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The government official passed the Imperial Edict and the Yellow Register over, and suddenly there was a Jade Bottle in the palm of his hand. Divine Sense swept over it to see that it contained over a hundred Wish Power Beads.

"The Mount Green Cloud Deity is indeed a remarkable person. I am Zheng Han the main officer of the Selection Department under the Ministry of Personnel."

"So it's Officer Zheng."

Zhou Yi sent a telepathic message, "I have recently joined the Severing Heaven Sect and have not yet visited my mentor Danxia Zi. Once I have organized Mount Green Cloud, I shall visit the Ministry of Personnel, where I will require the assistance of Officer Zheng." Discover exclusive tales on empire

"You are actually a nephew of a Heavenly Official!"

Upon hearing this, Zheng Han's face twitched, feeling the Jade Bottle become hot in his hand—he was about to find an excuse to give it back.

Then he heard Zhou Yi say, "I have heard that other deities are bestowed numerous rewards when they are enshrined to help build their divine residences. Why is it that I only receive the Yellow Register here?"

Zheng Han immediately understood and slipped the Jade Bottle into his sleeve, hinting as he spoke.

"I've heard—just hearsay, mind you—that His Majesty had originally intended to appoint you as the official deity of Wu Mountain. It was suggested by someone in the court to 'buy the horse's bones with a thousand pieces of gold,' which led to your promotion as the deity of Mount Green Cloud."

"So, upon getting promoted, the pay is left out?"

Zhou Yi's recognition of Emperor Yuanding's miserliness and meager generosity was yet again refreshed—it was like buying half a horse's bones for nothing!

Out of respect for the Wish Power Beads, Zheng Han then said, "The Mountain Gods and River Lords within the jurisdiction of Mount Green Cloud are currently all Wild Gods, which you will need to carefully govern. This credit will count toward your divine title."

"..."

Zhou Yi nearly threw the Imperial Edict away, for how could an old Nascent Soul ancestor tolerate such indignity.

"It will be hard work for the Green Cloud Mountain God in the future."

Zheng Han also felt that His Majesty had been careless, granting the title in name only, without any real benefit, and even expecting the court to clear up the local Wild Gods, which seemed less like a reward and more like enlisting unpaid labor.

"It all depends on His Majesty's holy grace."

Zhou Yi bowed in the direction of the palace, waved goodbye to Zheng Han, and contemplated how to assume the role of deity of Mount Green Cloud.

At that moment.

A talisman in the sleeve vibrated, bringing a message.

"Please, junior brother, come to the Hundred Flavors Tower, there are important matters to discuss."

The sender was none other than his cheap senior brother Gu Xiao. Zhou Yi pondered for a moment, then a smile appeared on his face.

"So it is. No wonder, after capturing a Golden Core criminal, he abruptly appointed me as the deity of Mount Green Cloud. But as long as I can receive benefits, it doesn't matter if I have real power or not!"

Immediately, he formed a spell with his fingers and turned into a ray of light heading toward the Hundred Flavors Tower.

Still by the window seat.

Gu Xiao had set up Spiritual Wine and delicacies, and as soon as Zhou Yi took his seat, he personally poured the wine.

"Congratulations to junior brother for the promotion to a Sixth Grade deity! From the east at Jiangning Prefecture, spanning through Qingyun Prefecture to the west at Chiming Prefecture, you control over 13,000 miles of mountains and rivers. Your domain is even greater than mine as the City God!"

"Thanks to senior brother's efforts."

Zhou Yi first showed gratitude, then pretended to be troubled.

"But as a lone deity without disciples or sect's support, managing such a vast mountain range is quite challenging. According to His Majesty's wishes, I must eradicate the Wild Gods, and it would be bad to face punishment if I fail!"

"What are you talking about, junior brother? How can you say you have no sect?"

Gu Xiao spoke with a smile, "Just take charge of that Mount Green Cloud. The sect disciples will be there to clean up those mountainous evil deities for you!"

Zhou Yi sized up Gu Xiao for a while, then asked with a brimming smile.

"How many of the Wish Power Beads obtained can senior brother share?"

Gu Xiao was taken aback for a moment before bursting into laughter, which was out of sync with his stern appearance.

"Junior brother truly is a clever person. Rest assured, you are the deity of Mount Green Cloud, and all other disciples are under your command. No matter how many Wish Power Beads we get, you can keep at least thirty percent!"

"Only thirty percent?"

Zhou Yi sipped the Spiritual Wine and said, "Assigning all the divine positions to the disciples of the sect, I am taking the risk of being accused of forming cliques for personal gain."

The deity of Green Cloud Mountain may only appear to be Sixth Grade, but in reality, he wields the significant power of a local official.

For example, the Lord of Yuntong River is under the jurisdiction of Qingyun, and apart from the River Lord's position, you can appoint four Ninth Grade sub-deities. It's the same with the Wushan Mountain God.

If Zhou Yi were to arrange all the divine positions, his combined force wouldn't be weaker than that of a prefecture's City God.

"What forming cliques for personal gain? We are dividing our country's worries!"

Seeing Zhou Yi drinking slowly, Gu Xiao contemplated for a moment and then spoke truthfully, "Junior brother, seventy percent of the Wish Power Beads, thirty percent will go to our senior brother, thirty percent submitted to the sect, and the remaining ten percent is what senior brother and others will share."

"So this is the division."

Zhou Yi nodded and said, "It's only right to show respect to my seniors in the sect upon my recent initiation, but... junior brother has exhausted all my resources for passing the tribulation, and now I'm impoverished, without even Spiritual Objects to build the deity's residence on Mount Green Cloud."

