I am a boss in the world of nine uncles

evening.

Shen Gongbao secretly sneaked back to the Xiqi Palace alone. After a careful search, he found no trace of Jiang Ziya and the others, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"They're gone." Suddenly, a voice rang out from behind.

Shen Gongbao was so frightened that he flew into the air, his scalp tingling as if it were about to explode. Only when he saw that the person approaching was Lei Zhenzi did his fear subside.
"Nephew, this person is terrifying, absolutely terrifying!"

Lei Zhenzi said indifferently, "I did not deliberately hide my whereabouts."

In fact, he was holding a grudge.

At that time, when Jiang Ziya and others broke into the palace, he was guarding his mother in the inner palace.

It was thought that Ji Fa and the others would fight bravely to defend their home and country, but who would have thought that this group of people would just run away.

If Jiang Ziya and his men had not chosen to leave, but instead had brazenly settled in the palace, how would Mother have coped?
If Ji Fa did not consider this point, then he would be unfilial.

If Ji Fa had considered this point but still chose to flee, it would be an act of extreme filial impiety!

That's why he harbored resentment, resentment towards Ji Fa, and also resentment towards Shen Gongbao before him...

Shen Gongbao was adept at reading people's expressions and immediately sensed the resentment in his words. He said gently, "Lei Zhenzi, are you blaming us for temporarily avoiding the limelight?"

Lei Zhenzi sneered, "If you're going to run away, just say you're running away. Why say you're temporarily avoiding the limelight?"

No, you're wrong.

Shen Gongbao said, "You need to understand one thing: Jiang Ziya's goal is to capture the ruler, not to destroy Xiqi."

Given his character, he would never implicate the innocent.

Didn't you see? When he killed Qin Wan and Zhao Jiang, he kept giving them opportunities, let alone the women and children in the palace?

And as I predicted, after the ruler departed, Jiang Ziya also turned and left.

Lei Zhenzi said, "Sophistry!"

“This is not sophistry, it is the truth,” Shen Gongbao said emphatically. “No one knows Jiang Ziya better than me, so in the end I won the bet.”

Lei Zhenzi: "..."

He wanted to say something more, but the reality was that Jiang Ziya did not harm any innocent people.

"Go and prepare the incense table and offerings. I will go and fetch the emperor." Before he could raise any further questions, Shen Gongbao changed the subject.

Lei Zhenzi asked in surprise, "Why are you preparing an incense table and offerings so late at night?"

"Your Majesty must offer sacrifices to Heaven to seek divine help and borrow the power of Heaven to weaken Jiang Ziya. If Jiang Ziya is not weakened, we have no way to survive." Shen Gongbao responded, and his body instantly turned into light and disappeared.

Lei Zhenzi: "???"

Can sacrificing to heaven weaken Jiang Ziya?
Isn't this a bit outrageous?
A short while later.

It was the middle of the night.

Ji Fa and the immortals returned to the palace. Immediately, the imperial guards went out and forcibly opened the gates of the officials' residences, waking all the sleeping officials and conveying the emperor's order for them to return to court.

The officials of Xiqi were exhausted and confused. They were forced to enter the palace, only to find an altar standing in front of the court hall amidst the light of countless torches. The king, dressed in royal robes, stood on the altar with his entourage, creating an indescribably eerie atmosphere.

It was the fourth watch of the night.

All the officials had finally arrived. Ji Fa stood behind the offering table, facing the astonished and uncertain officials, and said in a deep voice:

"Even if you didn't witness yesterday's battle, you must have heard about it. Now I'm telling you clearly, yes, I am Ji Fa!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the courtiers were in an uproar.

Although this rumor has long been ingrained in people's minds, whether the emperor acknowledges it or not is a completely different matter.

Even if the emperor doesn't acknowledge it, they will still regard him as the eldest son, no matter what they think in their hearts.

If the ruler has admitted it, then no matter what they think in their hearts, the ruler is a traitor.

