Chapter 349: All the greed at noon, because sooner or later the truth will be revealed

There is no knowing of the years in heaven, and time passes by unknowingly.

In a blink of an eye, twelve years passed by, and another small court meeting in heaven was held as scheduled.

In the Lingxiao Palace, the Jade Emperor sat on the throne, auspicious clouds gathered, and the immortals gathered.

This was also the first time that Wen Rui attended a court meeting after ascending to heaven, but he did not feel any novelty or curiosity, after all, he had attended similar occasions many times five hundred years ago.

According to official rank, Wen Rui was in the same group as the Four Great Emperors, the Five Directions Emperors, and the Five Mountains Emperors, but due to his shallow qualifications and insufficient attainments, he was ranked last.

The four great emperors are the North Pole Ziwei Emperor, the South Pole Changsheng Emperor, the Gou Chen Shanggong Tianhuang Emperor, and the Earth Emperor who follows the will of heaven.

The five emperors are the Green Emperor of the East, the Red Emperor of the South, the Yellow Emperor of the Center, the White Emperor of the West, and the Black Emperor of the North.

The Five Great Emperors of Yue are Emperor Huang Feihu of Dongyue, Emperor Chong Heihu of Nanyue, Emperor Wen Pin of Zhongyue, Emperor Jiang Xiong of Xiyue and Emperor Cui Ying of Beiyue.

The emperors of the Four Poles and Five Directions are all veterans, having ascended to the throne of gods before the great calamity of the Conferred Gods. Therefore, although they are of the same rank of great emperors, their actual status is above all other gods.

The Five Great Emperors have similar qualifications as Emperor Wen, but he ascended to heaven and was conferred the title five hundred years earlier than Wen Rui, so naturally his status is much higher than Wen Rui.

Being listed in the class of great emperors, it was difficult for Wen Rui not to be low-key and humble, but he pretended to be a gentleman and put on an expressionless poker face.

All the immortals gathered together, the auspicious time had arrived, the Jade Emperor nodded slightly, and Taibai Jinxing stepped forward to preside over the meeting.

The first procedure of this small court meeting of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches is for Yin Jiao, the Lord of the Year in the Tai Sui Department, to come forward and report the sins of the human world over the past twelve years.

To put it simply, we need to make an annual summary report first.

In Yin Jiao's report, the past twelve years can be described as a time of peace under heaven, tranquility among people, the demons have ceased their operations, and the rivers and seas have been calm. The situation is not just good, but very good.

There are no major wars between the princes in the human world, there are very few tragedies caused by monsters invading humans, and the demons in the earth realm do not cross the border to harass people.

These are the best twelve years in this sixty-year cycle, and may even be the best twelve years in the five hundred years since the catastrophe.

Upon hearing that the human world and the underworld had been peaceful and worry-free for the past twelve years, the Jade Emperor stroked his beard and smiled, feeling quite satisfied.

The immortals were also very supportive. Except for the big guys above the rank of Great Emperor and Heavenly Venerable, all the Heavenly Sovereigns, Star Sovereigns, Heavenly Kings, and Heavenly Masters praised the merits of the Jade Emperor and congratulated him.

Wen Rui secretly rolled his eyes in the audience. The human world and the earthly world have been so peaceful in recent years only because he, Emperor Wen, was trapped in the heavenly world and had no chance to cause trouble.

To be frank, whether the three realms are in chaos or not depends on Wen Rui.

He wanted to cause chaos among the princes of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and all he had to do was to instruct the Chamber of Commerce to wholesale some chariots and horses at a low price.

If you want the demons to wreak havoc on the world, all you have to do is stop their blood and food supply.

The conflicts between the sea tribe and the various land tribes have also been greatly reduced because the Chamber of Commerce has opened up sea and land trade routes. Isn't it a peaceful and prosperous life?

In fact, natural disasters in the human world have not decreased at all in recent years, but due to the Chamber of Commerce's supermodel logistics and transportation capabilities, the impact of man-made disasters after natural disasters has been greatly reduced in disguise. Even if natural disasters occur, the collateral damage of famine and plague can be effectively suppressed.

The shared territory between the demon race and the human race of the Jinling Immortal Sect has also been expanding in recent years. The territories outside the Great Wall that Marquis Qin obtained during his conquest of the Quanrong were traded to Lord Wen through the Chamber of Commerce. The grasslands outside the Great Wall have now been developed into a land of fish and rice.

