"Third-Rank Taoist Record…"
"I scored first place in the examination in my younger years, and for decades, I've toiled diligently for the Taoist Court, only recently obtaining the 'Supreme Court Three Caves Five Thunders Talisman' of the fourth rank…"
Zhang Zichun couldn't describe the feeling in his heart and asked, "What if he still refuses?"
Eunuch Wang's eyebrows instantly stood on end, "The emperor's grace directly bestows a Third-Rank Taoist Record, what an honor is that? If he still disobeys, then naturally he is a traitorous official and should be executed!"
The rule of the Taoist Court is embodied in the Taoist Records.
To disregard the Taoist Records, to refuse restraint, and not to willingly expose one's vulnerabilities for manipulation by superiors, to hence leave one's life and death at their mercy, is naturally to be deemed a rebel!
Many recalcitrant gods were forced into rebellion in just such a manner.
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Black Cloud Mountain.
