Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 604: Chapter 509: The Potential to Be a Strategic Military Advisor (Posted the Wrong Chapter, Now Corrected)_2

Certainly, everything has its pros and cons. As long as Da Rong possesses enough Spirit Fruit and Elixirs, it can then command more Innate Martial Artists.

The drive of interests can sometimes prove to be more solid; sentiments, on the other hand, can sometimes vanish.

After listening to Yang Zhenshan’s narrative, Emperor Yanping’s eyes brightened. ”This is a good idea! Elder Chen, what do you think?”

”Your Majesty, Marquis Jing’an is experienced and strategically adept; I believe it’s feasible,” Chen Zhongshu said with a smile.

”I dare not claim so; it’s merely a humble observation from your servant. There are still many deficiencies that require Your Majesty’s input to perfect,” Yang Zhenshan quickly responded with humility.

”Hmm!” Emperor Yanping wasn’t concerned with Yang Zhenshan’s modesty; he thought highly of him. Whether it was in military strategies, governance of the people, or statecraft, Yang Zhenshan always provided profound insights.

”Do you have any other proposals, my loyal subject?”

Yang Zhenshan thought for a moment, then added, ”I believe it would be beneficial to strengthen the court’s ties with the esteemed elders. Enhancing relations through contact would be good.”

”While in Cui Xia Valley, I saw the revered elders deliberating together and gained much from it,”

”Therefore, I think the court could organize an Innate Martial Artists Conference every three years, with Your Majesty hosting a banquet for the esteemed elders to deliberate together. It would deepen the court’s relationship with the elders and also provide an opportunity for them to exchange cultivation insights.”

The Innate Martial Artists Conference, also known as the Innate Martial Artists Exchange Conference, encapsulates this idea.

Since Innate Martial Artists are not dangerous beasts, there is no need to hide or suppress them. Rather, it benefits the development of Martial Arts in Da Rong to bring them out into the open.

Additionally, some attendees can record the discussion from the conference and store these cultivation insights in the Hidden Skill Pavilion.

Emperor Yanping nodded, ”This idea is also good! I too wish to meet more with those venerable elders, but they seem to shy away from me as though I’m some kind of plague.”

”Half of the people I sent with invitations couldn’t even find their recipients, and some elders hid themselves as soon as they knew the messages were from me!”

”Sigh~~”

Emperor Yanping felt somewhat wronged.

”If we can successfully conduct this Martial Arts Banquet, then there will be no need for Your Majesty to personally invite them, as those venerable elders will proactively come to see Your Majesty,” Yang Zhenshan said with a smile.

”Yes, let them come to me on their own initiative!” Emperor Yanping declared spiritedly.

Seeing that Emperor Yanping was in good spirits, Yang Zhenshan thought for a moment before saying, ”Your Majesty, I have a somewhat personal request to make.”

”You may speak freely, my dear subject. Though we stand as Emperor and subject, I regard you as a mentor and friend,” Emperor Yanping said affectionately.

Those words almost moved Yang Zhenshan.

Well, perhaps just a pretense.

In the past, he might have been truly touched, feeling a sense of loyalty as described by Emperor Chengping.

With age, however, his emotions had become less acute.

Discussing feelings with the Emperor, Yang Zhenshan found the notion quite unreliable.

”I wish to ask Your Majesty to bestow upon me two Star Origin Fruits,” Yang Zhenshan stood up and bowed respectfully as he made his request.

His most significant displeasure from the trip to Cui Xia Valley was not having the chance to take two Star Origin Fruits.

”Do you need the Star Origin Fruits for a special purpose? Has someone in your household been injured?” Emperor Yanping asked with concern.

The Star Origin Fruit is a healing marvel, miraculous for both internal and external injuries.

But if no injuries had occurred, then its value would certainly not surpass that of the True Essence Pill.

”No, I have been consistently studying pharmacology and am also interested in trying to craft a True Essence Pill,” Yang Zhenshan replied.

This wasn’t entirely false; he indeed had been studying pharmacology and was genuinely interested in attempting to craft a True Essence Pill.