Chapter 1964: No Harm to the Great Elegance

He, a close aide who constantly followed the palace master around, couldn't figure it out:

Where did all these come from!

The local strongmen in places like Shanjin probably had never seen a divine descent, so they didn't understand how outrageous the conditions the palace master offered them were!

A divine descent body isn't like Chinese cabbage that you can just plant anywhere and let it grow.

The mechanism by which the Heavenly Palace screens divine descent bodies is extremely strict, because people with such a special constitution are literally one in ten thousand.

Mount Xushan only keeps three divine descent bodies on hand.

With Miao Zhantian's divine ability, he almost combed the entire Shanjin Plain, and the number of divine descent bodies he could bring into the Inverted Sea was only a dozen or so.

Otherwise, she could summon even more deities.

Fundamentally, it's the limited number of divine descent bodies that restricts their full exertion.

Yet the palace master casually offered over twenty at once, hehe!

Could it be...?

You should know that deities usually don't descend into ordinary human bodies. Because regardless of the effect of the divine descent, the process itself consumes a large amount of divine power.

Yuan Xuan recalled what Qingyang had said: the forces in Shanjin wanted confidence, so she gave them confidence.

Yes, whether those twenty-plus people are actually "divine descent bodies" doesn't matter. What matters is that the strongmen now have the trump card of "divine descent body," giving them the confidence to oppose the Nine Abysses Great Emperor and the motivation to seize his territory.

Whether the trumpant can be cashed in is a matter for later. Anyway, the local strongmen currently have no way to verify the cards—"divine descent bodies" are also humans, with no outward difference from ordinary people.

Probably because Yuan Xuan's gaze lingered too long on Qingyang, and probably because his gaze showed some panic, she lifted her head and glanced at him, instantly seeing through his thoughts, then slowly and softly placed a finger to her lips and whispered a "shh."

Yuan Xuan didn't dare utter a single word.

At night, Qingyang was drinking a bowl of almond milk curd when she suddenly raised her wrist to look, and furrowed her brows.

Then she waved her hand: "Everyone, out."

The attendants inside filed out one by one, and incidentally closed the doors and windows for her.

Qingyang took out a small figurine, placed it on the low table to the east, then lit two candles and burned several sticks of incense.

As gray smoke condensed in the air into a blurry human face, the voice of Lord Tongming Zhenjun also echoed in her ears:

"You have such gall, daring to use our name to distribute fake divine descent bodies!"

The deity's reproach was already within Qingyang's expectations; she didn't even move her eyebrows:

"Then tell me, how do you incite these natives to attack the Nine Abysses Great Emperor? Their courage is smaller than a mouse's. If I didn't guarantee success, they'd turn around and surrender to the Nine Abysses Great Emperor."

"It's not that they're timid, it's that your gall is too big!" Lord Tongming Zhenjun's voice was stern: "Several true deities are displeased; you'll be in big trouble."

"If the true deities are pleased, then I have no trouble?" Qingyang sat down, picked up the porcelain bowl on the table, and continued eating her almond milk curd.

Mmm, really fragrant.

The cook really understands her taste, even sprinkling a bit of sugar-coated osmanthus.

"What personnel has the deity assigned me, what support has been sent? Nothing, absolutely nothing." Qingyang said slowly, "I only have a handful of rotten cards in my hand. You lot don't contribute but want the effect of a king bomb—I can only cheat and deceive."

The local strongmen of Shanjin never imagined that the lofty Lingxu deities and the highly reputed Beiqa former national preceptor would use counterfeit goods to swindle them!

With such arrogance, Lord Tongming Zhenjun naturally disapproved, but didn't lash out, merely continuing: "Miao Zhantian almost took away all our forces in Shanjin; what little remains for you is extremely limited. We are already making other arrangements, and Beiqa will also send people over. Support will arrive in a few months."

The deity also has the deity's difficulties; right now, the deity's forces in the Shanjin Plain are at their most empty, truly unable to squeeze out aid. It's truly a golden opportunity that the Nine Abysses dares to rise now.

"Distant water cannot save nearby fire." Qingyang said faintly, "Whether we can block the Nine Abysses Great Emperor's advance into Shanjin depends on these few months. If you let him train his troops well—"

She didn't continue, just shook her head.

Lord Tongming Zhenjun asked him: "If these people discover that the divine descent bodies you gave them are fake, it will inevitably damage our reputation."

The most important impression the deity leaves on humanity can be ferocious, can be benevolent, can be mysterious, but cannot lack power, cannot lack trustworthiness!

The mightier the deity, the more followers they have; conversely, if a deity constantly deceives followers with counterfeit goods and gets caught, losing trust is hardly surprising.

Reputation is one of the intangible wealths the deity must fiercely maintain in the human world. Qingyang's methods damage their reputation, so the deities are unusually furious.

"When they discover it, it's also the time for them to die." When will the divine descent bodies be used? Of course when they're beaten by the Nine Abysses Great Emperor with heads in hands and rat-like scurrying, forced to unleash their killing move, and only then will they discover this trump card is made of paper.

No mistake, no omission, no error, no inner, no outer, no one left unread!

After that, the Nine Abysses Great Emperor will harshly punish them, and they won't even have the chance to complain.

"Why should you care what the dead think? No harm to the great elegance." Qingyang sneered, "Shanjin is isolated; news couldn't spread that fast. Besides, there are also genuine divine descent bodies there—it's not necessarily all counterfeit."

"Anyway, as long as they dare to step forward to seize the Nine Abysses' cities, kill the Nine Abysses' people, and stir up chaos in the Nine Abysses' territory, our goal is achieved." She said coolly, "Who would care about their final fate?"

In her eyes, in the deity's eyes, they are nothing but consumables, just like the common folk in their territories.

Heh, these natives still want to bargain with her? Actually, they don't even know that Miao Zhantian almost used up the Lingxu deities' strongest force in Shanjin, and still think the Lingxu deities' power in Shanjin remains unshakable.

This information gap dooms them to become cannon fodder.

Qingyang doesn't expect anything else; as long as they can hold back the Dragon God's steps for her, that's enough.

No matter how the Beiqa ministers calculate, the emperor will definitely send reinforcements here.

The emperor will definitely also urge the deity to send support here.

She must seize time!

Delay brings completeness.

Lord Tongming Zhenjun asked her: "How do you think to use these people, who are like field mice?"

"If I don't use them, I'd have to use Bai Tan. But Bai Tan has too many problems and isn't ready at all." Qingyang said clearly, "To shake the Nine Abysses' rear, opposing forces must be numerous and mixed, and must rise simultaneously to create an effect like wildfire scorching the sky and mountains shaking and earth moving, just as the Dragon God army once swept across Shanjin. You say how strong his army is? Not necessarily, but it's just that the momentum he creates is extraordinarily impressive."

"Mortals are foolish and prone to follow the crowd; when they hear Dragon God chants from all directions, they assume Dragon God is already number one under heaven and that following him is surely safe. The Nine Abysses doing this is exactly catering to their mentality and appetite." Qingyang said humbly, "This point, I can learn from him."