break the way [comprehension]

Chapter 225 The End of the Illusion

Beside the shimmering waves, the crimson pomegranate flowers are as dazzling as fire.

Several young maids were trimming carefully, and an older maid came to the window and said concernedly: "Your Majesty, it's windy, it's time for you to add more clothes."

It was a slender figure dressed in a golden dragon robe. After coughing a few times, she looked even more stooped. When she turned around, there was nothing left of her once beautiful face under the scouring of time, only a pair of eyes The eyes are as deep as a well water at the end of the daylight, deep and calm, even though she has been a long-time female official for many years, this elderly court lady dared not show her air under these eyes, and lowered her head respectfully.

Putting on his cloak in silence, the Tianqi Emperor, who cleaned out several of the founding heroes with iron and blood, and ascended to the throne as a woman, sighed slowly: "...It's another cool autumn..."

Seeing those young and beautiful faces, I suddenly feel that time flies. For decades, I have firmly controlled the big ship of the empire and made it move in the direction I imagined bit by bit. Every day makes her like that. Excited, I didn't realize that time flies...

The female chief Shi didn't know the emotion in the emperor's heart. She only had deep admiration for this emperor who made women like herself freely choose to marry or not, and even chose to become an official in the court. She only hoped that the emperor would take care of her Dragon body, protect the world for more time...

The female head Shi bowed and said: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness is already on his way to Heweitang, why don't you take a rest first?"

The emperor only nodded slightly, and moved to the side of the couch with great difficulty only with the support of Chang Shi.

His Majesty the Crown Prince's life experience is kept secret in court, His Majesty only said that it was his own, but since he became the throne, His Majesty has never had a marriage, and the world will inevitably whisper about it. His Majesty's brows look alike, and I'm afraid the controversy in the court will be even greater.

But this emperor's wrist is fierce and deep, which is not much less than that of the previous emperor. After the purge of the founding fathers, the few remaining ones are also cautious, and they easily don't make a sound in the court. It's just a discussion that should not be put on the table. When His Royal Highness grows up, he is respectful, thrifty, gentle, full of economics, and gradually shows his prominence in the affairs of governing the country. Those controversies will completely disappear.

But from the beginning to the end, the critics who surrounded His Highness the Crown Prince and secretly pointed at His Majesty never caused the emperor to frown. Like a rock.

As for the former Lianying and the current Emperor Tianqi, after taking power, it seems like to pursue his true life experience, find the only remaining blood relative in the world, and raise him personally, so that he can inherit the land of thousands of miles. It's the most natural thing.

At that time, she seemed to have gradually understood something...Explanation?Why explain?She is willing to do this, who dares to ask her to explain?

Just like the matter of allowing women to enter the school and the court at that time, there were so many verbal battles, and she only had one sentence: "I am also a woman."

No amount of controversy, stop abruptly.

If it continues, it will be another round of purges of the founding heroes. The lesson is not far away, who dares to try the law again?

Emperor Tianqi lay on his back, slowly closing his eyes.

A few days later, news spread from the palace that His Majesty was critically ill.

Although there was a slight turmoil in the court, the crown prince has been in power for more than ten years, and his ruling philosophy has already been thoroughly imbued by Emperor Tianqi. Everything is in order, and the smooth handover of the country is not a problem.

In a daze, Emperor Tianqi heard many noisy and chaotic voices. Everything that had passed in this life came back before his eyes like a revolving lantern. On the darkest and longest road in the first half of his life, there was only a translucent sincere face Between those ironic words, she could faintly see a bright light in her heart, which finally lit up her whole life: "...where is your courage? Take it out!...Life is like being raped, rather than suffering It’s better to rape than to struggle!…”

Then, everything is different.

She opened her somewhat cloudy eyes, and struggled to find that face that was laughing and out of shape but truly sincere in the crowd, but found nothing... Then she closed her eyes in disappointment, yes, she found nothing, For decades, she had also tried her best to find the trace of the other party, but in the end she found nothing.

But when she opened her eyes for the last time, she saw a face behind the anxious and tense crowd. It was still such a cynical and laughing face. Even after seeing her, she waved her hands mischievously. In the middle of it, it seemed that she was the only one who saw that person, and the others were still surrounding her, talking anxiously, but she couldn't hear anything.

On his deathbed, the Emperor Tianqi, who left countless legends and controversies in the world, just showed a comforting smile and passed away with a smile. He didn't leave a single word. It seemed that what she wanted to say had already ruled the world for half his life. Did it.

Then, Lianying saw that she had escaped from that decayed body, at this moment, countless strange and distant memories flooded into her heart, at this moment, she suddenly understood:

Ah, it turns out that her name is Lianying, and she was born in another ordinary world... In that memory, everything is almost similar to the experience of this life. Although she has a different face, she has the same heart of iron and purpose Adoptive father, also ungrateful and ruthless husband.

