Chapter 320 Who dares to mess around? (Subscribe)
At this time, outside the Thousand Machines Tower, the onlookers saw the inn emerging in the illusion and began to make some guesses.

“According to the style of Taoist Huangshan’s previous levels, the first level is to warn the geniuses not to be too conventional, but to dare to break the rules and move forward.”

“The second step is to teach them to be on guard, especially when facing the kindness of strangers, and not to trust them easily to avoid being cheated.”

“The desert in the third level is easier to understand. Even when people are extremely hungry and thirsty, they still need to remain restrained and not be confused by what is in front of them.”

“And the inn on the fourth floor of the Thousand Machines Tower must also have some kind of test. It seems that the main obstacle lies in those vicious and ferocious Jianghu people…”

“If it were up to me, Fairy Youxiang should have just killed everyone in the inn like she did before.”

“Absolutely not! Don’t you see there are old people and children inside?”

“That’s true. Fairy Youxiang must have taken this into consideration when she sat down and didn’t choose to take action directly.”

“But we have been in the martial arts world for many years, and we should all know that monks, Taoists, the elderly and children are the ones we should be most wary of. They are even more dangerous than the Confucian scholar on the second floor!”

“Should we kill without hesitation when facing danger? What if the content of this test is not ‘defense’, but the kindness in the hearts of the geniuses?”

“This……”

Not only did the martial artists and the common people start discussing, the geniuses on the stage were also thinking about how to crack it.

After thinking for a long time, none of them could figure out the reason without getting more clues. However, they understood in their hearts why Jiang Ye and Hua Youxiang cursed Taoist Huangshan like that.

If they were in his place, they would also curse when faced with such endless and unpredictable tests.

“Junior Sister Xueru, it seems that our previous idea of ​​rushing forward recklessly is not feasible.” Xiao Xuanzhen said with a frown.

“Well,” Lin Xueru stared at Hua Youxiang in the illusion and said, “Junior sister was right to scold me before, and what Master Xuanjian said was also right.”

This kind of “experience” is too bad – it does not test their cultivation, skills and talents, but only tests their weaknesses in dealing with things and their character, which definitely hits the weak spots of most people.

Upon hearing this, the flower fairy’s face was filled with worry, and the words “too difficult” were almost written on her beautiful face.

“I hope my sister can pass this level.”

In the highest painted boat, Chen Yi was also somewhat displeased. The look he showed towards Taoist Huangshan no longer had the same approval as before. After all, the one who was undergoing “training” in the Thousand Machines Tower was his junior sister.

“Marquis Yingwu, now you know how I felt before, right?” the great gentleman asked with a smile.

“My junior sister has already reached the fourth floor. Even if she stops here, she is still better than Jiang…”

Chen Yi noticed Jiang Ziqi behind him and changed his words: “Better than the genius from your Kyoto Academy.”

After he finished speaking, he realized that it seemed no different from before, so he simply ignored what Jiang Ziqi thought and continued:

“But if I were to face this fourth level, I would kill everything without hesitation.”

“You don’t even spare the elderly and children?” The Master asked suspiciously, “I know that Marquis Yingwu practices the way of killing and slaughtering swordsmen, but is it unfair to kill without regard for others?”

Hearing this, Emperor Wei, Xie Jing and others who were nearby also looked over.

Chen Yi glanced at them, raised his hand and pointed to the illusion, and said: “Those Jianghu people seem to be ferocious, but in fact they care about the old man and the child at the next table——”

“The one who was drinking glanced over, and the one next to him with his back to the elderly and children seemed normal, but in fact his body was tense, with his left toe touching the ground, and the one opposite him had one hand in his arms…”

After hearing his explanation, Emperor Wei took a look and thought, “Marquis Yingwu is very observant, but this does not mean that those two should be killed.”

The great master reacted and explained with a sigh: “Your Majesty, Marquis Yingwu is right. Everyone sitting in the inn right now deserves to die.”

Emperor Wei looked carefully again, but still didn’t find anything. “Why is this? Why don’t you just tell me directly? Why keep me in suspense?”

As the emperor of the Wei Dynasty, he had stayed in the imperial city and Kyoto Prefecture since he was a child and seldom went out. He had never seen the twists and turns of the wandering people in the martial arts world and really didn’t discover anything.

At this time, Xie Jing, who was sitting below him, also saw the problem and said with a folded hand:
“Your Majesty is the Supreme Being. These shameless and despicable people should not be in your eyes.”

Emperor Wei glared and said, “Speak!”

Xie Jing looked at the calm Mr. Da and Chen Yi, shook her head and stood up and said:
“In the illusion, the old man looked kind, but he was holding the child’s arm the whole time, for fear that he would run away.”

