“What? Even taking a bath costs points! This Main God Temple is so ruthless!”
Although he used to be a prince who never did any manual labor, seeing how hard he worked and how quickly his hard-earned merits were being sucked away by the Main God Temple, Ji Fu couldn’t help but roar like the veteran reincarnators before him.
Unfortunately, the Main God Temple is still the Main God Temple. Even though it was clearly trying to fleece him, he could only swallow his anger and blood. His so-called protests couldn’t even harm a single hair on Wu Ming’s body.
[Ding! Since you are still a new reincarnator, the trading market will open after three reincarnation tasks!]
[The team system will unlock after two reincarnation tasks, for more details please pay merits to inquire!]
…
Another two prompts flashed out, causing Ji Fu’s face to show a contemplative expression.
For Wu Ming, allowing the reincarnators below to communicate fully would further increase vitality and strength. Naturally, opening the team system was also for this purpose.
However, he still imposed restrictions on the team size to prevent all reincarnators in the entire space from forming an alliance.
Of course, Ji Fu at this time was still unaware of these things and had no idea that the reincarnator trading market he was eagerly anticipating was no different from a haunted house at this moment.
“Main God Temple! I choose to return to the Great Zhou World!”
[Ding! Attention, before the start of your next reincarnation task, you will only have twelve hours to stay in the Main God Temple, please use it wisely!]
[In the main world, you must not leak any information about the Main God Temple in any form. Violators will be executed!]
The Main God Temple flickered, and a prompt box popped up.
“Wait a minute!”
Ji Fu suddenly noticed a trap: “What about the next task time?”
[Insufficient authority to query!]
A ruthless prompt appeared, and then he was “kicked out” by the Main God Temple.
…
“Prince has awakened! Prince has awakened!”
A drowsy voice suddenly came with a familiar tone of surprise.
Ji Fu opened his eyes and immediately saw two pretty faces filled with concern.
“An Xiang, Yi Lan?”
He recognized his two personal maids and couldn’t help but ask: “Where am I?”
“Prince, you are naturally in the Prince’s Mansion. The other day you suddenly fainted, which scared us to death, fortunately with the ancestors’ protection!”
An Xiang clasped her hands together, as if praying to the gods, while Yi Lan quickly ran out to notify the doctor and the prince and princess.
“I… fainted?”
Ji Fu’s face showed hesitation: “Could it be that before… it was just a dream?”
He tightened his hand and suddenly felt something, it was the small bottle he had previously exchanged, containing the Spirit Stabilizing Powder.
“Huh?”
An Xiang looked surprised: “When did the prince get this thing on his hand?”
These days she and Yi Lan had been serving him day and night, bathing him every day. Even if there was something, it would have been taken off long ago.
“Nothing! Don’t ask what you shouldn’t!”
Ji Fu’s expression became serious, knowing that his becoming a reincarnator was probably not just a fantasy.
“Master Li the Divine Hand is here!”
At this moment, Yi Lan, who had just gone out, led in an energetic old man. He had a faint smell of medicine on him, a scent that came from dealing with herbs all the time. He was about to step forward to check Ji Fu’s pulse.
“Wait a moment first…”
Ji Fu waved his hand: “Master, why don’t you check this…”
He handed over the small bottle.
“This is…”
Master Li opened the bottle cap and sniffed. His expression immediately changed.
“This is Spirit Stabilizing Powder. It is said to be formulated in imitation of the ancient Spirit Stabilizing Pill, capable of stabilizing the spirit and soul. Master, why don’t you go down and examine it carefully…”
If he really wanted to take it himself, Ji Fu would have swallowed it in one gulp in the Main God Space. The cost of bringing it to Great Zhou was naturally to have someone determine its authenticity.
“I understand!”
Master Li nodded briefly and left.
As the Crown Prince of the Northern King, Ji Fu naturally had this advantage. No matter how bizarre the superiors wanted to do something, the subordinates could only obediently listen.
“If this medicine is genuine, then the Spirit Stabilizing Pill! No… with the Main God Temple… even so… I might as well give it a try!”
Ji Fu pondered silently, his eyes ablaze with ambition. Suddenly, he ordered again: “Ah Da! Ah Er!”
“We are here!”
Two guards in brocade uniforms entered, kneeling respectfully on the ground.
They were originally famous martial artists in the Jianghu, who might have vied for rankings in the martial arts conference, but unfortunately, they had committed crimes and had to seek refuge in the Prince’s Mansion for protection. They were the kind of people whose entire families’ lives were in Ji Fu’s hands, the most trustworthy.
“You go to the slum area, San Yu Alley, and find a beggar… his name is Zhu Si. Once you find him, bring him to… wait a minute!”
Ji Fu’s expression changed: “Bring him to my hidden house on the east side of the city. Don’t tell him my identity!”
Zhu Si’s identity had been grasped by him from the beginning, but he had not revealed anything to Zhu Si at all.
Now that he had understood the terrifying nature of reincarnators, even if someone was talentless, surviving a few reincarnation tasks could lead to achievements.
