Section 39 is rejected again, epidemic outbreak

  "Tian Ge Shu Yuan has always been neutral, Chu Yun your request, I'm afraid I cannot agree to it." Upon learning of Chu Yun's intentions, the master of Tian Ge Institute slowly shook his head and refused him once again.

  "Is that so......" Chu Yun lowered her head, her eyes dimming down, knowing that this second attempt was also a failure.

  However, he didn't blame the master of Tian Ge Yuan. On the contrary, he could sense the helplessness in the old man's heart. The world doesn't revolve around oneself, and he had understood this principle since his past life. He himself also felt that there was little hope, and being rejected was normal.

  If I were in their shoes as a student of Tian Ge Academy, I would probably make the same choice too.

  A faint sense of loss in my heart, but very calm.

  The student then took his leave. He said to Tian Ge Yuan Zhu and Bai Mei Dan Shi.

  Bai Mei Dan Shifu nodded slightly to him, but the master of Tian Ge Yuan said in a warm voice: "Chu Yun, you have talent and opportunity, don't be discouraged. Go and work hard to improve yourself, only strength is the king's way."

  "The student remembered." Chu Yun bowed his head and retreated. He also knew that strength was the only way to win, and he had been desperately improving himself. But he was not reconciled!

  Not reconciled at all.

  Although they knew opportunities were right in front of them and could grasp them, due to their weak strength, they couldn't protect the fruits of success.

  Despite having a powerful demon soldier in hand and being ranked on the 108 Heroes List, Chu Yun still felt his own weakness.

  Tiangongyuan master is right, a needle sees blood. Improving one's own strength is the king's way. However, Chuyun also doesn't want to give up Shu Family Island.

  In his past life, he had enough of the hardships of being a lone swordsman. The more profound the cultivation of a demon-suppressing master, the more resources were needed. At this time, if there was a force supporting him from behind, it would be a wonderful thing, doubling the effect with half the effort!

  If it were the previous life, with the support of Shu's family island behind her back, Chu Yun would not have been desperate and gone to explore the mystery, only to end up with a body full of scars and a shortened lifespan.

  "It can't be that Shu Jia Island is lost in vain, but where are the reliable allies? " As he walked on the mountain path, Chu Yun subconsciously clenched his fists, feeling very perplexed.

  In the evening, Yan Que came over for a visit.

  "Has the matter over there been taken care of?" Chu Yun was not surprised by Yan Que's arrival.

  "It's done, milord." Yan Que bowed with a fist, his tone somewhat stiff.

  Chu Yun smiled slightly. This was only natural. No matter who it was, if they lost a bet and had to do something themselves, their mood wouldn't be good.

  "There is one thing under me that is unclear, I beg the master to dispel my doubts." Yan Que paused for a moment before continuing.

  "Should be about the last riddle?"

  "My lord, I have deciphered eight parts of it. Only the last two sentences remain unclear." Yan Que furrowed his brow, feeling conflicted about this result.

  "The moonlight is like water, the family is like a flower, and the mouth is like a hanging river. The light of the knife and sword enters the picture, and it's willing to transform. With one stroke of the pen, the horizontal mountain is swept away. Two six seven four five one eight, eight five four six seven two three." Chu Yun recited the last riddle once more.

  He let out a sigh and continued to explain: "Moonlight is like water, and the fragrance of flowers is a riddle. The answer is 'vine'. A mouth that flows like a river means 'rumors' or 'gossip'. Putting the two together, it's not hard to guess that it's 'grapevine'."

  "The gleam of the sword enters the picture, meaning 'profitable'. The overall meaning is that in the flow of rumors and gossip, there is profit to be gained. That is, the burial point of the inherited things."

  "Willingly transformed, hard to understand a bit, turning the 'Gan' character upside down, changing one of its strokes, it becomes 'Dan'."

