Chapter 820: Seeing the Dragon Unarmored
Chapter 820: Seeing the Dragon Unarmored
When Wen Rui returned triumphantly, all the immortals came to welcome him. It was not because Wen Rui was so famous or loved by the immortals.
This is actually a tradition of the Heavenly Court. In the later stories of Journey to the West, whenever a small victory was achieved, such as wiping out a bandit force composed of monkeys from the lower world like the Flower-Fruit Mountain, the Heavenly Court would be eager to hold a Heavenly Peace Conference, gathering all the immortals to sing and dance and celebrate with great fanfare.
This kind of celebration, which is loved by all the immortals, has become an unwritten custom. In addition, this time they can get first-hand information from the tablet computer, which makes it so grand.
According to custom, when the heavenly army returned victoriously, they would enter the Heavenly Palace from the South Gate of Heaven and go to the square outside the Lingxiao Palace to receive the inspection and rewards from the Jade Emperor.
Wen Rui didn't want to be so high-profile, but he couldn't resist the instigation of Wude Star Lord and the agitation of a group of Doufu and Leibu generals, so he had to obey the will of the army and lead the generals through the Tianjie Imperial Road to the Lingxiao Palace.
However, before they had reached halfway, they saw a group of people and horses coming to greet them in the Tianjie ahead. The most eye-catching thing was a magnificent and golden carriage.
The entire body of the chariot was made of Xuanji jade and decorated with purple gold. It was octagonal in shape and covered with a double-layered nine-tasseled canopy. The tassels were decorated with luminous pearls and star-shaped jade, which sparkled like a galaxy as the chariot moved.
The chariot was driven by nine dragons, each with jade horns on its head, eyes containing the spirit of the sun and the moon, mouths spewing black mist, bodies covered with scales that looked like gilded gold, and tails sweeping up the stardust of the Milky Way.
On the chariot, the Jade Emperor stood tall with his head raised. When he saw Wen Rui walking towards him, he smiled before saying a word, as if he had seen a relative or loved one. He quickly got off the chariot and took two steps at a time to meet Wen Rui.
"My dear, I am glad to finally see you. I have been waiting anxiously for you. This battle has greatly crushed the arrogance of the demons. It is all thanks to the planning and courage of the Heavenly Lord. I am very relieved and can sleep peacefully now!"
The attentive tone of his voice made it seem as if he and Wen Rui were so close that they were like one brooding pair.
Wen Rui hurriedly bowed his hands in thanks, tears in his eyes as he said, "Your Majesty, you humble me! The victory report from the border is not my own doing, it is the power of heaven! When I was enthroned, Your Majesty bestowed upon me the divine authority of 'creating' and 'eliminating demons', and the power of 'making decisions based on opportunities'. I will never forget such trust. Today, we have defeated 1 billion enemies, all because the soldiers regard Your Majesty as their parents and are willing to fight for you till death."
This is a heartwarming scene of harmony between the monarch and his subjects. If you don't know, you might think Wen Rui is very loyal to the monarch and loves God.
"Come, come, my dear, please get on the Jade Chariot and ride with me to share the congratulations of the immortals!"
The Jade Emperor smiled brightly and pulled Wen Rui toward the nine-dragon chariot, trying his best to demonstrate the demeanor of a wise monarch who regarded his subjects as friends, treated them with an open mind and showed great courtesy.
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty, but I dare not overstep my bounds. I will just lead the dragon in front of Your Majesty's carriage."
Wen Rui hurriedly and firmly refused. Although the Jade Emperor's ancient divine body was strong, it was far from a match for Wen Rui's cybernetic biochemical demon body, and he could not pull Wen Rui at all.
Wen Rui didn't want to be roasted on the fire, so he hurried to the front of the carriage, held the reins of the dragon, and showed a loyal minister and a good general who was willing to serve the emperor loyally.
It's not that Wen Rui is not arrogant. He got the title by having the body of a biochemical demon in an improper way. Now he seems to be glamorous and famous, but in fact, his crotch is not clean and has a serious stain that cannot be concealed.
God knows that this is not the Jade Emperor's strategy of praising to death. The higher you are praised now, the harder you will fall in the future. It is better to be low-key in life and high-key in work. Before solving the problem of infinite lifespan of the human body of biochemical cyber monsters, it is safer to keep a low profile.
The Jade Emperor was a little confused by Wen Rui's submissive behavior. In the Jade Emperor's mind, if he were to pick out the three most arrogant ones among all the immortals in heaven, Wen Rui would definitely be on the list.
Yang Jian, Nezha, and Wen Rui, in no particular order.
