Changsheng: I can sell everything

Chapter 749: Martial Saint Zhou Lingtao

Zhou Lingtao could never have imagined that the Altar of Heaven on Kunshan would actually be a strange object!

You know, for many years, every emperor who ascended the throne would come to the Temple of Heaven to offer sacrifices to the heavens. Only those who successfully passed the sacrifice could confidently declare to the world that they were the orthodox.

Even the Great Zhou Taizu, when he founded the country, climbed the Tianshen Peak, offered sacrifices to heaven, prayed, and swore an oath to the world.

Now Song Ciwan told Zhou Lingtao that the Temple of Heaven was a strange creature. This piece of news was a thousand times more terrifying than the news that Emperor Yuanfeng was revealed to be a bug slave.

For a martial saint like Zhou Lingtao, who has been diligent and loyal to the emperor for many years, the emergence of this news is no different from the collapse of faith.

The world view is overturned in an instant!
Zhou Lingtao's heart surged, his emotions fluctuated, and the scale of heaven and earth captured three groups of qi in succession: [Human desire, the shock, surprise, and fear of the martial saint in the innate true self realm, four catties and three ounces, can be traded. ]

[Human desires, the shock, fear, and confusion of the martial saint in the innate true self realm, five catties and six ounces, can be traded.]

[Human desires, the shock, fear, and contemplation of the martial saint in the innate true self realm, six catties and three ounces, can be traded.]

Zhou Lingtao's emotions were erupting progressively, his fear was gradually increasing, and his shock was echoing faintly. If one wanted to describe it aptly, one could probably use a popular internet phrase from Song Ciwan's previous life: It's terrifying when you think about it.

The more he thought about it, the scarier it became. For a moment, Zhou Lingtao even felt that the whole world was absurd.

Even if you are a martial saint, when facing certain secrets of this world, you are not much better than an ignorant child. This is what is meant by "the higher you stand, the less you know."

Or maybe the higher you go, the more mysteries there are.

Zhou Lingtao was stunned at the moment, and suddenly smiled bitterly: "At my old age, I suddenly feel that the world is all fake, which really makes me feel helpless."

If the Altar of Heaven is a strange object, then what is the meaning of the 700-year-long reign of the Great Zhou Dynasty?
What about these court officials who have been serving in the imperial court and devoted themselves to the stability of the Zhou Dynasty for hundreds of years?
Zhou Lingtao had something echoing in his mind but didn't say it: Or maybe, hearing this today was a punishment for him for retreating in the face of battle!

Yes, it means backing out at the critical moment.

Although no one knows it, at first, on the night when Song Ciwan killed Emperor Yuanfeng, Zhou Lingtao actually had the idea of ​​returning to Beijing to rescue him.

The general died for his country. Zhou Lingtao is both a martial saint and a military general of the Great Zhou.

The emperor was assassinated. Is there anything wrong with Zhou Lingtao returning to Beijing to rescue him?

This was as it should be, or to be more precise, it was his mistake not to rescue him!
However, when he had the idea, Zhou Lingtao was actually hesitant.

There are hundreds of reasons to rescue the emperor immediately, and there are also hundreds of reasons not to rescue the emperor. There is no need to elaborate on each one. The bottom line is that Zhou Lingtao hesitated.

Because of this hesitation, the best opportunity to save the emperor was missed.

It only took Song Ciwan a quarter of an hour to kill Emperor Zhou.

After the emperor passed away, a giant insect with a king's body emerged from the direction of the capital. At the same time, on the battlefields of the four major demon passes, suddenly a large number of human soldiers and demons turned into insects together.

Among them, there are even some grandmaster-level generals who can suppress demons!
Zhou Lingtao could no longer think of anything else and had to calm down and concentrate on dealing with the matters at the Demon-Suppressing Pass.

Logically speaking, Zhou Lingtao's response at the time was not wrong, but from the perspective of a monarch and his subjects, Zhou Lingtao's response was actually equivalent to betrayal!
And it’s not just at that time, it’s just at this moment——

If he was a truly loyal general, when facing Song Zhao, the big "evil" who wanted to assassinate the king, he should have stayed away from him, if not immediately exerted all his strength and fought him to the death.

At least, he shouldn't act as if nothing had happened and turn over and over again, and actually make friends with this person in a friendly manner.

In fact, Zhou Lingtao's attempt to make friends with Alliance Leader Song was not just at this moment.

As early as the Zhelong Mountain event, Zhou Lingtao sent his general Liu Ying, and Liu Ying's attitude at the time had already expressed Zhou Lingtao's attitude. Although Zhou Lingtao was an important official of the Great Zhou, facing Song Zhao, the assassin of the Zhou royal family who suddenly appeared, he clearly expressed his intention to submit.

Is this as it should be?

Actually, there is nothing wrong with it.

It’s just that it doesn’t sound good to say it out loud, after all, he knelt down too quickly.

It is indeed a loss of integrity.

But at this moment, what Zhou Lingtao was thinking was: The Altar of Heaven is actually a strange thing. Could this absurd news be God's punishment for him for not being loyal enough to the emperor?

Song Ciwan could never have imagined that after all the twists and turns in Zhou Lingtao's mind, he would finally come to such a strange conclusion.

Some people's thinking is indeed incomprehensible to others.

After Zhou Lingtao contributed several balls of human desire to Song Ciwan, he suddenly looked up at the sky and said, "Alliance Leader Song asked me if I had seen other strange things. Speaking of which, there are countless ordinary strange things in the land of Jiuzhou, so there is nothing much to say.

But when it comes to something that is unexpected, has a huge impact, and doesn’t seem like a weird thing, I now have an extra suspicion.”

Song Ciwan followed his gaze and looked up at the sky with him.

In the sky, at this moment, there is only one thing floating like a myth: the fairy island!

Zhou Lingtao asked: "Since the Altar of Heaven is not the Altar of Heaven, then is this Fairy Island really a Fairy Island?"

Zhou Lingtao’s questions hit the nail on the head!

Song Ciwan said: "To be honest with you, Grand Commander, I have also had such doubts."

Zhou Lingtao immediately said: "Since you have doubts, if the fairy island is completely in the world, will Alliance Leader Song still go to the island?"

Song Ciwan said: "Although there are doubts, it must be verified in the end. Even if I don't go, someone else will go."

Zhou Lingtao said: "But if the fairy island is to be truly solidified, at least one more true fairy or martial saint must die!"

……

The conversation between the two gradually reached its climax like a rapid.

Song Ciwan was silent for a moment, but suddenly smiled and said, "The True Immortals and Martial Saints of the human race are not consumables. I don't have any clear enemies now. If I really want to kill someone, why not choose the Demon Saint?"

At this moment, "killing the Demon Saint" in her mouth seemed as easy as killing a chicken.

Zhou Lingtao secretly exhaled and said with a smile: "Then I wonder where Alliance Leader Song's next target will be?"

Song Ciwan smiled slightly, but then said: "In fact, it doesn't necessarily have to be me who takes action. Even if I don't take action or move, isn't there anyone else in this world... a person or a monster who hopes that the fairy island will be completely solidified?"

Zhou Lingtao looked up at the fairy island in the sky and said, "To be honest with Alliance Leader Song, I don't know whether others are looking forward to it or not. But I myself, I really don't look forward to it."

Song Ciwan asked: "Oh? What do you mean?"

Zhou Lingtao said: "I am already old, and the older I get, the more I want a stable life. Warriors have shorter lives than cultivators. At this age, what's the point of fighting and killing each other?
It is better to stay safe and sound, guarding the Demon Suppression Pass. Even if you die on the battlefield, it will be a worthy death."