God of Pets

Chapter 725 My Will Is Set
The civil and military officials, as well as ordinary soldiers and civilians of the Southern Heavenly Kingdom, woke up to find that the sky had fallen.

Although a small country like the Southern Heaven Kingdom doesn't have any teleportation arrays, if you want to teleport back to the Divine Continent, you need to go to the Qin family's city and pay to use the teleportation array there.

However, the news spread too quickly, and by the next day, everyone already knew about it.

Those Nantian Kingdom people who rushed to the Qin family's city teleportation array to go back and confirm the news all gave them a thumbs up when they encountered outsiders.

Anyone who sees them has to say "amazing!" How dare a small country openly attack the Heavenly Army and even call them traitors? This is something no ordinary person could do.

After they confirmed that the rumors were true, they still couldn't believe it and rushed to the palace to ask Huang Tianming what was going on and whether someone had framed them.

A group of civil and military officials were blocking the entrance to the palace, but Huang Tianming neither came out to see them nor summoned them inside.

They refused to leave and blocked the palace gates, shouting that they demanded an explanation from Huang Tianming.

"Imperial Preceptor...shouldn't we clarify that proclamation to the world...?" Huang Tianming was starting to regret it.

Once this proclamation is issued, let alone whether any heroes will come to join him, even his own people will probably all run away. Who would be willing to take such a big risk with him?

Most of the people of the Southern Heaven Kingdom just wanted a safe place to settle down in the cave, and they weren't really selling themselves to Huang Tianming. No one would be willing to die for the Southern Heaven Kingdom.

"Clarify what? Your Majesty, this is our lifelong wish. Have you forgotten how the Heavenly Army treated us? Don't you want to avenge this?" Chen Guan said in a deep voice.

"Of course I want to, but I'm afraid that all the people from our Southern Heaven Kingdom will run away." Huang Tianming was extremely conflicted; he felt like his intestines were about to turn into nine turns.

"It's great that they escaped!" Chen Guan clapped his hands and laughed, as if he had heard some wonderful news.

Huang Tianming was stunned and looked at Chen Guan in confusion, asking, "What's so good about this? Everyone's run away, who's going to fight for us? We won't even have anyone to activate the city's defenses."

"Your Majesty," Chen Guan said, "I already said yesterday that the people have suffered under the ancestral court for too long. As long as you raise your voice, heroes from all over the world will surely respond in droves. Our Southern Heaven Kingdom is only so big. Where will you put so many heroes from all over the world when they come?"

"Will a lot of people come?" Huang Tianming thought this was completely unreliable.

"Of course, the entire Southern Heaven Kingdom will probably be unable to accommodate them all. You can't neglect those heroes, so you'll have to requisition houses. But I heard that your houses are all sold as permanent residency rights, right? If you want to requisition people's houses, can you do it without paying them?"

"Isn't this a golden opportunity? We just need to issue a decree that if anyone flees the Southern Heavenly Kingdom now and abandons their country, they will automatically give up their legal status and property in the Southern Heavenly Kingdom. All their properties will be directly confiscated by the national treasury. The more they leave, the more we will collect, and we won't have to spend a single penny. This is an incredible opportunity."

“That makes sense…” Huang Tianming thought about it and it seemed to make sense, but he immediately realized: “Grand Preceptor, everything you’ve said has a premise: someone has to come and join us. What if no one comes?”

“There will definitely be someone.” Chen Guan had just finished speaking when a guard came to report before Huang Tianming could say anything more.

"Your Majesty, someone has taken down the recruitment notice and wishes to meet with you," the guard reported.

"Someone has posted a notice seeking talent?" Huang Tianming looked at Chen Guan in disbelief.

"Your Majesty, why don't you quickly invite the heroes in? They've all come for you; don't let the heroes of the world be disappointed," Chen Guan said with a smile. "Quickly... quickly invite them over..." Although Huang Tianming still felt it was unreliable, and that it was probably just a handful of nobodys coming, he was still somewhat excited inside, and really felt like he was about to stir up a storm in the world.

Because the main gate was blocked, Huang Tianming specially ordered his personal guards to bring the visitors in from the back garden.

He straightened his clothes, sat in the pavilion, and maintained an upright posture with his chest out and head held high.

Chen Guan stood behind him, in a very good mood.

Soon, the guards brought the people over. There were three people in total: two men and one woman. The woman had a small, round face and looked cute and playful.

Of the two men, one was very handsome and refined, while the other looked quite mature, presumably the man and woman's father or elder.

“Greetings, Your Majesty! We have heard that Your Majesty, with your fearless spirit, has willingly taken the lead for the people, disregarding your own safety, in order to find a way for ordinary people to survive. We are deeply moved by Your Majesty's righteousness, and we, the three siblings, have come here to assist Your Majesty. If Your Majesty does not abandon us, we are willing to serve you with utmost loyalty…” Zhang Chunxiang immediately showered Huang Tianming with high praise.

"Could it really be as Chen Guan said, that the world has suffered under the ancestral court for too long, and that I have just arrived at the right time?" Huang Tianming's mouth was almost splitting open to the back of his head, but he still maintained a little clarity. He looked at the three of them, wanting to speak, but for a moment he didn't know what to say.

He was similar to Chen Guan; both were hands-off managers. He usually only dealt with problems by force, which he wasn't good at.

“The three of you are willing to risk your lives to help our king, which shows that you are heroes who care about the world and benevolent people who are willing to seek the welfare of all people. May I ask how you three heroes are addressed?” Chen Guan said from the side.

“My name is Zhang Chunxiang, and these are my younger brothers. His name is Zhang Chunman, and this is Zhang Huacai. We are all members of the Zhang family of Longhu Mountain…” Zhang Chunxiang introduced.

Huang Tianming initially thought there was nothing wrong with it, but he was still a little puzzled. Zhang Huacai looked as mature as their father, yet he was actually her younger brother. This was truly strange.

But upon hearing that they were from the Zhang family of Longhu Mountain, he immediately became restless, stood up, walked out of the stone pavilion, and grinned, saying, "Please, gentlemen, have a seat..."

Seeing this, Chen Guan's lips curled up slightly, knowing that this round should be in the bag.

The civil and military officials of the Southern Heavenly Kingdom waited until noon before Huang Tianming finally summoned them.

"Your Majesty, what's the matter with that proclamation to the world? It seems someone is trying to frame us, isn't it?" a minister asked anxiously.

"No, that is my proclamation to the world. The Heavenly Army has committed numerous evils, oppressed the good and wicked, and plunged the people into misery. This has been going on for a long time. How can I allow this traitor to continue to wreak havoc on the world? That is why I issued this proclamation to the world, to gather heroes from all over the land and discuss a plan to eliminate the traitor..." Huang Tianming's words left everyone dumbfounded.

"Your Majesty..."

"You need not say more. My mind is made up. I swear to never share the same sky with the Heavenly Army." Huang Tianming waved his hand, displaying an aura that seemed to stir up the winds and clouds of the world with the ease of a flick of his sleeve.

"It's over!" Everyone looked at Huang Tianming and felt that he must have gone mad, or that the imperial advisor had cast a curse on him.

(End of this chapter)