Chapter 2527: My Heart is Greatly Comforted

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"The Central Heaven Prison is under the direct control of the Emperor and belongs to the three departments of the Imperial City. The prisoners within it are all important criminals of the Empire, accumulated evils who have touched the law and cannot be redeemed. The deepest part of the Heaven Prison seals the most evil existences in history."

"In the past, the Three Veins entrusted the world's responsibility to Taizu, instructing him to suppress it with national power."

"Taizu built the Heaven Capital, established the center of the country, and created the national system. What a great achievement!"

"In ancient times, the Divine Land Canghai was the central point, with the Ten Thousand Demons Gate as the national gate, personally suppressed by the Emperor. How magnificent!"

"Ancient and modern evils, evils from outside heaven, are all beneath the Heaven Capital city. This is why the Heaven Capital leads the world, and the Central Empire is called 'Central'!"

"The great cause of the Six Harmonies was obstructed once at Yang, twice at Chu. In the past, the Five Countries met the Heaven Capital, and now we are again defeated militarily at Canghai!"

"Our Dao Gate Three Veins support the Central. Can it have a moment of decline, can it have a day of decay?"

"The governing rights of various prefectures return to the Central, and we endure. Rites and music expeditions go forth from the Central, and we support. If you want merit methods, if you want Dao treasures, if you want to follow the expedition, raise it all! If you want to reform the system, if you want to strengthen the army, if you want to expand the Dao, it all comes from it!"

"Now even the army of Yujing Shan is stripped away—Zong Dezhen indeed deserves to die. Does he die with the name 'One True Dao Leader' or 'Yujing Shan Grand Palm Teacher'? Because of his fault, is the One True Dao to be exterminated, or is Yujing Shan to be slaughtered? Now there is a One True disaster, a great misfortune for the world, and Yujing Shan is even more among the unfortunate ones!"

Wu Daoyou waved his large hand, his white hair flying up: "Stop all this!"

"Inside the Heaven Capital city, in the deepest part of the Central Heaven Prison, the most evil existence of ancient and modern times has escaped. The Central has lost its responsibility, and you are all actually deceiving!"

He sternly said: "This old man's eyes can be considered dim, and this old man's ears can be called deaf. Only then can this old man be bullied! Could it be that the world can be bullied? What exactly do the Three Veins count for in your eyes? What weight does the world hold in your hands? Is there only scheming in your hearts?"

The Four Great Heavenly Masters were seated on the Milky Way Golden Bridge, arranged successively from east, south, west, and north—not in order of rank, but with a directional sequence.

To the left and right of Yu Xi were precisely the South Heavenly Master, Ying Jianghong, and the North Heavenly Master, Wu Daoyou.

At this moment, the other three Heavenly Masters sat still, only Wu Daoyou flicked his sleeve and rose, his white beard and white hair all angrily bristling! Perhaps because he had more personal experience with the changes in imperial and Dao power, he was the oldest yet the most intolerant.

He questioned Ji Yumin impolitely, but his gaze lifted over the entire hall of Heaven Capital officials and looked directly at the Great Jing Emperor on the Dan Terrace.

He was questioning Ji Fengzhou!

The seal in the deep part of the Central Heaven Prison had been broken. The "Zen" that the Three Veins had initially handed over to the Central Empire had escaped!

It was the Central Empire's responsibility to bear this; only then could the Central Empire have worldly power.

If you do not guard what you should guard, if you do not bear what you should bear, then with the vastness of the world and the ancientness of the Dao Veins, how can they respect your house?

Wu Daoyou knew he was questioning the Great Jing Emperor, Ji Yumin knew he was questioning the Great Jing Emperor, and the Great Jing Emperor also knew he was being questioned.

But this question, indeed, could only be answered by Ji Yumin.

But how to answer?

Ouyang Jie, the Great Director of the Heaven Capital Arrest Criminal Department, who had total control over the world's criminal arrests and security management, was found immobilized in the head office of the Arrest Criminal Department. This was truly not a glorious matter.

Especially when such a central power minister of the Central Empire, a top official, was shut in and immobilized for a full hour before anyone detected the abnormality and discovered this matter—this made people even more worried about the defenses of the Heaven Capital city.

The front foot eliminates the One True Dao, purges the Equality Country, and the back foot is immediately intruded into the central heavy ground...

