Book 6: Chapter 23: I Need Your Head (1/2)
Heavenly Court’s positions were limited, thus there were many gods staying on the ground to supervise a certain place for the Heavenly Court. Therefore, rebels led by a god on earth were uncommon but they were not rare.
Jiang Lan was not the only one who loved the human race. Other gods occasionally had feelings for races similar to them.
“Which god was rebelling this time?”
Bai Qiuran asked.
“It’s She Bi Shi, the god of She Bi Shi Kingdom.”
One of the gods replied:
“His Majesty sent him to supervise the She Bi Shi Kingdom, but he later thought that he was a member of the She Bi Shi Kingdom.”
“How strong is She Bi Shi?”
“Not as good as the ninth ministerial god of heaven.”
“Understood.”
Bai Qiuran nodded.
“Then let’s go.”
There was not much nonsense, and Bai Qiuran took the people directly, letting them surround the several countries that had caused the rebellion this time.
Although the area of the country in this era was vast, most of it was wilderness, as long as it surrounded human settlements, and it did not require much manpower.
After the siege was completed, Bai Qiuran gave orders to his soldiers.
“Let’s stay around like this for now, and wait for my order before acting.”
“Yes, sir.”
The gods bowed their heads to answer, but then someone raised objections.
“This little god doesn’t understand, why don’t we just attack? The people of the Giant Kingdom, Rainbow Kingdom, and She Bi Shi Kingdom are nothing more than insects to us.”
“Although it is a worm, you will still be bitten if you are not careful. Can you guarantee that after the fight, there will be no casualties? What’s more, there is a strong god on the opposite side.”
Bai Qiuran put on a distressed look of “I’m doing all this for your own good” and replied:
“Once a war begins, a lot of soldiers will surely be killed, but if I can persuade She Bi Shi to once again surrender to the emperor, isn’t that better? Even if he is stubborn, I can change the plan to ‘kill the head of the enemy first’ and leave the three kingdoms to serve the emperor again, wouldn’t it be beautiful?”
The gods thought about it, and felt that what Bai Qiuran said was very reasonable, but there seemed to be something wrong.
However, as Bai Qiuran was the leader, with such a sincere speech, they were too embarrassed to disobey Bai Qiuran, so they said one after another:
“Marshal is kind. Just do what you want.”
The three countries used a mountain in the She Bi Shi Kingdom as a stronghold, and most of the tribesmen and fighters gathered here.
After Bai Qiuran ordered his subordinates to keep the siege, he entered the deep mountains of the She Bi Shi Kingdom alone and came to the stronghold.
Seeing Bai Qiuran coming by himself, the soldiers at the base panicked. Although Bai Qiuran’s height seemed much shorter than theirs, these people understood that the strength of the gods could not be judged simply by their size.
A thousand feet tall god might be a giant that was scaled up. A god with short stature might be able to manipulate natural celestial phenomena and possess terrifying powers.
“Let your leader come out and see me.”
Standing under the stronghold, Bai Qiuran pretended to be arrogant and shouted.
Upon seeing this, several fighters of the She Bi Shi Clan and Rainbow Clan who were stationed at the stronghold turned around and walked back to the stronghold. They should have gone to report.
After a while, the huge wooden door of the stronghold was released from the ground, and She Bi Shi slowly walked out of the stronghold door.
In addition to being a bit taller, the god She Bi Shi’s appearance was the same as other people from the She Bi Shi Kingdom. His upper body was humanoid, but he had a pair of white dog ears, and his lower body was a six-legged one; with four horse legs and two dog paws.
With two blue snakes wrapped around his ears and a spear made of fine iron in his hand, he came to Bai Qiuran’s body and looked down at him.
“You are She Bi Shi?”