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

Chapter 1450 The Struggle for Rights in the Medieval Era

Fuqiu Gong looked at Tian Rong and continued, "From the perspective of destiny, I can tell you that your worries are completely unnecessary."

Now let's analyze your concerns from a strategic perspective.

First, you must understand one fact: the Qin Dynasty will temporarily tolerate your separatist rule and allow you to become kings and hegemons.

However, this state will not last.

If the Qin Dynasty were to come back to life, none of you would escape a terrible fate.

Yu Fengxian will, like Qin Shi Huang, sweep across the land and help the Qin Dynasty unify China.

His eyes were bright as he looked around at everyone present and sneered, "Perhaps Yu Fengxian is eavesdropping on our conversation right now."

But I dare say this: she will never publicly swear to heaven that the Great Qin under her rule will forever coexist harmoniously with the other states.

That is, to abandon the unified empire and allow the vassal states to exist in China forever.

If you still have doubts, ask Grand Tutor Yu before surrendering to the Qin Dynasty.

She's a cunning and deceitful person; she must value her oath very much and wouldn't dare lie to you.

"Why would a treacherous villain care about oaths? Aren't villains just liars?" Peng Yue and several other heroes said in unison.

Fuqiu Gongdao said: "Some people are cunning simply because they abandon morality; others are cunning because they cleverly benefit themselves and harm others."

Yu Fengxian is a truly intelligent person.

She understood how terrible the price of breaking a vow was, so she never broke her vows.

A truly virtuous sage does not break his vows; this is because of his noble nature.

Yu Fengxian did not break her oath for the sake of greater benefits.

She was too smart and too clear-headed to understand that the benefits of breaking an oath could not outweigh the costs, and that she was actually losing money.

She won't do business that loses money.

If one day she feels she's gotten her money's worth, she'll even dare to deceive "God."

“So, she might be deceiving us! If she deceives us, it’s like deceiving the whole world, and the benefits are enormous,” a hero said.

Fuqiu Gong shook his head and said, "She is a treacherous villain, and villains are naturally selfish."

The world belongs to the Ying family, not to her.

For someone like her, being a human emperor is not as enjoyable as improving her cultivation level.

Therefore, she would not sacrifice her own path for the sake of the Ying clan's empire.

Xiang Lianggong exclaimed, "The Great Immortal Fuqiu has seen through Yu Fengxian completely!"
"Know your enemy and know yourself, and you will never be defeated. We've already won half the battle."

Fuqiu Gong smiled and said, "Only those who are not valued will not be well known."

Now all the gods and immortals in the three realms are studying her. We know everything about her past actions and words.

At this point, one can already make fairly accurate predictions about her future actions and words.

"What about the honorific curse and the dream-eating curse? I was perfectly fine, but I was inexplicably possessed by Grand Tutor Yu's demonic thoughts and said a lot of mind-altering things, humiliating the King of Chu whom I greatly respect. After all, I am also a Chu person!" Liu Ji said.

King Chen Sheng and many heroes looked at him with strange eyes.

"What? Liu Ji has been possessed by demonic thoughts? That's terrifying! Great Immortal, you all know everything about her, you should be able to prevent this kind of terrifying curse, right?"

Some of the most stubborn and narrow-minded gangsters actually believed it and became worried.

Fuqiu Gong's smile had already frozen, and he said awkwardly, "We're still studying it, don't rush!"

Liu Laosan wanted to spit on him: He hadn't even thoroughly studied the honorific curse and the dream-eating spell, yet he had the nerve to say that he had completely seen through Grand Tutor Jiang Yu?
“Ahem, let’s continue.” Fuqiu Gong cleared his throat and said, “The great calamity of heaven and earth will not last forever.”

About twenty years later, as the calamity gradually receded, if the Great Qin still existed, it would be able to stabilize the situation and regain its destiny.

At that time, all the rebel kings who compromised with the Qin Dynasty will be wiped out by the million iron cavalry led by Yu Fengxian.

