Uncanny Workmanship

Chapter 280: Supernatural Craftsmanship

Shen Wanyun's face suddenly turned bitter. Going out to train with Qin Mu was definitely a tough job.

The last time they followed Qin Mu to southern Xinjiang for training, they first encountered the Hongshan School of the Jiuyou Sect's Corpse Immortal Cult, which awakened the dead and massacred the city. Then they encountered the Tianbo City's Demon King, who was killing everyone. Later, there was the battle to quell the rebellion in Daxiang City. He had never experienced so many fatal disasters in his life!

After returning to the capital, it took Shen Wanyun a long time to recover. Shen Wanyun also went to Qingmen Pass for training before, and fought with the soldiers of the Mandi Kingdom on the battlefield, but that was at least soldiers against soldiers and generals against generals, how could it be like training with Qin Mu?

While training with Qin Mu, there were frequent battles and killings between sects, and even demons were summoned. When he arrived at Daxiang City, there were sect leader-level strong men everywhere, and there were hundreds of strong men in the realm of heaven and man and the realm of life and death!

Shen Wanyun still shudders when he thinks about his experience with Qin Mu.

He also heard about some of Qin Mu's experiences after this training. When he returned to Daxu to celebrate the New Year, he was hunted by countless masters. There was another big commotion in the Great Leiyin Temple. After he came back, he even participated in the Taoist sect and the Great Leiyin Temple's siege of the emperor. He rescued the emperor and the imperial teacher, and then returned to Beijing to kill Prince Lingyu Xia!

If I were to experience these things, I would have died more than a hundred times.

He had made up his mind not to go out with Qin Mu, but he didn't expect that he would be named by the prince this time, which was like announcing a death sentence to be executed in the autumn.

I don’t know if this holy leader is doomed to fail, as disasters follow him wherever he goes.

Qin Mu saw that he looked unhappy, so he comforted him, "It's not dangerous to go out this time. Crown Prince Ling Yushu was originally from our Imperial College, and we are all old acquaintances, and we have a very good relationship. He said he was leaving the capital for disaster relief, but he brought experts from the Ministry of Works with him. In my opinion, this time he is not going to quell the rebellion, but to check the factories in various places, and to clear the snow mountains formed by the heavy snow disaster, or to build bridges and dams. There is no danger."

Shen Wanyun cried, “I hope so.”

Si Yunxiang was somewhat discouraged and said disappointedly: "There is no danger..."

The three followed the steward to their respective rooms in Shentongju. The steward arranged them very close to each other, so that the three houses were together.

Qin Mu said to Shen Wanyun and Si Yunxiang: “I don’t know when I will be back after going out this time, so you should each find some magical powers to practice.”

Shen Wanyun's eyes flickered, and he suggested: "Yue Qinghong and Yun Que will break through the barrier in the next two days and become magical people. Master, we should share the joys and sorrows. Since we are going out to enjoy the joys this time, why not take them with us."

Qin Mu smiled and said, "You have a point. Before the prince sets out, bring along anyone who has cultivated magical powers."

Shen Wanyun was greatly encouraged and went there excitedly, thinking: “If we are going to die, of course we should all be together in a lively and neat manner!”

Si Yunxiang blinked and stretched out a white hand in front of Qin Mu. Qin Mu took out his book card and placed it in her hand. Si Yunxiang cheered and left immediately.

The book card of Shentongju can only be used to enter the second floor of Tianlu Tower, while Qin Mu’s book card can be used to enter the third floor to read the scriptures. Every time she goes to Tianlu Tower, she has to borrow Qin Mu’s book card.

There is a Tiangong Hall in Taixue Academy, which is somewhat similar to the Jiangtang and Tiangong Hall of the Tianmo Sect. The Tiangong Hall mainly studies mechanical manufacturing, spiritual weapon refining, shipbuilding and bridge building, road paving and vehicle manufacturing, all of which are the work of the scholars of the Tiangong Hall.

Tai Academy was jointly created by the National Master and the Heavenly Demon Patriarch, so the teaching in the various halls of Tai Academy is often copied from the various halls of the Heavenly Demon Sect. This is also the reason why Yankang Kingdom is disliked by the Great Leiyin Temple, Taoism and other righteous sects.

