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"Anyway, none of the Cultivators on Earth are our match. With our abilities, even if the country launches missiles, we can fend them off."
"Should I reveal my identity as well?" Hanno asked.
Elder Brother Li shook his head and pulled him to sit beside him. "It doesn't matter whether you expose yourself or not, but it's better to keep it hidden for now."
Hanno nodded. "I wonder when the Special Department and the Cultivators will come knocking."
Elder Brother Li replied, "It should be soon."
As soon as he finished speaking, the doorbell rang. The two used their Divine Sense to check who it was and saw that it was Tang Guanchao and another middle-aged man.
Hanno said, "The Special Department is here first. They might use your previous military position to bring you into the Special Department."
Elder Brother Li sighed. "In the past, I would have been thrilled to join, but now I hold a general's position in the Great Zhou. I don't have extra time to join the Special Department."
Hanno asked, "So how do you plan to resolve this?"
Elder Brother Li said, "With strength!"
Hanno was puzzled. "What do you mean?"
Elder Brother Li explained, "After all, I'm a Cultivator now. The Special Department won't make things difficult for me. I can promise them that if there's an important and tricky problem that even other Cultivators can't solve, they can come to me for help."
As expected, facing Elder Brother Li's formidable strength, the Special Department quickly shifted from a management command relationship to a cooperative one with him. They reissued his credentials and assigned him a position, allowing Elder Brother Li to once again receive public rations in this world. The amount of rations was considerable for an ordinary person but was merely pocket money for Elder Brother Li, a general from another world.
Just as the people from the Special Department left, two Cultivators arrived at the door—one at the Qi Layer of Qi Refinement and the other at the Fifth Layer of Qi Refinement. In the eyes of mortals and even those in the Special Department, they were already considered top experts. However, in Hanno's and Elder Brother Li's eyes, they were nothing special. The practitioners assumed that Elder Brother Li had only been cultivating for a few years and must not be very powerful; they thought it would suffice to let these two juniors meet him to see if they could glean any information about his master. However, upon seeing Elder Brother Li, they immediately knelt down. At first glance, he appeared like an ordinary person, yet they felt an instinctive fear emanating from him. The two quickly realized that Elder Brother Li was not a novice but a much stronger expert than themselves. They immediately changed their attitude, treating him with respect as juniors and began explaining the current situation in the cultivation world.
"The one who helped stabilize the plane during the recent crash incident was you, right?" Ming Xu from the Qi Layer of Qi Refinement asked. He was Ming Zhen's junior disciple and had heard detailed accounts of the incident from Ming Zhen.
Elder Brother Li glanced at his wife and took the blame for her.
"Those two were careless in their duel, endangering mortals, and they should be punished for it. So, are you going to help them regain their honor?"
The two quickly shook their heads, not daring to agree. According to Ming Zhen, the one punishing them was at least at the peak of the Golden Core stage; they might as well be seeking death. It was just too strange—Wei Feng had only been missing for less than five years, yet his cultivation was somehow higher than that of practitioners who had trained for hundreds of years.
"Perhaps there are still secret realms on Earth that we don't know about, and with time laws in place, Wei Feng must have cultivated for more than a thousand years inside. Returning now, it has only been five years," speculated the leader of Western Xuan Mountain.
The matter of Li Wei Feng drew the attention of the cultivation world, and the Top Ten Sect Leaders gathered to discuss this suddenly emerged expert.
Upon hearing the words of the leader of Western Xuan Mountain, the others' eyes sparkled with greed. If they could enter such a secret realm, wouldn't they be able to reach the Nascent Soul stage? Not only would their cultivation increase, but their lifespans would also multiply?
"But Wei Feng is at the Nascent Soul Stage!" Wangwu Mountain's leader said coolly.
A bucket of cold water extinguished the fire in everyone's hearts.
"Even if he is at the Nascent Soul Stage, with so many of us from ten sects combined, can we not defeat him alone?" one stubborn leader argued.
Wangwu Mountain's leader scoffed at that person: "An expert at the Nascent Soul Stage! A group of Foundation Establishment and Qi Refinement practitioners would just be delivering food to him."
The leader of Mount Luofu said, "Perhaps he is not at the Nascent Soul Stage but merely at the peak of the Golden Core Stage. If we let a few ancestors take action, we should be able to capture him!"
Many leaders began to consider this possibility.
The leader of Linwu Mountain spoke up: "Even if he is at the early Golden Core Stage, he won't be easy to capture. Every Golden Core practitioner has their unique life-saving escape methods. If we fail to hold him down and he escapes, he could retaliate against us in secret. Our disciples from all ten sects would suffer."
The leader of West City Mountain hesitated before speaking: "I heard Wei Feng married a Mortal Realm woman. If we capture this woman and threaten Wei Feng with her to reveal the location of the secret realm, that should work, right?"
The Qingcheng Mountain Sect Leader immediately opposed: "No way! The rules of the cultivation world prohibit us from acting against mortals without reason."
