Chapter 257: The Setup (1/2)
Chapter 257: The Setup
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King Zhou immediately began to consider after hearing the words of Minghe. Since his royal uncle Bi Gan and important officials like Grand Preceptor Wenzhong could manage the court well, Shang Dynasty would never become a scene of chaos, so Sages could not attack mortals. If they did so, they would leave a bad image in the Human Tribe, which might greatly influence their preaching. Besides, many disciples of Tribe of Severity were also in court, so Tongtian Sect Leader would not just stand by if Sages launched their attack.
Then, the most effective and also the simplest way was to deal with him, the Human Sovereign first. As long as the Human Sovereign became fatuous and tyrannical, those important officials would have no ways to stop the Sovereign even if they wanted to. At that time, Shang Dynasty would naturally become a mess. This made King Zhou sweat heavily, for he was just a Golden Immortal in this life even though he was in the Realm of Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal in his previous life. How could he defend himself from attacks from he Sages?
Thinking of this, King Zhou suddenly understood what Minghe said a few minutes ago. It turned out that Minghe did not mean to threaten him but he just told the truth. King Zhou then bow to Minghe and asked, ”My great Ancestor, please save me.” King Zhou wanted to remain safe and sound all his life even when he was Wu Zhiqi in his previous life. However, a task which could not be refused found him, so he became involved in reincarnation. He could finally cultivate for longevity again, so he certainly did not want to be killed by Sages again
Seeing King Zhou came to realize the reality, Minghe then said with a smile, ”As long as you do as I said, I will save your life. If I don't want to save you, I would not enlighten you when you were just born and gave you the cultivating exercises Spiritual Treasure. Apart from these, I have also done many other things. Don't you realize that your one hundred thousand imperial guards are very special?”
Minghe's words suddenly occurred to King Zhou that the imperial guards his Zhaoge City now was the troop he relied on to conquer the whole country before, which was invincible. In addition, King Zhou felt a sense of kinship with them, so he asked them to protect Zhaoge after he became king. Since Minghe mentioned it, he himself also thought it was a little bit strange, so King Zhou asked curiously, ” What's so special about my Imperial guards? Please tell me.”
Minghe laughed and said, ”As I found you had reincarnated as King Zhou, I selected a hundred thousand soldiers from the Ashura tribe to form an Ashura army, sent them into incarnation and made them members of the Human Tribe. Since they also carried some Origin of Shura during the process of incarnation, it was natural for you to feel familiar with them. With a troop of hundred thousand soldiers, you could surely conquer the Human Tribe.”
After hearing Minghe's words, King Zhou came to understand why he felt familiarity with his troop of a hundred thousand soldiers. It was because that they shared the same Origin. Besides, the reason why King Zhou and all of those soldiers could become stronger quickly during the battles was due to the effect of Origin of Ashura. As for the Ashura Tribe, Evil Spirit and senses of killing were the best tonics for cultivation.
However, King Zhou still could not understand why Minghe would turn those hundred thousand tribesmen into members of the Human Tribe. Did he only do this to increase the Shang Dynasty's strength? Therefore, King Zhou asked, ”What's Ancestor's aim to arrange the incarnation of those hundred thousand Ashura members? Is it related to the mission you asked me to complete? Please advise me.”
Minghe replied, ”This troop naturally has its role to play. During the Battle of Gods Investiture, humans will fight with humans, and immortals will deal with immortals, as will Sages. So immortals will not kill the Human Tribe. This army will become the fatal tool to be used on all of them. What you should do now is to hide it and pretend to not care about the affairs of court, making Shang Dynasty become a mess. Only this way can the three religions be involved.”
King Zhou soon understood that Minghe was preparing a great plan. The turmoil of Shang Dynasty would become a bait to lure Tribe of Humanity, Clan of Enlightenment and Western Religious Sect. As King Zhou still had his own concerns, so he could only say, ”As Ancestor ordered, I will certainly obey you. However, I'm afraid that Ancestor's plan will be influenced if the Sage attacked me secretly.”
Minghe laughed, ”I know what you are worried about. I have my arrangement, so take it easy and just do what I said. ”Then, Minghe gave a brocade box to King Zhou. King Zhou was pretty happy when saw what was in that box. He hurriedly thanked Minghe,”Your Ancestor, thank you for giving me this treasure, I will not disappoint you. ”The excited expression on King Zhou's face greatly showed that the treasure in the box was extremely valuable.