How I Pampered the Tyrant Into Devotion With My Space-Chapter 689: Faith, Devotion, and Merits

Pei Shu’er smiled and said, "For you, it doesn’t matter who becomes the Emperor, as long as you can live well. We can guarantee that as long as you sincerely surrender, neither you nor your relatives will be harmed."

More and more Da Zheng soldiers dropped their weapons and came forward with their hands raised.

Of course, there were also some loyalists who wanted to follow the late Emperor to the end and were about to fight desperately with Pei Shu’er and others.

Pei Shu’er smiled, "No, the one you really need to fight is the South Border Saintess, Lin Shiyao. Haven’t you realized your Emperor has long been controlled by Gu Worms? He might even have died long ago."

"If you don’t believe it, think carefully."

Many people’s faces changed, the more they thought, the more plausible it seemed.

For example, when the Emperor left Lin Shiyao, he didn’t say a word, dazed like a wooden man.

And his actions were completely opposite to his usual style.

Lin Shiyao gritted her teeth, "That’s absolutely not true. Don’t be deceived by Pei Shu’er. She just wants us to turn against each other. She killed the Emperor. Now we should avenge the Emperor."

Pei Shu’er shrugged, "If he was indeed controlled by Gu Worms, you could check your Emperor’s head to see if there are any green worms."

Lin Shiyao wouldn’t let them check, but there were some experts among them who soon went over to check it themselves.

Then they discovered that there truly were worms inside the Emperor’s head.

And it was a large one, indicating that the Gu Worms had been planted for a long time.

Now, those who opposed Pei Shu’er turned to oppose Lin Shiyao.

Seeing those people surrounding her, Lin Shiyao immediately retreated, withdrawing with her ten thousand troops from the Southern Border.

But how could Pei Shu’er let Lin Shiyao have her way?

She immediately had people push the cannon while pursuing them and firing, scattering many of Lin Shiyao’s people once again.

Some even became deserters.

Very few continued to follow Lin Shiyao.

Lin Shiyao looked at Pei Shu’er standing on the city wall, grinding her teeth in hatred.

She couldn’t understand why every confrontation with Pei Shu’er always ended badly for her.

Her luck was evidently so strong.

Now coinciding with the full moon, she once again saw the fortune on Pei Shu’er, discovering that aside from red fortune, she had purple fortune symbolizing nobility.

And these purple and red fortunes seemed to be pouring down from the moonlight.

There was also some golden gas drifting onto Pei Shu’er.

The golden gas was faith, was worship.

They revered Pei Shu’er as a deity.

Ancient texts say that this golden gas is actually merit.

Every wisp is crucially important.

The golden gas on Pei Shu’er had already formed as thick as a snake, showing how many people she had saved!

Lin Shiyao gritted her teeth, no wonder, no wonder she couldn’t defeat these people.

She lowered her head to look at her own hands.

Only to find her hands wrapped in black gas.

At this moment, Lin Shiyao’s face paled.

It was her first time noticing black gas on herself.

But how could this be? Wasn’t her fortune always quite good?

Then she went in front of the mirror to see her condition under the moonlight.

Black and red intertwined.

Turning around, she discovered her back was also black and red intertwined.

In that instant, Lin Shiyao sat on the ground as if losing strength.

Generally speaking, people with such fortune always have some fate backing them, but mostly they have done things not tolerated by the heavens, hence the result.

But if they could weather the catastrophe, there would be room for recovery.

If they couldn’t, their fortune would worsen.

Heaven-defying acts?

She hadn’t done any; she was just fighting for herself.

She thought that by retreating, the war would pretty much be over.

Never did she expect Tang Zan and Pei Shu’er to lead their army to the Southern Border.

Along the way, even if the Southern Border soldiers resisted, they were no match for Great Tang.

Plus, with some Da Zheng soldiers, so many people, the Southern Border was defenseless.

Fortunately, Tang Zan was ethical in war, not killing the innocent or massacring cities, and never harmed civilians.

Thus, the Southern Border’s populace was not as fearful of Great Tang soldiers.

So they didn’t resist actively.

By the time Tang Zan reached the Holy Hall, Lin Shiyao was stunned.

She never thought they would come so fast.

It had only been half a month, yet they were here.

Luckily, there were many mechanisms around the Holy Hall, making entry not too easy.

Tang Peizhong looked at the Holy Hall and frowned, "In my opinion, burning it down would be clean."

Pei Shu’er knew Lin Shiyao too well; her fortune was so robust, if a fire broke out, she might still survive.

At this point, if they didn’t take a risk, there would be lingering troubles later.

Tang Zan thought the same.

He had never seen a woman with a stronger will to live than Lin Shiyao.

The two agreed instantly, arranging people to enter the Holy Hall.

First, they found many experts and soldiers to surround the Holy Hall.

Then they sought people from the Ministry of Industry and the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion Xuan Department to crack the mechanisms and formations.

With their relentless efforts, they began advancing.

At the start, there were just formations, but later, the formations had poisonous gas, making people from the Ministry of Industry shake their heads in sigh. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

"This poisonous gas is extremely dangerous, inhaling it for less than a while, and you’d be poisoned to death."

Even the Yellow Department people were helpless, "Even if there is a healer here, without medication, there’s nothing they can do."

Just after these words, a soldier handed over a peculiar mask, resembling a wasp.

The Yellow Department person was stunned, then heard the soldier say, "The Empress said these are gas masks, she prepared them in advance."

Actually, Pei Shu’er took them from her space, with Xuan Liu carrying a large bundle for Pei Shu’er, taking them out when needed.

The two departments were astonished but put on the gas masks anyway.

Just as they were about to sigh about the mask’s incompetence, they realized the burning feeling in their chests had vanished.

In other words, these masks were more useful than they had imagined.

Within the poisonous gas, they walked for about ten minutes and then encountered snakes, each one extremely venomous.

Everyone assumed a stance, readying for battle.

Then they saw Pei Shu’er pulling out realgar from her waist pouch, telling everyone to apply it on themselves.

Everyone was astonished again.

They couldn’t deny, the Empress’s preparations were truly comprehensive.

Later, they encountered some poisonous insects, all massive and somewhat frenzied.

Upon seeing people, they swarmed densely towards them.

Someone was bitten, and the wound quickly festered, but his pain was numbed, and he hadn’t realized it himself.

They walked a good long while until the soldier suddenly collapsed with a splash.