218 “Blessing from Heavenly Official” Chapter 217

Chapter 217 A hundred years of deep water and a thousand years of heat

The clothes are all over the body, so there must be no way to burn them, and Xie Lian might be burned too.Xie Lian suggested: “Just wear it on your body and forget about it. Anyway, it can’t suck my blood, and Lingwen shouldn’t be able to issue commands.”

A burst of blue smoke drifted past, and where Lingwen originally stood, there was only a blue roly-poly with a very serious expression, and seemed to be holding a file in his hand.Xie Lian put it away and stuffed it into his arms. The two left the side hall and sneaked into the main hall.

It’s not an illusion. The main hall of Lingwen Hall looks much more gloomy than before. The mountain of books piled from the ground to the top seems to be full of dangers, or it may topple down at any time and kill people.The two of them didn’t meet the guards and went straight to a red door in the depths.

Before he even got close, Xie Lian heard a shocked and trembling voice coming from behind the door: “…How is it possible? How could this happen?”

It’s the national teacher!Did someone get there first?Xie Lian immediately kicked the door open and shouted: “Let go!”

As expected, the Imperial Master was not alone in the room. After the door was kicked open, they all turned to look at him.The shock on the Imperial Master’s face has not faded: “…Your Highness?”

“…”

“…”

The Imperial Master didn’t raise his head for a while, but immediately lowered it again, saying: “Wait a minute – how could this happen? What kind of luck is this!”

Both Xie Lian and Hua Cheng were speechless.

Inside the room, the Imperial Master and three other people gathered at a table and were playing cards enthusiastically and intoxicatedly.They are said to be the other three “people”, but in fact they are not living people. They are all crudely made paper figures. I don’t know what trick they used to move them, and they can also play cards with them.What the Imperial Master said just now was the sigh he couldn’t help but sigh after getting the card.

Xie Lian originally thought that the Imperial Master might be tortured and looked haggard inside, but he didn’t expect that he was still playing cards at this time. He couldn’t help but feel very friendly at the same time.

Isn’t that kind?When he and Feng Xin lived in Huangji Temple and went to find the national master, six or seven times out of ten, he was playing cards, playing cards, playing cards!After eight hundred years, seeing cards played again was like yesterday.Even the enthusiasm on the Imperial Master’s face was the same.He stared at the cards in his hand and said without looking back: “Your Highness, you are finally here, but let me finish this round first…”

Xie Lian knew that his old habit of disowning his relatives as soon as it came to the table had happened again.He looked completely different from the one he had seen before in the Shenwu Palace. He couldn’t look directly at him, so he went up to drag him down from the table: “Master, what time has it been? Stop fighting!”

The national master’s eyes were red and he shouted: “No, no, let me finish the fight!!! It’ll be over soon! Just this round! Wait until I finish this round! It’ll be over soon, I might win soon!!!”

Xie Lian: “You won’t win, you really won’t win!”

…

Fortunately, this round was over quickly.Although the National Master vowed that he was about to win, in fact he still did not win.After waving away the three paper figures, the Imperial Master finally returned to calmness and normalcy.

He sat upright and said with a deep eyebrow: “Your Highness, I know you will definitely come, and I have been waiting for you.”

“…”

Xie Lian said: “I really didn’t realize that you have been waiting for me…”

But of course he didn’t say it out loud. You still have to respect your elders.The Imperial Master said again: “I know you must have many questions in your mind.”

Huacheng stood aside, leaning against the door, seemingly casually, probably looking out.Xie Lian also sat in front of the Imperial Master and said: “Yes.”

After a pause, he said: “First of all, I want to confirm that Jun Wu… is really Bai Wuxiang, Prince Wuyong?”

The Imperial Master said: “Don’t doubt it. He is.”

Xie Lian said: “I have nothing to do with Prince Wuyong, right? We are two completely different people.”

The national master said: “The only relationship between you and Prince Wuyong is that he destroyed your country, Xianle.”

“…”

Xie Lian whispered: “But, National Master, you once told me that you don’t know what Bai Wuxiang is, but you are sure that he was born because of me.”

The Imperial Master said: “Your Highness, at that time, I really didn’t know what it was. By the time I knew it, it was already too late. Besides, I was right to say that he was born because of you.”

