Chapter 1247: What Do You Even Amount To, to Come Questioning My Lü Mountain?

However, they had brought gifts, so it still counted as courtesy before force.

Since Secretary Qiu was absent, the ones receiving them this time were Xinghe's father, Fu Nansheng, and one of Great Han's national-level leaders who assisted him.

Inside the Hanjing National Institute guesthouse.

Fu Nansheng and the leader sat face to face with the Rain Dynasty's envoy.

They exchanged pleasantries.

When the timing was right.

The Rain Dynasty side steered the topic toward Great Han's recent actions and said, "Fellow Daoist Guan, Great Han has been a bit unstable lately, with wars breaking out one after another. If this continues and causes unrest among the people, that would not be good."

"Our Rain Dynasty's Majesty learned of Great Han's situation and specially dispatched us to visit Great Han out of concern. If there is anywhere you need help, Fellow Daoist, just speak up."

"Our Rain Dynasty governs the southern heavens, and we value peace above all, harmony for all under orderly rule. Whatever we can help with, we certainly will."

The words were very indirect.

But the meaning was clear.

They were giving Great Han a way out, giving Great Han a chance to ask for benefits. Just speak up, whatever you want, as long as it is not too excessive, I will give it to you. But after I give it to you, stop causing trouble, stop fighting, and behave quietly.

But not fighting, how could that work?

Were they supposed to spend their whole lives dwelling beneath others?

The Rain Dynasty itself had developed to this point through fighting, had it not?

Compared to the Rain Dynasty's feudal-style administration, Great Han from top to bottom, whether national-level leaders, ordinary soldiers, or low-level 749 investigators,

All believed.

If this world were under Great Han's leadership, then the entire world would certainly become better.

Not to mention becoming a heaven on earth.

But at the very least, ordinary citizens would no longer have to face an era like this.

The Third Circle, a technologically modern society, was a living example!

Since they are all rulers anyway, why not let Great Han do the managing?

Once they fought until there were no more obstacles or enemies, then Great Han would stop fighting, focus on farming, and properly manage their own nation.

Shape the Second Circle into a hometown just like the Third Circle, then advance to the First Circle.

Everyone could live happily.

Look at how blissfully the people of the Third Circle live.

Compared to the Second Circle under feudal dynastic rule, it was simply the difference between heaven and earth.

The "Fellow Daoist Guan" spoken by the Rain Dynasty delegation's powerhouse was one of Great Han's national-level leaders.

He said, "Fellow Daoist Hou, Great Han is doing fine right now, nothing we need help with. How about you try some of Great Han's specialties? Taste our cuisine?"

Hearing this, the expressions of everyone in the Rain Dynasty delegation shifted.

That Rain Dynasty envoy, Hou Luan, wore a sinister smile: "Fellow Daoist Guan, perhaps I did not make myself clear."

"Then let me be clearer right now. Our Majesty's meaning is this: the southern heavens under Rain Dynasty governance do not permit any further wars between nations."

At this point, he emphasized his tone: "Especially in cases like Great Han, where a single nation without cause offends multiple nations."

"The southern heavens are maintained by the Rain Dynasty. Great Han is also one of its members. Great Han's foreign campaigns are disrupting the peace of the southern heavens."

The leader surnamed Guan laughed it off: "That is not the case at all. Fellow Daoist Hou, please do not go slapping labels on us. Great Han has always been law-abiding, only we could not bear to watch the demons and monsters run rampant across the southern heavens, so we stepped in."

"We have no intention of going to war with other nations."

"The intent was to uphold justice and maintain heavenly order. After all, Great Han is also in the south, so of course we must make our own contribution to the southern heavens."

"The fighting broke out because other nations did not understand Great Han's painstaking efforts. When Great Han catches demons and monsters, we only catch demons and monsters, we do not catch people. Yet human nations insist on attacking us. Great Han has been wronged."