"When officials force the people to rebel, the people have no choice but to rebel; when the ruler commands the subject to die, the subject has no choice but to fight."

King Zhou was determined to kill me, so I had no choice but to raise the banner of resistance against the tyrannical Shang dynasty.

I, Ji Fa, hereby declare that from this day forward, I will inherit my father's mantle, proclaim myself King Wu, and rule over Xiqi. Which of my ministers agrees, and which opposes?

Ji Fa suddenly drew his sword from his waist, his tiger-like eyes filled with a captivating aura as he swept his gaze across the assembled officials below the stage.

Looking at the Imperial Guards around him, Nangong Shi, as the head of the military officers, stepped forward first and said, "I agree."

"I agree!" The generals shouted as soon as the words were spoken.

The civil official leader, San Yisheng, immediately bowed and said, "Greetings, King Wu."

"Greetings, King Wu!" all the civil officials shouted in unison.

"Greetings, King Wu!" The military officers followed suit and kowtowed.

A pleased smile appeared on Ji Fa's face, and he raised his hand, saying, "My lords, you may rise."

The civil and military officials rose one after another, and San Yisheng said, "Your Majesty, have you found a way to deal with Jiang Ziya?"

Everyone with discerning eyes knows that Jiang Ziya is now the mountain weighing on the king's head. Without removing this mountain, the king cannot even play the card of purging the court of corrupt officials.

Ji Fa nodded slightly: "I will first offer a sacrifice to Heaven, and then we can discuss this matter in detail."

"Yes, sir." San Yisheng bowed and accepted the order.

Ji Fa let out a long breath, then took out the long sacrificial text that Shen Gongbao had written for him and shouted it out loud in the night wind.

The wisps of incense smoke acted as a conduit for his voice, carrying it from the mortal realm to the highest heavens, where it resonated in the ears of a man in golden robes.

Upon hearing the words "Emperor King," the man in golden robes' eyes lit up. With a flick of his sleeve, he produced a divine mirror that drew in incense offerings from the mortal realm, reflecting the scene of the Xiqi Royal Palace...

Finally, after listening to Ji Fa's request, the man in golden robes pondered for a moment, then suddenly emitted a golden light that rapidly descended to the lower realm.

In an instant, the golden light descended above the palace, transforming into a golden dragon phantom that was forcefully injected into Ji Fa's body.

Ji Fa's eyes suddenly flashed with dazzling golden light, and his body soared into the air. He could feel powerful forces flowing through his meridians...

"A true dragon! Your Majesty is a true dragon emperor!" Shen Gongbao exclaimed with wild joy.

"Greetings, Son of Heaven!" Under the leadership of the two leaders, the civil and military officials kowtowed once again.

Sensing the terrifying power within his body, Ji Fa couldn't help but feel a surge of ambition and pride: "From this day forward, Xiqi shall be established as the Zhou Dynasty, and I shall be the Emperor, King Wu of Zhou."

The assembled officials bowed twice, and none of them disobeyed.

After all, the golden dragon was real, which showed that their Martial King had indeed been recognized by Heaven.

at the same time.

The Jade Emperor raised his hand to form a seal and silently retrieved the Heaven-Opening Axe.

To his astonishment, the connection between himself and the Heaven-Opening Axe had been severed!
"Such a thing actually happened..."

The Jade Emperor muttered to himself, then pointed the Jade Mirror at Qishan, his gaze fixed on Jiang Ziya within, as if trying to see through him.

No matter how he looked at him, there was nothing unusual about Jiang Ziya, nor could he find the Heaven-Opening Axe that the other party had hidden...

At the summit of Qishan Mountain.

Qin Yao was closely watching the direction of the royal palace when he suddenly sensed the karmic fire lotus in the sacred realm manifesting on its own. Looking inward, he saw the spy and the divine mirror floating in the air within the red light.

