Claiming the Throne of Gods, Starting from the Rebirth of Nezha
Chapter 136 Human World Never Lacks Courage (Part 1)

Chapter 136: Chapter 136 Human World Never Lacks Courage (Part 1)

Outside, a torrential downpour raged, occasionally lit up by flashes of lightning, with thunder making the house tremble.

Jiang Ziya hadn’t slept all night until a thoroughly soaked Nezha dragged his weary body into the room. It was then that he welcomed him with a broad smile.

"You, struck by lightning, are indeed still alive."

Nezha grabbed the teapot and downed an entire pot of tea before letting out a breath and saying, "Uncle Master, does the heavenly secret truly exist?"

Raising his head, he stared blankly at the ceiling where beams crisscrossed, new wood showing clear rings and rough spots yet to be smoothed out.

"Of course it does. The workings of this world can be followed through their patterns. Otherwise, how could cultivators cultivate, and how could all things continue to exist?"

Leaning back into his chair, eyes closed, he said, "Uncle Master, you are right. This Emperor of Chengtang and Daji are indeed not yet at their time to die."

Nezha recounted the events of the night to Jiang Ziya, who wasn’t surprised as it was within his expectations.

He had even thought that tonight Nezha himself might have had an accident, only he hadn’t expected his nephew to be so powerful.

"I saw flames shooting up from the Imperial Palace and knew the snake pit had been destroyed, and the deed was finally done."

Upon hearing this, Nezha just shook his head and said, "It’s not completely done. The snake pit may be destroyed for now, but it can be rebuilt. Next time it won’t be so easy to destroy, and as long as Daji and Yin Zhou live, there will be ways to kill."

"At least gain a pure heart," Jiang Ziya said with a broad perspective, watching the lightning and thundering sky, sighing repeatedly.

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It is said that the King Zhou, after an assassination attempt, fled in a panic straight to Lady Huang in the West Palace, alarming hundreds of palace attendants who rushed out in the middle of the night to welcome him.

Ever since King Zhou had favored Daji, he rarely visited the West Palace, but Lady Huang of the West Palace was the sister of King Wu Cheng, Huang Feihu, their family renowned, so wealth and honor persisted.

Seeing King Zhou’s flustered entrance, she was initially startled, but upon learning of the assassin, her anger surged, and she drew a steel blade from a guard who had followed the king and shouted, "What kind of thief dares harm the Emperor!"

Although a woman, she was truly a heroic person.

As she prepared to charge, King Zhou quickly pulled her back.

"Beloved, do not go. This assassin is incredibly skilled in martial arts, with strength beyond human limits."

Hearing this from King Zhou, Lady Huang also calmed down.

She, of course, knew the divine power of King Zhou, but for the assassin to be able to be described as strong by the king and to descend from the sky onto the Star Pick Building made it quite possible that as the king said, tonight’s assassin was not an ordinary person.

Moments later, news came that Lady Daji was also safe, finally allowing King Zhou to relax.

He remembered when on the Star Pick Building just now, his Empress Daji, a weak woman, disregarded her own safety and confronted the assassin, making him even more moved. He wished to leave the West Palace immediately to visit her.

But then Lady Huang spoke, "Your Majesty, since the assassin has not been captured and might return, placing the Emperor in danger would make us all worthy of death. It would be better to call upon the mighty generals to come and protect the palace."

"Beloved’s words are wise. Is there any person of high skill you would recommend?"

With the sudden incident, Lady Huang found it difficult to think of someone. Previously, if the Palace Guard General Fang family brothers were present, it would have been straightforward to call them over.

The two brothers were abnormal people, over six feet tall, born with four eyes, and possessed immense divine power.

Lady Huang thought for a moment and said, "My brother Huang Feihu has capable people under his command in the army; one could be deployed to Zhaoge to protect the palace."

Thus, King Zhou that night stayed overnight in the West Palace, heavily guarded.

The next morning, orders were sent to King Wu Cheng, Huang Feihu, to appoint a person as Palace Guard General.

Thus, orders were sent to Jiameng Pass to summon a person named Mo Lishou from the renowned Demon Four Generals.

This Mo Lishou wielded two whips and had an item in his bag, shaped like a white mouse, called the Flower Fox Mink. In the air, it transformed into a white elephant with wings, devouring all people.

