The Golden Elixir is A Star, and You Call This Cultivation?
Chapter 1234 - 528: Heaven’s Mandate Enhancement, Records of the ’Green Mountain Book’ _2

Chapter 1234: Chapter 528: Heaven’s Mandate Enhancement, Records of the ’Green Mountain Book’ _2

"Chudong, if we were just ordinary people... then it would be us who died," Qi Yuan said calmly.

A Judicator also spoke softly, "We came here without revealing our presence and were indistinguishable from ordinary people. Look at how they begged for help... Can you even question what’s on their minds?"

Miss Zhao and Elder Zhao turned pale, crying out "Injustice."

Liu Chudong hesitated for a moment.

"If Shen Lin were still here, then we’d know exactly what they’re thinking," Liu Chudong lamented.

Right now, all these words were purely subjective judgments.

Even if they seemed reasonable, they were still conjectures.

She had believed the words of Qi Yuan and the Judicator, but without hard evidence, she couldn’t get past the hurdle in her heart.

However, just as she finished speaking, a flash of light passed by.

The heads of Elder Zhao and Miss Zhao fell to the ground.

Both of their eyes still carried expressions of intense terror and disbelief.

Liu Chudong’s gaze sharply turned to Qi Yuan, her eyes showing disbelief: "You killed them?"

She was a bit stunned; wasn’t Qi Yuan someone who wouldn’t even kill an ant?

And now, he had killed two people?

"To a kind ant, I am gentle.

To the wicked, I never show mercy," Qi Yuan said with righteous conviction.

This demeanor gave off the impression that stray animals could be considered family.

Liu Chudong looked deeply at Qi Yuan, a slight discomfort emerging in her heart, but she took a deep breath and said, "Brother Qi, you were impulsive, you should have clarified things before killing."

But, now that they were dead, she didn’t hold onto it.

Still, the thought crossed her mind; was there something wrong with her teaching methods, had she turned the kind Qi Yuan into an extremist Qi Yuan?

...

Inside the Judgment base.

Chi Changle’s eyes held anger: "Nowadays in Dingbo State, a third of the misery is probably caused by the Blood Cloud Bandits."

Wang Keng nodded, "In this Dingbo State, who doesn’t know that behind the Blood Cloud Bandits is Blood Hand, is that King Dingyuan?"

Originally, Dingbo State, though not a place where doors remained unlocked at night and everyone had meat to eat,

bandits and robbers definitely didn’t dare to be as rampant as they are now.

King Dingyuan came to suppress the bandits, but who was he really suppressing if not the Liu Family?

"If I were the Liu Family head, I would send troops right now to exterminate the Blood Cloud Bandits!" Liu Chudong said, unable to contain her resentment.

Seeing this, Chi Changle shook his head, "The Court appointed King Dingyuan to suppress bandits, these bandits... apart from King Dingyuan... who would dare to suppress them?

Suppressing bandits? That’s opposing the Court!"

Hearing this, Wang Keng’s expression darkened: "Collusion between officials and bandits, but... every so often, the heads of bandits are presented as military merit."

Liu Chudong clenched her teeth even harder when mentioning this.

She had already heard about it.

The Blood Cloud Bandits committed arson, murder and looting, killing villagers and merchants, collecting their heads, and then delivering them to the generals under King Dingyuan.

"That’s enough; let’s not talk about these things, you’ve scared Brother Qi," Chi Changle said.

It was less about scaring Brother Qi and more about the fact that discussing it brought up frustrations they could not dispel, leaving no benefit at all.

After all, with the strength of Judgment as it stands, could they change the situation?

They could not.

"If Shen Lin were still here, with the crimes of the Blood Cloud Bandits and King Dingyuan, they would have faced the God of Judgment’s trial a hundred years ago!" Liu Chudong angrily said.

Qi Yuan casually said, "Without Shen Lin, there is still Judgment, and as long as everyone tries hard, the days will get brighter."

Meanwhile, inside the stronghold of the Blood Cloud Bandits.

A one-armed bandit knelt on the ground, his face showing fear, with beads of sweat the size of beans on his forehead.

"You didn’t bring the people?"

A young man with long hair spoke, standing quietly, fiddling with a delicate Bone Knife in his hands.

This Bone Knife, crafted from the bones of a beauty, was the young man’s proudest creation.

"Son... they were rescued by a group, among them, there were two Earth-level Army Commanders, I was no match!"

The one-armed bandit was prostrated on the ground.

The man before him was the adopted son of Supervisor Liu.

Even the leader of the Blood Cloud Bandits had to give him face.

He was just a minor leader; the other party could kill him if they wished.

