Chapter 1: The Descent of the Holy Maiden

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  No one knew just how hot Xuchang would be this summer, the Grand Master's face was getting sweatier and sweatier as he sat cross-legged on the scorching altar, he could even hear the sound of his skin being sunburned and bursting into blisters behind him. The people of Xuchang below the altar were all looking up at him with anticipation, the air was filled with the sticky smell of their sweat.

  He secretly opened his eyes to take a look at the little emperor sitting not far away eating grapes, the guards beside him held golden silk umbrellas to shade him from the sun, the maids held ice cubes and fanned him with large fans in a rhythmic motion, the ministers beside him all had a sorrowful expression as if they had lost their father.

  And their little emperor, a fifteen-year-old child with a handsome face that makes people can't help but dote on him, occasionally forgets that he is a noble and dignified monarch due to his innocent and simple appearance.

  。

  He indeed sits as the ruler of the world, above all others.

  He didn't put in any effort, unlike himself, sacrificing many loved ones and even trampling his own dignity underfoot to climb to the position of National Master.

  But now the little emperor is unhappy and casually finds a reason to kill himself.

  Hehe, it's really unpredictable in life, and ultimately it's karma.

  The young emperor leaned back in his dragon chair, his eyes lazy, and pointed to the motionless Grand Master, asking the person on his right, "Grand Tutor, it's already noon, why hasn't the Holy Maiden appeared yet?"

  Tai Fu feng ling xun gong le shuang shou, "ben xia, chen shang qian wen wen."

  Translation:

  Tai Fu cupped his hands and bowed, "Your Majesty, I have come to ask a question."

  The little emperor nodded indifferently and opened his mouth to receive the grapes handed over by the maid.

  Feng Lingyun stepped onto the altar, stopping at the ninth step, with a smile on his face. "National Master, it's already noon, why hasn't the Holy Maiden recorded on 'Si Xuan Jian' appeared yet?"

  The national teacher opened his eyes and hummed a cold sound from his nose, "This national teacher has his own calculations, no need for Taifu to worry."

  "Is the Imperial Tutor not shifting the blame to a lower official, trying to replace the cook?" Feng Ling also had an expressionless face, coldly staring back. "It's just that Your Majesty doesn't have the time and energy to accompany you in sunbathing here. If the Imperial Tutor can't bring out the Holy Maiden, then the Imperial Tutor only needs to directly apologize to His Majesty, explain that 'Sui Yu Jian' is actually nonsense, completely meaningless, and casually acknowledge that the death of Wan Guifei has nothing to do with ghosts or gods, but was man-made. His Majesty will certainly be lenient with you."

  How did you get here?

  What a joke! At that time, he himself listened to Rui Wang's coercion and killed Wan Guifei. He attributed the matter to the ghost by relying on the "Si Xu Jian" record "June 7th ghosts and gods are out" and escaped. Now let him admit that 'Si Xu Jian' is all nonsense, isn't it admitting that he is the murderer who killed Wan Guifei?

  However, success or failure is all due to the "Suiyu Mirror". At that time, it was thought that the young emperor would easily believe in such superstitions, but unexpectedly he took the "Suiyu Mirror" and flipped through a few pages, saw the sentence "On July 2nd, the Holy Girl descends from heaven", and forced himself to invite the Holy Girl, even issuing an edict to inform the people that today the national teacher would invite the Holy Girl.

  Now the people of the whole city are accompanying him to sunbathe around the altar, but he is just an ordinary person. 'Yishen Jian' is just a book of ghost stories that he picked up, how can he invite the Holy Girl?

  ！

  The little emperor over there was getting impatient and had the eunuch beside him convey a message: "National Master, if you can't summon the Holy Maiden, His Majesty will have to return to the palace."

  The national teacher sweated like rain, so wet that he couldn't lift his eyelids.

  The young emperor stood up from the dragon chair, stretched his waist in a very childish manner, and was about to say that he would return to the palace. Suddenly, a loud thunderbolt exploded at the horizon, scaring the eunuchs standing beside him so much that their legs softened and they almost fell down.