“While the child was eating obediently, he took advantage of the appearance of Taoist Master Hua Youxiang to poison the old man…”

Emperor Wei’s expression suddenly became confused, “Why is that? Shouldn’t the old man holding hands be on guard against the quacks at the next table?”

“That’s not the case,” Xie Jing sighed, “The old man must be a human trafficker, and the child he has is a kidnapped one.”

“And that child is even more vicious. He must have practiced some evil method to prevent his body from growing up. This is probably to steal the money of the human trafficker.”

“…”

The Emperor of Wei was stunned for a moment, then he flew into a rage and slammed the table beside him. “How can this be absurd? How can there be so many vicious people in the world? Are there many such people in the seventeen states of the Great Wei Dynasty?”

The court ministers who had reacted remained silent, obviously having heard about what was happening in the martial arts world.

The great master glanced at Chen Yi, who was calm and composed, and then glanced at the ministers who dared not speak, and suddenly said:

“Your Majesty, there is no need to be angry. In my opinion, these people are just a minority.”

“After all, our Great Wei Dynasty has a vast territory and a large population. It is inevitable that there will be some people with ulterior motives, such as the evil sects such as the God Worship Sect. They even collude with the Demon Court.”

“They should all be killed!” The Emperor of Wei was furious, pointing at the illusion and saying, “If there are more people like this, what will our Wei Dynasty use to attack the Shiwan Mountains in the north?”

As soon as he finished speaking, he looked at the ministers present and asked with a stern and cold expression: “Do you have a solution? I don’t want to see similar things happen again, especially that human tooth!”

“If I remember correctly, Marquis Yingwu was almost kidnapped by human traffickers, right?”

“…”

When Chen Yi saw that he was dragging himself into this, he secretly rolled his eyes.

How could he be abducted by human traffickers? He was clearly a crazy old man.

However, after seeing all the ministers remained silent, he thought for a moment and said:

“It’s not difficult to solve this kind of thing.”

“Oh? Marquis Yingwu, tell me about it.” The Emperor of Wei asked, his expression relaxing.

“enlightenment.”

Chen Yi glanced at the master and thought to himself, “You old fellow must kowtow to me later, otherwise I will let you get this advantage for nothing.”

“Education?” The Master noticed his look, and his expression was very interesting, with a complex mixture of surprise and joy. “Marquis Yingwu continued.”

“After all, our Wei Dynasty ruled the country with military force, lacked education, and the rule of law was not sound. In addition, there were many aristocratic families, clans, and schools, which led to the increase of such people.”

Chen Yi combined what he had seen in his previous life, pointed at several ministers and said with a smile:

“To put it bluntly, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of Justice are mostly good-for-nothings.” “…”

Several ministers who were named were sweating, but they didn’t bother to wipe it off. They looked at Chen Yi and trembled:
“Marquis Yingwu, you, you can’t say that about me…”

“Go on!” Emperor Wei glared at them and motioned Chen Yi to continue.

“If I want the people of the Wei Dynasty to have something to rely on and the army to be stronger, it is not the work of one person, but requires efforts from top to bottom.”

Chen Yi did not keep the question in suspense any longer, but combined his understanding with the current situation of the Wei Dynasty and put forward a few insights.

The first priority is education – to make all the people literate so that they can be enlightened, and both civil and military education can be carried out simultaneously.

The second is to strictly prohibit the expansion of aristocratic families, especially land.

The third rule of law…

“That’s about it. If everything can be improved, I think the people of our Wei Dynasty will live more comfortably than they do now. At least no one will starve or freeze to death.”

Chen Yi looked at the smiling master and snorted, “However, as for educating the people, my Taoist sects are also capable of doing it. As for the academy? Let’s talk about it after we deal with those scholarly families who control the Confucian classics.”

“…”

The great master’s smile suddenly disappeared. After thinking for a moment, he stood up and bowed to Chen Yi: “I would like to thank Marquis Yingwu on behalf of all the scholars in the world.”

“Forget it. I hate people like you who take advantage of others. However, if His Majesty really wants to change the system in the future, I suggest that the schools in each state should make contributions to the nearby Taoist sects. Of course, it would be best if both Confucianism and Taoism can be taught to avoid fighting later.”

Hearing this, those court ministers who had not yet understood or were still immersed in his words did not say anything, but Xie Jing was the first to react.

“I ask Your Majesty to follow Marquis Yingwu’s advice and make changes!”

Xie Jing couldn’t help but be excited.

Over the years, as the left prime minister, he has witnessed both the civil and military struggles in the court and the sufferings of the people in various states. He has been thinking about how to solve the problems he has seen.

