Chapter 23

Give an order? Give a hammer order!

Looking at the first option, Zhao Si was about to laugh angrily:

What ability do you have? You still want to raise troops and rebel.

What level is humanity at now? Just a few Xuan immortals, you Jin Bing little nobody are here as chieftain—can you surpass the Heavenly Court!

「B！」 => "B!" We'll output: B!

【You choose B, slide to your knees at lightning speed, in a sorry state, personally go to heaven to plead guilty, investigate the matter's origins.】

【After seeing off the flustered moist persons of the Jie and Chan teachings, also rejecting the idiotic brother's suggestion to take the blame and flee, after comforting the people's hearts of humanity and declaring you would go to heaven to plead for the people, you resolutely went alone to the Heavenly Court.】

【A: I am the lively dog of Kunlun Mountain! B: I am a pure-blooded eightfold heavenly dragon that infiltrated the Heavenly Court from the Western Sect, having collected fifty innate spiritual treasures from Saint Zhunti! C: Since you all know, I won't act this play! Indeed, I am the infamous lackey of Nüwa! D: Why can't it be the mysterious the the Zixiao Palace beyond the wilderness? E: There cannot be two suns in heaven; my heart has only the Heavenly Emperor as sun!】

Keeping in touch with the saints' recent movements makes it hard for Di Jun not to notice humanity's uniqueness, leading to extreme slaughter.

The key is I haven't relied on any saint! What do you want me to say?

"No, I need to analyze..."

【Former classmates shook their heads, not knowing.】

【You choose E, there cannot be two suns in heaven; my heart has only the Heavenly Emperor as sun!】

【Faced with your kneeling surrender, Di Jun furrowed his brows: "You are not loyal."】

"Five options? This is the first time."

【The first thing upon arriving at the Heavenly Court is to immediately find your master, the Sun Star Lord, and ask him to clear up your doubts.】

【With no way out, you have no choice but to directly apologize to Di Jun…】

Choosing the Two Saints of the West also leads nowhere, you can't even piss in the same pot as the Heavenly Court!

Choosing Nüwa is essentially directly declaring allegiance to humanity…

"Among the five answers, the first points to the Three Purities, the second to the Two Saints of the West, the third is Nüwa, the fourth is Hongjun, the fifth is Di Jun himself… Which one do you choose?"

【Faced with the Heavenly Emperor's question, you are anxious, you choose (?)】

【However, you have no mind to listen to his useless nonsense; anxiously you only want to know why the Heavenly Emperor wants to slaughter innocent humanity.】

【Thus you bade farewell to the Sun Star Lord and continued to ask people for the reason.】

Zhao Si, unwilling to die five times, began to seriously analyze:

It's obvious Di Jun has determined you're not his person; it seems your actions among humanity have exceeded his tolerance limit.

【Di Jun looked at your gesture in surprise, then his whole body shook…… Upon looking at you again, the doubt in his eyes vanished, replaced by relief.】

【Faced with Di Jun's question, you raised your hand upward, then fell silent, because speaking too much leads to loss; you dare not say too much, of course, certainly not because you fear the Purple Cloud Divine Thunder…】

【Unexpectedly, the Sun Star Lord didn't care about your personal safety at all, only praising that you indeed have talent, comprehension, and opportunity all lacking none, an excellent seed of the Dao; he indeed hadn't misjudged you back then, in a short eight cycles you became a Golden Immortal, and your bloodline upgraded, becoming the Orthodox Azure Dragon!】

【However, you also keenly sensed from your master's words his hidden meaning: "This matter only targets humanity, you're fine." "Don't panic, I've already found you a next home." "Don't ask what shouldn't be asked." All things considered, although the Sun Star Lord is a sycophant, he really does a decent job as a master.】

The biggest taboo is just now's kneeling act; when the Heavenly Emperor suspects you have a big figure behind you, you'd better go along and admit it; if you don't admit, continuing to blindly offer loyalty will make him think you're evading him, so he might just cut you down…

This slaughter edict is also likely provoked by the Jie and Chan disciples; after all, this bunch that would love to have their nostrils pointing up specially came to humanity to do volunteer work—just thinking about it feels problematic.

