Chapter 3

"Grand General, is this move by His Majesty a bit too rash!"

Among the civil and military officials, Left Left Sima Liu Yi looked at Ji Ji Wuye standing in front and couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

For some time now, His Majesty has actually carried out several rain-praying events, but not one has succeeded, and those swindlers who failed to pray for rain have all been killed.

If it were just praying for rain, that would be fine, but every time there is a rain-praying event, they have to summon all of them, the civil and military officials, to observe it together.

On such a scorching day, wouldn't it be better to stay at home?

Why must they be here enduring the burning of the sun!

"Left Left Sima, be careful with your words. This move by His Majesty has its own deep meaning!" Ji Ji Wuye reprimanded Liu Yi.

Does the King of Han not know that among those who accepted the bounty and came to pray for rain, there are many swindlers?

He knows, but he did not expose them.

On the contrary, he even satisfied many of their requirements, letting them pray for rain.

The reason is that this move can show his concern for the country and the people to the many civil and military officials. By the same token, it also releases a message to the many officials.

We are so concerned about the great drought, and you, our pillars of support, are you just going to watch? Why don't you hurry up and think of a way for Us to solve this great drought!

On the other side of the crowd.

Chancellor Zhang Kaidi looked at the figure on the high platform holding a wooden sword and muttering, his brows slightly furrowed.

This is already the seventh one during this period.

The King of Han firmly believes in alchemists and hopes they can pray for rain; it is really thinking too much. However, he is not easy to say anything. Regarding this great drought, he is also powerless and can only hope that Heaven will be kind and bring down sweet rain soon.

The King of Han does not know the thoughts of his officials; he is watching with interest the figure on the high platform waving the wooden sword in his hand.

The other party's posture is elegant; one can tell at a glance that he has practiced.

Just at this moment, he saw the other party point the wooden sword in his hand from afar, and a decisive, sharp shout spread out, "Wind, come!"

In an instant, a gust of wind blew wildly.

Although it brought a heatwave and was somewhat dry, the strong wind hitting everyone, blowing their clothes and hair, still made everyone stunned.

"This..."

Left Left Sima Liu Yi, who had previously said the King of Han was rash and looked down on those praying for rain, had his expression change slightly.

To say wind comes, and wind comes—this kind of thing is just too mysterious.

"This must be a coincidence!"

Liu Yi said so.

Ji Ji Wuye listened to Liu Yi's words and couldn't help but glance at Liu Yi, but he didn't say anything.

He looked back at the person standing on the high platform.

With this sudden gust of wind, he suddenly felt that the person on the high platform might not be a swindler after all.

Chancellor Zhang Kaidi was also looking at the figure on the high platform with some disbelief. He firmly believes in Confucian teachings; the Master does not speak of strange forces and chaotic spirits, and he has never believed in the arts of ghosts, gods, and alchemists.

But today, this scene has somewhat overturned his cognition.

Like Liu Yi, he immediately thought it was just a coincidence.

The King of Han in the crowd did not think so much.

His eyes were wide open, his body trembling slightly, and his heart was very excited. To say wind comes, and wind comes—this person might really be able to summon rain for him.

The strong wind continued to blow.

He didn't know how long it lasted, but Su Xuan was a bit tired. After all, maintaining the technique of borrowing wind for a long time, even if the scale of this wind was not large and only existed on this square, borrowing wind on such a windless day consumed much more energy than usual.

"If I had known, I would have made the previous incantation longer and dragged it out for more time!"

Su Xuan couldn't help but mutter in his heart.

Summoning wind and rain is a great supernatural power among the thirty-six Heavenly Spirit methods.

Although Su Xuan has mastered many of the seventy-two Earthly Fiend arts, he has not yet lit up the thirty-six large stars belonging to the thirty-six Heavenly Spirit methods, so he naturally cannot summon wind and rain.

Among the seventy-two Earthly Fiend arts, there are indeed techniques for praying for clear skies and praying for rain, which can turn a rainy day into a clear one and a clear day into a rainy one. Although they are not as good as summoning wind and rain at will, they have a high probability of praying for rain.

Unfortunately, Su Xuan has not lit up these two techniques.

Then, why did he have the confidence to accept the King of Han's bounty?

Naturally, it is because he has mastered another Earthly Fiend technique.

Its name is—"Knowing Time"!

Those who know time understand the laws of the operation of the Dao of Heaven; by pinching their fingers to calculate, they can gain insight into the secrets of heaven, which is the art of foreknowledge.

With the help of this technique, combined with recent changes in celestial phenomena, Su Xuan calculated for a long time before he figured out that heavy rain would arrive today.

In other words, he didn't need to pray for rain at all; this drought plaguing the State of Han was about to pass.

However, for Su Xuan, this was an opportunity he could use.

He could use this to leap into the favor of the King of Han.

Ten thousand taels of gold—he wanted it.

Other things—he wanted them too.

"Sure enough, it was just a coincidence. This guy is also a swindler!"

The strong wind continued, but rain was slow to fall.

Left Left Sima Liu Yi became more and more certain of his judgment.

This wind was just a coincidence.

This swindler just had better luck; when he said wind comes, a gust of wind came for no reason.

Even if the wind came, so what?

As long as he didn't pray for rain, he would only have a dead end.

Zhang Kaidi and the others, feeling the strong wind hitting their faces and the lack of rain, also firmed up this view.

"Why hasn't rain fallen yet?"

The King of Han's brows furrowed slightly, somewhat puzzled.

Logically speaking, with such a strong wind, it meant that the rain-praying technique of the person on the high platform had succeeded. Why hadn't it rained for half a day?

Just when everyone thought Su Xuan was a swindler.

Suddenly, a burst of dark clouds surged over.

The scorching sun was immediately obscured.

In just a short moment, the weather turned from clear to overcast.

Su Xuan on the high platform saw this and breathed a sigh of relief, "Finally here!"

He immediately stopped performing the "Borrowing Wind" technique and continued to chant, but the things he chanted were messy.

One moment it was poetry, the next it was the Golden Light Incantation like "Heaven and Earth Profound Sect, the root of all Qi. Cultivating for eons, proving my supernatural powers. Within and without the three realms, only the Dao is supreme," anyway, just making it up as he went along was enough.

Until, with the help of the "Knowing Time" technique, he determined that rain was about to fall.

He finally shouted sharply again, "Rain, come!"

In an instant, a drenching downpour fell from the sky.

On the square, the many civil and military officials of the State of Han, led by the King of Han, felt the moistness of the rain falling on their bodies, and then looked at the figure in green standing in the rain on the high platform; their expressions were all shocked.

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