Chapter 28: I Am the Heaven

  The Xining Empire has been plagued by war in recent years, and the crops that the people have worked hard to grow are often taken away by bandits or soldiers, leaving the people of the Xining Empire in a state of utmost misery.

  But that's not all, as the saying goes, "when it rains, it pours." Now in this chaotic world that has reached its peak, the Xining Empire has also suffered three years of natural disasters amidst the flames of war.

  What a blow this is!

  The disaster in the first year was a flood, and countless people were drowned by the floodwaters. At that time, the officials of the Xining Empire worked hard to divert the waters, barely preventing the imperial capital from being affected.

  That year, countless soldiers and officers died just for the sake of fighting, let alone ordinary civilians...

  The consequences are extremely severe. Just as the flood disaster of the first year had just ended, people had not yet caught their breath when they discovered that something was wrong again. It turned out that after sending off the flood disaster, a great drought began for two years.

  In the face of drought, there is a widespread rumor among local people that originally, the Dragon King's flood was just a warning to the ruling officials of the imperial court. However, the imperial court did not know to sit down and reflect on its own mistakes, but instead went against the Dragon King's will to carry out anti-flood projects. As a result, the Dragon King became angry and vowed never to send another drop of water to punish the rulers.

  ……

  At that time, Ye Xuan heard this rumor and could only smile helplessly, because as a person from the future, Ye Xuan naturally knew that this was just a superstitious idea. The common people couldn't find the reason for these things, so they attributed them to the will of heaven in order to gain psychological comfort.

  However, Ye Xuan was also helpless in the face of this situation, because at that time it was still the era of cold weapons, and humans' understanding of these basic phenomena was still too little, and for the time being, they could not change this concept.

  ……

  This is not to beg for rain, the ordinary people are no exception. Today's heavy drought has caused cracks in the ground, and many corn stalks that have just grown over half a foot tall are about to wither away. If it doesn't rain in a few more days, all the crops will be dead.

  Then everyone chipped in to build a Dragon King Temple, and again chipped in to buy some offerings. Every day someone had to worship on time.

  At that time, Ye Xuan heard this news and was extremely angry. What's the point of worshiping this broken dragon king? The land he had worked hard to cultivate was being wasted by these ignorant people.

  Ye Xuan immediately stood up with a loud noise, wanting to stop him. Unexpectedly, Zhuge Yu pulled Ye Xuan back and shook his head. After being stopped by Zhuge Yu, Ye Xuan also calmed down, knowing that this kind of thing could only be done slowly and couldn't be rushed.

  Ye Xuan let out a sigh, turned around and returned to his seat, asking: "Sir, how could I not know that this kind of thing can't be stopped by me, Ye Xuan? After all, it's a matter of faith. But I also can't just watch them waste food like that! To be honest, I really want to demolish the Dragon King Temple!"

  Zhuge Yu remained unmoved, smiled slightly, and then said: "General, don't worry, the mountain man has a wonderful plan. The Dragon King Temple indeed needs to be demolished, but not now, please ask the general to wait for three days."

  Ye Xuan looked at Zhuge Yu's confident gaze and nodded: "Then I'll have to trouble you, sir."

  ……

  For three days, Ye Xuan watched as people went to the Dragon King Temple every day with pigs, sheep and other offerings to pray for rain. However, there wasn't a single cloud in the sky, and no matter how hard they prayed, the Dragon King refused to show his spirit. In fact, he didn't even react at all.

  Watching fellow villagers constantly throwing money into the temple, I feel heartbroken and often mutter to myself: "These fools, what's the point of those coins? Begging the Dragon King is useless, why don't they think of other ways?"

  But Ye Xuan's words were completely unheard, and even if someone had heard them, they probably wouldn't have paid attention.

  Watching everyone come to offer sacrifices every day, coming to kowtow every day, the offerings are more and more expensive every day, making Ye Xuan dizzy for several days.

  On the second night, Ye Xuan looked at Longwang Temple with a cold smile and said: "Hehe, you can only be arrogant for one day. Tomorrow, watch me smash you to pieces! If I don't, I'll write the word 'king' upside down!"

  At this time, Ye Dashao's hatred for the Dragon King Temple had reached a boiling point, to the extent of being mad with rage. Who allowed the Dragon King Temple to do nothing and yet still be higher than his status as a savior?

  ……

  Ye Xuan couldn't sit still until the third day and ran to Zhuge Yu early in the morning, asking: "Sir, what's your plan?"

  However, Zhuge Yu just smiled and didn't say a word, only pulling Ye Xuan to drink tea and chat about family matters, without mentioning the matter of the Dragon King Temple at all.

  Ye Xuan looked at Zhuge Yu's behavior and knew that this rascal was pretending to be mysterious, but the timing wasn't right yet. Thinking of this, Ye Xuan also calmed down.

  Kai and Zhuge Yulang started a family quarrel, without mentioning the destruction of the Dragon King Temple.

  Zhuge Yu saw Ye Xuan instantly calm down and couldn't help but look at him with admiration, secretly feeling satisfied that he hadn't misjudged the person.

  ……

  The two of them chatted until the afternoon, when Zhuge Yu slowly raised his head to glance at the sky outside, and then revealed a faint smile as he said: "Alright, General, now that the timing is ripe, you can take your men to smash the Dragon King Temple. However, one thing for the General to remember is that it doesn't matter how many people the General brings, but the General must personally smash the temple."

  Looking at Zhuge Yu's smiling face, Ye Xuan suddenly seemed to understand something, nodded his head and said: "Really thank you so much, sir."

  As he walked to the door, Ye Xuan looked at the dragonflies flying outside and saw that their height was already very low, which was a sign that it was about to rain.

  Yè Xuān's expression was indeed as expected, and he turned his back to Zhūgě Yǔ, asking: "It seems that Mr. is really all-knowing and all-powerful, even the weather can be predicted so accurately."

  Zhu Ge Yu smiled slightly behind Ye Xuan's back and said, "I'm ashamed."

  ……

  When they heard that Ye Xuan was going to take the two of them to smash the Dragon King Temple, Sun Yu and Chen Fei were also very excited. Chen Fei even shouted with glee: "Haha, damn it! We spent so much money to offer sacrifices to this dragon king, but this stupid dragon king didn't even bat an eyelid! If big brother hadn't stopped me, I would have smashed this crappy temple a long time ago! Now we finally have the chance to vent our anger! Haha!"

  Sun Yu also smiled slightly and asked: "Hehe, does Big Brother Bi think it will rain today after destroying the Dragon King Temple?"

  Ye Xuan didn't say a word, just smiled and walked towards the Dragon King Temple. It wasn't until the three brothers were about to arrive at the temple that Ye Xuan chuckled and said:

  "I want these common people to know that I, Ye Xuan, am the heavens!"