Master of Strange Dao

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After all, now the overall trend in Dazhen was the belief that a confrontation with the Dali Dynasty would inevitably lead to failure.

Achieving such a war outcome was an unexpected major victory.

Li Xingchen thought, regardless of whether his guesses were right or wrong, these words should absolutely not be spoken.

Emperor Zhen surely wouldn't reveal them to anyone either.

But as a minister, he had to do all that was necessary in advance.

The court would not send strong individuals to interfere with the matter of Immortal Herbs, not even those above the Seventh Tier.

However, among other Sealed Kings, there would definitely be some who couldn't resist.

If they didn't send powerful retainers, it's possible that some strong Sealed Kings would go themselves.

As long as any of them fell in the Abyss, he had to ensure that preliminary intelligence work and preparations were done thoroughly.

At the time, he had to ensure the smooth reclamation of the fiefs.

Emperor Zhen's firm stance against meddling in the matter of Immortal Herbs deeply impressed Li Xingchen.

Even he couldn't resist such temptation, yet Emperor Zhen could.

This made his enthusiasm for his work stand out.

The Dazhen court's action was inaction; they merely sent someone for formality.

But as expected, the Sealed Kings found it difficult to refrain from meddling.

Some got involved, and there were even two Sealed Kings who personally went to the Abyss with their followers.

The Dali court chose to act the same as the Dazhen court.

However, their reasoning differed because the Dali court simply didn't dare to take risks.

In theory, they were still at war with Dazhen, having not exchanged State Letters; Dazhen launching a southern campaign would not be unreasonable.

Even if agreements were reached, they still couldn't turn their backs, leave their defenses, and gamble that the other wouldn't break their promises and stab them in the back.

Meanwhile, their conflict with Daqian was still intense.

They didn't dare redeploy powerful individuals or many people to get involved in this matter.

Similarly, other forces not under direct court command were free to act as they pleased.

As for Daqian, with the strongest foundation, the court only sent three strong individuals, and the Jinyi Wei dispatched some spies.

The most enticing Immortal Herbs ended up causing none of the Three Divine Dynasties to commit significant resources, all being very cautious.

Nonetheless, on the surface, it seemed that many people and strong individuals participated, making it lively.

Yu Ziqing returned to Jinlan Mountain, and even after listening to the Jade Tablet every day, never heard anyone on any consultation channel mention such things.

It seemed those in the know dared not speak, and those unaware wouldn't believe it even if told.

Only the Emperor Kuihou remained wholly focused, never discussing politics in his channels, only entertainment.

The Jade Tablet's widespread popularity and increasing sales were greatly owed to the Emperor Kuihou, making Yu Ziqing want to give him a channel for free.

After finishing this week's consultations and listening to the passionate storyteller on the Jade Tablet, Yu Ziqing put it away to continue his own tasks.

The brought-back Magic Plants were temporarily all settled in the southwest.

No one lived there, the area only occasionally visited by the village chief during drills.

For now, the Magic Plants remained gentle in nature, but they were still Magic Plants and not the inherently rational Bodhi Tree Demon.

Caution was essential.

Most importantly, these Magic Plants were currently quite ordinary, the Snake Willow being the most developed, just moving from seedling to growing stage, while all others were still seedlings.

Preventing chaos was crucial, not out of fear of a rampage, but as if guarding against naughty children.

After planting the Magic Plants, Yu Ziqing intended to place the Victory Spring in the center as before.

However, before planting, Yu Ziqing sought out Wu Shuangge.

"Can your Mixed Yuan Gold Bowl help detoxify it?"

Yu Ziqing pointed to the Victory Spring.

Wu Shuangge looked bewilderedly, staring blankly at Yu Ziqing, then carefully following his pointing to the Victory Spring planted in a pot, and looked back at Yu Ziqing.

"Don't look at me like that, yes, it's this Victory Spring, just tell me if it's possible?"

Wu Shuangge's mouth opened, hesitated repeatedly before finally mustering a response.

"I don't know..."

"This is also a living being, theoretically it should be possible, let's try it out."

Wu Shuangge's expression looked like constipation as he obediently took out the Mixed Yuan Gold Bowl, letting it transform into a toilet shape.

Yu Ziqing carefully removed the Victory Spring from the pot, holding it with both hands.

Standing before the Mixed Yuan Gold Bowl, he looked at it as a toilet, pondered a bit, reached out with a finger, and imagined the shape of a flowerpot.

Since it was for detoxifying the Victory Spring, the form should be a flowerpot.

Instantly, the Mixed Yuan Gold Bowl transformed into a flowerpot.

Yu Ziqing placed the Victory Spring, wrapped in soil, into the flowerpot.

In an instant, some lower leaves of the Victory Spring's weak branches rapidly turned yellow and withered, the leaves falling into the flowerpot.

After dropping a tenth of the leaves and the lower leaves all fell, Yu Ziqing quickly took out the Victory Spring.

It just needed detoxifying, this had to proceed gradually; too vigorous an approach might really kill the Victory Spring.

It was too weak now to withstand having everything resolved at once.

Yu Ziqing didn't dare wash its roots, after one detoxification he planted it among the Magic Plants, so they were all visible from the Victory Spring.

Once planted, he watered thoroughly with stored Vitality Water and then ceased further intervention.