"In the morning I watch the sky, in the evening I watch the clouds, whether walking or sitting, I think of you..."
In a small pavilion, Gu Lan was reciting poetry.
"My lord!" Mu Yuyan’s eyes were tender, her pretty face gently leaning against Gu Lan’s chest.
[You have recited the poem "One Twig Plum Blossom," cultivation +10 years, reward: True Intent in Snow]
Listening to the system’s reward and feeling the tenderness of his wife, Gu Lan smiled faintly.
He waved his hand and activated the True Intent in Snow.
In an instant, outside the pavilion, snowflakes lightly danced, and a plum blossom bloomed.
Even though it was still August, where would the fragrance of plum blossoms come from? It was the True Intent in Snow altering nature, deceiving the plum blossoms into blooming.
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"My wife!"
"Plum blossoms have their pride, which matches you."
After saying this, he tucked the plum blossom into Mu Yuyan’s hair and gently kissed her.
After a long while, outside the pavilion, flowers turned red, and snow piled up.
"Today, with all the nations coming to pay respects, I must also meet with the kings and envoys of various countries."
"The poem ’One Twig Plum Blossom’ was beautiful, but today, there’s no time. My lord, please sing it to me another time!"
Mu Yuyan’s pretty face blushed, and she quickly broke free from Gu Lan’s embrace, adjusting her dragon robe that had been tousled.
She glanced at Gu Lan and then quickly turned away.
Mu Yuyan feared that if she looked at him again, she wouldn’t be able to control herself.
"Your Majesty!"
"The Chiyang Empress and the envoys are here to pay their respects!"
At this moment, Liu Yexi’s voice sounded from outside the pavilion.
Hearing this, Mu Yuyan’s pretty face became even redder.
Blame it on her husband being too charming; she almost delayed state affairs.
Fortunately, in such matters, she was already well-versed and quickly regained her composure.
She resumed her role as the empress.
Under the protection of Liu Yexi and several maids, Mu Yuyan walked out of the palace and arrived at the mansion where she would receive the envoys.
Although this grand event was initiated by Gu Lan, the first thing the envoys of various countries did upon entering Jing Nation was to pay respects to the empress of Jing Nation. This was a matter of protocol that couldn’t be ignored.
Gu Lan naturally understood this.
In fact, he wasn’t particularly concerned about the various imperial dynasties of the mortal realm. Establishing the Lanyan Royal School, a cultivation academy for training top-level cultivators in the mortal realm, only required spreading the news.
And Gu Lan believed that as long as the news spread, cultivators from all over the world would be moved.
The setup of the Lanyan Royal School would absolutely shock the entire mortal realm.
It’s worth noting that in Gu Lan’s arrangement, whether it was the Demon Clan masters from the Demon Realm or the Immortal Kings who descended from the Immortal Realm, all of them would become teachers at the Lanyan Royal School.
To have an Imperial Realm powerhouse as one’s teacher was already an extremely extravagant thing, let alone so many strong individuals teaching together. It was truly a treatment fit for protagonists.
The attractiveness of just being a teacher was enough to captivate cultivators from all over the world.
Furthermore, Gu Lan would personally leave behind numerous treasured texts and martial arts manuals accumulated over the years. Most were rewards he had obtained from his studies, a small portion were plundered from the Immortal Realm, and others were gifts from various Demon Clan factions.
In addition to these, Gu Lan would personally leave behind a True Intent Stele, containing martial arts insights such as martial dao, sword dao, spear dao, and chess dao, among others.
Each of these items was an opportunity that cultivators dreamed of.
With all these incentives, how could any cultivator refuse?
The only concern Gu Lan had was that there might be too many cultivators applying to join the Lanyan Royal School, which would make the teachers handling admissions quite burdened.
On the first day of the grand audience of all nations, all the kings paid their respects to the empress of Jing Nation.
On the second day of the grand audience of all nations, the ceremony to establish the Lanyan Royal School officially began.
This time, Gu Lan and Mu Yuyan attended together.
After Mu Yuyan briefly spoke a few words, Gu Lan stepped forward and began to explain in front of everyone the reasons and objectives for establishing the Lanyan Royal School.
"I originally thought the Tianji Pavilion’s chief enshrined figure was an elderly and extraordinary person!"
"It goes without saying! If the chief of Tianji Pavilion weren’t young and handsome, how could the Empress of Jing Nation be willing to marry him?"
"Such a powerful expert, so handsome and elegant, I also want to marry!"
Among the envoys, many women couldn’t take their eyes off Gu Lan after seeing him for the first time.
Such is the nature of human desires!
When women are captivated, men are of no concern.
After all, besides being handsome and strong, Gu Lan also possessed exceptional temperament.
On the stage, Gu Lan’s every move and gesture could stir the hearts of many women.
As for the other men, although some were envious, they also had to admit defeat.
They had thought that the only difference between themselves and the legendary Tianji Pavilion’s chief enshrined figure was their strength, but now it seemed they were completely outmatched in terms of appearance.
"He truly is an extraordinary man!"
"No wonder he received such high praise from Master; truly a dragon and phoenix among men!"
In the midst of the crowd, Chiyang Empress Luo Tianyi sat in her VIP seat, gazing intensely at Gu Lan, resembling a young fan who had just met her idol.
Her master was Shangguan Yuyang, the former Palace Lord of the Yin God Palace in the Immortal Realm.
She herself was the Chiyang Empress, the most esteemed person in the Chiyang Dynasty.
In the past, whenever she heard her master praise Gu Lan, she didn’t take it seriously and even harbored some vague hostility towards Gu Lan, whom she had never met.
But today, upon seeing him, she knew she had been wrong.
Luo Tianyi had never seen such a perfect man before.
She had heard rumors that the relationship between the Empress of Jing Nation and the chief of Tianji Pavilion was deeply affectionate, but she hadn’t believed it.
Born into an imperial family, she knew best how ruthless and indifferent the person sitting in that position could be.
The imperial family, known for their ruthlessness, never just talked.
But today, seeing Gu Lan, she believed it.
Only such an extraordinary person could shake the heart of an emperor.
The Empress of Jing Nation must be very fortunate to have him by her side.
"Lanyan Royal School does not produce talented cultivators; it merely transports them."
"All the cultivators who graduate from Lanyan Royal School will eventually return to their own countries to seek prosperity for their country and welfare for the mortal realm."
"Our goal is the welfare of the mortal realm, and that is the original intention behind establishing Lanyan Royal School."
Before the kings and envoys of all nations, Gu Lan spoke eloquently, describing a grand and magnificent future blueprint, as well as a lofty ideal.
His speech stirred the emotions of the envoys and earned the admiration of the kings.
Most imperial dynasties now had trade relations with Jing Nation, especially the Gu’s Grain Bank, which exported to various imperial dynasties, alleviating their famine problems and boosting their national power.
Therefore, these imperial dynasties held Jing Nation in great respect.
Even without Gu Lan’s passionate speech, they would fully support the establishment of Lanyan Royal School by Jing Nation.
After all, providing some talented cultivators from their own countries did not harm their national interests; it even improved relations with Jing Nation. Why wouldn’t they do it?
In terms of managing cultivators, each imperial dynasty had no say.
Cultivators were inherently superior to ordinary people; at most, imperial dynasties could only restrict them, but managing them was simply impossible.
If Lanyan Royal School could really be established, the group most affected would be the cultivators of the world, not the authority of the imperial dynasties.
Of course, not everyone agreed with this.
The Northern Ming Dynasty was one such example.