This was the first time Zhou Yuan had spoken to Yang Cheng so openly and assertively.
Previously, the Great Zhou Dynasty was beset by internal and external troubles, and Emperor Zhou Yuan was always terrified, not knowing when he would be dragged off the throne.
Now that Yang Cheng has resolved all these internal and external troubles, his confidence has been restored.
Upon hearing this, everyone at the banquet felt a chill and fell into silence.
The old prince, Zhou Deyuan, immediately realized what was going on and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, professional matters should be handled by professionals. The thing the court fears most is the indiscriminate assignment of personnel."
"The Zhenwu Hall is already doing quite well under Grand Commander Yang's control; there's no need for him to interfere recklessly."
Zhou Deyuan also went to great lengths for the sake of the Zhou royal family.
He spent the first half of his life as a carefree prince, and it was only after Zhou Heng's sudden death that he became a trusted minister entrusted with the care of the young emperor.
He was a member of the Great Zhou royal family, yet he also had to unite with foreign officials for the sake of the royal family. In short, he was caught in the middle, which was very difficult.
Yang Cheng suddenly stood up at this moment, and said with a half-smile, "Your Majesty seems to have forgotten many things."
Who stood up during the Great Zhou's crisis to destroy the White Lotus Sect, eliminate the Thirty-Six Great Bandits, and quell the Wuwei Army rebellion?
The late emperor treated me, Yang Cheng, well, and I promised many people that I would help the Great Zhou Dynasty prolong its life and continue its reign.
But Your Majesty, you seem to have misunderstood something. What they entrusted to me was the Great Zhou Dynasty, not Your Majesty.
So, Your Majesty, have you been enjoying your reign too much lately?
Upon hearing this, the expressions of everyone present immediately changed.
Even Grand Tutor Cai looked at Yang Cheng with a horrified expression.
He could guess that this banquet would be anything but pleasant, but he never expected that Yang Cheng would dare to directly challenge the emperor.
Zhou Yuan's face turned bright red, and Zhang Xuansu immediately stood up and cursed, "Yang Cheng! I knew you were going to rebel!"
His Majesty wanted to test you further, and the test proved successful; you had long harbored rebellious intentions!
snort!
"Do you really think you're invincible just because you have some brute strength? Without internal energy and true qi, let's see how arrogant you can be!"
Yang Cheng toyed with the wine glass in his hand, and said with a half-smile, "So your confidence comes from the dissipating powder you gave me?"
If you had just asked Zhang Jinglin before you took action, you wouldn't have made such a basic mistake. How did you determine that this thing would be effective against me?
Oh, by the way, it seems you were the one who suggested kicking Zhang Jinglin out of the Imperial Hospital.
As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Cheng stretched out a hand to grab Zhang Xuansu. The enormous hand of mental energy descended from the sky, its power almost like that of a god or Buddha.
Zhang Xuansu's expression changed immediately.
He wasn't a martial arts practitioner, yet he believed that something like the "Dispersing Power Powder" was useful to every martial artist.
But Yang Cheng is not only a martial artist, his current physical condition is so good that it would be an exaggeration to call him a terrestrial immortal. He could drink the dispersing powder like Banlangen (a traditional Chinese medicine) without any problem.
Just then, a beam of Buddhist light suddenly burst forth in front of Zhang Xuansu, directly crushing Yang Cheng's giant hand of mental power.
Zhang Xuansu seemed to only then realize what was happening, and suddenly screamed in a high-pitched voice, "Master, save me! As long as this traitor Yang Cheng can be eliminated, my Great Zhou is willing to make Buddhism the state religion!"
Yang Cheng raised his head and looked into the depths of the palace, saying calmly, "Come out. It must have been hard for you to be plotting with these good-for-nothings for so long."
Inside the palace, a monk in his thirties, dressed in a long golden robe, emerged. He was about two meters tall, but slightly thin.
His eyes were slightly red, and his gaze toward Yang Cheng carried a chilling murderous intent.
"Yang Cheng, Yang Cheng, I never expected it to really be you!"
When I first came to this world and heard of the reputation of Yang Cheng, the Grand Commander of Zhenwu Hall, I thought it was just a coincidence of names.
Only after I went to Shaolin Temple and learned all your information about this world could I be sure that this person is definitely you!
"To run into you on an unexpected mission, it must be that my junior brother, the Venerable King, is watching from heaven and wants me to avenge him!"
Yang Cheng frowned slightly and asked, "A person from Ling Mountain? Who are you?"
The monk laughed loudly, his voice filled with chilling murderous intent: "Under the command of Lingshan, the Vajra of the Secret Demon Rock of Wutai Mountain possesses great supernatural powers!"
Yang Cheng took a deep breath; he finally understood what Master Xuanwei's divination had meant.
His divination was correct in predicting that Shaolin Temple would be severely weakened; if he went to Shaolin, Shaolin Temple would definitely suffer a severe blow.
At the same time, his prediction that Shaolin Temple would become the state religion was correct.
When reincarnators from Mount Ling come to this world, they will definitely choose to support the development of Shaolin Temple in this world, so it is normal for Shaolin Temple to become the state religion.
It's actually quite normal for reincarnators to enter the same reincarnation world; they can even cooperate if there's no conflict in the main quest.
But given the current situation, it's clear that neither side will talk about missions; a fierce battle to the death is inevitable.
"You've come here to avenge the Eternal Vajra King, the Undying Venerable King? They died at the hands of the Underworld. Your entire Ling Mountain was also wiped out by the Underworld in the last world. If you want revenge, why don't you go to the Underworld and come to me first? You always pick on the weak?"
The all-powerful Vajra of the Dharma sneered, "Yang Cheng, although I don't know exactly what happened in that battle, I cultivate the power of destiny, and my intuition tells me that Junior Brother Undying Venerable King was killed by you!"
Even if you didn't kill him directly, you are still the culprit who caused his death!
You may have celestial beings protecting you in the outside world, but within the cycle of reincarnation, who can protect you?
Yang Cheng rubbed his head.
In fact, Yang Cheng of the Hong Kong Ghost Story believed that he had done enough. There was no witness or physical evidence to prove that the deaths of the monks on Mount Ling were related to him, unless the underworld had sold him out.
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