Chapter 620: Do You Want Me to Drag You Two Over There Myself?
If one were to rank various supernatural powers, the great power of Word as Law would absolutely be among the top ten.
Word as Law is a supernatural power created by the Dao Ancestor of the Immortal Realm. A single word can determine life and death, alter the heavens and change the earth, disrupt the balance of yin and yang—it is truly terrifying.
Legend says that in order to develop this power, the Dao Ancestor sat alone in meditation within the Great Brahma Heaven for a full forty-nine years, only then managing to create the Word as Law that countless truth-seekers pursue their entire lives.
But Immortal Elder Changcun privately told Jiang Li and the others the real reason behind it.
There was a period when the Dao Ancestor enjoyed tongue twisters, frequently repeating “When eating grapes, don’t spit out the grape skins; when not eating grapes, do spit out the grape skins.”
After hearing this, the Confucius Sage found it strange and asked, “It’s easy to eat grapes without spitting out the skins, but how can you spit out grape skins without eating grapes?”
The Dao Ancestor thought the Confucius Sage made a valid point, so he sat in meditation within the Great Brahma Heaven for forty-nine years, creating the great supernatural power of Word as Law, finally achieving the ability to spit out grape skins without eating grapes.
When Jiang Li heard the story told by Immortal Elder Changcun, his image of the Dao Ancestor underwent a complete transformation.
He originally thought the Dao Ancestor’s personality was similar to his own, never expecting the Dao Ancestor’s true character was actually more like Bai Hongtu’s.
“What’s the big deal? You just lack exposure, having never heard about the affairs of the Immortal Realm’s Dao Ancestor before. When I was young and followed Immortal Elder Changcun, I listened to him tell stories about the Immortal Realm’s Dao Ancestor every day.”
“I aspired since childhood to become someone like the Dao Ancestor.” Bai Hongtu declared his grand ambition.
“What did you want to be when you were young?” Bai Hongtu asked Jiang Li.
Jiang Li thought for a moment, then said: “When I was young, I wanted to be a scientist. When I grew up, I wanted to be a good person who upholds fairness and justice.”
“Then you should have achieved that.”
The two walked through Tianyuan Imperial City, chatting casually while using their spiritual sense to scan the people inside the imperial city.
Influential families still existed, sectarian biases remained, and wicked people with evil deeds were still present, but compared to before, they had diminished significantly. It was evident that Yu Yin had exerted tremendous effort in regulating the order of the Tianyuan Dynasty.
“Speaking of which, it seems Yu Yin wasn’t always like her current self in the beginning.”
Jiang Li thought about Yu Yin’s initially ice-cold demeanor, then recalled her expressionless face during communication talisman calls, truly not understanding what Bai Hongtu meant.
Bai Hongtu invited Jiang Li to a teahouse, where they drank tea and ate snacks while he explained: “It was probably due to her upbringing environment. When I first met Yu Yin, I knew she was someone who fundamentally believed in the principle that the strong are respected.”
“Later, when she became a Human Sovereign candidate and had more contact with you, me, and Ji Zhi, she gradually began to change.”
“You played no small part in this, after all, back then you constantly preached in our ears about how wonderful an orderly nation was, that it was your ideal country, saying that the greatest thing in the world is reason, not fists, and that people should be reasonable.”
Jiang Li shook his head with a wry smile, thinking Bai Hongtu was just making wild guesses: “Why don’t we go directly to find Yu Yin instead of changing our appearances here and slowly walking to the imperial palace?”
Bai Hongtu extended his index finger, gently shaking it as he said triumphantly: “This is where you don’t get it. What kind of place is this? It’s the most chaotic Tianyuan Dynasty. Would it make sense to come here without pretending to be weak to defeat the strong?”
