After Fei Zhong left, Ding Ce revealed a disdainful smile. As a hermit outside the ancient city of Chao Song in the past, he looked down on Fei Zhong, the former grand minister of Yin Dynasty, the most. In his youth, he often stood on the mountain with several radical young men to curse at Fei Zhong. Fei Zhong also held him in low regard. A hermit? Do you dare to retire to a distant place? Living three miles outside the capital is this called being a hermit?
Phoenix knew that there was a deep-rooted conflict between them. It was wise of him not to say anything and continue discussing the writing of the letter.
She hadn't thought she'd see Fei Zhong again at the Celestial Court, despite their broken fate.
Fei Zhong did not ascend physically nor was his true spirit listed; instead, he entered the Heavenly Palace through the means of a shadow spirit.
As his lifespan on earth had come to an end, Fei's family had worshiped him as a shadow spirit.
A shadow spirit requires incense offerings, but the Fei family didn't have that. However, they had money.
These days, money can buy a lot of things.
The faith of the common people in the central plains is quite diverse. If you give me benefits, I will believe you. If you bless me, I will burn incense for you. But if there's no benefit? Get lost!
The Fei family has descendants who practice Taoism on Mount Li, and they are not unfamiliar with the matters of immortals.
They bought incense with money.
Regardless of age, gender, wealth or poverty, as long as they came and paid their respects to their ancestors' tablets, saying a few kind words, they could receive a pound of eggs or beef and lamb with the same weight.
When the common people saw it, they thought, "There's such a good thing?"
When Fei Zhong was still alive, the Fei family was like a popular attraction, with people lining up every morning to pray in front of the tablet, and their lack of sincerity in their faith wasn't enough to stop them. Over time, with consistent efforts, even Fei Zhong's spirit was revived and became a shadow spirit.
As a shadow spirit, he is the lowest level of god, and cannot be compared to Ji Changle's shadow spirit that wanders everywhere. His range of activity is basically within a few miles of his home, but it must be said that this guy has some luck.
Some of the wealth of the Heavenly Palace was taken by Lao Jian, Deng Chanyu, and Hao Tian. The treasury was empty, and they needed incense offerings! They were very short on them! Bi Gan asked Hao Tian, and immediately after the "colors" were completed, he automatically understood the divine technique "donating".
The Fei family descendants continued to distribute eggs, meat, and rice. The influx of wealth into the common people brought ample incense power to Fei Zhong. He made three donations of incense in succession, and then ascended into the immortal class, entering Phoenix's sight.
At first, Phoenix thought he might have mistaken someone or seen someone with the same name, but upon summoning the person over and examining him, he realized it was the former comrade Fei Zhong.
Since he's already here, he couldn't just kill him. Instead, they had to keep him around and appointed him an official position. Now, Fei Zhong is the Eastern Star God among the Five Stars.
Southeast: The East, West and Center also have gods in charge of life and death, respectively: the Eastern God is in charge of calculation, the Western God is in charge of recording names, and the Central God is in charge of directing spirits. The five gods supervise each other. This is the institution that J purple Emperor Yin supervises over life and death.
Life and death are not considered big deals for immortals, and Fei Zhong's power is neither too small nor too great.
Fei Zhong rushed to express his loyalty, while the other officials and officials were not as sycophantic. However, the immortals arrived one by one and expressed their indignation towards the Heavenly Court and Hao Tian. The underlying message was that they hoped J purple Emperor Yin would step in and do justice.
Phoenix cannot say that Hao Tian is behaving in an unjust and reverse way. She cannot say she wants to dispatch troops to attack him, who is for it, and who is against it? She cannot say this. She is an Emperor, not a gangster from Kowloon Walled City.
The roles of the civil and military officials are demonstrated here. They sequentially advised, urging the phoenix to prioritize the well-being of all beings in the three realms, discard empty fame, and turn back the tides!
Fei Zhong was the most enthusiastic in such situations. At this moment, he once again stepped forward: "Your Majesty! The beings of the three realms hope that You will straighten out the chaos. They are like babies looking forward to their parents. Please dispatch troops quickly to lift the suffering of the people and uphold righteousness!"
Seeing Phoenix still hesitating, he immediately started his act. He glanced left and right, pointed to the pillar beside him, and said, "If Your Majesty does not agree, I will kill myself here!"
As he spoke, he adjusted his position slightly and spoke with great passion, "My master is in the north; it is not right for me to die facing south!"
Some unfamiliar with Fei Zhong's style of behavior tried to persuade him, causing a chaotic scene. Phoenix always looked very difficult. When Ding Ce signaled to her with gestures, indicating that the letter had been written, she immediately changed her attitude: "You guys have made my life so hard!"
Phoenix and the officials unified their opinions, "In a state of utter helplessness," they agreed to advocate for the officials' fairness, and at the same time, to put forward several suggestions regarding the numerous measures taken by the Heavenly Court recently. The difference lies in that they were carrying swords to make their suggestions.
Next is the issue with Hao Tian.
Deng Chanyu, Phoenix, and Guangyue Fo started observing from three directions. They don't need to explain it in detail; at least they have a grasp of 70 to 80 percent of the situation.
He assumed that his father-in-law was being taken over by Luo Hou. Currently, Hao Tian is not being detained in some place, nor is he sealed inside "Hao Tian." In any case, these are not good things.
If Hao Tian were to give up resistance, there's a possibility that he might be refined into Luo Hou's third demon.
If the three demons merge, Luo Hou might still be able to stir up some trouble.
At present, the Dao and the demons are intertwined. Neither can be extinguished. However, this is not a situation of equal power between them, but rather the Dao dominating with 9999 parts, while the demons only occupy one part. Luo Hou's true body is still suppressed by Zhentou. Hao Tian's defeat was due to his extremely low fortune.
Without the command of Daozu Hongjun, no one dares to revoke the title of Hao Tian as the Supreme Ruler of the Three Realms, not even Taqing Saint can do so, but one can show him even greater respect!
After Phoenix slightly revealed her intention, the officials immediately began to bestow honors on Hao Tian's "Supreme God of the Golden Throne, Ineffable Natural Wonders, Mystical, All-Knowing and Most Revered God of the Imperial Court." They added a "Great" character to Hao Tian's title of respect. Before it was Hao Tian God, now it is Hao Tian Great God.
This move can be considered a reverse "donning the yellow robe."
The name has been settled, and Hao Tian's problem has been solved. Therefore, the formal declaration of the Jingnan Expedition has begun.
Before the three armies move, the supplies must be sent first. This also applies to heavenly troops.
Tonics for replenishing qi and blood, and various other supply items were continually taken from the imperial treasury. Weapons, armor, crossbows, arrows, horses, and warships were the accumulated wealth from the three levels of observatories' eastward and westward campaigns over the years.
After one hour, a large number of fifty thousand heavenly soldiers and officers were continuously leaving the Zixuan star, with their slogan being "rectifying chaos!"
The meaning of Jingnan is that there are evil ministers around the Emperor of Heaven. To prevent a great chaos in the three realms, we must strike first and take action to stabilize the situation.
The number of fifty thousand is naturally a figure of speech. There aren't even fifty thousand heavenly soldiers and officers on the side of Hao Tian, and as for the phoenix, being one of the Four Emperors, how could there be so many troops?
Including the Taohuai naval forces under Old Zhu, including logistics, supporting troops, and even counting the horses in the Tianhe River, it would still only amount to around 300,000. The real elite would only be about 170,000 to 180,000. Less than 200,000.
