The Emperor is Above

Chapter 389 No wonder the Great Shen Dynasty declined so much in just years

"Reporting to the senior official, we are indeed from Zhongzhou Weiguo, south of the Yellow River!"

The sixty-year-old puppeteer in the lead had a flash of panic in his eyes. His skinny body bent even more, his wide black robe looked empty, and his expression became even more respectful.
"We were originally a member of the Mage Battalion under Duke Wei, but because the king Duke Wei died suddenly twenty years ago, the five princes fought fiercely for the throne.

Everyone was unwilling to kill each other in Wei State, so they had no choice but to flee to Xing State, and by chance they were captured by the Ghost Witch Tribe—"

"My patience has its limits. Don't think that just because I haven't been to Zhongzhou, you can just talk nonsense and fool me.

This housekeeper, Gongsun Wu, is the grandson of Duke Wei. With him by my side, how can I not know the affairs of the State of Wei? Do you want to check it carefully?"

Qing Yi's eyes narrowed slightly, a hint of fierceness flashed across them, and his tone became increasingly cold. He even grasped the Chixiao Divine Sword in his right hand.

"You must cherish the opportunity given to you and make the most of it. Otherwise, you will regret it if you miss it. Now I will give you another chance to organize your words."

"this--"

The puppeteer looked increasingly panicked, glancing at Gongsun Wu in disbelief. Some of the other puppeteers behind him had collapsed to the ground, emitting a foul odor.

In fact, Gongsun Wu didn't know much about the Wei State, and Qing Yi was afraid of causing Jiang Ji's grief, so he seldom asked them, but this did not affect his ability to bluff people.

Then Qing Yi pointed at Fu Shou and sneered at the puppeteers, "This is Fu Shou, the chief of the Fuhu tribe in Northern Xinjiang, who personally received you twenty years ago.

You attracted a third-grade vicious bird, which almost caused the annihilation of the Fuhu tribe. Later, he saw with his own eyes that you took the initiative to move towards the Guiwu tribe.

Tell me your origins and intentions. I won't give you a second chance. If you continue to deceive me with sweet words, I will send you to accompany the Ghost Witch Army!"

"Wow—"

The four Great Wilderness Dragon Vultures that had just landed stretched out their necks in unison in an extremely cooperative manner. Their huge bodies cast long shadows in the setting sun, and their majestic dragon-like heads were extremely sharp, staring closely at the group of puppeteers with ulterior motives.

"aim--"

More than twenty guardian totems, led by a second-grade big cat, stared at the puppet masters. They were so bold as to deceive the lord.

Under the gazes of such a group of powerful beasts and ferocious birds, even the people around felt a chill down their spines, let alone this group of puppeteers.

Even the puppeteers who had been holding on just now could not hold on any longer and collapsed to the ground, trembling. The timid ones even fainted.

"Alas, Doctor Shang, don't you know that we are also suffering!"

The oldest puppeteer in the lead pondered for a long time with his eyes changing constantly, and finally spoke honestly,

"My name is Kui Wendou, and my companions behind me are not from Wei State, but from Diqiu, 8,000 miles southeast of Wei State."

"Emperor Hill?"

"Where is the capital of the Son of Heaven?"

There was a burst of exclamations from all around. Even many ordinary villagers had heard of the name of Diqiu.

Even Fu Shou, Xiong Zhong, Hu Ya, Niu Wu, Ma Huan and other wild chieftains from remote areas had also heard of Di Qiu, and they all stared at this group of puppeteers in surprise. Yang Hu and Zhu Zhiwu looked at each other in shock, and then asked in surprise: "Our Imperial College's chief priest Chen Lun mentioned last year that there were people in Zhongzhou who studied war puppets decades ago. Could it be that you gentlemen were talking about it?"

"That's right, if the Chen Lun you're talking about is a 70-year-old man, then the group of people he's talking about is us!" Kui Wendou nodded bitterly.

"Chen Lun once studied in Diqiu thirty years ago and had a brief contact with us, but he was not optimistic about our research, so the two sides did not have much contact."

Qing Yi thought for a moment and continued to ask: "Since you are from Diqiu, the core of the four poles and eight wildernesses, where the capital of the emperor of the Great Shen Dynasty is located, it has always been a rich and envied place.

Why did you come to the remote northern wilderness? And why did you shamelessly join the Ghost Witch Tribe that worships ghosts and evil things? Don't say you were forced to do this!"

"Alas, Zhongzhou Diqiu is a prosperous place with fertile rivers and lakes, abundant sea and land resources, and a great number of rare and precious things. Merchants gather here, and compared to the poverty of the Northern Wasteland, it can be called a land of abundance.

If we could stay in Diqiu and study war puppets peacefully, why would we come to the northern border of Xing State, 20,000 miles away?"

Kui Wendou looked miserable and said with a complicated expression,

"We were originally students of the Imperial College of Diqiu. Thirty years ago, during a discussion, we had a sudden idea and proposed whether we could combine rune formations, weapon refining techniques, and mechanical techniques.

Later, under the leadership of a member of the royal family of the Great Shen Dynasty, everyone gathered together to jointly research and create a powerful war puppet. "

Qing Yi nodded slightly. Xing State had the Imperial Academy, and Diqiu, as the capital of the Great Shen Dynasty, also had a larger Imperial Academy. It was said that at its peak two hundred years ago, there were 30,000 Imperial Academy students.

Kui Wendou's eyes were filled with memories, and he said slowly: "That royal family member has great financial resources, and he is also very talented and knowledgeable at a young age, so he is very popular among the royal family.

Our research on war puppets initially received support from many members of the royal family of the Dashen Dynasty. They gave us money and materials, and a lot of refining materials piled up like mountains.

The reason why the royal family members support our research on war puppets, in addition to the contribution of that royal family member, is more because they hope that our research can make the Great Shen Dynasty prosperous again.

We have been studying hard for more than ten years with passion and interest, creating many new rune formations. We have also combined weapon refining techniques, rune formations, and mechanical techniques to create the most primitive war puppets.

However, the war puppets, which were made with a large amount of precious materials and crystals, were huge in size and consumed a great number of crystals, but their movement speed was unacceptably slow and they could not be used in war at all.

Then we thought that since the speed of movement was slow, we would add a large number of long-range attack weapons on it. However, the things we made could heat, cool, provide transportation, and emit light, but they just had no lethality.

With the long research time and huge cost, the royal family members who originally supported us gradually lost interest. The worst thing is that the royal family members we led were implicated in the struggle for the throne among the emperor's legitimate sons.

The crown prince not only wants to kill his entire family, young and old, but also wants to kill all of us students who are attached to him, and even bribed the Shen Ce Army, which is known as the emperor's personal army. "

Qing Yi was extremely speechless after hearing this. The things that this group of puppeteers had been researching were obviously very promising, not to mention that they had already developed a prototype of the giant beast puppet.

Even those inventions for heating, cooling, transportation and lighting can be used to make water heaters, refrigerators, transportation devices and lighting equipment, and are all inventions and innovations with great potential.

Thinking of this, Qing Yi interrupted without hesitation in a regretful tone, "No wonder the Great Shen Dynasty declined so much in just 800 years. They really have no business sense at all.

They only focused on the combat effectiveness of the war puppets and thought that inventions without combat effectiveness were waste. They never thought about how much wealth these things were worth.

From now on, your lives are saved. I will arrange for people to carry out the next step of research after sorting out these things. Please continue talking!"

(End of this chapter)