Chapter 982 989, 990: Cultivation Sanctuary

"Maybe it's the blessing Heaven bestowed after manifesting during the daytime Fengshan sacrifice."

Chen Mo thought for a bit and decided not to conceal it.

After all, he had descendants too; recording things in more detail could bring fortune to his posterity.

Just like the notes left behind by several Celestial Human Realm Martial Artists from the previous dynasty.

Things that weren't really core, there was no need to hide away.

"Oh." Wu Mi really was quite tired. Seeing that nothing had happened, she went back to sleep.

Perhaps because he had used Mysterious Qi, the time limit of Chen Mo's Soul Travel shortened; it used to be half an Hour, now it had become two quarter-hours.

Looks like he'd have to wait till he'd recovered, then run another experiment.

...

The next day, Geng Songfu, Chen Cultivator and the other Ministers did not continue following Chen Mo on his eastern tour, but chose to turn back and return to the capital.

The reason they had come out of the capital with him this time was because the Fengshan affair required their presence; now that the Fengshan was over, they planned to go back.

Chiefly, yesterday's Celestial Manifestation from Heaven had left them all still wildly excited, just like reporters in Chen Mo's previous life, who, upon learning a piece of explosive news, couldn't wait to rush back to the TV station and get it reported as soon as possible.

Chen Mo did not try to keep them; in truth, he didn't really want them tagging along.

But not all the officials left; the Six Ministries still kept some people behind to continue accompanying Chen Mo on the eastern tour.

...

At the end of September, Chen Mo's eastern tour procession arrived at River Sea.

On October fifth, they reached Chaoping County.

River Sea's current Governor Lin Zhong, together with officials great and small from Chaoping County, came outside the city gate to welcome them.

"Your subject Lin Zhong pays respects to Your Majesty, the Empress, the Crown Prince…"

"Rise." Chen Mo lifted his hand with a smile, then joked, "Lord Lin, it's been a long time. Looks like that sentence I gifted you when we parted last time—you really tried it, and you've done it."

At these words, Lin Zhong was both flattered and shocked; he had never imagined that Your Majesty would still remember a small figure like him. He hastily cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty exalts your subject too much. I have only done some trivial things, still far from reaching the Realm of that sentence of Yours."

"Therefore if tiny steps are not accumulated, one cannot reach a thousand li; if small streams are not gathered, one cannot form rivers and seas. I am not exalting you, I'm speaking the plain truth. To have reached where you are today shows that you have already taken a great stride along that road." Chen Mo said with a smile.

Lin Zhong was so praised by Chen Mo that his face flushed a little.

"Lord Lin, what was that sentence Father gave you?" Chen Jia asked curiously.

"In reply to the Crown Prince…"

Lin Zhong did not dare take Chen Jia lightly just because of his young age, and hurried to answer respectfully, "To set the mind of Heaven and Earth, to establish the destiny of the living people, to continue the severed learning of the sages of the past, and to open up great peace for ten thousand generations."

After speaking, Lin Zhong couldn't help straightening his back a little. When he was still the County Magistrate of Lu'an County, this sentence from Your Majesty had brought him tremendous Power, helping him overcome all sorts of difficulties.

Although at his age, Chen Jia was still unable to fully comprehend this sentence, he nonetheless secretly engraved it in his heart.

Off to the side, Wu Mi also smiled and said, "Crown Prince, this is your responsibility as well."

Outside the palace, Wu Mi also addressed Chen Jia as the Crown Prince.

Chen Jia nodded his little head.

Seeing this, Chen Mo smiled and rubbed his head, then said to Lin Zhong, "Lord Lin, you must be very familiar with Chaoping County by now. Show us around."

"It is your subject's honor." Lin Zhong's waist bent down again as he said, "Your Majesty, please."

Chen Mo, Chen Jia, and Wu Mi, together with the hundred officials, followed Lin Zhong as he led them on an inspection tour of Chaoping County.

As for Chen Mo's other concubines, Lin Zhong naturally arranged for other people to receive them.

...

"Wow, is this the sea?"

"It's so big."

"Xiaomin, come quick, the ground here is so soft."

"This is sand."

After arriving at their lodging place, all the concubines did not stay long in their rooms, but under the guidance of the local Maids, rushed off toward the seaside.

And the spots where the Maids took them weren't developed ports, but undeveloped, completely natural stretches of seashore.

The sea and sky were one color, vast and boundless.

The waves gently caressed the beach, bringing up a great many starfish, shells, and other marine creatures, and when they receded, all those creatures were left behind on the sand.

Even Xiao Yunxi and Xiao Ya, who had grown up along rivers, couldn't help their shock at this scene of endless sky and sea.

Rivers simply couldn't compare to the sea. Xiao Yunxi had always thought the books' descriptions of the sea's raging grandeur were somewhat exaggerated, but now seeing it with her own eyes, she realized the books hadn't lied at all.

"Ru-little-sister really wasn't joking, this seawater actually is salty… ptu, ptu, ptu…" Curiosity kills the cat—Yi Shiyin was living proof of that right now. She hadn't merely tasted a little, but actually scooped up a handful with both hands and drank a mouthful of seawater.

"Sisters, keep a close eye on the children, don't let them get too near the water, be careful of danger." Having grown up by the sea, Nangong Ru knew full well how treacherous it could be.

Han Anniang, Yi Shiyin, Xia Zhining, Xia Zhiqing, Xiao Yunxi, Chu Ran, and Liang Ji all hurried to grab their own children's hands.

Yue Ruyan, on the other hand, held Chen Xi in her arms, staying a bit farther from the sea.

But the children were clearly even more excited than the adults.

Especially this white stretch of sand, and the multicolored starfish and shells clinging to it—their hearts had already flown over, and all of them were trying to wriggle free from their mothers' hands to go play.

The big White Tiger Dabai that Yang Qingqing had brought was even rolling about in the sand.

It too was seeing the sea for the first time in its tiger life.

"Uh, everyone should be careful, but there's actually no need to be so constrained; just watch out for the waves." Nangong Ru hadn't expected that one sentence from her would make everyone so stiff and cautious.