This was his newly engraved seal, prepared for the upcoming coronation ceremony. There were a total of 8 words — Receiving orders from the heavens, long life and prosperity. There was nothing new about it, but since every ruler and emperor dynasty was like that. Zong Shou could only follow the tradition and was too lazy to create anything new.
Only the line of words under him was a little different — the seal of Gantian Country Ruler was written on it.
Looking at the silk, it was made from hundred-year dragon silk, the dye was also really expensive.
Based on what Renbo and the other officials said, they couldn't use beast leather anymore. Normal paper couldn't be used either.
Since they were already a big country, then they should have the aura of a big country. Some money couldn't be saved.
The words on the silk made Zong Shoxin's heart tighten. Without needing to look at other things, just the 82 million grade 4 beast crystals made one's heart jump.
This was what Zong Shou set himself, to compensate the soldiers who died in battle as well as reward the army after the victory.
Although they won the battle, pretty much all the slightly bigger powers in Donglin Cloud Continent were wiped out.
However, it wasn't perfect. Just as he led all the elite cavalry to the foot of Mysterious Cloud Spirit Mountain.
The 360 towns of Gantian Mountain along with the hundreds of thousands of elites of Xuan Mountain City bitterly blocked the attacks of the Thousand City Alliance, losing close to 300 thousand people.
Calculating it carefully, along with the consumption of the 3 million troops as well as the subsequent expansion of the army. The number was so huge that it pretty much used up all the Gantian Mountain treasury.
He even needed to take out a portion of the expected income from his money bag to supplement it.
His heart felt pained and he wasn't willing to look at it anymore. Zong Shou hurriedly rolled up the silk in his hand and threw it to the corner of the table.
He took in several deep breaths before his heart calmed down. However, he was still really conflicted.
On the opposite side of the desk, Renbo was standing there calmly. Seeing the situation, he couldn't help but find it amusing.
Taking the imperial decree in his hand and opening it to take a look, his eyes were filled with shock, "Your highness is so generous! 82 million grade 4 beast crystals, even the most basic soldier would be able to gain a lot this time. However, the state treasury is unable to take out this sum of money. "
Zong Shou waved his hand and said unhappily, "We can borrow from the palace treasury for the time being. However, you'll have to pay me back in the future. This time, it's 20% interest per month. "
This time, Renbo didn't argue about the amount of interest. Instead, he looked at Zong Shou weirdly, "I thought that since your highness couldn't raise taxes, then you would reduce the reward …"
Zong Shou laughed coldly, thinking that although I, Zong Shou, do not know much about the way of governing a country, I know how to win over the army's heart.
At this time, no matter how much his heart ached, he had to take out the money.
The Spiritual Wave had just started and Gantian Mountain was far from being able to relax.
"Then we'll do as Monarch commands!"
Ren Bo smiled, bowed, and accepted the decree. Then he asked, "Then what does Monarch intend to do about the Taishang alliance's request?"
Zong Shou frowned. He wanted to divide his forces to conquer the outside world. However, he couldn't not care about this matter.
That space fissure was actually closer to the Central Cloud Continent. However, Gantian Mountain had to take responsibility.
Then, he sighed. Lingyun Sect's strength was greatly weakened. Gantian Mountain's sects either fled or were wiped out.
Gantian Mountain had to take responsibility for such a matter. Now, he could only get more benefits from the Taishang.
"Apart from 500 towns, expand 200 thousand elite cavalry!"
Luckily, Gantian Mountain was unified and they only needed to force the cities to reduce their troops. Once Donglin calmed down, the burden would be lighter.
However, it wasn't good to have no war. That place could be used to train troops.
Before the Spiritual Wave, he was prepared to change all the towns of Gantian Mountain to Xuanwu masters.
Apart from that, he needed at least 100 thousand Grade Four experts to form an elite force.
Thinking about it, they needed to conquer the outside world to plunder resources.
Renbo nodded his head and knew that expanding the elite cavalry was to deal with this matter.
Then, he looked around, "Then, does this palace need to be expanded and rebuilt?"
The Hanyan Palace at the peak of Gantian Mountain was called a palace. Actually, some of the city lord manors in Donglin were several times better than this.
It was built during Zong Weiran's era and was completed not long after Gantian Mountain City was built. In the past, it was still okay. Now, compared to Gantian Mountain's position in the Cloud World, it could only be called simple and crude.
Zong Shou was tempted when he heard that. He also felt that this palace was too simple.
He only had two pursuits in his life. One was to pursue the pinnacle of martial arts, and the other was to live a good life. It was the wish of Tanqiu in his previous life after he was lonely when he was young. It could almost be said to be an obsession.
However, thinking about it, Zong Shou couldn't help but sigh. It wasn't that he didn't want to repair it, but that he had no money in his pockets. Even if he did, he couldn't bear to spend it and needed to use it on the Book of Eon.
