Chapter 345: Chapter 309: Preparing to Leave

When Sang Que threw more than ten corpses onto the Chaotian Pass city wall, Pei Li was asleep with his arms crossed, leaning against the column of the watchtower, his eyes wide open and bright as a bull’s.

He was originally the most naive of the four village chiefs in the mountain. In the past, he knew to use his brain to keep his territory, but after being incorporated by Sang Que, he simply didn’t bother to think anymore, just follow wherever pointed, eat well, and sleep well.

He often said a few phrases, ’Ask the Big Boss,’ ’I listen to the Big Boss,’ ’The Big Boss is right.’

Sang Que genuinely envied his ability to sleep with eyes open, but unfortunately, the Li Trigram could only replicate the abilities of Evil Spirits and Ghosts, otherwise, this eye-open-sleeping ability could have helped her avoid many times of standing punishment in class.

Sang Que did not disturb his good dream, threw all the weapons and Eight Diagrams Mirrors from the corpses onto the city wall, and took the corpses to the Corpse Nourishing Land to be dealt with by Wan He.

After leaving the Corpse Nourishing Land, Sang Que went to check on the progress of the Eight Diagram City, which was divided into eight areas, and now two areas had already been constructed.

Part of it served as the office area for Bright Moon Mountain, and part of it was given to the first batch of people who joined Bright Moon Mountain and made significant contributions during the construction of Bright Moon Mountain, with each person receiving a courtyard.

This initiative made those who joined Bright Moon Mountain later work harder, hoping to move into the safer and tidier Eight Diagram City as soon as possible.

All government offices had already moved in, and Liu Tianyou left her the City Lord Mansion, and built a ’Xuan Nu Temple’ in the center square of the Eight Diagram City, and the Divine Statue in the Xuan Nu Temple was shaped according to Sang Que’s image.

Black robe, carrying a long bow and arrows on the back, with a long knife hanging at the waist, the face only had a faint outline of features, resembling Sang Que, with a red mole in the center of the eyebrows, looking divine.

The statue was intended to be polluted with the Witch Lady’s bronze token, but she needed something that could represent herself.

So the statue had not been defiled for now, only a Ten Victory Stone Arrow she often used was placed inside, to prevent Evil Spirits from invading the statue.

The two other girls who were previously rescued by Sang Que from the prison had been following Sang Que to practice martial arts, and were now at the Xuan Nu Temple, apart from continuing to practice martial arts, they also handled the daily maintenance of the Xuan Nu Temple.

They abandoned their old names, now called Su Xue and Youzhu, named with the help of Liu Tianyou, with Su Xue meaning pure and flawless, and Youzhu meaning resilient and unyielding.

The earliest person who was turned into a living dead by Sang Que, Ruan Shichun, was ordered by Sang Que to follow the arrangements of Su Xue and Youzhu, also staying in the Xuan Nu Temple.

The square was large, with the Xuan Nu Temple in the main position, and according to Sang Que’s instructions, spaces were left around for building more temples for various Divines later if needed.

After inspecting the area, Sang Que headed to the rear mountain of Bright Moon Mountain to find Liu Tianyou.

During the day, he worked in the government office at Eight Diagram City, and at night, he would run to the secluded rear mountain, spread open the Ghost Realm, and continued writing the documents he hadn’t finished during the day, with twenty Ghost Slaves.

Liu Tianyou left an entrance for the Ghost Realm, without sealing it entirely, making it convenient for anyone to find him.

When Sang Que entered, she saw Liu Tianyou asleep at the desk again, his Ghost Realm interior resembling a council room, he sat at the main seat, with two rows of low tables below, and twenty pitch-black Ghost Slaves diligently writing.

“Ahem!”

Sang Que made a sound, Liu Tianyou awoke startled, hurriedly wiping the corner of his mouth, fearing he had drooled.

“You sit, don’t worry about all these formalities,” Sang Que said as she sat down beside him, “I’m here to let you know, I might be going with Qiao Ling to the front line in Qinzhou soon.”

“Ah?” Liu Tianyou was startled, but didn’t say much, just raised his hand, and a Ghost Slave disappeared from its seat and appeared behind Liu Tianyou, handing over a sheet of paper.

“Before you leave, please prepare everything on this paper.”

Sang Que took the paper, her eye twitching violently.

