long night walk

Chapter 1581: The Wind's Remains

Jun Huang Cheng Huang seemed to have been extremely humiliated, his eyes were filled with viciousness and cruelty that could devour a person's bones. He wished he could summon three thousand heavenly thunders to blow this ignorant boy into pieces.

But when he saw Baili An standing among the disciples of the True Immortal Sect, he was like a star surrounding the moon, and the disciples surrounded and protected him with an extremely pious attitude.

Even the old god Qing Ao, who made Jun Huang Cheng Huang's soul tremble with fear, stood one step behind Bailian with his sleeves folded and his head lowered.

Although the distance was very small and seemingly insignificant, he was actually standing behind the corpse demon proton. Between his eyebrows, there was a kind of humility and obedience that he had never shown to him, the emperor who supported him.

If he hadn't known that Qing Ao had entered Kunlun Jingxu to develop the True Immortal Sect more than 100,000 years ago, and this kid's bone age was only a dozen years old.

He almost doubted whether this Master Qingao was instructed by this boy to plan and lay out in the mountains for so many years in order to seize the Water God's territory.

But at this moment, the shock in Junhuang Chenghuang's heart was far more than that.

Not long ago, Zhai Long clearly entered the Water Temple and asked him to open the city gate, trying to lure the enemy into the city under the pretext of collecting the remains of the fallen soldiers.

But Zhai Long's death was only a stick of incense away, and the defense line was broken, and the realm was breached. Even if Qing Ao relied on the old god's divine military skills, it was impossible for him to defeat him under his nose in just a few days.

Where are his soldiers? Where are his generals? !

Where are his guard subordinates? !

  Are they all here to eat and eat?!

While Emperor Jun Chenghuang was confused, he saw that the immortal soldiers in their iconic blue clothes and black armor were standing in disorder among the enemy's troops under his own mountains and rivers. They no longer held guns, flags or swords in their hands, their morale was low, and they no longer had any will to fight.

  This phenomenon clearly showed that he took the initiative to open the city gate and lured the enemy into the city without receiving military orders, which led to his crushing defeat!

Especially among those people, Jun Huang Chenghuang saw many familiar faces. They were unharmed and showed no signs of defending the city from the enemy. Their brows were depressed and their eyes were empty and blank. Their black armor was half removed and their weapons were surrendered.

Emperor Jun Chenghuang simply could not accept this happening. He seemed to have suffered great humiliation and betrayal. He pointed at the capable generals who had followed him for many years one by one and said angrily: "Gen Zhao! Yuan Qi! Bai Qianjin! I have regarded you as my confidants and loyal and capable generals in vain! This is how you repay me! You surrender without a fight! You are unworthy of being the immortal soldiers of the Water God Clan!"

Those who were called by name all lowered their heads, ashamed to see others before Emperor Jun Chenghuang opened his mouth to speak.

But when they heard Jun Huang Cheng Huang's sarcastic and abusive words, those people raised their heads in anger.

  One of them said: "Your Majesty also knows the principle of surrendering without a fight?! General Zhai Long was such a hero, a loyal minister and a good general. Thousands of enemy troops failed to take his head, but he died from a cup of poisoned wine given by the king he fought to protect. How ironic!"

If His Majesty had the backbone and responsibility of a king, he would not sacrifice one precious scout after another who could obtain intelligence on the enemy to do the useless delivery of letters for help at such a moment. His Majesty has relied on a woman all his life, so he has developed the character of being paralyzed and evasive when encountering problems.

If Your Majesty had the heart to fight the enemy, he shouldn't have spent all his time writing lyrics and composing music in this world of pleasure! If anyone in the whole clan had the heart to surrender without fighting, Your Majesty would be the one to do it!"

  "You! You are a traitor! You are disobedient and disrespectful!" Emperor Jun Chenghuang was so angry that he was shaking all over!

But besides being angry, he was also extremely terrified and confused.

He naturally knew that poisoning the old general left to him by his father was a serious matter. Even if he gave the poisoned wine, it was a private act. How did they know? !

This was Master Qingao smiling indifferently. He shook his gathered sleeves, looked at Junhuang Chenghuang with dim eyes, and raised his lips with a hint of sarcasm: "Your Majesty, please allow me to report. Since I have been plotting to take over the Water God Realm, I have to take everything into consideration over the past few hundred thousand years. There is the brave general Zhai Long in the Water God Realm. When the country changes, he will naturally become the biggest obstacle for me. Therefore, if he doesn't come out of the mountain, I will go in. It is not difficult to know what General Zhai Long looks like. And there is also the jade pendant..."

Master Qingao smiled again and said, "Knowing that the jade pendant given by his deceased wife is of extraordinary significance, it is not difficult. On the battlefield, I taught Mr. Ghost Hand to steal this technique using the Stealing Stars and Changing the Moon technique, which is not difficult either.