Thus, this person in the Great Zhou world was an uncontrollable dangerous figure. There was no need to reveal too much at the beginning.
“After I have control over this person, it will be a great help in the Main God Temple as well, unfortunately… the Third Aunt and Xin Jue are too cunning…”
If there was an opportunity, Ji Fu naturally wouldn’t mind using his secular power to eliminate these two in one fell swoop.
However, they were not as foolish as Zhu Si, keeping their identities tightly under wraps, leaving Ji Fu helpless.
“And also… and also…”
Ji Fu got up and paced, his brows furrowing from time to time, silently thinking: “Main God Temple… Main God Temple… this is not something temporary. There must be records in the imperial secret documents… but even though I am the Crown Prince, if I suddenly access these, I would have a hard time explaining, not to mention the possibility of other reincarnators discovering traces, difficult! Difficult! Difficult!!!”
He pushed open the window, gazing at the slowly setting sun, feeling for the first time that this world, which he had known so intimately, was now so unfamiliar.
…
Chu Feng County, Wu Family Fortress.
Wu Ming, dressed in plain robes, lay on a bamboo chair, silently contemplating his gains and losses this time.
“It is feasible to disrupt the reincarnator’s numbering system; I must continue to stick to it… there were shortcomings in the task arrangement, I need to pay attention next time…”
He reviewed this task, carefully savoring its successes and failures.
Needless to say, as a novice Main God, his performance this time was far from satisfactory, it could even be described as poor.
However, he had countless chances to start over, so it was not a big deal.
Recording the lessons learned and gradually improving would suffice.
“Next, continue to select reincarnators, start tasks, train elites, and prepare for future conquests across all realms… and also the previous batch of veteran reincarnators!”
Needless to say, after Wu Ming started his laissez-faire approach, those veteran reincarnators indeed experienced a long period of blissful living.
Except for a few who spread the “Great Zhou Western Records” in the Great Zhou world, none of them had received tasks, which was clearly abnormal.
Previously, it was due to insufficient world power, but now there was no such concern.
“This batch of veteran reincarnators can have longer intervals between tasks, giving new reincarnators a chance to catch up…”
Wu Ming pondered, many ideas surfacing: “And… compared to new reincarnators, they have a huge inherent difference. Why not divide them into two major factions… organize a confrontation?”
…
“Master! Master!”
At this moment, Shen Qin and Shen Hua rushed in quickly, their faces filled with delight: “Congratulations, Master! Wishing you joy, Master!”
“Hmm?”
Wu Ming frowned, then immediately noticed Li Xiu Yun behind them, forcing a smile, his heart stirred: “Could it be that the lady is pregnant?”
“Exactly!”
Shen Qin and Shen Hua nodded repeatedly: “The lady felt it herself, and then Master Wang diagnosed her pulse! Congratulations, Master!”
“Haha! I’ll go see the lady myself!”
Wu Ming stood up, his face filled with joy.
Previously, as a reincarnator, his life was uncertain from one day to the next, so he never thought about having offspring.
But now, having become a ruler, he had the ability to protect himself in the Great Zhou world, so he didn’t control it much.
Hearing this news, he was genuinely happy.
For ordinary people, having descendants is a continuation of spirit and blood, completing another form of immortality.
But Wu Ming felt a connection! A connection with the Great Zhou world, making him feel the “reality” of this world and experience the emotion of life.
Although his life would certainly be very long, even if he couldn’t achieve immortality, he might still far outlive his descendants, without needing to pin his hopes of immortality on his offspring, but it was still a novel experience, especially repaying the karmic debt to the Wu family.
“I’ll go see E Shi myself!”
He stood up, quickly heading to the inner quarters, while another thought turned in his mind: “Maybe I should also inform Elder Sister Wu Qing?”
“E Shi!”
Of course, by the time he reached the door, Wu Ming had already suppressed all his thoughts, his face showing only pure joy. He pushed open the door, looked at Wu Zhi, who was now wearing loose robes, and gently embraced her.
Even though he said nothing, he could sense that the last trace of unease lingering in Wu Zhi’s heart also gradually dissipated.
“Indeed…”
At this moment, carefully observing, using his spiritual power to scan, he immediately detected an extremely subtle sign of life within Wu Zhi’s body, probably not even a few days old.
If it had been a month, he would certainly have sensed it, but he couldn’t constantly scan Wu Zhi with his spiritual sense. On the other hand, she, being a Grand Master of martial arts, had a very precise awareness of her body, so she was the first to notice.
“This child is coming at quite an inconvenient time…”
Wu Zhi caressed her abdomen, her face glowing with maternal radiance, then suddenly sighed.
“You just rest and take care of the pregnancy. Matters of military and politics will be handled by the servants!”
Wu Ming comforted her.
“No!”
Wu Zhi struggled to get up, her face showing a determined expression: “I originally planned to deal with the Dingzhou matter after the autumn harvest, but now it seems better to act sooner rather than later! I should quickly eliminate the remaining threats and remove worries for my son!”
Wu Ming was a bit taken aback. A mother’s strength is formidable indeed. After E Shi became pregnant, she had become even more resolute and decisive.
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