Chapter 382: The Imperial Seal

Liu Dajun watched the mobile phone screen, incredibly excited; he was nineteen years old this year, had grown up watching anti-Japanese war dramas, and hated the Japanese invaders to the bone.

At this age, Liu Dajun was a hot-blooded youth, and what he most longed to do was to roam the world with a sword, uphold justice, and eliminate evil to bring peace to the good.

When he was eighteen, Liu Dajun saw on the news that the Dongying Prime Minister led civil and military officials in holding a massive sacrificial activity at Yasukuni Shrine; he felt his teeth itch with hatred at the time, and if it weren't for having no money for a plane ticket and fearing his dad's belt, he would have wanted to go to Yasukuni Shrine to throw Molotov cocktails.

Now seeing an Immortal Cultivator from Shenzhou in a great battle against the Yamata no Orochi of Dongying at Yasukuni Shrine, Liu Dajun watched with boiling blood; at this very moment, his heart was filled with admiration for Meng Yifan.

Hearing the call of General Chu Yunlong, Liu Dajun did not hesitate; he pressed his palms together and prayed piously to Meng Yifan, even kneeling on the ground to perform a grand kowtow to the image of Meng Yifan on the screen.

"Damn, Dajun, there's no need to kneel, right?"

"Exactly, we can just follow along and pray, there's no need to kneel down."

"Sincerity brings results, there's no need to be so hung up on form; there's really no need to kneel."

Liu Dajun's three roommates looked at each other; a man's knees have gold, and from childhood to adulthood, they hadn't even knelt to their own parents, so seeing Liu Dajun piously performing a grand kowtow to Meng Yifan on the screen, they all felt very surprised.

"True Person Meng can fly through the sky and burrow into the earth; he is a legendary immortal, so kneeling to him is like kneeling to a deity—it's not shameful."

"Besides, True Person Meng is currently fighting in Dongying and is being suppressed by the Yamata no Orochi; since General Chu called on us to pray piously, it means doing this will definitely help True Person Meng. We ordinary folks have limited ability, so kneeling to pray shows more piety."

Liu Dajun spoke with ironclad certainty; Meng Yifan had done what he wanted to do but dared not, and was already a superhero in his heart, so let alone kneeling, even if he were asked to perform three bows and nine kowtows, he would be willing.

Pious emotions are contagious; Liu Dajun's three roommates were influenced by him and also began to perform grand kowtows to the image of Meng Yifan on the screen.

The same scene was happening in every corner of the land of Shenzhou.

Ordinary people with mortal eyes did not discover that as they prayed piously, threads of faith of varying depths emerged from above their heads; this was Faith Power.

If these Faith Powers were left to drift across the ocean to help Meng Yifan fight in the land of Dongying, then surely less than one in ten would remain; that would be a huge waste, and the effect would not be great, as they would easily be suppressed by the Faith Power of Dongying.

When Yang Yijian proposed the suggestion, he had already thought of a countermeasure.

Jade Emperor Peak is the summit of Taishan; Yang Yijian wore a Daoist Robe with a Bagua pattern and sat cross-legged on a circular platform, in the center of which stood a statue of Meng Yifan.

It must be said that current 3D printing technology is indeed very powerful; in a very short time, a life-sized jade statue of Meng Yifan was carved and completed.

Below the circular platform were thirty-six of the strongest cultivators in Shenzhou; they would cooperate with Yang Yijian to transmit Faith Power to Meng Yifan.

Of the 1.4 billion people in Shenzhou, nearly 1.3 billion were mobilized to provide Faith Power to Meng Yifan; if one person's Faith Power was only an insignificant drop of water, then the Faith Power of 1.3 billion people gathered together was a surging ocean.

Although Yang Yijian was a Third Grade Peak Immortal Cultivator and had the help of thirty-six expert cultivators, even with their strength, they could not control such massive Faith Power.

To deal with this situation, the Shenzhou authorities brought out the Imperial Seal to assist Yang Yijian in casting his spell.

The Imperial Seal, also known as the "Imperial Seal," is the seal of the Emperor.

It is four inches square, with five dragons intertwined on the knob, and the eight seal-script characters "Received from Heaven, may you live forever and prosper" carved on the front, serving as a token of "Imperial power granted by Heaven, legitimate and legal."

As a token of "Imperial power granted by Heaven, legitimate and legal," the Imperial Seal had been able to mobilize Dynasty Luck and Faith Power for thousands of years; it is a treasure of luck closely linked to the fate of the nation, and it cannot be used unless absolutely necessary.

This time, to help Meng Yifan, the Shenzhou authorities used the Imperial Seal, which shows how highly the authorities value Meng Yifan.

"Begin," said Yang Yijian.

The thirty-six expert cultivators stood up simultaneously, each forming hand seals to channel their Spirit Power into Yang Yijian.

On Yang Yijian's body, the fluctuation of Spirit Power grew stronger and stronger, and the Daoist Robe on his body moved without wind.

Seeing this, Yang Yijian held the Imperial Seal as if holding a towering mountain, stepped in a ritual pace, and circled the statue of Meng Yifan.

With every step he took, Yang Yijian would wave the Imperial Seal to cast a spell.

If someone had opened their Heavenly Eye, they would be able to see that every time Yang Yijian waved the Imperial Seal, a large amount of Faith Power was transported into the center of the eyebrows of Meng Yifan's statue.

This statue was carved from Hetian jade and was originally just a worldly object, but under the nourishment of the massive Faith Power, it actually became lifelike and contained a special spirituality.

"Open!" Yang Yijian shouted loudly; the Imperial Seal emitted a dazzling purple light, like a purple sword of Heaven and Earth, opening a special channel above the head of Meng Yifan's statue.

"Hum!" With the vibration of Meng Yifan's statue, streams of pure Faith Power followed that special channel, crossed space, traversed the ocean, and arrived in the land of Dongying to provide Faith Power to Meng Yifan.

"Eh! This is Faith Power?" Meng Yifan was in the midst of a bitter battle when he suddenly felt a large amount of dense Faith Power, along with the Dynasty Luck of Shenzhou, wrapping around him, forcefully pushing away the Dongying Faith Power around him.

Even the World Chain of the Yamata no Orochi was pushed back several meters by this suddenly appearing Faith Power.

Meng Yifan used his Spiritual Power to sense a thread of Faith Power, and following the thread, he vaguely saw Liu Dajun in a university dormitory kneeling on the ground and praying piously to an image of Meng Yifan, and he also saw Yang Yijian holding the Imperial Seal and performing rituals on the platform.

"So it is the entire nation of Shenzhou coming to my aid." Meng Yifan was incredibly moved.

In the land of Shenzhou, there is a saying that after the founding of the nation, one is not allowed to become a spirit; in fact, not only animals, but even Immortal Cultivators cannot appear in the public eye and absorb Faith Power.

This time, to help Meng Yifan, Shenzhou broke the rules and used the power of the entire nation to provide Faith Power to Meng Yifan, which moved Meng Yifan deeply.

A scholar dies for his confidant; Meng Yifan is a person who repays kindness, so since Shenzhou has treated him well, then in the future, if Shenzhou is in trouble, Meng Yifan will also step forward to protect Shenzhou and will never allow foreign enemies to infringe upon it.