“Listen to me, within an hour, some young master will come here throwing his weight around, saying he wants to book the entire place and telling us to get out. We’ll calmly drink our tea, refusing to leave, then the conflict escalates. The young master sends his steward to throw us out, we defeat the steward, the young master then has his family’s hired expert make a move, we defeat the family expert, the young master has his father step in, we defeat his father, the young master has his grandfather who serves as an official in the court intervene.”
“His grandfather leads troops to surround us, grinning ferociously, saying no one in Tianyuan Imperial City dares to bully his grandson like this. At that moment, Yu Yin appears, reveals our identities, the young master’s grandfather is horrified, everyone is shocked, and the two of us are invited into the imperial palace by Yu Yin. Perfect.”
Jiang Li glanced behind Bai Hongtu and asked: “But wouldn’t it be inappropriate to keep Yu Yin waiting?”
“Let her wait. We’ll just say we got lost.” Bai Hongtu didn’t care.
Jiang Li looked at the graceful figure behind Bai Hongtu again, kindly suggesting: “Why don’t you turn around and look? You might run into an acquaintance?”
Bai Hongtu turned his head and saw Yu Yin, a terrifying cold smile curling at the corner of her mouth.
Jiang Li said sincerely: “This is much better, directly skipping the tedious process and going straight to the finale. Yu Yin comes out to welcome you, everyone is shocked.”
Yu Yin didn’t conceal herself, appearing in her true form at the teahouse, standing behind Bai Hongtu.
When the teahouse patrons saw Her Majesty personally arriving, their bodies instinctively left their seats, standing in place with expressions of admiration and worship.
There were often rumors among the people of Yu Yin traveling incognito to redress grievances, as well as tales of Yu Yin commanding her ministers with absolute authority in the court…
All kinds of rumors portrayed her in a positive light, giving Yu Yin extremely high prestige among the common people.
“Do I need to invite the two of you over?” Yu Yin looked at the two with an ambiguous smile that made them nervous.
Jiang Li quickly distanced himself: “Just now Bai Hongtu got lost. I just found Bai Hongtu and was about to take him to find you.”
“Yes, yes, I got lost.” Bai Hongtu chimed in.
The two also revealed their true appearances, causing everyone to discuss animatedly, their voices trembling, their bodies shaking involuntarily.
The strongest Human Sovereign Jiang in all generations of Human Sovereigns!
The strongest Sect Master Bai in all generations of Dao Sect masters!
And the strongest Empress Yu Yin among the nine royal rulers!
They could actually see these three up close—it was simply tremendous fortune.
“Let’s go.”
Yu Yin turned around cleanly, and Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu hurriedly followed.
On the way back, Bai Hongtu still asked curiously: “How did you discover us? You didn’t scan us with your spiritual sense either.”
Without turning her head, Yu Yin said: “I had the city gate guards keep an eye out. If they saw anyone who looked like they came for sightseeing and didn’t take anything seriously, they were to report to me.”
“It must have been you who exposed us.”
“It was you.”
The two subtly accused each other.
“I told the city gate guards to watch for two people.” Yu Yin didn’t need to turn around to know what these two were doing.
“…”
The two immediately fell silent.
Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu deeply reflected, deciding that in the future, even if they had nothing to do, they should put on a worried expression.
Yu Yin didn’t take the two into the palace, but instead brought them to a certain large mountain outside the city.
This was the royal forest, a place where Yu Yin relaxed during her leisure time. Normally, only she came here alone. She would lie on a wooden chair, quietly reading miscellaneous novels, listening to the rushing sound of the waterfall nearby, with the cool mountain breeze brushing against her face—extremely comfortable.
Sometimes when she got sleepy from reading, she would have the Wishful Gourd read to her while she napped on the wooden chair.
Yu Yin would also seek painting inspiration here, practicing the Dao of Painting. Now that she was studying the path of music, she would also play pieces similar to High Mountains and Flowing Water.
It was here that she comprehended Word as Law.
Yu Yin placed the Wishful Gourd on the wooden table: “I’ll teach you how to execute Word as Law right here.”