Bianjing Imperial Palace, in front of Tianhui Hall.
The third prince Le Zhengyun, who had Zao Chenghuo and others arrived outside the Tianhui Palace, was squatting on the ground with a helpless expression on his face.
Seeing Li Zhuo, Yun Rusong, Xuansi, and Chengshuo and a group of six people, as well as the first-class prince Le Zhengxun coming from a distance, he was immediately shocked.
After hesitating for a few seconds, he took the initiative to say hello to Li Zhuo and others: "Master Li, Master Yun, Abbot Xuansi."
"Um."
Li Zhuo didn't care about the unpleasantness he had with the Ninth Prince before. He just waved his hand to control the 'swastika' talisman, causing the Ninth Prince suspended in mid-air to float in front of him.
In front of the monks and princes, Li Zhuo shouted to the Tianhui Palace: "Your Majesty, the Ninth Prince must have stolen the flesh and blood core from the secret vault. And now he has merged with the flesh and blood creature. Well, I don’t know how to handle this matter, and I don’t dare to make a decision on my own, so I ask Your Majesty to come forward and resolve it!”
"Laojiu, right?"
Not long after Li Zhuo spoke, the voice of Emperor Liang Zheng Tianhui sounded in the Tianhui Palace.
The sound seemed to be blessed by some kind of magical power. Although it didn't sound loud, it could clearly reach the ears of everyone present.
The moment they heard Lezheng Tianhui's voice, the princes outside Tianhui Palace all showed expressions of shock, disbelief, or even a hint of doubt.
But I heard Lezheng Tianhui continue: "Old Jiu, in fact, you are in contact with Eunuch Qin in private, and you also have a Wu Mi religion outside. These are nothing."
"But you absolutely shouldn't, you just shouldn't steal the flesh and blood core of the secret vault, and even fuse it with that thing."
"How can you save me when you call me like that?" Lezheng Tianhui said with undisguised heartache in his tone, "Do you know how terrifying this thing is?"
"fear?"
The Ninth Prince, who was sealed by the spell, showed an unconvinced look on his face: "Using the core of flesh and blood, I can integrate all human beings into one and become a transcendent existence, and can no longer be bound by birth, old age, illness and death, and will never die. Isn’t it good to be immortal?”
"You don't understand at all, you don't understand at all what immortality means." Lezheng Tianhui said: "Even if a person makes a huge mistake, no matter how bad his life is, it is nothing but the worst. It’s just a matter of death, but it’s different for you, Lao Jiu.”
"You won't die."
Lezheng Tianhui said helplessly: "So, in order to solve your trouble, I will send you to a place where you can never come out. There is nothing in that place and nothing exists. Then, you will because The quality of immortality remains in that place forever.”
"A place where you can never come out?" Hearing what Lezheng Tianhui said, the Ninth Prince looked horrified.
It wasn't until this moment, when he heard Emperor Lezheng Tianhui's reminder, that he realized the seriousness of the problem and the huge side effects of the 'immortality' feature.
From a certain perspective, immortality is sometimes a curse
The Ninth Prince was anxious: "Father, don't! I can leave by myself. I will leave Daliang Kingdom right now and promise never to come back again. Please let me go, as long as you don't lock me up in the place you mentioned." Place, everything else is easy to discuss!”
"impossible."
Lezheng Tianhui replied: "In the past, there were people who got the core of flesh and blood and merged with flesh and blood creatures."
"The Liang Kingdom's court has also tried various methods to deal with flesh and blood creatures."
"But flesh-and-blood creatures not only cannot be killed, they can also pollute everything around them, including soil, rocks, gold, iron, and even the air. Everything can be assimilated into flesh and blood by flesh-and-blood creatures, and then devour and grow themselves."
"So, sealing flesh and blood creatures in a special space with nothing is the only way to permanently eliminate future troubles."
"Only space with nothing can prevent flesh-and-blood creatures from assimilating and devouring other substances."
Trapped in a space with nothing, unable to die even if I want to, forever.
Let alone the Ninth Prince himself.
Even bystanders such as Cheng Sheng and others felt a shudder in their hearts after hearing this 'special punishment'.
The Ninth Prince was completely anxious now: "Father, I beg you! I really know I was wrong! As long as you let me go, I can promise not to assimilate and devour anything, and you can even do anything you ask me to do!"
"You beg me to let you go?"
Lezheng Tianhui sighed and said, "Even if I are willing to let you go, do you think other people will tolerate your existence?"
