Infinite Terror: This Middle Continent is Rebellious

Chapter 312: Team Zhongzhou Brings Disaster to the Nation and the People

Guo Jing hurried over to Huang Rong and asked loudly, "Rong'er, you wouldn't bother us unless it was something important. What happened? Which city was attacked by the Mongols? Or are there more underworld masters bribed by the Mongols causing trouble?"

Hong Qigong and Ouyang Feng, who were watching the battle from a distance, also came over, along with Huang Yaoshi and Master Yideng, who were accompanying Huang Rong, and the five great masters gathered together.

"Alas!" Huang Rong sighed heavily, "This time it has nothing to do with Mongolia, it's the imperial court."

"The imperial court? Could it be Grandpa Yue's old story?"

Guo Jing's expression changed slightly, and he couldn't help but think of the twelve golden medals.

Huang Rong said angrily, "It's about the old story of the Flower and Stone Gang and the old story of Xu Fu."

"what?"

Guo Jing was extremely shocked.

Flower and Stone Gang?
Although the current emperor is incompetent, he is not a foolish and incompetent ruler. The Flower and Stone Gang in the past had a negative impact on counties and prefectures for twenty years, leading to the Fang La uprising and the demise of the Song Dynasty at the hands of the Jin Dynasty. How could Emperor Zhao not know the lesson of the past?

Ouyang Feng sneered, "Xu Fu? Another tyrant emperor in the Central Plains wants to be immortal. I remember that Emperor Huizong of Song created the Flower and Stone Gang because he wanted to become an immortal. He really doesn't learn from his mistakes."

Huang Yaoshi said coldly, "The imperial court has appointed a certain Fairy Yu Wen as the Protector of the Nation. They plan to build a 9,999-step Star-Picking Tower, where Fairy Yu Wen will refine the Elixir of Immortality. They've also ordered the people of the Central Plains to burn incense and pray for the Zhao Emperor daily. The Liangzhe region is to offer Tianmu jade, Kuaiji steel, Yandang stone, and Mogan wood. Each province is to present a unique stone inhabited by the divine power of a Panlong dragon. They are also to gather treasures from renowned mountains and rivers."

"Ridiculous! With the Mongol army threatening us and the people suffering, how could a ruler of a country dream of immortality? How could such a foolish ruler exist?"

Guo Jing was furious.

Burning incense and praying for blessings is a strategy for the poor, and offering treasures from heaven and earth is a strategy for the exhausted people. Are we going to torment the people like this after only three years of famine?

Wen Lie said nonchalantly, "It's better not to hold out any hope for the Song Dynasty emperor. The Zhao family is just like this... Well, do you want me to go to Lin'an and kill the emperor? As long as I slaughter everyone in the palace, everything will be fine."

"No! The emperor is the emperor after all. Regicide is unacceptable to the world! Not to mention the massacre of Lin'an Prefecture. Once Lin'an changes, the world will inevitably be in chaos. If we can't unite the forces of the Central Plains, the Mongolian army will march south. Xiangyang alone will be unable to resist. At that time, there will be countless deaths."

Guo Jing was horrified and put aside his anger for a moment, and hurriedly tried to dissuade Wen Lie.

Huang Rong, Huang Yaoshi, Hong Qigong, and Master Yideng also came to dissuade Wen Lie.

In their minds, Wen Lie was too murderous and unscrupulous. He said he would massacre the imperial palace and would never let anyone go. There was even a high possibility that he would massacre Lin'an Prefecture when he got so excited about killing people.

However, they did not understand that Wen Lie was just deliberately scaring them based on the impression he gave them, so as to make them give up the idea of ​​going to Lin'an and rectifying the chaos.

After all, all the policies of the court were carried out with his tacit approval and through the guidance of Chu Xuan, Zhu Wen and others.

Guo Jing said seriously, "I believe that the nobles will never allow the emperor to act recklessly, and the masters within the palace will not allow a demon to act recklessly. The court's affairs are the court's affairs. If people from the martial arts world interfere arbitrarily, it will always be unjust and unjustified, and will easily backfire in the end."

People in the martial arts world do not care about the affairs of the imperial court. This is almost an unspoken rule in the Central Plains martial arts world. On the one hand, they look down on the imperial court, and on the other hand, they are also afraid of the imperial court. Although Guo Jing called on the heroes of the martial arts world to defend Xiangyang, he did not hold any official position.

"Alright, alright. I don't want to kill my own people casually," Wen Lie shrugged, looking impatient. He said he didn't want to kill his own people, but from his tone, it sounded like he was ready to attack Lin'an at any moment. "Continue practicing. As long as I create the complete Nine Yang Divine Art and neutralize the foreign enemies, I will continue to travel to foreign countries. I don't care about the troubles in the Central Plains. Damn it, you can't just massacre a city and destroy a country when something goes wrong."

These words made Guo Jing and others terrified, but also somewhat relieved.

As long as we quickly create the complete Nine Yang Divine Art, defeat Mongolia, and send this great god out of the Central Plains, the crisis in the Central Plains will be resolved.

