"I would trouble my two wise brothers for so help. It’s hard for to make rapid progress alone."
"Elder brother, don’t worry. My third brother and I will absolutely give it our all to assist you!"
After Guan Yu, Liu Bei, and Zhang Fei left.
Imdiately, others ca forward to test the Celestial Ladder.
So left with interest and excitent;
So departed dejectedly;
So were secretly invigorated;
...
The varied states of the human world are endless.
But what can be confird is.
The existence of the Celestial Ladder.
Is enough to reignite the determination of many in the Martial Dao to train once more!
Especially those who were already passionate about martial arts, having a goal now needs no further explanation.
...
After Cao ngde learned of this.
He sighed repeatedly.
The illustrious Great Wei Kingdom has since lost a Guardian God!
He lanted for it.
But at the sa ti.
The colossal mountain pressing on him finally ’flew away’ on its own.
He couldn’t help but let out a heavy sigh of relief.
Although he is the Emperor of Great Wei, holding significant power, and everyone would adhere to his orders.
It seed that everyone at court and across Jiuzhou knew that his current status was all because of Ding Ling!
Without Ding Ling.
He, Cao ngde, could never have co this far.
For this, he had felt grateful, joyful, and laughed heartily.
But...
When a person reaches a certain stage, their thoughts undergo subtle changes.
"With you, Ding Ling, here. My glory as Cao ngde is overshadowed! Because you, Ding Ling, have absorbed all the radiance. Leaving in deep, profound darkness!"
"But now you are gone. I am saddened but more relieved. Because I no longer have to fear or worry that one day, you might unseat and replace !"
"These days of constant apprehension. Honestly, I really don’t want them anymore."
Cao ngde thought to himself:
"Though these words I will never be able to speak to others because they sound too heartless. But reality is that cruel. How could an Emperor wish for another looming sky overhead that suppresses him unto breathlessness?"
Cao ngde felt slightly apologetic.
Because he knew.
Without Ding Ling guarding the Great Wei Kingdom, he would not have walked so smoothly over this ’long’ period!
But the crisis had mostly been resolved.
Nevertheless, Ding Ling remained.
Yet Cao ngde had no ans to deal with Ding Ling!
He could only offer various benefits, hoping to stabilize Ding Ling.
Like a servant, humbly trying to please his master.
The feeling of trembling discomfort filled him entirely at all tis. Especially in recent months, this feeling beca increasingly pronounced.
"Ding Ling, you have finally left."
Cao ngde exhaled deeply.
The heavy feeling in his heart dispersed, replaced by a sense of rejuvenated joy.
"I finally don’t have to think every day about how to please you, how to support your close ones, how to spare no effort to assist you!"
Because of his earlier promises to Ding Ling.
And also fearing Ding Ling’s unparalleled martial prowess!
Cao ngde had truly exhausted his service for Ding Ling! Sincerely dealing with him!
The resources of Jiuzhou supported only Ding Ling’s family!
After satisfying Ding Ling’s family.
Only then it would be his, Cao ngde’s, family’s turn!
Clearly, he was the Emperor.
But Ding Ling lived like the Supre Emperor! Every move concerned his heart, leaving him with no choice but to revolve around Ding Ling.
A word from Ding Ling.
An order!
He had to exhaust every ans to fulfill it.
Many of the tasks were unbelievably difficult!
But he still managed to accomplish most of them.
Just thinking about it was exhausting!
"Ah, Ding Ling, this guy, really lived as I imagined."
Sotis, when Cao ngde worked overti, exhausted in the dead of night, slumping onto the Emperor’s Seat, thinking of Ding Ling, carefree and enjoying each day with several beauties, he couldn’t help but feel so envy, so jealousy.
"Drunk, resting upon a beauty’s knee, waking to rule the land. Carefree and happy. It was just too enjoyable. But alas, this wasn’t ; it was Ding Ling!"
Cao ngde thought of Ding Ling’s won.
He couldn’t help but admire in his heart.
Ding Ling’s eye for won was piercing.
The won he chose were all top-notch.
Diao Chan was unrivaled in Jiuzhou.
Da and Xiao Qiao, Du Qingcheng, Zhen Jiang each had their qualities, be it youthful and delicate, elegant and refined, or like beautiful jade flowers, or intelligent and refined.
It truly made Cao ngde envious.
Because in Cao ngde’s residence, he couldn’t find a woman comparable to Du Qingcheng.
Let alone soone comparable to Diao Chan.
Cai Wenji, though elegantly no less than Da Qiao, unfortunately, Cai Wenji was also attached to Ding Ling and unwilling to marry him, Cao ngde.
At this thought.
Cao ngde’s heart couldn’t help but feel a twinge of bitterness and jealousy!
He, an emperor, was completely overshadowed by Ding Ling.
But thinking that even his throne was brought about by Ding Ling.
Cao ngde sighed.
"People really can’t be compared to one another!"
"Ding Ling is soone rare across ages! That I, Cao ngde, could et him, all in all, is very fortunate!"
"Because of Ding Ling, at least I beca an emperor. Accomplished sothing many could only dream of!"
"In the end, I should respect him, be grateful to him, admire him! And not envy! Because no matter how much I envy, I could never have his kind of martial talent. He is Heaven’s chosen one, so what’s the use of being jealous of him? Better to just diligently perform my role as emperor!"
He seed to be convincing himself.
After a mont.
He resigned himself, accepting:
"Let it be so."
He loudly called out:
"Soone, dispatch heavy troops imdiately to guard the Celestial Ladder and keep idle individuals at a distance!"
...
...
Ding Ling did not know that the Cao ngde now was very different from the one who used to think solely for him, for the country and the people, eager to please him and hold onto his power.
He had beco more overbearing, restrained, stable, dignified, decisive!
However, though Ding Ling wasn’t aware of Cao ngde’s deep changes.
He did know one thing.
People change!
No matter who he chooses as emperor.
Once they reach that emperor’s position, many people’s ambitions, and desires start to swell!
They beco more tyrannical and more intolerant of people disobeying their orders!
Especially those emperors with absolute military power, who wield significant influence!
How could they allow soone with a higher status than them to constantly overshadow them?
Once when Ding Ling visited the Imperial Palace to see Cao ngde, he sensed Cao ngde’s tension, discomfort, and from then on, he rarely took the initiative to see Cao ngde.
Everything was focused on strengthening Diao Chan and others.
Until he ascended the Celestial Ladder and left.
He never actively visited the Imperial Palace.
Instead, he had Wang Yue, Tong Yuan, and others help take care of Diao Chan, to avoid conflicts of interest.
Proven by fact.
Ding Ling’s actions were right.
After he left.
Cao ngde began, intentionally or not, to weaken the control Ding Ling’s generals had over military power.
Upon noticing this, Pan Feng brought his entire family to join Zhao Yun, Diao Chan, and others.
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