Chapter Thirty-One: Knowing Heaven's Will

  Zhang Di Xin and Jia Meng Guan had known each other for a short time, but he respected him deeply. Although these four people were not all top-notch immortals, they were all top-notch in their loyalty. This time, the actions of the Tai Yi True Person had thoroughly enraged Zhang Di Xin.

  Li Jing didn't know who Zhang Disen was, but seeing the emperor so furious, he didn't dare ask more questions. He could only kneel on the ground and tremble as he said: "Your Majesty, please calm your anger, and also take care of your body."

  Zhang Di Xin also knew that the person had already died and his path was gone, so even if he felt more sentimental, it would be of no use. He calmed down a bit and pointed to the inner courtyard: "Nezha is resting now, take good care of him."

  Li Jing heard this and was overjoyed, thanked the heavenly grace, stood up and went to the inner court. Zhang Emperor sighed and walked out, thinking about today's events, couldn't help but feel worried. Today, at the Xian Shi Reef, he could still sneak attack and win, if it were a real confrontation with Taiyi, wouldn't he just be sending himself to his death?

  Previously, the heart was full of pride, thinking that going against heaven would be easy, but didn't know that going against heaven is actually so unpredictable. Emperor Zhang Xin looked at the sky and saw a star in the west shining exceptionally bright, with a hint of competing with the Purple Star in the north, which made him involuntarily sigh. Human affairs have not been decided yet, how can divine affairs be?

  The path of the immortal is a difficult one to tread, once you take the first step, there's no turning back. Zhang Emperor Xin gazed up at the starry sky, and his heart was suddenly filled with a hint of bitterness, followed by a thread of icy coolness. He raised his eyes to look again, and it was a magnificent light that slowly descended from the heavens.

  "Are you the great merchant Tianzi?" Hua Guang hid, but saw a white-haired man in silver clothes standing in mid-air. The man held a jade scroll and looked up and down at Zhang Emperor Xin, "You have some imperial air, what are you still dazed about? Why don't you come quickly to receive the edict?"

  "What edict? What edict?" Zhang Emperor Xin furrowed his brow upon hearing this, for although the man clearly knew he was a great merchant prince, his words contained not a shred of respect, but rather a kind of disdain, as if an emperor gazing down at an ant-like servant.

  "Who are you, and how dare you speak to me like this?" This person was quite arrogant, probably with an extraordinary background. Zhang Emperor Xin was dissatisfied with him in his heart, but he also wanted to figure out the other's true identity, so he calmly asked.

  "Hmph!" The man snorted, his eyebrows rising in disdain. "If you're allowed to receive the imperial edict, then just receive it! What's with all these tedious questions?"

  The dog barks at people, Zhang Di Xin secretly scolds in his heart, seeing this person like this, his face turns cold and says: "Are you talking to me?"

  "It's just that..." Before he could finish speaking, a flash of golden light struck him. In an instant, he felt a sharp pain in the back of his neck and stumbled, almost falling to the ground.

  "You... you! Di Xin, you..." The man did not expect the Son of Heaven to suddenly launch a sneak attack and was caught off guard. His heart was furious, having been hit once, "Di Xin! Don't think that just because you're the Human Emperor, I won't dare move against you!"

  Fine! I don't care what kind of person you are, as long as you've enraged me, I'll skin you alive! Zhang Di Xin didn't respond, his tiger-embossed gauntlets at the ready. If they were to fight, it would be a swift and fierce battle, catching you off guard!

  That man had just shouted and retreated from the mortal realm, but he didn't expect Zhang Emperor Xin to be so quick-witted. At that moment, his white robe in front of his chest was already torn open several inches!

  "Damn it! My name is not something you can call out!" Zhang Emperor Xin succeeded, but his mouth did not spare anyone. The golden brick in his hand smashed out again. That person saw that the prince actually had some skills and was truly surprised in his heart. At this point, he didn't dare to slack off. The silver light flew around him, protecting himself in the middle.

  "Boom!" A dull thud, the man's silver light retracted to such an impact, and he actually trembled. With this one move, Zhang Emperor Xin knew that although this person's cultivation was far superior to his own, compared to Shi Ji, there was a great deficiency. Taking advantage of the man's surprise, he immediately brought out the Nine Dragon God Fire Cover.

