Chapter 484

He Xinsi then asked, "So, are you willing to cooperate with Shui Zhou?"

"Cooperation?" Yu Sui said thoughtfully. "Has Your Majesty forgotten that Shui Zhou doesn't want to cooperate with us on how to destroy the strange fire, but rather to kill all the world destroyers?"

“Perhaps there’s no conflict,” He Xinsi said. “If eliminating the strange fire requires the sacrifice of the destroyer, are you willing to do that?”

Yu Sui asked, "Does Your Majesty know something?"

"The Destroyer is the vessel of the Strange Fire. We can understand it this way: when the Destroyer dies, the Strange Fire disappears. And the Eye of Return to the Void needs to devour the Strange Fire, which is equivalent to devouring the Destroyer."

After saying this, He Xinsi stared at Yu Sui and asked, "How do you interpret this?"

Yu Sui said indifferently, "Perhaps His Majesty is right."

The person in front of you doesn't reveal their emotions or thoughts, making them hard to understand.

He Xinsi continued, "Eliminating the Strange Fire is Shui Zhou's goal. In my opinion, if the Strange Fire doesn't bring about the destruction of the world, then we can coexist peacefully. The question is, will the Strange Fire really not bring about the prophecy of the destruction of the world?"

We've come back to the same question.

Is the strange fire controllable or uncontrollable?

I cannot give you an answer.

This time, Yu Sui did not hide anything: "The prophecy of the world being destroyed by the strange fire was brought about by the dream bestowed by heaven. It is unknown who orchestrated the dream bestowed by heaven."

"Dean Changsun only had time to divine the information related to the World Destroyer, but to understand all of this and solve the problem at its root, we still need to clarify the reason for the Dream of Heaven."

She asked, "Will there ever be another Changsun Zi in this world?"

The second person who was willing to give his life to reveal the truth of the world.

“Even if someone were willing, no one could reach her level,” He Xinsi said. “This divination of heaven and earth is not as simple as sacrificing one’s life.”

Even if Yu Sui knew that Zhong Li Que possessed such strength, she would not recommend that Zhong Li Que do such a risky thing.

"Your Majesty, Princess Yu has arrived."

While the two were locked in a stalemate, Yu Yuan's voice came from outside to report.

He Xinsi glanced outside and sighed, "If you can't give me a definite answer, then this is a bit difficult."

“Our deal has nothing to do with the Strange Fire,” Yu Sui said. “What I want to know is the secret of the Earth’s core power. Just as Your Majesty said, my time is running out, and so is Nan Jing’s.”

He Xinsi laughed and said, "Are you threatening me with the entire Nanjing now?"

“I don’t have many ideas about Nanjing, but if Elder Sun wants to keep the stalemate with me in Nanjing, then that’s uncertain.” Yu Sui walked up to Zou Qian and said in a low voice, “There are three world destroyers in Nanjing now.”

He Xinsi's smile quickly faded.

Three world destroyers—there are too many variables; we must be wary.

Although he was unconventional and autocratic, he did not want Nanjing to be destroyed by a fire, turning everything into charred ashes.

He Xinsi pondered for a moment, then walked outside.

Princess Yu followed Yu Yuan further in, arriving at the outer edge of the mountain range. Upon seeing He Xinsi, she rushed forward, exclaiming, "Your Majesty...Brother!"

Seeing that He Xinsi was still alright and hadn't turned into a pile of ashes, she breathed a sigh of relief, but quickly tightened her face and said nervously, "The person I told you about before, Han Xiao's son is Han Ziyang. The Legalist world destroyer who was divined today also possesses the Heavenly Punishment bloodline of the Han clan."

"Han Ziyang secretly infiltrated the palace to find Han Xiao. He must have come to Nanjing to avenge Han Xiao and the Han clan. He has already left the underground palace and killed..."

Princess Yu was speaking when she suddenly noticed the girl standing not far behind He Xinsi. Her pupils contracted, and she instinctively fell silent.

“Han Ziyang was raised by the patriarch of the Han clan and has no father-son relationship with Han Xiao. He came to Nanjing not for revenge,” Yu Sui explained to Han Ziyang, not wanting others to increase their vigilance and misunderstanding of the World Destroyer.

He Xinsi turned around in surprise: "You two know each other?"

"Xue Mushi and I were students who entered Taiyi at the same time, and we had a good relationship."

"Han Ziyang once helped me in the capital of Qingyang, and lifted the seal that my master had placed on me."

Yu Sui looked back at He Xinsi: "Didn't Shui Zhou tell you? The Destroyers have special means of communication, so it's not surprising that we know each other."