These Demon Four Generals originally came from the Buddhist sect, with different cultivation methods. Upon receiving the summons, Mo Lishou rode a floating cloud to Zhaoge, covering thousands of miles in a single day.

Since then, he escorted King Zhou as a protector.

After the snake pit was destroyed, Daji was unwilling to let it go. At a banquet, she once again brought up the matter with King Zhou, who was a man of debauchery. Drinking made him agree to everything his favored beauty suggested.

This was not unusual, as many men were like that. Even Ding Ce, in his poverty, when he went to the Spring Breeze Building to drink, would lavishly spend his silver whenever his favored girl whispered in his ear.

But King Zhou was the Emperor, and the beauty was Daji; that was different.

Thus, the citizens of Zhaoge had to once again give offerings of snakes, suffering deeply.

There are no walls in the world that don’t let the wind through. The news of the assassination attempt on King Zhou spread from the Imperial Palace, shocking the government and the public. However, it also set a precedent, and in the following days, there were more righteous people following suit.

Among them, the most arrogant had been hidden for centuries, reaching the Golden Immortal Realm. He arrived with a divine rainbow that stretched from the clouds to the Star Pick Building.

The entire Zhaoge could clearly see such an imposing sight.

But just as the person reached mid-air, Mo Lishou released the Flower Fox Mink. Its body expanded with the wind, mouth like a blood basin, teeth like sharp blades, fiercely capturing and devouring people. With a single bite, half of the Golden Immortal’s body was gone.

Nezha and Jiang Ziya stood shoulder to shoulder on the road, glanced at the man-eating Flower Fox Mink, and exchanged looks, both at a loss.

"I told you it was useless, not to go yet you went, and look, you only burnt a pit of snakes. King Zhou’s wealth spans the Four Seas, in a few days their snake pit was rebuilt again."

Jiang Ziya, with folded arms, mocked from the side, and Nezha rolled his eyes at him and said, "In the world, one must try before being content."

"Yes, yes, you’re all brave, I’m the only coward, is that fine?"

Jiang Ziya briskly flicked his official robe, unwilling to think about the palace attendants about to die, leisurely saying, "Today, this man-eating alien beast has appeared in the sky, and it seems no one will dare such foolish deeds again."

"Uncle Master, you are wrong."

Nezha didn’t look at Jiang Ziya, his eyes gazing at the gradually dissipating divine rainbow in the sky, said solemnly, "Courage is never lacking in the human world."

Speaking of which, there was an official named Jiao Ge among the ministers, who was a close friend of Nezha’s teacher, Mr. Fan, and held the rank of Upper Doctor. Since the collection of snakes from the people, he had been inquiring everywhere, wondering what purpose the Emperor served.

This morning, he had just emerged from the document room when a Palace Official hurriedly reported, "Master, the other day the Emperor collected snakes and placed them in a big pit. Today, seventy-two palace attendants have been cleaned to be thrown into the pit tomorrow to feed the snakes and scorpions. I have confirmed this information and came to report it."

Upon hearing this, Jiao Ge’s heart twisted as if cut by a knife, inflamed with anger.

He went straight to the inner courtyard, past the Longde Palace, noticed the eighteen bronze pillars outside the palace, terribly charred, paused for a moment, then kept walking, entering the side palace building, reaching the foot of the Star Pick Building.

He saw crowds of palace attendants naked, bound back to back, sweating profusely, crying out in misery.

Some were clearly just teenage girls, but no piece of clothing was allowed as if they were wild beasts, tied in a row.

Jiao Ge loudly said, "These palace maidens have committed no grave offenses, under heaven’s watchful eyes, how can such absurd and inhumane things be done!"

From the Star Pick Building, King Zhou heard there was someone petitioning below, thus summoning Jiao Ge up.

Once upstairs, Jiao Ge bowed in salute.

King Zhou asked, "Without a decree, what matter do you have to report?"

Inside, Jiao Ge wrestled with intense emotions, yet upon ascending the Star Pick Building, the cold wind sweeping across made him remarkably calm.

Jiao Ge raised his head, looking at the king he served.

He had watched him from his first steps to mastering literature and martial arts, until he rose to sit as the emperor of the world.

Emperor and father.

The emperor is like a father.

Yet, looking at King Zhou, it was like looking at a child who had taken a wrong path.

Jiao Ge took a deep breath and began to speak.

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