I imitate others' cultivation, and I will never reason with you.

Chapter 187 The three-year period has expired, and the Dragon King returns to his throne

[Congratulations on gaining some experience in weapon refining. ]

As a familiar cold electronic sound rang out, the level of weapon refining skills on Ruan Xing's character panel changed to level three.

She breathed a sigh of relief.

After three years, I finally reached the third level.

Originally, she thought that she would stay in the Xumi Realm for the next three years, practice the weapon-making technique, and train herself further, saving points for the time being.

But she had never been out and did not have any good materials, so she could only rely on her old capital. Moreover, most of the materials looted from the warehouse of Liuyang Study were used for alchemy.

Liuyang Academy never attached much importance to the personal combat capability of its disciples. After all, they would all be used as fertilizer in the late Jindan stage. It didn't matter whether the disciples had magical weapons or their quality.

Therefore, apart from the Sumeru Mirror and some low-grade magical instruments and materials, nothing was gained.

The magic weapons of the two elders and the host were also blown up by her, leaving only some debris.

Therefore, after three years of intermittent refining, the gained experience was still not enough to upgrade to the third level.

Finally I had to use an emulator.

Her cultivation has already reached the late Nascent Soul stage. If you ask why she hasn't reached the Spiritual Transformation stage, it is mainly because of the problem with her cultivation method.

Even though she was so picky and frugal, she had still simulated quite a few times, and her points were cleared, so she had only more than 10,000 spirit stones left. If it weren't for the contract with Wanbao Tower, she would have used the materials for alchemy from Wanbao Tower in Yunyang City and refined more than a dozen furnaces of fifth-grade pills herself. She would have been so poor that she would have used up the spirit stones in the sect's storehouse.

However, there were still some gains. Ruan Tao and Hu San's mid-grade magic swords have also been equipped.

It is worth mentioning that Hu San had reached the Jindan stage a few months ago. Ruan Xing personally protected him and he survived the heavenly tribulation without any danger.

All the rewards she had promised to her disciples were distributed, but what surprised Ruan Xing was that the first disciple to reach the foundation-building stage was not those who had started practicing five years ago, but Liu Shouye who came later.

After the reforms in the Xumi Realm were completed, it took less than three months for Xu Can to use the National Master Palace and the Red Head Gang to weaken his influence in the court.

Originally, the words of the National Master Palace were more effective than those of the Emperor, but now it is even more outrageous. The National Master Palace is the boss, and the City Lord's Mansion and gang forces are second. Basically no one cares about them in the court. Even if the officials have any opinions, they can only complain in the court meeting. They have no warriors in their hands. This is the advantage of the royal family's control over the Luoqi Pill in the past.

Except for the royal family, no one can use the Luoqi Pill. If one wants to practice martial arts and reach the innate realm, one can only rely on the emperor. Therefore, only the Xun'ansi can be completely controlled by the emperor. Only by becoming a Thousand Lingwei can one become the emperor's confidant. However, Liu Shouye is an accident.

Unfortunately, those eunuchs and Thousand Feather Guards who were at the Xiantian realm had already been secretly disabled by Ruan Xing’s magic on the day of the palace coup, and they could only die by swords.

The voice of the aristocratic families became weaker and weaker, and after half a year, there was no need to hold court meetings anymore.

The inner court took over the work of the Household Tax Bureau, the City Lord's Mansion and gangs replaced the Political Communication Bureau and the Inspection Bureau, and the inaction led by Xu Can and Liu Shouye turned various officials into mascots in name only.

Things were simple after that. San Sheng Academy merged the private schools that were previously managed by the government. In terms of ideological education, there were the San Sheng Fairy and the San Sheng Academy. Those students with spiritual bones entered the National Master's Palace, and those without spiritual bones stayed in school or entered the inner court.

The assistant inspectors and the guards were all dispersed and put into the City Lord's Mansion and the Red Head Gang.

The management model is already 80% similar to that of the major towns in the world of immortal cultivation. However, Ruan Xing feels that her method is gentler and fairer to the lower-level mortals than those towns governed by sects. At least more than half of the managers are mortals. Unlike the world of immortal cultivation, it is impossible to be in charge without some cultivation, and most of the cultivators with cultivation look down on mortals, causing a vicious cycle.

At this point, the feudal dynasty within the Xumi Realm existed in name only.

At the beginning, Xu Can also asked her what she thought of the current country's name and whether she wanted to change it.

Ruan Xing waved his hand and said indifferently: "What's there to change? It will disappear sooner or later."

So from beginning to end, she didn't know what the name of this country was.

Because of the accelerated progress, Xu Can and Liu Shouye returned to Fengling Yueying Sect in less than a year. Only the Fairy, Sun Xian and a group of newly-initiated disciples were left in the Xumi Realm.

Ruan Xing couldn't help but sigh at Liu Shouye's incredible luck.

It took him just over two years to go from entry level to foundation building, and what he practiced was immortal magic, not magic.

