"What's going on?" Emperor Jiajing asked Shao Yuanjie calmly.
“Your Majesty, this person was talking nonsense during the sacrificial ceremony, saying that Your Majesty has committed a sin.”
"Master Zhengyi, don't make baseless accusations!" Li Changzhou stood up.
All the female Taoist priests and palace maids felt a jolt in their hearts.
The man was handsome and tall, and the bright, clear sun of the 29th of the twelfth lunar month made him look like a celestial being.
The alchemists who could be favored by the Jiajing Emperor had to meet certain standards, regardless of their cultivation level; at the very least, their appearance had to be acceptable. People like Tieguai Li and Ji Gong were not worth considering.
Anyone who stood up at random looked like an enlightened immortal, and could easily play the role of the Primordial Heavenly Venerable in later generations.
Even so, if we're just talking about appearance and demeanor, Li Changzhou would definitely get half the votes if we're talking about who looks most like an immortal.
He was already handsome, and with his divine body, in a sense, he could be considered a true god in terms of physical attributes alone.
Li Changzhou continued, "I clearly said just now, 'Your Majesty has never committed any sins.'"
Emperor Jiajing glanced at Shao Yuanjie, who had indeed not heard what Li Changzhou had just said, only the words "what kind of sins have you committed".
His expression remained unchanged as he bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I certainly heard him say 'Your Majesty has committed a sin'."
I'll fuck you... I won't swear.
"Take it away." The Jiajing Emperor said without any expression.
Li Changzhou began to consider whether he should use a watermelon knife or a butcher's knife to hack his way from the Meridian Gate to the Xuanwu Gate.
"Your Majesty." Just the voice alone made one's heart race.
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw a woman in a flowing purple dress, with long black hair reaching her waist, a pair of peach blossom eyes that were clear and bright, a neck as white as snow, and a shapely figure. Although she wore a veil, her stunning beauty was already breathtaking.
“Just now I was sitting next to my husband and I definitely heard him say, ‘Your Majesty has never committed any sins.’”
"You mean I misheard?" Shao Yuan's gaze was cold and aloof, completely ignoring Yao Chi's stunning beauty.
"I wouldn't dare," Yaochi smiled gently.
Wearing a veil, her smile could not be seen, but just by listening to her voice and looking into her eyes, one could be captivated by her smile and laughter.
Of the tens of thousands of people present, except for a few with high cultivation levels, both men and women were already captivated by this enchantress and no longer cared about what Li Changzhou was saying.
“But,” Yaochi continued, “one knows the nature of fish by living near water and the sounds of birds by living near mountains. I live close to my husband, so I can hear them more clearly than real people.”
"Insolence!" Dozens of Taoist priests stood up and shouted.
"My master is a Grand Master and Minister of Rites personally appointed by His Majesty. Let alone this distance, he can hear everything clearly even if we are at the ends of the earth!"
"What kind of evil trick is this? Throw it down!"
The sound was like thunder; no one knew what kind of magic it was, but some of the palace maids were so shocked that their whole bodies went numb, as if thunder had exploded in their ears.
If his disciple speaks so eloquently, it would be easy for Shao Yuanjie, as the master, to clearly hear Li Changzhou's whispered words.
This is a contest.
"You can hear it clearly even from the ends of the earth? I'd like to see for myself," Li Changzhou said with a smile.
The sound wasn't loud, but the dozens of Taoist priests trembled like willow trees that had been kicked, with most of them collapsing back to their seats, leaving only a few barely able to stand.
The Taoist priests present all changed their expressions.
I originally thought he was just a quack Taoist priest who relied on his appearance to swindle wealth and status and spoke without any sense of propriety. I never expected him to be so powerful. He made the true disciples of Longhu Mountain lose all their strength just by using his voice.
Moreover, to the others, Li Changzhou's words had no power; they were simply heard clearly.
To roar like a true disciple of Longhu Mountain is as simple as it sounds. To be able to do something like Li Changzhou, one must at least be at the True Person Realm.
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Shao Yuanjie remained calm as he looked at the Jiajing Emperor.
"Your Majesty, no matter what was said, the ceremony of praying for snow to be offered to the heavens has been interrupted. Why not let this fellow Daoist who claims to be a descendant of the Eastern King Duke pray for snow? If he succeeds, he can be pardoned for disrupting the ceremony; if he fails, he can be executed."
With his hands behind his back, wearing a wide-sleeved cannon-shaped robe and a topknot, Emperor Jiajing looked exactly like a Taoist priest if not for his imperial majesty.
"Can."
All eyes turned to Li Changzhou once again.
Li Changzhou looked towards Yaochi—Will it snow?
Yaochi looked at him—you don't know how?
Li Changzhou began to consider whether he should use a watermelon knife or a butcher's knife to hack his way from the Meridian Gate to the Xuanwu Gate.
A eunuch shouted, "Master Li, since the beginning of winter this year, there has not been a single snowfall in the capital and several neighboring provinces. If there is no snow all winter, there will surely be a locust plague next year. Please, Master Li, use your magic to save the people of the Ming Dynasty from famine!"
He then bowed in greeting.
Li Changzhou glanced at him, summarizing the conversation, and gleaned two pieces of information:
1. The Jiajing Emperor completely trusted Shao Yuanjie;
2. The fact that a eunuch would say such things proves that as long as someone has real skills, the Jiajing Emperor will naturally give them an important position.
With a smile on his face and his sleeves fluttering, he made himself look even more like a celestial being, and spoke in a clear voice:
"Spring rains, summer fireflies, autumn leaves covering the mountains, and winter snow—it's just a matter of changing with the times and responding to the changing seasons. What's so difficult about that?"
The practitioners present were either astonished, disdainful, or simply watched the spectacle from the sidelines.
After Liu Bowen severed the dragon vein, the dragon race was left with only some jiaolong (a type of dragon), and lost the right to control the weather. Logically, praying for rain and snow would have become easier, but the severing of the dragon vein affected not only the dragon race, but also cultivators, who could no longer make any progress.
Now, the four great dragon kings of the East Sea, West Sea, North Sea, and South Sea, along with countless aquatic creatures, are in the Grand Canal, doing their utmost to prevent snow from falling in the capital.
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