330: Chapter 330 Divining the Spirits of the Women

Seeing this intelligence, Chen Hu could not help but feel his heart tighten.

At the same time, he felt deeply fortunate that it would only take two days for him to gather enough underling points to purchase the Small World.

He could completely collect the living beings of this world into the Small World before the Heavenly Demon Sect invaded.

At that time, he could also use the Void Realm channel opened by the Heavenly Demon Sect to head to the Great Cultivation World.

The next morning.

Chen Hu woke up in Nangong Hongyan's bedchamber.

With a thought.

The System panel emerged.

His gaze fell upon the number of underlings.

After one night, the number of underlings had grown by over a hundred million, with the total reaching 5.691 billion.

Because in another two days...

...he would have to transfer all the living beings of this world to another world.

Therefore, Chen Hu had no desire to handle official business.

Thus, he called the Empress, as well as the four Noble Consorts other than Luo Ningshuang—namely Liu Xianglan, Secretary Kong Wanwan, Ruyi, and Zhizhi—and other women to put on casual clothes and go out of the palace to have fun.

A man and a group of women appearing on the street should, by all accounts, be very eye-catching, not to mention that all the women were beautiful.

In reality, however, although there were many pedestrians on the street, no one cast a glance of attention, as if Chen Hu and his group were just a bunch of ordinary pedestrians.

As for the reason, it was very simple.

Chen Hu's Divine Sense covered the surroundings, altering the perception of the pedestrians around them.

Although the current royal capital had undergone a change of dynasty, instead of showing signs of depression, it was becoming increasingly prosperous, injected with a brand-new vitality.

The reason was simple.

The Inspection Bureau was frantically investigating and arresting corrupt officials.

The second-generation officials who used to swagger through the streets, or the playboys who caused trouble everywhere, had all hidden back in their homes, terrified of being targeted by the Inspection Bureau and bringing disaster upon their families.

In addition, the Brocade Guard was also doing its utmost to clean up the Gangs in the royal capital.

Any Gang that had committed many evils was completely wiped out by the Brocade Guard.

As for those Gangs that did not do much evil, they also received warnings from the Brocade Guard and could only keep a low profile.

After losing the second-generation official playboys and Gang members...

...ordinary people were also willing to come out and stroll on the streets.

Before leaving the palace, Chen Hu had distributed over a thousand taels of silver banknotes to each maidservant.

Therefore, whenever they saw something they liked, they would gather around and make a purchase.

Seeing that they had more and more things in their hands and could barely carry them, Chen Hu called Ruyi and Zhizhi over, threw two Storage Pouches to them, and instructed them to bind them with a drop of blood.

They then stored the items they could barely hold into the Storage Pouches.

Unknowingly, Chen Hu and his group had been enjoying themselves for three hours.

They happened to spot a rather bustling teahouse.

Chen Hu then proposed going inside to have some tea.

This teahouse was split into two floors; the first floor was for walk-in customers, while the second floor had private booths for VIPs.

A private booth had a minimum spending of two taels of silver.

At this moment, on the stage in the center of the first floor, a storyteller was passionately speaking.

For a moment, all the women's gazes could not help but fall upon Chen Hu.

Because the protagonist of the story the storyteller was telling was none other than Chen Hu, the Emperor of Great Qian.

"Well told!"

Chen Hu directly tossed a ten-tael silver ingot onto the stage.

"Thank you for your generous reward, Young Master!"

The storyteller immediately cupped his fists, stood up, and thanked Chen Hu.

However, Chen Hu had influenced him with his Divine Sense, so the storyteller did not recognize Chen Hu, the "protagonist."

Arriving at the second floor.

They sat down in a private booth.

Chen Hu only ordered water, tea sets, dim sum, and snacks.

Afterward, he took out some spiritual tea and had Ruyi and Zhizhi brew it.

They stayed in the teahouse for nearly an hour.

There was a knock on the door of the private booth.

"Why has the National Preceptor come?"

Welcoming the person in, it was indeed the National Preceptor wearing a bronze mask.

"Your Majesty, this is the information on the officials you wanted!" The National Preceptor took out a booklet and handed it to Chen Hu.

"National Preceptor, sit down and have a cup of tea!"

While greeting the National Preceptor, Chen Hu took the booklet and began to flip through it.

What was recorded in this booklet was precisely the information of the officials recommended by Prime Minister Xie to enter the Grand Secretariat.

