Kill his entire family.
What a terrifying thing this was.
Yang Wu had been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and his talent could be considered exceptional. He had already reached the Human General Tier, and it was only a matter of time before he would reach the Earth Sea Tier.
However, compared to the Empress, his talent was still quite a bit lacking.
He had never thought of climbing up the social ladder. He and Wan Lanxin were truly in love, and now that he had to face the choice of separating from her, how painful would it be for him?
However, the Empress wanted to kill his entire family, and this was no joke. She had sent out the Imperial Guards to surround the Yang Clan, and even the new top scholar Yang Wen had been captured. No one could escape.
The Empress bestowing marriage was an incredibly glorious thing, what more when the woman he was marrying was the Empress. Yang Wu actually dared to refuse the marriage, and this matter was blown out of proportion.
Yang Wu had not thought that the Empress's reaction would be so intense, and he was instantly thrown into the cold storage. For a moment, he did not know how to resolve this matter.
He was faced with two choices. One was to be together with Wan Lanxin, and the Empress would kill his entire family. The second was to be together with the Empress, and his entire family would be fine, and Wan Lanxin would also be fine.
Yang Wu only had one day to make a choice. If he did not make a decision in one day, his entire family and Wan Lanxin would all have to die.
At this moment, his entire family and Wan Lanxin had all been escorted to the Meridian Gate, and they would be executed at any time.
One day's time was neither long nor short. He stayed alone in the main hall of the Imperial Palace, and it was as if he had lost his soul. His mind kept replaying the scenes of being together with Wan Lanxin. She was a good girl, and was also very good to him. He also loved her very much. However, his entire family was also very good to him. The only bad thing was that his family liked Yang Wen more. Whatever good things there were, they would let Yang Wen choose first, and then he would choose the rest.
His mother still preferred him to marry the Empress, and Yang Wen also liked him to do so. As long as he married the Empress, Yang Wen would be like a fish in water in the Imperial Court, and the Yang Clan would advance further.
As for Wan Lanxin, she was just a woman. Even if she had saved him once or twice, compared to the lives of her family, what was she?
The day gradually passed, and the atmosphere at the execution ground became extremely tense. Everyone felt that nothing would happen if Yang Wu agreed to the empress's betrothal.
Yang Wu knelt on the ground, clenching his teeth so hard that they bled.
Between his family and his lover, who was more important?
For this choice, Yang Wu almost wanted to kill himself with his sword.
Unfortunately, the Empress had said that if he died, everyone else would be buried with him.
Finally, Yang Wu looked up to the sky and roared, "I'll marry you!"
After Yang Wu chose to marry the Empress, the members of the Yang Family were released. However, Wan Lanxin was not spared. She was beheaded.
Yang Wu felt suffocated and almost fainted.
His compromise couldn't save his lover's life. Only then did he realize how useless he was.
He and the Empress were successfully married.
They received the blessings of everyone in the dynasty. They looked so happy.
After Yang Wu and the Empress married, Yang Wu began to focus on cultivation. He cultivated to the point of death. The hatred in his heart was buried deeply. After ten years of crazy cultivation, his strength finally surpassed the Empress's and reached the Heavenly Fish Realm. He became the number one Martial God in the dynasty.
In the past ten years, there was not a moment when he didn't want to take revenge. He had enough strength to kill the Empress and avenge Wan Lanxin. However, at this time, the Empress gave birth to a son for him.
He then remembered that the Empress had taken good care of him in the past ten years. She loved him and was willing to give birth to a baby for him.
On the day she gave birth to the child, she apologized to him and said, "I know that you've been wanting to avenge her for the past ten years. You've been working hard on your cultivation just to kill me. Now that I can see the child being born, I have no regrets. You can kill me now. I've already written my will. After I die, the throne will be passed to the child and you'll be in charge of politics."
After that, she closed her eyes and waited for Yang Wu to kill her.
Yang Wu was once again in a dilemma. In the end, he couldn't do it.
The child was already born. How could he kill the child's mother?
He was at a loss and went crazy.
He completely broke down. He felt that his persistence in the past ten years was a bubble. He couldn't avenge Wan Lanxin. He was a sinner.
He wandered the streets crazily and became a homeless man. He was sometimes awake and sometimes crazy. It was as if he had been abandoned by the world.
One day, he fell in the rain and met a gentle woman who saved him.
This woman was called Zi Yu Yue. She wasn't beautiful, but she was very gentle and kind. She took care of him in every possible way. She was willing to listen to his crazy words and was willing to be beaten black and blue by him when he lost his mind. She didn't complain at all.
Once, he beat her until her head was bleeding. She even smiled and asked him, "Have you calmed down? If you haven't, beat me again. Even if it hurts a little, I can still bear it. "
Suddenly, Yang Wu's spirit seemed to be injected with a warm current. The knot in his heart was completely untied.
