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In the time that followed, Qi Xuansu had to accelerate the handling of all matters at hand in preparation for his upcoming “closed-door cultivation.”
Qi Xuansu’s primary task still revolved around money.
As Chen Shuwen had said, both the Daoist Order and the Great Xuan Dynasty were in a phase of expansion, so in theory, such a downturn in finances should not have occurred.
The crux of the problem was that the Daoist Order had launched two large-scale wars in succession, causing severe fiscal strain in a short period of time. It was akin to Great Sage Lan suffering backlash after using the Supreme Taiyi Technique four times in rapid succession. It was not because his cultivation was insufficient, but because he had used it too hastily. Had the uses been spaced out, the outcome would not have been so severe.
Qi Xuansu had experienced the Fenglin War firsthand, so he knew it in great detail.
As for the Western Region War, Qi Xuansu had only caught its tail end. By the time he joined the Tiangang Hall, it was already nearing its conclusion. One division of the Tiangang Hall had been completely wiped out in that conflict and merged into other divisions, which eventually led to Zhang Yuelu reorganizing the Yaoguang Division.
The brutality of this war surpassed even that of the Fenglin War. On the Fenglin battlefield, the Daoist Order had commanded the massive auxiliary armies of Chancellor Toyotomi’s Office, whereas on the Western Region battlefield,...
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