Chapter 129: The Aftermath of the Catastrophe
Tianyu City was quiet, the city wall connecting the inner city collapsed in that earth-shattering coup, and the first thing the new emperor did after ascending the throne was to demolish and bulldoze all the walls of the inner city, opening up the three areas of the entire imperial city, and the original soldiers of the forbidden army stationed in the capital also became delirious because of the erosion of Gu ants, and now they have all been arranged to Danzhen Palace for treatment, and the internal security of the imperial city has also been handed over to the military cabinet for the first time.
After a busy day, the lights of the ink pavilion were still bright, Mingxi sat in his original position, one hand supporting his forehead, his eyes slightly closed, his face was tired that could not be concealed, Gongsun Yan paced back and forth in front of his eyes, and the documents from all over the country were piled up on the ground in a mess.
"Honorific ...... It's time to settle the honorific name, it's been ten days. Gongsun Yan nagged and talked to him, leaning over and rummaging inside, regardless of whether the other party was listening or not, "I asked Moge to pick some honorific names before, have you seen it? You are already the new Majesty, this kind of thing must be decided as soon as possible......"
Mingxi rubbed his eyes, didn't look at him, and responded absent-mindedly and casually: "You can decide." β
Gongsun Yan frowned slightly, endured not losing his temper, patted the thick stack of documents next to him, and continued: "What about the aftermath of the first emperor? β
"You arrange it. Mingxi still looked careless, but his tone was slightly lowered, as if he remembered something, and added in a low voice, "Everything is simple, there is no need to operate according to the national etiquette, right now...... There are more important matters, you can let the ink pavilion handle the funeral by yourself. β
"This is not in accordance with the rules......" Gongsun Yan was puzzled for a moment, but saw Mingxi waving his hand irritably.
He sighed silently, although he was dissatisfied, and he didn't want to say anything, so he had to throw away the paperwork in his hand, pick up another book, and read: "The positions of the pavilion masters of the Ink Pavilion and the Mirror Pavilion are vacant, and there is no news from the Military Pavilion until now, and I don't know where that guy has gone, and the Star Sacrifice Palace is even more troublesome, the palace master and Fazhu all have to be replaced, and these vacancies must be filled as soon as possible." β
"Jingge, it's good for you to continue to carry it. Mingxi opened his eyes at this time, Gongsun Yan waved his hand again and again, frowning and reminded, "After all, I have been jointly reported, and continuing to serve will cause trouble and fall into the mouth." β
The two tacitly glanced at each other, Mingxi turned the jade wrench in his hand irritably, and was also seriously thinking about the current situation - originally Gongsun Yan wanted to clear up the relationship with Gongsun Mansion as soon as possible before he made this decision, but he never expected that his father would completely break with the Heavenly Realm at the last moment, such an unexpected result was undoubtedly to make all their previous plans in vain, and he thought that he would be greeted by a long road of escape, who would have thought that he would ascend the throne and become the emperor overnight and become the real king?
King Chen's ill-intentioned blessing before leaving, he really felt it at this moment - the imperial power was dangerous, and he lost the protection of his father's wings, and he was finally completely exposed to the complex whirlpool of power.
The first of them is the Mo Pavilion, after he ascended the throne and became the emperor, the Lord of the Mo Pavilion also vacated, as the existence of the assistant management of the world's power, it is almost a position that everyone must compete for, and soon there are many people who recommend their henchmen to themselves, and how much selfishness is involved, he doesn't even have time to carefully discern it, followed by the Mirror Pavilion, Gongsun Yan is undoubtedly still the best candidate, but he was reported in front of him, even if he was meritorious in that night, the merits and demerits were offset and the responsibility was relieved, if you still want to continue to hand over the Mirror Pavilion to him regardless of the impact, it is really difficult to fill the mouthγ
Mingxi's awe-inspiring expression, Gongsun Yan knew that he was upset, and he also closed his mouth and waited quietly for the result on the side.
There is also the military pavilion, the whereabouts of the military pavilion master Xiao Qianye are still unknown, although the guards of the four realms have been released, but the commander of the dark department is still a dangerous mystery, Gao Chengchuan is seriously injured, according to Danzhen Palace, it is impossible to dance with a knife and a gun in this life, but the eighty-year-old man can't see any worry on his face, and he doesn't dare to deal with him blatantly, so he can only let him go back to his mansion to recuperate from his injuries, and watch quietly.
The most troublesome thing is still the Star Palace, the monster Earth Binding Spirit was captured by Feng Ji, and is currently imprisoned in the royal secret room, the two Fa Zhu were killed, and the Star Saintess even made the forbidden army garrison for her own selfish purposes was almost completely paralyzed!
