After the complicated ceremony, the troops finally turned around and Ling Tian heaved a sigh of relief.
In the midst of the crowd, Tamago's Third Master Yu looked on excitedly as he said, "My goodness, the Ling family is indeed different from our Tamago's. Look at how grand they are! I really want big brother to do it again!"
The three souls and seven spirits looked at each other. They had been waiting for the signal, the signal that they had agreed on beforehand! As long as the smoke signal appeared, they would immediately take action. But up until now, there was no sign of anything happening. The ten of them were at a loss as to what to do!
What, what was going on? The best opportunity was just a moment ago, but why was there no sign of anything happening?
Could it be that they gave up on this mission at the last moment? But even if they gave up, they should at least send a message!
The ten of them simultaneously looked at the place where the large flag was fluttering on the city wall. The northwest wind was exceptionally timely. If the bewitching grass were to be ignited at this moment, it would be just right to knock out everyone present and create a huge chaos. After which, everyone would take advantage of the chaos to swarm forward and slaughter everyone as if they were chopping vegetables before calmly leaving. However, this, this, what was this called?
Not only the people from Tamago, even the six from Above Heavens were muttering in their hearts. Why was there no sign of anything happening? However, while the six of them were surprised, they also felt a sense of relief. At least … they did not have to die.
They all understood that even the highest quality Bewitching Grass would have little effect on a XianTian expert. Furthermore, Ling Tian had many XianTian experts under his command. The moment they took action, even if they had the upper hand at the start, it would still be difficult for them to escape death!
In the crowd, there were still some people looking around in shock. From time to time, they would raise their heads to look at the sky, as though waiting for something.
What they did not know was that when they were looking around and looking up at the sky, there were already countless pairs of sharp eyes staring at them from within the crowd!
Cheers shook the heavens and earth, and countless colorful ribbons fell from the sky like rainbows descending from the heavens.
All of a sudden, another wave of exclamations could be heard. From the four sides of the Sky Bearing City, nine gigantic objects could be seen rising up like giant lanterns. Every single one of them was extremely large and everyone could clearly see that they seemed to be made of cloth. Below them, there was a bamboo basket-like object which slowly floated up into the sky.
There were a total of nine of them!
Hot air balloons! The moment these nine gigantic objects rose up, they covered the sky with a majestic aura!
Ling Tian was dumbfounded. When he saw this scene, Li Xue's beautiful face appeared in his mind. In this world, only this lass would be able to come up with something like this.
Ling Tian finally understood why Li Xue had been so busy all this while. It turned out that it was because of this item.
How could the crowd below know what this thing was? They all looked up to the sky and cried out loudly. One after another, they knelt down and bowed, thinking that it was the manifestation of an immortal.
Li Xue, who was far away, smiled silently.
Right at this moment, the hot air balloons let out a swoosh and large cloth curtains hung down. On each of the cloth curtains were eight golden words: Long Live the Divine Prefecture Empire!
At this moment, cheers could be heard from the crowd.
In the midst of the cheers, Old Master Ling Zhan stood up straight. Behind him, a group of neatly dressed palace maids draped a bright yellow dragon robe over his body!
Emperor's robe!
From now on, he was the emperor!
All the civil and military officials knelt on the ground and shouted deafeningly, "Long live!"
The ceremony was complete!
Following that was the conferment of rewards. First, the Old Lady Ling was conferred as the Empress of the Divine Prefecture Empire, Ling Xiao as the Crown Prince of the Divine Prefecture Empire, and Ling Tian as the eldest grandson of the Emperor. Following that, all of the civil and military officials were promoted by a rank.
Meng Lige was promoted to the Imperial Military Advisor and was conferred the title of Duke of Xu. Shen RuHu was promoted to the Eastern General and was conferred the title of Duke of Zhen. Yu ChengLong was promoted to the Southern General and was conferred the title of Lord Protector.
Then, it was time for the various envoys to present their gifts.
Tamago, Xiao family and others presented their gifts one by one.
What was worth mentioning was that the current head of the Dongfang Family, DongFang JingLei, directly presented the entire Dongfang Family business and all of their forces as a gift.
This action naturally caused everyone to be endlessly shocked!
Compared to the Dongfang Family, the gifts of the other Tamago Xiao family were not even worth mentioning.
But that was not all!
"Tian Nan Mountain's Whirlwind Stronghold's leader, Shi Wu, presents two hundred thousand taels of gold, ten million taels of silver, ninety-nine pairs of night pearls … At the same time, he presents a letter of surrender and requests to submit to the Divine Prefecture Empire …"
The various envoys were shocked!
Such a terrifying amount had exceeded the psychological bottom line of everyone who heard this sentence. Furthermore, this person actually requested to submit to the Divine Prefecture Empire. This, this … was simply inconceivable.
A newly established empire with an unstable foundation and many things waiting to be done would not be able to take care of these bandit leaders for at least a few years. Was it worth it for these people to be so fearful? To actually surrender in such a hurry?
"Tian Gan Mountain's leader … two hundred and fifty thousand taels of gold, fifteen million taels of silver … requests to submit to the Divine Prefecture Empire …"
The various envoys were shocked!
"Di Yinshan … requests to submit to the Divine Prefecture Empire …"
The various envoys were dumbstruck!
