Chapter 142: The Magnificent Tang Dynasty
It's just the beginning of autumn, the leaves haven't turned yellow yet, and the sun is even scorching hot at noon. How can it be like a season for snow?
But it just happened.
On a blue sky, snow fell from the sky and the river froze for no apparent reason.
Kah, Kah!
The sound of ice freezing became louder and louder. A wave suddenly rose up on the river covered with a layer of floating ice. The wave was so high and wide that it froze in the middle. In the blink of an eye, it became an ice bridge connecting the two banks. It was straight and wide, and ten people could walk on it side by side.
The Zhengu troops parked on the shore were so frightened that they dared not move.
The conspirators looked at the young general in the front, their minds filled with mixed feelings.
A good omen?
Is it a bad omen?
Second Young Master...
People cannot stand being nagged, and the same is probably true for God.
Before going to the battle, Li Shimin was still wondering, when will the goddess return?
He specifically instructed the Guanyin maid who stayed at home that if she saw a woman covered in starlight and moonlight, with a glazed star ring on her head, and whose eyes contained the stars in the sky, then that woman must be the goddess.
Changsun put a helmet on her husband who was about to go to war, and the little bear that had shrunk into her husband's breastplate rubbed her hand affectionately. The couple had been separated briefly many times before, and there was no need for them to say anything, as they had already understood each other's thoughts.
Large flakes of snow fell, soon covering the ice bridge formed by the waves. Li Shimin looked up, and a few white snowflakes fell on his eyelashes. He saw a layer of shimmering glass-like glow on the horizon, and the scorching sun was outshined by this dreamy glass-like glow.
When will the goddess return?
——He has already come.
The cute little bear Sissi had a head poking out from the human's breastplate. It seemed to grow at the touch of the wind. Its head was squeezed flat and without even a foreplay, it suddenly became round again.
Oh, the master is back!
The silver-haired witch, covered in starlight and moonlight and wearing a glass star ring on her head, sat on the cloud, her starry eyes curved, and she waved to the little bear below in a very good mood.
Xixi puffed up her cute pink mouth, stretched out her little paws and waved vigorously in the direction of her owner.
After finally breaking through the realm that had been stuck for more than two hundred years, Tarona could feel that her perception of the cause and effect of fate was a level higher than before. She looked down at the Son of Fortune who was as tall and straight as a bamboo, who even dismounted and bowed to the infinite sky and looked more handsome than anyone else present.
The Great Witch slowly raised the corners of her lips.
Speaking of destiny, who in this world can beat the Son of Destiny?
Who dares to say that the future Khan is not destined to be the Khan?
Cihang Jingzhai, Heshi Bi, choose the master on behalf of heaven...
The silver-haired witch raised her hands, her slender fingers were shrouded in the hazy moonlight and bright starlight. She could see the stars, and she could see the fate of everyone in the world.
Oh my god...
She is already a demigod.
Who can say that demigods are not gods?
In the past, she was only infinitely close to the demigod realm, but she still acted calmly and composedly as a deity. Now that she is a demigod, she feels more at ease with the title of goddess.
In this age of great strife, it wouldn't hurt to have another goddess.
With a thought, she fell from the clouds.
The howling wind lifted her up, her dress woven of starlight and moonlight fluttering like clouds, the star rings above her head whispering something deep and inaudible to humans. She opened her arms, the sunlight reflected broken glass, and star fragments like clouds and mist rose from under her feet.
She is beautiful.
[The Rich Witch] was born among the sea of stars. Her beauty is like the stars. No matter what race you are, she is beautiful.
The stars are eyes, the stars are mouths, the stars are ears.
In the silent universe, the whispers of stars echo everywhere, the stars emit dazzling light, and the sea of stars flows eternally.
Is there anyone in this world who is more like destiny than her?
No more.
She heard the human scream.
The silver-haired witch chuckled.
