Mingxin and Xiao Yaoling looked at Li Weifeng from afar who was surrounded by the crowd. The eyes of the King of Qin, who was dressed in formal attire, were deep and dull. He was wearing a solemn ink-colored court robe, which was only worn in grand ceremonies. At this moment, it made his face look even paler.

He seemed to be melting in this world, like transparent ice.

For some reason, Mingxin suddenly thought of the conversation between him and [Yin] in the past.

"The distance of the distant mountains lies in that you can only look at them from afar. It is not easy to reach them. The distance of the sun lies in that you can only look at them from afar. There is no way to climb them."

"Because if you get too close to the sun, you will be burned by its brilliance."

Phoenix, ah, Phoenix.

Are you burning your wings to fly to the sun?

What kind of great day did you glimpse?

This time the news came back, it was the last message before the New Year. The determination and bravery shown by the mighty king made all the people talk about it with relish, while the other countries were trembling with fear, their horses were not unsaddled, their soldiers were not disarmed, and they were ready for battle.

The mighty King, however, just marched slowly and ate and drank abundantly, and it was not known whether it was a strategy to confuse the enemy or to tire them out.

But no matter which strategy it was, whether they were so relaxed on the surface but secretly preparing for a fierce attack; or they really relaxed and waited for the opportunity to tire themselves out, wasting their energy in vain, the countries still did not dare to slack off, because of the mighty king's power to destroy countries, they could only hold on.

The power of this one person has spread throughout the world to this extent.

Under such pressure, Li Weifeng's state of mind, which had been maintained with struggle to the limit, finally collapsed. It was not because his heart was not firm enough or he did not work hard enough, but sometimes he had exhausted all his mind and time, but still could not resist the movements of that figure.

This is the despair and powerlessness that ordinary people feel when facing a peerless hero and still have to strive to pursue him.

On one hand, there is the revenge for one's parents, and on the other hand, there is a peak that one cannot surpass even if one tries one's best.

There is no other choice.

Qin Wang Li Weifeng once again relied on time and overdrawn energy as the price.

He handled many political affairs perfectly, and at the cost of overdrawing the future, which would inevitably lead to a significant increase in the difficulty of government affairs in the future, he reduced taxes and levies and completely benefited the people. In the name of unifying the world, he exempted corvée and taxes for three months, and the people of the world were very happy.

Soon after the new year, it was announced that

"A country cannot be without a ruler for a day, and a court cannot be without an emperor for a day. Without a leader, a group of dragons will lose their position. Now we have the King of Qin, who is virtuous and has great conduct. He is worthy of his ancestors, and has brought peace to the people. He has expanded the territory and deserves to be the emperor."

Snap——

The young Taoist Mingxin looked at the imperial edict posted on the city wall in a trance.

All the fruits in his arms fell to the ground.

During this period, he often went to comfort his friends, but did not see any signs or differences. It was as if these truly far-reaching decisions could not be discussed with others and could only be made by himself.

"Wei Feng you..."

The young Taoist listened to the conversations of the people around him, feeling dazed and confused.

Today is still the first month of the lunar year. The sky is leaden gray, very low, and gray, as if there is snow.

People don't seem surprised that Li Weifeng became the Human Emperor.

The two kings coexist in the world, and their power is extremely great. People of this era have become accustomed to the existence of the Human Emperor, especially what Li Weifeng did, which is also beneficial to them. In addition, Li Weifeng had already secretly spread the news before, and people have gradually accepted it.

There was a lot of noise all around.

Mostly praise.

The little medicine spirit was at a loss. He stretched out his hand and pulled the young Taoist Mingxin next to him, saying, "Mingxin, what are they talking about? Didn't Weifeng say that he wanted to practice Taoism with us? If he becomes that human emperor, then he won't be able to practice Taoism anymore, right?"

The destiny of humanity is the most magnificent, while the foundation of Taoism is the pursuit of purity.

Once you choose to completely follow the path of humanity, you will inevitably give up the Taoist spirit.

Human destiny cannot lead to immortality.

If you practice both at the same time, your life span will be further shortened!

