Chapter 1244: Chapter 748: The Human Emperor’s Family Has No Surplus Grain_2
This esteed official Lin, residing in the Imperial City, chose to give up lightly.
For so reason, upon hearing those righteous words, Feng Xi just felt a chill in her heart.
Expanding the situation privately… If not forced by circumstances, who would be foolish enough to offend the Three Immortals Sect and the Bodhi Sect!
The Dragon Subduing and Tiger Suppressing Bodhisattvas sit high above, rely waiting to share the Emperor’s Aura of your Divine Dynasty, enjoying an unknown amount of leisure.
“Heh.”
She shook her head, lost the interest to continue arguing, and just forcefully grabbed the morial and turned to leave the study.
Lin Shuya stared silently at the departing figure, then looked at his now empty hand. After a long ti, he smiled wryly and clenched his fingers tightly.
…
Late at night, outside the deepest courtyard of the Imperial City.
Feng Xi waited with Shen Yi at the spot. She turned around, sowhat embarrassed, and said, “It’s probably not necessary to wait until now for an audience. Perhaps His Majesty has just sobered up.”
Speaking of this, she was a bit annoyed herself.
Indeed, it’s fortunate that cultivators have long lifespans, most having joined the Demon Slayer Bureau long ago. Back then, the Human Emperor was still a Revival Lord, and everyone witnessed how diligent the Human Emperor was in those years.
Without this reputation to support him, given his current drunken appearance, it’s likely that many of the Demon Slayer Bureau’s strong mbers would have dispersed long ago.
“It’s fine.”
Shen Yi shook his head. Although he was eager to save his life, he didn’t mind waiting a day or so.
Moreover, although the Imperial City of the Divine Dynasty couldn’t compare to the Suru Mountain of those True Buddhas, it was still one of the safest places in the world.
“Ladies and gentlen, this way, please.”
Soon, a maid with a lantern ca out, leading the two towards the courtyard’s wine pool.
Shen Yi walked quietly. Compared to his last visit, he now had many speculations in his mind, and looking around felt like seeing things from a different perspective.
As the rich aroma of wine wafted in, Shen Yi slowly stood still and finally saw the back of the figure leaning by the wine pool again.
Beside it lay the morial that Feng Xi had just sent in; it was clear that the person had already read it.
There were no full courtiers around, not even Lin Shuya, who was present last ti, showed up. Apart from the retreating maid, only the three of them remained by the wine pool.
There was no attitude of treating a great ritorious official of the Divine Dynasty.
“You leave first. I want to talk alone with General Nanyang.”
The man in the wine pool waved his hand, directly dismissing Feng Xi as well.
“…”
Although Shen Yi didn’t care much for these ostentatious things, the scene before him was sowhat too casual, completely different from what he had imagined.
Feng Xi gave him a glance, both to calm him and to indicate that he should not speak rashly, then turned and left the wine pool courtyard.
“Co over, sit.”
The Human Emperor gently patted the egg-shaped stone beside him.
If it were soone else, they would inevitably demur a bit. After all, what kind of strange eting between sovereign and subject is this… even if granted a seat, at least bring a chair over.
However, although Shen Yi had experienced such a human dynasty, he had never truly delved deep into it, let alone understood any rules.
Since the other party had spoken, he stood silently for a mont before walking directly to the Human Emperor’s side and sitting on the ground.
“I’ve read the morial.”
The Human Emperor spoke lightly, finally turning his head. His flushed face appeared slightly old, revealing no striking features, just an ordinary old man.
His expression was sowhat complicated, with little joy, and then he threw out a puzzling question, “Do you think… if they haven’t personally experienced the slaughter, will they still trust those great sect cultivators in the future?”
With just one sentence, a cold light flashed in Shen Yi’s eyes.
One of his purposes for coming to the Imperial City this ti was to verify his suspicions, but he never expected this result to co so quickly, so abruptly.
This one sentence proved that the Human Emperor had long anticipated the current tragic state of the Divine Dynasty, and might even have personally instigated it.
“This is only our second eting, tonight is just casual talk, a joke, don’t take it to heart.”
The man waved his hand and laughed heartily.
Shen Yi’s eyes were instantly drawn to the gap in the man’s front teeth: “…”
The Human Emperor took the opportunity to bypass the previous topic, picking up the morial and patting it casually, “With these contributions of yours, I’m really at a loss. What should I reward you with?”
