Chapter 189 What do you think of me? Ask for my true feelings. The future emperor of heaven will be born in the Li family?
"Jiang Lan..."
Inside the hall, Jiang Lan was thinking about his next plan.
The voice of Queen Xia suddenly came from outside. She did not bring any palace maids with her, but came alone. Her wide skirt dragged on the ground, which seemed to hinder her walking. She held it with her hands, making her legs look longer and straighter.
After the Holy Son Ceremony ended, Emperor Xia did not leave immediately. It was obvious that he still had something to say to Jiang Lan.
Jiang Lan waved her hand to signal the maids in the palace to go down, as if she had known that Emperor Xia would come.
"Are you here to confess to me about Jiang Ruxian? But it's so late at night, isn't this an inappropriate time?" He smiled and asked casually.
Emperor Xia always felt that he was not as confident as before in front of Jiang Lan.
Especially after witnessing Jiang Lan’s terrifying strength at the Holy Son Ceremony.
Looking back at the group of beautiful girls around him, he felt even more irritated than before.
"Jiang Ruxian is stronger than me. I can't resist her."
"You and I are a legitimate couple. What's inappropriate about me coming here at this time?"
Emperor Xia came into the palace and spoke expressionlessly. His tone was rarely as tough as before, but rather much softer. He didn't even refer to himself as "I".
Jiang Lan raised his eyebrows slightly.
I didn't comment on her response.
When Emperor Xia saw that he didn't say anything, he thought he had said something wrong and looked a little suspicious.
"This dress is actually a hindrance when I walk, and it's not as comfortable as the casual clothes in the palace..."
After thinking about it, she took the initiative to find a topic and reached out to fiddle with her skirt.
As the skirt hem was lifted up, hanging naturally like petals, a pair of slender and straight legs were revealed.
However, Jiang Lan still ignored her and carefully wiped the glazed purple gold lamp in her hand with an embroidered handkerchief to ensure that it was spotless.
Emperor Xia looked at him, gathered her skirt, sat down on a jade stool beside her, and stared at him for several breaths.
Finally, seeing that Jiang Lan was still ignoring her, as if the glazed purple gold lamp in her hand was more beautiful than her, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.
"Why are you ignoring me?" she asked.
"Can't you see I'm busy?" Jiang Lan asked without turning his head.
"Jiang Lan, are you blaming me for telling Jiang Ruxian about your whereabouts?" Emperor Xia asked, as if he had noticed something.
"It's not that strange."
"Jiang Ruxian is now missing. No one knows where she has gone. You can rest assured from now on." Jiang Lan put down the glazed purple gold lamp in his hand.
"I'm not here to ask about Jiang Ruxian..."
Queen Xia didn't care at all about where Jiang Ruxian had gone. She even hoped that Jiang Ruxian would never appear again.
"Then what are you doing here?"
"Want to see if I have a beautiful woman hidden in my house?" Jiang Lan laughed.
Emperor Xia was a little annoyed, but he still tried to be calm and said, "If there is nothing wrong, can't you come over? Don't you welcome me?"
Jiang Lan sighed, then turned around and looked at her deeply before saying, "After knowing my strength today, you are worried that you won't be able to control me in the future, so you came to tell me in advance?"
"Jiang Lan..."
Emperor Xia's voice suddenly became louder. He looked at him angrily and asked, "Is this the kind of person I am in your mind?"
Jiang Lan thought for a long time after hearing this, then looked at her seriously and said, "In terms of status, although we are husband and wife in name, we are not husband and wife, let alone husband and wife love. In the final analysis, we can only be regarded as a monarch and subject relationship."
"In terms of enemies and us, you hate the Xiangguo Mansion to the core, and you hate this marriage to the extreme. If one day you and the Xiangguo Mansion draw swords against each other, you and I will be enemies. If there is only one thing we have in common, it may be our positions and considerations."
When Queen Xia heard what he said, she was startled and felt uncomfortable in her heart. She felt that Jiang Lan had suddenly pulled the relationship between them so far apart that she didn't know what to say when she opened her mouth.
She wanted to retort, but didn't know what to say for a moment.
Positions and considerations...
