"A little bee, flying among the flowers..." The little bee lay in the air singing, its body shimmering with a pale silver light, as if accompanied by flashing music, as happy as an immortal.
This infuriated the Emperor Emeritus and Empress Dowager, who mistakenly believed that he was hiding his sinister intentions in order to force them to fight him and relinquish the entrance to the secret realm, thus enabling him to escape. The two suppressed their urge to rush at him and tear him apart, engaging in a verbal battle: "You little thief, you dare not show your true face! Shameless, despicable, and vile! You truly are a son of a lowly wretch..."
"A bastard is a bastard, only capable of such despicable acts, stealing from our Zheng family's reserves..." The retired emperor gritted his teeth and slandered the other party.
Sometimes, reverse psychology works.
The little bee, though playful, couldn't stand being humiliated. She shuddered and revealed her true colors: "I'm not pretending anymore, I'm laying my cards on the table, I'm a hardworking little bee..."
"Ah, Zheng Ya, how could it be you, you treacherous villain, die..." Empress Yin rushed forward upon seeing Zheng Ya reveal his true form, but was stopped by the Emperor Emeritus: "Don't fall for his trick. He's just hoping we rush up and fight him to the death so he can use spatial magic to escape the secret realm. Don't go..."
"Tsk tsk tsk, as expected, it's the imagination that's the most deadly. You guys are making my brain work so hard!" Zheng Ya said sarcastically, full of contempt.
The petty person is always worried; it seems only those who are cunning and calculating would act this way.
Ignoring his taunts, the Empress Dowager believed the Emperor Emeritus's conjecture and stopped at the entrance to the secret realm, roaring at Zheng Ya: "You little thief Zheng Ya, don't even think about provoking me into a trap! I'll guard this entrance and wear you down to death..."
"That's right, that's how it should be."
Anyway, we are only focused on achieving immortality, and we don't care about the lives of the people on the mainland.
On the contrary, Wu Wei is frantically slaughtering all living beings, gathering all available forces and killing people all over the world.
But you have always claimed to be saving the world, so it is impossible for you to turn a blind eye and a deaf ear.
"Under these circumstances, if you keep wasting time with us, you're just making a waste of effort. If you know what's good for you, hand over the resources, and I and Empress Yin will spare your life..." The Emperor Emeritus's unwavering sermon was forceful and left no room for doubt.
It was as if an emperor had issued a decree, which was absolute and allowed no dissenting voices.
With an imposing air, Zheng Ya said with a laugh, "Haha, let your imagination run wild."
Contrary to your preconceived notions, didn't you notice how special my pale silver gauze dress is?
"Zheng Ya, you little thief, what do you mean?" Empress Yin keenly sensed something was wrong from his mocking expression, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what it was.
Even the retired emperor noticed something amiss, so he decisively shut his mouth and frowned as he observed the situation.
Zheng Ya snapped his fingers and said, "Hmm, now that you're normal, I won't pretend anymore and lay my cards on the table. Do you know how I followed your master into the Dragon Palace Secret Realm?"
"Uh, I'm all ears!" Empress Yin gritted her teeth in anger, but she suppressed the urge to rush up and bite him to death, and humbly asked for his advice.
As former emperors and empresses, their temperament and shrewdness were exceptional, second to none.
Her bad temper and irritability were simply due to her personality as a scheming woman, not because she was brainless.
The Emperor Emeritus knew her well and chose to remain silent. Zheng Ya was not bothered by the two of them and did not keep anything to herself: "Since you are sensible, I will inform you where you were defeated."
"General Guan said: 'You were defeated by your cautious and subtle tactics?'"
"Hmph, please be frank, don't try any tricks. We won't fall for your lies and give up the entrance to the secret realm. You'd better surrender willingly and don't try to deceive us..." The Empress's defiant counterattack, her psychological warfare tactics always on point.
The retired emperor acquiesced, completely disbelieving Zheng Ya's utter nonsense.
Seeing that the two of them had no sense of defeat, Zheng Ya shook his head and laughed, "Alright, considering your mentality of only being able to succeed and not being able to bear failure, I'll lay it all out."
