Infinite Terror: This Middle Continent is Rebellious

Chapter 314: Huo De is dead, the Buddha is alive, the year is Jiachen, and the world is prosperous.

"Don't say the stone man has only one eye, he is stirring up rebellion in Zhejiang and the whole world."

A folk proverb spread from the Qiantang River like a raging fire. In less than a month, it spread across the country and even broke through the Liangzhe Road.

The White Lotus Sect and the Ming Cult rose up one after another, and people from all over the country responded. For a time, the Central Plains was in chaos, and the fire quickly spread to the Lin'an court.

"Your Majesty, the White Lotus Sect and Manichaeism have resurfaced. Rebels are causing chaos in Jiangnan East, Jiangnan West, Huainan East, Huainan West, Jinghu South, Jinghu North, Jingxi South, Guangnan East, Guangnan West, Fujian... Please issue an order to quell the rebellion!"

Although Zheng Qingzhi was good at keeping himself safe, he could not remain silent as the war broke out in the Central Plains. One day, he made a memorial to Zhao Yun after a long absence.

Zhao Yun leaned against the dragon throne, his eyes cloudy. He didn't know how much his cultivation had been damaged by more than a year of lust.

Hearing Zheng Qingzhi's words, Zhao Yun straightened up and flew into a rage: "Huh? Rebellion? I am the true emperor, how dare these lowly people rebel against me?"

"His Majesty……"

Zheng Qingzhi hesitated to speak.

Why rebel? Wasn't it just about building the Star Picking Tower and asking the people to pray for blessings? With the Mongol invasion and successive famines, how could the people have any spare money?
"Tell me! I protect the people of the Central Plains. Why on earth do these greedy and insatiable people want to rebel against me?"

Zhao Yun slapped his palm down towards the handle, and the tremendous internal force burst out, making the ears of the civil and military officials buzz.

"Your Majesty, the common people have no money and cannot afford to offer incense every day."

Zheng Qingzhi thought about it for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and told some of the reasons.

Dong Songchen shouted sharply, "Duke Shen, be careful with your words. Your Majesty is protecting the people's peace, and it is only natural for the people to pray for your Majesty. How can you be so ignorant as to be stingy with a few copper coins?"

Zheng Qingzhi glared at Dong Songchen and shouted, "A few copper coins? That's easy to say, but a few copper coins a day means thousands of copper coins a year. How can ordinary people have so much spare money?"

Zhao Yun said coldly, "Without my protection, they'd lose their lives, so what's the point of talking about money? They're just a bunch of ignorant fools who don't know what's good for them!"

"Your Majesty, the people are not ungrateful. There really is no..."

"Zheng Qingzhi!"

Zheng Qingzhi hadn't finished speaking when Zhao Yun called him by his name. Facing the cold gaze that revealed a bit of disgust, Zheng Qingzhi was speechless for a moment.

"Because you drank the first elixir, you don't care how long it takes the fairy to make the second one?"

"I have spoken carelessly, Your Majesty, and I beg your forgiveness."

Zheng Qingzhi immediately knelt down and knocked his head to the ground.

"However, Your Majesty, the various rebellions are by no means trivial. If you do not show mercy to the world and quell the rebellion, our Song Dynasty will be in danger!"

Zhu Wen closed her eyes, standing closest to Zhao Yun. She flicked her whisk and said leisurely, "Master Zheng may be exaggerating. Your Majesty is the true dragon emperor, and the Song Dynasty is at a time of prosperity. What are these petty thieves to do?"

Zheng Qingzhi opened his eyes wide, turned his head to look at Zhu Wen, a look of astonishment on his face.

A petty thief? This year's rebellion is more intense than any previous year. One careless mistake could lead to the transformation of a divine artifact. How can this be described so lightly...

and many more!

Suddenly, Zheng Qingzhi realized the problem.

The reason why rebellions broke out in various places was all because of the arrival of this national magician. If it were not for this person, even when Genghis Khan was dead, it would not be impossible to raise an army and drive the Mongolian army back to the grassland. But now the government is using the national strength to refine the elixir of immortality in order to achieve immortality, so how could it have the mind to expel Mongolia.

Could this fairy be a spy sent by Mongolia to deceive the king?

This thought came into Zheng Qingzhi's mind, but he couldn't say it out loud.

The elixir of immortality was genuine, and he was allowed to drink it. He denied Fairy Yu Wen, and in the eyes of others, he was unwilling to let His Majesty achieve immortality.

The Song Dynasty is in danger!
Not knowing what Zheng Qingzhi was thinking as he lay on the ground, Zhao Yun gave him a cold look and instructed Dong Songchen, "Hmph! Draft an imperial decree. Leave the task of quelling the rebellion to Lord Shi. If you do a good job, you'll be rewarded handsomely. This involves the elixir of immortality, so don't neglect it. I grant you the right to execute first and report later."

Shi Songzhi was overjoyed when he heard this. He took the imperial edict and said excitedly, "I obey your order!"