It’s even faster than the male protagonist in the original plot.

However, considering that Liu Shouye was one of her own, Ruan Xing was still happy to see it happen.

The other two who reached the foundation-building stage were Xu Can and Wang Dongxing. They both received a low-grade magical weapon as a reward, which was quite refreshing for a while.

The few disciples who reached the foundation-building stage later were all magic cultivators who were practicing in the charity cemetery in the Xumi Realm. Although they could not obtain magic weapons, Ruan Xing still rewarded them with a few bottles of elixirs as a consolation.

According to the current progress, it is estimated that in a few years, the scale of Fengling Yueying Sect will catch up with that of Nanzhou Xuanbing Sect six years ago.

A Yuanying sect leader, two Jindan elders, plus more than a hundred foundation-building disciples and nearly a thousand Qi-training outer disciples. Hey, what a coincidence.

The sect has spent money like water in the past three years. The taxes from surrounding towns and the income from disciples hunting monsters are simply not enough to cover the sect's expenses. More than ten thousand of the original two hundred thousand spirit stones in the treasury have been spent, and this is because there are too few disciples above the foundation-building stage. Once there are more disciples in the foundation-building stage, it is conservatively estimated that the sect will spend about ten thousand a year.

It's impossible for the entire sect to rely on Ruan Xing alone to make money. There must be more sources of spirit stones.

Other people’s sects have secret realms, spiritual veins, mines, etc.

There is nothing in Liuyang Study except a little bit of spiritual vein, which is occupied by the barrier tree. Their disciples can only use the spirit gathering formation to absorb the scraps of spiritual vein.

Those people of grade B and C left behind in Liuyang Study were basically sent by small families from various towns in Nanzhou. After hearing the news of the replacement of people in Liuyang Study, they came one after another to take their people back. Ruan Xing asked the barrier tree to modify the memories of those people and then let them go back.

Of course the spirit stones will not be returned. You can ask Liuyang Study for the money they collected. Why are you looking for me, Fengling Yueying Sect?
Of course, they didn't dare to accept it. This deal was shameful to begin with, and they didn't know the strength of the Fengling Yueying Sect, so they went back in shame.

When the dead A-grade man sent the spirit stones the next year, Ruan Xing directly cheated on them and said that he didn't know him and didn't know him. The man didn't bother to argue and went back with the spirit stones. Ruan Xing asked Jian Lai to follow the man for a while and found out that he was going back to Xizhou.

After waiting for a while, there was no follow-up. I guess they didn't want to cause any more trouble.

As for the only remaining A-level person, when delivering spirit stones in the next two years, he didn't say a word. He just threw the storage bag at the gate of the mountain and left in a hurry. Unfortunately, these two times, Ruan Xing was in the Xumi Realm, and when he came back, it was too late to look for him.

After much thought, she simply let the A-level person practice magic.

He originally had no spirit bones, and worked as a feather guard in the inspection department. He was only one step away from becoming a congenital. After feeding him the Luoqi Pill for a few months, he went to the charity cemetery and became a magic cultivator. Among the people who built their foundation this time, he was one of them. I think this person has cultivated magic, so we have a handle. The person who sent the spirit stone has invested so many years, as long as he still wants people, there is a chance to talk.

However, the man from Xizhou did give Ruan Xing some ideas.

Eating spiritual food is popular in Xizhou, and all the immortal cultivation families there who have some strength will show off about it.

There are only a few acres of land on the mountain of Fengling Yueying Sect where spiritual rice and spiritual plants can be grown, and the disciples simply cannot divide them up. Most of the disciples have nothing to do except practice. Now that they are about to build their foundation, they are worried because their contribution points are not enough to exchange for foundation-building pills!

There is also the National Master Palace in the Xumi Realm, which has nearly a thousand people, and all of them only practice and do not work. Why does the fairy need so many disciples to serve her alone?

There are large tracts of open space in the Xumi Realm that can be used to grow spiritual plants, preferably spiritual fruit trees. Spiritual plants and spiritual fruits need jade boxes to isolate the spiritual energy to prevent it from escaping, but there is no need for spiritual wine. They are all low-level products anyway. If you brew spiritual wine and transport it to Zhongzhou or Xizhou to sell, you should be able to make a lot of money.

Thinking of this, Ruan Xing decided to go out to the Xumi Realm to discuss this idea with the Fairy and Sun Xian.

Most of the disciples in the National Master's Palace were accepted by fairies, and those accepted by the Demon King all stayed in the charity cemetery.

To get this done, Sun Xian has to do the hard work.

I went to the Imperial Master's Palace in a hurry. The fairy agreed after listening, "That's good. The number of elixirs consumed by disciples for cultivation has increased dramatically, so we should have more income."

Sun Xian frowned and worried, "Where should we choose the place?"

