The Great Emperor Zhuling of Antarctica stopped before the human world.
He stood on a mountain outside the capital of the human dynasty, looking at the prosperous city in the distance, the hustle and bustle of the world, and a very solemn and dignified look gradually emerged on his rough face. Finally, he looked at this furnace of destiny in the world with a look of astonishment on his face, and said slowly -
"Such an atmosphere, such an aura."
"It is true, humanity should prevail, humanity should prevail!"
In the eyes of Emperor Zhu Ling at this moment, the destiny of the world was burning like a big furnace. The destiny of countless people in this world came together to form an extremely fiery posture, magnificent and magnificent, extremely beautiful, which seemed enough to burn everything.
Although it is not a great grade, it is also the imperial realm transformed from the innate.
Emperor Zhuling can certainly get a glimpse of the current destiny of the world.
This made Zhu Ling, who was originally in high spirits and ready to look for the unlucky Tai Shang Xuan Wei, stop and watch. He knew the location of Tai Shang Xuan Wei from the Great Justice of Tianshuyuan. He was murderous when he came down from the sky, but now looking at the prosperous atmosphere of the world, he hesitated and said to himself:
"Although I can find Tai Shang Xuan Wei in here, he is not an easy opponent. Even I cannot defeat him with just one or two moves. We will definitely fight in the capital, and if we fight, it will definitely disrupt the order of the world and affect the destiny of the world."
As an innate god, Emperor Zhuling of the South Pole has always maintained an attitude of equality and contempt for all acquired creatures.
I don't care about the death of all living things.
The reason for my hesitation at this moment is just because of one reason.
"If Queen Wa saw this... she would be sad."
Emperor Zhu Ling fell silent.
He planned to fight with Taishang Xuanwei because he felt that he, as a fellow innate creature, had been insulted because Donghua the Great had been stepped on on his back and beheaded.
But this is the ethnic group created by Queen Wa after all, and it is the creation that Queen Wa was willing to protect at the risk of her life. And it is unknown how much time has passed before the human race has such a chance to rise. In order to vent her anger, she destroyed the opportunity for the descendants of Queen Wa to rise.
Zhu Ling really couldn't bring himself to do it.
In fact, in his heart, he was always regretting and blaming himself for not being able to save Queen Wa back then. At this moment, the willfulness and fighting spirit in his heart gradually disappeared.
Thinking of the gentle and beautiful goddess, Zhu Ling sighed, and finally suppressed his violent fighting spirit that was like a raging fire.
This is what Queen Wa is like. Even though she has fallen for several eons, she is still like the wind blowing across the water, leaving ripples in the lake of his heart.
Hatred is like fire, which will eventually be extinguished by water.
Emperor Zhuling of the South Pole was silent for a moment, then that arrogant look reappeared on his face. He pulled up his sleeves and said coldly, "Forget it, Taishang Xuanwei, Zhenwu **Devil."
"You have already achieved immortality. Our feud has already been formed. There will be plenty of time for us to fight in the next thousand or ten thousand years. There is no need to cause the human race to lose the opportunity because of this fight!"
Originally, he was about to leave immediately, but when Emperor Zhuling of the South Pole looked at this human city, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind -
Anyway, I'm here.
Just stay in the human world and see.
But it does not mean that I intend to protect the descendants of Queen Nuwa and help them reach the pinnacle of fortune!
It is definitely not my intention to protect the human world!
A mere acquired creature!
Even if they are the descendants of Queen Nuwa, it is absolutely impossible for them to let me come here in person to guard them.
But now that I'm here...
Emperor Zhuling of Antarctica convinced himself.
With a cold snort, he raised his chin slightly and walked step by step into the city of the human world.
…
Inside the treasury room, Old Green Ox yawned and sat beside the desk. A little Taoist boy on one side was holding a volume of ancient Taoist canon, nodding his head and dozing off while reading. Inside the yard, the ordinary-looking Taoist Master Ran Deng, who was wearing a Taoist robe, was sweeping the floor slowly with a deep aura. Qi Wuhuo was flipping through the Taoist canon.