There is no need to worry, her body is made of thousands of gold and rocks. Even if she loses control and falls from the sky, the one who needs to worry is not her, but the world she falls into.
"Hello again, human."
A wingless bird can float above the earth, let alone a non-human being born from the sea of stars.
She is so light that it is beyond human imagination, and more like a god than humans imagine.
No one can remain calm in the presence of a living god.
The exception was Li Shimin, who had seen it once before. Although he was still excited at this time, he was not as shocked as the first time.
"goddess..."
The young general gave a slightly shy smile, but before he could bow again, the little bear hidden in his breastplate couldn't help himself.
The cute little white bear made a sweet mumu sound while using all four paws to crawl out from the shiny human's clothes. Then, like a young swallow flying into the forest, it took a leap of faith and jumped into its owner's arms.
Tarona held Sissi, who kept making mumu sounds, and gently caressed the little bear who had been by her side since she signed the contract with her.
What bad intentions could the little bear have?
It's just a child.
After being comforted by its owner, Sissi soon calmed down. It nestled in its owner's arms obediently, sniffing the scent of the stars and the moon, its bright red eyes gradually dimming.
It fell asleep.
This was the first time it had truly fallen asleep in the past two months. Only the owner's arms were a safe and warm haven where it could seek shelter.
Li Shimin lowered his voice and said, "Goddess, be merciful. In troubled times, there are wolves everywhere. I was powerless and my children were almost in danger. Fortunately, Xixi protected them. Only then did they stay safe. I would like to thank you!"
Having said that, he was about to lift up his clothes and kneel down heavily.
His love for his son and daughter was sincere, without any thought, and this bow was full of clear gratitude.
Tarona refused his greeting. She held the sleeping Sissi in one hand and lifted up Li Shimin, who had just bent his knees, with the other hand.
She said, "Don't thank me. Sissi loves your children, so she saved them. This is the friendship between children."
The friendship between children is the purest.
She only asked Sissi to protect Li Shimin. Sissi would protect his children only because she liked these children.
She remembered that Li Shimin had a daughter, who was... probably not even one year old this year?
Seth flipped the file open and gave a positive answer a second later: [Yes, Li Lizhi is now nine months old.]
That's it.
Sissi's former owner was only five months old when she got her.
Li Shimin was held up by an invisible force and could not kneel down. He did not dare to look at the goddess's deep starry eyes for too long and could only bow solemnly again.
It is to thank the goddess for her protection, and also to thank the innocent Sissi.
The huge team has been silent for a long time.
They were almost in a daze as they watched their young master/general conversing with the goddess who had descended from the sky. Not only the people, but even the active war horses became unusually quiet, like a bronze ornament, without moving their mouths or kicking their hooves.
Such silence and quietness cannot be broken by anyone.
Tarona waited for Li Shimin to finish his greetings and stand up. The feet of the [Golden Witch] would not touch the ground because she was too heavy. The starlight and moonlight would lift her up, so she spun in the air, as light as if she was also a member of the Eight Directions Fufeng.
She pointed at the frozen river, with tiny starlights emanating from her fingertips: "Aren't we going to cross the river?"
Li Shimin smiled, and there was a glimmer in his eyes when he lowered his eyelids.
really.
It was no illusion, he thought.
The goddess...does have some preference for him.
…
The first person to capture Chang'an was Li Shimin, the second son of the Li Clan.
It took him only one day to barely stabilize the chaotic Chang'an. The people no longer scattered in panic, the bodies were buried, the messy streets were cleaned up, and when the subsequent army arrived, Li Shimin's troops were cleaning the city walls, and there were even people around who came to help spontaneously.
How is this possible?
Li Jiancheng admitted that his second brother was indeed very capable, but how could he make the people of Chang'an accept him as the one who captured the city gate in just one day?
Li Yuan was also very surprised, and there was a hint of fear in his eyes that he himself could not detect.
He looked back at his eldest son who was lowering his head, and felt a little confused.
