Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 923 Responsibilities
Shangluo and Phaethon were having dinner at the window table in the Grand Arches.

Because Phaethon was about to resign and had a lot of employee coupons that had not been used, they had been eating at McDonald's these days.

There is nothing to explain about resigning. Although not all Golden Arches are bases of the Royal Guards, the one where Phaethon works is one of them. This is not a "safe house" either. After all, if even Yujing is not safe, there is no place in the world that can be considered safe.

The Jinyiwei retained this stronghold solely to earn some funds, so that they could take less budget from the emperor's inner treasury and not have to rely on the imperial court - if they relied on the imperial court, the entire alchemy room would not be able to raise enough gold for a pair of bracelets, and it would be completely unreliable.

As for the funding problem, I can solve it as much as I can. And sometimes, as a "sect", the Jinyiwei actually has a number of people that is inexplicably between "completely insufficient" and "too idle to even count". Those who have to go out on field work are busy all day long, while those who don't have to do field work just need to make pills and practice Taoism all day long. So, there are these golden arches.

To some extent, it is just a direct successor to those "imperial stores" hundreds of years ago. Originally, these imperial stores should have been managed by eunuchs, and the scope of these imperial stores did not include McDonald's.

"So it's a good thing that the person helping us fry French fries now is not the master from the East Factory." Shangluo sighed while eating French fries.

"Let's not talk about this for now. Let me ask you, if you had known that treating someone to a meal would also result in NT, would you have treated Xiao Han to something good earlier?"

"I've already changed the subject, why are you still holding on to this? Yes, yes, my little brother next to me has been kidnapped. Are you satisfied now?"

[The most embarrassing thing is that the kidnapped person is very happy. Hey, Shangluo, your blood pressure is rising again.]

Shangluo didn't want to talk, he just lowered his head and took a big gulp of ice cola.

"Can you please stop attacking him? He seems to be very shocked. There's no need to be like this, it's just a small matter."

"This matter can be big or small." Shang Luo looked up and said, "Although Senior Fu didn't mean that. But if we really start a fight, if he really starts slaughtering important officials of the court, the court will collapse within a few hours."

"But he hasn't done that yet."

"Yes, he did not. But power is not a dinner invitation, and we are not some grassland tribe. We cannot rely solely on personal connections and alliances to replace the foundation of power. The essence of the world of immortal cultivation is that the strong is king. Only if I am strong enough can I prevent all this from being exposed to everyone."

"Then you have a big responsibility."

"If we really go back, it would be pure regression, the collapse of rituals and music. Humans should control power, not be twisted into animals by it. If we see food, we will grab it by any means necessary. If we see anything else we want, we will also grab it by any means necessary. If someone stands in our way, we will tear it apart with our hands. What's the difference between us and the monkeys in Mount Emei? After all, humans, as primates, have evolved a civilized society from nature. We have come all the way to today, not to go back to being among the monkeys in Mount Emei."

"Then you have even greater responsibilities!"

"Fortunately, I have the strength. I don't want to look back on the past and regret my wrong decisions. I have to do something - even if my opponent is Senior Fu, I have to be serious. After all, he has also been serious. I have the ancestors since the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors above me, and my senior brothers below me. They handed the country to me, and I can't let the foundation of civilization be destroyed like this. But in order to do this, I have to be stronger. I'm not strong enough yet."

[After a simple calculation, it can be concluded that if Senior Fu had not come to pick up your little brother to eat wontons this morning, but had taken action directly, then he could have destroyed the entire court in 42 minutes when he really wanted to. Well, the specific calculation is like this.] Phaethon looked at him: "What are you going to do? Are you going to take action yourself?"

"If I take action myself, it will be a Monkey King Contest, which is the worst option. Whoever wins will be the Monkey King. Then there are those at the Golden Core Stage, the Nascent Soul Stage, and the Dao Ancestors above the Nascent Soul Stage. What about them? The situation is not that bad now - and I already know. Whether we can suppress the celestial being by order rather than individual force depends on the set of battle armor we are going to build. When everyone has one set, that means there will be 200 half-step celestial beings. It will be easy to deal with one celestial being."

"Ah, that's good." Phaethon drank a sip of Coke with confidence. "I feel relieved that you know what's going on. Following you really saves me some time. In the past, I always had to think and take responsibility on my own. Now that I'm working for you, I feel like I've become lazy."

"But there is a problem - I was planning to slowly study where the armor I refined went. Logically, I should slowly comprehend it. But now time waits for no one, I have to use a faster method."

Da Nei, Taiye Lake
Shangluo stood on the surface of Taiye Lake with her hands behind her back, and next to her stood the newly crowned Dragon King of Taiye Lake. She had no name, and those who knew her called her Xiaohong for the time being.

"Speaking of which, Lord Shang Tian, ​​are we familiar with each other?" Xiao Hong said helplessly, "You seem to particularly like using my territory here."

"This is obviously the territory of the Imperial Palace, how come it is yours?"

"Go ask grandma - ask the Empress Dowager. This is approved by the Empress Dowager herself. Taiye Lake is my territory."

"Okay, okay. Then Your Majesty, Dragon King, can I borrow your Taiye Lake now?"

"Sure." Xiao Hong nodded, "And if it's you, you can come fishing too."

"Huh? What do you mean?" Shang Luo was about to cast a spell, but was confused by His Majesty the Dragon King's words, "If this Taiye Lake is yours, then aren't the aquatic creatures here also yours? I'm here to fish, not to kill your subjects."

“You can’t catch it anyway.”

"Huh??? Are you serious? Why are you all challenging me?"

"I'm not used to joking." Xiao Hong replied calmly, "I've been practicing in Taiye Lake for decades, and I've seen many people come here to fish. They always feed the fish with bait, and it's the same every time. Few people can bring fish home."

"What if I really bring it home?"

"The fish will bite the hook on its own and you will catch it. It's the fish's own fault. My grandmother gave me this Taiye Lake, and I have only one set of rules: I eat as much as I catch. I must eat everything I catch. Don't waste it."

(End of this chapter)