"King of Jiaozhou, your Tian family has staked everything on restoring the Great Qi dynasty, only to see it last for a mere ten or twenty years. Are you content with that?"

"I understand! My Qitian clan will fight to the death with the Qin Dynasty, and we will never compromise!"

Tian Rong's eyes were firm, and his tone was resolute.

Hiding in the Nightmare Dimension, Grand Tutor Yu really wanted to jump out and shout: "You idiot, you've been tricked by Fuqiu Zi! Even without the Great Qin, your Qi Kingdom would only last for about ten years."

All revived nations are zombies. Previously, your fate wasn't exhausted, so you remained alive even in death. This resurrection is merely a means to achieve complete annihilation.

"Making peace with the Qin Dynasty will only bring temporary security, that's one reason. Secondly, the Mandate of Heaven rests with you, not with the tyrannical Qin."

This means that you will have hundreds or even thousands of outsiders supporting you.

A Qi cultivator named Fu Longting hoped to use the power of the imperial court to cleanse himself of his negative karma.

Immortals like myself, who are about to attain the Great Luo realm, hope to benefit from the development of humanity by safeguarding the destiny of heaven, which is the fortune of humanity.

"As long as you fulfill your destiny, all the virtuous immortals in the Three Realms will become your support; if you abandon your destiny and turn to the tyrannical Qin, you will stand on the opposite side of the trend, and not only will other heroes be your enemies, but we cultivators will also be your greatest adversaries."

—If you can't deal with Yu Fengxian, can't you deal with those who betrayed fate?
Fuqiu Gong didn't say it like that, nor did he hint at it so blatantly, but all the "clever" hidden dragons understood the implied meaning.

After silencing the large hall for two minutes, Fuqiu Gong continued, "Those who follow Heaven prosper, and those who defy Heaven perish."

If you all feel hardship when you are in accordance with Heaven's will, then going against Heaven's will at most bring temporary peace. Those who go against Heaven will only experience more hardship and despair.

Therefore, from a strategic perspective, the potential threat posed by the King of Jiaozhou's proposal of "Great Qin's recruitment of surrendered rebels" was not the main reason threatening the anti-Qin alliance.

Finally, I will answer the King of Chu's question regarding the "heavenly aura of the southeast" and its destiny.

He turned to Chen Sheng again, saying, "We have already explained in detail what the Mandate of Heaven is and why it cannot be defied."

Now, let's focus specifically on the destiny of the "Eastern Emperor's Aura".

I can mainly say two things. First, this great calamity at the end of the Qin Dynasty can be divided into three stages.

The first stage was the "barbarian chaos in the northern frontier," which refers to the rebellion of the Donghu, Xiongnu, Yuezhi, and other nomadic tribes against China a few years earlier.

The second phase was the "demise of the Qin Dynasty after only two generations," a phase that was originally only supposed to last three years.

If it weren't for Yu Fengxian's interference, Hu Hai and Zhao Gao would have slaughtered all the loyal officials of Qin and broken the backbone of Qin.

You all surely know about the case of the Immortal Yin Yinzi assassinating the Three Dukes of Qin last year.

Yin Yinzi is forcibly fulfilling this divine will.

Today we gather here with the main goal of destroying Qin!
The destiny of the emperor in the southeast will be revealed in the next stage.

If you can't even get past the second stage, what does the aura of the emperor in the southeast have to do with you?
Secondly, I can confess to you all that I do not know who the master of the Southeast Emperor's Qi is, and all of you great immortals are also observing.

The aura of the emperor in the southeast is not an innate aura, but rather an aura cultivated through experience.

You might think that the person born with the aura of an emperor in the southeast possesses an imperial aura, so he will have smooth sailing, turn misfortune into good fortune, and even be helped by the gods to become an emperor.

This understanding is completely wrong.

The strongest feudal lord in the third stage displayed the aura of an emperor.