He was a little confused when it came to the matter of his children... Did he really want to make Jilang the crown prince as he had said at the banquet?
However, he still prefers Jiancheng in his heart.
Under normal circumstances, he is the father, and he will have the final say on who will be the crown prince. Moreover, he just said it, and it is not something he can rely on...
This thought ended when he saw the "woman" sitting in the air, allowing his second son to tell her interesting stories in the army.
Li Yuan was stunned.
Li Jiancheng was also stunned.
It's not that he hasn't seen top-notch masters before. Recently, the forces of the Demon Sect have been approaching him frequently, and the several new faces that have appeared around him are also masters from the Demon Sect. Therefore, he is very confident that he can seize the position of the prince.
He admitted that Li Shimin's ability was superior to his, but so what? He knew their father, and he knew that Li Shimin didn't even have a decent master around him.
So before going to the battle, he was not worried.
So he was not worried when Li Shimin was ahead of him.
This mentality of winning ends at this moment.
Li Jiancheng stared blankly at the woman sitting next to Li Shimin. He vaguely heard whispers coming from far away, but he paid no attention to them and just stared at her blankly.
It's not like he hasn't seen master-level masters before. On the day he reached a cooperation with the Demon Sect, he met the Demon Queen who only existed in the rumors of the world.
But it was not until now that he clearly realized a fact——
The Grandmaster is but a mortal.
Even if he is a great master, in the eyes of gods, he is just a grain of sand in the mortal world.
Just like...himself.
The silver-haired goddess sitting in mid-air raised her eyes and looked towards them.
Suddenly, extremely high-pitched music sounded in Li Jiancheng's ears, and those agitated and chaotic whispers suddenly became earth-shaking. He felt that his soul was shaken out of his body in an instant, the internal force in his meridians was flowing backwards, and the blood in his body was ignited at the same moment!
"Well!"
Li Jiancheng fell to his knees with blood all over his body.
Not only him, but anyone who looked into those eyes that contained the deep sea of stars would have a splitting headache and even standing was extremely difficult.
He was not the worst one. All the masters of the Demon Sect who were traveling with him had their meridians reversed and lost half their lives in an instant.
——The gods cannot be looked at directly.
——The gods cannot be hidden.
——God is omniscient and omnipotent.
Looking up, the stars in the sky are her eyes and her ears, and everything in the world is visible.
There are no secrets before the gods.
When you meet God, you should put away the darkness in your heart, bury the filth in your heart, and lower your eyes of desire.
Long ago, our ancestors taught our descendants the correct way to treat the gods:
You should be in awe.
Li Yuan coughed painfully. The people around him had no strength left to support him. Great fear overwhelmed his aching heart. He wanted to look up. Why did the goddess suddenly become angry?
But as soon as this thought came into his mind, his eyes seemed to be blinded and a sudden severe pain strangled his throat, making him unable to utter a single sound.
Erlang...
He thought of his second son*. He had no time to worry about why Erlang was safe and sound. He wanted to ask his son for help.
But he could not make a sound. The pain spread throughout his body. His head hurt as if it was split open by a huge axe. He could even see his own brains flowing out.
This sudden change happened in a flash. Before Li Shimin even had time to greet his father, half of the people who had just dismounted from their horses suddenly fell down. Some even vomited blood and couldn't stop.
Li Shimin immediately gasped and exclaimed: "Goddess!"
Such a change can only be due to the goddess, and it can only be due to the goddess.
But he didn't understand, Aye and his men had just entered the city, how could they have offended the goddess?
It was just a complaint to these people, a watchful Tarona:...
She saw her synchronization rate with the [Golden Witch], which had reached 32% in the blink of an eye.
It really started from zero frames, the previous second was only 21%.
The Great Witch looked away with a slight sense of guilt, feeling miserable in her heart, and raised her hand to cast a group healing spell on those who had suffered the unprovoked disaster.