  The Nine Dragon God Fire Shield emerged, and the entire sky was filled with a blaze of flames. Nine scarlet dragons rose into the air, and in an instant, they enveloped that person inside!

  "Your Majesty, stop! This man is the Silver General of the Heavenly Realm!" Just as Zhang Emperor was about to bring out the Samadhi True Fire, he suddenly heard Li Jing shouting loudly in the palace, "There must be some misunderstanding, there must be some misunderstanding!"

  The Silver Dollar Heaven was already frightened by the Nine Dragon God Fire, and when he heard Li Jing plead for mercy, he immediately put down his heart and wiped away the sweat on his forehead: "Brother Li Jing saved me, this Son of Heaven is an imposter!"

  Human Emperor, originally an ordinary person, if cultivated, wouldn't the world have one more immortal emperor? This goes against common sense and heavenly principles. Therefore, if one is to be an emperor, they should not cultivate the Way of Immortality. Even if they do, most are only peeking at a thread of truth, achieving the Golden Elixir cultivation at best. Not to mention someone like Zhang Emperor Xin, who has such a treasure.

  "Silver... Silver Coin Heaven, this is indeed a great merchant heaven!" Li Jing hastily rushed over, but in his heart he grumbled, why did he go wherever he went, and wherever he went there was trouble, how could people be so unlucky.

  Xingyuan Tian heard this and felt ashamed, knowing he was no match for the other. To save his life, he didn't dare say more and directly paid respects: "General Xingyuan, at your service, Your Majesty."

  "This world, still the one with the bigger fist is more useful," Zhang Emperor Xin thought to himself, and then put away the Nine Dragon God Fire Shield. This person was from the Heavenly Realm, if he were injured, it would likely be disadvantageous for the Great Merchant: "The senior is being polite, but this young king doesn't understand reality, and instead lacks education."

  Yin Yuan Tian heard this and knew that Zhang Emperor was hinting at him, but he couldn't match his skills, so he could only smile and say: "Your Majesty's divine power is not something a minor path like mine can compare to!"

  After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the two men sat down in the palace with awkward smiles. After a long while, Li Jing saw that it was getting very late and wanted to take his leave. The other two did not try to retain him, and he left as he pleased.

  "What brings you here, Upper Immortal?" Zhang Emperor Xin poured a bowl of clear tea and asked distractedly. Xinyuan Tian smiled and said: "Your Majesty has just ascended to the throne, I'm afraid you don't know that every year in Shang Dynasty, we offer sacrifices to the Heavenly Realm, also for the sake of protecting the people's fortune and granting the mountains and rivers eternal prosperity."

  This person came to collect gifts, but unexpectedly, they already had them now. Zhang Emperor Xin felt displeased in his heart: "But I don't know how much this gift is worth?"

  "Hahaha... The Grand Marshal is indeed carrying out the will of heaven, and cannot be careless. However, the emperor's benevolence is also limited to a small number of people. Please take a look at this, Your Majesty." Yin Yuantian said as he handed over a silk scroll. Zhang Emperor Xin took one glance at the opening lines and furrowed his brow. The items listed were ordinary, but the quantities were enormous. Even if they exhausted the national treasury, it would be difficult to gather everything.

  Yuan Tian was about to see Zhang Di Xin's expression, and lightly sipped a mouthful of tea, saying: "This is just a trivial matter, even if you work hard for three to five years, it should be done, Your Majesty, why are you frowning?"

  "The grass grows green before the tomb, and the withered wood counts several springs. What is the noise of domestic animals, disturbing the people of the world?" Laboring for three to five years can be done, but these three to five years, for an immortal, may be just a blink of an eye, yet for ordinary people, it's a distant eternity. Zhang Emperor Xin heard this and his heart, which had just calmed down, was stirred up again.

  Yin Yuan Tian's expression changed as soon as he heard Zhang Emperor Xin's rebuke, his face also turned cold. He stood up and said: "This is the order of the Supreme Ruler of Heaven, all the merchants of past dynasties have followed it. Your Majesty's words are afraid of being disrespectful to heaven, if the Supreme Ruler blames us, the common people of the four directions will be hard to bear."

