"Dead?"
Xiao Chen's mood suddenly became a little heavy. He was the teacher, and he had cultivated the Phantom Art created by the Sword Shadow Emperor, which meant that he was indirectly the disciple of the Sword Shadow Emperor. Now that the master had died, it was only natural that the disciple would feel sad.
"Yes, he's dead." As Duanmu Dihua's mood was heavy, he didn't notice the slight change in Xiao Chen's expression.
He said in a heavy tone, "The Sword Shadow Emperor's tomb is located in the southern region of the Central Prefecture, which is also the region ruled by the Duanmu Family. However, no one can or dares to go near the tomb because the area within a radius of ten thousand feet is covered by a Great Emperor Killing Formation.
"Any person or other lifeform that tries to enter the mausoleum will be instantly sliced into pieces by the countless sword lights that can instantly kill a Paramount Heavenly God, turning them into nothingness the moment they enter the range of the killing formation."
"Great Emperor Killing Formation …" Xiao Chen felt a chill down his spine. He never thought that such a terrifying formation like the Great Emperor Killing Formation existed in this world. Just thinking about it made his heart palpitate.
Xiao Chen started to admire the Great Emperor greatly. He secretly swore that when he reached the Great Emperor Realm, he would be able to shake the world and laugh at the Nine Heavens. A killing formation that had been left in the world for tens of thousands of years would be able to make the experts of the future stop in fear.
"From ancient times until now, I reckon that apart from Qing Thearch, no one has entered the Sword Shadow Emperor's tomb because only a Great Emperor can resist the Great Emperor Killing Formation."
"Moreover, I also speculate that Emperor Qing might have relied on that mysterious piece of unknown metal to enter Emperor Jianying's tomb. After all, Emperor Jianying was known as the Great Emperor with the strongest attack in history."
Duanmu Dihua didn't care about Xiao Chen's shock. He talked about what he knew and speculated.
"Qing Thearch didn't destroy the Great Emperor Killing Formation protecting the Sword Shadow Emperor's tomb. This is a kind of respect to the previous Great Emperors. Once the Great Emperor Killing Formation is destroyed, the Sword Shadow Emperor's tomb will lose its defensive formation, and the experts of the future will enter.
"Therefore, Qing Thearch was a righteous Demon Emperor. It's a pity that he disappeared forever. No one knows whether he's dead or alive. However, although the Great Emperor has a long life, he isn't immortal. The longest he can live is fifty thousand years.
"The lifespan of the Divine Realm lower than the Great Emperor is much shorter than that of the Great Emperor. No one wants to die. Even the Great Emperor is not a True God, let alone the Divine Realm.
"That's why many heavenly deities desire to become great emperors and obtain a longer lifespan. Only by becoming great emperors would one have the qualifications to seek immortality!"
After listening to Duanmu Zhenhua's words, Xiao Chen and Big Yellow became silent. They were both thinking about the same question. Was there really an eternal True God in this world or beyond this world?
As powerful as the Great Emperor was, he couldn't escape the corrosion of time. Although he had been invincible for tens of thousands of years, and his glory and strength had been elevated to the extreme, in the end, his prosperity faded away. Dust returned to dust, dust returned to dust. He was just a brilliant wave in the endless passage of time.
It was too difficult to prove one's Dao to a Great Emperor, so there were very few martial artists who could become a Great Emperor. It was hard to find one in tens of thousands of years.
However, when a Great Emperor realized his dream of immortality, he couldn't bring his lover, family, brothers, and friends to live for tens of thousands of years. Therefore, his family and friends died of old age one after another. In the end, he was the loneliest person in the world.
It's lonely at the top.
In the ancient books, there are no records of Great Emperors reaching an even stronger, unknown realm, such as True God.
Is the end of cultivation to wait for death alone? Then what's the point of cultivation? Xiao Chen, Yellow Dog, and Duanmu Dihua had this sad and melancholic thought.
If the Great Emperor is to live alone for tens of thousands of years and then die, then the life of a Great Emperor might not be as good as a mortal's hundred years of happiness.
"Big Brother, Second Brother, why are you so pessimistic? Don't be fooled by that bad boy who secretly eats other people's women! Hehehe. "
Right at this moment, the Flaming Fiend Sword's voice appeared in the minds of Xiao Chen and Big Yellow who were feeling melancholy, and it immediately woke them up.
