It was already ten o'clock in the evening when he sent Chiba Michiko away.
Ling Ping'an closed the door and felt a little sleepy. He took his phone and lay on the bed. As he watched the short videos before going to bed, he thought about what had happened in the imperial capital these days.
This was the habit of a gentleman.
Confucius said, "I reflect on myself three times a day."
He was also used to reflecting on his past actions every once in a while.
Sometimes, he would feel ashamed, sometimes he would feel funny, and sometimes, he would feel proud. But most of the time, he would feel childish!
Yes!
He always did things that he felt very childish after doing a lot of things.
Just like what happened today.
"I'm really crazy!" He recalled carefully.
Today, it was another day of being a good teacher.
Not only did he find a way out for Xinluo, but he also wanted to interfere in the family affairs of Chiba Michiko's family.
How childish!
He thought.
However, he would not regret it!
A gentleman would reflect on himself and his mistakes.
But some mistakes would never be corrected!
For example, when he played games, he would often reflect on whether he could use the time he spent playing games to do other more meaningful things?
For example, take a test or something.
Or go out and make a few more friends.
But...
Since he could live a good life if he just ate and waited for death.
Why should he change?
Just like today.
Being a good teacher was indeed childish and ridiculous.
But he did not change!
Because this was him.
As he watched the short videos, the flames of war were raging on his phone.
The war reporters were shouting at the top of their lungs to introduce the situation in the midst of the gunfire.
He recalled what he had seen and heard in the imperial capital these days.
Those blurry figures. Many things had already faded from his memory.
But some things were unforgettable.
The night at the cross slope flashed in his mind.
Vaguely, some absurd scenes seemed to appear in his memory.
In the cross slope, it was no longer the beautiful scenery and starry sky he saw.
Instead, it was the howling of the cold wind and the poking of the ghostly shadows.
The fog lingered.
And his figure was projected in it.
It was a ball that looked very cute and beautiful. It seemed to have countless pieces of black meat growing on it.
He shook his head abruptly. "I'm thinking nonsense again!"
Thus, he fell into a deep sleep.
Next to his ear, the reporter's voice was faintly heard from the short video on his phone, repeating over and over again.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I am now at the Avalon Fortress of the Republic of Delhi … Right now … the army of the Mohri Empire is launching an attack on Avalon …"
Boom boom boom!
Rumble! Cannon fire roared.
This voice kept echoing and repeating.
Gradually, Ling Ping'an felt that the voice had changed. It had become cold and distant.
"Zhuang Qiu, the acting City God of the Imperial Capital of the Federal Empire of Xia, has submitted a memorial to His Excellency: Your subject has received orders from His Excellency to bestow the authority of the Underworld. I am trembling with fear. I am only worried that my strength is meager and my abilities are insufficient, thus insulting His Excellency's holiness …"
Ling Ping'an turned over.
The voice continued, "Today, there is an emperor in the secular world who has made some contributions and wishes to confer me the title of 'Inspiration City God of the Great Xia Federation' …"
"This subject is in awe and trepidation. I dare not overstep my boundaries. Fu Wei His Holiness, His Holiness, will make the final decision!"
"Fu Wei, Sage Monarch Judgement!"
"Fu Wei, Sage Monarch Judgement!"
The incessant pleas made his ears hurt.
Ling Ping'an turned over again and muttered, "Whatever you want... Don't disturb my sleep!"
… …
Cross Slope.
The building of the Underworld.
With hundreds of Underworld messengers, Zhuang Qiu, who was standing solemnly in front of the statue of the Lord of Mount Tai in the hall of the building, was reading a memorial that she had written.
This was the ritual that the Blackguard had dug out from the pile of old papers.
It was the ritual of the Heavenly Court in Mount Longhu.
Although she didn't know if it would work, this matter had to be done.
Therefore, Zhuang Qiu strictly followed the procedure of the ritual and burned incense two days in advance. Only then did she dare to bow at this time.
Pillars of incense made from the netherworld grass that grew under the netherworld burned. As she chanted, clouds of green incense mist spread out.
