Chapter 310: Permission Gap

Chapter 310: The Gap in Permissions

"They're gone, and so are the permissions they held."

Shelter's final words were the true crux!

"Interesting."

Li Jun's eyes slightly closed, he moistened his slightly dry lips, "Judging by this, someone must be trying to steal the Yellow Spring permissions for the Dao sequence and Yin-Yang sequence. This isn't just about cutting off their financial routes—it's about raiding the ancestral graves of these two sequences."

The Yellow Spring permissions are undeniably the most crucial foundation of the Dao sequence.

For those who cultivate the Dao sequence, not only do they need Yellow Spring permissions to build their daily practice sanctuaries, but after reaching the Dao seven, they also require sufficient Yellow Spring permissions to connect to higher-level 'White Jade Capital' cultivation.

A cultivator who loses their permissions faces a fate no better than regressing to the pre-Ming era.

Even if one meditates in the real world, even if they sit in meditation until their hair turns white and their face becomes pale, spending decades, it's unlikely they can awaken dormant genes or elevate their sequences.

Even someone like Chen Biji, who doesn't modify their body and prefers to take drugs, a 'traditional' Dao sequence, must still follow the times, equip themselves with brain-machine interfaces, and enter the Yellow Spring dream sanctuary for cultivation.

From this, it's clear how vital Yellow Spring permissions are to the Dao sequence.

Financial, legal, and moral—these are the four pillars of cultivation.

Based on the Daoist classics' 'Tao Dao' as a model, the Yellow Spring dream realm encompasses these four aspects.

As for Yin-Yang sequences, Li Jun isn't too familiar.

After all, the Yin-Yang sequence practitioners he's encountered so far are only one: Zhou Siwu.

However, during the time in Chongqing, Zhou Siwu would rather abandon his accumulated assets than let the Chishiya Group take the Yellow Spring permissions from him, which again shows his emphasis on permissions.

Yin-Yang sequences are often called 'Yellow Spring rats' by other sequences, a mouse in a pipe, and Yellow Spring permissions to them are probably like fish and water—both are life-or-death matters.

Li Jun pondered for a moment, then frowned, "Yin-Yang sequences are one thing, but I heard they've already become a scattered group, playing the 'sweeping the snow in front of the door' tactic, which I can understand."

"But Dao sequences are different; they are one of the three teachings. Now that someone dares to act against the great year, can't they handle it themselves? Why involve us, the Jin Yiwei?"

"This is also something I can't figure out, so I went to the criminal district to ask other regions' Jin Yiwei second district flags. I found that the missing Dao sequence practitioners are almost all from coastal provinces."

Shelter spoke in a low voice, "Now Dao sequences are spread throughout the empire's mainland, in every industry, even monopolizing many Yellow Spring dream-derived industries. The number of people who eat with Dao sequences is at least tens of millions. If we can't find them, the only possibility is..."

"They were captured into the Sin Min District?" Li Jun's expression changed, he subconsciously blurted out.

Shelter nodded, "It's probably the only reason why the arrogant Dao sequences would lower themselves to let us, the Sin Min District's Jin Yiwei, find them."

"The Sin Min District, due to cultural beliefs and genetic inheritance restrictions, has always looked down on non-Ming bloodlines."

Shelter continued, "Moreover, Yellow Spring permissions are scarce and limited, so Dao sequences have always taken the elite path. Now the empire's mainland basic population is sufficient for their needs, so they've never considered developing forces in these areas."

"To put it bluntly, Dao sequences in the Sin Min District are like blind people."

As a name seven inspector, Shelter, based on the limited information he currently had, had already deduced the overall situation.

Logical reasoning, detailed nesting—such powerful intelligence analysis ability made Li Jun involuntarily chuckle.

He even thought that if Shelter's personality were more decisive, the 'Chengyu District Hongyu Attack Case' wouldn't have happened.

After all, Shelter had already noticed the abnormality of Dongsi Autumn Phoenix half a month ago and sent people to track and monitor.

Unfortunately, Hongyu's concealment ability and the methods to deceive the people were too sinister, which is why the Jingyiwei of Dogshan City fell into the trap.

"I received a message. This time, not only our Dogshan City received an official document, but the entire Woe Area's Jin Yiwei also received coordination requests from different regions' Jin Yiwei offices. As for the thousand households, they acted as if they knew nothing."

Li Jun understood, "The thousand households are leaving it to us to decide whether to help or not."

"So, are we helping or not?"

"Help what? It's freezing outside, I can't bear to have my subordinates go out to fish in the deep sea."

Li Jun snorted, "Send a reply to Liaozhou Prefecture, tell Old Zhang, if it's his private matter, I'll definitely help. But if it's Dao sequence related, I can't help at all, unless..."

"Add money."

Shelter blinked, smiling as he took the latter part of the sentence.