"That's easy to handle."

Seeing Zhou Yi's agreement, Gu Xiao's face lit up with a smile, "Senior brother Ling Ming, who is in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, will allocate a portion of Spiritual Objects for the court to clear out the Wild Gods in Qingyun Prefecture, with fifty percent being sent to Mount Green Cloud."

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The wild gods of Qingyun Mountain were completely cleared out by the disciples of the Heavenly Patching Sect, without the need for the Imperial Court's Spiritual Objects, which amounted to Zhou Yi pocketing it all.

"Thank you, senior brother."

Zhou Yi said, "Junior brother is surely to manage Qingyun Mountain well, and produce more Wish Power Beads. However, if any disciples of the sect harvest with evil magic…"

"Once verified, direct execution!"

Gu Xiao suddenly dropped the playful demeanor, reverting to his stern countenance and spoke solemnly.

"If the Heavenly Leak itself is sacrificed to fill the gap, how much more for the sin of poisoning the common people? Our sect has adhered to this fundamental doctrine for generations, suppressing the Severing Heaven Sect to the point where they dare not show themselves!"

"That is very good."

Zhou Yi had originally thought that the Severing Heaven Sect was more fitting, but now seeing that the Heavenly Patching Sect was not bad either, at least its tenets were strict, and they happened to accord with his own sense of right and wrong.

Truly entering a demonic sect's gate, witnessing fellow disciples committing all sorts of evils and being unable to prevent it would undoubtedly lead to frustration.

Over time, this would turn into a heart demon.

Gu Xiao said sternly, "Junior brother was a Loose Cultivator before, acting freely and unrestrained, with nobody to restrain you, and that was fine. From now on, you must remember that the doctrine of the Heavenly Patching Sect is the foundation of cultivation; even if you truly offend senior brother, no mercy will be shown!"

"Naturally!"

Zhou Yi had adhered to his original heart of not committing evil for thousands of years, and he would continue to do so in the future. He took out a wine jar from his sleeve.

"Try this, senior brother: five-thousand-year-old Spiritual Wine, found in the tomb of an ancient sage."

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Qingyun Mountain.

From east to west, thirteen thousand miles.

Apart from the main vein, there were seven rivers and thirteen mountains, all occupied by wild gods.

That day.

In the middle of the mountain range, there was a peak that resembled a treasure bottle, with a narrow top and bottom, and a wide middle.

The escaping light descended, transforming into a Taoist in a blue robe.

"This is the core of the Spirit Vein of Qingyun Mountain, where the Mountain God's residence will be established, quietly awaiting the disciples of the sect to clear out the wild gods."

After leaving the capital, Zhou Yi first returned to Wu Mountain to take the Spirit Ginseng child, ascended to Sixth Grade Mountain God and gained great power. As a disciple of the Heavenly Patching Sect, he would surely draw the scrutiny of many factions, some of whom might have masters of the Spirit Eye Technique, able to see through the true nature of the Spirit Ginseng child.

A fifty-thousand-year-old Spirit Ginseng, which could bring people back to life and turn flesh to white bones, would cause even a Nascent Soul being to envy and attempt to snatch it away if word got out.

"After the Mountain God's residence is built and concealment restrictions are in place, then let the Spirit Ginseng out."

Zhou Yi landed on the mountaintop, and his immense Mana flowed out, enveloping the entire Treasure Bottle Peak.

Streams of Mana, like sharp knives, quickly carved the peak into a Roughly humanoid shape; then further refining, it turned into a towering, three-hundred-meter-tall Mountain God Statue.

The mountain peak sculpted into a statue seemed like a divine miracle to ordinary people, evoking reverence, and thus they would offer incense.

Moments later.

At the foot of the statue, the Mountain God Temple was constructed, with the front hall enshrining a smaller statue, arranged similarly to the Wushan God Temple.

Zhou Yi set up a Spirit Gathering Array in the temple, with abundant Spiritual Energy drawn in. He breathed it in and refined it into Mana.

The Nascent Soul in his Dantian also sat cross-legged, breathing in sync with his original self.

"No matter when, Mana is after all the fundament of a cultivator. Having endured thousands of years of stagnation, I've finally experienced once again the joy of progress in my cultivation!"

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There are those in the Imperial Court who enjoy being officials.

Zhou Yi had deeply realized the meaning of this saying during his days as a jailer in the heavenly prison.

Thousands of years later.

Once again he enjoyed the benefits of having a backer, and in just half a year, the Imperial Court had delivered the supplies for exterminating the wild gods to the City God of Qingyun.

Following the prearranged ratio, the City God of Qingyun ordered his confidants to send half of it to the Qingyun Mountain Temple.

After deducting local shares, what the City God of Qingyun actually received was less than thirty percent.

The City God of Qingyun had no complaints whatsoever because it was entirely an unexpected windfall; if it hadn't been for Zhou Yi ascending as the Mountain God of Qingyun, the Imperial Court wouldn't have issued anything called "bandit-extinguishing supplies."

Indeed, it was like including vinegar in dumplings just for the sake of it!

Basking in the reflected glory of Zhou Yi, the City God of Qingyun was more than grateful.

Inside the Mountain God Temple.

Zhou Yi opened his storage bag, which was neatly packed with Spirit Stones, talismans, and pills, each category numbered in the tens of thousands.

"The treasures of the Imperial Court really are lavish; these things are enough to cover for ten estates!"