Chapter 473: Chapter 328, Dragon Ship Sets Sail
The sun rises in the East, a ray of morning light shines from the East, enveloping Bai Jin whose body is covered by it, and all the Hundred Schools’ Sect Leaders are bowing their heads, their expressions not too good.
Bai Jin looks around at everyone, calmly saying, "Have you all thought it through?"
The Hundred Family Heads all continue to remain silent.
"How come you’ve become mute now? Mo Family Master, I heard that among these matters, it was you who were the most jubilant, you speak."
The Mo Family Master immediately feels a tingling on his scalp, and with a soft voice, he tries to explain, "Vice Family Master, I wasn’t being jubilant..."
"Mhm~" Bai Jin utters a sound of acknowledgment and turns his head to look.
The Mo Family Master immediately lifts his head and puffs out his chest, saying earnestly, "Reporting to the Vice Family Master, in these events there has been, more or less, the involvement of the Zen Sect. It was the Zen Sect Disciple who told my Mo School Disciple, that Left Minister Wei Lin was embezzling relief grain funds, and so my Mo School Disciple went to the Inspection Bureau to report the case."
Wei Lin, who had been standing honestly on the side without any movement, suddenly said, "Initially, it was the Zen Sect Disciple Fa Wu who informed me that relief could be exchanged for bran."
The School of War Leader frowns and says, "I remember now, initially it was a Zen Sect Disciple who proved that the Mechanical Bird had quality issues."
The Agricultural Family Leader frowns and says, "Initially, it was a Zen Sect Disciple who informed me, they had seen my lost rice seedlings at the Mu Family."
Bai Jin snorts coldly, chastising, "As the respected leaders of the Hundred Schools of the Human Clan, to be played by the Zen Sect like this, it’s simply humiliating!"
The Hundred Schools’ Sect Leaders all lower their heads, each of them with faces full of shame. They had also sensed something wrong before, but the Hundred Schools have rarely interacted with each other, and even harbored many grudges over the millennia. It was only because of the family teaching that they should not attack each other that they suppressed it, leading to their relationship being as cold as ice. Hence, they provided the Zen Sect with an opportunity, and this time the conflict kept escalating, not without their own desire for retribution.
Bai Jin says seriously, "Now that you know it’s the Zen Sect that has been inciting trouble, what are you still waiting for?"
The Hundred Schools’ Sect Leaders bow their fists in unison, turn around, and walk outside, their eyes filled with anger. After they leave the courtyard, they transform into streaks of light shooting up into the sky.
In the end, only the beautiful young woman Yu Tan remains standing coyly in the small courtyard.
Bai Jin looks at Yu Tan and says, "From the Brothel Family?"
Yu Tan bows respectfully, with charming eyes and a soft, delicate voice, she says, "Brothel Family’s Yu Tan pays respects to the Vice Family Master!"
Bai Jin hastily waves his hands and says, "No, I’m certainly not your Vice Family Master!"
Yu Tan looks at Bai Jin with a sorrowful expression and softly asks, "Does the Vice Family Master look down upon our Brothel Family?"
Bai Jin nods seriously.
Yu Tan is immediately taken aback. If anyone else dared to say such things, she would have let them experience what is known as the Nine Heavens of Ice and Fire, the difficulty between life and death. But in the face of this Vice Family Head of the Hundred Schools, a legendary figure, she truly dares not act rashly, her heart filled with deep awe. With a woeful look in her eyes, she gazes at Bai Jin as if deeply wronged.
Bai Jin turns his head to the side and says, "Speak! What is it that you’ve come to find me for? If you don’t say it now, I may leave."
Yu Tan is startled and quickly replies, "Reporting to the Vice Family Master, my visit this time is to inform you of a matter."
"What matter?"
Yu Tan speaks cryptically, "Vice Family Master, something about this generation’s Yin Yang School Leader is not right."
Bai Jin feels a stir in his heart, the Yin Yang School, that seems to be the teachings of the Devil Master Kunpeng. Previously, when Fu Xi attained Tao, Bai Jin had once crossed paths with the Devil Master Kunpeng, a man whose words were unfathomable, who could easily forsake supreme treasures such as the River Map and Luo Book, possessing aspirations few among the Immortal Gods could match.
