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Chapter 202 The Zuo Family’s Purpose

Zuo Qing faced the Zuo family elders and roared, "The Li family cannot be trusted! The Jiedi Tiantong was a decision made by the emperor at the time, and it was implemented by the Zhong family and the Li family. The Zhong family is responsible for connecting with the gods, and the Li family is responsible for connecting with ordinary witches like us and the rest of the civilians!"

"But the Chong family disappeared, the emperor died, and the Li family stayed behind, still in charge of all the witches and shamans, and also left behind the method of praying for blessings, while we can only bring disasters."

“But bringing disaster consumes destiny! It consumes the blessings accumulated by my Zuo family from generation to generation. As witches and shamans, don’t you understand this?!”

Zuo Qing does not agree with the Li family and is even hostile to them!
Of the four elders of the Zuo family present, including Zuo Shouwan, two nodded, while the other two frowned.

This is also the reason why the Zuo family was able to split into two factions, Zuo Qing and Zuo An.

From the very beginning, there was such a tendency of division within the Zuo family.

Zuo An and Zuo Qing are not the culprits of the split, but the concrete manifestation of the split contradiction.

First there were separatist forces, and then Zuo An and Zuo Qing emerged as leaders to deal with these matters.

Even now, the Zuo family is still hesitant because of the current crisis, so the elders have not taken action directly to fight the enemy.

With the Zuo family's background, they would never be beaten like this by a ninth-realm true dragon... The Zuo family's elders are all eighth-realm, four in total, and with the advantage of geographical location, it is not difficult to expel Jingjiang Jun.

This is the case when the ancestors do not take any action.

The ancestor Zuo Lang is also in the ninth realm! He is in seclusion and is about to break through the tenth realm, break through two gates, and open the gate of spirit and qi. At that time, he will have both spirit and qi, and he can look up to the blue sky, dive into the underworld, and command the eight poles, but his spirit will not change!

In the midst of chaos, it is not disturbed by the outside world, and its spirit and energy are in harmony. Therefore, mountain clouds are like grass, water clouds are like fish scales, drought clouds are like smoke and fire, and spring clouds are like waves and water. Each has its own shape and type, so it can be affected. Yang Sui takes fire from the sun, and Fang Zhu takes dew from the moon. Between heaven and earth, even the most skillful calendar cannot give their number!

After that, if this real dragon dared to act rashly again, it would definitely be captured by the ancestor, whose tendons would be pulled out, refined into a stone dragon, and placed on the roof to protect the house.

The Zuo family has absolute confidence.

That's why Zuo Qing said these words at this time.

"They say I colluded with the Fa family and betrayed the Li family. Elders, ask yourselves, how much have you paid for the backlash of the disaster that befell the Li family, including the Zuo family and other witch families and immortal sects in the Divine Dynasty, and even the Southern Xinjiang witch lineage?!"

"If we still seek help from the Li family now, there will be no hope! The Zuo family is hopeless! They will really be treated like dogs!"

Zuo Qing's voice was out of character: "You can introduce Legalism, Confucianism, or any other sect. The Zuo family is the Zuo family of Cangzhou, not the Zuo family of the Li family. Elders, what is your decision!?"

How to choose?

This was a coup d'état, but what Zuo Qing did left everyone speechless.

It was at this time that they chose to put aside the disputes, stop the infighting, and take collective action to resist the real dragon and kill Gao Jian in the process.

Or should he choose to hold back and seek help from the Li family? Let the Li family help him solve this problem, and completely surrender to them, so that Zuo Qing will lose all power?

Yes, at this moment, he turned to the Li family and even asked for help from the Li family. This was not to save the situation of the Zuo family. The Zuo family did not need to be saved. Instead, he used this excuse to legitimately introduce the Li family.

In other words, Zuo Qing was gambling with his life.

And Zuo'an...acquiesced to this gamble.

This is probably the tacit understanding between the two helmsmen at this critical moment.

If Zuo Qing loses, he will die, and will be directly exterminated by the Li family on the grounds of "colluding with the Legalist school".
If Zuo An loses, he will surrender and begin to cooperate with Zuo Qing in transforming the Zuo family.

The reason for this is that Zuo An chose to take the initiative in the battle in order to create a scene where Zuo Qing and all the elders of the clan would meet alone. In this way, Zuo Qing would gain the dominant position.

The price of gaining dominance is that he needs to gamble his life, but Zuo An does not need to.

The elders looked at each other.

Obviously, they are not fools and know what they are doing now.

Use bait to lure Gao Jian and his team to create a crisis.

Taking advantage of the crisis, he forced the elders to take sides.

