#2007 - Rune War Machine

Lanling Wang's face was gloomy, and he did not respond to the Minister of War's plea for help.

He knew very well that the matter was a foregone conclusion.

Unless he turned against the Emperor on the spot and completely broke with him.

But the time was far from ripe for that.

It was not worth jeopardizing the overall plan for the sake of a mere Minister of War.

“Throw the Minister of War into prison. As for where the military pay and supplies went, I'll leave it to you, Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, to interrogate him. You must pry his mouth open!”

Nalan Jingyi did not ask the Minister of War where the embezzled military pay and supplies had gone on the spot.

She knew very well that it had gone into Lanling Wang's pockets.

Right now, Lanling Wang was in the imperial court, so the Minister of War would definitely not accuse Lanling Wang.

Even in the prison of the Court of Judicial Review, nothing would ultimately be found out.

Because Lanling Wang would definitely not let the Minister of War speak.

It was unrealistic to try to bring down Lanling Wang with the Minister of War's accusations.

On the contrary, it might force him to revolt prematurely.

“From today onwards, Minister Yue will take over the Ministry of War, concurrently holding the post of Minister of War!”

Nalan Jingyi issued an imperial decree on the spot.

“Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible!”

Lanling Wang did not speak, because there had been an agreement a month ago that he could not interfere in the selection of the Minister of War.

But those officials loyal to Lanling Wang all opposed it.

“What's impossible about it? Does Your Majesty need your consent to appoint someone?”

The Prime Minister said coldly.

“The matter is settled. Minister Yue, take office as Minister of War immediately!”

Nalan Jingyi ignored the opponents and directly dismissed the court.

“Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, you should know what the consequences will be for betraying this king!”

When Lanling Wang passed by the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review when leaving the imperial palace, he said coldly.

The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review did not speak, but only looked coldly at Lanling Wang's back.

This old thief is truly arrogant to the extreme, daring to threaten him in the imperial court.

“Master, that old scoundrel Lanling Wang will definitely not let this go easily.

I'm afraid it won't be easy for us to get evidence to accuse him.”

In the imperial court, everyone had left, leaving only the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review and Jun Wuxie.

“It doesn't matter, I don't need you to get the testimony to accuse Lanling Wang.

There's no need to increase the security in the prison.

Lanling Wang will definitely send someone to silence him, let him silence him.

Bringing down Lanling Wang cannot be done with just some accusatory evidence, because he holds heavy troops and can revolt at any time.”

“Yes.”

The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review left.

Jun Wuxie received his official uniform and went to the Ministry of War that day.

Just like in the Ministry of Revenue, he forcefully beheaded those people of Lanling Wang in the Ministry of War, and then promoted the people arranged by Nalan Jingyi to be Vice Ministers of the Ministry of War and other positions, firmly controlling the power of the Ministry of War in his hands.

In the evening, he quietly sneaked into the Ministry of Works.

Looking for an opportunity to convert the officials of the Ministry of War one by one, controlling the power of the Ministry of Works.

“How many Divine Artificers and Divine Inscriptionists are there in the Ministry of Works?”

He asked the Minister and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Works.

The two knelt respectfully before him and said, “Reporting to Master, there are more than thirty Divine Realm Level One Inscriptionists, more than forty Divine Realm Level One Refiners, and seven Divine Realm Level Two Inscriptionists and Refiners each.”

“Summon them all, now!”

“Okay.”

The Minister of Works left and went personally.

Not long after, nearly a hundred people came here.

When they saw the person who concurrently held the posts of two ministers here, their pupils shrank.

Isn't this the Emperor's man?

Why did the Minister summon them to see him?

For a moment, they all looked at the Minister of Works, their eyes filled with questions, and they were about to open their mouths.

A burst of brilliant golden light bloomed.

They were shocked, runes densely covering their bodies, and dense runes spreading under their feet, about to use Inscription Dao to escape.

However, their speed was slow, and before the power of Inscription Dao could be unleashed, the entire room was completely sealed off by golden blood energy.

“Where do you all want to go?

Since you're here, without my permission, you can't go anywhere.”

“Minister Yue, what do you mean by this?

We work for the imperial court, conscientiously and diligently, never slacking off for a moment.

