I stole divine power in Daxia

Chapter 611 Li Jing Requests Troops
Under the scouring of the red dust, resentment entered the body, and the resentment of all living beings like black mud completely wrapped around the six-foot-tall golden body of Baoxiang Bodhisattva, causing the entire golden body to sink into the black mud. The six-foot-tall golden body and the realm of Pratyekabuddha that Baoxiang Bodhisattva cultivated were both built on the Daxia Exchange. If other methods were used to deal with it, he might have to face a real Pratyekabuddha.

However, the Daxia Exchange itself is a huge pit. Once Baoxiang Bodhisattva fell into the pit, he naturally could never get up again.

Ah Da looked in awe at the resentment of all living beings that was constantly rolling like a quagmire. Who would have known that behind the swaying bright moon there was such a huge concentration of resentment, the resentment inside could even cause a second-grade Bodhisattva to sink directly.

Then he looked at the young man who had transformed into Zhou Tieyi and asked tentatively, "Young Master?"

Unfortunately, Zhou Tieyi just turned his head and glanced at Ada, then disappeared directly in the illusory moonlight. He was just a manifestation of Zhou Tieyi's Taoism in this "Array of All Living Beings" and not the consciousness left by the original body.

Seeing that his young master was just an illusion, Ah Da felt a little regretful, but when he turned around, the golden body of Baoxiang Bodhisattva had been completely swallowed up, leaving only a half-gold and half-black relic in its place.

Ah Xiao carefully wrapped the relic with the Five Elements Ancestral Qi and kept it. Although this relic could not be used for cultivation, if there was a way to utilize the Buddha's power and the resentment of all living beings contained in it, it would definitely be a top-level cursed secret treasure.

After collecting the relics of Bodhisattva Baoxiang, Ah Da came out of the "Array of Living Beings". Only one day had passed in the outside world.

The monks of Dongxiang Temple gathered in front of the main hall. When they saw their own Bodhisattva being contained in the formation, a day later, when the five-colored light of the formation faded, when A Da and other Zhou Tieyi's bodyguards reappeared, but there was no sign of their own Bodhisattva, everyone's heart sank.

Ah Da took this opportunity to shout at the monks of Dongxiang Temple, "Baoxiang's cultivation was not good enough and he has already been reincarnated. According to the previous bet, the monks of you Dongxiang Temple must either change their ways back to secular life or be sent to serve on the front lines!"

His roar immediately put everyone in Dongxiang Temple in a panic. Most of the monks simply could not believe that their own Bodhisattva was actually swallowed up by this suddenly appeared formation. Only a few monks had already started thinking about their retreat.

They did not think about their own retreat plan, but instead sent out the temple's potential monks, scriptures, and treasures through secret passages, waiting for the day when they could restore the temple's orthodoxy.

"You, the evil heretic, are just using a trick to deceive people. How can a Bodhisattva fall so easily?"

A monk was preaching with red eyes, he did have his own reasons.

The fall of a second-grade being would usually bring about huge changes in the celestial phenomena and geography, and might even permanently alter the climate or geographical structure of a place. However, just now, Baoxiang Bodhisattva fell in the Daxia Exchange, and fell in the dreams and resentment of all living beings, so there was no sign in the outside world.

Now that Baoxiang is dead, Ada has no intention of reasoning with the ordinary monks below. He stretched out his palm, and five-colored light condensed to form a longbow, which is the fighting skill [Five Emperors Bow] evolved by Zhou Tieyi.

Although Ah Da was not able to completely cultivate the image of the Five Emperors, he now possesses the 'Array of All Living Beings'. This array not only displays the power of illusion internally, but can also gather the power of the Five Emperors' luck externally with the help of the perfect power of the Five Elements and the magical weapons [Five Emperors and Divine Generals].

The magnificent power of the Five Emperors gathered in Ada's palm. He used the power of a true dragon, pulled the bow suddenly, and the dazzling arrow feathers gathered together, aiming directly at the monk who had just roared.

Under the lock of the [Five Emperors Bow], the ancestral Qi of heaven and earth in front of the entire temple seemed to be frozen, and the entire space was filled with a huge wall of air, pressing everyone to the point of suffocation.

Then Ada released his hand that was drawing the bow, and the arrow flew out, piercing directly through the head of the monk who was giving the sermon, and a blood-red lotus blossomed in front of the main hall.

Several third-grade Arhats around them reacted and had time to manifest their golden Arhat bodies, but facing the lock of the [Five Emperors Bow], their speed was more than half a beat slower.

Unable to save their own monk who was giving lectures, these Arhats who originally inherited the Taoist lineage of Bodhisattva Baoxiang were also possessed by the worldly world. Faced with such a great calamity, they could not tell the best choice. Their eyes turned red, and they used their magical powers to rush towards Ada and his many bodyguards.

The golden Buddha in the temple lowered his eyes and looked compassionately at the Arhats who looked like madmen.

Ah Da looked indifferent. He drew his bow and shot an arrow again, which pierced through the golden body of an Arhat. At the same time, he gave an order, "Kill those who resist stubbornly!"