The Yellow Spring Dream, Divine Horse Shelter.

This is a place with a strong Woe Area style, inspired by Woe Min culture's Daylight East Pavilion.

The constructor clearly studied the Great Ming Empire's Confucian culture deeply, creating a unique set of monkey carvings on the shrine walls.

Three stone monkeys stood side by side, two with their palms open, holding their own eyes and mechanical ears. The third had a zipper on its mouth, tightly sealed.

But the strange thing is, these three stone monkeys not only didn't convey profound Confucian wisdom, but instead gave an eerie feeling.

Currently, three figures stood beneath the stone monkeys, two men and a woman.

"As of now, we have captured 340 Dao sequence practitioners with Yellow Spring permissions. The number is not small, but the quality is poor, the permissions extracted are not much, and there's still a significant gap to activate 'High Heaven Origin'."

A face as old as cracked tree bark emitted a cool, detached young voice.

The aging signs on Mingzhi Qingshui's face had become more pronounced, "So we must continue capturing people, and the speed must increase."

"So many aren't enough? This is already our maximum limit!"

Fujin Yuanjiang's tone carried anger, and as he spoke, two thin silver metal lines on his face glowed faintly red.

"Do you know that the coastal provinces of the empire are now in a state of panic? Every street has Dao sequence practitioners carrying flying swords, ready to kill on the spot, not even giving you a chance to speak."

"Just these days, we've lost over two hundred sequence elites, and you're now telling me the permissions aren't enough?!"

Angry shouts echoed in the Yellow Spring Dream, the 'Silent Ape' on Fujin Yuanjiang's head trembled, scattering small stones.

"Fujin, calm down, this time not only did you lose people, we also suffered losses!"

Standing under the 'Silent Ape,' Dejima Masashi tried to stop him, then looked at Mingzhi Qingshui, who was curled in a black robe, with a serious expression.

"Qingshui, give us an accurate number—how many more Yellow Spring permissions are needed to activate 'High Heaven Origin'?"

"One thousand sequence eight, or five hundred sequence seven."

Faced with the question, Mingzhi Qingshui's voice remained unchanged, "But the prerequisite is to have 'Dao sequence sanctuary' or 'Yin-Yang Realm'."

"Those with such high permissions are all high-ranking, powerful individuals. How easy is it to capture them?"

Fujin Yuanjiang still frowned, "Moreover, now Dao sequences have realized something's wrong. Several major sects have sent their subordinates, Taoist masters, to investigate the missing Dao sequences! If we still act recklessly, the risk of exposure is high."

"If you think capturing Dao sequences is risky, go after Yin-Yang sequences." Mingzhi Qingshui was indifferent.

"But Yin-Yang sequences aren't easy to catch! They have a lot of Yellow Spring backdoors, enough to support cross-grade battles! A top soldier of my Fujin family was controlled by them through backdoors, turned into scrap metal!"

Fujin Yuanjiang's face turned pale, the red light from his body's lines became more intense.

"And Yin-Yang sequences aren't many, plus they have big case documents, intelligence analysis and counter-surveillance abilities, even better than name seven in some areas, this you let us catch?"

"If you find it troublesome, capture ten sequence four or one sequence three. The remaining gap, I'll fill with Black Dragon Capital's people."

Mingzhi Qingshui's face, filled with wrinkles, extended his hat's shadow, two emotionless eyes fixed on Fujin Yuanjiang.

"Or tell me, what other way can activate 'High Heaven Origin' without being monitored by the Great Ming Empire's Censorate? If there is, I'll hang myself now, to pay for the Fujin family!"

Suddenly, a cold, sticky chill, like a poisonous snake, coiled around Fujin Yuanjiang's heart, making him feel like falling into an ice cave, chills running through his bones.

At an unnoticed high place, that stone 'Silent Ape' had somehow opened its zipper, revealing sharp teeth, staring at Fujin Yuanjiang with a fierce expression.

“You ignorant, reckless woman.” Toyotomi Harukaze spat out several curses from between his tightly clenched teeth.

“A lunatic is preferable to a craven coward who cowers and quivers!”

“You.”

“Enough, stop making a racket.”

The snow-white-haired Tokugawa Hiroshi finally spoke.

After hearing the gap in the golden rice strategy that Chancellor Matsui Harukaze had just uttered, this virtuous leader of the capitalist realm fell into a prolonged silence.

“To break free from the tyranny of the Ming Empire and elevate the Wa people, ‘Takamagahara’ must be opened. This is the prerequisite for our battle, and also the essential condition!”

Without a doubt, Tokugawa Hiroshi’s reputation among the four great conglomerates was towering.

Upon hearing his words, both Toyotomi Harukaze and Matsui Harukaze, whose power over him was now akin to water and fire, simultaneously chose to lay down their arms.