King of Creation

Chapter 1883: Chapter 1868: The Greatest Favor

After Ye Zhen swept his sleeves and left, the group of stunned Sand Sea Divine Priests came to their senses and immediately broke into a heated debate.

If Ye Zhen’s previous display of nurturing the Yidongqing Divine Tree made them wary, then his method of making the Yidongqing Divine Tree wither in an instant instilled a deep sense of fear.

Such miraculous withering and reviving abilities, if Ye Zhen harbored even the slightest malicious intent or schemed a little, could allow him to swallow their territories leaving not a trace.

Compared to an imperial power like the Great Zhou Dynasty, a religiously governed tribe like the Yizhi Sand Sea offers a solid rule but also has tremendous inherent flaws.

The methods Ye Zhen displayed earlier are exactly their Achilles’ heel.

A person’s body or a tribe can be destroyed through violence, but once a person’s faith or a tribe’s belief is established, even destruction cannot change it.

It is precisely because of this that they, the Sand Sea Divine Priests, enjoy everything from the most basic materials to power and even the All Living Beings’ Will Power on their own turf.

They are the rulers and dictators.

But if a freak like Ye Zhen were allowed in, it would take just one day for them to lose their ruling power.

"Grand Priest, such means and Divine Artifacts should be in the hands of our Temple rather than an outsider," Xiao Ze’s stance was very clear after Ye Zhen left.

However, Grand Priest Nahar looked steadily at the third-ranked Sand Sea Divine Priest, Xiao Ze, as a faint scent of blood suddenly emanated from Nahar’s body, making the faces of the other Sand Sea Divine Priests go pale.

"Do you think this old man has grown old, even in his heart, and can’t think of such simple means?"

"If it could be done this way, would I have brought him to meet you?" Grand Priest Nahar sneered.

Xiao Ze stared into Grand Priest Nahar’s eyes, trying to discern a trace of truth or falsehood.

But if Grand Priest Nahar allowed Xiao Ze to discern anything from his eyes, he wouldn’t be Grand Priest Nahar.

Gradually, the expressions of Xiao Ze, Wuy Youu, and Huaa Xing’an, the three Sand Sea Divine Priests, became strange, and even the expressions of Weng Lide and Guii Gu became peculiar.

The five Sand Sea Divine Priests exchanged glances continuously.

Meanwhile, the face of Grand Priest Nahar grew increasingly unpleasant.

Cutting off a person’s financial resources is like killing their parents.

The plan of Grand Priest Nahar is actually ten times more ruthless than cutting off someone’s financial resources.

Because once the plan of Grand Priest Nahar is executed, and Divine Envoy Ye Zhen walks the four corners of the earth after coronation, it means reclaiming all the power and territory of the five Sand Sea Divine Priests.

Transforming them from sole dictators to henchmen subject to Ye Zhen’s whims.

Any sane person would never agree to such a thing.

Therefore, a fierce dispute erupted between Grand Priest Nahar and the five Sand Sea Divine Priests.

But facing the five Sand Sea Divine Priests who were almost united, even if Grand Priest Nahar was more aggressive, he had to compromise in the end.

Thus, regarding the Divine Envoy status and matters of Ye Zhen, an inevitable compromise was reached.

After this compromise, several Sand Sea Divine Priests, led by Xiao Ze, suppressed their excitement and left the side palace.

Openly rejecting Grand Priest Nahar’s proposal and forcing him to compromise was, in the eyes of Sand Sea Divine Priest Xiao Ze, more like a milestone for a new era.

The reign of the old generation led by Grand Priest Nahar in the Yizhi Temple was about to end, and the era belonging to them, the younger generation, was about to begin.

Sand Sea Divine Priest Guii Gu, also an elder of the Yizhi Temple, left much more slowly, and even after Xiao Ze and the others left, Guii Gu had not stepped out of the side palace.

In the entire side palace, only Grand Priest Nahar and Guii Gu remained.

"Why?"

This was Grand Priest Nahar’s voice.

Today, Grand Priest Nahar was forced to compromise with Xiao Ze and the others, and the silence of Guii Gu, the top-ranked Sand Sea Divine Priest, was the fundamental reason.

The wrinkles on Sand Sea Divine Priest Guii Gu’s face, resembling dried orange peel, multiplied in an instant, but those countless wrinkles formed a kind smile at that moment.

"My youngest great-grandson’s daughter-in-law just gave birth to a pair of dragon-phoenix twins half a month ago, and I adore them. Perhaps as one grows old, they come to cherish lively little lives.

I wish to give the best to this pair of dragon-phoenix twins. There are eighteen maidservants serving these little ones day and night. As my granddaughter-in-law’s milk is insufficient and the two little ones have a good appetite, we’ve hired eight young and healthy wet nurses.

Additionally, there are over a hundred cooks and servants serving these wet nurses and maidservants.

Moreover, there are as many as two hundred guards patrolling and protecting around the clock, with more than twelve of them in the Realm King Realm.

And this is merely for a pair of little lives that I adore; in our Guii Family, such little lives are numerous, and there are even new lives carrying the Guii Family Bloodline being born every single day.

Perhaps this old ancestor lack time to love every new life of the Guii Family, but I can give them the best living conditions.

In this Sand Sea, providing them the best living conditions is truly the greatest favor we can offer to every new life.

I, as the old ancestor, can thus be at peace with my conscience."

"You... understand?"

After saying this, Guii Gu staggered away, although his pace was unsteady, his speed was swift, and he disappeared from the side palace in the blink of an eye.

Watching the departing Guii Gu, Grand Priest Nahar’s lips moved twice, wanting to say something, wishing to ask Guii Gu if he had forgotten the oath he once made in front of the Yizhi Sand Sea Sky God.

But ultimately, he said nothing.

Because he had understood why Guii Gu, his old friend, had chosen to remain silent and not support him today!

Guii Gu might not care personally, but for the sake of his children, his descendants, and his enormous family, he could not and would not bear losing territory and power.

In the Yizhi Sand Sea, the privileges of a small elite are often built upon the foundation of millions.

....

Ye Zhen left the side palace with grace and joy.

But after leaving, he felt somewhat frustrated.

He was stuck at the gate of the Heavenly God Golden Hall, unable to leave this self-contained realm of the Heavenly God Golden Hall.

Ye Zhen intended to inform Grand Priest Nahar but, considering the situation inside and not wanting to demean himself, he calmly waited in the main hall.

Like an old monk in meditation, he quietly watched the solemn and mysterious statue of the Yizhi Sand Sea Heavenly God, waiting for the meeting inside to conclude.

However, after the meeting ended, Ye Zhen did not encounter Grand Priest Nahar.

Instead, the four Sand Sea Divine Priests, Xiao Ze, Huaa Xing’an, Wuy Youu, and Weng Lide, who left first, surrounded Ye Zhen.

Especially Xiao Ze, Huaa Xing’an, and Wuy Youu, all of whom wore expressions of malice and hostility.