June 30th, the winds rise and clouds gather.

Some news remains secret yet eventually reached those with keen interest.

For instance, Luo Wenhuan spat blood the previous night.

The Luo Family, to save him, invited a Daoist from the Qingxu Daoist Palace outside Pingyang City to treat him.

After taking a Spirit Pill, Luo Wenhuan's spirits were revitalized, and his complexion glowed, surprisingly appearing even more vigorous than before his injury.

Upon hearing the news, Ning Siyu exhaled a long breath in his courtyard.

Grateful that he steadied his Dao Heart, avoiding the fate of Luo Wenhuan's mind and spirit depletion, suffering a significant loss.

People often silently feel a slight sense of luck when they find their peers acting as foils.

Ning Siyu sent a letter back to the capital, contemplating the shifting winds of the capital, feeling fortunate yet shaking his head with a light sigh.

Cui Yunqi, upon emerging from seclusion this day and learning of the recent events, sneered, saying, "Luo Wenhuan must have consumed some reckless medicine of great force; truly heedless of life!

With such a narrow mind, he still thinks he can compete with my Brother Chen for the Top Scholar? Ha, ridiculous."

After Mo Huaizhang read Chen Xu's "Ingenious Origins," he remained silent for a long time before instructing his subordinates:

"Search for the best craftsmen, have them survey all our lands, and install Dragon Bone Waterwheels wherever suitable."

The steward could not help but be alarmed, advising hesitantly, "Young Master, if you deploy Dragon Bone Waterwheels extensively, it might incur considerable expense.

This device only has blueprints and appears in storybooks; should we perhaps create a few samples first before widespread installation?"

Mo Huaizhang replied displeased, "It's been days without rain in Pingyang Prefecture, even the water levels of Yuan Cang River have dropped, and farming season is crucial, not a moment can be delayed.

Now that the Dragon Bone Waterwheels have emerged, how can there be reasons for delay? Go quickly!"

There was another sentence he did not explain.

The day Chen Xu conjured a painting that drew blue smoke into the sky at Canxing Lake, over a thousand people witnessed it firsthand, it was not fake.

The Dragon Bone Waterwheel can even be said to have received the endorsement of heaven and earth.

Yet no one expected that Chen Xu would attach the Dragon Bone Waterwheel to the latter part of a storybook, openly publishing it!

Following the news of the painting becoming blue smoke, many exhausted all means and methods hoping to uncover the complete mysteries of the Dragon Bone Waterwheel.

Yet Chen Xu remained elusive and mysterious.

Back then people couldn't help but believe that Chen Xu deliberately hid because he didn't want to publicly reveal his creation.

But who would have thought, even though Chen Xu did not show himself, his drawings appeared before the world in such an unexpected way.

When many realized it, the storybook "Ingenious Origins" had already spread across half of the Celestial South Dao.

Some people, even with the desire to monopolize the secrets, found it impossible.

The Cui Family's Shiqu Bookstore endured considerable pressure.

However, fortunately, Cui Yunqi had already emerged from seclusion; although the Cui Family had no significant influence in Pingyang City, their foundation was deep, with Cui Concubine establishing authority in Jade Capital Celestial City.

So after several rounds of contention.

In the end, Cui Yunqi decided to print and distribute "Ingenious Origins," inviting various families to join in printing the book, thus increasing its distribution as the resolution to the matter.

However, although the book printing temporarily subsided, the true storm brought by "Ingenious Origins" was far from over.

One point worth noting—

Yes, "Ingenious Origins" is an ongoing legendary storybook.

So far, Chen Xu had only written the first volume, with subsequent plots yet unleashed.

With the protagonist Meng Zhou about to officially meet the Office of Ingenious Affairs, ushering in his life's first major turning point, at such an exciting moment, yet no sequel appears?

How many scholars threw down the book, cursing Chen Xu as "inhuman"!

It's difficult to tally.

Most vexing of all, with the provincial exams approaching, Chen Xu certainly needs to focus entirely on the examination.

