Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 1395: Chapter 1166: Saint_2

Because the people leaving this gathering place are already numerous enough, any more might be discovered by the Devil Beasts. Before the Great Zhou Dynasty has the power to resist, it will be prematurely exposed, which will not only implicate these commoners but also the dynasty.

”Let’s go!”

In the end, Zhang Yi could only utter these two words.

Li Zhirui concealed himself to the side, using his Divine Sense to probe whether there were any Devil Beasts around, while Zhang Yi arranged for other military officers to split up and protect them.

The beginning of the journey was the most dangerous, as there were the most Devil Beasts nearby. If a battle broke out, it would likely attract the surrounding Devil Beasts, so it must be avoided if possible, and if unavoidable, the battle must be concluded as swiftly as possible.

Under the guidance of Li Zhirui, the group managed to avoid several beast packs.

But in the end, they couldn’t entirely evade them.

While passing a stone peak, they were discovered by several birds!

In this situation, Li Zhirui had no choice but to act, using the fastest and most lethal attack to pierce through their hearts.

”Move quickly!”

Once they traveled a few more dozen miles, they would reach an area where Devil Beast distribution was sparse, and the chance of being discovered would be greatly reduced.

Everyone rushed forward, and Li Zhirui had to cast silence and concealment Divine Powers for them.

Fortunately, everything went smoothly thereafter, and they did not encounter any more Devil Beasts. The group of over five thousand people safely entered Wan Family State.

There, special personnel were assigned to care for the young ones.

Zhang Yi and the other officials, having been busy for a month, could finally rest for a while.

Meanwhile, another group of officials tasked with smuggling also used various means to bring back over a thousand people.

”Still too slow!”

Wei Changming calculated briefly, and even with a two-pronged approach, only an additional ten thousand people could be added per month, with exposure risks still present.

”There must be at least a million people for the dynasty to barely possess the power of the Individual Immortal Realm, yet still unable to contend against surrounding major forces or even protect itself.”

Currently, the Great Zhou Dynasty under its rule had only seven to eight hundred thousand people, still a large gap to fill.

”Perhaps we should openly purchase the population!” an official suggested.

”That’s a good idea!”

Many officials expressed their agreement.

Because in the Primal Spirit Realm, the buying and selling of populations is very common, even an extremely popular business.

Moreover, not just commoners, but even cultivators could be sold, such as in scenarios where one side of a war is defeated or completely annihilated, those captives would be implanted with prohibitions and become slaves.

”The only problem is, the state treasury doesn’t have much funds to massively purchase slaves.”

After all, the Great Zhou Dynasty had only been established for a few years, with no accumulations to speak of.

”Fifty miles north of the palace, there’s a small to medium-sized silver and gold mine that’s relatively easy to extract.” Li Zhirui, who rarely spoke, resolved this problem as soon as he opened his mouth.

Originally, he intended to use this silver and gold for future wars with external forces by the Great Zhou Dynasty. But he hadn’t expected them to think of buying populations to rapidly increase numbers, and upon reconsideration, Li Zhirui saw no issue and revealed it early.

”Meanwhile, you should also consider truly establishing the kingdom.”

Although it is called the Great Zhou Dynasty now, it’s in name only, lacking the abilities of a Human Dao Dynasty, and because of this lack of a suitable welcoming ground, their cultivation of the Human Dao Methods was not progressing smoothly.

Human Dao Methods could be cultivated independently, but with a powerful Human Dao Law Net for support and blessing, one would essentially be invincible within the same rank.

But without it, their strength would be significantly weaker than other paths.

”What if we’re exposed?”

”There will always be such a day, better to strengthen ourselves as much as possible before exposure.”

The two factions argued endlessly in the great hall, unable to persuade each other.

In the end, Wei Changming and Zhang Yi jointly decided to formally establish a nation!

The founding of a nation!

In Human Dao Methods, it’s an extremely important affair, so even though they were still very weak, they had to do it according to regulations.

The originally scattered and idle officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty suddenly became very busy, especially Wei Changming and Zhang Yi, as the leaders of both civil and military affairs, their workload soared instantly.

Yet this process was also a means to increase cohesion, enhance their abilities, and a pathway to apply what they had learned and advance their cultivation.

These trivial matters, Li Zhirui naturally would not involve himself in.

He entered Red Water State alone, to find the Elder and fulfill the previously agreed arrangement.

”I can only gather over a thousand infants, but I’ve notified a few other gathering places; if possible, could you visit them too?”

In hopes that more infants could survive, to live from a young age in a relatively happy environment, free from the hardships endured by their ancestors, the Elder’s attitude became much more humble.

Li Zhirui pondered for a moment and ultimately chose to agree.

If the Great Zhou Dynasty was unwilling to take in this group of infants, he could always spend a few days returning to the family and have them raised by the commoners in their territory.

”Tell me where they are.”

The Elder quickly took out a prepared stone slab, where simple lines clearly marked the various human settlements.

”There are actually more than fifty gathering places?!”

Li Zhirui had earlier guessed there were only thirty or forty, not expecting there to be so many.

”Actually, over a dozen gathering places suffered heavy casualties in the wars among Devil Beasts and have been merged into other places.” The Elder spoke with a sadness so intense it had become calm.

”Sigh!”

Li Zhirui sighed and refrained from discussing these heart-wrenching matters further.

”Please follow me.”

The Elder remained unaffected, leading Li Zhirui to the over a thousand infants already assembled. He simply waved his hand and sent the infants into the space.

”Take care.”

Li Zhirui intended to leave immediately but was unexpectedly called back by the Elder.

”May I look at the infants one more time?”

Li Zhirui raised an eyebrow, thinking the Elder might not trust him to safely take them away. With a thought, he brought out dozens of infants from the space.

”I don’t know why you want to gather a large number of clanspeople, but it seems that this matter is very important for the Great Zhou Dynasty mentioned by those clanspeople earlier, as well as for you.”

The Elder looked at him with determination and said, ”Therefore, I’ve decided to persuade a group of old undead to create a condition allowing you to take away a large number of clanspeople at once.”

Hearing this, Li Zhirui was stunned, realizing that the Elder checking if the infants were still alive was not out of doubt that he could take them away, but to solidify his resolve to fight the Devil Race and open a brand new world for future generations by witnessing this scene.

”I don’t know if this will succeed, but if it does, perhaps while you’re visiting each gathering place, the local Elder will tell you the answer. If not, I can only trouble you to come by again in half a month.”

With that, without giving Li Zhirui a chance to speak, he turned and walked away.

Standing there for a long time, Li Zhirui truly did not expect such a selfless, sacrificial Saint to exist, his mind somewhat dazed as he flew towards another gathering place.

On the other side, the Elder stood before a stone wall, chanting something under his breath. Before long, small light points appeared in front of him.

Each light point represented an Elder from a gathering place.

And here, there happened to be fifty-seven light points, corresponding to all the gathering places.

”Great Elder, can the cultivator you mentioned really manage to take the infants safely?”

”Yes, I witnessed it with my own eyes.”

This unassuming Elder was surprisingly the Great Elder of the humans in Red Water State!

”Wonderful! Those infants with no memories yet won’t have memories of hell when they grow up.”

”Indeed! Perhaps he is truly the prophesied one the Great Elder mentioned, here to save us!”

”Who knows, maybe we old undead might also live to see the day we can leave in peace.”