boyutpedia Chapter 132 The Temple Returns
Chapter 132 The Temple Returns
Ye Tian nodded, then turned his gaze to Fan Xian, who was standing to the other side.
After these days of shock and reflection, Fan Xian gradually accepted the reality that Ye Tian had become emperor, and that he had transformed from a "minister of Qing Kingdom" into the "brother of the Emperor of Qin" (as Ye Tian had privately addressed him).
At this moment, although he was still filled with confusion about the future and awe of Ye Tian's unfathomable strength, he also had a faint hope of making achievements and realizing his mother's ideals.
"Xiao Xian," Ye Tian's voice softened slightly, "Mother's ideal was to build a truly peaceful world where everyone could thrive, free from oppression and injustice. Now, I have established the Great Qin Dynasty, and this is the beginning of realizing Mother's ideal. The northern border has just been pacified, and everything needs to be rebuilt. The people are impoverished. I intend to implement a series of new policies here to eliminate old malpractices, allow the people to recuperate, reduce taxes and levies, encourage commerce and industry, and establish schools. I would like to entrust you with leading a part of this matter. What do you say?"
He looked at Fan Xian with a hint of consideration in his eyes: "Let me see how much real talent and learning you, the nominal 'illegitimate son of the Fan family,' have inherited from your mother, and whether you can hold up a sky for me and for the millions of people of this Great Qin."
Upon hearing this, Fan Xian's heart skipped a beat, followed by an indescribable surge of excitement and a sense of responsibility. He knew that Ye Tian was giving him an opportunity, and also testing him. He took a deep breath and solemnly bowed to Ye Tian: "Your Majesty (he changed his form of address), rest assured! Your subject will certainly live up to your and Mother's expectations, and will definitely govern this northern border of Great Qin well, making the people prosperous and the country strong!"
Just as Ye Tian was busily reorganizing internal affairs, training his troops (especially the 100,000 Great Snow Dragon Riders, whom he regarded as the core force for sweeping across the world in the future), accumulating strength, and preparing to march south at the right time to fight Emperor Qing—
On this day, he was in the imperial study, discussing the laws and livelihood details of the new dynasty with Sang Wen, Si Lili, and Haitang Duoduo. The three stunning women had now completely submitted to Ye Tian's divine power and charm, each using their talents to offer him advice and strategies.
Suddenly, Ye Tian raised an eyebrow, his deep eyes instantly gazing towards the distant horizon outside the palace. His powerful soul, which had already reached the realm of "Land Celestial Being," clearly sensed several extremely powerful entities, yet carrying an aura of coldness and death that was completely out of place in this world, approaching the palace at an incredible speed!
"We have a guest." Ye Tian's lips curled into a cold smile, his voice calm and unwavering.
Before Sang Wen and the others could ask any questions, they heard a sudden alarm and the sound of weapons clashing outside the hall!
Immediately afterwards, several figures dressed in strange silver-white uniforms, with no emotion on their faces, like intricate puppets, ignored the layers of Imperial Guards and Snow Dragon Riders guarding the palace and directly passed through the palace walls, appearing in the Imperial Study like ghosts!
Each of them exuded a terrifying pressure comparable to that of a grandmaster, but that aura was completely different from that of ordinary martial artists. It was more like a cold, programmed "energy fluctuation".
"People from the Temple!" A cold glint flashed in Ye Tian's eyes; he already knew what was going on. He knew that his actions—destroying the Northern Qi, declaring himself emperor, and establishing his own kingdom—which drastically altered the course of history, would inevitably attract the Temple's intervention. He just hadn't expected them to arrive so quickly!
The leading temple messenger scanned Ye Tian with eyes as precise as the most sophisticated instrument, then spoke in a cold, emotionless voice, like the scraping of metal:
"YT-001, Ye Tian. Do you know your crime?"
Sang Wen, Si Lili, and Haitang Duoduo were already terrified by the sudden turn of events and the suffocating pressure emanating from the temple messenger, and they all hid behind Ye Tian.
Ye Tian remained seated firmly on the dragon throne, his posture unchanged. He picked up the teacup on the table, took a small sip, and then slowly raised his eyes, looking at the temple envoy before him with a gaze that carried a hint of mockery and disdain.
"A temple? Heh, just a bunch of self-righteous 'world guardians' who hide in their sunless shells, wielding some outdated technology." Ye Tian's voice was calm, yet it carried a terrifying pressure that could make even terrestrial immortals tremble, slowly spreading outwards. "I'd like to ask, what crime have I committed?"
The leading temple envoy seemed unaffected by Ye Tian's oppressive aura. A faint red light flashed in his emotionless electronic eyes: "The temple has detected that you have caused severe temporal and spatial causal disturbances in this world! You have forcibly altered the inherent course of history, destroyed the Northern Qi dynasty, established the false Qin dynasty, slaughtered living beings, and disrupted the Heavenly Dao! This is an act against Heaven, and has seriously violated the first and third core prohibitions of the temple! According to the law, you must be eliminated!"
"Clear them?" Upon hearing this, Ye Tian laughed instead of getting angry, his laughter filled with endless mockery. "You bunch of metal lumps without even souls? Or are those old monsters in your temple, who have been sleeping for countless years and are already rotten to the core, finally coming out for some fresh air?"
He slowly stood up, and an aura of a "terrestrial celestial being" that was far more terrifying and vast than that of the temple messenger, and even carried a trace of the might of heavenly thunder, erupted like an ancient god or demon awakening! The entire imperial study, and even the entire palace, trembled under this aura!
"The course of history? The rise and fall of dynasties? When did it become your place, you self-proclaimed gods who are nothing more than clowns who have mastered some remnants of technology from previous civilizations, to point fingers at me?!" Ye Tian's voice, like a thunderclap from the heavens, exploded in the "minds" of every temple messenger. "The Northern Qi is corrupt, and the people are suffering. I have taken its place, acting in accordance with Heaven's will and the people's will, and thus acting on behalf of Heaven! If you know what's good for you, obediently go back to your dark, damp iron coffins! If you dare to bark and howl before me again, don't blame me for erasing you and that dilapidated temple from this world completely!"
When those temple messengers sensed the terrifying power emanating from Ye Tian, which even surpassed the limits of their comprehension, and the undisguised contempt and killing intent in his words, for the first time, a violent fluctuation called "data error" flashed in their unchanging electronic eyes!
"Warning! Warning! Target individual's energy level detected, far exceeding prediction! Has reached the 'Celestial Being' level!"
"The target harbors extreme hostility towards the temple! Threat level raised to the highest level—Apocalyptic level!"
For the first time, the temple messenger's cold voice carried a hint of solemnity and apprehension.
"YT-001, your power has far exceeded the balance that this world should have!"
Hahahaha. You should have been eliminated.
If you remain obstinate and oppose the Temple, the Temple will spare no effort to initiate the final judgment process and eliminate you, this "variable" capable of destroying the world!
However, what responded to him was Ye Tian's even colder and more domineering declaration:
"Hahaha, the final verdict? Heh, before this Emperor, your so-called temples are nothing but clay chickens and earthenware dogs, utterly vulnerable!"