Chapter 2189

The State Preceptor knew that to restore his past cultivation, he had to start a war and devour the national fortune of the victor. Otherwise, once this world fully awakened and the Heavenly Dao reappeared, he would be destroyed by it.

Thus, he began to plot how to launch an epoch-making war.

After Zhu Yanyi returned to the capital, she naturally healed the current Elder Huangfu. Although she was not as she used to be, she could still walk with support, given she had three years of life left.

Seeing it was sufficient, Zhu Yanyi stopped worrying about her. She poured her energy into teaching the Emperor. Meanwhile, she and Yuan Yanqiu needed to return to the Sage Academy, as the quota competition was approaching.

"I plan to find Senior Sister Yanqiu in ten days, take her back to participate in our academy's quota match, and return after the competition," Zhu Yanyi said during dinner to Yan Aohan. Ouyang Mingyue and the Ruthless Gentleman were also present and heard her.

Ouyang Mingyue said, "The Qixia Secret Realm of the Sage Academy has nothing special. It doesn't matter if you go or not."

Zhu Yanyi glanced at Ouyang Mingyue. "That is for you, an Immortal Emperor. You naturally don't care about things inside. But I am different. We are ordinary people, so we value those things. So don't try to persuade me not to go."

Ouyang Mingyue laughed. "I wouldn't persuade you anyway. I was just saying. Besides, that Qixia Secret Realm is nothing for the three of us, but it might be useful for you."

As an Immortal Emperor, he knew what such small secret realms contained. "Mainly, the Qixia Secret Realm has many medicinal herbs, which would be very good for a healer like you."

Zhu Yanyi nodded slightly. "I don't know what is in the Qixia Secret Realm, but if there are really medicinal herbs, it is truly good for me, because that is what I need."

As a healer, she did not fear having too many herbs. The more herbs they had, the more people they could heal. So Zhu Yanyi desperately needed large quantities of medicinal herbs.

Ouyang Mingyue only mentioned it in passing. Besides, for such a small secret realm, if he wanted to go, he didn't need to pick a specific time or follow the complex rules of the Sage Academy. He could simply tear through space and enter.

Zhu Yanyi naturally saw this point, but it was unrealistic for her. She did not yet have such power, so she just shrugged and said nothing.

Yan Aohan asked Zhu Yanyi, "Have you made arrangements for after you return?"

"In these days, although Senior Sister Yanqiu and I are away, Senior Brother Yun Fei and Senior Brother Sikong are there, so don't worry. Their training ability is top-notch. Those people won't have a chance to defeat us. Besides, I said clearly that any method, including drug preparation and alchemy, is allowed. So using medicine is natural. The techniques and speed of using medicine were all taught by me personally, and even the medicines used were refined by me. So there is no need to worry. We will definitely win this quota match."

Zhu Yanyi naturally knew this. To prevent any contingency, she had prepared extensively.

Hearing Zhu Yanyi's words, Yan Aohan smiled slightly. "Still, be careful. After all, the Sage Academy has stood for so many years, and the people inside are not weak."

Zhu Yanyi was startled in her heart, then nodded. "You are right. I should be careful and not let anyone find loopholes." Zhu Yanyi thought for a moment and had an idea. No matter what, using medicine was inevitable, but she decided to make a new batch of medicines.

So, fighting Zhu Yanyi with medicine was pointless. Because Zhu Yanyi's effect of medicine preparation could even drug immortals, let alone mere cultivators.

Zhu Yanyi originally thought not to use too powerful medicine, but after hearing Yan Aohan's words, she felt it was better to use some stronger medicine just in case.

"Doesn't using medicine like this lack fairness?" the Ruthless Gentleman asked.

Zhu Yanyi looked at the Ruthless Gentleman in surprise. "When you secretly helped that State Preceptor against Dayu, didn't you also lack fairness? And you were dealing with mortals then, while I am dealing with cultivators now. So I am much fairer than you. Besides, I said early on that medicine and any means could be used. I gave them the choice. If their medicine skills are better than mine, I don't mind giving my quota to them."

Zhu Yanyi's generous expression left the Ruthless Gentleman speechless, because she found Zhu Yanyi's words had some truth. She just felt it wasn't right.

The Ruthless Gentleman didn't realize himself that he now had emotions, thinking about good and bad. Ouyang Mingyue and Yan Aohan noticed this. They looked at each other but did not remind him.

Yan Aohan didn't remind him because the Ruthless Gentleman was not his responsibility. Besides, he didn't want to remind someone who had once bullied his wife, so he stayed silent.

Ouyang Mingyue didn't remind him because it was a good sign. Letting the Ruthless Gentleman feel the beauty of emotions unconsciously would lay the foundation for him to truly comprehend the Ruthless Dao later. If reminded now, this thought would be forcibly cut off, which would not be good.

Yan Aohan said, "Then you need to make certain arrangements here in the next few days."

"Actually, the arrangements here are simple. The Vanguard Guard has Fu Huai and Xuanyuan Cheng, so I don't need to be responsible. Besides, I never intended to appear from the start. So although I distributed pills and internal martial arts manuals, I never appeared personally. This was to prevent them from worshipping me too much, which would restrict me later."

Zhu Yanyi said calmly, "I have no interest in being an empress. These people are prepared for the Dayu Emperor. So this is fine. As for the Dayu Emperor's lessons on the people, stopping a few classes is fine. Issues of livelihood and public sentiment are best understood through personal experience. While I am away for a few days, if Aohan has time, she can take her out for a walk and conduct incognito visits."

Yan Aohan could not go with Zhu Yanyi. After all, Yan Aohan was the Venerable Yanluo. Going casually to a small plane like the Sage Plane would burden the plane. Occasionally compressing his cultivation to go once was fine, but frequent visits could cause the small plane to collapse.