Emperor Chengping couldn't distinguish between the truth and falsehood of the retired emperor's revelation of the secrets of the imperial seal, nor was he willing to believe it: "Does Father know the whereabouts of the imperial seal?"
"Hahaha, you unfilial son, you're going down a dark path!" The Emperor Emeritus spat out blood at the end, staining his clothes red.
As the saying goes, no one knows a son better than his father.
Moreover, he was a former emperor, whose mind was detached from worldly affairs and who had experienced countless human events. He was not someone that the Emperor Chengping, who was not yet forty years old, could look down upon.
Emperor Chengping was ambitious, ruthless, and obsessive. The retired emperor instantly recognized his humanity and gave up on him.
His eyes were bloodshot, filled with resentment and death. Emperor Chengping felt some regret. He changed his arrogant expression and returned to his former humble and apology: "Father, please forgive your unfilial son."
For the sake of the Zheng imperial power's enduring prosperity, and even more so for the Zheng imperial family's ascension to the upper realm, your son humbly begs Your Majesty to grant this request.
"Hmm, I don't understand your riddle?" The Emperor Emeritus guessed that he wanted to sacrifice himself so that he could ascend to the upper realm.
The so-called "fulfillment" was nothing more than humiliating the retired emperor to the point of death in order to win Xie Ming's help and ascend to the upper realm.
It has now been confirmed that Xie Ming, Sheng Xiang, Wu Wei, and Zheng Ya are all interdimensional beings and know how to ascend to the upper realm.
Does it matter which upper realm one ascends to?
The important thing is to continue cultivating, to reach the pinnacle of immortality, and to ascend to any realm to become an immortal—it doesn't matter.
Leaving this crippled world of cultivation is the only way forward.
It should be noted that since the collapse of the Immortal Dynasty, this world has suffered a severe loss of cultivation techniques and various spells, and the four arts of cultivation—alchemy, talisman, array, and artifact—have been almost completely severed.
On the contrary, the progress of cultivation is accelerated, and there are no bottlenecks.
However, the power of any spell has been weakened by more than half, resulting in Qi Refining cultivators being equivalent to martial artists below the Innate Realm, and Foundation Establishment cultivators being equivalent to martial arts masters and grandmasters.
This means there is no hope of cultivating immortality, and we are heading towards the end of the Dharma era.
For those who pursue and yearn for immortality, this is worse than death.
However, Zheng Ya and the other three interdimensional beings brought the opportunity to ascend to the upper realm. The Emperor Emeritus had wanted to seize the opportunity of Xie Ming revealing his identity as an interdimensional being so that he could ascend to the upper realm. That's why he suppressed the Immortal King's warning and didn't have the heart to kill Xie Ming.
At present, the retired emperor has fallen into a state of disability and is in a living death. It is natural to understand that Emperor Chengping yearns for the opportunity to ascend to the upper realm, but he is unable to fulfill it and does not want to.
Emperor Chengping was furious upon hearing this, but outwardly remained calm as he advised, "Father, if you hadn't offended Xie Ming so badly, I wouldn't have resorted to such a desperate measure..."
"Wu Wei is my granddaughter. Is your daughter, the daughter of your rebellious son, not more trustworthy than Xie Ming?" The Emperor Emeritus retorted with a cold laugh.
Emperor Chengping shook his head in denial: "Father, Wu Wei has only replaced the appearance of my seventh princess. She is no longer my daughter, and therefore not your granddaughter."
Besides, the Zheng royal family cannot recklessly use Wu Wei's favor unless absolutely necessary.
Shengxiang is basically considered the mortal enemy of our Great Li Dynasty.
We missed Zheng Ya, and now he is helping the children of the Prince of Donglin to seize the Jiangnan region, and they are basically enemies.
Finally, Xie Ming was left, who was an expert in formations.
Only Xie Ming could unlock the secret realms of the world and activate the treasure array of the seals; no one else could do it.
Father, Xie Ming is our only chance…
That is indeed the case.
For example, the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Array beneath Kyoto once gathered array masters from all over the world to work together to repair it, but the result was that it cost a lot of money and was all for naught.
