Chapter 1643
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Chapter 1643 The Power of “Holy Covenant”
The atmosphere in the great hall suddenly froze.
Huo Qubing stood in place with furrowed brows, looking at the pale-faced Cai Yuan, not knowing what to say.
“This matter… what do you think?” Emperor Wu of Han slowly opened his mouth.
Huo Qubing remained silent for a moment, then said, “I… am not familiar with celestial prophecies and dare not speak rashly.”
Astrology is ultimately just mysticism, its truth difficult to determine, but to speak of “great chaos will arise” and “all living beings will suffer within a day” before the current emperor could easily result in beheading!
It was clear that after two consecutive Imperial Astronomers died suddenly, Cai Yuan was truly panicked. At this moment, his fear of the red star and prophecy had completely overshadowed his reverence for the royal family.
“Recently, I have indeed received many memorials about evil spirits causing trouble, and have sent many people to provide disaster relief and drive away evil… However, our great Han is neither being invaded by foreign enemies to the point of national destruction, nor suffering from famine or drought. How could a mere red star in the sky cause all living beings to suffer within a single day?”
Emperor Wu’s voice was extremely deep.
“I… I…” Cai Yuan stood aside stammering for a long time, unable to form a complete sentence.
Emperor Wu stared at him for a long while, until cold sweat continuously seeped from Cai Yuan’s temples, before slowly speaking:
“Enough… you may leave now.”
“Yes!”
Cai Yuan felt as if granted amnesty, turning to leave. After just one step, his legs gave way. It was Huo Qubing’s quick reflexes that caught him. After repeatedly expressing his gratitude, Cai Yuan hurriedly fled from the hall.
Huo Qubing’s gaze returned from Cai Yuan’s retreating figure, and he turned to ask:
“Your Majesty… Official Cai was simply too frightened.”
“I certainly understand that. I am not an unreasonable, benighted ruler.” Emperor Wu waved his hand and sat down helplessly. “However, we still must guard against the danger of this red star… Are those thirty thousand troops still outside the city?”
“They are.”
“I will issue an edict immediately. Those thirty thousand troops, along with the Yulin Army within Chang’an, will all be under your command. You must guard all areas of Chang’an carefully. As for the other vassal states, I have already sent letters instructing them to be vigilant.”
“Yes!”
Just as Huo Qubing turned to leave, he suddenly seemed to remember something and spoke again:
“I have one more request…”
…
Chang’an, postal station.
Chloe hung her bamboo hat on the wall, turned to look at Lin Qiye, with several missionaries standing behind him, their eyes wide open, seemingly ready to throw this young man out of the room at any moment.
“Is it safe enough here?” Chloe slowly began, “Who exactly are you?”
“My name is Lin Qiye, I come from more than two thousand years in the future,” Lin Qiye went straight to the point. “The reason I came here should be related to you… no, to be precise, it’s related to your future self.”
Lin Qiye’s opening statement delivered a critical hit to the many missionaries behind him. They stared in shock, their faces full of disbelief.
“More than two thousand years in the future?” Chloe also frowned.
She lowered her head and paced around the room for a long time, as if contemplating something.
“Let me… let me see it again.”
“What?”
“Just your… your… oh, the place you just showed me!” Chloe’s cheeks flushed red as she spoke somewhat irritably.
Lin Qiye raised an eyebrow and naturally pulled down his collar, revealing the two [Sacred Covenants].
To be honest, the location of these two marks wasn’t that private… but judging from Chloe’s reaction, it was somewhat unexpected to Lin Qiye. He had always thought that the legendary proxy of Yerande would have a personality that transcended worldly matters, coldly looking down upon all living beings.
Now it seemed that she possessed more “humanity” than expected. Thinking carefully, it made sense – as a messenger appointed by Yerande to spread teachings in the mortal world, she naturally needed to integrate into human society and experience human suffering and joy…
Perhaps, after experiencing enough suffering over a long enough time, she would be able to complete her mission from a perspective that gradually transcended “humanity.”
Chloe, with a red face, carefully examined the two [Sacred Covenants] on Lin Qiye’s chest for a long time, nodding thoughtfully.
“Yes, these were indeed left by me…”
The missionaries exchanged glances, shock appearing in their eyes… They were ultimately ordinary people by birth, and although they had witnessed the Holy Lady’s abilities, something extending directly to two thousand years in the future completely exceeded their understanding.
“Can you tell what the functions of these three [Sacred Covenants] are?” Lin Qiye asked the question he was most eager to have answered.
“No,” Chloe shook her head. “These marks are proof of the [Sacred Covenant], but they don’t contain the power to fulfill the covenant… The true trigger for the covenant should be with my future self.”
“What do you mean?”
“It’s like… hmm… if I borrowed ten taels of silver from you today, promising to return it at noon tomorrow, I would write you an IOU. But before noon tomorrow, you don’t actually have the ten taels of silver, only an IOU, while the real silver is still with me.
Only when the appointed time comes will my silver come to you, and similarly, the IOU will be torn up… Does that make sense to you?” Chloe tried to explain in simple terms.
“I see,” Lin Qiye nodded.
He had always thought that the power to travel across two thousand years was stored in that vanished mark… Now it seemed that was just a medium, and the one truly accomplishing this feat was the future Chloe.
“Then how did you send me back two thousand years? That’s something even the God of Time would find difficult to achieve.”
“Once a [Sacred Covenant] is established, it will inevitably be fulfilled, no matter how difficult the process, various factors will help realize it… Using that example again, if I borrowed ten taels of silver from you, promising to return it at noon tomorrow, even if I had no means of earning silver, it would somehow find its way into my purse.
The specific process might be a thief suddenly tripping beside me, dropping the ten taels of silver he just stole in front of me; or perhaps a bird carrying a hairpin worth ten taels of silver suddenly dropping it into my hand, and at that moment, someone happens to come buy this hairpin…”
Lin Qiye’s mouth gradually opened wider.
“Once promised, it will inevitably be fulfilled… so that’s what it means?”
Lin Qiye had always thought that the description of Chloe’s ability was just some special embellishment. He didn’t expect it to be so hardcore – achieving the goal through any unimaginable method. Wasn’t that similar to having fortune on your side, making wishes come true?
“So you’re saying that with a [Sacred Covenant], anything can be accomplished… Then why doesn’t your future self simply establish a [Sacred Covenant] to directly destroy the Cthulhu gods?”
