Chapter 46 The Great Storm

Great wind, great rain!

*Hualala!*

The rain fell, extinguishing the flames and suppressing the fire. The heatwave between heaven and earth receded, and a chill poured down, immersing everything in a misty rain.

The two small children were stunned, and Emperor Wanli and his entourage were also dumbfounded.

"Where did this great storm come from!"

The two small children were shocked. The A-Lian hiding in the raging fire also let out uncomfortable whimpers, and they jumped off the roof one after another, hiding among the rubble!

Just as everyone was wondering, two footsteps came from both ends of the road!

One from the south, accompanied by wind and rain.

And the one from the north....

In the raging fire, a road of fire appeared from north to south.

These raging fires did not extinguish in the heavy rain!

Dust flew, and in front of the Xizi Gate, a great light was released, opening a wide road in front of the Ju Kou Gui's massive body.

The two small children saw the road of flames, and were immediately overjoyed, and bowed to the front one after another.

Emperor Wanli was also shocked, seeing another "way out" appearing behind him, and remained silent.

This road was not right. Flames appeared in the great storm....

Alarm bells rang in Emperor Wanli's heart!

But Consort Zheng beside him was overjoyed, and hurriedly said to Emperor Wanli:

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, someone else has come to save us!"

Under the gaze of the imperial family, an extremely beautiful woman appeared at the end of the road of flames, surrounded by vast yellow clouds of smoke.

Lingering incense, ethereal celestial sounds.

The beautiful woman chanted sutras as she approached.

When Consort Zheng saw this woman, she was stunned for a moment. She did not recognize the Fire Lord, but was shocked by her beauty. However, she quickly came back to her senses, and a hint of jealousy rose in her heart. She anxiously asked:

"What kind of sorceress is this sister, to be able to summon such a great storm! You've come just in time, quickly save His Majesty and the others out!"

She was about to step forward, but was pulled back by Empress Wang, with Luo Sigong and Tian Yi guarding her on both sides.

Emperor Wanli stared at the beautiful woman with a gloomy face.

"You are the Fire Lord that these evil gods speak of!"

The great storm was not summoned by the woman in front of him, but by the Taoist priest from the south of the street.

When Emperor Wanli saw this woman, he could feel an aura similar to his own on her body!

That was the aura of the main god among the righteous gods. The so-called main god was the main deity enshrined in the temple.

Emperor Wanli had already sensed that the woman in front of him was the so-called "Fire Virtue True Lord" that he had conferred!

The Fire Lord smiled, but did not answer Emperor Wanli. Instead, she looked at the sky filled with wind and rain.

It was this wind and rain that prevented the incense of the masses that she had prepared from replacing the great fire of the Forbidden City.

However, all was not necessarily lost.

At this time, she observed her surroundings before opening her red lips and responding to Emperor Wanli:

"It is I."

Emperor Wanli became even more furious: "Do you know who I am! How dare you lead these fiends to attack the Forbidden City!"

The Fire Lord still smiled: "I only know that today, Your Majesty is already a prisoner."

Emperor Wanli angrily questioned:

"What do you evil gods want! I built the Fire God Temple. You fire gods were not on the list of conferments in the first place. Now that you have obtained the body of a righteous god, instead of being grateful to me, you have come here to kill me!"

"To repay kindness with hatred, what is the principle!"

The Fire Lord said: "We are very grateful for your grace and conferment, but we hope even more that you will contribute to this Great Ming world."

"You live in seclusion in the deep palace, and have not attended court for several years. How much do you know about the hardships of the outside world, the common people, and the suffering of the common people?"

"You will not listen, will not understand, will not believe. Perhaps you know everything, but you do not care.... Or perhaps you are willing, but powerless."

Emperor Wanli was immediately stabbed in his sore spot. Over the years, whenever he wanted to do something, those ministers would stop him. The struggle over the foundation of the nation lasted for eleven years. Zhang Juzheng finally died, but the remaining ministers still wanted to control him!

So Emperor Wanli fought with these ministers, and now what the Fire Lord said was indeed true!

He knew about the various hardships of the people and many problems when Tian Yi presented his memorial back then, but what could he do! What did it have to do with him!

"You evil god, do you understand me?"

Emperor Wanli had already been provoked into a rage!

