Chapter 224 The Ruthless Senior Brother of the Path of the Path of the Cannon Fodder (Part 7) Transmigration...
The props for traversing the Lucky Star have a time limit, and since Heng Mo had made his decision, he didn't hesitate any longer.
He personally set the conditions for time travel:
Your Majesty is used to being an emperor and is certainly not used to other identities. Even after transmigrating, you still want to be an emperor.
Your Majesty has devoted your life to the country, and you must ensure peace and prosperity in the world you travel to.
Your Majesty is too frugal; you'll definitely never have to worry about money after you transmigrate.
Your Majesty must also have the ability to see into people's hearts, to distinguish who is loyal and who is treacherous, to protect yourself, and to have the spiritual roots to cultivate.
Finally, he chose a cheat code that could grant his wishes, and only then did he reluctantly activate the item. After watching Hengzheng's soul being taken away, he finally breathed a long sigh of relief.
Heng Mo's chosen abilities were all designed to ensure Heng Zheng's success and happiness in the new world.
"Senior Lin, how do you get the points to buy these items? Is there anything I can do for you?" On the page, Heng Mo saw not only the detailed description of the item but also its price: three hundred points.
There were other things on the system page. Heng Mo glanced at them and realized that these points should be a very valuable currency, as one point could buy a lot of things.
The usually frugal Lin You was willing to spend so many points, partly because she truly admired His Majesty, and partly because she hadn't been very nice to the mission targets when she first arrived.
Spending a little money is like coaxing a child.
However, if the child wanted to help, that would be even better. Lin You took the opportunity to open the lottery page of the Golden Finger and hand it to him.
Heng Mo didn't quite understand what the "Golden Finger" mission represented, but he could see that the points would double after passing the mission, and that a mysterious treasure chest would be obtained after completing the mission perfectly.
He already owes Senior Lin two favors, so if doing this task can help her, he will naturally do his best.
Heng Mo looked serious, as if he were opening a secret realm of immortal cultivation, and carefully pressed the button to extract the golden finger.
[Ding! Additional task generated, GameTouch "Game Task" test, Attachment: Game Points Redemption List]
If you successfully claim and complete 10,000 tasks, you will become the most skilled gamer. A minimum of 6,000 tasks are required to pass the test.
Failure will deduct the reward for this mission; passing will grant double the reward; and a perfect score will allow you to draw a mystery gift. Note: The cheat code can only be used on the mission target.
Lin You glanced at the general idea and thought it was pretty good. At least there was no awkward conflict, and her luck was much better than his own.
Heng Mo wasn't very familiar with some modern terms, but he could roughly understand their meaning. It was like doing missions like Senior Brother Qingmu and the others received sect missions, except that he had to do ten thousand missions.
Ten thousand is a lot, but as long as he works hard, he will definitely finish it one day!
He carefully opened the task panel:
[Ding! Chatted with ten strangers and asked for their names.]
[Ding! Collect ten herbs and describe their medicinal value.]
[Ding! Catch ten different species of fish and say their common names.]
[Ding! Collect ten pieces of ore and refine them into metal.]
[Ding! Cut down ten bamboo stalks and craft them into ten everyday items.]
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There were hundreds of missions in total. Heng Mo, who was almost in battle mode, read them carefully for a long time before he realized that these missions were really just what they seemed to mean.
Lin You saw Heng Mo with an extremely conflicted expression, as if he had prepared himself to face the final boss and fight to the death, only to find himself kicked back to the newbie village when he opened his eyes.
There was a sense of helplessness mixed with bewilderment and relief.
Fortunately, Hengmo is very adaptable. Although the situation is very different from what I envisioned, the task is simpler, which is a good thing.
After checking the task acceptance and completion conditions and confirming that there were no time limits, Heng Mo accepted all the available tasks.
Lin You: ...?
This is the first time I've realized this kid is so wild!
"You've already accepted them all. Aren't you afraid there might be things you don't know how to do?"
Heng Mo pursed his lips: "I probably know all of these, and even if I don't, I can learn them quickly."
With so many tasks, you might just finish one of them along the way someday. Taking them all on won't leave you at a disadvantage.
As a poor and weak orphan, Heng Mo was very capable. He did many things himself in his childhood, and he had done many things in the mission, such as picking herbs and mining.
Now was not the time to do tasks. After Heng Mo helped Heng Zheng wash and change his clothes, he came out and instructed Wang Fu: "Chief Steward Wang, summon the imperial family members and ministers and prepare for Father Emperor's funeral."
