Golden Paper Edict

Ji Yuan's words carried no killing intent, yet Hong Shengtin beside him felt a piercing chill rise up, like the sensation brought by a cold wind, even though they were still in the midst of severe cold weather.

Ji Yuan looked toward the northeast for a while, then suddenly turned to Hong Shengtin and asked,

"Does Mountain God Hong have any advice regarding Ji's idea?"

Hong Shengtin hastily waved his hands and shook his head.

"Before Mister Ji, this Hong would not dare speak of offering advice. I merely have a small doubt. Mister, did you make a special trip to Tingqiu Mountain just to tell this Hong these things?"

Ji Yuan smiled.

"I will speak directly to Mountain God Hong. Since the mountain god has already leaned toward Great Zhen, why not lean a little further?"

"I'm not leaning far enough already? Don't tell me I, Hong Shengtin, must still run to Great Zhen's capital to receive conferment?"

Hong Shengtin pointed at himself. Not long ago, he had slaughtered five demons without a word and with such tremendous fanfare that he had practically shouted across the lands of Zuyue Kingdom: Evil demons and wicked creatures were forbidden from passing through Tingqiu Mountain.

Ji Yuan shook his head.

"Mountain God Hong, you overstate it. Ji has no such intention. It is only that when Great Zhen settles the state of the world and frees the living beings of Zuyue from the turbulent waters and raging fires of chaos, Tingqiu Mountain will lie at the center. It could even be called Great Zhen's greatest mountain, high and perilous, its presence suppressing the momentum of a nation..."

Before Ji Yuan had finished speaking, Hong Shengtin already understood what he meant. A mountain god of his cultivation was no greenhorn. He said directly,