"I was once ambitious, once hoping to be praised by the people! But the world is mine, yet it is not mine! Ask those civil and military officials, how much power have they taken from me!"

"Without powerful ministers, I thought I could have the final say, but everything I say is argued and refuted. I can't do anything. What difference does it make whether I am in the world or not? The common people die, so be it. I have never taken a single hair from them. The taxes of the world are determined by the Grand Secretariat. I can't even suppress the Grand Secretariat, so what is there to talk about governing the people!"

"Heaven's course is constant, it does not exist for Yao, nor does it perish for Jie!"

"I issued an imperial edict, but the Grand Secretariat immediately rejected it. This happens day after day, year after year!"

The great wind and rain soaked Emperor Wanli's Yanbian robe, and he was completely enraged. At this time, he suddenly saw that in the hands of the Fire Lord in front of him, there was an additional chilling flame.

Black fire, but with raging crimson flames inside, this was the Taiyin Sacred Fire.

"Evil god! You dare to mislead me!"

Emperor Wanli immediately realized that he had been deliberately angered just now. He looked at his body and saw white smoke rising everywhere!

"What a pity."

The Fire Lord spoke, with regret, and put away the ball of black light:

"If it weren't for this great wind and rain, the Avidyā Fire would have been successfully born at this time. And you say I am an evil god, but I have come with the incense of the masses, while you are the Emperor of the Great Ming, yet you are indifferent to the life and death of the people."

"I am not guiding you, but your anger is all from your own heart."

The Fire Lord enlightened Emperor Wanli, with a compassionate face:

"When a thought arises in you, the karmic fire blazes; it is not others who burn you, but you who burn yourself."

Immediately afterwards, the Fire Lord's gaze passed over Emperor Wanli and looked in the direction from which the wind and rain were sweeping in.

South of the West Second Long Street.

The person who came was bound to be the culprit who had ruined her plans this time.

But it didn't matter, killing this person and then burning the emperor would only delay the birth of the Avidyā Fire.

After all, she had already come with the incense of the masses....

"Hmm?"

A look of astonishment suddenly appeared on the Fire Lord's beautiful face.

Because the "person" who had come in the great wind and rain actually gave her a feeling similar to her own!

The other party.... The other party also had the incense of the masses?!

"Who is it?"

The Fire Lord finally had a big question. How could there be a figure in this Forbidden City who could receive the incense of the masses? This power of the incense of the masses was something even the emperor did not have!

At this time, the wind and rain became even greater!

The footsteps from the south became more rapid!

The red-clothed child and the white-clothed child turned around at the same time, raised their two small palms, and were greatly shocked and afraid, but at the same time, they shouted sharply in clear voices:

"Who, who comes!"

At this time, the fire wall on West Second Long Street was extinguished by the heavy rain. In the wind and rain, a figure walked down the bluestone long street!

A spiritually empty, yet dignified young voice echoed on West Second Long Street, penetrating north and south, spanning east and west!

"His Majesty is right! These evil gods, once they are evil gods, then they are subject to the Heavenly Laws of my Daoist sect for the rest of their days!"

Ji Xiang's eyes were fixed on the two small children, and he chanted the Heavenly Laws of the Great Ming Daoist sect!

"According to the Heavenly Laws, those evil gods who bind living beings shall be beheaded!"

The high-pitched voice reverberated in the great wind and rain!

The surging national prestige shook the arms of the two small children!

"According to the Heavenly Laws, those evil gods who set fire to houses shall be dismembered!"

*Rumble*, a loud thunderclap resounded in the sky, the raging wind howled, stirring up rain and mist, and everything was hazy!

"According to the Heavenly Laws......"

"Those evil gods who falsely invoke the names of the Supreme Truths shall be sent to the cauldron soup hell, causing them to die ten thousand times and be reborn ten thousand times, without rest day or night!"

Ji Xiang walked out of the wind and rain, holding a precious sword in one hand and an evil jar in the other. He carried command flags and copper bells, hid a wooden god ruler in his sleeve, and a golden striker inserted in his waist!

"The one who comes is Ji Xiang from the Shuntian Prefecture of the Great Ming, the Longde Hall sacrifice of the Forbidden City!"

"Wudang!"

"Ji Xiang!"