Chapter 1299: The Power of Home Ground

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

The palace did not have a moat. There was only the Long Yin River. But this was not a problem. Lu Shu wanted the wealthy families to bring the Long Yin River into the palace. Once they sealed off the inner and outer cities, the inner city would have its own moat.

The water level of the Long Yin River was high. No one had ever cleared the silt in the river. Thus, the river bed of the Long Yin River constantly grew higher. There were several times when the river overflowed while changing course, causing the civilians to suffer.

If this had happened on Earth, it would have been solved a long time ago. But the lives of the civilians here were not worth much. No one planned to spend money and fix the river.

At that moment, although each of the wealthy families lost ten thousand elites, they were able to accept this loss. They did not need to fight either. The bosses of their shops and their staff could go and dig the river.

As for whether the civilians were willing to leave, Lu Shu felt that as long as they told them that this place would be the battlefield, they would naturally leave.

A majority of migrations in human history all had something to do with war. No one was willing to become the victim.

But when the masters of the wealthy families heard what Lu Shu said, they were all dumbfounded. “What do you want a moat for?”

When they heard what Lu Shu said, they knew what Lu Shu wanted to know. But the problem was, moats had died out.

In the past, moats were used to prevent outside attacks. But after the cultivation civilization developed, everyone realized that moats were not significant to Practitioners.

A Practitioner was able to easily cross the width of a typical river, as if they were walking on flat ground!

But Lu Shu would not explain anything to them. He did not want a moat. He wanted a home ground!

One’s natural talents and strength were always on the same level. Thus, when Lu Shu advanced to the Master Realm, his water-type talents also advanced to the Master Realm. He did not use the celestial map to awaken his abilities. Instead, he communicated with the elements of heaven and earth.

This meant that even if Lu Shu used up his water-type abilities, it would affect his celestial map powers.

Everyone guessed that the enemy would launch a full-out attack. At this moment, if a city surrounded by water was built within the palace, Lu Shu would be able to use his water-type abilities to teach the enemy a lesson.

If there was no home ground, then he would create a home ground. Lu Shu was not someone who was bound by his situation.

Lu Shu looked at the masters and calmly said, “Are you asking me a question?”

The masters kept silent out of fear. “We will definitely do our best. If it is not completed within three days, we will behead ourselves.”

“No need to behead yourselves.” Lu Shu laughed cheerily. “Just wait in the palace of the King of Gods and make your slaves do work. After all, you have power and authority. How could you go and dig the river yourselves?”

The masters had an unpleasant expression on their faces. They thought that if they could go out and do work, they might be able to seize the chance to run away if a fight broke out.

But according to Lu Shu, they had to wait in the palace of the King of Gods. If the Imperial Dragon Soldiers lost, they would die along with them!

Once they were on this journey, it was very difficult to get off.

The masters hurriedly deployed their slaves to work. They had to move mountains, transport the river, and disperse the civilians. All of these things were difficult, but the masters of the wealthy families were aware that if they did not complete it, all of them would die!

But when the instructions were issued, some of the information was distorted. When the civilians heard that Lu Shu wanted to dig up the Long Yin River, they were shocked. “Is it not bad enough for the King of Gods to force gamblers into the river? He wants to flood the palace too and bury everyone in the Long Yin River?”

At first, they were not sure whether Lu Shu was the King of Gods. But when they saw the wealthy families cowering in fear in front of Lu Shu, they slowly believed this and started to call him the King of Gods.

The slaves from the wealthy families were uncomfortable. “Go away. If you don’t get out of the palace in three days, just wait here and die! We are going to go to war, got it?”

At this moment, the civilians understood that a war was going to break out in the palace!

The wealthy families did not even need to chase them away. They hurriedly packed their belongings and left. For a period of time, they looked like groups of ants running out. Those who had relatives went to their relatives. Those who did not stayed outside. They did not dare to stay in the palace.

Lu Xiaoyu led Anthony and built the inner city. When the masters of the wealthy families looked out from the palace of the King of Gods, they saw a city wall being built from nothing. Furthermore, it did not seem to be built in a slipshod manner.

Ever since Anthony advanced to the master realm, Lu Xiaoyu asked for the blueprints of a fortress from Zhong Yutang. She knew that this day would eventually come. With the blueprint and Anthony, she would be able to create an impregnable city within three days!

There was no gate, only a gap for people to walk through. When the river was dug up, the city would be completely sealed. This was to prevent water from entering the city.

Of course, the city was not as sturdy as the one built by the construction workers. There were no basic facilities inside the city, but it was equipped with defensive capabilities.

When the masters of the wealthy families saw this, they were amazed. So cities could be built just like that!

Everyone had seen experts before, but no expert was willing to go into construction. Thus, when cities were built in the Luniverse, they were built through hard work.

They could not be blamed for knowing little. To be honest, the first time Lu Shu saw the construction workers build, he was also very shocked…

Zhang Weiyu asked Lu Shu, “Great Lord, how confident are you?”

Lu Shu laughed. “There is no way to measure that. If we win, we win. If we lose, we lose. We must win.”

Li Heitan thought about it and said, “Great Lord, back then, you made us do homework because you wanted our distress, right… Great Lord, you are so cruel!”

Lu Xiaoyu did not ask this, but Li Heitan could not help it.

Lu Shu looked at Li Heitan and said, “Heitan, do you know the meaning of ‘yuan jiao jin gong¹‘?”

“I know!” Li Heitan’s eyes lit up. “It means that we should contact distant countries and attack neighboring countries!”

Lu Shu shook his head and said, “It means, when you are far away from me, I can still communicate calmly with you. But when you are too close, I cannot help but want to attack you.”

“From Li Heitan’s distress, +666!”

To Li Heitan, who was eager to learn, Lu Shu’s explanation opened a new door!

The second night, the Practitioners from the wealthy families finally dug through the Long Yin River.

The sound of surging water echoed throughout the palace. Water flowed through all the buildings, submerging the palace.

Lu Shu felt as if he had overlooked something, but he could not recall what, until he looked at the distress points in the system’s back end.

“From Jiang Shuyi’s distress, +888!”

“Fom Gu Lingfei’s distress, +748!”

“From…”

The Sword Hut was far too quiet, to the point that Lu Shu had forgotten about it. The Sword Hut had probably been flooded. The clouds outside the Sword Hut seemed mysterious, but as a disciple of the Sword Hut, Lu Shu knew that it simply blocked vision, but not water…