Princess Yu reacted quickly, saying, "It's what Shui Zhou meant by the near-death experience of the World Destroyer!"

He Xinsi said to Princess Yu, "Call all your people back."

"Your Majesty!" Princess Yu exclaimed urgently, "Are you really going to trust these cunning world destroyers? They're too dangerous, if..."

He Xinsi didn't speak, but his indifferent gaze made Princess Yu unable to continue.

Princess Yu recalled how her previous brothers had been executed on He Xinsi's orders, and how he had watched them with the same indifference.

This amplified Princess Yu's fear, and she dared not say anything in protest, so she turned and left.

Yu Sui gazed in the direction Princess Yu had left: "She's right. The goals and ideas of the destroyers are not aligned, and our relationship is limited to mere acquaintance."

Her original goal was to find the Heavenly Character to separate the Different Flames, but Ming Yueqing never really agreed with that, or rather, he didn't think it was an achievable goal.

Gongsun Qi had no intention of separating the different flames.

Now that the Heavenly Script has been deciphered by the Water Boat, the information related to the Strange Fire on it is not about how to separate the Strange Fire, but about how to find the Eye of Return to the Void.

“According to the divination, Mingyue Qing is in Zhou, Gongsun Qi is in Yan, and only the three of you are in Nanjing.” He Xinsi stepped forward and said, “Right now, I only need to confirm that the three of you World Destroyers will not do anything to harm Nanjing.”

From Shui Zhou's perspective, the best solution is still to kill all the World Destroyers.

However, these individuals were not the naive youth from the Dan Kingdom; they were ninth-rate sorcerers, each possessing extraordinary weapons and treasures, and their cultivation levels were not low. Capturing all five current World Destroyers might be more difficult than identifying who the World Destroyer was.

He Xinsi believed that if they confronted the Destroyer head-on, and pushed too far, the Destroyer would definitely use its strange fire, which would result in mutual destruction.

The destroyer may not necessarily die.

Mingyue Qing burned down the entire Zhou Kingdom, and he is still alive today.

The land of Zhou was barren, and countless ashes filled the scorched earth. In this place where life had vanished, Mingyue Qing was the only living person.

Everyone who heard this thought it was unreasonable and impossible.

If it weren't for this divination, Yu Sui wouldn't have been certain that Ming Yueqing was still alive.

“I don’t have such thoughts about Nan Jing, nor do Han Ziyang and Xue Mushi,” Yu Sui replied.

"If Your Majesty is afraid, you can try to send these two away from Nanjing first."

He Xinsi did not answer immediately. He was wearing a fox fur coat, his hands tucked into his sleeves, holding a small and exquisite hand warmer, and he was thinking with his head down.

A series of Bagua formations unfolded beneath He Xinsi's feet, the hexagrams being profound and unfathomable, changing in the blink of an eye.

While stabilizing Zou Qian's condition, Yu Sui glanced at her briefly and roughly discerned that He Xinsi's deduction was related to Nanjing.

This man is autocratic and arbitrary, and he protects his royal relatives and nobles. In the eyes of others, he is a tyrannical and incompetent ruler. It is impossible to tell that he is an emperor who would consider the future of Nanjing.

He Xin's thoughts lingered on a certain Bagua formation, her calm and composed eyes reflecting the hexagram, but the light in her eyes gradually dimmed.

With a wave of his hand, the large and small Bagua formations that had covered the entire ground of the Communications Institute all dispersed.

He Xinsi turned around and looked at Yu Sui and Zou Qian.

"It seems that some things were destined from the beginning. From the moment you were born on this continent and welcomed the arrival of the strange fire, this is how things have come to be."

"His Majesty is actually a believer in fate."

"You don't believe in fate?"

"I believe in God, I believe in fate, and I believe in myself."

Yu Sui's words sounded cynical and irreverent.

He Xinsi simply smiled, showing great tolerance for her arrogant remarks.

"Can you contact the other two now?" He Xinsi asked. "I will send someone to take them away from Nanjing."

Yu Sui raised his hand and stroked several mountains.

He Xinsi stood behind her and said softly, "I have many brothers and sisters. We grew up together and went through a lot together. Maybe they are afraid of me, fear me, or hate me, but I will give them many chances."

“They will not be dealt with according to the law until they are confirmed to be beyond redemption.”

It will be handled in accordance with the law.

Yu Sui almost burst out laughing when she heard this.

He Xinsi watched the girl's retreating figure, seeing through her thoughts at that moment. Instead of getting angry, she smiled and asked, "Do you find it ridiculous?"

