"All Worthies Arrive, The Court Filled with Upright Officials-with all of you and Xunyang, how could Great Yu not keep getting better?"
Dao Lord Xin began his acceptance speech.
The Spirit Mountain delegation could bear no more. Led by the Female Bodhisattva, they swept their sleeves and left.
This prompted another reflection from Lianshan Xin. "The Bone-Scraping Blade still wasn't comprehensive enough. She doesn't seem particularly popular with women."
Qi Shiyun nodded in agreement, then added, "It's fine. We can shut the doors and unleash His Majesty. Don't be fooled by how forceful this Female Bodhisattva is now. If His Majesty really steps in, he might make Spirit Mountain surrender its rights and suffer humiliation. His Majesty has a chance of winning back at the negotiating table what he can't win on the battlefield. It happened back then."
"Huh? What happened back then?"
"The Buddhist Order didn't support His Majesty at first, and His Majesty couldn't beat Spirit Mountain. Then His Majesty slept with Spirit Mountain's Heavenly Maiden and forced Spirit Mountain to support him. Shui Shui knows more about this than I do."
Lianshan Xin said, "...His Majesty truly is a great man. The Dao Court lost because its previous generation had two men in charge."
If the Dao Court had dared send a Holy Maiden out into the world, just see whether Emperor Yongchang could have secured its support.
"Xunyang, learn from this. If you can learn your two fathers' strengths, your position as Human Emperor will be as immovable as Heavenly Mountain."
Xia Xunyang silently rolled his eyes.
Were those two fathers of his people he could imitate just because he wanted to?
In fact, all five of his fathers could only be worshipped, not imitated.
In Xia Xunyang's eyes, none of those things took technique. It