Chapter 309 Rescue
When Ji Man arrived at the palace, Jiang Lisheng had already eaten all the cakes and pastries on the table and was drinking tea.
The three dukes and nine ministers watched with their own eyes as she ate five or six plates of pastries, one after another, until she finished them all, leaving a pile of empty plates on the table. They all felt quite complicated.
Not to mention the people from the immortal sect who love mortal food so much, they have never seen such people in their lives. Just her mentality, even among the people from the immortal sect, is probably hard to achieve.
The Grand Tutor asked Jiang Lisheng, "Master Jiang, if it's not enough, can you ask the Imperial Kitchen to send you some more?"
"No, that's enough." Jiang Lisheng estimated that Ji Man should be here soon.
Sure enough, just as she finished speaking, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside, and soon, Ji Man rushed in. He glanced at everyone in the hall, and rushed to the bed in a few steps, "Father."
Although he had known from Fu Shou's description that the King of Zhou looked haggard and was about to die of a serious illness, Ji Man was still shocked when he saw it with his own eyes, and burst into tears instantly.
He didn't expect that in just over a month, the King of Zhou, who was apparently in good health, would become so weak.
For a moment, the only sounds in the palace were Ji Man's frightened, anxious and sad cries.
"Prince, now is not the time to cry." The Grand Tutor stepped forward and patted Ji Man on the shoulder. "The two immortals said that the king can still be saved, but..."
Ji Man woke up with a start, turned his head abruptly, and knelt in front of Jiang Lisheng and Wei Qinglan in three or two steps, knocking his forehead to the ground, "I beg Immortal Wei, Miss Jiang, to save my father."
Jiang Lisheng had expected this, so he was not surprised at all. After all, he was a crown prince who was trapped in the East Palace and was in danger of dying, but he didn't even want to abdicate and kill his father to usurp the throne. His filial piety was truly evident.
She turned to look at Wei Qinglan.
Wei Qinglan was not surprised either. He pulled Jiang Lisheng away from his kowtow, held him up with his hands, and said calmly, "Prince, do you know that according to the Four Realms Agreement, people from the Immortal Sect cannot interfere in the fate of the emperor?"
Ji Man originally intended to kneel down and not get up, but Wei Qinglan pulled him up uncontrollably. He answered with difficulty, "Yes."
Wei Qinglan continued to ask: "Then do you know that if we intervene and change the emperor's life span, it will not only destroy the Four Realms Agreement, but also violate the way of heaven?"
Ji Man's eyes were filled with tears, "I know."
Wei Qinglan continued to ask: "Then do you know that if you know it is wrong but still do it, the consequences will be disastrous?"
Ji Man nodded with difficulty, "I know."
He choked up, "But as a son, how can I watch my father die? I know I can save him, but I don't save him. I can't do it."
Wei Qinglan asked again: "No matter what the price? Even if it costs you your life? Even if he wakes up, no matter how much longer he lives, he can't be a wise ruler? Still insist on his own way? Ignore the common people? Even if the dynasty's foundation falls into irreversible decline because of the life of King Zhou?"
Ji Man's face showed pain. After a moment, he burst into tears and said, "Filial piety comes first among all virtues."
Wei Qinglan was silent for a moment, then turned to look at the three dukes and nine ministers, "The Crown Prince has made up his mind, do you have any opinions?"
The three officials were silent.
Jiuqing didn't know what to say.
All of them were older than the prince, otherwise they would not have been able to hold their current positions. However, they could not say that the prince's choice was wrong, but they could not say that they disagreed. After all, the one lying on the hospital bed was the king of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the emperor of the dynasty.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Wei Qinglan agreed. He turned to look at Jiang Lisheng and said, "The Immortal Grass is yours. No matter how many consequences there are, you will bear them all."
"How serious will the consequences be for me if I continue to bear this karma?" Jiang Lisheng asked with a bitter face.
"It is known that the ghost world is not peaceful, and it is still unknown what the demon world will be like. But as far as the immortal gate is concerned, you saved tens of thousands of people in Hexin City and interfered with the imperial decree of the mortal world. However, you have Uncle Yu to protect you, so it is a very light punishment to be sent to Kunlun to receive the precepts. But now changing the emperor's life span is against the way of heaven. If it is a punishment from heaven, it will probably be difficult for you to practice, difficult to pass the thunder tribulation, and difficult to take a single step. You may never achieve the great way in your life..."
