"His Majesty……"
"I am a commoner, and I work hard on the Niu Shi Slope in Goujia Village. I live my whole life in troubled times, and I don't seek to learn and reach Kyushu..."
In the palace, which was carved from the skull of a huge monster beast, the old prime minister walked through the smooth corridor and came to a huge open hall.
There was nothing else in the hall, except for a translucent coffin that looked like it was carved from white jade. In the center was a small figure wearing a yellow robe.
Even though there was no one else around, the former prime minister still knelt down and saluted respectfully, then stood up and looked at the jade coffin and spoke deeply. At this moment, his lifeless aura has gone away, and he is just like an old civil servant with eyes full of compassion.
Work hard.
"However, the late emperor had already lost all his foundations after ruling the country for only half a year. The world was at war and the land of China was in ruins. On the day of the fall of the country, the civil and military forces of the entire dynasty were unable to save the country. I could only take your majesty to escape to this barbaric land, but in the end I was overtaken by the rebels. ,completely annihilated."
"I have tried so hard, but I can only spare the life of Your Majesty. Thanks to this corner of the dream, I can be resurrected as a ghost. In this dream, I can still retain the state of the living dead, and my Majesty can sleep and wait for the opportunity. ,only……"
"Hundreds of years have passed since I heard that the Yu Dynasty has brought peace to the world. Is our restoration of the country just a dream?"
"Not long ago, I may have missed my only chance to restore our country."
Having said this, the former prime minister showed a trace of tangle and pain on his face, but there was no regret at all.
"The Queen of the Demon Race claimed that as long as we help her awaken the Nightmare Demon King from three thousand years ago, when the demon god comes, we will re-establish Her Majesty's position. With the way we are now, humans and ghosts are not ghosts, even this I can’t even get out of the dream, and I won’t have a better chance.”
"But Chen still lied to her."
"I asked her to go to the Blood Crow Cave, the most dangerous place in the secret realm. With her cultivation, I don't know how long she can be stopped there. Maybe not long after, she will come back and kill us all."
"Your Majesty, I have no regrets."
The old man's back gradually straightened, and he said resolutely: "Even though returning to the country is my lifelong wish, I am not willing to die even if I turn into a ghost. I am waiting for that day..."
"But no matter what, we are the orthodox people of China, and what we want to recover is the human dynasty! How can we be slaves to the demon clan? Even if we die unwillingly, it is better than living in humiliation! Your Majesty, today I need to bury you deep in the ground again, To avoid being discovered by the Queen of the Demon Race. When you wake up again, there may be no longer any of your ministers in the world...or even a human race. By then, I hope that Your Majesty will not forget the desire to restore the country."
"I will also wave the flag and shout for you under Jiuquan, and I will be reincarnated as a minister of the humerus and thighs in the next life!"
After speaking his impassioned words, he couldn't help but burst into tears, but in front of him there were only people sleeping in the jade coffin and the empty hall. The soldiers outside had insufficient cultivation during their lifetimes. Even if they regained their peak physical strength in the dream, their spiritual intelligence still could not be fully recovered.
In fact, he is the only one carrying this entire team.
For hundreds of years, they have used their ghost bodies to wander back and forth on both sides of the Abyss of Dreams. When outside the abyss, they are ignorant ghosts, unaware; when they return to the dream state inside the abyss, they will return to this perfect state.
In order to let the young emperor bide his time, the prime minister and a group of confidants made him sleep in a jade coffin, so to this day only the little emperor is alive.
But when he woke up, he didn't know if there were any loyal ministers in the world.
"well……"
The prime minister looked up to the sky and sighed.
The loneliness over the years has caused him to suffer a lot. Perhaps death is a good relief. The words he just said have said everything in his heart.
As for his persistence in the human race.
So what if no one knows? It’s nothing more than looking down and worthy of heaven and earth.
He looked in the direction of the Abyss of Sleep, and suddenly raised his finger with some excitement, as if pointing to the land of Kyushu: "You traitors will never know what I have given up... Alas!"
…
"He gave up his promise to restore the country just to delay the demon queen's resurrection of the nightmare demon king?"
After listening to Gu Erniang's story, everyone was in awe of the former old prime minister.
In any case, it is really commendable to be able to persist in such a situation for hundreds of years and still have a heart for the human race and perseverance.
But Chu Liang had a hint of enlightenment in his heart.
Caiyi's identity is that of a profound demon king. It was probably she who appeared in Shushan five hundred years ago and tricked the ancestors of the Yan family into breaking the demon suppressing tower...