On the one hand, he had to prepare the raw materials for the elixir of life, on the other hand, he had to quell the rebellion, and on the other hand, he had to guard against Mongolia. It was simple for Zhao Yun to issue an order, but it was not that easy to do it in practice.

As the days passed, the Southern Song Dynasty became more and more chaotic, with peasant uprisings everywhere. Song soldiers rushed around like firefighters. Sometimes they were able to successfully suppress the uprisings and recruit them, but sometimes they failed to suppress the uprisings and instead allowed the uprisings to occupy the county town.

All knowledgeable people in the world sighed, as this was a sign of the country's demise.

A rumor also began to spread in Liangzhe Road.

"The Fire Virtue has died, the Buddha lives on. In the year of Jiachen, the world will be blessed with good fortune."

What is Fire Virtue? According to the theory of the transference of the Five Virtues, the Zhao Song Dynasty is Fire Virtue.

The Buddha is alive, that is, the great saint is alive, the Buddha is Yishu and the Buddha.

Why is it called Jiachen? This year is the year of Jiachen.

"The Zhao Emperor has lost his mandate of power. The messenger of the Living Buddha will replace the Song Dynasty this year."

This statement was widely circulated in Liangzhe Road, and also spread in Jiangnan East Road, Jiangnan West Road, Huainan East Road and other places. The reputation of Jiangdi Zhuang became more and more famous. The people who could not survive and the rebels who saw no way out all went to Lin'an Prefecture to seek refuge with Jiangdi Zhuang.

At this point, even if they had accepted the money from Jiangdi Zhuang, the prefects of the surrounding prefectures could no longer turn a blind eye and immediately mobilized troops to quell the rebellion in Jiangdi Zhuang.

On this day, an army of 50,000 marched towards Jiangdi Village in a mighty procession. From a few thousand meters away, one could see the flying dust, the golden swords and iron horses, and the fluttering battle flags. The mighty momentum made the people in Jiangdi Village panic, and the militia guarding the city were trembling in their hearts.

At most, they had fought some petty thieves, and this was their first time facing a regular army. They were not desperate criminals, and they were not without a way to survive. How could they not panic when they saw the Song army attacking them?
After panic, comes anger!
"When did we rebel?"

"We at Jiangdi Manor have always taken in those in need, but we've never raised the flag of rebellion!"

"Damn the imperial court! They've wronged us!"

"A bunch of bastards, bullying the weak and fearing the strong, instead of going elsewhere to quell the rebellion, they come here to bully us good people!"

……

The militiamen were indignant and began to shout curses at the army in the distance.

However, they all automatically ignored the previous words about pushing the Zhao emperor down and making Chu Tianshi the emperor.

Feeling wronged, anger ignited in their hearts. The militiamen gripped their swords and guns tightly, staring at the Song army nervously and excitedly, their eyes seeming to spit out flames of anger.

At this moment, the ground suddenly shook.

It wasn't the noise of 50,000 soldiers marching, but rather a gentle shaking, like an earthquake. Rocks rolled down the hillside on the side of the road in front of Jiangdi Manor. The Song general in command hurriedly issued a command with a large banner. With the flags waving, the army's advance slowly halted, stopping five kilometers away.

Suddenly, a huge python emerged from the mountains beside the road. The python was five meters thick and hundreds of meters long. Its whole body was red as fire, like a river of magma spreading from the top of the mountain, crushing the forest.

"Monster! What a huge monster!"

"Monster!"

"Run! Run away!"

"Go and ask Angel Chu to exorcise the demon!"

……

The appearance of the huge monster shocked Jiangdi Zhuang and the army that was suppressing the rebellion. Although there were occasional strange beasts in the Central Plains, they had never seen such a big one.

Cao Shixiong, who was in charge of the troops, was also in a panic. He was considered a good martial artist in the martial arts world and had been instructed by Lord Zhao. Ordinary martial artists were no match for him, but facing such a giant beast, he was really unsure.

"General Cao, let's retreat!"

The general in the army directly asked Cao Shixiong to withdraw his troops. In his opinion, fighting with such a behemoth would undoubtedly be a dead end.

Cao Shixiong refused without hesitation: "No, no way! If we retreat, how can we explain to His Majesty? Fifty thousand troops, and we return empty-handed because of a beast? His Majesty will definitely blame us!"

The lieutenant general said anxiously, "But the army is in chaos and morale is low. How can we kill that beast?"

Cao Shixiong frowned. At this moment, a giant red python came out of the mountain, shook its head and tail, looked left and right, and actually crawled towards Jiangdi Manor.

At the same time, a voice sounded in Cao Shixiong's mind, like a flash of inspiration.

Cao Shixiong was delighted and immediately said, "Pass the word down! That's not a monster, it's a dragon! See that red thing? It's the fire dragon under the Emperor Yan, coming to help my army defeat the rebellion!"

The lieutenant general was stunned for a moment, and then he showed an expression of sudden enlightenment.

