King of Creation

Chapter 1907: Chapter 1892: Despicable Acts

"High Priest, the matter of grain is no trivial thing. The one-month deadline has passed, yet the grain still hasn’t arrived. On this matter, Divine Envoy Ye must give us an explanation!"

As a member of the Younger Generation Faction led by Xiao Ze, Huaa Xing’an still didn’t know that Wuy Youu had already switched sides, so he was the first to jump out and wave the flag for Xiao Ze.

"Also, the Temple Guardians are all carefully selected by us Sand Sea Divine Priests. For Divine Envoy Ye to quietly snatch away the Temple Guardians we painstakingly trained, that’s not only overbearing, it also opens the first precedent for internal strife in our Yizhi Temple. High Priest, you must be on guard!" Huaa Xing’an said.

"Indeed. The rules regarding Temple Guardians were set down back in the day by the Heavenly God. Whoever selects and trains the Temple Guardians—though the Temple may command them, their affiliation belongs to the Divine Priest who selected and trained them. This rule cannot be broken!"

With an old hand like Guii Gu Divine Sacrifice taking this stance, the just-now coming to denounce Ye Zhen Xiao Ze suddenly acted as if he’d been injected with chicken blood, becoming excited.

"Exactly, the Temple’s rules absolutely cannot be broken!" Xiao Ze said loudly.

"That’s right, on this matter, we must have Divine Envoy Ye give an account. If we open the precedent for this kind of internal strife, I fear our Yizhi Temple will never know peace again!" Huaa Xing’an added.

"I think the most urgent matter is still to press Divine Envoy Ye to hurry the grain along! Some tribes have already started running out of food. The previous six million Wanshi have already been completely consumed, and in a few tribes, people have already starved to death." Weng Lide said worriedly.

"Yes, the matter of grain is also extremely urgent!" Xiao Ze now hated Ye Zhen to the bone, and only wished Ye Zhen could be saddled with more crimes.

"Indeed, the matter of grain must be inquired into. Among the tribes under my governance, more than one-third have already entered a food shortage state." Guii Elder Divine Sacrifice dropped another heavy statement.

In an instant, everyone’s gaze fell upon Grand Priest Nahar’s face, wanting to see Grand Priest Nahar’s stance.

Grand Priest Nahar, who had not spoken all along, let his disappointed gaze sweep across the faces of the many Sand Sea Divine Priests, and heaved a soft sigh.

"Last night, this old man personally took delivery of the first batch of grain arranged and sent by Divine Envoy Ye, in total two hundred and thirty million Wanshi, using no fewer than seven thousand storage rings of various sizes, personally escorted by three Realm King Realm experts to the Sand Sea Border."

Grand Priest Nahar spoke very slowly, and while his words surprised a few of the Sand Sea Divine Priests, they also vaguely sensed the disappointment in Grand Priest Nahar’s tone.

Especially when his gaze fell upon Sand Sea Divine Priest Xiao Ze—there was nothing but disappointment in his eyes.

Among the few Sand Sea Divine Priests, whether it was Xiao Ze himself or the others, all regarded Xiao Ze as the next Grand Priest of the Yizhi Temple.

Otherwise, how could Xiao Ze possibly have raised a Younger Generation Faction? Without the Grand Priest’s acquiescence, that would have been impossible.

However, the Younger Generation Faction led by Xiao Ze had instead allowed Grand Priest Nahar to see Xiao Ze even more clearly.

By this point, Grand Priest Nahar was all the more certain that his decision had not been wrong!

But Xiao Ze had no such awareness. Especially the loss of his two trusted beloved commanders—his heart was now ablaze. That Zhang Yide was incomparably brave in battle, coarse of appearance yet meticulous in thought—he was Xiao Ze’s favored general.

And Qinglian, bearing the Bloodline of the Ancient Human Clan, possessed absolutely peerless speed, and was also one of his trusted beloved commanders.

"High Priest, even if the grain issue is resolved, this matter of Ye Zhen breaking the Temple rules still has to be dealt with, doesn’t it?

If this matter isn’t settled, I fear internal chaos in our Temple is not far off."

Xiao Ze was dead set on settling this today, on demanding justice.

Under his command, there were only seven Temple Guardians, and Ye Zhen had in one go taken away the two most capable of them.

"Exactly...."

