Embers of Sword

Chapter 247 Fish leaps over the dragon gate
"So all this is fake?"

Although Xie Xuanyi does not have [Phoenix Eyes].

But he also understood the truth at this moment.

The sword energy formed a circle around the area. In this vast area, the remnant of Emperor Qi was torn apart by his deep illness, and then reassembled. It was torn apart and reassembled again...

Ever since [Phoenix Eyes] began to absorb the bones and blood of the man on the throne.

The aura of Emperor Qi's remnant began to grow stronger.

Accompanied by the crisp sound of iron scales from the throne.

The entire hall began to shake.

“What is true and what is false?”

Emperor Qi's expression changed, and returned to the face he had seen at first, the face called "Zhong Wu". He looked at the young man in front of him with a compassionate look, and said softly: "If I had spoken the truth to you, how could you have stepped into the hall and helped me break the dragon blood shackles."

Ao Ying looked pale.

She wanted to call back [Phoenix Eyes].

But it was too late.

Or……

All this actually only requires a small start.

Even without [Phoenix Eyes].

Just touch the body of the throne lightly.

That is enough.

Ao Ying heard it clearly. The iron scales in front of him made a crisp cracking sound. The figure sitting on the throne at this moment, although exuding a majestic aura that looked down on the crowd, had become a piece of fragile porcelain. Tiny cracks appeared all over the body, spreading from the wrist to the cheek.

"Click."

"Kakakaka."

The piercing cracking sound spread throughout the hall.

In stark contrast.

It was Emperor Qi's unbridled and high-pitched laughter.

"A thousand years have passed, and it's still like this outside."

Emperor Qi looked at Xie Xuanyi sarcastically: "You are still as smart as ever...

"..."

Xie Xuanyi remained silent.

Emperor Qi made up a lie to support another lie.

The Ruyi Dao seals off the natal cave, which is a dead end...

If no outsiders set foot here.

All he could do was wait for death.

and so.

If Emperor Qi wants to "live", he must allow outsiders to enter the hall.

Impersonating Zhong Wu and making up a false history of regicide is only the first layer.

This layer of lies has many flaws, which can be said to be caused by the king's arrogance, or they can be said to be clues deliberately left for those who step in... Emperor Qi used "Zhong Wu" to give advice to outsiders to stay away from this place because he was well aware of human nature.

Human nature is greed at its most basic.

The more you dissuade people, the more curiosity they will arouse.

The more you are prevented from doing so, the more you want to try.

The word "Ruyi" in Ruyi Avenue refers to the study of people's inner world.

How to be happy?

Brush it first.

"So there has never been any so-called 'regicide'..."

Xie Xuanyi looked at Emperor Qi's regret and asked softly, "Back then in this hall, the four generals worked together to hunt and kill it, not you, but that 'real dragon'."

"good."

Emperor Qi frowned slightly with regret.

He was really annoyed by the sword energy, so he flicked it casually and the serious illness was knocked back.

Xie Xuanyi simply withdrew from the sword domain.

Emperor Qi put his hands behind his back and regained his dignity as an emperor. He looked down at the young man in black and said slowly, "I am only one step away from the formation of promotion. After using every possible means, I finally attracted this evil dragon to come. I should have used the throne as the center of the formation to trap and kill it... Unfortunately, this evil dragon has a deep cultivation base. Before dying, it used dragon blood to form a formation and dragged the entire Dayue Kingdom into the ground."

Speaking of which.

Emperor Qi sneered: "This evil creature wants to drag me to be buried with her... How can I fulfill her wish?"

Xie Xuanyi sighed softly.

Sure enough, history is just a little girl who can be smeared by anyone.

If you have not seen it with your own eyes, what is written in books and recorded in jade slips will ultimately be biased.

Whether it is the ancient history recorded by the historian of Dayue Kingdom or Shan Man’s speculation... they are far from the real truth of the Dragon-Slaying War.