"Yes, our Song Dynasty is of the Fire Virtue, and we worship the Yan Emperor as the Emperor of Birth. The Emperor is the son of the Yan Emperor. This must be the Yan Emperor's blessing, and he sent the fire dragon to help us quell the rebellion!"

The lieutenant general started shouting, and the generals around him were confused, but also half-believing and half-doubting.

In order to boost morale, they passed on the message as Cao Shixiong said.

For a moment, the morale of the army was greatly boosted. Although the soldiers' families had not been doing well because of the court's policies in the past two years, they could not help but feel a strong sense of pride when they saw that God was helping the Song Dynasty.

After all, the Song Dynasty was truly blessed by the gods, so what did it matter if they suffered a little hardship? It was just a minor hardship.

In Jiangdi Manor, the villagers couldn't help but panic. They thought they were good at fighting the army and had trained for half a year and had some skills. But what use were these skills when facing a giant python that seemed to be able to smash through the city wall in one go?
Suddenly, a white light flashed across from the heights of Jiangdi Manor.

The white light that flew by stopped above the head of the giant red python. Everyone looked up and saw that the white light floating in the sky was a tall figure.

The figure had eight shining silver wings, a crimson pointed helmet on his head, heavy steel shoes on his feet, a crimson longsword hanging on his right arm, and a shining light shield hanging on his left arm. His posture was different from that of an ordinary person, and he exuded an inexplicable sacred aura, which made those who saw him feel deeply awe.

"It's Angel Zhang! We are saved!"

"Angel Zhang is here, and peace is here!"

"Angel Zhang, slay the demons!"

Everyone in Jiangdi Manor was overjoyed and cheered for Zhang Jie as he left the city.

Cao Shixiong and others were panicked. They had seen strange people before, but this kind of posture was not something that could be described by strange people. It was clearly the posture of an immortal. The ascending winged people recorded in ancient books looked like this.

The lieutenant murmured to himself: "Is he really an immortal?"

Cao Shixiong's eyes were sharp and cold as he looked at the lieutenant general: "What immortal? He's just playing tricks! The destiny is with the Song Dynasty. Those who are enemies of the Song Dynasty are all demons and monsters! That's just a demon's evil method!"

The lieutenant was startled, realizing that he had spoken out of turn, and nodded repeatedly.

Although he reprimanded the general like this, Cao Shixiong was still uneasy. The person flying in the sky, even if he was not a god, was at least an extremely powerful master. His aura was even greater than that of Lord Zhao!
To capture him, we need at least 5,000 soldiers in formation to have a chance of winning.

“Why are there so many variables?”

Cao Shixiong muttered to himself, hoping that the giant red python sent by Emperor Yan could eat the so-called angel.

"Fire virtue must die! Stop your dying struggle!"

At this time, Zhang Jie shouted loudly, raised the King's Sword high, and exerted all his strength.

In an instant, the holy sword Excalibur burst out with an incomparably bright light, stealing the sight of everyone on both sides of the enemy. The sword light, brighter than the stars, cut through the sky and slashed down at the giant red python.

"boom!!!"

Along with a huge explosion, the red giant python also raised its head and let out a shrill wail. The body of the red giant python was swallowed by the sword light, like a picture painted on the sand being washed away by the river, and gradually disappeared.

When the brilliant sword light dimmed, the giant red python seemed to have never existed and completely disappeared from everyone's sight.

Only the holy angel with eight wings slowly flapping was floating high in the sky, exuding an awe-inspiring and inviolable majesty.

The people from both Jiangdi Zhuang and the Song army were so shocked by this sacred and majestic scene that they were speechless. They could only look up at Zhang Jie posing in the sky with their mouths open.

"The Fire Virtue has died, the Buddha lives on. In the year of Jiachen, the world will be blessed with good fortune."

On the city wall, Zheng Huchen, Zhang Zhezhai and Deng Ruoshui were the first to come to their senses. They looked at each other and shouted in unison.

"The Fire Virtue has died, the Buddha lives on. In the year of Jiachen, the world will be blessed with good fortune."

"The Fire Virtue has died, the Buddha lives on. In the year of Jiachen, the world will be blessed with good fortune."

The stunned villagers around also came to their senses. Their morale soared, their faces flushed with excitement, and they followed Deng Ruoshui and others, shouting the rumors that had been circulating recently.

Gradually, thousands of voices merged into one, and the resounding sound rushed towards the Song army stationed in the distance like a surging wave.

The morale of the soldiers who were suppressing the riot plummeted, everyone looked terrified, and some even dropped their weapons.

The generals in the army turned pale and turned their eyes to Cao Shixiong.

Cao Shixiong's face turned pale and blue. How could he not know what the generals meant in their eyes? He had just announced that the giant red python was a dragon sent by Emperor Yan. Now that the dragon had been killed by the enemy's sword, how could his soldiers still have the morale to continue fighting?

(End of this chapter)