Verdand Green Maiden alone seemed unable to guarantee peace Under Heaven.
But was she really alone?
As Bi Xia Yuan Jun, once she issued a Divine Decree, the people of the Mount Tai Immortal Class, Chunyu Tiying, Hong Luan, Jingang, and the rest would all carry it out.
What was more, her incarnations were here too. The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, Glazed Medicine Pure Light Bodhisattva, and the others were no mere clay statues.
Verdant Green Maiden had always understood this: a thousand words from a god were no match for a thunderbolt. That thunderbolt in the Northern Territory all those years ago had protected the people of the north for a hundred years.
"This thing really is handy!"
Verdant Green Maiden sighed.
After leaving the Imperial Palace, Verdant Green Maiden had intended to go on her way, but as she passed Dragon Treasure Garden, she inexplicably stopped.
As if moved by some feeling, Verdant Green Maiden looked toward Dragon Treasure Garden. After a moment of silence, she circled around it and went to the back. On this empty lot beside the Qinhuai River, the original mound of earth was long gone. In its place stood a cattle ranch.
A cattle ranch?
Seeing so many oxen being raised in this era gave Verdant Green Maiden a surreal feeling.
"This..."
Verdant Green Maiden grabbed someone and asked, "You're raising oxen here? Do you know what this place is?"
The man cleared his throat at her question. "Of course I do! This is an Immortal Residence. His Majesty ordered us to raise oxen for the immortals!"
Raising oxen for immortals?
Verdant Green Maiden looked over at the large herd and laughed. "How thoughtful."
But to the man, her remark sounded rather odd. What did the emperor's thoughtfulness toward the immortals have to