Chapter 60: Turning Point
For the vast majority of Xiangzhou people, the Holy Sect is a spiritual totem erected in their hearts since childhood, symbolizing fairness and justice.
No matter how bad the real world is, and how terrible a catastrophe may brew, as long as you think of the Holy Father, there is still hope for the future.
In such a holy place, it is just a matter of not worshipping and worshipping, and there are actually people here who are plotting to destroy the Holy Sect!
At this time, not to mention Shen Qingming, even Zhao Shenlu's newly adopted daughter Zhao Lingbo looked incredible.
Serving Zhao Shenlu for more than ten years, of course she knew very well that this Golden Jade City Lord's willfulness and recklessness were already undoubtedly the first in the world, but her arrogance was so extreme that it was really beyond imagination.
That is the Holy Sect, the leader of the Immortal Dao who led the Seven Families of the Three Academies to sweep through the universe to unify Xiangzhou and maintain the order of two thousand years! The supremacy has never wavered in the slightest!
In any era, the title of the number one in the world has always belonged to the Holy Sect Master, and it has never been left behind for two thousand years. Even if he is as talented as Zhao Shenlu himself, several exchanges with the Holy Sect Master have ended in failure.
Now Zhao Shenlu actually plans to destroy the Holy Sect by force?
It's not that I'm not overwhelmed, I'm crazy at all!?
"It's just a planning stage, and it doesn't have to be executed." Zhao Shenlu glanced at the dull faces of the two people around him, smiled and comforted, "If they are willing to be obedient, of course I will spare their lives." β
Zhao Lingbo asked: "This is not a question of sparing your life, the eldest lady asks you to be cautious!" That is the Holy Sect that has ruled Xiangzhou for 2,000 years, and it is impossible to defeat it with this kind of paper talk! β
Zhao Shenlu said: "What about ruling Xiangzhou for 2,000 years? β
"This, this means that the Holy Sect has an unparalleled heritage, and its true strength cannot be measured simply by the surface!"
"Unbeatable? How could you say such stupid things. Zhao Shenlu had a disappointed expression, "Anyway, you have been the personal maid of the Golden Jade City Lord for so many years, don't you know what's going on with the so-called foundation of this huge strength?" Two thousand years of history is not only the Holy Sect, the Zhao family of the Golden Jade City is also more than two thousand years old - if you dig deeper, this bloodline inherited from the Kyushu era will only be older and longer than the Holy Sect - but does the Golden Jade City have any great heritage? β
"This ......"
"The history of the Jinyu Zhao family is more than two thousand years, and there are countless institutional prohibitions in Jinyu City, but don't you know how effective those institutional prohibitions that have fallen into disrepair have left? I remember you read the audit report and pretended to understand it. β
Zhao Lingbo was speechless for a while, Zhao Shenlu had just taken office, and he personally made a big inventory of Jin Yucheng. All the large-scale formations that have a long heritage and claim to be the hole cards of the Golden Jade City have all been re-examined, and the results are really shocking - she can't understand most of the report data at all! But in order not to let the owner see that her cultural level is not enough, she used amazing acting skills to perfunctory the past.
Unexpectedly, it was exposed from the beginning!
"The rapid development of the comprehensive strength of the Golden Jade City is a matter of the past fifteen years, the upgrade of the Great Protective Array was led by me ten years ago, the Seventeen Chain Locks were invented by me with reference to the setting of the Seventeen Protectors of the Holy Sect, and the transformation of the leylines was completed by me five years ago, everything in the Golden Jade City is due to me, and it has nothing to do with the heritage inheritance of the past two thousand years."
"Therefore, history is not as long as possible, and the heritage is not the purer it is, this truth should be obvious." Zhao Shenlu said, "Xiangzhou has a history of two thousand years, the immortal civilization has been developing, two thousand years ago, even the monks of the Cloud Turning Realm were first-class masters, at that time, the immortal treasure was a myth, the spirit treasure was a legend, and it was not easy for the general family leader to have one or two magic weapons that could be used in his hands." What has been handed down at that time is only of archaeological value at best. What's more, the development of immortal technology is getting faster and faster, and the magic theory of fifty years ago now seems to be full of loopholes, and the theoretical common sense of a hundred years and two hundred years ago now seems ridiculous. Therefore, those long-standing exercise cheats are naturally meaningless. In the end, any organization has operating costs, and the Holy Sect is no exception, one Sect Master, two Deputy Sect Masters, seventeen Dharma Protectors, and the rest of the many elders and envoys. There are too many monks to support the Holy Father, and these are all resources. It is true that the Holy Sect's industry is extremely developed, and it also monopolizes most of the flood relics, but compared to their expenses, the income level is not particularly abundant, and two thousand years of time cannot allow them to accumulate gold and silver, and even according to my recent estimates, the Holy Sect has been in the past two years because of many wastelands, and the deficit has been very serious, and it is impossible to have the ability to create any hole cards that change the sky and change their lives. β
Zhao Lingbo and Shen Qingming listened and nodded subconsciously.