This was no different from being grabbed by the collar and given a heavy slap!

The escape of Zen from the deep part of the Central Heaven Prison was absolutely impossible to conceal.

Moreover, it was difficult to suppress news in the Great Jing country... and the one who escaped was going to make a big move!

But when should this matter be publicly revealed on a small scale?

Of course, it should be delayed for a few hours, waiting for this court meeting to finish, waiting for the Emperor's faction to preliminarily digest the fruits of victory, waiting for Lou Yue to take office as the Grand Palm Teacher of Yujing Shan!

Just delay a few hours, that's all!

When should this matter be resolved?

Probably not...

Because the escape from the seal had already become a reality, it was a complete Transcendent release.

Non-Transcendent cannot contend with Transcendent.

And the Central Empire's only true Transcendent combat power that could be mobilized at any time was the Central Emperor, who raised the power of the Great Jing country—

But the Central Emperor was just injured!

Others didn't know, but Ji Yumin, as the Zongzheng who held the secrets of the Ji surname imperial family, knew the details deeply.

The Emperor defeated Zong Dezhen, who was driving the remnant shell of the One True, and he himself received a significant injury. Even to make himself look effortless, and to achieve maximum victory by "completely seizing the remnant shell," the Emperor forcibly expelled the foreign energy from his body—disregarding the stability of his Dao body and instead aggravating his injury.

Just like this, he first carried the remnant shell of the One True up Yujing Shan, shocking the Original Heaven God into retreating—at that time, both sides were actually equally shocked. The Original Heaven God was shocked outside the Tianma Plain, lacking complete Transcendent combat power. The Emperor was shocked because his injured body hadn't healed, and a war would expose it. Finally, the Emperor gave a step back, and the Original Heaven God also lifted his foot and went down.

Like the Emperor's great body, once injured, it cannot be healed without filling mountains and seas.

Precisely to conceal the injury, the Emperor chose the treatment method with the smallest movement and the weakest effect.

Originally, the Emperor sat in the Central, fundamentally having no opportunity to use military force, which led to the obscurity of those past years.

Now, with the stab from Zong Dezhen driving the remnant shell of the One True in the front, and the escape of Zen from the deep part of the Central Heaven Prison in the back... there was truly a sense of unpredictable heaven's will and an ill-timed fortune with great terror.

Of course, the existence in the deep part of the Central Heaven Prison choosing to escape in this way today was very likely precisely because it knew the Emperor was injured.

Precisely because the escape of Zen had already become a fait accompli and would be very difficult to solve in a while, Ji Yumin chose to obscure it. Facing it a moment earlier or a moment later made no difference to the matter of Zen escaping. But it made a big difference to whether Lou Yue could successfully ascend and whether the imperial family could successfully control Yujing Shan!

This was not a matter as urgent as putting out a fire, but in a situation where the fire could not be saved, trying to preserve the family business and reduce losses.

"Wu Heavenly Master." Facing the righteous and stern North Heavenly Master, Ji Yumin also showed a corresponding solemnity: "May I ask how you know this news?"

"This seat's personally placed seal was wiped away and repaired. If this seat wasn't just in the Heaven Capital city and precisely caring for the deep part of the Central Heaven Prison, it would have almost been concealed!" Wu Daoyou became more and more angry, unbearably angry: "Such a big matter, who do you want to conceal it from?!"

The seal in the deep part of the Central Heaven Prison, in addition to the core Seal Zen Well Zhong Yue, also had large external seals added. It was checked every three years, repaired every nine years, and even stacked—this work was precisely the responsibility of the Four Great Heavenly Masters.

The seal left by Wu Daoyou was naturally conveniently wiped away by the escaped Zen. And the repair of his seal was naturally done by Ji Yumin to delay the news.

They knew each other.

But words are swords, meant to make the ignorant know. Showing one's edge is to sway the views of the people around the world.

"When the seal in the deep part of the Central Heaven Prison was wiped, I immediately repaired it to avoid the collapse of the entire Central Heaven Prison's order and prevent the aftermath of the escaped Zen. Was this response problematic?"

Ji Yumin sat there, neither hurried nor slow: "I ask you again, what do you call deception?"