Speaking of which, this Mr. Ghost Hand came from the fairyland, and it was His Majesty who recommended me to make friends with him and join the True Immortal Sect. Now he is really useful to me.

As for using the trace technique in the jade to record your Majesty's actions for your soldiers to see, it is not difficult at all."

"Of course, if Your Majesty breaks any one of these strategies, I will not be able to accomplish my mission. However, Your Majesty's thoughts are too simple and easy to guess. I guess you don't have the courage to open the city gates and welcome the defeated army to regroup."

"From the moment you decided not to open the city gate, your fate was doomed to failure."

Jun Huang Chenghuang burst into tears, his heart was broken, but it was too late to regret.

He was just cowardly and lacked courage, but not stupid. At this point, how could he not understand that True Man Qingao was clearly able to capture cities and territories in one go, but he chose to capture only one city and then forcefully drove the enemy away, only destroying the city-state without killing the immortal soldiers. Seeing that there was no hope of opening the city gates, the soldiers in the city committed suicide under the city, and then True Man Qingao led thousands of troops to trample their corpses to pieces.

The intention was not to humiliate them, but to satirize how cowardly and stupid their king was.

Therefore, every time a city was defeated, they knew that they had no way to retreat and no reinforcements.

They were just bricks and tiles of the city wall resisting the crushing of the huge rocks. In the eyes of their king, they were even just cannon fodder used to delay time and wait for the arrival of Kunlun reinforcements.

But even so, under the leadership of General Zhai Long, they never surrendered.

Time and again, the city was broken by despair, and I didn't know when I would be like those crushed comrades, abandoned by the emperor as easily as if they were a piece of trash.

Until General Zhai Long, burdened with numerous bloody battles, returned to the Water God Temple just to ask for the grace of a retreat for them.

But he died from a glass of poison.

It was as if they had been struggling to hold on for so long, but finally the last thread broke.

Because they ridiculously discovered that their fighting, suffering injuries and death, and their bones and blood turning into mud, had become meaningless.

The will to fight was overwhelming. Losing General Zhai Long was like losing their last faith. They all stopped resisting and voluntarily opened the city gate restrictions to lead the army into the city.

Just like this, Qing Ao fought in the second half of the battle. Without losing a single soldier, he completely conquered the Water God Kingdom in just one day.

Seeing the army approaching like a dark cloud, Jun Huang Chenghuang felt weak and powerless, his teeth clenched, and he looked as if he had lost all desire to live.

The eagle flapped its wings and flew up from the young man's arms. Bailian gathered his fox fur coat and said lightly, "Hand over the seal of the Supreme Immortal, and the Lord Junhuang can still protect all the soldiers of the tribe from death."

"How dare a mere hostage go too far!" Emperor Jun Chenghuang finally couldn't bear it anymore. He summoned a golden thunderbolt with his hand and sent it down towards Bailian's head, determined to kill the evil beast to pieces!

Bailian didn't even bat an eyelid. Behind him, Master Qingao, who was standing quietly like a mountain ghost, sneered and with a wave of his hand, dispersed the thunder completely.

As he raised his cold eyes, thousands of disciples of the True Immortal Sect drew out the small bright red flags from their waists, secretly in line with the principle of the round sky and square earth. Then, a huge tripod as big as a mountain emerged from the void under the summons of the thousands of small flags.

The mouth of the cauldron, which was boiling with blazing flames, slowly tilted towards Emperor Jun Chenghuang. The terrifying aura pressed down on him, making Emperor Jun Chenghuang's scalp feel like it was melting and burning.

  The Eight Desolate Flame Cauldron!

This is the Eight Desolate Tribulation Flame Cauldron that is said to be able to refine the body and soul of an immortal. It is said that if an immortal is thrown into this cauldron, the purest immortal pill can be refined. If the body and soul of an immortal are thrown into it for smelting, the Ten Thousand Treasures Purple Gold Pill can be refined!

His face was ferocious and he said anxiously, "How dare you refine me!"

Qing Ao smiled faintly, not taking it seriously: "His brother can feed me to the evil god, so why can't I use you to make pills? If Your Majesty still doesn't agree to my little brother's request, this tripod will..."

Emperor Chenghuang was afraid that he would really do so, so he said anxiously: "I am the son of the Father Emperor, I have the blood of the Son of God, and I am protected by the laws of heaven. The fire of the Eight Desolate Tribulations cannot refine my soul. Even if you smash it with a cauldron, you cannot refine my body."

Master Qingao said nonchalantly: "If you don't die, peeling off a layer of your skin will be enough. This is a good opportunity to see how hard your bones are."

"Slow down!" Emperor Jun Chenghuang was sweating profusely, knowing that he alone could not resist the force of tens of thousands of troops.

