The Ming Dynasty took an unconventional approach

Even if she didn't notice it when she landed, she had already sensed something was wrong during her flight from the desert back to the capital and her visit to the palace.

The vegetation is lush, the wild animals are bustling, and people's spirits are high and positive.

If people are in high spirits because of economic prosperity and people's lives getting better day by day, then why are plants and wild animals?
Pan Yun closed her eyes and carefully sensed the changes in this world. When she opened her eyes, she met the piercing gazes of the three people.

Pan Yun watched them quietly.

"Junior Uncle, you've noticed it too, haven't you?" Wang Cong said, "The spiritual energy in the world seems to be a bit denser."

Yin Song: "There are rumors in the martial arts world that because of your ascension, the gods in heaven saw the human world again and granted the human world the path to ascension, and the spiritual energy in the world has increased."

Pan Yun grasped at the air and said softly, "This is because the shackles between heaven and earth have been broken ahead of schedule, and spiritual energy has been revived."

"A resurgence of spiritual energy?"

Pan Yun lowered her eyes and said, "The celestial fortunes are like the tides, rising and falling. In recent years, the climate has been deteriorating and natural disasters have been frequent. I originally thought that we could only rely on human effort to resist the environment..."

Therefore, she worked in the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Agriculture, vigorously developing various tools and cultivating grain varieties.

He also took advantage of the lifting of the maritime ban to allow Wang Cong and various merchant caravans to import various grain varieties from Southeast Asia and the West.

Crops such as corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes were introduced to the Ming Dynasty ahead of schedule. After thirty years of continuous improvement, their yields increased more than threefold.

These drought-resistant and cold-resistant crops fed many people. In addition, with the improvement of the status of craftsmen and farmers, the cultivation of wheat and rice also yielded results. Not to mention wheat, the yield of rice has at least reached five shi per mu.

The yield per mu increased by one-third.

After the imperial court implemented tax reforms, agricultural taxes also decreased significantly.

She had calculated that as long as things continued to develop in this way, twenty years later, at the height of the Little Ice Age, although the climate would be extremely harsh and the period would be very long, the Ming Dynasty would be able to overcome the difficulties thanks to the technology developed by these people.

Of course, this is all predicated on the Ming Dynasty court not causing trouble.

But looking at it now, the environment is quietly changing.

It's not just people; this world itself seems to be struggling against the increasingly deteriorating environment.

Was it really because her ascension caused the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to fluctuate and revive?
Or did something happen that she doesn't know about?
However, as spiritual energy becomes more abundant, humanity's ability to fight against nature increases, but the threats from nature also become greater.

The way of Heaven is balance.

Pan Yun immediately said, "Let's go back to Longhu Mountain."

Wang Cong's eyes widened: "Now?"

"Now."

"Junior Uncle, aren't you going to take a rest?"

Pan Yun glanced at him and said, "I'm not tired. Are you very tired?"

Wang Cong hesitated and said, "Junior Uncle, staying up late is not good. If we don't rest, it will be all night."

Pan Yun threw him into the Three Treasures Cauldron: "Sleep in the cauldron, you don't need to exert any effort, you'll arrive when you wake up."

Wang Cong: ...Then the Three Treasures Cauldron can only be used for sitting. When he lies down, he can't even stretch out his legs, so how can he sleep comfortably?
But Pan Jun ignored his excuses and acted arbitrarily.

In contrast, Yin Song and Yin Qingjun were much more sensible. The two of them took the initiative to jump into the Three Treasures Cauldron and sat cross-legged opposite Wang Cong.

Wang Cong sighed at Yin Song, "Master, I'm mainly thinking of you."

"Thank you, but my physical abilities are superior to yours."

Wang Cong choked, realizing that his cultivation was indeed the weakest among his fellow disciples.

If the sea ban hadn't been lifted and the world hadn't been so wonderful, he wouldn't have wanted to endure the hardships of cultivation at all.

Wang Cong was different from his fellow disciples; they sought immortality, but he did not.

