Zhu Yanyi finally understood. Why should she reject everything in the Great Yu Realm? Although this was not her home country, and although this realm seemed less advanced, it still held living beings.
As long as life existed, this realm had a reason to exist. She was a doctor. A doctor’s duty was to heal those in need, anywhere, whether it was a person or a nation.
With this realization, Zhu Yanyi’s heart relaxed. She noticed a slight loosening in her peak of the Void Transformation stage. With just one more opportunity, she could break through to the perfect peak, perhaps even entering the Moving Void stage.
She looked at Yan Aohan and said, "Aohan, I’ve thought it through. I will help the people of this world. However, in three months, I must return to participate in the Qixia Secret Realm competition at the Saint Academy. Since the secret realm won’t open until next year, I’ll come back after the competition. Then, when the secret realm opens, I’ll go there, and return again when it closes. I plan to stay here for about a year. That should be enough. Ideally, I want to finish healing this world before the Qixia Secret Realm opens."
"There is no rush. Take your time," Yan Aohan said. He loved seeing Zhu Yanyi so serious, lively, and full of vitality. He did not want her to feel lifeless.
Zhu Yanyi nodded. "I am not in a hurry. I just miss you a little."
Hearing this, Yan Aohan’s eyes lit up. "I miss you too. In a few days, when things here are settled, I will come to see you."
Zhu Yanyi nodded, then shook her head. "Forget it. This is not our Huaxia Realm. If a great god like you comes here, it will scare the people. It is fine for us to meet like this."
Yan Aohan thought, I don’t just want to meet. Of course, he would not say this, or his wife would be shy, and he would suffer the consequences.
"It is fine. People in the Great Yu Realm will die eventually. I will say I am here to collect souls. When I come, there will be no pressure," Yan Aohan said with a smile.
"You, the Venerable Yanluo, coming out to collect souls? Are you trying to scare people?" Zhu Yanyi teased. Usually, souls entered the Yellow Springs directly through the Soul-Guiding Flower. Only special souls required someone to collect them.
"You are right, my wife. I cannot collect souls. Then I will send souls," Yan Aohan pondered for a moment. "A Heavenly Golden Immortal from the heavens needs to descend for training. I will bring him down. With this reason, even the Heavenly Dao of your realm cannot stop me."
Zhu Yanyi was speechless. Who would dare to stop the Venerable Yanluo? No one had such courage. But since Yan Aohan had made his preparations, Zhu Yanyi simply shrugged and agreed.
After ending the call with Yan Aohan, Zhu Yanyi gave the Emperor her answer. She agreed to stay and help, but once the country was on the right track, she would leave.
The Emperor was overjoyed. With Zhu Yanyi here, she felt much more secure. She also knew her departure was inevitable. As long as the country stabilized before she left, she agreed.
Naturally, Zhu Yanyi had no interest in court politics. Her current priority was to fully establish the Dagger Guard.
She also did not ignore the old master of the Huangfu family. As planned, she appeared every five days to treat her. The Huangfu family was still doing good deeds, distributing porridge and medicine. They had even funded the resettlement of a village whose homes were destroyed. Since they did good deeds, Zhu Yanyi naturally gave them some benefits.
Ten days later, the Huangfu old master opened his eyes and could speak. Although he could not get out of bed, he was no longer in a deep coma.
Seeing this, the Huangfu old madam became even more dedicated to doing good deeds. Some things became habits. Under Zhu Yanyi’s supervision, doing good deeds became very natural for the Huangfu family. In fact, if they stopped for a while, they would feel uncomfortable.
This was an unexpected effect for Zhu Yanyi, but she was pleased. Regardless, the result was good.
When one does something for a long time, it becomes natural. Zhu Yanyi saw this habit forming in the Huangfu family. She believed the first step was to make everyone accustomed to the presence of goodness, temporarily setting aside complaints.
Thus, preaching scriptures and teaching the Dao was indeed a good method.
Zhu Yanyi felt she needed to find an opportunity to preach to others, but first, she had to find the right chance.
The State Preceptor had disappeared. The best guess was that she had left this realm, as not everyone had such ability. However, Zhu Yanyi sensed that the State Preceptor had vanished to accumulate power. She did not know what kind of power it was, but she did not underestimate an enemy, nor did she worry about a currently absent one. She was not concerned about what might happen.
Zhu Yanyi did not mind or worry. She focused on the present. However, the mysterious young master did not share her indifference.
"An Yun, you are saying this Divine Doctor Throne did not launch a large-scale search for the weasels?" The young master looked at the chessboard, thinking about his next move.
"Yes. Based on my observations these days, this Divine Doctor Throne is very strange. Although she still had people look, her focus did not seem to be on this. When there was no news, she gave up directly. Moreover, she seems to have focused more energy on training," An Yun answered seriously, then looked confused. "Young Master, do you think this Divine Doctor Throne plans to usurp the throne and become Empress?"
"A cultivator becoming Empress? Is that possible? An Yun, your mind is not sharp," the young master said. He placed a white stone with his right hand, picked up a black stone with his left, and continued to consider where to place it.
"If she is not becoming Empress, why is she training a group of mortals?" An Yun sneered.
"Because she knows that governing a country requires more than just one person," the young master said, placing the black stone. she looked up at An Yun. "This is why a girl can be the Throne, while you can only be my page."