Chapter 846

The eunuchs shouted in unison.

They were very angry. They felt that Wu Tie had deeply insulted Feng Rong. Or, that couldn't be called an insult; it was practically inciting the loyal ministers and righteous generals of the Sui Dynasty to rebel and cause chaos!

Thus, they gritted their teeth and berated Wu Tie.

Then, the monarchs and provincial lords standing before Wu Tie remained motionless.

Each of them looked at Wu Tie with flickering eyes, their expressions becoming extremely profound.

Soon, the elderly eunuchs from the imperial city of Sui Du began to panic.

An elderly eunuch with three horizontal lines on his forehead, looking quite imposing, strode forward three steps and shouted sternly: "You, generation after generation, have always been subjects of Sui... Could it be that you truly intend to rebel because of these barbarians?"

The monarchs and provincial lords remained silent, but Wu Tie laughed.

"Is rebelling their fault? Feng Rong has gone mad, cut himself off from the world... If they do not rise up in resistance, the lives of their entire families will no longer be in their own hands."

Shaking his head, Wu Tie candidly spread his hands: "For me to bind myself and surrender, to submit helplessly, is absolutely impossible. They, even more so, could never overcome me. So, their relatives, their entire families, are surely doomed?"

"Feng Rong is clearly intent on exterminating their nine clans; everything else is merely an excuse."

"Hey, do you truly wish to have your homes ransacked by Feng Rong?"

The lined-forehead eunuch shouted sternly: "Outrageous, sheer nonsense... Your Excellencies, you must never believe his ravings; they are simply confusing the masses... His Majesty..."

Wu Tie interrupted the eunuch: "Feng Rong, wise and martial? Wise and sage? Heh, I see no trace of wisdom or sagacity in him as a ruler. I feel he is no longer pursuing Feng Yun but merely killing for killing's sake."

Shaking his head, Wu Tie said solemnly: "I too am a lone overlord, calling myself solitary and widowed. You may not know this, but Feng Rong still has Bai Su Xin, and he surely knows it."

"How could a ruler launch a massacre over a subordinate's momentary mistake?"

"People cannot never err. You are merely those who have cultivated to achievement, possessing great strength... The so-called Divine Clarity realm is just a realm; you remain human. Being human, you will inevitably make mistakes."

"If a subordinate makes a slight mistake and you immediately strike to kill, where in the world would you find so many talents for him to slay?"

"Therefore, a ruler, an emperor, ought to have the capacity to tolerate others, to be able to endure subordinates' mistakes."

"Thus, I see no benefit in Feng Rong's current actions for him or for the Sui Dynasty."

"Thus, he is merely using my hand as a pretext to kill."

"Kill you all, this lot who tremble with fear yet dare not resist."

The twelve eunuchs' faces turned extremely grim; the lined-forehead eunuch shouted sternly: "What are you waiting for? Capture Feng Yun alive, capture Wu Tie alive; if you can do that, promotions and riches await... If not, just look at your relatives and clansmen, all here."

The lined-forehead eunuch backhandedly snatched; from the crowd, a handsome woman's swaddling cloth flew out, accompanied by an infant's wail, a baby no more than a few months old, seized by the neck and lifted.

"Act quickly, or... don't blame us for being ruthless."

A flash of killing intent crossed the lined-forehead eunuch's face; his triangular eyes narrowed to a line, like an old venomous snake, perilous to the extreme. His five fingers' nails slowly grew out, scratching the child's neck, a few traces of blood slowly trickling down.

Among the monarchs, a tall, short-bearded, dignified middle-aged man glanced at the infant in the eunuch's hand, sighed to the heavens: "Promotions and riches? We are already the houses of monarchs; how could there still be room for advancement?"

"Alas, my clan's direct line has passed down singly for nine generations; this is my eldest grandson, and also my only grandson..."

He drew his waist sword, pointed the tip at Wu Tie's neck, and said expressionlessly: "Come on... either you are captured alive, or you kill me."

Wu Tie shook his head, looking pityingly at the man: "If you die, will your kin live?"

He snorted coldly, spoke solemnly: "You have forgotten how the families of those monarchs who died in battle or committed suicide were dealt with before."

The faces of the monarchs and provincial lords turned unusually grim.

They certainly knew the fate of the families of those monarchs and provincial lords who died in battle. Feng Rong, on the grounds of insufficient military achievement and colluding with rebel princes, directly reduced their kin to slaves; the women's fate was even more tragic.

The middle-aged man's long sword trembled, his body swayed, and a hint of despair appeared on his face.

"You..."

Wu Tie spread his hands and shook his head at these monarchs and provincial lords.

"If I were you, I would join forces and rebel. Given Feng Rong's current disposition, he will surely mobilize a great army to attack you."

With a strange laugh, Wu Tie looked at the twelve eunuchs and said: "As long as you can withstand the first wave of attack, those commanders leading the troops will certainly be deemed lacking in martial effort and be ordered executed by Feng Rong."

"Then you can persuade more of the coerced monarchs, provincial lords, and supreme commanders who came to attack you to join the rebellion."

"If you unite, the entire military of the Sui Dynasty will oppose Feng Rong... then why would you still fear him?"

Wu Tie chuckled softly: "A god-emperor without an army, abandoned by all his subjects— is he still a god-emperor? Even if he possesses a Qian Yuan Divine Bell, what of it?"

Raising his head, Wu Tie sang: "The Sui Dynasty has so many princes; you could even kill Feng Rong and replace him with an emperor more gentle and kind toward you."

The twelve eunuchs trembled with rage, their faces turning deathly pale from tension.

"Outrageous, outrageous, monstrous lies deceiving the masses— simply..."

A flash of azure spiritual light passed, a Canghai Divine Pearl leapt and shifted, bearing a muffled tearing-through-the-air sound, striking the lined-forehead eunuch's chest.

A protective spiritual light flickered on the eunuch's body, then the Canghai Divine Pearl shattered him; his chest caved in, he spat blood mouthful after mouthful, and was flung backward involuntarily.

The Canghai Divine Pearl spun, carrying the infant as it leapt aloft, flying back to the side of the Canghai Daoist.

The Canghai Daoist reached out and took the infant, smiling at the middle-aged monarch: "What a lovely child, delicate skin and tender flesh, fair and plump, like a blessed one... you would abandon him, letting others butcher him like a pig or dog?"

The Grand Dao Furnace suddenly erupted from above Wu Tie's head, the huge furnace gulped toward the Dead Ox Pit; countless weapons in the hands of the Sui Dynasty's forbidden troops instantly turned into streams of light, swallowed clean by the Grand Dao Furnace.

Wu Tie clapped his hands, laughing: "I have already given you a chance to create!"

The monarchs stared, then simultaneously roared, turned about, bringing along their close subordinates, the provincial lords, prefectural magistrates, county magistrates, and madly charged into the Dead Ox Pit.