Chapter 167: Dawn
White light appeared in the sky, and as the sunlight rose again, the blood of last night also passed with the wind.
The Mo Pavilion was so quiet that it seemed that even time had stopped. On the table in the center was a frozen right arm, and mysterious golden spell patterns overflowed from the depths of the ice.
The shrine next to him contained Gao Chengchuan's head, which was wrapped in layers of white gauze. He had not slept all night. Although Gongsun Yan was covered in blood, he was still energetic and could not see any fatigue. He bit his finger and lit it in the center of his head. The blood light was slowly burning, turning into a bunch of white smoke and gradually gathering in his eyebrows.
Gongsun Yan's eyes gradually changed, and he carefully pinched the smoke, as if he had really pinched something physical, soft and a little wet, which made him feel disgusted between his eyebrows. He held back his emotions, and closed his lips and teeth and silently recited Dongming's spell.
The butterfly flew around the head for seven times, and finally stopped at the seven orifices. The butterfly wings slowly expanded, surrounding the entire head.
Feiyuan does not believe in reincarnation, but the four realms have terrifying and weird soul techniques. He cannot let this old man who finally died "live" through any method, nor can he "never die or not"!
This person must die, his soul will be scattered, and he will die without reincarnation!
Bai Wu noticed the danger and struggled at his fingertips. He gathered and dissipated, becoming thicker and thicker, turning into black little by little, turning into a ferocious cave, revealing an indescribable mysterious aura, staring at him straight at him. Gongsun Yan held his breath and pulled out the short knife at his waist with his other hand. It was not urgent, and the movements on his hand fell accurately. The short knife cut across from the center of the fog. When the fog dissipated into two balls of mist, another knife cut vertically, and a cross-carved seal suddenly appeared.
It was at this moment that the butterfly flew up again and drilled into the cross seal, like an ancient and mysterious talisman, completely shattering the extracted residual soul.
"How?" Looking at his subordinates' actions, Ming Xi, who was sitting next to him, coughed lightly and asked.
"The old man has really tried a lot of medicines in person. The power of the remnant soul is much stronger than that of ordinary people. If he doesn't do this, he might really return one day with a corpse." Gongsun Yan shook his head and sighed, his hands were not idle, and he said with some gratitude, "Fortunately, the person who hurt him severely last time came from the heaven world, otherwise it would be difficult for ordinary people to hurt him with the old man's body. But now he is really dead, and the remnant soul has been completely broken by me, so it is impossible for him to live again."
Up to heaven... Hearing these three words, Mingxi's eyes went from vigilance to helplessness, and suddenly remembered the war god Di Zhong who appeared in front of him that day with Xiao Qianye's body.
Once such a person becomes an enemy, he will only be ten thousand times more difficult than the Night King, right?
Thinking of this, Mingxi still calmly picked up the tea at hand, moistening his already smoking voice.
Gongsun Yan shook his hand, pointed at the broken arm on the table, and frowned: "How should I deal with this thing?"
Mingxi turned his eyes and then his brows were frowned again by his words. His fingers with the jade ring suddenly shook, stopped the movements on his hand and focused on the tea.
There were dozens of puppet insects hidden in this arm that was frozen by the Fengshi Sword Technique. Each one was related to the lives of important figures in the Anbu. Now that it fell into his hands, it would have made these people become his subordinates overnight! I never expected that what he had been afraid of would become his trump card in this way!
Gongsun Yan held his chin and said to himself, but he didn't see any gloom on the other person's face inadvertently. He couldn't help but look out the door, and walked back and forth, muttering: "Why haven't Xiao Yibai been back yet? He can't find that male favorite? I remember his name is 'Azheng'. Several noble ladies in the imperial capital had asked him to serve him, but they were a little popular. I didn't expect that not only did they have some skills to coax women, but they could also hang the head of the prefect to the Governor's Mansion under my nose. This guy is really not simple. Mingxi, what are you going to do?"
"He was determined to betray Gao Chengchuan and surrender to me, so he naturally had to try whether it could be used." Mingxi responded as if nothing had happened, slowly opened his eyes and smiled.
"Try it?" Gongsun Yan looked puzzled, but his heart skipped a hint of coldness in his heart when facing his friend who lowered his head and chuckled. He asked with some anxiety, "What are you trying?"
Mingxi's voice was calm, pointing to the arm: "Of course, try the monsters hidden by Gao Chengchuan."
