Chapter 088: Cloud of Popular Support

Those runaway slaves who obtained household registration wooden plaques and were queuing up to receive rations suddenly emitted countless dazzling golden light spots, as if there were thousands of flickering fireflies floating up and down.
In the next moment, countless golden particles continuously gathered together, forming a dazzling golden cloud above the gate of the Dali Temple.
At the moment when the golden cloud formed, the qi of the heavens and the earth within a hundred miles of Chang'an City was simultaneously pulled, directly alarming numerous cultivators...
Many people can clearly perceive that the golden cloud is emitting a warm and gentle power, slowly affecting everyone in Chang'an City!
"That is... the Cloud of Public Support!"
Hu Qingqing glanced at the golden cloud in the sky and exclaimed:
"The gratitude and loyalty from hundreds of escaped slaves can actually radiate such pure power?!"
The cloud of popular support refers to the golden cloud formed by the genuine admiration and support of officials or the court by the general public, which gathers the will of the people and releases a large amount of spiritual energy.
Monastics call it the power of incense dedication, or the power of merit, faith, and belief.
For Confucian magic practitioners, the Cloud of Popular Support is a powerful external force that cannot be sought after but only encountered.
By absorbing the Cloud of Popular Support, Confucian magic practitioners can significantly increase their spiritual cultivation, and they can also receive the protection of mysterious powers as a result...
The sudden appearance of the phenomenon known as "the cloud of public support" not only shocked the people near the Dali Temple Ya, but also surprised the high-level practitioners in the entire Chang'an City, especially the Confucian scholars, who were utterly astonished.
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In a moving carriage.
Wu Anyue, the Empress of Da Zhou, was immediately influenced by the power of the public's will.
"Huh? This feeling... is so strange..."
Wu Anyue could only feel a mysterious force directly entering her inner world, greatly enhancing her spiritual power...
Dimly, Wu Anyue could sense that there was a small golden cloud in her inner world.
Cloud of Popular Support?
How is that possible?
With a look of surprise and confusion on her face, Wu Anyue seemed to have done nothing, so how did she suddenly gain the support of the people?
Similarly, Li Pu, who also received the protection of golden clouds, advised the Empress Dowager...
"Why is there something new in my spiritual world again?"
If he weren't outside the palace, Li Pu really wanted to enter a meditative state right away and see what his spiritual space had turned into.
Li Pu was even more confused in the martial arts competition because he did not know Minwang Zhiyun.
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The General's Office.
Xu Tian, who was calmly drinking tea, suddenly raised his head, his gaze became focused, his face slightly changed, and his eyebrows furrowed:
"What?! A popular cloud has emerged in the direction of the Dali Temple?!"
"Difeng, this cunning old fellow, didn't he say he was going north to investigate the Zhenbei Army?"
"I've sent someone to wait for him outside the city, how did he hide in Chang'an City and deceive the people to gain popularity?!"
"How despicable and shameless!"
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"Difeng, who was secretly called despicable by Difeng, is a bit confused at the moment."
"He was just carrying out the will of the Empress, and it didn't take much effort. How did he suddenly gain such strong popular support?"
However, it is only the rescue of a few hundred people, and it has actually formed a cloud of popularity?!
This is something that Di Feng did not expect!
"Could it be because they are all descendants of demons and barbarians, with naturally strong mental power, that they are like this?!"
Difeng was somewhat surprised, and if this is the reason, then the importance of the descendants of the brutal progeny slaves is self-evident.
It is necessary to quickly put the matter of rescuing more descendants of the brutal progeny slaves on the agenda.
Before Difeng could react, the golden cloud above the Dali Temple was descending towards him...
Difeng did not dodge.
Why would he? This is the cloud of popular support, how could he avoid it?!
Difeng didn't fly up and pounce on the golden cloud, which was restrained enough.
Soon, under the jealous and envious gazes of the officials at the Dali Temple, that golden cloud of public support directly merged into Difeng's body.
And Di Feng clearly felt that when the golden clouds appeared in the spiritual world, the shackles that had troubled him for many years as a university scholar's realm were directly broken through!
"Old man, have I promoted to the Confucianist realm?!"
Difeng feels his spiritual power rapidly rising, and can hardly believe it.
But soon, Difeng, who cannot perfectly control his spiritual power due to the rapid breakthrough, instantly becomes the focus of the entire Chang'an City.
With Difeng's breath, the spiritual energy of the heavens and earth within hundreds of miles is once again being led...
Difeng is like a uncontrollable giant whale, every action causing tremendous impact within a radius of a hundred miles!
At this moment, almost all low-level cultivators in Chang'an City are unable to cultivate normally!
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Zap!
Just now, I was still mocking the despicable and shameless Xu Tian of Difeng, but he stood up from his seat, eyes wide with surprise, his face becoming extremely ugly:
"Did Di Feng, that guy, actually breakthrough to the Great Confucian Realm?!"
The Great Confucian Realm is the seventh realm of the Confucian Dao.
