strictlysupreme Chapter 15: Ancestral Court Dispute, the Last Surviving Descendants of the Sun God Cult
Chapter 15: Ancestral Court Dispute, the Last Surviving Descendants of the Sun God Cult
Just after Meng Chen finished the pilgrimage of a group of powerful beings from the prehistoric world, the ancestral court was in an uproar.
"Twelve supreme dragon veins, one immortal herb, three Nine-Turn Golden Pills, and a bottle of Nine-Turn Immortal Elixir! Ao Luo, you dare to agree to all of this?!"
The patriarchs of all the immortal families in the ancestral court gathered together, and they were all shocked by Meng Chen's conditions. What shocked them even more was that the patriarch of the Ao family actually agreed!
That old woman is even worse than Empress Dowager Cixi!
The Ao family patriarch looked embarrassed. In addition to those conditions, his Ao family also had to pay two immortality pills, 500,000 catties of divine source, and nine golden dragons.
"No, absolutely not! If we agree to these conditions, what prestige will our ancestral court retain? What face will we have left to stand in the universe!"
The patriarch of the Changsheng Chu family angrily declared that he would absolutely not agree to Emperor Chentian's conditions.
The patriarch of the Changsheng Mu family beside him nodded in agreement, his face showing disdain, not taking the current emperor seriously at all.
"That's right! So what if he's an emperor? Our ancestral court has its own. This mere contemporary emperor dares to negotiate with us? He's overestimating himself!"
Upon hearing this, the Ao family patriarch, already feeling aggrieved, became enraged and unleashed a torrent of abuse at the Mu family patriarch.
"Heh... All you do is talk big. Since you all look down on that Emperor Chen Tian so much, why don't you go and guard the Imperial Pass yourselves?"
"Mu Tianqiong, don't forget that the reason why Emperor Chentian is targeting the Ancestral Court is because that brat from your Mu family was too arrogant and angered Emperor Chentian. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many problems."
"In my opinion, your Mu family should contribute three of these twelve dragon veins!"
The Ao family patriarch directly shifted the blame to the Mu family patriarch, because the arrogant ancestral court envoy who had previously delivered the imperial decree to Meng Chen was none other than the young master of the Mu family.
The Mu family patriarch was instantly furious. The one who was killed was his most beloved great-grandson. When he learned of the news, he wished he could awaken the Emperor Ancestor to settle scores with Meng Chen.
The other patriarchs of the longevity families nodded in agreement, agreeing with what the Ao family patriarch said.
The Imperial Pass is of paramount importance, blocking the Supreme Being from beyond the universe. If the Supreme Being from beyond the universe were to break into the pass, it would be a great disaster for the Ancestral Court.
The ancestral emperor is asleep, and only the current emperor is qualified to guard the Imperial Pass; even those who have achieved enlightenment through unconventional means are not allowed to do so.
Therefore, we must send Emperor Chentian to guard the Imperial Pass, even if it means agreeing to his conditions.
However, each company should contribute as little as possible, since these are all valuable assets.
"Ao Luo is right. If your Mu family’s brat hadn’t angered Emperor Chen Tian, why would we have to pay such a high price to have him guard the Imperial Pass? Your Mu family must provide three supreme dragon veins."
"I agree. My Lin family is willing to provide a Nine-Turn Golden Pill."
"In that case, my Wu family will produce an unparalleled dragon vein."
"Then my Cui family will contribute one-third of the Nine-Turn Immortal Elixir."
"My Lu family possesses an unparalleled dragon vein..."
The patriarchs of all the prominent families spoke up in unison, each contributing a portion of their resources to meet Meng Chen's demands.
By piecing things together, they managed to gather eight supreme dragon veins, three Nine-Turn Golden Pills, a bottle of Nine-Turn Immortal Elixir, and a seed of the Immortal Medicine.
The complete elixir of immortality is in the hands of the Emperor Ancestors. The elixir of immortality that the Li family obtained was only recently by chance.