Emperor Qi wanted to be promoted to a true immortal.

What is needed is not just a country being buried with the dead!
We also need a "pseudo dragon" that can kill dragons of the same level and be promoted to a real dragon at any time!
Such conditions are extremely harsh.

But Emperor Qi back then was only one step away from success...

However, he underestimated the existence of this close to real dragon.

The so-called battle to slay the dragon.

It is better to say that it is Emperor Qi's battle for promotion.

If Emperor Qi wins this battle, kills the demon dragon, and bathes in its blood, he will become the "Eternal Emperor". In an era when vitality is beginning to dry up, he will become a true immortal. What a terrifying achievement this would be! The saints of the Taoist Sword Palace would be inferior to him, and the Great Chu Dynasty would probably be directly destroyed.

Think about it.

Now, Dali and Dachu will be unified and annexed by Dayue.

Xie Xuanyi silently took out a jade slip.

A scene was reflected above the hall.

"This is?"

Emperor Qi narrowed his eyes and looked at the soul image reflected in the jade slip with great interest.

"Recorded by the historian of Dayue."

Xie Xuanyi said calmly: "The battle to slay the dragon has come to an end, and the dragon's blood has been spilled, covering the Great Yue Kingdom... In this battle, the Great Yue Iron Cavalry won, and the demon dragon was slain."

Emperor Qi sneered again and did not respond.

"The reason why there is such a record is because at this moment he still doesn't know what the spilling of dragon blood means."

Xie Xuanyi said calmly: "This 'real dragon' was trapped in Ruyi Cave Heaven and was killed by millions of cavalry. She knew that in order to break free from the cave heaven, she had to break your promotion ceremony... So this dragon blood falling from the sky means that she wants to fight you to the death."

The reason why there is a broken dragon pattern formation in the outside world.

It was transformed from the dragon blood spilled by the evil dragon!
Real dragon.

It is one of the most noble immortal species in the world!

The blood of a true dragon contains the supreme principles of the Tao and the holy patterns of the Great Dao. The dragon that Emperor Qi ambushed and killed... although it has not yet transformed into a true dragon, it is not far from it.

Every drop of dragon blood contains extremely pure power!
Emperor Qi's Ruyi Cave was corroded and shattered by dragon blood.

The emperor, who was only one step away from ascending to heaven, had no choice but to devote all his energy to repairing the cave and use all the Taoist principles to seal off the palace.

This way.

Emperor Qi was also trapped by the dragon blood. "In the end, you lost."

Xie Xuanyi stared at the remnant of Emperor Qi and said slowly: "You have refined nine million lives, but you are trapped in Ruyi Cave Heaven, unable to leave for a thousand years... You wanted to kill the 'True Dragon', but you were killed by the 'True Dragon'. Only a remnant of your thoughts is left, and your incomplete power is sealed in the throne by dragon blood."

"Pah, real dragon, real dragon..."

Emperor Qi sneered, "Is she worthy of being called a real dragon? She is just a demon beast that wants to overthrow the imperial power. You say I lost this battle? It is obvious that I won!"

"That evil dragon's soul has been scattered, but I still have my own natal cave!"

"Now that the dragon blood restriction has been broken, this Ruyi Cave Heaven... should also return to perfection."

Emperor Qi stretched out his hand, and countless streams of light flew towards his palm.

These are the Ruyi Dao rules scattered throughout the cave.

For thousands of years.

It was used to seal the cave to prevent it from being eroded by time. Now it has turned into a tide and is rushing towards the remnant of Emperor Qi.

If you wish, then withdraw——

The originally magnificent and solemn imperial palace suddenly changed its appearance.

It turned out that this place was full of holes and had long been reduced to ruins.

The two fought each other that year.

The cave was almost completely shattered!
It turns out that the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and the high throne, are all just illusions.

From beginning to end.

These are all false dreams.

However, the illusion of this cave was all fabricated by Emperor Qi himself... As long as the Ruyi Dao is still there, the Golden Palace can be restored in a moment.

