I Can Reap Qi Fortune from Players-Chapter 415 - 208: Zhang Huaping’s Fantastical Adventure

The major movement in the Xinyi Continent, with the relocation of one thousand local cities, left the other continents feeling inexplicably puzzled.

They're not fools either, and began convening councils to research what Xinyi State City is preparing to do and what they're up to behind the scenes.

"Perhaps it's to guard against chaotic times?"

"But, while other continents might be fine, their Xinyi State City is about to become the eye of the storm. Bringing the populace there, aren't they afraid of death?"

"Taking advantage of the battle between the Saints and assassins, to incidentally slaughter? A human purging plan?"

"Xinyi King, could it be that he's been swayed by the No-Life Sect of his Xinyi Continent, focusing on being anti-human?" Someone joked.

Nevertheless, the actions of Xinyi Continent have made many people secretly pay attention.

Could it be that Xinyi Continent has obtained some information?

Even in such circumstances, they still bear the pressure to recover the thousand cities... should they also recover the thousand cities and establish nine major human fortification official shelters?

Many are pondering.

They don't know that Xinyi Yun's information came from Xi Rong.

They just feel that Xinyi Yun, a survivor of the previous dynasty's royal family, the first-generation Xinyi Princess, also has an unclear relationship with today's Saint Jiu Shui...

The Xinyi Family might really have some insider information!

So many people also began to try reclaiming some peripheral local cities.

However, the main roads of the local cities engaged in commerce, and the city nodes of each national road, they still haven't evacuated.

They aren't as ruthless as Xinyi State City; evacuating those nodes would cause many economic circles and trade markets in the state to collapse, and "GDP" would plummet significantly.

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Pingchang City.

Outside, many pedestrians have donned thin shirts, and vendors have even started selling refreshing ice cream. Now, Pingchang City has returned to its lively state.

Currently, in the inns of Pingchang City, two major news stories are spreading.

1. The Capital City Secret Realm has officially opened.

This is the grandest secret realm exploration of an ancient tomb in human history.

Geniuses and talented individuals from various locations have flocked to explore.

Even some Holy Lands and sects have announced their exploration progress in real-time, claiming they will obtain the treasure of the Last Saint.

Everyone is watching the excitement, exploring the real-time progress.

Even some simple information has been revealed.

For instance, in the secret realm of this Last Saint, it's full of tens of thousands of ghost infant princes who died young and various terrifying ghostly incidents.

The dangers are numerous, and a slight mistake would trigger the frenzy of those great calamities within the harem...

This indirectly tarnishes the reputation of the Last Saint.

2. The migration of local state cities.

The decree from Xinyi Royal Mansion was issued swiftly.

In just one day, the message reached a thousand local cities scattered across Xinyi Continent.

These two pieces of news made many sigh that the entire Nine-State has entered a new era.

Many expressed their sentiments:

"Initially, I thought the Xirong Divine Craftsman's event of revolutionizing weaponry was a significant event within these thousands of years... who would have known, a Capital City Secret Realm coupled with the migration of a thousand cities would arise."

"I'm old, overwhelmed and unable to keep up!"

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Shop.

Zhang Huaping was a bit stunned the moment she got the news: "What, we have to move?"

"Isn't this a good thing?"

The old shopkeeper raised his cup, leisurely saying, "Our Pingchang City going to Xinyi State City will offer greater development opportunities, and previously, we couldn't even obtain the household registration needed for immigration."

"Won't it be cumbersome..." Zhang Huaping said, "Our city is large."

"Of course not. The terrifying Dharma Aspects of those Great Powers are beyond what us low-tier cultivators can feel, uprooting mountains and cities without us even sensing a tremble."

The old shopkeeper said, "Our 1000 local cities combined are not as large as any of the 3000 city walls, and when we enter the thousand cities, we'll encircle the inner side of the outer ring."

The central ring is the residence of ordinary people, with vast lands and sparse population.

Moving these local cities inside won't cause even a ripple.

Ultimately, in the eyes of the Court high officials, these local cities are small in size, and their actual function is one of being landmark lighthouses.

The old shopkeeper smiled and said, "Moreover, your kid will have the opportunity to study in State City in the future! That's a chance one couldn't wait for in dreams, especially hearing that the Ximen Academy has just been built; if your daughter finds an opportunity, she might be among the first batch of students!"

Zhang Huaping seemed a bit tempted.

As a loose cultivator, she cared most about her daughter's future in her lifetime.

Besides, she couldn't alter the decisions of those prominent figures.

On the contrary, now all citizens of the State City and the three Pingchang City families were extremely happy, feeling that the Xirong Divine Craftsman thought for their sake.

Due to their low social status, they were unaware of any impending crisis, and were filled with dreams of a better future, dreaming of life in the big city.

"A new day?"

Zhang Huaping's eyes were full of anticipation, "Seems like I need to say goodbye to that Demon Cultivation Manor outside the city."

These three months felt like a year.

Every time she visited the manor, she encountered those psychopathic little demon cultivators, who came up with all sorts of new tricks.

Carrying bricks, fancy earth-eating.

The blacksmith shop inexplicably had a roast meat smell.

Giggling and stuffing a painting card into the insole with an excited lick.

Forcing that Dizzy Embers... to kill their rare medical friend in the manor, even Jiucai Rong the steward died... there's nothing left to linger for!

Sometimes, she even felt she was about to die.

Each time she returned from there, it felt like surviving a tribulation.

Zhang Huaping felt hopeful:

"And today, I'm finally going to break free from this manor, and bid farewell to the past!"

"For the last time taking goods, we should bid farewell properly."

