Saint Emperor Devourer of Heaven

Void Shadow and Wind Rain were severely injured. Cracks covered their Wheels of Life, a ghastly sight, and they seemed on the verge of complete collapse at any moment.

With such severe injuries, it would be difficult to recover without peerless treasures.

But at this moment, their Wheels of Life were rapidly repairing. The cracks were constantly healing, leaving not a trace.

In just half an hour, Jun Wuxie had completely repaired their Wheels of Life.

With the Wheels of Life repaired, their Life Origins no longer continued to drain. Although they had become weakened due to the significant loss over this period, it was not a major issue and would gradually recover with time.

"Thank you, Lord Monarch, for your grace!"

The two were genuinely grateful. Without such Life Essence, there would have been no possibility of repairing their Wheels of Life.

Originally, they were prepared to die, ready to go on stage and fight Zhao Ce of the Sacrificial Earth Dynasty to the death.

Now that Lord Monarch had returned, he not only stopped them from fighting to the death but also used his own Life Essence to heal them.

"Take these resources. They can improve your strength in a short time."

With a wave of his hand, various rare resources flew before them, including the elixirs obtained from the Fire Domain Core, and in astonishing quantities. "Each of you only needs one elixir from this batch. More would be a waste. Find a time to distribute the elixirs to the chiliarchs under your command."

Immediately afterward, he stood up and left.

"We respectfully see off Lord Monarch!"

Void Shadow and Wind Rain hurriedly knelt facing the direction he left.

"Continue kneeling until the morning of the day of the duel with Zhao Ce. Reflect well here!"

Jun Wuxie said coldly as he walked to the door.

He did not actually blame the two of them. Void Shadow and Wind Rain were proud and unruly. If he hadn't used the Salvation Sutra, it would not have been easy to subdue them.

Therefore, he was not surprised that they only obeyed him, which led to them ignoring Anning's orders in a fit of excitement.

Jun Wuxie could understand, but such a thing must never happen a second time.

The Supervisory Division, such an important special department of the dynasty, was the sharpest eye and the keenest blade of the dynasty. How could the Monarch not have absolute control over it?

Inside the inner courtyard of the Supervisory Division, after Jun Wuxie left, Void Shadow and Wind Rain were drenched in sweat.

Lord Monarch cared deeply. Lord Monarch hoped that they would obey the orders of the Monarch at all times, but they had disobeyed the orders a few days ago, insisting on fighting Zhao Ce.

Yet Lord Monarch did not punish them much, only making them kneel as punishment.

"Lord Monarch is benevolent, not only healing us but also bestowing so many rare resources. We must never fail to live up to Lord Monarch's expectations again!"

Looking at the rare resources before them, Void Shadow and Wind Rain's eyes were filled with self-blame and guilt, feeling that they had not done well this time and should not have disappointed Lord Monarch.

After returning to the palace, Jun Wuxie took out many rare resources and elixirs and gave them to Xu Yan'ning, Anning, and Yun Shu.

Among them, Anning received several elixirs. Yun Shu received the most resources, especially over a hundred elixirs, so she could return to the sect for a while and distribute these resources to her master, eldest brother, third sister, and fourth brother, and one elixir to each of the Qingyun elders.

"Sister will go back. Besides, there are teleportation arrays between the sect and the imperial city, arriving in an instant. A round trip won't delay things. Sister usually lives in the sect when she's free," Yun Shu said with a smile. She didn't ask what the resources he gave were. She could feel that the energy contained within these resources was extraordinary, all rare and hard to find.

She didn't need to ask what these were. She only knew that whatever Junior Brother gave was bound to be exceptionally precious and just needed to refine and cultivate with them.

"Anning, how is your father doing now? Have his severed limbs regrown?"

Two years had passed. With Anning's current status, she only needed to give an order to obtain treasures that could regrow severed limbs. After all, with Ning Wang's realm, although he needed treasures, he didn't need high-grade treasures. Such things could be bought with just Saint Spirit Pills.

"Father is doing very well now," Anning said with a slight smile. "Father said he's already used to it. It's good this way, and he doesn't want to restore his limbs."

Jun Wuxie was slightly stunned.

Beside him, Yun Shu let out a soft sigh.

Her mood was somewhat complicated.

Regarding the former Ning Wang, now the retired Supreme Emperor, her heart was complicated, not knowing what kind of feeling it was.

Hate?

Since her body recovered, her realm soared, and everything in her life went well, and later Ning Wang severed his own legs and one arm, it seemed that all hatred had vanished since then.

Sometimes, seeing Ning Wang, seeing the deep guilt in his eyes every time he faced her or the people of Zhenwu Peak, she even felt that he was a bit pitiful.

