Chapter 268 Earning the Immortal Pill
The Ming capital is indeed in chaos at the moment.
Since the people from the aristocratic and wealthy families had returned, the imperial court naturally had to return all the mansions to them. Their original mansions had been converted into barracks for the elite guards, so they had to renovate them back to their original appearance.
Moreover, the elite garrison troops could not sleep on the streets; the imperial court had to arrange a place for them to camp.
At this moment, the number of elite guards in the capital is not just 500,000, but millions!
Daoxing Tianzun thought that Chilian Tianzun and the Crown Prince Zhu Yijun would lead an army of 550,000 to fight their way back to retake Nanzhili, and that the 500,000 elite garrison troops would also stay in Nanzhili to garrison, so he asked Jiajing to recruit another 500,000 elite garrison troops.
Who would have known that Chi Lian Tianzun and the Crown Prince Zhu Yijun had been traveling for two months and were beaten back just as they reached Sishui Pass. The total number of elite guards in the capital alone was one million.
This time, there are more than a few wealthy families returning. There are more than two thousand earthly immortals alone. Each of them brings family members, disciples, servants, etc., which number dozens or even hundreds.
The more than two thousand earth immortals alone are more than 100,000 or 200,000 people accompanying them. If we add the children of each family who stayed in the capital and their families, the number would be at least 300,000 or 400,000 people.
These people were already more than twice the number of wealthy families living in the capital . In addition, the garrison guards had converted their houses into barracks, so they had to take over from the garrison guards, repair and restore them, and even build new houses. The outer city of the capital was in a real mess.
The situation in the inner city of the capital is similar, because not only the earthly immortals from aristocratic families have the hope of becoming gods, but also the earthly immortals from the families of dukes and nobles have the hope of becoming gods. All the dukes and nobles who were originally scattered in the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty have come here, and that is quite a lot of people.
We also have to make room for the elite guards in the inner city who were originally practicing the awakening technique, otherwise there would be no room for them to stay.
If we add in the elite garrison troops that are constantly being moved and stationed around the capital, the capital city inside and outside will be in chaos.
Seeing this, Jiajing was overwhelmed. He really didn't expect that the Crown Prince Zhu Yijun would cause such a big fuss when he followed the Red Snake Heavenly Lord to the Heavenly Palace.
It would be fine if it was just dukes and nobles, he originally wanted to train dukes and nobles to become gods.
The question is, what should we do with the earthly immortals from wealthy and aristocratic families?
He had never imagined that all the aristocratic and wealthy families would suddenly turn to the imperial court, and he had never expected that the number of earthly immortals in the aristocratic and wealthy families had reached a terrifying number of more than two thousand.
It would be a joke if so many earthly immortals became gods. Who could suppress them then?
The problem is that before the Crown Prince Zhu Yijun could explain it to him in detail, this guy just casually said that the aristocratic families were going to submit to the imperial court, and then continued to flirt with Chi Lian Tianzun.
There was no other way, he could only use the same old trick again and let the prince pretend to be sick again.
The prince didn't have any illness to begin with, but because he was tormented so many times, everyone thought he was a sickly person.
The Crown Prince Zhu Yijun naturally knew that his father was fine, but he still flashed over.
Jiajing said helplessly, "Jun'er, you should have told me in advance. The sudden call back of the noble families has caused chaos in the capital, did you know that?"
The Crown Prince Zhu Yijun also helplessly transmitted his voice: "I didn't expect that there are so many earthly immortals in the aristocratic families. When I was in the Heavenly Palace, I saw that the gods in the Heavenly Palace were like grandsons in front of the master, but they still wanted to argue with me. So, I want to trick their descendants and let them become gods and fill the Ten Thousand Immortals Array to kill them.
Who would have known that the number of earthly immortals from aristocratic families would have skyrocketed to such a high level. "
Hearing this, Jiajing couldn't help but be surprised and said, "The gods in heaven are like grandsons in front of your master? What's going on? Tell me more."
Crown Prince Zhu Yijun carefully transmitted his voice: "My master told me when he came back that the gods in heaven are all descendants of the Hongmeng Sect's Tianzun. People call my master the ancestor. However, my master has no descendants. These guys are the descendants of my master's fellow disciples."
So that's what's happening!
Jiajing suddenly realized, "Then these aristocratic families turned to the imperial court because of the order of the gods in heaven, right?"
The Crown Prince Zhu Yijun said without hesitation: "Yes."
