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Chapter 198 Soul Scattered, Heaven-Mending Stone (9)

"The Land of Illusion? An illusion?"

"And Qin Keqing, even among the royal descendants there is that so-called reincarnation of the Taixu Illusionary Realm? What exactly are they trying to do? Does my father know about this?"

Even though Ding Shui didn't know much, Emperor Yonghe still sensed from the few words that the so-called Illusory Realm of Taixu must have some grand scheme. He even had a vague worry that this strange force might also covet the imperial power or have some other influence over it.

It's just because Ding Shui provided too little information.

He also found it difficult to make any accurate guesses.

"I don't know, but none of that should matter for now. They probably won't dare to mess with you anyway, and if I really can steal the fortune of the Imperial Seal of the State..."

At that time, the palace will be even more impervious to evil.

So you don't need to worry about these things for now.

I will do my best to help you, and you will also need to help me. There is only one way for you to help me: to enhance national strength. Whether it's expanding our actual territory, improving the living standards of our people, or increasing their happiness, all of these things will enhance national strength.

The improvement of national strength can undoubtedly provide more indirect proof.

My Imperial Seal is genuine.

Once I have truly and perfectly stolen the destiny of the Imperial Seal of the State and transformed it into a divine artifact of humanity, you can even take me to directly attack the Illusionary Realm of the Great Void, and capture all the people in the Illusionary Realm, as well as beings like the lame Taoist priest and the bald-headed monk.

I refuse to believe that the truth won't be revealed through torture!

Now that they have embarked on the path of stealing the Imperial Seal's fortune, Ding Shuiyuan's original plan to be more moderate, slowly gather information, and learn more secrets will naturally change, and he will directly take the path of overwhelming power.

So what if the Land of Illusion is incredibly mysterious?
As long as she can become a divine artifact of humanity, even if it is only a divine artifact of humanity in this world, it will be enough to suppress all the mystical sects, immortal sects, or ghosts and gods in this world.

Of course, this is on the premise that the Land of Illusion exists in this world.

If we exist independently of the world.

That's hard to say.

But it shouldn't be that bad. The Illusionary Realm is an illusion, and it's probably not even as good as a blessed land. And even blessed lands can't escape the world, so how could an illusion survive in the Chaos Sea?

It might not even be able to withstand the chaotic energy!

Therefore, Ding Shui is quite confident.

"Okay, then tell me in detail what you can do, so I can make a plan."

After all, matters of immortals and gods are indeed a bit far removed from reality.

Therefore, Emperor Yonghe quickly returned to normal and asked the question.

"There's not much I can do right now. At most, I can help people cure their illnesses, prolong their lives, and even force them to turn back the clock. However, for now, I can only help people live to be 120 years old, and the cost is quite high."

And I don't recommend that you reveal this too early.

After all, your father is only seventy this year, and I imagine you wouldn't want to see him live another fifty years in good health.

Ding Shui quickly began to talk about his first ability.

Emperor Yonghe was somewhat speechless, but he also quite agreed, though he felt that Ding Shui's words were too blunt.

It's as if he's some kind of unfilial son.

"In addition, I can help you read minds and let you know what your ministers are thinking right now. However, even if we don't need to be face to face, we can't be too far apart, if we can pay a higher price."

It can even allow you to view other people's memories.

"Also, I can predict the weather in the capital, but not if it's too far away; I have to go there in person. In addition, I can also do some detection related to the Five Elements, such as where there are mineral veins, where there is groundwater to drill wells, where there is magma, and even where there will be natural disasters."

I can sense it as long as I'm close!

"At the same time, any unusual phenomena related to the Five Elements, or even using the Five Elements techniques of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth to help you assassinate a person or two, or to punish a person or two, is also no problem."

But it shouldn't be too frequent, since killing creates karma.

If you really want to know what she can do, Ding Shui could talk for three days and three nights and still not finish. However, many of her abilities are hard to explain. Is it reasonable for a naive and ignorant spirit of a five-colored stone fragment who was tricked into descending to the mortal world to produce a whole bunch of high-tech technologies? It is obviously quite unreasonable!

At this juncture of developing national strength, Ding Shui really couldn't force growth by pushing things too hard or pushing them too fast. She could only provide indirect assistance; otherwise, she would have to fabricate many more stories.

To explain how she knew those technologies.

But Ding Shui really didn't want to use his brain anymore.