After being forced to confer the title of Venerable on Wen Rui, the Jade Emperor had already prepared himself mentally to be a weak emperor and be bullied by powerful ministers. He even secretly arranged for craftsmen to build a smaller throne, preparing to grant Wen Tianzun the privilege and honor of "wearing a sword and shoes when attending court, and not bowing to the emperor when meeting him."
There is no way. Now that the treacherous minister has become powerful, the Jade Emperor has no power to resist at all, relying on only a few loyal (incompetent) immortals around him who want to kill the villain but are unable to save the situation.
Privately, the Jade Emperor even found Taishang Laojun, wanting to ask Laojun to help him suppress Wen Rui, but Laojun sternly refused and would never interfere in the internal affairs of Heaven.
The reasons given were very sufficient. If Laojun attacked Wen Rui, a junior from Jiejiao, not only would he lose his status as a saint, but Tongtian would never sit idly by.
If the two saints had a conflict in heaven and started fighting, most of the heaven would be reduced to dust. If the lawsuit was brought to Hongjun Daozu, Taishang Laojun, who took the initiative to bully the weak, would not be in the right. If he angered Daozu and activated the Immortal Killing Pill that was given to the two saints during the Conferred God Tribulation, Laojun would be skinned alive even if he didn't die.
I thought it was a brilliant move to grant Wen Rui a high position and generous salary, and trick him into fighting Taoist Mosquito to the death, preferably with both of them dying, to restore peace to the Three Realms.
As it turned out, Wen Rui was really decisive and efficient, with an excessively strong execution ability, which was completely different from the slow-paced and lazy style of the immortals in heaven. He was canonized on the same day and led his troops to war the next day, returning triumphantly in less than half a month.
With two hundred thousand troops, they killed one billion demon mosquitoes in the battle with zero casualties.
When this tremendous military achievement was placed on the Jade Emperor's desk, he couldn't believe it at first.
Even if there were a billion pigs, it would take more than half a month to slaughter them all!
But they have pictures and the truth, and along with the victory report, there is also video footage recorded by battlefield recorders.
This material was simultaneously broadcast on the tablet computer’s live broadcast platform, and the wonderful scenes were edited to create a collection of wonderful moments.
When the Jade Emperor saw the scene where the blood claw broke the Buddha's palm but was then crushed by Wen Rui's thundering silver hand, he completely lost his temper. He was prepared to be humiliated and ridiculed at the triumphal ceremony, and ordered his people to show the highest standards to welcome Wen Tianzun's triumphant return.
But I never thought that since Wen Tianzun was conferred the title of Tianzun, he has become much calmer and more stable. He responds appropriately and knows when to advance and retreat, and he has not shown any arrogance.
Although Wen Rui had clearly given the Jade Emperor enough face, the Jade Emperor sighed secretly after sitting back on the jade chariot.
The opponent was neither arrogant when he won nor discouraged when he lost, and he really didn't reveal any flaws. Not only did he have powerful magic and martial arts, he was also a master at playing politics. He was really difficult to deal with.
The Heavenly Army was lined up in the square outside the Lingxiao Palace. The Jade Emperor, accompanied by Wen Rui, walked up to the platform to review the generals' orders. Looking around, the Heavenly Army was in great order. Even a layman in military affairs could tell that this was a powerful army.
Just from their temperament and appearance, it can be seen that they are thousands of times stronger than the 100,000 heavenly soldiers who returned to the court for review after Li Jing successfully conquered the strongholds of some mortal demon kings.
They are indeed a group of arrogant and brave generals. With such a strong army, sweeping across the three realms will be a piece of cake.
The soldiers were all wearing thick nano-Iron Man silver armor, which gleamed silver under the sunlight, and looked more majestic and powerful than the previous flashy and inferior standard fairy armor of the Heavenly Army.
"The soldiers have returned victoriously. Why should they wear heavy armor to add to their burden? It is better to take off the armor quickly and accept the award in light clothes."
In order to show his tolerance and love for his soldiers, the Jade Emperor gave the instructions kindly.
However, the 200,000 soldiers in the army seemed to have heard nothing, as if they had not heard the Jade Emperor's instructions at all.
Seeing the Jade Emperor's face turning pale, Wen Rui hurriedly explained with a smile: "Your Majesty, please don't blame me. The soldiers are just used to not daring to move without orders from the general."
After explaining, he sternly scolded: "Didn't you hear His Majesty's order? Take off your armor immediately!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Iron Man armor on the heavenly soldier's body automatically decomposed and turned into nano dust and dissipated. It was so powerful that it could not stop him.
The Jade Emperor raised his lips awkwardly, trying to force a smile, and praised: "Wen Tianzun really has a good way of managing the army..."
(End of this chapter)