Chapter 458: Shadow Moon
The cold wind and rain blew on the deck, and the wisps of cold wind blew in and disappeared in the heating in an instant, Chu Xianzhao never thought that it was the height of summer, but why did he still feel a chill to the bone, with his weak appearance, when he went to Huangyungang, he didn't know if he could walk, could it be that he was carried by her like a waste person?
He sneezed lightly, Ying Liyang put down the iron tongs and closed the window knowingly, Chu Xianzhao tried to prop up the bed with his hands, slowly sat up, and leaned on the side of the bed a little haggardly.
Chu Xianzhao stared at the fire plate beside the bed, at that moment his pupils reflected the firelight, and his purple pupils were gradually covered by red gold.
"Drink some hot porridge, and then it's time to take your medicine. β
Princess Daqin walked into the cabin with a bowl of warm meat porridge, brought it to Chu Xianzhao and blew it gently, handed the spoon to his lips, and warmed the medicine that Chu Zhaozhao had to drink every morning in the stove on the side.
Chu Xianzhao didn't ask her to feed herself as usual this time, he stretched out his hand from the woolen blanket and ate it with a bowl.
Ying Liyang was very satisfied with his current situation, Chu Xianzhao looked at the friend of life and death in front of him, twitched the corners of his mouth quite reluctantly, and smiled as easily as if he wanted to go over, but he couldn't laugh out loud, so he could only sigh low and said, "I didn't expect us to survive until now." β
She raised her hand to wipe the green onions from the corner of Chu Xianzhao's mouth, and said calmly: "It's good to be alive, you and I don't have to say something like thank you, I still have to blame for the incident in Lin'an City after all, if I had told me earlier-"
Chu Xianzhao smiled bitterly: "There is nothing strange or strange, at least let me see the true face of some people...... In the future, I don't want to be anyone's puppet anymore, I can be regarded as completely free. β
Princess Daqin sighed softly, looking at his pale face in a daze, she didn't know how many strange emotions were born in her heart, the two of them in the cabin were speechless, I don't know if they remembered the fiasco in the palace at that time, which made Chu Xianzhao, the existence of the most dazzling new star in the whole world, feel a huge frustration for the first time, and when facing the figure in the purple gold imperial robe, his strength still seemed so small.
Princess Daqin was quite distressed and said, "Chu Xianzhao, you have made yourself very bad this time. β
Chu Xianzhao asked softly, "Will I become a waste?"
Princess Daqin quietly looked at his pale face and said: "Don't think nonsense, that man's injuries are no lighter than yours, the arrow you shot destroyed an entire army, and presumably also hit that man hard in the end, otherwise we wouldn't have had a chance to escape." β
Chu Xianzhao nodded, no matter how long he slept, the tiredness in his eyes still did not dissipate, and asked calmly, "What are we going to ......do next?" What to do?"
Ying Liyang said quietly: "Go to Nanlu, where are people waiting for you and me to arrive, they have been waiting for generation after generation, yes."
It's time for them to hear you. β
"Who are those people?"
Ying Liyang didn't need to answer his question, but suddenly asked, "Do you think it is really a blessing to become an immortal?
Chu Xianzhao felt that Princess Daqin's statement was a little wrong, if the immortals were not strong, then why did so many people in the world dream of becoming immortals, from Confucian saints to Buddhist saints, their efforts are all for the day when they can become immortals, fly through the gate of heaven and become immortals worshiped by ten thousand people, compared with the people in the world, it is naturally extremely powerful, of course, it is also related to the metamorphosis of the long night that can behead the immortals outside the gate of heaven.
Princess Daqin looked at Chu Xuanzhao's eyes and said word by word: "Chu Xuanzhao remembers, those ancient gods who were defeated from the hands of human beings back then, except for the cold god and most of the gods who were imprisoned in the abyss of the extreme north, a small number of gods saw the fate of the cold god after the battlefield began, and fled away from the nine heavens early, borrowing their divine power to create a piece of what we call "Heavenly Court" Until the end of this war, they still did not dare to return to the human world, and could only be reduced to trembling children hiding in the heavenly court, but they were still unwilling to accept the consequences of defeat, so they waited like this. When humanity forgot that history, they no longer chose to hide, but invented a way to rule the world indirectly without harming themselves. β
Maybe it was because of the morning, Chu Xianzhao was still a little confused, Princess Daqin's good-looking brows twisted together, and she racked her brains to think of a similar metaphor to explain to him, "It's like ...... You know the imperial examination. β
Chao for Tian Shelang, twilight to the Tianzi Hall.