Guo Jing, Huang Yaoshi, Hong Qigong, Master Yideng, and Ouyang Feng looked at each other with extremely firm eyes.

The so-called Nine Yang Divine Art is a martial art created by Wen Lie with the assistance of the Five Supremes, based on Ripple Qigong.

For half a year after repelling the Mongolian army, Wen Lie stayed in Xiangyang City, studying martial arts with Guo Jing and others all day long.

Now, he has developed a sword-energy martial art based on Master Yideng's One Finger of Sun and variations of more than a dozen sword and finger techniques.

Master Yideng suggested naming it Six Meridians Divine Sword, firstly to commemorate the lost martial arts skill of Dali, and secondly because the concept of fingering is exactly the same.

Based on the flame sword of Dalun Temple, he borrowed various explosive martial arts moves and created a qigong wave.

Because Master Yideng named the finger technique Six Meridians Divine Sword, Guo Jing, Hong Qigong and others believed that the martial arts they jointly created were by no means inferior to the Nine Yin Scriptures, so they named this set of martial arts the Nine Yang Divine Art.

Wen Lie named this Qigong wave that imitated the instantaneous creation of the primitive world as Thunderbolt Palm - the first of the Nine Yang Five Wonders of the Dragon Tiger Sect's Nine Yang Divine Art, and the Nine Yang Little Thunderbolt of the Thunderbolt Palm. He also changed the name of the Six Meridians Divine Sword to the Nine Yang Divine Sword.

As for the Nine Yang Divine Art in this world?
It seems that because the plot changed so much, Wang Chongyang had no time to spare to compete with the Drunken Monk, which resulted in the Nine Yang Divine Art not being created.

When Wen Lie was perfecting the Nine Yang Little Thunderbolt, he received inspiration from the predictive power of Ripple Qigong. The day he created the complete Nine Yang Five Wonders was the day he touched the threshold of the spiritual position. When he made the energy of Ripple Qigong from positive pole to negative pole, and the yin and yang were combined, that was the time to break through to the spiritual position.

After receiving this omen, Wen Lie became even more motivated and unwilling to be distracted by other things. That is why he revealed his naked murderous intention today, causing Guo Jing and others to not dare to go to Lin'an to restore order, but instead to do their best to help him achieve success.

It's like killing two birds with one stone.

Thousands of miles away, in the north of the Song Dynasty, in the territory occupied by Mongolia, in the backyard of the prefect's official residence, the members of the Heavenly God Team gathered together to discuss the decrees issued by the Southern Song Dynasty court.

"Immortality? Is the Zhao Emperor crazy? Are all the civil and military officials in the court crazy too? Why is he praying for immortality at this time? Besides, I'm a legitimate cultivator here, how can he ask for immortality?"

Upon hearing this news, Luo Yinglong laughed out of anger.

Although he stood in the Mongolian camp, his heart was that of a Han Chinese. He also hoped that the Southern Song Dynasty could be more competitive. If it could not be stopped, his voice in Mongolia could also prevent Mongolian soldiers from harming the people.

Who would have thought that the Emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty would be so outrageous? It really made him very angry.

Adam looked at the contents of the letter and murmured, "It was my negligence, Luo Yinglong. The position of Yu Wenxian Gu should be yours."

"Ah I?"

Luo Yinglong pointed at himself, looking confused.

Adam raised his head and said calmly, "Using the elixir of immortality to deceive Song Lizong, he will indulge in pleasure, abuse the people's power, exploit the people, issue random orders, kill loyal ministers, and trust treacherous ministers. It will be difficult at the front and at the rear. This will inevitably lead to a sharp drop in morale in Xiangyang, and the army will be demoralized, and the success rate of capturing Xiangyang will double." Luo Yinglong's face was full of repulsion, and he waved his hands repeatedly, "No! No, no, no! I don't want to do such a thing that will harm the country and the people. Find someone else. Anyway, those people over there are 100% not serious cultivators and can deceive the emperor. It doesn't matter whether I am there or not."

The queen asked in confusion, "Whose servant is Yu Wenxiangu, the fairy who serves Song Lizong? She used the elixir of immortality to deceive the emperor, abused the people's power, and undermined morale. And she did what should have been done by us. Which team did she belong to? The East American team?"

Not only the Queen felt strange, but the Demon King, Taiko, the General and others also showed difficult expressions.

Who is helping them?

Who is so bold and presumptuous?

The Mongolian camp is definitely the one that would do something that would bring disaster to the country and the people, but the only reincarnation teams that chose the Mongolian camp are the Celestial God Team and the East American Team.

The God Team has been in Mongolia all along, so the only possible team is the East American Team whose whereabouts are unknown.

But... Zhao Zhuikong, does that person look like someone who would do such a thing?
Rather than trying to seduce the emperor, he would more likely kill the emperor directly.

Adam lowered his head, pondered for a moment, and suddenly uttered three words.

"Team Zhongzhou."

"Team Zhongzhou?"

Everyone in Team Celestial God widened their eyes in shock.

"How could it be the Zhongzhou team? The Zhongzhou team is from the Central Plains. If they want to do something, they will reform the tyrant emperor, kill the treacherous officials in the court, or pretend to be the emperor or replace him. How could they do such a thing?"

