585: Chapter 585 The Serpent Saint's Arrival, the Azure Serpent's Three-Flower Pupil

But how could the Dazheng Dynasty give him any time!

Moreover, those generals who originally defended the city, who were once loyal Dou Masters, had since lost the support of the people and the army.

They even disobeyed military orders, abandoned their posts, and defied imperial commands.

They went out to search for treasure; if enemy forces were to arrive at the city gates and they saw they could not defend it, would they not abandon the city and flee again?

Having done it once, who could guarantee there wouldn't be a second, or even a third time?

At the very least, they would not resist as stubbornly as before.

The edict from the Emperor of Dayu was soon proclaimed to the world, revealing the prior schemes of the Dayu imperial palace.

The Minister of Rites sneered coldly.

Just at this moment, this Minister of Rites was called out by the common people, who now held a list detailing how the Minister's family had conspired with merchants.

They had jacked up prices, with family members participating to reap exorbitant profits.

Crucially, regarding medicinal pills and gold coins, the family had invested huge sums to profit from the price difference.

They even used compound interest to loan money to countless commoners; to this day, many still owed the Minister of Rites' family gold coins and interest.

"Is this... a parasite of the state?"

"No, how could a family pass up such an opportunity, operating so crazily."

The Minister of Rites had only participated in the later stages of the lending process.

But that was enough; from beginning to end, every transaction and the flow of funds had been listed without the slightest error.

This list was incredibly detailed.

Even the Minister of Rites' own family might not have been so clear about it.

It had been divided into several parts, compiled from the accounts of different commoners.

In this time of national crisis for the Dayu Dynasty, this Dayu official had taken the lead in causing chaos and disrupting the national economy; if His Majesty had been notified earlier, how could things have reached this point today?

The common people were displaced, and a large number of them left the cities because they had no gold coins.

A scourge? A scourge of the nation?

In an instant, countless people were filled with grief and indignation, and these emotions infected countless commoners, shaking the originally stable Dayu Dynasty.

There were signs of another collapse.

"A petition from the masses?" Soon, a petition was presented to the Emperor of Dayu, requesting the dismissal of the Minister of Rites and justice for the world.

The Minister of Rites' family became like rats crossing the street, shouted at by everyone.

It was unclear who had placed it in the palace square, where some people were kneeling, demanding justice for the common people.

Before long, they added their names to the petition.

These were all people who owed money to the Minister of Rites' family, having been given loans through usury.

"Audacious Minister of Rites!" The Emperor of Dayu reprimanded.

"This subject is guilty!" The Minister of Rites collapsed onto the ground.

In the eyes of the Emperor of Dayu, if he had reported it earlier, he would have been able to spot the hidden dangers and resolve them sooner; sixty cities had been lost because of these corrupt officials.

"Guards, drag him out and behead him!" The Emperor of Dayu was furious.

"Yes!" A group of guards rushed into the main hall and seized him directly.

"This subject knows his mistake, I beg Your Majesty for mercy!" The Minister of Rites cried out.

But Yu Lang was in a fit of rage and immediately ordered the execution of his entire clan, proclaiming it to the world!

Soon, they were beheaded, the entire clan executed; over three hundred heads rolled on the ground. Many people watched this day, especially those who owed loans to his family.

Everyone clapped and cheered!

Of course, among them were people arranged by Hun Tiandi; not a single family among the civil and military officials of the Dayu Dynasty was clean.

When the Heaven-Collapse Plan began, they had started sending people to collect evidence, and many families had not yet been exposed.

For a time, the court was in turmoil.

Hun Tiandi could have as much of this evidence as he wanted.

At the Minister of Rites' residence.

"Master, a lot of information has appeared on the market!" A servant took out some papers and handed them to the head of the house.

After reading them, his face turned pale.

Everyone passed them around to read, their expressions becoming panicked.

"What should we do?"

"Exactly, someone is targeting us; this evidence is too detailed. Even the Minister of Revenue was executed along with his entire clan..."

"Notify the family, prepare to leave; we cannot stay in this imperial capital!" The Minister of Rites was a ruthless man who knew when to cut his losses.

"Yes!" The family members replied silently.

At the same time, many other families had also received evidence and fled overnight.

