I Contracted All Ancient Divine Artifacts

Navy? What is that?

Chang Hao heard this, a flash of confusion in his eyes. He didn’t understand what Han Zhan meant by navy.

Navy refers to Tong Yi, Tong Er, and those people they found, the few who initially spoke of "fairness."

In the entire plan, the reason Han Zhan succeeded wasn’t as simple as it appeared on the surface.

First is the basic foundation.

Public sentiment has a threshold; no matter how others incite it, the fluctuations won’t be absurdly large.

Just like Han Zhan said earlier, public sentiment isn’t that fragile; the Ancestral Temple has worked hard in Xiqi for many years, and it’s impossible for a single setback to lead to total ruin.

As long as things can be set right, there’s a chance for recovery.

This is fundamentally different from starting from scratch.

Then there’s the navy.

The choice of navy is also crucial.

The lowest tier of navy is the people of the Ancestral Temple, anyone coming forward to explain to the people of Xiqi would only exacerbate the situation.

Because angry Xiqi people won’t listen to any explanations, any explanation from a temple person would be seen as sophistry.

The mid-tier navy is ordinary Xiqi citizens, who can listen, but not much.

And the best tier of navy is innocent children.

The innocence of children, and the public’s tolerance towards them, determines their advantage as the navy.

In fact, Tong Yi and Tong Er did indeed, as Han Zhan anticipated, achieve the effect of calming the public’s anger and bringing them to reason.

Finally, there’s the Circulation Technique.

Indeed, long before the crowd gathered, Han Zhan had already set up the Circulation Array around the altar.

The Sword Heart and Zither Gall effect of the Fu Xi Zither has the ability to soothe emotions.

The application of the Circulation Technique naturally includes similar arrays.

With Han Zhan’s current ability of thousands of Golden Profound Texts, it’s not impossible to cover the entire square with the Circulation Array.

Thus, the final effect presented was,

After Xiqi citizens vented their internal anger, the profound words of the navy, coupled with the "Calm the Mind and Spirit" effect of the Circulation Array.

Allowed Han Zhan to successfully realize his plan to reclaim the public sentiment for the Ancestral Temple.

However, things are far from over.

Resolving the public sentiment crisis is just the first step.

What needs to be done next is to solve the problem of the Celestial God Sacrifice.

If the issue of the Celestial God Sacrifice is not resolved, all previous efforts will be in vain.

The opponent’s scheme of killing three birds with one stone is that tricky.

Fortunately, Han Zhan has already devised a plan to counteract it.

"Ladies and gentlemen."

Seeing that the people of Xiqi present were calm, Han Zhan used the Circulation Array to amplify his voice, ensuring everyone could hear.

"I believe everyone has calmed down a bit, so what I say next, I hope you can hear."

"The Celestial God Sacrifice being destroyed was an intentional act by someone, and that person was also the mastermind behind the grain warehouse riot."

"His real aim is to make Xiqi, make the Ancestral Temple, utterly destroyed!"

Past experience told Han Zhan that when rallying people, it’s best to have a common enemy; only then can everyone be more united.

Indeed, upon hearing Han Zhan’s words, the awakened people of Xiqi had their inner anger reignited one by one.

However, this time, the object of anger shifted from the Ancestral Temple to that unknown enemy.

Han Zhan continued: "I stand here representing the Ancestral Temple, not to absolve the Temple."

"You entrusted your offerings to the Temple for unified safekeeping because you trusted the Temple, and now such a problem has arisen, the Temple cannot shirk this responsibility."

"However, I hope you could give the Temple a chance to mend the fence after the sheep are lost."

"In two days, it’s the Celestial God Sacrifice day. I’d like to ask everyone to cooperate with me, to face the crisis together and avoid divine punishment!"

Han Zhan’s words once again brought complete silence to the scene.

The people of Xiqi had already prepared themselves for the inevitability of things being irretrievable and divine punishment descending.

Yet at this critical moment, Han Zhan tells them there’s still hope?!

This is the art of speech.

If Han Zhan had said these words from the very start, the effect wouldn’t have been as good as now.

This gives all Xiqi people a sensation of finding brightness at the end of a dark path.

"No problem!"

"If the Ancestral Temple is willing to devote itself to Xiqi, Xiqi should fully cooperate with it!"

"Exactly!"

The same navy was the first to shout.

Others, upon hearing this, thought it made sense and joined in shouting together.

More and more people, influenced by crowd psychology, joined in.

Unity among people makes things easier.

Seeing this scene, Han Zhan nodded, thinking that it was quite enough.

Next is his time to perform.

"Now that everyone understands the crisis facing Xiqi and the Ancestral Temple, please return to your residences and tally up the remaining chickens and other food."

"Before the sun rises again, bring them to the altar here."

"I will make the final attempt here."

Soon afterwards, the crowd dispersed rapidly.

Chang Hao watched everything transpiring, dumbfounded.

Smooth.

That was the only feeling he had after seeing Han Zhan resolve the crisis.

Smooth as flowing water.

Everything proceeded as planned, without any deviation, even causing him, listening on the side, to feel somewhat enthusiastic.

"Tch, Fifth Brother, you are indeed a qualified instigator, arranging everything clearly."

"If you were made emperor, this world would definitely become very different."

In response to Chang Hao’s praise, Han Zhan shook his head, saying little.

Soon, the departing people of Xiqi returned again.

This time, each of them carried a lot more things in their hands.

With cultivated food, reared animals, and some other items... The Ancestral Temple collects offerings periodically, fortunately enough, as it had been quite some time since the last collection.

But merely relying on these wouldn’t be enough to compensate for the losses.

Han Zhan instructed them to place their things on the ground and then exit the square.

Once all Xiqi citizens exited, leaving behind the land covered with poultry and food,

He took a deep breath, raising his hands slowly from both sides.

Because he knew the next scene would be very shocking.

Silver Creation Skill bloomed in his palms like two radiant, enchanting silver flowers.

As the enchanting flowers floated from Han Zhan’s hands, slowly rotating, scattering silver sparkles.

Those sparkles were like life-giving rain, falling onto the ground.

Then, all the remaining people of Xiqi, including the onlookers Chang Hao, Bai Shang, and Lu Tao, widened their eyes.

They saw:

A hen that was originally normal suddenly, on its back behind its original pair of wings, surged a lump of flesh abruptly.

And then, the lump of flesh broke apart.

Eight new pairs of wings grew on its back!