His spirit recovered and he was no longer crazy. He brought Zi Yu Yue back to the dynasty and announced that he wanted to take Zi Yu Yue as his wife. He announced that he wanted to become the emperor of the Xia Dynasty and replace his wife as the empress. He wanted her and his son to live a normal life.
"Yang Wu, you heartless man. In the past, in order to save your family, you killed Wan Lanxin. Now you want to rebel for the throne. You might as well kill me!" Tang Xiaohan pointed at Yang Wu and cursed.
Yang Wu calmly looked at Tang Xiaohan and said, "Ten years ago, you forced me to make a choice. In the end, I complied with you. However, you went against our agreement and killed Xin 'er. Ten years later, you gave birth to a child for me and took care of me. For the child, I can no longer kill you. However, you must pay the price for what you did. Making you a commoner and taking care of my child can be considered a punishment for you. From now on, Yu Yue will be the empress. She will be a good empress."
"You heartless traitor! You traitor!"
"Since ancient times, it has been difficult to be both loyal and righteous. Doing things according to your conscience will never be wrong."
…
Yang Wu woke up.
It was as if he had a very long dream, a bloody dream. Everyone close to him had appeared in the dream, but everyone's role was different. He couldn't tell if this was reality or a dream.
"You have passed the trial of the tenth floor!" A voice rang out.
Yang Wu was dumbfounded.
He hadn't fought anyone on this floor, so how had he passed the trial?
Could it be that everything in the dream was a test for him? How did he pass?
In the dream, he felt that he hadn't handled things perfectly. Wan Lanxin had died, but he hadn't killed Tang Xiaohan and had even supported Yu Yue to become the empress. He hadn't cared about his family at all. No matter how he looked at it, he didn't feel right.
The Martial God's voice rang out, "Do you feel that you passed easily?"
Yang Wu came back to his senses, looked at the Martial God, and nodded, "That's right. I thought that you would fight with me. Thank you, Ancestor, for accommodating me."
"Haha, I didn't accommodate you. Everything was done according to the rules here. You're not bad, kid, and your temperament is fine. If you had remained in a daze and hadn't come back to your senses, you would have been eliminated." The Martial God smiled, pausing for a moment before continuing, "With a junior like you in the family, I can rest assured. Back then, I squeezed out the last of the family's bloodline inheritance, causing the bloodline power of the Yang Family to rapidly decline. I hope that you can reignite the family's bloodline power and restore the Yang Family to its former glory."
After saying this, he disappeared from this world.
Yang Wu was depressed.
He thought that the Martial God would give him some help after saying a bunch of words of guilt. Who knew that the Martial God would leave just like that. He said disdainfully in his heart, "What Martial God? He didn't even give me anything. What's the use of saying these words?"
Yang Wu didn't mean to be disrespectful to the Martial God. It was just that he didn't get any benefits after reaching the tenth floor. He felt really uncomfortable in his heart.
Just as he was about to head to the eleventh floor, he suddenly discovered that the soul power of the Divine Court Dao Flower had increased by a large margin. It seemed that the flower had swallowed a high-grade soul pill, and its soul power had increased by a level.
When Yang Wu's battle soul broke through to the peak Heavenly Fish Realm, it went from the initial stage to the mid stage. After going through this test, it directly soared to the late stage, not far from the perfect stage.
Don't underestimate this small increase. His mental power had greatly increased, and his senses had become sharper. It was at least comparable to the soul power of a high grade Minor Saint, or even the soul power of a peak Minor Saint.
The battle soul also had an advantage. It could fight outside of the body. Other Minor Saints didn't have this ability.
With Yang Wu's current soul power, he wasn't afraid of those who were famous for their soul power attacks. Only those who had reached the True Saint Realm and above could cause him pressure.
"Seems like it's not all for nothing." Yang Wu said to himself with satisfaction. He then walked towards the light door of the eleventh floor.
"Welcome to the eleventh floor. Half a year here is equivalent to a day outside. You can stay here and cultivate for ten days. Or you can choose to continue to the twelfth floor."
Half a year was equivalent to a day, and ten days was equivalent to five years.
This terrifying ratio of time was extremely rare for anyone, especially for someone as young as Yang Wu. What he lacked the most was time to cultivate. If he could cultivate for a few years, he might be able to heal his injuries and refine his foundation. His combat power would become even stronger.
Yang Wu wasn't satisfied with this. He murmured, "I've already come this far. Why would I choose to stop? I want to take the test!"
"Think carefully. If you don't pass this test, you will be sent out of the tower and lose the qualification to cultivate." The voice sounded again.
This voice had a bewitching quality that could shake a person's confidence.
It wasn't easy for Yang Wu to reach this level. If he lost the qualification to cultivate, the blow wouldn't be small.
Yang Wu's mind was in a daze. He said firmly, "Don't try to shake my will. I will step onto the twelfth floor!"
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