Shennong Dao Master-Chapter 1285 - 6: After the Chickens Peck the Grain, the Dogs Lick the Flour, and the Lamp Burns Through the Lock

If the Emperor was Emperor Jing, he wouldn't dare to block Zhao Xing like this.

But Emperor Wu is not Emperor Jing, and he is no longer the Beichen King of the past.

Today, he really wanted to save face.

"King Zhao, I am on my way back; please allow me to apologize in person." The words were not harsh, even seemed conciliatory, but the underlying attitude was very firm, clearly indicating he did not want Zhao Xing to take people away.

"If you insist on keeping them, it won't do you any good." Zhao Xing said in a deep voice, "Beichen King, I ask you once more, do you really want to do this?"

The Beichen King remained silent.

Seeing this, Zhao Xing said no more and immediately flew into the sky.

"Since you want them to stay, let it be as you wish."

Zhao Xing continuously cast spells, golden lights burst forth, and in a blink of an eye, thousands of golden beams merged into the void above the Royal Palace.

Moments later, countless figures appeared on him, burrowing into the earth and soaring into the sky.

Soon, golden dots appeared all over the Royal Palace, both above and below.

Beneath the ground, numerous earth veins formed passages, twisting into an incomparably complex maze, resembling a chain of iron links when viewed at a glance.

Then Zhao Xing took out batches of finished talismans from his bosom and waved his hand.

His avatars followed the golden lights from before, placing the Divine Talismans in predetermined positions.

After all this was done, Zhao Xing's true self landed down, reappearing inside the hall door.

The Beichen King, seeing Zhao Xing reappear, couldn't help but show some astonishment in his eyes.

Because inside Lanhua Palace, a mountain of rice formed from Primordial Rice and another Noodle Mountain had appeared, with an additional lamp beside them. The lamp seemed illusory, burning an equally illusory lock.

"King Zhao, what is this..."

Zhao Xing snorted coldly, throwing the evidence into the hall, then without a word, turned and left.

The Beichen King was somewhat at a loss.

Not knowing what Zhao Xing ultimately did, after all, he was merely an awareness attached to the rules of power here, not physically present himself.

Seeing Zhao Xing actually leave, he didn't think much further, merely summoned his brother-in-law from the hall.

Hoping to use the powers of the rules to dispel the Hou Transformation from both of them.

But after casting several beams of golden light, he realized he couldn't dispel it at all.

"Uh-huh?!" Shen Tulan's eyes flashed with a trace of panic, while Shen Tuming wagged his tail frantically, eyes teary and pitiful.

"Stop yelling!" The Beichen King grew somewhat irritable, "Look at the mess you've caused!"

He felt that the Hou Transformation technique on the two seemed to be integrated with the newly established arrangements around them.

So he blew a breath towards the Rice Mountain and Noodle Mountain.

"Whew~"

He quickly blew away the Rice Mountain and the Noodle Mountain.

But as soon as he blew them away, the next moment—

"Buzz~"

The ground suddenly trembled lightly, and another Rice Mountain and Noodle Mountain emerged from the ground.

"What, what kind of spell is this?"

The Beichen King was stunned.

He attempted to have the Shen Tu siblings walk out of the hall.

But neither of them could cross the threshold of the grand hall.

The Beichen King was instantly dumbfounded.

He had put a lock on the siblings' life security, yet it seemed Zhao Xing had put countless locks on them, thoroughly trapping them here.

...

Above the Royal City, Zhao Xing's Five Grains Tower Ship was loading people onto the ship.

These were all Court Faction Sinong officials dispatched by the court.

In Great Zhou, the feudal system ran parallel with the commandery and county system; some officials of the six ministries of all fiefdoms must be appointed by the court.

Now Zhao Xing was taking with him Lou Zhenyun and others.

They were Sinong officials, originally dispatched during Lao Liu's governance, and now, having committed mistakes, he must naturally take them back to Fengjing for punishment.

As for the remaining officials, Zhao Xing was not neglecting them, but leaving it to the other departments of the court to handle.

It was also to make the Beichen King voluntarily admit his mistakes.

Zhao Xing didn't even collect the Golden Fragrance Medicine Tax.

Again, the point was to have the Beichen King willingly admit his errors and surrender.

Otherwise, would a Grand Minister of Agriculture bother with collecting this little tax, creating a massive uproar?

Is he really supposed to be seen as a mere beggar?!

"If you don't respect yourself, then I'll force you to, wishing to break my Ultimate Fifth Transition's Yuan Feng, unless you kill Shen Tulan and Shen Tuming." Zhao Xing sneered.

The principle was just like those peculiar Artifact Spirits seen back at the Yuanfeng Storehouse.

His Yuan Feng wasn't truly indestructible, and with the Beichen King's strength, he could indeed forcibly destroy his Yuanfeng Skill.

But at the moment the Yuanfeng Skill is broken, the Shen Tu siblings would also die!

Because the two are quite fragile now, utterly unable to withstand any residual impact from the Beichen King and Zhao Xing's attacks, not even a bit.

This is the classic dilemma: the way to rescue the hostages is to destroy the hostages.

"Beichen King, I'll be waiting for you to come to the Capital to plead guilty!"

Before leaving, Zhao Xing's voice echoed above the Royal City.

Upon hearing this voice, the Beichen King's brows furrowed, and the golden shadow dispersed.

At the same time, in Yu Yang Cave Heaven.

At the realm wall, the hurricane filled the sky, sweeping up violent tides of primordial qi.

A warship was docked at the edge of the hurricane, while a distant army awaited.

Inside the ship cabin, the Beichen King opened his eyes.

"Brother Qin, what happened?" Cai Jin asked in confusion. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Cai Jin, ranked as Duke, and also one of the Governor Kings of the Military Realm, held a similarly high status in Lingyuan State, with the Cai Family being one of the great clans of the Northern Territory.

Now, with the rise of the Primordial Qi Tide, an unprecedented opportunity presented itself to many strong practitioners in the Fate Palace Realm.

Many wished to seize this opportunity, but the Primordial Qi Tide generated in the Central Earth Divine Continent was not yet strong enough, so the chances of breaking into the Rule Realm were not very high.

In the past, only the Emperor would be in the Rule Realm, and the Emperor had no barriers to break through; as long as one was the Emperor, blessed by the nation's Qi Fortune, one would certainly be in the Rule Realm.