Chapter 46: Chapter 46

Both Phantom and the people of the Forgotten Truth Temple rejected mining wholeheartedly.

As the saying went, ‘a man can be killed but not insulted’.

But Zhang Dongyun had plenty of ways to force them.

Many things were worse than death.

The people of the Thunderclap Sect were trembling with fear just by watching.

The might of Chang’an Fortress was almost engraved in them.

In comparison, the Forgotten Truth Temple was nothing like a heavyweight.

Wu Qiong and the others gained a deep impression of the personnel of the Heavenly Pivot Hall sent by Mister Black Cloud to approach them.

Wu Qiong and the others were shocked by the Cold Mountain Sect members.

Although the Cold Mountain Sect and the Thunderclap Sect were located in different regions, they had the same level of local power.

The person with the highest cultivation in both sects had more or less the same strength.

But now, the overall cultivation strength of the Cold Mountain Sect Master, Guo Zi, and the ordinary disciples had risen.

If it was merely one or two people, it could be said that the Cold Mountain Sect was lucky to produce genius disciples.

But it was abnormal that all of them had improved together.

The most likely source of the change was undoubtedly Chang’an Fortress.

Realizing this, the people of the Thunderclap Sect could not help but become excited..

“Chang’an has shown its prestige by capturing the people of the Secret Cabinet and the Forgotten Truth Temple. Now that it has sent the people of the Cold Mountain Sect to discuss with us, it wants to show us the benefits…” a Thunderclap Sect disciple whispered.

Wu Qiong said, “Regardless of whether or not it’s intentional, since we have made our choice, let’s focus on getting things done.”

Everyone nodded. “Since the turquoise crystals in Chang’an Fortress are quite good quality, there should be plenty of sales.”

The group immediately bid farewell to Mister Black Cloud and hurriedly left Chang’an. They returned to Tongzhou Prefecture to prepare for the export of the turquoise crystals.

Zhang Dongyun was very satisfied at this moment.

In this way, he had also settled the construction quest.

If it was the same as the original game he had designed, then the reward for the quest of establishing jobs would be 1,000 Construction EXP.

As long as he completed this quest, he would have 2,000 Construction EXP, which was enough for the second fortress expansion.

As for the EXP from guarding quests…

[Random Guarding Quest 2.3—Kill or capture Phantom, a commander of the Mingguang Cabinet.]

[Random Guarding Quest 2.4—Kill or capture Elder Tang Chi of the Forgotten Truth Temple.]

[You have captured Phantom and completed Random Guarding Quest 2.3. Rewarded 400 Guarding EXP.]

[You have captured Tang Chi and completed Random Guarding Quest 2.4. Rewarded 400 Guarding EXP.]

Two sixth-realm cultivators had come in a row to throw away their lives. This felt very comfortable.

However, although there were many Daoist cultivators at the fifth realm among the other elders of the Forgotten Truth Temple, because they had come with Tang Chi, who was at the sixth realm, they could not be calculated into EXP, making Zhang Dongyun feel a little regretful.

Nevertheless, it was still not bad to get 800 Guarding EXP in a day.

In this way, together with the EXP he had gotten from Du Kun and Xie Zhao, he had accumulated 1,500 Guarding EXP.

He was not far away from 2,000 Guarding EXP.

When he accumulated 2,000 Guarding and Construction EXP, he could upgrade and expand his fortress for the second time.

Light has appeared before me… Zhang Dongyun smiled in relief.

He controlled the projection of Mister Black Cloud and instructed Hui Tianyu and others to start officially recruiting workers in the fortress.

He left the toughest mining and digging to the captives such as Phantom, while the people of the fortress would handle the other jobs such as transportation and refinement.

Only in this way could their employment problem be solved and a stable industry be formed in the fortress to meet the needs of the system’s quest.

Apart from farmers, others should not be idle.

Chang’an Fortress would not raise useless people.