Yes, Jiang Lan doesn't want the world to be in chaos, and doesn't want the Xia Dynasty to collapse and disintegrate.
She wants to consolidate her regime and status. Although her starting point is different, what she has to do in the final analysis is the same.
"What do you mean by saying this suddenly?" Emperor Xia asked in a cold voice.
"It's nothing special. I just want to sort out our relationship." Jiang Lan said.
Emperor Xia suddenly fell silent.
"If you want to thank me for what happened on Feixian Island, then there is no need to do so. The outbreak of the demonic disaster is not a good thing for Daxia or the Xiangguo Mansion..."
"I just did what I should do." Seeing that Emperor Xia was silent, Jiang Lan seemed to know what she was thinking and said casually.
"Then you help me at the beginning..." Emperor Xia felt his voice tremble slightly, and his palms unconsciously exerted force.
Jiang Lan laughed, then stopped smiling, looked at her seriously, and said, "You don't think I did this for you, do you?"
Queen Xia felt that his words were like sharp thorns that pierced her heart. She felt her chest getting stuffy and blocked, and her hands that were holding her skirt clenched instantly.
This emotion is very uncomfortable and painful, and a sour feeling seems to surge in the wings of my nose.
"Did I say something wrong? Which one is wrong?"
"Or, Your Majesty, do you want to hear me say that I actually do all this for you?" Jiang Lan looked at her with interest and ignored her expression.
“You bastard…”
Emperor Xia gritted his teeth and felt his nose sore, but he still looked at Jiang Lan coldly, refusing to show weakness.
Because of what happened at the Holy Son Ceremony during the day, she had a lot to say to Jiang Lan, including the matter of Feixian Island.
Although she didn't want to admit it, she had indeed become somewhat dependent on Jiang Lan during this period, and had indeed developed some feelings for him. Her emotions were greatly affected by his presence, but she had never expected that one day she would be humiliated by Jiang Lan like this.
The pride in his heart still made Emperor Xia hold his head high. He did not show the slightest sign of weakness or sadness, but his eyes were as cold as ice.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. From now on, I will still help you solve your problems, help you sit firmly on the throne, and help you consolidate your country. You can rest assured..." Jiang Lan continued slowly.
"You're just a bastard..." Emperor Xia's eyes were cold, but his eye sockets were slightly red.
The next moment, she suddenly stretched out her hand, but before she could put it down, Jiang Lan grabbed it.
"I helped you secure your throne and my country, and I suffered a lot at the hands of the barbarians. I didn't come back to be slapped by you." Jiang Lan looked calm, without any ups and downs in his eyes.
Emperor Xia gritted his teeth, and at this moment he found that he was almost unable to pull his hand out of his hand.
"Let me go..." In the end, she did not choose to take action, but just looked at Jiang Lan coldly.
"Your Majesty, why are you crying for no reason?" Jiang Lan looked at her slightly red eyes.
Emperor Xia smiled coldly and said, "Haha, I was so worried about your disappearance on Feixian Island that I couldn't sleep or eat well. I even turned down the morning court. I just looked forward to your news every day, wanting to know if you were safe..."
"In order to come to Taiyimen to see you, I specially asked the palace maids to prepare 300 sets of dresses. I also specially inquired about your preferences when you were in Yuxianfang and selected the most suitable one from them."
"It seems that all my thoughts and worries are completely unnecessary. They might as well be fed to dogs. In the end, I am the most ridiculous one."
"If I had known that you, Jiang Lan, viewed me in this way, I would never agree to the marriage with the Xiangguo Mansion. I would rather fight to the end even if it meant we would be in trouble..."
When Emperor Xia said this, his eyes were cold and his face was slightly raised, but the corners of his eyes gradually turned red, and a moist mist was gathering.
She was very proud. As the ruler of Da Xia, she would not allow herself to show any sign of weakness. So even though she was humiliated by Jiang Lan just now and her nose was sore, she did not cry.
After hearing this, Jiang Lan did not say anything, but seemed to be silent for a while, and then reached out to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
Queen Xia was such a proud person, it was not easy to get her to say such words...
"Don't touch me..."
Just when Jiang Lan was about to reach out his hand, Emperor Xia coldly slapped his hand away like a cat with its fur standing on end.
