Embers of Sword

Chapter 198 Becoming a Heavenly Being
For Xie Xuanyi.

The realm of Yangshen is a supreme scenery that he has never experienced before.

Asking one's heart and asking the way are two great disasters.

In his previous life, he only got through half of it... He fought for thousands of miles in the North Sea and finally succumbed to the "asking for the way" calamity.

But he had heard his master say that when the Yang Spirit goes further up, what it pursues is the unity of the Tao and man.

Tao is man.

Man is the Tao.

If you can do this, you will be able to reach the so-called "heavenly" realm.

The way of the Saint Queen is all living beings.

If she has attained the status of a god, then she alone is all living beings.

All these living beings are her.

Perhaps in the eyes of practitioners at this level, conspiracies and intrigues have lost their meaning.

Or maybe.

The Holy Queen tacitly approved of everything the little emperor did. Did she hope to see the day when the little emperor reached his "end"?
Xie Xuanyi shook his head and gave up this pointless thinking.

"Thank you..."

His Majesty, who was sitting opposite the stone table, took a deep breath.

He tightly grasped the jade ring, which contained abundant vital energy, which restored some of the vitality to his originally pale face.

"I'm not looking for you today on a whim."

The little emperor's voice was still trembling.

He tried to calm his breathing and said, "After the Northern Hunt...if you can return to the Imperial City alive, I can tell you a secret."

"secret?"

Xie Xuanyi raised his eyebrows.

"There are many people who want to kill you now. For them, the Northern Hunt is the best opportunity."

The little emperor said seriously: "I don't want you to die, I want you to live."

"……Thanks."

Xie Xuanyi looked at the young emperor and spoke with a smile, but couldn't help but feel a little ironic.

So many days.

It was the first time he met a stranger who wanted him to be "alive".

Well...it’s still Emperor Da Chu.

Does this feel good?

Even the young emperor's verbal support was merely spiritual and was somewhat powerless.

"Even so, I...can't help you much."

The young emperor said frankly: "The 'supervisor' of this northern hunt will be jointly responsible by the Qin family and the royal family."

"..."

Xie Xuanyi fell silent after hearing this.

He knew that the little emperor could not give him much help now.

"Your Majesty, there's no need to keep us in suspense."

Xie Xuanyi sighed softly and tried to get some interesting information out of him: "It's still possible that Xie died in Beishou... If you have any secrets, you might as well tell us now."

"No no no."

The young emperor gritted his teeth, shook his head, and said solemnly, "Master taught me that secrecy leads to success, while disclosure leads to failure. This matter will have to wait until you return from your Northern Expedition."

"Very important?"

"Very important."

"How important is it?"

"..."

The little emperor still shook his head, indicating that he could not say anything. After a few moments of silence, he stretched out his slender white fingers and quietly pointed above the pavilion.

Above is the sky.

It goes without saying who the "sky of the imperial city" refers to.

Xie Xuanyi narrowed his eyes and became interested.

interesting.

Could it be that the little emperor meant that... this secret could bring down the Holy Empress?
Why doesn't he believe it?
……

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"Xiao Xie Shanzhu, please forgive me for coming to your house today."

Xie Xuanyi walked in the dense forest of Yuhai Hunting Ground.

It was a little chilly around.

The Snow Lord's feet were suspended in the air, not touching the ground, and his wide white robe fluttered in the wind, like a wandering soul in strange stories and legends.

After the conversation in the pavilion ended, she personally saw Xie Zhen off.

"polite."

Xie Xuanyi said softly: "For that incident in Caipu City, I would also like to thank Miss Xue."

"Thank you for what..."

The Snow Lord sighed: "I'm afraid that even if I had said it clearly that day, you would still jump into this muddy situation."

No reward for no merit.

She was ordered to come and "remind" Xie Zhen to be careful of the imperial city's design.

In the end, bad things still happened.

"I have something I'm curious about."

Xie Xuanyi smiled slightly, not caring at all. Instead, he asked, "Is the Grand Master behind the Snow Lord the same person as the Grand Master behind the Wood Lord?"

This question was beyond Xue's expectation.

