Chapter 797: Breaking the world

Zhang You, a seventh-rank Martial Artist, cultivated Dao Orthodoxy cultivation method, but that was only because she only had access to Dao Orthodoxy cultivation method when she was young; her actual skill level was far beyond that.

The reason she was famous was that this Young Miss was indeed quite capable.

She had handled hundreds of worlds, and after her promotion, she managed all the business of an entire world cluster, renowned for her competence, strong abilities, cunning calculations, strategic planning, and strong execution.

In addition to this, rumors claimed she was also a good friend of Li Shiwei.

Li Shiwei, the daughter of Invoker, could even be called a princess, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that few individuals in all the heavens had a more noble identity than her.

How many princesses of various kingdoms were not even worthy of carrying her shoes? Her father was a fourth-rank, her grandfather's generation was third-rank, and their connections could even reach higher.

Although this was just a rumor, there's no smoke without fire, so there must have been some truth to it.

However, as a friend of such a figure, her achievements seemed somewhat natural; how could she play with a Young Miss of that caliber without some skill?

Bai Di looked at Zhang You; this colleague seemed quite capable.

“Your Excellency Bai Di, hello,” Zhang You said to Bai Di, tossing her hair.

Before Bai Di could speak, she continued familiarly, “The matter with Li Shiwei is all groundless rumor; Your Excellency, do not believe it. Let us get to business first.”

“Before meeting you, I had already observed the situation. This is my plan. Please see if you have any comments or suggestions.”

Zhang You took a stack of documents from her mustard seed bag and handed them to Bai Di.

Indeed, she was efficient.

Bai Di said nothing more, picked up the documents, and began to read.

The steps were arranged in great detail.

First, she briefly summarized the development of the Baiyue kingdoms over ten thousand years, presenting a concise research report similar to a thesis.

Furthermore, she understood the organizational structure of grassroots power, which was a ‘secular’ and ‘Martial Artist’ mutual aid structure primarily divided between landlords and cultivators.

Various landlords resided in different areas, with differing interests. To avoid common interests being harmed by conflicts and to suppress and better manage the populace below, making them subservient and willing to be enslaved, a strong, unified national regime was beneficial to them.

Under the social conditions of the time, for the landlord class to establish such a unified regime, they could only strive to create ‘officials’ and ‘Kingdom Lords’ with supreme authority, even sacredness, concentrating all political power in these ‘Kingdom Lords and officials’.

With this sacredness, coupled with the extraordinary Divine Ability and techniques of the officials, the social structure could naturally be firmly solidified at this stage.

Therefore, breaking this sacredness could shake the deeply ingrained beliefs in everyone's hearts.

Moreover, this could not be done through violence. If you used violence to eliminate the former officials and landlords, you would merely replace them, becoming the new sacred entity.

If one landlord perished, a new landlord would emerge. It didn’t matter who became the landlord; a landlord must exist, and the land must have an owner, otherwise, what would it become?

Under this mindset, if the stable social form did not change, landlords would always appear in different forms.

Therefore, to break this sacredness, one must first mentally shatter it, stripping away the sacred aura from ‘landlords and officials’.

This was not easy. The feudal era of Baiyue had lasted for such a long period, accumulating such deep traditions, and burying it entirely was not an easy task.

When a person dies, a ghost appears; when a historical era dies, its ghost will naturally continue to live, disturbing and destroying the new era.

In the paper, Zhang You thoroughly argued this point. Through her intelligence, she saw that although the small-peasant economy of the feudal era had been severely impacted and damaged by the reforms carried out by Li Qi and the supervisors during this period, the individual labor small-peasant economy had not changed, and the feudal exploitation suffered by the farmers had not changed. Was this not precisely the social basis for the ghosts of the old era to continue to survive and operate?

Li Qi’s methods of disrupting the entire grassroots, including using the power of cultivators to forcefully kill landlords and instigating officials to use laws to eliminate farmers' resistance, were essentially all utilizing this sacredness.

