Divine Brilliance - Chapter 835
Chapter 835: Heroes In A Chaotic Time
After convincing Feng Taiji and the others, there was still the coronation ceremony.
This was an official ritual in which the seven old Kings would give up their powers and then Great Gan would coronate the new Kings.
Everything was managed by Zifang who came from the Buddhist Faction and it was done in a proper and majestic manner.
After this step, the Seven Countries of Yuanlian were officially considered Vassal States of Great Gan.
Just days later, there were numerous cultivators who gathered beneath the Yuanjing Palace.
Some of them brought various kinds of treasures to exchange for some money. Most of them, on the other hand, came to join the three factions.
At this moment, Yuanlian World was like the Cloud World 20,000 years ago. Be it Martial Path or Spiritual Cultivation, they were all really rough. Even if one wanted to cultivate, there was nowhere they could go to learn.
This time Zong Shou had just suddenly opened a door for them.
No matter if it was real or fake, they were going to have a go.
The clamor and prosperity beneath Yuanjing Palace was something that pleased the Elders of Kongqi Sect and Pil Fountain Sect.
The two sects focused on Artifacts and Pills to exchange for Spiritual Items at a cheap price. This time, they had many Artifact Blacksmiths and Pill Refiners. In just a few days, they earned huge profits.
Naturally, there were people who were here just for the materialistic riches. What cultivators didn’t care about the most were these items.
As for taking in disciples, Sword Sect and Common People Path resisted at first.
However, when one of the cultivators of Wujue Villa chose an extremely talented teen to be his disciple from a bunch of refugees, the entire Yuanjing Palace started boiling.
The gap between people of Yuanlian World and the Cloud World was really small.
Even if there were differences, it was just a few meridians being at different spots, which could easily be corrected.
Many things like foundations, comprehension, personality, etc., were similar.
They were still made up of the Three Immortal Souls and Seven Mortal Forms in Daoism, contrasting the spiritual and carnal side of man.
In other words, the people of this world might have a chance to try for Saint Realm and End Realm.
Even if their future cultivation was limited, it was already great help to Common People’s Path and Sword Sect.
From their reluctance at the start, in just a few days, they became really passionate and fervent, going all out.
They even fought and quarreled in front of Zong Shou for disciple spots.
After a dozen days, they obtained dozens of talented disciples.
Unfortunately, the ones who came were all the children of aristocrats as well as branch races who didn’t receive much focus.
The people of the Seven Countries wanted to suck up to Yuanjing Palace and try out, however, they were afraid of taking the risk. As such, they could only send branch disciples.
This action made Feng Taiji and the few Spirit Realm Elders of Common People’s Path really annoyed.
Thus, they were planning to open up branches in spiritual lands around the Seven Countries to make it easier for them to search.
However, at this moment, as they hadn’t gained a footing, they shelved it.
A month later was the true test.
If before this, the three factions treated this Yuanlian World as something that could be had and could be lost, that they could just pillage whatever they wanted, at this moment, they were totally determined to keep it and protect it.
“Chaotic times will give rise to heroes, talents will rise from danger. Yuanlian World is in such times of hardship, so in my eyes, there are just too many talented people in the world who could have achievements in the Martial Path. It is no weaker than our Cloud World 100 years ago…”
In Yuanjing Palace, Zong Shou stood beside the railing and looked with intrigue at the giant market whose outline was just starting to be formed.
In the past, this place only had some rooms and inns.
At this moment, there were very many houses, stretching 100,000 feet from north to south. There were hundreds of thousands of people gathered here.
At this moment, the one listening to him speak was a 30-year-old male.
It was the one who Zong Shou paid attention to that day in the main hall.
At this moment, he was calmly standing behind Zong Shou. His actions were filled with the right amount of respect.
When he heard this, he shook his head slightly, “I don’t know about my Yuanlian World people, however, I do know that without your good grace, these people would have tough lives. At most, in 70-80 years they would have turned to dust. Your kindness is like a saving grace which allowed us to be reborn. We will be grateful to you forever!”
His words were indeed filled with respect.
“Is that so? Does that include you Zhuang Yu?”
Zong Shou smiled and then he was able to hear the silence behind him. He didn’t mind and asked, “I heard that during these 10 years, the entire east front of Great Lin was maintained by you? Jiujing relied on you so much? You are a rare famous General of this Yuanlian World…”
Great Lin was beside Xuan Country, its land was slightly bigger and took up eight provinces.
However, since half of it was in the east, they were engaged in countless wars and were the weakest out of the Seven Countries.
However, all this changed 10 years ago.
Zhuang Yu used his identity as a commoner to shine in one of the wars. At 24, he led 30,000 troops to defeat an enemy 4 times his size.
His power continued to grow and he won many huge battles successively, causing the countries under the Nine Capital Celestial Court to be afraid to offend him.
It also caused Jiujing to break rules for him and hand him several sets of outer region cultivation methods.
“Celestial Ruler’s praises are too much!”
Zhuang Yan said impassively, “However, I do in fact have a little bit of ability in leading troops.”
His tone wasn’t filled with arrogance but confidence.
Zong Shou nodded, “That is true! I also specially investigated your past battles and noticed an interesting matter. In the past 3 years, 4 battles, you had good chances of winning, but you didn’t take it, choosing to not fight…”
Zhuang Fan’s gaze constricted like a needle, directly stabbing into Zong Shou’s back.
“Are you worried that Jiujing will kill you if he thinks you pose a threat or if you suddenly become so merciful?”
Zhuang Fan was about to argue for himself, but when he saw his cold gaze look over, his face was filled with cold disdain.
“There is no need for you to try to explain. I know that people like us, as long as we have our mindset, all proof and evidence is useless. Your actions can deceive Jiujing but not me!”
Suddenly, cold sweat appeared on Zhuang Fan’s forehead. Moments later, he cupped his fists and said, “Who knew that Ruler is good at the art of war! It is true, but I really had no choice…”
“You had no choice, you were just being ambitious instead, right? To train troops in secret, hiding the population. What are your intentions?”
Zong Shou burst into a laugh, filled with cold intent, “Your talents are 10 times better than He Daoren, the troops you hold are 3 times his. Now, you must hate me, not only not selecting you as one of the Rulers and also taking away your power?”
Zhuang Fan’s body shook, his face turned ashen white. He gritted his teeth and spoke up, “Jiujing was so violent all around Yuanlian World, pillaging and stealing. My relatives all died because of him, even if I wanted to revolt, that is normal!”