So…… Hongjun?

Zhao Si tried clicking:

【You choose D, why can't it be the mysterious the the Zixiao Palace beyond the wilderness?】

"No way? Even surrender gets you killed?"

After figuring it out, Zhao Si looked again at the options each pointing to different saints, and suddenly realized:

"Actually, whichever I choose I can survive, but different choices will determine the Heavenly Emperor's attitude toward me…"

【"Who exactly should I choose to help?"】

【"Human? Demon?"】

【Di Jun: …】

【"Look at you, you're anxious again!" the Sun Lord scolded you carelessly, then smiled and comforted you, saying this matter has nothing to do with you, you don't need to worry about anything, just wait for a promotion, he's already spoken to the Heavenly Emperor about it, the Tai Bai Star Lord still lacks a deputy, in a few days he'll transfer you to take office, after a few more cycles you'll be able to become the Proper God Star Lord of a remote star!】

【Hearing the string's sound you know the refined meaning; you know your master intends to keep himself in the dark, the purpose being to protect himself, but this time you came to heaven seeking something else.】

【You fell into contemplation, not only because of the Heavenly Emperor's headless and tailless question, but also because this question indeed touched the depths of your heart.】

【You died, the wrong choice led to a wrong ending…】

Zhao Si went numb; not surrendering means he must find a saint to rely on?

【You also don't know why he truly dares to believe this absurd answer, but anyway Di Jun indeed firmly believes it, then he slowly asked you a question: "If humanity and the demon race are destined to be enemies, and you are the ruler of the Heavenly Court, what would you do?"】

Everyone asked him face to face, you can't just laugh loudly and brush it off, right?

Next is that pile of options, black and pressing:

So in Di Jun's eyes, the protagonist Jin Bing is no longer loyal, but rather likely a spy supported by some saint!

At this juncture, Zhao Si would best really don a saint's tiger skin, perhaps then making Di Jun wary of harming the mouse for fear of damaging the vase, thus sparing his life.

【You're drenched in sweat…】

【Considering you were evading him, Di Jun directly threw you into the Heavenly Prison…… Soon after, the slaughter proceeded as scheduled; amidst humanity's cries of blood and tears, you ascended the Slay Demon Platform, and the Heavenly Judge sentenced you to death for the crime of disloyalty.】

Choosing the Three Purities basically means you can get lost, because the Heavenly Court's deployment this time was originally drawn by the Jie and Chan disciples; if it's proven you colluded with the Three Purities, the best outcome is only being exiled back to your hometown to die there.

【A big doubt arose in your heart, this doubt had taken root long ago.】

【Even familiar Heavenly Officials dare not speak.】

"Okay!"

【The Heavenly Emperor looked at you for a while, his eyes showing thought, then inexplicably asked you a question: "Who is behind you?"】

Seeing five whole options, Zhao Si was startled; before there were only two, both rejected, you could devise your own strategy; now five options indicate he might be facing five deaths…

【You humbly knelt before the Heavenly Emperor, begging him to withdraw the edict.】

After hesitating for a moment, Zhao Si considered the safest:

E! When faced with indecision, first slide‑kneel.

The benefits he promised are very tempting, but obviously they can't compare to the merit of serving the human race; as you, who have long decided to bind yourself to the human race's war chariot, you don't care at all about promotion within the Heavenly Court's system.

First, Di Jun's opening move left Zhao Si somewhat caught off guard; he had originally been thinking of buying some time to develop, but now it's not going well!

You: …

In a quiet moment, the answer you've been wanting to know is revealed: slaughtering the human race is not a sudden brainstorm of Di Jun, nor is it because humans are weak or barbaric and backward; it is simply a strategic decision Di Jun made purely based on overall interests, for in his view, demons and humans cannot coexist harmoniously.

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(End of chapter)