Determined to win.
When these four words appeared, Lou Youzhi and Dou Tianyuan, without any words or eye contact, made the same choice at the same time.
——Use the remaining strength in the body to frantically destroy one's own vitality.
In fact, from the moment Jiang Xinghe appeared in the back hall, the two of them had been looking for an opportunity to commit suicide.
Because they know that before this, no matter how bad their ending is, it can't be worse than death.
And if Jiang Xinghe sides with Emperor Yongtai, it means that they are likely to become puppets with their memories completely distorted and tampered with, leaving only loyal people.
However, the two never found the opportunity.
Also after Jiang Xinghe appeared, Emperor Yongtai was prepared and never relaxed his attention on the two of them.
But now, they know they can't wait any longer.
Even if the hope is slim, this is their last hope.
Because the four words "determined to win" mean that Emperor Yongtai has completely lost his patience.
Not to mention that one of them is now completely useless and the other is almost half-crippled. Even if they were still at their peak, they could not be a match for Emperor Yongtai in the back hall.
Not to mention, Emperor Yongtai has already reached the peak of the third level.
Therefore, beneath their seemingly calm faces, the power in their bodies had already begun to surge wildly.
What a pity.
As they sensed, Emperor Yongtai had been guarding against this.
As soon as the riot began in their bodies, an invisible force like a breeze blew by and suppressed the riot in an instant.
"It's so fast..."
Dou Tianyuan's face turned pale, "Another magical power?"
"In the back hall, the rule of saying what you mean and what you do is far more powerful than any magical power. As long as I have enough power to control the life and death of you two in theory, then it is just a matter of a slight thought."
Emperor Yongtai explained expressionlessly, his tone suddenly darkening: "But there is one thing I really don't understand. I can still let you two keep your dignity even though I have an absolute advantage, and even go to the trouble of explaining the pros and cons. Why do you still choose this?"
"What is so outstanding about Xu Chong that he could make the commander of my Blood Robe Guard and the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, two important officials, abandon everything and be willing to die."
"In fact, I would rather let the entire Tianxuan Realm fall into the crisis of destruction for him."
"Could it be that you think he has a better chance of reversing this than I, who hold the destiny?"
Hearing this question, Dou Tianyuan, who was originally heartbroken, couldn't help but be a little stunned.
To be honest, he had never thought about this.
I am indeed willing to die.
But why?
Because of Xu Chong’s terrifying talent?
No, probably not, or not entirely.
After all, no matter how high or outrageous Xu Chong's talent is, he is not as strong as Emperor Yongtai, who has mastered the art of making his words come true.
Because of Xu Chong’s kindness?
This is even more impossible.
Putting aside the fact that Dou Tianyuan doesn't think that kindness is a good thing, as for Xu Chong himself, it can only be said that he has a good heart.
If something really happens, Xu Chong will never hesitate to kill.
Why is that?
Dou Tianyuan thought about it and came up with an answer after a moment.
"Your Majesty, just ask Lou Heizi about this."
Dou Tianyuan laughed loudly, his face showing sarcasm: "Your Majesty, I just don't like you, and I like Xu Chong more. The great catastrophe of heaven and earth, the danger of all living beings...what does it have to do with me?"
As soon as he finished speaking, with a "bang", Dou Tianyuan was knocked several feet away and fell to the ground.
However, seeing as it was still struggling after landing, it shouldn't be a fatal blow.
Emperor Yongtai looked at Lou Youzhi expressionlessly, "What about you? Why?"
"Your Majesty just said that if the rules of immortality can solidify this gap, it will be of great benefit to Your Majesty and the world. This minister is also very tempted."
Lou Youzhi said, "But suppose, after your majesty reaches the outer world, he encounters a crisis or opportunity that requires you to use your inner demon to devour again, what will your majesty do?"
Emperor Yongtai raised his eyebrows but said nothing.
"I will answer for your majesty."
Lou Youzhi chuckled and said, "Your Majesty will return to the Tianxuan Realm and use the method of Heart Demon Devouring for the second time to strengthen his own foundation."
"And by then, perhaps your majesty's goal will not just be the royal family."
"Maybe the whole world."
"Compared to this, I would rather the people of the world live and die together with the Tianxuan Realm."
Lou Youzhi shook his head and said, "Just like what your majesty said, living to old age is their luck. Living until the world collapses and being buried with millions of other living beings is not a tragedy."
"Hahaha……"
Dou Tianyuan, who was lying on the ground, suddenly laughed. "Yes, you are right! Your Majesty will definitely do this, but I bet that if Xu Chong were in the same situation, he would definitely not do this... This kid, even though he has a great master like me by his side, has never really asked for help. He has to bear all the responsibilities and pressures alone."
