The fifth year of the Celestial Dao, in the Hundred Lands Mountain Range.
The present-day Hundred Lands Mountain Range is no longer the wild land it once was.
The Grand Canal that connects to the outside world is crowded with boats and ferry terminals, and further in there are wide, accessible roads.
Due to the extremely complex terrain here, the dense network of routes can be dizzying.
If one doesn’t have a specialized map or a local guide.
Visitors are sure to get lost on those maze-like, uniformly laid out roads.
So every time they set foot on this land, those visitors are amazed by the creativity of the mountain people.
Even though there was planning and arrangement by Celestial Beings, constructing thousands of kilometers of mountainous terrain like this shows how exaggerated the organizational skill of the mountain people is.
If it weren’t for Li Boyang constantly insisting on the "Celestial Being—Village" dual organizational structure.
Such exaggerated organizational and operational power could completely outmatch any societal system of the same era.
No, not just the various social systems of the same era, even the national systems of the twenty-first century absolutely do not have this level of efficiency.
Because as long as there’s a systemic structure, there will inevitably be manpower redundancy and efficiency discrepancies.
The more complex the social system, the more manpower redundancy must be allowed for its normal operation.
However, doing so would greatly reduce efficiency.
Once reduced to a certain level, it could even affect the normal operations of the entire social system.
But the current Hundred Lands Mountain Range adheres to the most primitive and efficient dual organizational structure, maximizing efficiency.
Li Boyang makes the overall long-term plan, then distributes it to each village every five years, assigning them their respective goals.
To speak truthfully, even in this Mythical Era, Li Boyang’s approach is quite outrageous.
As long as one is human...no, to be accurate, as long as one is an intelligent being, it’s absolutely impossible to do everything perfectly.
Either due to ability or personality, this is an unavoidable flaw of intelligent beings.
As strong as the Celestial Emperor from ten thousand years ago, to maintain his own rule, even he had to selectively enlist some Gods to assist him.
In fact, the Celestial Emperor did not value the might of the Gods because he himself could dominate an era.
The Celestial Emperor needed the wisdom of the Gods and their continuous influence on subordinate individuals.
To achieve this goal, the Celestial Emperor could even allow some evil acts from the Gods, to free himself from being involved in every matter.
However, such circumstances lead to entirely different outcomes with Li Boyang.
Due to the existence of Destiny Communication and divination abilities.
Li Boyang’s wisdom and perspective alone can rival a large group of think tanks.
Such conventional institutional structures that have to compromise some power to gather collective wisdom do not exist with Li Boyang.
Thus, he never regards himself as a "ruler."
Even though in everyone’s eyes he is the Uncrowned King of the Hundred Lands Mountain Range and even of this era.
Compared to the legendary "Philosopher King."
Li Boyang’s various actions resemble more an "All-Knowing" Creator.
He not only indicates the direction for the confused masses but is also committed to sharing his wisdom with all living beings.
Allowing all living beings to think a little bit about their future while they move forward.
Just as in any age and any social system, the most enthusiastic and driven are often the students fresh out of school.
Those who haven’t faced many setbacks and still hold idealism in their minds are often the foundation for bringing transformation to the world.
Li Boyang’s approach is akin to empowering those students with the strength and wisdom to realize their ideals.
Even if one day they indeed encounter setbacks and trials.
They will still be able to clearly see how their actions have brought change to this world.
This is a positive feedback cycle, a miracle impossible under traditional power structures.
After all, under traditional power structures, there’s inevitably a group of stubborn vested interests whose power is absolutely unshakeable by individuals.
But within the dual system constructed by Li Boyang, he himself is the greatest vested interest.
Beneath Li Boyang, all the villages and individuals are equal, without those vested interests so strong they cannot be shaken.
The only flaw in this dual structure, if any, is that everything is dictated by Li Boyang’s will.
Should Li Boyang be unable to maintain this "All-Knowing" state forever, he will inevitably become everyone’s enemy in the future.
[If that day truly comes, I look forward to its arrival.]
A slight smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Li Boyang looked up at the newly built schools in the Map of Mountains and Rivers as he pondered.
Li Boyang possesses knowledge and wisdom that lead the entire era, but only ahead of this era.
As he spreads his wisdom, surely in the future, successors will surpass him in thought.
This surpassing may not be comprehensive, but it will be enough to comfort Li Boyang.
After all, Li Boyang is not playing a simulation management "Empire Game."
He needs those who can engage in dialogue with him more than eternally loyal followers.
Those who might become his companions in the future may now be in those newly built schools, until the day they grow up.
"Speaking of which, Xiluo has been out for two years now, isn’t she coming home?"
Casually putting away the Map of Mountains and Rivers, Li Boyang habitually divined Xiluo’s location.
What surprised him most was that he couldn’t calculate Xiluo’s position this time, as if Xiluo had never existed as an individual in this world.
"Eh?"
An exclamation escaped his lips, and a hint of indelible curiosity flashed in his eyes.
The last time Li Boyang couldn’t calculate a result was when the Huai River Witch and Wu Xian jointly hid that critical Soul Jade.
"Without causal ties? Which God’s power is she borrowing this time?"
Unconsciously, he opened the Celestial Eye between his brows.
Li Boyang discovered that the divine power Xiluo was now using was remarkably similar to his own Profound Yellow Qi.
The only flaw in Xiluo using this power is that it’s borrowed.
Since it’s a borrowed power, using it naturally has some shortcomings.
After Li Boyang concentrated, he quickly pinpointed Xiluo’s location.
"Wait... Is this position fake?"
The brow slightly moved, as Li Boyang’s Celestial Eye looked to the position determined by the divination, but he did not see Xiluo’s figure.
This means Xiluo had tricked him once again, even deliberately leaving him a false coordinate.
"Is it another no-causal-ties ability?"
"No, this is akin to the Guhuo Bird’s ability, has Xiluo borrowed the divine powers of multiple Gods all at once?"
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