Embers of Sword

Chapter 197 The Way of All Living Things
Tonight, the wind in the Yuhai Hunting Ground is very noisy.

Outside the pavilion, there was wind and snow all around, and hundreds of purification talismans made a rustling sound like leaves swaying in the forest.

There was only silence in the pavilion.

Xie Xuanyi looked at the child in front of him, who had his hands on the table, trying to overwhelm him with his aura, and whose face was full of seriousness.

He was silent for a long time and found it quite funny.

"you sure?"

Xie Xuanyi looked at the child's serious face, forced himself to suppress his smile, and curiously confirmed what the other party meant.

"The Lin family case has too many traces behind it."

The young emperor did not hear the teasing in Xie Zhen's words, and explained sincerely: "If you look into this matter carefully, there must be something fishy. In the future, I will vindicate the Lin family, and then the misunderstanding between you and those families in Beijun will be resolved... As for Yuan Jimo, I will torture him to death!"

Xie Xuanyi really couldn't help it.

He smiled, looked at the young Majesty with interest, and asked jokingly: "The Qin family is involved in the Lin family case. What is your Majesty going to do? How far into the future is the future that your Majesty is talking about?"

"The Qin family..."

The young emperor was speechless for a moment, gritted his teeth, and said: "There are many diseases in the imperial city, and we need to eliminate them one by one. After the Lin family's case is dealt with, it will be the Qin family's turn."

Xie Xuanyi smiled and asked again: "What about the Holy Queen? How are you going to solve it?"

"..."

The word "Holy Queen" completely dampened the young emperor's momentum.

"I have a proposal for your Majesty."

Xie Xuanyi smiled slightly and said leisurely, "Call Tang Fengshu from Tianxiazhai as well. The Great Immortal behind her is on par with the headmaster of the Sword Palace, Chunyang. If we unite the Dao Sect and the Sword Palace and gather in the Imperial City of Dachu, and the headmaster stops Qin Zu, and the Great Immortal faces the Saint Queen directly, it will only take an hour for the seven pavilions and four mountains of the Dao Sect and the Sword Palace to restore peace to the world of Dachu."

Is this an attempt to usurp the throne?
These hurtful remarks frightened the little prince so much that he fell back into his seat.

He looked pale, he really didn't expect it.

This Xie Zhen... could actually say such outrageous words?
"Your Majesty is afraid?"

Xie Xuanyi tilted his head slightly, looked at the child in front of him, and sighed softly: "Isn't it that His Majesty called me here today... not for this matter?"

"..."

The young Majesty opened his mouth, but was speechless.

He met Xie Zhen today.

Of course it is to win over.

And in the end...what will happen is self-evident.

Well, he had to admit that Xie Zhen was right. The thought hidden in the deepest part of his heart was just spoken out by Xie Zhen in a nonchalant and extremely presumptuous tone.

It just sounds ironic.

Plotting to usurp the throne?

I am the legitimate emperor of the Great Chu Dynasty!

"The emperor is going to rebel... the sun is rising from the west."

Xie Xuanyi smiled and said helplessly: "Your Majesty, you'd better face the reality. You are not capable of redressing the Lin family's case right now. Although you sit on the throne, you are not the master of this great Chu. You have also seen the end of the Qingzhou turmoil not long ago. Do you want to be like King You Hai?"

"I……"

The young emperor realized that he had made a mistake and quickly changed his words, putting on a tough attitude again: "I know what I am doing!"

There was a "pop" sound.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew through the pavilion.

Xie Xuanyi stretched out his hand and flicked his sleeves lightly, and a jade ring appeared in his palm like magic.

The young emperor was stunned for a moment and quickly lowered his head.

The jade ring he wore on his thumb disappeared.

"give me back!"

Open your mouth again.

The voice lost its previous majesty and composure, and sounded sharp and angry.

This is the voice a ten-year-old should have.

Xie Xuanyi threw the jade ring back and said casually: "Your Majesty... This jade ring looks familiar. Did Chen Jingxuan give it to you?"

His Majesty quickly took the ring back and put it back.

A trace of anger appeared on his face, and he said coldly: "You ask too many questions!"

"interesting."

Xie Xuanyi said with emotion: "I heard that the array and talismans outside the Jade Sea Hunting Ground were built by the old national teacher... Although the current owner of the library is Chen Jingxuan, the old national teacher has been in charge of the fate of the Great Chu Kingdom for decades and has a close relationship with the previous Emperor Chu. So, Your Majesty's pretending to be stupid was the idea of the library? Then today's meeting was also proposed by Chen Jingxuan?"

"I don't need to explain my actions to you."

His Majesty said gloomily with a cold face: "Xie Zhen, don't be too smart and don't overestimate yourself!"

Xie Xuanyi looked at the child in front of him meaningfully.

He has determined...

Who is standing at this meeting tonight?

These ten years have not only seen the growth of this little Majesty.

This is also the layout of the library.

"Don't worry. It's not a bad thing that I guessed 'Book Building'."

Xie Xuanyi lowered his eyebrows and said slowly: "After all, His Majesty must have read my case files... I am a hidden man of the library. In a sense, there is no difference between you and me."

The young emperor, who originally appeared to be timid but appeared powerful, was stunned for a moment when he heard this.

But a moment later.

He returned to his original cold expression and ignored Xie Zhen.

obviously.

