Boss Shang lowered his voice and said, "Master Ding, a chance to ask Heaven's Will is so valuable. You shouldn't waste it on those vile people!"
Ding Hao said, "No matter how valuable it is, it is not as valuable as the justice in my heart! In my mind, if anyone humiliates me, I would rather lose all my treasures than let him get away unscathed!" As Ding Hao said that, he looked at the prince from the corner of his eyes.
The prince pretended to not see anything.
Ling Yunxiao nodded and said, "The right to ask Heaven's Will is yours to use. You don't have to gain my permission."
With that, everyone once again gathered in the public square in the middle of Wuzhou.
A large crowd had gathered under the legs of the jade statue of the Dancing Goddess. Everyone was curious to see what would happen.
Ding Hao offered incense and paid his respects to the hundred-foot tall jade statue. "Superior level one celestial gene Ding Hao of Wuzhou greets the Dancing Goddess! I beseech the Dancing Goddess to manifest. I wish to ask Heaven's Will!"
The moment he uttered the words 'ask Heaven's Will', thunder sounded in the sky. The sound of thunder in spring marked heaven's answer.
"Heaven's Will has reacted." Everyone looked to the sky, only to see a colorful mass of clouds gathering on top of the head of the Dancing Goddess. Rays of light pierced through the mass of clouds, looking like colorful fish scales.
Beneath the five-colored clouds, the statue of the Dancing Goddess that originally looked skyward was now looking down. Its eyes looked alive as it gazed downward.
"The Dancing Goddess has manifested! It really manifested!" Everyone present was exclaiming in shock.
Ding Hao said, "Immortal senior, I come before you not to ask about cultivation of the celestial ways, I only wish to ask a few questions about Ding Laosi in front of you and make him speak the truth!"
There were two thunderclaps in the sky, marking an agreement. Ding Hao turned around and said, "Ding Laosi, stand in front of the Dancing Goddess!"
Ding Laosi did not dare move. His legs were locked in place. Even his shrew of a wife was so scared she did not dare move a muscle.
"Drag him over!" Ling Yunxiao had already seen that Ding Laosi was acting like a guilty man and motioned for his underlings to take action.
They dragged Ding Laosi over, and Ding Hao started to ask him the questions. "Ding Laosi, let me ask you, that bottle of Meridian Breaking Pills that you gave me, where did it come from, and how did you give it to me?"
Ding Laosi wanted to open his mouth and deny it, but the Dancing Goddess's gaze had unbelievable power, and he could not control himself as he said, "Those Meridian Breaking Pills were made after my son Ding Junjie asked Zheng Qiang to make them. His daughter Zheng Peipei sent them over. I then told the piece of trash that it was given by the City Lord's Residence for him to use."
After he said that, Ding Laosi went pale as a ghost. Mrs. Ding collapsed on the floor, lamenting, "I don't want to live anymore! This piece of trash's influence is so big that even the Dancing Goddess is helping him!"
Ling Yunxiao was furious when he heard that. "This woman even dares to insult the Dancing Goddess. Behead her!"
Immediately, there were soldiers dragging the woman down. She had always lived a lawless life, only caring about herself and what she wanted. Now she was finally facing the consequences of her actions. She fainted in fear.
Ding Hao asked again, "Ding Laosi, why did you keep trying to harm me? Tell us your honest motives!"
Ding Laosi said, "You piece of trash, I want to kill you! I want to seize your seed and then kill you! Only then can my son be Ding Yibai's true descendant. Only then will my son have someone to protect him in the Celestial Cultivation Realm and have a future! You are a piece of trash who failed to awaken for fifteen and a half hears, stop getting in the way of my son!"
Ding Hao said coldly, "All for the sake of your son's future. At least there is some reasoning there. Then why don't you tell me all about the ways you tried to harm me?"
"We started plotting your demise since you were eight. We made sure that you did not have enough food to eat and enough water to drink so that your constitution would be ruined. I even had people disturb you during your meditation sessions. Be it night or day, you were never allowed to enter the meditative state. Don't think that was the first time you've eaten a Meridian Breaking PIll either. You've actually drunk liquids from the Meridian Closing Grass and Soul Disrupting Root before! Our goal was to stop you from awakening so that my son could get the celestial seed status! Other than that, we had buried a cursed doll in front of your room, cursing you to an early death! Haha, even when you were young and quarreled with those little girls, I made them hit you on your eight influential acupoints to destroy them. How could you awaken with that?! And then…"
As he heard all of Ding Laosi's evil schemes, Ding Hao finally understood how he ended up in this body. It was because the original Ding Hao had basically already been tortured to death by Ding Laosi!
Hearing how vile Ding Laosi was, the surrounding citizens all shouted, "His crimes are unforgivable! Kill him!"
Ling Yunxian slammed the table, furiously shouting, "Ding Laosi and his family are too despicable! They actually treated Wuzhou's top genius like this! They're looking for death! If I don't kill these people, I would not be able to get rid of the hatred I feel right now! Men, I want Ding Laosi beheaded!"
Ding Laosi was already so scared his limbs gave out. He was not even able to walk. He was dragged away by the city lord's troops for execution.
In the world of Jiuzhou, geniuses held a lot of value. Plotting to harm a superior level one genius was equal to asking for them, no one would show them any pity!