The latter fell into a brief silence.

"Sorry. Thank you, Master Shan."

The Snow Lord said softly, "There are some questions I cannot answer."

This answer is what Xie Xuanyi wanted.

"So... Fangyuanfang has more than one chief abbot?"

Xie Xuanyi raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "I was saying that this business, which has been able to expand from the Dali Dynasty to the Dachu Imperial City, must have a reason. It turns out that there is also a 'Grand Master' in Dachu. Xie may ask again, who is the Grand Master in the Imperial City?"

"..."

Although the Snow Lord was wearing a mask, Xie Xuanyi could still feel the resentful gaze through the mask.

Presumptuous.

That's too presumptuous.

It was impossible to answer this kind of question. "Okay."

Xie Xuanyi raised his hands to indicate that he knew he was wrong, but the next moment he asked another question: "Could it be 'that person'?"

Many things that happened in the imperial city could not be hidden from the Empress Dowager.

Fangyuanfang.

Nature is also within the Holy Queen's vision.

"You can rest assured about that."

The Snow Lord responded to this question: "Given the identity of 'that person', he naturally wouldn't serve as the Grand Master of Fangyuanfang... However, the relationship between Fangyuanfang and 'that person' is more complicated than you imagine."

"how you said that?"

Xie Xuanyi's expression became serious.

"Fangyuanfang's business has flourished over the past decade because the 'bigwigs' of the two dynasties have reached a consensus."

The Snow Lord paused and said, "If the Demon Nation regains its strength and repeats the poison-drinking war sixty years ago, then the Da Chu Dynasty, which has been declining to the extreme, will fall into unprecedented danger. As the saying goes, the lips and teeth are cold, once the border wall of Da Chu is breached, Dali will also suffer from endless demon disasters."

Although there is Chu in the north and Li in the south.

But both dynasties bordered the Demon Kingdom.

The Demon Country can cross the North Sea and attack the east side of Dali, and can also inflict serious damage to it.

The great war that took place sixty years ago.

The Demon Country's Great Lord Mo Ji not only launched attacks on Da Chu... The Li Country also suffered heavy losses. Of course, due to its geographical advantage, this war was mainly fought on the Great Wall in the north.

Before this battle, Chu and Li were fighting each other, and Da Chu had the upper hand.

After this battle, Da Chu's luck plummeted, and Nanli got an extremely precious chance to catch his breath.

"Those bigwigs realized one thing... that is, before the second war comes, the world needs 'peace'."

The Snow Lord said softly, "Fangyuanfang came into being. Dachu and Dali each have a Grand Master. This Fangyuanfang is the product of the two dynasties trying to 'shake hands and make peace'. In a sense, Fangyuanfang is a symbol of 'peace'."

So that’s how it is…Xie Xuanyi suddenly realized.

The past ten years can indeed be described as a time of peace.

He frowned and asked, "Since Da Chu has its own 'Da Fangzhu', why do Muzhu and you have completely different styles of doing things?"

The Snow Lord helps me everywhere.

Before entering Caipu City, he warned himself of the danger.

But the owner of the wood caused trouble for himself everywhere.

"It's very simple... Muzhu and I serve different people than the same Grand Master."

Snow Lord smiled bitterly: "The two words 'square' and 'round' mean both peace and gambling. The four small abbots traveled through two dynasties, representing the vision and strategy of the two 'big abbots'. In this battle of destiny, the two 'big abbots' both want to gain the upper hand, so they will each have different measures."

Xie Xuanyi recalled the scene when Lin Yu asked him about the boxing technique and said in a deep voice, "The Grand Master of Dali is recruiting young talents in Chu State... Isn't this beyond the rules?"

"This battle for destiny is an internal struggle within Fangyuanfang."

Snow Lord said softly, "What Wood Lord did in the Great Chu Imperial City was in accordance with the law. According to the rules, another small monk can also do the same in the Li Kingdom Imperial City."

Peace, peace, where is there true peace in this world?
The game between the two great masters of Fangyuanfang is a bit "dazzling".

"Xiao Xie Shanzhu, the matter of asking for the fist on the city wall is just the beginning... Master Mu will never give up so easily."