The Water Prison of the Binding King also collapsed in its entirety, and there were still thousands of unstable test subjects under the water prison, like a time bomb that made him unable to feel at ease every day and night.
"Hey......" Mingxi sighed suddenly, rubbing his eyes vigorously, the green tendons on his forehead were stretched, and he looked extremely headache.
The Heavenly Realm can't give up, and the Night King will definitely make a comeback one day.
He kept turning the jade wrench, and couldn't help but laugh helplessly in his mouth - although the soul and spirit hidden in it carried almost all of Xiao Yibai's spiritual power, but the spiritual power was blocked by the night spell, and without the guidance of the body, this powerful soul could not talk to him on its own.
Where is that guy now? He really doesn't care about anything, like an emotionless thug who, after dealing with all the dangers, doesn't care about the rest of the intrigue and power struggle.
"That's it......" Thinking of this, Mingxi's eyes faintly revealed a faint light gold, and finally raised his head to look at Gongsun Yan, "Since the system of aliens not being allowed to enter the city has been abolished, then there should be some statements to show sincerity, at the end of this month, notify the four realms to hold a bipolar meeting in advance, in addition, you go to Feng Ji and let her come with you, if they are willing, I hope that the remaining six forbidden land gods will also participate together, if you can find some descendants of the original six spirits, six saints, twelve immortals and forty-eight ancestors, it would be better......"
"Could it be too hasty?" Gongsun Yan was worried that the system could be abolished overnight, but it would take a long time for deep-seated prejudices to be reversed.
"Heh......" Mingxi waved his hand and smiled, with an elusive meaning in his eyes, "Don't they want the position of the Lord of the Ink Pavilion to assist in the affairs of the world? β
Gongsun Yan's fingers slowly clenched, and when he wanted to argue about something more, a series of messy footsteps came from outside the ink pavilion, sounding very anxious, and even knocked over a lot of things, and then farther and farther away.
"It's from the military pavilion next door...... Is there anyone else at this point?" Gongsun Yan was suddenly attracted to attention, Mingxi frowned, and casually glanced at the jade wrench in his hand.
At that moment, the soul that had been cut off from the main body suddenly showed a faint anxiety.
"Gongsun Yan, let's get here first today, you should also rest. Mingxi stepped down from his seat and stretched his waist lazily, without the appearance of an emperor.
"Hey, where are you going?" Gongsun Yan looked at him strangely, only to keep up but was stopped by him with his hand, only to see Mingxi casually put on his coat and retreat from the guards and entourage outside the door, leaving alone.
At this time, on the broken avenue of the inner city, Xiao Yibai was hurrying to his home in a hurry, and before he could reach the previous city wall, a familiar woman came to him, he suddenly paused and stood silently, but the smile on his face faded to pale. Follow-up
"Do you feel it?" Yun Xiao looked at him in surprise, Xiao Yibai breathed a sigh of relief, and pointed to the white sword spirit she was holding in her hand: "Your Kunlun Mountain sword spirit has a very unique aura, and you can feel it from a distance...... Is he back, and what are you doing now?"
"Well, he looks tired and tired, I've put him to sleep. Yun Xiao walked over with a smile, caught a glimpse of the fine sweat on Xiao Yibai's forehead, frowned, and was a little uneasy, "He's fine, and he's not injured, you don't have to worry too much, it's just that there are cracks in the Drain Sword, Kunlun's sword spirit can't be repaired, he has always cherished this sword, and now he must be very self-blaming." β
"To ...... Do you want to change the sword?" Xiao Yibai recalled the scene at that time, it was to protect himself and forcibly block the sound of the sea, and after the Likong Sword with the power of the God of War collided with the Night King, Kunlun's sword spirit could not withstand such an impact, and a crack suddenly appeared.
Yun Xiao shook her head and smiled, and said, "The Kunlun faction is not allowed to change swords...... If a disciple is fortunate enough to be favored by the sword spirit, he can only have one sword spirit in his life. β
"Then you still borrowed your sword spirit?" Xiao Yibai frowned, thinking of her own cyan long sword, Yun Xiao waved her hand, and quickly explained, "Compared with human life, what can the sword spirit be counted as? I just don't know what happened to Miss Yuxu and Aunt Hong." β
"I'll have someone find it for you near Syracuse. Xiao Yibai replied casually, and stopped talking - after his brother forcibly exchanged himself with the Night King that day, he has not heard from him at all, is he really ready to agree to the Night King's conditions to help him find the Formation Eye? Doing so will make the former destructive power come back, and the entire Flying Wall will be shattered as a result! He should not easily make such a promise just to save himself, but he can't guess what other reasons there are.
