Chapter 1789 - 1788: Vine Dragon Mountain, Setting Up Camp

At this moment.

More than five million people, all knelt on the ground, their eyes anxiously looking at Qin Feng.

Qin Feng swept his gaze around, and spoke, "Very well, I can see that you sincerely wish to join my Heavenly King Palace, but you should be clear in your hearts that entering and leaving is not up to you. If there’s another instance where you wish to leave, I will execute you as ’traitors’!!"

"Understood!!"

The crowd hurriedly nodded.

"Next, set up camp at Vine Dragon Mountain!!"

Qin Feng called out.

"Yes, Lord Qin!!"

Upon hearing this, realizing Qin Feng had agreed to let them join the Heavenly King Palace, they finally breathed a sigh of relief, their expressions complex with a mix of guilt and regret for the loss of their own sects’ legacies and longing for the Immortal Realm and higher worlds.

Soon, more than five million people began to busy themselves.

Around this hilltop, they started rapidly leveling the slopes and building temporary camps.

They were all cultivators, so setting up camp was not difficult for them.

On the hilltop courtyard.

Qi Ling, Dragon Commander, Shuiyun Immortal, Unrivaled, Mei Niang, and others were all sitting and resting at this time.

Qi Ling came before Qin Feng, gazing into his eyes, and said, "I never expected that your mind would be so strong, completely unlike what someone your age should have."

"I also want to be a bit more simple."

Qin Feng smiled bitterly.

He wanted to return to long ago, when he was living in the Dragon and Tiger Village, stealing chickens from the Old Village Chief’s house every day, going to the riverbank to see if any beauties were bathing, climbing trees to collect bird eggs when idle, or listening to that retired old monk brag, and occasionally being forced by the Rainbow Fairy from the nunnery to give massages...

In short, who wouldn’t want to live a simple and unadorned life?

Unfortunately.

The burden on his shoulders now is too heavy...

"So, how do you plan to end this?" Qi Ling became serious, asking, "If this matter isn’t handled well, it could have serious consequences for your Heavenly King Palace."

"End what?" Qin Feng was puzzled.

"Of course, the deception about reaching the Immortal Realm within three months. I know you said this to get them to rejoin the Heavenly King Palace and gather all forces to deal with the Inner World people," Qi Ling said. "My worry now is after dealing with the Inner World within these three months, how will you cover up? Five million people, if angered together, are not to be underestimated."

"Uh... I wasn’t deceiving them!"

Qin Feng spread his hands.

"What??" Qi Ling blinked in confusion.

Qin Feng smiled slightly and said, "I indeed intend to elevate all of them to the Immortal Realm in a short period."

"This..."

Qi Ling became more and more confused, like she was in a dream, and said, "If there are Catastrophe Beasts, it is possible to quickly elevate cultivation, but hasn’t the catastrophe moved to the Desolate World now?"

"We can figure out a way to go to the Desolate World!"

Qin Feng’s lips curled into a slight arc, saying, "According to Old Lady Liang, the Desolate World is a hundred times larger than our Earth World. These beasts, which could overwhelm and cause disaster in the Earth World, would be spread out widely in the Desolate World, reducing the pressure of fighting them head-on. Of course, there’s an even more important point..."

"What’s more important?" Qi Ling asked again.

Qin Feng smiled, "The Desolate World is barren with no food, which means it won’t take long, at most a month, before they weaken from hunger, making fighting them much more effective."

"..."

Qi Ling, upon hearing this, opened her eyes wide in shock, unable to speak.

She never imagined that Qin Feng could even utilize the catastrophe!

What kind of mindset does it take to consider matters so thoroughly?

Listening to his words, elevating all Earth’s cultivators to the Immortal Realm is not impossible. If realized, it would be the greatest miracle in history!!

"Then, then... can you take our Yanhuang Department people with you??" Qi Ling hurriedly asked.

For a moment, she was also in a trance, drawn deeply to follow this man who kept creating miracles, feeling utterly amazed!

"What are you saying!" Qin Feng replied with embarrassment, "Didn’t I say earlier, as long as they are warriors of Hua Country, they qualify to enter."

The Yanhuang Department upon hearing this, couldn’t help but tear up, saluting Qin Feng with a somber face, "On behalf of Hua Country, thank you!!"

"Ahem, no need to be so polite." Qin Feng helped her up, saying, "If we need to talk about gratitude, I would need your help with a big task."

"Rest assured, no matter what the task, I won’t refuse!" Yanhuang Department replied.

"It’s like this. As you just saw, more than five million people joining the Heavenly King Palace makes management very difficult," Qin Feng sighed lightly, "Although I said to abolish their sect legacies, cutting them off entirely is hard to implement. But if we continue to let their respective leaders handle them, it might lead to large-scale departures. So I hope you can help with management and work out a good strategy."

"That’s simple!"

Qi Ling scanned the more than five million who were busy setting up camp, saying, "Under the Yanhuang Department, there are Dragon Teeth, Dark Department, and Dragon Bureau. At its peak, Dragon Bureau had Four Great Armies, exceeding eight million. Now managing five million, combined with your prestige, is not difficult. Of course, to thank you for everything you’ve done for Hua Country, we can allocate some people to help you."

"Uh, are you worried my power will become too big a threat, so you’re assigning people to monitor me?" Qin Feng joked.

Qi Ling shot him a glance and said, "You’re about to become the third historical figure to possess the National Stabilization Regulations, how could we monitor you? What I mean is to let the South Domain Heavenly Tiger War God Zuoqiu Feng, your good brother Northern Border Unrivaled War God Jiang Tiefeng, etc., help you, these people who have experience leading a million soldiers."

"Additionally, the Eastern Territory Evil War God General Shi is close to retirement age, so he can work behind the scenes to assist your Heavenly King Palace."

"After this matter is resolved, I think Lin of the Dark Department, Red Moon of the Five Great Generals, Unrivaled followers of Zuoqiu Feng, etc., will no longer wish to stay in the Yanhuang Department – I could authorize them to join your Heavenly King Palace and help you."

After she finished, Qin Feng’s eyes lit up and he asked, "What about Dragon Commander? Can Dragon Commander be transferred over?"

"Dream on!"

Qi Ling rolled her eyes again, "Dragon Commander is Hua Country’s strongest, if there ever comes a day when you leave for a higher world, Dragon Commander would be the soul guarding Hua Country; we can’t lose him."

"That makes sense, well then... how about you don’t help me at all, just come with me?" Qin Feng asked.

"..."

Qi Ling’s face suddenly flushed red, her eyes hurriedly dodged away, avoiding Qin Feng’s gaze, keeping a straight face, "Sorry, although, although... I fell in love with you by force, I can’t marry you..."