"No need! This Hanyan Palace can still be used. Let's wait for two years. "
Ren Bo was inexplicably touched, bowing, "Ruler is wise! After the war, we need to cherish the people and rest up. Ruler is clear in his rewards and punishments, and you do things appropriately. What is amusing is that when Ruler raised taxes, I was worried. Only now did I know that I was worrying for nothing. Today, I thank Ruler on behalf of the Gantian people! With Ruler like this, why would our Gantian Mountain not be strong? "
His voice was choked with sobs.
Zong Shou's mouth opened wide, his face filled with shock. Until Renbo left, he still wasn't sure what was going on.
Shaking his head, Zong Shou got up and walked towards the back of the hall. He saw a young girl dressed in white standing quietly under the moonlight, looking up at the sky.
Although there were guards around, no one came to bother her.
Zong Shou frowned, thinking to himself that this posture of looking up at the sky was quite popular. However, at this place, she should be able to hear what was said in the hall.
Luckily, what he and Renbo were discussing today wasn't anything important. However, it seemed like the guards here needed to be taught a lesson.
He saw that Kong Yao retracted her gaze from the sky and looked over. The gaze in his eyes was still filled with dead ashes. However, at this moment, it was filled with a weird expression.
"This is the Saint Ruler …"
She muttered softly, questioning herself, not believing, relieved, all sorts of emotions mixed together.
Then, Kong Yao was stunned as she walked towards the room at the side. Right before she left, she turned around, "There is a mysterious person hiding in Gantian Mountain City. If Ruler wants, you can send people to investigate. If we can obtain his help, we might be able to achieve great things … "
She also wasn't sure why she would say such words. After she finished, she walked away in a daze.
Zong Shou was confused. However, he was only slightly shocked before he didn't bother anymore.
What Saint Ruler? What mysterious person?
Did this Kong Yao suffer too much of a blow and become a little crazy?
That wasn't good. What he wanted was a commander who could lead thousands of troops and not a crazy girl. As for crazy people, Zhao Yanran alone was enough. It seemed like he still needed Xuanyuan Yiren and Xuan Yunlan to console her.
Since I snatched it over, then it isn't up to you.
Returning to his room, along with Zong Shouxin having a thought, the time flow around him started to slow down.
Zong Shou reached out with his hand and took out the Book of Eon Extreme Life.
At this moment, he had already flipped open the second page and consumed dozens of years of lifespan.
However, his gains were huge. Apart from understanding some basic laws of time, he also understood a lot. He had already started to try to grasp the ability to accelerate time.
In the past, Zong Shou could unknowingly accelerate time by 5 times when he slashed out with his sword. However, he didn't know why.
Today, not only could he use time to accelerate by 2 times, but he also knew the theory behind it and knew what he had to do to achieve it.
However, the more he studied, the more confused he got. How did the virtual world in his last life manage to accelerate time?
He originally thought that it was the result of accelerated thinking. However, the higher his cultivation, the more he understood about the path of heaven and earth, the more he felt that it was impossible.
However, this matter was just a side issue. What happened 10,000 years in the future had nothing to do with him, so he was too lazy to bother about it.
Today, he chose to use the Eon Technique to accelerate time because Zong Shou wanted to study sword techniques.
The Mysterious Cloud Mountain battle allowed him to comprehend numerous things about the sword path, and he needed time to digest them all.
This was why even though he knew that this Book of Eon was a bottomless pit that swallowed gold, Zong Shou didn't hesitate to use it.
That was because what he lacked the most now was time …
Just like that, standing in the room, Zong Shou picked up his sword and stabbed forwards. Then, he retracted his sword and stabbed once more!
His actions were really normal, and he didn't use any internal energy. However, at every moment, Zong Shou's internal energy, soul power, and vital energy in his chakra meridians were surging, trying out various paths to find the best way to attack.
It was the sword that he stabbed out in front of Long Ying that day in the void.
It was the One Origin Sword Absolute Beginning …
It also corresponded, Yang as the absolute beginning, Yin as the end.
The One Origin Sword should have only one sword, and only one sword was needed. However, as time went on, Zong Shou could only helplessly separate the Yin sword, Yang sword, Black sword, and White sword into their own.
The more he immersed himself in this dao, the more he felt how arrogant it was for him to want to merge all the sword wills into one.
What he merged wasn't just sword techniques, but also great dao heavenly rules!
Using the Book of Eon to speed up his cultivation, it was already the 45th day. In the first 20 days, Zong Shou was studying the second page of the Book of Eon Extreme Life to consolidate his spiritual cultivation.
20 days later, Zong Shou was trying to merge the Absolute Beginning Intent into his sword intent.
His progress was really quick, but it still wasn't as good as that day when he stabbed out under the pressure of Shenxiao and Long Ying.
At that time, he felt that he could break through to the peak of the Soul Realm. He was just a step away from breaking through …
However, at this moment, after 20 days of hard work, continuously perfecting and sculpting this sword move, he still couldn't enter it.
Was it because his cultivation was still too low?
Tossing aside all the random thoughts, Zong Shou didn't think anymore, continuously improving his internal energy and energy circulation as he visualized the Absolute Beginning. The sword in his hand slowly gave out the sound of wind and thunder.
Only several days later did it finally stop. One more day and it would be the day of his wedding with Xuanyuan Yiren. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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