"My country, Daliang, is under the rule of the Mother of Pain, so even if I are willing to let you go, the Mother of Pain will still come to trouble you."
"Compared to me, in order to squeeze out the 'power of pain', she might even use some unimaginable means to torture you while imprisoning you."
"And this torture is never-ending because you can't die at all!"
"Mother of pain?" The Ninth Prince was stunned.
Although he didn't know who the 'Mother of Pain' in Le Zheng Tianhui's words was referring to, he knew very well in his heart: As the emperor of the Liang Kingdom, Le Zheng Tianhui never lied.
As a result, the Ninth Prince fell silent.
He no longer resisted or begged for mercy, but his whole body kept squirming and changing into the appearance of other people.
These people were all monks who had voluntarily joined the flesh-and-blood creatures and voluntarily been swallowed by the flesh-and-blood creatures.
They join the flesh-and-blood creatures for the bright future of "becoming a being that transcends everything."
But now, he has to face the punishment of being 'trapped in a space with nothing for eternity'.
No one would want to accept such a fate.
Under the huge gap, these monks who merged into the flesh-and-blood creatures began to frantically compete for control of the flesh-and-blood creatures' bodies.
However, under the suppression of the 'swastika' talisman, no matter how hard these monks struggled, they were just doing useless work.
While the flesh and blood creatures were squirming, they heard the voice of Lezheng Tianhui ringing again in the Tianhui Palace.
"The planet we are on is called Xuanwu Planet."
"There are two supreme beings on Xuanwu Star: one is called Immortal Mi Tian, and the other is the Mother of Pain."
"The area where our Daliang Kingdom is located is under the jurisdiction of the Mother of Pain. I don't know the rest of the area, but in our Daliang Kingdom, all information about unspeakable creatures has been listed as a taboo by the Mother of Pain and cannot be discussed or explored. , cannot be recorded."
"Otherwise, why do you think our Daliang Kingdom has banned all ancient books that record unspeakable creatures?"
"I have reminded you more than once not to have anything to do with indescribable creatures. You should not touch or peep at the power of indescribable creatures under any circumstances."
"But I never expected that despite my countless reminders, someone would still cross the Thunder Pond, and this person would be the Ninth Prince of my Daliang Kingdom!"
"Oh, that's fine!"
Emperor Lezheng Tianhui said, and suddenly sighed and said: "Lao Jiu's fate should be regarded as a reminder to all of you, so that all of you can take a warning."
"Father!" After hearing this, the Ninth Prince shouted, as if he did not want to accept his fate.
But Lezheng Tianhui didn't want to say any more.
After he finished what he just said, he saw a burst of scarlet and black mist rushing out of the Tianhui Palace.
The mist enveloped the Ninth Prince, surging and gradually turning from real to virtual.
As time went by, the mist and the Ninth Prince wrapped in it became transparent.
Until finally he completely disappeared from everyone's sight.
this.
Survive by your side.
Tieniu, who witnessed all this, said in disbelief: "The flesh-and-blood creature that the Ninth Prince turned into will just disappear?"
Chengshuo glanced at the iron bull generated by his own illusion and was speechless.
——Unless Tieniu takes the initiative to communicate with others, others will not be able to hear Tieniu's voice, and they will not be aware of Tieniu's existence.
Therefore, in order to make himself look normal, Chengshuo rarely talks to his illusions now.
But I heard Tieniu on the side say again: "Fellow Taoist Cheng, what kind of cultivation level is the Emperor of Liang? In the middle stage of deep dive? Or in the late stage of deep dive? He has even surpassed this level long ago?"
Still no response.
"Okay." Perhaps it was because the Ninth Prince was imprisoned, but when Lezheng Tianhui spoke, the fatigue in his tone could be clearly heard.
He said to the princes and monks present: "No matter what your purpose is in coming to the palace, in short, I will not go into details about this matter."
"All of you, please disperse. Le Zheng Xunyi, please stay and come to Tianhui Palace. I have something to tell you."
"Ah this." Le Zhengxun was stunned when Emperor Tianhui suddenly mentioned him.
He glanced at Chengshuo not far away, and then at the junior junior sister Meng Qingyao who had been following him. After a brief hesitation, he bravely walked towards Tianhui Palace.
Looking at his back, Chengshuo and Meng Qingyao both looked worried.
The princes all looked at Le Zhengxunyi with complicated eyes. Some of them were envious, some were resentful, and some even felt puzzled and confused.
At the same time, Le Zhengxunyi entered Tianhui Palace.
In the distance, Eunuch Qin was seen slowly floating over from a short distance without using any power or wielding any magic weapon.
