Xiao Chen was looking around curiously. When he heard this, he quickly followed.
A faint layer of cold Qi rose from the ground of the Lunar Palace, looking like an immortal fog lingering. However, it was exceptionally cold.
Even with Xiao Chen's current cultivation, he felt a chill. This showed how cold it was.
Fortunately, the Lunar Palace was filled with flowers and leaves. Occasionally, bell-like laughter came from the women moving about, driving away much of the chill in the Lunar Palace.
Indeed, it was as Fang Qingxuan said; there was not a single man in this place. Xiao Chen's appearance was very eye-catching. Along the way, several young maidens pointed at him and whispered to each other.
Xiao Chen's six senses were very sharp. He could clearly hear all the whispers. He did not know whether to laugh or cry when he heard some of them, so he stopped paying attention to them.
Fang Qingxuan, who was leading the way, stopped. Xiao Chen stopped as well. When he looked ahead, he saw an exquisite and beautiful palace made of white jade.
The palace gates were heavily guarded. There were a thousand steps of white jade, and there was a guard every ten steps. There were two long lines of pretty girls carrying swords on their backs.
"Senior Sister Fang, you are finally here," a girl said to Fang Qingxuan as she walked down the steps gracefully.
Then, she sized up Xiao Chen curiously and asked, "Are you the Azure Dragon King Xiao Chen?" Fang Qingxuan nodded. "You are the Azure Dragon King Xiao Chen?"
Before Xiao Chen could answer, Fang Qingxuan smiled and said, "Junior Sister Lan, there is no need to verify it. He is the one. You brought him up."
"Hehe! I was just asking casually. Come with me."
At this point, Fang Qingxuan no longer stepped forward, letting Xiao Chen enter alone. After climbing the thousand steps, Xiao Chen looked up and saw the words "Meditation Moon Palace" on the palace gates.
Xiao Chen paused for a moment. The words on the palace gates gave him a familiar feeling, making him feel exceptionally close.
"You may go in." The girl leading the way pushed open the doors and invited Xiao Chen in.
Xiao Chen withdrew his gaze and walked in with large strides. The palace gates slowly closed behind him, but he did not see a single person in the palace. Just as he was feeling suspicious …
"Young Master Xiao, we meet again."
A familiar voice rang out. Yue Bingyun appeared from the back door, holding the arm of an old woman with a head full of white hair.
The old woman's strength was unfathomable. Hidden within her frail body was a power that could destroy all things, causing Xiao Chen to shiver.
However, there was a smell of decay on their bodies, and they were lethargic. They were no different from the three Great Fiends Xiao Chen met in Despair City.
This was a sign of one's lifespan reaching its end, about to pass away in meditation. Unless one had exceptional spiritual medicines, it would be difficult for them to continue living.
Furthermore, the old woman before them looked much older than the three old demons. Time and the marks left on her body were even deeper.
Even a divine medicine that could extend one's lifespan would not have any effect on this old woman.
Yue Bingyun whispered, "Master, he is the descendant of the Qing Emperor, the Blue Dragon King Xiao Chen."
The old woman's footsteps waned. As she looked at Xiao Chen, she revealed a gentle smile. Her eyes filled with reminiscence as she said in a somewhat hoarse voice, "Bingyun, withdraw first. I want to speak with him alone."
Yue Bingyun smiled faintly at Xiao Chen before withdrawing. Now, only Xiao Chen and the old woman before him remained in the spacious jade-white palace.
"Young man, will you accompany this old woman for a chat?"
Xiao Chen did not dare to delay. He nodded in agreement and walked over to help the old woman to a stone table in the corner of the palace.
The old woman's voice trembled somewhat as she asked several questions about the Xiao Clan in the lower realm. Xiao Chen did not understand, but he still explained everything in detail.
As the old woman listened, tears flowed out of her eyes. She smiled bitterly and said, "What a distant memory. Back then, the ancestor of the Ying Clan and I escorted your Xiao Clan away. In the blink of an eye, another ten thousand years have passed.
"When I was alive, I was glorious. After I left, I did not expect that Xiao Chen's line would fall into such dire straits."
Xiao Chen was shocked. Was the person the old woman mentioned referring to the Qing Emperor of the past?
Could it be that she had met the Qing Emperor before? Or did the two of them have some sort of interaction?
That was impossible. There was only one person from the same era as the Qing Emperor — the Thunder King. Ten thousand years after the Qing Emperor died, he was still alive, shaking the world with his might.
The Thunder King was already a miracle, a living legend, an immortal myth. It was impossible for there to be a second person from the same era as the Qing Emperor to be alive in this world.
Even Sovereign Martial Emperors could only live for five thousand years. Only Primes could live for more than ten thousand years.
However, after ten thousand years, there would be a tribulation every year, known as the Ten Thousand Year Tribulation. Every time one survived a Ten Thousand Year Tribulation, the next one would double in intensity.
Tribulation after tribulation was difficult. No one could survive it forever.
Regular Primes could only survive nine Ten Thousand Year Tribulation at most. Only the Thunder King was an exception. No one knew how he managed to survive for several thousand years in one go.
Wait, it might not be impossible. Xiao Chen thought of the Lunar Palace's Longevity Art. That profound Cultivation Technique was still fresh in his memory.
The old lady continued to ask questions about Xiao Chen, and they were all about himself. Xiao Chen suppressed the questions in his heart and told the old woman about his encounters in the past few years.
"It is like how he was back then, surrounded by enemies. However, he suffered even more than you did when he was young. At that time, the Deity Race was far stronger than it is now.
