Song Xing: I am cultivating immortals in Qingcheng Mountain

Chapter 472 Wuxin Arrives, Transaction

The imperial seal was stolen in broad daylight, which made Emperor Mingde furious, and he ordered a thorough investigation.

Because the person who took action that day was suspected of being related to the Tang Clan and the Lei Clan, in order to avoid suspicion, Xiao Se was ordered by Emperor Mingde to stay in the palace. As for the seal-holding eunuch Jin Yan, he was fined one year's salary for failing to supervise him properly.

Xiao Chong and Xiao Yu received the imperial edict to track down the whereabouts of the jade seal. In addition, Lan Yuehou was also summoned by Emperor Mingde to assist the two in investigating the case.

"You don't seem worried at all."

An acquaintance came to Xueluo Villa today, specifically, a monk.

"Is there any use in worrying?"

Xiao Se folded his hands across his chest, his eyes becoming distant.

Xiao Lanwan had calculated before that things would go wrong on the day of the heaven sacrifice, but she had not thought at that time that Xiao Yu and the others' target would actually be the jade seal.

"Indeed, it seems to be of no use."

Wuxin, or rather, the leader of Tianwaitian, Ye Anshi, spread his hands with a hint of amusement in his eyes. He has been in contact with Xiao Se for a long time, and he doesn't believe that the other party has no backup plan.

"You're not here to laugh at me today, are you?"

Wuxin chuckled.

"how could be?"

"Speaking of which, apart from my mother, there is nothing in this Apocalypse City that is worth my attention."

"And Xiao Yu, and your father, are all enemies to me. If it weren't for them, my father wouldn't have been like that back then."

Speaking of the past, Xiao Se was speechless. He knew something about what happened back then. The people involved included Emperor Mingde, Prince Langya, Li Changsheng, the Eight Young Masters of Tianqi, Ye Dingzhi, as well as the heroes of the previous generation, and... the key figure who caused the disaster - Yi Wenjun.

From an observer's perspective, the Xiao family should indeed bear the main responsibility for what happened back then.

Among them, his father, the current Emperor Mingde, is the biggest culprit.

"What do you want to do?"

Xiao Se frowned. At this time, Wu Xin came to him and said these words. He couldn't help but suspect that Wu Xin had his own ideas.

"I want to take my mother away from here."

Xiao Se first glanced at the monk in front of him who was dressed in snow-white clothes, and then looked outside.

"Concubine Xuan is my father's concubine, she represents the dignity of the royal family. When my father is still alive, he would not let you take her away."

Wuxin raised his right hand, flipped his fingers, and finally clenched into a fist.

"What if the emperor dies?"

Xiao Se narrowed his eyes.

“Bold!!!”

Like thunderbolt out of the blue, Xiao Se stared at the monk in front of him. Even though he had dozens of plans before, he had never had this idea.

"Bold?"

"It's just a fact! Everyone will die one day, and you and I are no exception. The emperor is also a mortal with flesh and blood. Birth, aging, sickness and death are normal. We will die, Lei Wujie, Tang Lian and others will die, even the Drunken Immortal and the Spear Immortal will die, but the emperor alone will not and cannot die?"

Facts are facts, just as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, so is human life span. Xiao Se naturally understands this, but Wu Xin didn't mean that before. Wu Xin continued, "Haven't you guessed a lot of things?"

"Taoists say that one leaf can tell the coming of autumn. When leaves fall, it means autumn has come. Human life is like the four seasons of the year. In spring, young grass sprouts new buds, just like a baby being born. In summer, it is like the prime of life, full of vigor and vitality. And autumn is naturally the beginning of withering."

"The emperor ordered the Medicine King of Medicine King Valley to come to the palace to recuperate, but unfortunately, that old fellow Xin Baicao did not enter Tianqi on the grounds that he was too old and too weak to travel long distances."

"Later, the emperor secretly invited him several times. As a last resort, Xin Baicao decided to let Hua Jin come to Tianqi."

"As for Hua Jin and Zhao Shouyi's acquaintance, this is probably something the emperor did not expect, so the little girl can enter and leave the palace freely like now."

"Emperor Mingde, your father, is in a much worse health than you think. He is even at the end of his rope."

There was a strange look in Xiao Se's eyes. He had met his father yesterday, and the other party's complexion was not as bad as Wu Xin said.

"Indeed, according to common sense, the emperor's health should not be so bad, but there are some small incidents here."

Xiao Se narrowed his eyes subconsciously. Things in the palace have always been secretive. How did the other party know about it?

"Monk, even Bai Xiao Tang can't find out about these things in the palace. How do you know?"

Wuxin stood up and walked to Xiao Se's side. Looking at the sky, he smiled gently.

"Xiao Se, the Apocalypse today is completely different from the Apocalypse back then."

"Just like some people never take the imperial power seriously, don't expect a group of people in the Mysterious Realm to bow down to an emperor. That is unrealistic."

"Back to the topic, your father was actually poisoned. Of course, it wasn't a very strong poison, but a chronic poison. It took a long time for him to get to where he is today."

"So Hua Jin was sent to the palace under the pretext of recuperating your father's body, but in reality she was sent to detoxify him. However, the situation was very difficult and there was not much she could do."

Xiao Se stood there, silently digesting the news Wu Xin brought him. Of course, he had already guessed some of the news.

"As for the source of the news, there is nothing to hide. It is from our ancestor from the Outer Heavens, named Ye Wushang, who is at the Half-Step Return to the True Realm."

There was a gleam of light in Xiao Se's eyes. He was half a step back to his true self. He was the highest level of combat power in Apocalypse City at the moment. There were very few such people in the entire Apocalypse.

"I came to Tianqi a little earlier than you, and because of Tianwaitian, I, the nominal sect leader, actually had no choice at all. Xiao Yu was the one chosen by Patriarch Ye."

"There are five Half-step Returned True Beings in Tianqi City now. One is from the Xiao royal family, you must have seen him, his name is Xiao Yuanshan; one is from Tianwaitian, his name is Ye Wushang; one is from Wushuang City, his name is Xu Kaishan; one is from the Academy, on your side, his name should be Jun Yu, it is said that he is the eldest disciple of the previous academy master Li; the last one is a Zen master from Hanshan Temple, people in the temple call him the Monk Facing the Wall."

Listening to Wu Xin recounting the number of people from Tianqi who had reached the Half-Step Return to Truth Realm, Xiao Se suddenly felt a strange feeling in his heart for some reason. He had a feeling that this time things were not as simple as he had imagined.

"I have said so much to you, but there is actually no other meaning. If the emperor dies and you can take that position, I will take mother away. I hope you will not stop me then."

Xiao Se sighed.

"Both Uncle Langya and General Ye have paid a heavy price for what happened back then. To be fair, it is our Xiao family that has let down the Ye family. If Concubine Xuan wants to leave one day, I will not stop her."

Wu Xin looked at Xiao Se deeply, as if to confirm whether the other party was just dealing with him or was sincere, but then he smiled casually.

"Haha, no matter whether what you said is true or not, I will take it as true. By the way, let me tell you one thing. The lost jade seal is in your house. It was the Thousand-Faced Ghost of Dark River who took action and casually threw it in an inconspicuous place."

Xiao Se's eye twitched.

"Framing?"

Then Xiao Se seemed to remember something, and the corner of his mouth twitched, and he said: "Monk, if I hadn't agreed to you just now, would you have been ready to watch me make a scene?"

(End of this chapter)