Unfortunately.

The dead will never be reborn.

There are always some things in this world that cannot be as desired, cannot be reversed, and cannot be turned around.

At this moment, the "majestic figure" trapped in the throne gradually emerged...

This is a dry body that has been eroded by time, withered, dried up by the wind, and even its true appearance has been obliterated.

The scales were blown by the strong wind, making sharp whistling sounds.

This dried-up humanoid body covered with iron scales exudes a strong sense of sorrow.

Sitting on this throne does not mean glory.

This was a carefully planned ambush.

She was summoned here only to be used as feed as the last step in achieving immortality.

This throne has only one purpose, which is to trap her and kill her.

now.

The throne trembles.

This withered body was shattered by Emperor Qi's surging divine consciousness, and a dry flower of blood burst out from her chest. Because of the force, she tilted her head slightly, and her empty eyes "looked" at Ao Ying... Perhaps because they were both descendants of the dragon, Ao Ying stared blankly at the eyes of this withered body, and she felt a strong sorrow that seemed to fill the entire lake of her heart.

This sadness comes from the very, very distant past...

Was it because he was ambushed?

Or is it because of other reasons?

"Did you win?"

A very light voice sounded above the hall.

Xie Xuanyi put away his sword energy, and the golden sword intent between his eyebrows also slowly converged.

He looked at Emperor Qi, whose aura was growing stronger and stronger, and asked a question: "Have you ever taken a serious look at Dayue Country over the years?"

"..."

Emperor Qi frowned and disagreed.

"Whether it's the Iron Lock Alley or the resentment floating in the void..."

"These people who died because of you..."

"Have you ever cast a look at me, even one that pretends to show sympathy?"

Xie Xuanyi said softly: "The country on earth is no longer a country. After those people died, they were no longer your subjects. So you don't care about their resentment at all. Am I right?"

“A meaningless question.”

Emperor Qi had a blank expression on his face, not caring at all: "They are just like ants, why should I even look at them?"

"Pity."

Xie Xuanyi said calmly: "If you take a closer look, you might know why I call her 'True Dragon'... because she will complete the promotion faster than you."

Emperor Qi was stunned for a moment.

He looked at the young man in black in front of him with some confusion.

"Pouring dragon blood may not just be for the purpose of 'burning everything together'..."

"For the past thousand years, you have been lingering in Ruyi Cave Heaven."

"And she is ushered in a new life in the Great Moon Kingdom."

So much for the words.

With a sound of bell!
The sound of iron scales suddenly became very intense.

Along with the sound of the wind, it echoed in the hall.

"?!"

Ao Ying could see that the withered man on the throne had a crooked head and was gradually losing his last breath. She had an illusion... that it was the man on the throne who took the initiative to send the little remaining blood and essence into the [Phoenix Eyes], thus unlocking the shackles that imprisoned Emperor Qi's consciousness.

So all this wasn't a big mistake made by me?
She looked at Xie Xuanyi blankly.

Xie Xuanyi suddenly asked for no reason: "I heard that a carp can become a 'real dragon' if it jumps over the Dragon Gate. Is this rumor true?"

Of course, these words were not directed at Emperor Qi.

……

……

The little girl Qingli stood there motionless from beginning to end, her eyes fixed on the throne, her cheeks wet without her noticing.

The moment you step into the hall and see the figure on the throne.

She seemed to see herself a thousand years ago.

The distant years passed in a flash.

A thousand years of loneliness.

The pain she endured might... be longer than this.

It was just a moment of staring at the figure on the throne.

Ao Ying felt a deep sadness.

As for Qingli, he has been staring at the throne from the beginning until now.

"..."

The little mute girl, with tears streaming down her face, finally came to her senses at this moment.

She slowly opened her lips.

Qingli uttered three words in a hoarse voice, as if he were newly born.

"it is true."

(End of this chapter)