Zhang Huaping felt a sense of longing in her heart.

She longed for her story in Xinyi Continent City, surviving with her daughter, working, laboring, and if possible, sending her daughter to enroll in the newly opened academy in Ximen.

Her expectations were not high.

To accompany her daughter while studying, while doing some odd jobs.

Moreover, her Five-Body Realm Great Perfection was originally hard to break through to the Four Viscera Realm, but she gained a lot of resources from the manor's trades these months, so after moving to the State City and working a bit harder, she might have the chance to break through to the Four Viscera Realm.

"Come on! Break free from them and embrace a new future."

Zhang Huaping silently cheered herself on.

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Sword Casting Manor.

After Zhang Huaping was teleported over, she felt that the manor seemed a bit off.

There were significantly fewer people.

Because those people had transformed into Qilin Children, who weren't suited to meet outsiders, they naturally hid away.

"I always feel like something big happened. Did they all die?"

She looked around and decided she shouldn't meddle too much. She was led into the warehouse and soon completed the exchange of the last batch of painting card goods.

This time those blacksmiths surprisingly didn't cause any fuss nor kept her.

She actually left safely?

Zhang Huaping was puzzled, her heart uneasy.

The other party kindly asked her, "Congratulations, I heard you are going to Xinyi State City, which is a big place. What do you plan to do in the future?"

Zhang Huaping didn't hide, "I plan to go with my daughter, find a new job there, support her education, I heard the world-famous Divine Craftsman is setting up an academy there, maybe I'll go and have a look, though the chances are slim."

The Divine Craftsman couldn't help but laugh, "I believe you will succeed."

Zhang Huaping shook her head, "Thanks for your kind words, but I doubt it."

A blacksmith behind continued to hold back laughter, "Trust me, you can achieve it."

Because that Xirong Academy is set up precisely for you, Zhang Huaping.

—For the sake of your daughter's enrollment.

If this reason were spread out, perhaps no one in the world would believe it?

Xirong Divine Craftsman, diving into all this just to let the precious daughter of a small Loose Cultivator study...

As for why these blacksmiths do such abstract things?

Because they themselves are such an abstract group.

Before, they even prepared to invent something like a phone that could upgrade painting cards to teach the old manager's AI how to chat online using emojis, complete with a guide to use them.

Since the server opened.

They listened to the mature businesswoman Zhang Huaping chat casually about her daughter for a long time.

They treasured this first NPC outside the manor a lot, liked this flesh-and-blood mature big sister very much, someone beautiful striving for life.

Consider it as fulfilling a small wish of hers.

...

Shortly after returning to Pingchang City, Zhang Huaping witnessed a legendary scene unforgettable for any small Loose Cultivator.

One giant Dharma Aspect Giant after another joined forces to lift their gigantic city, and then placed it upon a massive Energy Ark, pulling it forward.

In just three days, they arrived at Xinyi State City. She looked at those majestic and vast city walls like mountain ranges, hearing people around pointing at Scaly Gate and exclaiming:

"Look quickly, that's Scaly Gate, oh no, it's Ximen now!"

"Are we going to settle here?" Some had a gleam in their eyes, their hearts ablaze.

This is State City. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

A super city that small-town folks may never have the chance to visit in a lifetime.

The whole of Pingchang City has only three major families equipped to set up a teleportation array, travel to procure and sell some goods, earning some margin.

The prosperity of the big city, some people used to hear about from the procurement staff of the three major families, the three thousand walls of human history's sages, the corridors of exploring history, countless locations of sect leaders...

Previously, listening to the descriptions, they couldn't imagine it!

But now, they can actually see those legendary scenes with their own eyes and will live among them.

At this moment, a cultivator from one of the three great families couldn't help but smile:

"Everyone, the State City is at the center of the continent, surrounded by a thousand smaller continent cities like star points, and our town is to be settled at the closest gate as per regulation, facing Scale Gate!"

Someone's face expressed ecstasy, "So, we are settling in the inner side of Ximen's central ring area?"

The cultivator from the three great families felt proud, pretending to be calm:

"Yes, I've heard that the area we're settling in behind the city gate used to be the location of the patrol envoy Fang Family. From now on, it's our city's territory. Once we step out, we'll be right facing Ximen!"

The other 999 cities envy our privileges! Our Pingchang City is unique!"

Everyone gasped.

The city gate we are facing, known far and wide, famed in the Capital City, built by that living legendary mythology?

This world is not the era that undervalues scholars while overvaluing martial arts.

Even cultivators without combat power aren't looked down upon.

In fact, some scholars feel those killing martial artists belong to the lower ranks, die quickly. Being a safe and long-lived Divine Craftsman, Alchemist, Spirit Farmer... is what scholars of refinement should do.

And her Xirong Divine Craftsman has become a role model among scholars.

Serving the country, building sun and moon, supporting the tower from toppling, has become the highest glory in the eyes of these scholars!

Xirong, has achieved the highest dream for scholars, eternal fame.

"Then our children, juniors, wouldn't they be able to go study at that new Xirong Academy?" Some parents pulling their children, "After all, it's just next door."

"I've heard it's still under construction." Someone said.

An old man was excited, "This is an opportunity that other Thousand Cities couldn't have! Exclusively for Pingchang City!"

Zhang Huaping pulled her daughter's hand, also very excited, her heart full of yearning for life in the big city.

Until she heard someone say: "Did you hear, Ximen's patrol envoy is called Dizzy."

Dizzy?

Zhang Huaping's body trembled, feeling confused and slightly at a loss:

"Could it be the Dizzy I know?"