Luotian Grand Offering (Part One)

Within Qingyang Cloud Palace, the Universal Emperor sighed with a troubled expression:

"I have been driven into a corner. I could only choose to tour the east, bringing my princes, consorts, and those ministers loyal to me here to flee for our lives."

"Even so, I do not dare place complete trust in them. I could only have them remain outside Jinhua Mountain."

Listening to the Universal Emperor's account, Jiang Sheng's expression remained calm and unruffled. Yet inwardly, he felt a trace of admiration for this reigning emperor of the Yu Dynasty.

Jiang Sheng realized that he had still underestimated the people of the world—and underestimated this emperor who had ruled from the throne for five hundred years.

When faced with a crisis of life and death, this man had remained composed. While pretending that nothing was amiss and maintaining the normal operations of Yu Capital, he had selected loyal and dependable people from that vast capital and secretly prepared resources.

Only after every preparation had been completed without anyone noticing did he decisively announce his eastern tour. He paid no heed to the voices of opposition within Yu Capital, taking those dependable and useful people away without the slightest hesitation. He left Yu Capital, that place which represented the Yu Dynasty's supreme authority and appeared to be the safest place in the entire dynasty.

Even before leaving Yu Capital, he had arranged his next move: including bestowing a title upon Jiang Sheng, preparing himself a way out, and allowing Jiang Sheng to see where his value lay.

The Yu Dynasty, founded in the southeast nearly a hundred thousand years ago, possessed an unimaginable share of humanity's fortune. As the reigning emperor of the Yu Dynasty, even if he could only obtain the blessing of a portion of that fortune,