Wangwu Mountain's leader agreed: "It would be best for us to build a good relationship with Wei Feng."
Several sect leaders agreed with this opinion, while a few others exchanged glances, their thoughts straying into inappropriate territories.
At this moment, Hanno and Elder Brother Li were unaware that someone had set their sights on Hanno. The two were busy preparing for the Autumn Hunt. The event would last for half a month, meaning they would have to camp outdoors for that duration. Although as Transcendence Stage Cultivators they could forgo sleep and meditate through the night, Hanno, who was accustomed to sleeping, would not deprive himself of comfort. He dragged Elder Brother Li to an outdoor supply store and bought several sleeping bags, not caring about the price as long as they were comfortable. Hanno even considered purchasing a few tents but was stopped by Elder Brother Li.
"Ancient tents may not be as convenient as modern ones, but they are definitely not lacking in quality and offer plenty of space," Elder Brother Li explained.
"Then we won't buy a tent," Hanno said, stuffing the packaged sleeping bags into Elder Brother Li's arms. "Let's buy more shoes and delicious food to stash inside. We can take them out to eat when no one is around, instead of having barbecued meat every meal."
"It's not like we'll be eating barbecued meat every meal; the people from the Imperial Kitchen will bring ingredients along when they leave the capital," Elder Brother Li replied.
Hanno pouted. "The food from the Imperial Kitchen is primarily reserved for the emperor and the consorts. What will we get? It's better to prepare our own meals and ensure we have enough."
Elder Brother Li countered, "Buying ready-made food doesn't really count as being well-prepared."
Hanno shrugged. "I'll go buy a few packs of instant noodles. Does that count as being well-prepared?"
Elder Brother Li sighed. "Fine, let's buy some instant noodles too."
Finally, the day of departure arrived. Although Mo Yan, the Princess preferred riding horses over taking a carriage, this was an unusual situation with a large group of men—emperors, nobles, ministers, and soldiers—outside, leaving the women confined to their carriages. However, Mo Yan did not want to stay alone in her carriage and called Qi Xueru to join her in Hanno's carriage.
Hanno's carriage was specially customized in modern times; it had tires on the wheels, springs installed on the frame, and a mattress-like floorboard that made it incredibly comfortable whether one stood or sat inside.
"This carriage is so comfortable! Where did you get it made? I want to order one too," Mo Yan exclaimed as she rolled around comfortably inside.
"It was custom-made by my family. If you want one, I can ask them to make another for you," Hanno replied while adjusting the curtains to look outside.
"One isn't enough; I want three! One for my parents and one for my in-laws," Mo Yan declared.
Qi Xueru was sitting nearby, brewing tea, and said, "I'll have three carts as well."
"Not a problem." Hanno looked out the window at the long line of vehicles, and suddenly a few dozen oddly shaped closed carriages caught her eye. "What are those carriages for?"
Qi Xueru looked up; her seat faced the window, allowing her to see outside. However, she had no recollection of the strange carriages Hanno pointed out, so she shook her head.
Mo Yan, the Princess, propped herself up and leaned toward the window. She saw that the carriages Hanno mentioned were about ten times larger than ordinary ones, pulled by twelve horses each. The compartments were completely sealed, with only a small opening at the top, resembling modern fuel tankers.
"Those are water transport vehicles," Mo Yan, the Princess explained. "These vehicles travel back and forth between the capital and Mulan Enclosure to bring fresh water for the Emperor and the ministers."
"Water transport?" Qi Xueru asked in surprise. "Isn't there water near Mulan Enclosure?"
"Perhaps the water quality in the capital is better and more nourishing. The Emperor is used to good water and can't drink anything else," Hanno speculated. It was similar to how the Qing Dynasty emperors had spring water transported from Yuqianshan into the palace. When Qianlong traveled to Jiangnan, he specifically used carts to transport Yuquan water for drinking along the way. Upon reaching Jinan and tasting Baotu Spring, which he found even clearer and sweeter than Yuquan water, he bestowed upon Baotu Spring the title originally given to Yuquan water and began using Baotu Spring water from Jinan southward.
"That's not it," Mo Yan, the Princess shook her head. "The main issue is that while there are rivers and water near Mulan Enclosure, they are heavily polluted. The water drawn from them is filled with silt and difficult to drink, which is why we need to transport water from the capital."
Is it like a version of the Yellow River?
"What about the people living near Mulan Enclosure? How do they drink?" Qi Xueru asked with concern; after all, she was a doctor's wife and had a healer's heart.
Mo Yan, the Princess sighed. "Ordinary folks will draw water in advance and store it in barrels. They take surface water from town when needed. However, due to the excessive silt in the river, even if they draw from town, they can only get about one-third of clean drinking water."
Hearing that the common people could access some drinkable water eased Qi Xueru's worries slightly. "I just hope we don't experience another drought like last year."
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