So let's leave it at that!
After explaining his current abilities, Ding Shui didn't stop there; instead, he began to paint a rosy picture:

"These are just my current abilities. If our plan succeeds, it will allow me to completely steal the destiny of the Imperial Seal and transform it into a divine artifact of humanity."

These abilities of mine should all undergo a transformation.

For example, I can predict the weather across the country, even natural disasters, and I can also detect the country's water veins, underground water flows, and mineral veins, and even calculate production output.

In addition, it can build a basic humanitarian system.

For example, I can use the Imperial Seal of the State to contact anyone in the country who has an official seal at any time. However, the prerequisite is that a trace of my aura must be incorporated into the seal. All official seals need to be remelted and remade, as the original seals are useless.

The effects of prolonging life should also be improved.

But I don't know the specifics!

"And this is only the initial stage. If you can conquer the whole world and bring it all under your rule, then you can even live on with the country through me. That is, as long as the country does not perish, you can live on with me."

You can also appropriately bestow titles upon deities.

Make some people like you.

As long as the country doesn't perish, they can continue to live.

However, there will likely be a quota limit, with only a few slots available every few years. There will also be requirements regarding individual ability, contributions, and beliefs. I'm not entirely sure of the specifics, as the mention of the Imperial Seal of the State only brought up the concept of inheritance in my mind.

"what?"

At this moment, Emperor Yonghe was completely stunned by Ding Shui's grand promise. He was not only incredulous but also extremely excited, because according to Ding Shui, as long as he could successfully conquer the whole world, wouldn't that mean he could live forever? This was true immortality!
Of course, his excitement only lasted a few seconds.

He soon realized that this was a difficult matter.

Throughout history, even during the most prosperous periods of the Han and Tang dynasties, the territory was not much larger than it is today, and many areas were not under actual control and were not fully assimilated.

In this dynasty, even maintaining the existing territory is somewhat difficult. To put it bluntly, with enemy countries invading the borders, most ministers would prefer to negotiate peace first.

If we were to launch a military invasion, I reckon a lot of people would start criticizing us for being militaristic and wasteful.

Most importantly, Emperor Yonghe knew how big the world was. The Imperial Palace had the Kunyu Wanguo Quantu (Complete Map of the World). Compared with the whole world, even if we don't count the oceans and only consider the land area, the territory of his country was nothing. If we also included the oceans, the gap would be even greater.

Immortality is very exciting.

However, the premise is that ruling the whole world is too difficult.

At least Emperor Yonghe genuinely felt at this point that the actual difficulty was not much different from directly attacking Kunlun, killing the Queen Mother of the West, and seizing her elixir of immortality. Both were simply impossible!
Therefore, Emperor Yonghe soon smiled wryly and said:
"You've painted me a pie in the sky, a dream come true, something I wouldn't even dare to imagine in my wildest dreams..."

"You don't need to be so frustrated."

The strength of other countries today is not as great as you think. If you can mobilize all the population and resources of all forces in your country and unite them as one, it is not difficult to rule the world.

Moreover, this doesn't actually require you to have perfect control over the entire world, or some aspects that are difficult to control.

Or places that are beyond our reach.

You can kill everyone in those places if you want.

The key to the Humanity Dynasty and the Humanity Artifacts lies in the people, not the place. Furthermore, not everyone was created by Nuwa. Many humans in the outside world were not created by Nuwa, but were created by other gods in imitation of Nuwa.

So you don't need to worry too much.

Once you bring 90% of the world's population under your rule, then your Humanitarian Empire will be complete.

"And it's not something you can achieve overnight. You can live for 120 years now, and as the country's strength grows and the territory it rules expands, my abilities will inevitably improve. Although I can't make you immortal for now, I can certainly extend your lifespan, as long as you can unify the world within a hundred years."

Then immortality can be achieved!

The pie had already been drawn up; if Emperor Yonghe didn't accept it at all, Ding Shui would have drawn it up for nothing. So, of course, Ding Shui quickly added something to make Emperor Yonghe accept it.

Even if it doesn't achieve perfect success in the future.

Even if only part of it succeeds.

It is also enough to perfectly restore the original body's true spirit, and even the soul is successfully restored, and further improved.

Reassured by Ding Shui's words, and more importantly, by the fact that the timeframe had been extended to a hundred years, Emperor Yonghe suddenly felt that the matter wasn't so far-fetched after all. With effort, success was not impossible. However, he also knew that haste makes waste, so he quickly replied:

"Let me think about it some more. Besides, this matter is not urgent. We must first secure our internal stability before dealing with external threats, let alone attacking other countries."

