Chapter 115

"Now that the Song Emperor Zhao Zhao Zhao Huan has fallen, I have used a secret technique to devour his destiny to bolster the Great Song's national fortune, yet my cultivation speed... has actually increased by less than double!"

"This... seems a bit strange!"

"The Song Emperor Zhao Ji increased my cultivation speed by twenty-six times! One year of cultivation was comparable to twenty-six years for others! But the Song Emperor Zhao Zhao Zhao Huan, the increase in cultivation speed is actually less than... double?!"

Lin Lin Lingsu rubbed his brow, feeling somewhat unable to understand.

If one were to say it was because the Song Emperor Zhao Zhao Zhao Huan had been on the throne for less than a year before being killed by Li Li Li Zhangsheng, and thus the cultivation speed increase was less than double, it would seem... plausible!

But when the Song Emperor Zhao Ji died, he had been on the throne for only twenty-one years. If one were to calculate based on the method used for the Song Emperor Zhao Zhao Zhao Huan's reign, then the cultivation speed increase for Lin Lin Lingsu should have been twenty-one times, not twenty-six!

Yet the result was an increase of twenty-six times!

So, the question arises... why exactly twenty-six times?!

Where did this extra five times... come from?!

Lin Lin Lingsu could not quite figure it out. After pondering for a long time, he only became more confused the more he thought about it.

"But! Fortunately! Fortunately... I have found another person! If I can devour his destiny, my improvement speed will increase by thirty-five times!"

His gaze shifted slightly, looking toward the residence of Prince Kang, Zhao Gou.

If Li Li Li Zhangsheng knew these three numbers—twenty-six times, one time, and thirty-five times—he would surely have a sudden realization.

Because, in original history, Song Huizong Zhao Ji reigned for twenty-six years; Song Qinzong Zhao Zhao Zhao Huan reigned for less than a year; and Song Gaozong Zhao Gou reigned for thirty-five years!

"It's just that this Zhao Gou seems... a bit strange! His destiny is actually so strong?! It seems... hmm?!"

"This divine dragon... the Song Song Song Taizu's nation-protecting divine weapon, the Coiling Dragon Staff?!"

"Indeed! The Song State's foundation is extraordinary. Fortunately, due to the limitations of the secret technique for devouring destiny, I cannot act personally... Wait?! This is... Hiss!"

"This child... is terrifying to this extent?!"

Just as Lin Lin Lingsu was marveling at the Song State's foundation, he was stunned by Li Li Li Zhangsheng's supreme divine might in the next instant!

Subduing a Coiling Dragon Staff comparable to the Divine Ability Realm with a single palm?!

It was simply... impossible to describe with words!

"This... how on earth does this child cultivate?!"

Lin Lin Lingsu exclaimed repeatedly. Originally, he had planned to join forces with the three Zhao clans, the Confucian scholars Cheng Yi and Cheng Hao, Master Master Kong Xiang of the Daxiangguo Temple, and the various Celestial Masters of Mount Longhu to deal with Li Li Li Zhangsheng, so as to obtain that technique for controlling the Divine Firmament Thunder with a sword. But now, seeing this scene, he was completely terrified.

"This child... must not be made an enemy of! Absolutely must not be made an enemy of!"

Lin Lin Lingsu made a new decision in his heart.

"Is this... the end?!"

"Are you sure that is the Song State's nation-protecting divine weapon?! How could it be so pathetic?!"

"The nation-protecting divine weapon is said to be comparable to the Divine Ability Realm! And yet... just this?!"

"Are you sure it's not that the nation-protecting divine weapon is too useless, but that Li Li Li Zhangsheng... no! True Person Li is too strong?!"

"..."

The crowd of civil and military officials, and even all the martial artists who saw this terrifying scene, were all shocked, their minds stirred, almost unable to express it in words!

In such a scene, everyone was stunned, completely dumbfounded. It could be said: the world was shocked, and the heroes were helpless!

High above in the endless sky.

At the same time, Li Li Li Zhangsheng flipped his right hand slightly, using the great divine ability of Dragon Subduing and Tiger Taming to place the divine dragon within his 'Only I' Domain.

Roar!

The divine dragon, feeling the restraints disappear, was about to soar into the sky; but at this moment, strands of the domain's order power flowed out, turning into a cage, re-enveloping the divine dragon and trapping it in place, unable to move!

Supreme Divine Ability: Drawing a Circle as a Prison!

"I... I... am so unlucky! So unlucky! Wuwuwu!"

The divine dragon was stunned, looking left and right, almost crying.

It had thought Li Li Li Zhangsheng looked so "frail" that he should be nothing special, and it could kill him with one claw.

And as long as it killed him, it could regain its freedom. Who would have thought that beneath Li Li Li Zhangsheng's "frail" body, he was actually so powerful!

So powerful that... it was the one who was weak and pathetic!

"The three Zhao clans?!"

"Zhao Zhao Zhao Huan wanted to kill me! You might have known, but at least you didn't take action! So, I have no intention of taking action against you for past grievances!"