Jiajing nodded slowly and said, "Then we can make good use of these earthly immortals from the aristocratic families. The problem is that we have too few earthly immortals under our command. The earthly immortals from the noble families who are loyal to us only add up to one or two hundred at most. They are simply incomparable to the earthly immortals from the aristocratic families. Even if they all become gods, they can't compare with them."
This is indeed incomparable. Even if only one out of ten earthly immortals from aristocratic families becomes a god, there are still many more people than dukes and nobles.
The Crown Prince Zhu Yijun was quite helpless and said, "What should we do then?"
Jiajing thought about it, then said gloomily: "There is no other way, we can only invite the princes and the royal family to come to Beijing ."
ah!
The number of vassal kings and royal children is not a small number. There are dozens of vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty, and at least hundreds of thousands of royal children.
Upon hearing this, the Crown Prince Zhu Yijun was shocked and said, "If the princes and hundreds of thousands of royal family members are all recruited to the capital, won't the capital be in even greater chaos?"
Jiajing said calmly, "Of course those with spiritual roots are recruited. Only those who can become immortals or gods are recruited. Why would we recruit those without spiritual roots?"
The Crown Prince Zhu Yijun was still somewhat puzzled and said, "That's not a small number. By then, many of them will become immortals or gods. What should we do? Didn't our ancestors say that we can only weaken the power of the princes and not let them become stronger? Otherwise, they may all rebel!"
Jiajing said gloomily, "How did they become stronger? It's up to your master to decide who will break the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation. If your master has the final say, then you have the final say, right?"
Upon hearing this, the Crown Prince Zhu Yijun suddenly realized, "Grandpa Emperor, what you mean is that we are not going to make them stronger this time, but take this opportunity to weaken their strength, let all their earthly immortals become true gods, and then all die!"
Jiajing shook his head slowly and said, "This time we are not only going to kill all those who have the hope of becoming immortals or gods, we are also going to drain all their wealth."
And drained all their assets?
The Crown Prince Zhu Yijun asked in confusion: "How do I get this?"
Jiajing said gloomily, "Will we teach them to become immortals and gods for nothing? They are probably dreaming! This time, including the earthly immortals from the aristocratic families, those who want to become gods must pay ten bottles of elixirs, otherwise they can just dream on!"
The Crown Prince Zhu Yijun could not help but ask in surprise: "Will this work? Will they hand it over?"
Jiajing sneered, "How can they become gods if they don't hand it in? If they don't hand it in, you don't need to let those True Lords explain the Way of Heaven to them. Without someone to explain the Way of Heaven to them, they can only comprehend it on their own. How many of them can become gods? Even if they can comprehend the Way of Heaven on their own, you can also let your master deceive them. If they don't hand in the elixir, a heavenly calamity will befall them. Who dares not to hand it in!"
If this is the case, then people will definitely have to pay, they have no choice but to pay.
The Crown Prince Zhu Yijun was still somewhat puzzled and asked, "Why would my master say this for us?"
Jiajing couldn't help but roll his eyes and said, "Why can't you understand this? We let her get away with it for free. We gave her half of the elixirs handed in by the aristocratic families. Just think about it, there are so many earth immortals in the aristocratic families, how much is half of the elixir? She got such a big advantage for free, so what's wrong with just saying a few words?
You can also take the opportunity to show your courtesy and take on the task of training the immortals from noble families to become gods. Then who lives and who dies will be up to you. Your master doesn't know them anyway, so if you want someone to die, just tell your master and let them break the formation or lead the army to fight the rebel king Chen Jiu.
This way we can also take the opportunity to consume Chen Jiu's strength, making him unable to get up, or even directly kill him. Don't you understand this strategy of killing three birds with one stone?"
Upon hearing this, Crown Prince Zhu Yijun nodded slowly and said, "I understand. However, where do the noble families, princes, and royal children get so many elixirs? One of them has ten bottles of elixirs. It's already a big deal for them to have just one bottle."
Jiajing said with some regret: "You are stupid, don't the gods have elixirs to exchange for? Whether it is immortal herbs and elixirs, refining materials, immortal tools, natural treasures, and even boys and girls, young men and women, etc., they can all be exchanged for elixirs. Why don't you ask Chi Lian Tianzun to send someone to help them exchange them?
In order to become gods, they will definitely try every possible means. You don't need to worry about this. What you should worry about is how to please your master and how to get those court officials to arrange this matter beautifully for you so that your master will think you are a talent. Do you understand?"
