Time passed in the blink of an eye, half a month had gone by.
The expansion and renovation of Element City had also reached its final stage.
After more than a month of rushed construction, the entire Element City had been completely transformed and renewed. This could not help but be praised; the engineering speed on the Douluo Continent was truly impressive. A project of this scale in his previous life would probably have taken several months and still ended up rotting on the ground.
After the reconstruction and optimization, the new inner city had become even more prosperous compared to before, and the entire exterior had undergone a thorough makeover.
Not only were the streets cleaner and wider, but the buildings were also arranged in an extremely orderly fashion. Various shops and mansions stood everywhere, and a dedicated commercial trading district had been developed. The industries covered were so numerous that they dazzled the eyes. As long as one could produce enough gold soul coins, almost seventy percent of the goods types available on the continent could basically be obtained here.
The area between the inner city and the outer city was mostly residential living zones. Soul masters and various forces who came here attracted by its fame generally stationed themselves there, including Xu Yan's mother and the Star Crown Sect disciples who had followed her.
You Mengchu had also used her position privileges to reserve a large piece of land in advance. After reconstruction, it was turned into a manor. As for her purpose, everyone more or less knew a thing or two and simply let her be.
Originally, a considerable number of Heaven Dou Empire troops and nobles had been stationed near Element City and within the city, but now they had all uniformly chosen to move away. Along with them, large tracts of land and properties were inexplicably left behind in Element City. Finally, with Shui Ningbing's tacit approval, many forces divided up these properties.
As for the sites of the Spirit Hall branch and the Elephant Armor Sect, overall, they were not greatly affected, but their living space was constantly being compressed. Of course, this was not done deliberately by anyone. It was just that their reputation had never been very good due to some corrupt elements, and they were not particularly welcomed.
In response, the Spirit Hall branch and the Elephant Armor Sect silently endured it. If in the previous Element City their status had only been somewhat affected, now it could be said that the two of them had become complete outsiders to the forces here.
Meanwhile, the tasks originally handled by Spirit Hall, such as awakening martial souls in nearby villages and distributing subsidies, had now fallen to the four Element Academies.
For this, Shui Ningbing specifically discussed it with the deans of the other three Element Academies and decided to dispatch soul masters above level 20 from each school, along with one teacher at Soul Elder level or above, to carry out these tasks.
As for the subsidies, that was even simpler. The subsidies originally distributed to soul masters had all come from funding by the two great empires and then disbursed by Spirit Hall.
Now, it only required the Heaven Dou Empire to allocate the funds directly to Element City, after which the four Element Academies would distribute them. This perfectly replaced the role Spirit Hall had played.
The Heaven Dou Empire side also tacitly approved this decision. After all, they had never gotten along with Spirit Hall. It was better to take this opportunity to draw closer to Heavenly Water Academy. Moreover, letting the currently neutral Element City benefit was still preferable to handing it over to Spirit Hall, their opponent.
At the same time, this almost entirely free gain in reputation was no longer monopolized by Spirit Hall. From now on, with Heavenly Water Academy as the most prominent representative, they could also get a share of the benefits.
Of course, this was only a temporary measure. The current situation on the continent was even stranger than in the original story. The possibility of the two great empires surviving Spirit Hall's conquest was almost nonexistent. Even the Heaven Dou Empire would probably have to change its surname to Qian within two years at most. As for the Star Luo Empire, Shen Hanyu felt that even if the entire Haotian Sect came down the mountain carrying their hammers, it would probably only delay things for a while…
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After the reconstruction, Heavenly Water Academy was located right at the very center of the entire Element City, and the campus was especially well protected. Because the campus had been expanded to nearly twice its original size, there was now a shortage of both students and teaching staff. For this, following You Mengchu's suggestion, Heavenly Water Academy decided to recruit students ahead of schedule this year, as well as more than a dozen teachers at the Soul King level or above. This expenditure nearly emptied Shui Ningbing's hard-earned replenished pockets once again.
In the end, it was Qin Yi and Shen Junhe who made the decision to move all of the Shen family's medicinal herb businesses to Element City as well. The couple had already lost interest in these matters and were now fully devoted to their enthusiasm for making babies. They decided to produce another genius like Shen Hanyu and Shen Liuyu. Due to the rapid increase in cultivation over these years, Shen Junhe had reached the Soul Douluo level even without much cultivation.
Shen Hanyu had once proposed helping Shen Junhe hunt for a 100,000-year soul ring, but Shen Junhe firmly rejected it with an extremely resolute attitude. Even after Shen Hanyu mentioned it several times, Shen Junhe still refused in the end. The reason he gave was that he felt there was no point in his having a 100,000-year soul ring. After all, under normal living conditions, he might not even make a move once a year…
Shen Hanyu's mother, Qin Yi, had also reached the Soul Emperor level. Shen Liuyu's idea of slacking off was perfectly inherited from his parents; unless necessary, no cultivation; they were all just waiting for Shen Hanyu to carry them…
Shen Hanyu felt both angry and amused by this, but in the end, he let his parents be. After all, over these years, he had not hidden much from them. Basically, whatever should be told truthfully was told truthfully. The parents had gradually gone from initial shock to now being accustomed to it, and occasionally they would even lecture Shen Hanyu a bit on his attitude regarding these matters…
The Snow Emperor's identity had also been revealed to the parents. Unexpectedly, the parents felt no discomfort at all about the Snow Emperor's identity. They were only dissatisfied with the Snow Emperor's belly, wishing they could hold a grandson as soon as possible…
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Shui Bing'er and the other girls, along with the pitiful Bai Nian and Lan Fozi, were sadly dragged back by Shui Ningbing to attend classes. Shen Hanyu and the Snow Emperor were once again left idle. Every day, they were either being affectionate or strolling around various parts of Element City, looking completely relaxed and cheerful.
Meanwhile, the enrollment that Heavenly Water Academy was planning had already begun preparations. Shui Ningbing was full of ambition, living every day in excitement and joy. It was just hard on the other teachers; even Xu Yan and the others came running to Shen Hanyu to complain, which left Shen Hanyu somewhat helplessly amused.
At this critical juncture, the population flow in Element City rose to another level. It was not only because of the students and their families attracted by Heavenly Water's enrollment, or those who came just to watch the excitement out of boredom. All kinds of people kept converging.
What surprised everyone was that the Heaven Dou imperial family suddenly sent a letter. The content of the letter was very simple and clear, without any flattery or extra words. It only hoped to send the Heaven Dou Empire's princess Xue Ke to study at Heavenly Water Academy, and the signature below was Xue Qinghe.
Shen Hanyu also read the contents of this letter. After discussing it briefly with Shui Ningbing, they still agreed.
After all, once Qian Renxue succeeded, the Heaven Dou imperial family would cease to exist. Xue Ke, being one of the people with the closest relationship to Qian Renxue, had a very high chance of Qian Renxue wanting to spare her life.
For this Heaven Dou princess whose future fate was unknown, Shen Hanyu and the others could only sigh lightly and silently wish her good luck…
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