If you look at it from the surface, this is just an ordinary and deserted government office that couldn't be more ordinary.
If you look at it from the surface.
Old Qingniu curled his lips, glanced at the crowd in front of him, and looked at the little head popping out of a small alley on the side.
“Here we go again.”
"Where did the Dragon Girl come from..."
The young Taoist raised his eyes over there, glanced ahead, saw the Little Dragon Girl who was conscientiously scouting the area, turned a page of the Taoist scripture, smiled gently and said, "Don't worry about her."
The old blue ox yawned and said, "Okay, okay, you have the final say."
"A young dragon that hasn't even become an immortal can't really stir up the slightest bit of trouble in the current human capital."
Qi Wuhuo didn't say anything.
The Dragon King of Jing River wanted him to look after and protect this little girl. Instead of "catching" her in to read the Taoist scriptures, letting her live her life easily outside was also a form of protection. During this period of time, it seemed that she had discovered this challenging goal of him. The little dragon girl had given up the rest of the "touching the wallet" activities and focused on scouting the surrounding area.
He was very excited, just like a child who found an interesting toy.
Qi Wuhuo retracted his gaze, glanced at the people sweeping beside him, and began to read the classic story of the Taoist Master Ran Deng. The young Taoist didn't know whether his old friend was doing the right thing by [abandoning Buddhism for Taoism] at this moment, whether it was right or not, whether practicing Taoism could give him the answer that the Seventeen Veins of Buddhism had never given him.
Did he really come out?
Or is it just a jump from one confused obsession to another confused obsession?
In the end, will one [abandon Buddhism and cultivate Taoism], and then [abandon Taoism and attain Buddhahood]; or will one continue to move forward on the Great Road and attain a state of freedom?
The young Taoist seemed to understand something.
Randang had reached the Bodhisattva realm seventeen times, and then abandoned his efforts and started over again. This naturally represented a great character and tenacity, but it also represented a huge obsession and perseverance that no one could match. Now that he had turned to cultivating the Tao, he had reached the Earthly Immortal realm again. This huge obsession had already turned into a [difficulty] that had never been seen before and would never be repeated.
I'm afraid that the difficulties that Lu Dongbin had experienced in seclusion for a thousand years before could not be compared with the difficulties that Randeng is facing now.
Once he overcomes this difficulty, no matter what choice he makes, his cultivation will surely improve greatly.
Will it be within this sixty years?
"Could this be considered a ritual..."
Qi Wuhuo shook his head, retracted his gaze, continued to look at the Taoist treasure, and continued to practice [Human Qi].
The branches outside the window have also sprouted.
Spring is approaching.
After he defeated the Nalanda Monastery and drove away all the Buddhas, the name of Shangqing Dongxuan Zhenjun had begun to spread in the heavenly realm, and the Buddhas were unwilling to test the sword of Taishang Xuanwei with their own heads. As a result, the human world entered a period of peace.
Qi Wuhuo just practiced breathing exercises every day and read the Taoist scriptures and classics in the storage room.
Try to repair the "Secret Record of Destiny" left by Xuan Zhen.
Life was neither hurried nor slow, and gradually one was contaminated by the mundane worldly atmosphere. The weather was getting warmer day by day, and the fragrance of flowers could be smelled in the city. On both sides of the river that spanned the capital, willow trees had sprouted tender buds that swayed in the wind, looking fresh and lovely.
Apart from the occasional news that King Weiwu Li Zhai had captured a minister and launched a large-scale killing war, and that King Qin Li Weifeng was in charge of people's livelihood, was kind to the people, and exempted taxes, which became the topic of conversation among the people, life in the capital had almost returned to its normal track.
The general trend of the world is like a rolling river and will never be diverted by people's will.
Three months have passed in the blink of an eye.