But the difference is that in that real memory, she committed suicide with such earth-shattering resentment, blood flowed all over the sacrificial hall, her resentment was earth-shattering, and even permanently shrouded the entire court in darkness and gloom.

Then the translucent Lianying suddenly turned her head and smiled at Du Ziteng: Thank you, thank you for letting me find the answer.

In the experience of this life, she once bitterly questioned the existence in front of her: "...Is it true that all men are like this, they will change themselves in front of power, fame and fortune..."

Could it be that in the face of power, their previous doting and indulging will become a lot of conspiracies, and their previous advocacy will become a lot of use?

However, in this life, when she stood at the pinnacle of power... Lianying closed her eyes and recalled that power is a tool she uses to realize her ideals and allow thousands of women like herself to live the life she wants to live. That's all.

This is also power.

Sharp as a double-edged sword, it only depends on the one-heartedness of the sword-holder.

At this moment, she was finally relieved that she didn't need others' charity or sympathy. She had given herself a different ending, and she no longer complained about her unknowable fate.

It seems that just after such a thought flashed, the whole world, including Lian Ying's translucent body, turned into fine dust that filled the sky and drifted away with the wind.

In the disappearance of this world, two turbid light clusters rose slowly, but with a wave of Xiao Chen's hand, a transparent glass bottle concealed and quickly imprisoned them.

In the disappearing figure and world, Qiao Jun saw a finally relieved smile and that slight mouth shape: "Thank you..."

While he was in a daze, a golden imprint flew into the sea of ​​consciousness, and it scattered into it and was no longer visible.

Du Ziteng touched his forehead, making sure that it was not his illusion, and asked in surprise, "What is this?"

Xiao Chen was silent, as if he was a little unhappy: "Shenhun brand."

"What's the use?"

Xiao Chen looked at someone who repeatedly touched his forehead curiously, with an eager expression on his face, and knew what would happen if he didn't explain clearly.

He patiently said: "Didn't you mention luck before, in fact, luck really exists."

"Huh?" Du Ziteng's eyes widened. All along, he thought that the so-called luck was just a joke, exchanging the truth for the truth. Those two men got the love of such a good woman through sheer luck. Mutual protection is the only way to go so smoothly... But in the end they dared not cherish it, thus losing the protection of luck. Now listening to Xiao Chen's tone, it seems that it is not so simple?

Xiao Chen looked at the empty space where everything had disappeared, and said slowly: "Didn't you already see it just now? This place is just an illusion, not real. In the real world, Lianying did encounter the same situation as in an illusion. , the adoptive father was unkind, treated people unkindly, and finally died of great resentment."

Then Xiao Chen paused, and said after a long while: "Have you never been curious about a question? What is the thing that supports the illusion?"

Du Ziteng thought hard: "Aura? Or some kind of natural treasure?"

Xiao Chen shook his head: "It's the power of Lianying's soul. It's the real Lianying who was tortured by many dark encounters and gave up her will to live. The great resentment in her soul..."

Du Ziteng was stunned.

He has been to this world before, and everything is so lifelike, whether it is a plant, a tree, or a person or an object, they are all so vivid. According to common sense, to support such an illusion, the consumption of every moment is simply astronomical. Numbers... But, it turned out that this was only supported by the soul power of a mortal woman.

Xiao Chen said indifferently: "Because this realm of realization is supported by the power of her soul, in this world, everything deep in her heart is very likely to happen, this is the theory of luck, this is It is the realm of the soul."

Otherwise, no matter how powerful Lianying's ability is, it is absolutely impossible to make the rear smooth and the imperial army retreat steadily. That is just her subconscious expectation. In this world dominated by her spirit, such a simple My expectation is that there will be great power.

But for some reason, Du Ziteng felt a kind of sour pity. Even after her father and husband treated her like that, this woman never thought about how to curse their fate, otherwise, with this fate Said, those two people probably died long ago without a place to bury them.

Even in the most desperate situation, when she wanted to give up on herself the most, it was just that the power of her soul could not be sustained, and almost caused the entire world to collapse ahead of time. I thought it was a fairy gate, but it was just a little space sign that the whole world was about to be destroyed early.

"You can make her take a different path in this world, completely let go of the resentment in her heart, and the illusion will naturally dissipate completely. Such a powerful soul has a strong power deep in it. Just now, that is the blessing she gave you."

I wish you peace and joy in this life, and everything goes well.

Branded with the traces of the Dao, it is the trace of the rules that the cultivators of the gods have dreamed of, with a clear breath of space from another world.If you touch this rule, you can truly break through the traces of space and ascend to other realms.

