The Immortal Seeker: Legend of Bronze Mirror

The Xuanwu Spirit Realm is located in the Imperial City, composed of Qin'an Hall and seven small courtyards on each side, with Xuanwu Gate as the entryway.

Within the Imperial City, even Ghost Immortals find it extremely difficult to perform Dao Skills.

Upon reaching the Xuanwu Spirit Realm, Xu Qing cannot even let his Divine Soul escape, feeling utterly oppressed.

This indirectly reflects that the Beidou Sealing God Technique is one of the top sealing methods in the world.

Fortunately, Xu Qing has the Heavenly Repairing Tribulation Hand, which allows him to barely sense the array patterns of the Xuanwu Spirit Realm. But even that is far from enough.

"It seems I must find the structural plans of the Xuanwu Spirit Realm."

Such plans cannot be found in the Ministry of Industry, nor in Wenyuan Pavilion.

The construction plans of the Imperial City are the most confidential of secrets.

However, there is something unique about this Dynasty: the Emperor does not live in the Imperial Palace. After many years, the outer court has already figured out most of the internal structures of the Imperial City.

Yet Xu Qing needs the original construction plans, as only they can reveal the true intricacies of the Beidou Sealing God.

After parting with General Yu, he headed straight to the West Garden.

Currently, Xu Liushou is the most favored minister of the Great Yu Dynasty, so visiting the Emperor is hardly a matter of concern.

Even so, Xu Qing waited for an incense stick's time.

The reason? The old Emperor was meditating.

Nothing short of a world-ending event could interrupt the old Emperor's meditation.

Actually, Chen Zhong secretly told Xu Qing that the Emperor had stayed up late last night and was catching up on sleep.

Xu Qing couldn't help but doubt if the old Emperor had truly cultivated something.

He didn't ask what the Emperor was up to last night.

Because Chen Zhong isn't very reliable either.

If he inquired too much, old Chen would probably not keep it from the Emperor, which would only create suspicion.

Honestly, the old Emperor being Xu Qing's leader is quite comfortable. Xu Qing does his job without coveting power, and when faced with problems, he never shirks responsibility.

He truly embodies the phrase "dedicate oneself wholly."

Such ministers, in past dynasties, were rare, akin to Zhuge Liang.

Once the old Emperor woke up and heard Xu Qing was visiting, he immediately let Xu Qing in.

Xu Qing directly stated his purpose.

The old Emperor: "You rascal are still determined, fine, fine, had anyone else asked for this, I wouldn't spare them. But for you, little monkey, I will grant you this request."

Xu Qing quickly expressed his gratitude, though he couldn't help but think, "You've had countless incidents living in the palace, are you even aware of it?"

The reason the old Emperor doesn't live in the palace is that it resembles a sieve, hence the plans' value has greatly diminished. Fortunately, he is the Emperor, wherever he resides, the core of the Dynasty Destiny remains.

Still, the Imperial Palace holds a special status, retaining some of the Dynasty Destiny.

After thanking, the old Emperor added: "Summer has arrived, and next year I plan to go to Huangshan to escape the heat and need to build a palace there."

Xu Qing: "Rest assured, Your Majesty, leave this matter to me."

The old Emperor felt comforted seeing Xu Qing's understanding. Amongst all court ministers, none gave him as much peace of mind as Xu Qing. Had it been other external officials, they might have nagged uncontrollably over building a palace at Huangshan, but not Xu Qing, who never complained about such matters.

Then Xu Qing brought up the matter of cement.

He planned to use cement as one of the materials to construct the Huangshan Palace.

Of course, the Dynasty also has similar materials, like glutinous rice mortar. This material appeared during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, mainly used for walls, mausoleums, pagodas, and other structures...

However, Xu Qing mentioned that cement is an alchemical product of Fang Immortal Dao and has many benefits, easy to promote...

The key point is that it can be used for generating wealth and also helps mitigate river silt issues.

"Much of the nobles' wealth tends to rot in cellars as they are unwilling to use it, encouraging them to spend it on building estates can tackle part of the livelihood issues." Xu Qing explained eloquently.

The old Emperor has always been interested in finance.

Most of what Xu Qing said, he understood.

"Using money is akin to moving Qi-Blood, clearing rivers, letting it flow, which brings great benefits to the world..." The old Emperor, being a cultivation enthusiast, summarized using cultivation terms.

Xu Qing could only praise the Emperor's wisdom.

With the Emperor's palace utilizing cement, its promotion would naturally become very easy.

The key is, the old Emperor agreed that using cement was not in violation of imperial decrees, but it must be bought from the Ministry of Industry.

Initially, the Emperor intended for it to be exclusively sold by the Imperial Merchant, but Xu Qing advised that sharing profits with the nobles would ease its promotion.

Moreover, it would not be prone to destruction or resistance during promotion.

Now that the national situation has revived, the old Emperor naturally does not wish to be at odds with the nobles, thus smoothly relenting.

Subsequently, Xu Qing took his leave.

"Chen Zhong, what do you think of Xu Qing?"

"A noisy and troublesome person."

"Wrong, Xu Qing is someone who can shield me from the storm." The old Emperor said meaningfully.

"The Emperor speaks wisely."

"Take this decree to Lingming Xianyou Palace."

"At once."

Chen Zhong took the decree and headed to Lingming Xianyou Palace. On the way, he had already read its content, which only had one meaning - His Majesty wants Xu Qing alive.

At this moment, Chen Zhong even wondered if Xu Gongming was the Emperor's illegitimate son.

This time, Feng is pregnant, which is a major event as Prince Yu's Mansion already lost two imperial grandsons, and the other offspring are daughters. As for Prince Jing, he has been banished from the Capital and has not had any sons.

But the old Emperor showed no special attention regarding this matter.

Although the old Emperor did not pay special attention, Prince Yu has always been concerned. As long as this child is a son, his position as Crown Prince would become unwaveringly stable.