You Have Science, I Have Martial Arts-Chapter 598 - 270: Southward! Southward! (Part 3)

The blood stained the entire great hall red. Ye Qingzhou, holding the heads of Emperor Liang and the Queen’s Brother, sat on the dragon throne, his eyes haughtily surveying those below, and calmly asked, "Now, who still refuses to obey?"

Having witnessed Ye Qingzhou’s unparalleled valor themselves, everyone was devoid of any intention to resist.

Ye Qingzhou pointed out Zhang Shunchen and Xu Wenshan, saying, "You are both extraordinary talents; would you be willing to join me and learn martial arts?"

The two were overjoyed and immediately knelt on the ground, "Greetings, Master!"

Boom~

The entirety of Da Liang’s fortune, more than thirty percent, gathered and flowed into Ye Qingzhou’s body, strengthening his physique and physical form, "It seems the limit of influence of my action is to occupy thirty percent of the fortune of the Central Plains. As for the remaining fortune, I cannot rely on trickery but can only fight for it earnestly."

The Path of Martial Heart requires not only tempering one’s own heart towards martial prowess but also bearing the desires and hopes of the people.

The more one bears, the stronger one’s cultivation becomes.

If united strength and determination can be achieved, then cultivation can advance at a rapid pace, breaking through eight obstacles in an instant, and connecting the Eight Extraordinary Meridians of the body will be as easy as pie.

"As for the remaining seventy percent of fortune, it seems necessary to first quell the chaos of the Western Army, and once the world is stable, implement reforms, suppress the noble families and local rich, only then can the entire fortune be in hand."

So-called fortune is, in fact, the power to distribute resources.

Why couldn’t the Da Liang Royal Family maintain their rule?

It’s because the noble families and local rich continuously encroached on the fortune originally belonging to the Court, engaging in large-scale land annexation, turning the common folk who should be paying taxes and serving labor to the Court into landless drifters.

As a result, the people’s hearts naturally became unstable.

And Ye Qingzhou wants to consolidate the true Path of Martial Heart, he must completely break this phenomenon, drawing the hearts of the people to himself.

"Eliminating Emperor Liang only got me thirty percent of the Central Plains’ fortune; the remaining seventy percent is with the noble families and the rich. Damn, am I supposed to go begging then? No, these noble families and the rich have gone beyond ordinary rebels and require heavy-handed measures."

Ye Qingzhou has made up his mind, after quelling the Western Army, he will ascend the throne in the Capital and then strike at the noble families and the rich, taking their wealth to feed the common people.

Through such means to win the people’s hearts, gathering the fortune of the world.

The so-called politics, actually, is not complicated at all, it’s merely to allow people from everywhere to be fed and clothed, then provide them with a path to progress.

But the simpler the thing, the harder it is to accomplish.

Because human nature is selfish, as long as private ownership exists for a day, resources will continuously concentrate in the hands of a few.

The cultivation technique of the Heart Martial Sect, to put it plainly, is to gather the Power of Thought Ability of the majority onto a few, for them to use in cultivation, to break the human body’s limits and step into the extraordinary realm.

To this, Ye Qingzhou can only try his best to offer everyone a fair opportunity to strive, as the Heart Martial Sect accepts students without distinction, disregarding origin or family background, speaking only of aptitude.

To achieve unparalleled cultivation, one must cultivate oneself!

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The Capital, Luoyang.

Cao Yingcheng, Protector of the Western Regions, couldn’t help but burst into laughter when he heard that Ye Qingzhou publicly executed Emperor Liang and the Queen’s Brother, "At a time like this, the allied forces are killing each other, truly heaven helps me."

However, he had not been pleased for long before a subordinate reported, "Protector, the allied forces have breached Hulao Pass, advancing straight toward Luoyang!"

"What did you say?"

Cao Yingcheng’s eyes widened in anger, suddenly standing up, only to feel dizzy and stumble, unwilling to believe at all, "Impossible!"

In Hulao Pass, he had dispatched not only his most battle-hardened generals to guard it but also stationed twenty thousand elite soldiers and stored three years’ worth of provisions. It could be said that the troops were strong, and the provisions were ample, even facing an attack by an army of a hundred thousand would be as steadfast as Mount Tai.

Yet, in just a few days, it was breached?

Utterly absurd!

"How many troops does the enemy have?"

"One... one thousand..."

Cao Yingcheng’s eyes filled with blood, his mind buzzing, and then he burst into both tears and laughter towards the sky, "With just one thousand troops, they can breach the strongly guarded pass held by my twenty thousand soldiers; does heaven wish for my downfall, Cao Yingcheng?"

A lifetime in the military, at this moment, Cao Yingcheng feels this world is so absurd.

The next morning, when Wang Junfeng led a thousand soldiers, arriving like a divine force descending upon the city, Cao Yingcheng had no choice but to personally lead his army to battle.

The result shocked the entire world. In this battle, five thousand elite Western Army troops were routed, helmets discarded, collapsing into chaos by the thousand soldiers led by Wang Junfeng.

And Cao Yingcheng himself was picked off his horse by a single spear strike from Wang Junfeng and trampled to death by hooves.

The power of the Divine Martial Army was displayed blatantly before the various warlords of the Central Plains for the first time, making them realize that times truly have changed.

In the face of the soldiers, all traditional armies became a joke.

Even rising up in resistance would only invite the ruthless massacre by the Divine Martial Army.

Thus, when Ye Qingzhou entered Luoyang and announced his intention to ascend as emperor, all the warlords of the Fourteen States gathered in the Capital, presenting their submission. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

A brand new era has arrived.

When the news reached Yu Yang, Shen Jingyi, suddenly hearing that she was about to become Empress, felt numb.

Even more shocked was Shen Huaimin, just months ago, his greatest dream was to find a more skilled son-in-law to help guard his family’s estate.

Now, it turned out his son-in-law was to become emperor?

For a moment, Shen Huaimin was as helpless as a country farmer, completely not knowing what to do. He had never even thought about becoming the Queen’s Brother!