Chapter 437: 436- Please Ask Some Normal Questions
With this question, the people found a common frustration. The holographic simulator was fun, but the time for daily use was too short, far from satisfying.
“No,” Jiang Li refused on behalf of Ming Zhong.
The restriction of the holographic simulator’s time was to prevent a situation like the collapse of civilization where all consciousness were uploaded, leading to the death of the civilization.
“I have a request from the Corpse-Driving Sect.” The Sect Master of Corpse-Driving Sect had a pale face and fingers, a sign of long-term dealing with corpses.
“Go on, as long as it’s not advertising.”
The Corpse-Driving Sect Master thanked with a bow: “Can the Yin Yang Heaven Seal also transform the bodies our Corpse-Driving Sect refines? Our Sect, influenced by our cultivation technique, has a scary appearance and a gloomy temperament. Few female cultivators like us…”
“Next, who else has a question?”
Jiang Li remained expressionless, not even considering the idea of granting sentience to corpses.
At first, the Luo Ying siblings thought it was a good thing for several practitioners from the Corpse-Driving Sect to visit their world.
Now it seemed, this Sect was a bit… perverse.
The Sect Master of the Luban Sect cast a sympathetic gaze at the Corpse-Driving Sect Master. Their brother Sects were both unlucky in love. Now, only the pitiful Corpse-Driving Sect was still struggling.
The Sect Master of the Luban Sect formed a prayer, silently thanking the Yin Yang Heaven Seal, vowing to eternally remember its great kindness.
When the Luban Sect had marriages with puppets, they followed the process meticulously: bowing to heaven and earth, bowing to the ancestors, and the couple bowing to each other. They didn’t slack off at all.
This was their responsibility to the puppets.
When they ‘bowed to the ancestors,’ they were bowing to the image of the Yin Yang Heaven Seal.
“Buddhism has a question.” Wu Zhi rarely spoke, but this caught Jiang Li’s attention.
“What is it?”
Wu Zhi turned to Dream Yu Yu: “Can the Union Sect please not set up branches near our Buddhist domains?”
Unless there was no other choice, Wu Zhi wouldn’t have brought up this matter during the discussion in the Nine Provinces. But there really was no other way.
At the foot of Mount Sumeru, the Union Sect had set up a branch. Wu Zhi had tried to dissuade them several times, but as soon as he walked in the door, he found himself surrounded by seductive female cultivators. He barely escaped.
This was impossible to dissuade.
In recent years, Dream Yu Yu expanded the Union Sect’s operations. She set up branches in the Great Wei Dynasty, the Dream River Dynasty, and other places, drawing frequent inspections from Emperor Wei and the Dream River Emperor.
What disappointed Dream Yu Yu was that among the Nine Dynasties, only the Zhou Dynasty was an exception. They couldn’t operate there because the permit was not approved.
The reason was that the Union Sect’s behavior violated seven or eight laws.
Dream Yu Yu stated: “Why are you all trying to control where we set up shop? We open where there is a need.”
“The problem is, our Buddhism does not need it.”
“Who says so? The Union Sect’s branch at Mount Sumeru is one of our branches with the highest revenue.”
“Moreover, you Buddhists practice joyful Zen, which is not too different from our Union Sect. Why must you resist us?”
With righteous indignation, Dream Yu Yu argued her case. She was attempting to retaliate against Buddhism by setting up their preaching stage right opposite hers in the past.
This was clearly Buddhism deliberately picking a fight.
“Dream Sect Master, withdraw your plans. Buddhism doesn’t want to make this too ugly. Otherwise, all of our Arhats and Bodhisattvas will chant calming mantras, and both the disciples and guests of the Union Sect will lose their desires. That won’t be good for anybody. ”
Seeing that Jiang Li had intervened, Dream Yu Yu decided to back off. After all, she had succeeded in irritating Buddhism, her goal had been achieved, and she was satisfied.