Just like Yuyangzi.

"Well, don't worry, I won't be that human emperor."

"Wait till I am relieved of this duty."

"At that time, I will accompany you. We will go to the mountains to watch the wind, and to the riverside to admire the moon, together..."

"We made a promise. If I can't do it, I won't be able to see you again in my life."

The agreement made years ago was still ringing in his ears, clearly audible, but everything happening before his eyes was heading towards a completely different path. The young Taoist Mingxin grabbed the little medicine spirit next to him and ran away. After running several steps, he turned back, bent down and grabbed all the chestnuts in his arms.

Then he hurriedly ran straight to the court hall. He had no intention of looking for the token that Li Weifeng had given him before. He just picked up a spell of invisibility and climbed over the wall. However, he was hit by the luck of humanity, and the spell was dispersed. However, the guards all knew him and seemed to have received some instructions, so they did not stop him.

Mingxin arrived at the entrance of the hall.

The main hall is closed.

The young Taoist clenched his fist and slammed it on the door, making a clanging sound. He widened his eyes and shouted:

"Weifeng, Li Weifeng, come out, you are in there, right?!"

"What are you going to do?! If the human energy enters your body, there's no turning back!"

The sound was very loud, but the area around the palace was empty and it seemed that all the guards could not hear the sound.

After a long time.

A hoarse, tired voice answered from the other side of the door: "I can't turn back anyway, Mingxin."

Ming Xin paused: "Wei Feng?"

In this deep and empty hall, Li Weifeng sat at the entrance of the hall, his hair in disarray. He lowered his head. He was only 22 years old, but his hair was already gray. He leaned against the door and whispered to his friend standing in the sun:

"There's no going back."

The Taoist shouted anxiously:

"Why can't you turn back? The road behind you is very long and wide, with mountains and rivers!"

"As long as you turn back, it's not too late!"

Li Weifeng said: "Because I can't do it. I keep telling myself that I can do it if I try my best, but I can't do it. This is fake."

"Li Zhai, I can't catch up with Brother Qi's talent and ability. I have tried my best, Mingxin, I have tried my best, but Brother Qi can easily walk ahead of me and easily widen the gap between us."

"Compared to him, I'm nothing. I can't win with those little clever tricks."

“Can’t win!”

Li Weifeng clenched his fist and slammed it hard on the ground, making a loud noise and a bang.

Unless you ask for help, unless you bow your head.

But for some reason, my heart remains like this and I refuse to bow my head.

Ming Xin held onto the door tightly. The palace in this mortal world was filled with the destiny of humanity. His cultivation here was reduced to the limit. He said, "Then you, didn't you agree with us to go boating on the river together, to practice, to see the breeze and the moon, to live for hundreds of years, or even a thousand years, and then see the mortal world again!"

He kicked the little medicine spirit lightly.

Little Yao Ling also tried hard and said, "Yes, we agreed on that."

Ming Xin didn't get an answer, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Didn't you say that if you can't do it, you won't be able to see us in this life?!"

He shouted out the oath he made in his youth.

Li Weifeng lowered his head and smiled gently, he turned sideways, and from the gap in the door, the wind and the winter sunshine blew in and hit his face. He looked at the clear light and in a trance he saw his future, as if he could see himself, Mingxin and Xiao Yaoling practicing in the mountains and passing by the world.

Finally he turned his head and replied, "I'm sorry, Mingxin, Yaoling."

"I may have to stay in this era. What will the world be like a thousand years from now?"

"I can only leave it to you to help me."

Mingxin paused.

After knocking hard on the door, Li Weifeng stood up and staggered forward. He lowered his head, smiled suddenly, and said, "Between you and me."

"Except for death."

"We don't need to meet again."

Mingxin raised his hand to hit the door, then paused. His hand trembled and he slowly retracted it.

The Taoist sat in front of the main hall for three days and three nights.

Inside the hall, the King of Qin never looked back. Finally, the lead-gray sky and clouds pressed down layer by layer, and snowflakes fell on his face. Mingxin raised his head and looked at the hall in front of him. The young Taoist suddenly understood something. He understood that everything in the world has its own destiny and trajectory. He placed the chestnuts, which were still warm in his arms, at the door of the hall.

