“Sunken Water Black Lotus, Langya Heart-Cleansing Tea, Jiaodong Spiny Sea Cucumber Flower, Sunward Withered Vine…”
Li Shun’s gaze swept across them. He left nothing behind, collecting every single item into the Fangcun space.
These were all reserve specins stored in the warehouse of Lengshan’s yan. Each type only had one or two plants, kept for ergency transplantation.
Yet under Li Shun’s thorough plundering, the entire warehouse was emptied in the blink of an eye.
anwhile, his true body, after parting ways with Li Qing, went off alone to begin testing the effects of these rare treasures.
His objective was clear. He would first identify those that could promote the expansion of the Fangcun space.
He did not consu entire plants. Instead, he sliced off a small piece from each, swallowing it while observing the changes within his body.
As one heavenly treasure after another entered his stomach, Li Shun could clearly feel his already youthful body becoming even more invigorated.
A surge of heat coursed wildly through him, yet found no outlet.
“Most of them seem to nourish the physical body…”
Only when Li Shun placed the “Five-Leaf Lingzhi” into his mouth did his heart stir.
His divine sense descended into the Fangcun space with a sudden force, while he simultaneously swallowed the remaining Lingzhi in one gulp.
“My divine sense… it feels stronger.”
His consciousness arrived at the edge of the Fangcun space, where the white mist barrier stood.
Just as before, he pierced into it like a needle, then pushed forward with slight force.
As expected, with his enhanced divine sense, the previously dense, seal-like white mist barrier had beco movable once again.
Li Shun’s spirit lifted, and he imdiately took the opportunity to expand a new region within Fangcun.
“So it seems… the size of the Fangcun space is related to the strength of my divine sense.”
Halfway through opening the fifth plot of land, Li Shun began to feel exhausted.
But as another rare treasure that enhanced divine sense was consud, fresh strength surged within him.
“Penglai Bewitching Mushroom.”
“Baishan Snow Ginseng.”
…
With the aid of three such treasures in total, Li Shun finally completed the opening of a new region.
And without him even realizing it, the night had already passed.
Yet the ti reversal did not occur.
“It seems that for Threefold Self-Reflection, a ‘day’ is still asured according to the Great Qian world.”
“Though Imperial Mausoleum Commandary claims to be a separate world, it still maintains a hidden connection to Great Qian,” Li Shun mused, nodding slightly as relief surfaced in his heart.
“For , this is actually a good thing. The rewind window has expanded from one day to seven days. My margin for error has increased significantly.”
“The second reflection still has six days remaining…”
Due to the differing flow of ti, Imperial Mausoleum Commandary followed its own calendar.
After checking, Li Shun confird the current date.
“The 2,987th year of the Mausoleum Calendar, sixth month, fourteenth day.”
“If calculated at a ratio of one to seven, that would correspond to about four hundred and twenty-seven years in the outside world.”
“Though… the ti difference between Imperial Mausoleum Commandary and the outside world may not have always been at this ratio from the very beginning.” Li Shun shook his head slightly, no longer dwelling on the complexities of calendars.
His attention returned to the newly opened region within Fangcun.
Like the fourth area, it lay on the outer periter of the three central core regions.
Li Shun observed for a mont, “If this ratio holds, then the second ring should be able to open up a total of twelve plots of land. In other words, it can accommodate twelve puppets.”
At this thought, his scalp tingled slightly.
He was both awed by the imnse power of Fangcun and faintly uneasy about what lay ahead.
“Fangcun puppets that move in the outside world must be controlled by splitting off a portion of consciousness.”
“One or two is manageable, but if the number keeps increasing…”
“I’m afraid it will beco difficult to control.”
“Next, I should probably look for puppets like ‘Li Shun’, ones that can remain within the Fangcun space all day and still produce value.”
Li Shun pondered silently.
The nourishing effects of the three spiritual plants on his divine sense had yet to fully fade. Borrowing that remaining strength, he continued opening new space.
Only when the sixth plot had been developed to about one-third did he finally exhaust himself, and the white mist once again grew dense and solid.
“Brother… why does it feel like after sleeping, you’ve beco much more energetic?”
During the day, when Li Qing saw Li Shun again, he stared at him for quite a while before asking suspiciously.
Li Shun’s expression remained unchanged as he sighed with emotion. “You have no idea. In Lengshan County, I lived every day in fear, worried I wouldn’t be able to complete my labor quota. You could say I haven’t had a single peaceful night’s sleep for decades. Now that I’ve finally returned ho, and you’ve grown capable, Little Tuanzi… yesterday’s rest was the best I’ve ever had.”
Li Qing’s eyes reddened slightly, but just as he was about to speak, Li Shun changed the topic.
“That said, it’s not quite appropriate for to keep staying here with you.”
“Could you find a separate place nearby for to live?” Li Shun asked tactfully.
Li Qing thought for a mont, then nodded. “This place really is a bit shabby. Besides, I can’t have you sleeping in the guest room forever.”
After a brief pause, he glanced toward the neighboring house. “How about that place?”
“It would be ideal. Being close ans we can look out for each other. It’s just… I’m not sure…” Li Shun said hesitantly.
Li Qing waved his hand. “Don’t worry. I’ll go talk to them.”
“Wait.”
Li Shun stopped him just as he was about to rush out the door. From his robes, he took out thirty coins glowing with a faint golden light.
“Take these. It should be enough to buy the place. It’s better to resolve conflicts with money when possible,” Li Shun said earnestly.
These thirty coins were the reward Li Shun had received earlier for making the initial report. Each coin was worth ten thousand, totaling three hundred thousand.
“Be frugal with it. Try to push the price down and test their bottom line. Even if it doesn’t work out, it’s fine,” Li Shun instructed.
Li Qing understood imdiately and left with determination.
An hour later, he returned excitedly.
In his hand was the property deed.
“It only cost two hundred thousand!”
“They agreed pretty quickly. The main reason is that their eldest son is about to be taken away for labor outside, and the whole family is trying to gather money to transfer that quota to soone else.”
As he spoke, Li Qing’s expression suddenly darkened.
“I only found out later… back then, you were taken away because soone swapped you into that quota. But don’t worry, brother. I’ve already avenged that!”
Li Shun sighed softly. “Every cause has its effect. Everything is predetermined. If I hadn’t been taken as a laborer, how could I have obtained the great fortune of Threefold Self-Reflection? I might have ended up like our little sister, growing old and dying on Dongshan.”
Hearing this, Li Qing gradually relaxed. “That… makes sense.”
After a mont of silence, he added, “In the end, it’s still because Great Qian is unjust! Our tomb-guarding clan already suffers from guarding the imperial tombs for generations, yet we still have to bear labor duties. It’s outrageous!”
Li Shun shook his head and spoke plainly, revealing the underlying truth.
“Within Imperial Mausoleum Commandary, there are no natural disasters, no wars, no famine. If they didn’t conscript labor every year, the eight tomb-guarding towns would have long been overcrowded.”
“What seems unreasonable often has its reasons behind it. It’s not sothing that can simply be dismissed as ‘Great Qian is unjust.’”
“Little Tuanzi, even if your ambition is to slay the emperor, you must never lose your rationality because of it.”
Li Shun’s expression turned solemn as he spoke.
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