Were these methods not precisely the representatives of the ghosts of the old era? Even now, amidst various wars sweeping in and the pressure of humanity gradually increasing, those landlords are still accumulating wealth, cultivators still hold the attitude of “if I lose, I can run away,” and a considerable number of Baiyue Kingdom Lords are wavering. The Lingxiao Kingdom Lord is still trying to profit for herself at this time, even at the risk of causing internal strife. From these matters, it can be clearly seen that the ghosts of Baiyue's old era cling to their spirits and actions.

The dead ghosts continue to drag down and hinder the path of the living; this is a matter that cannot be ignored, and it is the most crucial part of the plan.

Bai Di felt that these articles contained profound insights and unique solutions, indicating that the author was not someone who only raised problems without offering solutions.

They covered various matters, such as how to settle farmers, how to handle officials, land allocation, educational reform, specific methods of spreading the Dao, and solutions for breaking sacredness.

These articles stated: “The best way to break this sacredness is to make them sacred themselves, so spreading cultivation method is necessary. Once they possess power equal to the sacred, their reverence for the sacred will naturally disappear. However, such actions will inevitably lead to greater turmoil; a large number of Martial Artists appearing simultaneously, without even their own Dao, can easily cause more problems, so careful consideration is needed.”

“But no matter what, ghosts cannot be resurrected, and history cannot turn back; this is an undeniable fact.”

“Regardless of the means we employ, we must rapidly accelerate the pace of history, letting what should die and those who seek their own demise perish quickly, allowing new life to grow without hindrance.”

“We will not just defeat an enemy, but defeat a period of history. We must lay the foundation for a truly new Baiyue. In this process, all remnants of the old era, all its ghosts, must be purged, all its lingering poisons must be eradicated, and all old problems must be finally settled. The answer to this final, brand-new problem must be found through practice.”

After reading these articles, Bai Di nodded slightly.

The other party indeed had insights, and working with such a person was very comfortable.

“Since a decision has been made, but the final choice is still uncertain, let's do other things first. This plan is very effective, so we will proceed in this direction,” Bai Di agreed.

With a plan and guidance, the subsequent matters would naturally fall into place.

Proceed step by step, gradually advancing.

For the many powerful individuals from the Merchant Association, this kind of task was already familiar. They had worked together for many years and were very skilled at these things; this was their daily routine.

Zhang You's reputation also came from this.

Such large-scale operations in many places, including violence, infiltration,扭转Dao Orthodoxy, spreading civilization, and even widespread destruction or reconstruction of world clusters, were the most crucial part of the Merchant Association's early arrangements in foreign territories.

Only by handling these could Merchant be safe, right?

And many of these tasks were familiar to Zhang You; her current job was to be responsible for the planning and strategizing of such large-scale operations, a typical wise person and 'mental laborer'.

With such a person offering advice, other executors would feel very secure.

Bai Di took the plan and went to execute his part.

Meanwhile, Zhang You found a place to sit and looked at the sky around her.

This was Baiyue, Bailin Kingdom.

Bailin Kingdom… her hometown, the place of her birth.

The place she was born was Bailin Kingdom, Orthodox Sword Palace. Her father was an eighth-rank Martial Artist of Orthodox Sword Palace, who spent his life performing acts of chivalry without seeking reward.

Despite this, she had no lingering attachment to this place whatsoever.

Because her story could be rephrased…

He spent his life fighting fiercely, neglecting his family.

Performing acts of chivalry, why not perform acts of chivalry for his family? He provoked a pile of enemies, took on a pile of troubles, and in the end, didn't those around him suffer?

Great hero, what great hero… In the end, his body was too severely injured. Although he already had a seventh-rank Dao Heart, he was unable to advance due to qi and blood depletion, old age and frailty, and too many hidden ailments, dying without peace.

Now, she had also returned to Bailin Kingdom.

Orthodox Sword Palace still existed. After all, it was an organization with a sixth-rank powerful individual overseeing it, and it had some strength in the Baiyue region, making its continued existence not difficult.

In fact, before meeting Bai Di, she had already met the Elders of Orthodox Sword Palace.

However… she was very disappointed.

