Embers of Sword

Chapter 244 Meeting the Gods
The last question came out.

The two words "Qi Emperor".

Slowly spreading across the entire hall—

The smile on Zhong Wu's face slowly stiffened.

The silver-white general's regretful eyes turned cold and ruthless: "I don't understand what you are talking about."

"I forgot to tell you that a thousand years have passed."

Xie Xuanyi said calmly: "After a thousand years... people will become smarter. As a monarch sitting on the throne, you need good acting skills to pretend to be an ordinary minister. It's a pity that your acting skills are too poor."

The smile on Zhong Wu's face completely disappeared.

"When you mentioned 'regicide', the smugness in your eyes was not fake."

Xie Xuanyi raised his head and looked around at the four broken silver statues. He said slowly, "But unfortunately, what you are proud of is not the successful regicide, but the betrayal of these four most capable confidants who had the best chance of killing you at the most critical moment, but they also failed to kill you... What you are proud of is that you kept a backup plan from the beginning to the end."

"..."

Zhong Wu stopped talking.

"You don't know, some things can't be faked."

Xie Xuanyi said expressionlessly: "You are trapped in the palace, trapped under the Great Moon Well, so you don't know what the outside world is like. You only control the cavalry under your command through a large formation and patrol the broken city, so you don't know the extent of the hatred of those Li Mei outside for you..."

“That’s because I don’t know.”

"You can say it so lightly that even if you are happy, there will always be times when you are not happy."

Xie Xuanyi looked at the silver-white remnant disguised as Zhong Wu in front of him with pity.

If he stepped into the Dayue Kingdom.

Then he went straight into the Dayue Well.

perhaps.

He wouldn't realize the truth so quickly.

but……

He lived in Tiesuo Alley for a period of time, and had real contact with those spirits and felt their thoughts.

It was also because Shanman burned his blood and paid the price with his life.

He was able to step into this place.

What overthrew the Dayue Kingdom... was the greed of nine million souls?

anyway.

He neither believed nor accepted this answer.

Emperor Qi was wrong in that he portrayed Zhong Wu as a "selfish" regicide. In his view, the four generals attacked him just to protect themselves, and if they did not face death, they would have continued to endure.

This mistake is very low-level.

But it also makes sense.

The more a person wants to cover up something through "deception".

The more you "fear" something.

Xie Xuanyi could feel Qingli's hatred towards the figure on the throne.

He knew what Emperor Qi was afraid of.

Dayuejing was blocked.

The cavalry patrolled and killed all those who might disrupt the order of the ancient country.

What Emperor Qi feared was that this natal cave would be entered by outsiders, his body would be destroyed, and his already dying Dharma body would be completely destroyed.

The road collapsed.

Just a gentle push.

As "Zhong Wu" said before...it often only takes one straw to break the camel's back.

But that straw was not the spear that pierced the throne.

But right now, at this moment.

People who come here.

"If I'm not mistaken, if I pull out the spear now, the throne won't collapse, but the body sitting on the throne will shatter."

Xie Xuanyi said slowly, "If it were a thousand years ago, the power of the Dao of Ruyi Avenue would have perished along with its master... It's a pity that for the past thousand years, you've poured all of the Dao into this natal cave just to survive. Let me guess, what wish you made with the 'Ruyi Avenue'?"

The mountain of corpses piled up in front of the hall has not turned into dry bones for thousands of years.

The mountains of corpses and seas of blood are still fresh.

The giant statue in the hall was only slightly rusted, but did not collapse.

Everything here is as new as yesterday.

"...Time has frozen?"

Ao Ying, who was protecting Qingli, spoke in a low voice, his voice full of uncertainty.

The reason is uncertain.

It's not because it's hard to guess.

But because...

If this wish could be achieved, it would be too outrageous!
No one in this world can escape death or escape time.

Perhaps the True Immortal is an exception.

But if Emperor Qi was really at the "last step" and was assassinated, then this Ruyi Avenue might have been promoted to the "True Immortal Level" of rule power!

In such a completely sealed-off and isolated natal cave, the power of a true immortal might really be able to accomplish such a heaven-defying feat!

Ruyi Avenue, the blockade of the cave at the bottom of the well.

It is a blockade in every sense of the word.

Time is frozen and only passes at an extremely slow pace.

So even after a thousand years, the royal blood has still not flowed all over the long steps.

"Thank you, Zhen."

"I underestimated you."

Zhong Wu's mind slowly changed. He was no longer the towering figure covered in silver armor. He turned back into a ball of fluorescent light.

This ray of fluorescence stood under the thousand steps.

He had his hands behind his back, his sleeves fluttering, his face blurred, and in the flashes of light, countless faces flew by, like masks, overlapping and covering each other.

Xie Xuanyi had a sense of déjà vu.

He seemed to have returned to the moment when he met the Empress Dowager at night in the palace.

It was as if he was in the mysterious water cave and could see the other side of the river.

This is true on the face of the Holy Queen and the face of the First Lord.

This is one person.

There are also tens of millions of people.

"It seems that you are not completely ignorant of the outside world."

Xie Xuanyi chuckled.

He was not surprised that Emperor Qi called out his "name".

Although this cave is blocked.

But the national defense formation is in normal operation.

Those cavalrymen were like the eyes of Emperor Qi.

