Zhongzhou, Shendu, inside the Imperial Palace.

The door of an exquisite bamboo hut in the harem was pushed open, and a strong man with a naked body walked out.

He had messy hair as red as blood, his short beard was as red as blood, and many words appeared faintly on his reddish skin, but if you looked closely, you couldn't see anything.

His body was muscular and well-proportioned, and his muscles were so angular that he looked like a barbarian stone sculpture. Only the vicious light that danced in those eyes did not look like statues at all.

Barbarians are also normal people, and they carve statues for good wishes, not to scare themselves.

The strong man stood in the corridor of the bamboo hut against the pool, and several eunuchs came up to him, dressing him and waiting for him to rinse his mouth and wash his face.

While busy, a eunuch seemed to say unintentionally: "Report to the prince, among the people you favored before, it seems that some of them have stopped." ”

The strong man didn't pay attention to it at all, as if he didn't hear it, and after washing, he put on a robe and walked straight away.

When he walked away, the eunuch sighed and said to the few eunuchs surrounding him: "The old rules have been dealt with." ”

"Yes. ”

"Alas, the prince is such a genius, why is he unwilling to leave a few descendants? Even if his descendants are not as talented as him, they can grow up to be the pillars of my Great Xia!"

The eunuch sighed and ordered everyone to go into the house and clean up. A moment later, several long strips of human figures wrapped in silk cloth came out and were transported elsewhere.

The strong man walked in the harem like a no-man's land, walking at will. The eunuchs, palace maids, and guards who saw him on the road all saluted non-stop.

He didn't return the salute, and he didn't even stay, until he walked to the big pool in the back garden, and then said in the direction of the rockery: "Old ghost, have you sensed anything recently?"

A few seconds later, an old man-like voice came from under the rockery: "I am an old turtle, not an old ghost." ”

"You have lived for more than six thousand years, what is it that you are not an old ghost?" the strong man said indifferently, "You are good at seeking good fortune and avoiding evil, and you have never made a mistake in judgment for so many years, have you sensed anything recently?"

After a few more seconds, the voice sounded again: "In recent years, I have always felt that the situation in Great Xia is getting worse and worse. It's the same now. ”

The strong man frowned: "There is no trend of improvement?"

"I didn't feel it anyway. ”

"That must be a problem with the change, maybe we need to discuss it again and study how to ......solve it," the strong man fell into deep thought, and after a while, he turned away without even saying a word of goodbye.

When he was out of sight, the old man's voice sounded again: "This kid is really not polite at all. I'm so old and virtuous, can't you respect me?"

Then, the sound became so subtle that even if someone jumped into the pool and listened to it against the rockery, they might not be able to hear it clearly.

“...... You deserve to die!"

This strong man is naturally the only real power prince in the contemporary era of Great Xia, protecting the country and becoming the emperor of the sky.

He's been a little restless lately, and it seems like something bad is about to happen. Last night, because of a momentary distraction, he even killed several of his favorite concubines.

He didn't care about a few women—over the years, there were not ten thousand but eight thousand women he had played, and except for a very few lucky ones, everything else was basically executed. It's just a matter of living a few more days, or dying overnight.

However, he was so uneasy that he was quite worried.

He has been cultivating for more than 600 years, and his cultivation has already been polished to an incomparably pure level. It is said that even if the sky falls, he should not be moved.

If a strong man like him is restless, it is most likely that he senses danger in the dark.

So early this morning, he came to ask for advice from one of the worshippers of Great Xia, "Shui Yuanzi", but this old turtle deliberately pretended to be stupid and refused to say anything, which made him so angry.

But he can only be annoyed.

Don't say it's him, even if it's the "Sword Emperor" Emperor Yihai in the past, there is nothing he can do with this old turtle. Except for the rebirth of Emperor Jiazi and the resurrection of Wen Chaogong, this old turtle will not buy the account of the third person.

After a long time, a girl who looked weak and seemed to be able to be blown down by a gust of wind walked near the rockery.

"Senior Shui Yuanzi, did you quarrel with King Wucheng again?"

"How can I quarrel with that kid when I'm such a respectable old man?"

“...... I have just received the news that he has killed a eunuch who has served him for almost twenty years. ”

"When won't that kid kill someone? ”

"The secret book of the Heavenly Treasure Treasure, I have also read it, I don't remember that it said that cultivating the blood firmament must kill people like hemp. ”

"Turtles have turtle roads, turtles have turtle roads, the same martial arts, different people practice, there are different effects. The effect of your cultivation of Hetu Luoshu is completely different from that of Wen Er. ”

The girl sighed and asked, "Is the situation in my Great Xia really not optimistic?"

The old turtle also sighed and replied, "Indeed. The luck of the Great Xia Dynasty is declining day by day, although it has not yet reached the point where the building is about to fall, but it is really getting worse and worse. ”

"Isn't there any way to do it?"

"Zhao Da said back then that water can carry a boat and can also capsize a boat. Wen Er also said that people's hearts are turned against their backs, which is the general trend of the world. They are all men of great wisdom, and my old turtle is far from them. ”

"However, isn't the second emperor brother already pushing for the change of the law and wanting to benefit the people?"

"Things have to be done to be effective. The seed is planted, and you want to eat the fruit? There is no such good thing in the world. ”

The girl hung her head, her face full of frustration.

"Don't worry so much, the affairs of the Great Xia Dynasty, even if you are not in charge of it, at least there are your two elder brothers. It's not your turn to figure it out, little girl. ”

"I just...... I hope I can contribute to the country. ”

"There are a lot of people who think like you, but it's not easy to be able to contribute to the country!" Old Turtle sighed and said, "With the current situation, unless the person who inherited the Classic of Mountains and Seas is willing to stand up and help, I don't see any improvement in the situation of the Great Xia Dynasty in a short period of time." ”

"Is it true that the Classic of Mountains and Seas has been inherited?"

"It should be, after all, the shock of Kyushu Ding can't be faked. ”

"Then why can't Kyushu Ding be inherited?"

"I don't understand either. Back then, Zhao Dawen Er once said that after their deaths, the Classic of Mountains and Seas and the Kyushu Ding will become ownerless, unless there are people who are born to know like them, otherwise even if they are immortals, Buddhas and demon gods, they will not be able to exert the true power of these two treasures. I still don't understand what it means to be 'born to know'......"

"I was born to know, why can't I let Jiuzhou Ding accept my control?"

"It's not the same. You are the reincarnation of an immortal Buddha, so you were born to know it. What Zhao Dawener said, it shouldn't be your case......"

As he spoke, a gust of wind blew, and the bamboo near the rockery rattled, and the bamboo blades fell.