Chapter 130: Evil Legacy

Zhang Gui keenly perceived that Liliya's form of address for him seemed to place more importance on his own great power rather than external wealth or influence.

He pinched her small hand and made a kissing gesture.

"It is an honor to be a guest at your salon, Lady Liliya.

This is truly a great place to relax.

It is a pity that because I am currently practicing a special technique, I cannot indulge in sensual pleasures; it is truly a regret."

Liliya blinked her bright, large eyes and asked curiously, as if she were completely innocent:

"The ancient East is truly mysterious; to think there is such a forbidden and cruel professional system.

Not being able to enjoy the love and joy between men and women, wouldn't that be very painful?"

"It is only for a period of time, not for a lifetime," Zhang Gui explained with a smile.

He quietly drove the 'Tai Sui Enter Spirit' Main Divine Cluster in his head and operated the 'Rainwater' technique.

Evolving a scene of eerie 'drizzle' that seemed both virtual and real.

"You may not have noticed, but in fact, the term commonly used across the Four Continents of Diyuan, 'spirit', represents the mutual restraint between the body and the soul.

Therefore, in the East, many techniques for cultivating the Primordial Spirit require physical cooperation."

The black rainwater in the air and the fungal mat slowly flowing on the ground brushed past Liliya, yet they did not even wet a corner of her silk robe.

As if everything were an illusion.

However, Long Mama, who followed behind Liliya like a shadow, now had an extremely solemn expression on her face.

"Lord Winter Is Coming, Liliya is not criticizing the orthodoxy of your legacy.

Nor is she inquiring into the secrets passed down by your sect..."

"You have misunderstood, respected Mama; I am not demonstrating, I just wanted to satisfy Miss Liliya's curiosity."

Zhang Gui dispersed the Rainwater technique, calmed the operation of the Divine Cluster, and said apologetically:

"If it was presumptuous, I am very sorry."

"It is nothing, Mr. Caiyang; on the contrary, I find it very interesting."

Liliya, who seemed to be always full of curiosity, shook her head and said:

"Mama, this is just an illusory black rain..."

"Miss, that is not some black rain.

It is a 'Black Domain' evolved from a very brilliant Eastern Primordial Spirit method, combined with the power left behind by a powerful and ancient deity.

Fortunately, Lord Winter Is Coming has no hostility."

Long Mama solemnly interrupted Liliya's words.

"Otherwise, if one were trapped in it, death might be the best outcome!"

In the scriptures of the New God of the Western He Continent, 'ancient' represents barbarism, and black, which is the opposite of holy white, represents evil.

Liliya opened her mouth wide in surprise, "Really? That is truly terrifying."

Long Mama gently patted the back of Liliya's hand, as if comforting her.

Afterward, she warned Zhang Gui very seriously:

"My Lord, the Divine Cluster power you displayed this time is completely different from last time. Even if the shepherds of the New God do not care about the faith of Easterners,

it is best not to display it in sensitive places like churches, the White Eagle Bank, or even the Holy Scale of the Just Contract."

As these words fell, even Salisa showed a surprised expression and asked not very subtly:

"Long Mama, is Caiyang's Divine Cluster legacy evil to such an extent?"

Long Mama did not answer directly, but just nodded, and specifically added a sentence:

"In fact, all power is the same.

True good and evil come from the actions of those who possess the power."

"Your understanding of good and evil is exactly the same as mine," Zhang Gui said shamelessly, expressing his agreement.

Immediately afterward, applause of agreement also rang out from the surroundings.

In the supernatural world, extremely powerful evil often also represents heretical and terrifying power.

And people who make a living on ocean islands far from the order of the mainland often highly respect this kind of 'power'!

This also allowed Zhang Gui to strike up a conversation with a group of wealthy figures from Civilization Pioneer City without having to show off his 'fat' or 'bullets' to join the crowd.

Then, after drinking some wine and playing a few rounds of cards, everyone exchanged business cards.

Several of them even made appointments with Zhang Gui to play cards and hunt another day.

They implicitly indicated their intention to deepen the friendship.

Zhang Gui naturally agreed to them one by one.

When he left the Green Honey salon late at night, he knew clearly.

He had finally initially integrated into the upper-class society of the three cities of Civilization Pioneer, Roujin, and Sacred Ode.

The goal was achieved.

After saying goodbye to Salisa, Zhang Gui walked into a dark alley and disappeared into the darkness.

The next second, he appeared in his fief in the Song Ming Kingdom, Zhihai Town.

The next morning, before the sky was bright, the humid summer heat had already wrapped into the wind, blowing people into a sweat.

On the commercial street beside the port, the first shop at the head was 'Dagui Grocery Sauce Garden'.

Although the porridge and pancakes were delicious and cheap, they did not fit the season, and the breakfast business had also become quiet.

Only a middle-aged man wearing a light, fine cotton robe and sporting a goatee was sitting on a folding stool, slurping porridge.

Zhang Gui walked with small, quick steps into his mother's shop.

He greeted the clerk watching the shop and then helped himself to a full bowl of thick porridge.

He wrapped shrimp paste and fermented fish paste with hot pancakes and began to eat and drink heartily.

"Caiyang Longhu truly has a good appetite.

On such a hot day, you are still full of vigor and spirit, while I have already wilted."

The middle-aged man with the goatee glanced at Zhang Gui and suddenly said in a leisurely manner.

Zhang Gui glanced at the man upon hearing this and asked:

"And you are?"

"Now you are the Zaicheng of the Dragon-Tiger Shogunate, and a student of the Imperial Academy, Lü Zhenduan."

"A student of the Imperial Academy is equivalent to the 'Civil Scholar' degree.

But a 'co-presented scholar' is not a presented scholar, and a 'like-wife' is not a wife.

You, this 'fake scholar', on what basis do you serve as the Zaicheng of my Zhihai Longhu Shogunate?"

A flash of anger crossed Lü Zhenduan's face, but he did not truly erupt; he only gritted his teeth and said:

"Naturally, it is by the appointment of Prince Zhen.

That day, the Yuanshan Guard Army's Baori Eshen personally led an army of one hundred thousand from Qianji to invade Zhihai Town.

Yet you, Caiyang Longhu, faced the battle..."

"When the Yuanshan Guard Army's Baori Eshen invaded Zhihai Town, did His Highness Prince Zhen have a temporary imperial residence established in Zhihai Town?"

"Naturally, there was."

"Then after His Highness established the temporary residence, did he issue an imperial decree to my Longhu Shogunate in the name of the Imperial Inspector of the Eastern Yue Province to mobilize the defense?"

Lü Zhenduan opened his mouth, "That, there was not, but..."

"But what?" Zhang Gui chuckled, "The head of the temporary residence is 'as if the Emperor himself has arrived'.

The Shogun calls himself both civil and military.

This is the rule from ancient times to the present; where is there room for a 'but'?

Prince Zhen, in the capacity of Imperial Inspector, ordered the establishment of a 'temporary residence' in Zhihai Town, the foundation of my Longhu Shogunate.

As the ancients said, a snake cannot move without a head, and a bird cannot fly without wings.

I considered the overall situation and even gave up the Shogunate official residence.

Where else was I to mobilize troops and deploy formations to defend Zhihai and resist the foreign invaders?

If you are not convinced, then I will personally submit a memorial to explain the ins and outs of the matter.

Let His Majesty make a holy judgment on who is right and who is wrong, how about that!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 131 =====