Chapter 2157

"Public sentiment becomes the master key, unlocking the Heavenly Dao's constraints." Zhu Yanyi frowned slightly after receiving the message from Ouyang Tianyun.

"What does that mean?" Yuan Yanqiu looked at Zhu Yanyi, puzzled.

Zhu Yanyi shook her head slightly. "I only understand a little. Let's take it step by step. Let's ignore the 'key' and 'unlocking' parts for now. Let's just understand 'public sentiment.' Can we interpret it as: the current state of this plane is due to people's hearts? Currently, without guessing, we can see that the Dayu Dynasty faces a situation where hearts are divided, treacherous officials rule, and war ravages the world." Zhu Yanyi spoke very seriously.

Yuan Yanqiu shook her head. "I don't know, but I think that must be part of the reason."

Zhu Yanyi smiled. "Senior Sister, if saving one person requires killing ten thousand, but the person saved might save one hundred thousand in the future, do you think this trade is worth it?"

Yuan Yanqiu still didn't fully understand Zhu Yanyi's meaning, but she nodded based on her own understanding. "Naturally, it is acceptable. Although killing ten thousand to save one seems bloody now, for the sake of the hundred thousand in the future, I think such an action is understandable. However, the person doing the killing might bear some infamy."

"The world is clear, the Heavenly Dao is wise. The karmic merit hidden in people's hearts also exists. What does it matter if we bear a little infamy on the surface?" Zhu Yanyi laughed. "Yanqiu Senior Sister, let's play a big game of chess."

"How?" Yuan Yanqiu asked curiously, looking at Zhu Yanyi.

"You go to the battlefield as a commander and general to help kill enemies. I will go to the court to eliminate the treacherous. We cooperate from inside and outside. How about acting as powerful ministers for a while?" Zhu Yanyi said with a grin. "However, women ruling might be misunderstood by men across the world, and we might bear infamy. Especially in a dynasty like this, there will be talk of 'yin and yang reversed' and 'a hen crowing at dawn.'"

"(ˉ▽￣～) Tsk~~. We are cultivators. Do we care about such infamy?" Yuan Yanqiu's eyes lit up. She liked war. Of course, she wouldn't start wars for no reason, but she loved the feeling of热血 (hot-blooded) frontlines.

"Let's go back and find the Emperor." Zhu Yanyi turned the flying vehicle around again, planning to find the Emperor.

"Okay." Yuan Yanqiu said happily. "I also want to be a female commander."

A female commander was generally unacceptable in ordinary dynasties, but here it was fine. Because Yuan Yanqiu was a cultivator, to ordinary people, she was no longer a normal person; she was a fairy. Since she was a fairy, everything she did was right.

Zhu Yanyi nodded with a smile. "Let's go and talk properly with the Emperor."

"Don't you plan to beat anyone this time?" Yuan Yanqiu asked curiously.

"If she listens, no beating. If she doesn't, continue beating." Zhu Yanyi said seriously. "I always believe that 'filial sons are produced under the rod' is very reasonable."

(⊙o⊙)… Yuan Yanqiu was speechless. So Zhu Yanyi treated the Emperor like a filial son? The problem was that she, the "mother," was younger than the Emperor.

"The strong are respected." Zhu Yanyi saw Yuan Yanqiu's expression and knew what she was thinking, so she directly gave this sentence.

Yuan Yanqiu felt she had gained new knowledge. "The strong are respected" could be used this way?

"Why are you back again?" Seeing Zhu Yanyi and Yuan Yanqiu appear again, the young Emperor was startled once more. The pain from being beaten hadn't faded yet.

Zhu Yanyi and Yuan Yanqiu didn't even greet her. They sat down directly in seats nearby. Then Zhu Yanyi looked at the Emperor and said, "We come to make a deal with you."

"What deal?" As an Emperor, she could calm down after the shock. Moreover, she knew Zhu Yanyi and Yuan Yanqiu had no ill will toward her.

"There is a problem in your world, based on what I have learned," Zhu Yanyi said, looking at the young Emperor.

"What problem?" The Emperor looked at Zhu Yanyi, her face solemn.

Zhu Yanyi organized her thoughts and continued, "The plane you are in, we call it the Dayu Plane, because your Dayu Dynasty has existed for nine hundred years, which is quite representative.

However, nine hundred years ago, your ancestor killed a Meizu girl and used her blood to establish the inheritance of your imperial dragon vein. Therefore, you bear her curse. Your royal bloodline will decrease with each generation. After nine hundred years, only one will remain. This one might be a calamity or a turning point." Zhu Yanyi looked at the Emperor.

The Emperor instantly understood Zhu Yanyi's meaning. "I remember that my great-grandfather's generation had five brothers. By my father's generation, there were three. But in my generation, there is only me. You mean this calamity or turning point lies with me."

Zhu Yanyi nodded slightly. "Whether it is a calamity or a turning point, it requires a gamble. A gamble where you bet the fate of the Dayu Dynasty. If you succeed, you can become a new founding wise ruler. If you fail, you will be the last ruler of the Dayu Dynasty."

Zhu Yanyi looked at the Emperor seriously. "However, I think you have no choice. Because if you don't do it, the Dayu Dynasty will fall in ten years anyway."

"So, whether I do it or not, I have no choice. For me, not doing it means I must do it, and doing it means I must do it." The Emperor smiled bitterly. As an Emperor, he felt quite helpless.

Zhu Yanyi nodded slightly. "Correct. Whether you do it or not, you have no choice. However, we cultivators usually choose to let nature take its course. So, I give you the choice. If you want to do it, my Senior Sister and I will help you stage a big event. If you don't want to, then forget it. Anyway, we are almost done here and will return."

"What is the success rate?" the Emperor asked.

"Fifty-fifty," Zhu Yanyi shrugged. "Nothing can be one hundred percent successful. This matter is the same. Although we will help you, we are currently just cultivators, not immortals. Even immortals wouldn't guarantee success for anything."

"If I agree to do it, how will you proceed?" At this moment, the Emperor no longer referred to himself as "Zhen" (the royal 'I'). Perhaps for him, the path ahead had narrowed. Before striving for a bigger path, such self-references didn't matter.

Zhu Yanyi looked at the Emperor with a smile. "If you do it, my Senior Sister and I will support you, one with civil power and one with military power.

My Senior Sister is a Blade Cultivator. Everything on the battlefield can increase her cultivation. You can secretly appoint her as commander and send her to the border battlefield to guard the country. As for everything inside the country, including that State Preceptor, I will handle it."