Li Shimin hurried over to pay his respects, not caring about anything else. He ran with his clothes flying, his eyes full of panic: "Aye!"
The personal guards, counselors and soldiers accompanying the Second Young Master also ran after her, all of them taking a detour, with the silver-haired goddess as the center. They almost wanted to follow her closely against the wall, fearing that if they walked a little closer, they would offend the goddess's majesty.
They have already confirmed that it was the Duke and the Eldest Son who offended the goddess, otherwise how could this happen?
And their second son...
Everyone's hearts were burning with excitement.
The prince must be the second son!
By the time the innocent victims Li Yuan and his companions recovered from their trance and severe pain, Tarona had already finished reading the newly released setting data of [The Rich Witch].
Her eyes were completely drawn to the last line of the setting.
"The source of this armor card's power is the Lord of Nothingness, Heye."
Tarona suddenly felt a black screen before his eyes.
She! Just! Said!
How did the synchronization rate suddenly increase so much? How did a simple gaze make Li Yuan and his friends lose half their lives in an instant...
Void Lord...
That's a neutral Outer God!
Although neutral, he is also an Outer God!
Why! Why not mark the power source in the first line of the vest card settings?!
Seth's guess: [Vest cards with power coming from the Void Lord are rare, and they are all SSRs. The technical department is probably worried that the staff will not want to use it after seeing the source of power.]
If they are unwilling to activate it, they cannot obtain usage data, and without usage data, they cannot make adjustments to this type of vest card.
In the eyes of the technical department, the Void Lord is a treasure mountain shining with dazzling golden light. They just watch but don't need it at all...
Killing people and destroying their hearts is nothing more than this.
Tarona: ...
She guessed so.
The Great Witch took a deep breath and calmed down the anger that was surging in her heart.
Forget it, to be honest, she did make a profit. Before the vest cards were completely damaged, she could use them freely and they were considered as the personal property of the staff member.
With such a powerful vest card, she can easily walk around the Anglo-American world.
Besides...
Tarona glanced at the unlucky people who were in a state of fear and trepidation. There were few innocent people among them. The innocent ones who suffered were just in pain, but those who vomited blood were not. It was because they had something to hide.
[Star Shock] of [Golden Witch] is a passive buff, which will be triggered automatically as long as there is ill will towards her. These are only a small part of the people who are in great pain. They are just swept by the tail of the power of [Star Shock]. It is mainly aimed at Li Jiancheng and the masters of magic around him.
Are they already cooperating with the Demon Sect at this time?
Tarona looked at Li Shimin with pity as he supported his father with tears in his eyes due to the sincerity of his heart. It was true that there was no family affection in the royal family. This was not even the royal family, yet his blood-related brother wanted to kill him.
Seth said: [From this perspective, the Xuanwu Gate Incident was also karma. ]
Tarona is not rated.
With her around, the Xuanwu Gate Incident would never have happened.
Li Jiancheng was also outstanding, but who made his second brother Li Shimin?
Even if Li Yuan favors his eldest son, now that his second son, who was the first to capture Chang'an, has been favored by the goddess, will he go back on his word and enrich himself?
Does he dare?
Li Yuan didn't dare.
How can man fight against nature?
How dare people fight against gods?
At a celebration banquet a few days later, Li Yuan held Li Shimin's arm and announced loudly: "This is my prince!"
The father and son held hands and looked at each other, while all the ministers at the banquet raised their glasses to celebrate, showing a loving father and filial son, and a harmonious relationship between the ruler and his ministers.
Li Jiancheng sat at the bottom, his teeth almost broken.
Li Yuanji's skills in cultivating his qi were completely inadequate, and he was held up by Wang Shichong's remaining troops. He did not arrive in Chang'an until the third day. He was lucky, otherwise he would have been one more person vomiting blood.
Seeing that everything was written on his face, Li Jiancheng glanced at him. His eyes were a little cold, and when he looked deeper, he could see fear in them.