Being gluttonous and lazy would not do.

The only exception among the captives was Tang Chi.

He was so badly wounded that if Zhang Dongyun had not been merciful, the old Daoist priest would have died on the spot.

The projection of Mister Black Cloud, together with the badly wounded Tang Chi, returned to a large hall.

Two people were in the hall, a man and a woman. They were Xie Zhao and Chen Chaoyan.

Xie Zhao looked distraught. And when he saw Mister Black Cloud bringing Tang Chi in, the bitter smile on his face became even more intense. “Granduncle-Master?”

Tang Chi was equally weak. “What’s wrong with you?”

Xie Zhao sighed. “I suffered some blows.”

In a nutshell, the other party attacked, and he defended.

“You’re meat on someone’s chopping block!” Tang Chi looked at the girl at the side. “Her?”

Chen Chaoyan first saluted Mister Black Cloud, and then a pair of black eyes swiveled around to size up Tang Chi curiously.

“This is Miss Chen,” Xie Zhao said. “Miss Chen is a natural genius, but unfortunately, we could not discover her earlier.”

The young girl curled her lips. “If I had joined the Forgotten Truth Temple, I might not have had the opportunity to learn the arts of Chang’an.”

Xie Zhao then smiled bitterly again.

Tang Chi was flabbergasted.

Xie Zhao was very young, but he had already cultivated to the fifth realm of Daoism and had formed his golden core.

The old Daoist priest, who was two generations older than him, was only at the sixth realm.

The young girl was a rare Dharmic Dao genius whom the Forgotten Truth Temple had not seen.

Right now, Xie Zhao had already surpassed many of his seniors, and his future was boundless.

Had it not been for this, the Forgotten Truth Temple would not have decided so early on that he would be the successor to the abbot.

The entire sect expected him to be the future leader and lead the Forgotten Truth Temple to compete with the other three great Daoist sacred grounds.

But now, Xie Zhao was praising a young girl in such a way and implying that he was inferior to her.

Tang Chi watched Xie Zhao grow up and learn the arts, and he knew him well enough to know that he was not exaggerating his praise of Chen Chaoyan to flatter Chang’an.

He really recognized Chen Chaoyan as a Dao cultivation genius above him.

“She… is already at Foundation Establishment?” Tang Chi could not help asking.

Xie Zhao nodded. “Just yesterday.”

Tang Chi gazed at Chen Chaoyan. “She’s thirteen years old? Fourteen years old? How long has she been learning the Dao?”

“Less than ten days.” Xie Zhao coughed.

“Ten… days?” Tang Chi thought he misheard.

Xie Zhao smiled bitterly. “You should know by now that I am by no means exaggerating, Granduncle-Master.”

He looked at Chen Chaoyan with a complicated gaze.

“Miss Chen is from the Chen clan and learned the Martial Dao from a young age. In fact, it was only after I came to Chang’an that she began to get in touch with the Dharmic Dao.

“When Miss Chen learned the Dao, she broke through resonance and succeeded in transforming her Qi in a few hours. And within the next ten days, she successfully reached Foundation Establishment.”

Xie Zhao sighed. “I am not as good as her.”

Dumbfounded, Tang Chi looked at Chen Chaoyan across from him.

The young girl scratched her head. “Senior Black Cloud said it was only average.”

Tang Chi almost spurted blood at the words.

Reaching Foundation Establishment in ten days is average?

Do you know how many people can never reach this realm in their lives?

However, when he came to his senses, his expression moved slightly. “Does the Dharmic Dao she cultivate come from Chang’an? Do you know what kind of Dharmic formulation it is?”

“It’s a top-notch lightning technique. I know little about it,” Xie Zhao answered. “But it looks like it’s above the Dharmic Dao of the Azure Cloud Temple.”

Among the four Daoist sacred grounds in Eastern Tang, the Azure Cloud Temple had always been the best when it came to lightning techniques.