But it was not until today, after listening to what Chen Yi said, that he noticed that the root of some problems was not the court or the aristocratic families he saw, but that it was necessary to completely change the root, from the Wei Dynasty’s dominant principle of “ruling the country with military force.”

Of course, it is not to weaken martial arts, but to enhance literature. Education is one aspect, official administration is another, and aristocratic families, military marquises, ministers, etc. are all part of it.

Only by linking each link together can he build a more perfect system and allow the Wei Dynasty to last another thousand or even ten thousand years.

Emperor Wei frowned and glanced at him, then looked at Mr. Da and Chen Yi, and calmed down instead.

The Wei Dynasty has been passed down for thousands of years, and some systems cannot be changed easily.

And as Chen Yi said, it is difficult to distinguish the pros and cons without decades of practice.

“We’ll discuss this later, let’s watch the competition first.”

Hearing this, Chen Yi secretly curled his lips, stared directly at the Thousand Machines Tower illusion, and stopped talking.

However, what he just said was not all. He retained some of the content after all, or he felt that his current cultivation level was not enough to sweep the world, otherwise he would definitely say –

First, cut off the foundation of the aristocratic families and take all the land into the hands of the court, so that the people will naturally not go hungry or suffer from cold.

Even if some chaos arises later, there are ways to solve it. At worst, we can go west to attack Buddha’s light, north to conquer the Ten Thousand Mountains, south to conquer the barbarians, and east to the archipelago. If we occupy the entire Tianyuan Continent, we can naturally continue to pass it on.

In addition, there are places like Taizhou Mountain with countless realms and unparalleled martial arts. Who dares to mess around?

And when everyone’s eyes were on the illusion.

Hua Youxiang lived up to everyone’s expectations. After realizing that the waiter had secretly poisoned the food, she drew her sword and slashed at him.

Her move was not a big deal. The martial artists who had been planning for a long time also slashed at the old man and the child, which immediately led the two men to fight back.

Hua Youxiang realized it then and frowned and shouted, “So you are all bad guys, look at the sword!”

The sword flashed several times, killing all the people in the inn, and then entered the fifth floor.

Hua Youxiang was still angry: “Old Taoist priest Huangshan, you are so hateful.”

She had never traveled down the mountain, so she had never seen so many shameless people. If Jiang Ye had not taken the lead, she would have been in trouble.

But Taoist Huangshan was, after all, more skilled than the others, and he used all sorts of strange and bizarre things in the Thousand Machines Tower, and not all of them could be forced through by just brute force.

Finally, Hua Youxiang stopped at the tenth floor of the Thousand Machine Tower.

After she came out, she didn’t bother to go to the Flower Fairy and others to cry, but directly took out the small wooden sword given by Chen Yi, and pointed at Taoist Huangshan angrily:

“What kind of Thousand Machine Tower is this? Look at me…”

But before she could finish, Chen Yi took her to the houseboat and temporarily confiscated the small wooden sword in her hand.

“Senior brother…”

Hua Youxiang was so angry that she threw herself into his arms and burst into tears.

“He, he is such a bully!”

“Alright, alright, Junior Sister. I will definitely seek justice for you later. For now, just stay here and watch other geniuses break into the Thousand Machines Tower.”

Chen Yi looked doting, and then glared at Taoist Huangshan, “Old Taoist, I will settle the score with you after I win the bet.”

“…”

Taoist Huangshan rolled his eyes and almost started cursing.

Isn’t it normal for him to ask some unusual questions as the examiner?
So if he gets bullied in there, you have to chop him up, right?
When Hua Youxiang took out the small wooden sword just now, he was really scared. The killing sword intent of the fifth level of supernatural power on it was no joke.

With this thought in mind, Taoist Huangshan waved his whisk in annoyance and snorted:
“Keep going…if anyone dares to scold me again, don’t blame me for being rude to you!”

Upon seeing this, the other geniuses cursed inwardly and had no choice but to enter the Thousand Machines Tower. They began to curse Taoist Huangshan while rushing into the tower with reckless vigour.

Fortunately, Hua Youxiang had just passed the tenth floor of the tower, which made them prepared. Their scores kept getting higher and higher. By the time Lin Xueru, who ranked first in the last round, entered the Thousand Machine Tower, Xie Dongan had already pushed the number of levels to the ninety-second floor.

“It’s really hard to guard against…”

Even a good-tempered person like Xie Dongan glanced at Taoist Huangshan after he came out, let alone the other geniuses.

But he didn’t have a backer like Chen Yi to protect him, so he could only go to the pleasure boat in disappointment to comfort Jiang Ye.

Just met.

Jiang Ye asked with a dull look on his face: “Ang’er, do you think it’s too late for me to retire to the mountains now?”

(End of this chapter)