The Eternal World

"Eldest Young Master, Eldest Young Master, wake up!"

"Eldest Young Master, it's time to eat some medicine. Get up quickly!"

"That's right, young master, get up quickly! We'll have fun together after taking the medicine!"

A large group of young and tender voices sounded out beside Zhang Chao's ears, like the chirping of a flock of skylarks.

Zhang Chao rubbed his eyes and opened his eyes. He saw around ten or so beauties surrounding him, and they were extremely beautiful. Their bodies were graceful and convex, and they wore clothes that were rarely cool, their private parts even faintly discernible.

Zhang Chao suddenly felt a blazing heat coming from his lower abdomen, and blood energy immediately gushed to his head.

However, just as he was about to get up, he felt a sense of powerlessness spread throughout his body.

"Ugh …" "This is..." His mind was in a mess. He vaguely remembered that he seemed to be the eldest young master of this family.

"Come on, Eldest Young Master, be a good boy. Take this medicine and your body will slowly recover …" A beautiful woman brought a bowl of soup to Zhang Chao's mouth.

Zhang Chao obediently drank the medicine, his mind gradually becoming clearer.

This was the Green Spirit City, and the Zhang Family was the richest and most powerful family in Green Spirit City.

Zhang Chao's grandfather was a first stage official in the imperial court, and had overflowing authority. His father was the leader of the entire Cyan Spirit City's Merchant Union, and had a huge business, so he rarely went home.

In the entire family, Zhang Chao's uncle was in charge of everything from top to bottom.

Unfortunately, Zhang Chao's body was weak since he was young. His body was weak and sickly, and he had to rely on all kinds of medicines to survive everyday. However, Zhang Chao's uncle was afraid that he would be lonely, so he chose many beauties to accompany Zhang Chao by his side throughout the day.

It was unknown where he had heard of it, but seeing beautiful women nourish his eyes, he would be able to relax his heart and extend his lifespan.

But since Zhang Chao knew about his uncle's good intentions, he did not reject him.

After drinking the soup, Zhang Chao coughed for a long time. Finally, he felt better and the few beauties helped his up from his chairs, walking to the side of the pond to catch fish.

He raised his hand and threw a handful of fish food into the pond, and seeing dozens of eye-catching golden carp swaying their bodies and coming over to fight for food, Zhang Chao revealed a smile.

His life seemed carefree and boring, but what could he do?

His body was too weak to do anything.

Maybe, just like that, he would live for a few more years. Maybe one day, his body would be unable to hold on and he would leave first?

This life … How ridiculous!

Zhang Chao shook his head, but no matter what, compared to those who were born poor and had poor health, he was already very happy.

Just as he was staring at the carp in a daze, a servant suddenly came over and whispered to Zhang Chao: "Young master, old master is back!"

"Oh? Father is back? " Zhang Chao was a little surprised. Usually, his father would only be home once a month, this time he only went for a week or so before returning.

He quickly followed the servants to the Zhang Clan's living room.

Inside the guest hall, Zhang Chao's father, Han Congan's face was glowing red. At the same time, all of the great officials and nobles were present in the entire Cyan Spirit City.

"Father!" Zhang Chao stepped into the living room. "You're back so early?"

"Hehe, Chao'er, father has a happy occasion!" Zhang Xinjie was extremely excited.

After understanding it in detail, Zhang Chao finally understood that the current emperor had passed away. Before he died, he ordered Zhang Chao's grandfather to become the new emperor's minister.

The new emperor was still young, he seemed to still be less than ten years old. Zhang Chao's grandfather was a minister, he knew without even thinking about how much power the new emperor had in his hands.

He was in charge of the imperial court!

At this moment, the Zhang Clan's glory had already reached an unprecedented peak.

As the saying goes, if a person ascends the Dao like a chicken or a dog, the Zhang family would also benefit greatly.

In the next few years, Zhang Yuan's business expanded. He became the wealthiest man in the dynasty, and could even be said to be as wealthy as a nation.

Zhang Chao's daily life was still the same.

However, the sky was unpredictable.

Ten years later, the new emperor grew up.

He didn't want to be manipulated again, so he started to clean up the side of the king!

The new emperor and a few of his trusted aides discussed in secret, and started with Zhang Chao's grandfather.

The entire empire was in an uproar.

Zhang Chao's grandfather, who was convicted of ten crimes, was removed from his position and investigated.

At the same time, nearly seventy percent of the officials in the empire were implicated as well.

The Zhang Clan inevitably became the target of public criticism.

All of the Zhang Family's shops were sealed, all of the important people in the clan, including Zhang Chao's father, his uncles and the others were all captured, and then, the entire family was seized.

In just a short month's time, the Zhang Clan, which was an overlord of the dynasty, had completely collapsed. His grandfather was given a foot of white silk to hang himself, and his family was sent into exile.