Firstly, the cement for construction was insufficient again, the clay in the mountain was nearly depleted, not enough for brick making, and according to her requirements, each brick needed to contain vermillion and Ten Victory Stone fragments, and these were also lacking.

The first batch of wheat from Bright Moon Mountain was a month from harvest, and she also needed to prepare the monthly ration for the citizens in the mountain.

And then there was Zhang Junyao’s ’shopping list.’

Everything was going well in Bright Moon Mountain, only it had not yet achieved full self-sufficiency, and before this batch of wheat was harvested, all food was forcibly sustained by Sang Que’s purchases from the modern world.

The grain prices in Jinzhou were absurdly high, all the silver she earned from Zhang Junyao was used to buy other materials, if she bought grain, not to mention three thousand people, even three hundred would be hard to feed.

That’s why more and more people were coming to try their luck at Bright Moon Mountain, as the outside world was making it increasingly difficult for the poor to survive.

Sang Que stored away the list, “Besides this, is there anything else I need to take care of beforehand?”

Liu Tianyou shook his head, “No.”

Sang Que: ……

Alright, it’s a good thing Bright Moon Mountain can operate without her intervention.

“I’ll prepare these things for you tomorrow, and I’ll leave the White Ghost and other zombies behind, taking the Red Ghost and Xia Chan with me, and fifty Corpse Mud Zombies just in case, if there’s any urgent business, have Yao Zhen contact me through the Five Ghosts.”

With the Red Ghost in hand, she could quickly raise a large Zombie Army by collecting bodies along the front lines in Qinzhou. Sang Que had already moved on from gratitude towards Yan Daozi and now shifted to appreciate the Ghost Opera Troupe’s gifts.

Liu Tianyou nodded, “Don’t worry, the situation in Qinzhou is tense, though in Jinzhou there’s some chaos due to forced conscription and levies, but overall, as long as we continue slowly developing in Bright Moon Mountain, no problems will arise, Jinzhou cannot allocate large forces to investigate the situation in Bright Moon Mountain.”

“If you encounter refugees in Qinzhou with nowhere to go, you can direct them to Bright Moon Mountain, though the journey is long, there will be those willing to take risks to survive.”

“Tonight, a few people came to scout Bright Moon Mountain, from the Zhao Family in Jinzhou. Inform Zhang Junyao, and leave the rest to you.”

“Rest assured, all I can do now is this.”

Leaving Liu Tianyou’s Ghost Realm, Sang Que went to find Yu Da and Yao Zhen.

Yu Da was very fond of Bright Moon Mountain now, with no intention of leaving. He enjoyed the serenity here.

Yao Zhen initially wanted to accompany her to the Qinzhou front line but ultimately decided to stay, realizing her Qingfeng Temple was crucial for covering the people at Bright Moon Mountain.

Sang Que left Yan Daozi’s Copper Coin Armor and ink bucket with Yao Zhen; being half-human, half-ghost, these items offered both protection and potential harm to her, but they would serve Yao Zhen better.

The Black Donkey, inconvenient to bring along this time, was also left with Yao Zhen as a mount.

A brief word to Xia Chan sufficed, and Qiao Ling, upon learning Sang Que was also going to the Qinzhou front line, was somewhat surprised but happy to have Sang Que’s company.

The two months living at Bright Moon Mountain had greatly changed Qiao Ling’s impression of Sang Que.

Initially, Qiao Ling had some prejudices, thinking Sang Que was building a force at Bright Moon Mountain for personal gain, but later, upon witnessing Sang Que setting up schools for children, expending resources to build Eight Diagram City, and providing shelter for the people.

Every time she ventured out, she brought back large amounts of grain, ensuring the people at Bright Moon Mountain were well-fed.

Building canals, water wheels, and city walls, she astonishingly even paid for the work.

Facing Water Ghosts, Sang Que didn’t sacrifice anyone’s life but faced the danger herself.

Such was Sang Que, reminding Qiao Ling of the leader of Nine Songs she once encountered during her apprenticeship, also a person of great love and care for the world.

Qiao Ling had tested Sang Que several times, yet Sang Que remained impeccable, leaving Qiao Ling uncertain if Sang Que had any relation to the leader of Nine Songs.

This trip together to the Qinzhou front line would be a good opportunity for observation and probing.

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