Even His Majesty would give us, these Inscriptionists and Refiners, respect, but you treat us like this!”

They were very angry, flames of anger burning in their eyes, with a questioning tone.

“Conscientiously and diligently for the imperial court, or for your master, Lanling Wang?”

When those Divine Inscriptionists and Divine Artificers heard this, the muscles on their faces twitched a few times.

“Since Minister Yue has said this, we will also admit it generously.

We are indeed working for Lanling Wang.

Do you think Lanling Wang will let you go for this behavior?

Don't think that you can compete with Lanling Wang by using two schemes to seize the power of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War.

It can only be said that you are too naive.

What kind of existence is Lanling Wang's mansion?

It is the number one aristocratic family in Lanling Prefecture, the strongest force in this vast territory.

Once Lanling Wang is completely angered, killing you is as easy as crushing an ant!

We advise Minister Yue to understand the principle of a good bird choosing a tree to roost in.

A wise man submits to circumstances, don't ruin your future and push yourself into an abyss of eternal doom!”

“Lanling Wang's mansion is indeed very strong, after all, there are several Celestial God Realm experts sitting in town.”

Jun Wuxie did not deny the power of Lanling Wang's mansion.

Everything is because the Xiao family of Lanling Wang's mansion has Celestial God Realm experts.

It is precisely because of this that it takes him time to deal with Lanling Wang's mansion, instead of directly using force.

If there were no Celestial Gods, he would directly convert Lanling Wang, and all the problems would be solved.

In this imperial capital, Lanling Wang, as the contemporary head of the Xiao family, his status is lofty, needless to say.

For the Xiao family, his safety must be the top priority.

It can be said that the Celestial God Realm experts of the Xiao family are in contact with Lanling Wang at all times.

There is a soul imprint of a Celestial God Realm expert in his body.

Once Lanling Wang encounters any danger, they will sense it in an instant, and they will definitely take action at that time.

Faced with experts in the Celestial God Realm.

Jun Wuxie does not have the power to compete now, only the power to protect himself.

Celestial Gods cannot kill him.

At least those who have just entered the Celestial God Realm cannot pose a life threat to him.

However, he can't do anything to the Celestial God Realm experts either, he can only retreat to save his life.

“Scared?”

Those Divine Inscriptionists and Divine Artificers all sneered, “Now that you know that Lanling Wang's mansion has Celestial God Realm experts sitting in town, you still dare to oppose the Prince?

Now, it's not too late for you to abandon the dark and turn to the light, don't make a mistake!”

As soon as the words fell, a golden palm directly slapped the Divine Inscriptionist who was speaking.

The Divine Inscriptionist was shocked and angry, and a piece of divine inscription bloomed, evolving into an inscription diagram, trying to resist.

However, the inscription diagram instantly collapsed when it came into contact with the palm.

Immediately, the Divine Inscriptionist was slapped away, half of his face was a mess, and he let out a shrill scream.

He fell to the ground, struggling for a few times but couldn't get up, his brain was in severe pain, his consciousness was chaotic, his eyes were black, and he only felt dizzy.

When the other Divine Inscriptionists and Divine Artificers saw this, they all closed their mouths, kept silent, and dared not shout anymore.

They knew that this Yue was impervious to reason and could not possibly change his decision to turn to Lanling Wang.

Continuing to speak would only bring them physical pain.

A group of people exchanged glances, and then rushed towards the blood energy barrier.

Although Yue is very strong, they don't think he can trap so many people.

At the same time, impacting the barrier, as long as some of them run out, they will immediately inform Lanling Wang's mansion, and the experts from the Wang's mansion will arrive in a very short time.

At that time, Yue will no longer be able to show off his power!

However, to their disappointment, the barrier was surprisingly strong.

They used refining divine fire to burn, sacrificed divine weapons to bombard, evolved inscription dao to bombard, all unable to shake it.

Not to mention breaking the barrier, all kinds of methods were used, and the golden barrier did not even have a ripple.

At this time, a strong Buddhist charm permeated, filling the entire barrier space.

What followed was the sound of chanting scriptures like a grand bell, solemn and sacred.