The prince thought, 'This Ding person is definitely some character. He moves decisively and he even had good reasons for doing so!' If he allowed Ding Hao to continue growing, his dreams of achieving first place in Wuzhou would be in jeopardy. No, he must stop him!
With that thought, the prince walked up once again, and said, "City Lord Ling, I have a small request to make."
Ling Yunxiao frowned and thought, 'Prince, this is too much! Ding Hao has already wasted his question to Heaven's Will because of you.' What more do you want?' He said, "Ding Laosi's family plotted to harm Wuzhou's genius. Their crimes are serious. Even death isn't enough for them. Prince you don't have to say more!"
The prince smiled and said, "I'm not asking for mercy for Ding Laosi, only for Ding Juncai."
He gave an exaggerated wave and addressed the crowd, "Fellow citizens, hear me out!"
He pointed at Ding Juncai, passionately saying, "This child is only ten years old. His parents committed evil, that's a fact! However, he is ignorant. Even if he is not, how much could he understand? From what I heard just now, he did not participate in plotting against Ding Hao. He should not be sentenced to death. Furthermore, this child has potential. Even if it is not as much as Ding Hao, he's still a level three genius! Geniuses have special privileges, so I wish to plead to everyone to give him a chance because he's a young genius with a bright future ahead! Allow him to redeem himself with good deeds! Let him know that we don't only have the law in our world, we also have compassion!"
One could not deny that the prince was very cunning, and he knew how to manipulate the hearts of the people. He coupled general truths with exaggerated actions. His white robes moved some of the more soft-hearted women to tears.
"This…" Ling Yunxiao looked at Ding Juncai and hesitated.
At that time, the prince looked toward Ding Hao.
Seeing that the prince was about to continue, Ding Hao seized the initiative and said, "The prince makes sense, I also wish to ask for Ding Juncai to be forgiven. After all, he is still very young. Hopefully, he will be able to turn a new leaf with this chance!"
Hearing Ding Hao's words, a flash of surprise showed on the prince's face. He cursed Ding Hao for being cunning enough to see through his plan.
The prince was prepared to say that he believed that Ding Hao was a genius with a magnanimous attitude and would be kind enough to forgive Ding Juncai.
But he did not expect that Ding Hao would see through his plan and say it before he could.
If Ding Hao was really that magnanimous, he would not have allowed Ding Laosi's whole family to be sentenced to death. Ding Juncai might still be young, but he was mature for his age, and he was a vile child. He would definitely cause trouble in the future!
However, the situation was already at this stage. Ding Hao knew that he could not stop it, so he decided to just roll with it and used the chance to gain a reputation.
Knowing when to retreat and attack, this man was still young, but he had some pedigree. Ling Yunxiao looked at Ding Hao and nodded. "Not only does Ding Hao have unlimited potential, but his heart is also kind and merciful. Very good! Very well, we will pardon Ding Juncai. Bring him forward to kowtow to Ding Hao, as thanks!"
Ding Hao knew that Ding Juncai hated him, so he purposely asked while he was kowtowing, "Ding Juncai, your parents' evil deeds have nothing to do with you. Everyone called for mercy, as we believed that, despite your age, you can tell right from wrong and that you have a kind heart. City Lord Ling sentenced your parents to death. Do you feel that it is right?"
Ding Juncai really hated Ding Hao. He had caused the death of his parents and still wanted him to agree with the decision? As Ding Juncai knelt on the floor. He wanted nothing but to drag Ding Hao down with him. However, at that moment he could only swallow his rage and grudgingly say, "They should indeed die. The city lord is wise, and he gave out a fair sentence. All is as it should be!"
Ding Juncai almost bled from his eyes as he said that.
'This was all caused by yourselves. If you want revenge, I will wait for you!'
Ding Hao laughed and did not press the matter any longer. He said to Ling Yunxiao, "City Lord, Zheng Qiang, and his daughter who produced the demonic pills are still unpunished! Ding Junjie ran away just now. He is quite possibly with the Zheng Family!"
Ling Yunxiao said, "Then I will allow you to bring a squad of soldiers and catch them personally!"
"Yes!"
Catching criminals in the city was all done by the soldiers in the governor's office. Ding Hao noticed that a few of the guards that were meant to accompany him were the same guards who had seized him from his house. Ding Hao immediately pointed out those people, and said, "City Lord, I do not want those people with me."
Ling Yunxiao said, "Why?"
Ding Hao said, "These few are Ding Junjie's good friends. They helped him capture me!"
Ling Yunxiao waved, "Seize them all!"
Ding Hao asked them if they regretted their actions. They replied in the negative. He wondered if they felt an ounce of regret at that moment.
After that, Ding Hao led an officer and a few soldiers into the Zheng Family's pharmacy.
Zheng Family pharmacy.
Ding Junjie still did not know that Ding Hao had awakened. A few days ago, they had a passionate moment where Zheng Peipei's purity had been taken. The two of them were currently engaged in acts of passion. They were unable to take their hands off each other.
During the case at the governor's office, Ding Junjie had thought that Governor Zhou would make sure everything went smoothly and that Ding Hao was a goner! He had nothing to do at the time, so he went to look for Zheng Peipei. The two of them enjoyed themselves.
All the commotion that resulted from a genius being born did not reach them. They had no idea that their activities for that half a day would be their last.