“Confucianism has a matter where we would like to seek the opinion of the Human Emperor.”
“What is it?”
“The Human Emperor often changes his surname but not his name during his journeys among the people. I fear the ‘Hundred Family Surnames’ will not be sufficient. Does the Human Emperor require Confucianism to compile a ‘Thousand Family Surnames’?”
“No need.”
The Beast Controlling Sect Master said: “I have a little daughter who is adorable. Let me show you.”
The Beast Controlling Sect Master projected a holographic image of a statuesque young girl, beautiful and charming.
Curious, Jiang Li asked, “Is there any problem?”
“No problem, just wanted to show off.” The Beast Controlling Sect Master retracted the image.
Jiang Li contemplated whether to throw the Beast Controlling Sect Master out or kick him out.
Liu Division Leader knocked on the door, walked into the meeting hall, whispered in Jiang Li’s ear, and then left.
“What did Liu Division Leader say? Is there any urgent matter?” Everyone was curious. Liu Division Leader was not normally one to interrupt, why did he speak to Jiang Li at this point?
Jiang Li hesitated for a moment before speaking the truth: “Liu Division Leader requests that when you are fighting, try to be restrained. Don’t arbitrarily move mountains and seas, or after the fight, put them back where they were. Otherwise, modifying the map is too troublesome.”
“Liu Division Leader also said that if he found any force or faction that didn’t clean up the battlefield after a fight, he would force them to draw the map of the Nine Provinces.”
The representatives from other worlds gave sidelong glances, their expressions strange. This was indeed a problem unique to the Nine Provinces.
They definitely wouldn’t face this kind of problem in their worlds.
What they didn’t know was that the Nine Provinces also had problems with the weather forecast.
The Nine Provinces had no weather forecast, since the weather could change according to the hobbies of the powerful beings at any time, it would be pointless.
The map of the Nine Provinces was drawn by the Imperial Palace. After the final version of the map was drawn, it was engraved on the jade pendant, mass-produced, and sold. In order to guarantee the accuracy of the map, Liu Division Leader would often send people to survey, always keeping a keen eye on the landscape of the Nine Provinces.
Liu Division Leader found that the thing that affected the landscape of the Nine Provinces the most wasn’t tectonic collisions, but the irresponsibility of deities and cultivators during combat.
These people didn’t go to space to fight, they had to do it on the mainland. After a battle, countless mountains and ranges would be destroyed, causing Liu Division Leader’s blood pressure to skyrocket.
He decided to take advantage of this meeting to thoroughly address this problem.
Li Er shrank his neck guiltily. Their Body-incorporating Sect loved to play with planets in the cosmos, changing their orbits. Fortunately, the Imperial Palace didn’t need to draw star maps, otherwise their Sect would be in trouble.
“I have a small question to ask everyone, to see if there is a solution.” The East Sea Dragon King spoke.
“Go on.”
“I recently had a son. He has very good cultivation talent and extremely high Dragon Blood purity, but there’s a congenital defect holding back his development.”
“What kind of defect?” The Sect Master of the Ling Medicine Sect was curious. This was his field of expertise.
“Seafood allergy.”
Jiang Li face-palmed. These were such nonsense issues, couldn’t they be discussed after the meeting?
Each time he helped them solve problems at these meetings, a large pile of weird problems would come up, and rarely any formal ones.
None of them were doing their jobs properly, he thought they must be bored!
Jiang Li vented his frustrations inwardly.
He had read the meeting records when the previous Human Emperors were in power. The issues solved during those meetings were all serious, like preventing massive wars between two countries, or resolving unending disputes between two Sects.
Why was it that when he was in charge, all these kinds of issues came up?
Solving them didn’t even give him a sense of accomplishment.
But despite his complaints, Jiang Li still earnestly helped them solve their problems.
Several days later, the Nine Provinces discussion concluded, leaving Jiang Li drained.
The representatives from the other worlds all stated that this meeting was an eye-opener.