Divine Brilliance

Chapter 685: All Matters Settled

He unhappily returned from the hall back to his sleeping area.

Zong Shou still felt pent up frustration in his chest, but a moment later, he laughed out loud.

That damn old man saw through all his plans.

When the Buddhist Sect was at its most prosperous, they occupied half of the Cloud World, a population of close to a billion.

The scale of the Taoist Sect was on the same level, it had been prosperous these few years and didn’t suffer from any attacks.

Along with the usual incense money, they received around 5% of Donglin produce. He couldn’t bear with this any longer.

Although he chased out Lingyun Sect and many other sects last time, the Taoist Temples under his rule were not damaged.

He wasn’t willing to go too far against Daoling Vast Habitat. However, since they were already enemies, now he didn’t have to hold back.

He could allow them to exist, but couldn’t allow them to become strong. Now that the Taoist Sect was strong, even if he couldn’t destroy them, he had to tear them apart.

He casually took several battle reports to take a look at. After that battle with the 7,000 Purple Qilin Flame Spear Cavalry, he had been in secluded meditation to heal his injuries. Only today did he feel slightly better.

Who knows what the situation was like in the other places...

He browsed through several documents and his lips curled.

At this moment, Kong Yao, Ren Tianxing and the others had wiped out around 90% of the Night Demon Army. Only around 1,000 had fled deep into the forests and mountains to hide.

Those were the true Elites of the Night Demon Army. One would be putting themselves in danger if they chased them into the forest.

This was why Kong Yao used the army to lock them down, deciding not to head deeper in.

Those refugees of Huizhou also started to return.

Within a short dozen days, hundreds of millions of grains were transported to Huizhou.

It was enough food for the local people for more than 100 days.

Based on what Zhang Huai mentioned inside, they weren’t able to cover everything, but they could at least ensure the people could get past autumn and winter.

At the end of August, they could plant a crop of grain. They were recovering the various fields as well as those numerous mines.

What happened next made him raise his brow.

Zhang Huai had collected the fields of all the Nobles west of Huizhou. He was just asking whether he could split it with the dead soldier’s families as compensation while selling the rest.

It wasn’t that he wasn’t unhappy with Zhang Huai taking matters into his own hands, but that he was surprised.

That move was really vicious! Once it succeeded, in just a short few years he could digest the entire Huizhou.

However after this, Zhang Huai’s image in the Meeting Hall would be ruined.

Those people in Gantian Mountain, although they didn’t have much to do with the nobles of Huizhou, they would feel terrified. He was really clear about what those fellows were thinking about.

He was impressed. He loved subjects who were willing to spoil their own reputation to take the blame for him.

Unlike Renbo who went against him every day...

He flicked his finger and smashed the document to pieces. He took a piece of silk and wrote up a decree before stamping it.

Since a subject treated the Ruler so well, the Ruler naturally would return the favour.

He flipped open the second document. Not only did it target Donglin and Huizhou, but also the Meeting Hall.

He was more relaxed. Zhang Huai really knew his thoughts. If he didn’t teach them all a lesson, how would he feel good?

Recently, some people were becoming too much.

Since he stuck to the rules that he set, he naturally couldn’t allow others to stray free from his laws.

Renbo might be colluding with those people. This time it would be best if he didn’t find out anything bad about him.

The last one came from Navy Admiral Gu Liekong. It didn’t say much, just that the Night Demon navy was crushed and had fled.

The last few lines surprised him. Shi Ruolan led 20 Three-Toothed Turreted Ships to lead several ships of the Night Demons into the Oblivion Cloud. For some reason, she was able to capture half of their ships. One of them was perfectly fine while two could be used after some repairs.

Zong Shou smiled wide, unable to close his mouth.

That was the space ship of the Night Demon race! It wasn’t built for the Cloud Ocean, but to travel through space!

This was why just 20 of them were tough for Gu Liekong’s 1,000 ship army to deal with.

Even if a large half of the Night Demons were on land, there were still many experts on the ship.

If they couldn’t fight, then they could choose a place where the space barrier was weaker, consuming Mind Stones to tear open space.

How did Shi Ruolan do it...?

Was this the first battle of the future top sailor?

Shaking his head, Zong Shou was in disbelief.

Unfortunately, Gu Liekong just described the general situation of the battle.

He just said that she led the ships to where Demon Fog circled and led beasts to attack them. She also used the strength of barbaric tribes under the Cloud Ocean. As for the specifics, he didn’t write it in.

Zong Shou’s eyes squinted. As compared to the Cloud Continent, she was better suited to the area beneath the Cloud Ocean.

Using her strength to counter their weakness? Through this document, he knew that she used all the factors perfectly.

...Three space ships, each one along with their tools were worth 3,000 Grade-9 Mind Stones.

When she returned, he had to reward her with a bag of sweets. No, she had already grown up. It was better to exchange it for other things...

After the documents, there was a Letter of Credence. It was really important and naturally it came from Great Shang.

It first admitted that Weihai and Kong Xuan’s actions were immoral and that they had been punished. Then, the tone changed, and after expressing gratitude, they demanded answers. Even if they had sinned, they should be handled by Great Shang. It wasn’t appropriate for Zong Shou to deal with them. However, since they were in an alliance, they didn’t need to bother much with such an insignificant matter.

The last few words hinted for them to send an envoy to express apology, giving them a way to step down.

However, there was only one meaning in the letter; they weren’t willing to be enemies with them now.

Zong Shou burst out laughing. As he expected, they saw him as the Overlord of the South.

There were other letters that were from the powers of the nearby large islands who greeted their new neighbour.

Most of them were written with a good tone and only one was filled with an angry and questioning tone.

South Wind Yue Dynasty?

Zong Shou’s eyes fixated on this. He then tossed it aside, not bothering to deal with it anymore.

So what if he occupied Huizhou, could the Ruler of Yue Dynasty come over to bite him?

Thinking about it, was the situation of Gantian Mountain a huge fortune and not a small fortune?

He couldn’t help but feel a little startled. However, since all the matters were settled, he could now focus on breaking the Heaven Barrier.