Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 765 Gu Xu’s Widows

More than half a year later.

The lights in the imperial study were dim, and a heavy atmosphere enveloped the entire room.

The sandalwood incense curled up and the misty smoke diffused in the air, but it failed to relieve the pressure on the hearts of the three people in the room.

Zhao Yan sat behind the desk and pushed a memorial to Shangguan Jin and Xiao Wanjun opposite her, with undisguised worry between her brows.

"Look at it!"

Shangguan Jin reached out to take the memorial, his eyes quickly swept across the densely written words on the paper, his brows furrowed, and then he handed the memorial to Xiao Wanjun beside him.

Xiao Wanjun took the memorial, read it carefully, and his expression became more and more solemn.

Zhao Yan glanced at the two of them, and after a brief silence, she spoke calmly: "You should have seen that the Cang Yao world is being invaded by powerful enemies from another world.

"Let's call it the 'Yaoguang World' for now.

"According to the latest battle report, the Great Xia garrison was defeated step by step in the Cang Yao World. Three mines have been captured by the enemy, and a base was completely destroyed yesterday.

"Intelligence shows that the enemy has at least five eighth-level warriors, and our army is simply unable to resist. If the situation continues to deteriorate, the fall of Cang Yao World is probably only a matter of time."

Shangguan Jin pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Ever since the late emperor brought back the 'Haotian Ship' from the Lingxiao Realm and opened the era of external development, our Great Wilderness' resources have become increasingly dependent on supplies from other worlds.

“Nowadays, cultivators often use pills to strengthen their bodies, improve their perception, and heal injuries, such as the ‘Taiqing Ningshen Pill’, the ‘Lunhui Fagu Pill’, the ‘Xuanyuan Xumai Pill’, etc., which are almost all made from materials from another world.

"If the 'Cang Yao World' is lost, the future development of the Great Wilderness will inevitably be severely restricted."

"With the strength of Dahuang, we may be able to deal with the five True Lords," Xiao Wanjun said, "According to intelligence, they have not yet grasped the power, and Her Majesty Ye Huang has now grasped the fourth power. She alone is enough to suppress all of them.

"But the problem is that this is only the power they display openly. As for what else they are hiding in secret, we have no idea."

Zhao Yan listened to their words quietly, her eyes fixed on the table.

The candlelight reflected on her hair, as if it was coated with a soft golden halo, while her face was completely hidden in the shadows.

After a long silence, she spoke softly:
“When the late emperor was alive, he mentioned an interesting metaphor to me. He said that the vast universe outside the Great Barrier is like a dark forest.

“Each world is unknown to the other, but once exposed to the other, they may face the risk of being plundered of resources or even destroyed.

“Even though there are countless worlds in the universe, there must be quite a few eighth-level masters who can cross the void. However, in the past few thousand years in the Great Wilderness World, apart from the Lingxiao Realm, we have almost never seen the eighth-level masters from other worlds descend.

"When the late emperor was exploring the void, he rarely encountered strong people from other worlds. He believed that this phenomenon was due to the lack of information, which made most strong people remain silent and suspicious of the universe and rarely expose their existence easily.

“Only a ninth-level expert like Xuandan Tianzun, who is born with deficiencies, would risk traveling across worlds to launch massacres in order to seize the souls and cultivation of other living beings to make up for his own deficiencies.

“Now that the previous emperor has passed away, our Great Wilderness is weak and we are in the vast universe. If we are not careful, we may become prey.

"We should follow his last words and focus on defense. If we encounter a strong enemy, we should give up.

“As he said, the people of the Great Wilderness are extraordinary. They have been able to make it all the way from the plight of demons and darkness to the current prosperity. Even if they have to give up some things now, there is still hope that they will rise again in the future.”

Hearing this, Shangguan Jin nodded slightly, lowered his eyes, and said softly: "The Queen Mother is right."

In her opinion, the several alien worlds that Dahuang now occupied were all the results of Gu Xu's battles during his lifetime. Now she had to give them up, and naturally she felt a little unwilling. Xiao Wanjun picked up the pen, dipped it lightly in red ink, and solemnly wrote down the Queen Mother's decision on the memorial.

After finishing the thick pile of memorials on the table, Zhao Yan slowly stood up, hugged the two of them, and said softly, "Thank you for your hard work."

During the period after Gu Xu's death, the three women who used to dislike each other now cooperate tacitly and jointly shoulder the responsibility of governing the country.

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Changchun Garden, a meditation room.

The Night Emperor sat upright on a bamboo mat, his golden eyes suddenly opened, his gaze was as sharp as a blade, and his overwhelming pressure surged like a tide, instantly filling the entire space.

After Gu Xu passed away, she concentrated on practicing "The Universe Creation Sutra" day after day, and became more and more proficient in human practice methods.

Sometimes she was so focused on her training that she was completely immersed in it and forgot that she was once a dragon. It was as if she had been a human being who practiced martial arts and fought with her true energy since birth.

Although human practice methods seem strenuous, they are incredibly efficient.

In addition, the "Universe Creation Sutra" was tailor-made for her by Gu Xu, which fully combined her natural talent of being close to the Tao, enabling her cultivation to improve rapidly at an unprecedented speed.

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A month ago, she successfully constructed the fourth level of the eighth realm and mastered a new authority - "Inner Demon".

At this moment, she lowered her head and stared at her obviously bulging belly. Her eyes gradually softened, even tinged with a hint of nostalgia.

This child is a hybrid of dragon and human, and has stayed in her womb for much longer than the ordinary human's ten months of pregnancy, but there is still no sign of birth.

"Gu Xu..." She called the child's father's name softly.

Having mastered the "Universe Creation Sutra", she is now the strongest person in the Great Wilderness and the person with the fastest growth in cultivation.

Not only did she shoulder the heavy responsibility of protecting the Great Wilderness World for Gu Xu, she also had a firm goal in mind:

When she is promoted to the ninth realm, she will go to the Xuandan world in person, completely wipe out the Xuandan Tianzun, shatter his soul, and avenge Gu Xu.

"Boom boom boom!"

Suddenly, there were a few soft knocks on the door outside the quiet room.

"Come in!" said Emperor Ye calmly.

As soon as he finished speaking, the door was pushed open a crack, and then Jiang Zhaoyue rushed in from outside.

She sat down next to Ye Huang, rested her head on her shoulder, and asked softly, "Sister, are you thinking about him again?"

Ye Huang neither nodded nor denied it.

"Come, sister, try some tiramisu," Jiang Zhaoyue said as she took out a paper box of cake from her sleeve and smiled faintly, "This is a dessert he invented when he was alive. It tastes delicious."

Ye Huang took the cake box and held it gently in his hands. His eyes were a little absent-minded, but he was not in a hurry to open it.

"Sister, when did you become attracted to him?" Seeing that Ye Huang had remained silent, Jiang Zhaoyue could not help but ask the question she had always been curious about. "When he was alive, you always told me to stay away from him, saying that good-looking men are the most likely to lie. Why do you seem to be obsessed with him the most now?"