So when will he write the second volume of "Ingenious Origins"?

It truly torments a person!

Meanwhile, more and more people have started attempting to create Dragon Bone Waterwheels.

Mo Huaizhang is not the only one.

Yesterday, after school, Yu Zhi also received a solemn reminder from the Master.

The Master said, "Find several excellent craftsmen, and quickly ask the craftsman to help you build a Dragon Bone Waterwheel; your family's farmlands may yet be saved."

Yu Zhi was momentarily dumbfounded.

Unlike Mo Huaizhang, he wasn't initially aware of the extraordinary nature of the Dragon Bone Waterwheel.

Until this moment, he regarded the Dragon Bone Waterwheel as merely a fictional marvel, just for entertainment.

Until the Master returned the book to him, and Yu Zhi turned to the back of the booklet, seeing a thick stack of blueprints.

Yu Zhi's eyes and mind both spun.

His heart, however, pounded with excitement.

Though not diligent in studies, he wasn't a fool.

Finally, amid bewilderment, he vaguely understood the opportunity the booklet in hand represented.

Yu Zhi's heart raced, his mind heated.

Unbelievable, yet willing to believe.

He mustered all his strength and loudly declared, "Master, I will go back now; if I don't build the Dragon Bone Waterwheel, I won't return!

I am committed to presenting an excellent answer sheet for you, Master, please await me…"

He laughed heartily, striding quickly away.

Leaving Master Yuan behind, wide-eyed.

Hey, this kid.

Meanwhile, in the vast Yuan Cang River, beneath the riverbed.

In this perilously harsh world where few venture, countless turbulent currents meet, fierce waters rush by, abyssal chasms exist, and invisible catastrophes gather.

Seemingly of the mortal world, yet not of the mortal world.

Unworldly, yet embedded within the world.

In the depths of the abyss, a massive black entity coils silently.

It doesn't seem alive, its head resting at the muddy bottom.

But its body seems to undulate slightly, with each inhalation drawing in vast volumes of water.

And catastrophe qi circulates, clouds seemingly shifting.

Occasionally, an unknown underwater creature is attracted by the catastrophe qi, but before truly approaching the massive entity, it's uncontrollably swept away by the rushing currents.

Then, with a scream, the creature's body disintegrates, and its Divine Soul vanishes utterly.

The abyss at the river's bottom seemed to become a zone of life's prohibition.

Everything unfolded so naturally, flowing according to its course.

Including days without rain, the declining water level.

Even, the aspiring division of Celestial South Dao once predicted, proclaiming that this year's insufficiency of vapors forebode no more potential for the Yuan Cang River's breach.

Recently, Left Governor Yao Xing of the Celestial South Dao Governor's Office acquired a new Spiritual Object.

Consuming this Spiritual Object can extend life by sixty years.

Though Yao Xing is an Advanced Scholar by background, holding a high-ranking position, and has long broken through to the Core Formation Stage, leveraging his office and the nation's fortunes, he could even contend with a True Monarch in the Gathering Spirit Realm.

But this year, he was already over eighty.

His remaining life is short, on the verge of becoming decrepit.

The position of Left Governor is indeed his retirement role.

Given this, he always deferred much to the Right Governor in the affairs of Celestial South Dao.

Since things stand thus, what could be more crucial than his lifespan?

Immediately upon acquiring the Spiritual Object, Yao Xing decided to seclude himself in meditation.

Even with the provincial exam imminent, despite the turbulent circumstances.

Even at such a pivotal moment.

Yet Yao Xing could not resist the temptation of extending life by sixty years, not confident in keeping the Spiritual Object for long—

Some things, if you don't consume them, others await eagerly to consume them for you.

Even if Yao Xing is a high-ranking official of the second rank.

But it is, after all, an extension of life by sixty years!

You ask, in today's world, who doesn't yearn for longevity?

Even emperors aren't immune.

Rumbling, the chamber closed.

July 1st arrived.

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