This is the realm of darkness, where dead air condenses into a bottomless liquid that flows silently. It was pitch black, as silent as a tomb, with the occasional flash of light, the reflection of white bones. Occasionally I hear some voices, and it's also the **** of the dying. The sinners who were dying were gasping heavily, struggling in the blood.

A thick black mist shrouded the water, and only a path almost flush with blood led to the center, and the path was made entirely of extraterritorial meteoric gold, which was a superb magic weapon in itself, but even such a sturdy thing still became crumbling after a long period of corrosion. The path winds through the mist, leading to the birth of darkness that cannot be seen directly.

Zkaka-

The stone gate slowly opened with rusty syllables, and the death-shrouded Jedi welcomed its only visitor after three years of closure. The visitor was barefoot, and there was no smile on his beautiful face.

He calmly walked to the end of the road and stretched out his hand.

In an instant, the mist dispersed, revealing a darkness reminiscent of the beginning of the birth of the worldly realm.

"Wake up, the three-year cultivation is over. He muttered softly, and as he moved, the dark waters parted naturally, revealing a human form suspended within them.

"Three years, and that's it?" he whispered, opening his black eyes, thoroughly soaked in darkness that had dissolved almost all of his feelings.

"Yes, it's over," Shao Xie replied softly, holding out his hand.

After three years of soaking, the robe of the ordinary magic weapon had already been corroded by the dead qi and shattered at the touch of a touch, but Li Yeyin seemed to not know that the clothes had decayed, waded into the water, climbed the stairs, and walked in front of the young evil. Even though the clothes gradually disappeared with the flow of water, and only the black hair stuck to the pale body, the people who came slowly were all flowing with the calm and calm of gorgeous clothes.

The young evil smiled and looked at the form that gradually became clear from the black water.

After three years of infiltration, the already pale skin faintly oozes a faint blue, and under the phosphorescence, the flawless facial features are a little enchanting. The body, which was already as flexible as a whip, is now perfect without a trace of superfluity......

He looked greedily, and from time to time he stretched out his hand to touch and confirm, and his face was full of the simplicity and pride of the old farmer when he saw the crops thriving.

"I originally thought that it would take another five years for the three cultivations of Dao, Buddha, and Demon in your body to be completely fused. "You're better than I expected." ”

"No matter how good you are, you have to be controlled by you," Li Yeyin said lightly, the ancient dragon soul planted by the young evil was still lingering in his heart, but compared to three years ago, it was much more peaceful.

Shao Xie smiled: "With your ingenuity, it is impossible to believe that the Ancient Dragon Soul is my means to control you even now. ”

Li Yeyin nodded and said: "There are thousands of demonic methods recorded in the Dianyu Building, if there are other plans, why choose the dragon soul that is difficult to operate and does more harm than good into the body?

"What I ask for, you will naturally know in the future. The young evil said coldly, casually throwing out a robe and saying, "From today onwards, I officially give you the status second only to me. From now on, no one but me can command you, and you can do whatever you want, and you don't have to stay in the unknowable land. ”

"Thank you. Li Yeyin said perfunctorily, and while dressing, he said, "The Surveyor actually didn't object to your decision?"

"Does the owner need to mind the joys and sorrows of the pet?" asked the young evil rhetorically.

......

......

The three major halls on the central axis of Chang'an City, the atmosphere is solemn, in the Jinluan Palace, the important ministers are divided into two sides, meticulously hunched their waists, and in the center are the seven princes according to the elders and young, standing with their hands down.

At the top of the Golden Palace, Emperor Qi is in the prime of life, and his usual joy and anger are invisible, and the bead curtain behind him is sometimes heard by the sound of jade jingling.

Today is an important day to determine the next 50 years of the Qi Dynasty.

Today, the emperor will officially crown his son-in-law, the third son, as crown prince, while giving each of the other seven sons a fief fairly.

The fly in the ointment is that the first position at the head of the throne, which belongs to the national teacher, is sadly empty.

Three days ago, the national teacher went to sea to visit friends, and it took more than a month to return.

But is this a coincidence, or is it – intentional?

Each of the ministers has a scale in his heart.

After the collapse of the Southern Tang Dynasty of the Li family, the status of Buddhism in the Qi State reached a new height, in just five years, there were 100,000 new shavings, hundreds of thousands of hectares of land were classified as the private property of the temple, and millions of good men and women supported the temple. In the north and south of the Yangtze River, no one does not believe in Buddhism, and no one does not worship Buddhism.

Although the emperor is still the sole master of the country, the national teacher is like a living Buddha in the hearts of believers!

All those who are in power are suspicious and jealous, let alone the emperor. Due to the boundless power of the mighty mana, Tuoba Hong had to maintain the national policy of respecting the Buddha, but for the Buddha, he was afraid that there was only resentment left in his heart.

......

Concubine Shu's face became more and more pale.

The harem has always been a battlefield where the smoke of gunpowder cannot be seen. The queen of this generation is even more of a remarkable figure. Long before the emperor ascended the throne, he made a promise: "If I am the emperor, you will be the queen, and my crown prince will be your flesh and blood." "After ascending the throne, it is also the emperor and queen who have a deep affection, and the six palaces are idle. If it weren't for the empress's fear of leaving a jealous name in the history books, and working with the queen mother to persuade the emperor to be wet with rain and dew, I am afraid that the generation of the Tuoba clan would be extremely thin.

Of course, even if there are many in the harem, among the more than ten princes and princesses, only the princess Chen Guo and the third prince born to the queen are the most noble.

