Chapter 491 Takeover (1)
To reclaim the brand and resell it, we need to rekindle the interest of those who hold onto it.
Jiaojue believed that if they were just asked to go up and take a look, probably only a few fools would come. Any cultivators from other tribes who were thinking would wait for the first one to come back and describe the situation before deciding whether to go or not.
Most of them went there with the intention of making a fortune, rather than simply out of curiosity to see it for themselves.
Therefore, Ji Rong and the others devised the following plan:
Spread the word that the Heavenly Road is about to be repaired and will no longer require as much money; therefore, the one who holds the token can go up to the outer heavens to take a look.
There are two ways to check. The first is to hand over the token as originally planned, go up there once, and regardless of whether it goes well or not, you will naturally not have to pay any more money in the future.
The second option is that they keep the tokens and can go for a free trip, but they have to continue to contribute money and effort until the Sky Road is completed. As a reward for their continued support of the Sky Road's construction, once the road is built to the point where it can carry heavy loads, they can lead miners up to mine and enjoy a share of the profits.
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Regarding the excavation of the mineral deposits, Qingpingzi, Shanshui, and Jiaojue all disagreed with Ji Rong's decision to remain a tree for an extended period.
In any world, you can be an outlier, but you can't openly proclaim that you are; otherwise, if you ever show weakness, you will not be met with support, but rather with an even faster blade.
The outer reaches of the heavens are too vast; who knows if there are even more powerful beings exploring and passing through them like they are?
Ji Rong naturally understood this principle, which is why she asked Jiao Jue and Qing Pingzi to cover for her from the beginning. She had a passionate love for this world and was worried that if time dragged on and resources were insufficient, the Nine Provinces would fall into chaos. So she said, "If I use the tree trunk, our mining will definitely be twice as effective."
This is an indisputable fact! Therefore, they agreed to Ji Ronghua Tree.
However, instead of having her stay in a place with spiritual energy as before, painstakingly collecting spiritual energy from her own spiritual lake to form a source for use, she was asked to choose a place rich in spiritual crystals and temporarily transform into a tree to find out where the spiritual crystals were located.
After the miners cleared away the soil, Ji Rong was instructed to consciously absorb some of the spirit ore by activating the tree's roots, just as she had done in the desolate sea, making it easier to cut and accelerating the production of spirit crystals.
Once the task is completed, Ji Rong must reclaim the roots to prevent any further complications.
"Caution is the best policy," and Ji Rong is certainly not in a bad situation.
Once they have mined the spirit crystal mine, they can immediately allocate it to the cultivators on the Heavenly Road for their daily use and pay them wages.
Any excess can be stored in a storage ring and taken back to the Nine Provinces, buried in the soil to fill the spiritual energy gap in the Nine Provinces.
After all, the spiritual energy that cultivators have been using to build the Heavenly Road for so many years has been consumed by the spiritual energy brought out from the Nine Provinces, and it needs to be replenished.
They would continue replenishing the spiritual energy of the Nine Provinces until the Mountain and Water God confirmed that it had been restored, at which point they could sit back and divide the treasures.
With the decision made, Jiao Jue needed to find some reliable cultivators to take over the Kyushu region, which was easy to do.
In the centuries since the construction of the Space Inscription Road, Jiao Jue has been perfecting the management network of Kyushu so that he can escape to the Outer Heavens to dig for treasure, sleep soundly, and become a wealthy dragon again.
Therefore, wherever there is a need, Jiao Jue will send Ze Peng and Ji Rong's nominal disciples to handle it; now, no one knows the details of every aspect of Kyushu affairs better than them.
Moreover, Ze Peng is very knowledgeable. He is proficient in commerce, alchemy, medicine, puppetry, divination, agriculture, and tools... He is versatile and keeps his mouth shut. People like Si Nu, Tu Chong, and most of the mountain and river kings of the original Canglan Mountains all think highly of him.
Furthermore, it is common for cultivators from the Celestial Race to travel great distances, bringing beautiful female members of their tribes to visit, hoping to forge a romantic relationship and deepen their connection...