The Taoist sat on the second floor of the teahouse, standing by the window and watching the people coming and going outside.
Since the last time he parted with Li Zhai, he has only been walking in the world of mortals, gradually forgetting all those matters of fate.
During these three months, Buddhism seemed to have ceased its activities and finally gave up. No more Bodhisattvas or Buddhas came to the world.
Qi Wuhuo changed his Taoist robe into a plain cloth and tied his hair with a wooden hairpin. He no longer stuck to the Taoist hairpin and looked no different from a gentle scholar. A Taoist of seventeen years old, in this era, was already stuck between the age where he could still be called a teenager and the age where he would be called a young man when passing by certain romantic places.
Holding a cup of tea, listening to people's after-dinner conversation, the bitter aroma of the tea surprised him a little.
"Li Zhai's recent condition doesn't seem to be very good..."
The Shenwu Dynasty lasted for eight thousand years, but those aristocratic families had already existed before the rise of the Shenwu Dynasty.
For example, in this capital city, a person might be born and delivered in the Wang family's clinic; learn to read and write in the private school established by the Wang family, wear clothes made of cloth woven in the Wang family's weaving workshop, and then live in the house built by the Wang family, earn money by working in the Wang family's restaurant or teahouse, and keep it in the Wang family's bank.
Even if he died, he would choose a coffin from the Wang family's shop which had been run for hundreds of years.
Then I bought a funeral clothes at Wang's Funeral Clothing Store.
From birth to death, they are all overshadowed by the huge aristocratic families, and the mighty King Li Zhai is now drawing a sword to cut off these aristocratic families so that the people can breathe a sigh of relief. As the saying goes, a centipede will die even though its body is stiff. Li Zhai's momentum is fierce and unstoppable, but these huge aristocratic families will not sit and wait for death.
Qi Wuhuo held his tea and listened to people talking about everything. He tapped the table with his fingers, as if thinking about something.
The aristocratic families objected.
There is also a lot of resentment among the complicated clans.
Although the officials in the court appeared to be submissive on the surface, they were resentful in their hearts.
The people all thought that King Qin Li Weifeng was a good man, but King Weiwu Li Zhai was always too cruel and ruthless, always killing people, which inevitably gave people the impression that he was bloodthirsty and violent. For three months, King Weiwu had never put down his butcher knife.
The public opinion has begun to change from the famous general and the righteous army that purged the emperor's court to a tyrant who took the opportunity to return to the capital and a dictator who takes no regard for human life. The words spoken by the people do not actually care whether they are right or wrong. They are just simply talking about it verbally, satisfying their desire and that is enough.
This is how rumors are born.
But at this time, rumors also have a great power, which is the general trend, and the people who were talking over there suddenly lowered their voices and said mysteriously: "Now people are killed by the mighty king every day. I heard that girls can't go out alone, otherwise they will be taken away by the mighty king's men and sent to his mansion."
"H-really?"
"Then what should we do? What about the Shenwu Dynasty?"
"Hey, isn't this method very simple?"
"It's far away in the sky, but it's close in the capital. Humph, the tyrant King Weiwu is afraid of what people say, so he put the late emperor under house arrest. And there's the virtuous King Qin. These two are both wise and virtuous gentlemen in the world. They both have the ability to sit on the throne and turn the tide!"
A divine light flashed in the Taoist's eyes as he looked at the distant Zhaixing Tower.
"It's a noble family..."
"Li Zhai, the road you are going to take is really too difficult."
At this time, the human family clan found Qin Wang Li Weifeng and explained their views in detail, saying that the situation today has reached this point, and King Weiwu's power has been dispersed. He said: "The people are stupid and can share the success with them, but cannot plan with them. Now King Weiwu is planning with the people. Time is long, and the killing has not stopped for four months."
"The people are all tired of the killing."
"Those who know current affairs are considered heroes. The King of Qin is so wise that he can take advantage of the situation and become your king!"
"We are willing to be your servants!"
