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Chapter 532: Soldiers for the Emperor, Fighting for the Emperor

The so-called imperial oath.

It is both the manifesto of the Shang Emperor to attack the Xia Queen and also the oath made by the Shang Emperor to attack the Xia Queen.

Legend has it that the Emperor's Oath is recognized by heaven and earth, and is called the Oath of Heaven and Earth, thus possessing the mysterious power of heaven and earth. It is rumored that anyone who hears the Emperor's Oath will become a soldier of the Shang Emperor and fight for him all his life...

The Emperor's oath mainly says:

"The Xia emperor committed a crime against heaven, was dark and immoral, and was punished by heaven."

"It is not that I dare to act as a subject to attack the ruler, or to rebel against the ruler, but that the Xia Emperor has completely lost the way of a ruler, does not care about the people, abandons farming, seizes the work of farmers, and collects wealth."

"It will exhaust the people's strength and lose their hearts."

"The people cursed: 'If the Xia emperor were the sun, I would perish with the sun.'"

"The Xia Emperor has committed so many evils. I have been ordered by heaven and earth to punish him, to demonstrate the power of heaven and earth and to rectify the way of heaven and earth."

As for the farmers’ prime ministers or big farmers, why are they all afraid of the last paragraph?
Even despair?
This is the last paragraph of the oath of the emperor:
"All people in the world must work together to help me carry out the punishment of heaven."

"If you have any military merit, I will reward you handsomely."

"Never break your promise!"

"If you do not keep your oath, I will reduce you to slavery or kill you without mercy!"

Therefore, when the last part of the emperor's oath sounded in the minds of the farmers, the prime ministers, and the chief farmers, despair appeared in their eyes.

Perhaps if they hadn't heard the last part of the imperial oath, they would still have a chance to escape.

but now.

It's all over.

From now on, they are the emperor's soldiers and will fight for the emperor all their lives!

The dark, ferocious ghost hidden behind the curtain was the Shang Emperor's surveillance ghost, which was said to be able to see through people's hearts. As long as they had the slightest disloyalty, the surveillance ghost would notice it and devour them, kill them, or reduce them to slaves...

"promise--"

Everyone in the Nong Kingdom knelt down.

Their bodies seemed to be out of control and they said the words they were most reluctant to say.

Even those at the level of great farmers or great sages had to kneel down at this moment, even though their bodies were shaking violently.

Or struggling with a fearless attitude.

They don't want to kneel down and become the emperor's soldiers.

But the Emperor's Oath had already been formed in their souls, so they had no choice but to kneel down and become the Emperor's soldiers...

what--

Why is this so? !

At this time, countless farmers were shouting, their faces filled with grief and indignation.

In front of An Yan, the old farmer's body was also shaking violently, his eyes full of grief and pain. How much suffering did the farmer's ancestors endure? How much hardship did they go through to have a place today? However, in an instant, he became a soldier of the Shang Emperor.

From then on, he fought for the Shang Emperor.

How could he accept this?
puff--

The old farmer was overwhelmed with grief and tears flowed like a spring.

While sobbing silently, he spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted on the ground.

"teacher!"

An Yan was filled with grief and indignation. He struggled to get up, picked up the old farmer's thin body, and ran to the nearest house. Before he reached the house, the old farmer slowly woke up, but his face was ashen, and his eyes were empty. He said, "The teacher is fine."

"teacher--"

An Yan was still filled with grief and anger.

My country of farmers just wants to farm peacefully, why does the heaven treat my country of farmers like this? Why does my country of farmers have to become the army of the Shang emperor and fight for him?

This is unfair.

"Ugh--"

The old farmer sighed and regained some vitality.

"Teacher, isn't the Ghost Emperor dead? Why did Emperor Shi appear again?"

An Yan gnashed his teeth, veins popping out on his forehead, "Besides, the Ghost Emperor has already lost his way, so why does the Oath of Heaven and Earth still exist? Could it be that Heaven and Earth have also lost their way? How can a Ghost Emperor who has committed so many evil things be qualified to show the power of Heaven and Earth and rectify the way of Heaven and Earth?"

"Put the teacher down."

The old farmer said, after An Yan put him down, he sat down on the spot, and after a moment of silence, he said: "Emperor Shang was the last emperor of heaven and earth." "But he lost his way."

Anyan said.

"He has indeed lost his way."

The old farmer looked up at the crimson and ferocious ghost figure hidden behind the black curtain and said slowly, "Logically speaking, he is no longer qualified to show the power of heaven and earth and to uphold the way of heaven and earth. The oath of heaven and earth will also dissipate in heaven and earth..."

"Then why is it still there?"

An Yan said indignantly.

"Since it's still there, what does that mean?"

The old farmer stared at the black screen, as if the crimson ghost was also staring at him, causing his soul to tremble suddenly.

In an instant, his whole body was filled with horror and he froze to a standstill.

"This shows that the world has lost its way."

An Yan said angrily.

After the old farmer withdrew his gaze, he seemed to have escaped the surveillance of the crimson ghost. He shook his head and said, "This can only mean that the Shang Emperor has not lost his way..."

"The Shang Emperor has not lost his way?"

An Yan was stunned, then he burst into laughter, laughing in anger, and couldn't help but scolding: "Haha! Ridiculous! Ridiculous! Isn't the legendary tyrannical King Xia a moral gentleman in the world?"

"This is indeed a bit ridiculous."

The old farmer sighed.

The Shang Emperor did not lose his way.

However, in his later years, Emperor Shang turned into the Ghost Emperor, becoming the source of all the weirdness in the world, turning the world into hell...

Isn't this a violation of the moral code?
Does changing his title to Ghost Emperor mean that he is no longer the Shang Emperor? Can he shirk his own immorality and loss of morality?
So, this is indeed a mistake.

Even the old farmer could not refute, let alone vindicate the Ghost Emperor.

But why does the oath of heaven and earth still exist?
How many years has it been?
If the Emperor's Oath had not reappeared, who in the world would still remember the Emperor's Oath?
If the Ghost Merchant has nine cycles, then it is 3,240 years, and now it is 2,346 years in the Human King Calendar.

It has been more than 5,500 years since the Shang Emperor made the oath.

Could it be that the Shang Emperor is the Shang Emperor, and the Ghost Emperor is the Ghost Emperor, and the two cannot be confused? The old farmer thought it was ridiculous, but he really couldn't think of any other reason.

wrong!

The old farmer was stunned for a moment.

It is undeniable that Emperor Shang is the Ghost Emperor.

So the Shang Emperor had indeed lost his way, and that Emperor would never appear in the world again. At this moment, he suddenly remembered the sentence "When Yin Yi came out of the earth, he began to kill all things", which seemed to foreshadow something.

"The dark intention comes out of the ground, the dark intention comes out of the ground..."

The old farmer kept muttering.

He felt that the key lies in the four words "yin intention comes out of the ground".

Also, he suddenly remembered that he had mentioned things coming out of the underworld before, but he seemed to know their names but couldn't call them out.

"Yin, Yin Emperor——"

The old farmer said in horror.

At this moment, he seemed to have finally figured it out.

Why did Emperor Shi reappear on earth when Emperor Shang had clearly lost his way? All this was due to the existence of Emperor Yin.

"Yindi?"

An Yan frowned and asked, "Who is this person? Since he is an emperor, the world cannot completely wipe him out. Why haven't we heard of him?"

"Yan, do you know why ghost merchants are called ghost merchants?"

The old farmer's voice began to tremble.

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