Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 1377 - 930 double standard

Chapter 1377: 930 double standard

Those who came to Yuelai Inn to inquire about news were not only solitary cultivators, but also various local lords who had left their mansions to come here.

"General, all the cultivators say the same thing, it seems the rumors about the Human King must be true. Should we go to Luoyang and declare our fealty to the Human King?"

A burly man said as he wore coarse linen clothes that failed to conceal his fierce demeanor; clearly, he was a seasoned soldier.

"Why go there? We are of low strength, even if we went to Luoyang, it would be hard to gain attention, perhaps we wouldn’t even be able to meet the Human King."

"Rather than going to Luoyang and being snubbed, it’s better for us to stay in our den, quietly develop our power, gather fortune from all directions to increase our reputation."

"In that way, once our reputation has reached a certain level, we can wait for the Human King’s edict and take the initiative to pledge loyalty. Does the Human King know who we are? But if we are summoned by the Human King’s edict, he will definitely have a deep impression of us."

The man known as the general spoke. He had a clear understanding of his modest strength, knowing that rashly seeking to support Jiang Chen would not lead to a significant role.

For this reason, he planned to create his own accomplishments first and then go to join Jiang Chen, which would also help him gain importance. In the vast Nine States, there were many who harbored the same thoughts as him.

In addition, there was a considerable number of people who didn’t take Jiang Chen seriously at all, planning to take advantage of the chaos to stir up uprisings and establish their own dominion.

Human hearts are complex, and the world can fall into chaos overnight. However, before chaos could erupt across the land, the Demon Suppression Heavenly Soldiers had already rushed to the Nine States.

Ten million Demon Suppression Heavenly Soldiers, with one million staying to guard the Imperial Capital, and the remaining nine million spread out to take control of the cities of the Great Han along with avatars of Jiang Chen.

Whatever plans the various local lords had, whether to establish accomplishments and wait for the edict, or to aspire to become kings themselves, none of it mattered.

In front of the Demon Suppression Heavenly Soldiers, all their resistance proved to be in vain. The forces they relied on as their backbone were easily breached by the Demon Suppression Heavenly Soldiers.

In just one day, the land under the Great Han had changed rulers, with all cities taken over by the Demon Suppression Heavenly Soldiers. The former officials within the cities had become prisoners, and their specific fate would depend on Jiang Chen’s arrangements.

As for Jiang Chen’s avatars, they had arrived at the doorsteps of the Ancient Clans distributed throughout the Nine States.

He did nothing but stand at the gates of these Ancient Clans for a while. Then, all of these Ancient Clans became compliant, no longer daring to even mention overturning the dynasty and recreating the primordial era.

It was only when Jiang Chen was not present that they dared to show off their might; but once Jiang Chen appeared before them, they lost all their courage.

Because Jiang Chen was not joking with them—if he said he would annihilate their entire lineage, he would do exactly that.

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In just one day, the Nine States, which had just shown signs of great turmoil, had been quelled by Jiang Chen.

No, it couldn’t be said to be quelled entirely, because there was still one factor left unresolved—Yellow Heaven Dao.

"Yellow Heaven Dao!"

Jiang Chen looked up towards the direction of Yellow Heaven Dao.

In just a few days, the fate of Yellow Heaven Dao, which had been on the brink of complete dissipation, had unexpectedly revived and became prosperous once more.

"It seems I’ve underestimated you, Huang Jiao, for you to come up with such a disgusting method."

Jiang Chen slightly frowned, feeling that he had been careless and allowed Huang Jiao to exploit a loophole.

The simplest way to strengthen fate was to gather the power of the masses. Initially, Huang Jiao did exactly that, spreading the teachings of Yellow Heaven Dao to gather followers and accumulate fate.

But this path was now blocked by Jiang Chen, becoming impassable. Now Huang Jiao, let alone developing new followers, would find it difficult to even keep the existing ones.

Logically, the fate of Yellow Heaven Dao should have weakened, but the current situation was that the once-bottomed fate of Yellow Heaven Dao had suddenly surged dramatically.

"Spirits, foreign beings, myriad tribes!"

Jiang Chen only needed a glance to discern the cause of Yellow Heaven Dao’s explosive rise in fate.

It must be said, Huang Jiao was indeed talented, unable to propagate among the Human Race, he promptly switched targets, focusing on proselytizing among spirits, foreign beings, and even the myriad tribes.

As much as Jiang Chen disdained Yellow Heaven Dao, their inheritance was indeed a first-rate teaching of the era, a genuine legacy of the Mystic Sect.

Remember, Huang Jiao was one of the three thousand visitors of Zixiao Palace, having listened to the teachings of the Taoist Ancestors. Could his inheritance be insufficient? It directly pointed to the ways of Primordial Chaos.

Such an inheritance was incredibly precious to the spirit beings lacking methods, even more valuable than their own lives. The same held true for foreign beings and the myriad tribes.

The myriad tribes and foreign being lineages did not lack Innate Taoist scriptures because they had the support of Innate Dao Sovereigns and Quasi-Saints within their ranks.

However, what they lacked were supreme methods that pointed directly to the Primordial Realm, as none in their ranks were at the Primordial Level to bestow such high-level teachings.

Without overemphasizing, just to obtain Huang Jiao’s teachings, they would choose to join Yellow Heaven Dao and become the most devout followers.

This scheme was virtually unsolvable.

Of course, Jiang Chen was not lacking in Primordial Level methods. If he offered them, he could easily break Huang Jiao’s plan.