"Lord Jiang, shouldn't we do something?" Daji asked beside him. Qin Yao withdrew his consciousness from the Holy Realm and calmly said, "Go back to Chaoge and tell the King about this matter in detail. Ask the King to make it public to the world and definitively label Ji Fa as a traitorous minister."

Daji paused slightly, then said, "What I mean is, let's just storm the palace. Anyway, with the Heaven-Opening Axe in hand, no formation can stop us."

"We can disregard Ji Fa's dignity, but we cannot disregard the Great Emperor Haotian's dignity," Qin Yao said tactfully.

The main reason was that he was certain that if he took out the Heaven-Opening Axe now, Haotian would definitely take action to seize the divine weapon.

If Haotian were to pass the Heaven-Opening Axe to Ji Fa, who was so eager to claim kinship, wouldn't he have to swallow his pride and bear the consequences?
In the nine heavens.

After hearing these remarks through the Haotian Mirror, the Jade Emperor quietly abandoned his idea of ​​personally appearing to demand the gift. After pondering for a moment, he hesitated between going to find the Primordial Celestial Venerable and the Dao Ancestor, but in the end, he still flew to the Zixiao Palace.

The Primordial Celestial Venerable is too protective of his own. He went directly to their door like that, and there will inevitably be some wrangling. In the end, it's uncertain whether he will be able to take back the divine axe.

On the contrary, if you go to the Dao Ancestor, he will protect you, and he will definitely not let you suffer any loss.

half an hour.

Just when Qin Yao thought this matter would end like this, the Heaven-Opening Axe placed in his Holy Realm suddenly tore through space and time with a single blow, and was then instantly sucked into the space-time rift.

Before he could even react, the Heaven-Opening Axe had already vanished...

Qin Yao's lips twitched at this, and he almost cursed out loud.

He knew very well that, looking across the Three Realms and Six Paths, only the Heavenly Dao Hongjun could do this.

Haotian actually went to the Dao Ancestor for the sake of his adopted son, forcibly interfering with the great calamity; it's simply outrageous.

However, this also shows how much importance Haotian attaches to demoting the Human King to the Son of Heaven; Ji Fa, that brat, has also won the favor of Heaven...

In the blink of an eye.

The sky was bright.

Yang Jian gripped his three-pointed double-edged sword tightly, his gaze fixed on the Xiqi Royal Palace. He exclaimed with delight, "Lord Jiang, the altar has been removed!"

Before he could finish speaking, a sudden gust of wind whipped up a cloud of dust that enveloped the entire palace.

Yang Jian asked in surprise, "The Ten Heavenly Lords actually dare to set up an array? Aren't they afraid of death?"

“It’s not that they’re not afraid of death, but that they know the Jade Emperor has taken away the Heaven-Opening Axe,” Qin Yao replied.

Everyone was shocked, and Yang Jiao couldn't help but ask, "When did this happen?"

"Just last night when Ji Fa offered sacrifices to the heavens, the Jade Emperor did indeed give this Son of Heaven a great deal of face," Qin Yao said.

Everyone: "..."

"How could the Jade Emperor so openly help Ji Fa?" Huang Tianhua was dissatisfied and full of complaints.

Qin Yao said, "This is just the beginning. Just watch, similar things will definitely happen a lot more in the future. Unless..."

“Unless what?” Nezha asked.

"Unless our king also calls himself the Son of Heaven and lowers his status," Qin Yao replied.

Everyone was speechless.

"Without the Heaven-Opening Axe, we might still be able to break this Ten Deadly Formations."

Yang Jian silently gripped the hilt of his sword and said in a deep voice, "Lord Jiang, I request permission to go and explore the formation."

Qin Yao waved his hand: "No need to probe anymore, you definitely won't come out if you go in."

This formation is called the Howling Wind Formation. The gale within the formation is not ordinary wind, but rather the innate divine wind from the elements of earth, wind, water, and fire.