Some things are impossible to say.

Things like treason... even if I thought about it a thousand times in my heart, I couldn't say a single word.

Xie Xuanyi thought for a moment and continued, "Think about it carefully. With Chen Jingxuan's personality, if he really wanted you to meet me... he wouldn't make it so troublesome. After all, if there really is any big move, he will be much more useful to me personally than you."

These words deeply hurt the young emperor's heart.

He snorted coldly.

But this just confirms Xie Xuanyi's idea.

This meeting tonight was entirely the young emperor's own idea.

"I can help you."

Xie Xuanyi said calmly: "But you have to prove your strength... If Your Majesty only has a few loyal warriors, then it's really not enough."

He kept calling me "you" all the time, so frivolous that he even stopped using the honorific title! "Xie Zhen, I think you are really lawless..."

The little majesty became angrier the more he thought about it.

He stood up again, gritted his teeth, tried to put on a majestic posture, and said angrily: "If you dare to disrespect me again, I will not be polite!"

Xie Xuanyi was not afraid at all when he heard this.

He smiled slightly and folded his arms, obviously ready for the storm.

But after a long time.

The little majesty sat back down like a deflated ball.

Except calling Snow Lord.

He actually doesn't have any other useful tricks.

ten years.

He is just a child.

Almost all the power of the entire Da Chu Dynasty is in the hands of the Queen.

"Okay, it's just as I thought."

Xie Xuanyi raised his eyebrows and said, "I guess this meeting is just because you want to win over another decent 'death warrior'."

"Not a dead soldier."

The young emperor explained in a low voice: "I have no shortage of warriors."

Xie Xuanyi smiled and said, "There is no need to say more about this matter. Those who understand... will naturally understand."

The young emperor raised his head and said with a resentful look in his eyes: "Fang Yuanfang said that you will definitely be in the top three of the Tianjiao list in the future. In less than 60 years, you will be able to reach the top of Yangshen."

Xie Xuanyi smiled: "So the person you are trying to win over is the future Yang God?"

"……nature."

His Majesty took a deep breath and said, "I will also find an opportunity to visit the Taoist sect."

"I'm afraid you won't be able to wait until then."

Xie Xuanyi looked at the child with pity in his eyes.

During these ten years, the little emperor should have fully realized that the struggle in the imperial city was cruel.

But a pity.

The little emperor still underestimated the difficulty of certain things.

"Do you think that you and I can really hide this meeting from the Holy Queen?"

Xie Xuanyi looked into the little emperor's eyes and asked a fatal question.

The latter was stunned.

I can tell.

At that moment, he was really confused.

"Or in other words... can you hide the truth that you are not stupid from the Holy Queen?"

Xie Xuanyi calmed down and asked the second question.

The young emperor sitting in the pavilion fell into deep thought for a long time. He clenched his fists tightly and placed them on his knees because he was too nervous.

At this moment, he even forgot to use the jade ring to change the tone.

"Maybe...she knows everything."

The little emperor's voice was very thin and sounded faintly trembling.

He knew what happened ten years ago.

He also knew how powerful the enemy he was facing was.

"She must know it all. She just doesn't care."

Xie Xuanyi gave an affirmative answer.

He said calmly, "There are some things that she just doesn't care about...Will a giant elephant with the clouds above its head bow its head to look at the ants on the ground?"

These words are like a sharp sword.

The little emperor, whose heart was hit at its most vulnerable point, looked at Xie Zhen in bewilderment.

Xie Xuanyi sat in the pavilion, recalling the scene of his audience in the palace a few days ago.

That night.

He looked directly at the Holy Queen and saw all living beings flashing in those eyes.

He saw countless people, and also saw "himself".

Although the master's sword energy lotus blocked the Holy Queen's divine thoughts.

But Xie Xuanyi still had a palpitation.

After leaving the palace.

Xie Xuanyi was thinking, what realm has the Holy Queen, who lives in the deepest part of the Da Chu Imperial City, reached?
It is said that the ancestor of the Qin family has reached the level of a celestial being.

Sect Leader Chunyang fought with Qin Zu and the battle was evenly matched. After returning to the Sword Palace, Sect Leader Chunyang gained some insights and began to sit in seclusion.

So what is above the heavens and humans?
Sitting in the throne of the Great Chu Dynasty, enjoying the worship of countless people and the incense of countless sects and noble families...

Are we infinitely close to the last level above the heavens?
At this level, do you really still care about worldly power?

In Xie Xuanyi's previous life, when he became the master of Lotus Peak, he once held the sword energy command of Lotus Peak. The moment he got the command, he felt that his "soul" had transcended, and every blade of grass and every tree on Lotus Peak was within his perception.

When the wind blows, the grass leaves will fly in which direction and fall on which lawn.

As long as the mind moves, the result will emerge.

perhaps.

The same is true for the Holy Queen who sits in the center of the Da Chu Imperial City.

It was just the “blades of grass” she saw.

These are the countless people in the Da Chu Imperial City.

After a long time.

A gust of wind blew.

A blade of grass fell into the pavilion and landed on the stone table in front of the two people.

"But."

The little Majesty murmured in confusion: "If she knew everything, why would she do this?"

Xie Xuanyi did not reach out to brush away the leaves.

He lowered his eyes and said softly: "Perhaps... this is the way of all living beings."

(End of this chapter)