The netherworld candle that was condensed from the ghost blood extracted from the bodies of malicious ghosts and sinners burned with a sizzling sound.
"Fu Wei, Sage Monarch Judgement!"
As Zhuang Qiu recited the last memorial.
All the officials of the netherworld kowtowed and bowed, "Fu Wei, Sage Monarch Judgement!"
Every official of the netherworld was uneasy.
Because the Sage Monarch really existed.
Moreover, he had shown miracles!
Three times in a row, but there was no strange phenomenon in the building.
Just when everyone thought that the Sage Monarch was not paying attention to this.
All the netherworld incense suddenly shot up into a huge pillar of fire. Almost in an instant, they were burned to the end.
The flames of the netherworld candles suddenly swelled up.
The entire hall was instantly filled with rolling fog.
The mist swept up the joss sticks and turned them into a blurry shadow.
"Whatever you want!" A grand and dignified voice came from the shadow.
"Don't disturb my sleep!"
"We are afraid!" Zhuang Qiu hurriedly bowed her head.
All the officials of the netherworld also bowed their heads. "We are afraid!"
Although they were blackguards or soldiers when they were alive.
Even now, they still recognized their identity when they were alive.
But in the end, in the netherworld, they had a king who truly controlled and controlled their life and death!
… …
Standing on the roof of the 60-story Xingtian Building in the imperial capital.
Nangong Wang looked up at the sky.
The night wind tonight seemed to be especially cold.
It made him shiver uncontrollably.
Although transcendent being, especially the high-level transcendent being, was no longer afraid of any physical sense of cold and heat.
Whether it was at the North Pole or at the equator.
They would not feel cold or hot.
This was because their bodies had long formed a small cycle of their own.
But...
The physical coldness was gone, but the mental fear still made him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave.
"Blackguard..."
"Is that what they said?" He asked the person standing opposite him.
The head of the Zheng family, Zheng Kexing.
A major general powerhouse like him.
"Yes!" Zheng Kexing felt the same as him, his heart and mind chilled.
"Zhang Hui of the Blackguard met me... and said... as long as I turn over a new leaf, I can let bygones be bygones..."
"Do you think I'm being coaxed by a three-year-old child?"
Yes!
After doing such a thing, how could he let it go so easily?
More importantly, after so long, the Blackguard didn't even send a single person to ask them.
It was as if they didn't know about that matter, as if they didn't know what they had done.
When they came to beg for mercy.
It was an extremely light sentence of 'let bygones be bygones'.
Were they children playing house?!
What did this mean?
Whether it was Nangong Wang or Zheng Kexing, they both understood.
After all, there were countless similar stories in history.
Zheng Boke, Duan Yuyan.
Taizu killed King Jin.
It was the same.
They pretended to indulge, but in reality, they were sharpening their knives.
They weren't stupid!
Every transcendent being was a top elite while having powerful strength. No matter how stupid a person was, after becoming a transcendent being, they could easily get a doctorate!
So...
"Brother Nangong..." Zheng Kexing said worriedly, "We can't just sit here and wait for death!"
Nangong Wang smiled bitterly, "I know Brother Zheng's worries!"
"But Brother Zheng, how do you know if the Blackguard is deliberately luring the snake out of its hole?"
Zheng Kexing was speechless when he heard that.
Yes!
How would they know if the Blackguard was deliberately waiting for them to rise up and fight?
Was this a trap?
Just like the cross-slope trap!
They were waiting for them to jump out of their own accord and then kill them all!
But...
"If we don't make a move, will we survive?"
"Brother Nangong!" Zheng Kexing said loudly, "How can we return to the Cao family under Gaoping Hill today?!"
The Cao family was helpless in the change in Gaoping Hill.
In the end, the entire Cao Wei was killed.
Therefore, for generations, countless people had sighed. If Cao Shuang had fought to the death back then, the situation might not have been so bad that it was out of control!
At least, the Cao family could still die standing!
Nangong Wang listened, but he was hesitant.
"Brother Zheng, that might not be the case..." he said hesitantly.