"Hey..." Gongsun Yan's pupils shrank, countless complex emotions flashed in his eyes, and his voice lowered, "Aren't such a dangerous thing directly destroyed?"
"No." Mingxi's fingertips secretly gathered his strength. Although he was a weak and thin body, he suddenly pinched the tea bowl in his hand out of the crack. Candlelight swayed in the dark ink pavilion, and shadows shone on the emperor's face with a slightly bitter smile. "Gongsun Yan, I want to make plans."
The two looked at each other with a strange expression. Gongsun Yan suddenly understood, and his face suddenly turned pale, but he still silently pressed his emotions and looked at Mingxi in front of him like a stranger: "What do you mean?"
"About the God-killing plan... I have to make plans for both." Mingxi did not want to hide his intentions, and raised his head and looked straight into his friend's eyes. "Once the Night King regained the ancient seeds in the array, Feiyuan would face the disaster of collapse and shattered destruction. If... I mean if Xiao Qianye fails, or if he changes his mind and gives up, Feiyuan, who has lost the power of the array eye, will be unable to continue, so I must make the worst plan now."
Gongsun Yan pursed his lips, and when he reached his lips, he was forced back by the bitterness in his throat. Seeing his friend's embarrassment, Mingxi was still calm, and like all the cruel and ruthless emperors, he spoke lightly: "Gongsun Yan, after I sat in this position, I realized that there are too many things in this world that cannot be chosen. If I can place Feiyuan's millions of lives on him alone, I must bear the consequences of failure. If it were you, one person and Quan Feiyuan, what choice would you make?"
Silence swept over, and the two of them exchanged their eyes with their own thoughts, and finally turned their heads away and did not dare to look at each other's gaze again.
Gongsun Yan was still in a daze. Once a person's identity and position changed, he would face various helpless choices, just like Mingxi during his reign of the crown prince, urgently needed to win over Xiao Qianye to obtain crucial military power. Now he no longer needs these. The only thing he had to do was to become a qualified "king".
"I don't trust him." Mingxi looked straight into his friend's eyes, with a bleak smile on his lips, "So I also said that it would let Feng Mo do his best to help him, but even so, how sure is he successful in facing the Night King? Or will another person in his body be unable to take action against his former friend and fellow practitioner?"
"I want to help him...but I also want to leave a way out for myself." Mingxi gritted his teeth, "I want to be responsible for my people."
Gongsun Yan was confused when he said it, and he waved his hand at a loss. He was always a determined and decisive person, how could he be so indecisive at such a critical moment!?
Mingxi's words are obviously correct. No one can say that he is 100% sure of success when facing the Night King in the Heaven Realm. Once he fails, Feiyuan will face the disaster of destruction. He is Feiyuan's emperor. He must face all possible consequences and make the most critical choice.
Even this choice is to give up someone who helps him become king.
Mingxi used force again, and with this force, he crushed the tea bowl and stabbed the slag into his palm, but he didn't seem to feel the pain at all. His eyes were instantly bright, and he said in an extremely calm tone: "If the Night King really succeeded in taking away the array eye, then the only person who is most likely to become the new array eye for a long time is... Xiao Qianye."
Gongsun Yan took a little step back, because he opened his mouth nervously and could not say a word. Mingxi looked at him calmly, and a light of determination and perseverance suddenly flashed through his eyes: "If he can make the Night King become a new array eye, it will naturally be the best result. If not... then I can only give up on him."
"You want to... use what Gao Chengchuan left behind to deal with him?" Gongsun Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief, regardless of the person in front of him being a noble emperor, and shouted sternly, "Mingxi, you can't abandon it after you use it! Have you ever thought about what Xiao Yibai would think of you?"
Hearing such a question, Mingxi lowered his head with a complicated expression, looked at the jade ring in his hand and pointed out the gods, and all kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind.
What would Xiao Yibai think of him... he would be disappointed, or even desperate, right?
But this thought lasted only a few seconds, and a painful expression appeared on Mingxi's face, but he still spoke without hesitation: "I must do this, Gongsun Yan, Fengmo is still yourselves. I want you to do your best to help him. But at the same time, you must transfer the things left by Gao Chengchuan to the territory of Gala as soon as possible. Once they enter the array eye, I want those things to be on standby nearby at any time. Also, today only you and I know. If a third person knows, you will die."
"Ha..." Gongsun Yan smiled bitterly, unable to believe it, "Everyone said that being with the king is like a tiger. Today I have experienced this feeling... Should I feel grateful that you, you trust me so much... and hand over such an important task to me."