That person was no longer the overbearing, powerful overlord of the past, but more like a loving and vicissitudinous father who doted on Anning.

She always thought of her past years of suffering. Every time she thought of those painful years, if she wanted to completely let go of Ning Wang and completely forget everything that had happened in the past, she couldn't do it in her heart.

Perhaps it needed time.

Yun Shu felt that some things needed time to fade.

After all, it had only been a few years since the grudges were resolved. Having experienced those painful experiences and the deaths of those senior brothers and sisters, how could she let go so quickly?

Although the Three Great Sects made the move, how could they have dared to be so ruthless if Ning Wang hadn't tacitly approved or supported them?

Even so, for Anning's sake, she personally persuaded Ning Wang to regrow his limbs, but Ning Wang refused with a smile.

"Second Senior Sister."

Jun Wuxie sensed Yun Shu's emotions.

Yun Shu stepped forward, held his hand, and smiled, indicating that she was fine. This grudge between Zhenwu Peak and Ning Wang had been put behind them, but she couldn't completely calm down in her heart. Perhaps with the passage of time, one day in the future, she would completely let go.

Jun Wuxie nodded and said nothing more.

He was well aware that, as Yun Shu said, some things couldn't be completely let go just by saying so. They needed time to fade.

"Lord Monarch, there's nothing that needs to be dealt with today. It's a good opportunity for Senior Sister to return to the sect and tell them the news of your return."

After Yun Shu finished speaking, she left the Imperial Study with a smile.

Walking far away, the moment she stepped onto the teleportation array, she looked back at the direction of the palace and let out a soft sigh.

… …

"Second Senior Sister is truly an incomparably delicate woman… …"

Jun Wuxie was very moved. He naturally knew why Yun Shu was in such a hurry to leave, to give him space to comfort Anning.

In fact, he didn't intend to comfort Anning.

This was Ning Wang's own choice. To have such a result, it was already Zhenwu Peak's tolerance for Ning Wang.

"For you, your father is a good father and knows how to consider the overall situation. He feels deeply guilty in his heart. The more you make him restore his limbs, the more uncomfortable he may feel."

Jun Wuxie stroked Anning's soft hair. "As a daughter, you should respect his choice and let him repent in his own way so that he can open his heart in the future."

"Yes, Anning knows. Anning feels quite at ease that Father can be like this. It's just that I'm emotional. The current Father is really too different from the Ning Wang of the past… …"

"His identity, status, situation, and environment are all different. Besides, the persistence in his heart has also been broken. It's not surprising to feel guilty about what he once did when looking back on the past."

Jun Wuxie actually had something else to say, which was that Ning Wang probably did this half because of Anning.

Perhaps Ning Wang was always afraid that he would have estrangement with Anning in his heart because of the Zhenwu Peak incident, so he would try to find ways to repent.

Jun Wuxie didn't say it because he was worried about stimulating the weak part of Anning's heart.

Although Anning must be very clear in her clever heart, it's completely different to be clear yourself and to have others say it. It's best not to give her such stimulation from the outside world.

"Actually, it's really good this way. Compared to Father's previous dreams, he doesn't need to worry about anything now. He's very free every day and can cultivate if he wants to."

"It's good that you can think like this."

Jun Wuxie sat down. Anning and Xu Yan'ning naturally stepped forward to massage him, but he stopped them and asked them to sit down together.

"Lord Monarch, besides the Sacrificial Earth Dynasty, we are also facing extremely important difficulties. It doesn't seem like much now, but I'm afraid the problem will become prominent before long."

Anning frowned slightly, and there was an undisguised worry between her brows.

"Are you talking about the problem of resources in the national treasury?"

"Yes, we are implementing new policies, and the expenditure of materials and money is huge. In addition, due to the large-scale reduction and exemption of taxes in recent years, the national treasury's income has dropped sharply. Even if we captured Wu'an that year and obtained all of Wu'an's national treasury resources, after more than two years, the national treasury is almost empty."

"This is indeed a problem. For a society to develop, it must have the driving force for development. Therefore, we must not only provide the people with a basic guarantee of food and clothing but also support their yearning for a better life. All industries in the dynasty should be appropriately encouraged to develop, but industries that have a negative impact on the dynasty are absolutely not allowed, such as brothels and opium dens. We can vigorously develop industries related to cultivation. The dynasty can establish a special department, which will be done by the imperial court, while also encouraging and supporting private merchants to develop. As more and more industries emerge in the future, trade between people will become more and more frequent, and the dynasty's economy will naturally improve. At that time, the overall economic pie will be large, and according to the current tax system, there will still be considerable fiscal revenue."

