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 kept it simple and only brought a few fairyland offerings to protect her safety.
Seeing Zong Shou waiting here, although Kong Yao didn't say anything, there was still an indescribable sweetness in his eyes.
"After returning this time, I plan to practice in the Zhouguang Palace for a while -"
Perhaps 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 period of time. Although they can cope with it now, they feel increasingly unable to keep up."
Zong Shou was not surprised. Kong Yao had revealed this news long 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 arts 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 timing happens to be when the Night Demons 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?
After attacking more than 20 demon sects in succession, except for the last dozen or so who had the opportunity to escape in advance, they actually collected a lot of spiritual stones in the past few days, which were treasured by dozens of sects. After several years of spiritual tides erupting, The period of high yield of spiritual stones.
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 were destroyed before he left the Cloud Realm last time. It is 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 Yu Dao Extermination Swords.
As for the Book of Zhou, there is no need to keep it secret anymore. Even if someone knows it, there are very few people who dare 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 unwillingness, but inability. Without enough spiritual energy 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.
Feeling that Kong Yao was really exhausted, Zong Shou felt pity for her, 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 fought to the death and lingered for half the night. Only then did Kong Yao, exhausted, resting on Zong Shou's tail, fall into a slumber.
Holding Kong Yao's body, Zong Shou stroked the satin-like hair, but felt a little heartache. Only then did he feel that this immortal military god who was always victorious on the battlefield actually had the same simmering thoughts in his heart. 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 from it.
Various forces and interests in the local area are intertwined and unclearly connected with each other. Because of his five major edicts, the 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 period, Zong Shou was attacking the Demon Sect and could not help. The situation was indeed dangerous, and if he was not careful, he would be in danger of being overturned.
Fortunately, at this time, the army that Da Qian had recruited a few months ago had gradually formed a fighting force. The military power of the five southern continents, which could be used as an envoy, was 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 naval division and attacked the mouth of the Yangtze River several times. Some cloud ships successfully entered this water system.
The 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 whether Kong Yao or 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, so it was 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. On both sides of the street, people from Qiantian were crowded, 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. After that, it became slightly chaotic.
"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 a name in history so that her father's destiny would not be in vain.
Although she switched her allegiance to Daqian, she somehow became Zong Shou's concubine. However, her desire 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, the reason why you are respected by your subjects is because you govern as a king 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 didn't have much desire for power. It was only for a very special reason that he inherited the throne and became the leader of a country. What he pursues in his 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 he says may affect the direction of Daqian's national situation. The problem is that he himself does not know which things are really beneficial to Daqian, and which national policies are harmful to Daqian.
With a slight sigh, Zong Shou had made a decision in his heart. From now on, he could not say a single word 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 restricted 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. Why don’t I do it? Before I went to court, there were only seven sparsely populated Huawai barbaric 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 further explanation 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 bottom 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 fortune.
According to etiquette, Zong Shou walked up to the high platform behind the square under the guidance of the Minister of Rites.
Next, he just needs to be worshiped by his subjects and receive the rewards of this battle, and that's all.
However, Zong Shou had just sat firmly on the throne when he saw Ren Bo and others, as well as all the ministers, all bowing down here.
The same is true for the Minister of Rites, who is responsible for the entire ceremony.
"I, my ministers, risked their lives to remonstrate with me, and asked 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 all 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 glanced at the black 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 kneeled down to pray, and 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 was useless to say these things and would 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 addicted to alchemy, how could she care about this? She didn't even know she was being sold.
"I'm sure! Just as the ministers wanted, the name of the country remains unchanged, and the name of the country is changed to Shenwu——" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to register as a member of Piaotian Literature to recommend this work. Your support is My biggest motivation.)