"Huang Meng Mountain … requests to submit …"
"…"
"…"
… … …
Other than the original officials of the Divine Prefecture Empire, everyone else was dumbfounded.
All of these bandit leaders who had made a name for themselves were known for being ruthless characters. Any one of them was a hero of a region, and even the weakest of them was a leader of thousands of men. They were strong characters who dominated a region. Now that the Divine Prefecture Empire had been established, all of these people had actually come as if they were rushing to the market. Furthermore, they had all rushed to offer extremely generous congratulatory gifts. In the end, they had even taken out all of their wealth and directly surrendered …
"I, I, I … Am I dreaming?" Not to mention the envoys of other countries, even the officials of the Divine Prefecture Empire felt as if they were in a dream. Everything in front of them seemed to be filled with an unreal feeling.
In recent years, there had been disputes all over the world. Bandits were abnormally rampant, and for a time, there were no rivals. There was turmoil and chaos everywhere. Some officials had even written memorials, requesting that after the Divine Prefecture Empire was established, they should immediately send out troops to eliminate the bandits within the Divine Prefecture Empire's borders.
Who would have known that not only had the majority of the bandits within the Divine Prefecture Empire surrendered, even the bandits in the North, South, East and West had surrendered …
There were only four or five bandits that were slightly more powerful, and they were still within the borders of the Kingdom of Tamago that had not surrendered. However, the congratulatory gifts that they had offered were not inferior to those of the other families.
The new Minister of Finance, Jin Wandou, was so excited that he almost fainted. Not to mention the original treasury of the Divine Prefecture Empire, just the congratulatory gifts that they had received today, if all of them were converted into silver, would already exceed a hundred million taels of silver!
Oh my god, what a frightening number this was! With this amount of money, even if the Divine Prefecture Empire did not collect any taxes and went to war every year, they would at least be able to last for more than ten years!
Jin Wandou fainted from happiness.
Xiao FengYang was truly shocked. He was almost dumbfounded!
Seeing the current power of the Divine Prefecture Empire, Xiao FengYang had already completely lost his confidence. With such wealth, such military strength, such martial prowess, how could a Small family that was close to losing everything be able to compete with them?
The power of the Ling family was truly shocking!
The Empire Establishing Ceremony finally ended amidst the shock.
In the Ling House's courtyard.
Ling Tian was dressed in a bright yellow robe and seemed to be very uncomfortable.
He sat comfortably in the round-backed chair and opened his mouth. Ling Chen beside him gently stuffed a few cherries into his mouth. Ling Tian closed his eyes and chewed a few times. Then, with a 'pu' sound, the cherry stones were spat out. They drew a beautiful arc in the air and landed accurately on an empty plate on the table. There was already a large pile of cherry stones on the empty plate …
The two of them fed each other tenderly, as if there was no one else around.
Li Xue slowly walked over from afar. Seeing this, she could not help but shake her head and smile bitterly. "I say, Sister Chen, if you continue to spoil him and give in to him like this, how are we going to live in the future? We women can also hold up half the sky."
Ling Chen smiled gently and said softly, "Sister Xue is right. However, this is Young Master." Her voice carried a sense of righteousness.
Li Xue was instantly infuriated. What did I say just now!
She walked over angrily and took the plate of cherries from Ling Chen's hands. "You've been so comfortable these few days. Apart from eating, you've been sleeping. Do you really think that you're the imperial grandson and don't need to work? Young Master Ling, it's time for you to get up and do something, right? "
Ling Tian lazily opened his eyes and asked, "This young master seems to be the imperial grandson. Did news of Ling Jian and the rest arrive?"
"Not yet." Li Xue snorted. "However, there seems to be something wrong with the imperial court these few days."
"I knew it. Old Master is about to play his tricks." Ling Tian sighed and said, "Hurry up and send a message to Ling Jian. Tell him to settle his matters quickly so that we can make a move. The six from Above Heavens were dealt with so easily, but why is it so troublesome to deal with Tamago's three souls and seven spirits? Their strength might be stronger than the six from Above Heavens, but it shouldn't be so troublesome! "
"Ling Jian still has to take Yu ManTian into consideration. While there might be some twists and turns in dealing with his three souls and seven spirits, there shouldn't be any problems. "Ling Chen said gently," Young Master doesn't have to worry. "
"I've never worried about Ling Jian! Why should I worry about him? What I'm worried about is … "Ling Tian wanted to say something but stopped himself. He then said with frustration," Since Sky Bearing City is a place of trouble, we have to find a reason to leave quickly. If not, trouble will come. "
"Trouble?" Ling Chen blinked her eyes. "What kind of trouble can threaten young master in Sky Bearing City?"
Ling Tian let out a long sigh.
All of a sudden, the sound of footsteps could be heard from the door. An attendant walked in with a yellow scroll and said, "The imperial edict has arrived. Receive the imperial edict."
Ling Tian didn't get up and just laid there. He closed his eyes in anger and said, "Read it!" Trouble had indeed come.
Old Master Ling announced to the world.
"By the will of the heavens, the Emperor decrees … ever since I ascended the throne, I have been cautious and conscientious in ruling the country. Now that I'm old, Crown Prince Long Xiao has managed the country well and there is a worthy successor … I hereby pass the throne to Crown Prince Long Xiao …"
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