After leaving the Tiangong Hall, the scholars often went to work in the Ministry of Works of the imperial court. This time, the scholars brought by Crown Prince Ling Yushu were mostly from the Tiangong Academy, and the others were officials from the Ministry of Works.

Many officials in the Ministry of Works came from the Tiangong Palace, and were classmates of Qin Mu and his companions.

The highest position in the Ministry of Works is the Minister of Works, followed by the Vice-Minister of Works.

The court's vice minister of works was Shan Youxin, the head of the Tiangong Hall of the Tianmo Cult.

The Ministry of Works was divided into four departments. The Ministry of Works was in charge of civil engineering in cities, the Ministry of Military Farms was in charge of land measurement and allocation, the Ministry of Agriculture was in charge of vegetables, fruits, grain and fodder, and the Ministry of Water Resources was in charge of water conservancy projects.

Most of the doctors and assistant doctors in these four departments are hall masters and incense masters of the Heavenly Demon Sect, and many other officials in the four departments of the Ministry of Works are also disciples of the Heavenly Demon Sect, and a small number are scholars from the Imperial Academy.

The Tianmo Sect and Tai Academy occupied almost all official positions in the Ministry of Works.

Putting their knowledge into practice, the Tiangong, Jiangtang, Caitang, Yutang, Nongtang and other halls of the Tianmo Sect are all talents needed by the Ministry of Works and can all enter the Ministry of Works of the imperial court.

Therefore, when Qin Mu saw the officials brought by Ling Yushu, he couldn't help but look a little strange, as most of them were from his Tianmo Sect.

Shen Wanyun, Yue Qinghong, Yun Que, Wei Yong, Si Yunxiang and others also rushed over. Shen Wanyun was beaten black and blue by them, but he was very proud of it.

Si Yunxiang was surprised to see the officials from the Ministry of Works brought by Ling Yushu, and asked Qin Mu quietly, "Master, is the prince also one of ours?"

Qin Mu was somewhat moved, and asked Ling Yushu: "Your Highness, have you heard of the Tiansheng Sect?"

Ling Yushu didn't respond, and said quickly, "Everyone is here, let's get going as soon as possible. The order my father gave me this time is to inspect the geography of all the states and counties in the country, check the water conservancy and city defense after the natural disaster, and measure the land in various places and check the food, grass, vegetables and fruits. Every time I arrive at a place, I will ask the officials of each place, and you will check the water conservancy, city defense, land and food in each place, and check them both."

Many officials said yes.

Ling Yushu added: "No matter which prefecture or county you go to, if there are water conservancy and city defenses that need to be adjusted, or officials and powerful people annexing land, or food and grass are insufficient, you need to report it truthfully."

The Minister of Industry said hurriedly: "Your Highness, the country is so big, and there are so many states and counties. I'm afraid it will take us two or three years to inspect it all!"

Ling Yushu smiled and said, "So I found a fast ship, which should be arriving soon. This ship is the fastest ship in our country, and it's called Zhuiyun. It's said that this ship was built with amazing craftsmanship. I'll upload its furnace for you to see later. It's amazing. And it's an iron-hulled ship!"

Many officials in the Ministry of Works had strange expressions and kept coughing, while some were looking at Qin Mu.

Qin Mu also had a strange look on his face. What the prince was talking about seemed to be Fan Yunxiao's Zhuiyun pirate ship. Qin Mu had refined five such treasure ships at the beginning. Three large ships belonged to the Tianmo Sect, one of the two small ships belonged to Qin Mu, and one was given to Fan Yunxiao.

When the treasure ship was being refined, many officials from the Ministry of Works were present!

"Perhaps the next emperor will be a king or guardian of our Tiansheng Sect."

Qin Mu said leisurely in his heart: "Prince Yu Shu and my Tiansheng Sect have a great affinity."

The head of Tiangong Hall whispered to Qin Mu, "Master, a few days ago, Master Fanxiang came to me and said he wanted to change a large ship. I was wondering, it turns out that Master Fanxiang is doing business with the prince."