Heng Mo's status as a cultivator is now a certainty, and he even has the ability to invite three immortal masters with considerable cultivation to exorcise demons. Now, as the son of the late emperor, he issues orders, and no one will have any objections.
Although Anguo is not large, it has a complete set of officials. However, the number of members of the royal family is dwindling, with fewer than ten people in total, including the old and the young.
Heng Mo couldn't help but glance at Steward Wang. He had never heard of any disputes within the Anguo royal family in his entire life. How come there were so few people?
Chief Steward Wang, having served His Majesty for so long, understood Heng Mo's meaning with just a glance and explained considerately, "Our An Kingdom has always been relatively...not very wealthy, and every His Majesty is very frugal."
To be frank, they were poor. Even the emperor was so poor that he could hardly afford to eat, so where would he get the money to support a group of concubines? Basically, they only married one principal wife.
After all, demonic cultivators didn't just appear in the last few days, and the Xuan Yue Sect didn't just start demanding tributes in the last few days either, so Anguo couldn't have suddenly become poor in the last few days.
Heng Mo was astonished. Even the wealthy Liu in their town had two concubines, yet the emperor could only marry one empress because he couldn't afford to eat?
He once again gained a relatively accurate understanding of the living standards of the Anguo royal family.
Hengzheng's funeral was arranged by the ministers according to the prescribed standards. Apart from the fact that he had sold off most of the burial items and Hengmo had arranged a new set, everything else went smoothly.
Before the encoffining, Heng Mo specially asked Zong □□ to record his name under Heng Zheng's name, making him a true prince.
There are only three members of the imperial clan who are suitable to be emperor. Heng Mo doesn't know any of them and doesn't understand politics. He just lets the members of the imperial clan and the ministers choose for themselves. What he has to do is deal with the problem of the demonic cultivators in Anguo.
Lin You had expected that this kind of succession struggle would involve some heated debates, but before the burial goods were even fully prepared, the candidate had already been chosen.
Thirty-two-year-old Hengqian respectfully bowed and kowtowed to Hengmo: "Nephew Hengqian greets Imperial Uncle."
Heng Mo has already entered the immortal sect and intends to become a patron of Anguo. Of course, the imperial family and ministers would not be so tactless as to adopt another son for the late emperor.
The main problem is that the country relies on a mature ruler, but the eldest prince is only fifteen years old. Adopting a younger brother would be too young for him to immediately govern the country, and adopting an older brother would be even more inappropriate. What if the eldest prince feels offended?
In the end, Hengqian, who was a generation younger, was chosen. This hasty decision also reflects the awe that mortals in this world have for cultivators.
Heng Mo attended the somewhat simple funeral and coronation ceremony. It wasn't until the three-day holiday was almost over that Senior Brother Qingmu and two other senior brothers returned from exorcising demons.
Senior Brother Aoki said with a serious expression, "Something's strange here. Let's go back to our sect first."
After saying that, without waiting for Heng Mo to say anything, Heng Mo immediately prepared the flying boat and pulled Heng Qian into the inner room. He then gave him a hundred low-grade spirit stones, a dozen talismans, and two communication jade tokens before leaving with Senior Brother Qingmu.
The spirit stones are naturally used to subsidize the national treasury of Anguo. The talismans are for passive defense and do not require spiritual power to operate, so ordinary people can use them.
With these things, Anguo won't have any problems for the time being. Hengmo himself has only just entered the Qi Refining stage, so staying here won't be of much help. It's better for him to go back and cultivate.
Along the way, Aoki sped up his pace, his expression extremely serious. When he had traveled less than a third of the distance, he encountered an old man flying on a sword ahead of him.
Heng Mo instantly became alert. Only after realizing that the other three were unprepared did he recognize the person. He recognized him as the Third Elder, who had sat to the right of the sect leader during the sect's recruitment and apprenticeship ceremony.
He is the most skilled fighter among the sect elders besides the Supreme Elder Xuan Ling, and also the master of the talkative Shen Ting.
These were all things his master, the Seventh Elder, had casually mentioned during his lectures. He remembered that his master had also specifically emphasized that his Third Uncle was a sword cultivator.
At first, Heng Mo didn't understand why sword cultivation was emphasized, but now, looking at the simple and unadorned attire of the Third Elder's lineage, he roughly understands what his master wanted to say.
