Chapter 937: Chapter 51: Aftermath and the Arrival of the Imperial Decree
Xia Jing gritted his teeth, "Alright, I will persuade Father."
"Hurry, it’s already December. The Spring Festival is in February, the bureaucratic adjustments are in April, it will be too late if delayed."
"I understand." Xia Jing nodded, hurriedly running out.
...
On the eighth of December, the true self left the Star Palace, and in late December, Zhao Xing’s true self went to the Tianyuan Prefecture Branch.
At this time, the Tianyuan Prefecture Branch had become the place where Grand Minister of Agriculture Li Boqian issued orders.
Zhao Xing now doesn’t plan to exert any subjective intention, but he can’t remain idle either.
He intends to take on some arduous tasks from Li Boqian.
Otherwise, after Prince Liang’s rebellion, if all he received were achievements and no hardships, solely relying on connections and influence, it would provoke resentment.
"Assassinated by a group of assassins, meticulously crafted a refuge, and then still needing to endure some hardships... working under Emperor Jing is truly difficult."
Zhao Xing’s true self flew to Tianyuan Prefecture on December 21st.
Mainly because he spent some time retrieving his clones scattered across various prefectures.
Order restored in Pinghai State, the Golden Dragon Qi Fortune stabilized, so he can’t do whatever he wants anymore.
Accepting Shangguan’s coordination to do some dirty and hard work is Zhao Xing’s plan for wrapping up.
Li Boqian did not meet Zhao Xing.
He was received by Junior Agricultural Officer Wang Tianzhi.
Having more identities is good; he still holds the title of Doctor of Governance at Xuantian Academy.
When Zhao Xing expressed his desire to take on some heavy work, Wang Tianzhi showed a peculiar expression:
"Everyone else competes for easy tasks that offer quick promotion, why do you want to go against the tide, Chen An?"
Zhao Xing bowed and said, "I have a peculiar nature, I never like to go where the crowd is."
Wang Tianzhi improvised, "You certainly have pioneering spirit, liking to challenge difficult problems."
"Since that’s the case, I’ll arrange for you to do two things."
He took out two dossiers:
"First, is the cyclical calculation work of the Military Realm Passage, you and Hu Yang are already doing this work, and now you will continue to participate."
"You have cultivated the Derivation God Decision, most suitable for such large-scale calculations."
Zhao Xing nodded, this task has a large workload, fitting his expectations.
"Second, is the Grotto Heaven sorting work in Pinghai State, many desolate regions have experienced Primordial Energy turmoil, you have cultivated the Kunpeng Transformation, many places others can’t go, but you can."
Prince Liang’s rebellion disturbed not only Pinghai State, but many Pocket Worlds were thrown into chaos as well.
Especially during the most frenzied period, the fiercest competition was over the Pocket Worlds, as they involve passage entrances and naturally see the highest intensity battles.
"I obey the orders."
Zhao Xing received the two orders, respectfully saluted and left.
Soon, Lu Chunhua walked in, bowing to Wang Tianzhi.
Seeing Wang Tianzhi deep in thought, Lu Chunhua couldn’t help but ask curiously, "What are you thinking, Uncle Master?"
Wang Tianzhi snapped back, smiling, "Nothing, I just encountered a clever fellow."
"How clever?"
"So clever that in the future, I might end up working under him."
...
The clones Zhao Xing had recovered were mostly dispatched to the Observatory at the Phenology Institute, to work along with Brother Hu Yang and Zhang Tianxing on calculations.
When Zhao Xing arrived, Hu Yang and Zhang Tianxing were overjoyed.
"Hahaha, Shaodong, look who’s here."
A Thousand-eyed Green Spider flew down from piles of scrolls, transforming into a middle-aged man.
He was Brother Hu Yang, Zhang Tianxing.
"Where?" From another direction, a golden bird swiftly arrived, reverting to human form.
"Oh, our Saint Heir from the Marquis Transformation Sect has come. Come, Brother, let’s bow to the Saint Heir."
Saying this, Hu Yang and Zhang Tianxing began to gesture as if kneeling.
Zhao Xing also gestured, "No, you two are Guardian Elders, how can elders bow to the Saint Heir? I should be the one to kneel to you two."
"No, no, it’s us who should kneel."
"Oh, oh, oh~"
After a round of gestures.
Zhao Xing, Zhang Tianxing, and Hu Yang all laughed.
"Come, come in quickly."
"Chen An, you came at the perfect time, my Brother and I are almost bald." Hu Yang sorrowfully rubbed his head, "Yesterday I went to the Mechanical Institute looking for tools, others thought I was a Mechanical Master."
Wang Tianzhi laughed, "How offensive, not all Mechanical Masters have less hair."
Zhao Xing said, "Maybe Brother Hu wore the Divine Luo Robe with horizontal and vertical stripes?"
Hu Yang and Zhang Tianxing paused, then realized, and burst into laughter.
Zhao Xing quickly integrated himself into the work with a Mechanical Master joke.
These two were quite amusing characters.
During the work ahead, Mechanical Master jokes would come up from time to time.
"One day I used Marquis Transformation Method to rush to the Mechanical Institute, passing by their training ground, a Mechanical Master wearing a Tianheng Detector actually waved at me."
"Chen An, guess what I did?"
"What did you do?"
"I felt enthusiastic and joined his Puppet Bird Formation, then he directed me east, I went west."
"Until after I left that guy was questioning his life, thinking his Puppet Bird mechanism was broken, checking them one by one."
"Hahaha, Brother Hu you’re so mischievous! Chen An, don’t imitate him!"
"Why would I? I usually turn into the leading bird, ensuring his entire Mechanical Array goes haywire."
"Hahaha!"
...
The calculation work was too monotonous and dull, Hu Yang and Zhang Tianxing could only entertain themselves.
After Zhao Xing joined, the two amusing characters became three.
Hu Yang and Zhang Tianxing also deeply liked Zhao Xing, feeling more and more aligned with him.