To ascend, I had no choice but to create games-Chapter 544 - 317 New Trading Partner (Part 1)_1
Chapter 544: Chapter 317 New Trading Partner (Part 1)_1
The Fire Leaving Nation has been facing many problems recently; otherwise, its Monarch wouldn’t have expended Magic Artifacts to summon Cultivators.
These Magic Artifacts were created by condensing the nation’s fortune, and each one of them was quite costly to produce, though they were still cheaper compared to the Cultivators they summoned.
Therefore, he believed that he had already paid a price to summon the Cultivators, but now these Cultivators were audaciously demanding money for their services, and he still felt cheated.
I’ve already given money!
So, even though the offer from Xiemen Waidao was already very cheap, he still responded with feigned politeness and pushed back, staring into Xiemen Waidao’s eyes and saying, “You’re really generous, aren’t you? You could just rob us, and yet you still want to do things for us.”
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“That’s right, I’m famously known as the generous little prince,” Xiemen Waidao said proudly.
Mukuai 1234, standing aside and looking at Xiemen Waidao, coldly remarked, “Isn’t that the truth? Your favorite thing is to ‘warm’ people up, isn’t it? But your ‘warmth’ tends to be a bit too much, ending up making them intimately familiar.”
“Mukuai 1234, I particularly like that joke of yours.”
“What you’ve done is no joke.”
Seeing that the two of them were now flirting in front of him, the Monarch of the Fire Leaving Nation coldly said, “Immortal Master, if you keep this up, it’s a bit hurtful to our relationship.”
“I have no relationship with you, only interests. I’m not asking for your consent; I’m informing you. If you don’t want to do it, then forget it,” the Monarch gritted his teeth, his gaze growing colder: “I won’t do it!”
“Fine, that’s okay. I’m not in the habit of forcing deals. Let’s go, Mukuai 1234.”
Under the resentful gaze of the Monarch, Xiemen Waidao left the palace, dragging Mukuai 1234 onto the streets.
The Soldiers flanking the street originally intended to stop them, but Xiemen Waidao merely glanced at them, and the Soldiers helplessly dispersed.
To Cultivators, beings endowed with tremendous power, the secular military was merely for show.
In the past, they could command Cultivators around because they were easygoing and wouldn’t rebel.
However, such tactics didn’t work on Xiemen Waidao; they could only let him go.
Following behind Xiemen Waidao, Mukuai 1234 asked with curiosity, “Xiemen Waidao, where are you planning to go?”
“To survey the situation here. If that Monarch is a benevolent ruler, I don’t mind giving him another chance.”
“And if he isn’t?”
“Then that’s even better, then we’ll have a reason to rebel!”
Looking at the excited Xiemen Waidao with gleaming eyes, Mukuai 1234 realized this guy was the same wherever he went, as if he couldn’t play games without stirring up trouble.
Great Heavenly Lord, is it really okay to keep this guy around?
The Fire Leaving Nation wasn’t large; its system was still a feudal monarchy, with over a dozen cities under its control. Some cities were enfeoffed to princes of the royal family, while others were managed directly by the royal household.
Beyond these places, thick fog shrouded the area. According to Mukuai 1234’s exploration, those were regions of spatial instability. They contained natural Teleportation Arrays, and once entered, people would be transported to different places, never able to return.
After a full round, Xiemen Waidao found that although the situation wasn’t utterly dire here, things were hardly any good.
The common people near the capital city could still manage to eat their fill, but further out, they frequently suffered from various natural disasters. From time to time, fierce beasts would emerge from the periphery, adding to the suffering of the locals.
The recent uprising had started in a city on the fringes.
The spark was a tax collector’s demand for taxes. An old man expressed that recent disasters had left everyone without surplus grain, so he asked if it would be possible to report back to the court and deliver the grain at a later date.
The old man hadn’t said he wouldn’t pay, and his tone was even quite gentle, yet the official flew into a rage, considering it a challenge to the authority of the court and a great disrespect!
Therefore, the old man was thrown into prison, set to be executed. However, this elder was highly regarded and had many Rangers as disciples. When they learned that their mentor had been arrested, they simply took up arms, killed the tax collector, and rebelled!
The surrounding cities had long suffered under the reign of the Fire Leaving Nation, so they readily answered the call to arms. This was why the Monarch needed Cultivators to suppress the revolt.
After learning of the situation, Xiemen Waidao grandly gestured towards where the rebels were and declared, “Over there it is; let’s go offer our ‘products’ there.”
Watching Xiemen Waidao grow increasingly excited, Mukuai 1234 sighed and lamented, “This is supposed to be a Cultivation Simulator, so why are you playing it like this?”
“Shouldn’t Cultivators care for the masses and then adhere to the Heavenly Tao? I am practicing cultivation, too!”
“It sounds somewhat reasonable, but… sigh.”
Faced with Xiemen Waidao’s justification, Mukuai 1234 was somewhat bewildered, but still ended up following him.
The distance between the cities was not far, and Xiemen Waidao had previously looted a good number of Magic Artifacts. After melting them down, he crafted two travel tools for himself and Mukuai 1234, so they arrived at the rebel stronghold in less than half an hour.
Contrasting with the luxurious palace, this place, upon first glance, resembled a refugee camp.
The Soldiers here were clad in rags. Ten of them combined couldn’t muster a single weapon fit for battle; most of them were armed with mere farm tools and, with some rations on their backs, had come to revolt, looking more like displaced people than a rebel army.
But despite their poor equipment, their discipline was quite strict. When Xiemen Waidao and Mukuai 1234 arrived, they had just captured a county city and were now regrouping within.