Seeing the sincerity of the envoy from the noble family, Li Weifeng, the Prince of Qin, held his sword, his expression gradually faded, and a trace of yearning and struggle appeared on his young face. The young man from the noble family leaned forward and persuaded him: "Prince Qin, your father was originally the crown prince, but he was framed by the previous emperor, so he was cursed and lost the throne."
"You are not betraying now, you are just taking back what belongs to you."
"Yeah?"
"It's to get back what belongs to me..."
A look of struggle and greed appeared on Li Weifeng's face, but at this moment, a voice suddenly came from outside the door, saying, "Huh? Princess? Princess, you can't come in...ah?!" Amidst the exclamations, the door was pushed open, and a beautiful woman in white clothes and ink-black hair came in.
She was only wearing silk stockings on her feet, and her white sleeves were rolling like white clouds falling from the sky. She wore a sword on her waist, and there seemed to be a spring breeze in her sleeves. Her hair was mixed with flower petals. She walked in majestically, and drew the sword in her hand amid the astonishment of King Qin and the amazement of the envoy from the noble family.
The sword flashed fiercely, its edge exposed, and it stabbed forward. The sharp sword tip instantly pierced into the messenger's heart, and then pierced through his back. An instant of bloody smell mixed with the coldness of the sword tip hit Li Weifeng's face, causing the latter's expression to freeze, and the rising ambition was annihilated at once.
"you……"
The envoy from the noble family stumbled back a few steps, holding his chest, and sat on the ground. Blood gurgled out of his chest and mouth. He pointed at the woman in front of him with a trembling finger, and finally his life was gone. The scene was so sudden and the conflict was so fierce that Li Weifeng lost consciousness for a moment. The woman stood up and approached with her silk stockings stepping on the blood, raising her palm.
The sleeves of his robe fluttered violently.
Bang!!!
A palm hit Li Weifeng's face with great force.
It seemed as if she was trying to wake him up all at once!
Li Weifeng sat back down and looked up at his sister. Li Qiongyu withdrew her hand, her eyes large and dark, staring at him, and said:
"You want to let the family live again?!"
"Do you want to kill your brother?!"
Li Weifeng gasped for breath, looking at the noble family kid with a look of struggle on her face. Finally, she clenched her fist and slammed it heavily on the ground. A wound appeared on the tip of her fist, and blood dripped down. It seemed as if she had fought with an invisible powerful enemy. Her face was extremely pale, and she said, "Thank you, sister..."
Li Qiongyu watched her brother suppress the desire and greed that naturally emerged when facing the supreme power, and said, "Control your ambition."
“It’s a part of you, don’t let it consume you.”
"Um……"
Li Weifeng suppressed his ambitions, but suddenly thought of something and said, "The noble family intends to join forces with us to break the Qi brother's aura. If we refuse..."
Li Qiongyu also turned around and looked towards the Zhaixing Tower. She was dressed in a white dress and white clothes, with black hair like a waterfall and silk stockings on her feet. She stepped into the blood, but she was like a lotus blooming on the sea of blood, with an indescribable charm. She said, "Also, Fourth Brother..."
Li Hui, the crown prince of the previous generation, was also the emperor of the previous generation!
To some extent, if he wanted to oppose Li Zhai, he had the greatest opportunity, and he was also under house arrest by Li Zhai himself, so he had enough opportunities and reasons to oppose Li Zhai.
Even Li Weifeng and the others came to contact them, so how could they give up on Li Zhai? !
Li Weifeng said: "We must inform Brother Seven immediately..."
Li Qiongyu looked at the Zhaixing Tower that seemed to be rising to the sky, with a complicated expression on her face, and said softly:
"It's too late..."
…
"You guys, do you want me to rebel against my brother?"
In the Zhaixing Tower, a dejected Li Hui looked at the group of people who appeared in front of him. There was a hint of interest in his eyes, and his turbid vision swept over the people in front of him. Among them, there were people from aristocratic families, powerful people, royal families, and monks. Li Hui saw that at the door of the Zhaixing Tower, the previously loyal and brave human warriors had died in battle.