"Did I deny the existence of this matter of Zen escaping? Did I pass ten days or half a month, still not handling this matter, turning a big matter into a small one and letting it pass? The Zen escape happened two hours ago! It was two hours, not two days! North Heavenly Master, aren't matters to be handled one by one? Isn't the court meeting being held? Aren't all the matters discussed in court important matters? Is only the escape of Zen important, and all kinds of state affairs are light? The matter involves Transcendent, and spreading the message unilaterally is not advisable. Fearing making mistakes in state affairs, I just wanted to preliminarily summarize the investigation results of this matter and report it to His Majesty together. You actually said the word 'conceal'!"

Wu Daoyou frowned greatly with his white eyebrows: "You—"

Ji Yumin interrupted him: "I don't understand why your words are so intense, Wu Daoyou, and you actually said 'the world can be bullied'."

"The suppression of Zen in the deep part of the Central Heaven Prison, could it be a matter that can be publicly expressed? Is it only today that it is obscured? Was it I, Ji Yumin, who decided to obscure it? Again, think of Taizu, think of the Dao Zuns of the Three Veins that year. Did those great existences choose to silence this secret back then to bully the world?"

"Who are you accusing, which Dao Lord, or Emperor Taizu?"

"This one is strange and terrifying, beyond common words and common discussions, so It was suppressed under the Heaven Capital city, not glorious like the Ten Thousand Demons Gate. Do you, Wu Daoyou, not know the inside story, or are you criticizing for the sake of criticizing, even disregarding the facts?"

"You say the Central has lost its responsibility, yes! Zen escaped in the Central, and the guardian is difficult to shirk responsibility. But guarding Zen is only a matter for the Central? Don't forget that the Four Great Heavenly Masters all have patrol duties and obligations to reinforce the seal. It has been like this for generations, even before the Great Jing country was established! Wu Heavenly Master, at the moment the Zen escape happened, you must first ask yourself, have you fulfilled your duty?"

Ji Yumin also stood up as he spoke, his indignation and intensity no less than Wu Daoyou's earlier: "According to what I know, in previous years, Lou Daojun just suspected whether the seal in the deep part of the Central Heaven Prison had loosened. At that time, his strength was insufficient, yet he was at his absolute peak. But his heart worried about the world, and he specifically invited several Heavenly Masters to check the seal. Including you, Wu Daoyou, you personally checked it and confirmed that the seal was fine!"

"This old man has never doubted that you, Wu Heavenly Master, tampered with it. Today, the matter of Zen escaping happens, and you are in the Central Great Hall talking nonsense and harshly rebuking this old man, thinking you can shake off your own responsibility and blame it all on others?"

He was heartbroken: "This old man really wants to ask, exactly who has no world in their heart, only the struggle for a snail's horn!"

Wu Daoyou has never advocated reckless courage.

The older he got, the more he could calm down, speak lightly about wind and clouds, and handle all matters with composure.

But facing this old man Ji Yumin, he always found it very difficult to suppress the urge to draw his sword.

Could black and white actually be reversed like this?

The ignorant ones might even think that Ji Yumin had returned from a blood battle with the person who escaped from the Central Heaven Prison, and could actually be wronged like this!

You insects of the Emperor's faction, you clearly did nothing but were only busy seizing power!

"Alright, don't argue, you two. Above the court hall, calm down a bit. Now is not the time to assign blame." Ji Xuanzhen stepped forward to mediate: "The urgent matter is to handle things. Zen has escaped from the Central, and the world is unpredictable. How should we proceed?"

With a chest full of difficult-to-express indignation and unbearable anger, Wu Daoyou was about to counterattack, but was choked by Ji Xuanzhen ahead of him.

How could he still openly favor one side?

He gave me a punch, and you pulled my hand and said forget it?

When you wanted to fight with Yu Xi, why didn't you remember this was above the court hall, and how to be calmer?

Insects of the Emperor's faction!

And this "how to proceed"...

I exactly know you all have no way, so I expose the problem, force you to face it, and ask you how to proceed.

Your way is to turn around and ask us?

Use that method of power struggle to manipulate me!

"Yes, ah, how should we proceed?" Wu Daoyou's white beard slightly trembled: "This seat still thinks this matter cannot be done, because you all actually didn't mention a single word!"

