Indeed, once a book is published, it is no longer under the author's control.

Even if you use the power of heaven to ban it, can you still control the common people from copying it privately?

Even if one uses great magical powers to destroy those published manuscripts, won't people write them down and re-transcribe them?

So Feng Menglong really couldn't destroy the book. "If I had to destroy it, I could only destroy the original manuscript I have, but what would be the use of that?"

At this point, Feng Menglong said, "I am willing to bear all the consequences of the books I have written, and I will never shirk them. However, I will not stop writing these books of warnings."

After saying this, Feng Menglong took out a talisman and handed it to Fang Jian, saying, "Master Hongqing, please take a look. This is the talisman given to me by the Great Lord."

"Great Envoy?" Fang Jian was slightly surprised, then took the talisman and scanned it with his mind.

The next moment, two lines of eight large characters slowly appeared on the talisman: "If you write and speak, you are not guilty. I will not care if you are beaten to death."

“…”

Feng Menglong saw Fang Jian's strange expression and sighed slightly. "This talisman was given to me by the Great Envoy at the order of the Jade Emperor. It means that no matter what I write in my book, I will not be held guilty. However, if I am beaten to death, the Heavenly Court will not care."

"This is indeed the imperial edict from Taixuan Province." Fang Jian said slowly after a moment of silence, and then handed the imperial edict back to Wang Yao.

Not to mention that he is now unable to exercise the power of the Heavenly Judge, even if he has not been punished, he will not be able to convict Feng Menglong in the face of this imperial edict.

After reading the imperial edict, Wang Yao also expressed his embarrassment. He said to Yue Youyou, "Our Inspection Office is powerless to do anything about this little book. However, this matter was caused by Feng Menglong's writing, so the compensation of 430,000 merits should be borne by him."

"I am willing to bear the compensation of 430,000 merits." Feng Menglong said.

Seeing this, Yue Youyou was still a little unwilling and wanted to destroy the book.

But she also understood what Feng Menglong had just said: once a book is published, it would not be so easy for it to be destroyed.

Thinking of this, Yue Youyou said to Feng Menglong: "Not only do you have to bear the compensation of 430,000 merits, you also have to compensate for my reputation."

Feng Menglong nodded and said, "Okay, how much compensation do you want?"

Yue Youyou said: "One million merits."

Originally, Yue Youyou was asking for a high price, and she was ready to bargain, but Feng Menglong didn't hesitate at all. He nodded and said, "Okay, take out your immortal gold seal, and I will compensate you with one million merits now."

When Feng Menglong said this, not only Yue Youyou was stunned, but also Fang Jian and others.