At the morning court session the next day, only a few people remained in the main hall, looking confused.

They soon found the source.

"Let them flee, these pieces of trash, they truly are parasites!" The Emperor of Dayu roared in anger.

These court officials were terrified into silence and simply flicked their sleeves and left.

In the eyes of the Emperor of Dayu, these old officials were useless, but he forgot one thing: these were men of high prestige and virtue who held power.

In an instant, these people from the Dayu Dynasty all left one after another; even if Hun Tiandi hadn't been fanning the flames from the shadows, they would have guessed it.

With crowds of people fleeing, the common people wondered: had His Majesty admitted defeat? Or was he slaughtering the officials?

Meanwhile, Hun Tiandi was also on his way.

In the world of the living, Starfall Pavilion.

The battle was exceptionally intense. Under the fearless fighting of the Human Puppets, the scales of victory began to tip toward Hun Tiandi's side.

Hun Tiandi flashed onto the mountain peak, standing with his hands behind his back, looking at Pavilion Master You Quan with deep, unfathomable eyes.

After killing many Dou Zun experts of Starfall Pavilion, Hun Tiandi spoke: "Pavilion Master You Quan, hand over Qing Yue, or I will slaughter Starfall Pavilion."

"Hun Tiandi, don't even think about it! That little slut, this Pavilion Master has already handed her over to the Green Scale Snake Saint!"

Pavilion Master You Quan, with a twisted face, roared at Hun Tiandi.

She was even more shocked in her heart; where on earth had this Hun Tiandi found so many puppets?

"Then there is nothing more to say. Kill!" Hun Tiandi issued the order to annihilate Starfall Pavilion.

"Green Scale Snake Saint, how long are you going to keep hiding?" Pavilion Master You Quan turned her head to stare at the main hall, her voice tinged with dissatisfaction.

As the words fell, a vast aura, like a tidal wave, erupted from the depths of the main hall.

It caused the heavens and earth to be filled with black mist, permeating the mid-air.

"Dou Sheng?" Wang Ku spoke hoarsely.

Yun Xiao, however, looked indifferent. His strength had now recovered to its peak, thanks to Hun Tiandi pouring vast resources into him without regard for the cost.

Five-Star Dou Sheng!

This was also the source of Hun Tiandi's confidence to break into Starfall Pavilion; of course, there were other arrangements as well.

Swish!

A petite figure suddenly appeared in mid-air, looking coldly at Hun Tiandi.

A fresh and beautiful girl, exuding the powerful aura of a Dou Sheng.

Her bewitching gaze fell upon Hun Tiandi.

In the depths of her jade-green pupils, three black dots were slowly enlarging, finally transforming into three bewitching jade-green flowers.

They rotated slowly around her pupils.

A bewitching energy fluctuation was permeating and rapidly spreading.

"Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils?"

Yun Xiao stepped forward, blocking in front of Hun Tiandi, showing a hint of interest; he had not expected that such a strange pair of eyes still existed on this continent.

She noticed him when her eyes changed.

"You guessed right... as a reward, then go die!"

The Green Scale Snake Saint smiled sweetly, bewitching light flowing within her pupils as overwhelming Dou Qi rolled toward Yun Xiao.

"I didn't expect such an ancient demonic eye to have been passed down!"

"It is a pity, though, that your strength is still too weak!" Yun Xiao smiled contemptuously and moved, suddenly appearing in the sky.

With a flick of his sleeve, he completely neutralized the Green Scale Snake Saint's massive Dou Qi.

He slowly raised his right hand, and a surging energy handprint gathered, fiercely grabbing toward the Green Scale Snake Saint.

"Giggle, that's not necessarily true!"

The Green Scale Snake Saint giggled and twisted her petite body, escaping Yun Xiao's attack.

This familiar scene made the Green Scale Snake Saint fall into memories; back then, during the great battle at Starfall Pavilion, the Hall of Souls' Day Venerable had used a similar attack.

It was a pity that it hadn't succeeded then.

She had joined forces with Venerable Skyfire to resist the Hall of Souls' Day Venerable. Now, the Green Scale Snake Saint was repeating the same old trick, but the opponent she faced was Yun Xiao.

A peerless expert who had survived from ancient times in the Heaven-Reaching Tomb.