Although he arrived at Qiantian Mountain first, Zong Shou insisted on waiting for Kong Yao to join him and return together to participate in Ren Bo's preparations for the triumphal ceremony.
Compared with Zong Shou's full set of ceremonial guards, Kong Yao was simple and simple, bringing only a few fairyland offerings to protect her safety.
Seeing Zong Shou waiting here, although Kong Yao didn't say anything, his eyes still showed an indescribable sweetness.
"After returning this time, I plan to practice in the Zhouguang Palace for a period of time—"
Maybe the battle to conquer the five southern continents consumed too much energy. Kong Yao's eyes were full of exhaustion.
"Not only my concubine, Zong Yuan and Ren Tianxing also plan to practice for a while. Although they can still cope with it now, they feel increasingly unable to keep up."
Zong Shou was not surprised. Kong Yao had already revealed this before Southern Xinjiang.
The three of them are all unparalleled generals, but due to too many worldly affairs, the progress in martial arts and spiritual techniques over the years has been somewhat unsatisfactory.
The tempering of the three people's minds is actually enough. All they need is the accumulation of cultivation. The most efficient way to practice is to use the Zhouguang Palace he brought from the First Dragon Palace.
It's just that this time happens to be when the Night Demon Clan may invade with all their strength, so it's really not the right time.
Zong Shou was thoughtful and looked at the several space tools in his sleeves.
This time, does it look like he's going to bleed again
Continuously attacked more than 20 demon gates, except for the dozen or so at the back who had the opportunity to escape in advance. In the past few days, we have indeed collected a lot of spiritual stones, which are treasured by more than ten sects. After several years of spiritual tides, the spiritual stone production period has been high.
Among them, there are two major sects ranked among the Nineteen Spiritual Mansion—
This time's income is ten times greater than the treasures of the thirty or so Taoist sects that he destroyed before leaving the Cloud Realm last time. It has been enough to support the operation of Zhoushu for a period of time.
The Zhouguang Palace is not complete, but if his Zhoushu is added, the time-accelerating effect will be even greater.
In fact, even he himself will need at least ten years at this time to fully digest the demonic skills he obtained this time, increase the number of Tao Seed Stars, and the Ten Jue Dao Extermination Swords.
As for Zhou Shu, there is no need to keep it secret anymore. Even if someone knew it, there were very few people who dared to take it from him at this time.
Since returning to the Cloud Realm this time, he has never really used the power of this artifact.
In fact, it’s not that I don’t want to, but that I can’t. Without enough spiritual support, those spiritual stones of my own are more willing to double the time in exchange for the improvement of my true strength.
In the past, I used as much as I had, leaving only a part in the book to save my life in times of crisis.
It felt like Kong Yao was really exhausted. Zong Shou felt pity in his heart, so he stopped tormenting her and prepared to let her rest peacefully.
On the contrary, it was Yaoer himself who took the initiative to challenge him this time. The two of them were in love with each other for half the night, and then Kong Yao was exhausted, resting on Zong Shou's tail and fell into a slumber.
Holding Kong Yao's body, Zong Shou stroked the silk-like hair, but felt a little heartache. Only then did I feel that this immortal military god who was always victorious on the battlefield was actually also filled with a lot of pressure.
I had just sought pleasure from him not only to vent my feelings, but also to seek inner comfort from him.
"It's really hard for Yao'er this time—"
It is no easy task to suppress the five southern continents with an army of two million.
It is not that the merchant army can easily occupy this area if it withdraws.
Various local forces and interests are intertwined and unclearly connected with each other. Because of his five major edicts, those wealthy and aristocratic families also tried their best to resist.
On the one hand, Kong Yao wanted to guard against the counterattack of Dashang, and on the other hand, he wanted to suppress the rebels in various places. During that time, Zong Shou was crusading against the Demon Sect and could not help. The situation is indeed dangerous, and if you are not careful, you may be in danger of being overturned.
Fortunately, at this time, the army that Daqian recruited a few months ago has gradually formed combat strength and can be used as a powerful force. The military strength of the five southern continents is no longer stretched thin.
This is also the reason why Kong Yao is willing to put down everything and concentrate on practicing in Zhouguang Hall.
The situation has stabilized, Dagan stationed millions of troops in front of Baisheng Pass, and also built a temporary pass city.
Shi Ruolan also commanded the fleet division and attacked the mouth of the Yangtze River several times. Let some cloud ships successfully enter this water system.
The great merchant navy is no longer the only one. The war situation has fallen into a stalemate, and no one can hope to make a breakthrough in a short period of time.
What is competing now is the national strength of both sides.
It doesn't matter if Kong Yao and the others are there or not.
In the early morning of the next day, Zong Shou took Kong Yao with him and began to slowly enter the city under the protection of 30,000 iron cavalry.
The jade chariot dragged by forty-nine dragons and horses was too huge and naturally not suitable.
I could only change into a chariot and entered Qiantian Mountain City.
Twelve loud bells resounded throughout the hundreds of miles around Qiantian Mountain. Both sides of the street were crowded with Qiantian people, with respectful and solemn expressions.
