Xu Qingxiao's Establishing One's Words.
It brought no strange phenomena in heaven or earth.
Nor was there any black-and-yellow radiance or light shooting into the sky.
Yet at that very moment.
Inside the Great Wei Imperial Palace.
A bell rang out, startling everyone.
The first to react was Prince Huaining, in Prince Huaining's Residence.
In the main hall, Prince Huaining rose to his feet. Shock spread across his aged face as he looked toward the imperial palace, his body trembling violently.
"The Nation-Guarding Bell! That's the Nation-Guarding Bell! How could this Xu Qingxiao win the hearts of the people throughout the land? Just what kind of man is he?"
Prince Huaining practically roared those words.
Great Wei possessed two divine artifacts that guarded the nation.
Taizu's Long Saber was Emperor Taizu's weapon. It had accompanied him as he fought across the land, ultimately quelling the turmoil and laying the foundations of the Great Wei Dynasty. It concentrated national fortune and possessed terrifying power.
The Nation-Guarding Bell was a divine artifact forged by Fifth-Generation Emperor Wen. With Great Wei flourishing and its national fortune abundant, he had cast the bell to guard the nation. It represented the hearts of the people throughout the land. One toll meant the people had pledged their hearts; three heralded an age of prosperity; five meant Great Wei was entering its greatest golden age.
Seven tolls meant Great Wei had surpassed every dynasty, ancient or modern. Nine meant Great Wei had unified the world-though there was another possibility: a Sage had been born in the present age.
Now that the Nation-Guarding Bell had tolled once, it meant Xu Qingxiao had won the hearts of Great Wei's people.
Xu Qingxiao's Establishing One's Words had not summoned strange phenomena in heaven and earth, but it had made the