Nangong Weiyang was stunned, puzzled, and asked, "Your servant is dull and hasn't understood Your Majesty's meaning. Would Your Majesty please clarify?"

Gu Zhan said, "It's just as it sounds. I will fight at the front. You don't need to hurry, just follow slowly. Also, if you can't find me, don't panic. If you can't find my whereabouts, it means I've already gone to some other country to fight. You don't have to worry about which one to attack, just attack any you wish. Rest assured, you certainly can't fight faster than I can."

Nangong Weiyang: "..."

For some reason, it always seemed very strange, but she couldn't quite pinpoint what was wrong. It always seemed to be this way,

But why did national warfare feel so trivial?

Before Nangong Weiyang could react, Gu Zhan had already disappeared from the central army camp tent.

For a long while,

Nangong Weiyang let out a long sigh, glanced at the map in the tent, and then at the tense deployments of the past days, suddenly feeling it was all unnecessary,

This war is truly bizarre,

It's clearly a national war, yet it resembles a fight among insignificant little groups, with a competent fighter in front and a group of small lackeys waving flags and shouting from behind,

Yes, they were those little lackeys among the civil and military officials!

...

In the winter of the second year of Tianqi, the nations of Wu and Jin initiated a national war,

However, this mighty national war, apart from the initial siege battle, later developments left the world feeling it was absurd and confusing.

At the beginning of October,

Shangyong City of Jin was breached by Wu Dynasty, and the Martial Emperor Gu Zhan encountered an assassination attempt. From there, the course of the national war went astray,

Starting mid-October,

The Martial Emperor Gu Zhan frequently appeared all over Jin, always alone, single-handedly breaking through cities. In less than half a month, he entered the Jin Imperial Palace by himself, and directly hung the head of the Jin Emperor on the gates of the Jin Capital City, leading to the immediate downfall of Jin.

Yet at that time, Wu's grand army was still hastening at the borders of Jin,

The situation was extremely strange.

This directly caused an uproar,

Amid discussions across the world, Gu Zhan, the focal point of the storm, had already arrived at the capital of the Song Kingdom nearest to Jin.

...

The Song Kingdom was originally just a medium-sized nation, far inferior compared to the Xia Kingdom, Southern Jin, and Beiwei, yet stronger than most other countries.

However, since the descent of the Immortal Sect, Song became one of the most tragic states among all nations. The entire Imperial City was sacrificed by an evil cultivator of the Golden Core Realm, causing the entire Royal Family, including tens of thousands of Imperial Guards and Imperial City servants, to become wraiths overnight.

This incident in the Song Kingdom was the largest tragedy in the Human World since the descent of the Immortal Sect. It directly led to the disintegration of Song.

But some time ago, after the Four Major Side Sects reshaped the Human World's structure, they reestablished one of the Eight Great Dynasties centered around Song's former capital city, retaining the name Song.

The current Royal Family of Song has nothing to do with the original Royal Family. It originated from a family within a top-tier sect called the Giant Sword Sect, a sect of extreme power, consisting of three Nascent Soul cultivators who jointly rule Song with two other Nascent Soul level sects.

Unlike Jin, governed equally by three great sects, in Song, the Giant Sword Sect dominates alone, and though there are three Nascent Soul level sects, the Giant Sword Sect's dominance forces the other two to establish their sects in Song obediently.

Now, the Capital City of Song is set in a city called Yongyu. To better control Song, the Giant Sword Sect established their sect location not far from Yongyu City. Recently, they are widely recruiting disciples, sparking a cultivation craze in Song, as the Giant Sword Sect selected many ordinary people with high-quality Spirit Roots, elevating many from the lowest rungs to top aristocracy overnight. Due to this trend, many have an upstart mentality, and the whole of Song is in disarray.

Gu Zhan arrived in Yongyu City, and within half a day, he personally witnessed numerous incidents of abducting women and murders on the streets. This happened in the Capital City under the Emperor's feet, with constables and government officials everywhere, yet no one intervened, simply because the lawbreakers were newly risen cultivation families, often mere upstarts whose members luckily joined the Giant Sword Sect, so even the Government Office dared not manage these people.

At the gates of the Imperial City, many ordinary people knelt and cried grievances, but were mercilessly driven away by the Imperial Guard. Some were directly killed on the spot amidst the chaos for merely colliding with the Imperial Guard. Some people, pushed to despair, directly died by crashing at the gates of the Imperial City.

Observing these various states of life,

Gu Zhan showed no emotion and walked straight into the Imperial City,

Amidst the guards of numerous Imperial Guards,

He boldly and openly walked into the Imperial City without anyone noticing, not causing any disturbance, as if no one could see him.

Inside the Imperial Palace,

In a grand hall.

Emperor Song was sitting on the dragon throne browsing through portraits of young women.

This Emperor of Song appeared to be a cultivator in his twenties, originally a representative figure of the younger generation from the Giant Sword Sect, selected by its high-ranking members to be the first Emperor of the new Song Kingdom.

Currently, the first Emperors of these Eight Great Dynasties and Four Immortal Dynasties are mostly cultivators due to the need for rapid stabilization in the present situation, but according to the Four Major Side Sects, the second Emperor can only be a mortal, not a cultivator.

Gu Zhan could understand this requirement.

Because of human nature,

No matter who, once atop the throne, becoming the most honored in the world, even if from an Immortal Sect, over time, they would develop other thoughts, unwilling to accept a Supreme Emperor above them.

Thus, to prevent situations that escape the Immortal Sect's control, the Emperor, this exalted position, must not wield extraordinary power, and must be mortal, as only mortals without powers would not conceive thoughts of resistance against the Immortal Sect.

Therefore, the first task of this new Emperor Song after ascending the throne was to produce offspring, intending to select one without cultivation aptitude to succeed as the second Emperor.

In the hall, Emperor Song browsed portraits of ladies one by one, casually pointing to a woman of exceptional beauty, saying, "She will attend to me tonight."

A servant hurriedly took the portrait and left the hall to arrange for the night.

At this time, another servant said softly, "Senior Brother...um, Your Majesty, there have been many murders in the city recently, and many ordinary people are crying grievances at the gates of the Imperial City. Some even died directly there, causing such a stir, should we exercise some restraint..."

Emperor Song glanced at the servant and said, "Restrain what? What's there to restrain? They're just some mortals. Do you want me to restrain cultivators for the sake of some lowly mortals?

Just like this, cultivators are naturally noble, and the reason those mortals are still causing trouble is that they haven't realized their place. Once they understand what superiority means, they won't cause trouble anymore—just some lowly mortals, ignore them!"

The servant was taken aback and said, "But if this continues, it will be hard to stabilize the country quickly."

"Ha," Emperor Song snorted coldly, "It's okay. Once those mortals recognize the nobility of cultivators from deep within their souls, the order of this country will be established. This is the essence of this world; only a small portion who wield power can set the rules. They are inherently noble, and they have the right to control the life and death and fate of the weaker..."

At this moment,

An indifferent voice suddenly reached Emperor Song's ears, "So, that means your life and fate should also be controlled by me?"

Emperor Song was suddenly alarmed and turned sharply to see a young man in a black Emperor's robe beside him, muscular and imposing, with a cold expression full of pressure,

Upon clearly seeing the young man's face, his heart suddenly contracted, and he shouted in horror, "Gu...Gu Zhan!"

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