Within a day, the news of Dongxiang Temple's expulsion spread throughout Baoxiang Prefecture. Just when most monks were at a loss, A Da led his personal guard battalion, holding the Queen Mother's decree, and traveled thousands of miles. In less than half a month, he destroyed hundreds of Buddhist temples, killed tens of thousands of monks, exiled hundreds of thousands of monks, and confiscated half a million acres of land.

Suddenly, everyone in the world knew Zhou Tieyi, the chief of the personal guards, and also left his nickname, Buddha's enemy.

As Ah Da traveled thousands of miles to destroy Buddhist temples, pieces of news also gathered in Pingzhang Palace.

During the court meeting.

Since the Great Xia Emperor went into seclusion a month ago, the court has been unable to hand over all affairs to the three departments as before.

Because the Queen Mother is already ruling the country from behind the scenes, she can handle government affairs directly in the court on behalf of the Emperor of Great Xia.

However, the Queen Mother still did not sit alone in the Golden Throne Hall in a dignified manner, but chose the Pingzhang Palace which she was more familiar with.

Therefore, all small court meetings were moved to the Pingzhang Palace and were called Pingzhang Palace meetings.

"Your Majesty, I have something to report."

An assistant minister of the Buddhist Department said with bloodshot eyes that he was inherited from a large temple in Baoxiang Prefecture, and he received news from the temple two days ago, although his own temple was not razed to the ground like Dongxiang Temple.

However, in order to escape the clutches of Ada, the enemy of Buddhism, the temple paid a heavy price. Not only did it have to send thousands of monks to the front line, but most of the temple's land was taken away by the Daxia Agricultural Corporation. What was even more hateful was that the enemy of Buddhism and his followers burned the scriptures, looted treasures, and destroyed the temple's accumulation of hundreds of years.

"I report that the servant of the Zhou family defamed Buddhism and slandered the Dharma, forged the imperial edict, killed monks and stole treasures. If this heinous person is not punished, then the monks of the world will not be at peace!"

The memorial from the Minister of Buddhism did not surprise anyone.

However, destroying Buddhist temples and returning the monks' land and property to the control of the Great Xia court has become a consensus among several sects except Buddhists.

As long as Ada doesn't steal land and food, the secret treasures he steals will not cause the wrath of the court.

After all, Ada is not alone. Standing behind him is the contemporary Heavenly Master. The secret treasures that Ada collected actually represent the rewards from Zhou Tieyi's forces. Even the Queen Mother will not stop this, unless she wants to cause the incident of the last exchange again at this critical juncture.

Behind the pearl curtain, the Queen looked at Mei Juncang calmly. At this time, Mei Juncang had been promoted by the Queen to the position of Assistant Director of the Si Lu Mansion. As the right-hand man of the Si Lu, he was now directly in charge of the compilation of the [Daxia Tianxian], the establishment of commercial taxation, and the current "Heavenly King Law", which made Mei Juncang's strength grow by leaps and bounds. "My dear Mei, you are in charge of the Heavenly King Law. How do you think we should deal with this matter?"

Mei Juncang, who was dressed in purple, stepped out and said, "Nothing can be established without destruction. Right now, the imperial court is in urgent need of grain and land. Some temples do not obey the imperial decree. Severe punishments are imposed to demonstrate the imperial court's determination. As the saying goes, severe punishments should be imposed in troubled times. As for Zhou Mou's abrupt behavior, the imperial court only needs to issue an imperial decree to reprimand him."

Mei Juncang avoided the main point and used only one word "reprimand" to punish Ada. However, everyone knew what reprimand meant. As long as the people behind Ada continued to be in power, the reprimand from the court would be no better than a piece of waste paper.

The Minister of the Buddhist Department was furious. He pointed his finger at Mei Juncang and said tremblingly, "You two are so arrogant and you are like snakes and rats. You will get your retribution sooner or later!"

However, naturally no one in the court would pay attention to such words of a loser.

The Queen Mother looked at the Minister of Buddhist Affairs coldly, "He is indecent in front of the palace. Come, take him out!"

Immediately, the Yulin Guards came to the hall and carried the furious Minister of the Buddhist Department out of the hall.

Something else is more important.

"Your Majesty, I have something to report."

The fourth prince Li Jing suddenly spoke.

The Queen of Heaven sat in the palace, looking down at Li Jing.

And Li Jing raised her head for the first time. Although she was in a low position, she looked at the Queen with a level gaze.

"A month ago, the sea of ​​blood overflowed, causing serious damage to the eight coastal provinces. Although the imperial court tried its best to provide disaster relief, under the natural disaster, the remnants of the nine ancient gods are still rampant, especially the Thunder Emperor and the Azure Dragon Vein, who are rampant and do not know how to restrain themselves. If the imperial court does not deal a heavy blow, even if we spend all the surplus food in the world, it will be like adding fuel to the fire, and there will be no peace forever."

The important officials of the court looked at each other in bewilderment. What Li Jing said was indeed a big problem. The eight coastal provinces were not just a matter of disaster relief, but also had to deal with the crazy expansion of the Dragon Priest and the Thunder Priest.

