. According to the glorious tradition of the Cultivation Realm, the Xia Kingdom would naturally become Gazing Immortal Sect.
Zhuo Ning was still somewhat reluctant to see the Xia Kingdom, which he had painstakingly rebuilt, become like other mortal kingdoms in the Cultivation Realm, reduced to a subservient state to cultivators. That's why he raised his question after Yi Xuan announced the reconstruction of the Gazing Immortal Sect.
Hearing Zhuo Ning's question, Yi Xuan was quite happy, because the fact that he could think of this showed that he truly had feelings for the Xia Kingdom.
"Rest assured, the reconstruction of the Gazing Immortal Sect will not have any impact on the Xia Kingdom. The Xia Kingdom is the Xia Kingdom, Gazing Immortal Sect is the Gazing Immortal Sect. There is no question of one being superior to the other! Furthermore, since the Gazing Immortal Sect is located within the Xia Kingdom, its disciples must first abide by the rules of the Xia Kingdom, and only then should they abide by the rules of their sect!"
Hearing Yi Xuan's words, Zhuo Ning finally felt relieved, but then he seemed to remember something and said with a bitter expression, "Then should I continue to be the emperor?"
"Of course! What? Does rebuilding the Gazing Immortal Sect conflict with whether you become emperor or not?"
Having calmed himself down, Qian Lei overheard their conversation.
He had no objection to Yi Xuan's arrangements.
They've already helped rebuild your sect, and you're turning around and trying to control their mortal kingdom? That's a bit unfair.
Moreover, although Yi Xuan said that Qian Lei would be the new sect leader of the Gazing Immortal Sect, he understood that from then on, Gazing Immortal Sect would be under Yi Xuan's jurisdiction.
Although such a situation had never occurred before in the Cultivation Realm, Qian Lei felt that compared to destroying a sect and annihilating a clan, these were nothing.
Yi Xuan initially thought Liang Shi seemed to be fine, so he asked Zhuo Ning to arrange for someone to take him to rest. However, Liang Shi seemed to be infected by the atmosphere of Yi Xuan and the other two's discussion and insisted on staying to listen in.
Seeing that Liang Shi seemed quite interested in the matter, Yi Xuan said nothing more.
Finally, after discussion among the three, they decided on a new location for the Gazing Immortal Sect, which would be situated on a famous mountain not far from the capital of the Xia Kingdom.
As for the construction of the sect, Qian Lei didn't need to worry about it. The massive infrastructure of the Xia Kingdom had been taken care of by Yi Xuan's huge mechanical army, so a small cultivation sect was naturally no problem.
Therefore, Qian Lei's only task was to gather the former Gazing Immortal Sect disciples scattered throughout the Southern Frontier and bring them back.
This raises a problem: these people, including Qian Lei, are currently wanted by the major sects in the Southern Frontier. Let alone finding them, even if Qian Lei leaves the Xia Kingdom, he will likely be targeted by disciples of various sects within an hour.
The reward for capturing someone wanted by numerous sects is far greater than the reward for completing sect missions, which is why the disciples of the Gazing Immortal Sect are constantly on the run.
Yi Xuan's style is not to back down when faced with difficulties; Yi Xuan style is to find a way to solve them.
The current challenge was something, but after thinking it over and over, Yi Xuan quickly came up with a solution.
"Qian Lei! Here's what we'll do: I'll return to the sect tomorrow and speak to the sect leader. I'll tell him you've joined my ranks, which is equivalent to you serving the Azure Cloud Sect. Then the sect leader can remove your arrest warrant!"
"But that won't help!"
Hearing Yi Xuan's words, Qian Lei said anxiously, "It won't help if only I withdraw the warrant! Even if I find them, how can I bring them back? As long as they appear in public, they'll be surrounded and intercepted!"
Yi Xuan raised his hand and pressed down, stopping Qian Lei from speaking.
He then looked at Liang Shi and said, "Liang Shi, I'm entrusting the Firmament to you! You will accompany Qian Lei to find the disciples of the Gazing Immortal Sect. Once you find them, hide them aboard the Firmament and bring them back to the Xia Kingdom!"
Upon hearing Yi Xuan's words, Liang Shi's eyes lit up. "That's indeed a good idea. After picking them up, I'll have the Firmament stay on standby high in the sky, where it won't be detected at all."
"However, Master, aren't you worried about the cost of these Spirit Stones?"
Hearing his apprentice teasing him, Yi Xuan didn't say anything, but just glared at Liang Shi fiercely.
In fact, Liang Shi was right. After Yi Xuan's last improvement, the performance of the Firmament had been greatly enhanced. However, at the same time, its consumption of Spirit Stone had increased even more, making Yi Xuan feel the pinch of spending Spirit Stone every time it flew. This was precisely why Liang Shi had the question he had earlier.
Although Qian Lei didn't know what the Firmament was that his junior brothers were talking about, he nodded in agreement out of trust in Yi Xuan. After all, this guy had once killed Nascent Soul expert; even if his method wasn't perfect, it was definitely better than Qian Lei's.
By the time the group finished discussing the reconstruction of the Gazing Immortal Sect, it was already past midnight.
Yi Xuan and the others, under Zhuo Ning's arrangement, went to their respective rooms to rest.
Lying in bed, Yi Xuan was overjoyed. Rebuilding the Gazing Immortal Sect was not a spur-of-the-moment decision. In fact, Yi Xuan had had this idea for a long time: to break down the barriers between mortals and cultivators.
As Yi Xuan develops technology in this world, he will inevitably infringe upon the interests of the cultivators. What will happen then? It seems that war is the only possible outcome.
However, rebuilding the Gazing Immortal Sect gave Yi Xuan a new idea.
Who says that the Immortal Script and the civilization of technology must be on opposite sides? Yi Xuan believed that the two could be combined and developed together, so the rebuilt Gazing Immortal Sect and Xia Kingdom became the experimental subjects to verify Yi Xuan's ideas.
Yi Xuan plans to apply his ideas to both of them first.
Having figured all this out, Yi Xuan was finally able to sleep peacefully.
Unexpectedly, at that moment, a series of urgent alarm sounds suddenly came from the bracelet on his wrist.
Raising his hand, Yi Xuan saw the red light flashing incessantly on his bracelet and knew that something must have happened to his two bases.
As soon as the connection was established, No. 01's voice came through. "Boss, we just received news that a mountain in the valley above No. 2 Base has been blown up!"
"What the hell exploded? A mountain? Which mountain?"
"Uh...! It's the one where your senior brother is in seclusion!"