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Chapter 496 - 222 Ying Muyao (Request for Monthly Tickets)_3

Bailuo’s accumulation of foundations was truly terrifying; Yatun seemed almost invincible.

"Lack of time is one issue, another is that with so many miracles, distribution becomes quite troublesome."

Certainly, Bailuo could not afford to be proud and complacent, or to expose his strengths; he contemplated how to arrange so many miracles.

To pile them up together would indeed be wasteful.

Others lacked enough miracles, while Bailuo had so many that he didn’t know how to use them.

"Hand the Ancient City over to Lyon, and let him establish a fortress there."

Bailuo had previously discussed this matter with his uncle.

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It would serve as both training for Lyon and a strategic hold on a key region between Thorns and Iron Eagle’s embarkation points—killing two birds with one stone.

"What about the other miracles?"

The battle for the Ancient City over, Yatun entered a stable phase of development, and according to previous discussions between his uncle and Bailuo, it was likely that there wouldn’t be any significant moves for years.

So long as Iron Eagle did not attack, and Thorns did not seek revenge, Yatun would not expose its military strengths.

For all foreign policy matters, Bailuo leaned towards diplomacy over military conflict.

The military was a country’s foundation, as well as a secret.

"Leave diplomatic matters to Hailbo."

His uncle had been recently teaching Hailbo. With the boy’s extraordinary talents, his uncle had great expectations: "Dong Aolai is too forthright; he wouldn’t commit treachery."

"But the Female Archduke and Clearspring, they don’t have a harmonious relationship with Iron Eagle."

"We definitely can’t pull Immortal Hawk Duke Micia to our side."

His uncle said, "That woman is capricious. We can offer gifts to stabilize her, but we should not form close ties."

"Regarding Star Night, Xiao Luo you made a gentleman’s agreement with the Cain Empress, but she bears a grudge against the Empress of the Far North," his uncle advised. "Xiao Luo, it’s better if you don’t get too close to her."

"I’m not stupid."

Now that Bailuo had a family and career, he couldn’t possibly take his whole household on an adventure.

"Has that girl woken up yet?"

The girl his uncle spoke of was Iotina, who he knew was a miracle the moment Bailuo spoke of the "Four Sages Corridor."

"She’s still unconscious."

"Emotional trauma is the hardest to heal," his uncle said. "Xiao Luo, you need to put your heart into it."

"Rustle."

As his uncle spoke, the Black Leather Book stirred, and Bailuo quickly immersed his mind in it.

[You’ve found her, but she isn’t yours yet. Now that she’s awakened, it’s time to begin the next step.]

"It’s here!"

Bailuo knew that this was the Black Leather Book sensing Iotina’s awakening and starting her miracle awakening quest.

"Big sister, are you joking with me?"

In a fishing village port in the southern part of the Eastern Empire, far from Yatun—a powerful state—a fisherman in plain clothes was speechlessly looking at the two people in front of him.

He thought they were joking, coming to such a fishing village to inquire about a ship to the Miracle New Continent.

"So there aren’t any here?"

Dressed as a man, Gongsun Wu looked back at her companion with a troubled look, unsure of how to speak.

"Is it a matter of price?"

Ying Muyao, who was the Empress of the East, pinched the fan in her hand. She was not annoyed but rather curious, "If you want more, it’s fine, but just speaking up won’t hurt."

The Empress of the East was also disguised as a man, but anyone with eyes could tell she was a woman—a very beautiful and noble woman.

"Please, don’t make fun of me," said the old fisherman. "This tiny fishing boat of mine can’t even cross over to an island; one storm and it would sink to the bottom of the sea."

"If you want to set sail, head east for a few dozen miles; there’s a large city there."

"It’s precisely because we can’t go to a large city that we’re looking for you," Gongsun Wu was helpless. The two of them had special identities—if they really entered a large city, the local Child of Miracle would undoubtedly sense Ying Muyao’s aura.

With the Master of Miracles herself, the Empress of the Eastern Empire, in person, who would dare not welcome her on bended knee?

But by doing so, other Masters of Miracles would certainly arrive in the shortest time to persuade the Empress to return.

Their incognito journey was already risky enough, and they were far from seeking proximity to large cities—how could they possibly venture further in?

The most critical issue was that the Empress could not casually expose her Miracle Power, at least not before they had left the boundaries of the Miracle Kingdom of the Eastern Empire.

"This is the first time I’ve realized that within the Eastern Empire, there are places so impoverished."

"What you just said," the old fisherman remarked: "Sounds exactly like a sheltered young lady from a noble family."

Not offended when her gender was identified, Ying Muyao maintained her composure and simply glanced at the old man: "Why aren’t you a Miracle Citizen?"

"What?!"

The old fisherman was shocked: "You, how can you dare to mention such exalted individuals by name? If someone heard you, it could lead to beheading!"

"Hm?!"

Frowning slightly, Ying Muyao questioned, "For that, someone would be beheaded?"

"Those officials, aren’t they all powerful lords? The common people on this land, who dares to disobey their orders."

"Oh? Is that so?"

Ying Muyao unfolded her fan and then ’snap’-closed it in her hand, her delicate fingers unconsciously folding it blade by blade: "Well, that’s just wonderful. There are such rotten elements in this place."

If the old fisherman was merely a mortal, incapable of bearing Ying Muyao’s Miracle Power, then the Female Emperor could not say much.

After all, mortals without the qualification for Miracle Power wouldn’t live long.

Once they lost the capacity to reproduce, they were essentially useless.

However, the old fisherman was not such a reproductive tool; he was able to absorb and contain the Female Emperor’s Miracle Power, yet was buried in obscurity to this extent.

Clearly, there were those who did not want her to gain more Miracle Citizens, meddling in the shadows.