Things in the world are inherently unpredictable. Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from each city surrounded the capital. As a result, almost the entire army was wiped out in less than a day. Except for a few county magistrates who died in the rebellion and thunder. The remaining seven county magistrates, including Gao Sifang and Feng Menghong, were all captured by Qian Ning alone.
The Yulin Army and the Imperial Guards went out of the city to clean up the battlefield, while Qian Ning led seven county magistrates and a group of guards into the city. He ordered people to imprison the seven people in prison first. Qian Ning came to the palace alone. The little eunuch at the door saw Qian Ning and ran over in a hurry.
"Qian Shuai, General Manager Wang asked me to wait for you here and ask you to quickly go to Qiyang Palace. Your Majesty is in danger!" the young eunuch said eagerly.
Without saying a word, Qian Ning pushed the young eunuch aside, strode into the palace, and rushed towards Qiyang Palace.
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"Where...is this?" Zhao Yizhi was walking alone in the darkness. He didn't know where he was and could only look for the light everywhere.
"Where is this? Hello! Is there anyone there?" Zhao Yizhi groped for a long time and couldn't see any light. There was nothing but darkness around him. He couldn't help shouting loudly, hoping that someone would respond.
No one responded, not even an echo. What on earth is this place? Can there be a place like this in the world, where blackness is so pure? It seems endless, even in the smooth countryside, there are always stars and a bright moon at night. But it's so dark here...I can't see my fingers...I really can't see my own fingers...
"Is it dark?" A voice came from the darkness, but I didn't know where the other person was.
"Hei, what on earth is this place? Zhao Yizhi, is it you?" Zhao Yizhi asked aloud.
"Yes, I am Zhao Yizhi, but not the Zhao Yizhi you mentioned." The voice replied.
Zhao Yizhi was confused and said angrily: "Who are you? Stop pretending to be a ghost and come out to me!"
"I said, I am Zhao Yizhi. To put it more clearly, I am you." The voice was still hiding in the dark and said: "Since I am you, you should know what kind of place this is, right?"
"I don't know!" Zhao Yizhi replied forcefully: "If you don't let me out, I will kill your whole family!"
"Are you so cruel to yourself? Oh, you've been doing this all day...to me. Do you know who you are?" said the void voice.
An electric arc flashed in Zhao Yizhi's eyes, and he waved with his other hand, but there was no response.
"What's going on?" Zhao Yizhi was very surprised. He only waved his hand, but he didn't attract any thunder.
The void voice sighed: "Well, let me tell you straight, this is not another place, but your heart. Even if you have the power to reach the sky in your own heart, what can you do? You can be hurt. Yourself?"
Zhao Yizhi stretched out his hand to strike again, but there was still no response. He clenched his fists: "When I get out, I will definitely kill all nine of your tribes!"
"Okay, then I'll wait and you can do as you please."
Zhao Yizhi ignored the voice in the darkness and just kept walking, heading in the same direction.
I don’t know how long I walked, but it seemed like a year, maybe ten years, or even more like a blink of an eye. Zhao Yizhi just kept walking. The strange thing was that he didn't feel tired or hungry. His body seemed to never tire.
Zhao Yizhi finally stopped and stood silently.
After a long time, Zhao Yizhi said to himself: "Is this really my heart?" This sentence blurted out, and the surrounding area seemed to be a little brighter. He didn't know where the light source came from, but Zhao Yizhi could see clearly now. My five fingers.
"I am you, why should I lie to myself? How can I lie to myself?" The voice of nothingness has been following him. Hearing Zhao Yizhi's soliloquy, he replied.
"What's going on?" Zhao Yizhi still didn't understand.
The void voice asked: "Tell me first, who are you?"
"I am...the emperor of Daqi."
There was no movement around.
"Isn't it? I am...who am I...I..." The void voice did not answer Zhao Yizhi, and Zhao Yizhi himself fell into doubt.
"I am...I am...Zhao Yizhi, a clerk..." These words seemed to turn on some switch. The surrounding area became a little brighter, and he could see clearly around him. But in the distance, it was still dark.
"It's very valuable that you can still recognize your own identity..."
Zhao Yizhi searched everywhere but could not find the owner of the void voice: "Is this really my heart? How can it be so dark?"
"Are you just noticing now? Your heart has become so dark."
"What happened?" Zhao Yizhi asked blankly.
"Guan Chenzi."
"Buzz!!!" As soon as the name was uttered, arcs of electricity surged all over Zhao Yizhi's body, and golden electric rays shot out in all directions, as if countless electric rays were about to burst out of his body.
"Ahhh!" Zhao Yizhi endured tremendous pain, his eyes widened, and he roared like a wild beast. The surroundings became dark again, even darker than before. Another short sigh came from the darkness.
After a long time, Zhao Yizhi fell to the ground covered in sweat, as if he had just been fished out of the water. There was no trace of fatigue after months and months of walking, but this flash of arc seemed to have drained Zhao Yizhi of all his strength.
The surroundings slowly became brighter little by little, even brighter than before.
"Have you figured it out?" The void voice asked again.