The Zhang Family had fallen into ruin.

As the saying goes, 'when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter; when the wall falls, people push.' Many of the people who had previously surrounded the Zhang Family like pug had now changed expressions, helping the Zhang Family to hasten its demise.

Whether it was wealth or poverty, none of them seemed to be important to Zhang Chao.

He was still the same frail and sickly young master. However, this young master had been exiled to the barbarian territory along with his tribesmen.

The environment here was too vile. Moreover, there were some barbarian activities in addition to the fact that they were being abducted. This made their lives extremely difficult.

As Zhang Chao watched the clansmen die from being unable to stand such an environment, he finally felt like he had to do something.

He planned to negotiate with the barbarians first. This idea made everyone feel that it was crazy.

However, no one could stop him. On a dark and windy night, Zhang Chao sneaked out by himself.

After a series of soul-stirring negotiations, Zhang Chao finally succeeded in coming to an agreement with the barbarians.

His father was a merchant, and although he had never done business before, he had learned many things from childhood. Other than reading books, he did not have much else to do and had accumulated a lot of knowledge.

Together with the Manchu, he used his limited resources and vast knowledge to find a fertile land to plant trees, dig rivers, draw water, and build cities.

Gradually, the Zhang Clan and the Berserker Tribe merged with each other. They even married and started a brand-new life in the Wildlands.

At the same time, Zhang Chao opened up a trade with other empires, selling the unique products of the Wilderness and establishing a few trading channels. This caused the lives of the Zhang Family and the Berserker Tribe to become even more popular.

In the blink of an eye, another ten years passed.

Zhang Chao's body was still that weak.

However, he had already become the city lord of the largest city on the outskirts of the city, maintaining a trade partnership with many other empires. The city was bustling with activity, as if it was a small kingdom.

At this moment, the dynasty he originally belonged to began to become chaotic due to the successive natural disasters, as well as internal troubles.

If it was anyone else, not only would they not add fuel to the fire, they would also watch from the sidelines.

After all, even though his clan had risen to prominence in that empire, it had fallen into depravity there as well.

But Zhang Chao made his choice.

The first thing he did was to send people to deliver a large amount of supplies to settle the refugees. At the same time, he paid a huge price to build an army to support them.

With Zhang Chao's help, the empire's crisis was averted.

When the emperor of the empire found out about Zhang Chao's identity, he did not know how to face him. However, Zhang Chao laughed and said: "Ten years ago, my grandfather had the authority of the imperial court and made the Zhang family the richest man in the empire.

"Everyone has their own opinions, after all."

"However, I believe that regardless of who is in the right or wrong, everything must be seen from a bigger perspective. His Majesty only saw the strength of the Zhang Family back then, but did not see the contributions that the Zhang Family made to the dynasty or to His Majesty!"

"Therefore, the Zhang Clan's death and the collapse of the empire's economic chain prevented the Imperial Court from taking the fastest action when the natural disaster struck!"

"Back then, I thought that I was too weak to do anything, but when I was faced with a dead end, I did my best to create my own glory. I could also help His Majesty at such a crucial moment!"

People don't fear thinking about things, they just don't want to do it. However, if you want to do something, don't be blind. You have to consider whether or not you win, prioritize, and prioritize. This humble one believes that doing something like that is not only the way of a sovereign, but also the way of a citizen!

"I want people to dare to think, to dare to do, but I don't want to be blind …" The emperor repeatedly chewed on this sentence. Although it sounded rough, it contained many meanings.

Soon after, even the emperor who wanted to bestow rewards on Zhang Chao was politely rejected by him.

… ….

Zhang Chao woke up again.

He sat cross-legged beside the stone monument, deep in thought.

What was the assessment this time?

Was it still a choice?

No …. It didn't seem that simple.

Finally, he slapped his head and understood.

Humans!

Cultivators and Forge Master were all humans.

If you are a person, you will encounter difficulties. If you are a person, you will inevitably encounter dire straits.

When encountering desperate straits, whether one would win or lose, that was exactly what Forge Master needed the most.

Maybe, when other Forge Master pass this test, they will be exiled to the border, this is not difficult at all, the most difficult thing should be how they should handle the attitude of their empires from now on.

People have different decisions and different thoughts.

Perhaps there would be some people who would take the opportunity to take revenge on that empire, turning it upside down.

Some people, may still watch the fire from the other side of the river, will also vent their hatred.

Another person might once again merge into that empire and repeat the scene of his grandfather.

However, there were very few people like Zhang Chao who could forget about the past and remove his relationship with them.

As the stone tablet crumbled once again, Zhang Chao felt that perhaps this choice of his was exactly what National Concealment Cultivators wanted to see …