Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 410 - 279: Watch Together?_3

Chapter 410: Chapter 279: Watch Together?_3

Xu Yuan smiled faintly, his voice very light:

"This is a physique formed over ten thousand years beneath the earth, something that can’t be sought after. However, if the Dayan Empire could reach their proportion of cultivators, the demonic beasts plaguing those chaotic villages would probably cease to be a concern."

Li Qingyan’s proud and full chest rose and fell slightly as she exhaled, calmed her mind, and said with a smile:

"Impossible. It has been only a little over twenty years since Father Emperor and Minister Xu established the martial apprentice schools to propagate the Martial Apprentice’s Path. Among those who have strayed from these schools, many have already begun causing turmoil in the countryside.

"Cultivators, to the common people, are more terrifying than demonic beasts."

Xu Yuan smiled with a hint of surprise:

"Even though you have stayed in the military all these years, you are aware of the local bandit problem?"

"Why wouldn’t I know?"

Li Qingyan cast a strange glance at Xu Yuan and whispered:

"There have always been quite a few Xia Groups composed of idling martial apprentices active within Northern Border City. Even among those large and medium-sized Xia Groups sanctioned by the government, there are many strongmen and bandits dyed with the blood of the innocent, not to mention unregistered martial apprentices."

At this point,

Li Qingyan curved her lips into a slight smirk, her raspy voice tinged with amusement:

"And those people actually have the audacity to call themselves rangers."

"Not just rangers..."

Xu Yuan smiled wanly, softly adding: "In many counties of the south, there are martial apprentices who, using cultivation techniques learned from martial halls, have started their own sects and begun taking in disciples."

Li Qingyan’s gaze became strange as she, who had always been in the Northern Frontier, was not aware of this situation:

"A group of martial apprentices who haven’t even achieved Soul Condensation dares to establish their own sects?"

Xu Yuan shrugged his shoulders, chuckling:

"With cultivation techniques, you can establish a sect. But those low-level techniques, just think of them as well-behaved bandits;

"Of course,

"They don’t consider themselves bandits, but rather... mundane sects."

Since the establishment of Tian’an Martial Hall decades ago, providing the lower classes with a pathway to cultivation, those martial apprentices who were either eliminated or chose not to enter the military have evolved to the point where the framework of a ’martial world’ has taken shape.

"Mundane sects?"

Upon hearing this, Li Qingyan’s crimson pupils flickered with a sharp light, her voice taking on a hint of the military’s lethal intent: "The local government doesn’t manage this? If this continues, it could shake the Great Yan’s very foundation."

"........"

Xu Yuan’s eyes flickered slightly, somewhat surprised by Li Qingyan’s political acumen as a military officer, but soon rationalized it given her status as an imperial princess.

To be honest, he didn’t used to know about these things either.

But who asked for his father to be the influential Prime Minister who doted on his children?

Reuniting with the other three young men of the Imperial Capital at the Hook Bar, the joke he made with Gong Yuanzeng, the son of the Deputy Minister, was not entirely in jest.

Since his father’s study was set up in the inner courtyard of the Prime Minister’s Mansion, he, as the youngest son, could come and go as he pleased.

That was the case when he was a child, and even more so now.

During his time in the Imperial Capital, he went straight into the study and read many of the Dayan Empire’s central secret memorials and inner documents.

Sometimes, he would even look at them with his father.

Both father and son would sit in silence at the desk. Just as his father finished with the annotations and put them down, Xu Yuan would immediately pick them up to review.

As a result, Xu Yuan now had a very clear understanding of the current situation in the Dayan Empire.

The establishment of basic cultivation institutions like Tian’an Martial Hall and the Formation Pattern Bureau provided the lower classes a channel for cultivation, and the Dayan Empire’s overall national strength has been growing rapidly.

More cultivators,

More formation masters,

More alchemists,

More spiritual medicine cultivators,

And many more.

These talents, like military-grade demonic beasts, were pulling the Dayan Empire along the path of prosperity.

However, the speed of this increase in national strength is actually faster and could use a military-grade flying demonic beast as an "engine."

The Origin Qi between heaven and earth surged continuously, and with today’s production of cultivation resources across the Great Yan, it was completely possible to supply more commoners with the means for cultivation.

Yet this trend had always been suppressed by The Imperial Court and the Sects, still controlling and repressing the channels of cultivation techniques, especially higher-tier ones.

The production capabilities of the Dayan Empire were being firmly suppressed by the upper echelons.

But once the production capabilities are unleashed, it’s not something that can be repressed by simply the upper structure saying so.

Just like the mundane sects that gave Li Qingyan cause for concern.

If one such mundane sect appeared, then a second and third would follow. Once they emerged on a large scale, it would lead to a rapid overflow of martial practitioners in the lower strata over the next few decades.

Li Yaoxuan and his father, along with their team of aides, needed time to address the chaos brought about by this shifting landscape.

After a pause, Xu Yuan quietly explained to Li Qingyan:

"These mundane sects are tacitly permitted by my father."

"Minister Xu tacitly permits them?"

Li Qingyan murmured, then quickly understood and asked, "Because they’re obedient?"

"Precisely."

Xu Yuan praised the form-fittingly clad princess: "These martial sects have a fixed base, making them much easier to manage than those wandering Xia Groups. They are obedient, can clear out the demonic beasts near their location, and can even generate revenue for the local government. Why not do it?"

"Minister Xu sees far ahead...better to channel than to block."

Li Qingyan pondered for a moment, nodded slightly, and a smile emerged on her lips again: "Let me guess, Minister Xu’s next move should be to transform all those active large Xia Groups into these kinds of mundane sects?"

"....."

Xu Yuan’s expression showed a trace of astonishment.

Correct.

The princess remained as astute as ever.

With a slight smile, he softly said:

"Yes."

Li Qingyan, intrigued, asked:

"Changtian, how do you know such confidential information?"

"Of course, through the memorials." Xu Yuan said as a matter of course.

"Memorials?"

Li Qingyan glanced at Xu Yuan, with an implied smile:

"Does Minister Xu allow you, Changtian, to peruse the memorials?"

"Haven’t you been to the inner courtyard of my family estate? The door to my father’s study is always unlocked,"

Xu Yuan looked into her eyes and asked with a smile:

"Qingyan, next time you come to my place, shall we read the memos together?"