All Heavenly destiny reduced to ashes
Chapter 382 - 30 Power and Order (3/3)

Chapter 382: Chapter 30 Power and Order (3/3)

"Is there really such a good thing?"

Hearing this, An Jing was not surprised, because if it were not so, why would these civil and military officials take such risks?

Meanwhile, You Ruhui shook her head on the other side, "No, it’s not that good. Without the support of the imperial court and the periodic return to Shenjing to replace the new talismans, this extrinsic power would ultimately dissipate, returning to the Heavenly Sea and Earth Vein. It cannot last."

"This is also why so many officials always have to return to Shenjing for their appointments... The Talisman Granting of Heaven and Earth is greatly restricted, and not as free as the Fate Pattern."

"But at least, in a short period of time, they could do many things beyond the restrictions of the imperial court!"

You Ruhui’s emotions were complex. Although she wanted to rebel and take revenge on Da Chen, she was not foolish. After all, she carried the Emperor’s Blood of the Imperial Court, as did her father.

If the murderer who plotted against her own father was not the imperial court she imagined, but these civil and military officials’ secret planning... then should she still return to protect Da Chen?

"Don’t overthink it."

An Jing also noticed You Ruhui’s thoughts and shook his head, "The imperial court is Da Chen, so the officials are not Da Chen? Can these two be separated? Your father obstructed many people’s paths, both from the imperial court and the ministers. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have died so quietly. This is a tacit agreement between the two sides."

A massive net.

A multilayered massive net that had already spread beneath the waters of the Da Chen dynasty. It seemed to be nonexistent, yet it was densely interwoven... and King Jing was the one who had collided with this invisible net created by the civil and military officials, even other Town Kings of the imperial court.

Perhaps, the Late Emperor had suffered the same fate.

An Jing shook his head slightly, pulling his thoughts back.

"Compared to this, later on, I’ll imprint the essence of these two array plates and pass it to you when I have time. As long as you grow stronger and powerful enough, you will always have a chance to find the truth."

"Mm... I have gained a lot this time," responded You Ruhui softly, and An Jing smiled, "That’s good. Solidify your realm well, and we’ll get in touch again when we have time."

Bai Qinghan watched An Jing, who closed his eyes and smiled inexplicably; her eyes narrowed slightly, lost in thought, "Who is Eldest Senior communicating with... using Divine Sense. If I had this secret technique, perhaps I wouldn’t even need the Water Mirror."

Thinking this way, An Jing opened his eyes and noticed Bai Qinghan’s gaze; he smiled back at her.

Afterward, An Jing continued to focus his attention on the Earth Vein Great Formation and the array plates.

Not much Dragon Qi switched out of the array plates. When the Divine Weapon left, it had already taken away most of the reserves. The wisp of Dragon Qi from just now was the last remaining bit.

And Linjiang City nowadays could hardly be considered prosperous. Even with the energy of heaven and earth, there was no mixing with the energy of living beings to forge new Unclaimed Dragon Qi.

For the time being, the array plate would certainly be spinning idly.

But An Jing didn’t mind this— even idle spinning was a good thing. He had just grasped the secret technique of Divine Weapon body tempering, and since there were no Divine Weapons in the Earth Vein of Linjiang City currently, An Jing could fully utilize the power of the Earth Vein for cultivation, whether it’s the Taibai Luminous Godly Ban or Martial Arts could be enhanced.

As long as he dealt with the nuisance of the True Demon Sect at Broken Blade Mountain and found the fragments of Subdue Evil... he could stay in Linjiang City a bit longer.

Raising his head, An Jing surveyed the whole city.

Because of his battle with Mo Li, Linjiang City had already begun to fall into chaos.

The many residents who had planned to stay in the city were already on the brink of collapse due to the oppression by the Linlang Commerce Chamber. They had barely tolerated it for the sake of safety within the city.

But now, if Linjiang City could not even ensure safety, then the oppressive rule was worse than the beast tide of Frost Calamity. They would rather try their luck in the midst of a beast tide than stay in the city.

If these people were allowed to flee the city, who knows how many would die.

"Hmm... It seems my actions may have been somewhat ill-considered."