Of course, Chu Xianzhao understands the importance of the imperial examination to the common people, and completely breaks the blood hereditary relationship and the monopoly power of the family, so that the majority of poor disciples can one day carp through the dragon gate and get the opportunity to display their talents in the imperial court.
"The meaning of the Taoist and the imperial examination is almost the same, but also one of the means of screening talents, the imperial examination is an important method used by the emperor to screen knowledgeable people, as an official in the world in various parts of the world for the king to exercise power, the same gods have also set a threshold, the people of the world practice to a certain realm will have the capital to enter the house, tear open the heaven and earth through the gate of heaven to become an immortal, fly to heaven to give the identity of the immortals, for the gods to guard the people of the world, the beauty of the name of the heavenly immortals, this is their essence. β
Chu Xianzhao nodded and said, "I understand, it turns out that becoming an immortal is a perverted and difficult imperial examination." β
Princess Daqin said: "The imperial examination can test people's knowledge but cannot screen people's conduct, and people who become immortals also have greedy and dangerous existences. You've seen those yourself
The so-called immortal faces, when they fished for my Great Qin's luck, they were so ugly that they were no different from hooligans and bandits. In your legends, the immortals have an almost infinite lifespan, extremely powerful power, and they all live in the heavenly court above the nine heavens, and they need to open the heavenly gate with their strength in order to have a chance to enter the heavenly gate and become immortals, or let those immortals secretly leave the heavenly gate, and they themselves cannot leave the heavenly gate casually, unless they are allowed to. β
"Allowed?
Princess Daqin said: "With the permission of the gods of nature, their every move is controlled by the gods, and the immortals who disobey the ideas of the gods, and the courtiers who disobey the will of the king, are all the same fate." β
After hearing these words, Chu Xianzhao's eyes gradually dimmed, and the courtiers who disobeyed the king's will ...... No matter how many things you have done for the country, once you touch the bottom line of Emperor Yin, you will inevitably end up with a dead word.
Ying Liyang seemed to sense his loss, she took the bowl in Chu Xianzhao's hand and put it aside, poured out the warm medicinal soup from the thermos on the charcoal stove, and raised her jade hand slightly to pour the thick black medicinal juice into the porcelain bowl.
In her eyes that were so casual on weekdays, she was a little worried at this time, and said softly: "Don't think too much about the past, come and drink this bowl of medicine." β
Chu instantly moved his body, only feeling that his limbs were sore, but his legs seemed to be able to move, and he might be able to get out of bed and walk.
Princess Daqin sat on the edge of the bed with the medicinal soup, let his shoulders lean on her body, and fed him spoonful by spoonful.
Chu Xianzhao only felt that his head was buzzing, and he could feel the touch of the soft skin through the thin fabric, and the color like a mist slowly rose in his eyes, and he only heard Princess Daqin say faintly: "Originally, I chose Su Shuntian to help me do this, but I didn't do it well, ruining his dynasty and your past." β
"And there were too many people who died in that war, that is, during that period there was a huge fault line in human history, and the achievements accumulated by mankind in the Divine Era were almost wiped out, but almost ...... In fact, it's better for your father to get a flying armor, and then mass-produce this armor to wear on your soldiers, and then start a war to conquer other countries. β
Chu Xianzhao occupied all these myths and stories in his mind at this time, and said thoughtfully: "Chu Xiaohua said that there are many treasures and relics left behind in that era, all of which are hidden under the land of the Southern Continent and in the mountains...... How exactly did he know all this, or was someone telling him, as you told me? β
Ying Liyang said: "I guess it is the immortals who wanted to annihilate me that day, your father and those immortals are planning a very large and terrifying plan...... We need to finish our plan before they finish it. β
"The heavenly gods and the heavenly immortals, for this coming
War, they know the most, don't they make any preparations, let the cold god wake up from the end of the abyss?"
"Who can see the enemies at the end of the world, let alone those immortals who are high above. β
Princess Daqin said: "The ability to wander is limited, I can only see the scene of their fighting, but I can't see the place and true appearance of the god of cold and light, those heavenly immortals must also be waiting for the god of cold to wake up and invade the world, sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and wait for the time when both sides are defeated to come to the world again, and take the benefits of the fisherman." β
"I always feel that those immortals are weak. β
Princess Daqin said sarcastically: "Immortals are also people, and people are originally very weak things, unless they are united. They are just a bunch of dogs raised by God, with shackles around their necks, and no matter how powerful they are, they are just dogs raised by others...... Even my father...... They also put shackles on them. β
"Say your own biological father is a dog...... Not so good. β
Ying Liyang reacted to his slip of the tongue at this time, and said with a slight annoyance: "Don't you yourself say that your father is a beast? In short, never try to step into the immortal path with strength, this is my advice to you." β
Chu Xianzhao said: "Yes, who would have thought that my father, who has been with us for more than ten years, would suddenly become a beast in his own mouth, and it is difficult to let go of it, so what should we do after that?"