  The young emperor glanced at him faintly, and the eunuch felt that this glance was even more frightening than the thunder just now. He hastily knelt down and slapped his own face, muttering, "I deserve to die, I startled the imperial carriage, I deserve to die."

  The young emperor smiled and comforted him, "What's there to be afraid of, High Eunuch? Thunder on a summer day is quite normal."

  The calm tone immediately soothed the high-ranking official and the series of ministers behind him, they were no longer afraid or noisy, and stopped to see what had happened.

  The little emperor turned his gaze to the direction where he had just remembered the shocking thunder, and the clear sky that was originally cloudless suddenly rolled in thick dark clouds from afar, and a strong wind started to blow.

  The people around the altar immediately became excited and shouted "The Holy Girl is about to descend" and so on.

  Tai Fu rushed over from the altar and said to the young emperor, "Your Majesty, there is an unusual phenomenon in the sky, and it doesn't seem like a normal thunderstorm. Would Your Majesty like to return to the palace first?"

  The little emperor stroked his smooth chin thoughtfully.

  "No need, let's take a look, maybe our national teacher can really invite the holy girl out. I've wanted to see the holy girl for a long time." The little emperor said with a smile.

  The national master on the altar was also puzzled, although he wouldn't ask the holy girl, but looking at the astronomical signs and calculating the weather, he should still be able to do it. However, after observing the stars last night, today shouldn't have rain...

  No, that's not a rain cloud! The national teacher discovered the abnormality and immediately widened his eyes, staring at the gray clouds turning blood red, like bloody steamed buns, densely covering the entire sky.

  Not to mention this incompetent national teacher, at first glance, the officials on the emperor's side, including the young emperor, all looked puzzled.

  Then another thunderclap sounded, and the blood-red cloud layer covering the earth split open a little, with a thread of bright light shining through the clouds, shining directly on the altar.

  。

  The cloud just now was indeed very ominous and frightening, but this beam of light seems to be telling the people looking at it from below, don't panic, nothing will happen.

  The national teacher looked up at the beam of light that leaked out from the sky, and as he basked in such a sacred light, he suddenly began to regret his past actions of using and killing others for the sake of status and power. He started to think of himself as a scoundrel, and thought of the young emperor as a wise and enlightened ruler. If there was still an opportunity, he would definitely join forces with the young emperor to expose the conspiracy of Prince Rui!

  Suddenly, he saw what seemed to be a black dot in the holy light, and the black dot grew bigger and bigger. Before long, he could see clearly what it was.

  It seems like a person.

  And it's heading straight for where you are.

  His eyes blurred... He rubbed his eyes, planning to take a closer look at whether it was really someone falling from the sky. But when he opened his eyes again, he only let out a sharp scream and lost consciousness.

  The young emperor witnessed the whole process, and even someone like him who was used to seeing all sorts of astonishing events couldn't help but reveal an expression of "am I dreaming" as he stared at the person who had fallen from the sky and landed right on top of the Great State Master's head.

  The red glow in the sky slowly dissipated, and the sky returned to normal. The stunned people below also took a long time to come back to their senses.

  The person who fell on the altar had disheveled clothes and tightly clasped their hands to their chest, as if protecting something important.

  Then he slowly raised his head, staring blankly at the people around him, his face completely exposed to the commoners and officials.

  The entire Xuchang City was filled with an inexplicable hissing sound.

  The people no longer dared to gaze up at the heavens, and all knelt down in unison, loudly calling out: "May the Holy Maiden bless our country with eternal peace, may she bless our ruler's body with health and tranquility, may she bless us with favorable winds and timely rains!"

  But he, without a clear reason, simply raised the corner of his mouth, and the low, unclear sound was drowned out by the noise, with no one able to make out what he said, possibly not even the great teacher who was being pressed half to death beneath him.

  But that was indeed his first words when he came to the human world:

  "Foolish humans, wait for me to conquer you!"