When it was Xie Ming's turn, he quickly found a way to repair the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Array.
The retired emperor remained silent, while Emperor Chengping, who was waiting, sensed through the grand formation that an unexpected person had appeared at the Duke of Dai's mansion, and immediately became unsettled.
Fu Ying appeared at the main gate of the Duke of Dai's mansion, startling Fu Qianshi, who led her clansmen, maids, and servants to greet her in a grand procession: "Baoyu, my Baoyu, I've missed this old woman so much, sob sob."
The grandfather and grandson embraced and wept, moving everyone present to tears.
What? Some people aren't crying? Are you asking for trouble?
Unable to cry because she didn't see any maids, servants, or other servants, she secretly pinched herself hard and cried out loud to create a scene.
Those who know how to please others and flatter their masters are the ones who can live long lives.
Zheng Ya, who was watching the show from the shadows, couldn't stand it any longer: "Are these people even human?"
They're all such drama queens! To please their master, they've stopped caring about their own dignity altogether!
"Ahem, once you enter the gates of a noble family, it's like entering a deep sea, let alone this is the mansion of a Duke!" Daiyu explained with a sigh, hiding in Zheng Ya's supernatural little world and sharing the vision.
The Earl Dai mansion once also housed such opportunistic servants.
After all, the rules of the Earl's mansion cannot prevail over interpersonal relationships.
National conditions and systems determine everything.
Daiyu once tried to change the rules for the servants in the mansion, but in the end, it only affected a few maids around her.
This made Daiyu very unwilling, and she tried to change it. In the end, she received a cruel answer: to isolate the servants from the world was to kill without shedding blood.
Because once a person is out of step with the world, they will be isolated by the world. In this era that values filial piety and etiquette, once isolated by the world, one will become the target of public criticism. Therefore, even emperors cannot change this situation.
Zheng Ya couldn't stand it: "In the end, it's all due to the corruption of those in power."
The local people are not as servile as they are.
Many people would rather starve than submit to powerful and wealthy families.
"Why bring this up? Shouldn't you be concerned about what trouble Baoyu's return to the Duke of Dai's mansion will bring?" Daiyu didn't want to relive the reality of things she had tried to change but couldn't, as that would only reopen old wounds.
How can the tumors that have grown in our times be cut off? How can they be removed? Is it even possible?
Seeing that Madam Fu had brought Baoyu into the mansion and led various forces to follow and investigate, thus infiltrating the entire Daiguo Duke's mansion, Zheng Ya frowned in displeasure: "This is bad?"
"You mean someone leaked the information about the seal?"
Instead of Fu Ying, whose nickname is Baoyu, returning from the dead, which has attracted attention from all walks of life? Daiyu also felt that she might have been tricked.
When two opponents are evenly matched, victory is often achieved through chaos.
The more chaotic the situation, and given that cultivators from all over the world are rushing to the South China Sea with the treasure map of the Dragon Palace Secret Realm, and have lost most of their competitors, how could they allow those who know the seal to take advantage of the situation, retrieve the seal, and seize it if they didn't make some noise and attract attention?
Besides, with cultivators from all over the world flocking to the South China Sea, it is the perfect opportunity to retrieve the imperial seal, command armies across the land, and seize the throne. How could we let this chance pass?
Zheng Ya had a headache: "You think this was Wu Wei's doing?"
"Hmm, it's hard to say, it's ambiguous." Daiyu wasn't sure, and Zheng Ya was too lazy to guess: "Who cares, let's see how Baoyu's attempt to get the ball rolling, and then we'll talk about it."
"No way, you're not just throwing out a new jade to lure others in, you're clearly luring them in deep!" Daiyu didn't believe he was creating a completely new jade and throwing it out to appease others.
It's clearly a game within a game, and it's really hard to say who will emerge victorious.
Wu Wei, hiding in a side room of a courtyard on the back street of the Duke of Dai's mansion, was furious: "That despicable Zheng Ya, how dare he play such a trick..."
"Hehe, you lost to him again..." The benevolent spirit Wu Wei was overjoyed, while the evil spirit sneered: "That's not necessarily true. Don't forget that the two emperors were the main characters..."
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