Bai Jin subconsciously furrows his brow. Could there be plans of the Devil Master involved? Glancing over at Yu Tan, whom does she represent again? He immediately asks, "Who sent you here?"
Yu Tan curved her lips into a charming smile and said, "No one has sent me, it’s just that I feel this matter should be made known to the Vice Family Master."
"I appreciate honest people!"
Yu Tan bowed deeply, humbly saying, "Allow me to report to the Vice Family Master, the Legalist is reorganizing the Legal Code and plans to use the power of the Human King to suppress the Brothel Family, Thief Family, Sha Family, and many other schools. I beseech the Vice Family Master to speak out for justice on our behalf and save us."
Bai Jin shook his head and slowly said, "Each era has its own natural laws. The Spring and Autumn Period was chaotic and society was in darkness, naturally providing the soil for your survival. Now, as the world unites and the general trend converges, everyone desires peace, and your existence challenges this tranquility. It is within reason for the Legalist to suppress you and the others.
Yu Tan, the Brothel Family should never have emerged into the spotlight. Some things, once they should be let go, must be abandoned. The Brothel Family will not be annihilated."
What Bai Jin said was also true; even in his past life, the dust in the corners of the night could never be completely swept away; as long as there was a need, they would have a place to survive.
Yu Tan’s expression changed several times, she bowed again deeply and said respectfully, "Yes! Thank you for the teachings, Vice Family Master, this disciple takes her leave."
Yu Tan turned and walked towards the outside, her figure floating gracefully to a corner.
Several silhouettes emerged from the corner.
An old man, fiddling with a small knife, quietly asked, "How did it go?"
Yu Tan shook her head.
Instantly, their expressions changed.
A big man with a face full of horizontal scars angrily said, "What a Vice Family Head of Hundred Schools, showing not a trace of the moral codes of the worldly society, taking our information without the slightest intention to reciprocate."
The old man playing with the small knife said calmly, "He was never one of us to begin with. Let’s go! We need to think about how to deal with the Legalist."
Yu Tan’s eyes flickered, she smoothed her long hair behind her ears and said with a smile, "My Brothel Family shall not participate. We were never good at fighting to begin with, we can only weather the storm~" She floated away to the side.
The several people watched Yu Tan leave, their eyes filled with gravity, wondering whether the Vice Family Head of Hundred Schools had promised her something.
...
Days later, by the shores of the East Sea, three giant dragon boats took to the sea, each carrying hundreds of sailors, and over a thousand Child Boys and Child Girls.
Xu Fu stood on the central dragon ship, cupped his fists and knelt, and everyone on the three ships also silently and respectfully knelt down.
Xu Fu cried out loudly, "Your Majesty raised an army to pacify the six directions and eight desolations! Wherever the military might reached, all bowed their heads; under a single legal order, the Human Dao greatly prospered. Is not such Merit even more significant than that accrued by the Three Emperors and surpassed the Five Emperors?!
Your Majesty is unrivaled in valor, unequaled in ancient and modern times, the divinely decreed emperor of the Human Clan. Could the mere notions of birth, aging, sickness, and death defy Your Majesty’s will? This humble servant wishes to receive the imperial decree, venture east beyond the sea, slaying Immortals and killing Gods, to procure for Your Majesty the Method of Immortality. If I fail to accomplish this task, I shall never return to Qin."
The thousands on the three ships shouted in unison, "We wish to receive the imperial decree, to venture east beyond the sea, slaying Immortals and killing Gods, to procure for Your Majesty the Method of Immortality. If we cannot achieve this, we shall never return to Qin!
If we cannot achieve this, we shall never return to Qin!
If we cannot achieve this, we shall never return to Qin!" Their mighty voices echoed through the East Sea Sky.
Atop Jieshi Mountain, Emperor Qin’s spirit was soaring, and he loudly cheered, "Good! When you return, I shall promote you and bestow noble titles."
Everyone shouted in unison, "We thank Your Majesty!"
Suppressing his excitement, Xu Fu cried out loudly, "I pray that Your Majesty will bestow treasures to pacify the unrest in the East Sea!"