Just as Huaa Xing’an was about to chime in, Grand Priest Nahar suddenly waved his hand sharply to stop Huaa Xing’an. "Just right, the two hundred and thirty million Wanshi of grain that Divine Envoy Ye has gathered also need to be distributed.

And Divine Envoy Ye is currently in the tribes under Priest Wuy’s governance doing disaster relief and cannot get away. I’ll bring you all over there, have Divine Envoy Ye give us an explanation face to face on this matter, and then we’ll decide the distribution of the relief grain!"

Everyone applauded Grand Priest Nahar’s decision on the spot.

A day and a half later, after receiving the notification, Ye Zhen waited for Xiao Ze’s group, who arrived in great fury to denounce him.

When he saw Wuy Youu standing together with Ye Zhen to greet them, and Zhang Yide and Qinglian standing behind Ye Zhen as his guards, Xiao Ze’s eyebrows immediately shot up, and his anger surged.

The former was his political ally, and the latter two were his beloved generals; now, all of them had "betrayed" him because of Ye Zhen!

Grand Priest Nahar again displayed his method of constructing a Sand Hall, and after a Hundred Breaths, everyone entered the underground Sand Hall.

Including Zhang Yide and Qinglian, the two involved parties, who were also brought inside.

"Divine Envoy Ye, Priest Xiao says you used despicable methods to snatch away his two beloved generals. How do you explain this? After all, according to our Temple’s rules, the Temple Guardians belong to the Temple, but whoever selects and trains a Temple Guardian—that guardian belongs to them." Grand Priest Nahar asked straight to the point.

"Yes, Divine Envoy Ye, on this matter you must give this old man an account! In tens of thousands of years, such a thing has never happened in the Temple, and yet you have opened this precedent. You’re provoking internal dissension in the Temple!" As soon as he opened his mouth, Xiao Ze slapped a big hat onto Ye Zhen.

However, Ye Zhen had long since prepared a response for this matter.

When Grand Priest Nahar and the others set out a day and a half ago, Grand Priest Nahar had secretly informed Ye Zhen of this matter and told Ye Zhen to prepare a countermeasure early.

With a day and a half of time, if Ye Zhen still couldn’t think of a way to respond, he wouldn’t be Ye Zhen.

"High Priest, Priest Xiao, this matter actually isn’t you...."

"High Priest, Priest Xiao, honored Divine Priests, this matter has nothing to do with Divine Envoy Ye! Our choosing to serve Divine Envoy Ye was entirely our own decision as brothers, and has not the slightest thing to do with Divine Envoy Ye!"

Just as Ye Zhen was explaining, Zhang Yide and Qinglian suddenly dropped to their knees with a thud,抢先开口.

This somewhat surprised Ye Zhen. Fanatics truly lived up to the name; seeing that Ye Zhen might be in trouble, the two wanted to shoulder the potential trouble themselves.

But seeing this scene only made Xiao Ze even angrier.

Because Xiao Ze understood very well that after this, even if he won the argument, Zhang Yide and Qinglian would not be coming back.

Even if he forced them back to his side, there would no longer be any loyalty to speak of.

Utterly furious, Priest Xiao lashed out and kicked at Zhang Yide. "You traitor, and you still have the nerve to open your damn—"

Bang!

"Priest Xiao, if you have something to say, say it properly!"

Ye Zhen stepped forward in one stride, taking Xiao Ze’s kick solidly on his forearm. Even though it was a rushed move, Xiao Ze had still used the power of a Dao Realm Expert. Even at only twenty to thirty percent, that was still the power of a Dao Realm Expert.

This was Ye Zhen taking a Dao Realm Expert head-on for the first time. Even though Ye Zhen’s Black Dragon Tyrant Body had already entered the Third Stage, he was still kicked back five full steps by Xiao Ze, and his forearm swelled up rapidly.

Seeing this, Zhang Yide and Qinglian panicked. "Grand Priest, this really has nothing to do with Divine Envoy Ye. It was our own decision."

"Priest Xiao."

The Grand Priest shot Xiao Ze a cold glance, his eyes filled with warning.

"Fine. Since you say it has nothing to do with Divine Envoy Ye, that it was your own idea, then tell us—why did the two of you betray Priest Xiao and defect to serve under Divine Envoy Ye?" Grand Priest Nahar asked.

"Speak!"

Xiao Ze was outrageously angry. "Put your hands on your hearts and tell me, have I ever treated you unfairly all these years?"