"Why are you crying? As the Emperor of Xia, how can you cry?"
Jiang Lan sighed slightly, and then seemed to have a headache. He honestly apologized and admitted his fault, saying, "I was wrong. I was not good. I shouldn't have used those hurtful words just now to make you angry. After all, the speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it to heart..."
"What do you mean now?" Emperor Xia still had that cold expression.
"Although I was indeed wrong just now, don't you have any responsibility?" Jiang Lan asked.
"What have I done wrong? At most, I gave my heart to the wrong person and trusted the wrong person..." Emperor Xia said coldly.
"You knew the relationship between me and Jiang Ruxian, and you told her where I was. I understand that you had your reasons, but why didn't you even send me a message? In your eyes, am I your pawn, or a tool, or something else?"
"I thought you would give me an explanation tonight, but what's your attitude? Are you perfunctory? Don't care? You didn't even apologize, and you still have that high and mighty attitude, as if all this is natural. Maybe in your eyes, a minister should be like this..."
"If that's the case, then was what I said just now wrong?" Jiang Lan asked calmly.
When Emperor Xia heard these words, he was stunned for a moment, and the coldness on his face froze.
Jiang Lan still calmly asked, "Can you give me an answer to these questions now?"
"I……"
Emperor Xia was completely speechless and didn't know what to say.
Jiang Lan grasped the hand she had just raised, took a half step forward, and looked down at her. There seemed to be some emotion surging in the depths of his eyes. He said, "If that's the case, then let me ask you another way. Tell me, what do you think of me?"
At this moment, Emperor Xia was completely stunned.
The bitterness and sadness that had been accumulating in my heart seemed to have disappeared.
She finally understood why Jiang Lan said that just now. He was not only angry, but also resentful.
From his point of view, his actions and attitude are indeed problematic.
Jiang Lan pressed, "Can you answer me?"
As strong and proud as Empress Xia was, she felt for the first time the feeling of being forced into a corner. She felt that her current momentum was being suppressed by Jiang Lan.
"I……"
"I……"
She felt like she couldn't breathe.
“Hmm…”
Emperor Xia's beautiful eyes suddenly widened, and this time she really couldn't breathe.
She tried to push Jiang Lan away with her other hand, but was caught by Jiang Lan's other hand again. Her slender and white wrist was held firmly in his hand.
The next moment, there was a loud bang, and a powerful and terrifying aura suddenly dissipated in the hall, and figures flew everywhere.
Queen Xia's hair was disheveled and flying like a waterfall. A strong force of heaven and earth flowed through her body. She was suspended in mid-air, her face flushed, her lips slightly moist, and she looked at Jiang Lan angrily.
“Bold…”
"Jiang Lan...you...you are committing an insubordination?"
She was emotional, her chest heaving, and her tone was no longer calm, but instead a little flustered and nervous.
Jiang Lan straightened his wrinkled robe and said calmly, "So what if the above is a crime of rebellion? Should I add another crime of deceiving the emperor?"
"You..." Emperor Xia felt even more ashamed and angry, knowing that his crime of deceiving the emperor referred to bullying.
With a swish sound, her skirt fluttered, a flash of light appeared, and her figure disappeared from the spot. In Jiang Lan's eyes, she looked as if she was in a panic and fleeing.
The world is about to change, but the relationship between Emperor Xia and him is still lukewarm. Jiang Lan then plans to give her a drastic measure to make her face her true heart and make a choice.
Now it seems that the effect must be good, and I have also gained a lot of luck.
If he didn't force it, given Emperor Xia's character, he probably wouldn't care too much even if he noticed his emotional changes.
No words were spoken that night.
The next day, Jiang Lan learned that Emperor Xia had returned to Da Xia overnight with a group of palace maids. He had expected this and was not surprised.
At noon, Xiao Yingyue also came to visit, but she came alone and did not bring Li Qingxuan. Knowing Li Qingxuan's character of watching the fun and not minding big things, she simply kept it secret from her.
Jiang Lan told her about the set of magic needles and many medical and geographical records that he had prepared earlier. He also passed on many medical memories obtained from Lin Fan's memory to Xiao Yingyue as a legacy with the imprint of his spiritual consciousness.