Such is the way of the world: the old has not gone, and the new has already arrived. Ji Rong's position as the supreme ruler is still as stable as Mount Tai, but that does not prevent cultivators, including those from the Jade Void Palace, from placing their bets in advance and supporting those cultivators who have already shown their talents. Among them, the most supporters are Ze Peng.
Jiao Jue saw this and even sent a message to Ji Rong, but Ji Rong didn't care. She replied, "I didn't think much of him at first. When we were in Buzhou, I even asked my godfather to consider other people. But if you all think he has the ability, then let's go with him."
Even if things go badly, it doesn't matter. It seems Zuo Zepeng won't outlive us anyway.
In recent years, as the expenses of the construction in the sky have increased, it has become increasingly difficult to collect money. However, the places under Zepeng's jurisdiction have always been able to hand over the money on time. Therefore, he has been transferred the most frequently.
Jiaojue issued the transfer order very quickly.
On earth, there are mountains and waters that reside beside the source of the regeneration pool, governing the gods of the nine provinces.
The trivial matters of Kyushu were managed by Ze Peng, who had measured the land with his own feet.
In the heavens dwells the Xitong, a guardian deity of the land.
In central Taiwan, a diligent and benevolent official, Yin Pan, oversees the economy.
Behind them were the various sects that had originally served as Jade Void Palace, providing protection and support.
Logically, the Nine Provinces should not descend into chaos within three to five hundred years, but if the cultivators do not receive any new news from the common lord for a long time, it is hard to say.
Therefore, whether considering Ji Rong's own situation or the overall situation in Kyushu, Ji Rong cannot remain hidden in the tree for an extended period; she must come out and move around. Before the birth of a new ruler, she must also come out and move around.
"Sigh." At this point, Ji Rong proudly raised his head and spread his wings, pretending to sigh, "So it turns out that my cheap master isn't completely idle. Regardless of whether his disciples are successful or not, he has to pave the way for them."
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Since Jiao Jue was going to the outer heavens, he naturally wanted to take Ji Zhuang and Gu Qingqing with him as well.
He sent letters to Gu Lin and Xi Tong respectively. On the second day after the letters arrived, at the top of Yuxu Peak in the Yuxu Mountains, Shan Zhongfeng, who had a neck full of storage rings and a lot of bags on his back, bid farewell to Gu Lin with tears in his eyes, and then headed towards Buzhou with many backward glances.
On Mount Tanghe in Juzhou, Niu Fen, having received the letter, leaned close to Bird Xiu's ear and, with tears streaming down his face, recounted Xi Tong's preferences over and over again for two days and two nights. Bird Xiu felt as if his ears had grown out of their sockets. Only then did Niu Fen, still weeping, read the letter to Xi Tong, who wouldn't come out no matter how much he called, and bid her farewell at the crater. Then, with a smile on his face, he ran off to Xizhou without looking back.
Bone was puzzled by Niu Fen's obviously excited expression as he left.
As soon as Niu Fen left, Xi Tong, who hadn't left the crater for two days, flew out with her gray-white eyes open. She said calmly to the bone, "That bullhead must have been very happy. I could hear him mooing happily from inside the cave."
"This..." Bone was not a good answer.
Xi Tong didn't wait for his answer, she continued, "That bull-headed man loves farming the most, and he's the best at it. Those poor cultivators in the Western Continent are going to suffer another layer of skin."
"Bones, next time we pass through the Western Continent, we should stop a little longer, lest that bull-headed man become so arrogant and ignorant of his place that he makes those poor cultivators plow the fields every day."
Bone looked at Xi Tong, whose expression was calm, and felt very envious.
Although the Immortal Lord Jiyang spoke in a calm tone, he felt that the Immortal Lord Jiyang was not there to reprimand Senior Brother Niu Fen at all, but to support him.
From now on, cultivators in the Western Continent will really have to be very careful and cooperate; otherwise, if a celestial lord who is in a bad mood and controls fire stays in one place for too long, he might "accidentally" drop a spark and start a fire.
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