The Summer provincial city was within sight, but Yang Xuan frowned instead.
It was different from what he had imagined. The horde of corpses he had been expecting did not appear. The entire city was empty. It had become a dead city.
"He's not here!" Qing said.
Not only was Zhou Shouyuan not here, but even the zombies in the city had vanished without a trace.
She had no idea where they had gone either.
Yang Xuan looked at the empty city. After a moment of silence, he suddenly said, "Let's enter the city!"
Corpse Soldiers surged into the Summer provincial like the tide. The bustling city that could hold a million people seemed gloomy and terrifying now.
There were no living people, nor were there any dead people.
In the city lord's estate, Yang Xuan discovered a letter.
It was from the imperial edict, Your Excellency Bai Qi,
When I heard that you had come, I was overjoyed. However, I had important matters to attend to, so I was unable to receive you personally. If you are free, why don't you come to Qingyang for a chat? I will definitely welcome you with open arms and prepare wine for you.
The letter was very short, only a few sentences, but Yang Xuan's gaze lingered on the signature at the end for a very long time.
Zhou Shouyuan!
Zhou Shouyuan had left this letter for Yang Xuan. He had already gone to the capital of the Sunwheel kingdom, Qingyang, and invited Yang Xuan to come as well.
Sucking in a deep breath, Yang Xuan's expression did not change at all.
"Interesting!" He said indifferently. However, there was a strong killing intent in his eyes.
… …
On this day, three strange people arrived outside the capital of the Sunwheel kingdom, Qingyang city.
There was a white-robed young master, a knight who even covered his horse with a black cloth, and a woman who radiated with an icy-cold aura.
The three of them travelled together, ignoring the gazes of others. They directly arrived in front of the imperial palace.
"Let them know that Bai Qi is here," the white-robed young master said to the guards at the entrance indifferently.
The guards dared not tarry. Their many years of experience told them that the stranger a person seemed, the more they could not afford to offend them.
Fifteen minutes later, the palace gates opened wide. The imperial guards guarding the palace surged out like the tide, leaving behind a path.
"His Majesty invites you in!" A knight said loudly.
The white-clothed man led the woman and the black-clothed knight through the road guarded by the imperial guards. They went straight to the main hall where Su Hanyu held his morning court every day.
However, the person on the Emperor's Throne who was wearing a dragon robe was not Su Hanyu. Instead, it was a person who was emitting a dense scholarly aura.
"Brother Bai, you've come from so far away. I'm so happy to see you." The man in the dragon robe stood up from the throne and waved his hand. The door slowly closed.
"Zhou Shouyuan?" Yang Xuan asked.
"That's me." Zhou Shouyuan smiled.
For some reason, Yang Xuan felt that the dragon robe that belonged to Su Hanyu seemed to fit Zhou Shouyuan very well.
Qing, who was behind him, began to tremble.
Zhou Shouyuan looked at Qing and then at Hei Jia. He suddenly smiled and said, "This one is very curious. How did you make my two subordinates betray me?"
Yang Xuan reached out and pressed down on the bruises that were about to erupt. Then, he stared at Zhou Shouyuan's face for a long time before saying, "I always thought that you were a zombie."
"Haha!" Zhou Shouyuan laughed. "Brother Bai, you must be joking. If this Zhou was also a zombie, wouldn't it be too boring?"
"Indeed." Yang Xuan said. Then, he threw out a few books.
Pa!
A book fell at Zhou Shouyuan's feet. Zhou Shouyuan bent down and slowly picked it up. After casually flipping it open, he began to read aloud.
"Thousands of worlds, humans reign supreme. Where is the Wood? Wood, flowers, plants, trees, spirits … "
Zhou Shouyuan read a few sentences before closing the book. He casually said, "This point of view is quite interesting."
Yang Xuan's eyes narrowed. He did not say anything.
Zhou Shouyuan threw the book back and changed the topic. "Brother Bai, you've chased me all the way here and stole my zombies. What are your intentions?"