In fact, this problem was not difficult to solve. Because Xu Can had confiscated too many houses in the capital, most of the houses of the nobles were empty. After the reputation of the National Master Palace and the Three Lives Fairy spread, the gentry and merchants in the other five cities spontaneously gathered in the capital. Xu Can sold all his houses to these people, but unfortunately he only got silver and silver bills in exchange, which was pitifully little in terms of spirit stones.

The capital is becoming more prosperous, and the population in the five cities is becoming slightly sparse. It can be estimated that the more people there are who practice Taoism, the fewer people will get married and have children. I am afraid that in a few decades, the population of 150,000 to 160,000 people will be reduced by more than one-fifth.

But as for population, quality is more important than quantity. If there are too many people, there won’t be enough resources to go around. How can we feel happy in the people’s lives if we can’t even get enough food to eat and work like slaves all day long?

It's normal to become less, Ruan Xing doesn't care.

During this period of time, Sun Xian has regained a little bit of the feeling when he was an official while managing the mortals. He is considering whether to relocate the residents of the city and use it as a planting base for Ruan Xing.

"This is not necessary, is it? Anyway, every city has a charity cemetery and there are enough disciples to look after it. Wouldn't it be better to set aside an area in each city?" Ruan Xing said, touching his chin.

"Then how can we ensure that the common people will not take the opportunity to steal?" Sun Xian sighed, "According to what the sect master said, the plants grown are all low-level spiritual plants, so there is no need to set up a formation, the gain will outweigh the loss. However, relying solely on disciples patrolling day and night may not be able to strictly guard against them. After all, they have only been practicing Qi for a short time and are not much stronger than ordinary people."

For a martial artist who has acquired the natural talent, beating a cultivator below the third level of Qi training is like twisting a chicken.

It’s no wonder Sun Xian has such concerns.

"Then make up a few more stories and create a few more cases to make them feel awed." Ruan Xing said, "Since the Three Lives Fairy can enter the dreams of the Imperial Master and the Emperor, why can't she enter the dreams of mortals to punish the evildoers?"

Just get through these few years and it will be fine.

The skills taught in Liuyang Study were too quick to master. Sun Xian had never been out of the house from the Qi training stage to the Golden Elixir stage, and had fought with others before, so he naturally looked down on the Qi training stage.

But Ruan Xing knew that after reaching the sixth level of Qi training, one could project one's spiritual consciousness. With the existence of spiritual consciousness, which is comparable to infrared surveillance, who could steal it?
However, there are too few disciples who have reached the sixth level of Qi training.

Have to find a way to deal with it.

"In that case, I'll do it right away. However, I think there is a place that can be implemented first." Sun Xian said.

"where?"

"Royal Palace."

After Xu Can left the palace, only three concubines, a child and a bunch of eunuchs and palace maids were left. They were locked up in there and left to fend for themselves.

Sun Xian explained: "The palace is of little use now, but the place is spacious, and there is also the previous barrier that can be used temporarily, so it is the most suitable."

Moreover, the eunuchs and palace maids can be utilized, and some old buildings and palaces can be directly demolished and turned into land suitable for planting.

"Sure." Ruan Xing nodded, "There are also underground water bubbles in the Imperial Palace..."

Sun Xian's expression turned a little strange.

The scene he saw in the underground bubble has become a shadow in his life.

"You can raise fish. I remember there is a monster called silver fish in Xizhou. Although its spiritual energy is weak, its meat is delicious and mild in nature. It is suitable for children who have not yet absorbed qi. It reproduces quickly and likes shade and avoids light. The price is not low. Let's try raising it."

Ruan Xing remembered the fish he saw when he was shopping with Qin Taihe in Xizhou.

Moreover, these fish are Qin Taihe's own property. It should not be difficult to ask him for advice on breeding methods and buy some fish fry, as long as she does not sell them to Xizhou and compete with Qin Tai's business.

The area of ​​the underground water bubble is not large, and it can't support many creatures. However, after the barrier tree died, the area under the stairs became empty, and almost all of it turned into mud at the bottom of the water.

She transplanted the seeds to the side of the pool in the basement. It had just sprouted, and the exposed branches were less than one meter long. Now the barriers of Xumi Realm and Fengling Yueying Sect were all supported by it.

But its intelligence is much clearer than when it was a seed.

I can already tell people apart.

It remembered that Ruan Xing was not the one who promised it, but Ruan Xing took it to find its mother, so it was still quite close to Ruan Xing.

I just kind of dislike Gillian and Jianlai.

So every time Ruan Xing went to look for it, she had to go there alone, otherwise the little seed would pretend to be asleep and ignore her.

Ruan Xing was immersed in his own thoughts when he heard Sun Xian say with some surprise: "The Sect Master has allowed me to leave the Xumi Realm? This disciple is willing to go to Xizhou to help the Sect Master with his worries!"

Ruan Xing rolled his eyes, "How many connections do you have in Xizhou? You are not needed."

Sun Xian smiled awkwardly, lowered his head in disappointment, turned around and went out to take care of the planting base.

Alas, it has been three years. When will the sect leader trust him and treat him as his own?