Mythology Management System

The Eight Trigrams Diagram is a supreme innate treasure. Its greatest value lies in its ability to predict good and bad fortune. However, it also has another identity—the key to finding treasures in the Heaven-Mending Secret Realm!

In his previous life, Fu Jiu was able to find the true human emperor's inheritance in the perilous Heaven-Mending Secret Realm only because he possessed the Innate Bagua Diagram. It can be said that with the Innate Bagua Diagram, the Heaven-Mending Secret Realm was like his own backyard, where he could enter whenever he wanted, and even opening the secret realm ahead of time was not impossible.

However, Fu Jiu felt that now was not the right time. Once the secret realm opened, people from all over the world would flock there, and he did not yet have the ability to deal with so many people at the same time. Therefore, he planned to wait until his strength was close to the sixth level before opening it.

Back at Liushui Garden, Bai Qi, unusually, did not practice his spear skills and sat alone in the pavilion.

Fu Jiu walked over and asked, "What's wrong? Are you thinking of Mr. Bowen?"

Bai Qi shook his head: "No, it's someone else."

Fu Jiu teased, "Sitting in Mr. Bowen's seat and thinking of someone else, Mr. Bowen would probably cry if he knew."

He probably guessed who Bai Qi was thinking of, and it was likely Zhao Ke'er.

“Sir, you’re not that petty.” Bai Qi wiped his spear, his eyes flickering.

"You know what? Some things you only realize how much you cherish after you lose them. I never thought I would encounter this, but I did."

Fu Jiu was slightly surprised: "This doesn't sound like something you would say."

Bai Qi smiled bitterly: "I've had enough. I think about her when I eat, I think about her when I practice shooting, I think about her even when I'm just sitting around. Her image is all I can think about. Really, I've had enough."

"Perhaps you didn't say a word about her while you were sleeping," Fu Jiu added jokingly.

Bai Qi wasn't angry, but he stared intently at Fu Jiu, making Fu Jiu feel a little uneasy.

"Fu Jiu, tell me what I should do?"

Fu Jiu shrugged and offered a suggestion: "How about we take some men and kidnap her back?"

Bai Qi rolled his eyes at him: "Li Si said the same thing, and he even provided a map showing the distribution of military power."

"Isn't that perfect?" Fu Jiu countered.

"Although Li Si talks a lot of nonsense and his ideas are unreliable, they do have some feasibility."

The military strategist they were referring to was the family Zhao Ke'er belonged to. Rather than a family, it was more like a special force formed by a gathering of various military geniuses throughout history. It was a well-known and powerful force in Zhongzhou. Apart from a few forces with sixth-level cultivators in charge, the military strategist was a first-rate behemoth, and few dared to provoke it.

He and Li Si had been collecting intelligence on the military strategist. The patriarch, Han Xin, was only at the fifth level of cultivation, and there were definitely no more than three fifth-level cultivators in the family. They were not afraid. The only problem was that the military strategist and the Mohist strategist were on good terms. If a war broke out, the Mohist strategist might side with the military strategist.

Bai Qi frowned as he listened. Why was Fu Jiu fooling around with Li Si? Although they were not afraid of the military strategists, it was not a wise move to go to war with them for his sake. More importantly, he did not want to implicate Fu Jiu and the others.

"I want to solve this on my own," Bai Qi sighed.

Fu Jiu patted him on the shoulder: "No matter what decision you make, I will support you. I just hope you don't forget that we are brothers, and your business is our business."

Bai Qi remained silent for a long time before slowly saying, "I want to go out and gain some experience."

"Okay." Fu Jiu agreed without hesitation.

Everyone has their own choices, good or bad, auspicious or inauspicious. Fu Jiu will not interfere with their decisions. He will only lend a hand when they are in trouble. Whether it is Bai Qi, Li Si, Jin Ying, or Wei Zheng, as long as they are his people, he will take full responsibility for whatever decision they make. There is no other way, after all, he is the Director whom these guys trust so much.

Everyone sensed Bai Qi's departure.

Standing by the window, Li Si watched Bai Qi's departing figure and muttered to himself, "Are you still choosing to take this step, Bai Qi?"

"You have found your own path, so where is mine?"

Li Si's gaze was deep and unfocused, devoid of his usual frivolousness. Perhaps only at this moment could one truly believe that he was the ruthless man who helped the First Emperor unify the world.

The river god poked his head out from beside the stream, blowing bubbles, and asked, "Has Bai Qi left?"

"That's right, this is his path. The God of Slaughter Bai Qi is not one to be content with obscurity. I'm afraid it won't be long before his name spreads throughout the continent."

The river god narrowed his eyes: "I look forward to that day."

“Me too,” Fu Jiu echoed.

"Aren't you going to take care of the wishing well? Those children will cry if they can't wait for you."

"It's alright." The river god then blew a bubble.

"I used my supernatural powers to create two copies of myself, one gold and one silver, so I can open two more wishing wells in the future."

Fu Jiu's lips twitched: "You can play it like that?"

The river god said it was no big deal. There was a river god with the same name as me who could mistake the Milky Way for a river. Was he proud of that?

After bidding farewell to the River God and returning to the villa, Li Si spread out a world map on the table and began writing and drawing with a pen in his hand.

"What are you doing?" Fu Jiu asked curiously.

Li Si didn't even look up, but drew a small circle on the map.

"See this? This is our territory."

Fu Jiu shrugged: "I'm not blind. Tell me, what terrible idea have you come up with this time?"

Li Si chuckled and drew a circle a hundred times larger outside the small one.

"Let's set a small goal first, such as conquering one-eighth of the territory in Zhongzhou."

Fu Jiu raised an eyebrow, wanting to touch Li Si's forehead, but the latter slapped his hand away without hesitation.

Are you sure you don't have a fever?

Li Si rolled his eyes at him: "Do I look like someone who's daydreaming?"

Without hesitation, Fu Jiu replied, "It's not just similar, it's exactly like that!"

Li Si was somewhat indignant: "I'm doing this for you. Fine, I won't support you then. Lend me the Crystal Tree, and I'll help you build an army of 100,000 third-tier cultivators!"

Fu Jiu's smile gradually faded, and his expression turned serious: "Are you serious?"

Li Si snorted coldly: "I have already investigated. The possibility of a sixth-level cultivator existing in this area is very low. In addition, with the method for training an army in my mind, I can easily raise an army of 100,000 people. Once the army is formed, we will be able to dominate the world!"

"You can also lead troops?" Fu Jiu asked in surprise.

"Hmph, do you really think your Uncle Li Si was a weak scholar in his previous life?" Li Si retorted defiantly.

"I may not be qualified to be a general who kills enemies, but when it comes to being a commander who plans strategies, if anyone in the entire Qin Dynasty is better than me, I will swallow a knife and commit suicide on the spot."

He wasn't bragging; it was just his pride as the First Chancellor of Qin. Li Si was absolutely indispensable to the First Emperor's conquest of the entire empire.

Fu Jiu hesitated for a moment and handed the crystal tree to Li Si.

This is Li Si's choice, and he will not interfere.

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