In Xie Zhao’s opinion, the legacy of the Azure Cloud Temple was far inferior to the Supreme Clarity Divine Heaven Precious Record that Chen Chaoyan was learning.

The speed of Chen Chaoyan’s initial progress was mind-blowing to him.

Just like Tang Chi, he could now only console himself with the fact that the other party’s Dharmic Dao was brilliant, and with a master in Chang’an Fortress guiding her, her fast progress was not surprising.

“Chang’an Fortress has such an exquisite Dharmic Dao. Could it be that it is also a Daoist lineage…” Tang Chi was in awe.

But black mist quickly swept him away.

Mister Black Cloud appeared and instructed Chen Chaoyan, “Don’t be lazy.”

“Yes!” Chen Chaoyan subconsciously straightened her body.

Then a bolt of lightning struck Xie Zhao.

He could only quickly resist it.

In the black mist, Tang Chi could not move and was cut off from the outside world.

The figure of Mister Black Cloud appeared in the mist.

“His Majesty is forgiving and will spare your lives regardless of your sins for trespassing Chang’an,” Mister Black Cloud said indifferently.

The old Daoist priest cursed in his heart.

We didn’t trespass the fortress at all!

It was you who made things difficult for us and didn’t let us go!

People often had to concede when they needed the help of others. Even though Elder Tang was gloomy, he could only keep his mouth shut now.

He then heard the old man in black continue to say, “You may be exempted from the punishment of death, but you must pay the price if you wish to live.

“Working in the mine is one, and right now, it is another.”

“What does Your Excellency want?” Tang Chi asked after a moment of silence.

“Information. Information that interests me.” Mister Black Cloud smiled. “If your information is valuable, you may be exempted from work.”

Isn’t it all up to you whether you’re interested in it or whether it has value? Tang Chi cursed in his heart.

He took a deep breath. “I know little, but I have heard some news about this world, so there’s no harm in telling you. But if it involves the internal affairs of my sect, I’m sorry, but I can’t tell you anything.”

“Even if you don’t tell me, I will find out in my own way,” Mister Black Cloud said casually. “It’s just that His Majesty has the virtue of cherishing life, and I would like to learn from him.”

Upon hearing that, Tang Chi felt a chill spread throughout his body.

He gritted his teeth. “You can question me by torture. I will never betray my sect.”

“What guts you have. I like that.” Mister Black Cloud smiled, stretched out a hand, and pressed it on his head.

“First, tell me about the secret cave of the heavenly wolf.”

Through Tang Chi, Fortress Lord Zhang learned a lot of things that interested him.

Earlier, he was wondering why the Forgotten Truth Temple had sent such a weak team here.

After the fifth-realm Xie Zhao, it was then the sixth-realm Tang Chi, rather than elders of the Forgotten Truth Temple who had higher cultivation or even the abbot himself.

Given Xie Zhao’s status, such an incident happening to him was enough to alarm the entire Forgotten Truth Temple.

Currently, only sixth-realm Tang Chi could lead people over. The Forgotten Truth Temple had no choice.

Its exploration of the secret cave of the heavenly wolf was at a critical juncture.

Many people were injured in the cave, and most of the experts, including the abbot himself, were in the cave trying to subdue the heavenly wolf.

Zhang Dongyun was concerned that an imprint had appeared in the cave.

The entire Forgotten Truth Temple did not understand what the imprint represented.

But through Tang Chi, Zhang Dongyun saw the imprint and immediately recognized that it had something to do with the immortal ruins.

That heavenly wolf is connected to the immortal ruins…

So, it seems that it should be ‘Heavenly Wolf’ Yang Li.

Besides, he does have a fragment of the immortal ruins.

According to the latest information from the Forgotten Truth Temple, Heavenly Wolf is showing signs of escaping.

If he escapes, it will be hard to find him again.

Zhang Dongyun frowned, his expression turning solemn.