Through such actions, the internal strife of the Zuo family and the dispute between the two helmsmen can be ended in a short period of time. In this way, the Zuo family can devote all its efforts to the fight against foreign enemies.

It was clearly a fight between Gao Jian and the Zuo family, but in fact, it eventually turned into an unusual fight for the Zuo family to resolve its own internal affairs. Everything actually had a hidden purpose behind it, and that was "politics". Even though the fighting was fierce outside, fighting was not the original intention.

The fight itself is meaningless; what is meaningful is the political game and struggle for interests behind it.

No matter what route Zuo Qing and Zuo An take, their fundamental position is to stand above the Zuo family.

The elders fell silent.

Of course they understand the situation, of course they know the difference, know what their choice means at this time, and they also know that they don't have much time.

It can’t be delayed. It can’t be delayed.

There are two choices, each of which can save the Zuo family. Choosing either one can resolve the current situation, but the only choice is neutrality.

Because being neutral would mean huge losses to the Zuo family, or even destruction.

The current situation is actually the consensus reached by Zuo An and Zuo Qing!
The two leaders used Gao Jian as a pawn and an external threat and began to force the emperor to abdicate!

No one can stay out, no one can be neutral, and everyone must show their attitude today. No... not today, but within these few minutes, a decision must be made!
There was no room for easing. From the very beginning when Gao Jian was brought in, Zuo An and Zuo Qing had already decided on a strategy.

In silence, in the sky, a real dragon was surrounded by wind and thunder, and gods fell like rain.

"Dear clan elders, dear elders, are you going to remain silent? I will not stop you from contacting the Li family, and I also hope that you are willing to take action. You... make your choice." Zuo Qing opened his arms and said in a calm tone.

At the same time, the battle in the sky became more and more intense.

The sky looked particularly strange. The solar eclipse was only the most basic kind of strange phenomenon. The bloody sun was dripping, and the blood-colored light streams in it kept converging, while the dripping red light streams were suppressed by the black clouds. Thunder kept circling in the air, and the original sky seemed to be covered with a layer of dark red gauze, and even the ground was dyed with an ominous dark red.

Gao Jian's clothes and hair were flying in the strong wind, and the tight official uniform on his body was rustling at this moment.

The restless energy between heaven and earth was constantly rolling. It was a kind of disorder that Gao Jian had never experienced before. The resistance of the Sky True Dragon and the Ten Thousand Gods Formation caused the barriers and formations of the inner city to tremble.

"boom--"

A loud bang tore through the silent night sky. Thunder streaked across the dark clouds, a huge crack was torn in the sky, and dazzling lightning poured out from the crack.

Immediately afterwards, countless points of light fell from the cracks, as if it was raining golden rain.

“Haven’t you made a decision yet?!” Zuo Qing yelled at the elders in front of him!
The words of the elders were choked in their throats.

They could all recognize those spots of light, each of which was the origin of a god. Those gods belonging to the Zuo family were falling and being destroyed.

These gods could not disobey the Zuo family, so at this time, they could only resist Jingjiang Jun. Another red meteor streaked across the sky, even falling over the Zuo family, about to smash into the protective formation.

But Zuo Qing took the initiative to stretch out his hand and with a stroke, the formation cracked open, and the meteor fell into it and was caught by him.

There was electric current wrapped around the meteor, and the whole thing looked like a cluster of dancing flames.

The flame turned into a round bead in Zuo Qing's palm, on which a dying soul was beating.

"This is the land god of Anping County." Zuo Qing casually explained the origin of this god.

As the helmsman of the Zuo family, he remembers the origins and backgrounds of each of the more than 30,000 gods. Only in this way can he truly understand the Zuo family's heritage.

The other elders also seemed to realize something.

The speed at which the Pantheon collapsed was even faster. More gods fell, all of whom they were familiar with.

Every time a god fell, a faint, almost imperceptible cry would be heard faintly in the land of Cangzhou and between heaven and earth.

The atmosphere gradually became depressing. The elders of the Zuo family felt that their hearts were being gripped by an invisible hand. Every fall of a god from the sky brought them pain.

It's not hard to bear, but it's hard to ignore.

What should I do? What should I do?
Another ray of fire fell from the crack in the black clouds in the sky and flew straight towards here. It was a snake demon wearing silver scales. His white scales turned into armor, as if it was made of metal. But at this moment, his armor had been broken, blood was constantly gushing out of the wound, thunder was constantly spreading, and black dust was dissociated from his body.

He helplessly watched his wounds continue to burst, unable to contain or stop it. He could only watch himself being turned into ashes by the dragon thunder.