Hearing that, Zhang Yide and Qinglian exchanged a glance, then looked to Grand Priest Nahar. "Grand Priest, the reason we defected to serve under Divine Envoy Ye was mainly because we were moved by the Heavenly God’s Glory!"

"Moved by the Heavenly God’s Glory?"

Xiao Ze sneered when he heard that. "You’re using that line to fob me off? All right then, explain it clearly to this old man—just how did the Heavenly God’s Glory move you?

If you can’t lay it out one, two, three, four, five, don’t blame this old man for being rude!"

At this point, Xiao Ze jabbed a finger at Ye Zhen and cursed, "Ye Zhen, those two might not know the Temple’s rules, but don’t tell me you also don’t know the rules about the allegiance of Temple Guardians inside the Temple?"

Seeing Xiao Ze accuse Ye Zhen again, Zhang Yide couldn’t hold back. "Priest Xiao, this really has nothing to do with Divine Envoy Ye!"

To a Fanatic, it was absolutely intolerable for their faith to suffer any form of slander!

"Then out with it—what exactly is going on?" Xiao Ze roared.

Hearing this, Qinglian shook his head. "It truly was the Heavenly God’s Glory that moved us, but as for the specific details, we don’t want to say, and we cannot say!"

As soon as he said that, Xiao Ze became even more enraged. "Don’t want to say, cannot say? More like you don’t dare say, right?"

Finishing, Xiao Ze furiously pointed at Ye Zhen and cursed, "Look, fellow Divine Sacrifices, this Ye Zhen has clearly used some shameful means. He’s sabotaging the Temple’s rules and deliberately trying to stir up internal strife in our Temple. This is clearly how an undercover traitor behaves!"

"Don’t you slander people with your filthy mouth!"

Before Ye Zhen even reacted much, the bearded Zhang Yide was already uncharacteristically furious. "All of this is because of you—because of you, Priest Xiao!"

"Don’t say it!" Qinglian grabbed Zhang Yide, trying to stop him.

"It’s not that I want to say it—it’s that Priest Xiao is forcing us! If we still don’t say it, Lord Divine Envoy might be in big trouble!" Zhang Yide flung off Qinglian’s hand with a jerk.

"Grand Priest, we were assigned to Divine Envoy Ye’s side on Priest Xiao’s orders, to monitor Divine Envoy Ye..."

As soon as he said that, the several Sand Sea Divine Priests immediately exploded in an uproar.

In truth, they all knew about this, but it was the kind of thing you could do yet could not speak of.

"And what does that have to do with you betraying Priest Xiao?" Nahar asked.

"Grand Priest, these past days we’ve been monitoring Divine Envoy Ye, while Priest Xiao kept questioning us daily about Divine Envoy Ye’s movements.

Even if Divine Envoy Ye drank a few cups of Sand Sea Golden Lotus Tea, he wanted to know. He also ordered us to guard with all our strength against Divine Envoy Ye escaping, and instructed that if Divine Envoy Ye showed any abnormal movement, we were to kill Divine Envoy Ye on the spot!

But what was Divine Envoy Ye doing?

Pouring his heart and soul into treating all the tribes!

On the busiest days, he visited up to sixty-three tribes; even on the slowest, more than fifty tribes, averaging one tribe every hour.

Like that, Divine Envoy Ye worked day and night without rest for half a month. Only when he nearly collapsed from exhaustion did he sleep for six hours—he was literally staking his life on this!

And our Priest Xiao was still doubting Divine Envoy Ye, still monitoring Divine Envoy Ye.

Every day when I sent out the Intelligence Jade Scroll, I even started to hate myself, feeling unbearably filthy!

Day after day in his service, Divine Envoy Ye, who wholeheartedly treated the Sha Clan people, became in our hearts as great as the Yizhi Sand Sea Sky God.

While Priest Xiao, who only thought about internal strife and petty scheming, was no different from a maggot in the gutter. We really couldn’t carry out Priest Xiao’s orders.

At the same time, in order to wash away the sin of us monitoring Divine Envoy Ye, we then..."

Before Zhang Yide could finish, he saw Sand Sea Divine Priest Xiao Ze charging at him with bloodshot eyes. "Bastard! How dare you insult this old man—I’ll kill you!"

But in the very next instant, a figure like a mountain blocked the enraged Sand Sea Divine Priest Xiao Ze, who had been provoked into a frenzy!