Chapter 112

However, just as the various cities in Jiangzhou were celebrating their survival from the disaster of war, some people were not so happy after learning this news.

That afternoon, the latest situation of the Linzhou battle reached the hands of various forces through various channels.

"Bang! Crack!"

In the Prince Li Mansion of Mingzhou, Prince Li looked at the latest intelligence report and was so angry that he smashed his desk into pieces.

"Hmph, what is Qingyuan doing?"

Then, he asked the attendant who had just delivered the intelligence in an incomparably cold voice.

"Since arriving in Luohe City, the Princess has been waiting for an opportunity, but I didn't expect that this time, that Supreme Person—no, Half-Saint—would appear directly on the battlefield."

"Hmph! Tell her to hurry and pay a visit to the other party. If she can't even handle such a small matter, what use is she?"

"As you command!"

After venting, Prince Li's somewhat ferocious face gradually returned to normal, and he then ordered again: "Go and call the strategist to see this Prince!"

"Yes!"

If it were just a Supreme Person, Prince Li would still have a way to solve it, but now that the opponent had actually become a Half-Saint, all his previous calculations could be overturned!

Soon, the strategist Yan Zongyuan arrived at the study. The desk that had just been smashed by Prince Li had already been replaced with a new one.

Yan Zongyuan noticed that the layout of the study had changed slightly, so he understood in his heart that some extremely terrible news had clearly arrived.

"My Lord, may I ask if it is the matter of Jiangzhou that makes you so worried?"

However, as a crafty and calculating strategist, Yan Zongyuan immediately guessed the reason.

"That's right. This Prince just learned that the Jiangzhou Ghost Suppression Bureau has crushed the rebel ghost soldiers, and the rebel leader Luo Guang and the Tattoo Sect Grandmaster are all dead!"

Prince Li said this to him expressionlessly, as if there were no emotional fluctuations at all.

"My Lord, is there any change or peculiarity in this matter?"

Yan Zongyuan nodded slightly; he felt no surprise at all regarding such a result.

"The one who helped out was that Jiangzhou 'Great Sage Equaling Heaven.' Hehe, this Prince used to think he was ignorant of the height of the heavens and dared to claim himself a Sage, but this time, this person has actually achieved the status of a Half-Saint!"

Prince Li's expression had an indescribable malice. He did indeed hate, but he only hated that his damned imperial brother actually had such a figure serving him!

Hatred, envy, and even jealousy gave him an impulse to go mad!

Hearing Prince Li say this, Yan Zongyuan couldn't help but be stunned. He really didn't expect such a result.

Originally, they speculated that the Liuzhou rebel army would force out some of the Great Xia's hidden cards, and perhaps even those founding Saints who had not appeared for a long time might show themselves.

But now, a suddenly appearing Half-Saint, and one who was their main target in Jiangzhou, instantly disrupted their plans.

"My Lord, the founder of the Incense Temple, the Incense Master, has awakened recently."

However, he then took a deep breath and said this to Prince Li.

"They still want to build an Incense Fire God Kingdom on earth?"

"Yes!"

"The Incense Master waking up this time means that the chaotic times have arrived and the world is in turmoil. If he can build the Incense Fire God Kingdom, I am afraid he will surpass the status of a Saint and become the legendary God-Man!"

Yan Zongyuan told Prince Li this piece of news, and then Prince Li's expression began to change constantly.

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Inside the imperial palace of the capital, Emperor Pingyu was playing and having fun with several favorite concubines when he received an urgent report from Jiangzhou.

Seeing the eunuch walking over hurriedly made Emperor Pingyu's playfulness drop significantly, and then he said to the eunuch with a face full of irritability: "Where is it lost this time? They are all buckets of rice! All of them are buckets of rice!"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, good news! It is good news!"

The eunuch immediately handed the urgent report in his hand to him, and added: "The Jiangzhou Ghost Suppression Bureau has crushed the rebel army! They killed more than fifteen thousand ghost soldiers and captured thirteen thousand more!"

"Really?!"

Hearing his personal eunuch say this, Emperor Pingyu clearly didn't believe it, so he immediately opened the urgent report and read it.

"Hahaha, reward! Heavily reward them!"

After reading it, a joyful smile instantly appeared on his fat face, and he even disregarded the demeanor of a monarch and read the report over and over several times.

"Whose family is this Li Yanbing from?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, she is the legitimate daughter of the current Minister Li."

"Interesting, interesting. Let her come to see me; I want to reward her personally!"

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

The eunuch immediately responded with a smile; clearly, this was another new opportunity for him to curry favor with his master.

"Also, also this 'Great Sage Equaling Heaven,' hmm? How can this person take such a title?"

Noticing these four words, Emperor Pingyu's fat face showed some displeasure, but after seeing the two words "Half-Saint," he pretended not to see them.

"Reward, reward him with the honorary title of Protector of the Nation Dharma Master. In addition, allow him to open a mountain and establish a sect!"

After hesitating for a while, Emperor Pingyu said this. Even if he was greedy for pleasure, he knew what should be done and what should not be done.

"As you command!"

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In Luohe City, Princess Qingyuan also learned from her subordinates about the crushing defeat of the Linzhou rebels and the intervention of the Half-Saint.

"Half-Saint!? How is this possible?"

Princess Qingyuan stared wide-eyed at the battle report in her hand. She had not forgotten the main purpose of coming to Luohe City this time.

But she never expected that after only a few days, the person she wanted to visit had changed directly from a Supreme Person to a Half-Saint!

Ordinary Ghost Controllers were one thing, but as someone who had a Supreme Person as a master, she knew very well what this threshold meant!

Throughout history, there were countless Ghost Controllers who could never touch such a threshold in their entire lives, and even among Supreme Persons, it was not certain that one in ten could break through the limit and become a Half-Saint!

Because once a Half-Saint was achieved, it meant that the path to becoming a Saint was a smooth one!

"Princess, I'm afraid we won't be able to see that Senior this time."

Beside her, another woman's tone seemed somewhat low. They had come with great fanfare, but now they had to leave silently.

"Whoosh~ No, find a way! We must find a way!"

Hearing her words, Princess Qingyuan's tone changed, and the expression on her face became incomparably firm.

The Linzhou rebel army was defeated, and the disaster of war and human suffering were eliminated, which made the common people living in Jiangzhou cheer with excitement.

After all, if the rebel army continued to advance, they would be the ones to suffer.

In the evening, the streets and alleys of Luohe City were spreading news related to this battle. Some people even spoke with such detail, as if they had been there and experienced it themselves.

Stories about the heroine of the Ghost Suppression Bureau fighting the eighteen generals of the ghost soldiers began to spread in restaurants and teahouses.

However, what interested people most was that the mysterious Supreme Person, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, had actually achieved the status of a Half-Saint in one fell swoop and appeared to suppress the battle of the Tattoo Sect Grandmaster, who had committed countless murders.

Especially those storytellers—during this period, they almost had to tell stories about the Great Sage Equaling Heaven in every session.

Now, this existence with great magical powers had actually achieved the status of a Half-Saint in one fell swoop, and had also suppressed the main force of the rebels, the Tattoo Sect, directly allowing the Jiangzhou Ghost Suppression Bureau and garrison soldiers to crush the rebels.

Such explosive news made every storyteller and person who wrote storytelling scripts excited and scratching their heads.

Some storytellers were quick to act, and that afternoon they began to talk about it in teahouses and restaurants, which really made many guests shout for joy, and the silver in their hands was scattered into the storytellers' arms.

In less than a single day, the legend of that Great Sage Equaling Heaven in Jiangzhou could rival that of the Great Xia founding Saint, Zhou Sheng.