Besides, in the imperial palace at this time, the old emperor is now nearly ninety years old. Even if he has the care and support of practitioners and guests, he can still live a hundred years, but... this body is really getting worse day by day. .
After all, those monks are no higher than the Nascent Soul realm. In the eyes of ordinary people, they may be unattainable mountains, and they may even be worshiped as gods.
But... to be able to go to a mortal royal family to eat and wait for death, in the environment of monks... is really not popular at all. And even if they have the means or spiritual objects to change the fate of a mortal against heaven, how can it be used on a mortal? Even though...that is the emperor of the mortal world.
So the current old emperor is indeed unable to do anything, but he still has not abdicated, because... the current country needs him to support it! He has twenty-six sons in his life. The current prince is too gentle in temperament. If he could be a moderate king in the Taiping years, the other princes are also unsatisfactory. Only the eighth prince Zhu Qi is worthy of his attention, but...Zhu Qi's luck , even those immortals are envious of him, how can he delay Zhu Qi's future?
A mortal emperor is still a mortal after all.
"My dear friends, monsters are now rampant on the borders of the empire. Enemies and neighboring countries are watching eagerly. It can be described as internal and external troubles. We and other 400,000 elite soldiers of the empire hate the border. One of the immortals was seriously injured and has not yet left the border. The national strength has become increasingly declining. Sincerely, …At this critical time of life and death, I wonder if you, my dear friends, have any good ideas?”
The old emperor leaned tiredly on the dragon chair. His voice was surprisingly loud. Of course, this was not because he was still full of energy, and... his hearing had declined to a certain extent.
But in the audience, none of the Gong Gong princes dared to speak, and no plan could be said from their mouths.
These courtiers... are all powerful men who have stirred up troubles in the world. They are all heroes of the founding of the country! No matter how difficult it was, they came over and followed the old emperor to create a glorious empire. But now... what we are facing... is beyond the power of ordinary people.
Four hundred thousand invincible elites of the empire, and more than a dozen famous generals of the empire, suddenly hated the frontiers. Those monsters that emerged from the ground could not be resisted even with all the power of the four empires, let alone the other three empires. I plan to sit back and reap the benefits.
The old emperor sighed softly, and he tried hard to straighten his spine. He was the founding emperor, he had an extraordinary life, and he was the mortal emperor! No matter what, nothing can shake the majesty that belongs to him!
"Your Majesty, I... have three strategies."
At this time, the leading minister was also very old. He was supposed to enjoy his old age and came back because of the national crisis.
"Zhang Aiqing, speak quickly!"
A ray of light flashed in the eyes of the old emperor. The chief and assistant minister named Zhang bowed and saluted, and then said in a rather hoarse voice: "Your Majesty, first of all, for the protection of the ancient Taoist sect, which is an immortal sect in our country, please enshrine the immortal Go to the Ancient Dao Immortal Sect for help by always preparing heavy gifts to protect your inheritance. This is the best policy."
"Second, introduce the evil of monsters into the other three empires and force them to join forces with our country to fight against the enemy. This is the middle strategy."
"Third, use the strength of the country to fight to the death! Although the old minister has no power to tie the chicken, he is still willing to die in front of the common people. Our dynasty... will fall, and we must not be cowardly. This is the worst policy."
The chief minister was already a little out of breath after saying this string of words, but none of the ministers present doubted what he said, especially since the last sentence died before the people, they were convinced.
Mr. Zhang has followed Mr. Huang until now, and he has always been like this.
The old emperor pondered for a moment and said: "Then... according to Zhang Aiqing's words, I will ask the Immortal Chief to select treasures from the treasury and ask for help from the Ancient Dao Immortal Sect..."
Before he finished speaking, a loud voice suddenly came from outside the palace, and an old man covered in golden robes and full of energy was seen, followed by three young people. He was the four worshipers of the empire.
The leader, the old man, is a human monk with a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivation level. This level of cultivation can still be established on the continent of the gods, but... in the spirit world... life is a bit difficult. That's why he chose to take his disciples to the mortal royal family to make offerings. Firstly, there wouldn't be much danger, and secondly... they didn't pursue a broader path, mainly because they knew they had little chance.
"Your Majesty, please don't do this useless thing. If the Ancient Dao Sect could suppress the evil spirits, they would have taken action long ago." The old man Nascent Soul spoke bitterly.
"Therefore, the best strategy proposed by Mr. Zhang does not make sense."
"The middle strategy... can only be used as a delaying tactic. The four mortal empires... have no chance of survival in front of those evil spirits. Instead, they will provide them with more flesh and blood essence, which will eventually lead to catastrophe. As for the worst strategy... it is even more unreasonable. .”
When the old man Nascent Soul said these words, the whole hall fell into silence again, but... there was also a spirit of looking forward to death. Mortals... may not even be able to withstand a monk's breath, but they are not ants, they also have their own souls! In particular, the emperor here is the founding emperor, and the minister is the minister of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty!
"Then... I'm afraid we'll just have to fight to the death."
The old emperor stroked his forehead, and there was unconcealable exhaustion in his eyes, but underneath the exhaustion... there was a look of disdain just like when he led his brothers to fight bloody battles on the battlefield to create this world.
"Zhang Aiqing, I order you to open the treasury, reward the three armies, and prepare enough food and grass. I will personally lead the army to fight to the death with the monsters that invade the land! Regarding the people's affairs, I also trouble you dear friends to evacuate and distribute some money and food to them to escape. Stay alive...work hard. to survive.”
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty, please be patient, things have not reached that point yet." The old Yuanying's face didn't look very good at this time, but there was a strong light in his eyes.
Ordinary people naturally don't know that the entire spiritual world is in a state of distress now. The monsters that emerged from the ground were actually transformed from the blood of evil creatures that had fallen in the previous battlefields outside the territory.
Nowadays, there are some unusual movements in the battlefield outside the territory, and there are even powerful evil spirits trying to break the barrier between the battlefield outside the territory and the spiritual world. Therefore, those powerful gods and even the strong men in the Lingtian realm have gone to the battlefield outside the territory to suppress them.
Why not kill them? Because those evil spirits are extremely difficult to kill, even a strong person in the fairyland can hardly completely eliminate those evil spirits under the rules of the spiritual world.
And this is not the most troublesome problem for the powerful people such as Ao Yutang, You Lu, and Tian Qiong who have entered the fairyland. Tian Qiong and Ao Yutang are better, and You Lu can hardly come out of seclusion now.
He is not trying to improve his realm, but to suppress his cultivation. Now they are all powerful in the Immortal Body Realm. Once they completely break through the Immortal Body Realm, they will be excluded by the rules of the spiritual world and ascend.
Now, they don't want to ascend.
In addition, the turmoil on the battlefield outside the territory is likely to affect the road to immortality, so this has almost become the biggest variable in the spiritual world. Take the human race as an example. They usually don't sit back and watch the common people suffer, but now... they really can't care.
The small cultivation forces, such as the Ancient Dao Sect, were no match for the monsters transformed by the evil blood. The large forces were unable to take action, so they fell into a stalemate. However, those small forces were not useless.
Take the human continent as an example. If it were not for the restraint of the monks, this continent and the four empires would probably have died all over the continent and become a real purgatory on earth.
