Star Railway: The Pioneer's Journey

Chapter 80 Reorganizing the Workplace?

Fu Xuan was quite uneasy.

Although she is usually fearless, she can calmly urge General Shence to step down.

Unfortunately, Shence was always smiling, which drastically reduced his deterrent power. Fu Xuan was young and ambitious, and had wanted to become a general for a long time, so it's not surprising that he would sometimes urge him.

To be fair, Fu Xuan is indeed exceptionally capable, and she did a very good job.

She knew about the three diviners, but they had never caused any major disasters before. The people below them treated watching them fight for power as a way to relax during their boring work, and Fu Xuan didn't care. Besides, those three were indeed outstanding in ability.

"If the water is too clear, there will be no fish." Those who know, know.

Yunzhi understands this principle.

But if poison accidentally gets into the water, then it won't be fishless anymore.

Fu Xuan, filled with extreme anxiety, once again stood before Emperor Bow Master.

"General."

Yun bowed deeply and called out, "Taoist Fu has arrived."

Lan stared at the paper in her hand.

—It's not Wakatsuki's divination report, but something else entirely.

Xing found quite a few interesting things. While Fu Xuan was performing divinations below, Lan was reading the stories written by the Immortal Boat people here.

Hearing Yunzhi's voice, Lan closed the book in her hand.

"Well written."

He commented.

Yun looked down.

Song of the Emperor's Bow Tracks

The myth about Lan written by Xianzhou is, however, considered unreliable by the official authorities.

...Ahem, the mythological part is indeed not very credible. After all, who could really draw a bow from the bow of the Yaoqing ship and shoot an arrow across a bunch of immortal ships to hit Luofu?

That happened after he became a god.

Yunzhi was slightly taken aback: "Why are you suddenly looking at this?"

Lan seemed to smile slightly: "That little girl suddenly handed me this book, and I was curious, so I read it."

It described his past well, but it vaguely mentioned the existence of his deputy, which made him somewhat dissatisfied.

"You can also take a look; with the followers of 'mysticism' blurring history everywhere, it's not easy to find a book like this," Lan said.

"Really?" Yunzhi picked up the poetry collection. "I'll add it to the train's think tank later."

He still remembered that there was another Fu Xuan behind him.

Lan nodded, her gaze shifting to the distant, withered branches of the Jianmu tree, as if memories were drifting before her eyes.

"I seem to remember that when Jianmu first appeared, someone made me dream of the drawbacks of immortality. After I woke up, I tried to stop it, but they didn't believe me."

What happened back then?

Yun smiled and said, "We can't deny that back then, they left their homeland in search of immortality. So much time has passed, and they finally found it. It would be inappropriate to ask them to give it up."

I remember trying to stop Lan from acting impulsively, but somehow I always ended up just missing the mark.

Now it seems that some high-latitude creatures are probably interfering quietly.

It might be blatant interference, but they don't know it.

"After all, there weren't any such good things back then to predict our fortunes."

Lan withdrew her gaze, glancing at the Qiong Guan Array: "I was just thinking, if we had used the Qiong Guan Array, created with the techniques guided by the [Wisdom] Master, to perform divination back then, would they have had any reservations?"

"I don't think so. They should have understood when Dai Yu was killed in the explosion that immortality is destined to bring suffering. It's the simplest truth that no one can have all the good things in the world."

Yun replied, "Even if the Qiong Guan Formation existed back then, so what?"

Lan chuckled self-deprecatingly: "You're right, that's an obsession."

His golden eyes shifted slightly, finally settling on Fu Xuan.

"Back then, we were obsessed with this, so even if such a thing really existed and a terrible omen appeared, we probably wouldn't have paid any attention to it."

"And what about you guys?"

Lan laughed with interest: "What obsession do you have that makes you treat the ominous signs emitted by the techniques guided by [Intelligence] as mere superstition?"

After saying that, Lan suddenly seemed to remember something and asked again:

"Or is it that this 'Poor Observation Formation' gives you hundreds of ominous omens every day, making you feel that paying attention to them is unnecessary?"

All that buildup was just to say this.

Lan admitted that he was a little jealous of his juniors, but he also couldn't stand seeing them get tricked like this despite having all these things.

Yun Zhi sighed and readily handed Ruoyue's report to Fu Xuan: "Explain, Fu Taibu, how frequently do these ominous omens appear? If they do, what should you do?"

Fu Xuan: I'm drenched in sweat!

Ruoyue's divination was actually not very clear to her.

At that time, as a diviner on duty under the Qiong Guan Formation, Ruoyue did find that the Qiong Guan Formation gave a very bad omen, but no matter what she did afterward, she could not reproduce it. However, she still reported the matter to the three diviners.

Those three probably felt they were losing face, so they detained it.

Ruoyue was worried that things might change, so she went directly to Fu Xuan to report the matter.

Fu Xuan went to perform divination, but unexpectedly predicted that Ruoyue would be expelled from the Taibu Si by him.

Based on the situation of the three diviners, she roughly guessed that Ruoyue might be in mortal danger if she stayed in the Imperial Divination Bureau, so she sent her away without delay.

And now...

Fu Xuan took a deep breath: "Lord Imperial Bow Master, it is my dereliction of duty."

Regardless of the circumstances, apologize and admit your guilt first.

Lan and Yun exchanged a glance.

—How come it's exactly the same as what Shence said?

Lan was speechless.

—How else can one become the general's successor?

Yun Zhihui smiled in a way that had another meaning.

Lan remained relaxed, her mind remarkably calm: "Let's stick to the facts. Why aren't you doing anything about it?"

Fu Xuan didn't know what to say.

"The ominous sign came suddenly, and I had not received any reports. When Ruoyue told me, I also consulted a fortune teller, but the result was that I would expel her from the Taibusi."

"I thought her life might be in danger if she stayed here, so I let her go."

"But after Qiong Guanzhen, no ominous signs ever appeared, so I forgot about it."

Is there any ominous sign that can be forgotten?

Yun took a deep breath, letting the oxygen enter her brain.

Stay awake! Stay awake!

Turning around again, I saw that Fu Xuan's pink hair was drooping down.

Even the divine eye on his forehead darkened.

"I just checked your recent divination reports."

Yun said calmly, "Back in February, someone divined that an alien object would enter the pass, bringing only more disaster. The Grand Diviner should have already instructed the Imperial Shipyard to be on guard, but clearly, their warning failed."

Fu Xuan blinked in confusion.

"I'm not saying this to express anything, I just want to tell you that Tianbo Si can't escape either, so don't worry, someone will be with you."

He took the divination report from Fu Xuan's hand and tidied it up:

"As for these three people, it's fine for them to fight for power and profit; they all climbed to their positions based on their own abilities. But those who ignore crises for the sake of their own face are people we absolutely cannot use."

"If Fu Taibu aspires to become a general in the future, he should understand that he must be able to play dumb when necessary, and be ruthless when it's time to act decisively!"

"As for these three people..."

In the eyes of the clouds, the temperature suddenly dropped, and Fu Xuan felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

Yun's emotionless voice boomed in my ears:

"Treat him severely. You decide whether to go to the Ten Kings' Court or the Imprisonment Prison."

"If you can't do it well, Shence will do it; if Shence can't do it well, I will."

"If I still can't do it well, someone at a higher level will do it."

There must always be someone who can satisfy everyone.