“His Majesty’s brothers and sisters have a better chance of survival than others,” Yu Sui said without turning his head.

He Xinsi nodded in agreement: "You can understand it that way."

"Your Majesty, so you're actually someone who values ​​family ties very much?"

“Isn’t that right?” He Xinsi laughed loudly. “I’m trapped in this palace, guarding Nan Jing. The people I’m closest to are them. We share the same blood.”

"Their children are my children, the future of Nanjing."

"What's important is who these people are, or who they are who share the same bloodline as His Majesty?" Yu Sui's joking remark made He Xinsi pause in surprise.

Whether it's a prince or a princess, as long as their child is exceptionally talented, they can be considered for the position of crown prince.

Therefore, the princes and princesses tried every means to compete in terms of talent. Simply being a genius was no longer enough for them, so they came up with those extreme methods, trying their best to use "special talents" to please He Xinsi in order to catch his eye.

He Xinsi never stops her younger siblings from doing anything.

Even if they persecute loyal and good people, disregard the law, and treat human life like dirt.

This approach undoubtedly disappointed many people, but He Xinsi believed that this was the right of a prince and princess.

The Legalist Han family practiced the principle that the emperor should be subject to the same laws as the common people.

He Xinsi disagreed with this law.

Xunzi's legal system emphasized clear class distinctions.

The princesses killed members of the Han clan to research the Heavenly Punishment bloodline, and the princes used living people and orchid poison to research the Dao Gu worm body. As long as they didn't make it public, He Xinsi pretended to be unaware.

Even if the matter is brought to the public eye, He Xinsi will still give it a break.

Things don't happen more than three times, so the first one or two times were harmless.

“Many things in this world are passed down through bloodlines.” He Xinsi looked up at the girl’s figure. “Do you know who is the first person humans trust? Their relatives who share the same bloodline.”

"I trust my child, who shares the same bloodline, more than my wife, whom I have known and been with for many years."

There are many people like that.

Family ties and blood relations always come first.

"Your Majesty, it's not appropriate for you to say that to me." Yu Sui turned around and looked at him, his eyes full of mischievous smiles.

“You were born with knowledge, and even Heaven has not acknowledged Nangong Sui’s existence. You can say you are related to the Nangong family by blood, or you can say you are not. They are your relatives, or you can say they are not.” He Xinsi said, “This does not apply to you, but there are very few people like you.”

He believed that Nangong Ming, as a renowned diviner, cared too much about and trusted the existence of "name," using the name "Nangong Sui" for testing and research, which is why many things were inaccurate.

Perhaps it is related to cultivation level. So far, only Saint Changgen has been able to detect something unusual about Yu Sui.

Yu Sui lit up the circular incantations on the mountain, and with a flash of golden light, he connected Xue Mushi and Han Ziyang through telepathy.

Xue Mushi asked with surprise and doubt, "Nangong Sui?"

Han Ziyang said, still bothered, "That's not her name, is it?"

"Yu... Yu Sui?" Xue Mushi hurriedly corrected himself.

"The divination will record the location of the destroyer. His Majesty of Nan Jing does not wish for us to use the strange fire here and is willing to send you away from Nan Jing." Yu Sui did not exchange pleasantries and simply explained the situation to the two.

"Such a good thing?" Han Ziyang was skeptical. "Princess Yu's people are still chasing after me right now."

These people are very loyal to their master and are not afraid of his identity as the destroyer of the world at all.

“We must take the Pagoda with us; it plays a crucial role! And it’s very disadvantageous to the Destroyer.” Xue Mushi seemed somewhat hesitant. “If the six kingdoms use the Pagoda to lift their oath of non-aggression, then the ninth-rank saints of each kingdom will no longer be bound and can exert their full strength wherever they go.”

That would lead to more low-level saints joining the Water Boat to capture the World Destroyer, and the situation would be in their favor.

Yu Sui had never told anyone that the fragments of the Floating Pagoda had a magical power to control the World Destroyers, making them lose all ability to resist.

They initially believed the Floating Pagoda was related to the strange fire based on this. Therefore, Xue Mushi couldn't come forward himself and could only send Tu Miaoyi to contact the fragments.

"Are you going to run around like this for the rest of your lives?" Han Ziyang asked coldly.

Can they escape?

Now, thanks to Changsun Zi's divination, their location is clearly displayed on the map of the Xuan Gu Continent, and they will be known wherever they go.

The young man from Dan Kingdom awakened people's fear of the strange fire, and Ming Yueqing confirmed the threat of the world destroyer.

They have nowhere to run now.

