"Look at how angry you are, you don't look like a member of the Southern Zhou royal family at all!"
Zhou Jingyan spoke in the tone of an elder, saying, "Born into an imperial family, one should understand that the victor is king and the loser is villain. One should not be overjoyed by victory or angry by defeat, but should accept it."
Zhou Chuan said, "You and my father are brothers, and we grew up together. My father often taught me that he was too kind and that I shouldn't learn everything from him, but rather learn from you. Now that I think about it, it's a joke! Learn from you to become a beast who killed his brother and imprisoned his father?!"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Jingyan seemed to recall what Nie Zheng had said before his death, and his expression turned somewhat grim.
"My victory proves that I am the true chosen one! If Zhou Jingrui were to govern this country, would he be better than me?"
Zhou Chuan sneered, "You think you've done a good job? The Han army has already stormed the palace. You're destined to be a king who brings about the downfall of his kingdom!"
Zhou Jingyan angrily said, "As a member of the Southern Zhou royal family, you helped foreign enemies invade your own home. You are a sinner for the Zhou family for all time!"
Zhou Chuan said, "Clean house."
Zhou Jingyan said, "I am your second uncle!"
"Clean house, regardless of rank."
"You?"
Without saying another word, Zhou Chuan suddenly drew his sword at Zhou Jingyan.
Zhou Jingyan quickly poured the feed into the pool and then struck Zhou Chuan with his palm.
The longsword stopped in front of Zhou Jingyan's palm, and countless golden streams of energy overflowed from the tip of the sword. Then, instead of Zhou Jingyan shouting, a dragon's roar rang out.
"The Path of the Rising Dragon!"
A massive burst of golden energy shot out, blasting Zhou Chuan away. He slid several meters across the ground before coming to a stop.
"What gentleman's sword? Where would a gentleman come from in an imperial family!"
Zhou Jingyan struck again, delivering several blows to Zhou Chuan in succession.
A gentleman is not a vessel!
A wise man is not perplexed!
A wise man does not contend!
"A gentleman does not form factions!"
Zhou Jingyan's attacks were too fierce, as if a giant dragon was wrapped around him. Zhou Chuan used the Gentleman's Sword four times in a row, but he was still in a passive and defensive situation.
"Did you see that? I've mastered the Ascending Dragon Path. Can your father do it? He's just the Crown Prince, not the Emperor! I am the Emperor!!"
Zhou Chuan spat out a mouthful of blood. Although he was at a clear disadvantage, the hatred he had accumulated over the years would not make him back down.
"So what if he's the emperor? He's the ruler of a fallen kingdom. The Southern Zhou dynasty was destroyed because of you!"
"Even if Southern Zhou is defeated by Zhao Han, you cannot do anything to me before that. I will kill you with my own hands!"
A dragon's roar resounded, and Zhou Jingyan struck Zhou Chuan with another palm strike. Zhou Chuan flew out like a cannonball, crashing into a distant palace and falling inside.
"Zhou Jingrui, my dear elder brother, he is your only son. I will bring him to see you now."
"I've been good to you, haven't I? I've allowed your family to be reunited."
"I am the sage ruler! I am the sage ruler!"
Zhou Jingyan walked forward step by step, saying a sentence with each step, his voice becoming increasingly frantic.
In just three steps, he arrived in front of the palace that Zhou Chuan had smashed.
But instead of going in, he waved his hands at the palace.
"Those who submit to me prosper, those who defy me perish! What Yuan Xiu? What Wen Tai? What Zhao Cheng? Only I am the supreme ruler of the world!!!"
The golden dragon wrapped itself around Zhou Jingyan tighter and tighter, and a dragon head appeared above his head, opening its huge mouth towards the palace.
roar!
Zhou Jingyan's arms were covered in golden light, as if they were on fire, and two golden waves burst forth from his palms and poured wildly into the palace.
After the palace was covered by golden waves, all the materials seemed to vaporize.
Zhou Jingyan wanted to end Zhou Chuan's life in this way.