Many disaster victims and refugees in the Central Plains could not survive and were forced to flee to the outer frontiers, and voluntarily became naturalized citizens of Wenrui. With this support, the number of people who died from disasters and wars decreased sharply, and the resentment of the world and the calamity of heaven were greatly resolved.

However, when the gods met the court in heaven, they took credit for the achievements and thought that it was their blessings that allowed the creatures in the human world to enjoy twelve years of peace.

Wen Rui did not care about this. His goal was to quietly spread the knowledge of Jiejiao and continue to increase Jiejiao's influence on the mortal world.

When all mortals understand that the knowledge of Jiejiao is the key to controlling their own destiny, even if they do not have immortal power or divine power, as long as they unite, they can conquer nature and change the world. Then we will see how the gods will flatter themselves.

After the Tai Sui Department finished its report, the Heavenly Kings guarding the four Heavenly Gates in the southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest came out one after another. These four Heavenly Kings reported on the climate conditions in the human world over the past twelve years.

The report of the Four Heavenly Kings can be summed up in four words: "good weather and good harvests."

Normally, this link should be reported by the Thunder Department and the Water Department, as these two departments are the real technical departments.

Only by providing specific data on how many times it rained in the mortal world, how many millimeters of precipitation there were in different places, and what the water levels of rivers and oceans were, can we truly reflect the impact of climate on the human world.

But the Jade Emperor was not willing to listen to lengthy technical reports. Instead, he believed the Four Heavenly Kings' flowery congratulatory messages that only reported good news and not bad news.

In terms of authority, there is really no problem with the Four Heavenly Kings reporting in this link, as their duties are exactly "wind, harmony, rain, and smoothness."

Wen Rui knew very well in his heart that in the past twelve years, not to mention the three realms, even the southern continent of Jambu was far from having good weather and harvests. Droughts, floods, and geological disasters almost never stopped.

Human beings have been living with natural disasters since their birth. If there were no threat of natural disasters, no one would place their illusory hopes on God and pray for God's protection.

From the perspective of gods, they will not allow the human world to be free of disasters. Otherwise, the number of incense burners will decrease and the number of people who believe in gods will decrease.

The court meeting process was long and boring. It seemed harmonious and full of flowers, but in fact it was all hypocritical flattery. Wen Rui had no interest and just wanted to get through it quickly so that he could go back and continue studying the large-scale production process of fairy-level nano units.

The power of nanorobots is positively correlated with their number; the more there are, the more powerful they are.

The impact that a nanounit, even a fairy-level nanounit, can have on the macroscopic world is infinitely close to zero.

But if the world is covered with nano units, it means controlling the world. A snap of the fingers can set off a nano storm and completely destroy the material world.

Wenrui's current research and development progress is to complete the development of fairy-level nano units and the manufacture of a small number of prototypes, but has not yet achieved mass production in a large-scale nano unit fully automatic manufacturing plant like the mortal world.

The immortal-grade nano units produced in the laboratory are of extremely high cost and low production volume. The total amount accumulated so far can only be used to transform into weapons for self-defense, and cannot even be assembled into a set of immortal-grade Iron Man nano armor.

Wen Rui was distracted and didn't know how many court procedures he had gone through, but he heard the Jade Emperor say: "My fellow immortals, we are now going to the last item of the court. If you have something to report, please report it. If not, please retreat."

Delighted, thinking that he had finally gotten through the boring court meeting, Wen Rui was waiting for the Jade Emperor to announce the end of the meeting, when he saw two immortal officials walking out of the Ministry of Finance.

"Your Highness, Xiao Sheng, the Lord of Zhaobao, and Cao Bao, the Lord of Nazhen, have submitted a petition to the court."

The two Heavenly Lords said in unison, "I have heard that there is something wrong with the inventory in the Tiangongjian warehouse. I have secretly investigated and found that a large amount of rare divine gold, celestial gems, five-element jade, and top-grade fairy jade have disappeared, and there is no record of them in the warehouse account."

At this point, the two immortals cast their eyes towards the end of the Great Emperor Immortal Class, and said in unison again: "I suspect that the Great Emperor Jie Tian, Wen Rui, who is in charge of the Heavenly Works Supervisor, has embezzled, abused the law, emptied the treasury, and enriched himself!"

(End of this chapter)

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