"So, if there's no problem, let's get ready for the next step."
"What's next?"
"Yes, now that the policy has been decided, then I will complete the finishing work of Golden Jade City as soon as possible and focus on attacking the Holy Sect."
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The last day of April 2018 was incredible.
When most of them return home, they feel as if they have spent more than two weeks.
There were so many things that happened on this day, first the final chapter of the musical staged in the square in front of the City Lord's Mansion: Zhao Shenlu's lover appeared to defend her in person, and then there was a one-sided war of words, and the public trial meeting carefully prepared by Zhao Hongwu and others became the other party's show. In the end, Zhao Lingbo brazenly launched the Shattered Moon Sword Array, but he was still powerless to return to the sky, and the suppressed city lord escaped from the predicament with the support of the pious thoughts of millions of people and regained control of the situation.
However, there was no bloody purge, no earth-shattering sweep, Zhao Shenlu lightly forgave everyone, and pulled the curtain down on the extreme anticlimactic tail for this coup d'Γ©tat, which lasted for more than ten days.
However, this is the best, although the Jin Yu people are enthusiastic and good, they also know that the less political turmoil the better, the gods fight mortals suffer, no matter how rich and powerful the city is, it can't afford to toss again and again.
From now on, everything will return to its original form, and although it will make some people feel regretful, many more will breathe a sigh of relief.
It is often said that only when you lose can you know how to cherish it. Jin Yuren's perception of Zhao Shenlu is the same.
When Zhao Shenlu was in power, people were disgusted with her arrogance and arbitrariness, and even more disgusted with her willfulness. But when the public trial conference began, and Jin Yucheng really said goodbye to Zhao Shenlu's era, people realized what Jin Yucheng would be like without her.
Therefore, it is really a blessing for the golden jade people to be able to usher in the city lord of Zhao Shenlu again.
Just after most people's nervous tensions can finally relax and fall asleep comfortably, a new upheaval is rapidly brewing.
Then it exploded the next morning.
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Early in the morning of May 1.
When the early morning light reflected on the golden city wall, re-draping the golden jade city with a rich luster, the voice of the city lord Zhao Shenlu resounded everywhere in the city.
"At ten o'clock in the morning, I have something important to announce to all the Golden Jade people."
The notice came as willful as ever, not caring how many people would be disturbed to sleep, nor how many people would not hear it if it was just said once, in short, just this once, and it would be outdated.
However, at ten o'clock in the morning, the vast majority of Jin Yu people were still waiting seriously at the various notice projection points in the streets and alleys, waiting for Zhao Shenlu's important matters.
On the second day of the chaos, the notice issued to the whole city must be very important.
From the former leaders of the provisional government, Zhao Hongwu and Zhao Hongwen, to the peddlers and pawns in the slums of Jinyucheng, they were all paying attention to Zhao Shenlu's notice.
Some people speculate that perhaps Zhao Shenlu will finally liquidate those rebels.
I let them go yesterday, maybe because Zhao Shenlu had just come out of trouble at that time, and her physical strength was insufficient, so she had to use a delaying tactic, and now after a night of recuperation, she has once again become the omnipotent Golden Jade Demon King, and she can kill unscrupulously.
This speculation was naturally opposed by the Jinyu elders led by Zhao Hongwu, and people said that Zhao Shenlu was kind by nature and would never make such a cruel decision...... If someone has to pay for this, then obviously it should be: Zhao Hongwu / Zhao Hongwen / Zhao Hongxue (depending on the whistleblower)!
Some people also speculate that perhaps Zhao Shenlu wanted to take revenge on the forces that fell into Jinyucheng during the coup d'Γ©tat, and the intercity war was already on the verge of breaking out...... This speculation was opposed by some peace-loving Jinyu people, but it was unanimously supported by Zhao Hongwu and others, and people said that someone dared to take advantage of the internal strife in Jinyu to interfere in Jinyu's internal affairs, which is tolerable or unbearable, please send troops to rebel immediately, and a certain wish to be a pioneer!
In short, for a while, Jin Yucheng had different opinions, but they were all unable to grasp the point, so they could only wait patiently for Zhao Shenlu himself to announce the answer.
In the anticipation of countless people, Zhao Shenlu's figure appeared on time at every projection point in the city.
"I'm quitting."
Just five words made the whole city fall into a rather long silence.
Zhao Shenlu said to herself.
"The position of the city lord, I was going to lose it to Zhao Hongwu, but I don't have the courage to do it next, maybe I have to sacrifice my limbs to show my loyalty. So leave it to Zhao Hongxue, anyway, this is his old job 20 years ago, and it shouldn't be too bad. And I've built such a good foundation for Golden Jade City over the years, it doesn't matter if I regress a little. In short, please welcome the new castle lord to his appointment. β
As he spoke, Zhao Shenlu had already begun to applaud insincerely.
Then he put down his hand and grabbed it to the side, five fingers penetrated the space, and grabbed his biological father who was hiding in his room drinking directly by the back of his neck.
"Okay, the new city lord is in place, so you can do it yourself."