Xie Lian said: “What does that mean? And, again, the question – why did he want to destroy Xianle Kingdom?”

The Imperial Master stared at him and said, “Because of your words.”

Xie Lian was stunned: “My words? What words?”

The Imperial Master said: “‘The body is in the world, and the heart is in the paradise.'”

“…”

For a long time, he was speechless.Xie Lian said in disbelief: “…gone?”

The Imperial Master said: “No more.”

Xie Lian said: “…That’s it? Is there anything wrong with this sentence?”

The Imperial Master said in a deep voice: “The problem is too big. Everything started from your words!”

Xie Lian vaguely felt that what the Imperial Master was going to say next would be very unacceptable to him. He wanted to call Hua Cheng, but before he could call, Hua Cheng had already come over and sat down next to him.

The Imperial Master said, “Have you seen the murals on Tonglu Mountain?”

Thanks for the pity: “I saw it. Did you leave those murals?”

The national master said: “It’s me. Every time the Tonglu Mountain is opened, I will sneak in. On the one hand, I want to prevent the Ghost King from being born. On the other hand, I want to find ways to leave some clues in various ways to tell others about Wuyong Kingdom and Prince Wuyong.”

Xie Lian said attentively: “Then why don’t you tell others directly, but in such a subtle way?”

The Imperial Master said: “Your Highness, why do you think almost no one in the world knows about Wuyong Kingdom now?”

Before Xie Lian could answer, Huacheng said: “Everything he knew was cleared away by him, right?”

The national master said: “Yes. If the clues are left too obvious, or spread directly, not only will I be in danger of being exposed, but everyone who saw it may disappear from this world. It is the same for many people. Even if it is a city, he can have it razed to the ground in three days. You should know that I am not joking.”

Xie Lian naturally knows.Ironically, he had lamented before that it was fortunate that Junwu became a god and not a fallen ghost, otherwise the world would be in chaos.The Imperial Master said: “So I can’t let him realize that there are people who know these things in the world. But I am not willing that no one knows about it except me. I think that if someone is careful enough and courageous enough, he will naturally discover it. Since I can’t resist, let it be.

“I’ve been hiding here and there for so many years and I’ve been hiding very well.Except for that time when I almost couldn’t escape eight hundred years ago, he has never been able to catch me.The reason why he was caught this time was because he discovered the mural I left behind in the temple in the Red Forest of Copper Furnace, and because you later guessed his identity in the Copper Furnace, he discovered that I might not be dead yet, and that I had left behind a lot of things that he didn’t want people to know.”

Xie Lian remembered that when they passed the last temple in the Tongluo Red Forest, the last few murals inside had been destroyed, which could also be said to be the most critical ones.At that time, both he and Huacheng suspected that someone was hiding there, but they did not find it.Thinking about it now, I’m afraid it’s very possible that Bai Wuxiang was really hiding in a corner of that temple at that time.

Xie Lian said: “But, Imperial Master, why do you want to hide in Tibet?”

The Imperial Master said: “Of course it’s because…”

Huacheng said: “Betrayal.”

This word was a bit harsh, and the Imperial Master glanced at him.Huacheng’s expression did not change, and he said: “You betrayed him.”

The Imperial Master said: “Absolutely.That’s it.”

He turned to Xie Lian and said: “How should I put it, Your Highness…

“The things described on the mural are all true. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Wuyong is like the unparalleled sun of Wuyong Kingdom. How glorious you were when you were the Prince of Xianle, he is many times more glorious than you.

“My three classmates and I, four people in total, were once his attendants.After the prince ascended, he lit us up together and saw many different kinds of heavenly beings. It is no exaggeration to say that even in the heaven where all the gods gather, he is like the sun, so dazzling that others are eclipsed.”

As the Imperial Master spoke, he inadvertently revealed a fleeting smile.Xie Lian always felt that when he called the other person “His Royal Highness”, he was not talking about “Junwu” or “Bai Wuxiang”, but just the young prince from two thousand years ago.

He said: “In the past, you seemed to have said something similar to me.”

“Is there any?People cannot remember things when they are old.”

“some.But, you say, he did not ascend.He is dead.”