"Because doing things is not about opening one's mouth, and bearing responsibility is not about who has a loud voice!" Ji Xuanzhen, who was good at advising others to be calm, suddenly raised his voice: "Instead of wasting the court meeting time on arguments, Wu Heavenly Master, why don't we find a place to meet privately? Dirtying the ears of the hundreds of officials is a small matter, but mistaking heavy matters of the world is a big one!"

"Or, specific methods." The East Heavenly Master Song Huai, who had always sat there listening leisurely, finally opened his mouth at this moment.

He supported his knees with both hands, sitting straight on the Golden Bridge, and said slowly: "A criminal escapes, catch them back. A lock is broken, hang it back on. Solving things is nothing more than this. The escape of Zen from the Central is nothing more than returning it to the Central. However, the Zen suppressed under the Central Heaven Prison is not ordinary. Non-Transcendent cannot control it, and even a single Transcendent combat power cannot catch It again—"

He turned his head and looked towards the Emperor: "Your Majesty, do you think it is necessary to sacrifice at the Ancestral Temple and pray for the intent of Emperor Wen?"

Within the Pacify Sea Plan, Penglai Island and the Emperor's faction had clear cooperation. Ji Zuo, the Palm Teacher of Penglai Island, and Song Huai, the East Heavenly Master, all acted personally.

In the action to purge the One True Dao, the East Heavenly Master Song Huai also played a big role, representing Penglai Island's cooperation with the Emperor's faction, personally sending Execute Demon Commander Yin Xiaoheng to his death.

But Penglai Island was not equal to the Emperor's faction. Under the expectation of common interests, Penglai Island also had its own interests and claims!

Things had developed to this point, and the Emperor's faction wanting to control Yujing Shan was something Penglai Island could not happily see.

So although his expression was very neutral and very respectful to the Emperor, his words were very dangerous!

If the Emperor was unable to control the situation today, then he needed to tell the former Emperor!

One example from the past was the Five Countries' Emperors meeting the Heaven Capital, and the Jing Qin Emperor weeping at the Ancestral Temple!

Another example is whether Transcendent beings handle matters or not, without emotional reason or being within worldly cause and effect. The same example, the former Jing Qin Emperor weeping at the Ancestral Temple, wasn't it because he himself was incapable and powerless, hoping that the already Transcendent Jing Wen Emperor would act and save the situation?

Yet Emperor Wen did not respond!

Song Huai, this kind of intimate East Heavenly Master, an old good person who cooperated in all matters, when truly difficult matters came, instantly pointed his sword at the vital point!

"Just fear that even if Emperor Wen acts, it will not be able to save the situation. After all, the one who escaped..." West Heavenly Master Yu Xi had a sorrowful face, worrying for the world: "Perhaps, we still have to bathe and burn incense, and tell the Three Venerables!"

Even if the current Emperor was in a complete state and joined hands with Emperor Wen, it was not certain that they could catch and seal back the escaped "Zen."

The Dao Gate itself had ancient ones.

Perhaps only by inviting the Three Venerables, who no longer viewed the human world, to act.

And no matter which of the three Dao Lords it was, once they acted and interfered in the human world, they wouldn't even need to act, just need to be prayed to once, to reconfirm the Dao lineage after four thousand years...

Would Yujing Shan still be alone?

Yujing Shan might not be a child without father and mother!

No matter how much the Yujing Dao Lord didn't care about worldly matters, once their existence was embodied, who could disrespect It?

Today's predicament for Yujing was self-inflicted!

Several big figures argued intensely. The crowd of Heaven Capital officials in the hall actually understood only half of it. Not many were clear about what that most evil existence in history was, or what Zen had escaped. The Heavenly Masters and the Zongzheng argued and argued, and their words were also obscure.

But the West Heavenly Master's question was very clear!

Were things so serious that they had to invite Emperor Wen and the Three Venerables?

For a moment, the hundreds of officials in the hall all looked towards the Dan Terrace above—

The Emperor sat there quietly, unmoved by the eight winds, seemingly as if nothing big had ever happened.

"The North Heavenly Master hates evil as his enemy, the East Heavenly Master is steady and prudent, and the West Heavenly Master worries for the country. You are all the backbone of our Great Jing." He said in a broad voice: "My heart is greatly comforted."

At this moment, the gaze under the Pingtian Crown slightly lifted.

And it was precisely at this time.

The entire Heaven Capital city... shook once!

Twice!

Thrice!

Like an earth dragon turning over, the mountain about to tilt!