Does Yun Xiao know...... Xiao Yibai's eyes flashed suddenly, as if he was recalling something, although Yunxiao also lived in Tianzheng Mansion in the past ten days, he kept silent about the events of that day, and even Feng Ji only lived in the Qin Tower at random after capturing the Earth Binding Spirit alive, obviously the two of them seemed to be preoccupied, but they tacitly chose to be silent.
"Miss Yun-" Xiao Yibai said in a low voice, unable to control his thoughts anymore, "My brother and he, isn't he, is there any purpose?"
"Huh?" Yun Xiao knew what he wanted to say, she lowered her eyes, and she didn't dare to face Xiao Yibai for a while.
Yun Xiao bit her lip suddenly, recalling the Prince Mingxi she had seen in the North Shore City, that was indeed a person who could even kill his siblings with his own hands in order to achieve his goal, once Xiao Qianye threatened him, would he ignore the old feelings, and even turn his face and deny people?
But the plan to kill the gods, such a dangerous thing must be known to as few people as possible, at the moment, except for Xiao Qianye herself, only she, Feng Ji and Feng Jiuqing know, but if it is hidden from the royal family, will Xiao Qianye be regarded as a traitor and encounter unexpected dangers?
"Miss Yun seems to have something unspeakable. Xiao Yibai directly provoked her emotions, only to see Yun Xiao's eyes suddenly brighten, and his face suddenly sank, which was the sternness he had never seen in this woman, and asked word by word, "Is the eldest brother willing to trust him, no matter what he does, even if he really assists the Heavenly Realm in destroying the seals and formations in various places, will the eldest brother help him and trust him as always?"
Xiao Yibai was silent for a moment, and the questioning in his words made him keenly aware of the abnormality in an instant.
"If you can, there's only one thing you need to do for me right now. Yun Xiao held up the Likong Sword with both hands and put it flat on his chest, his eyes were extremely resolute, "Soul Splitting Dafa, please separate my soul and soul and attach it to the Likong Sword." β
"You're crazy!" Xiao Yibai's expression sank, trembling slightly, and he couldn't help but scold, "The injuries on your body haven't healed, and you're thinking about these crooked ways!"
"I can't leave him at risk. Yun Xiao didn't give an inch, and her seemingly weak face was rare firm, "Big brother, I only trust you, I can only believe that you won't hurt him, but I don't trust other people around you!"
Xiao Yibai stood quietly for a long time, clenched his hands - not to mention Yun Xiao, even he himself couldn't fully trust the glorious dynasty behind him, the darkness of the power struggle was beyond imagination, once it was no longer useful, it was common to abandon it like a shoe, what was the unspeakable hardship that was worth paying such a huge price?
Is it dangerous...... This seems to be the only explanation at the moment, the younger brother's true purpose is dangerous, he will not only be threatened by the Heavenly Realm, but may even encounter the hostility and harm of the Feiyuan natives?
If he really intends to assist the Night King, whether it is because he is threatened by the Night Curse on his own body or for other ulterior motives, it will be extremely dangerous for Feiyuan...... Even the presence of abandonment when necessary.
Xiao Yibai smiled dumbly and bitterly, from a certain point of view, the battle for imperial power is really not as merciful as the Heavenly Realm, the Night King is still merciful because Emperor Zhong is his old friend and fellow practitioner, but Feiyuan will not open his eyes because his younger brother is his people!
Mingxi ...... He silently read the name of this friend in his heart, but he felt that he was still not completely sure of him, if he was asked to choose between his brother and Feiyuan, that person would definitely choose the latter without hesitation, he was the king of this land, he should be responsible for everyone, and take the responsibility of saving the common people, and sacrificing one of them is a trivial matter.
Even if this person once saved him from fire and water, he could give up in an instant.
"By all means...... Do you want to do that?" after a long time, he spat out a sentence in shock, as if he had exhausted all his strength.
"You should trust me. Yun Xiao still had a resolute look in the corner of her eyes, "There are only you and me in this world, and I am sincere to him." β
Xiao Yibai clenched his fists, and also made the last violent struggle in his heart, and finally blurted out: "Okay...... But I have the condition, you have to tell me everything, you can rest assured, I will never divulge anything to others. β
"Good. Yun Xiao showed a long sigh of relief, although her face was a little pale and tired, she still smiled slightly.
Xiao Yibai's eyes were complicated and difficult to understand, and he didn't know what to say - the Great Law of Splitting the Soul, a vicious spell that was listed as a forbidden technique by the White Sect and was irreversible once implemented, it had no chance of regret, and it would be accompanied by lifelong pain.
In order to protect the most important person, he is willing to let himself be unrecoverable.