One does not need to possess the aura of an emperor to become the strongest.

Cause and effect cannot be reversed.

Take King Chu, for example.

Now you have the aura of a king, but in earlier times, your demeanor was very ordinary, no different from that of other commoners.

If during those ten years in Dazexiang you didn't use your wisdom and courage to subdue the heroes, but instead lay in your house sleeping all day while others worked hard to develop their rebel army.

At this moment, it is others who display the aura of a king; you are merely his subordinate. As for your destiny of rebellion, you are under the command of another King of Chu, naturally transferring your fortune to him as well.

Of course, destiny is when God entrusts a mission to the most suitable person.

"The fact that you are destined to lead an uprising shows that, given your character and intelligence, you wouldn't be lying in your room sleeping soundly."

"I am not only destined to start a rebellion, but my destiny is to destroy the Qin Dynasty!" Chen Sheng said in a deep voice.

Fuqiu Gong sighed and said, “On the matter of destiny, I will never lie to you and will always tell the truth.”

Previously, you only had the destiny of initiating the uprising, but now that Yu Fengxian has changed your destiny, your fate has also changed.

If you have faith and work hard for it, I dare not predict what you will achieve in the future.

After all, fate is divided into innate and acquired. Innate fate is determined by heaven, while acquired fate depends on oneself.

For example, us cultivators.

Heaven has endowed humankind with a short lifespan and weak strength.

Our ambition to pursue the Great Dao is to defy our 'innate destiny'.

As long as you, King of Chu, demonstrate your determination and talent in the second stage, you will surely be chosen by a Golden Immortal to attain enlightenment in the third stage.

There are many Golden Immortals like myself and Lu Dingxian, but we only share the same goal of destroying the Qin Dynasty.

In the third stage, their positions will change.

We will proactively assist the best-performing factions in the second phase.

Therefore, instead of demanding empty promises from me at the alliance meeting, you should shine in the war to destroy Qin and make the Golden Immortal beg you for help.

Having said all that, and so bluntly, Chen Sheng was speechless.

Fuqiu Gong looked around and asked, "Regarding the Mandate of Heaven, do you all still have any doubts about Yu Fengxian's public trial and proclamation to the people?"

If not, we will proceed to the formal alliance stage.

King Wei Jiu glanced at Chen Sheng before raising his hand and saying, "Thank you, Lord Fuqiu, for your frank words, which have dispelled our misunderstanding that 'the quasi-Great Luo uses the hidden dragon of the Divine Land as a chess piece.'"

At this point, Xiao Wang no longer had any doubts about the actions and motives of these great immortals.

However, the young king had some questions and concerns about Yu Taishi of the tyrannical Qin Dynasty.

Now she is upright and virtuous, and has established rules that prohibit assassinations and backstabbing.

Even true cultivators like Yin Yinzi and Lu Dingxian, when their fates change, will fly into a rage and choose to fight to the death.

If in the second phase we advance triumphantly, and the Qin Dynasty is on the verge of collapse, will Grand Tutor Yu break the rules?

Fuqiu Gongdao said: "Yu Fengxian used the 'Assassination Case of the Grand Commandant' and the 'Assassination Case of the King of Bohai' to make us Golden Immortals and ordinary Qi Refiners understand her rules - soldiers against soldiers, generals against generals, fair and square, and no assassination or sneak attacks."

She won both major cases decisively, and her fame spread throughout the three realms.

But behind her seemingly glamorous facade lay her underlying weakness and Achilles' heel.

Everyone looked on with absurdity and confusion. "She killed Yin Yinzi and Lu Dingxian. She's obviously incredibly strong. What's her weakness?"

Fuqiu Gong said calmly, "Her weakness is that she fears assassination! She fears that the kings and ministers of the Qin Dynasty will be killed."

The Qin Dynasty had lost its Mandate of Heaven, and the people were already filled with anxiety. It was she who forcibly united them into one.