"Was it General Li’s men, or who?" Liu Wen asked.

"I don’t know," the one-armed bandit shook his head.

A dangerous look flashed in Liu Wen’s eyes: "What use are you if you don’t know!"

The bone knife in his hand flew through the air, and the one-armed bandit clutched his throat, fresh blood streaming continuously. His breath gradually faded until it ceased.

The surrounding Soldier Commanders witnessed this indifferently, as if it were nothing out of the ordinary.

Liu Wen got up, pulled out the bone knife, and wiped off the fresh blood.

He turned to a burly man next to him, his voice calm, "Qiu Ba, how was the haul this time?"

A troubled look appeared on Qiu Ba’s face: "Young Master Liu, this time there were only three hundred... human heads."

"Human head" was a special term. Among the Blood Cloud Bandits and King Dingyuan’s army, it referred to a leader’s head, which could be exchanged for military exploits.

"Three hundred? That’s too few." Liu Wen’s gaze was deep, "In half a month, you take men to massacre Xiao Liang Village."

Qiu Ba’s expression changed slightly, "Xiao Liang Village is not far from General Li Zhao’s camp. If it’s slaughtered... it won’t look good for General Li Zhao."

"I want him to lose face, how dare he covet my woman!" Anger flashed in Liu Wen’s eyes. He seemed to be suffering from a violent temper as he kicked over a table with one foot.

However, the anger was fleeting, and Liu Wen’s eyes again showed a gentle smile: "I’m not inconsiderate. The heads from Xiao Liang Village, I’ll just gift them to Li Zhao for his military merits."

Qiu Ba broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing this.

These officials, how dark their hearts are.

"If we don’t give him a good hit, he’ll really think this world is one they, these Qiu Bas, fought and won? It was won by my ancestor!" Liu Wen said, impassioned.

...

"Only two strongholds have been discovered, efficiency is too slow."

Five days had passed, and Qi Yuan felt rather relaxed.

He had deployed drones to enter the mountains, and so far, they had discovered two strongholds of the Blood Cloud Bandits.

The main stronghold had yet to be found.

Otherwise, Qi Yuan would now be on his way to eradicate the bandits.

"It’s fine, let’s wait some more." Qi Yuan wasn’t in a rush.

His gaze fell on a string of copper coins on the table, and a strange look flashed in his eyes.

The copper coins were tainted with quite a bit of sweat and odor.

These coins were given to Qi Yuan by Wang Keng.

Today, while unloading goods at the dock, Wang Keng had accidentally bumped into a steward from a wealthy family.

The steward, accustomed to being arrogant and overbearing, threatened to drown Wang Keng in the sea.

At that moment, Qi Yuan secretly intervened to help Wang Keng, causing the steward to accidentally drown himself in the sea.

Wang Keng knew it was Qi Yuan who had helped him, so he took out all the silver coins he had saved to thank Qi Yuan.

These were all trivial matters.

What surprised Qi Yuan the most was that his faint Heaven’s Mandate had actually been enhanced because of this incident.

"Hey, do you know under what circumstances Heaven’s Mandate can be improved?" Qi Yuan took out the Divine Wood Order and asked the Thornblood staff again.

He felt as if the Thornblood staff were like an AI, ever ready to answer any question.

"My name contains the character ’wei,’ but it does not mean ’hey.’"

Hmm, to Qi Yuan, it seemed that Thornblood staff, when they had time, would pretend to be human and say things with emotional undertones.

However, after saying that, they still got to the point.

"Well... There are generally three reasons.

The first, you have devoured the Heaven’s Mandate of another Mandate Holder;

The second, you have obtained some special treasures.

And the third, you have altered the... original trajectory of someone’s destiny.

But not every alteration of someone’s destiny qualifies for your Heaven’s Mandate to be enhanced. Otherwise, all Mandate Holders in this world would just busy themselves altering others’ destinies, right?

Only certain special individuals and certain specific events will do."

Qi Yuan understood upon hearing this.

These special individuals, these events, were the ones that would be recorded in history textbooks, the ones tested in exams.

Could it be, he had saved Wang Keng and altered his destiny?

"How special?" However, Qi Yuan still asked.

"Any event that can be documented in the ’Green Mountain Book’ is considered special."

"Wait, what do you mean?" At this moment, Ji Wuyun, who was diving, voiced her doubts.

She had a hundred thousand whys in her heart.

The "Green Mountain Book" recorded some special events, and altering them could enhance Heaven’s Mandate?

So, these special events... were they yet to occur?

Only those that were yet to occur, that were about to occur... could be changed, right?

But how could the "Green Mountain Book" record things of the future?

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