"Seeing this, what are your thoughts?" Ouyang Mingyue looked at the Ruthless Gentleman beside her.
A look of confusion appeared in the Ruthless Gentleman's eyes. "I always thought people here were like ants. How they lived had nothing to do with me. But I never imagined they could have such deep thoughts, such unity."
That was right. Others couldn't see it, but as an immortal, he saw clearly. The air was filled with everyone's prayers and blessings. They prayed for a new world for this land, so their descendants wouldn't live in such a压抑 (oppressive) space.
Ouyang Mingyue smiled slightly. She tapped her finger, and a beam of light merged into Zhu Yanyi's body. She was just assisting Zhu Yanyi, making her prayers more effective. As light radiated from Zhu Yanyi's body, blue traces appeared in the originally dark sky. Gradually, the black fog vanished. Only the blue sky remained. The sun shone in the sky and in people's hearts.
"The sun! I see the sun!" someone below shouted excitedly.
"I thought I'd never see the sun again. I didn't expect it to come out. Your Majesty, Your Seat, thank you, thank you. Long live Dayu! Long live the Emperor!" The commoners knelt down, grateful.
Seeing this, Zhu Yanyi thought for a moment. She changed her hand seal and snapped her fingers. A mist of rain drifted through the air. Where the mist passed, people with minor ailments suddenly felt their bodies become very comfortable.
Zhu Yanyi opened her eyes and looked at the crowd. "I am not from your Dayu Dynasty. Because you are in trouble, and your Emperor prayed for help, I came specially. This blessing rain can cure some minor ailments in your bodies. I only hope that in the future, you will work hard for this country and this plane.
I want to see a thriving, peaceful Dayu Dynasty. Do you have the confidence to help your Emperor change the current situation?"
"Yes, we have confidence!" the people below shouted in unison.
"Very good." Zhu Yanyi smiled. "In the future, I will continuously perform blessings and spread blessing rain across the country, striving to return a clear world to you as soon as possible. But a peaceful society and a beautiful, happy home must be created by yourselves. I cannot replace you in this. However, whether I am in your Dayu plane or not, I will be watching you."
"Thank you, Your Seat." Everyone knelt down again. New power of faith was generated.
Zhu Yanyi nodded slightly, then slowly floated down. She landed in a place where no one could see her, naturally where Ouyang Mingyue and the others were.
"Immortal Emperor, I thought you wouldn't act just now." Zhu Yanyi noticed a warm light had entered her body during her blessing. She knew it was from Ouyang Mingyue.
Ouyang Mingyue smiled slightly. "I don't want chaos in this world either. It's like at home. It's okay for children to quarrel occasionally, but losing lives is not good."
Yan Aohan took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from Zhu Yanyi's forehead. "Is blessing tiring?"
"Blessing isn't tiring, but pretending to be cool is tiring." Zhu Yanyi sighed. "If it weren't for Emperor Yu Hua, I wouldn't have said so much nonsense."
Yan Aohan smiled slightly. "Then next, let's go around the country."
Zhu Yanyi nodded. "Let's take it slow. We need to let people spread the news first." Zhu Yanyi laughed. "Since I did it, I should take back what I deserve. I don't want people to think I'm an anonymous hero."
"What's the point of gathering faith? Besides, you are a Daoist cultivator. Faith is useless to you, right?" the Ruthless Gentleman asked casually.
"If I gather faith, that State Preceptor, no, that yellow weasel, will have no faith. As for whether faith is useful to me, well, it is useful. Although I am a Daoist cultivator, I am also connected to Buddhist cultivation." Zhu Yanyi said calmly.
"When I first entered the cultivation field, I owed a favor to Guanyin Bodhisattva. To repay this favor, I need to do something for Buddhist cultivation. So, keeping this faith might be useful someday. Besides, my technique allows me to convert faith into elemental cultivation I can use."
Hearing Zhu Yanyi say this, the Ruthless Gentleman was slightly surprised. It was the first time he knew Zhu Yanyi was connected to Buddhism besides Daoism. But this was Zhu Yanyi's business. He was curious but wouldn't pry too much. He only looked at Yan Aohan and asked, "Did you know about this?"
Yan Aohan nodded slightly. "I naturally knew. I was the one who asked the Bodhisattva for help back then. I also share a part of the debt." Yan Aohan had done that mostly to protect Zhu Yanyi. Who could have thought that in just over ten years, Zhu Yanyi had reached this stage? But this was something Yan Aohan was happy to see.
After hearing this, the Ruthless Gentleman nodded slightly, indicating he understood.
"Let's go. We'll watch from the air slowly. Anyway, since the surrounding areas know this news, I'll go perform blessings." For Zhu Yanyi, performing blessings was very熟练 (skilled) now.
Yan Aohan had no objections. He took out the cloud vehicle, and the four of them got on, moving slowly. Of course, before leaving, Zhu Yanyi didn't forget to send a message to Yu Hua, so she wouldn't worry about them.
Yu Hua knew that for the next half month, Zhu Yanyi and the others would go to all parts of the country to perform blessings, changing everything in the sky and driving away the black fog. Therefore, she naturally wouldn't oppose it. On the contrary, as agreed with Zhu Yanyi beforehand, she issued an order: taxes would be halved for two years, and some unnecessary taxes would be completely exempted, trying to improve people's lives.
In half a month, Zhu Yanyi could be said to have traveled across the entire Dayu Dynasty.
In half a month, the sky of Dayu began to clear. Everyone had already forgotten the former State Preceptor, because the former State Preceptor had not restored this good sky. So, everyone had switched their reverence from the State Preceptor to a new object. Now, they only revered their Dayu Emperor and the mysterious Your Seat.
After all, Your Seat had said she came because the Emperor invited her. So, they naturally revered the Emperor very much.
At the same time, in a certain country, the State Preceptor was barely able to get up. Without the faith of the Dayu Dynasty's people, he almost couldn't even maintain his basic original form. Fortunately, although this country didn't have many people, it still had faith.