Shennong Dao Master-Chapter 578 - 75: Conflict Resurfaces, One Year Later, A Way to Escape (16000 Da Zhang)_2

Chapter 578: Chapter 75: Conflict Resurfaces, One Year Later, A Way to Escape (16000 Da Zhang)_2

"So, you’re saying that even without the Xuantian Demon People, the Ten Days of Suspension would still occur?" King Heavenly Destiny asked.

"According to the deductions from the Creation Plate, yes," the white-haired old man nodded, "But as to how this matter should be characterized, it still depends on how the central authorities and His Majesty decide."

"I understand," King Heavenly Destiny said, taking the document the old man handed him, his expression grave.

If it were purely a natural disaster, the punishment would not be very severe, but if it involved a man-made disaster, then the nature of the issue would change.

Given the character of his elder cousin, surely a lot of officials would be in trouble, and he himself would hardly be able to escape blame.

...

While waiting for the official conclusion from the court, Zhao Xing was not idle; he was observing how many familiar people had died.

First was Ji Ziyun, who had not died, but he had fallen directly from Sixth Grade Perfection to Seventh Grade.

That was already considered fortunate, since he was a member of Liu Tianning’s team, and it was a little easier to locate Ji Ziyun during the rescue by Old Liu.

So he didn’t last long before he was lifted onto the Ten Thousand Skill Tower Ship, and his life was saved.

Nangong Ye survived among the trio of Yi Rong, Nangong Ye, and Qi Yuan Army.

Qi Yuan Army and Yi Rong, those two Seventh Rankers who had shone brightly in the first stage of the battle against the barbarians, did not survive.

Of Lu Bang’s two disciples, Feng Qi and Cai Jin, only Feng Qi survived, Cai Jin died.

Among the martial artist talents Zhao Xing knew during training, Martial Artist Fu Ying, Zhang Jie, Hu Bing all died. Chen Fang survived.

Shi Yong, Zhuang Ziqing survived; Cao Shuang, Jiang Tianming, Feng Qiu, Li Feng died.

Helian Lie of the Fierce Sun Army, Zhuo Li died.

Wei Hong, the son of Wei Yuan from the Tiger Flood Dragon Army, died.

...

In the list of casualties, Zhao Xing saw many familiar names.

Including even Wen Shaoyang, Yu Ziqi!

"It’s a pity about Yu Ziqi, the Sword Cultivator," Zhao Xing shook his head; these two had grabbed a spot when the quotas were somewhat relaxed, and he didn’t even know about it.

And there were others that were unexpected to Zhao Xing.

"Lv Yuanwei is injured? He also came to the Ten Suns Cave Heaven?"

"This child of destiny was hit by a Heavenly Fire meteor, losing an arm."

"Lv Yuanwei, being the main commander in the Qinggang Mine, has even been injured..."

"On the Extreme Night Sea side, Pei Yuanchang is alive, Thirteenth Prince Ji Chen is alive, Prince Liang’s young son Ji Dan died, Ji Ye survived."

"How could Ji Dan die? With his strength and equipment, he should have been able to survive..."

Zhao Xing was somewhat puzzled, but at this time many Fifth-rankers also died, so a mere Ji Dan didn’t really count for much.

Li Fuhai and Yun Yi, these two talents, also survived; among them, Yun Yi even sent a message asking if Zhao Xing was injured.

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Zhao Xing replied with a sentence and then flew to a residential area.

Han Bing was fine, but Wang Ji had been injured.

At this moment, in the courtyard of Wang Ji, Han Bing and Che Shihai were also visiting Wang Ji.

"How is Mr. Wang doing?" Zhao Xing asked at the door.

"Not too good," Han Bing said, "Wang Ji has fallen to the Early Seventh Rank, and right now he is just stabilizing his condition. It’s unknown when he can fully recover."

"How could this happen?" Che Shihai said, "Is it due to a lack of precious medicine? I still have some money..."

"It’s not a matter of money," Zhao Xing shook his head. "He has fallen in rank due to injury, and the protection afforded by his rank and National Destiny has been breached."

"What do you mean?" Che Shihai was startled, not immediately understanding.

"This involves the National Fate and rank issues of the court."

"A Secondary Sixth-rank official severely injured without falling in rank means the injury is not severe."

"If he falls in rank, becoming a seventh-rank official, then the injury is considered very severe, because the office rank and the realm must match," Zhao Xing explained.

"What happens if they don’t match?" Che Shihai asked.

"The consequences are serious," Zhao Xing said gravely, "it means the protective National Fate system on the official is breached."

"In the short term, it’s impossible for the official to ascend back on their own. Moreover, most officials were promoted relying on the National Fate to begin with."

"Now, the court faces two choices: one is to use up one or even more portions of National Fate to help this official, who is actually only at Seventh Rank, to recover to Sixth Rank."

"The other is to allow this official to retire early because the office does not wait for people, and governance and military affairs can’t wait for him to recover."

"Either way, it’s a significant loss to the National Fate," Zhao Xing continued.

"The protection of National Fate breached, that serious?" Che Shihai’s face changed, "Then Mr. Wang..."

"It depends on the circumstances," Zhao Xing said, "If it’s within Great Zhou’s own territory, although the National Fate is lost in the short term, it’s still within the pool of Great Zhou, and the dragon veins of the Nine Provinces will continue to gather National Fate."

"Although the immediate expenditure is large, in the long term, the actual cost is still not great. It’s like if you lost one yuan, and I now give you another yuan, you still have one yuan. The court actually doesn’t lose much; that one yuan will eventually return to the national treasury."

"But if you’re injured and fall in rank on a battlefield outside the territory, the yuan spent on you by the court is lost forever."

"Moreover, destruction is easy and reconstruction hard. Injuries that cause a fall in rank and demotion are different; recovery is even harder, and it might take two yuan to heal you."

"The higher the rank, the greater the loss!"

"If in the end that piece of the battlefield is taken by the enemy, their pool of National Fate will grow because as they hold it for longer, they will slowly absorb the National Fate of heaven and earth and grow stronger."

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