Nightfall

Second Brother's Rule

A blockage had appeared in a dark line of the God-stunning Array; as a result, the exit of the line should be completely blocked. According to the cycle of life and death of the tactical array, the flow of Qi of Heaven and Earth from north to south was forced to stop completely. Therefore, the stagnation in the city became more and more serious until it flowed backwards and used the heaven and earth itself to clear away the blockages.

The prescription given by Mo Shanshan to treat Chang’an was very simple and extremely rough. It was really hard to imagine it coming from such a beautiful and gentle girl. If she were treating a real person, that person would definitely bleed to death from all his orifices after taking this medicine. However, if it were Chang’an itself taking the prescription, would it work?

Ning Que was silent for a long while before asking, “Where’s has it been blocked? And how?”

“The exit of this line is the south gate, which is also just the entrance to the God-stunning Array. It faces the Vermilion Bird Avenue. If it were to be blocked, we would have to seal this gate. As for how we are going to do it…”

Mo Shanshan said, “I want to use rocks to seal this gate.”

There did not seem to be a problem with blocking the gates with rocks. However, Ning Que knew that physically blocking the gate would not make any difference to the aura of heaven and earth. He immediately understood what she meant and thought of the rocks in the bottom of the Daming Lake at the Front Gate of the Devil’s Doctrine. He thought of the Stone Array Tactics.

“Are you sure it’ll work?” He asked.

Mo Shanshan shook her head and said, “I’m not, but I cannot think of any other methods. You told me that the last method is the best, that is why I wish to try.”

This was indeed something that Ning Que said often.

After a moment of contemplation, he said, “Even though it is a little risky, it seems interesting.”

They were pressed for time, so they had to start the blocking of the Vermilion South Gates immediately. Ning Que asked the Blue Dragon sect at the city gates to inform the Spring Breeze Pavilion and the palace of this arrangement.

The administrative abilities of the Tang Imperial Court were demonstrated perfectly in the next few hours. It did not take long for the Ministry of Workers of the Imperial Center Administration to send several Array Tactical Masters and more than 3,000 civilian workers who were temporarily recruited to the South Gate. They were then put under the command of Mo Shanshan.

Mo Shanshan asked, “We need at least 30,000 rocks. Where can we find that many?”

Ning Que looked at the houses in the city and said, “If we can’t find any, we’ll demolish the houses.”

The assistant minister from the Ministry of Revenue fell silent when he heard that. Then, he said softly, “There is a lake 1,500 meters south of the city where there are many rocks. When we were building the mansions of the lords…”

Ning Que continued without waiting for him to complete his statement. He said, “The lake with rocks is the best choice. Your Excellency, tell Ms. Mo if you have any ideas. We are in a rush for time, so there’s no time for pleasantries.”

The assistant minister agreed.

Mo Shanshan asked, “I need heavy rocks that are more than a hundred pounds. Can we move them?”

The assistant minister answered, “The machinery in the Ministry of Workers warehouse is being brought here. We can move even rocks tens and thousands of pounds from the lake to the Southern Gate.”