Chapter 76 Questioning my decision?

"Long time no see, Your Highness."

The leading deity was tall, a faint golden light lingering around him. He lowered his eyes to look at Lai Hanzhi, his eyelashes casting a light shadow under his eyes. His voice was as low as the tapping of an ancient bell: "Your Highness, have you come to Chongshansi? Is there something important?"

"Kneel down. I don't like someone's head being higher than mine."

The person on the other side was slightly stunned, then laughed and said, "Your Highness, are you kidding me?"

Han Zhi said: "Do you think I'm joking?"

"Your Highness, I am Gu Feng, the Second Elder of the Chongshan Division, in charge of the harvest. Even Your Majesty has never asked me to kneel before you."

Gu Feng smiled and said, "Besides, I don't know what I did wrong."

Han Zhi walked to the throne in the center of the hall and sat down. Chi Changyuan followed and stood beside him. Han Zhi said, "I ordered the Chongshan Division to transport food and fodder to the front lines. Why didn't you obey? I issued thirty-six imperial decrees ordering the ten elders to provide support. Why didn't you obey?"

The pale golden light surrounding Gu Feng suddenly dimmed, and the smile on his face completely disappeared. He clenched his hands at his side, "Your Highness, please understand. It's not that I'm disobeying your orders. Recently, the nine lands have been hit by heavy rain, and most of the crops have withered. If I were to transfer food and send elders to support the front lines, all living things in the realm would be wiped out. I'm doing this to protect our base in the rear, not to disobey your orders."

Han Zhi was amused by his words and turned to ask Chi Changyuan: "Your Highness the Rain God, is what he said true?"

Gu Feng was stunned, apparently not realizing that the man next to him who looked like a servant could be the God of Rain.

The glimmer of light from Chi Changyuan's fingertips slowly faded, his gaze falling on Gu Feng's suddenly stiff face. His tone remained calm, "Elder Gu Feng, who is in charge of the Chongshan Harvest Division, has actually learned to confuse right and wrong?"

He took a half step sideways, forming a protective posture with Han Zhi's chair. "I personally bring down all the water in the Nine Lands. The weather is always good, and there has never been a problem."

Han Zhi tapped his fingertips lightly on the armrest twice, his voice cold: "If that's the case, then Chongshansi is defying the Lord and refusing to obey the transfer order?"

Gu Feng's forehead was covered in sweat, his previous composure completely gone. He stumbled back half a step, his voice trembling as he tried to defend himself, "Your Highness, please forgive me! I'm not disrespecting you... It's just that the Chongshan Division's reserves have been depleted in recent years, and we simply can't afford to support you. I'm also... "

Before he could finish his words, the sound of Han Zhi's knuckles tapping against the armrest suddenly intensified, interrupting him. The coldness in Han Zhi's eyes deepened, and his gaze fell on him like a knife. "The reserves are empty? The harvest report submitted by the Chongshan Division last year is still on my desk in the palace. Are you saying the reserves are empty now? Is the document adulterated, or do you think I'm easy to fool?"

"I……"

"Your Highness is so majestic."

An old man in a plain white brocade robe walked in slowly, his hair already frosted. It was Wansheng, the great elder of Chongshan Division.

He saw Han Zhi and sneered: "Your Highness, are you bullying me?"

"Originally, I didn't want to embarrass you for His Majesty's sake, but this is the Chongshan Division, not your Prison Division. You don't have the final say on what the Chongshan Division does." He raised his head and said, "Your Highness, I will not mind coming here uninvited today. If you do this again, I will personally file a complaint with His Majesty."

Han Zhi sneered: "Are you questioning me?"

Wansheng said disdainfully: "Your Highness, you can let the humans take part in the war. We are noble gods, how can we sacrifice ourselves?"

Even if one can be resurrected after possessing godhood, it will still cost a lot of energy.

"Sacrifice is inevitable in war, and you are no more noble than ordinary people."

He stood up and said, "Since you question me, come and face my judgment."

As soon as he finished speaking, the coldness around him was like a sharp blade drawn from its sheath. Before Wansheng and the other two could say anything, countless cold white sword lights came straight towards them.

"What right do you have to judge Chongshansi?"

Wansheng and Gu Feng hurriedly used all their strength to resist, as if they didn't expect Han Zhi to really dare to attack them.

Gu Feng was dissatisfied and said, "You sent us to the battlefield, while you yourself stayed in hiding. You are not worthy of being our king!"

"When the time comes, I will sacrifice myself."

Before he finished speaking, the sword light had already pierced through Wansheng and Gu Feng's bodies. Their pupils suddenly constricted, blood gushed from their mouths, and they looked at Han Zhi in disbelief. Finally, they collapsed to the ground, their spiritual energy completely dissipated.

"And now, you just need to obey my orders."

"One day, I will let history prove my choice."

Chi Changyuan took a half step forward, his fingertips flicking lightly, cleaning away the blood, leaving only two bodies. He looked at Han Zhi, his tone calm but with a hint of consideration: "Now, what are you going to do?"

Han Zhi nodded, stepped over the corpse, and walked towards the palace gate: "Chongshan Division no longer needs to exist. From this moment on, I am the master here. Subverters will only end up dead."

Chi Changyuan frowned. It wasn't that he didn't realize Han Zhi's changes. At first, he thought it was due to his different status. But now...

He felt that Han Zhi had changed so much that he could hardly recognize him.

He worried: "Will this make more people oppose you?"

"In the current situation, mercy will only lead to more deaths. Everything I do is for the future of the world."

Once you are on the battlefield, you are a hero.

A hero can die in battle, but he cannot be defeated due to poor logistics.

What's more, he couldn't really let Jiutu become a defeated country.

"I see."

Chi Changyuan suddenly said, "Don't you like the gift I gave you yesterday for your 1,040th birthday?"

"What?"

Han Zhi was stunned for a moment, then took out a emerald green ring: "This?"

"yes."

Chi Changyuan smiled and said, "Would you please wear it all the time? I beg you."

“…”

Chi Changyuan rarely made such absurd requests. He lowered his head to examine the ring. It was lustrous, its emerald green shimmering with subtle aquatic shimmers. It felt cool to the touch, with a faint hint of watery aura. Han Zhi's fingertips caressed the ring's edge, and his expression, previously hardened by the bloodbath, softened slightly.

"OK."

He didn't like wearing jewelry, but since Chi Changyuan said so, there was no reason for him to refuse.

Seeing him agree, Chi Changyuan's tense shoulders relaxed slightly, and the corners of his mouth curved up: "This ring is a talisman I made specifically for you..." He didn't finish his words, but didn't continue, only saying, "I feel more at ease when you wear it."

Han Zhi said "hmm", he didn't expect Chi Changyuan to also learn these tricks from the human world, a talisman?

Forget it, it’s also Chi Changyuan’s kindness.

This wasn't a serious article to begin with, but now that it's been reviewed, I'm starting to get a bit snarky. Guess what Han Zhi is going to do, what this ring is for, and where Han Zhi's ghost spirit went...