Chapter 1170: Soul Soaring in the Heavens
A colossal Heavenly Lord, about the height of a soy sauce bottle in the real world, descended outside Hanzhong Prefecture.
He stood right beside the city walls of Hanzhong Prefecture, gazing down upon the over seventy thousand marauders below.
It turned out that Li Daoxuan's field of view had just expanded to Hanzhong Prefecture.
Perhaps the people of Sichuan had been saved, or those on Pi Island, or perhaps somewhere else he didn't even know. The Salvation Index had been quietly rising, and now his field of view had finally encompassed Hanzhong.
So, Li Daoxuan decided to bring out the silicone figure Cai Xinzhi had custom-made for him, affixing his own face to it. It was identical to the large silicone figure he had placed in Jishan County back then, only this one was even larger.
Li Daoxuan didn't particularly enjoy deploying his giant models just to intimidate the common folk, but this situation was different.
The main forces of the Rebel King had been captured, and among them were countless ferocious bandit chiefs. Many hardened brigands had been rebelling for ten years, repeatedly pacified only to rise up again, long since having become cunning veterans.
For these wily individuals, even the best benefits wouldn't guarantee their sincere commitment to Labor Reform. They might feign acceptance, only to kill their militia guards and escape to rebel once more the moment vigilance lapsed.
This was because what they sought was no longer a stable life, but rather to contend for supremacy over the land, believing, "Who says kings, nobles, generals, and ministers are born to rule?"
Therefore, Li Daoxuan decided to unleash his ultimate move...
The moment he appeared, the tens of thousands of militiamen erupted with excitement, their cheers rising and falling.
"The Heavenly Lord!"
"The Heavenly Lord is here."
"The Heavenly Lord is mighty and majestic!"
"Actually, the Heavenly Lord must have used a shrinking spell, right? The true Heavenly Lord must be even larger."
In stark contrast to the ecstatic militiamen, the over seventy thousand marauders instantly stiffened with terror, unable to move a muscle.
Man Tianxing, who had just been so arrogant, now looked ashen, his lips trembling. He gazed up at the giant's majestic face, unable to utter a single word for a long time.
Just as dumbfounded as he was, were Prince Rui, Zhu Changhao, and Hanzhong Regional Commander Zhao Guangyuan. Only the Prefect of Hanzhong, who had some prior knowledge of the events in Xi'an, appeared slightly better, muttering quietly, "So the Heavenly Lord is real, he truly is real..."
Li Daoxuan looked down at Prince Rui first: "Just now, were you mocking Sun Chuanting?"
The Prince's entire body trembled violently...
Trembling, trembling, trembling...
Shaking and quaking!
No, the trembling wouldn't stop.
His confidant eunuch quickly nudged him: "Your Highness, answer quickly! If you answer too slowly, he'll blame us for disrespect... then we're finished..."
The Prince snapped awake, suddenly remembering that a deity was speaking to him. Only focusing on trembling and not answering, that too was a grave act of disrespect.
He quickly spoke: "This Prince... this humble Prince... this... this lowly one... was wrong... this lowly one will never dare to mock Senior Official Sun again, have mercy, great deity..."
Sun Chuanting chuckled in admonishment: "What 'great deity'? His venerable title is Dao Xuan Tian Zun."
The Prince quickly corrected himself: "Forgive me, Heavenly Lord."
Li Daoxuan finally turned his gaze away and looked down at Man Tianxing again.
Man Tianxing's current state was no better than Prince Rui's; his whole body was also shaking violently, trembling and quaking...
Li Daoxuan spoke: "State your name."
Man Tianxing stammered and stumbled out: "Man... Man... Tianxing..."
Li Daoxuan: "You seem quite displeased with this road construction matter?"
Man Tianxing immediately dropped to his knees with a thud: "No... I wouldn't dare..."
Li Daoxuan: "It seemed to me you were quite daring..."
After finishing this sentence, he paused for a few seconds. He had, in fact, switched out of the diorama box and returned to his original body. He typed "Man Tianxing" into a search engine on his computer and pressed Enter. The man's information instantly popped up.
After a quick scan of the information, Li Daoxuan switched back to the diorama box and said in a stern voice: "Man Tianxing, you once accepted Yang He's pacification, but after taking the silver and oxen he gave you, instead of settling down to farm, you rebelled again... This time, Sun Chuanting arranged for you to build roads, and you also harbored ill intentions. Were you planning to seize an opportunity when the guards were lax and rebel once more?"
These words instantly terrified Man Tianxing.
Because Li Daoxuan had truly hit upon his innermost thoughts!
"As expected of a deity," he thought, "he even knows what I'm thinking."
Man Tianxing was so terrified that his soul almost separated from his body. He prostrated himself on the ground with a thud, not caring about the dirt and grime on his face, and quickly said: "This lowly one dares not, this lowly one dares not... My filthy thoughts are a mere jest before the Heavenly Lord. This lowly one will never dare to harbor such foolish thoughts again. Now, all I want to do is build roads... I'll build them immediately, I'll go now..."
Li Daoxuan raised his foot and stomped it down forcefully.
"Boom!"
The foot stomped about three meters in front of Man Tianxing. With a deafening roar, Man Tianxing felt the earth itself tremble. If he hadn't been prone on the ground, with a low center of gravity, he surely would have lost his balance and been knocked over.
Terrified beyond measure!
This truly scared him beyond words. Snot and tears streamed down his face as he cried out: "Have mercy, Heavenly Lord!"
Li Daoxuan: "Undergo labor reform properly, diligently reform, and strive to cleanse your sins as soon as possible..."
"This lowly one understands, this lowly one understands... From now on, this lowly one will not harbor even a shred of disloyalty..."
Man Tianxing cried out for a while.
Li Daoxuan finally withdrew his foot and said: "I will now go and sit on top of Mingyue Gorge to watch you work..."
Having said that, he took massive strides toward the Mingyue Gorge plank road.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Each step shook the earth and mountains, each stride covering tens of meters. Soon, the colossal Li Daoxuan vanished from everyone's sight.
For a long time, no one spoke...
After an unknown period, Sun Chuanting finally broke the silence: "The Heavenly Lord has now gone to Mingyue Gorge. He will sit on the peak of Mingyue Gorge, observing your labor reform. If any of you harbor any devious thoughts or schemes, I advise you to take your own lives now, so you can at least keep your bodies whole. Otherwise, if that venerable one crushes you with a single foot, you won't even have a human form left."
After that terrifying encounter, the souls of the seventy thousand-plus captives were still soaring in the heavens. Who would dare to entertain any devious thoughts or schemes now?
All of them knelt properly and obediently accepted their orders.
Now, the tens of thousands of militiamen guarding them could also be relieved. They no longer needed to intensely monitor them, fearing another sudden uprising.
Sun Chuanting waved his hand decisively, and a large quantity of supplies was transported from Xi'an.
Gao Family Village only needed a small number of militiamen to escort the seventy thousand-plus marauders and distribute their supplies. Each person, full and satisfied, took their necessary tools and provisions, and re-entered the mountains to cut roads, build bridges over water...
From where they were working, they could look up and see a colossal giant sitting on the peak of Mingyue Gorge. He scrutinized all beings with his majestic eyes.
Under the gaze of those eyes, the labor reform convicts dared not harbor any disloyal thoughts, diligently and carefully working.
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