If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 1432 Wisdom Cannot Outwit Supernatural Power

Above the sky, above the celestial clouds.

"Hahaha, that brat Ying Tong is getting anxious! Look at Old Demon Yu, her face is also grave and she's full of helplessness." Old Ghost Lu Ding laughed heartily, "I've found the weakness of the tyrannical Qin!"

Damn it, I was too honest before, only knowing how to reflect on myself, which is why they blackmailed me.

In fact, they also have secrets that cannot be made public.

Even when I'm telling the truth, I can make them furious and yell.

Fuqiu Gong and the other near-Daluo Daoists were slightly relieved of their worries and said, "Fellow Daoist, please don't exaggerate! King Bohai wasn't trying to scare you. When he reiterated the rules of the public trial, and you tacitly swore an oath to Heaven, Heaven truly responded."

Look up at the sky, look in the direction of the Southern Heavenly Gate.

The old ghost Lu Ding's expression changed slightly. He turned his head to look in the direction of the South Heavenly Gate. The immortal clouds were swirling and hazy, and he could not see anything clearly.

“I lost my physical body, my cultivation level plummeted, and I can no longer perceive the Three Realms with my Heavenly Eye,” he said sullenly.

Fuqiu Gongdao said, “There are two points of spiritual light in the direction of the South Heavenly Gate, like starlight. Those are the supernatural spiritual lights of the Thousand-Mile Eye and the Wind-Following Ear!”
The Thousand-Mile Eyes emitted a thousand-foot beam of divine light, while the Wind-Following Ears radiated ripples of spiritual light.

Fellow Daoist surely understands what this signifies.

In fact, the Jade Emperor himself could easily observe the entire Three Realms.

He commanded the all-seeing and all-hearing beings to go out and investigate because official business needed to be conducted openly.

The results of the investigation should be recorded to settle karmic debts and become the basis for future rewards and punishments.

Even the gods in Heaven understand this principle.

The old ghost of the Deer Cauldron sneered, "I can't see the Thousand-Mile Eyes and the Wind-Following Ears, but I can see the Talisman Envoys and Merit Officers flying around in the sky."

Rest assured, I will be careful with my words, ensuring every word is true, yet each sentence is like a knife, piercing only the tyrannical Qin Dynasty, causing that brat Ying Tong and the old demon Yu Fengxian to bleed from their hearts!

The old ghost in the sky, who was holding a deer and a cauldron, made a decision. The old ghost with the human head inside the palace excitedly shouted, "King Bohai, if you want to know the truth, then what I say is the truth."

You can't just listen to the truth you want to hear and deny the facts you don't want to face.

The idea that resentment can transform into a spirit and be reincarnated in Xianyang Palace is not a baseless or unfounded claim, nor is it a trivial matter.

The matter of Tonghui Dan is intricately linked to this.

He raised his voice, which shook the surrounding area and made the roof tiles rattle. "Your second emperor of Qin, Huhai, is the embodiment of the resentment of all living beings. He is the combined curse of all those who were harmed by Qin in the past, and also the curse of Heaven!"

What is destiny? This is destiny!

Heaven intends for your Great Qin to be beset by internal and external troubles, rapidly heading towards its demise, so as to make way for the true Son of Heaven.

Hu Hai was an internal threat, while the reincarnation of the rebellious Qin dynasty's tyrannical spirits, such as Yan Dan, was the source of external troubles.

To drive out the tyrannical Qin and restore the Great Yan was a divine mandate bestowed upon Yan Dan.

Because Heaven took pity on Yan Dan and granted him a destiny to revive the Great Yan, the ancestors of the Ji family of the Great Yan Kingdom entrusted all the fate of their clan to Yan Dan.

I do not know Yan Dan, and Yan Dan does not know me.

However, I know the ancestors of the Ji family and had a relationship with King Zhao of Yan many years ago.

Since he has received the blessings of his ancestors and the remaining fortune of the Yan royal family, how is it not logically consistent with the 'gift of an immortal destiny' that I, a humble Taoist priest, would give him an Eight-Turn Wisdom Pill?"

Yan Wushuang trembled with excitement and shouted, "There are at least two things I can swear to heaven to testify for the Great Immortal Luding."

