Chapter 568: Illegitimate Son

Crown Prince Zhao Jing stood in front of the Donggong, looking at Wuji Palace, while also thinking about the identity of True Person Taiyi and his relationship with the current Emperor.

A kind of intuition told him that this True Person Taiyi had a deep relationship with the Father Emperor and had known him for a long time.

Otherwise, with the Father Emperor's personality, it was impossible to be so reckless as to confer the position of National Teacher to an unknown mountain Daoist.

But although his intuition was like this, Zhao Jing could never find any evidence to prove that True Person Taiyi and the Father Emperor had known each other for a long time, because Zhao Jing, as the legitimate son, was born when the Father Emperor was sixteen. At that time, the Father Emperor was still an Eighth Prince who was not favored, his mansion was shabby, and his guests were few. There were very few people he could know, and many of them he had seen and known, among whom there was absolutely no such Daoist.

Zhao Jing frowned and pondered, but never had a clue.

"Crown Prince, that True Person Taiyi was introduced by Prince Xin at the beginning. Perhaps the Crown Prince should go and ask Prince Xin," an official on the side reminded in a low voice.

Prince Xin Zhao Rui?

Zhao Jing's expression moved slightly. Zhao Rui was his brother by a different father and mother, and he was intelligent and talented. If he were not the legitimate eldest son, this Crown Prince position might have fallen to him. However, the Father Emperor was decisive after ascending the throne, either conferring all brothers and sisters as princes or as county princesses, and they were all far away from the capital, preventing the struggle for the throne that happened in the past.

Therefore, his Crown Prince position was as stable as Mount Tai and could not be shaken at all.

On this point, Zhao Jing admired the Father Emperor very much, directly preventing some disputes from the root.

"I, as the eldest brother, should indeed see my younger brother." Zhao Jing took back his gaze at this moment, no longer looking at Wuji Palace, but immediately asked people to arrange the carriage, preparing to go out of the palace.

Before long.

The Crown Prince's carriage drove out of the imperial palace and came to a mansion.

When Zhao Jing walked into the mansion, he saw Prince Xin Zhao Rui in a backyard.

At this moment, Zhao Rui seemed to have known long ago that Zhao Jing would come to find him, and had prepared wine and food early, waiting in the pavilion in the backyard.

"Eldest brother, you are here." Zhao Rui smiled.

Zhao Jing said: "Old Four, don't sell it. Who exactly is that True Person Taiyi? Don't tell me you don't know. A mountain Daoist was suddenly conferred as National Teacher. This matter has attracted the attention of the Yin Son of Heaven, and the incense gods of the world have opinions on this. The Father Emperor is not the type to act arbitrarily. He did this, and there must be his deep meaning. I guess True Person Taiyi's identity is very special, so I want to hear you say it yourself."

He didn't beat around the bush, but asked directly.

Because he was the Crown Prince, the future Emperor, it was that simple, and there was no need to be polite and hypocritical with Zhao Rui.

Zhao Rui said: "Eldest brother, I have only known that True Person Taiyi for two or three days. He came mysteriously, with extraordinary strength. In Xinzhou City, he killed the Taiyue Mountain God, the Xinzhou City God, and the Zhongwu Marquis in one breath."

"I'm not interested in these. No matter how strong the means of a Daoist practitioner are, they can never defeat the incense of the world and the Emperors of the past dynasties," Zhao Jing said earnestly. "I only want to know True Person Taiyi's true identity. He has the Dragon-Tiger energy that only the Son of Heaven has. Don't tell me you don't know this."

Zhao Rui said: "Dragon-Tiger energy, huh? I did hear the monsters in the mansion mention it before, but I really don't know True Person Taiyi's identity. However, I can be sure of one point: True Person Taiyi and the Father Emperor must have known each other long ago."

"You guess so too?"

Zhao Jing's heart sank: "I also thought so before I came. It's just that the strange thing is that as the legitimate eldest son, I have an impression of who was around the Father Emperor and who he had seen. Even if I couldn't remember things when I was young, the old people in the mansion before would definitely have memories. But it just so happens that everything about this True Person Taiyi is blank."

Zhao Rui smiled: "Eldest brother, have you ever thought that when the Father Emperor knew True Person Taiyi, it was even earlier than we imagined? Perhaps..."

"Perhaps what?" Zhao Jing asked.

"Perhaps at that time, neither you nor I were born," Zhao Rui said, picking up a wine glass and slowly pouring a glass of wine, then handing it to Zhao Jing.

Zhao Jing didn't take the glass of wine, but his face changed suddenly: "You mean, that True Person Taiyi might be the Father Emperor's illegitimate son? No, this is impossible."

A most likely, but most inappropriate possibility flashed through his mind.

"It doesn't exclude this answer. After all, that True Person Taiyi is also very young, looking only in his early twenties, while the Father Emperor is already thirty-eight. If you calculate the age, it can match," Zhao Rui smiled, drinking the wine by himself: "If True Person Taiyi is the Father Emperor's illegitimate son, then everything before can be explained."

"Why would the Father Emperor ignore all objections and confer True Person Taiyi as National Teacher, enjoying the incense offerings of the world? Why does True Person Taiyi have Dragon-Tiger energy? Why would the Father Emperor bestow Wuji Palace to True Person Taiyi, and also give True Person Taiyi an Embroidered Uniform Guard Commander, as well as a team of Golden Pupil Guards?"