Of course, as far as Du Ziteng is concerned, this brand of blessing has only penetrated deeply into the sea of ​​consciousness, making it difficult to touch for the time being.Based on Xiao Chen's judgment on Du Ziteng... I don't know when he would accidentally touch him, it's really hard to guard against.

Another sentence that Xiao Chen didn't say was that Lianying... is just a mortal after all, and she is not proficient in any magic and soul techniques. Being able to bear such a blessing mark when the soul is gone can only show that at that moment , she is giving this blessing with all her soul.

This blessing of the soul is a mortal who tried his best to achieve it when the soul disappeared. It is so sincere that people feel that it should not be profane.

Du Ziteng rubbed his forehead, still feeling a little dazed in his heart, helping Lianying was just a matter of effort on his part, he was always by this woman's side in this illusion, but he naturally hoped that her life would be smooth, what he did, but It was to mention a few words beside her, but he never expected that she would be so grateful...

"Has her spirit dissipated?" Du Ziteng asked sadly.

Xiao Chen nodded, and then said: "After all, she is just a mortal... If it weren't for you, maybe she would still experience many betrayals in the illusion and then dissipate with pain and resentment. At least, when she left, she would have no worries and regrets."

Xiao Chen's words made Du Ziteng completely relieved. In the life of a mortal, how many people regret it in the end, but it is also a blessing that Lianying can be so calm and clear.

And Xiao Chen took out the glazed bottle, inside, there were two filthy and distorted remnants of souls, one was sluggish as if dead, the other was screaming crazily, it looked extremely funny.

Du Ziteng sized him up curiously. After all, he was a cultivator who transformed himself into a god. Although Xiao Chen took away his spiritual roots and veins with the force of heaven's punishment, the power of his soul still allowed them to survive in such a terrifying disaster of world annihilation. But it can no longer be called alive.

I saw a cold expression on Xiao Chen's face. With a flick of his fingertips, the bottle cap was opened, and the two groups of remnant souls emerged in the air. One of them seemed to be sluggish, but suddenly accelerated, and it was already a hundred miles away in the blink of an eye. !

Du Ziteng was furious: Damn, how dare you play tricks at this critical moment!

Countless talismans in his hand were about to roar out, but at some point, countless phantoms of long swords appeared in the shattered void, and then, Du Ziteng was in a daze, forgetting about the pursuit...

Among those long swords, some are as blue as a clear sky, some are as dark as a dark night, there are delicate and continuous rain, there are also unyielding righteousness, sometimes there is tender-hearted compassion, and there are also hatred-like killing intent, there are so many. The strength of character is condensed and arranged here, so many sword intents converge in one place, but it makes people feel uncomfortable. Yes, it is because no matter whether it is soft or hard, strong or weak, all these sword intents are at this moment. At this moment, it only points to one point: compassion and justice, only for Yun Heng!

These countless flying sword phantoms filled the entire void, each breath was so fresh, as if they were really there, unconsciously, Du Ziteng's eyes were blurred, and after a long while, he managed to blink the tears in his eyes meaning.

Then, there was a piercing scream, but it was that group of remnant souls who were fleeing quickly encountered a long sword that was as dark as the night but extremely piercing, and it actually emitted green smoke, which dissipated another piece visible to the naked eye.

Then it screamed desperately: "You... who the hell are you!!! Why are there so many... so many Flying Sword Remnants of the Hengxiao Sword Sect!!!"

Xiao Chen sneered and remained silent.

Then another voice timidly said: "The Hengxiao Sword Sect... This is impossible... You are from the Hengxiao Sword Sect... Yun Hengfeng obviously disappeared, disappeared..."

The previous voice scolded angrily: "Idiot! I still don't understand, this is clearly those remnants of the Hengxiao Sword Sect. Hmph, I should have let the disciples in the palace drive you out at all costs! All of this It's all your schemes, if you ruin this seat's ascension plan, you should die! Damn you!!!"

Neither Du Ziteng nor Xiao Chen made a sound, they just watched coldly those vertical and horizontal swords getting stronger and stronger. The Hengxiao Sword Sect has always taken killing demons and demons to help the poor and help the poor. In spite of it... there seemed to be countless terrifying voices of great monks echoing in those sword intents, like a waterfall or thunder, rumbling towards the two groups of remnant souls!

"As a strong person, if you are unkind, you should be punished!"

"If you forget righteousness for profit, you should be punished!"

"Indiscriminate killing of innocents, punishable!"

……

Following these crimes, one after another of justice and awe-inspiring sword intent struck down, causing the two remnant souls to roar in horror. They were unable to refute the crimes.