  "Behind the two sentences, a stroke of the pen, turning 'pen' from below 'hair' into 'hand'. Sweeping away the horizontal mountain, the character 'sweep', removing the horizontally placed mountain (彐) is fl. Also 'hand'. Two 'hands' combined with the above 'dan' character, meaning to use both hands to pinch and stir the elixir!"

  "And the following numbers are the steps for the hand seal."

  Yan Que furrowed his brow and nodded: "I've deciphered all of these, but why are the numbers below a alchemy hand seal? Honestly, I also thought of this point. However, the basic alchemy hand incantation only has 7 basic seals."

  "That's not a basic seal. It's the third generation of the courtyard master's unique Eight Trigrams Refining Dan Hand Seal. This set of superior hand seals contains 8 of the most basic hand seals. I also just received the transmission from White Eyebrow Dan Master recently."

  Chu Yun's words suddenly made Yan Que enlightened.

  "So it was, so it was... It's really a matter of time and fate. What a pity, what a regret..." For a moment, he stood there in a daze, his expression desolate, and let out a long sigh, as if he had lost his soul.

  Chu Yun muttered a word of embarrassment, in fact he also relied on the answer to reverse deduce, and then rely on the foundation of his previous life, to thoroughly uncover the last riddle.

  Yan Kui had actually come very close to the ultimate inheritance, but lacked the final crucial step - the Eight Trigrams Golden Elixir Hand Seal.

  According to Chu Yun's estimation, in his past life, Yan Que should have obtained the Eight-Sectioned Brocade Refining Dan handprint from Bai Mei Dan Shi. Then he accepted the inheritance and obtained the Huanyuan Dan Yuanshu, finally soaring into the sky and becoming a legendary figure of his time.

  However, in this life, Chu Yun arrived at Tian Ge Academy and seized the opportunity, causing Yan Que to be stuck on the last step.

  If tracing back to the origin, one should actually thank Jin Bi Han. If not for her Jade Dream, Chu Yun wouldn't have improved his handprint technique. Without improving his handprint technique, White Eyebrow Dan Shi wouldn't have mistakenly thought that Chu Yun had a heavy innate talent and passed down the Eight Segment Brocade Refining Dan Handprint to him.

  The subtlety of this matter is clear only to Chu Yun alone, while others are still confused.

  "Since that's the case, Yan Que's defeat at the hands of his lord isn't unjust either." Yan Que sighed and said to Chu Yun with a deep sense of regret.

  Chu Yun smiled: "You're verbally obedient but not mentally resigned, still having a sense of discontent and a lingering resentment. This is human nature, I understand you. Actually, your arrival is timely, as I'm currently facing difficulties and need your strategic planning."

  In response to Chu Yun's words, Yan Que didn't make any excuses, he just clasped his fists and said: "As the master says, Yan Que will do his best."

  At once, Chu Yun told Yan Que everything about the plague on Ningjia Island, Shujia Island, the salt fields and Biliu Sea.

  Yan fell into deep thought.

  Chu Yun's face was calm, and he did this only to test Yan Que's intelligence. Chu Yun also knew that the current Yan Que was not yet the "infallible strategist" of his past life, and there was still room for improvement. However, perhaps the suggestions he put forward could trigger his own inspiration.

  Chu Yun was purely asking for advice with this attitude, but what he didn't expect was that after a moment, Yan Que raised his head and replied: "To make the Tian Ge Academy an ally of the Shu Family Island, to facilitate this matter, I have a plan."

  "Oh, where did you come from?" Chu Yun was taken aback.

  Yan Que's eyes flashed with a hint of sharpness: "It's a way to keep the Tian Ge Academy neutral while also providing aid to the Shu Family Island..."

  After a whispered conversation, Chu Yun suddenly became overjoyed and couldn't help but exclaim: "Good plan!"

  According to Yan Que's method, it is indeed possible to take care of both ends.

  "This is the future 'infallible calculation'? It's really a clever plan." Chu Yun couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration in his heart, he had not held too much hope to begin with. But unexpectedly, Yan Que didn't think for long before coming up with such a good method.

  What a surprise!

