Starting from crossing the Fengshen

"Xiqi. Oh, I don't know how Sister Zhou Ji will react when the time comes."

Princess Longji sighed.

After spending these few years with Zhou Ji, she still admired her personality and character very much. She was virtuous, tolerant and generous, and was a perfect queen.

Yin Qi shook his head and said, "Zhou Ji has never done anything to offend me, so I will not take my anger out on her. With Yan Ran here first, she may be more receptive."

.........

Two days later.

The eastern suburbs of the city.

Yin Qi held a grand ceremony to offer sacrifices to the heavens to see off the two armies that were heading out on their expedition.

When the people saw four million elite troops ready to go and hundreds of warships floating in the sky, they were excited and cheered for the strength of the Shang Dynasty.

"Look, this is our Great Shang army. Too strong, really too strong. The lowest level of their cultivation is at the high level of the human realm, and all of them have standard mid-grade spiritual weapons. With such a strong army, there is no need to worry about the rebellion not being destroyed."

"This is all thanks to the king. If it weren't for the king who established the weapon refining industrial zone, it would be impossible to produce so many spiritual weapons. It's a pity that I can't even meet the requirements to join the army."

"What kind of warship is that? It has such a terrifying aura, it feels like the sky is pressing down on us."

……

Although Youzhou, Qingzhou, and Donglu rebelled, after seeing the powerful army of the Shang Dynasty, everyone felt relieved, but the spies from all parties looked solemn.

After the two armies set out, peace returned to the Shang Dynasty.

Those who should work should work, and those who should farm should farm.

After Huang Feihu and Ding Ce led their troops to the border, they did not attack rashly. Instead, they chose to build a defense line on the border like Wen Zhong, allowing the coalition forces of Dong Lu and Qingzhou to sweep across the various princes in the east.

Seeing that the situation was not good and realizing that they could not rely on the Shang Dynasty for the time being, these princes either took their property and clansmen and rushed to Chaoge for refuge through the teleportation array, or simply surrendered.

Most of those who sought refuge in Chaoge were members of the royal family.

Those who surrendered were basically princes of different surnames, or those who were five generations apart from the royal family.

Seeing that Yin Shang did not take any action and was building fortifications all day long, Jiang Huanchu and Fengyun Sect were somewhat puzzled, but they tacitly agreed not to attack Yin Shang, but instead accelerated their pace of annexing the surrounding princes.

The more princes they annex, the stronger they will be, which is what they want even more.

.........

Xiqi.

Xibohou Mansion.

Ji Chang looked around at everyone and said in confusion, "This shouldn't be the case. This shouldn't be the case. With the strength of the Shang Dynasty, it should be possible to quickly pacify the three parties. But not to mention Huang Feihu and Ding Ce, Wen Zhong didn't even move his troops."

Wen Zhong is the military god of the Shang Dynasty and also a mysterious immortal.

If he sent troops, even if Yuan Futong had the support of a mysterious force, he probably wouldn't be able to hold out for long.

San Yisheng also nodded and said, "I also feel very strange. It seems that the Shang Dynasty intends to let Yuan Futong and his men develop. But this is not in line with common sense, and it is not in the interests of the Shang Dynasty. In the early stage, it is still easy to say. They can use strengthening defense as an excuse, but in the later stage, the princes of all parties will be hopeless and will probably choose to surrender one after another."

Jiang Ziya said in a deep voice: "After that, it all depends on what the Shang Dynasty does. If they don't continue to watch, it's fine. If they continue to watch, then there may be a big conspiracy."

Logically speaking, once faced with a rebellion, the imperial court should have swept it away with lightning speed.

On the one hand, it can prevent the situation from escalating, and on the other hand, it can deter all parties.

And with the strength of the Shang Dynasty, it was entirely possible to do so.

But unfortunately, neither Huang Feihu, Ding Ce, nor Wen Zhong rushed to take action, but chose to strengthen their defenses. This excuse is really far-fetched.

Of course, this is normal in the eyes of other princes.

After all, they did not understand the strength of the Shang Dynasty. But in the eyes of Jiang Ziya and others, this excuse was not reliable.

You can crush the three rebel forces, so why do you choose to strengthen your defense? Isn't this just allowing the enemy to advance?

Nangong Shi said: "Also, the strength of Youzhou, Qingzhou, and Donglu is very abnormal, especially Qingzhou. Now there are more than 300 immortal realm masters exposed. Where do they get such a strong foundation?"

Ji Chang, Jiang Ziya and others all frowned in thought.

Although earthly immortals are only the lowest level of immortals, they are not common people either.

In the past, the strongest of the vast majority of princes were only at the celestial realm, let alone the immortal realm.

Yin Qi (Jia Ren) said in a deep voice: "There is only one possibility, that is, they also have supporters behind the scenes like us."

Ji Chang, Jiang Ziya and others were all shocked.

Jiang Ziya said solemnly: "Brother Dao is right. This is the only explanation now. The situation is becoming more and more complicated. It is far from being as simple as we imagined."

I originally thought that with the support of the Chan sect, Xiqi would definitely win.

But now it seems that the rapid development of the Shang Dynasty was probably also due to the strong support of the Jiejiao.

Youzhou, Qingzhou, and Donglu all took action, and they must have received the support of some powerful force, otherwise it would be impossible for so many immortal-level powerful people to suddenly appear.

But who are the supporters behind them?
Ji Chang asked: "Prime Minister, what should we do?"

Jiang Ziya lowered his brows and thought for a long time before he said, "Let them fight as they please. We will act according to the plan. There is no rush to attack Shang. We can use them to consume the power of Shang and investigate their forces behind the scenes. I suspect that Emperor Qi is playing a big game. We must investigate it thoroughly."

"A big chess game!"

Ji Chang and others were stunned and looked at Jiang Ziya.

Yin Qi raised his eyebrows, this Jiang Ziya is indeed worthy of his reputation.

"Yes, a big chess game!"

Jiang Ziya nodded affirmatively: "Everyone, whether it is Emperor Qi or the national teacher Yang Daoren, which one of them is not a hero among men? But you see, up to now, the national teacher Yang Daoren has not shown up, and it seems that he does not take the rebellion seriously at all. I even think that they may be waiting for us to take action."

Wow!

Ji Chang and others were in an uproar, and some even had a flash of fear in their eyes.

If it was true as Jiang Ziya said, then wouldn't their conspiracy to rebel have already been discovered by the Shang Dynasty?
But the Shang Dynasty pretended not to know and allowed them to develop.

This makes perfect sense.

Ji Chang shuddered all over and asked quickly, "Why did the Prime Minister say that?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ziya didn't know how to explain it, because he suspected that Wen Zhong, or Yangshen, had already told Yin Qi about the Conferred God Conferment, and Yin Qi also knew that the Chan Sect had chosen Xiqi.

In this way, Yin Qi naturally knew that Xiqi was plotting a rebellion.

But should he tell Ji Chang and the others about the Conferred Gods?

If he doesn't tell him, there's no way to explain his guess.

But telling him seems to be overstepping the boundaries.

In the end, Jiang Ziya chose to confess. After all, it was you, the Jiejiao, who leaked the secret first.

"This matter has to start from the Conferred God..."

Next, Jiang Ziya explained the origin and process of the Conferred God Ceremony.

He also said that he was the one who presided over the Conferred God Ceremony, and finally said: "I suspect that Emperor Qi has known about the Conferred God Ceremony for a long time. Since I chose you, Xiqi, I naturally cannot hide it from him." (End of this chapter)