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Gongsun Yan retreated with a dull look and murmured in a low voice: "It's really different, right, Brother Mingxi?"
A "squeak" sound came from outside, and the crisp footsteps walked towards this side one after another.
The two of them calmed their expressions at the same time, and sat back to their positions with a calm expression in the next moment. Mingxi calmly retracted his blood-stained hand into his sleeves and put the scraps on the table aside.
Xiao Yi's white-collar worker returned to Mo Pavilion with A Zheng, and saw the frozen arms on the table and the head in the shrine.
Mingxi spared the red tape and looked at this male pet, which was popular among the noble ladies several times. He smiled calmly, indeed, integrating the femininity of a woman and the fortitude of a man, without any fear.
"What's your name?" Ming Xi couldn't help but sigh, feeling a little regretful, and asked casually.
The male pet's eyes were crazy, and a strange curve was raised at the corner of his mouth: "It used to be Thirty-san, but now it is Zheng, as for the future... let Your Majesty like it."
"Oh?" Ming Xi was slightly stunned, and was shocked by such a reply for a moment. He couldn't help but smile, "Do you want to change your mind and become a new person?"
"Whether I can change my mind or not depends entirely on His Majesty's thoughts."
Mingxi's eyes showed a rare surprise, and he was silent for a few seconds. He pointed to the bookcase in a corner of Mo Pavilion, turned around and smiled at Xiao Yibai: "Help me take the first book on the third floor."
Xiao Yibai frowned and glanced at him, but took it according to his wishes. Gongsun Yan looked at it curiously and found that it was a book called "Shan Hai Jing" from the Central Plains. He couldn't help but twitch his lips and asked in confusion: "At this time, do you still read such irrelevant strange stories?"
Mingxi ignored him, as if he was seriously looking up something, flipping through the book casually, staring at a few lines of small words and reading silently for a long time.
Gongsun Yan looked at him awkwardly, and then looked at the male favorite. Before he could say anything, Mingxi had already closed the book in his hand and smiled and said, "I heard that you were sold from Jingcheng to the Imperial Capital Yile Pavilion. Although most of your life experience is fake, you should know that there is a military pavilion army near Jingcheng, named Zhu Yan."
"I know." The male pet responded calmly, although he did not understand the true intention of the emperor in front of him. "There are only six Zhu Yan in Yangchuan, who are stationed in Dayan City and five surrounding small cities respectively. It is said that this kind of strange beast can spit fire and is extremely difficult to tame. The fire accident that caused more than 100,000 casualties in Jingcheng was secretly rumored that Zhu Yan was accidentally injured."
Mingxi nodded and looked at him meaningfully: "This book comes from the Central Plains and is called "Shan Hai Jing". This is how it describes Zhu Yan, "There is a beast, which looks like a monkey, and has white heads and barefoots. It is called Zhu Yan, and when you see it, you will be soldier."
The male favorite frowned. He didn't know what the culture of the Central Plains was, nor did he know what his Majesty suddenly mentioned these things at this moment, so he had to pursed his lips and said nothing, and did not dare to answer easily anymore.
"What this sentence means is that Zhu Yan, a strange beast, is a sign of war. As long as it appears, war will occur in the world." Mingxi breathed out, closed his eyes, and suddenly there was a strange impulse and murmured: "From now on, you will be Zhu Yan."
The male pet was stunned for a moment, and there was a shock in his eyes - such an unknown name, did this person give him such an unknown name so easily?
He is the emperor of Feiyuan, and war is the thing he least wants to see. Why did he not avoid suspicion and even gave this name to someone like him who betrayed repeatedly?
He looked up in confusion and wanted to find something from the other person's sight, but this glance made his heart feel like an ice cave. The eyes that were obviously dazzling like the sun showed a cold that made him feel cold into his bones.
What a strange person... he couldn't see the bottom in his eyes, and he was deeper than everyone he had ever seen.
The smile on the corner of the male pet's mouth slowly disappeared, his brain was silent, and the light suddenly flew past the frozen arm next to him, feeling strong uneasy - no wonder Gao Chengchuan didn't strangle the puppet worm to death at that time and died with him. He must also want to see what the consequences would be if he fell into the hands of His Majesty Mingxi?
People like him can only go from one hell to another helplessly.
The male pet finally smiled stubbornly, knelt down humbly in front of Mingxi, but his eyes suddenly condensed, as if he had some enlightenment, and whispered: "Zhu Yan... thank Your Majesty for giving him a name."
Chapter completed!