Chapter 559
They hadn't read Erya and Zuo Zhuan, but it didn't stop them from thinking that the name "Xia" was beautiful and grand, and it was very suitable for the Great Yan at this time.
"Great Xia," everyone murmured these two characters over and over again.
"Since Your Majesty asks for my opinion, I think this character is excellent," she said, with a rare sly smile in her eyes. "If Your Majesty and the gentlemen don't like it, then we can think of another one."
"No, no, no. The word chosen by the Young Master Instructor is excellent!" Elder Wang Shouchen stepped forward first.
He also didn't forget to give a wink to the emperor, as if to say, "Your Majesty, don't mess this up. Hurry up and agree!"
Emperor Mingxi blushed. He had just been lost in thought and got distracted, which made Yue Fuguang misunderstand.
He cleared his throat and said in a loud voice, "Our Great Yan is originally the central country in the world, a unity of the center, orthodoxy, civilization, and territory."
They had seen the world map that Yue Fuguang had shown. No matter how much land there was outside of Great Yan, the emperor and his officials all agreed that Great Yan was the center of the world.
The other places were all uncivilized barbaric lands.
"The people of our Great Yan have lived in the center of the world for generations, so it is the Central Country. It has great etiquette and beautiful clothing. 'Xia' means great, and 'great' means 'Hua'."
He also looked outside the hall, as if he could see his vast territory. "From now on, there will be no more divisions between Great Yan, Southern Yue, Southern Zhao, Northern Li, Western Qiang, and Eastern Yi on this land. From now on, there will only be one name, which is 'Xia', Great Xia."
He picked up the imperial seal and firmly stamped it on the two characters "Great Xia" written by Yue Fuguang.
The cinnabar spread, and the seal characters were clearly visible.
Outside the Xuancheng Hall, the sun was rising slowly. The golden sunlight shone on the owl-shaped ornaments on the roof ridge, as if gilding an ancient country with a new and golden dawn.
The name of Great Xia spread out at the fastest speed. "System, the task progress bar has finally moved!" Yue Fuguang looked at the task progress bar on the system panel, which had reached 99.5%. A big burden in her heart was finally eased a little.
Although it wasn't 100%, at least it was no longer stuck at 99% for nearly a year. It was obvious that changing the name of Great Yan was the right move.
[Host, we're almost there! Just a little bit more and we'll succeed!] The system was also very excited. It had actually suspected that there was something wrong with itself.
[It's probably because the time is too short and many common people don't know the name of Great Xia yet. Great Xia was named by the host. With the common people's pious belief in you, it won't take long for us to complete the task.]
The system's prediction came true. It had only been a little over a month since Yue Fuguang proposed the name of Great Xia at the court meeting. One sunny afternoon, she was lying in the corridor, admiring the beautiful spring scenery.
Surrounded by cute little ones like Treading Snow Without a Trace and Caramel Milk Tea, she was in the midst of petting the cats when suddenly she heard a ding.
It was the same sound as when she first bound the system.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host, Yue Fuguang, for successfully completing the main task of this world. Task rating: S-level. The task reward has been issued. Please collect it yourself!]
"Zero-Seven, Zero-Seven, did you see that? We've completed the task!"
[Host, Tongtong saw it. Not only did we complete the task, but we also got the highest rating!] The system was even more excited than Yue Fuguang.
"By the way, system, how long can we stay in this task world after completing the task?"
[Ten days, host. After ten days, we'll enter the next task world.]
"Little Zhu, do you mean that Master will come to pick me up in ten days?" The next day at the morning court, Yue Fuguang let out the news about her leaving through her thoughts.
What? The Young Master Instructor's master would come to pick her up in ten days?
Emperor Mingxi and the civil and military officials looked at each other, not understanding what this meant for a moment.
Seeing that the emperor and the officials seemed not to understand, the system continued to chat with Yue Fuguang. [Yes, master. The Divine Venerable said that because you've prevented a century-long catastrophe of massacres in this world. You've saved countless lives, which is a great merit.
Master, you can end your mortal training ahead of time and return to Lingxu Mountain! Aren't you happy and surprised?]
Happy and surprised?
The emperor and his officials didn't know if the Young Master Instructor was happy and surprised, but they were really surprised and not at all happy.
They even felt a sense of dizziness as if the sky was falling.
In Emperor Mingxi's eyes, the whole world was gray at this moment, and only Yue Fuguang sitting below him was a vivid color. But this bright color was about to leave him, leave Great Xia!
Emperor Mingxi covered his chest and looked down pale - faced. What he saw were the officials who were also covering their chests and gasping for breath.
The hall suddenly fell into a dead silence. Elder Wang Shouchen, who had been talking non - stop about the newly added cultivated land this year, suddenly seemed to have his throat grabbed and could only make hoarse sounds.
Out of the corner of her eye, Yue Fuguang was really afraid that the old man, being of such an advanced age, couldn't hold on and would faint. Fortunately, in the past two years, she had secretly and openly taken good care of their health. Look, even after such a shock, he could still stand there with his eyes wide open.
"It is a bit of a surprise. I thought I'd have to wait until I was old and gray to go back," Yue Fuguang said cheerfully. Anyone could tell that the Young Master Instructor was happy.
Sure enough, the sorrows and joys of humans and gods are not the same!
They were extremely sad, but the Young Master Instructor was just thinking about going home. They had really misjudged the situation after all!
[If master had let things go and allowed this world to develop according to its original historical trajectory, you would indeed have to complete eighty years of training.
Now that master has changed history and let this world regain its vitality, the Heavenly Dao is rewarding you with great merit. It's time for you to return to Lingxu Mountain.]
After hearing what the divine artifact said, the emperor and his officials felt mixed emotions.
If the Young Master Instructor hadn't taken care of them, they would all have died. But by taking care of them, the price they had to pay was to lose her protection ahead of time. This...
"Ten days isn't a long time, but it should be enough for me to make proper arrangements and leave without any worries. I hope my grandparents won't be too sad."
At this time, Yu Chongshan's heart was bleeding. How could he not be sad?
[What does master need to arrange? Now Great Xia is thriving and full of vitality. There shouldn't be anything for master to worry about.]