Chapter 344 - 341: Crystal Palace

Chapter 344: Chapter 341: Crystal Palace

"What did you say?"

In outer space, a group of Martial Artists crossed their arms, their eyes narrowing with malice as they looked down on the few Martial Artists who had just ascended from the world below.

"You’re just a mere Second Turn. What right do you have to speak of loyalty in front of us?"

A woman in white robes, sword in hand, flicked her sleeve and said coldly:

"For the past few days, we have been working hard in space, building equipment to benefit the masses. When it comes to contributions, on what grounds can a Second Turn who just arrived possibly compare to us?"

"What right or standing do you have to question us? We were personally nurtured and brought to outer space by His Majesty himself. And you? Without the space elevator we built, you wouldn’t have even been able to get here."

...

The Martial Artists in outer space spoke one after another, their words laced with barbs.

A few of them even stood directly in front of the space elevator, blocking them from coming up.

"Heh, your treacherous ambition is finally showing," the lead Martial Artist from the world below sneered. "How dare you take all the credit for yourselves."

"Without the Immortal Master, you’re not shit. Just a bunch of losers who would’ve been surrounded and killed by the remnants of the previous Li Yang dynasty."

"You..." The numerous Martial Artists in space were momentarily rendered speechless.

When the topic involved Fang Can, especially on a matter of loyalty like this, they didn’t dare object, no matter how eloquent they were.

The Martial Artist from the world below stared coldly at the few Martial Artists blocking them from entering the Upper Realm:

"What’s the matter? Can’t win the argument, so you’re resorting to a blockade? Go on, try and kill me."

"Let me tell you, all the people under heaven are the Immortal Master’s flock. Rights are granted by the Immortal Master, and as long as my actions are just, not even the emperor or his officials are worthy of taking my life."

"If you’ve got the guts, just try and lay a finger on us," the Martial Artist from the world below said coldly. "In front of the hundreds of millions of people on the Mind Network, in front of the Immortal Master, go ahead and push us down."

"Even if we take this to the Immortal Master, we’ll be the ones in the right. What are you yapping for?" another Martial Artist from the world below chimed in.

"We came up here to secure a future for humanity. There’s nothing to discuss with this bunch of closed-minded people."

"Exactly! Their minds are closed, so just let them be!"

...

Faced with the barrage of words from the Martial Artists from the world below, the Upper Realm Martial Artists’ faces turned ashen, but they were completely unable to make a move.

Because Fang Can’s Mind Network was focused on every citizen, if they made a move, they would be giving everyone a pretext to condemn them.

"Hmph, I can’t be bothered to talk to you Trisolarans. We just believe that having a closed mind offers more freedom," a swordswoman in green snorted.

"Exactly. Does having a closed mind mean we can’t serve His Majesty? His Majesty hasn’t even objected, so what are you yapping about? Are you trying to make decisions for him?"

"Answer me! Do you think you know what’s right better than the Sect Leader does?"

...

Since they couldn’t defend against these ’magic attacks’ of ideological purity, the people from the Upper Realm decided to retaliate with some of their own.

After a round of bickering, neither side dared to make a move, so they could only give up resentfully. Instead, they split into two clearly distinct factions in the heavens.

The Transparent Mind Faction and the Closed Mind Faction!

They all knew this was not the end of the conflict. It wasn’t even the beginning of the end. It was merely the end of the prologue.

It was foreseeable that after Fang Can left, the conflict between the transparent and closed factions among the Martial Artists would only grow more intense, until it finally became irreconcilable and erupted into conflict.

This was a purely ideological struggle.

At this moment, Fang Can was floating in space, surrounded by at least a hundred white, prismatic crystals.

Each of these crystals was formed from one of his headless bodies.

Every fifteen minutes, once his body had finished regenerating, he would cleave off another incarnation in the form of a computer.

By now, the entire territory of Li Yang had been conquered by the Fourth Turns, but Li Yang itself only occupied a single continent.

And the Fourth Turns did not pause for a moment.

After helping him unify this continent, they headed for the nations on other continents, where more Martial Artists and common people could be found.

He slowly opened his eyes. Through his connection to the entire Mind Network, he saw requests from the common people and the Martial Artists flooding in like a snowstorm.

The Martial Artists’ request was: for him to not leave, and to eliminate all the Martial Artists with closed minds.

The common people’s request was: for him to not leave, and to eliminate all high-level Martial Artists.

The source of their anxiety was simple. As long as Fang Can was around, things were fine; the Martial Artists of the Heaven-Ascending Road wouldn’t dare to act out of line.

But if Fang Can left after thirty days, those Martial Artists of the Heaven-Ascending Road, all-powerful in outer space, could not be restrained by a civilization that had barely reached the fringes of modern technology.

At that point, a new ruling class would emerge once again.

Therefore, these common people hoped Fang Can would solve the Martial Artist problem before he left.

In response to this, Fang Can merely smiled, having no intention of interfering.

Since the Martial Artists weren’t causing trouble right now, he naturally wouldn’t kill them; instead, he would treat them all equally.

Besides, as an observer of civilizations, he believed these people needed to solve their own problems. How far they could go depended on their own efforts.

However... Fang Can’s gaze turned to the world below. A few days had passed, and the initial harem was now assembled.

In the heart of the Central Plains, a massive courtyard complex was rising from the flat ground. The plaque above the gate read: Crystal Palace!

The sprawling, hundred-mu complex was constructed primarily of white marble. Its walls were a pristine, creamy white, and the corners of its eaves were covered in Liuli tiles that refracted the sunlight into a dazzling mix of gold and red.

The main halls were supported by vermilion beams and pillars, carved with coiling dragons and auspicious clouds. The doors and windows were inlaid with intricate, hollowed-out latticework and adorned with gilt-bronze studs.

Above the main gate hung a plaque of black, gold-threaded nanmu wood, inlaid with the two large words "Crystal Palace" in cinnabar.

Even the people who built the palace couldn’t understand why the Immortal Master had named it the Crystal Palace when it was constructed mainly of white marble.

With every conquered city, a female Fourth Turn would use her Heart Image to scour the population, adding any beauty who met Fang Can’s aesthetic standards to the harem.

After a few days of this, the Crystal Palace was already home to over ten thousand beauties.

Each one was the kind of beauty you’d only find one in a hundred thousand of in this world of martial arts.

He landed quietly at the main entrance of the Crystal Palace, clapped his hands lightly, and strode inside.

Without any preamble, his AT Field enveloped the entire Crystal Palace, forcibly implanting itself into the consciousness of every woman within.

"Ah! Immortal Master?" The eyes of several women chatting in a courtyard lit up as they saw Fang Can walk into the hall.

His gaze swept over the women before him. He pointed to one of them, a beauty so ethereal she seemed to belong to another world.

"You! You will be the future empress of the entire Attendant Empire."

"Me?" The woman pointed at herself, stunned. ’She never would have imagined that just by catching the young man’s eye, she would be instantly elevated to the position of future empress.’

"After I am gone, you will be the one to rule this entire nation. Now, as an example for all officials, come and attend to me."

Fang Can spread his arms, speaking to the woman before him.