"Are you going to do it yourself?"
Hong Luan turned to Verdant Green Maiden and asked.
Verdant Green Maiden shook her head.
"Of course not."
Just as Investiture of the Gods said, an emperor carried auspicious fortune. Even Verdant Green Maiden, despite being Bi Xia Yuan Jun, couldn't personally kill Yang Guang.
A thousand years ago, whether she killed Xia Jie, Shang Zhou, or King Nan of Zhou, it was because their auspicious fortune had run out.
Yang Guang was different. Even though he was about to face defeat in the First Expedition to Goguryeo, his auspicious fortune still remained. The emperor of a unified dynasty possessed immense fortune, and making him die here would take a little maneuvering.
Besides, there was also that bastard, the Book of Fate, to deal with.
"Damn Heaven!"
Verdant Green Maiden called out.
Nothing happened in the sky. It was only after roughly the time it took an incense stick to burn that Heaven finally appeared before Verdant Green Maiden.
He sighed and asked, "What do you want with me? I'm not going to kill Yang Guang."
"I know, I know!"
Verdant Green Maiden nodded, smiling. "I'm not asking you to kill him."
"Then what?"
Heaven raised an eyebrow.
Verdant Green Maiden said, "After all, the Northern Expedition to Goguryeo is a time of chaos and war. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers will perish in Liaodong. This isn't some spring outing. In all this turmoil, Liuhe City is bound to fall!"
"The army clashing, the emperor dropping dead—doesn't that sound just lovely?"
Heaven: "..."
Hong Luan: "..."
"By all rights, he should be able to escape!"
"So all I need is for you to obscure the Heavenly Secrets a little when he runs... You wouldn't refuse, would you?"
As Verdant Green Maiden spoke, she