The Shangluo Mountain God frowned when he saw the colorful jade scroll in Fang Jian's hand. This jade scroll was colorful, so it must be of high quality! So he said, "Show it up."
"Ha." Fang Jian sneered, "Are you asking me to present to you the decree of the Great Emperor, 'According to Heaven, Imitation of Virtue, and Glory to the Earth'?"
Upon hearing this, the Shangluo Mountain God's expression changed drastically. He immediately dissipated the cloud light beneath him and landed in the main hall. He stepped forward to Fang Jian and said, "What did you say? Is this the decree of the Great Emperor Hou Tu?"
Fang Jian directly handed the jade scroll to the Shangluo Mountain God. The Shangluo Mountain God did not take it directly. Instead, he looked at Fang Jian and said, "Do you know that counterfeiting the command of the Emperor of Heaven and deceiving the gods is a capital crime?"
Fang Jian said nothing, looking at the Shangluo Mountain God calmly. Seeing that there was no change in Fang Jian's face, the Shangluo Mountain God couldn't help but believe it in his heart.
Then he bowed and said, "I am the Shangluo Mountain God, and I respectfully accept the order from the Great Emperor Hou Tu." Then he raised his hands and took the order from Fang Jian.
When he opened the jade scroll, a colorful auspicious light shot out, directly illuminating the entire mountain temple with colorful colors.
The Shangluo Mountain God's gaze fell directly on the extremely conspicuous seal on the jade scroll. It was the seal engraved with the large characters "Inherit the will of Heaven, follow the example of great virtue, and glorify the Earth and the Earth" in immortal seal script.
At this moment, the Shangluo Mountain God no longer had any doubts in his heart, because this kind of seal could not be forged by either gods or mortals. In other words, if you did not obtain the authority of the "Imperial Seal" from the Heavenly Court, you would not be able to completely engrave the names and titles of all the Heavenly Emperors on any seal. This was because there was great power from the Heavenly Court to interfere, in order to prevent those with ulterior motives from forging the Heavenly Emperor's decrees to harm the world.
Unless the person who forged it has the same level of Taoism as the Great Emperor Hou Tu, would a person of that level do such a thing?
Then the Shangluo Mountain God looked at the contents of the jade scroll with a serious face. After reading it, he broke out in a sweat and began to tremble all over.
Fang Jian's jade scroll contained the decree that Hou Tu Great Emperor said at the grand court meeting that day regarding the pricing of demon-repelling talismans and exorcism powders. Any decree issued by the Five Imperial Emperors was an unparalleled will and would be made into a decree by Taixuandu Province. All super-grade immortal officials were required to carry it with them.
The Shangluo Mountain God wiped the sweat from his forehead, swallowed nervously, then bowed respectfully to Fang Jian, and then handed the jade scroll back to Fang Jian.
After Fang Jian retracted the decree, the Shangluo Mountain God bowed and asked, "Excuse me, little God, but may I ask your Highness's taboo?"
Zheng Xuling, who was standing by, stared at Fang Jian with wide eyes. "So you really are an immortal official? And your rank is not low?"
Only then did Fang Jian calmly say to the Shangluo Mountain God, "My surname is Fang, my name is Jian, and my Taoist name is Hongqing."
"Isn't that generous?
"?" Zheng Xuling asked in surprise after hearing this, and then he was stunned, "Wait, Hongqing? Which Hongqing?"
Fang Jian smiled at Zheng Xuling and asked, "Is there another immortal in Heaven with the Taoist name Hongqing?"
"True Lord Hongqing?!" Zheng Xuling exclaimed in horror.
Then the entire mountain temple hall fell into deathly silence in an instant, and the Shangluo mountain god and the three generals of Dividing Mountain, Patrolling Mountain and Guarding Mountain just stood there frozen in place.
It wasn't until several dozen breaths later that the Shangluo Mountain God reacted. His face instantly turned pale as paper. He immediately bowed and said, "This little god pays homage to the True Lord Hongqing. I sold the treasure at a high price, and I deserve death. Please punish me, True Lord Hongqing."
At this moment, the three generals, Xunshan, Dividingshan, and Yushan, also bowed down, their bodies shaking uncontrollably.
Fang Jian extended his hand toward the Shangluo Mountain God, who was bowing, and said, "Give me the decree from the Minister of Nanyue Prefecture."
The Shangluo Mountain God did not dare to delay any longer and immediately took out the decree stamped with the seal of the Minister of Nanyue Prefecture and presented it to Fang Jian.
The Shangluo Mountain God had already read the edict of the Great Emperor Hou Tu and knew where the problem was. The problem was the price of the demon-repelling talismans and the demon-exorcising powder. The edict of the Great Emperor Hou Tu clearly stated that one robbery jade was worth ten demon-repelling talismans, and one robbery jade was worth one bottle of demon-exorcising powder.
But they paid nearly thirty times the price, which was a serious violation of the Heavenly Law, so he just said that he deserved to die.
But the Shangluo Mountain God felt extremely aggrieved, because the price was not set by them, but by the Nanyue Mansion. It was impossible for him, a small mountain god, to influence the price of talismans in the entire southern continent.
Thinking of this, the Shangluo Mountain God was filled with sorrow and bitterness. Compared with the Nanyue Mansion, what was this little mountain god like him? He was nothing more than a scapegoat and a ghost for the bigwigs.
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