Ying Liyang was silent for a moment, and said: "If the luck of the court enters the human world today, the strength of the immortals will become weaker and weaker, and the people in the human world will become stronger and stronger, including the cold god in the abyss of the extreme north, and we need to build a great wall to resist them, because this is an all-out battle, and no one can completely avoid it." β
Ying Liyang sighed faintly and said: "People only know that immortals don't know gods, for these gods who have disappeared for thousands of years, we know very little about them, it is not excluded that in this world today, there may be gods walking on this land, they are hiding very deeply, and they have been silently paying attention to the world dynasty, and it may even cause wars." β
"You're a man who has learned the art of kings and the way of war, and guess how this war will start?"
Chu Xuanzhao said slowly: "Let us fall into a civil war, and the entire world dynasty will break out into a terrible war, first a war between us, if it is not a war between us and them." β
"And then?"
"Everyone will do everything in their power to win, tens of thousands of people will die, and whoever wins in the end will take over a sparsely populated dynasty. β
"Then the gods will come, and they will sweep away the rest of the population with absolute power, completely cleanse us from the world, and perhaps turn us into their slaves again, and finally the war will end, and the world will be theirs again. β
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Instantaneously Zhao looked at the morning rain that gradually stopped, and said with some confusion: "We...... What the hell should I do?"
Ying Liyang held the porcelain bowl and sighed: " I have been walking on the human world for thousands of years, and I have seen countless kings in the world, and then I found that I am not the only one who knows about the war that happened in the past, and there are many people who also know about the war that happened in the past, do you remember that I told you that the kings who had the power of the god of light led tens of thousands of warriors against the ancient gods, and most of the people who participated in that war died, and a small number of people survived, and the story was passed on by word of mouth, and the descendants of these heroes came together to form a mysterious religious group called Shadow Moonγ β
"Shadow Moon?"
Chu Xianzhao slowly recited these two words, feeling that there was a huge secret hidden behind these two words.
"They are not like Buddhist Buddhists, there is no Buddhist hall for worship and chanting activities, unlike Taoist Taoists, who can walk in the world openly, they are a group of watchmen, watching the current peace and prosperity, maintaining justice in the world, and at the same time passing on this story. β
"How did you meet them?"
"When I finally collected these past clues and stories, I chose to be born again, the people at that time after witnessing my incredible power, they all regarded me as a goddess, at that time the ruling of the Northern Regions was still a huge dynasty, there was no west of Yan Mang you Yin Kingdom These countries, I was taken to the king of the Northern Regions as a goddess, that man also admired me, maybe he fell in love with me, and wanted me to be his queen, and I agreed to him, so I told him this story, as a price I hope he can go to the North to build the Great Wall, so that even if the cold god awakens and invades the world thousands of years later, human beings still have a foothold in the North Land, but they treated me as a madman, and even forced me to commit to him. β
Chu Xianzhao asked with a strange face, "You...... Finally agreed?"
Ying Liyang sneered and said, "How is it possible? I finally killed him, and was regarded as an unyielding tyrant, and finally was hunted down by the emperor's people, and by chance I met this group called Shadow Moon, and they saved me and treated me as a saint in their teachings, and I accepted the protection of this group, and got more stories from them about the past war, it turned out that this organization could still survive for thousands of years after the end of that war, and the reason why they really passed it on was not only that story, but also a power similar to the protection of the gods, which could appear when they lived and died, and gave them unimaginable powerThey are not a group of headless flies, except for the true leader, the real strength to maintain their faith comes from the existence of a person called the "King of the Apocalypse", who does not hesitate to join and never quit. β
"The Lord of the Apocalypse is a spiritual force, nowhere to be found, since
After the defeat of the God of Cold, this power has only appeared in a few years of history, and the followers of the Shadow Moon Cult have always believed that the God of Cold will awaken again and sweep the world, and the only existence that can defeat the God of Cold is the Lord of the Apocalypse, so they have been waiting for the Lord of the Apocalypse to appear. β
Chu Xianzhao asked, "Then what about later, how did you enter the Great Qin Emperor's Mausoleum?"