Once the wind blows, it feels like a thousand blades cutting into your skin; even someone with indestructible strength would find it unbearable.

Yang Jian then asked, "How can we break this formation?"

Qin Yao pondered for a moment and said, "Let me think about it."

In the original novel of Investiture of the Gods, the key item for breaking the wind and howling formation is the Wind-Fixing Pearl, as only this divine pearl can restrain the innate divine wind.

In the TV series "The Investiture of the Gods," some changes were made, and the tool for breaking the formation was changed to the Wind and Thunder Cone.

The so-called Wind and Thunder Cone is made by refining Lei Zhenzi's Wind and Thunder Staff into a cone using the Golden Light Mirror, making it more penetrating.

The howling wind formation is like a giant wind bag; as long as you puncture this bag, you can break the formation...

"Huang Tianhua, Tu Xingsun." After thinking it over and over again, Qin Yao suddenly called out.

"Your subordinate is here." The two men clasped their hands in unison and said.

"Go to Jiuding Ironclad Mountain and borrow a Wind-Fixing Pearl from True Person Du'e," Qin Yao said.

He was unaware of the political leanings of the True Man Du'e in this world, which is why he decided to send two people to give it a try.

"Yes, sir." The two Chan Sect immortals bowed and accepted the order, then quickly flew out of Qishan.

Xiqi.

Inside the royal palace.

Having changed into a brand-new royal robe, Ji Fa summoned Shen Gongbao for a private audience. Upon meeting, he immediately spoke:

"Grand Master, although I know that the feudal lords of the world cannot decide the outcome, I do not want to face the situation of being condemned by thousands. Do you have any solutions?"

Shen Gongbao thought for a moment and said, "Yes, there is, but it would be too difficult for Your Majesty."

Ji Fa immediately said, "Please, Grand Master, offer your guidance."

Shen Gongbao pursed his lips and said, "If anything happens to King Wen or the eldest son in Chaoge, the moral and ethical pressure you face will be greatly reduced. In fact, you will even have a legitimate reason to take action in the future."

Ji Fa: "..."

Does this mean he's being asked to kill his father and brother?
“If you agree to do this, I’ll make the arrangements,” Shen Gongbao said in a low voice.

"No, I disagree with doing that."

Ji Fa resolutely said, "If my hands are stained with the blood of my father and brothers, what face do I have to be the Emperor and King Wu?"

Shen Gongbao nodded and said, "Your Majesty, I shall take my leave."

Ji Fa nodded slightly: "I have seen and remembered all the efforts that the Grand Preceptor has made during this period."

If, in the future, the tyrannical Shang dynasty is overthrown and the Zhou dynasty is established, the Grand Preceptor will surely share weal and woe with the Zhou dynasty and share power among humankind.

Shen Gongbao smiled, bowed and retreated, but as he turned around, he found Yuan Tianjun and Yuan Jiao, grasped their hands and said, "Master Yuan, now only you can help the King."

Yuan Jiao asked curiously, "What do you mean?"

Shen Gongbao said, "After Your Majesty establishes yourself as King Wu of Zhou, it will inevitably cause controversy throughout the world, not to mention the ironclad rule of the King of Men established by King Zhou in Xiqi."

This will inevitably lead to a decline in the king's reputation, or even a dramatic fall from grace.

The only way to improve the king's image now is for either Ji Chang or Boyi Kao to encounter trouble in Chaoge.

Yuan Jiao suddenly realized, then hesitated and asked, "Is this the King's intention?"

Shen Gongbao waved his hand and said meaningfully, "How could it be the king's idea? This is entirely my idea!"
However, if Yuan Tianjun can complete this task, I can report to the King that you have earned merit on his behalf, and that you will share wealth and honor with the Zhou Dynasty in the future, never to be forgotten!

Yuan Jiao understood immediately and laughed, "I will head to Xiqi right away and will certainly not fail the Grand...National Preceptor's trust!" (End of Chapter)