Emperor Yongtai ignored Dou Tianyuan's provocation and fell into deep thought.
Jiang Xinghe, who was standing a little further away, had his eyelids twitching slightly.
a long time.
Emperor Yongtai said: "The situation you described is unlikely to happen."
"For thousands and tens of thousands of years, the gap outside the Tianxuan Realm has always been pitch black, with nothing."
“No one came in, and no one passed by.”
"In other words, even if the higher and more complete world I desire exists, it must be extremely far away and will take a lot of time to find."
"I want the Tianxuan Realm to continue, just so that I can control destiny for a longer time."
"I have never even planned to return to the Tianxuan Realm again."
Emperor Yongtai's tone was steady and powerful, full of convincing feeling, "Before I leave, I will leave a life lamp like my predecessors. When the life lamp goes out, the new emperor will take the throne, and the destiny will return. There will be no harm to the Tianxuan Realm."
“This is one of them.”
"Secondly, I don't need to do this."
"Two million royal children with cultivation have made my foundation stronger to an unimaginable degree."
"It is no exaggeration to say that even if my true strength reaches the peak of the third level, it is far from being enough to exhaust this foundation."
"Even if I am lucky enough to find a way to break through to a higher level, the remaining foundation is not enough to support such a breakthrough."
"So, your suspicion is reasonable, but I don't agree with it."
After finishing speaking, Emperor Yongtai paused and continued: "Okay, I have said what I need to say. You and I have been a monarch and a subject, and our friendship ends here... Xinghe."
Lou Youzhi's face darkened.
Dou Tianyuan, who fell to the ground, also stopped struggling.
They knew that the worst thing was finally about to happen.
And they were simply powerless to resist.
"It takes a long time to spy on memories through the Six Covenants, and it is difficult to do it completely. It is best to target a specific person or thing."
Jiang Xinghe bowed and asked, "Your Majesty, is the only thing you want to know where Xu Chong is?"
"It's no use knowing where he is."
Emperor Yongtai shook his head and said, "What I want is for him to return to the capital and enter the rear palace."
"Your Majesty, I obey your command."
Jiang Xinghe stood up, turned around and left the back hall the way he came.
The hall fell into silence and no one spoke anymore.
Time passed slowly, and in the blink of an eye it was the next morning.
When Jiang Xinghe appeared in the back hall again, he had become a sixty-year-old man with gray hair and a face full of fatigue.
Even though they were on opposite sides, Lou Youzhi and Dou Tianyuan still couldn't help but feel a little regretful.
On the contrary, Emperor Yongtai, the biological father, did not have any special reaction and remained extremely calm.
"how?"
Emperor Yongtai looked at Jiang Xinghe deeply.
"Xu Chong has already broken through to the ninth level of the Golden Body, and has mastered the Sky Breaking Skill with One Hand. His strength is not inferior to Dou Tianyuan at all."
Jiang Xinghe answered.
"Golden Body Nine Transformations?!"
Emperor Yongtai's eyes narrowed.
He certainly would not be afraid of the Nine Transformations of the Golden Body, even if he had mastered the Nine Transformations of the Golden Body that could break the sky with one hand.
As long as he is in the back hall, no one can shake him at all.
But the question is, how old is Xu Chongcai?
At most, you’re not even thirty years old, right?
This terrifying cultivation speed is probably not due to the incompleteness of the Purple Palace...
But there is no Purple Mansion at all?
Shaking his head, Emperor Yongtai asked again: "Is there any way to get him back to Beijing?"
"Dou Tianyuan has a Cloud Piercing Order on him, and the other one is on Xu Chong."
After finishing speaking, Jiang Xinghe paused for a moment and asked, "Do you need me to tamper with Dou Tianyuan's memory, let him guide Xu Chong back to the capital, and then find a way to lure Xu Chong into the back hall?"
Before he finished speaking, Dou Tianyuan laughed bitterly, "Jiang Xinghe, sooner or later you will be…"
The word "regret" came to an abrupt end before it came out.
Dou Tianyuan's ability to speak was completely blocked.
“No need.”
Emperor Yongtai flicked his sleeves and said with a smile: "Tampering with a large amount of memory will put you in danger of exhausting your lifespan. It's not worth it for such a reckless man who is seeking his own death... Hehe, Xu Chong is my son who I have raised for twenty years. It is not difficult to make him obedient."
son?
Hearing this, Lou Youzhi and Dou Tianyuan were a little stunned.
When did Xu Chong become the son of Emperor Yongtai?
Could it be the posthumous child that was left among the people while Emperor Yongtai was searching all over the mountains and rivers?
"Oh? You don't know this?"