He always felt that people only needed to live to a certain age and see enough of the world. If it weren't for the imperial court lifting the sea ban and his junior uncle taking him to see the different countries and cultures across the sea, he wouldn't want to live any longer.

And now, beyond this world lies another world, one that I have never seen before, yet which I yearn for.

The flow of time is different on both sides. In order to see more and more wonderful worlds, Wang Cong decided to cultivate seriously for a period of time and improve his cultivation so that he could live a little longer.

With that thought in mind, Wang Cong stopped thinking about sleeping and immediately sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and began to regulate his breathing and internal energy.

He had only completed one cycle of the Heavenly Cycle when his breathing became shallow, his head drooped, and he fell asleep.

Pan Jun had anticipated this, and with a flick of his finger, Wang Cong gently tilted to his left and fell asleep on his side.

For Pan Yun, the journey from the capital to Longhu Mountain is not far at all; the Three Treasures Cauldron hangs on Longhu Mountain in less than 45 minutes.

She thought that the restrictions on Longhu Mountain would be useless against her after she ascended to heaven, but when she flew to the mountain, she found that she was still under control.

Helpless, she could only land. Seeing that they were all focused on their cultivation, and since it was still dark and the mountains were quiet with even the spiritual energy drifting silently without any abnormalities, Pan Yun sat down to meditate and cultivate next to the Three Treasures Cauldron.

Almost as soon as she entered meditation, a soft sneer rang in her ear.

Pan Jun raised an eyebrow and looked around intently. All around were colorful spiritual energy points, which were particularly eye-catching in the darkness.

Something seemed to be extending from afar, and Pan Jun looked into the distance.

Her divine sense spread out like a spider web. After a moment, she focused her mind on the high sky and looked down. In the darkness, she saw more than a dozen golden chains extending from all directions of Longhu Mountain to one place, firmly binding a red thing. Beneath the red was a mass of pitch black, which was firmly stuck to it.

The red mass, viewed from above, resembled a curled-up elephant.

It seemed to sense something, raised its head and glanced at her, then let out another sneer.

Pan Jun immediately recognized that the location as the Cliff of Contemplation on Longhu Mountain.

Pan Yun's consciousness snapped back, and she opened her eyes to look in the direction of the Cliff of Contemplation.

After thinking for a moment, she got up, picked up the Three Treasures Cauldron, and headed towards the academy.

When Zhang Ziwang and Lin Jingle noticed the fluctuations in the academy's protective barrier, they assumed that another student had sneaked out and angrily came looking for them. They then saw a huge cauldron floating low in the air.

No, flying is prohibited in Longhu Mountain. Who has the ability to enter the Longhu Mountain area and fly up here?

The restrictions on the academy are the strongest in the entire Longhu Mountain.

Lin Jingle noticed that Zhang Ziwang had also arrived. He exchanged a glance with him from afar and calmly took out talismans and magical artifacts.

When the two got closer, they realized that the cauldron wasn't floating at all; there was someone supporting it from below.

Lin Jingle & Zhang Ziwang: ...

The two put away their magical artifacts, and became even angrier.

Which class are you in?

The large cauldron paused, and the people below froze for a moment.

Just as Lin Jingle couldn't resist the urge to rush forward and overturn the cauldron, it was put down, and a human face appeared from behind it: "Hall Master Lin, Dean Zhang, it's been many years. How have you been?"

Upon seeing this familiar face, which had hardly changed, Lin Jingyue and Zhang Ziwang were both startled.

Their first thought was that Pan Yun was faking it! The Imperial Observatory was faking it! The entire Ming Dynasty was faking it! And their patriarch, Zhang Liuzhen, was involved!

The entire ascension was fake!

But how is that possible?

Although neither of them personally went to Lop Nur to witness Pan Yun's ascension, so many like-minded people and martial arts practitioners went, and even non-human demons and monsters secretly went to see it. How did she manage to fake it?
"You!" Lin Jingle's mind was in turmoil, and it took her a while to find her voice: "How dare you come out?"

How dare you show your face in public after telling such a colossal lie? (End of Chapter)