"Back then, the Taizu had to give the nobles of the fake dynasty a way out when he went on the northern expedition. He wanted to pardon the fake dynasty's royal family..."
"Among the descendants of the fake dynasty, there were even great people like Mr. Hong Li..."
"The Holy Dynasty forgave us... If we sincerely repent, we might be pardoned!"
Zheng Kexing was furious when he heard that.
The Taizu had indeed pardoned the fake dynasty back then.
After the battle of Shengjing, not only did he order troops to protect the ancestral mausoleum of the fake dynasty, but he also ordered that no one who surrendered or was captured should be harmed.
Later, he issued a great edict and pardoned a large number of war criminals.
But why did the Taizu do that?
Because the Taizu was a genius!
Because the Taizu's vision was above everyone of his generation.
It was also because he was confident that if he could defeat the fake dynasty once, he could crush them a hundred times.
Most importantly, the fake dynasty had been established for decades at that time, and the real criminals and culprits were all dead.
Those who were left were either orphans and widows, or hedonistic young masters.
Naturally, he was willing to show mercy to show his tolerance and declare his determination to the world: "I am the son of the people of the world, not only the son of the people of the Central Plains, but also the son of all the people of the empire!"
Therefore, the Taizu forgave the fake dynasty more out of unity and the contradiction between the people and the nation, and to stop hatred.
But...
Looking at Nangong Wang's expression, Zheng Kexing also knew that there was no hope for him to persuade him again.
"In that case!" Zheng Kexing said, "Brother Nangong, you should behave yourself!"
With that, Zheng Kexing flicked his sleeves and left.
On the top of the building, a bronze mirror was shattered on the ground.
It turned out that Zheng Kexing did not come here in person, but through a ceremony, he came here through a mirror projection.
Nangong Wang looked at the broken mirror on the ground.
He sighed.
"How could I not know that now is not the time of the Taizu..."
If the Taizu was still in power, how would he dare to have any disloyal thoughts? He would have pounced on him long ago.
Such a heroic figure, even if he was just a mortal.
His vision, his breadth of mind, and his lofty aspirations were enough to make the heroes of the world willing to be his pawns.
It was impossible for anyone to have any other thoughts.
Now, it was naturally not the time of the Taizu.
But the problem was...
What could they use to resist the central government?
It was not like they did not see the outcome of the confrontation a few days ago.
The Yan Sheng Sect, the Witchcraft Sect, and them, as well as other forces in the open and in the dark, cooperated with each other.
Even the Land of Qin was specially involved.
For this, they detonated a high-yield hydrogen bomb as a cover.
But in the end?
The Blackguard did not lose a single hair.
The Yan Sheng Sect and the Witchcraft Sect were completely destroyed!
Not only that, even the Cross Slope was quelled.
Something like Yin Si had actually fallen into the control of the central government.
How could they play?
There was no way to play!
If they continued to be stubborn, they would probably...
Not only would they be killed, but they would also have to go to Yin Si and receive all the punishments!
They would even implicate their descendants!
Why bother?
Nangong Wang closed his eyes, "It's just death!"
Death was not scary.
The continuation of the family was more important.
… …
Zheng Kexing opened his eyes.
"This brat is not worthy of my attention!" He said angrily.
Opposite him, the head of the He family, He Wan, was smiling, "Brother Zheng, why are you angry?"
"I've already said it!" He snorted coldly, "That Nangong Wang is just a skeleton in a tomb!"
"Calling him Yuan Shao and Cao Shuang is already praising him!"
"At best, he's just a miser!"
"Let's just do our own things!"
Zheng Kexing listened and nodded, "That's true!"
The Nangong family was going to wait for death and stretch out their necks to be cut.
He would not!
After all, how could he not learn from the mistakes of the past?
Even Emperor Yuan Shun knew about it. How could he be Huiqin today?!
How could people like them, who lived in the present, stretch out their necks and wait for others to cut them?
That was impossible!
Not to mention that they were transcendent being.
Even if they were just ordinary people, they would not foolishly sit and wait for death.