The connection of all these things becomes very clear. The loss of the Demon Suppression Tower in Shushan was no accident. It was simply a conspiracy carried out by the demon clan to rescue the demon god.
And now, she wants to awaken the Nightmare King from three thousand years ago.
At first, the Nightmare Demon King was seriously injured and on the verge of death. He came to the dream realm of the Great Dream Immortal Lord, used it as nourishment to save his life, and fell into a deep sleep. Normally, it would have to at least completely devour the Dream Fairy Kingdom before it would have enough spiritual power to wake up.
If it is awakened by the demon clan in advance, the demon clan must have a way to restore its strength in a short time, and then there will be another difficult demon king.
"We have to hurry up." Ji Lingyu said: "If that's the case, it's been a while since the demon queen entered the dreamland last time and was deceived by the former prime minister to go elsewhere. We have to quickly enter the upper level of the dreamland. Then escape and contact a strong person to handle the matter."
Yan Qihu said: "The problem now is that we can't get close to the little emperor, how can we enter his dream?"
"Can we talk to him?" Chu Liang suddenly said: "It seems that when facing the demon clan, we all have the same enemy, so we may not be unable to discuss it."
"Discuss?" Everyone looked at him.
"Yes." Chu Liang nodded: "It doesn't have to be a fight."
A moment later, a smiling figure came to the outskirts of the Bone Palace. Facing a group of mentally retarded soldiers from the previous dynasty, he shouted loudly: "Chu Liang, a disciple of Shushan, asks to see the Prime Minister!"
Evil energy surged out from the military formation, thousands of soldiers stared at them, and invisible pressure fell like a mountain in an instant.
Chu Liang immediately knew why Yan Qihu, a seventh-level martial arts master, had difficulty breaking through. After many warriors with high levels of cultivation formed a large formation, their strength could be twisted into a rope, which was indeed not inferior to some top experts. .
This kind of large-scale military formation is something that their Nine Heavens and Ten Earths disciples don't know much about, but the Yu Dynasty's army must not lack these means.
A moment later, the figure of the former prime minister walked out of the Bone Palace and coldly uttered two words: "Come forward."
A group of soldiers moved out of the way.
Shouting outside the military formation, Chu Liang could escape at any time if he wanted to leave. If you walk into the formation, it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky to escape.
But he still stepped forward resolutely.
The deeper you go, the invisible pressure on your shoulders becomes heavier. If your cultivation level is slightly lower, you may not even be able to walk these few steps without kneeling on the ground.
It seemed that the old prime minister also wanted to give him a slap in the face.
Although the pressure was heavy, Chu Liang's face did not show any signs of it. He still smiled and walked to the front of the hall and saluted respectfully.
"Shushan was once the number one immortal sect that I granted the title of Da Qian, but later abandoned Heaven's grace and joined the rebels." The old prime minister said coldly.
Qian Dynasty was the name of the previous dynasty.
In today's Yu Dynasty, one would never dare to mention this word.
In the last years of the previous dynasty, the government was ineffective, and wars broke out across the land of China. All the immortal sects turned their backs one after another, and Shushan was no exception.
At that time, the Shushan Demon Tower was still there, and it still held the position of the number one immortal sect, playing a decisive role in the world of immortality. If the Shushan sect firmly supported the imperial court at that time, most of the world of cultivators would not defect, or at least would wait and see for a while longer.
It can be said that Shushan's betrayal was also an important part of the collapse of the previous dynasty.
So when the old prime minister mentioned this, he felt a little resentful.
"Since he is the number one immortal sect, then the prime minister must have also been to Shushan, right?" Facing his words, Chu Liang just brushed it off and asked instead.
"Of course." Lao Zai responded.
"The headmaster of Shushan at that time has fallen for many years, but Bai Ze, the sacred mountain beast, is still there. I wonder if you have seen Bai Ze." Chu Liang asked again.
"The mythical beast Baize understands the principles of yin and yang and is extremely proficient in the three teachings. It and I are considered good friends." The old prime minister recalled this with some emotion.
"Speaking of this Bai Ze mythical beast, you don't know its current situation. I'm not familiar with it, but I'm familiar with its children..." As soon as he met an acquaintance... a familiar beast, Chu Liang immediately became warm to him and went up to him. The former said: "Not long ago, a group of thugs came to destroy our Shushan Mountain Summit..."
"You don't know who saved Bai Ze, right? Hehe, it was this junior..."
"It's too late to say it, but it will be soon..."
(End of chapter)