He was always generous in giving to his own people.
Xiao Yingyue was naturally extremely happy and surprised about this, and she wished she could return to Yaowang Valley immediately to study these records and inheritances in seclusion.
Jiang Lan still remembers the part of the medical immortal inheritance in the original plot. It came from an ancient world called the Dandao World. However, that world had long been exhausted and decayed, and the inheritance left behind was incomplete.
In future plots, Xiao Yingyue will obtain this part of the inheritance, and will even be recognized by the will of the remaining alchemy world.
Of course, this will come much later.
It was evening, when the sun was setting, and Xiao Yingyue secretly left Shengzi Peak, as if she was afraid of being seen and noticed.
Jiang Lan performed the Dust Removal Technique several times before he cleared away some of the remaining smells in the hall. Although Xiao Yingyue's temperament was a bit sinister, she was very thoughtful, generous and tolerant, and not interested in fame, which Jiang Lan admired very much.
It's a pity that this time, I didn't see the gauze dress made of shark silk in Xiao Yingyue's Xumi Ring...
The next day, a group of immortal sects that were on good terms with the Taiyi Sect also chose to leave after staying for two days.
However, before leaving, the leader of the Yao Chi Sect, Fairy Yun Ni, asked Ling Zhuyun to meet Jiang Lan, wanting Ling Zhuyun to travel with him.
Taiyi Sect is the leader of the immortal sects. Now that Jiang Lan has added a Holy Son to the sect, he has an important responsibility that he cannot shirk. He needs to solve the problem of the Blood Immortal Sect for the benefit of all people in the world.
Because of the incident of the secret realm of True Lord Zixia in Anyang City, Ling Zhuyun has been targeted by the Blood Immortal Cult. She has been attacked many times during this period. One can imagine how much the Blood Immortal Cult hates her.
Fairy Yun Ni wanted Jiang Lan and Ling Zhuyun to travel together so that she could take care of each other. Of course, only she knew whether she had other intentions.
According to the rules, the Saintess of Yaochi Sect is not allowed to marry, but the existence of rules has always been broken...
Jiang Lan politely declined Fairy Yun Ni's request, saying that he still needed to stay in seclusion in Taiyi Sect for a period of time to digest and absorb the inheritance of the Son of God.
Ling Zhuyun was not disappointed. Instead, she was inspired and encouraged by Jiang Lan's strongness and diligence. She secretly resolved to catch up with him.
Afterwards, the two had a long talk in the hall, talking about their first meeting and the many experiences in the secret realm. Ling Zhuyun was also very curious about Jiang Lan's current powerful cultivation, as Jiang Lan was clearly powerless at that time.
Jiang Lan had already explained this, and still used the heart-eating disease as an excuse to tell some of his secrets. He was not without cultivation at the beginning. On the contrary, if he did not have this disease, his original cultivation strength would not necessarily be weaker than it is now...
The existence of the heart-eating disease has also tempered his will and soul in some ways.
After listening to this, Ling Zhuyun admired him even more.
For several days in a row, there was a constant stream of people coming to the Shengzi Peak where Jiang Lan lived. Not only were there guests from all sides visiting, but there were also elders and disciples from various peaks of the Taiyi Sect. Even the Wang and Ji families had sent people to present gifts.
Although the three major families within Taiyi Sect are fighting with each other, they are all clear-headed and know clearly what to do. Especially now that Li Sheng is in power and in charge of the world, no one dares to have any ulterior motives.
In the past, if a terrifying monster like Jiang Lan appeared, the Wang and Ji families would probably be unable to sleep or eat, thinking about how to secretly eliminate him.
The best situation for the three major families is to check and balance each other and maintain a balanced situation, rather than one family dominating.
The appearance of Li Sheng has subtly broken this situation.
In the Li family's small world, the deepest part of the clan's territory, the fog is very thick, and it is full of ancient mountains and peaks, majestic and majestic, and covered with lakes. Many ancient and strange beasts live in it. They are all intelligent, have lived for a long time, and are very powerful.