They immediately felt a powerful consciousness invade their sea of consciousness, wanting to obliterate part of their will, causing severe pain in their brains.

One by one, they hugged their heads and let out painful screams, their bodies curled up, rolling on the ground.

But soon they gradually quieted down.

Their bodies no longer struggled, and they no longer wailed, they turned over and crawled up, knelt on the ground, prostrating themselves, their posture was extremely pious.

After converting these Divine Inscriptionists and Divine Artificers.

Jun Wuxie asked the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Works to bring paper and pen.

What he wanted was special paper and pen, used to draw rune equipment.

The Ministry of Works always has such materials and tools.

He used a pen to outline the whole picture of a rune crossbow bed on paper, every detail was extremely clear.

Then, he drew each part that made up the rune crossbow bed separately.

Many runes were drawn on these parts by him, and each rune was delicate and profound.

The Minister of Works and the Vice Minister of Works and others watched from the side, their hearts filled with shock.

What are these runes, they can't understand them at all, each rune seems to contain endless changes, it is really too profound.

After everything was drawn, he spread the drawings on the table and let those Divine Inscriptionists and Divine Artificers come over to see.

At the same time, he explained to them how to engrave these runes when creating weapons.

“You don't need to comprehend the mysteries of these runes, you only need to engrave them according to the drawings.

I will now explain to you the details that need to be paid attention to during engraving, so even Divine Realm Level One Divine Inscriptionists will not have any difficulties in engraving, and once they are proficient, the engraving speed will be very fast.

Also, when building the crossbow bed, you must listen carefully to the details that need to be paid attention to in refining…”

Jun Wuxie taught them very carefully and patiently.

Although his attainments in the Dao of Inscriptions and the Dao of Artifacts were only at the Saint Realm, his comprehension of these two Daos was so profound that few in the world could compare.

However, limited by his realm, he couldn't personally inscribe or forge such war weapons.

The Dawn Dynasty also possessed these ballistae, but what he was drawing now was an upgraded version, with power many times stronger, simply incomparable.

Back then, the Dynasty's artifact refiners had limited skill, and even he himself couldn't have inscribed such runes.

… …

Late at night.

"Now, if you have any questions, feel free to ask."

Jun Wu Xie and the Divine Inscriptionists and Divine Artifact Refiners were no longer in the place they were during the day.

At this moment, they were in the Ministry of Works' weapons manufacturing department.

He had already guided the Divine Inscriptionists and Divine Artifact Refiners to create a rune ballista.

"Reporting to Master, we have already learned it.

We wonder how many of these rune ballistae Master requires!"

These Divine Inscriptionists and Divine Artifact Refiners were all filled with excitement.

They had never imagined in their lives that they could personally forge such exquisite ballistae.

This type of ballista completely overturned their previous understanding of the limits of a ballista's effectiveness.

They all caressed the forged ballista with fond reluctance, their breathing rapid, and their eyes burning.

This type of ballista could not only fire continuously but also automatically reload, with spatial runes inscribed within the magazine, capable of holding ten thousand crossbow bolts at a time.

These rune crossbow bolts were three meters long, with runes inscribed inside that could rapidly gather the energy of heaven and earth, compressing it to the limit within.

The moment the crossbow bolt struck its target, the extreme compressed energy would instantly release, detonating the surrounding power of heaven and earth, causing a large area of destructive coverage.

Moreover, the runes within the crossbow bolt could also lock onto and track the target, allowing it to change direction in the air after leaving the string.

If this were used on the battlefield, it would simply be a meat grinder!

"Starting tonight, you will manufacture them in shifts, day and night, striving to create as many ballistae as possible within a month.

Minister of Works, Vice Minister of Works, you must ensure the supply of their materials and various resources.

This matter must be kept secret, and the Lanling King's Mansion must not be informed."

"Rest assured, Master."

They were all very excited, seeing that their master intended to use this terrifying war weapon on the frontier.

In the past few months, the Langya Dynasty had been continuously gathering troops on the frontier, creating enormous pressure on the Dynasty's borders.

Although the Langya border army's purpose was only to intimidate, cooperating with the Lanling King to force the Emperor to allocate military pay and supplies.

But this time, they were destined to overplay their hand.