Upon hearing this, Crown Prince Zhu Yijun suddenly realized and said, "I understand."
You finally understand.
Jiajing immediately waved his hand and said, "Alright, go tell your master quickly not to let those people from the aristocratic families take advantage of you. They are all very cunning people."
Upon hearing this, Crown Prince Zhu Yijun hurried back to the side of Chilian Tianzun.
However, he did not start to coax his master immediately. He seemed to be thinking about something.
This time he was not pretending, he was thinking about how to trick his master!
Seeing this, Chi Lian Tian Zun couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong? Is your father really not going to make it this time?"
The Crown Prince Zhu Yijun slowly shook his head and said, "No, Master, I'm thinking about the issue of the earthly immortals in the aristocratic families. There are too many of them, and we can't let them all become gods at once, otherwise it will cause chaos."
Chi Lian Tian Zun was puzzled and asked: "Why is it so chaotic? Do they dare to rebel?"
You are tens of thousands of years old, why are you so childish?
Crown Prince Zhu Yijun said solemnly: "If they were more than 2,000 earthly immortals, they would naturally not dare to jump around. If they became more than 2,000 real people, it would be different. Sometimes people will not be submissive once they have strength.
"Master, didn't the two uncles say that there are only two or three thousand demon immortals in Jiuling Mountain, but they can kill all seventeen True Lords? If there are two or three thousand True Lords, I'm afraid they can kill all seventeen Heavenly Lords!"
Upon hearing this, Chilian Tianzun was stunned.
She really does not take real people seriously, but that's only a few or two or ten or eight people. If there are hundreds or thousands of them, can she handle it? She can't handle it at all!
A large number of ants can bite an elephant to death. What's more, the difference between her strength and that of a real person is not as exaggerated as the difference between an elephant and an ant. A real person is not an ant at all.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but ask, "Then what should we do?"
The Crown Prince Zhu Yijun pretended to be wise and said, "Master, we can let them become gods in batches, and then send them to test the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation in batches, or lead the army to attack Sishui Pass. In this way, we can not only consume the strength of the rebel king Chen Jiu, break the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, but also earn immortal pills."
Can you still earn elixirs?
This Chi Lian Tianzun really had not thought about this. If Jiajing had not reminded him, the Crown Prince Zhu Yijun would not have thought of it either.
She couldn't help but ask again, "To become a god, you need elixirs. How can we earn their elixirs?"
The Crown Prince Zhu Yijun still pretended to be wise and said: "We can say that the True Lord can only help one hundred or two hundred earthly immortals to become gods at a time. We can also lie to them and say that only if we go to the Heavenly Palace and make an agreement, they will not encounter heavenly tribulations when they become gods.
In this case, they will rack their brains to find a way. Let alone collecting ten bottles of elixirs from them, they will try their best to collect even a hundred bottles of elixirs."
Chi Lian Tian Zun couldn't help but be surprised and asked: "One hundred bottles of immortal pills, can they collect them all?"
Why are you so greedy?
The Crown Prince Zhu Yijun shook his head slightly and said, "They definitely can't gather a hundred bottles of elixirs in a short period of time, and we can't squeeze them dry or even squeeze them to death. We have to take it slow and squeeze them bit by bit.
It would be difficult for them to gather ten bottles of elixir in such a short time. By then, they might have to exchange elixir herbs, refining materials, elixir tools, and even virgin boys and girls. We would have to arrange for people to go to the God Realm to exchange them for them."
Upon hearing this, Chi Lian Tian Zun couldn't help but frown and said, "Is it so troublesome?"
She is just an impatient person, and the same goes for earning the elixir. She just wants to raise her hand and the elixir will be stuffed into her hand. She really hates all this trouble.
The Crown Prince Zhu Yijun naturally understood his master's temperament well.
He pretended to be attentive and said, " Master, don't worry about this. I will mobilize the officials of the imperial court to get this done. You can just collect the elixirs. However, you have to pay others for doing things. You may only get five bottles per person."
He is deliberately changing the concept. Money in the mortal world is just silver, and money in the divine world is equivalent to elixir.
Chi Lian Tian Zun would never think so much. She just doesn't like to cause trouble.
Now, her beloved disciple has done everything for her, and all she has to do is reach out and take the elixir. That would be perfect.
She nodded without hesitation and said, "Okay, I'll leave this to you. Earn more elixirs for me. I can't do without your help."