Chapter 112 The Liao Emperor felt he was invincible again.
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"Have you all heard? Our Great King Zhongwu of the Han Dynasty has received the approval of the heavens. The heavens have bestowed a divine beast to help the King quell the chaos and bring blessings to our people. That divine beast is tens of meters tall, like a mountain. It shattered Xiaoshan City into dust with just one strike."
In a bustling city center.
Everyone in the streets and alleys was talking about this. The people who usually went to work in the fields were not at ease today. They gathered in twos and threes in the fields and talked about the divine beast descending from the sky and breaking through the city to quell the rebellion.
In the county town and the prefectural city, teahouses and theaters that used to be sparsely populated with customers have been packed with people these past few days. Everyone gathered together and talked about the same thing: Liu Fu and that mythical beast.
Even the women washing clothes by the river gathered together today, discussing nothing but this. Even the eighty-year-old ladies sat outside, basking in the sun while discussing the matter.
Liu Fu is now so famous that his name is known throughout the universe.
"The version is wrong, the version you mentioned is wrong!"
"As far as I know, it wasn't the divine beast that shattered Xiaoshan City with a single blow; rather, it was the divine beast that blew a breath at the city wall."
"Hey, guess what?"
"But when Grandpa Divine Beast blows out, it's like a whirlwind that can topple a ten-meter-thick tree. It blew the entire city tower to dust. Grandpa Divine Beast is a celestial being. Why would we need him to take action? You are all ignorant."
"Hey, one of you says the Divine Beast God smashed the city wall with his fist, while the other says the Divine Beast God didn't use his fist, but just blew on it and the city wall collapsed. So, who should we believe?"
"Of course you'll listen to me!"
“My nephew is from Liaodong. He happened to be doing business in Xiaoshan that night. He saw it with his own eyes, so how could it be false?”
"Hey, so what if your nephew is doing business in Xiaoshan Prefecture? There are so many soldiers guarding the city walls. Did your nephew go up to the city walls and see it with his own eyes? Did he see it? And he said he saw it with his own eyes? Aren't you ashamed to lie?"
"My nephew is a soldier serving under Prince Zhongwu. That night, they followed Prince Zhongwu in his personal campaign against Xiaoshan Prefecture. Do you think they don't know what happened? Come on, you're just bragging. My nephew saw it all clearly. Grandpa Divine Beast just blew a breath from dozens of meters away, and the bricks of the city wall and the roof tiles flew through the air. I saw it with my own eyes. You guys are nothing but bullshit, daring to question what I say!"
“Hey, wait a minute, Zheng Laoqi, when you were telling everyone about that murder case in the east of the city a few days ago, didn’t you say that your nephew was a butcher who slaughtered pigs outside the city? That you witnessed the murder case in the east of the city with your own eyes? How come your nephew has suddenly become a soldier under Prince Zhongwu who is paid by the emperor?”
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"Ding! Congratulations, host, for releasing the three-star alien beast King Kong, causing a sensation throughout the world, with millions of people bowing down in submission, and you have received a super huge reward!"
"Ding! Congratulations, host, you have gained 12 million reputation points. The impact of this event has been explosive. The system will reward you with an additional 3 million reputation points!"
Looking around now, Liu Fu, including the reputation points from recently eliminating the four major families, now has nearly 27 million reputation points.
This prestige value used to be as rare as a treasure, especially during the Liao Dynasty. People tried every means and racked their brains but could never obtain much of it.
Now, things have gotten really messy, like a snowball rolling downhill, with so many things happening one after another.
Now, where to spend so much reputation points has become Liu Fu's new problem.
I used to worry when I had little money, and now that I have more money, I still worry. It's really hard to be a person.
Liu Fu couldn't help but sigh.
Not long after, the mythical beast was born and the rumor of it assisting Liu Fu spread throughout the world. In addition, the storytellers kept making up new stories with their silver tongues, and Liu Fu's fame soared once again!
"Gentlemen, today we will begin with the story of Prince Zhongwu. I'm sure I don't need to say much about who Prince Zhongwu is. He is the savior of our Han Dynasty. He has already begun to redistribute land to the people in Liaodong. Under his leadership, soon the entire Later Han Dynasty will distribute land to the people. We will no longer have to work ourselves to the bone as tenant farmers, letting those landlords skin us alive and drink our blood!"
These words immediately resonated with the audience, and thunderous applause lasted for a long time.
The storyteller slammed his gavel, and after everyone had fallen silent, he began to speak:
"If you were to ask about the background of Prince Liu Fu, it's not as simple as just being the eighth son of our current emperor."
"In his previous life, Prince Zhongwu was the fifth son of the Jade Emperor in Heaven. The Jade Emperor's eldest son was the Red Emperor, and his fifth son was the Green Emperor, an immortal deity in Heaven, known to everyone in the celestial realm."
"But why did you end up in the mortal realm?"
"It was only because the Great God Qingdi took pity on us Han people and couldn't bear to see the mighty Han Dynasty destroyed by barbarians that he reincarnated as the Loyal and Martial Prince. To save the people, he returned to this mortal world. To tell the story in detail, we must start from the beginning. Ladies and gentlemen, please listen to my old man slowly tell the tale..."
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Liu Fu is the reincarnation of the Azure Emperor, the son of the Jade Emperor in Heaven.
Liu Fu was a three-legged golden crow in the sky. In the past, ten suns made it difficult for the people to survive, causing them to commit sins. The golden crow god returned to the mortal world to make up for the cause and effect of that time and to compensate the people and save them from suffering. Thus began the legend.
There are also rumors that Liu Fu is the Qilin Emperor in heaven, who governs all birds and beasts, and thus can command all kinds of beast gods and immortals...
Rumors are circulating.
At this point, these rumors became increasingly outlandish, and all of Liu Fu's enemies frowned upon hearing them.
But only the Liao emperor, sitting on his dragon throne, laughed instead of getting angry when he heard these legends.
"Hahaha, others may not know Liu Fu's true nature, but I do."
“Liu Fu, you lose more than ten years of your lifespan for each use of the summoning spell. I heard you used it once when you broke into the Bai family, and you used it a second time when you broke into Xiaoshan City. Before that, you used it a third time when you fought against 30,000 iron cavalry in my Great Liao, a fourth time when you quelled the rebellion in Dongjun Pingding Army, and a fifth time when you attacked the Pingding Army’s stronghold. These five times have cost you at least fifty years of your lifespan. Let’s see how many years you have left to live!”
Upon learning that Liu Fu had lost at least fifty years of his lifespan, the Liao emperor began to stir with renewed ambition.
He certainly wouldn't easily believe what Liu Fu said, but after sending away this plague god Liu Fu, the Liao emperor visited all the orthodox sects of Taoism, consulted many masters, and received corresponding replies. There are indeed extraordinary people in this world who possess such magical arts, but they often have to pay a great price. It was because of these words that the Liao emperor believed the lies Liu Fu had told him.
At this moment, the Liao emperor felt a surge of passion within him, as if hope had been rekindled, and he became eager to try...