"Please, Fellow Daoist Hou, talk to the other Fellow Daoists for us, plead on Great Han's behalf. Tell them to stop attacking us. We are scared. When we get scared, we lose our reason. When we lose our reason, we cannot help but fight back. There will be collateral damage."

Hou Luan's expression gradually turned ugly: "Fellow Daoist Guan, do not stubbornly persist in your delusion."

"Could it be that Great Han wishes to make an enemy of the Rain Dynasty?"

"Do you perhaps think that because Great Han has allied with Lü Mountain, you now have the confidence to flip the table?"

The leader surnamed Guan looked alarmed: "We would never dare say such a thing. Great Han only points its sword at demons and monsters. Fellow Daoist Hou, by saying that, could it be that your Rain Dynasty is also with the demons and monsters... no, surely not... it cannot be... it should not be..."

Hou Fei forcibly suppressed his anger, his expression shifted, and he burst out laughing: "Hahahahaha, how could that be... let's go, let's go, Fellow Daoist Guan, let us go taste that Great Han cuisine you mentioned."

Now was not yet the time to lose his temper with Great Han.

Because, on the other side, the Rain Dynasty powerhouses who had gone to speak with Lü Mountain had still made no move.

On the other side.

At the Lü Mountain branch altar in Hanjing.

Several Rain Dynasty powerhouses arrived and faced off against the Lü Mountain Taoist masters stationed in Hanjing.

"Lü Mountain is a transcendental force, never stepping beyond Demon Province. Now your Lü Mountain has left Demon Province and involved itself in the mortal world, aiding and abetting evil. What is the meaning of this!?"

The Heavenly Master stationed in Hanjing replied, "No matter how transcendental my Lü Mountain is, that is still my Lü Mountain's own business. That my Lü Mountain does not leave Demon Province is my Lü Mountain's own rule, not anyone else's requirement."

"That my Lü Mountain does not leave is because my Lü Mountain does not wish to leave. It does not mean my Lü Mountain cannot leave."

"What do you even amount to, to come questioning my Lü Mountain?"

The Rain Dynasty powerhouse said: "What do I amount to? I am a special envoy of the Rain Dynasty. The Rain Dynasty governs the southern heavens and exercises authority on behalf of heaven. Your Lü Mountain has aided Great Han and thrown the southern heavens into chaos, so it falls to my Rain Dynasty to handle!"

These words made the Heavenly Master laugh.

"Who acknowledged that you have jurisdiction? You self-appointed yourselves? At the end of the day, was it not still taken by force?"

"Spare me your nonsense. You should count yourself lucky that the one here today is not my junior brother Zhu. Otherwise, you would have been beaten out of here long ago. Now, get lost!"

The Rain Dynasty powerhouse radiated momentum: "You will not listen to kind advice, so let us settle this by force, and let the outcome decide. But let me remind you of one thing. Do not really treat your Lü Mountain as such a big deal. If you insist on stubbornly persisting and involving yourself in mortal affairs, then when the time comes, my First Circle Rain Realm powerhouses are not incapable of storming your Lü Mountain by force!"

"Have you heard of the fearsome reputation of the Black King, the Rain Emperor? When that time comes, to risk casualties for Great Han's sake would not be worth it!"

The Rain Realm, a First Circle force, the Rain Dynasty's backing. Its founder, the Black King and Rain Emperor, was the full-blooded younger brother of this generation's Rain Dynasty Emperor. Back then, the mother of this generation's Rain Dynasty Emperor was only a side consort, and moreover, a side consort of low position and little influence.

She bore two sons, and neither's talent was particularly good.

Until her younger son, at sixteen years of age, suddenly awakened apertures, rising from trash all the way up with great fanfare, stunning everyone.

His strength soared, his achievements were endless.

With solid, hard power, he carved out a bloody path.

He even fought the Rain Dynasty's Crown Prince of that time until the heavens darkened and the earth grew dim, and in the end successfully seized the position of Crown Prince, then yielded it to his elder brother, the current Rain Dynasty Emperor!