Zhao Yizhi, who was lying on the ground, huddled up in a ball, crying helplessly like a beast abandoned by the herd...
"Life is inherently lonely. It is not easy to meet a like-minded person. Although I am you, I can't persuade you. After all, you have to figure it out yourself." The void voice comforted.
Zhao Yizhi cried for a long time. Finally, he must have been tired, so he slowly stopped crying and got up from the ground.
"What you did for Guan Chenzi is known to everyone in the world, and that's enough. The traitors are at work. You don't distinguish between right and wrong and rectify your name in the world. Instead, you want to vent your anger by slaughtering living creatures. This heart is filled with darkness. full."
"Guan Chenzi is here, would you like to see you like this?"
Zhao Yizhi stood up straight and silently recited the three words "Guan Chenzi". The surrounding area gradually became dim and bright, no longer the darkness before. Not long after, all the darkness faded away, and Zhao Yizhi was surrounded by light, and he could see the surrounding situation clearly.
Zhao Yizhi looked up, and a book as big as his own study room appeared in front of him.
"This is..." Zhao Yizhi walked forward slowly.
"Royal God, how long have you not practiced?" said the void voice. Although the surroundings had become brighter, the voice still came from nowhere, but Zhao Yizhi didn't want to pay attention to it now.
Zhao Yizhi walked to the "Royal God" and climbed up. It read clearly: "Chapter 3: Divine consciousness controls all things, and controls all things with the heart instead of the body. The way of heaven controls all living beings, and controls with benevolence instead of tyranny."
"Chapter 3..." Zhao Yizhi muttered: "But now that I can control thunder and lightning, this shouldn't be the content of Chapter 3, right?"
As if to confirm his words, a line of words slowly appeared on "Royal God": "Chapter 4: There are all things in the heart, and it can embrace the arc of lightning. There is selfishness in the heart, and it will eventually be backlashed. Control the thunder with spiritual consciousness, and control it. The weather is always unfavorable." Different from the first three chapters, there are countless small words below this chapter, about using spiritual consciousness to overlook the surroundings, condense dark clouds, and other detailed operations...
"I have already done this to control the thunder. This method of cultivating the gods is too slow..." Zhao Yizhi shook his head slightly and sighed. I've already done it, so I'm giving you a hint, so what's the use of this hint?
"Tell me, what's the use of this book? I've reached this point in my cultivation, and this chapter on God Control is worthy of appearing. If I only study this first chapter, won't it also be beneficial to me?" Zhao Yizhi He chuckled softly, and the warm smile on his face, and the look of pain just now, disappeared.
The voice of nothingness sounded at the right time: "It's better to have something than nothing. Since a new chapter has appeared, it means that you are practicing in a good direction. How come words of warning are not important? Otherwise, if you practice blindly with your eyes closed, you are afraid of going wrong. You didn’t even know you were possessed by a demon, did you?”
"Then what is the content of the next chapter? What I have done is all by chance. If I don't know the content of the next chapter and blindly explore alone, how long can I continue to explore?" Zhao Yizhi was a little dissatisfied.
"Rely on your own understanding. There is only one way to do things in the world. If you don't think about it, you can't do anything." The voice of the void said.
Zhao Yizhi was stunned: "Relying on one's own understanding" seems to be true. Although the understandings in the previous chapters were coincidences, they have come to pass in the end. Then, relying on their own understandings to become familiar and cultivate, they are what they are today. Divine consciousness is like an ocean.
"Thank you for your advice." Zhao Yizhi jumped down from the "Royal God". He didn't know where or who he wanted to bow to, so he had to turn around and bow to everyone in all directions.
"I am you, just thank yourself." As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Yizhi opened his eyes and was already lying in Qiyang Palace.
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"Your Majesty... Your Majesty. Have you called the imperial doctor? Go and call all the imperial doctors!" Qian Ning shouted all the way to the door of Qiyang Palace.
On the steps of the palace, a tall man stood with his hands behind his back, looking calm and relaxed, as if he had been waiting for Qian Ning.
"Your Majesty? Are...are you okay?" Qian Ning couldn't believe it. He was hit by the huge golden thunder in mid-air. How could he still be so alive now?
"Qian Shuai, where are the many rebellious ministers who rebelled against the party?" Zhao Yizhi asked.
"Your Majesty, I only captured Feng Menghong, the magistrate of Zhencheng, and Gao Sifang, the magistrate of Yangzhou. They are now in prison. We are waiting for your majesty's fate!" Qian Ning replied.
Zhao Yizhi nodded: "Well, let me go and have a look."
Qian Ning looked at Zhao Yizhi, almost unrecognizable. During these days, Zhao Yizhi often got angry and became increasingly violent. Not many people in the palace dared to provoke him. Only Qian Ning and Wang Zhenliang dared to stay by his side. There was nothing they could do about Zhao Yizhi's changes.
Zhao Yizhi walked down the steps, and Qian Ning turned around to lead the way. The monarch and his ministers walked slowly, one behind the other. Neither of them noticed that the dark clouds in the sky were gradually dissipating...