"Of course, I also hope this guess is fake. But if it is true, then your identity as the legitimate eldest son will no longer exist, and the Crown Prince position in the future will only..."

"Enough, Old Four. You are inciting, wanting to use this National Teacher as a knife to kill me? It seems you haven't given up after being conferred as Prince Xin, and still want to compete with me." Crown Prince Zhao Jing was not a fool. Although he was shaken by this sentence, he absolutely didn't believe Zhao Rui's one-sided words.

Zhao Rui didn't speak, just drinking wine by himself: "Actually, I hope this True Person Taiyi is really the Father Emperor's illegitimate son. He has an extraordinary bearing and amazing skills. Putting aside some personal factors, I still admire this True Person Taiyi. If he becomes the Emperor in the future, I have nothing to say."

After speaking, he glanced at Zhao Jing.

To tell the truth, he just didn't accept this Crown Prince.

Besides being born a few years earlier than himself, what else? He couldn't write or fight, only knowing how to win over officials in the court and manage party forces, all of which were inferior.

What should really be done is to follow the Father Emperor to cultivate, enhance one's own strength, and then govern the country together and fight for the world, rather than neglecting one thing and losing another, engaging in those power schemes.

Crown Prince Zhao Jing sneered: "Old Four, don't think about it. No matter if that True Person Taiyi is the Father Emperor's illegitimate son, from the moment he was conferred as National Teacher, he had no way out. He can only go all the way to the dark, either resign from the position of National Teacher and flee to the mountains and forests, or be prepared to be fixed by the incense gods of the world."

"Incense is a forbidden area. Even the Father Emperor doesn't dare to reach out to touch it. Does he, a mountain Daoist with no power and no influence, deserve it?"

"That may not be so," Zhao Rui shook his head slightly: "Eldest brother, you haven't seen the way that Daoist Taiyi truly makes a move. It is truly swallowing mountains and rivers, invincible in the world. I think that if he joins forces with the Father Emperor, he can really do something earth-shattering. As a younger brother, I can only remind you that no matter what the Father Emperor and True Person Taiyi do, you should unconditionally support them."

"Support? Let that True Person Taiyi pass these ten days first. The Yin memorial has been burned. Within these ten days, the Yin Son of Heaven will definitely take action," Crown Prince Zhao Jing hummed heavily. He now couldn't figure out Zhao Rui's thoughts.

Was he really wanting to sow discord, or did he have other deep meanings?

However, at this moment, the time had unknowingly reached late at night.

Above the Wuji Palace, a red mist light still soared into the sky, and at the same time, a brilliant golden light shone down. The incense aura of the sky, carrying countless heaven and earth spiritual energy, gathered toward this place.

Such a huge cultivation method made the incense gods in all parts of the capital feel heart-pounding.

"Is that the True Person Taiyi who was conferred as National Teacher? What is he doing? He can perform such spells in the imperial palace? And this momentum has lasted for a day and a night."

"The Northern Guardian God General Wang Qijun was killed by this person? A Daoist who can kill a Guardian God General actually appeared in the world. Is the world going to be in chaos?"

"If this person sits firmly in the position of National Teacher, he will definitely be the nightmare of all incense gods."

They discussed one after another, but without exception, they all felt a strong threat from Li Yi. Such a different kind of person, if not eradicated as soon as possible, would definitely be a great enemy of the world's incense gods in the future.

Immediately, these incense gods acted. They couldn't wait for a certain night ten days later; they had to find a way to deal with this True Person Taiyi as soon as possible.

At the very least, strip this person of his position as National Teacher and don't let him enjoy the incense of the world.

Since ancient times, only the Emperor could enjoy incense while alive.

But the Emperor was difficult to cultivate. Although he would turn into a Yin Son of Heaven after death, he could generally accept it. But if a Daoist could also enjoy the incense of the masses and use this to cultivate, wouldn't that be digging the roots of the incense gods? No one could tolerate this.

However, these incense gods still underestimated Li Yi's cultivation speed.

Just the first night.

Li Yi's twelve acupoints were filled.

Second layer of the Five Qi Realm, done.

Feeling the surging magic power in his body, as well as the increasingly powerful Dragon-Tiger strength, Li Yi felt heroic. He felt that he was several times stronger than before. Borrowing the incense power, plus the magic power of twenty-four acupoints, he could completely roam the world, matchless.

However, he was not satisfied with this.

Instead, he continued to impact the third layer of the Five Qi Realm.

Open the liver acupoint, adopt wood energy.

If he could succeed, the heart-fire energy would borrow the wood energy, and the power of his Wind-Calling Great Method would increase several times. If combined with incense power, Li Yi's spellcasting would only be no less than a Three Flower Realm expert fighting.

Sure enough,

In the second half of the night.

A cyan pillar of light fell from the sky and entered Wuji Palace again.

In an instant, the beams and wood sprouted, and the old trees met spring, emitting a vigorous vitality.

It was just that at the third layer of the Five Qi Realm, the cultivation speed was obviously slower.

Because there was no heart-fire to refine true gold, and no kidney-water to nourish wood energy, so at the third layer of the Five Qi Realm, it was a bottleneck for Daoist practitioners. There was no shortcut here, only slow refining by oneself. ===== CHAPTER 569 =====