"Uh …"
When Xiao Chen and Yellow Dog woke up, they were embarrassed. They quickly swept away their melancholic mood and recovered their positive and optimistic attitude.
When Xiao Chen saw that Duanmu Dihua was still immersed in his negative mood, he shouted, "Dihua! Wake up! "
"Ah?" Duanmu Dihua woke up and looked at Xiao Chen in shock. He asked strangely, "Big Brother, what's the purpose of our cultivation?"
"Why?" Xiao Chen did not answer Duanmu Dihua immediately. He sorted out his ventriloquism, then looked at Duanmu Dihua and said seriously,
"Dihua, you know better than I do. How many people in this world can reach the Heavenly God Realm and Great Emperor Realm, especially the Great Emperor Realm? Very few, right? Since it's a very small number, why are you worrying about it?
"Even if you and I can cultivate to the Heavenly God Realm or even the Great Emperor Realm, it'll be decades or even centuries later. Don't you think it's unnecessary for us to worry about it now?"
"Uh … Big Brother, what you said seems to make sense." Duanmu Dihua's dazed eyes became brighter, his mind became more open, and the melancholy in his heart gradually faded.
"Now, we don't have to think about those realms or goals that we might not be able to achieve in our lifetime. What we need to do is live well in the present, take one step at a time, don't aim too high, don't be frivolous and hot-tempered."
"It doesn't matter if you're an ordinary person or a martial artist, it's useless to think too much. As long as you do what you need to do and protect the people you need to protect, that's enough. You don't need to achieve much, you just need to have a clear conscience!"
"Well said! Well said, Big Brother! " Duanmu Dihua and Yellow Dog cheered for Xiao Chen's brilliant words at the same time, agreeing with Xiao Chen's words very much.
"You guys don't have to flatter me. I'm just sharing my thoughts with my brothers. If there's anything wrong, you guys can point it out directly. Hehe."
Xiao Chen felt that the cheers from his two brothers were getting more and more interesting, so he changed the topic. He thought of a person, a person who would make one's heart ache and feel extremely guilty. Thus, he said to Duanmu Dihua in an extremely serious tone,
"Dihua, you used to be a young master of the Duanmu Family, so you must know a lot of things. I want to ask you about a person who is very important to me. I hope you can think about it and answer me truthfully. Can you do that?"
"Ask about a person?" Duanmu Dihua was slightly stunned. When he realized that Xiao Chen's expression was unprecedentedly serious, he immediately became serious and said with a cautious expression, "Big Brother, please speak."
"Okay." Xiao Chen nodded and took a deep breath. He said a name that he treasured in his heart one word at a time, "I want to ask you about a girl. Her name is Su Qingyi. Have you heard of her in the Central State? She might be a young miss of a large family in the Central State. "
"Su Qingyi?"
Duanmu Dihua repeated the name Su Qingyi. He felt that it was very unfamiliar, so he didn't immediately say that he had never heard of her. He tried his best to recall, but it was to no avail. Thus, he said with embarrassment,
"Big Brother, I'm sorry. I've never heard of a young miss named Su Qingyi in any large family or aristocratic family. The Central State has four great families and twelve great families. The four great families all have compound surnames, and none of the twelve great families have the surname Su."
"You haven't? Think again, think again. " Xiao Chen felt a wave of disappointment in his heart. He grabbed Duanmu Dihua's thin shoulders and shook him with all his might. He wasn't afraid that the latter's bones would fall apart.
"Ouch? Big Brother, be gentle. Don't be so agitated. My body is very fragile. Hehe. "Duanmu Dihua felt the strength of Xiao Chen's hands, so he deliberately exaggerated the pain.
"Ugh! Sorry, Dig Hua. " Xiao Chen realized that he had lost his composure, so he sincerely apologized to Duanmu Dihua. He then asked, "Have you heard of a beautiful foreign young miss from a certain large family a year ago?"
"A year ago? A foreign young miss? " Duanmu Zhenhua somewhat understood that Xiao Chen had come to the Central Plains to find a young woman from the same continent as Xiao Chen, who might have come to the Central Plains.
The onlooker sees the game more clearly.
Yellow Dog noticed that Xiao Chen was a little too anxious, so he comforted him.
"Big Brother, don't be anxious. Dig Hua left the Duanmu Family three years ago and then did some sneaky things. How would she know the situation of the aristocratic families and large families in the Central State? Dig Hua, am I right? "
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