Gently bow:

"Well, your majesty."

"I'm leaving now..."

He chose to take a step back.

Then he turned around, his sleeves brushing against the ground, and walked out of the palace wall step by step.

Li Weifeng lowered his eyes. At that moment he felt a sharp pain like a knife stabbing his heart. This pain almost pierced his heart in an instant. He gritted his teeth and staggered forward. He stroked the mechanical bird, and finally grasped the sword next to him. He held the sword with both hands, one hand holding the hilt and the other hand holding the scabbard.

The body trembles.

"Be a child and a subject to the ruler."

Pulling them out slowly, all the instruments of humanity had been taken away by the Taoist, melted into a furnace, and turned into the head of the Nine Cauldrons. Even the instruments of many previous kings were the same. Even if he ascended the throne as the Emperor of Man, he would no longer have as many instruments of humanity as the previous emperors. He would only be able to forge gorgeous swords.

But after all, such a sword is still needed to maintain dignity.

He drew his sword.

This was an ordinary sword, but when he made up his mind, a boundless and majestic aura of humanity suddenly surged naturally. A light golden glow wrapped around the sword's edge. Although it was not as majestic as the so-called weapons of the Human Emperor, there was indeed a trace of fire.

Not as good as Xuanzhen, and inferior to Li Zhai in terms of fierceness and domineering, but it is also true.

The so-called emperor is one whose actions are as bright as fire.

It is not the name, it is not the heart, it is the action.

When he was madly forcing himself to chase after Li Zhai's back, what he did was no less than that of the emperors of previous dynasties.

The Taoist aura within Li Weifeng's body, which was only one step away from becoming the innate Qi, instantly dissipated.

Only the inevitable short-lived but magnificent human destiny remained, surging with a grand momentum. The Taoist energy spread out and hit the mechanical bird, seeming to have stimulated the original Taoist imprint, allowing it to flap its wings and fly.

The marks and sounds left behind could still be heard from inside.

It was the voice of the young Taoist Mingxin and the little medicine spirit:

"The sky is clear and the air is bright, the wind is gentle and the air is soft, the mighty phoenix, come out of the palace and play!"

"The sky is clear and the air is bright, the wind is gentle and pleasant..."

The mechanical bird was circling around, and the King of Qin was holding a sword, laughing and crying.

The young Taoist passed by the place where they roasted chestnuts together last year.

The fire was still there, but it had lost its light and heat. He slowly walked out of the palace.

Eyes dropped.

After thinking for a long time, he remained silent.

The flow of Qi in the body had been developing for several years, and for unknown reasons, it had naturally led to the state of innate Qi.

…

After the King of Qin ascended the throne as Emperor of Man, he never issued a general amnesty.

After several months of benevolent rule, he began to rectify the government, simplify the laws, and quickly pushed for the re-examination of past unjust and false cases. These matters then quickly involved the victims of the Jinzhou incident nearly ten years ago, and people were discussing the matter for a while.

However, all the dignitaries in the court seemed to have chosen not to investigate the matter.

As a result, all states in the world were extremely angry about this matter and felt that it was being suppressed deliberately.

After the public resentment boiled over, it gathered into a mighty force, surging like a mighty force, determined to find out the many reasons for the past of this incident. Before this trend, there were still some ministers who tried to cover up. They were the ones who had followed the previous Human Emperor. Li Weifeng followed the trend and led the public opinion.

After tracing back further, a series of people were eventually implicated in this matter. Of course, the emperor's behavior could not have been the fault of just one person, and everything the emperor did was revealed to the world, causing an uproar.

Public resentment was boiling, Jinzhou was in turmoil, and in the end the verdict was made by the Emperor Li Weifeng himself.

He quoted the "Laws of Shenwu" and listed his crimes one by one, sentencing him to be executed in the autumn.

Li Weifeng lowered his eyes, looked at the charges, then raised his head and looked towards the distant border, thinking of Li Zhai. After all, this man was Li Zhai's father, so he never chose the punishment he wanted most [Lingchi].