Everyone shook their heads.

No one is willing to believe that the Zhongzhou team in the Central Plains camp would do something that harms itself and benefits others.

"If it were anyone else, they wouldn't be able to reach the Emperor. With the strength of the Zhongzhou team, do you think anyone could have hidden it from them and gone to Lin'an to seduce the Emperor? We've been in the world of The Return of the Condor Heroes for half a year, and the Beibingzhou and Nanyanzhou teams have been here for a year. It's impossible for them not to have built their own strongholds. Furthermore, given Wen Lie's murderous nature, upon hearing this news, he would immediately massacre Lin'an. Who would be so fearless? Doing such meaningless things can only be done by the Zhongzhou team, and only with the Zhongzhou team's tacit approval."

Adam was indeed the top wise man under Chu Xuan. He ignored the smokescreens that confused everyone and immediately deduced a conclusion that seemed completely impossible to others.

Song Tian asked in confusion: "But why did the Zhongzhou team do this?"

Adam frowned but didn't answer.

Taiko speculated, "Is this a bait? They want to use this information to lure us to Lin'an."

Adam shook his head, denying Taiko's guess.

"It can't be a bait. If it were, the Zhongzhou team would have needed at least a year to set up, but the people of the Central Plains wouldn't be able to hold out for a year."

Even Adam couldn't guess what the Zhongzhou team was going to do.

He had been in contact with Haotian before, but Haotian hadn't collected any useful information in Xiangyang City. He only knew that there had been no war for a long time, and Wen Lie was itching to fight, so he was looking for people to fight every day.

Except for Wen Lie, the others also had nothing to do all day long. Occasionally, they would lead their troops out of Xiangyang City to provide support to other cities and repel the attacking Mongolian troops.

"What exactly is going on? What exactly does Team Zhongzhou want to do?"

Adam's eyes were filled with confusion.

Luo Yinglong sat aside angrily, holding up a teacup, and a thoughtful look flashed across his eyes reflected in the tea.

Is the Zhongzhou team's plan to force the people to rebel?

Luo Yinglong blew a breath, and a tea stalk floated on the water. He hid his left hand in his sleeve and made a few hand seals, using the tea leaves for divination.

Ze Tian Que Gua...

By the end of next year at the latest, the Ziwei star will dim and the Central Plains will soon change hands.

Is there anyone in the Zhongzhou team who wants to be the emperor?
After thinking for a long time, Luo Yinglong came to a conclusion that he himself did not quite believe.

Can the throne of a mere martial arts world compare to the enjoyment of a reincarnator?

It would be fine if this world was a high-magic world, but a medium-magic world where there are no immortals has at most some primary and intermediate treasures. The resources are so few that there is no need to manage it at all.

No one on the Tianshen team dared to confirm what the Zhongzhou team wanted to do, nor did they dare to act rashly.

On the Zhongzhou team's side, Wen Lie kept the Five Supremes in Xiangyang City, and Zheng Zha went to Lin'an Prefecture alone, saying that he wanted to investigate what happened in Lin'an, but in fact he was going to protect the team members in Lin'an to avoid being assassinated by the enemy reincarnations.

As the days passed one after another, Wen Lie gradually perfected the Thunderbolt Palm and the Nine Yang Divine Sword, and took Zhan Lan to find the descendants of the Murong family and the base camp of the Central Plains Ming Cult, and snatched away the Great Shift of the Universe and the Shift of the Stars. He took the essence of the Great Shift of the Universe, the Shift of the Stars, the Void Bright Fist, and the Nine Yin Divine Claws and created the Great Shift of Yin and Yang.

In the court, Zhu Wen took the fine wine and delicacies from the gourmet tablecloth, and Miao Ruoling painted a peerless beauty and presented it to Song Lizong, calling it a fairy thing brought from heaven, which won Song Lizong's trust even more.

Song Lizong indulged in pleasure all day long, was extremely licentious, and ignored the affairs of state. When wise ministers tried to dissuade him, Zhu Wen demoted him to the frontier with just one word.

The most virtuous one, Zheng Qingzhi, never dared to speak, because after drinking the elixir that was supposed to belong to the emperor, Zheng Qingzhi tacitly agreed to whatever Song Lizong wanted to do. He was afraid that Song Lizong would feel resentful towards him before the second elixir was refined.

Because of the imperial court's decree, the chaos among the people in the Central Plains gradually increased, but Jiangdi Zhuang remained motionless, but the rules were expanding day by day.

After hearing about the existence of Jiangdi Manor, people from all over Zhejiang who could not survive under the tyranny fled to the Manor and asked the owner to take them in.

This is exactly what Chu Xuan and others wanted. In about a year, Jiangdi Manor expanded five times, and the number of refugees living in the manor reached 500,000, which is no less than a proper city.

Jiangdi Manor has grown so big that the surrounding government offices naturally know about it. However, Chu Xuan is willing to pay, has the strength, and specially pulled Zhan Lan over. After a series of operations, the surrounding cities and government offices tacitly acknowledged the existence of Jiangdi Manor.

(End of this chapter)