Chapter 1519: The source of power

On this basis, the super-large-scale Imperial Flowing Pulp three months later caused by the recent Divine Realm conflict will tilt the balance of power between the two realms again. Even if it only leans towards the human world a little bit, it is something the Heavenly Gods cannot tolerate.

"I still remember the successive flourishing of the Imperial Flowing Pulp during the Panlong City period 100 years ago, is history going to repeat itself?" Qingyang looked up, "The spiritual energy of the world has also recovered, I haven't seen you so nervous."

True Monarch Tongming said plainly: "That was then, this is now."

Qingyang sneered slightly.

She had dealt with the Heavenly Gods all her life and knew they loved to cover things up. True Monarch Tongming insisted on being mysterious, but in fact, the outbreak of the Imperial Flowing Pulp was out of control.

In the past, the Heavenly Gods strictly controlled the spiritual energy of the human world, making it like the rise and fall of tides, driving the increase and decrease of living beings to satisfy the needs of the Divine Realm.

Now it is starting to get out of control.

"In contrast, the Shali Heaven crowd is doing well in the west. The human forces they fostered launched wars one after another, contributing a large amount of Nightmare Qi." True Monarch Tongming continued, "But that was launched by Shali Heaven, and they benefited the most."

Qingyang frowned: "Yuan Nation?"

"The human leader He Chunhua fostered by Shali Heaven has now occupied 80% of the Yuan Nation's territory and is about to defeat his opponent. We believe his victory is without suspense." True Monarch Tongming laughed, "Now, he is the new favorite of Shali Heaven. It is said that Nailuo Heaven even used his own power in the human world to transport a large amount of support to him."

"You have heard how sneaky and stingy Nailuo Heaven is, right? He Chunhua can get his full support, which shows that he has placed a heavy bet on this human."

Qingyang raised her eyebrows. Even a True God as cautious as Nailuo Heaven began to let go and place bets, indicating that the situation in the Divine Realm was becoming more and more severe.

"The Nightmare Qi contributed by the Shining Gold Plain is not even as good as the west. Qingyang, time is running out for you." True Monarch Tongming said in a deep voice, "If you still do nothing in the Yao Nation, Miaozhan Heaven will find someone to replace your position."

A green aura flashed on Qingyang's face: "Replace me?"

"The war between the Alliance and Pixia is not fierce at all, and several coups in the western Shining Gold Plain ended without a fight; the eastern Shining Gold Plain... is not on a scale." True Monarch Tongming said, "You provoked the Yao Nation to participate in the war, but failed, right?"

"The Yao Nation cherishes its feathers, and the Yao King is slippery and shirked, always claiming that the national treasury is empty and refusing to enter the field himself." Qingyang said coldly, "It believes in Miaozhan Heaven with its whole country, and there are Miaozhan Heaven temples everywhere in Tianshui City, and Miaozhan Heaven believers everywhere, and even the descendants of divine envoys are officials in the royal court. Heh, even so, Miaozhan Heaven still can't command the Yao Nation, why should I be the one replaced?"

On the matter of participating in the war, the Yao Nation didn't even listen to the divine oracle, so how could it listen to the orders of a foreign Regent?

True Monarch Tongming was silent for a long time before saying: "The Yao Nation used to believe in Shali Heaven. You also know that one of the conditions for the Yao Nation to turn to Miaozhan Heaven that year was that the monarch would not take the secret medicine!"

Qingyang pursed her lips.

The vassal demon monarchs of Beijia must take the Heavenly God's secret medicine when they ascend to the throne, which is to hand over their lives to the Heavenly Gods. Otherwise, how could Beijia's dozen vassal demon kingdoms maintain stability for 600 years? What kind of temper do powerful monsters have? They flip the table at every turn.

And the vassal demon kings controlled by the Heavenly Gods can in turn check and balance the Demon Emperor.

The Yao Nation is a regional hegemon, and it is difficult for Beijia and the Heavenly Gods to directly intervene in the Shining Gold Plain, so in order to fight for the Yao Nation from Shali Heaven, the Lingxu gods agreed to several excessive conditions, one of which was that the Yao monarch would not take the secret medicine.

In this way, the life and death of the Yao King is not controlled by the Heavenly Gods, and he has more autonomy in state affairs.

The hidden dangers buried by the Heavenly Gods that year began to explode in recent years.

Otherwise, why would Beijia need to send a Regent here?

Qingyang closed her eyes, took a deep breath towards the sky, and said softly: "Sorry, I was impulsive. The Heavenly Gods never make mistakes."

The only one who made a mistake was her.

True Monarch Tongming only said: "Solve the Nightmare Qi problem as soon as possible, otherwise I can't help you."

Seeing that he had the intention to leave, Qingyang asked urgently: "I want to know Miaozhan Heaven's true attitude towards the Yao Nation."

"In the last ten years, the Yao Nation has only built four small temples for Miaozhan Heaven, and eleven for the Lingxu gods. This frequency is the lowest of all Yao Nation monarchs in history." True Monarch Tongming said, "And because the Yao Nation has done nothing, Lingxu Saint Venerable and Miaozhan Heaven are very dissatisfied. Now, do you understand?"

Before the words fell, the smoke in the air dissipated.

The divine lecture ended.

Qingyang opened the doors and windows to ventilate, and for a long time, looked at the night sky in the west and sighed softly.