That day, just a glance, and the goddess who almost cost him his life, moved into Li Shimin's mansion.
Among all the people in the Li clan, only Li Shimin could get within three feet of the goddess, and only Li Shimin could talk to the goddess. However, Li Shimin's master did not even have the qualifications to meet her, and did not even dare to show the slightest dissatisfaction.
It was just a glimpse...
Even if the power of God only glimmers a little, it is enough to allow mortals to explore the difference between life and death.
People in Chang'an were saying that the second son of Li Ye was favored by the goddess and it must be destiny.
Destiny is upon us…
Li Jiancheng recalled the promise that the Demon Queen of Demon Sect had made to him that day, as well as the future that was unfolding before him. Looking back now, he felt that the irony was powerless.
How can a mortal decide who is destined to be the one?
Where do ordinary people get the qualifications and support?
With a dead object?
Or is it based on powerful martial arts?
Li Jiancheng quickly drank a glass of cold wine. The wine, like a burning knife, flowed down his throat into his stomach, causing him both burning and pain. The heavy and powerless feeling that spread in his heart almost drowned him.
If it were just a human, he would fight and he would win.
But the opponent is a god... Just watching him is enough to make people lose all their fighting spirit.
He was a little drunk.
Li Jiancheng looked at Li Shimin standing next to his Aye and drinking with his ministers for a long time. Finally, he sighed.
He lost...
Of all the people in the world, the goddess chose Li Shimin alone.
Perhaps, Li Shimin was really destined to be the emperor.
He lost.
…
What is destiny?
Tarona thought for a while and answered Seth: "It is the will of the people."
The will of the people is the will of heaven.
The people are the water and the king is the boat. The water will carry a wise king forward, but it will also drown a foolish king at the bottom of the cold river.
The anger of a common man can cause blood to spread five steps away. What about the anger of tens of thousands of people?
The people of China are brave enough to risk their lives to bring down the emperor.
No one dares to try.
Li Shimin is a benevolent monarch recognized by history, and he is also a monarch who has no predecessors and no successors.
He founded the prosperous Tang Dynasty where all nations came to pay tribute. The people of the Tang Dynasty were proud to be born in the Tang Dynasty. He was the Mandate of Heaven.
However——
Tarona smiled and touched Sissi who was dancing in his palm, and said: "Tianqi has no intention of switching to the comprehensive martial arts world to perform tasks. I remember that her first intention was the comprehensive British and American world, and her second intention was the infinite world, so she doesn't need to learn these."
She looked up at the sky. The starry sky was bright tonight, and the North Star on the horizon was astonishingly bright.
The Great Witch whispered softly: "We are just missionaries, we are just passers-by in this world. We don't need to laugh at the joy of the world, nor do we need to cry at the sorrow of the world."
The first thing the officers have to do is to make themselves bystanders. Even if they have already entered the plot, they are still just bystanders.
“We provide assistance…”
No matter what the road under your feet is like, whether it is rough or flat, it is ultimately up to you to walk on it yourself.
If someone is determined to die and is extremely stupid, the staff will be helpless.
"We sympathize, we grieve..."
But the future of the world will not change because of their sympathy and grief. They only exist for a while, and the future is too long. It is still the people of this world who will describe it.
The silver-haired witch walked on the starlight and moonlight, slowly opened her lips under the shining stars, and sang a song that only the stars could hear.
Auspicious snow indicates a good harvest. This year will be a good year. The subsequent competition and calculations will have to wait until next year.
Is it man who can conquer nature, or is it fate that decides everything?
Slender fingers slashed across the night sky, a shining meteor flashed by, and the dark sky gradually became filled with dreamy aurora.
Under the canopy of sky, the mortals looked on foolishly.
Under the starry sky, the witch stirs up the galaxy.
She remembered that the history books of this world said that Taibai passed through the sky.
The tributaries of destiny are too stable, why not make them a little more chaotic.
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