Chapter 22 The Crown Prince Engages in a Debate with the Scholars for the Tao!
"Creation Green Lotus, your mission has come to an end!"
Tao raised its right hand, seizing a stalk from the thirty-six Grade Creation Green Lotus, and applied a slight force.
Crack!
The stalk broke.
A stalk with twelve Grade lotus leaves was held in Tao's hand, which was then split in half, the pieces kneaded into a disk and an axe!
This action stunned countless onlookers!
[My heavens, what has he done? Why did he split off a third of the Green Lotus and merge it into the seemingly useless dish and axe?]
[Has Tao gone mad? Isn't he afraid his actions will lead to the death of the thirty-six Grade Green Lotus?]
[This is insane, Tao's actions are truly incomprehensible!]
[It's over, Tao is going to ruin the Primordial Civilization! The process of civilizational evolution is fragile, and Tao just destroyed life that arose within a planet, incomprehensible!]
[Alas! Poor Green Lotus, just like that destroyed by Tao!]
[Suicidal idiot!]
[...]
The next second, the live broadcast further confirmed Tao's crazy image in the eyes of the public.
[Ding!]
[Thirty-six Grade Creation Green Lotus has been damaged by Tao, its Grade has plummeted, devolving to "twenty-four Grade Creation Green Lotus!"]
With the sound of Awakening Space's notification, people all over the world were shocked.
[I've said it, Tao is destroying his own achievements! Now it's been confirmed, hasn't it!]
[This is too irrational! Sigh...]
[Tao! You are truly speechless!]
[Not properly evolving civilization, but causing all sorts of trouble, let's see what you're going to do now!]
[Hahaha... Am I going to witness the scenes of a Legendary Civilization's evolution?]
[Tao oh Tao, you really... are preparing a wedding dress for me, the moment your civilization collapses will be the start of my "Primordial Civilization" evolution!]
[...]
Yanhuang Empire.
Imperial Palace!
Taiji Palace!
The Emperor and his ministers, after witnessing the scene on the live broadcast, all had grim expressions. If they weren't in the Imperial Palace, they would have bitterly cursed Tao.
The Emperor himself was usually unruffled by honor or disgrace, but seeing Tao's operation on screen, his face showed anger, disappointment, and annoyance, with a vague sense of rage yet not contending.
He had never thought that Tao would make a self-destructive move!
Really...
Without acting recklessly, one wouldn't die!
"Chancellor Zhuge, the Tao that I asked you to find, is there any news?!"
The Emperor, indeed the Emperor, quickly concealed his rage, regaining his composed demeanor.
He looked at the civil and military officials opposite him and slowly asked.
"Your servant is incompetent!"
Chancellor Zhuge knelt down and confessed his guilt!
"Continue the investigation!"
The Emperor did not blame Chancellor Zhuge for his inefficiency but instructed him to continue the investigation.
His inquiry about Tao was meant to deflect the topic so as not to be aggravated to death by Tao's actions on screen.
"As you command!"
Chancellor Zhuge got up and returned to his position.
He understood the Emperor's intentions, and along with the Emperor, they acted out a scene to avoid making the Emperor look like he was performing a monologue.
"My ministers, regarding Tao's actions, can any of you discern their meaning?"
The Emperor, looking at Tao in the live broadcast, frowned and said.
The Crown Prince saw that the civil and military officials failed to respond to the Emperor, so he immediately stepped out of the ranks and walked to the center of the great hall, performing to the Emperor the ritual of a subject to his sovereign.
"Father Emperor, your son has some insights, may I speak out or should I refrain?"
The Crown Prince asked tentatively.
As the Crown Prince of the Yanhuang Empire, his every word and action were under scrutiny by countless people. If he misspoke on this matter, it could easily lead to public outrage!
"Speak!"
The Emperor did not look away, replying with just one word indifferently.
Upon hearing this, the Crown Prince pondered for a moment, carefully choosing his words, then said: "Father Emperor, your son believes that Tao's actions are not reckless, but carry a deeper significance.