In the end, as if unable to bear the horrific torture, one of the wounded souls wailed, "I was wrong... I knew I was wrong..."

"Arguing with cunning words, pleading guilty and insincere, you should be punished!"

……

Before the piercing sword intent, all those dark thoughts can no longer hide. This is one of the fairest trials in the world, and only ask the heart and not other things.

Under this terrifying questioning of the sword, the two groups of remnant souls who had committed all crimes were finally washed away by the sword intent little by little, and gradually dissipated, leaving only two groups of unconscious soul power remaining on the spot.

Du Ziteng was about to turn his head to comfort Xiao Chen, who had an indifferent expression, but when he saw Huan Xun who appeared at an unknown time, he swallowed the power of the two souls with an "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh."

Du Ziteng: ...

In a trance, Du Ziteng felt that there was a small wooden stick in Huanyu's body: "Xiao Chen, is this your magic weapon? Eating like this will really not ruin your stomach?"

Xiao Chen: ...

Huanxuan glared at him immediately, and uttered the ancient dialect that he hadn't spoken for a long time: "How dare you be the master! You never get enough food, and you have to rely on us to make a living, huh~~"

The little wooden stick also hugged Huanyan and cried with sympathy, the grievance was so sad that everyone who saw it, and those who heard it burst into tears. The problem is, a round tower and a wooden stick with two leaves... you two Hug together and cry bitterly, there is only Xiaoguo, okay...

Du Ziteng asked speechlessly: "So, what do you rely on to feed yourself?"

Huanxuan's fat body immediately turned around, and the entire tower shone with excitement: "The power of the soul! The more power of the soul that you monks talk about, the better!!!"

The small wooden stick is also the excited two leaves swaying: spiritual power, spiritual power!The more the merrier! ! !

Du Ziteng: "Hehe."

Then he glanced sideways at the little wooden stick: "You have eaten so many treasures from heaven and earth, first break them into spirit stones and spit them out for me!"

Then he looked at Huanyu coldly again: "You have eaten so many talismans that I have intended for gods, and you spit them out for me as they are!"

The two little ones were dumbfounded.

Du Ziteng crossed his arms: "What? Didn't it mean that you were never fed? Someone spit out what we fed and counted it?"

Huan Xun and Xiao Mu Bang finally understood that for a cold-blooded, ruthless, cruel and indifferent guy like Du Ziteng, it would not work to trick him into sympathy with the policy of mourning soldiers, and then feed him a little more!Boom, why on earth!Obviously he has so much pity for a mortal soul!

The small wooden stick shook the two leaves, puzzled.

Huan Xun pouted her stomach angrily, showing her true nature: "I don't care, I want to eat more!"

Du Ziteng was unmoved at all, Huanyu revealed his true nature: "You are in my territory, if you don't give me food, I will..."

Xiao Chen cast a cool glance over, Huan Xun immediately silenced, then lowered his big head, like a wronged child, almost burst into tears silently.

Du Ziteng raised his forehead: "Is there anything on you that they like?"

Otherwise, with the treachery of these two little guys, it would be impossible for them to jump up and down without any reason. Seeing their clumsy performance, Du Ziteng almost laughed angrily.

However, Xiao Chen was holding a strand of extremely thin, blood-colored insects that were still struggling desperately at his fingertips.

Huan Xun and Xiao Mu Bang immediately gathered around, those who were wronged were not wronged, and those who pretended to be stupid were no longer stupid.

When Du Ziteng saw this thing, for some reason, the monk felt as if he saw something extremely dangerous in his spiritual sense, and couldn't help frowning: "It's very strange, what is this?"

Xiao Chen's expression was indescribably unpredictable: "I originally thought that idiots like Bi Yue and Xue Yi calculated Yun Hengfeng at such a critical moment because of their stupidity." There was no trace of warmth in that strand of blood.

Only then did Du Ziteng discover in surprise that the thin blood worm didn't seem to be threatening with its teeth and claws, but was clearly extremely afraid of Xiao Chen, struggling desperately to escape!

Xiao Chen seemed completely unaware of the terrifying feeling he had brought to this bug, and the two little ones looked at Xiao Chen's fingertips, and the fine crystal dust of the world was about to come out, and the two small leaves on the top of the little wooden stick stood upright. Standing straight, it seemed that as long as Xiao Chen let go at any time, they could immediately rush over. The thin insect struggled more violently, as if it wanted to tear its body apart and run away quickly.

"With the cultivation base of Xueyi and Biyue, even if they are gods, they don't have a deep accumulation like my Hengxiao Sword Sect. How could they find out the secret of ascension in this whirlpool illusion?" Xiao Chen's gaze Killing intent: "I want to come, but it's just another layout of the extraterrestrial demons!"