First of all, Hu Hai was indeed a demonic spirit born from the resentment of the souls of the dead in hell.

It's not just my resentment.

The Qin Dynasty was tyrannical, and Ying Zheng was ruthless. The number of people slaughtered by him was more than hundreds of millions.

One person's heart is the heart of millions! I would rather suffer in hell than not pray for the people of Yan and send endless curses to the tyrannical Qin Dynasty.

The wronged souls who, like me, have fallen into hell, are also amplifying this resentment.

Heaven has compassion for the people, and Heaven will surely grant them their desires.

Ultimately, the resentment of millions of people sealed the fate of the Qin Dynasty's demise.

A spirit was born from resentment, and I witnessed it reincarnate as Hu Hai.

The tyrannical Qin dynasty consistently proclaimed that Hu Hai possessed a divine mandate.

This is true, but it also proves that even Heaven wanted the tyrannical Qin dynasty to perish.

"Nonsense!" Ying Tong shouted angrily, his face turning red. "Hu Hai is my brother, the second emperor of the Qin Dynasty!"

He treated us like brothers, with brotherly affection and respect.

I chop the filling, he rolls out the dough; I hold up the falcon, he leads the yellow dog. We are a loving family.

Looking back on those words, he probably gagged a few times, or even vomited.

Now, he speaks naturally and fluently, with genuine emotion.

"He was a brilliant young man, diligent, sincere and loving. Therefore, he stood out from the princes, was chosen by the late emperor, and is admired by us. He became the second emperor."

After becoming emperor, Hu Hai loved his people like his own children and was deeply loved by them. He was hailed as the wise ruler in contemporary China who was closest to the ancient sage emperors.

This fact was witnessed by the people of Xingyang and heard by the people of the Central Plains.

He used to feel disgusted even when I talked about brotherly love and respect.

Now that Hu Hai is famous, he speaks with confidence and without the slightest bit of apprehension.

Sure enough, upon hearing his words, both the distinguished guests in the inner palace and the ordinary people outside showed expressions of contemplation, and some even nodded repeatedly.

The old ghost of the Deer Cauldron cried out: "Hu Hai was originally a reincarnation of a resentful spirit, who wanted to bring chaos to the court and slaughter all the descendants of the Ying family."

This is the will of Heaven, and I swear to Heaven.

Hu Hai's actions today have indeed deviated from the will of Heaven.

But this is not his true nature; he was controlled by Yu Fengxian.

As everyone knows, Yu Fengxian abandoned the Dao and became a demon, and is now the infamous Demon Ancestor of the Three Realms.

She herself became the Demon Ancestor and even passed on her demonic powers to Hu Hai.

Ying Tong said angrily, "Great Immortal Luding, look at your own current behavior, and then look at my Grand Tutor of Qin. Who is the real demon?"

He was a little intimidated when facing the old ghost Lu Ding before, but after exchanging a few words with him, he was no longer afraid.

"Distinguished guests inside the hall, and citizens of Bohai outside the hall, take a look, listen to what is being said, and think about it carefully."

The Great Immortal of the Deer Cauldron first said that the Second Emperor should have brought chaos to the court and slaughtered all the descendants of the Ying family.

If that's true, they are absolutely wicked and insane.

Now, simply because he has accepted the teachings of Grand Tutor Yu and become a sage ruler who loves his people like his own children and respects his relatives, the Great Immortal of the Deer Cauldron says that he has cultivated demonic arts and become a demon.

This is distorting the truth and talking nonsense!

The onlookers nodded in agreement.

"I've sworn a solemn oath to Heaven! If what I'm saying isn't the truth, may lightning strike me down long ago!" Old Ghost Lu Ding exclaimed excitedly. How could they not investigate and study such a drastic change in Hu Hai?

They failed to decipher the core content related to the "Human Emperor's Divine Skill" in *The False Holy Emperor's Divine Skill*. However, they did notice the "side effect" of stimulating the brain to secrete dopamine after closely observing Hu Hai.

This is definitely demonic magic!
Grand Tutor Yu himself admitted that the "False Holy Emperor's Divine Skill" was extremely evil.

"Strange, this old ghost clearly swore a solemn oath and told obvious lies, so why didn't God react?"