Emperor Yongtai was surprised and said with a smile: "Xu Youan's clone appeared earlier than Ji Qingzhi."
Xu Youan!
When they heard the name, they couldn't help but be startled and looked horrified.
Dou Tianyuan and Xu Chong were both teachers and friends, and he had known the name Xu Youan for a long time.
Not to mention someone as meticulous as Lou Youzhi.
But before this, they had always regarded Xu Youan as a descendant of the Taizu bloodline who had low qualifications and could not awaken his memory...
Now it seems, isn’t it?
Xu Youan's true identity is actually the clone of Emperor Yongtai? !
The reactions of the two caught Emperor Yongtai's attention, which gave him more confidence.
However……
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this method won't work."
Jiang Xinghe spoke at a very inopportune time, interrupting this thought.
"Um?"
Emperor Yongtai paused, "What do you mean?"
"Besides the fact that the world is being destroyed, Xu Chong knows a lot of other things, including Yongzhou, Ji Qingzhi, Lin Kuang, and so on."
Jiang Xinghe continued, "Xu Chong experienced these things together with Dou Tianyuan, Lou Youzhi and others. Therefore, for Xu Chong, Dou Tianyuan is more important than Xu Youan... In addition, Xu Youan's resurrection may arouse Xu Chong's vigilance and make this matter more difficult."
Hearing this, Emperor Yongtai couldn't help but frown.
This is a bit difficult.
If Xu Youan's identity could work wonders, no matter how powerful Xu Chong is, he is just a son.
But if it doesn't work, the one who has mastered the Nine Transformations of the Golden Body that can break the sky with one hand will undoubtedly be another Dou Tianyuan.
If he left the back hall, let alone capturing Xu Chong, it would be a question whether he could survive in Xu Chong's hands.
It’s not that I’m afraid of losing a clone. As the rule of words must be followed, even if I lose one, I can make up for it instantly.
What I am afraid of is that because of this incident, Xu Chong will become completely alert and stay away from the back hall completely.
After thinking for a while, Emperor Yongtai looked at Dou Tianyuan who was sitting on the ground and said, "Well, I'll let you, a reckless man, live a little longer..."
In this way, Lou Youzhi and Dou Tianyuan were always confined in the back hall. Not only were they not executed, but they also recovered from their injuries using a large amount of rare medicinal materials embezzled from the imperial treasury by Emperor Yongtai.
It's just an injury, there's nothing I can do about my realm.
If you want to recover from the damage caused to your body by corpse transformation, there might be a way in ancient times, but don’t even think about it now.
So on the other hand, Jiang Xinghe had to start large-scale memory changes based on everything that happened in the past two days.
It has to be said that this is an extremely life-consuming thing for Jiang Xinghe.
The others are easy to deal with.
Those survivors who participated in the sacrifice only need to be covered up with another incident.
But Lou Youzhi and Dou Tianyuan, the two people who had close contact with Xu Chong, needed to have their memories tampered with in a very detailed manner.
How to make everything reasonable is something that Emperor Yongtai needs to pay attention to.
But the life span consumed by the tampering was actually borne by Jiang Xinghe.
The entire tampering process lasted for a full half month before it was finally completed.
Half a month later.
In the back hall, there were still the same four people as before.
Jiang Xinghe has become as thin as a rotten wood and looks like he will die of old age at any time.
Of course, with such a huge cost, the effect is also extremely significant.
Lou Youzhi and Dou Tianyuan stood with their hands hanging down, their faces full of respect.
What’s strange is that Emperor Yongtai, who had repaired his Purple Palace and regained his youthful appearance, has become an old man like Jiang Xinghe.
"You now know the whole truth."
Emperor Yongtai sighed, his face showing fatigue, "Now, do you still think that I am a tyrant and an executioner?"
"I dare not."
They both bowed at the same time.
"Go, find my son."
Emperor Yongtai waved his hands weakly, "Now he is the only one who has hope of saving the world..."
"yes."
The two men clasped their fists, turned around and left.
But after walking a few steps, the two of them turned around at the same time and looked at Emperor Yongtai with red eyes.
"His Majesty……"
"You must take care of your body!"
The sincerity of the words and the depth of the true feelings are such that anyone who reads them will only feel that this is a model of a wise ruler and virtuous ministers.
Emperor Yongtai was very satisfied with this.
When the two left the back hall, the terrifying gap was revealed again.
Emperor Yongtai looked at the gap with only burning eyes.
" Now everything is ready, we just need the east wind."
"As long as the rules of immortality can solidify this gap, the danger of Tianxuan Realm's overthrow will be completely resolved."
"And I can now embark on the journey of seeking immortality without distraction!"