"Brother He..." Zheng Kexing looked at He Wan and said, "Now that things have come to this, there is no way back for us!"
"We can only fight with the waves and hope that a world transcendent being war will break out!"
"Yes!" He Wan nodded.
The concept of a world transcendent being war had been very popular ever since the end of the hundred-year war.
Transcendent being kept popping up like bamboo shoots after the rain.
It was not just the Federal Empire...
The entire world was like this!
Even the transcendent being of Kunlun state was growing in batches.
Transcendent being strength brought a whole new world and also brought a whole new conflict.
Territory was no longer important.
Those steel, coal mines, and oil were no longer important.
What was important were transcendent being resources!
Spirit veins, blessed lands, and even all kinds of spirit mines and spirit soil.
Even... souls and flesh that could be used as transcendent being resources!
Therefore, after the hundred-year war ended, whether it was in the Great Xia, the Land of Qin, or even the Kunlun state and India, there were people who foresaw the possibility of a transcendent being world war breaking out.
Once that happened, the order of the entire world would completely change.
Transcendent being would step onto the stage and become the power that ruled the world.
Then, intense competition would erupt for transcendent being resources.
Especially those countries and families that had the backing of gods.
They were bound to fight to the death.
They had to determine who was stronger!
Therefore, it wasn't just in the Land of Qin and the Kunlun state.
Even the transcendent being families of the Federal Empire were preparing for the transcendent being world war that would eventually arrive!
The generals who were hiding in the blessed lands and spirit veins were all waiting.
Unfortunately...
The transcendent being world war did not start in the end.
Even if the evil god was revived.
Even if the commander-in-chief of the Blackguard attacked the Land of Qin.
All parties maintained restraint.
At the same time, the appearance of nuclear weapons and space-based weapons had hedged the danger of the transcendent being.
In the hands of mortals, there were also weapons that could punish and even kill generals!
Against the transcendent being and the gods, one plan after another was put forward.
The theory of saturation attack and super saturation attack began to appear.
In short, if one shot was not enough, then two shots would be enough.
If two shots were not enough, then a hundred shots would be enough.
If that was not enough!
Ten thousand arrows returned to the sky!
He dragged everyone to travel to the wasteland!
Thus, the transcendent being was scared silly.
The mortals actually held daggers to their necks and threatened: if you mess around again, we will die together!
"Then..." He Wan asked, "Brother Zheng, what do you mean?"
Zheng Kexing licked his lips and said, "Brother He, you've also thought of it, right?"
He Wan nodded. "Yes!"
"Since we have to fight the waves, we can't have any more scruples!"
"We have to let go of all grudges!"
"We have to use any means necessary!"
"We have to provoke the transcendent being world war!"
"Even if we die, we have to provoke it!"
"After all... if we are going to die... then we might as well drag the entire world down with us!"
"A world without me is worthless!"
This was He Wan's resolve.
A world without me would be better off destroyed!
"Besides, we might not die!" He Wan laughed.
As long as they succeeded, the world would be in chaos.
How could the Blackguard still have the mood to care about them?
Zheng Kexing also became excited when he heard He Wan\'s words.
A man should be like this!
Stretch out your neck and wait to be killed?
No!
The ancients knew that a gentleman would not be spared from death.
As a transcendent being, if he had to die, then he had to die with a bang and let the entire world know his name!
Just as Master Yan had said, "If you can't eat in five cauldrons while alive, you'll be cooked in five cauldrons while dead!"
It was just like Li Qingzhao's sigh: "Even now, I miss Xiang Yu and refuse to cross the river east!"
"Then …" He Wan asked Zheng Kexing, "Let me guess, Brother Zheng's thoughts …"
"Is it three days later …"
"What about the so-called Legend of Nightmare conference?"
Zheng Kexing laughed. "Great minds think alike!"
"The Legend of Nightmare conference in three days seems to be impeccable!"
"But in reality, we all know …"
"Whether it's those people or the people from the Land of Qin..."
"We can't just sit back and watch as Xia takes control of the Realm of Nightmare!"
"That's why they will definitely act up!"