Just now, his neck was broken by this nobleman and monk.
Now, these noble families spoke up and said, "Yes, we already have disciples in our clan who are willing to die to lure the mighty King Li Zhai to temporarily leave the imperial city. This is your greatest opportunity, Your Majesty."
"You want to lure my brother away? If you don't have enough weight, you can't lure him away. But with his strength, it will only be a temporary lure. If it takes too long, he will definitely die under Li Zhai's sword. Are you willing to do that?"
The man from the noble family said, "Since you were raised by my family and received countless benefits and training, then it is only natural for you to die for the prosperity of the family. I have nothing else to ask for."
Li Hui saw that there was no sadness on the man's face and felt that it should be like this. Suddenly, he understood more clearly what a long-standing family meant. They could give everything for their family and felt that all this was justified. The advantages accumulated over thousands of years were like a monopoly on the road ahead. Ordinary people would never have the opportunity to be promoted.
So farmers will be farmers for generations, and the children of merchants will also be merchants.
This has been the case for thousands of generations.
The young man from the noble family said, "We have prepared magical instruments for your majesty, which can make your voice heard throughout the capital. We also have armor and weapons at home. If you raise your arms and call, we will all follow your lead, cling to the dragon scales, soar into the sky, and resist Li Zhai's atrocities. You can help your majesty return to the throne, or you can use our power to divide the land and gain a throne, so that you can plan for the future!"
The monk put his hands together and said, "I am here to help Your Majesty in compliance with the command of the Buddha of Infinite Life, Wisdom and Light."
The nobles from the surrounding families had already made preparations. They took out a yellow robe and put it on Li Hui. Li Hui looked at these nobles and the families and saw two things in their eyes: the fear of this period of time and the desire for the future.
If I refuse, they might kill me.
The noble families who are submissive like cats on weekdays will go crazy once they find that the situation threatens the survival of their own families and clans.
Li Hui, wearing a yellow robe and holding a sword, suddenly smiled and said, "Help me up."
The sons of the noble families were all overjoyed, so they helped Li Hui up, one on each side. Li Hui walked step by step to the part extending in front of the Zhaixing Tower, looking at the prosperous human capital outside. The large formations prepared by these big families in the entire city were all opened, so that Li Hui's voice could be heard throughout the city and reached everyone's ears.
After the young man from the noble family loudly announced Li Hui's title as the Emperor of All Men.
The people were all alarmed.
They couldn't believe that the Human Emperor who had been under house arrest before reappeared. Then, under the pressure of the general trend in the past three or four months, and with the instigation of the hidden players from several major worlds lurking everywhere, they all felt that Li Hui was a famous master, and they all took to the streets and cheered.
"Human Emperor! Human Emperor!!!"
Li Zhai's army killed several future young masters of the noble families at this time, and quickly guessed the choices of these noble families. When they rode back to the capital on horseback, they heard Li Hui's voice coming from left to right, from the sky, and from all directions. He said slowly and calmly: "My subjects, I am your emperor and I will issue an order today."
"Today, the governance of the country is such that people's grievances cannot be redressed, and officials' cunning cannot be restrained; but manpower is used lightly, and the palace is repaired, and people come and go without restraint, and their moods are excessive..."
The young man from the noble family next to him had already handed over a written manifesto, and Li Hui began to read it.
As the voice fell, the faces of the soldiers who followed Li Zhai suddenly changed. At this moment, Li Zhai's soldiers who were in the palace realized something was wrong and rushed towards the palace together. In the streets and alleys, private soldiers secretly raised by noble families rushed out, willing to risk their lives to stop these warriors and nobles. It was difficult to form a formation in the street fighting, and the power of the soldiers was greatly weakened.
For a moment, it was impossible to rush into the palace!
