In the late night, Emperor Xuanyuan's Imperial Palace, Xuanyuan Hill, Stars Picking Building …
In a robe, Xuanyuan Changying was standing on the top of the Stars Picking Building which was higher than 200 m. Hands on his back, he was looking up at the stars for 2 hours without moving at all.
Xuanyuan Changying didn't let out a long sigh until his trusted bodyguard's footsteps sounded behind him and said, "Your Highness, Mr. Fang is here …". He then turned around and strode towards the study room behind him without saying anything …
In the study room, the literati in cyan robe was already waiting for him. Xuanyuan Changying opened the curtain, causing the pearls and jades on the curtain to flutter like raindrops hitting banana leaves. Closely after that, he strode in with a wind, "Mr. Fang …"
"Your Majesty, you're the emperor of Taixia Country in the future. You're the leader of humans and the master of the universe. As an emperor, you should stay calm even if Mount Tai collapses in front of you. Because of the black invitation cards of Iron-Dragon Sect, Your Majesty has already lost your mind. It's a taboo for an emperor. The more important it is, the calmer you should be …" The literati in green robe watched Xuanyuan Changying with a rare solemn look.
"Changying, I'm sorry. However, it's very urgent. Therefore, I had to summon you back from Cangzhou Province overnight to negotiate with you …" Xuanyuan Changying said as he cupped his fists towards that man.
"I've come here by airboat for 4-5 hours. I'm already a bit thirsty. It's said that Your Majesty's tea ceremony is the best in the imperial palace. You were even praised by Emperor Xuanyuan. How about showing your tea ceremony to Qingming?" Mr. Fang said as he took off his boots and sat down quietly on the teapoy table in the study room. After that, he watched Xuanyuan Changying quietly, "It's really elegant to enjoy tea in the Stars Picking Building on such a beautiful night …"
Xuanyuan Changying immediately understood Mr. Fang's intention. After taking in a deep breath, he also took off his shoes and sat on the opposite side of the teapoy table quietly. After that, he clapped his hands and had the maids serve tea sets.
The tea ceremony in Taixia Country had a long history. It had been almost 1 hour since Xuanyuan Changying started to show his tea ceremony to the two people tasting the first cup of tea.
Xuanyuan Changying, who was a bit anxious just now, gradually lost his temper in the fragrance of the tea. His gloomy face regained a trace of warmth after drinking a cup of tea.
During the process, Mr. Fang just watched Xuanyuan Changying's movements with watery eyes. When he saw Xuanyuan Changying's movements gradually changed from rapid to slow, from slow to relaxed, from relaxed to relaxed, from relaxed to relaxed, and finally drifted on the teapoy table like floating clouds and flowing water and flowers blooming and withering, Mr. Fang gradually revealed a faint smile. The so-called tea ceremony was about controlling tea.
In the so-called Way of Tea, the man was controlling the tea, and the tea was also controlling the man. It was just like the struggle for hegemony. He was being used by the Crown Prince, but in his eyes, everything in the world was nothing more than chess pieces. The Great Emperor Xuanyuan was a chess piece, and so was the Crown Prince. It was just that to use the Crown Prince as a chess piece, he had to enter the game himself. There was no boundary between chess pieces and chess players. It was just a difference of cultivation level. In one's life, to be able to fight in the chess game of the world once and leave one's name in history would not be in vain.
After drinking two cups of tea, Mr. Fang put down his teacup as he slowly opened his mouth, "It's a dead end!"
After hearing Mr. Fang's words, Crown Prince Changying who had just recovered his composure quivered his hand, causing a bit of tea water to spill onto the teapoy table. Watching that bit of tea water, the crown prince let out a sigh inside as he slightly put down his teacup and asked, "Why do you say that, Mr. Fang?"
"The top sects definitely didn't make these black invitation cards on a whim; neither did they do it because of what happened in the Dongtian of Great Wilderness Sect. There's only one reason — — the top sects have been extremely afraid of Zhang Tie and don't want to spare any time for Zhang Tie to grow up. I guess that the three black invitation cards have already been prepared since Zhang Tie killed the heavenly demon knight at the bank of Weishui River!" Mr. Fang said calmly as a wise light flashed across his eyes.
Crown Prince Changying quivered as if he had understood something, asking, "Why now?"
"There are two reasons. First, after the battle at the bank of Weishui River, Zhang Tie made great meritorious deeds for Taixia Country and humans and gained great prestige. Additionally, he was severely injured. At that time, even if the top sects wanted to attack Zhang Tie, they couldn't find any excuse for the time being; instead, they would be condemned by the public. Therefore, they always endured it. However, this reason alone is not enough. Perhaps, it's just a pretext. The more important reason is you, Your Highness!"
"Ahh, because of me?" Crown Prince Changying became stunned as he had not imagined that this event was related to him.
"Yes, because of you. If Zhang Tie didn't express that he would like to stand on Your Majesty's side in Xuanyuan Hill after waking up, which greatly boosted Your Majesty's prestige and made you one step closer to that position, I think the powers of the top sects would try to contact Zhang Tie and draw him to their side; instead of seizing a small opportunity in the Dongtian of Great Wilderness Sect to kill Zhang Tie. It's equal to cutting off one of Your Majesty's right-hand men at once. It's like tearing off one of Your Majesty's right-hand men at once. It's like tearing off one of Your Majesty's right-hand men at once.