But now there is no extra military force available within Daxia. The Lord of Daming Palace needs to deal with Western Buddhism, the Left General needs to deal with Yuan Meng, and the Right General is still confronting the Tianlang Army south of the Nu River.

This has almost withdrawn all the troops that Da Xia can currently use. The remaining troops dare not act rashly at all, otherwise the entire southwest will be completely vacant, and there will be no spare strength to deal with the beast tide in the Ten Thousand Mountains.

"My dear ministers, do you have any ideas?"

The Queen asked in a serious tone, but her eyes were looking at Li Jing. Li Jing suddenly brought up this matter, which was totally inconsistent with his usual character of keeping a low profile, especially the eye contact with her just now, which made the Queen have a premonition that even if she opposed it in the court today, Li Jing would still insist on his own way, and he had the ability to accomplish his goal.

Without waiting for the court officials to argue, Li Jing, who raised the question this time, spoke directly, "I have a plan to resolve the crisis."

"speak!"

"There are so many things going on in the world right now. Even if Your Majesty is like the sun and the Queen is like the moon, they cannot illuminate all the darkness in the world."

When Li Jing finished saying this, most of the important officials were shocked. Although they didn't know where Li Jing got the courage from, saying this directly basically meant breaking off relations with the court.

What does "Your Majesty is like the sun, and the Queen Mother is like the moon, but they still cannot illuminate all the haze in the world" mean? This is almost the same as directly saying that the Emperor of Daxia and the Queen Mother are not worthy of their positions.

So most people changed their minds and wondered whether Li Jing had completely decided to abandon his identity as the fourth prince and join Zhou Tieyi, which was why he was forcing the emperor to abdicate today. He was actually testing the waters on behalf of Zhou Tieyi.

Li Jing ignored the speculations of the court officials and continued, "In the past, when Shintoism was in chaos, the Three Saints appeared out of nowhere and first pacified the world with the help of the Five Emperors, and then the Holy Emperor came to rule the world."

"Now that we have returned to our roots, although Your Majesty has ordered Minister Ke to revise the history books and determine the predecessors of the Five Emperors, and thus remove the sacrifices, I personally think that this is inappropriate."

The Queen's gaze was fixed on Li Jing. Layers of white frost condensed on the ground beneath Li Jing's feet, causing the surrounding court officials to disperse, fearing that they would be implicated.

"What do you think is wrong?"

The Queen Mother asked in a cold voice, abolishing the worship of the Five Emperors was a key move by the Emperor of Great Xia. Although Zhou Tieyi broke the impasse with the Five Immortals' Taoist tradition, he still suppressed Confucianism and Taoism. Now Li Jing wanted to reverse the verdict on this matter, so the Queen Mother had to be vigilant.

Li Jing paid no attention to the frost condensing under his feet and continued, "Reporting to the Queen Mother, when the Three Saints were alive, did they know the identities of the Five Emperors?"

Everyone present immediately understood what Li Jing was going to say.

When the Three Saints were alive, they must of course know that the Five Emperors were descendants of gods. Otherwise, it would make the Three Saints of the human race appear too stupid, which would not be in line with the status of saints.

Well, since the Three Saints knew the identities of the Five Emperors, and eventually joined forces with the Five Emperors to kill the Nine Ancient Gods, and established the first kingdom of the human race based on the Five Emperors' Taoist tradition, doesn't it mean that humanity can actually coexist with the gods, or at least coexist with the Five Emperors' Taoist tradition?

Suddenly, two completely different Taoist forces rose up behind Li Jing, one as dark as water, the other as hot as fire. The two completely different Taoist forces transformed into yin and yang behind him.

As yin and yang rotated, the Taiyin frost condensed under Li Jing's feet continued to dissipate. Even the sub-saint power of the Queen of Heaven was still unable to crush Li Jing, who was supported by both the Red Emperor and the Black Emperor.

"Since the Three Saints can always rely on the Five Emperors to quell the disasters of the gods in times of human danger, and in today's world, natural disasters are everywhere and the gods have reappeared. The court has no spare energy to deal with the disasters of the gods in the eight coastal provinces, so I ask to pardon and seal the Five Emperors' divine soldiers to quell the disasters of the gods and bring peace to the people of the world."

Li Jing spoke with great righteousness. In fact, he did need a righteous cause. The Qi State represented by Zhuge Dan and the Wei State represented by Hu Wenlang attacked and blocked the Canglong and Leishen veins along the coast. They did not need the court's consent. In this process, the court neither provided food nor troops. But as long as Li Jing was given a legitimate righteous cause, and then the Canglong and Leishen veins were completely repelled, even if the Great Xia Emperor returned from the sea of ​​blood, Li Jing could rely on the two emperors' Taoist traditions to protect himself along the coast and watch Zhou Tieyi and the Great Xia Emperor fight.

As the water and fire sects rotated, the Queen Mother's lunar light completely dissipated from under Li Jing's feet.

(End of this chapter)