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Chapter 641: The Secret Art of Swallowing Dragons! The sword cannot be returned until it kills the dragon!
How many fools are there in this world?

I have lived for so long, but I still don’t understand the nature of an emperor.

If you think about it carefully, how can it not make people laugh?
Emperor Taikang's mocking laughter and his words echoed endlessly in the void of the Divine Capital.

When the three people from Chaofeng Palace heard this, a hint of hesitation flashed across their eyes.

Obviously, those who had followed Ji Tianyuan all the way to establish the magnificent Dayong knew very well that the Emperor Taikang of Dayong was not comparable to him.

His mind, temperament, and cunning are all unrivaled in the world.

And how can it be so easy to get the benefits given by such a person?

Realizing this, the three of them had their eyes flickering, perhaps with a hint of guilt and nervousness.

But then they calmed down.

Firstly, with their cunning and shrewd nature, how could they not understand that once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back?
Secondly, they could clearly feel that the enormous dragon power displayed by Emperor Taikang at this time seemed strong, but in fact it could not cover up the decline and weakness within.

The best person in the world?
Oh, that's all!

He, Ji Taikang, is far, far inferior to all the previous emperors!
When they thought of this, the three of them looked even more disdainful, and they attacked without leaving any room for the other party.

In an instant, the terrifying magical powers of the Taiyi Realm wreaked havoc, and their power was even more terrifying than when they besieged Zhang Xian before!
"Hey, it seems that my guess was correct. You didn't try your best in the battle just now..."

Not only did he not try his best, he might have even deliberately let it slide.

Thinking about it this way, those great palace masters who just died in the battle really died unjustly.

Hearing Tai Kangdi's sigh, the three of them were silent for a moment.

But after the silence, he was obviously angry and embarrassed.

"If you want to blame someone, blame them for being so stupid!"

"If a man does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth! Even though we have received some kindness from Ji Tianyuan in the past, we have been imprisoned for more than 2,000 years! No matter how great the kindness is, it should have been repaid long ago!"

"Alright! No more nonsense! Let's get started. Today is the day for you and me to break free from this cage!"

The words fell.

Those astonishing magical powers that were pouring towards Emperor Taikang suddenly changed and turned into heavenly chains that disappeared into the void.

"Secret technique, capture the dragon!"

Following three consecutive resolute shouts, the void suddenly shook violently.

"Caught!"

Feeling the induction coming from the end of the secret magical power, the three of them looked delighted, and then they quickly made pinches with their fingers.

“Photo——”

The next moment, the celestial chains that covered the sky suddenly tightened, causing the void to vibrate even more violently.

He actually dragged the ferocious red dragon head out from the void.

Zhang Xian witnessed this scene, and the dragon-slaying sword at his side suddenly vibrated wildly as if it was stressed.

Slay the dragon! Slay the dragon!
This was the purpose of his coming all the way to the Divine Capital today.

At this moment, the red dragon head lowered its eyes, as if it had noticed the golden magic sword beside Zhang Xian that exuded an ominous aura, and its golden eyes narrowed slightly.

But what surprised him was that after a flash of light in Zhang Xian's evil eyes, he calmly lowered his head and temporarily put away his murderous intent.

"You are quite interesting, old Taoist."

A whispered sigh.

The huge golden dragon eyes no longer looked at Zhang Xian, but turned their gaze again to the three great palace masters below.

"You won't cry until you see the coffin..."

Unfortunately, his whisper did not inspire any fear in the three people.

Looking up at the huge dragon, there was a hint of greed and mockery in his eyes.

"Speaking of which, it would be a waste if all this great dragon energy fell on Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, how about giving it directly to the three of us?"

"It will also avoid damaging the harmony between you and me as king and subject."

"Yes, Your Majesty, if we start fighting and damage Your Majesty's dragon body, it will be so disgraceful."

The three of them said this, but their hands did not stop moving at all.

As the fingerprints on their hands flipped one after another, powerful and vast imperial dragon energy quickly poured into the three of them along the heavenly locks wrapped around the red dragon's Dharma body.

However, during this process, the red dragon head remained very calm from beginning to end.

"Where did you get this secret technique of swallowing dragons?"

In the past, Taizu conquered the world and used the imperial dragon energy as the foundation of Ji family's inheritance.

How could such a secret technique be allowed to be passed down to the world?
Emperor Taikang's mind turned, as if he thought of something, and his golden eyes shrank slightly.

"I hope... it's not what I thought..."

At this time, the three great palace masters, who felt the aura around them rising rapidly, couldn't help but laugh when they saw that Emperor Taikang was still struggling with these issues at this point.

"Your Majesty is about to die, why should you care about these things in your life?"

"Don't worry, today the three of us have received this dragon energy 'gift' from your majesty, and we will definitely repay you!"

"How about this--"

As they spoke, the three of them turned their eyes and looked at Zhang Xian grimly.