It is not surprising that these eyes see me.

"This is my country. Of course I know everything."

Emperor Qi's expression kept changing, but his eyes never changed: cold and aloof, conceited and proud.

In the year of his declining luck, he refined nine million lives by himself. If there hadn't been the final betrayal.

Perhaps he has successfully attained the path to becoming a "true immortal"!
Such people have the right to be proud.

"If all the people die early, the country will no longer be a country."

Xie Xuanyi shook his head and said calmly: "Look in a bronze mirror. You are no longer the emperor who is high above you. You are just a remnant soul struggling to survive... Do you really think that the so-called Ruyi Avenue can completely freeze time?"

The smile on Emperor Qi's face was stiff.

Because what Xie Xuanyi said was absolutely right.

The blood on the throne was still flowing, but it was flowing very slowly.

In other words.

Even if there were no outsiders, everything in this natal cave would remain unchanged and Emperor Qi would still die.

under these circumstances.

There is no difference between a thousand years and a moment.

"Xie Zhen...you and I don't need to be enemies."

Emperor Qi took a deep breath. Even though Xie Xuanyi's words hurt him, he still didn't get angry.

As the monarch who controls Ruyi Avenue.

No one knows better than him what the human heart is.

What Emperor Qi just said as Zhong Wu...It is true that human hearts are fickle, and it is also true that desires are insatiable.

"You just said you wanted the 'God Fruit'?"

Emperor Qi stretched out his hand.

In the void, countless laws were flying and entwining.

The dark night was illuminated by light, and the intricate Dao principles gathered into a small vortex in Emperor Qi's palm.

Xie Xuanyi looked at the scene in the vortex calmly.

Yes.

This is the "fate" that I saw back then.

and so……

In the Great Moon Well, you can face your true heart.

So this is the truth.

The "Ruyi Avenue" practiced by Emperor Qi blocked this natal cave, which also led to the strange phenomenon of Guanjing in Dayuejing.

The God Fruit is fake.

But it can also be true.

The Ruyi Dao principle that can seal off the space and time of this cave at the bottom of the well is already close to the level of true immortal.

Xie Xuanyi believed that this level of Ruyi Dao could completely condense a divine fruit.

"This is a genuine 'God Fruit'. As long as you nod, I can give it to you."

Emperor Qi's expression changed slowly. He looked into Xie Xuanyi's eyes, and finally his expression became peaceful and his voice became gentle like a spring breeze.

He looked at Xie Xuanyi and smiled kindly.

"Finally I see you..."

Xie Xuanyi also laughed.

He looked at the fruit with a complicated look in his eyes.

Trek through mountains and rivers.

It was many years since we last met.

Two lifetimes apart.

It turns out that facing the thing your heart desires most... is what it feels like.

If you stand by the Dayue Well.

All they can do is look at the moon at the bottom of the well and the flowers in the water.

But if you jump into the well, you can see your dream come true and it will be within your reach.

"Is this the legendary 'God Fruit'?"

Ao Ying protected Qingli and felt emotional.

Even from dozens of feet away, she could feel the power of the Dao emanating from this divine fruit...

If you swallow this magical thing.

A person as talented as Xie Zhen should be able to be transformed into a god right away, right?

She lowered her head, looking somewhat worried. Qingli still looked wooden, like a block of wood. For some reason, the little fellow, who was fine before, seemed to have lost his soul at this moment. He was in a trance, staring at the throne, and had not come back to his senses until now.

"It's very simple to get this 'God Fruit'."

Emperor Qi stared into Xie Xuanyi's eyes and spoke slowly, word by word: "Kill the two Dragonborn behind you."

"???"

This statement came out.

The uneasiness in Ao Ying's heart suddenly magnified hundreds of times.

she saw.

Xie Xuanyi slowly turned his head and looked at himself.

From the golden cave between the eyebrows, the sound of a sword rang out in a low voice.

"If I kill them, I can get the God Fruit?"

Xie Xuanyi chuckled softly, glanced at Ao Ying, and looked at Emperor Qi again.

"good."

Emperor Qi spoke quietly, "You walked through a sea of blood and corpses without changing your expression. I guess you must have killed a lot of people... Killing two Dragonborn shouldn't be a difficult task for you, right?"

"Of course it's not difficult."

Xie Xuanyi smiled and nodded, saying: "I am best at killing people."

The words fell to the ground.

next moment.

Sword energy burst out, and a ray of golden light suddenly shot out.

The golden light was extremely fast, it flashed out in an instant and was retracted in an instant——

Everything happens in just a moment.

"...?"

Emperor Qi looked down at his chest in disbelief.

Although this remnant body was just a wisp of divine consciousness scattered from the original body on the throne, it was also powerful enough and far beyond the reach of the cave heaven. At this moment, it was pierced by a sword, and a narrow hole was opened in the chest!

"The peak of Yin God, close to the power of Yang God's soul?"

Emperor Qi looked pale, and looked at the black-clothed boy in front of him who was only sixteen or seventeen years old with some confusion.

Xie Xuanyi no longer hides his [serious illness].

The golden sword hung high above his head.

The principle of destruction, which had been condensed to 90%, turned into pitch-black thunder, lingering in the sleeves.

He spoke slowly, word by word: "I forgot to tell you that I am also a regicide."

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