“I don’t know.”
Since Feng Xi left, the Human Emperor had dropped the self-referential term “I”, and Shen Yi also disliked those formalities. Moreover, after the earlier question, his tone beca slightly rigid.
“Logically, you deserve a promotion and a noble title. But several National Guardian Generals are not cultivators, they rely entirely on the Emperor’s Aura, and that’s how they have cultivation comparable to the Second Rank.”
The man scratched his head, “They are all mortals with limited lifespans, so I can entrust them with the Emperor’s Aura. But you’re different, judging by your trend, immortality is inevitable. Besides, the Emperor’s Aura is limited, if I give it to you, they would have to step aside, tsk.”
He patted his forehead, “How about this, I confer upon you the title of First Rank Divine Dynasty General… without the Emperor’s Aura, how’s that?”
“…”
Shen Yi could see that this so-called Human Emperor had no intention of discussing serious matters, still acting frivolously.
He fell silent for a mont, then stood up again.
“Hey!”
Seeing this, the Human Emperor finally put away his smile, clicked his tongue, and called Shen Yi while his cloudy eyes gradually cleared.
He raised the morial again and sighed, “Look at you, always in such a hurry… If we don’t talk about this, what shall we talk about? Your strange record?”
He ran his finger across the pages: “Although not ntioned here, look at this, the Bodhi Sect colluded to kill the general nad Wushan, it ntions a Fourth Grade Walker and a Fourth Grade Wolf Demon acting, does that resemble those monks’ usual behavior? This Fourth Grade Wolf Demon working for the Bodhi Sect, where is the Bodhisattva it surrendered to?”
“Did you just save that person?”
“And here, the Scripture Protection matter, slaying sixteen Fourth Grade Great Sect prodigies… did those Bodhisattvas and Immortal Venerables just watch you kill them? You clearly didn’t use the Divine Dynasty’s identity.”
“And, and here.”
He pointed to a trivial matter, “The White Cloud Cave was given horses by the Immortal Court, an Immortal Official descended, you investigated the White Cloud Cave for harming lives and exterminated them, what about the Immortal Official? Did he watch you kill them and then just leave?”
“It’s obvious, you’re not just our Divine Dynasty’s General of Southern Defense.”
The Human Emperor put down the morial and spread his hands carelessly, “In such a situation, do I dare reward you?”
“…”
Shen Yi raised an eyebrow and sat back down.
A man with such a clear mind certainly fits the title of Revival Lord.
So why would he disregard the lives of common people, even personally pushing them into the fire pit?
Seeing Shen Yi’s reaction, the Human Emperor suddenly smiled, “Of course I dare, because regardless of who you are, you saved the Southern Continent. As long as your heart is for the people, I don’t care what thods you use.”
He then sighed helplessly, “The issue is, I can’t afford to reward you. I have the Emperor’s Aura, but I can’t give it to you.”
He pointed to the huge stone pillar in the pool, “These things, I have an important use for them. How about this, you help yourself to the wine, drink as much as you can.”
Shen Yi looked in the direction of his finger, and in an instant, the previously calm wine pool transford.
It felt as if his eyes were pressed against the Red Sun, the intense gold light almost blinding him. In just a mont, his heart and mind shook, his Dao Fruit and Fruit Position trembled and threatened to crack.
It was fortunate that it lasted only a mont, and everything soon faded like a reflection in the water.
Shen Yi sat stiffly by the pool, not knowing how long it took for him to regain his senses.
That was the Emperor’s Aura! An amount beyond his understanding.
He suddenly looked at the Human Emperor.
He saw the man with his mouth wide open, revealing a missing front tooth as he laughed like a child showing off a precious toy to a friend.
But those eyes were full of deep aning.
He had a great use for these things!
Therefore, he couldn’t share even a bit.
“So, in the end, you just want to renege.” Shen Yi gathered himself and rolled his eyes.
Even he didn’t notice that although it was their second eting and the other was the sovereign of the world, under the man’s subtle guidance, all sense of alienation had vanished.
“Let’s discuss, use other things as compensation.” The man rubbed his hands and sighed, “The Human Imperial family has no surplus grain either.”
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