This is a sixth-level snake demon, and also a deity of incense and worship. He has a golden body of incense and worship to protect him, but no matter what magic he uses, he cannot stop the spread of dragon thunder, and his proud scales are as good as paper.

Next to him, several more meteors streaked past.

Golden rays of light fell from the cracks, and Zuo Qing watched helplessly as many gods turned into starlight in front of him and dissipated into the night sky. He stretched out his hand to grab something, but he only grasped a handful of air.

The cracks in the sky were getting bigger and bigger, and more gods were falling like rain. Zuo Qing saw their divine power dissipating during the fall, turning into meteors across the sky. Every time a meteor fell, a fire would light up somewhere in the mortal world. That was the divine power scattered when the gods fell, causing disasters in the mortal world.

A chain reaction occurred!

At this moment, in the Cangzhou provincial government office, an official standing in front of a feng shui map frowned.

Because a series of alarms are coming from the feng shui map.

"Bai Zhou, earthquake."

"Yicheng, earthquake."

"Shishou, earthquake."

"There were three earthquakes in Qi County. There was an earthquake in Shijiao. There was an earthquake in Wushe. There was an earthquake in Lu'an. There was an earthquake in Lechuan. There was an earthquake in Pingyang City. There was an earthquake in Gaohu. There was an earthquake in Lanchi. The tiles on the roofs flew off and the river was surging."

"Yongqing was hit by a huge earthquake, with a sound like a running car. No light appeared in the area, the day was as dark as night, houses collapsed, countless people were crushed to death, the ground cracked, and black water gushed out with a very foul smell."

"The heavy rain in En County has not stopped. The water in the fields is three or four feet deep."

"The constant rain at Tongshan killed the wheat, and black clouds appeared in Sancheng, causing the wheat seedlings to rot."

"It rained heavily in Yicheng, the water level was seven or eight feet deep on the flat ground, crops were submerged, and countless houses collapsed."

"The fire at Hanshan destroyed hundreds of homes and spread to the government office, killing many people and animals."

"The green fire burns down people's houses."

"A fire broke out on grain ships at Baishan River wharf, burning dozens of ships."

"Blood gushed out from the ground around the ancient battlefield, making a hissing sound."

"Fire appeared from the green mountain ground, and there was red light."

Many alarms kept coming.

Even from this feng shui map that can monitor the entire Cangzhou, one can hear the cries coming from the mortal world and feel the shaking of heaven and earth.

Villages were on fire, rivers burst their banks, mountains collapsed and the earth cracked. Mortals struggled to survive in the aftermath of the divine power, but they did not know where this disaster came from.

If too many gods die... something bad will happen, and the slight wailing between heaven and earth now is just like that.

Why are gods gods and not ordinary practitioners?

Because God is special.

The word "God" is Shi Shen. The inscription of God is "Shi Shen". Shi means the shape of an altar and Shen is a variant of "electricity", which means the power of heaven and earth such as thunder.

The power of heaven and earth combined with the incense brought by the altar is the true support of the gods.

Logically speaking, it is easy to understand.

Just imagine, can a god more powerful than mortals themselves be born through the worship of mortals alone?
One hundred thousand mortals worship a mountain, and through the incense brought from the altar, they awaken a 'mountain god' whose power can easily surpass the sum of these one hundred thousand mortals. Is this reasonable?
Of course it's unreasonable.

Because the real power of the mountain god actually comes from the "mountain" itself.

This is also the difference between "real gods" and "improperly worshipped wild gods".

The righteous gods are enthroned with long scrolls and large seals from the imperial court. This is because the mountains, rivers, and other things are the property of the divine dynasty. All under heaven belongs to the king. As a god, you are in charge of these powers, and you need the certification of the imperial court.

And now, a large number of righteous gods are dying!

The large number of deaths of righteous gods directly led to the loss of power in the areas represented by these gods, the mountains, rivers and lands that were conferred with the official seal of the Divine Dynasty.

The death of one or two gods will not affect anything.

But now, the gods are dying like the falling galaxy. The death of tens of thousands of gods has begun to affect the natural operation of the heaven and earth.

Disasters occur frequently.

In the middle of the battlefield, Zuo An also noticed this.

He laughed heartily and cast a spell casually: "Hahaha, great idea! You say you are a good person, but look at what you have done, did you hear it? How many people are going to suffer because of you? How many people are going to die because of you! This is all the good things you have done!"

Gao Jian swung his sword and cut off the magic, unwavering: "What a joke! Your Zuo family summoned the gods who were supposed to be doing their best in the local area for your own personal use, and now you come to say this to me?"

"You don't think I'll be soft-hearted, do you?"

(End of this chapter)