Immortal Father
Chapter 582 - 582 204 Dazhi Receives the Heavenly Dao!_3

582: Chapter 204: Dazhi Receives the Heavenly Dao!_3 582: Chapter 204: Dazhi Receives the Heavenly Dao!_3 Li Ping’an revised the punishments for several people and threw the list onto the desk.

“Carry out the convictions as such, those who should be suspended, suspend; those who should be investigated, investigate; those dozen or so people who need to be beheaded, send them immediately to Minister Feng’s office.”

“Yes!”

Outside, the celestial soldiers shouted in unison as a group of celestial generals surged into the hall to apprehend the offenders.

Before long, more than a dozen old men and women were taken away bound with immortal ropes, and dozens were stripped of their cultivation, dragged to the dungeons.

Li Ping’an’s gaze swept over everyone, and his daoist heart gained a few different perceptions.

In just two days’ time, he had left this place to visit the Holy Mother Palace, welcomed back the Holy Mother, met with the Human Emperor and Minister Feng, and then returned here to complete the interrogation of the immortals of this place.

To call him a master of time management in the Desolate Era would not be an exaggeration in the least.

Li Ping’an spoke slowly:

“What I said earlier, by now I have mostly done it; the treasures that have been recovered to replenish the Eastern Alliance Treasury have made up for seventy to eighty percent of the losses.

Only a batch of precious treasures has disappeared without a trace, and I am definitely going to pursue this matter to the end.

“Everyone, I have a word and would like you to listen.”

The celestial officials below all bowed their heads.

Li Ping’an didn’t preach any grand principles, he simply said:

“Since becoming celestial officials, how long has it been since any of you have been to the front lines?

Do you remember the Human Race battle formations?

Do you remember the scenes of celestial soldiers fighting with great demons?

“Look down now, look at the celestial robes on your bodies, look at the Eastern Alliance insignias on the cushion beneath you.”

“The great threat of the Hundred Clans still exists, the west is restless, the Demonic Path causes chaos to our righteous qi, and the divine court of the Southern Continent are a plague.”

“Has our Human Race really prospered that much?

If it has, then why are there still so many formidable enemies outside, and so many issues within?”

The celestial officials lowered their heads even further.

Li Ping’an let out a light sigh and continued:

“The Holy Mother has returned.

You will all receive this news, and warfare will be suspended for a while because of the Holy Mother’s return.

“In the coming time, I will find an opportunity to draft new policies for the Eastern Alliance to offer to His Majesty.

“You have all grown accustomed to luxury, so prepare yourselves to take turns on the front lines.”

Li Ping’an cupped his hands in respect and then turned to walk to the corner of the great hall.

As he was leaving, he turned slightly and added:

“By the way, just so you all know, the Holy Mother was found by me.”

With those words, he left without lingerin.

On the Azure Dragon Cloud Boat.

Li Dazhi shook his wig, rubbed his forehead twice, then gritted his teeth, stamped his foot, and decided to give his plan a try.

His son had now fallen into a vortex involving the clash of major powers;

They, both father and son, had neither background nor ancestors, and the current relationships they had, aside from a few ‘solid’ ones with some Golden Immortals, other powerful individuals might not prove reliable at critical moments.

If there was no background, then he would become the background for his son!

To seek resonance with the Heavenly Dao!

If he took this path, at the very least, he could scout out the way for his son and tell him how many drawbacks there were to becoming a slave to the Heavenly Dao.

On the higher end, he could find a way to utilize the power of the Heavenly Dao to help his son resolve his greatest heart demon, rely on the Heavenly Dao, and resist the major powers!

Li Dazhi took out a Jade Talisman and took a deep breath.

Silently reciting “Dao De Jing”…

seemed like he only knew a few chapters…

Silently reciting “Free and Easy Wandering,” ah, it seems he only knew about the Roc spreading its wings ninety thousand li…

Li Dazhi, too, was in a dilemma, the ancient books he had seen back in his hometown were the Four Great Classical Novels: “Water Margin,” “Romance of the Three Kingdoms,” “Dream of the Red Chamber,” and “Jin Ping Mei.”

Of course, he had watched the TV drama version of “Journey to the West” featuring the Jade Emperor crawling under a table.

For him to handle these ancient classics of Daoism and teachings of Laozi and Zhuangzi, he truly didn’t understand them very well.

At this moment, racking his brain, the most profound work he could think of was from his younger days when the state-owned factory hadn’t closed down yet, when he had studied some classic articles to get published in the factory’s newspaper to earn some submission fees.

‘Should I write the original text of “Capital”?

Would the Heavenly Dao resonate with that?

Can the Heavenly Dao even follow that level of ideological realm?

At present, society is still at a feudal-slave stage…

Besides, I can’t recite the entirety of “Capital”.’

Li Dazhi pondered back and forth, then his eyes suddenly lit up.

He could try this!

He swiftly etched rows of tiny characters into the Jade Talisman, using the script of this world, but what he wrote were ideas brought from his old home.

[Nature itself dictates the range of activities that animals are supposed to follow, and the animals themselves stay content within this range, not attempting to step out of it, or even considering the existence of any other ranges…]

[Every person has a goal in front of them, at least in their own eyes it is significant, and if the deepest conviction, namely the voice from deep within, considers this goal significant, then it actually is significant, for God would never completely forsake guidance for mankind; God always reveals in a gentle yet firm voice…] (Note)

After copying down an article.

Li Dazhi carefully sensed for a while, but it seemed like nothing unusual had happened.

‘So, it still doesn’t work, huh?’

Energized, old Li decided to keep trying.

There was no reason Ping’an could resonate with the Heavenly Dao, but he could not.

However, just as Li Dazhi was about to erase the writing in the Jade Talisman, it suddenly lit up.

The next instant, the Jade Talisman cracked with a pop and a beam of golden light shot into Li Dazhi’s forehead!

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(Note: Excerpted from “Reflections of a Young Man in Search of a Profession” by Karl Marx.)