The old ghost of the Deer Cauldron howled sincerely, but the people in the courtyard looked up at the sky in confusion, hoping that thunder would fall and teach this old ghost who had insulted their intelligence in public a lesson.

Well, what Lu Ding Lao Gui said is indeed the truth, but the truth is too far removed from reality, and ordinary people don't believe it.

Hu Hai has been emperor for a year now.

The people have seen what he did after he became emperor.

Let's not even mention the "earth-shattering and sage-like deeds" that Hu Hai performed in Xingyang.

The good reputation of the ten years of benevolent governance promoted by Li Si and Feng Quji to various counties was all attributed to Hu Hai.

Li Si and his associates used the emperor's name to implement various benevolent policies and seek fame for Hu Hai, without claiming credit themselves.

Hu Hai didn't have a chance to do any of the bad things or rotten things he was supposed to do.

This resulted in the Second Emperor, Hu Hai, having a very good reputation in the Central Plains of China at that time.

Moreover, Hu Hai's good reputation was not self-proclaimed. Many famous scholars and Confucian masters in the Central Plains praised him.

How can I not praise it?
Hu Hai hired them as his "sage ruler teachers" and listened attentively to their teachings!

Hearing the murmurs of the crowd, the old ghost of the Deer Cauldron angrily shouted, "I have tacitly accepted the oath of the Dao Heart, how could I use my own path of cultivation to slander a king of a fallen kingdom?"

“We are mortals, but the Second Emperor really went from being a bad person to a sage ruler. Isn’t that a good thing? How did he become a demon?” Someone couldn’t help but shout from outside.

"You mortals are so ignorant! This immortal will not stoop to your level."

The old ghost of the deer tactfully skipped over this topic and continued shouting: "Hu Hai's nature can be corrupted by demonic arts, but destiny cannot be changed!"

The Qin Dynasty will eventually fall, and the Yan Kingdom will eventually rise again in the north. The reincarnation of Yan Dan is the destined King of Yan!

Ying Tong said, "Great Immortal, I must remind you that Yan Wushuang is now a prisoner. I, on the other hand, am the King of Bohai, appointed by the imperial court and recognized by the world. This is the mandate of heaven!"
Moreover, today's trial is for the assassination of Yan Wushuang, not for discussing the fate of the nation.

Xiao Wang asked the immortal again, "Even if you are destined to be with Yan Dan, why did you give him the Tonghui Pill last May?"
Excluding the karmic connection from your past life that led to your being granted immortality, what was your direct purpose in giving him the Insight Pill?

"To comply with the divine mandate to destroy Qin!" said the old ghost of the Deer Cauldron.

Ying Tong said, "Xiao Wang asked about the direct purpose, not the ultimate or most fundamental purpose."

Xiao Wang reiterates: we are not discussing destiny now.

The Immortal and Yan Wushuang are being publicly tried here for the assassination case.

We'll only talk about the assassination case.

The immortal gave Zang Tu the elixir of wisdom, transforming him into Yan Dan. What is the causal relationship between this and the assassination attempt?

The old ghost of the deer scoffed, "My 'Wisdom Pill' is, of course, closely related to the subsequent assassination."

But don't flatter yourself, I don't care in the slightest whether you live or die.

Now you can proceed with the judgment.

It's alright if you consider me the ringleader. I've already been assassinated by Yu Fengxian, so I don't care about my life or death anymore.

Ying Tong shouted, "Great Immortal, do you really not care about your Daoist vows? I am not a fool, and neither are the gentlemen and commoners here."

The reason the Grand Tutor killed you is because you came to Da Geng Ridge yesterday and hastily summoned the immortals to join forces to attack the Bohai King's Palace and kill the Grand Tutor and the Little King.

If they can't kill us, at least they can take Yan Wushuang away.

If the assassination attempt truly had nothing to do with you, would you be in such a hurry?

“If I lie, the heavenly lightning will strike me,” the old ghost of the Deer Cauldron shouted.

"Very well, since the Great Immortal is so resolute, I will not stand on ceremony. I ask you, before Yan Wushuang attempted to assassinate me, did you know about this matter?" Ying Tong asked.