"Because I have been monitoring your substitute puppets from beginning to end, I have concluded that you have failed..."
"Wait, you said you've been monitoring our doubles all along? Impossible! How could you have monitored us without us noticing? That's impossible!" The Emperor Emeritus couldn't sit still any longer and retorted, his voice growing more and more agitated and louder.
In the end, it all came down to yelling, conveying a sense of frustration and unwillingness to accept defeat.
This made Empress Yin feel disheartened. She believed it to some extent, but then stared at Zheng Ya warily, waiting for what he would say next, half believing and half doubting!
Confident and unwilling to admit defeat, that was the pride of an emperor.
What puzzled her was that Zheng Ya never lied; he either didn't say anything at all, or he always kept his word. This made her somewhat inclined to believe him.
Zheng Ya, too lazy to continue arguing with them, said frankly, "Alright, to convince you of my strength, I'll take this Dragon Ball space away..."
"Hahaha, are you joking with me? You're really dreaming!" The Emperor Emeritus burst out laughing on the spot!
While others were unaware of the Dragon Ball's incorruptible nature, the former emperor was fully aware of it.
According to the secret records of the Zheng royal family, during the Immortal Dynasty, emperors and empresses of the clan tried to refine the Dragon Pearl in order to personally guard the reserve for the restoration of the Immortal Dynasty, a true Dragon Pearl magic weapon, but unfortunately all of them ended in failure!
The reason why the Dragon Ball artifacts do not recognize their masters is unknown!
According to the secret records of the Celestial Dynasty, the Dragon Ball may have lost the spirituality and many special abilities of a magical artifact, leaving only its spatial storage capacity.
The existence of the Dragon Ball Space was due to an emperor of a certain dynasty who spent half his life creating a portal to the Dragon Ball Space, allowing it to be stored and preserved.
Otherwise, this Dragon Ball space might have been destroyed long ago, or abandoned in some remote corner and forgotten.
The Queen of the Underworld also knew about these secret records and mocked disdainfully: "Zheng Ya, you little thief, you are really small in stature but big in ambition. You are like a toad, talking big and trying to swallow the sky?"
You dare say you'll take away the Dragon Ball space? Go ahead and do it for me, huh?
With a "whoosh," Zheng Ya waved his hand and refined the Dragon Pearl into the Four Harmony Pavilion's treasure, then appeared with the two at the bottom of the sea to be washed by the seawater: "Are you satisfied now?"
They communicated through voices across the sea, their words tinged with boundless playfulness.
The retired emperor and Empress Yin were horrified and furious. They wanted to rush up and tear Zheng Ya apart alive, but they dared not move, letting the seawater wash over their bodies until they were numb.
What's going on?
How could that be?
The dragon pearl that even immortals and immortal kings of the Immortal Dynasty couldn't refine was actually refined and taken away by Zheng Ya. How incredibly ironic!
The key point is that the two know Zheng Ya has this ability, and they can't catch him if they rush up. In addition, the two are focused on immortality, and if they get angry with Zheng Ya now, they will destroy all their hopes of immortality!
Without the cultivation resources stored in the Dragon Ball space, even if the two gain the seal's approval, they will not be able to ascend to the upper realm!
The Upper Realm does not tolerate cultivators below the Ascension Realm!
The retired emperor instantly lost seventy percent of his energy and spirit, and, frail and old, swayed on the waves as he transmitted his voice: "Why? Can you tell me?"
"Hmm, your tone is just right, it pleases me. Here's a piece of advice for you: it's never too late to turn back from the wrong path..." Zheng Ya telepathically enlightened the two.
Unwittingly, this filled the two with a mixture of shock and rage, leading them to mistakenly believe that he intended to enslave them, command the Nascent Soul cultivator group to his advantage, and then betray them afterward. Their killing intent surged: "Zheng Ya, you little thief, don't even think about getting away with this! Die!"
"A fight to the death, kill..." The two unleashed their magical weapons and charged towards Zheng Ya...
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