Chapter 369: Chapter 262 Natural Disaster_2
even after breaking through to the Divine Transformation Realm, Gu Yun did not harbor any undesired thoughts, and he also frequently admonished the disciples of his sect, instructing them not to provoke those from the imperial court.
After all, Gu Yun was well aware that the current state of the Divine Martial Sect was entirely due to the court’s doing.
Now, the Divine Martial Dynasty appeared unfathomable to Gu Yun, and should they foolishly attempt to confront the court, he feared the Divine Martial Sect would be reduced to ashes in an instant.
Gu Yun had not the slightest doubt.
looking up at the dark clouds in the sky, there seemed to emerge a terrifying divine might, causing Gu Yun’s breathing to slow for a moment, as if he were being watched by some fearsome entity.
Before he could think too much, an authoritative voice resounded, enveloping the entirety of Wuzhou, reaching the ears of everyone.
“Wuzhou has suffered drought for three months, and the people can hardly sustain their lives. I am deeply pained by this, and now, I have decided to issue a divine decree, to bring down Nectar and rescue the multitudes!”
After the voice faded,
a golden divine light streaked across the sky, unfolding above Wuzhou, clearly displaying the written decree by Gu Yang.
the decree dispersed,
transforming into divine light that shot into the heavens.
thunder cracked in the clear sky,
and rolling thunder enveloped Wuzhou.
While everyone was shocked, rain finally began to fall on Wuzhou, which had been parched for three months.
“The common folk thank Your Majesty!!”
The people of Wuzhou were ecstatic, with many rushing out of their houses, allowing the icy raindrops to fall upon them, dispelling the heat within their bodies.
The dry, cracked earth was nourished by the rain, and many trees on the verge of death sprung back to life.
Dry riverbeds gradually filled with gathering water, flowing through numerous mountains, bringing a surge of vitality to the whole of Wuzhou.
When cultivators from outside witnessed this scene, they were also moved.
“With just a single decree, the weather can be changed, dissolving the drought of a whole province. The means of the emperor dynasty are indeed extraordinary, not something other sects can compare to!”
While top-tier fighters can also alter the weather, especially those cultivators who have learned certain special Divine Skills and find summoning the wind and calling the rain mere trifles,
even summoning the wind and calling the rain has its limits.
Although each of the Nine States is not particularly large, they cannot be compared to the Eastern Domain’s one hundred and eight provinces, but Wuzhou is not considered small either.
At least, it is difficult for cultivators of the Daoist Palace Realm to achieve the extent of changing the weather of an entire province.
To do so, only the legendary Saints were rumoured to be capable.
based on what they understood,
that Emperor Gu of the Divine Martial Dynasty had only just entered the Divine Transformation Realm, still far from reaching the Dao Palace.
This alone showed that the strategies of the Qi Fortune Dynasty indeed had their merits.
But at the same time,
to strengthen the Qi Fortune of a dynasty and to further ascend to an emperor dynasty was extremely difficult.
Many cultivators, seeing this, quickly withdrew their gaze.
They came here only in search of opportunities in the Nine States and had no intention of opposing the Divine Martial Dynasty.
After all, they had not forgotten the incident where the Ancient Desolate Sacred Land was destroyed; with the Gu Family’s champion present, who would dare to harm the Divine Martial Dynasty in the slightest?
In a world where the strong are revered, a single top-tier fighter is enough to ensure a power prospers for a long time.
in an era without Saints, someone like Gu Qingfeng who was capable of slaying those in the Great Saint Realm, was truly considered the pinnacle.
Gu Qingfeng could even be called the strongest fighter of the End of Dharma Era.
After all, in an era without Saints, if someone with a Half-Saint Realm cultivation could slay a fighter in the Great Saint Realm, it would be enough to be called the first.
“Hiss, this is the might of the imperial court, truly inconceivable!”
At the Divine Martial Sect, Gu Yun took a deep breath, his pupils dilated, his face full of disbelief.
Even with his current view of the world, such an event was still shockingly unbelievable to him.
Not just Gu Yun was astonished.
All disciples of the Divine Martial Sect were struck with awe.
“Was that the voice of Emperor Gu!?”
“With just a single decree, he has resolved the drought in Wuzhou, such terrifying power!!”
the disciples of the Divine Martial Sect viewed the court with increased reverence.