"At that time …"
"The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind!"
"Let's take advantage of the chaos to strike …"
"As long as I kill an important person in the venue, it will be enough to throw the world into chaos!"
At that time, the scene would definitely be extremely chaotic.
In the chaos, once an important figure of the Federal Empire was assassinated.
This would inevitably provoke a world war!
The enraged Blackguard would directly start a war with all parties!
At that time, the world was in chaos and the flames of war were everywhere.
People like them could hibernate and wait for the existing order to collapse.
Therefore, they had to choose a figure that the Federal Empire had to fight for as their target.
Who?
He Wan and Zheng Kexing looked at each other and smiled. They both read the same name from each other's eyes.
Master X!
He Wan took out an amber-colored bottle from his bosom.
"This is a treasure I got from the Land of Qin!"
"It's called 'Blood of Jörmungandr'. It's extremely poisonous. Even a god will be unable to fight back once he's tainted by it!"
Jörmungandr was the world-devouring snake in the Odin system.
Its blood could even poison a god to death!
It was a treasure that He Wan had exchanged with great difficulty through secret channels!
Zheng Kexing also smiled and took out a tachi that was surrounded by countless resentment.
He gently pulled it out.
"This is the Demon Blade Muramasa!"
"Fusang's most famous transcendent being weapon!"
"Legend has it that even the demon king of Fusang can be hurt!"
Demon Blade Muramasa and Jörmungandr's blood.
Killing a Master X should be a piece of cake!
The reason was very simple.
In their opinion, the so-called Master X should be the representative of a mysterious force.
No matter how strong he was, he should only have the strength of a revived god.
Considering that in the past two hundred years, the strongest god that had revived was only the King of Angels in the Church of Bone of the Land of Qin.
But even among the Angel Kings, there was one who perished outside.
The Archangel Sariel, who symbolized restraint, had fallen in Greece.
Legend had it that the one who attacked was a woman holding the divine weapon of the God of War, Ares.
Since the Archangel of the Land of Qin had also been schemed against and had fallen outside.
Legend had it that even the God's corpse had been eaten.
In addition, Li Shouyi had also beheaded the Diablo and completely killed him.
This meant that even a god could be killed.
As long as the plan was right, it would be easy!
Such examples had appeared endlessly in both reality and myths!
However, He Wan and Zheng Kexing would never know.
While they were talking.
In the air above their heads, in the depths of the void.
Countless Evil Eyes seemed to have grown out of the void, abruptly growing out of the bulging void barriers.
These Evil Eyes twisted and let out strange and terrifying cries that no living creature could hear.
It was like the sound of a nightmare.
"What's wrong with me?"
"This dream is getting weirder and weirder!"
"I can actually dream that someone wants to assassinate me?!"
"I'm crazy! I'm really crazy! "
However, the surface of these Evil Eyes cracked.
Deformed wriggling tentacles grew out.
The wrists of these tentacles split open, and rows of slender sharp teeth that were so sharp that they could devour and tear apart anything were densely arranged according to a certain pattern.
Crack crack crack!
Crack crack crack!
These teeth rubbed against each other.
The void began to tremble because of this.
Vaguely, one could see that there seemed to be shadows sitting on the bodies that were flowing with mucus on top of these tentacles.
There was a dignified emperor.
There was a holy and evil Buddha.
There was also the Lord of the Underworld with a dense death aura.
But most of them were strange, deformed objects that did not look like humans at all. They could not even be considered living creatures.
Most of them seemed to be in a strange state, as if they were in a deep sleep.
Those things that woke up let out bursts of strange laughter.
"Ga ga ga... ga ga ga..."
"Assassinate!" They even let out murmurs. These murmurs overflowed from the void and quietly sank into the minds of He Wan and Zheng Kexing.
They bewitched them and encouraged them.
They magnified their determination and twisted their spirits.
"You will succeed!"
As these murmurs quietly settled.
He Wan and Zheng Kexing's will became more and more determined.
They even had a faint feeling.
Perhaps, this was their destiny!
Something that they were destined to do!
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