Even though Crown Prince Changying was stupid, he had already understood it. However, this news was too shocking for Crown Prince Changying. As a result, he didn't know what to say. After a short while, Crown Prince Changying realized it at once, "Mr. Fang, do you mean …"
"Right, the top sects in Taixia Country have already been involved in the scramble for the throne of Taixia Country. Additionally, Taiyi Fantasy Sect, Heavens Holding Pavilion and Qionglou Pavilion who sent black invitation cards to Zhang Tie definitely didn't support Your Highness; instead, they had already chosen the third prince or the ninth prince to support …"
"Presumptuous …" Xuanyuan Changying became infuriated as he slapped down. Closely after that, the tea-table and those tea sets on the tea-table started to glow weirdly. Closely after that, they disappeared in front of Mr. Fang's eyes. Yes, they disappeared. They were not shattered, but disappeared. Xuanyuan Changying's battle qi and strength directly disappeared in front of the two people.
'Is this the power of Xuanyuan Deity Sutra?' If it was a commoner or a common knight, he might have been killed by this slap, leaving nothing. Mr. Fang sighed inside as it was his first time to see Crown Prince Changying so furious. 'But … what a pity for those tea sets …'
Watching the empty couch in front of him, Mr. Fang shook his head helplessly …
"How dare they do that? How dare they do that?" Crown Prince Changying was driven mad as he sprung up at once with a strong killing qi. Like a furious mad lion, he paced around the room madly as he roared, "The top six sects are not allowed to interfere in the politics. This is an iron law that my father and the top six sects made when he was alive. I've not imagined that the top six sects would be so rebellious after my father disappeared. Besides interfering in the politics, they even interfered in the scramble for the throne of the imperial household by abolishing the throne. How ambitious! How ambitious! I will summon the four armies and summon Military God to exterminate all those rebels and behead them …"
"Your Majesty, do you really want to summon Military God back?" Mr. Fang let out a sigh as he continued, "If Military God comes back at this moment, he would behead me first instead of the knights of the top three sects. Of course, he would be accused of bewitching the crown prince to do such a stupid thing and causing chaos across Taixia Country. Finally, Military God would have Your Majesty send my head to the top three sects for their forgiveness. At least, Your Majesty would issue an imperial edict and admit your mistake to the public. After this event, Your Majesty's reputation would plummet. As a result, the gossips about Your Majesty being unsuitable to govern the country would be spread all over the country. With the help of someone, the one who is supported by the top three sects might return to Xuanyuan Hill once again …"
Xuanyuan Changying who was furious instantly became petrified as if a basin of cold water had been poured over his head. At the same time, his qi and fury gradually died out.
"Mr. Fang, didn't you say …"
"But we don't have any evidence. Your Majesty, do you think that the top three sects would allow us to get the evidence that could be used to accuse a prince? At the very least, even if we have the evidence, Your Majesty, do you think that the so-called evidence could be effective at this moment? " Mr. Fang watched Crown Prince Changying calmly as he said, "There's a proverb in the Western Continent — — anger without power is meaningless. As Emperor Xuanyuan is not here, who could suppress the sage-level knights of the top three sects across Taixia Country?"
"We could unite with Heavens Fortune Sect, Demons-kill Valley, Elder Liu and Military God who are in the imperial palace …" Xuanyuan Changying said unwillingly.
"Haha …" Mr. Fang burst out into laughter. Closely after that, he let out a sigh as he said, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten how you accused Taiyi Fantasy Sect and Heavens Holding Pavilion just now? Your Majesty, if you want Heavens Fortune Sect and Demons-kill Valley to help you, doesn't it mean that Heavens Fortune Sect and Demons-kill Valley would hand over their secret to Your Majesty? Your Majesty, do you think that Heavens Fortune Sect and Demons-kill Valley would go through fire and water for Your Majesty? Even if they would like to, by then, if someone accuses Your Majesty of involving the top three sects in the scramble for the treasure of the imperial household of Taixia Country, the top three sects would accuse Your Majesty of breaking the rules. By then, Your Majesty, how could you defend yourself … "
After standing still for a short while, Xuanyuan Changying finally sat down in a disappointed way, saying, "Mr. Fang, do you mean that I could only watch the top three sects break my arm and destroy my city? Zhang Tie helped me in Xuanyuan Hill that day. If I couldn't protect him this time, who would favor me in the future? Who would think that I, Xuanyuan Changying, was reliable …"
"Therefore, that's why those black invitation cards are vicious. They not only want to defeat Zhang Tie and occupy Iron-Dragon Sect, but also trample Your Majesty's reputation!" Mr. Fang watched Crown Prince Changying seriously as he became silent for a second, saying, "I'm just a scholar, not a knight. I don't know about the battle strength of the three sage-level knights. However, I know that Your Majesty must know about the three sage-level knights. In Your Majesty's opinion, even if Zhang Tie couldn't defeat a sage-level knight by using his ability as a divine dominator, he could at least prevent the sage-level knight from catching up with him. If so, we could still help Zhang Tie to reverse the situation …"
Crown Prince Changying shook his head as he let out a sigh, saying, "It's impossible. Mr. Fang, you might not know about that. When my father was in Xuanyuan Hill, he told me that Taiyi Old Man, the sage-level knight of Taiyi Fantasy Sect, had already promoted to a sage-level knight for over 300 years. When he was a sage-level knight, he had comprehended the aiding strength of the sage-level knight. Within hundreds of miles, the aiding strength of Taiyi Old Man could not stand too long. Even heavenly knights couldn't stand the aiding strength of the aiding strength of the sage-level knight for long. No matter how fast Zhang Tie moves as a divine dominator, he couldn't match the aiding strength of the aiding strength of the sage-level knight. Additionally, the location that the three top sects chose to send black invitation cards is the Gobi Desert. In such an environment, the power of the Taiyi Old Man's aiding strength would be even greater.