"Will you be locked up in Kunlun's Hopeless Cliff for eternity?" Jiang Lisheng felt a little heartbroken after hearing him mention several difficulties in a row.
"If you are locked up, I will go with you. Compared to what I said, perhaps the Cliff of Hopelessness for Ten Thousand Years is the lightest punishment." Wei Qinglan looked at her.
Jiang Lisheng muttered, "If we had known earlier, we would have gone directly to Hexin City to fight that Heavenly Master. Why did we come to the capital of the human world? Such a big trouble is waiting for us."
Who could have known that the King of Zhou would be so seriously ill because of that Heavenly Master? He needed her to save him?
She thought of something and shuddered suddenly. She pulled Wei Qinglan's sleeve and said, "Brother Wei, do you think that Heavenly Master Feng Qi deliberately set a trap for us to take? Is she in the same group with the black-clothed masked man we met at the Huishui Underground Altar? What kind of shocking conspiracy are they behind the Huishui Underground Altar, Hexin City, Qixuanmen, Qingu Mountain, and now the Human Palace? They want to kill us, but they can't, so they use this method?"
"It's hard to say." Wei Qinglan said, "Although we don't know when the palace's formation was set up, it should have been activated only about a month ago."
"This formation will kill King Zhou in 49 days, and now there are only two or three days left." Jiang Lisheng muttered softly, "Alas, we arrived too quickly."
She was full of doubt, "Maybe this is God's will? King Zhou was not destined to die?"
From Qingu Mountain, she rescued the uncles from various sects. On the flying boat, she used the jade ointment to save Zhou Xunmo. Therefore, Wu Lingxue brought the Zhuyu grass to the Hehuan Sect, and Zhou Xunmo gave her the Zhuyu grass. After she took the Zhuyu grass, she transformed her spiritual palace again and could mobilize a little spiritual power. She used her spiritual power and had an idea. She drew the Instant Talisman, which actually shortened the journey by ten days and arrived at the capital of the human world ahead of time.
Otherwise, if it went as planned, by the time she and Senior Brother Wei arrived at the capital, King Zhou would probably be dead.
"Maybe." Wei Qinglan smiled. "It's not unreasonable to say so. So, it's hard to say what the consequences will be."
Jiang Lisheng said, "If we follow the planned itinerary and arrive at the capital, it will be too late. Once the formation succeeds, King Zhou's life or death, will the entire capital become like Ruhe New City and Qixuanmen?"
Wei Qinglan nodded, "Maybe."
Jiang Lisheng added: "First it was the immortal world, then the human world, and we also encountered someone driving the evil spirits, which shows that the ghost world has also been involved. Three of the four worlds have been involved in the current chaos, so how can the demon world be spared? Maybe the demon world has also been involved in places we don't know about."
Wei Qinglan nodded, "You can think of it this way."
Jiang Lisheng took a breath, "Brother Wei, so, should we save him or not?"
Wei Qinglan turned around and glanced at Ji Man and the three dukes and nine ministers present, and said calmly, as if it was nothing unusual, "If you save him, I will share the responsibility with you. If you don't save him, it's understandable."
Jiang Lisheng made the final decision, "Help!"
Cultivation is against the will of heaven, so what? Who knows if it is not heaven's will that she should come here now? If Senior Brother Wei accompanies her to the Wannian Hopeless Cliff, it doesn't seem so scary. Although King Zhou has been a little unkind recently, judging from the evil formation set up in the palace, he was also harmed by others. In her eyes, the lives of the common people are lives, so how can King Zhou's life not be a human life? Not saving people with something that can save them is not what her master has always taught her to do.
The way is natural, so she should just go with the flow! Anyway, she has a hard time making progress in her cultivation. It’s not like she has never gone through a difficult thunder tribulation before? Didn’t the hundreds of thunder tribulations by the river bank not kill her? No matter how difficult the thunder tribulation is, it’s just like that, right?
It was just saving a person, what was there to be afraid of? Moreover, she had received a trace of purple energy from him, so it would be unreasonable not to save him.
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