He did not chop the former Human Emperor into pieces, but considering his status as an emperor, choosing to leave his body incomplete was already a heavy punishment.

Even the ministers, censors, and the Ministry of Rites all felt that it was inappropriate.

Li Weifeng insisted on having his own way.

It took a year to completely and clearly overturn the case.

I went crazy to check every detail.

Later, in the autumn, many people were executed. The killing was so brutal that all those involved in the Jinzhou incident were implicated. Even the aides of the Emperor at that time managed to escape unscathed and had passed away, but people still sent people to dig up their graves and whip them.

The excessive killing was also due to the pursuit being too harsh and thorough, which caused disagreements among the civil officials.

This emperor's desire to get to the bottom of things also made his ministers feel secretly frightened.

In history, he was evaluated as "ultimately of poor moral character".

When beheading the previous Human Emperor, Qi Wuhuo asked Youming to release that soul. After revenge, the people who were killed by his deeds had all returned to the cycle of reincarnation, but the previous Human Emperor was already in a state of confusion. He only woke up when he was taken to the execution ground, under the gazes and curses of countless people.

He seemed to have woken up from his madness, and continued to struggle and curse.

Li Weifeng read out his crimes. This former emperor, now a criminal who had committed the ten unforgivable crimes, knew his situation and realized that he would not be able to survive. He suddenly seemed to give up and laughed loudly, "Yes, that's right, it was me who did it!"

"But, my dear nephew, what is the essential difference between what you do and what I do?"

"You are just using your parents as a cover to hide your greed for the highest position!"

"Hahahaha, you're no different!"

Li Weifeng read out the charges without any ripples in his voice.

"According to the Divine Martial Law, the crime should be punished by beheading!"

"Execute immediately!"

The old man with chains all over his body and white hair laughed loudly: "Who, who dares to kill me!"

"I am the emperor of men, and I am the one destined by heaven!"

"Whoever kills me will be punished by God! Will be punished by God!!"

He shouted loudly, and for a moment, no one dared to step forward. Suddenly, there was a flash of a knife. It turned out that Li Weifeng, who had been sitting on the position of the Human Emperor, had strode down. A knife flashed in his hand, and a blood mark appeared on his uncle's neck. The people around him were silent for a moment, and Li Weifeng's eyes were determined.

The white-haired old man smiled triumphantly and murmured:

"I killed your father, and you killed me. This is how blood kills each other in the royal family."

"You're just like me."

"You will be the same, I'm down there, waiting for you!"

He suddenly took a deep breath. After all, he had cultivated himself and could not be judged by common sense. He raised his head and roared:

"I am the Divine Martial Emperor, Emperor Wen!!!"

The voice was shrill and crazy.

Looking around, everyone's face was pale, as if they heard a ghost screaming, and no one could look up.

The sound stopped abruptly.

The head fell, blood spurted out, Li Weifeng held the knife and stared at him, feeling that after revenge, there was no joy in his heart, only a sense of emptiness, and finally replied: "I won't, you can just watch slowly."

Turning around, covered in blood, he walked step by step to the highest position.

On the mountain top, the Taoist saw with his own eyes the beheading of the Human Emperor who caused his experience that year. He was disgraced. The man in green shirt stood with his hands behind his back and said with a sigh, "He who has been chasing fame and fortune all his life, suffered so much torture and watched himself die in disgrace. In this case, it can be said that he died a worthy death."

"But why did you just watch Li Weifeng walk here step by step?"

"The way of action and inaction, the supreme love and forgetfulness, is this so?"

Qi Wuhuo stood quietly for a while and replied softly:

"That night, I left a light on for him."

"As long as he asks, I will help him."

"But he didn't speak."

The scholar in blue robes clicked his tongue and seemed to want to comment on something.

Qi Wuhuo shook his head and said, "I'm back."

He swept the whisk in his hand, pointed to the sky, and said: "In any case, the fighting has ended. In order to have the reputation today, the King of Qin has tried his best. After more than a year, the destiny of humanity has become prosperous and stable."

"It's time to go pick up Queen Wa."