After a long while, Zhou Jingyan finally stopped and looked at the dilapidated ruins in front of him.
"Sending you off with the royal aura of the Ascending Dragon Path is worthy of your status. Your second uncle truly loves you!"
Zhou Jingyan resumed his high-ranking demeanor.
But the next second, his eyelid twitched.
A figure emerged from the ruins, bathed in the fading golden light.
The figure of a naked man.
Zhou Chuan!
Although he was naked, his proud long hair and long sword were still there.
Its entire body was enveloped in a faint golden light.
"They're still alive?!" Zhou Jingyan exclaimed in surprise.
Zhou Chuan stepped out of the ruins, pointed his long sword at the ground, and stared coldly at Zhou Jingyan.
Zhou Jingyan realized that Zhou Chuan's eyes had inexplicably gained the majesty of someone in a high position.
"You still have the nerve to call yourself Second Uncle? But I have to thank you for being my good Second Uncle."
Zhou Chuan flicked his longsword and suddenly pointed it at the sky.
The next moment, a dragon's roar resounded.
Zhou Jingyan was stunned!
"Royal aura? Ascending Dragon Path? So this is what it feels like... From now on, I, Zhou Chuan, am no longer the Gentleman Sword."
"But rather..."
"King's Sword!"
Zhou Chuan glared fiercely at Zhou Jingyan and slashed down with his sword.
Zhou Jingyan took a few steps back, then thrust out both palms again, and the golden dragon wrapped around him lunged at Zhou Chuan.
Zhou Chuan severed the dragon's head with a single sword strike, then thrust his sword forward, splitting the dragon's body in two and aiming the blade at Zhou Jingyan.
In the nick of time, Zhou Jingyan crossed his arms to block, and although Zhou Chuan's sword did not pierce his body, it knocked him away.
Zhou Jinghuan crashed into the trunk of the locust tree, spitting out blood, and exclaimed in astonishment, "How...how is this possible? How could you have mastered the Rising Dragon Path?!"
Zhou Chuan said coldly, "Now you understand, being able to learn the Ascending Dragon Path doesn't prove anything. I'm not the Emperor, but I can still comprehend it."
"Your claim of being the chosen one is nothing but self-deception."
"During your reign, the Southern Zhou Dynasty enjoyed a decade of prosperity thanks to the court officials and the Zhou family's good fortune."
"And you, you ascended the throne illegitimately, and your heart is not righteous either. In order to protect your brother and son, and to test the loyalty of your ministers, you did not hesitate to feign illness and neglect state affairs. What kind of emperor are you?"
"To call him a sage ruler? That's utterly laughable!"
Zhou Jingyan angrily shouted, "How dare you!"
Zhou Chuan raised his hand and unleashed a sword strike. A golden light flew towards Zhou Jingyan, whose body cracked and spat out another mouthful of blood.
This sword strike rendered Zhou Jingyan incapable of fighting.
"I am the Son of Heaven... I am the Holy Ruler..." Zhou Jingyan began to mutter to himself in a frenzy.
Zhou Chuan did not attack Zhou Jingyan again, but instead looked up at the sky and let out a long breath.
At that moment, a group of people came in from outside.
Zhao Cheng and Ming Yingluo walked in front, followed by Yang Taozhi, Gong Xue, Xiao Luofeng, and others.
Zhao Cheng said, "I sent them here in a great hurry to help you, but I didn't expect you to solve it yourself."
Zhou Chuan said, "This is my family matter."
Zhao Cheng glanced at the disheveled Zhou Jingyan and said, "Brother-in-law, Master, what do you think we should do?"
Zhou Jingyan suddenly stood up and said, "How can I allow you to handle this?"
Zhao Cheng snorted coldly and shouted, "There is only one emperor here, and that is me!"
These hurtful words made Zhou Jingyan pause for a moment, then he burst into laughter, suddenly took off his belt and threw it onto a branch of the locust tree, then jumped up in front of everyone.
The fourth year of the Zhao Han dynasty, at the end of March.
Zhou Jingyan hanged himself.
The Southern Zhou Dynasty fell.
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