"With a cultivator at the Great Emperor realm making a move, the entire Northern Region rebel army could only kneel and await their death."
"Sigh, why is our life so miserable?"
Dugu Xin's forehead was covered in cold sweat, but he still forced himself to say, "Please give Your Majesty a chance. We will definitely help Your Majesty reclaim the throne."
Mu Qiuyao: "Do I need you ants to help me reclaim the throne? What belongs to me, I will take back with my own hands."
As he finished speaking, a chilling killing intent surged forth.
Just as the three closed their eyes and awaited their death, Shen Zhao interrupted the oppressive atmosphere: "Alright, even now there are still people who support you. Are you still planning to push people into the enemy camp? That's enough."
"You want to plead for them?" Mu Qiuyao asked in return.
Shen Zhao: "You should know in your heart who deserves to be killed and who doesn't."
Instead of flaunting your imperial status here, think about how to reclaim the throne in front of the Biyun Palace!
Mu Qiuyao frowned and said to the three of them, "Alright, considering that Shen Zhao pleaded for you, I'll give you a chance to make amends. Get up."
"Thank you for your mercy, Your Majesty!"
The three of them got up tremblingly and stood aside without daring to utter a sound.
Shen Zhao asked, "What happened in the Heavenly Annihilation Holy Land during the time we were missing?"
Dugu Xin said, "It's a long story. After you and His Majesty exchanged blows and disappeared that day, the sect leader and the others announced that you were both dead."
Then he declared that he would inherit the throne from His Majesty, and went so far as to bring all the guests who had not yet left to the Biyun Palace for safekeeping.
The goal was to force them to acknowledge the legitimacy of the sect leader's succession to the Immortal Dynasty. We vehemently opposed it, but to no avail; instead, the sect leader ordered his men to hunt us down to this day.
Hu Guangshan chimed in: "These past two months have been absolutely inhuman."
It's a pity that my brother and I ran into this mess as soon as we returned to the sect.
Living a life of irregular hunger, even beggars felt a sense of superiority upon seeing them.
If this continues, I'm even considering becoming a dishwasher at Da Zhou Restaurant.
I heard that there you can eat all the fried chicken for one dollar and drink soda for two dollars until you're sick of it.
Three years of hard work could buy a house in Dalingye. If we hadn't been willing to take a chance, that would have been our only option.
Zhang Danfeng: "Yes, if we hadn't been quick-witted, pretending to be rebels during the day to fool those overpowered geniuses, and sneaking through the ancestral graves at night, we would probably have been torn to pieces long ago."
Dugu Xin: "Now that His Majesty is safe and sound, Ning Ruoxue and her lover are doomed."
After pondering for a while, Shen Zhao asked, "You said that Ning Ruoxue detained all the guests present before. Was the Empress of the Yin Dynasty among them?"
"Yes!" Dugu Xin answered decisively, "Although the Great Yin Kingdom is only a near-first-rate power, it is still one of the top dynasties in the Eastern Region. Such people should naturally be kept here to maintain appearances."
Shen Zhao looked at Mu Qiuyao and shrugged: "Alright, did you hear that? You're the one who caused this mess."
Mu Qiuyao immediately retorted, "It wasn't me who arrested Yu Xiyan, so what does it have to do with me?"
"This happened within your Northern Region, and you actually say it has nothing to do with you? Is this how Empress Xuantian shirks responsibility? Can't you have any shame?"
Mu Qiuyao was speechless after being choked, and could only snort coldly: "Alright, alright, I'll release her after I take back the throne, is that alright?"
Shen Zhao: "Alright, let's not delay any longer, let's go."
"Um."
Seeing that the two were about to leave, Gu Duxin quickly stopped them: "Young Master Shen, Your Majesty, could you please take us with you?"
Shen Zhao said with a disdainful look: "The three of you are too weak to play in this high-level game. You should just stay put."
Dugu Xin immediately said, "That makes sense. Could you give us some travel expenses? To be honest, the three of us haven't eaten for over ten days."
Zhang Danfeng immediately burst into tears and said, "Looking back on this arduous experience, it feels like something out of a fantasy."
They've even been reduced to barely surviving by fighting with dogs for food. I never imagined the competition in the Immortal Martial Continent would be this fierce.
Hu Guangshan exaggeratedly rolled up his sleeves: "Look how hungry we are! There's not a single piece of meat in this place. If the next survival show doesn't invite us to participate, it must be because of their bamboo shoots."
Shen Zhao looked puzzled: "With your cultivation levels, you shouldn't have fallen to this state. At the very least, you could have gone and robbed someone."
"We'd love to, but damn it, the Northern Region lacks everything except cheaters."
"Yeah, we've really experienced the helplessness of being a background character along the way. We either encounter max-level powerhouses pretending to be weak while actually being strong, or people with ridiculously overpowered abilities like those golden rings. Every day we're either getting rubbed off or on our way to getting rubbed off."
I finally encountered a lone old man, thinking I could finally stand up for myself and salvage some of my pride. But before I could even say a word, he yelled, "Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river; don't underestimate the poor old age!"
Then he unleashed a furious barrage of attacks on us brothers. It was truly eye-opening; we couldn't withstand it. We were chased and hacked down for a full nine blocks by a toothless, lame old man. My pride was completely shattered.
"To be honest, ever since the situation in the Northern Region became chaotic, neither of us brothers has ever won a fight. If this continues, we'll really only be able to wash dishes in Run Da Zhou."
Shen Zhao was immediately at a loss. He pulled out a storage bag from his pocket and was about to give it to them when he suddenly asked, "By the way, have you seen the two friends who came with me?"
Dugu Xin thought for a moment and replied, "Not long after the changes at Tianjue Holy Land, your two friends went down the mountain with the people from Chunyang Palace. I heard they went to Yaochi Holy Land, but I don't know anything else."
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