Once the large-scale assassination succeeds, morale will be completely shattered.

She was even more afraid of being forced into an 'assassination race'.

When she first entered the Divine Continent, she was just a barbarian who knew nothing. When she encountered Xiu Ge, she would kill him directly. If she couldn't kill him, she would chase after him for thousands of miles.

When they encountered the 300,000-strong army of the Donghu King, they were directly overwhelmed. If the Donghu King hadn't been useful to them, they would have been killed by her as well.

It's absolutely crazy.

Now she's taking the initiative to help you maintain the dragon vein, why is there such a big difference?

She hasn't changed her nature; she hasn't become soft-hearted. But she's become more discerning, knows what's serious, and understands right from wrong.

Killing a hidden dragon is not difficult for her, but the karma left behind after death.

She assisted the Qin Dynasty solely for her own cultivation.

Even today, she has not given up on the Ying clan's plan to move west.

Right now, you're only just beginning to develop, and she doesn't even want to touch you, ignoring you like you're stinking dog shit.

When it comes to the end of the second stage, when you are all able to destroy Qin, your fortune will be stronger and your destiny will be more powerful. The cost of killing you will be greater, and she will make futile struggles.

If she's truly driven mad by evil spirits, we'll send her away!

Fuqiu Gong spoke the last sentence with force and confidence, filled with a murderous aura.

"Thank you for clearing up my doubts, Immortal Fuqiu. I am all right now," Wei Jiu said.

After waiting a while longer and seeing that no one spoke, Fuqiu Gong moved on to the next topic, saying, "The misunderstanding between us 'quasi-Daluo' and your Shenzhou Qianlong has been basically cleared up."

We are now officially entering the 'Anti-Qin Alliance' phase.

To form an alliance, you must first eliminate the misunderstandings and conflicts between you.

Just like before, if anyone has any doubts, please speak up.

Chen Sheng spoke first again, saying, "In the past, when the feudal lords held alliances, they would first establish rules."

What's the point of signing an alliance if someone completely disregards rules and morality?

Fuqiu Gongdao said, "King of Chu may speak frankly: who broke the rules, and what rules were broken?"

Chen Sheng looked around and said coldly, "Among the heroes of China present here, many have already started an uprising."

When they started their uprisings, they all used the name of the king, claiming to be "ordered by King Chen Sheng of Chu to punish so-and-so," and they all took up positions such as Grand Marshal or General of Chu.

After they succeeded by leveraging my prestige, they turned around and attacked my Chu army.

Is there anything more shameless than this in the world?

This is not directed at any particular person.

At this point, King Chen Sheng launched a tirade against the entire audience.

Because all the heroes who rose up in rebellion did so under the banner of King Chen Sheng.

Even when Liu Laosan was staring at the map of Pei County, pondering when it would be the right time to rebel, he subconsciously made up his mind—that he would then claim to be a general of the State of Chu and, on the orders of Chen Sheng, conquer the Si River.

Even in Grand Tutor Yu's previous life, Liu Laosan only started the rebellion in response to King Chen Sheng.

There's no way around it; the people of the Celestial Empire care a lot about "legal principles." No matter what they do, they must have a "just cause," and even rebellion cannot be "without a just cause."

Ordinary people really fall for this.

Especially at the beginning of the uprising, in order to unite the people inside, to win over heroes outside, and to strike at the enemy's morale, it was necessary to have a very righteous and high-sounding banner.

Chen Sheng certainly cannot represent justice, but the "King of Chu" has already succeeded, and success is destiny, and destiny is the highest justice.

As for what happens after the uprising succeeds, Damn it, I've already succeeded, and I represent the will of Heaven, so why should I listen to you?

This is the reason for King Chen Sheng's anger.

At the beginning of the uprising, they all used his name and misappropriated his "trademark". After occupying the county town, they became local tyrants, showing no respect for the King of Chu and even daring to kill his men.

(End of this chapter)