Still immersed in Jianghu chivalry, still putting on that great hero act, which almost made Zhang You nauseous. But there was no choice, compared to other places, Orthodox Sword Palace was still considered good.

Therefore, Zhang You knew why she had returned.

It was the state of Baiyue at that time, and that irresponsible father, who had harmed the entire family so much, that forced her, at the ninth rank, to trek far to Annam, and by chance, she joined the Merchant Association.

It was just that her luck was truly good; she met Li Shiwei, and even personally saw Invoker. All of this gave her enough Opportunity to grow to her current level.

She had always wanted to change the state of Baiyue.

However, a seventh-rank was nothing; she simply wasn't qualified to participate in changes of this magnitude.

But… now the Opportunity had arrived.

All of this was personally led by the Young Master of Shaman God Mountain, backed by a great existence of absolute violence.

Zhang You was very glad that she had learned this news and had actively requested to come here.

She would use her own methods to personally cut off this world that had once harmed her… harmed her mother and aunt.

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Many people, some like Bai Di, some like Zhang You, some like Zhang Haoming, some like Zhang Xu.

Each of them, in this rare chaotic era in ten thousand years, played their role, using their unique abilities, intelligence, and physical strength to transform this world.

This was what Li Qi wanted to see.

Whether it was Zhang You, Bai Di, or Zhang Xu, they all had various speculations about Li Qi.

But none of them guessed correctly.

Li Qi's magnanimity far exceeded these people's imagination.

Zhang You felt that Li Qi wanted to use their hands to enable Baiyue to cope with the current war.

Bai Di felt that Li Qi was gathering strength to resist humanity.

Zhang Xu felt that Li Qi wanted to win a war.

Zhang Haoming felt that Li Qi wanted to covet his family property.

Everyone felt that Li Qi had ulterior motives, but they all lacked Li Qi's magnanimity; they could not imagine what kind of future Li Qi was designing.

All these people were Li Qi's pawns.

At this moment, all existences in Baiyue were Li Qi's helpers. Each pawn had its own use. Countless people believed they were accomplishing a great feat, but time would prove that these people were merely necessary processes, parts used by Li Qi to design things they could never imagine.

Only those with the same magnanimity as Li Qi, or… existences with greater magnanimity than Li Qi, could see—

What Li Qi wanted was never to forcibly create his own Baiyue, to forcefully change the situation of Baiyue with military might. That kind of Baiyue, created by suppressing others with absolute violence, had no meaning.

But no matter what he wanted, what he was doing now was very simple.

He was shattering the 'Jianghu' of Baiyue.

Once the Jianghu was shattered, what remained would all be 'individual Dao'.

The Dao of the Baiyue Kingdom Lord, the Dao of Bai Di, the Dao of Zhang You, the Dao of Zhang Xu, and possibly even the Dao of Zhang Haoming, the Dao of the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord, including Li Qi's Dao, and the Dao of those hundreds of billions, even trillions of people in the hundreds of countries of Baiyue.

They would begin to contend in this chaotic era where the Jianghu completely collapsed.

The so-called 'contention for the throne' was nothing more than this, right?

Whoever's Dao could win in the end would become the Jianghu of Baiyue.

At that time, Baiyue would be completely renewed.

In Li Qi's view, the Baiyue Kingdom Lords, as feudal rulers, were conservative and unchanging, not because they were strong, but precisely the opposite: because they were corrupt and incompetent, because they were often in an unstable state plagued by internal and external troubles.

The Baiyue Kingdom Lords' Dao foundations were unstable, normally preventing them from advancing to the fifth rank. They could only become fifth-rank through this method, and they cherished their fifth-rank status beyond measure.

Using the analogy of a beggar finding gold and desperately clinging to it to explain the Baiyue Kingdom Lords' conservatism is very fitting.

After all, precisely at such times, because they were afraid, they demanded the status quo be maintained and rejected anyone who dared to speak of reform.

Therefore, what Li Qi needed to do now was to subtly make them overlook the risk of losing the “gold” in their hands at any time.

His injuries, naturally, were also utilized by him.

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