In some areas, you can even see the spiritual energy of heaven and earth liquefying and transforming into various mountain spirits and wild monsters, some in the shape of dragons and phoenixes, fluttering in the woods. There are also many thumb-sized creatures that look like flower elves, collecting nectar and brewing among the exotic flowers.
Once you get here, you will find the Li family's forbidden area, and even the elders of the clan are not allowed to set foot here easily.
At this time, Jiang Lan was sitting quietly on a mountain. The top of the mountain was flat, and there was a thatched hut not far away. Li Ran stood here, watching everything silently.
"Grandpa, we can start now..."
Jiang Lan closed his eyes. The mountain breeze blew, and his inky black hair shone with divine light. A blurry mist spread, covering his face, making him look hazy, as if he was sitting in another world.
At this moment, he was so lofty and ethereal, otherworldly and detached that if he were said to be an immortal banished to the mortal world, some people would believe it.
"The small world condensed by a saint has been refined by the Helian family for nearly ten thousand years. Even a semi-saint who is about to enter the ninth realm is not sure that he can control it."
"If you fail, you have to think carefully about the consequences." Li Ran said, reminding Jiang Lan. He was a little worried that Jiang Lan was too confident.
Even with his protection, if he failed, the backlash would be enough to turn Jiang Lan into a cripple in an instant and instantly fall from the world-renowned altar.
In his opinion, Jiang Lan is now strong enough to sweep away his peers and be invincible. He is not afraid of any opponents and there is no need to take risks.
Jiang Lan closed his eyes and said, "Grandpa, don't worry. I know what I am doing. I won't do anything I'm not sure of, and I won't gamble with my future."
If the Fruit of the Way of the World did not exist, he would not dare to take such a risk. If the small world was so easy to control, the Helian family would not appear so vulnerable when facing Li Ran.
Even the ancestors of the Helian family were unable to refine it. You have to know that they are clansmen with the same blood, and the small world is refined by their breath day and night.
Only saints have the power to create and control small worlds.
There is some truth in the saying that below a saint, all are ants.
Seeing that Jiang Lan was determined to do so, Li Ran said no more. He flicked his robe, and suddenly an astonishing aura spread out above Jiang Lan's head, like layer upon layer of ripples.
The fluctuations of time and space permeated, and then layer after layer of time and space broke apart. A glowing sphere fell from there, with billions of rays of light and tens of thousands of auspicious colors. The aura was so majestic and sacred that the void was instantly crushed.
Above Jiang Lan's head, there was a sudden burst of colorful light, and the glowing sphere fell straight towards him. Because of Li Ran's control and refining, this small world did not seem huge, but it was also like a small mountain.
Under such power, let alone a being at the seventh realm of Dharmakāya, even a being at the eighth realm of Tribulation Bridge would be crushed to death in an instant, with both body and soul destroyed, and there would be no way to hold it up.
Jiang Lan's body made a crisp sound of bones breaking, and his limbs were twisting at a speed visible to the naked eye. At the same time, a new breath of life emerged, and his injuries healed quickly.
He released his breath and tried to contact this small world. At the same time, the Dao Fruit of the Realm trembled slightly, and a vast and supreme breath of the supreme realm that seemed to rule over all the heavens and billions of worlds surged out and supported the falling small world.
For a moment, this small world felt a sense of closeness and submission.
The terrifying and surging force that was originally enough to crush the void also became gentle like a breeze, slowly circling towards Jiang Lan and enveloping him.
Li Ran looked at this scene and was so shocked that he could not express it in words.
"It's illogical and irregular. What is Lan'er's fate?"
"Could he really be the Heavenly Emperor who will rule over all worlds in the future great changes in the world? Otherwise, why would this small world of the Helian family be so close and submissive to him?"
Even with Li Ran's state of mind, at this moment, he couldn't help but feel a little palpitation and trembling, and then he became extremely excited.
He could never see through Jiang Lan's fate, and felt as if he was shrouded in a fog from beginning to end.
And today, he couldn't help but feel excited and began to speculate that in the future, the world would change drastically and the heaven would reappear. The Lord of the Heaven would naturally be the supreme Emperor of Heaven.
The future Emperor of Heaven was born in their Li family?
(End of this chapter)
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