  "With that, the biggest problem is solved. Next, we just have to wait for the epidemic of the Azure Waterfall Bandit to break out completely. Yan Que, you really are a brilliant strategist with outstanding talent. I didn't misjudge you." Chu Yun laughed loudly, his tone invigorated.

  Being praised to his face, Yan Que smiled faintly: "So-called strategy, in the end, is just taking advantage of the situation. The Tian Ge Academy belongs to a neutral party, and over the years, it has formed a certain momentum. If an epidemic really breaks out, that would be another momentum. By borrowing these two forces, we can take advantage of the momentum and achieve twice the result with half the effort. At that time, no matter how unwilling people are in their hearts, they will not be able to resist the great trend with human strength, and can only follow the trend."

  As he spoke, he wore a green robe, standing upright and calm, with a hint of divine light in his eyes. It was as if the vast ocean waves were surging behind him. His strategy was like riding the waves, once set in motion, it would overwhelm all the fish, turtles, and shrimp, forming his unique aura.

  Chu Yun, however, had caught the implicit meaning behind Yan Que's words and said confidently: "Don't worry, I still believe in my own judgment regarding the outbreak of the epidemic. According to my estimation, about a week later, the entire Zhuxing Archipelago will undergo a huge change."

  In a past life memory, 7 days later, the epidemic spread and expanded throughout the galaxy, causing market turmoil.

  However, contrary to Chu Yun's expectations, the entire Star Island was shaken two days later. The epidemic in the Bili Sea area broke out ahead of schedule!

  Ningjia Island, Clan Elder's Meeting.

  The master of the Ning family's face was not looking good: "How could this be? The epidemic from the Biliu Sea has come so fiercely, and salt production has been completely suspended. This will have a serious impact on the market and cause significant losses to our Ning family!"

  An elderly tribesman sighed, "On each island of the Star Archipelago, there are salt farms. Salt production is mostly self-sufficient and sold locally. Now that salt production has stalled, the islands' salt reserves are also insufficient. The longer this epidemic drags on, I fear that all the islands will erupt in chaos and rioting."

  The elders all nodded, their faces solemn and grave.

  Sea salt is not a luxury, but a necessity for human life. If the basic living needs of islanders are not met, it will inevitably lead to violent uprisings.

  "Island master, I think the market fluctuations and economic losses are secondary. The key is that our Ningjia Island's salt reserves are also insufficient. Our Ningjia Island military strength is weak, if there is a riot among the islanders, I'm afraid..." An elderly elder said with concern.

  The master of Ning Island listened, and suddenly felt a chill rising in his heart, with cold sweat dripping from his forehead: "Indeed, our Ning Island has always relied on commerce as the mainstay, and military power is not reliable. I have decided: First, to spend a huge sum of money to buy up sea salt in the market and stabilize the situation on Ning Island. Second, to develop other methods for extracting sea salt as a backup plan. Third, to issue a large reward to recruit alchemists to refine special medicines to combat the epidemic!"

  "Yes!" The clan elders responded in unison.

  The master of the Ning family looked at everyone's face, which was unusually solemn, and suddenly smiled: "Everyone shouldn't be too burdened with psychological pressure. We're in a bad situation, but there are people who are worse off than us. The Shu family island has been developing salt fields on a large scale recently, producing sea salt. At this time of the epidemic, it's the biggest blow to Shu Tianhao!"

  Pausing for a moment, the master of Ningjia Island raised his tone and encouraged everyone: "Everyone! Get through this difficult time. This is both a test from heaven and a great opportunity. More than half of Shujia Island has already fallen into our pockets!"

  "Haha, yeah, how come I didn't think of that?"

  "Shu Tianhao is a million times more miserable than us, it's really pitiful!"

  "Hearing the island owner say this, I suddenly felt a hundred times more confident..."

  The old men's faces turned red one by one, and their expressions were agitated. All along, they had been eyeing the resources of Shu Jia Island. This epidemic was a good opportunity to annex Shu Jia Island!

  For a moment, everyone saw hope.

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