Qin Mu didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Ling Yushu and others waited for a moment, and a wooden-patterned ship slowly flew over in the air, slowly landed, and stopped in front of the mountain gate of Tai Academy.

Fan Yunxiao and a group of bandits were dressed neatly, standing at the bow of the boat and greeting each other, saying, "Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and to the Holy Master of the Religious Leader."

Ling Yushu quickly turned to Qin Mu and said, "Master Qin, is this ship the property of your Tiansheng Sect? You charge so much for it, how shameless!"

Qin Mu comforted him, "Your Highness, you don't know that they used to be bandits, so they are a bit evil."

Ling Yushu was stunned.

Everyone boarded the ship, but at this time another scholar from the Imperial Academy ran over, boarded the ship, and said, "I'm late." He was a very handsome young man.

Ling Yushu hurried forward and whispered, "Sister, why are you here?"

The handsome young man was Ling Yuxiu, who was dressed in men's clothes. He smiled and said, "You didn't allow me to come, but I asked my father for permission, and he allowed me to come out. I'm a cattle herder!"

She threw the Lingyu Book aside, ran to Qin Mu, and lowered her eyes: "Do you recognize me?"

Qin Mu hesitated and said, "Fat... Yuxiu girl!"

Ling Yuxiu turned from anger to joy, punched him in the chest, and said with a smile: "If you dare to say that, I will knock you off the boat."

Ling Yushu saw her punch Qin Mu in the chest, which looked heavy but was actually very light. He couldn't help but groan. It seemed that his sister was becoming less and less obedient to him as her brother.

Si Yunxiang came to Qin Mu, looked at Ling Yuxiu, smiled, said nothing, and lowered her head to tease Long Qilin.

Ling Yuxiu looked at her back, her eyes flickered, and she smiled softly, "Herd, I'm going to change my clothes."

Ling Yushu hurried over and said, "Sister, men's clothing is good, men's clothing is very good, you look especially good in it!"

"real?"

Ling Yushu nodded heavily.

The ship took off and headed for Jiazhou, three hundred miles away. Jiazhou was located at the bottom of the river. Two thousand miles to the east was the East China Sea. The Ministry of Works once built a cross-river bridge here, spanning the Tujiang River for twenty miles.

The hundreds of people on the boat looked down and saw that the bridge was broken in the middle, with several miles of bridge deck and piers missing. It must be because of the extremely cold weather during the snowstorm that the river surface was blocked, and icebergs formed on the river, which slid down from upstream and broke the bridge.

Now the river is surging and extremely fast, and it is not easy to repair the bridge.

When the treasure ship landed in Jiazhou City, Ling Yushu, the governor of Jiazhou, hurried to greet it. Ling Yushu said, "The governor has dispatched a person with supernatural powers to ask the Minister of Works to repair the bridge."

The prefect of Jiazhou quickly mobilized the supernatural powers in Jiazhou City. Hundreds of supernatural powers followed the master of Tiangong Hall to the river surface. Qin Mu and others also followed, thinking about how to build a bridge with such a turbulent water flow. The master of Tiangong Hall and a group of supernatural powers shouted loudly, and the magic power surged. The water in Tujiang River flew up immediately, drew an arc in the air, flew five or six miles in the air, and then fell into the river.

Within an area of ​​five or six miles, the river was empty, there was not a single stain of water on the river bottom, and the water in the silt had also been drained by hundreds of people with magical powers.

"Gentlemen, the Molten Stone Bridge!"

At the command of the head of Tiangong Hall, many supernatural beings with the spirit of Vermillion Bird came forward, and a large furnace was set up at the bottom of the river. Stones were put into the furnace, and the supernatural beings used their own supernatural powers, and the firebirds flew around the furnace, melting the stones in the furnace into magma. Another group of officials from the Ministry of Works came forward, used their magic power to control the shape of the magma, and used the magma to pour on the stone pillars.

After a while, stone pillars were raised from the bottom of the river. Many officials from the Ministry of Works flew over from the nearby mountains and brought cut stones. Stone slabs were laid down in an orderly manner.

An hour later, the bridge was completed.

Qin Mu's heart was shaken, and he was filled with admiration: "This is a miracle, a masterpiece of nature!"