"Lord Monarch, this idea is good. In this way, we can stimulate domestic demand and allow all the funds in the dynasty to flow. Then, the impact of the Sacrificial Earth Dynasty cutting off our trade with other states will be much smaller."

"The Sacrificial Earth Dynasty did such a thing?"

Jun Wuxie didn't expect this to happen. He didn't see the memorial about this matter when browsing the jade scroll.

"It doesn't matter. The Jitu Dynasty doesn't have the ability to stop the three major merchant guilds from doing business in Qingzhou. The reason the three major merchant guilds cooperate with them is because Jitu is an old dynasty. The amount of business they do with Jitu is many times greater than ours. In the end, the Jitu Dynasty can bring them more benefits, so they chose the Jitu Dynasty and abandoned us. When we can make the benefits they obtain exceed those from the Jitu Dynasty, the blockade will break itself."

"Also, the development of the dynasty's commerce requires the formulation of specialized and comprehensive laws and regulations. Furthermore, in addition to the upper realm's hard currency, the Saint Spirit Pill, the dynasty needs its own exclusive currency, let's call it Dawn Coins, which can be cast from metal ore into a size of one-third of an inch in diameter. Regarding this matter, have people carefully assess all of the dynasty's current industries and make a reasonable valuation. At that time, issue the first batch of Dawn Coins according to the valuation."

"This... Your Highness means we are going to control the currency ourselves?"

Intelligent as Anning is, she certainly wouldn't think that Jun Wuxie created such a currency just to circulate within the dynasty.

"That's right. The Saint Spirit Pill currency system is too old. To this day, it is basically unregulated, left to its own devices. With the emergence of various rare treasures in this great era, the Saint Spirit Pill will depreciate very severely."

Jun Wuxie's idea was, of course, to replace the Saint Spirit Pill with Dawn Coins in the future.

The Saint Spirit Pill has no fixed issuing institution. Anyone can refine and consume it. Although the refining speed is not fast, it is full of uncertainty.

Every day, countless people are refining Saint Spirit Pills, and at the same time, countless people are consuming Saint Spirit Pills for other purposes, such as using them as auxiliary materials to refine other pills, which are eventually consumed by people.

Although it is a matter of addition and subtraction, it is impossible to guarantee the balance of quantity.

This leads to huge differences in the purchasing power of this hard currency at different times. It is not a slow depreciation, but an irregular alternation of appreciation and depreciation.

In some eras, the fluctuations are so great that they are ten or even dozens of times higher. Whenever this happens, it is a fatal blow to the bottom-level cultivators or ordinary families in the major dynasties who use the Saint Spirit Pill as currency.

"This matter is extraordinary. Anning will discuss it in detail with the ministers to formulate a comprehensive plan, and then present it to Your Highness for review."

Jun Wuxie nodded.

He accompanied them in the palace for a whole day, and left at dusk, returning to the courtyard where Shan Zhong Linglong lived near the palace.

He took out one of the Yin-Yang Saint Pills obtained from the Fire Domain and gave it to Linglong.

This one was one of the most perfect and largest pills among all the pills.

Although it could not help her improve her realm, it would definitely strengthen her physical body and improve her fire resistance.

At the same time, he also gave Linglong a lot of fragments of the origin of different fires.

"This is the different fire that Junior Brother mentioned? Such high-grade origin fragments..."

Linglong couldn't help but exclaim. These origin fragments had obviously been refined by Jun Wuxie once and had lost their aggressiveness.

Otherwise, even with her realm, she would not be able to withstand the burning of the Nine Yin and Nine Yang fire origins.

"Senior Sister Linglong should be able to break through in the Myth realm."

Jun Wuxie was confident that after refining this grade of origin, it would definitely strengthen her own ancient blood origin and increase her talent growth intensity.

He had improved by two heavens in the Ten Directions Myth.

Although Senior Sister Linglong did not have such huge benefits in terms of evolving her innate holy body like him, it should not be difficult to break through two heavens in the Myth realm below the Ten Directions Myth.

After all, this is the origin of the Nine Yin and Nine Yang refined fire!

"After Junior Brother solves the people of Jitu and the Fallen Red Dust in a few days, Senior Sister will retreat to cultivate."

Linglong's beautiful, delicate hand stretched out, and a small bronze palace appeared in her hand.

"Missing Jingya?"

She pursed her lips and smiled lightly, her enchantingly beautiful eyes carrying a hint of teasing, and placed the tower in his hand.

"It's been two years, I do miss her a little."

Jun Wuxie did not deny it, took the Eight Nine Profound Palace, and his body disappeared, instantly entering the space inside the Profound Palace.