An Jing fell into contemplation. He had struck down Mo Li and other members of the Linlang Commerce Chamber out of anger at their oppression and discrimination against the common people, but he had also broken the city’s order.

No matter how greedy the Linlang Commerce Chamber became, and regardless of whether they truly protected the safety of the citizens within the city, at least they gave the public this confidence and hope.

Shattering this confidence and hope would cause society to collapse, and the resulting loss and death... might even be greater than the previous exploitation of order.

An Jing did not feel that he was wrong in taking action—if there were mistakes, they were certainly Da Chen’s. The greatest mistake of Da Chen was to establish an order only to abandon it later, providing an opportunity for those officials to exploit.

Then came these officials, who unscrupulously worked for their own goals, allowing the Linlang Commerce Chamber’s officials to run rampant, completely disregarding the life and death of the ordinary people.

All he did was kill too slowly—if he could have slain all the officials of the Linlang Commerce Chamber in an instant, none of these disturbances would have occurred!

But in the end, killing too slowly was also a mistake. Now, An Jing was pondering how to bring back the citizens preparing to escape the city from all directions and prevent them from losing their lives in the snowstorm.

"Call back the citizens in my Divine Mandate’s name? Perhaps it would work, but there would certainly be those who wouldn’t believe."

"Do I, along with Qinghan and Xu Tai, go and bring back the people? That would be even less efficient..."

While An Jing was still contemplating, on the other side, Xu Tai, accompanied by a few martial artists of the Linlang Commerce Chamber dressed in servant attire, arrived at the location.

"Brother An, most of the key figures are here now."

Having destroyed the Earth Pulse Node, Xu Tai had made up his mind to follow An Jing to the end. He saw Bai Qinghan and was surprised by the girl’s transcendent aura, but he did not care too much—it was, after all, a friend of An Jing’s with a Divine Mandate, certainly a genius.

He reported succinctly, "The other martial artists are all scattered, now terrified out of their wits, they’re unlikely to make any significant moves."

"Having overthrown this inhuman commerce chamber, what do we do next?"

"Ha. What’s next?"

Before An Jing could respond, from amongst the martial artists captured by Xu Tai, a relatively young martial artist fiercely raised his head and cackled, "What’s next? You’re finished. All of you are finished!"

"Without the young master’s identity and the Great Formation protecting us, those demon monsters on the mountains, those demon men and exotic beasts, will lead the beast tide here—the young masters are the guardian deities of this city, you people have no clue!"

"So what if we took a bit of money, without the young masters and the Great Formation, Linjiang City would have been finished long ago!"

"Oh... So this is why you cooperated with the True Demon Sect?"

An Jing glanced at the overly young lad, probably brought over by Mo Li, and chuckled, "I see, mutual threats."

Realizing his slip of the tongue, the young martial artist immediately shut his mouth—though An Jing had no intention of letting him respond, nor did he intend to let him live.

Pupil Fire flickered, and the man suddenly felt a heat in his chest, his inner qi in disarray, instantaneously generating intense heat. Before he could even speak, his consciousness slowly dissolved in extreme heat and pain, and his whole body turned into a burning torch, emitting a piercing scream before collapsing to the ground.

An Jing ignited him, turning him into charred remains.

Daring to speak so loudly when dealing with a Heavenly Demon? Keeping quiet might have spared his life, An Jing couldn’t fathom where he got the courage to try to threaten him.

However, this man did indeed give An Jing an idea.

"I have an idea."

An Jing lifted his head, looking towards Broken Blade Mountain not far away, his eyes blazing with excited sparks, "Empty promises mean nothing, saying I can protect everyone is pointless; even if I have defeated the Linlang Commerce Chamber, to the people it’s still infighting, it doesn’t prove I have the ability to handle dangers and maintain order."

"Without tangible external achievements, people won’t believe in me, nor will they trust my power and order."

"Just as the leaders of the ancient human race needed to slaughter evil spirits, presenting their heads as proof, distributing their flesh among the people to earn their admiration and allegiance..."

"If I want everyone to believe that I can replace the Linlang Commerce Chamber and protect them... I need to do something similar!"

"True Demon Sect..."

——Hehe, it’s time to put your heads to good use!