Just as Prime Minister Xie had said, these officials had only committed some minor mistakes, nothing too egregious.

Closing the booklet, Chen Hu said to the National Preceptor, "Thank you for your hard work, National Preceptor!"

"It is my duty!" the National Preceptor said modestly.

Chen Hu changed the subject: "By the way, National Preceptor, the Holy Moon Sect has already surrendered to me. After some time, once their Sect Leader Tian Yue finishes purging their internal ranks, we will merge the Holy Moon Sect into the Inspection Bureau!"

"That's wonderful. I was just worrying that the Inspection Bureau is short-handed!" The National Preceptor smiled and said. She was not worried that the Holy Moon Sect joining the Inspection Bureau would affect her.

This was because she did not want to do any work in the first place. If Chen Hu had not enticed her with elemental spirit stones...

...she would rather hide in the National Preceptors Manor and be a shut-in.

If Sect Leader Tian Yue wanted to seize her power, she could take the opportunity to let go and return to the National Preceptors Manor to be a shut-in again.

Unknowingly, it was already noon.

Chen Hu prepared to take the women to a restaurant for lunch and invited the National Preceptor to join them, but she tactfully declined.

Chen Hu did not force her either.

After paying the bill, he left with the women.

Unknowingly, night fell. The night view of the royal capital was still very beautiful.

It was not until midnight that Chen Hu returned to the imperial palace with the women.

In a flash, it was early morning again.

The number of underlings had already increased to 5.807 billion.

The growth was not much.

After all, the population of this world was only around 6 billion.

Chen Hu felt that over the next two days, the number of underlings would probably stagnate.

Because his tax exemption policy was only targeted at commoners and farmers, not merchants, aristocratic families, and Sects.

For a moment, Chen Hu could not help but hesitate whether, after purchasing the Small World, he should leave the people of these aristocratic families and Sects in this world, letting the Heavenly Demon Sect slaughter them as blood food.

Anyway, these guys were unwilling to submit to him.

Saving them would be in vain.

Immediately after, Chen Hu's gaze fell upon his underling points.

underling points: 10.973 billion.

"Almost there!"

Chen Hu put away the System panel and took out an enlightenment card.

He locked onto the "Great Mystery God-Transformation Art".

He silently muttered to use it.

The next moment, Chen Hu appeared in the cultivation world again, continuing to comprehend the ninth layer of the "Great Mystery God-Transformation Art" under his Revered Master's guidance.

In a flash, fifteen years passed.

The barrier of the ninth layer was knocked open by Chen Hu.

And his Cultivation Technique Realm directly reached the ninth layer.

The next moment, he was kicked out of the cultivation world.

A large amount of cultivation memories flooded into his mind.

After the Fusion was completed, the "Great Mystery God-Transformation Art" reached its highest layer.

"System, raise my cultivation to Spirit Severing Stage Level 9!"

One hundred million underling points were deducted.

And his cultivation climbed all the way, stepping into Spirit Severing Stage Level 9 in a breath's time.

At this moment, Chen Hu felt that the space he was currently in was like it was constructed of paper; as long as he made a slightly larger movement, this space would shatter.

"This is too uncomfortable!"

Chen Hu frowned slightly. Now he understood why the Immortals of the Upper Realm were unwilling to descend to the mortal world.

Because after they descended, they would also be just like him now.

Uncomfortable all over.

Fortunately, he would be able to leave this world in another two days.

With one enlightenment card left, Chen Hu used it on the "Sky River Sword Art".

He barely cultivated this Soul Transformation-grade Spell to the Minor Achievement stage.

The next day.

Chen Hu summoned a group of ministers for a meeting in the Imperial Study.

He dismissed Prime Minister Xie from his position as Prime Minister and instead appointed him as the Chief Grand Secretary of the Grand Secretariat.

Subsequently, he also appointed two Assistant Grand Secretaries and three Grand Secretariat Ministers.

After dismissing this group of ministers...

...Chen Hu gathered the Empress, the five Noble Consorts, Secretary Kong Wanwan, and many maidservants together.

He then took out the Spiritual Root Testing Stone to have them test their Spiritual Root Aptitude.

To Chen Hu's pleasant surprise, everyone possessed Spiritual Roots, and moreover, the one with the worst Aptitude was merely a Low Grade dual Spiritual Root.