Han Ziyang stopped searching for someone, stood under the high palace wall and looked back at the people chasing after him.

"Let me make this clear from the start: I don't want to live like a mouse, hiding and running around."

Of the five, only Han Ziyang had been a Destroyer for a relatively short time. Although he had lived a life of danger and bloodshed, he had never really liked it.

"Why is the World Destroyer being besieged and hunted down? This was led by Shui Zhou. Although Ming Yueqing made an extreme choice, it was his personal grudge with the Zhou Kingdom, not a prophecy of the world's destruction."

At this moment, only Zhongli Que and Mu Mengbai know the truth behind the prophecy of world destruction. Mu Mengbai does not interfere in human affairs, while Zhongli Que remains unconscious.

If Zhong Lique wants people to believe her divination results, she has to expose all her methods, and even then, she may not be able to convince Shui Zhou and the others.

"How do you convince the people of Shui Zhou that you mean no harm and won't use the strange fire?" Xue Mushi asked. "Even if Shui Zhou promises not to kill you, will you then join forces with them to deal with us?"

“That’s not what I meant,” Han Ziyang frowned, his expression irritated by Xue Mushi’s misunderstanding. “Now all our information has been exposed, whether it’s our abilities or our location. In the end, we have no reason to fight against Shui Zhou. Do you really want to destroy the world? Who doesn’t want to deal with the Strange Fire?”

"Then how do you suggest we resolve this?" Yuege Xue Mushi demanded. "Should we have Shui Zhou dismantle all your Five Elements Qi to study the Strange Fire, or should we throw you into the Eye of the Ruins to destroy the Strange Fire?"

"Whichever option you choose, it's all about getting you killed, isn't it?"

"So, in the end, you're just afraid of death. If dying can solve the problem of the strange fire and all these problems, then what would you choose?"

He Xinsi listened to their "internal strife" with great interest.

Xue Mushi couldn't answer the question right away. He himself was also hesitant.

Yu Sui tapped on the mountain and said, "Let's not talk about those things for now. Are you leaving Nanjing?"

Her words broke the tense atmosphere.

His casual tone suggested he hadn't listened to their conversation at all.

“We need to talk to Shui Zhou,” Han Ziyang said.

"How do we negotiate? Go find the Eye of the Ruins together?" Xue Mushi had more or less guessed Han Ziyang's thoughts. "Will Shui Zhou give you the chance to negotiate?"

"Don't always think the worst," Han Ziyang said angrily. "There are so many people in the world, not everyone is so extreme."

Xue Mushi said, "But now the people targeting you are extremists."

Han Ziyang: "So you just want to run away for the rest of your life, right!"

Xue Mushi remained silent.

This was clearly not the outcome he wanted.

"Speak up! You don't want to be hunted down and run away, and you don't want to talk about cooperation, so what do you want?"

"I just don't recommend that you talk to Shui Zhou."

"If we don't talk to Shui Zhou, then who do we talk to?" Han Ziyang said with a sneer. "Tell me, besides Shui Zhou, who else is relentlessly pursuing the Destroyer? Who poses the greatest threat to the Destroyer? Who else possesses more information?"

He Xinsi was listening intently when Yu Sui abruptly cut off the telepathic communication.

"They don't seem to be planning to leave," Yu Sui said.

From another perspective, the two of them completely ignored her question.

He Xinsi had just smiled when Xue Mushi sent a message back, and as soon as she answered, she heard Han Ziyang say, "I will not leave Nanjing."

Yu Sui gave an "oh" and even joked with He Xinsi: "Your Majesty, it seems your Southern Jing is doomed."

Han Ziyang didn't like hearing this: "Although I look down on the way the Legalists of Nanjing are, I will never use strange fire to solve problems."

To Yu Sui, it sounded like Han Ziyang was trying his best to deny that he was a radical or eccentric person, and was trying to convince people that he was a calm, mature and normal person.

He Xinsi found this situation somewhat difficult.

This matter was originally very simple: just send all the World Destroyers out of Nan Jing. Then, whether they fight or run away, it would be none of Nan Jing's business.

At least they won't end up like the Zhou Kingdom.

A single Mingyue Qing could destroy the entire Zhou Kingdom. He Xinsi dared not even imagine the power of three world destroyers.

What is certain at present is that Nanjing absolutely cannot withstand it.

"If Shui Zhou wants to study the Strange Fire, I can agree to that. My condition is that he must find the Eye of the Ruins and make all information about it public."

Han Ziyang's last words stunned all three of them.

If someone has to sacrifice themselves to solve these problems, Han Ziyang is willing to be that person.