"This thief is so treasonous that he dared to kill the king!"

"Then the three of us will kill this beast to avenge your majesty and comfort your majesty's spirit in heaven. How do you think?"

Before, the three of them were no match for the thief Zhang Xian.

But once they have completed swallowing the dragon, what will a mere thief's tricks matter?
What's more important is that once this evildoer is executed, someone will also bear the infamy of regicide for them.

"This kills two birds with one stone. Wonderful! Very wonderful—"

As the three of them laughed, the red dragon head nodded in agreement.

"It's indeed a good plan."

Having said this, Emperor Taikang paused for a moment.

"Now... can you answer me where this dragon-swallowing secret technique came from?"

Faced with this repeated question, a hint of impatience flashed across the brows of the three.

Upon seeing this, Emperor Taikang immediately realized that the three of them would not be able to answer his questions, and he couldn't help but sigh helplessly.

"Forget it, let's not talk about it."

"I will figure it out myself."

A dying man is so shameless.

The three of them laughed uncontrollably and were about to ask Emperor Taikang to calm down, telling him, "Your Majesty, you have no chance." But the next moment, the smiles on their faces suddenly froze and then changed drastically in an instant.

"How...how could this happen?"

With this exclamation, the three of them suddenly raised their heads and looked at the densely packed sky chains wrapped around Chi Longfa's body.

I saw that the heavenly chains somehow penetrated into the red dragon's body little by little.

At the same time, the vast imperial dragon energy that was originally pouring into their bodies suddenly stopped.

Then, an extremely terrifying pulling force used the heavenly locks to plunder the Taiyi essence in their bodies.

"Since ancient times, those who receive salary from their ruler should be loyal to their ruler."

"And now, you have betrayed your master and abandoned your king, and are even trying to retaliate. Don't blame me for being cruel..."

"In this case, I will return all that my Ji clan has bestowed upon you over the past two thousand years, including the principal and interest—"

At this moment, Emperor Taikang's voice was extremely cold.

As his words fell, the Taiyi essence in the bodies of the three great palace masters of Chaofeng Palace, which they thought were as solid as a rock, suddenly rushed back towards the Red Dragon Dharmakaya like a river bursting its dam.

"Damn it! He is going to swallow us up!"

The three of them looked horrified, and they were moving their fingers rapidly, practicing the Dragon Swallowing Technique frantically!

But... it's useless! It's useless at all!

Because compared with the dragon-swallowing secret technique, the secret technique used by Emperor Taikang is more secretive, more vicious, and more irresistible!

How could they not understand at this moment?

Emperor Taikang did not lie to them!

"Damn it! That bastard Ji Tianyuan has been plotting against us for a long time! There was something wrong with the cultivation method he gave us back then!"

To be precise, the power to share the imperial dragon energy granted to them was a trap in itself!
Once you accept this gift, your life and death will be entirely in the hands of the Ji family.

"No! Your Majesty! Stop!"

"No! Your Majesty——"

"Your Majesty, I beg you to stop!"

Hearing the three people's sudden realization and pleas for mercy, a hint of mockery flashed across the cold dragon's eyes.

Do you regret it now?
late.

Seeing that Emperor Taikang was unmoved, the three people finally realized that they were frightened and shouted hurriedly.

"Your Majesty! We are willing to reform ourselves! From now on, we will follow your Majesty's lead!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, please show some mercy! Your Majesty is in need of people right now, so we can still be of use..."

They are the three Taiyi!

Keeping them alive as henchmen does have a significant effect. A hint of hesitation flashed across Emperor Taikang's eyes.

But when he saw Zhang Xian standing aside, this hesitation was eventually replaced by ruthlessness.

It's very simple. Without these three people as sacrifices, he would not have the confidence to face this old Taoist.

Especially the golden sword filled with the boundless destiny of humanity...

"Go on your journey with peace of mind, and learn how to be loyal to the emperor in your next life—"

With such a cold snort, the already terrifying pulling force instantly swept towards the three people.

Almost instantly, the powerful aura of the Taiyi Realm from the three great palace masters of Chaofeng Palace rapidly dropped, and their faces, filled with extreme fear, looked visibly old and decayed.

After only a few breaths, the three Taiyi auras that had been weakened and exhausted to the extreme finally completely extinguished.

Looking at the three figures with faces filled with despair and unwillingness, disappearing before his eyes like dried up quicksand, the golden eyes of Emperor Taikang's red dragon body became distracted.

It was not because of the deaths of these three people, but because of the two requests for help they sent out before they died.

There is no need to talk about the one that fell into Beigong.

And the other one...

An unspeakable look of fatigue and disappointment flashed across the golden eyes of the Red Dragon Dharmakāya.

But he quickly regained his composure.

Emperor Taikang lowered his eyes to calm the surging breath in his body, then looked at Zhang Xian.