The national master said: “That’s probably because I would rather he didn’t ascend.”

Xie Lian said: “Is it because the Tonglu volcano erupted?”

The Imperial Master did not answer directly, but simply said: “His Royal Highness, the magic power is too strong.

“In his dream, he foresaw that Wuyong’s future would be a sea of fire, and he began to think of ways to save his people. If it were me now, I would never let him do that. But at that time, none of us thought what would happen. We all felt that someone is going to die now, what’s wrong with saving people?

“However, things are not that simple at all.

“The eruption of the volcano cannot be stopped. If there are no casualties, we have to move. But the scope of the volcanic attack is too large, and it is not just a matter of one or two cities. For the princes, nobles and ordinary people, the best way is to conquer other countries and occupy new territories. Otherwise, other countries will not simply allow so many Wuyong people to move in on a large scale.

“But for His Royal Highness, this is no solution at all.When fighting, there will be blood. Once blood is shed, people will become jealous, and people will become cruel and no longer human.

“The Wuyong Kingdom sent out its troops first. Wherever the soldiers went, no armor or grass was left. Moreover, because they wanted to ‘make land’ for the Wuyong people who would move there in the future, the generals ordered the massacre of the people of other countries. The more people were killed, the better. Rivers of blood flowed and corpses piled up like mountains.

“His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was very angry when he found out.As you can see, he punished these Wuyong soldiers on the battlefield.”

When Xie Lian thought about it, this could be said to be Jun Wu when he was a boy, or Bai Wuxiang when he was a boy, and he felt strange in his heart.The Imperial Master continued: “However, he is not the only one who is angry.This incident made the princes, nobles and some citizens of Wuyong Kingdom very angry.Many people went to the temple to question His Highness the Crown Prince: We are just in need of more land to survive and have no choice but to invade others. Is there anything wrong with that?”

“The impact of this incident has exceeded all of our expectations and has become more and more intense. Some people have begun to clamor to knock down his statue and burn his temple, but His Royal Highness has resisted.

“He said that if the Wuyong Kingdom was the party being invaded, he would defend it to the death and prevent the enemy from taking a step forward, but they themselves could never invade others. He implored everyone to give up the war and wait for him to build something – his bridge to the sky.”

The Imperial Master said slowly: “There is no more land in the world, so let’s send people to the sky to escape. Although this method is simply unbelievable, the four of us firmly believe in His Highness the Crown Prince and firmly believe that he can do it. It should be said that no matter what he wants to do, we will fully support him. Of course, other priests do not think so, and the entire heaven is opposed, but His Highness the Crown Prince still resists.

“He withstood three things at the same time: the incomprehension and complaints of the Wuyong people and the princes and nobles, the angry voices of the gods and gods, and the huge bridge that reached the sky.”

Huacheng sneered and said: “Objection?I’m afraid it’s more than just opposition.”

The Imperial Master nodded slowly and said, “If it’s just an objection, that’s fine.But…”

Xie Lian vaguely guessed what was going on, but still asked: “But?”

The Imperial Master said: “That bridge requires a lot of time and terrible mana to be completely built, and His Highness the Crown Prince cannot be distracted at all.He almost never went anywhere else, did anything else, and never listened to the prayers of other believers.He can only do this one thing.”

“However, a god who can only do one thing is bound to be unable to retain followers.When he withstood the bridge on the first day, people thanked him and remembered him; the same happened on the second, third, and fourth days.A month or two months later, I still thank him and remember him.But as time went on, it stopped working.

“The volcano has not erupted yet, and His Highness the Crown Prince has been silently accumulating magic power without doing anything else. People inevitably feel that he is not as powerful as before, and even say that he is not as dedicated as before. At this time, it is inevitable that new gods need to be worshiped.

“The Wuyong Kingdom has a large population, strong financial resources, and the faith of believers is also very strong. You can tell by looking at the great power of His Highness the Crown Prince at the beginning.Many priests have long coveted this territory and believers, so…”

Thanks for understanding.

He said: “So…the priests picked this opportunity, and took advantage of the Wuyong people’s resentment towards His Royal Highness the Prince to withdraw his troops from the battlefield, seduced them, and divided up his followers and the source of his magic power…right?””