Chu Hao even began to doubt if his method was wrong.
It wasn't until he reached fifty thousand merits that he suddenly saw Yuchi Gong cough once and abruptly sit up.
"Cough, cough, cough! My life is over! My life is over!"
Yuchi Gong opened his eyes, his face filled with disbelief.
"I... am I alive?"
The assembled ministers and officials were moved to tears, overcome with excitement.
The Tang Emperor took the lead, approaching Chu Hao and bowing deeply with emotion.
"The Prison God's benevolence in reviving the old General Yuchi is beyond repayment. I am endlessly grateful!"
"Thank you, Prison God!"
The ministers and officials were incredibly moved.
Only then did Yuchi Gong react. He quickly jumped down, ready to kowtow to Chu Hao.
However, Chu Hao waved his hand dismissively, feeling the pain.
"No need for such formalities. It was just a small matter..."
Fifty thousand merits!
To retrieve a mortal soul from Houtu's grasp required fifty thousand merits!
This price was so high that Chu Hao couldn't believe it.
Only now did Chu Hao understand that the previous myths of bringing people back to life were all nonsense.
Either the primordial spirit and soul hadn't entered the cycle of reincarnation and could be controlled.
Or there was no interference from the Saint Houtu.
To take a soul from Houtu's hands actually cost fifty thousand merits!
Chu Hao was a little frantic.
Chu Hao glanced at the mortals who had died tragically on the field.
Hundreds of thousands of mortals. If Chu Hao wanted to revive them...
Chu Hao was a little unable to calculate...
After all, mathematics was definitely Chu Hao's weakness, a point Chu Hao deeply knew, but often times, the things of the past should just be left to the wind.
But Chu Hao knew that even if he had so many merits, it would already be too late.
Once they entered the cycle of reincarnation, primordial spirits that retained their memories could be reborn with those memories.
But mortals didn't have such abilities. Once they entered reincarnation, they would probably no longer be themselves.
Chu Hao shook his head.
Life and death are predestined; wealth and honor are determined by fate.
A gentleman does not hold a grudge overnight.
Yuchi Gong's revival only diluted the sorrow of those present by a little.
But gazing at the corpses all over the ground, everyone's hearts were still filled with grief.
Chu Hao said to the Tang Emperor:
"If there's nothing else, you should return to the imperial city first. The White Lotus Child won't be able to threaten you there."
However, the Tang Emperor firmly shook his head.
"I'm sorry, Prison God. I cannot return."
"I have already decided to declare war on the Buddhist Kingdom of Tianzhu. I will stay here and personally command the battlefield."
However, the Tang Emperor looked at Chu Hao very seriously, and said in a deep voice:
"Your Excellency Prison God, please come with me to the army for detailed discussions."
"The declaration of war was planned for over five hundred years. You also know that, but this time, I have changed my mind."
Chu Hao thought for a while and nodded.
Although he didn't know what the Tang Emperor was thinking, Chu Hao didn't see madness in the Tang Emperor's eyes.
But a kind of... belief?
The Tang Emperor had said long ago about declaring war on the Buddhist Kingdom of Tianzhu.
However, the appearance of the White Lotus Child this time became the fuse and also became the direction guiding the Tang Emperor forward.
At this moment, the entire Tang Dynasty quickly began to operate.
Although the Tang Dynasty suffered heavy losses in the battle of the border city that year.
However, in the five hundred years since then, the Tang Emperor had worked diligently and strived for governance.
In addition, the chaos storm that year allowed the Tang Dynasty to develop rapidly and eventually dominate the entire Southern Jambudvipa.
Moreover, coupled with the supreme cultivation technique that Chu Hao gave to the Tang Emperor later, Southern Jambudvipa once again became prosperous.
If it were just these, it would be far from enough.
What the Tang Emperor has been promoting for these five hundred years is the principle of education for all, regardless of background. Even demons and ghosts can be tested and obtain Tang Dynasty citizenship.
However, this kind of education for all is different from the Intercept Sect's indiscriminate acceptance, without distinguishing between right and wrong.
If you want to join the Tang Dynasty, you need to go through a series of tests. Moral character, wisdom, loyalty, the eight honors and eight shames... these are all necessary conditions.
In these five hundred years, the Tang Emperor had seen the true faces of the so-called gods, Buddhas, demons, and ghosts.
He already knew that even gods and Buddhas have evil, and even demons have kindness.
The Tang Emperor never flaunted himself with great benevolence and righteousness. He just wanted to tell all living beings in Southern Jambudvipa, what is the Tang Dynasty?
The greatness of the Tang Dynasty lies in its ability to tolerate different beliefs, different ideas, different voices, and even different political views, and even different races.
What regulates people's words and deeds is not imperial decree, not Buddhist edict, but law!
As long as they abide by the law, what crime do demons have?
Once they commit crimes and violate the law, gods and Buddhas are the same as common people!
This was learned from Chu Hao. The Tang Emperor clearly knew that only in this way could a world truly belonging to mortals be created.
This is what is called the human realm!
Not a factory controlled by gods and Buddhas, purely for the power of faith and merit.
Demons joining the Tang Dynasty can either join the army, teach, or cultivate the land, anything is possible.
The Tang Emperor promoted this even more in order to attack the Buddhist Kingdom of Tianzhu later, so as not to cause suffering to the living beings of the Three Realms, and to give the living beings a home to return to.
This time's attack on the Buddhist Kingdom of Tianzhu was just an earlier stage of the process.
Soon, the Tang Emperor used Fengxue City on the border of the Tang Dynasty as a base of operations, transferred a large number of soldiers, and announced this news to the entire Southern Jambudvipa.
There are also many cultivators in the mortal world, especially after the supreme cultivation technique catalyzed it for several years.
After learning that the Buddhist Kingdom of Tianzhu had unilaterally torn up the agreement and slaughtered a border city of more than 100,000 people.
Countless people in the folk were filled with righteous indignation:
The cleaning aunt took out a three-foot-long green sword from the broom, flew with the sword, and rushed towards the border;
The uncle who buys vegetables in the market frowned when he heard this and slapped the table.
"The villains of Tianzhu, how dare they bully my Tang Dynasty as if there is no one! Brothers, grab your weapons and go to the battlefield!"
One call and a hundred responses!
On this day, a team of hundreds of Golden Core experts walked out of the vegetable market in a mighty manner, each of them traveling thousands of miles, running towards Ice and Snow City day and night;
The refined gentleman teaching in the classroom, teaching "Zhihu Zhe Ye" one second, slapped the table the next second and cursed loudly,
"A bunch of beasts, I fuck your ancestors!"
Then, the gentleman's whole body's spiritual power soared, turning into an extremely terrifying wolf-headed monster, rushing towards the battlefield;
What's more, there are Taoist sects who closed their mountain gates and cultivated themselves in peace in the prosperous age. After hearing about this war, the entire mountains of the human world were shaking!
Countless Nascent Soul old monsters and Tribulation Transcendence ancestors all emerged from seclusion.
"My sons, protect the country, follow the ancestors and charge!"
"This old Taoist has cultivated for more than seven hundred years. Five hundred years ago, the hatred of killing my brothers will be avenged today!"
In the prosperous age, the Taoist sect sealed the mountains and cultivated, and the Taoist temples grew grass.
But at this moment, with a great enemy in front of us, the Taoist sect is dispatching all its forces!
