Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 349

Chapter 349 A Gift for Children

. “I don’t have anything special here. Here, this is the Emerald Willow Puree I made in my spare time. Give it to the child after he’s born to enhance his vitality.” Commander Liu smiled and pulled out a small bottle, handing it to Commander Zhuo.

Commander Liu said it was his spare time, but in reality, he was in charge of the Human Emperor Palace. Besides cleaning up the messes of restless commanders and the Palace Master, he had no time to be busy.

He was mostly idle.

Emerald Willow Puree was a treasure not available at auction or on the black market. It was Commander Liu’s prized possession, made from his own branches. While he casually mentioned it as enhancing vitality, its effects on newborns far exceeded that.

Strengthening the body and tracing its origins, nourishing the marrow according to the I Ching… Anything that benefits a child, Emerald Willow Puree can achieve.

“I have a copy of the Three Character Classic blessed by the Buddha. Give it to the child to encourage him to read more.” Zhang Konghu pulled out a brand new book that looked like it had just been printed.

“The content here is very catchy, even I can recite it. The sky and the earth are dark yellow, the universe is vast, the sun and the moon are waxing and waning, the stars are lined up…”

Commander Liu kindly reminded: “This is the Thousand Character Classic.”

Zhang Konghu slapped his head: “I’ve read too many books recently and mixed up everything.”

Commander Ma had a strange look on his face. He couldn’t connect the Buddha’s consecration with the Three Character Classic: “Konghu, is your book authentic?”

“Of course, this was given to me by Dong Zhongren, the leader of Confucianism.”

Seeing that Commander Ma was still puzzled, Jiang Li explained: “Although it sounds a bit strange, this copy of the Three Character Classic has indeed been consecrated by the Buddha.”

“Legend has it that Confucius, the Confucian saint, made a bet with the Buddha. The Buddha was one move behind, so he accepted the loss and consecrated this Three Character Classic.”

“What’s the use of consecration?” Commander Zhuo was also curious. He didn’t expect the Three Character Classic that Zhang Konghu took out was so important.

Jiang Li said solemnly, “Any living being in the universe who has memorized the Three Character Classic will surely remember these four sentences: ‘At birth, human nature is good. Natures are close, but habits separate them.’ This is the power of the Buddha’s blessing!”

“All subsequent Three Character Classics have been indirectly blessed by the Buddha, and the one Kong Hu holds is the original!”

“…”

Commander Ma Zhuo felt that the difference between a consecrated copy and an unconsecrated copy wasn’t significant.

In reality, the Three Character Classic in Zhang Konghu’s hand sounded impressive, but it was truly useless.

The system store offered a more intuitive experience. This book was listed in the store for the same price as the Fusion Stage techniques, available for tens of thousands of Source Points.

This wasn’t so much a case of the Buddha accepting defeat as a joke between two immortal masters.

Otherwise, Confucian leader Dong Zhongren wouldn’t have gifted Zhang Konghu this book.

Commander Ma Zhuo accepted the Three Character Classic with mixed feelings.

Next it was Commander Huang’s turn: “I’ve had terrible luck in my life, and I’ve encountered all sorts of misfortunes. So I wrote this autobiography. It can be used as a risk-avoidance guide for my child.”

Another strange gift.

Commander Mu, empty-handed, was delighted.

“I’m giving the child a great gift.”

“What?”

“My daughter in marriage.”

Everyone was surprised, especially Commander Liu, who couldn’t help but ask, “When did you have a daughter?”

“Very soon.”

“Has it been a month?”

Commander Mu beamed. “Almost. Aisu and I are already holding hands.”

Aisu was the leader of the Gu tribe.

“Thanks to the temple master teaching me how to court girls, Aisu and I are progressing very quickly. After a few years, we’re already holding hands.”

Jiang Li was reserved: “It’s all based on experience.”

“After holding hands, it’s time to cuddle, then kiss, then make out, and finally, if you’re passionate, Aisu will get pregnant, and there’s a 50% chance it’s a girl.”

“So, I’m going to have a daughter soon.”

Jiang Li felt Commander Mu’s daughter was still a long way off.

Everyone present, including Zhang Konghu, rolled their eyes at Commander Mu.

The Ma Zhuo couple had tried for centuries to conceive, and now you’re thinking about having children just after holding hands.

“Marriage is free. Don’t arrange child marriages. Respect the child’s wishes.”

Jiang Li’s words put an end to the child marriage.

Everyone looked at Jiang Li, eager to see what the Palace Master would give the child.

Jiang Li smiled and said, “The child doesn’t have a name yet. I’ll give him one.”

A name bestowed by the Human Emperor was truly a great gift.

The Ma Zhuo couple silently prayed, hoping the Emperor would bless them, as long as it wasn’t Ma Li.

“As a man, one should be upright. How about calling the child Ma Zhongzheng?”

The couple was delighted with the name Ma Zhongzheng and thanked Jiang Li, “Thank you, Palace Master, for the name.”

When it came time to pay, Commander Ma noticed something strange: “Sir, why is this hawthorn juice so expensive?”

Even though this restaurant was known for its high prices, they couldn’t just go for it. Commander Ma remembered hawthorn juice used to cost one-tenth of what it is now.

“Excuse me, sir. The raw materials for this hawthorn juice are imported from Dao Zong.” The shopkeeper produced a Dao Zong product certificate, proving that the hawthorns were indeed imported from Dao Zong.

Commander Ma became even more curious: “Doesn’t Da Zhou have hawthorns? Why do we need to import them from Dao Zong?” “

Sir, you don’t know. A year ago, Dao Zong went on a buying spree to acquire hawthorns and hawthorn trees. With Dao Zong’s influence and financial resources, he quickly bought up all the hawthorns in Jiuzhou.” “

Now, hawthorns are no longer available anywhere else in Jiuzhou. Only Dao Zong has them. Hawthorn has become a luxury.”

Everyone then noticed that the peach juice ordered by Commander Liu was called “Freshly Squeezed Peach Juice,” the spring water ordered by Zhang Konghu and Commander Mu was called “Changbai Mountain Spring Water,” and the hawthorn juice ordered by Jiang Li was called “Royal Supreme Nine Dragon Hawthorn Juice.”

“Our restaurant has some connections with Dao Zong, so we used our connections to buy hawthorns from him.” The shopkeeper displayed the contract signed with Dao Zong.

“Let me see.” Jiang Li took the contract curiously, wondering what Bai Hongtu was up to.

The contract contained several prohibitions, the first of which was that hawthorns could not be made into candied haws.

Seeing Jiang Li’s gaze fixed on this clause, the shopkeeper explained, “I don’t know why Dao Zong requires this. I heard it was the Sect Master’s idea. Given the foresight of that Tribulation-crossing master, there must be a deeper purpose behind this.”

To outsiders, masters of the Tribulation-crossing stage are known to be foresighted, taciturn, and calculating.

Those above the Tribulation-crossing stage, the Mahayana stage, are even more mysterious and unfathomable.

“…”

Several commanders also noticed this clause.

It was clear that Bai Hongtu was targeting Jiang Li.

Even if the Human Emperor Palace monitored the Nine Provinces, they wouldn’t have noticed such a small detail.

Who could have imagined that Dao Zong had a monopoly on the hawthorn industry? No one would have believed it if they hadn’t heard it.

Jiang Li said with a forced smile that it was nothing, said goodbye to everyone and left, rubbing his hands, and flew towards Dao Zong.

(End of this chapter)