Zong Shou was slightly surprised. He thought that after he entered the city, the whole city would be cheering.
However, at this time, the city was eerily silent.
Until one of them spontaneously knelt down on the side of the road.
"Long live the Holy King!"
The voices of thousands of people gathered together, like a single sound, shaking the sky. Then it started to look a little messy.
"God bless you, so I have the Holy Lord, the Immortal King!"
"I will make the country prosperous and the people prosperous, and recreate the rule of the three emperors in ancient times, all because of the work of the Holy King!"
"May my king be invincible in every battle!"
Zong Shou was sitting in the chariot, but the corners of his lips twitched slightly.
In comparison, the last time he entered the city, some people's remarks about his incompetence in certain aspects made him feel more at ease and friendly.
At this time, everyone was respectfully worshiping each other and speaking in unison, but it made him feel a little weird -
Kong Yao was delighted when he heard this, with a happy smile on his face.
Her lifelong ambition was to assist the Ming Dynasty, command all the kings, fight for supremacy on the battlefield, and leave her name in history. So that the inference of father's fate will not be in vain.
Although she switched her allegiance to Daqian, she somehow became Zong Shou's concubine. But this wish has not changed.
At this time, my husband can be recognized by all the people, but I am happier than others praising me.
But did he notice something strange at this time? He looked over with slight curiosity: "Husband, you are respected by your subjects because you are a king in governance and are recognized by all the people. However, my husband seems not to be happy about it."
Zong Shou shook his head slightly, not knowing how to explain it.
"Too much respect for one person is not a good thing. If there is only one voice among millions of people, it will only lead to disaster."
He didn't dare to say that at that moment, when he was being shouted at by everyone, he actually felt intoxicated.
He also knew that at this time, his reputation in Qiantian Mountain had reached its peak.
No matter what I want to do, these people will obey my orders, and not many people will stand up to resist.
Fortunately, he doesn't have much desire for power. Only for very special reasons did he inherit Daqian and become the leader of a country. What I pursue in my heart is still the ultimate in swordsmanship.
So after a moment, he woke up with a start.
However, I also felt that the entire Daqian and him were in an extremely dangerous state at this time.
Every word you say may affect the direction of Daqian's country. The problem is that he himself does not know which things are really beneficial to Da Gan, and which national policies are harmful to Da Gan.
With a slight sigh, Zong Shou already made a decision in his heart. From now on, no more words can be said on government affairs, lest it lead to catastrophe.
Perhaps it is really time to move the capital according to Zhang Huai's words. All the people in Tianshan City respect him very much.
On the contrary, it was the central Yunlu and the Jiangnan Five Continents where rebellions were rising one after another, which could make him sober up a little.
“Only one voice among millions?”
Kong Yao murmured, and then said in confusion: "I don't understand! Is there anything wrong? It seems that the Emperor of Shang was restrained by those ministers from aristocratic families. Combined with fifty-three continents, the power of one country can be mobilized But it’s less than one-tenth. How can I not do it? Before I came to the court, there were only seven sparsely populated Huawai Barbarian States—"
My husband is really weird.
Zong Shou laughed. As expected, Kong Yao didn't understand what he said and didn't know the harm involved.
He had no intention of continuing to explain and remained silent.
This ceremony was much grander than the previous one. The chariot circled the city for a week before returning to Qiantian Mountain.
At this time, the huge square at the foot of the mountain was already filled with people. At a glance, there were hundreds of thousands of people.
At this time, those who are qualified to stand here are either high-status officials or people who have worked in various places and have a rich net worth.
According to etiquette, Zong Shou walked up to the high platform behind the square under the guidance of the Minister of Rites.
Next, he only needs to be worshiped by his subjects and awarded the rewards of this war, and that's it.
However, Zong Shou had just sat firmly on the throne. Seeing Ren Bo and others, all the ministers came to bow down one after another.
The same is true for the Minister of Etiquette who is responsible for the entire set of grand ceremony.
"I, my ministers, are risking their lives to remonstrate and ask Your Majesty to reform the system and proclaim himself emperor!"
Three sounds were heard in a row. The voices of hundreds of thousands of people nearby were silenced.
After another moment, someone came to his senses and was also impressed.
"I, Da Qian, have gained great power all over the world. Please ask Your Majesty to reform and proclaim himself emperor!"
Zong Shou was stunned and looked at the hair and the dark crowd.
This is inconsistent with etiquette. According to the procedures established by the Ministry of Etiquette, there is no such thing.
He woke up immediately. Was it a premeditated attack
Hundreds of thousands of people knelt down to pray. At this time, he had no room to refuse.
He meant to reprimand, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back. At this time, it is useless to say these things and will only embarrass the emperor and his ministers.
He then looked at Xuanyuan Yiren, who was sitting side by side with him, and saw that the latter was also at a loss.
Zong Shou smiled bitterly, his lovely wife was obsessed with alchemy, how could she care about this? He didn’t even know he was being sold.
"I'm sure! Just as the ministers wanted, the country's name will remain unchanged, but its name will be changed to Shenwu—" RS