Bringing the farm to another world

Chapter 16237 Punishment (Part 1)

Ding Chunming was right. No one knows how many gods they will encounter after their ascension. That's why Zhao Hai and the others have been staying here to improve their strength. They are preparing for their ascension so that they won't be overwhelmed by gods after their ascension. If things really come to that, it will be too late to regret it.

Chang Jun and the others all nodded. After chatting for a while, they dispersed. Chang Jun also told Xu Ying to leave and prepare to deal with the attacks from the aristocratic families and sects.

After returning to the Myriad Laws Sect, Xu Ying immediately took action. He gathered some of the sect's experts and they returned together to the sect's headquarters. At the same time, he told the people in the various temples of the Myriad Laws Sect about their plan. He also made it clear to them that if they stayed there, they would be waiting to die. When the powerful families and sects attacked them, they would surely perish. If any of them did not want to die, they could return to their sects now so that they would not have to die.

However, none of those people returned. For the disciples of the Blood Slaughter Sect, what did it matter if they died once? They could be resurrected repeatedly, so dying once really didn't matter. Moreover, they could even receive some rewards from the sect for dying once, so they were truly not afraid of death.

It was precisely because of this that Xu Ying and her group made arrangements very smoothly. They finished quickly, and outsiders did not notice the changes in the Myriad Laws Cult at all.

The aristocratic families and sects were also searching for Xu Ying and his group, but since the Wanfa Divine Sect was attacked, they had simply disappeared. The aristocratic families and sects assumed that Xu Ying and his group were frightened by the previous incident and had gone into hiding, so they didn't pay much attention. In their view, the Wanfa Divine Sect had only been established for a short time, so they certainly wouldn't have any secret bases. Therefore, Xu Ying and his group must be hiding in that temple. As long as they destroyed all the temples of the Wanfa Divine Sect, they would definitely be able to find Xu Ying and his group.

In truth, neither the aristocratic families nor the sects held the Myriad Laws Divine Sect in high regard. After all, the Myriad Laws Divine Sect had been established for too short a time. Although it had gained some advantages in its previous struggles with the Creation Divine Sect, most of the time, it was only when the Creation Divine Sect was fighting against other people that it managed to take advantage of the Creation Divine Sect. It can be said that apart from the final battle where everyone attacked the Creation Divine Sect together, the Myriad Laws Divine Sect had not really fought any tough battles. Therefore, they naturally looked down on the strength of the Myriad Laws Divine Sect.

The powerful families and sects also knew that they couldn't wait too long. The longer things dragged on, the greater the chance that the Myriad Laws Divine Sect would receive the news. In fact, what they were mainly guarding against was not the Myriad Laws Divine Sect, but the royal family. They were very clear that the royal family had placed people in all the sects and powerful families. If they delayed for too long, the royal family might receive news that they were going to deal with the Myriad Laws Divine Sect, and then things would change. Therefore, they had to act as soon as possible.

Five days after Gongsun Xing and Qingxuan had agreed, they were all ready. All the aristocratic families and sects had sent their experts to the cities of the Myriad Laws Temple that they were going to attack, and they were already prepared to launch the attack.

They also knew that the most important thing in attacking the Myriad Laws Cult was to break the Myriad Laws Cult's Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation. They had to break the Myriad Laws Cult's Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation and kill the people of the Myriad Laws Cult within one night. Otherwise, once the royal family reacted, they would definitely support the Myriad Laws Cult, and then they would have no choice but to retreat. They could not afford to break ties with the royal family now.

However, they learned from their previous mistakes. They discovered that breaking the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation of the Myriad Laws Divine Sect was not an easy task. Even with the formation-breaking talismans, it was not guaranteed that the formation could be broken in a short time. Therefore, this time they came up with a method to break the formation quickly. This method was actually very simple: to use the formation-breaking talismans in a concentrated manner. In the past, they used the formation-breaking talismans in a scattered manner, with everyone lining up in a horizontal row and throwing the talismans out together. Although the talismans were useful, they were applied to different points in the formation. This was not very effective against a tortoise-like formation like the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation. Otherwise, the people of the five great families would not have taken several days to break the defensive formation at the headquarters of the Myriad Laws Divine Sect.

But what if they used their formation-breaking talismans together? That is, everyone used their formation-breaking talismans towards a single target point, so that all the talismans would act on the same point, and perhaps they could break the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation at once.

That's why all those people from aristocratic families and sects carried a large number of formation-breaking talismans with them this time.

Night fell quickly, and all the powerful families and sects were ready. Once it was completely dark, they began their attack. The members of each family and sect rushed to the Temple of Ten Thousand Laws to launch an attack. However, as soon as they attacked the Temple of Ten Thousand Laws, the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation immediately appeared. The families and sects were already prepared, and they immediately sprang into action. The attackers gathered together and then threw out formation-breaking talismans. All the formation-breaking talismans had the same target, attacking one place at a time.