This scene made everyone present feel weird and inexplicable.
——The reason why Eunuch Qin is floating in the air is because 'Yuan Xiujie' is holding him by the side.
Cheng Sheng brought Eunuch Qin here originally to hand him over to Li Zhuo and others and interrogate him to get some useful information.
But now that the Ninth Prince's matter has been resolved, Eunuch Qin is naturally of no use.
Therefore, Cheng Shengfang inadvertently winked at 'Yuan Xiujie'.
The latter understood what he meant and threw Eunuch Qin to the ground, and then left the palace with Chenghuo and 'Tieniu'.
…
The next day.
The news that Emperor Lezheng Tianhui was still alive spread like wildfire, and soon spread throughout Bianjing City.
This gradually stabilized the situation in Bianjing City.
At Shen time, that is, at dusk, Le Zhengxunyi took the initiative to come to Chenghuo's mansion and thanked him: "Fellow Chengdao, thank you very much for what happened yesterday."
"a piece of cake."
After Chengshuo waved his hand, he asked curiously: "It's you. Yesterday, you should have seen the official official in Tianhui Palace, right?"
"I saw it." Le Zhengxun opened his mouth, then stopped talking.
But Cheng Huo smiled and said, "You don't have to cover it up. In fact, Ni Li, Zhong Ran and other monks who have obtained the 'Wu Bi' sequence have already seen the official appearance before."
After saying that, Chenghuo asked again: "By the way, what did the officials say to you in the Tianhui Palace yesterday?"
"Ah,"
Le Zhengxun smiled bitterly and shook his head, and said helplessly: "It's nothing. The main thing is to tell me why you want to make me the crown prince of Daliang."
Cheng Sheng became interested and asked: "Why?"
"It's really inconvenient to tell fellow Taoist." Le Zhengxunyi said vaguely: "In short, this matter is related to the secret of my Lezheng clan."
"I only found out after meeting my father yesterday: Only a very small number of people from my Lezheng clan can become the emperor of the Liang Kingdom."
"Only a very small number of people can become emperors?" Chengshuo said with a puzzled face, "Are you talking about yourself?"
"That's right." Le Zhengxun nodded and said, "Besides, being one of these very few people is not a good thing."
He explained: "Actually, after the throne of my Lezheng clan was passed to my father, among his sixty-three princes, I was the only one among the 'very few', and I was the only one who was qualified. Take over the throne"
"If this were not the case, after knowing the price to pay for becoming the emperor, I would never agree to become the crown prince of my Liang Kingdom."
"well!"
He said and couldn't help but sigh again.
The successive sighs made Chengshuo increasingly curious: "So, what is the price to pay for becoming an emperor?"
Lezheng Xunyi said helplessly: "Friend Cheng, it's not that I don't want to say it, but that I can't say it. In short, one of my Lezheng clan must become the emperor of the Liang Kingdom. This is the one who belongs to my Lezheng clan." Fate.”
this,
Seeing the mystery that Le Zheng Xun Yi was talking about, but refusing to reveal any information at all, Cheng Sheng wisely stopped asking any more questions.
Perhaps because of being appointed as the crown prince, Le Zhengxunyi always seemed a little absent-minded when talking to Chengshuo.
After chatting with Chengshuo for a few words, he felt a little uninterested and was about to take his junior sister Meng Qingyao and leave.
"Looking for a friend."
Before leaving, Cheng Sheng asked casually and tentatively: "In the future, will you still look for the relics left by the ancient immortals?"
Le Zhengxun was shocked when he heard this, and after a long time he turned around and said, "Probably not."
Chengshuo said again: "Are you so keen on exploring the ancient immortal ruins to find something? Tell me, maybe I can help you find it."
"No, it's no longer necessary." Le Zhengxunyi said with a lonely look: "There are still about four months left before the catastrophe in the West. If this catastrophe can be successfully overcome, then there are some things that can be said It’s a secret, I will tell fellow Taoists in the future.”
"What if we don't survive the catastrophe?" Chengshuo asked.
"If you don't get through it, then everything will be over."
After saying this, Le Zhengxunyi said no more, and just took his junior sister Meng Qingyao away from the Zichenghu Mansion.
…
Time flew by.
Three days later.
In order to break through to the deep submergence stage as soon as possible and cope with the upcoming catastrophe in the west, six monks including Cheng Huo who obtained the 'Wu Si' sequence went to Tianshan to practice under the leadership of Li Zhuo.
(End of chapter)
