The Peerless Emperor-Chapter 1146 - 1147: Unexpected Circumstances

His name was Liu Rui, once just an ordinary member of the Human Clan on Qiu Ye Star within the Nine Wood Star Domain of the Danmu Realm, controlled by Ming Chun Hall.
He was already three hundred years old, in the Realm of Qi Refinement, with just average talent.
Despite being three hundred, according to the sayings of the myriad realms, that would only count as a young person.
In the past, on Qiu Ye Star, he was just a common overseer of a medicinal mountain, with tens of thousands of Body Refining Realm medicine slaves under him.
In Ming Chun Hall, so-called citizens were only those above the Qi Refining Realm, those in the Body Refining Realm were merely considered slaves.
During the process of working for Ming Chun Hall, the slaves in the Body Refining Realm had very poor treatment, without any status.
Only after reaching the Body Refining Realm would they be slightly valued, able to secure a minor position.
Like Liu Rui, who managed to secure the position of overseer on the medicinal mountain, managing tens of thousands of medicine slaves.
But this medicinal mountain was just a part of a small town, and the Ming Chun Hall overseeing this small town was only a very small branch.
Outside the small town, on the medicinal mountain he oversaw, there were over a hundred overseers like him.
The medicinal mountain was different from a medicinal garden, some spiritual medicines needed to be planted on the mountains requiring specific environments.
On the medicinal mountain, Spirit Wood could also be conveniently planted, as some spiritual medicines needed to grow alongside Spirit Wood.
The spiritual medicines on the medicinal mountain also required oversight, to weed and loosen the soil, and spiritual insects were always a threat.
After all, being artificially planted, unlike wild spiritual medicines, the yield needed to be maximized, so these spiritual medicines needed to be guarded day and night, and manpower could not be lacking.
Moreover, if necessary, some spiritual medicines required the infusion of Soul Energy from a Soul Martial Artist to aid growth.
Taking care of the harvest from these medicinal mountains, they had to hand over a whole eighty percent, with only twenty percent left for themselves, and of the remaining twenty percent of the entire mountain's harvest, only ten percent was considered theirs, while the remaining ninety percent was distributed to those medicine slaves.
What actually reached their hands was not much.
Thinking of this, Liu Rui lay down on his bed, not thinking further. He just resigned himself to fate.
After all, people of their tier had very little status, and were in a state of being exploited. In his view, the words of the Huaxia Empire were nothing but empty promises.
Ming Chun Hall had done such things before, sounding nice on the surface, but in practice, it was worthless.
A night passed very quickly. The next day, after Liu Rui woke up, groomed and cleaned himself, he left his small residence.
At least being a Soul Martial Artist in the Body Realm, and the overseer of a medicinal mountain, having such a small residence in town was nothing strange.
Whereas those Body Refining Realm medicine slaves only had small, low huts, and some of the weaker ones lived in dilapidated shanties.
As Liu Rui stepped out of the house, he sighed, seemingly preparing to face the miserable days ahead, fearing they would be just as tedious and repetitive as the past under Ming Chun Hall, with no future in sight.
However, as Liu Rui was walking, he suddenly stopped, swiftly turning his head to look in one direction.
That was where Yang's hut used to be in the town.
Yang was kind-hearted, at the Ninth Level Peak of the Body Realm, just a step away from the Qi Refining Realm. He had built a large hut, sheltering some homeless medicine slaves.
But now the hut was gone, torn down completely, replaced by a solo building six stories high, neat and clean, the white walls looked very pleasant.
However, this building was apparently not yet completely constructed; an alien about the height of his waist was conversing with a Human Clan man and Sun.
A group of people followed behind Sun, those whom he had sheltered, the medicine slaves.
"The Dwarf Clan? Could that be the craftsman from the Fire Department mentioned in the pamphlet?" Gazing at the scene, curiosity welled up in Liu Rui's heart.
After swearing an inner demon oath, a book titled 'pamphlet' was issued. Although he didn't understand the strange name, Liu Rui carefully read it, though he naturally didn't believe the descriptions.
It seemed too good to be true. Yet now, seeing with his own eyes the existence mentioned in the pamphlet, aroused his curiosity.
However, he didn't dare to approach. After all, those were people of the Huaxia Empire; approaching without permission and being accused of disrespect could bring death.
In the past, when people from Ming Chun Hall above came, approaching without permission would mean death.
As for the reason? It was simple. Where did the small branch disciples of Ming Chun Hall in the town get their profits, if not from them?
If they contacted higher-level people from Ming Chun Hall and talked without permission, what else but death awaited?
Of course, that didn't mean the upper level people were clean.
They just used this excuse to loot.
Hence, Liu Rui was unwilling to court trouble. He had to quickly head to the medicinal mountain to handle matters there.
Upon reaching the medicinal mountain, many medicine slaves had already gathered in the front.
As Liu Rui arrived, he immediately noticed a man dressed in yellow-edged white robes with a long beard and a cloth hat, looking quite humble.
But Liu Rui could discern that this seemingly humble attire was actually an extraordinary Soul Device, the aura faintly emitted from it was terrifying.
In the past, it was always disciples of Ming Chun Hall who managed affairs. Now, it seemed like people from the Huaxia Empire would be managing it.
Thinking of this, Liu Rui hurriedly stepped forward, respectfully saluting: "My lord!"
Simultaneously, he discreetly handed over a storage bag, containing a considerable amount of Soul Crystals.
But the other party, unlike past disciples of Ming Chun Hall, did not accept it with a smile and commend him, but rather pushed the storage bag back.
"The Huaxia Empire is different from Ming Chun Hall, don't do such things in the future." The scholar seriously looked at Liu Rui, "Bribery is severely punished under the Empire's laws. Since this is your first offense, I won't pursue it."
"If you want to benefit, it's simple. Take good care of this medicinal mountain; if the harvest meets the set targets, there will be extra rewards for you, and each person will also be rewarded."
Holding the storage bag, Liu Rui stared blankly at the scholar before him for a while, unsure what to say, feeling bewildered and at a loss.
Not just him, but even the tens of thousands of Body Refining Realm medicine slaves behind him were blank-minded. This current situation left them somewhat at a loss.