"Originally, I should have become such a watchman, after they learned about my background and strength, but because of my Shadow Moon Sect, there was a huge disagreement, some people think that I am the Lord of the Apocalypse they have been waiting for, this is a good time for them to rise, let them re-enter the world and let more people know about the past war between man and god, so that the kings can call on all the people to go to the north to build the Great Wall, and prepare for the awakening of the ancient gods. The great suzerain at that time vetoed their opinions, because they were the watchmen of the world, and they should have been the darkness in the light to keep the peace, and they must not take the initiative to go into the sun. β
"There are many people who have questioned the approach of the Great Sect Master, one of them stood up and killed the Great Sect Master, and finally split the Shadow Moon Sect, some of them fled to the land of the Southern Continent, and some of them died in that civil war, but I was chased and killed by them all the way to the Great Qin Emperor's Mausoleum, so that they hit my body hard, the Yuan Shen deposited on the Tai'a Sword and left the Imperial Mausoleum, and after going around and around, I opened my eyes and looked at the world again, it is best to meet you, and you are the Lord of the Apocalypse that they have been waiting for for many years, this time I took you to the Southern Continent to let you see them. β
"I am the Lord of the Apocalypse?" Chu Xianzhao was shocked by his words.
"In the teachings of the Shadow Moon Cult, there is a prophecy related to you, and there is only so much information I can give you, there are some things I have forgotten...... When you go to the southern continent and meet them, you will understand what I said, in this war between mankind and the ancient gods, the most important thing is that the whole world will unite against them, but as you look like the troubled world is falling apart, when they come, they will break you one by one. β
Ying Liyang closed his eyes, and said quietly: "The world is very big and life is bigger, I can choose to leave this world, go to the south of the world, it is not difficult to cross the sea of the extreme south with my strength, maybe I can still set foot on a new land and continue to live, no matter whether the world dynasty is in turmoil or war, but I am not reconciled...... I am unwilling to let this world, which once had traces of my Great Qin, disappear like this, and all the efforts of my predecessors will go down the drain, I am really unwilling. β
If they fail to prevent the cold god from waking up and returning to the world, Ying Liyang is unwilling to be the human race that has fought for so many years, all the cruel things and beautiful things in the world dynasty will be destroyed under absolute power, and the human race will return to the era of being enslaved by the gods again, as a person who has a longer life than anyone else in the world, she must do this longest and most difficult attempt.
Destruction is always easier than creation, and it has taken thousands of years for humanity to be here
The miracles that have been established in the land are nothing more than a snap of a finger under the power of the cold gods and those ancient gods.
"This time I don't think I will make the same mistake as before, since fate has chosen me to meet you, no matter what, I want this goal, you can be the King of the Apocalypse now, and you can also become the Emperor of Great Qin or the King of the World in the future, it all depends on you. β
"Only the Fallen God Steel Sword can hurt the ancient gods, and before that we need more weapons that can fight them, instead of giving me your life, why don't you find a way to live until you fight them, and leave your life on that battlefield?"
Chu Zhao said: "I always feel that I want to die when necessary to live." β
"We're going to have to try it. β
Ying Liyang's pair of phoenix eyes, which had not been stained with the turbidity of the world and were beautiful and moving, no matter how many years had passed, were deeply facing Chu Xuanzhao's purple pupils at this time, "If we fail, I won't regret anything, at least we have been brave and free, more brave and free than anyone else." β
In today's situation, Chu Xuanzhao rose up to save Princess Daqin regardless of his front and back, and finally escaped from Lin'an City with Emperor Yin, which can be regarded as a failure, although he hit Emperor Yinhuang hard, but he still failed to kill the man, and after waking up, he will inevitably be swept with great anger and the Yinguo Iron Horse.
Except for the Qing'an Dynasty, there is no dynasty that can directly face the anti-Yinguo Iron Cavalry. The human heart is not enough to swallow the elephant, and now the giant eagle with iron wings and plump wings of the Yinguo is bound to swallow the whole world into its belly, and it will do whatever it takes to do so.
There is not much way to go in front of Chu Xianzhao, and the Northern Regions are impossible to return, so forget about the Western Realm, he doesn't want to involve the child of Tantai Tranquility, so he can only follow her to the Southern Continent to seek help from the so-called Shadow Moon Sect disciples in her mouth.
The decoction on the stove was still making a subtle sound, but the heavy rain in the morning had stopped, and the warm sunlight shone into the cabin, and together with the ethereal medicinal fragrance, it became clear that the west was approaching, and Chu Xianzhao said softly: "Yes...... For this we can take risks. β
Chu Xianzhao looked at the woman who had brought disaster to the country and the people, like a woman with peach blossoms in the south, slim and graceful bathing in the morning light, Chu Chu moved the world, peerless and captivating, and there was just a smile on her face.
Princess Daqin said softly in the morning light: "I hope that in the world a thousand years from now, no matter whether there is such a person as Yingyang or not, the sun will be able to sprinkle every inch of the world." β
As it is now, it couldn't be warmer.
(End of this chapter) I want to talk about "The Throne of the Apocalypse" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~