She was just an old woman sent to Shining Gold, no longer the Great Master who could call the wind and rain in Beijia. Now she has no power and no influence, how can she persuade the Yao Nation to participate in the war?

In addition, she always felt that there was a force in the Shining Gold Plain secretly stirring up trouble, otherwise why would the turmoil in this bitter and chaotic place be less and less recently? And the inexplicably appearing Great Emperor Jiuyou always made her worry.

It just so happened that the Heavenly Gods were urging her, and Qingyang could feel their deep anxiety.

Having said that—she sat on the couch again, supporting her chin with her hand—the Heavenly Gods wanted Nightmare Qi, the more Nightmare Qi the better, they didn't care where it came from, right?

Since that's the case, she doesn't necessarily have to work towards making the Yao Nation participate in the war.

Qingyang looked at the night sky in the west, her eyes deep.

Things have come to this, it's time to contact the Emperor.

The Red Fortress auction had just ended, and He Lingchuan left without looking back.

"Full pots and basins!" The Soul-Absorbing Mirror muttered, "The noble families in Tianshui City are really rich!"

Most of the residences worth over 100,000 were bought by noble families, not high-ranking officials. Otherwise, this huge asset couldn't be explained, and the Yao King would come to trouble them again.

As soon as He Lingchuan returned to the post house, he went to see Dong Rui, who was safe and sound, closing the door to tinker with experiments.

"Nothing happened?"

"Very good."

He Lingchuan then returned to his room.

The Soul-Absorbing Mirror saw his relieved look and couldn't help asking: "The auction is over, why don't you look very happy?"

"Once the second phase of Youhu Villa started selling, the price exceeded my estimate." When he discussed the Youhu Villa plan with the Yao King, he thought a residence would sell for at most 30,000 to 40,000 taels, and the back row would be more than 10,000 taels, so the total house price for the two phases would be hundreds of thousands of taels, not easy to make people jealous.

The huge sum in the eyes of civilians is just small money for the royal family and nobles.

He Lingchuan finished washing and lay on the couch, feeling mentally exhausted. Recently, he had thought too much and calculated too much, and he also had to worry about the construction progress of Youhu Villa.

"Isn't a high price good? What are you worried about?"

"I earned too much, I'm afraid someone will be jealous." He Lingchuan closed his eyes to rest.

The mirror was also a bit anxious: "Having said that, the Yao King's Longevity Ceremony is over, when are we leaving?"

They came to the Yao Nation to watch the ceremony. Now that the Yao King's birthday has passed, the Soul-Absorbing Mirror always feels that the master is in danger in the Yao Nation, why not leave early?

"Leave?" He Lingchuan smiled lightly, "Wait until the last few residences are sold, even after deducting taxes and sharing, I still got millions of taels of silver from the Yao Nation. So many people are watching, can they let me go easily?"

"Then what to do?"

"We have to finish the matter—my matter." He Lingchuan said word by word, "I am now carrying huge funds and can still be safe and sound, why do you think?"

The mirror thought for a while: "The Yao King still wants to use you to deal with Qingyang?"

"Yes." He Lingchuan smiled, "So the situation is getting more and more interesting, because Qingyang is there, the Yao King has to be polite to me."

From a strange angle, Qingyang became his amulet.

The mirror asked: "Hey, I don't understand. Previously, the officials in the court were still wavering, not knowing whether to stand with Qingyang or the Yao King, and at that time I saw the Yao King was even at a disadvantage. Why is he willing to spend over 100,000 to buy loyalty now?"

He Lingchuan laughed: "Because they finally understood."

"Understand what?"

"Understand where their power comes from." He Lingchuan said, "Qingyang is an outsider, why did many Yao officials originally plan to fall to her side?"

"She represents Beijia, and the Yao Nation pays tribute to Beijia?" So, "does it mean they have to bow to Qingyang?"

"They originally thought so. And Qingyang's methods are indeed cruel, often supervising officials, investigating and imprisoning them, and every investigation is accurate, making them panic. But through the purchase of Youhu Villa, they discovered a crucial point—" He Lingchuan said slowly, "Bowing to Qingyang has no substantial benefits for them."

He corrected: "Or rather, only a few people can get real benefits, such as General Zhongwu. Most officials who turned to Qingyang not only couldn't get promoted, but even their original rice bowls were shaky. Because if Qingyang wants to exert force and do things, she still has to rely on the Yao Nation's royal court!"

"'Rely on' means what? It means she has no power herself!"

"Until this moment, the officials realized that the ability Qingyang showed was 'punishment', while the Yao King's ability was 'promotion'. Whether it is promotion or demotion, salary increase or salary reduction, it is still the Yao King who has the final say!"

The mirror understood: "In the Yao Nation, only the Yao King truly holds the power of life and death."

"Such a simple truth, most officials in the Yao Nation didn't see through it originally, very interesting, right?" He Lingchuan smiled, "What I did was nothing more than revealing this layer of confusion."

"They were blinded by Beijia's power, right?"

"More than that?" He Lingchuan shook his head, "Even now, there are still many officials in the royal court who secretly turn to Qingyang, and I don't know if they have handles or interests. I believe the Yao King knows best."

"Oh right, you don't think Qingyang will just let it go with you?" The mirror reminded him, "You killed her beloved disciple He Yang!" ===== CHAPTER 1520 =====