He looked struggling, but his tone finally compromised: "The seal of the Immortal Lord is of great importance. Please allow me to consider this matter carefully."

Hearing this, Bailian's eyes flickered. He knew that since Emperor Jun Chenghuang could say such a thing, he was obviously willing to surrender.

Although handing over the Immortal Seal was only a matter of time, Baili An had other concerns in his heart and was unwilling to create any complications.

He said calmly: "Your Majesty, do you think you still have the right to consider? I am not negotiating with you."

"My friend, there is no need to be so anxious." Unexpectedly, the murderous Qing Ao smiled slightly at this moment. His bottomless eyes looked at Bailian and said, "Your Majesty and I have a deep relationship. Even if we give him a few days of respect, it will not be a problem. I promise you that since you are willing to work with me to conquer the world, I will offer you this small seal with both hands no matter what."

  This old fox!

Is it really not as easy to deal with as it looks?

Baili An knew that he should not show too much eagerness in this matter, so he could only smile back and said, "Then I hope Master, please don't disappoint me."

Three days later, the emperor struggled in vain, and the flying snow in the sky was like paper money for the burial of his water fairyland.

His backbone and pride were only revealed when he was angry.

After returning to the palace, he looked at the ruined and dilapidated Water God Temple, which had lost its glory. Even if he wanted to look at the piles of documents, it was too late.

He lost a good general and missed an opportunity. Now, looking back, he had a lifespan and time beyond that of ordinary mortals, but hundreds of thousands of years were wasted on him.

When the war broke out, the oath and determination to fight for the survival of the country and the party disappeared at this moment like a dream.

Everything is a foregone conclusion. He knows clearly in his heart that once he hands over the Immortal Seal, even his brother will completely regard him as a disgrace and abandon him.

  But even so, he still did not have the ambition to die for his country. Even if he chose to live on, he was willing to

Listening to the shouting and calling for war outside the palace, and thinking about his subordinates who had taken the initiative to open the city gate ban, Emperor Jun Chenghuang felt pain, hatred and regret in his heart, but he did not blame himself.

With tears and blood in his eyes, he personally burned his piano, books, lyrics and music scores, and burned all the works that he thought he was proud of in his life, so that they would not fall into the hands of the enemy and become a laughing stock.

It was just that in a dark corner where no one knew about it, he stubbornly defended his own face and backbone.

Until the daybreak began to appear, before the darkness broke.

On this cold morning, he took off his royal robe, bare his upper body, carried a long branch of thorns on his back, held the seal in both hands, and surrendered outside the palace.

It is ridiculous that the emperor, who was responsible for deciding life and death with every word he said, while denouncing and accusing others of poisoning with every word he spoke, was actually performing a big drama of surrendering himself with his naked body.

He is not without dignity.

He became a high and mighty person, and for a moment, he felt a mixture of heaven and hell.

However, compared to this tormenting shame, he wanted to live more.

Even if it was in a humble way that he was not familiar with, bending his back, even if it meant becoming a prisoner, living in a mountain, and being an idle and powerless immortal, he was willing to do it.

He was afraid of death and couldn't bear to leave the prosperity and freedom of this world.

Until the end, he even held out a glimmer of hope.

If you want to lower the price, then it should be worthwhile.

If you are tolerant at every step, don't insist, and show your sincerity, will you be able to gain a little mercy from your enemy?

He had never experienced the suffering of war and chaos since he was a child, and he also didn't want to experience these things. He accepted his fate calmly, which was also a kind of great courage. He indulged in the pain of losing his country and fell into this terrible abyss from which there was no escape.

It would be better to exchange one's own integrity and that meaningless imperial demeanor for a peaceful and carefree life of living for today and enjoying life to the fullest.

From despair and anger to calmly accepting everything.

It only took him three days to go through such a turbulent state of mind.

Little did he know, that on the day when he received the surrender with the seal, in the Heyan Temple, the woman from the Yushi Kingdom, whom he had truly loved and wanted to marry, led seventy-nine mortal Taoist nuns in the temple, some young and old, some in their prime, some already in their eighties.

They held torches, lit the alchemy cauldrons, swallowed the spiritual wine to ignite themselves, and started a huge fire, making the final silent resistance and showing their unyielding spirit.

It burns into Mount Sumeru and then dissipates with the wind.

They entered the Kunlun Heyan Temple because of that man's name, so their reputation was not clean, but in the end, they left with nothing.

And from the moment his flesh and blood turned to ashes, he finally let go of his obsession, and his fate with Jun Huang Chenghuang was completely over.

The delicate woman knew the sorrow of losing her country, she sang the song of death with her body and cast sad words with her blood, with her qualities contained in the raging fire and the purity of ice, showing the unprecedented style and backbone of the emperor.