"
Tao can evolve a Legendary Primordial Civilization, definitely not by someone who does not know what's important.
This can be seen from the evolution process of the Primordial Civilization itself.
Yesterday, when the scene first started, Tao's first action was to smash the awakening planet!
To us, this looks like a suicide mission.
But what happened?
Not only did Tao not die, it evolved a life form—a 36 Grade Chaos Green Lotus!
Back then, we still did not think highly of Tao,
believing it was a fluke, like a blind cat stumbling upon a dead mouse, and it wouldn't develop any further!
But what happened?
Tao's next moves, once again, overturned everyone's understanding!
It used the grey mist from the Awakening Space to cultivate a giant black 'egg'!
That is the "Pangu" on top of the 36 Grade Chaos Green Lotus!
In order to give that 'egg' a breath of life, it chose to use its own essence blood to imbue the 'egg' with life.
Such actions, in our past understanding, were tantamount to courting death.
These are actions against common sense!
And the result?
Tao succeeded again!
The egg came to life.
It started to exhibit the life vibrations of a life form!
At that time, nobody thought Tao would succeed, even I, the Crown Prince, doubted its success.
But in the end, Tao used unconventional methods to evolve a life form.
Afterward, it even created three thousand giant eggs infused with life forms.
Such actions, in the eyes of those with conventional thinking, are impossible to achieve.
They are also actions not accepted by subjective consciousness.
Just like how it's now destroying the 36 Grade Creation Green Lotus, it seems like madness, but in reality, there's profound significance."
Saying this, the Crown Prince paused for a moment, his gaze shifting to Tao on the screen in the live broadcast room, continuing, "Look at the 'plate' and 'axe' in his hands. After merging with the stem of the Green Lotus, don't they seem different!
I believe this is Tao once again performing an operation against common sense..."
At this point, the Crown Prince stopped speaking.
Actually, there was no need to continue!
The Crown Prince's use of Tao's previous actions as examples was enough to prove that Tao's current behavior was not reckless but indeed had deeper implications.
Upon hearing this, the Emperor did not show the slightest ripple in his expression, his gaze sweeping around, absorbing the expressions of every minister, and then said, "What do my beloved ministers think about the Crown Prince's analysis?"
The Assistant Minister of Rites is the Crown Prince's teacher, a staunch member of the Crown Prince Faction. Now that the Emperor was inquiring about the Crown Prince's narrative, he was the first to step out from the ranks.
"Reporting to the Emperor, your humble servant believes the Crown Prince's analysis is reasonable. Tao's seemingly reckless and unconventional operations time and again are actually preparations for the further evolution of the Primordial Civilization!
For example, the broadcast just started is completely different from the fading scene of yesterday, and in this period, it was impossible for Tao to secretly evolve the Primordial Civilization.
Because the evolution process of a Legendary Civilization is live broadcasted continuously, the Awakening Space could not have had such an obvious oversight.
But the Primordial Civilization of Tao has indeed changed, and from this alone, we can see that it's the evolution of the Primordial Civilization itself.
Other than this not triggering the birth of the broadcast imagery, your humble servant can't think of anything else!
Therefore, your humble servant is certain that everything is caused by those unconventional operations Tao did before."
"I also agree with the Crown Prince's statement!" The Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, although not a member of the Crown Prince Faction, is not affiliated with any other prince's factions either, but is a neutral party.
He believes in supporting whoever he thinks is right, without bias.
"This servant also agrees with the Crown Prince's statement!" stated the Vice Minister of Criminal Justice.
"I agree as well!"
"I do too!"
"The Crown Prince is right!"
"Count me in!"
"Me too!"
"..."
Following the Vice Minister of Criminal Justice's stance, the civil and military officials in the great hall all showed a one-sided situation.
In the end, excluding the Emperor who did not express an opinion, all members agreed with the Crown Prince's analysis.
Seeing this, the Emperor smiled slightly and said, "Court is dismissed!" Having said that, he stood up and left, leaving behind a bunch of bewildered ministers and the Crown Prince.
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To be continued!
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