"Why didn't you take advantage of the opportunity to attack just now, old Taoist?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xian flicked the Dragon-Slaying Sword in his hand and sneered.

"Why would the old Taoist take action?"

Emperor Taikang took a deep look at this villain who had brought chaos to his Ji family's empire, and soon he sighed slowly.

"Did you see it?"

In fact, after devouring three Taiyi in one fell swoop, he seemed to have reached a new peak realm, but as a price, he did not have much time left.

The arrogant dragon will regret, and the fullness cannot last long.

"In that case, why don't you leave?"

Emperor Taikang's voice was calm, without any murderous intent.

"Considering that you didn't make a move just now, I will allow you to leave. How about that?"

Hearing this, Zhang Xian laughed.

"Your Majesty, you think too highly of yourself, and you also think too lowly of me!"

"Today, the old Taoist has come with the Dragon-Slaying Sword. How can I return without the sword slaying the dragon?"

Emperor Taikang looked at him deeply again, and then smiled too.

"You are such an old Taoist that I am really surprised."

Originally, he thought that this thief was just an ambitious person with delusional intentions.

But today he found that he seemed to have misunderstood.

Perhaps... this thief's great wish of "I wish everyone in the world to be like a dragon" really has some sincerity.

"But this 'Everyone is like a dragon' is too big, I'm afraid it will be a waste of effort."

Emperor Taikang looked at the man in linen Taoist robe and sighed in his heart.

As the two looked at each other, Zhang Xian, who seemed to have sensed what Emperor Taikang was thinking, also smiled.

"Your Majesty surprised me as well."

If he had not been born in this world, Ji Taikang might have become a qualified king who could maintain the status quo.

“I was actually surprised at myself.”

"But no matter what, I am the emperor of this world. I can't just be a coward when someone comes to attack me."

As he spoke, Emperor Taikang suddenly became curious.

"You came here alone today, are you sure you can kill me?"

Zhang Xian shook his head.

"not sure."

"Not sure, why are you still coming?"

Faced with Emperor Taikang's confusion, Zhang Xian said helplessly.

"As your majesty said, there are some things in this world that you have to do."

“It’s the same with the old Taoist.”

Emperor Taikang smiled heartily upon hearing this.

For so many years, he was trapped in Nangong and lived a cowardly life, but he never expected that the person who could finally speak to his heart would be this thief who dragged the entire Dayong into the abyss with his own strength.

"Some things just have to be done..."

After being timid all your life, it’s time to stand up for once.

"Haha, I didn't expect you to be so interesting."

"If I were not the Great Yong Emperor, you would not be the Yellow Sky Bandit Leader!"

"I still want to have a drink with you, an old Taoist priest!"

Perhaps no one would have expected that at this moment, above the divine capital Haojing.

A current emperor.

A yellow thief leader.

After a brief meeting, we actually developed a sense of mutual appreciation.

It's a pity that fate plays tricks on us.

For two people who are at opposite ends of the spectrum, the so-called drinking and chatting can only be a joke.

Emperor Taikang sighed with some regret.

"Forget it, it's getting late, let's get started."

"It just so happens that I also want to see how arrogant you are, a thief who turned my Great Yong upside down!"

Zhang Xian nodded and smiled slightly when he heard this.

But before that, he was the Tao.

"Your Majesty has been feeling aggrieved for so many years, why don't you vent your anger first?"

Seeing Zhang Xian looking towards the direction of Beigong, Emperor Taikang was somewhat moved.

But in the end he shook his head.

"If I win today and there is still time left, I will kill this beast."

"But if... then we can't kill him..."

He fought with Shangguan Ding for half his life.

He still knew Shangguan Ding's background.

In his current state, he can indeed be killed.

But if I kill him and I die today, the entire imperial court will be leaderless.

By then, the world will be in chaos, and countless people will die.

So even if he had many reasons to kill Shangguan Ding, he still couldn't kill him at this moment.

Emperor Taikang's words fell into Zhang Xian's ears.

The old Taoist couldn't help but look serious.

"It seems that I came at the right time today..."

"The Great Yong Emperor is not an insult to our human race."

"What a pity! We have different paths——"

He just lacks ability and character.

But just based on his kindness towards the common people, Zhang Xian feels inferior to him.

Although he did not sit on the throne of the Human Emperor well, he did not feel unworthy of it.

After saying this, the old Taoist bowed and performed a Taoist salute, then spoke in a loud voice.

"In this case, I, the Taoist priest, respectfully invite the Emperor of Great Yong to die here!"

The words fell.

The dragon-slaying sword, which gathered the vast luck of the eighteen states, slashed out with a force that could shake the sky.

Emperor Taikang also laughed.

"not necessarily!"

"Just wait and see how I can save this world!"

In an instant, the majestic and unparalleled dragon power was accompanied by bursts of dragon roars, and the red-gold flames covered the sky and the earth.

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(End of this chapter)