The family generals and private soldiers of the aristocratic families who tried to stop them were all from families whose fathers and brothers grew up in these aristocratic families, eating the family's food and wearing the family's clothes. They shared the same fate and were willing to sacrifice their lives for the sake of such interests. However, Li Zhai was at the city gate and it was difficult for him to return to the Zhaixing Tower in an instant.
In front were the incited people, cheering and blocking Li Zhai's horse.
Blood was still dripping from the edge of Li Zhai's sword. His warhorse had once trampled through countless castles and crushed powerful enemies, but now facing the people he swore to protect, it was difficult for him to charge. All the people heard Li Hui's words, and then, under the influence and instigation of the aristocratic families' spies, they cheered like a wave.
Qi Wuhuo looked at the Zhaixing Tower and discovered——
In that dim place, a pure aura of humanity suddenly rose up.
Li Zhai's expression was complicated.
The common people were bewitched and coerced into shouting, while the rest of the noble families, princes, and clan members all had smiles on their faces.
Time seems to freeze at this moment.
Li Hui took a half step forward and suddenly shouted, uttering the final words that would turn everything around:
"What I said before was all my fault!!!"
The sound was like thunder sweeping across the sky, causing the people to pause. The shouting stopped for a moment, and it was terrifyingly quiet. Li Zhai looked up suddenly, and the hearts of the people from the noble families suddenly stopped, but they inexplicably felt a sense of panic. Li Hui ignored the members of the noble families who rushed towards him and said, "The Li family, the Zheng family, and the Wang family all have rebellious intentions!"
"And all the Buddhas!"
"You are forcing me to spread rumors!"
"Want to divide the world and the land!!!"
"Mighty King Li Zhai, I hereby decree that you kill them all!"
The head of the Wang family grabbed Li Hui's collar tightly.
“What are you talking about?!!”
How dare he?!
How dare he say that at this time?!
He doesn't want to live anymore? He doesn't want to live anymore?!
The head of the Wang family lowered his voice and said angrily:
"Do you want to die?!"
Even though he was extremely angry, he did not dare to kill Li Hui now.
This was supposed to be the last struggle of the thousand-year-old family.
If they killed him, it would certainly prove their rebellion. The reputation of their thousand-year-old family would be tarnished by the death of a human emperor, and all the things they had done before to overthrow Li Zhai would come back to haunt them. They would not be able to withstand the double impact.
Li Hui looked at him, and the patriarch of the Wang family saw a hint of burning passion in the eyes of the deposed Human Emperor. Then Li Hui grabbed the wrist of the patriarch of the Wang family with his backhand. At this moment, a short and strong burst of humanitarian luck suddenly erupted from the body of the deposed Human Emperor.
"Death, so what?"
"I have discussed this with Prime Minister Zhai over the past three months, and I have thought it through. I am not worthy of being the emperor, but..."
"If I can take your ten thousand year old family with me to die together, that's fine!"
"What?!"
Li Hui shouted: "Li Zhai, the Shenwu Nine Provinces must not be divided!"
He suddenly stepped back.
The head of the Wang family was stunned for a moment, and suddenly attacked, shattering Li Hui's internal organs.
But this Human Emperor whose cultivation was abolished actually had such tremendous power, his eyes were blazing. The head of the Wang family looked into his eyes and saw countless houses behind him. His eyes were bright and blazing, as if there were thousands of people behind him. It was as if at this moment, he finally lived up to the title of those two words.
Li Hui, who was coughing up blood, suddenly grabbed him and fell backwards.
A violent storm arose.
The world is upside down.
His body fell from the highest point of the Zhaixing Tower together with the head of the Wang family. The people watched this scene silently, watching the figure falling like a star.
As the Human Emperor fell, he looked at the few lights that were lit up in the human world and the upside-down cities and houses, which were like a galaxy.
ah……
I see.
Pick the stars, pick the stars...
The stars in this world of mortals are what we want to pick.
Li Hui closed his eyes.
Die with the family.
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