  "Oh? Since that's the case, then I won't accept it." Indeed, it was a mouse's nature to remember eating but not being beaten. Just now, after a round of collection, they couldn't even last three sentences. Zhang Emperor raised an eyebrow and closed his eyes, saying, "We lowly people, how can we offer inferior food to Heaven? It would be better to give it to livestock. At least when collecting taxes, there will still be one or two taels of silver, and fewer worthless goods to bother with."

  "You... you're a good one, Emperor Xin! You're a great merchant emperor! Don't think that just because you don't drink the toast, you can avoid the penalty wine. You've gone down the same path as Emperor Yi!" As soon as Tianjiang finished speaking, he knew he had misspoken. When Emperor Xin heard the name "Emperor Yi", he suddenly stood up: "You'd better explain yourself!"

  Yin Yuan Tian was taken aback for a moment, and forced out a smile: "Di Yi has returned to heaven, and the Heavenly Emperor is also greatly saddened..."

  "Shut up! You tell me about the previous king!" Zhang Emperor Xin stretched out his hand to grab Xinyuan Tian, but unexpectedly, his hand slipped and only a piece of clothing was left on the ground. The person had already disappeared without a trace!

  "Emperor Xin! If you surrender, it's fine. But if you don't, don't blame the heavens for not helping!" From mid-air, the voice of Tian Yuan, the heavenly general, came through. Zhang Emperor Xin was even more furious. What a great heaven, what a great god! The disasters in the lower realm are invisible to the people, but the plunder is not reduced by a single point. Truly a good heavenly court, truly a good god!

  Yin Yuan Tian said as before, don't take the old path of Emperor Yi, but it was unexpected by Zhang Di Xin, could it be that the death of the former king still had an unclear relationship with the heavenly court?

  If heaven does not bless me, then I will bless myself. Emperor Xin does not believe in the heavenly way, and even if he changes his mind, what can be done? Emperor Xin has made up his mind, this time the heavenly ritual is not to be offered again.

  "Your Majesty, but I don't know what happened in the palace?" Just as Yin Yuan had left, Wen Zhong hurried over and Zhang Di Xin told him everything that had happened earlier. In his heart, he thought that Wen Taishi was always late to the scene, only arriving after everything was over.

  Hear the prime minister pondered for a moment, and after a long time slowly opened his mouth: "Your Majesty's actions may be too much. Since the sacred Tang ancestors, they have been extremely particular about etiquette. The previous sacrifices have already gone against the will of heaven. If this continues, I fear..."

  Hearing what Zhong said, Zhang Emperor Xin didn't take it to heart. If we say it's the will of heaven, isn't that divine list also the will of heaven? The Supreme Ruler of the Vast Heaven ordered the twelve fairy leaders to surrender, so the three religions were discussed together and this list was established. Originally, it was a battle for the immortals, but it involved the innocent people on earth, and the slaughter was borne by innocent people. If this is the will of heaven, then we can abandon this unkind heaven!

  "Since you are not Heaven, how do you know the will of Heaven? If the vast Heaven is not Heaven, how do you know the will of Heaven is not?" Zhang Emperor Xin quoted from Zhuangzi's Autumn Floods to answer. Wen Zhong listened and felt it was extremely profound, unable to respond for a moment, so he furrowed his brow tightly and said, "What is called the will of Heaven is merely one person's will; as for the true will of Heaven, who can know?"

  Although Wen Zhong did not understand, he also nodded in agreement. Zhang Emperor Xin knew that saying more would be useless and did not expect Old Master Wen to understand his thoughts. He asked again: "Old Master Wen, how is the matter entrusted by Zi Xin earlier?"

  "The task you entrusted to me, I completed yesterday." Upon hearing this, Wen Zhong hastily replied, "If Your Majesty hadn't mentioned it, I almost forgot. This time I came here, was precisely to ask Your Majesty to take a walk and observe the teaching grounds."

  "Good! Good! Good!" Zhang Di Xin shouted three good words, Wen Zhong although was a bit late, but he handled things very quickly, this matter, can be considered as his first backup against the heavens!

  Don't be angry, today's update was indeed late, sorry, sorry, it won't be like this tomorrow.