The Snow Lord said seriously, "The four young monks have no contact with each other. I don't know much about this person either. You must be careful. He has suffered a lot of losses because of his bet on the Xie family... Now he can only go all the way and prove to the great monk of Dali that his bet was not wrong."

Recalling the scene of the wooden master captured by Yuanqing Tower.

Xie Xuanyi pondered for a moment and asked seriously: "Tell me, what is this bet about?"

"The young abbot is the right-hand man chosen by the great abbot."

Snow Lord said: "The identity of the Grand Master is noble and needs to be kept secret. Both sides, Chu Li and others, do not know the identity of the Grand Master of the other side. They have been playing against each other for the past ten years, and both sides want to find out the other side... But under the premise of abiding by the rules, they can only cause trouble for each other until the North Sea Mausoleum is broken and a large amount of luck surges in."

"Ok?"

"The dispute over Fangyuanfang is a dispute over destiny."

The Snow Lord said solemnly, "The two great abbots each have a treasure in their hands that can 'inject' luck. Whoever wins more luck will have the balance of power in Fangyuanfang tilted in his favor. Fangyuanfang's assets are limited in size, and the initial stakes for fighting for luck are equally divided between the two parties. As the 'right-hand men', the small abbots will naturally not just blindly obey orders. They need to share the worries of the great abbots, and they also need to find more ways to gain luck."

Their realm is all in the late Yin Shen stage.

A great practitioner of this level, who would move into Fangyuanfang as a "small shop owner", would not be just a minion who runs errands.

"Reasonable."

Xie Xuanyi smiled and said, "So Master Mu found the Xie family?"

"In the past ten years, Xie Sheng's reputation has spread far and wide, and a large part of the reason is that Master Mu has been fueling the flames."

When the Snow Lord said this, there was a hint of gloating in his tone.

To achieve this, you need a lot of chips.

After placing such a heavy bet, Xie Zhen finally succeeded.

This has become a joke.

"This bet caused the 'luck balance' that the two great abbots had maintained for ten years to gradually tilt."

The Snow Lord's voice gradually became solemn. She looked at the young man in front of her and said meaningfully: "The Grand Lord hopes that you will be very careful and take care of yourself... No matter what, don't let anything happen to you during the upcoming Northern Hunt. He even hopes that you can shirk the Northern Hunt and stay away from the Imperial City."

"..."

Xie Xuanyi was silent for a moment after hearing this, then asked with a smile: "According to the opinion of the great abbot behind Miss Xue, where should I go?"

The Snow Lord said in a deep voice: "Of course we should go back to the Sword Palace. The farther away from these troubles, the better."

Xie Xuanyi continued to smile and asked, "Then?"

"Then...it's practice."

Snow Lord opened his mouth subconsciously and expressed his thoughts: "In this great world, countless geniuses have emerged. With the talent of Little Master Xie, he can cultivate to the realm of Yin God and then come out of seclusion. By then, who in the world can compete with the two great roads?"

"If I really go into seclusion, can I still wait until I can be promoted to Yin God?"

Xie Xuanyi said softly: "Even if this day comes, what should we do if we ask ourselves the calamity of the heart and the calamity of the way?"

The Snow Lord was speechless.

"The great abbot behind you must be trying to bet on me to become the number one on the Tianjiao Ranking."

Xie Xuanyi said calmly: "If he really wants to place a big bet, he should bet on me to become a Yang God and a celestial being."

These words made the Snow Lord stop in his tracks.

She looked at the boy in front of her with a complicated expression.

Yangshen? Celestial being?
How far away!

But what is incredible is.

The great abbot actually said exactly the same words to her before leaving.

"We need to bet on Xie Zhen...a big bet."

"Not only do we want to bet on him to top the Tianjiao Ranking and become the Sword Master."

"Let's bet on him becoming the Sun God!"

"Become a celestial being!"

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(PS: There will only be one chapter tonight. The plot of the Imperial City has been criticized by many people recently, and there are indeed problems with the rhythm. Stand at attention, I need to think carefully about the direction of the next plot.)
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