Generally speaking, the combat power of a Confucian Dao practitioner in the seventh realm is on par with a martial artist at the Eighth Level of the Heavenly Stage.
Di Feng hasn't advanced to the Great Confucian realm. Xu Tian can easily overpower him in the court and rub him on the ground!
But once Di Feng has advanced to the Great Confucian realm and becomes familiar with its realm and learns the unique skills of the Great Confucian realm, Xu Tian might not necessarily be his match!
"Now, it's not that easy to kill Difeng!"
Xu Tian gritted his teeth, "What exactly is going on? How did Difeng get the protection of the Cloud of Public Opinion and even directly advance in rank!"
"There must be a problem here! Call someone to investigate immediately!"
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"Compared to Difeng's hysteria, the atmosphere in Li Pu's carriage is naturally completely different."
"Great Sichu Difeng, under the protection of the cloud of public opinion, successfully advanced to the level of a great scholar..."
Lu Yu looked at Wu Anyue with great excitement.
Upon hearing this, Wu Anyue, Li Pu, and Shangguan Qing were all very happy.
Di Feng's position was clear, and he could be considered a loyal supporter of the Empress!
Is it not worth celebrating when such a great Situ suddenly advances from the rank of a university scholar to that of a great Confucian?
"Mr. Di is really amazing!"
Shangguan Qing couldn't help but exclaim.
"If Di Feng can successfully break through, maybe I have contributed to it..."
Li Pu thought of a small and exquisite golden cloud that appeared in the spiritual world, and said seriously,
"... Just keep complimenting oneself."
Shangguan Qing couldn't help but retort to Li Pu.
But after venting, she felt that she shouldn't have done it.
At this point, it would be unwise to make Li Pu unhappy again.
Wu AnYue glanced at Li Pu, a slight smile curling on her lips.
'Shangguan guessed wrong this time! Di Feng's ability to advance to the Great Confucian realm is most likely due to the influence of his teacher!'
'Wu Anyue has basically understood the ins and outs of the matter and regards Li Pu's admiration as taking it to another level.'
Who would have thought that rescuing those descendants of monsters and slaves would earn such rich popular support and power rewards!
At this moment...
Wu Anyue suddenly raised her eyebrows.
She remembered that the Ministry of Justice had once submitted a memorial that mentioned an organization called the Xintian Society. It had been operating near Chang'an City, rescuing descendants of monsters and slaves from different places...
'The Xin Tian Society! Their ambitions are enormous!'
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Dali Ministry of Justice Yamen.
'Congratulations, Lord Di! Celebrate, Lord Di!'
'Not only can it gather the protective cloud of popular support, but it also successfully advances to the level of a great scholar in an instant. It's amazing!'
"I can only look up to you in admiration."
"Liu Lü, the Minister of the Dali Court, changed his previous hypocritical and perfunctory behavior and sincerely flattered Di Feng."
"As for the other officials of the Dali Court, at this point, they dare not even speak to Di Feng."
"It's just a breakthrough using borrowed power, nothing worth celebrating!"
Difeng suddenly broke through his realm, and was happy for a while, but soon returned to his normal expression.
As he said, this breakthrough was achieved with the help of the Cloud of Public Support, which is not really a skill...
More importantly, Difeng feels that the cloud of popular support just now should not belong to him at all!
'That is the power of popular support that should belong to Her Majesty the Empress!'
'As a result, it was intercepted by this old guy who runs errands, I feel so ashamed!'
After the excitement, Di Feng was filled with self-blame and guilt...
The result is set in stone and cannot be changed. Di Feng can only silently swear to be more loyal to the Empress in the future, and do his best to assist her, to benefit the Great Zhou court and the people.
Lu Liu didn't know about Di Feng's complex psychological activities, and seeing him so calm, couldn't help but admire his composure.
What is this called? Not being pleased by material things, not grieving for oneself, such a high state!
"Master Lu, you should now realize that sometimes it is not a bad thing to dare to sympathize with the sky and the people and dare to do something practical for the people!"
Di Feng looked at Grand Minister of Justice Lu Liu and said calmly.
This is Difeng taking revenge!
Before, Luli not only did not stand by his side, but also laughed at him for being too kind and stubborn, following one path until the end, not like someone with a broader vision...
Now, it turns out that Difeng's vision doesn't seem to be bad.
"This official is ashamed..."
There's nothing more that Lu Liu can say, and can only bow down and admit defeat.
Not far away.
Hu Qingqing and Li Zhiwei, who have witnessed two consecutive anomalies, have mixed feelings.
"Let's go and take the two targets away. Our mission for today will be considered completed…”
Hu Qingqing transmitted her voice to Li Zhiwei and said.
No matter what happens, completing the mission is the most important thing.
This is Hu Qingqing's code of conduct.
However, Li Zhiwei was contemplating a sarcastic comment uttered unintentionally by Hu Qingqing:
"At this point, does the existence of New Tianhui still hold any significance?"