If Zhang Tie fights Zhang Tie, he could never survive the aiding strength of the aiding strength of the sage-level knight unless he could promote to a sage-level knight within 100 days! "
If Zhang Tie fights Zhang Tie, he could never resist the aiding strength of the sage-level knight unless he could promote to a sage-level knight within 100 days! "
It was absolutely impossible for a shadow knight to promote to a sage-level knight within 100 days. Even if Zhang Tie stayed in the tower of time for another 100 years, he couldn't promote to a sage-level knight in such a short period. The key to promote to a sage-level knight was to form the sage-level chakra, which was the biggest obstacle that all the cultivators would face when promoting to a sage-level knight. This obstacle couldn't be broken through in a short period. Some people might not be able to find the way to promote to a sage-level knight even after promoting to a semi-sage knight for hundreds of years.
"It's just the power of Taiyi Old Man. Have the sage-level knights of the other two top sects mastered the aiding strength of the sage-level knight?"
"They haven't in the last holy war; however, this time …" Xuanyuan Changying shook his head as he said, "My father always pays special attention to the sage-level knights of the other three top sects. However, over these years, even Xuanyuan Hill couldn't get any intelligence about the sage-level knights of the other two top sects!"
"You mean, as long as Zhang Tie fights the three top sects, he would not survive it?"
"Yes!" Xuanyuan Changying replied with a regretful look, "I'm too careless. If I've long known this, I would have helped Zhang Tie accept the position of the commander-in-chief of air cavalries even if he didn't like it. At least, I don't need to worry about the other three top sects sending black invitation cards to him …"
"Who could foresee everything in the future? If there's such a person, the holy war would have long come to an end. Your Majesty, if you say so, I should feel really ashamed …" Mr. Fang said with a bitter smile, "At that time, I thought that Immortal Qianji would be free from the officialdom and manage Iron-Dragon Sect and expand his reputation and influence among the people, which would definitely be more helpful to Your Majesty than him staying in the officialdom. Therefore, I didn't persuade Your Majesty to keep Zhang Tie. At that time, I had not imagined that Taiyi Fantasy Sect, Heavens Holding Pavilion and Qionglou Pavilion could intervene in the scramble for the throne of Taixia Country when Your Majesty was still governing the country and Emperor Xuanyuan was just missing for the time being. Additionally, it seems that they've long joined hands with each other …"
"The top priority is to deal with the black invitation cards. Do you have any good plan, Mr. Fang?"
"This time, the other party made a move at the last moment, and they managed to defeat him in an instant. The so-called good strategy is just a countermeasure, but it can only treat the symptoms and not the root …"
"Ahh, Mr. Fang, hurry up!"
"Isn't Your Majesty investigating the extermination of Great Wilderness Sect? If we start from this point, we could restrict the other three top sects …"
"However, even if we could do something, we couldn't have the other three top sects take back the black invitation cards!"
"Of course, we couldn't have the other three top sects take back the black invitation cards …"
"What's the use of this plan?"
After being silent for a long while, Mr. Fang slowly opened his mouth, "It depends on Immortal Qianji's choice. Although it's very difficult for him to make this choice and he would pay a great price for it, as long as he makes this choice, Your Majesty could help him deal with the aftermath …"
Xuanyuan Changying was almost confused as he didn't know what Mr. Fang was talking about. "Mr. Fang, you mean …"
"Black invitation cards are the rules of the top sects in Taixia Country. They're not the laws of Taixia Country; they're not the laws of Taixia Country. To put it bluntly, they're just the rules of Jianghu among the people in Taixia Country. Who stipulates that those who receive the black invitation cards of the top three sects have to compete with each other according to the will of the top three sects?"
Xuanyuan Changying widely opened his mouth at once as he understood it, "But in this case …"
"Therefore, it's very difficult to make such a decision. Additionally, once you make it, you would pay a great price. You might lose your reputation. If Your Majesty allows it, I will set off for Xuanyuan Hill on behalf of Your Majesty tomorrow and meet Zhang Tie …"
(To be continued.)
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