"The Land of the Three Holy Masters was also much more glorious than it is now. At that time, the Fiend Race had Fiend Gods. The Corpse God Palace and the Ghost Race were much more high-profile than they are now.
"However, he killed them all by himself. He killed anyone who was not convinced. He destroyed the souls of many Primes. Countless Sovereign Martial Emperors fell to his saber. He personally massacred a glorious age of geniuses. "
Xiao Chen had heard a little about the Qing Emperor's methods. Back then, the Qing Emperor had made too many enemies. After he died mysteriously, the Dragon's Gate crumbled overnight.
However, the words of others were not as shocking as the old woman's. It was like a bloody scene appeared before Xiao Chen's eyes.
At this point, Xiao Chen no longer doubted the old woman's identity.
The vicissitudes in the old woman's words and the sorrow in her expression were not something that could be faked easily.
"If you were given another chance, would you regret announcing your identity as the Qing Emperor's descendant on the Proud Son of Heaven Ranking?" The old woman changed the topic, asking Xiao Chen a question.
That was the turning point for Xiao Chen in the Kunlun Realm. Since then, he had been facing heavy pressure.
It could even be said that everything that happened now stemmed from that time when he publicly acknowledged his identity as the Qing Emperor's descendant.
However, he did not regret it at all. Xiao Chen said calmly, "I don't regret it."
The old woman did not ask why. She stood up tremblingly and sighed, "You don't regret it? That's right. From the moment you awakened the Blue Dragon Martial Spirit, you were destined not to regret it."
Seeing that the old woman was about to leave, no longer interested in continuing the conversation, Xiao Chen quickly stood up. He still had many questions that he had not asked. However, the moment he stood up, he did not know which to ask.
As the old woman slowly walked away, about to disappear around the corner of the palace, Xiao Chen asked, "Senior, can you tell me how the Qing Emperor died back then?"
The old woman did not turn around. She only let out a drawn-out sigh. "Do you think that such a tyrannical person will have a good end? Since that is the case, it is better not to know. "
"Senior!"
Feeling anxious, Xiao Chen stepped forward and called out again.
"Young Master Xiao, Master is tired. Let her rest."
Yue Bingyun appeared and advised Xiao Chen, not letting him continue.
It was not easy to meet such a person. In the end, it was the other party who kept asking him questions. After asking for so long, when Xiao Chen wanted to ask, the other party had already left.
Xiao Chen felt it was a pity. However, he was not a person who liked to force things, so he just shook his head and let it go.
"I can answer Young Master Xiao's question."
Xiao Chen's eyes lit up as he looked at Yue Bingyun with some disbelief.
Yue Bingyun said calmly, "Actually, you should be able to guess how the Qing Emperor died. Just look at why so many Holy Lands and major characters want to kill you, and you will know."
Xiao Chen asked, "You mean to say that people surrounded and killed the Qing Emperor?"
Yue Bingyun nodded and said, "Why are there no traces of the Qing Emperor's death? That is because the various Holy Lands are too ashamed to record it.
"In every era, there will be a Martial Emperor who can sweep through the world, gathering the Heavenly Dao's Luck and becoming unrivaled. The era ten thousand years ago was the Qing Emperor. The era before the Qing Emperor was the Tianwu Emperor, who founded the Tianwu Dynasty.
"Back then, for some reason, the Qing Emperor fell out with the Tianwu Emperor's inheritor, resulting in a huge battle. This battle not only shocked everyone, even destroying the Tianwu Dynasty that the many factions of the Kunlun Realm feared, but it also ended the legend of the Qing Emperor. "
Xiao Chen nodded. He knew about this. In the end, the Qing Emperor won. He even saw the Heavenly Flame's Origin Flame that the Qing Emperor used the Deity Sovereign's blood to seal in the Blue Dragon Palace.
After that, the Tianwu Dynasty vanished like smoke in the vast Demonic Calamity, becoming the legend and history of the Sky Dome Realm.
As for what happened after that, Xiao Chen was not clear. The records of the various factions stopped there as well. Then, they suddenly jumped to the Qing Emperor's death and the destruction of the Dragon's Gate.
"I know all this. I want to know what happened after that."
Yue Bingyun did not rush to answer. Instead, she said, "Come with me."
Xiao Chen followed Yue Bingyun all the way to a staircase. Then, they followed the staircase up and arrived at the top of the Meditation Moon Palace.
Standing there, Xiao Chen could vaguely make out the silhouette of Bright Moon City. There were tens of thousands of lanterns lit up there, looking as bustling as ever.
Yue Bingyun looked down and said, "Even if the descendants of the Tianwu Emperor are not as strong as their ancestors, they are not to be trifled with. Furthermore, they have the horrifying Heavenly Flame.
"Although the Qing Emperor killed the last Tianwu Dynasty Martial Emperor, he was significantly injured. After that, he was surrounded by the eighteen Demon Monarchs. However, he remained valiant, defeating the eighteen Demon Monarchs. Even when the Dark Church's Church Master made a move, he could not kill him, allowing him to retreat and return to the Kunlun Realm.
"However, he did not receive a welcome in the Kunlun Realm. Instead, he was surrounded. He did not get burned to death by the Heavenly Flame or killed by the Demon Monarchs. Instead, he died at the hands of his own people in the Kunlun Realm."
When Xiao Chen heard this, he entered deep thought. He felt that there were many points in Yue Bingyun's words that were worth discussing.
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