Four more supreme dragon veins are still missing.
All the patriarchs turned to look at the Ao family patriarch and the Mu family patriarch simultaneously. The Ao family patriarch coughed twice and said righteously:
"Since I was the one who conducted this negotiation with Emperor Chentian, how about this: my Ao family will contribute two supreme dragon veins, and your Mu family will contribute two as well."
The Mu family patriarch's face turned pale and then purple, but he finally nodded helplessly and agreed.
As for the two Primordial Life Stones, none of the aristocratic patriarchs took them seriously, as any family could easily produce them, so the Mu family provided them instead.
When the Ao family patriarch saw that his family had lost one of its supreme dragon veins, his heartache lessened.
After their respective meetings ended, they all went to prepare the dragon vein, the golden elixir, and the immortal elixir.
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"The Sun God Cult... alas, things have changed..."
The golden-robed emperor strolled through the void, his eyes lowered, his gaze falling on the divine land shrouded in a blazing crimson sun, and he shook his head and sighed.
Once, what hung above the holy land was not the blazing sun, but a magnificent sun that shone upon the religion.
Now the Sun God Cult has been infiltrated, its practices have been replaced, its doctrines have been modified, and even that great sun has become a blazing sun. The Sun God Cult exists in name only!
A hint of sadness flickered in Emperor Meng Chen's eyes.
When his master risked his life to send him away from the prehistoric world and into the universe through an abandoned star path, Meng Chen guessed that the Sun God Cult might be purged.
However, given his master's shrewdness, he would surely have left behind a contingency plan and a legacy.
Emperor Meng Chen's thoughts spread, searching for possible descendants of the Sun's lineage.
"You little bastards, hurry up or I'll skin you alive!"
Outside the divine land, on a miscellaneous peak, a plump-looking steward was wielding a whip, lashing a group of young men and women who were working.
They were all young and had little cultivation. They hadn't even completed the most basic body tempering. They were all emaciated and starved, their bodies covered in wounds and scabs.
Snapped! !
The foreman's whip lashed out at a thin girl, knocking her to the ground, her head bleeding profusely, and the firewood she was carrying scattered all over the ground.
"Little Xin'er!"
"Xiao Xin!"
"Xinmei!"
The other children gasped and turned to glare at the person in charge.
When the manager saw that they still dared to look at him like that, he felt offended, raised his whip high, and cursed angrily.
"A bunch of scumbags dare to look me in the eye? I'll beat you to death today!"
Before the words were finished, the steward lashed out with his whip, and the eldest boy among the children stepped forward, closing his eyes and standing in front of the steward.
However, the boy waited for a while, but the excruciating pain he had imagined did not come. Instead, he heard his companions' exclamations.
Yang Yao opened his eyes and saw an extremely majestic figure. A blazing sun floated behind him, slowly rotating and scattering boundless morning light, warm and pleasant, making them feel an unprecedented warmth.
The steward knelt on the ground, his whip lying on the floor, his obese body trembling, his pants soaked with urine.
Xiao Xin'er, who had been knocked to the ground, struggled to lift her head. The bloody gash on her forehead had healed completely. As she gazed at the magnificent figure that resembled a god, an idea popped into her mind.
"Is He a god...?"
Looking at the emaciated children, Meng Chen felt a pang of tenderness in his eyes. He could feel the blood of the sun flowing through their veins.
This is not a special constitution, but a kind of acquired holy blood derived from cultivating the Sun Immortal Scripture, which also means that these children are the true descendants of the Sun God Cult.
However, they were smeared as sinful blood, kept as slaves, and never had a chance to rise up.
Meng Chen waved his hand and killed the steward. The great demon that the children feared was thus eliminated. The children were astonished, and some of the older children even cried tears of joy.
"Waaaaah... Sister Shu, did you see that? The demon who tormented you is dead!"
"Brother Xi, the big fat pig is dead, waaaaah, you can rest in peace now, waaaaah!"
"Waaaaah..."