Without hesitation, the old ghost of the deer cauldron said, "This immortal knows the will of Heaven and the destiny of Heaven. I knew decades in advance that the Great Qin would perish, and that Hu Hai was a reincarnation of resentment."

"Your assassination attempt is such a trivial matter; I could have predicted it with a simple calculation."

Sweating profusely, Ying Tong asked somewhat anxiously, "Did you transform Zang Tu into Yan Dan in the hope that he would revert to his old ways and come to assassinate me?"

"I gave him the elixir to help him rebel against Qin. Killing you will restore the Yan Kingdom, and I would certainly be happy to see that happen," said the old ghost of the Deer Cauldron.

Ying Tong was stunned; that old devil was too cunning.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead, gave the old ghost a deep look, stood up, faced Grand Tutor Yu, bowed deeply, and said, "Great Immortal Luding is indeed worthy of being a quasi-Great Luo who is currently severing the Three Corpses. He is quick-witted and eloquent."

In a mere verbal contest, I am no match for him. I implore the Grand Tutor to use his great supernatural powers to assist me!

"What, are you going to torture me into confessing in front of the people of Yan? A fair and just public trial, regardless of supernatural powers, only based on reason, hahaha, what a joke!" Old Ghost Luding sneered.

Grand Tutor Yu glanced at him indifferently, formed a hand seal with his right hand, and chanted the "Yu Clan Divine Incantation": "Ximen Bao, King Qin Guang of the Underworld, lend me your Mirror of Karma, may it be done at once."

This divine incantation is not obscure or difficult to understand; even mortals can comprehend it.

Because they could understand, their expressions twisted, and they wanted to shout: "Grand Tutor Yu, you're still sitting in your chair, wanting to borrow the Mirror of Retribution from King Qin Guang? Can the Mirror of Retribution be borrowed? If you want to borrow someone else's magic weapon, be more formal, more solemn, bathe and burn incense, set up an altar, offer three kinds of sacrificial animals, and then write a divine incantation in respectful language. Can a divine incantation be written casually?"
While the onlookers were still internally complaining, Grand Tutor Yu's eyes transformed into two dark vortexes, from which a beam of azure immortal light shot out.

"Whoosh!" The divine light struck the head of the old ghost in the box.

"Buzz~~~" Ripples spread through the air behind the person's head, forming an oval mirror two zhang high, in which countless blurry light and shadow flashed.

"Fellow Daoist, please help me!"

The old ghost of the Deer Cauldron in the sky remained calm in the face of danger, only making hand seals and chanting incantations, desperately guarding his own karma.

The great immortals, including Fuqiu Gong, also activated their own Great Dao, transforming themselves into the Dao and manifesting traces of the Great Dao around the old ghost of the Deer Cauldron, using the power of the Great Dao to suppress the old ghost of the Deer Cauldron's fate.

This trial was never simply a battle of wits between Grand Tutor Yu and the Old Ghost of the Deer Cauldron. On the surface, Ying Tong and Yan Wushuang were the main characters, but in reality, it was Grand Tutor Yu alone who was outwitting and outmaneuvering a group of quasi-Daluo masters.

Grand Tutor Yu gave a cold laugh, the blue light shooting from his eyes intensifying.

The bluish light, initially as thick as the rim of a cup, grew to the thickness of a bowl, enveloping not only the entire head but also reflecting an even thinner, more ethereal beam of bluish light from the old ghost's forehead.

"Whoosh, whoosh!" The azure light first landed on Ying Tong, then reflected onto Yan Wushuang.

The cause and effect of "Yan Wushuang's assassination of Ying Tong" was forcibly locked, and the image on the mirror froze.

Although the meaning was unclear, a clear and distinct thought emerged: "Now that things have come to this, we have no choice but to use Zang Tu as a pawn."

In his past life, he was Yan Dan. As long as he takes the Tonghui Pill and regains his memories of his past life, he will definitely be unable to change his ways and will try to assassinate again.

In this way, he could stir up great chaos in Yan, but he would not interfere with Chen Sheng's destiny of "first uprising".

A win-win situation!

Yan Wushuang's eyes widened as she stared intently at the old ghost Lu Ding, her face instantly turning deathly pale. "Great Immortal, you, you—"

(End of this chapter)