It's just that even though the queen is powerful, the concubines have to keep to themselves, after all, people's hearts are hard to fill, not to mention the fragrance of power is intoxicating. I don't dare to compete with the emperor's concubine for the position of prince, but seeking more benefits for my own flesh and blood is something that every mother will do.

As a result, the heart of the emperor, the needle of the sea.

The eldest son, the fourth son and the fifth son of the emperor, who have a close relationship with the national teacher of Kuze and General Mo Qingxiu, the fiefs they got this time are all rich lands in the Central Plains, anointing fat and oily, Buddhism is prosperous, and the appearance of love implies that all possible decisions in the future are eliminated!

The mother of the second son of the emperor was originally the queen's servant, but she was a virtuous concubine but she was submissive to the queen, and the second prince inherited his mother's loyal and low-key character, followed behind the third prince all day long, and did things steadily, without great merit or big fault, this time he was named the king of Liao, and he was the only one of the seven princes who held the military power!

The seventh, eighth, and ninth princes, the eldest is only twelve years old, and he is really still young. The fiefs given to them were managed by the emperor's own designation. The civil and military generals who were entrusted with important tasks were all protégés and disciples of the great Confucian sage Dong who was newly worshiped as the crown prince.

Since the founding of the country, Qi has taken Buddhism as the state religion, and all the celebrities and scholars under his rule have taken it as a matter of elegance to talk about Buddhism and debate scriptures. Dong Sheng, the only great Confucian, bluntly said that Buddhism abolished the country, slandered the Buddha for neglecting the first emperor, and was reprimanded and hung up and left, and ended up in the south for 30 years.

The use of Dong Shengren and his protégés this time shows that the emperor already has the heart to exclude Buddha! Concubine Shu thought uneasily.

She was born in a family and was the first of the concubines to give birth, although she did not covet the throne, she was inevitably running for her son's future. She was the first among the concubines to put away the silk and satin to eat fasting and chant Buddha, and she was the first among the noblewomen in Luoyang to make a gold powder Buddha costume. In order to please the queen mother and the emperor who worship Buddha, I don't know how much fat powder money was donated to open caves and repair Buddhist temples. She has been worshiping the Buddha for 20 years, and she just wants to find a happy place for her son, who would have thought ......

But Concubine Shu's heart is not completely hopeless, although her son's fief is rich and has no real power, at least it is a place of ointment, which shows that the emperor is thinking about the past in his heart, and he is still deeply jealous of the national teacher.

Thinking of this, the hands that were as cold as frost gradually warmed up.

Taking advantage of the excitement of the seven princes greeting the prince together, she quietly peeked at Princess Chen's increasingly indifferent side face.

Although five years have passed since the incident in Jinling, in retrospect, it is as if it were yesterday.

For the sake of a son who has lost his country, as for it?

But even though Concubine Shu looked down on Princess Chen's infatuation in her heart, she also knew that in the emperor's heart, Tuoba Jing's status was not lower than that of the third prince who became the crown prince.

Is it too late to change course now?

"It's a pity that the national teacher went to sea to visit friends, and he couldn't see the grand occasion of today's separation. Seeing Aiko accepting the bows of his half-brothers and hundreds of officials as the crown prince, the corners of the queen's mouth, which was always tense, finally showed a smile.

Princess Chen Guo snorted: "It's okay if the national teacher doesn't come, so I won't be upset." ”

"Still thinking of him?" said the queen softly.

Princess Chen Guo was indifferent, and said after a long time: "My daughter's love for him is a lifetime. Although there are many talented people in the world, what I like him is ...... The Han people have a song that is done well, and it was once difficult for the sea to be water, but Wushan is not a cloud. He is the Wushan Yun I can't ask for, even if I meet many excellent men in the future, no one can compare to his status in my heart. ”

"But he's dead, and you shouldn't live for a dead man all your life. The queen said helplessly, she is the mother of the country, and the affairs of the harem are never the same, but in front of her daughter, she never dares to raise her voice.

Tuoba Jing lowered his head and muttered, "He's not dead, he meets me every night in my dreams." ”

"Idiot, you are ......" The queen sighed helplessly, her left hand was stacked on the back of Tuoba Jing's right hand, and she patted it gently, and was about to say some words of relief, when she suddenly heard a boom explode in front of her, which shocked people's hearts, which was completely different from the sound of thunder.

Could it be—

Concubine Shu was just thinking about it, and when she heard this earth-shaking sound, she was immediately ecstatic - the national teacher is really omnipotent, even if the emperor deliberately bypasses him to do the Buddha arrangement, after all, it is not as good as the national teacher to understand the mysteries of heaven and earth, and the magic power is boundless.

But she soon couldn't laugh anymore.

Out of nowhere, a sword aura pierced through the bead curtain and cut through her clothes!

The murderous machine that swept by her body was so startled that the woman exclaimed in surprise and fainted directly.

"Useless stuff!"

The Empress scolded disdainfully, and the unmistakable mistress of the empire ignored the great difference between men and women, walked apart the beaded curtains, and shouted, "What happened!"

I saw that in the court, the emperor and the crown prince, who were accustomed to seeing big scenes, were still indifferent at the moment, but the courtiers and young princes all turned their heads in accordance with the sound, and their faces were full of consternation.

Under the sky, three thousand flying swords came out of the sky and condensed into an invisible sword.

The thousand-year-old imperial city, the impregnable city walls, and the ageless green hills next to the city were all shattered under the sky-breaking sword!

It's -

Sword of Heaven!

The entire imperial city trembled under the sword, and the people were either shocked or frightened or angry, except for Princess Chen Guo's eyes filled with tears.

Nightshade, you're finally back, are you here to pick me up?