"But now... since it has come to this, then you can go on the road together with Zhao Ji and Zhao Zhao Zhao Huan!"

Li Li Li Zhangsheng's eyes swirled, his gaze brilliant, like two rays of divine light, piercing through the void and straight down, seeing the three Zhao Emperors in the Zhao Ancestral Shrine.

Great Song, Lin'an.

"Stop!"

Just then, a loud shout, accompanied faintly by the roar of dragons and tigers, shook the firmament and the universe.

A tall old man with black and white hair intertwined arrived flying on a yellow dragon, intending to stop Li Li Li Zhangsheng.

But Li Li Li Zhangsheng merely glanced at him, ignoring him completely. With a single thought, he unleashed his Sword Control Technique, and the Azure Heaven Sword shot out, traversing up and down, unstoppable, heading straight for the Zhao Ancestral Shrine.

At the same time, the Zhao Ancestral Shrine!

"Not good!"

"Little Li is about to strike! Run quickly!"

"With my essence blood, I blood-sacrifice the nation-protecting divine weapon: The Gaoliang River Donkey Cart!"

"..."

Sensing a terrifying murderous intent, Song Ren Sect Zhao Zhen, Song Shenzong Zhao Xu, and Song Zhezong Zhao Xu felt their spines turn cold, their feet chill, and their minds tremble!

Without the slightest hesitation, they extended their fingers again, pointing into their brows. Three drops of essence blood floated out and merged into a donkey cart ridden by Song Taizong Zhao Zhao Guangyi, beside Song Song Song Taizu Zhao Zhao Zhao Kuangyin.

"Hee-haw! Hee-haw!"

A donkey's bray came, emitting terrifying fluctuations like those of the Divine Ability Realm.

A ray of light enveloped Zhao Zhen, Zhao Xu, and Zhao Xu, pulling them into the donkey cart; then, this divine donkey stepped on the void, auspicious clouds gathered, and it traveled a thousand zhang in an instant.

This divine donkey, sensing a green light appear, suddenly drifted, actually avoiding Li Li Li Zhangsheng's Azure Heaven Sword.

"Oh?! This donkey cart... is somewhat interesting!"

Li Li Li Zhangsheng's eyes lit up, as if he had discovered something very rare, and a strange expression could not help but appear on his face. "Is this the Gaoliang River Donkey Cart that Zhao Zhao Guangyi used to abandon hundreds of thousands of troops and flee back then?!"

In this comprehensive martial arts world, the Battle of Gaoliang River had also occurred.

The Liao and Jin nations joined forces, and even the Mongol Great Great Yuan secretly fanned the flames. In the end, at Gaoliang River, they surrounded the Song Emperor Zhao Zhao Guangyi and hundreds of thousands of Song troops.

And in order to save his life, Zhao Zhao Guangyi directly abandoned these hundreds of thousands of Song troops, using a nation-protecting divine weapon, the Gaoliang River Donkey Cart, to drift and maneuver, managing to avoid the obstruction of the Earthly Immortals from the Great Great Yuan, Liao, and Jin nations, and fled back to Lin'an.

But it was precisely because of Zhao Zhao Guangyi's flight that the hundreds of thousands of Song troops lost all will to fight and morale, and were completely annihilated by the Liao and Jin nations.

Since then, the Zhao Song's vitality was severely damaged, and it no longer had the strength to contend with the Mongol Great Great Yuan. Even the Liao, Jin, and Western Xia nations would occasionally head south to attack cities and seize territory.

"Audacious child! How dare you mock our Taizong Majesty?!"

"Also! Just now, this Daoist told you to stop! You child... could it be you didn't hear?!"

Just then, that tall figure riding the yellow dragon had already appeared not far from Li Li Li Zhangsheng.

And beside him were two other figures. One was a middle-aged old man with white hair and beard, glaring at Li Li Li Zhangsheng, as if harboring monstrous hatred.

The other figure was short, like a child, with deep eyes, like an abyss.

"Mount Longhu Daoist robes?! Are you Celestial Masters from Mount Longhu?!"

Li Li Li Zhangsheng did not answer but asked instead, his face calm, though he felt somewhat impatient inside.

He hadn't prepared to go to Mount Longhu to settle accounts yet, but he didn't expect Mount Longhu to appear first.

"Indeed! This Daoist! Zhao Zhao Huangchao!"

"Little Li, this Daoist advises you to be sensible!"

"The world is vast, but it cannot tolerate your wild behavior!"

The tall old man riding the yellow dragon, Zhao Zhao Huangchao, slowly exhaled and spoke sternly.

"This Daoist! Zhao Zhao Xiyi! My son Zhao Zhao Danxia died at your hands?!"

The middle-aged old man with hatred in his eyes spoke coldly.

"This Daoist! Zhao Zhao Xuansu!"

The short Daoist who looked like a child said slowly.

"This Daoist! Zhao Zhao Danping!"