Chapter 103
Taibai Jinxing's heart was bitter.
Last time with Sun Wukong, he thought it was a sure thing, but who knew that Su Chen would appear halfway and mess up his entire plan, causing him to lose the Jade Emperor's favor.
But this time, he still had to bite the bullet and speak.
"Your Majesty, it's not that this old minister talks too much. It's just that this Great Qian Dynasty matter must be handled with caution." Taibai Jinxing bowed. "If the Demon Alliance gathers demons to cause chaos, we can say they are harming the Three Realms. But this Great Qian Dynasty, since it raised its troops, except for conquest and slaughter, has not done anything to harm the Three Realms. The change of dynasties is the number of heaven; if the Heavenly Court intervenes openly, I fear it will leave endless troubles!"
He paused and looked at Clairvoyant: "Clairvoyant, tell me, what is the scene under the Great Qian's rule now?"
Clairvoyant hurriedly replied: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the people under the Great Qian Dynasty's rule live and work in peace and contentment, do not close their doors at night, and do not pick up things lost on the road, a scene of a prosperous age."
As soon as these words came out, the Lingxiao Lingxiao Lingxiao Bao Dian suddenly became quiet.
People have governed the country well, and the people have lived a good life, why should your Heavenly Court go to fight them? Just because they don't burn incense and kowtow to you?
If this spreads, all living beings in the Three Realms will despise the Heavenly Court in the future.
"Your Majesty, do you see?" Taibai Jinxing sighed. "If we intervene by force, it will make those mortals feel that our Heavenly Court is unreasonable, ignores the life and death of mortals, and only cares about the notoriety of incense. By then, I fear that not only the Southern Chanbuzhou, but humans in other places will also be alienated from the Heavenly Court."
The Jade Emperor's face was livid; he naturally understood this truth.
But he couldn't just watch the Great Qian shake the foundation of the Heavenly Court's incense luck.
"Then in your opinion, what should be done? Are we just going to watch that 'man conquering heaven' heresy spread throughout the world?" The Jade Emperor asked.
Taibai Jinxing shook his head and said: "Naturally not. Since the Qian has not yet completely unified the world, there are still hostile forces. We might be able to secretly help his enemies."
"Secretly help?" The Jade Emperor's eyes lit up.
"Exactly." Taibai Jinxing nodded. "We don't show up directly, but send a capable divine general to descend to the mortal world, incarnate as a mortal, join his opposing camp, and help him succeed. On the battlefield, kill that Li Chengqian."
In this way, the Great Qian Dynasty will have no leader and will surely fall apart.
And all this, in the eyes of mortals, is just a normal dynasty struggle.
No one can say anything against our Heavenly Court."
"Good! This plan is very good!" The Jade Emperor clapped his hands in praise, and the gloom on his face was swept away.
His gaze swept over the gods below and finally landed on a divine general wearing silver armor with a firm face.
"Wu De Xing Jun!"
"The minister is here!" The divine general stepped out, his voice like a bell.
"I order you to descend to the mortal world immediately, incarnate as a mortal, help the enemy of the Great Qian, and must kill that rebel Li Chengqian on the battlefield, without error!" The Jade Emperor ordered in a deep voice.
Wu De Xing Jun bowed and accepted the order: "The minister obeys the decree!"
He was the divine general in charge of human slaughter and conquest, and he was most proficient in this kind of thing.
In his view, a mortal martial artist, no matter how strong, was just a slightly stronger ant, and pinching him to death was easy.
After receiving the Jade Emperor's decree, Wu De Xing Jun turned and walked out of the Lingxiao Lingxiao Lingxiao Bao Dian, out of the Nantian Gate, turned into a stream of light, and fell quietly toward the Southern Chanbuzhou.
On the other side, Su Chen drove the clouds all the way, and after only a few days, he arrived at the Southern Chanbuzhou.
As soon as he stepped into this land, he keenly felt that the atmosphere between heaven and earth here was already worlds apart from when he passed by.
The air was filled with a strange atmosphere of high spirits and vigor.
This atmosphere did not belong to immortals, did not belong to Buddhas, and did not belong to demons, but was a human torrent gathered purely by the will of billions of people.
"What a strong human luck!" Su Chen was secretly surprised.
The last time he came to the Southern Chanbuzhou, it was still fragmented by feudal lords and war-torn; human luck, although it existed, was chaotic and mixed, and did not form a climate.
But now, this luck had condensed into shape, turning into a giant dragon invisible to the naked eye, entrenched above the sky, emitting a majesty that made immortals and gods look sideways.
Su Chen did not rush to find Li Chengqian, but walked casually on this land.
He saw that the originally barren fields were now full of strong crops; the originally dilapidated villages were now full of cooking smoke, chickens and dogs could be heard; the originally sallow and thin, numb-eyed people were now all ruddy and full of hope and energy.
In the teahouses by the roadside, the people no longer talked about whose house was robbed or whose house starved to death, but about the new agricultural policies issued by the government and how many words their children had learned in school.
And what they talked about most was their emperor, Li Chengqian.
"Speaking of our Majesty, he is truly wise and martial! The emperors of the past only knew how to collect taxes and fight wars, never caring about the life and death of us common people? Now it's good, the Majesty not only divided us land but also exempted three years of taxes. This life, I didn't even dare to think about it before!" An old farmer drank coarse tea, full of happiness.
"Isn't it!" A middle-aged man dressed as a merchant interface. "I have traveled north and south for so many years, and I have never seen a place as peaceful as our Great Qian. In the past, when I went out to do business, I had to be terrified, afraid of meeting robbers. Now, even if you hang your money bag on your waist, no one dares to move you!"
"I heard that the Majesty also ordered the establishment of schools all over the country. As long as they are the subjects of our Great Qian, regardless of wealth or poverty, they can go to school! I am preparing to send my stinky boy to school in the spring!"
Listening to the people's discussion, Su Chen was filled with emotion.
He found that when these people mentioned Li Chengqian, their eyes were full of heartfelt respect and love.
But this kind of respect was not the awe of treating gods and Buddhas, but more like the support for a great leader who led them out of darkness and brought hope.
"Clear the universe, create a peaceful and prosperous age..." Su Chen remembered the teenager's vow in the ruined temple back then.
"You really did it."
He was both gratified and shocked in his heart.
He probed with his divine sense and learned about the current situation.
The Great Qian Dynasty had swept away most of the fragmented forces in the Central Plains, leaving only the last hero entrenched in the north, still resisting stubbornly.
And the Great Qian Emperor Li Chengqian was currently on a personal expedition, preparing to have a decisive battle with the last enemy that would determine the ownership of the world.
"Have to go and see." Su Chen had a decision in his heart.
He wanted to see with his own eyes what kind of level the teenager of that year had grown to.
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