The most important thing right now is to reclaim power and improve people's livelihoods. At the very least, we need to fill the national treasury with enough money and grain for disaster relief and for waging war. Only then can we expand our territory. There's no rush!

Clearly, he wasn't confused by Ding Shui's gluttony.

He was still quite rational.

"Good, good, good. I am relieved that you have such thoughts. If you were to recklessly charge forward and attack neighboring countries, I would probably have to flee immediately. After all, I cannot bear the karma caused by defeat or the loss of national strength."

Indeed, there's no need to rush anything.

I'll have to wait until I successfully steal the Imperial Seal's fortune.

Let's talk about it after it transforms into a divine artifact for humanity!

At this point, Ding Shui's relationship with Emperor Yonghe could only be considered a cooperative one. He did not attempt to delve into Emperor Yonghe's memories, so he was just testing the waters a little to put his mind at ease.
After all, once it transforms into a divine artifact for humanity...

It will be difficult to back out later.

Little did he know, Emperor Yonghe was actually slightly relieved. Ding Shui was worried that he would act too impulsively, and he was also worried that Ding Shui was trying to incite him to engage in militarism.

Now that Ding Shui has said this, he has also mentioned karma.

He was relieved.

Then he chatted with Ding Shui for a while, and took the opportunity to use Ding Shui's abilities to check whether the Empress had done anything wrong, or whether she had harmed his children or concubines.

Then, I spent the entire night without sleep, feeling conflicted.

He also decided to test those around him less in the future, or rather, to look into their memories less. The Empress, whom he had always considered exceptionally capable, had secretly harmed three of his children, and the deaths of two concubines were also related to her—all of which he found utterly unacceptable.

If I had known this would happen, I would have preferred not to watch it.

I don't know how to face the Empress now.

……

The morning meeting proceeded as scheduled in the early hours of the following day.

What's special is that, out of curiosity, many officials and nobles who originally held no real power and were not required to attend court assemblies...

They've all come to attend the morning assembly!
They could choose to attend these daily court assemblies or not; there were no explicit orders requiring them to attend, nor were there any explicit orders prohibiting them from attending. Only on important days with grand court assemblies would they be required to attend.

They usually can't get up for the morning court session.

It's normal that they don't come.

But today is an exception. It's just a small court assembly on an ordinary day, but the number of people attending is almost the same as a large court assembly.

Without a doubt, the moment Emperor Yonghe appeared, they all gasped in shock. The last grand court assembly had been held ten days prior, so the officials and nobles present had not seen Emperor Yonghe for at most ten days, and many had seen him just yesterday.

Even during normal court assemblies, they dared not look directly at Emperor Yonghe and carefully scrutinized his appearance, but they knew his general appearance. Now, suddenly he looked ten years younger, who wouldn't be shocked?

For a moment, many people forgot to bow.

Some people even made surprised noises.

At this moment, Emperor Yonghe, quite pleased with himself, took out the Imperial Seal of the State and said with a cheerful mood:
"As all my ministers can see, I look much younger than I did yesterday. This is all thanks to the auspicious signs of yesterday, but compared to my rejuvenation..."

What auspicious omens bring is more important.

The Imperial Seal of the State has reappeared!

"The Imperial Seal of the State, passed down from the First Emperor!"

After saying this, Emperor Yonghe raised the Imperial Seal of the State in his hand, and Ding Shui also emitted a burst of colorful light. Then, the scene fell silent.

There has been too much shocking news in such a short time.

Everyone was a little taken aback.

However, after the initial shock, most people's first reaction was not to believe, but to question, since the Imperial Seal of the State had been lost for far too long.

Many emperors of previous dynasties claimed to have found the Imperial Seal of the State, but its authenticity could never be verified.

They didn't even dare to let anyone verify it.

Later, they stopped saying they had found the Imperial Seal of the State and instead carved a new seal or created a whole bunch of different kinds of seals.

Different jade seals have different functions.

The imperial jade seal was distributed like it was being sold in bulk.

Therefore, even if the imperial seal that Emperor Yonghe took out could glow, everyone's first reaction was not to believe it immediately, but to have some doubts. They were more concerned that they had never heard of the Imperial Seal of the State glowing.

The claim that the imperial seal could glow originated from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Five-colored light burst forth from the well.

There's no mention of it glowing in official historical records!