Upon seeing the newcomers, Senior Brother Qingmu, who had been keeping a straight face, finally breathed a sigh of relief and bowed to report: "Greetings, Third Uncle. We were entrusted by Junior Brother Heng to come to Anguo to exorcise demons, but we discovered that the demonic cultivators here did not happen to come to Anguo by chance, but were hired by someone."
The disciples interrogated the captured demonic cultivators, who said that they received a certain amount of payment each time they came to Anguo to burn, kill, and plunder, and that the cultivators who hired them would not actually kill them.
They only played along for one act, pretending to be killed in front of everyone in Anguo. This way, the Xuan Yue Sect cultivators easily eliminated the demon and received their reward. The demonic cultivators not only obtained the flesh and soul of a mortal, but also didn't have to worry about being held accountable.
Although these demonic cultivators did kill a lot of people, and the Xuan Yue Sect was indeed shameless, to cultivators, the deaths of a few hundred or even a thousand people in Anguo were nothing.
This was certainly no small matter to warrant Aoki making such a fuss, even inviting the Third Elder. Aoki continued recounting his discovery:
"Most importantly, those demonic cultivators don't seem to have gone mad on their own or practiced demonic arts. Instead, they seem to be cultivators controlled by drugs. I've seen one of the demonic cultivator disciples before; he's a junior brother from the Baiyue Sect who has been missing for several years."
When Qingmu led the team to the secret realm, he had met him. He had a superior fire spirit root and was the little apprentice of the Baiyue Sect leader. He was a very lively and talkative child, and he was only seventeen years old this year.
Aoki thought for a moment and then added, "The number of demonic cultivators in Anguo is gradually increasing. It's obvious that someone is planning to lure out Junior Brother Heng, but the plan hasn't been completed yet. They probably didn't expect Junior Brother Heng to return to Anguo so quickly."
If the demonic cultivators were indeed capturing cultivators, poisoning and controlling them, and forcing them into demonic possession, then the four of them would easily be targeted, especially Junior Brother Heng. His top-grade ice spiritual root was discovered in public, so it wasn't exactly a secret.
Whether it's the righteous path or the demonic path, there's a demand for disciples with high aptitude. Refining a highly aptitude cultivator into a puppet can significantly improve their level. In the eyes of demonic cultivators, someone like Junior Brother Heng is no less than a huge sum of money.
As the most concerned chief disciple, Aoki was used to mentoring new disciples and always had self-awareness. After discovering the problem, he immediately notified the Third Elder to come and pick up the person.
It's better to be prepared, since the Third Elder is just idling around the sect anyway, always looking for people to fight.
The other two sword cultivator senior brothers immediately greeted the Third Elder with respect, calling him Master. Heng Mo, seeing the three of them sharing the same sword cultivator characteristics, suddenly felt a little worried about his new friend.
If both the master and apprentice are so poor, is it really okay for their new friend to have enough to eat these days?
The Third Elder sheathed his sword and boarded the flying boat. After nodding to his disciple, he began to examine Heng Mo.
After all, it's quite bizarre for someone with a top-grade ice spirit root to go and learn alchemy in any sect. If this kid didn't understand at first, that would be one thing, but he's been cultivating for a month and has already mastered the basics, yet he hasn't asked the sect leader to change his master.
Although changing masters might cause gossip, he is a new disciple and not very old. People can just say he's young and ignorant, and the seventh junior brother is always easy to talk to and won't keep him around.
I heard that Junior Uncle Xuanling went down the mountain again for him, but I haven't heard that this kid has any plans to change masters.
"You've laid a good foundation!" The Third Elder patted Heng Mo on the shoulder. Entering the Qi Refining stage in a month isn't considered fast. His newly accepted disciple, Shen Ting, had also entered the Qi Refining stage, but his foundation was clearly not as solid as Heng Mo's.
Just like whether you get 60 or 100 on an exam, it's the same principle in cultivation. Time isn't actually that important. After all, whether it's a month or a year, it's just a blink of an eye for a cultivator.
Seeing that he had a solid foundation, the Third Elder nodded in satisfaction: "If there's anything you don't understand, you can ask me."
Senior Brother Qingmu chimed in, "Junior Brother Heng, feel free to learn whatever you want. Third Uncle has often let his disciple take advantage of Seventh Uncle's pills and spiritual artifacts. Seventh Elder only has you as his only disciple, so you can't let him suffer."
The Third Elder immediately glared at Qingmu, but did not deny it. He turned around, flew away on his sword, and pretended to check if anyone was following him.
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