After all, if Gu Yang could resolve Wuzhou’s drought with a single royal decree, was it not possible that a decree could also directly annihilate the Divine Martial Sect?
the disciples who usually relied on the identity of the Divine Martial Sect to overlook the court’s regulations now instinctively felt a deep fear.
They secretly vowed never to offend the court.
even the sect might not be able to protect them.
Gu Yang looked toward Wuzhou and sighed in relief, then perceiving the diminished Qi Fortune of the dynasty, he couldn’t help but shake his head in resignation.
“Looks like the process of ascending to an emperor dynasty is going to be slowed down quite a bit now!”
His use of the dynasty’s Qi Fortune to resolve the natural disaster in Wuzhou was a measure taken out of necessity.
Since three months ago, when Wuzhou gradually began to experience a drought, Gu Yang had been using a large amount of resources for drought relief, trying to minimize the devastation brought by the natural disaster.
He hadn’t used Qi Fortune to resolve it from the beginning because he wanted to conserve a portion of Qi Fortune for the future ascension of the dynasty.
As long as the relief efforts were sufficient, the impact of the natural disaster wasn’t so severe.
using Qi Fortune for relief would certainly deplete the dynasty’s Qi Fortune, and recovery would take some time.
Over the past three months,
as the court vigorously conducted drought relief, Wuzhou’s drought showed no signs of alleviating but was intensifying instead.
Seeing that the relief efforts were about to become unsustainable and the people of Wuzhou were becoming restless, Gu Yang had no choice but to intervene directly, causing Nectar to descend with the dynasty’s Qi Fortune upon Wuzhou.
This one occurrence of Nectar,
used up one year’s accumulation of Qi Fortune of the Divine Martial Dynasty.
Such an expenditure, naturally, caused Gu Yang great distress.
with the Nectar now fallen, the people of Wuzhou had regained stability. As long as the people’s hearts were with him, these expenses could ultimately be recouped.
The dynasty is like a pond, and the Qi Fortune is like the water in it, while the people of the Nine States are like the small streams constantly feeding into the pond.
Every use of the Qi Fortune causes the accumulated water to decrease.
as long as the small streams representing the people do not dry up, the spent water will eventually be restored over time.
But if the people’s hearts stray and the dynasty’s Qi Fortune becomes stagnant, in time it will gradually deplete.
Gu Yang was well aware of the choices to be made.
“As long as the hearts of the people are not lost, the spent Qi Fortune is just that, merely slowing down the speed of the ascension to an emperor dynasty. Whether the ascension is sooner or later, for the current Divine Martial Dynasty, it doesn’t make a significant difference!”
Gu Yang reflected to himself.
If it were the past, Gu Yang would naturally wish for the Divine Martial Dynasty to ascend as quickly as possible.
Because once the dynasty could ascend to emperor status, the foundation of the Divine Martial Dynasty would greatly strengthen.
sufficient to suppress a warrior from the Taoist Palace Realm.
If it were a top emperor dynasty, even Saints would have to give way.
if it were the old Divine Martial Dynasty, Gu Yang would of course wish to ascend to emperor status as quickly as possible. In this way, he would have a strong trump card, even if a warrior from the Dao Palace Realm invaded, he would have the confidence to withstand.
If given more time to the Nine States, allowing the Divine Martial Dynasty to become one of the top emperor dynasties, then within the realm of the dynasty, Gu Yang, even as a Cultivator of the Divine Transformation Realm, could be comparable to a Saint.
But now it was different.
Gu Qingfeng’s destruction of the Ancient Desolate Sacred Land meant that the Divine Martial Dynasty already possessed a trump card stronger than that of a top emperor dynasty.
After all, to slay a Great Saint, at least an Emperor Dynasty would be capable of such a feat.
in some aspects, the deterrence of the Divine Martial Dynasty was comparable to many Emperor Dynasties.
And as for Emperor Dynasties, according to Gu Yang’s knowledge, they were scarce in the Ancient Desolate World.
These Emperor Dynasties were also subject to limitations.
Within the boundaries of an Emperor Dynasty, an emperor could suppress a Great Saint with Qi Fortune, but outside of it, such power of Qi Fortune was of little use.
compared to an Emperor Dynasty guarded within its own lands, the likes of Gu Qingfeng, who could leave the Divine Martial Dynasty at any time and possessed the strength to slay those of the Great Saint Realm, undoubtedly held even more astonishing deterrence power.