Yang Xuan looked at his right arm. When he threw the book, Zhou Shouyuan had thrown it with his right arm. His movements seemed smooth, but for some reason, Yang Xuan had a strange feeling. It was as if Zhou Shouyuan was not used to using his right arm.
Smiling, Yang Xuan said, "You left a message, inviting this Bai for a chat. You said that you would cook wine for me. Where is the wine?"
"The wine is here!" Zhou Shouyuan waved his hand. A wine cup flew out. The wine in the cup was clear and transparent.
Yang Xuan caught the wine cup. After drinking it without hesitation, he said, "Good wine!"
"Brother Bai, are you not afraid that the wine is poisoned?" Zhou Shouyuan asked.
"Is there?" Yang Xuan threw away the wine cup.
"There is!" Zhou Shouyuan slowly said.
Yang Xuan shook his head and said word by word, "Zhou Shouyuan can poison, but Brother Su can't."
The hall fell into silence. One could hear a pin drop.
After an unknown amount of time, the extremely dense scholarly aura on Zhou Shouyuan's body suddenly melted like snow, disappearing without a trace.
As the aura of the scroll dissipated, a domineering aura emerged from Zhou Shouyuan's body, as if he was the sole ruler of the world.
A scene seemed to appear in front of Yang Xuan's eyes: an Emperor, standing at the peak, looking down on the common people and thousands of miles of land.
"How do you know my identity?" The Emperor's voice was like heaven and earth, directly pressing down.
In an instant, a gust of wind seemed to blow in the hall, blowing Yang Xuan's hair back.
"The author of the book I showed you just now." Yang Xuan's body did not move. He said indifferently, "Zhou Shouyuan!"
The Emperor's eyes were like torches as he stared at Yang Xuan.
"Also, I went to your tomb and saw your skeleton!" Yang Xuan paused for a moment before continuing.
"So that's how it is!" The Emperor's aura faded like a tide, and he seemed to have fallen into memory.
"Have I already become a skeleton?" He muttered to himself, "That's right, so much time has passed."
Looking at the man who clearly had Zhou Shouyuan's face, but also looked like another person, Yang Xuan thought for a moment and said directly, "Su Zhenchen, why did you choose the location in the Sun Wheel Region?"
"This is my home. If I don't choose here, where else can I choose?" The Emperor, no, Su Zhenchen seemed to be a little confused.
Yang Xuan asked again, "Why did you kill Zhou Xiaohei? Why did you kill the people of Zhou Zhai Village?"
"Get lost!" Su Zhenchen suddenly became furious. His eyes instantly turned red, and a huge roar came out of his mouth, shaking the hall.
Yang Xuan's eyes flashed with a strange color as he stared at Su Zhenchen.
In the next moment, the aura of disdain on Su Zhenchen's body suddenly dissipated, and the scholarly aura from before appeared again.
It was the same scholarly aura, but for some reason, Yang Xuan felt that the scholarly aura that appeared this time was very different from the one before.
If there was a difference, it was probably the difference between fake and real.
The scholarly aura on Su Zhenchen's body seemed to be deliberately disguised, but the aura this time was like a real, innate scholarly aura.
"Xiu Xiu, you're here?" After a moment, Su Zhenchen let out a surprised voice.
Qing's body shook, and he probed, "Zhou Shouyuan?"
"It's me, Xiu Xiu!" Zhou Shouyuan said happily, "You came to see me?"
"I'm here to kill you!" Qing's voice was very cold and full of killing intent.
Zhou Shouyuan was obviously stunned, and said anxiously, "Xiu Xiu, why do you want to kill me? How did I offend you? Don't be angry, okay? I'll apologize to you. "
"You promised me that you wouldn't hurt Xiaohei, but you killed him." Qing's resentful voice echoed in the hall.
"Xiaohei?" Zhou Shouyuan was stunned at first, and then anger appeared on his face.
"Su Zhenchen, come out!" In the next moment, he let out a huge roar.
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