With a loud bang, the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation actually broke open. This surprised the Blood Slaughter Sect disciples. They then attacked the disciples from the aristocratic families and sects, who immediately retaliated. The two sides fought back and forth in a very lively battle.

The Blood Slaughter Sect disciples weren't particularly strong, none of them reaching the Kingdom level, so they quickly found themselves at a disadvantage. However, these Blood Slaughter Sect disciples were prepared to die; in their battles against the disciples of the aristocratic families and sects, they chose to perish together with them. This tactic resulted in heavy losses for the disciples of the aristocratic families and sects. A night passed in this manner, and by the next morning, all the disciples in all the temples of the Myriad Laws Divine Sect were dead, including many Kingdom-level experts.

However, those aristocratic families and sects were not happy. They knew Xu Ying and what Zhao Hai looked like, but among those who died in the battle of the Myriad Laws Divine Sect, neither Xu Ying nor Zhao Hai were there. Moreover, although a lot of Myriad Laws Divine Sect disciples died in this battle, the proportion of kingdom-level experts among them seemed to be too small.

Although the aristocratic families and sects looked down on the Myriad Laws Divine Sect, thinking their strength was mediocre, they still knew the general strength of the Myriad Laws Divine Sect because the sect had fought alongside them against the Creation Divine Sect before. The Myriad Laws Divine Sect had quite a few kingdom-level experts. However, when they attacked the Myriad Laws Divine Sect this time, they found that there were very few kingdom-level experts among them. In addition, they did not see Zhao Hai and Xu Ying, which made them immediately realize that all the experts of the Myriad Laws Divine Sect had hidden themselves, and they did not know where they were hiding.

The aristocratic families and sects had considered using soul-searching to find Xu Ying and Zhao Hai, but they quickly discovered that this method was simply not feasible. The Myriad Laws Divine Sect was also a sect, and its members would simply turn into a white light and disappear after death, leaving no trace of their bodies, let alone soul-searching. Therefore, they truly obtained no clues whatsoever.

Gongliang Juewen only received the news the next day. When he heard that all the temples of the Myriad Laws Sect had been destroyed, his face immediately darkened. With a bang, he slammed his desk in front of him to pieces, and then said coldly, "What do they want to do? Aristocratic families and sects, how dare they attack the Myriad Laws Sect? Do they even respect me, the emperor? I think they are courting death. Issue an order to summon Gongsun Xing and Qingxuan to see me, now, immediately!"

The eunuch responded and immediately went to relay the order, while Gongliang Juewen sat there quietly, his face frosty. The eunuch carefully cleaned up the debris from the previous desk and brought in a new one. Throughout this process, Gongliang Juewen remained seated with his eyes closed, not moving an inch.

Within half an hour, a palace attendant entered the room, bowed to Gongliang Juewen, and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Gongsun Xing and Daoist Qingxuan are waiting for your orders outside."

"Let them in."

The eunuch responded and then turned and left the room. A moment later, Gongsun Xing and Qingxuan entered the room, which was Gongliang Juewen's study. It was not very large, and Gongliang Juewen sat behind his desk with a frosty expression.

The two men quickly bowed to Gongliang Juewen and said, "Greetings, Your Majesty."

Gongliang Juewen glanced at the two men, then snorted and said, "You two have done something quite remarkable. Without my order, you dared to attack the Myriad Laws Divine Sect. Don't you know that the Myriad Laws Divine Sect also played a significant role in annihilating the Creation Divine Sect? They have rendered meritorious service to the country, yet you dare to attack them? You have quite the audacity."

Gongliang Juewen didn't shout or yell, but his face was full of frost, and his eyes were as cold as solid ice.

Gongsun Xing and Qingxuan immediately knelt down. Gongsun Xing said, "Your Majesty, it is not that we want to take action against the Myriad Laws Divine Sect. It is just that the people of the Myriad Laws Divine Sect have gone too far. They have attacked court officials without cause and have long harbored rebellious intentions. It is precisely because of this that we have taken action against the Myriad Laws Divine Sect. We are worried that another Creation Divine Sect may appear. Please forgive us, Your Majesty."

Qingxuan remained silent and knelt there alongside Gongsun Xing. Gongliang Juewen looked at the two of them, his expression growing even more grim. He looked at Gongsun Xing and said in a deep voice, "Gongsun Xing, although you are the Prime Minister of the Empire, you have gone too far this time. You have mobilized a large army without cause to deal with the Myriad Laws Cult, and without my permission. It seems you don't want to be Prime Minister anymore. Guards, issue an edict to strip Gongsun Xing of his position as Prime Minister and never employ him again."