Chapter 497: A follower of the Dao, a living demigod of the Heavenly Time?

Emperor Qianyin and Emperor Fuzhi entered together, but only Emperor Fuzhi came out; those outside instantly associated this with something.

Emperor Chimei and two other mechanists, who belonged to the same Hall of War Gods, immediately asked: "Emperor Fuzhi, may I ask where Emperor Qianyin is?"

Emperor Fuzhi wore a look of regret: "Emperor Qianyin unfortunately triggered a True Spirit Tribulation during the inheritance trial and has already perished."

"What?" The three, including Emperor Chimei, were shaken.

If it were a normal death, Emperor Qianyin might still have a chance at resurrection. Her ability to join the Hall of War Gods proved she possessed many merits over the years. If she died, the Empire would request the Hall of Reincarnation to resurrect her.

Died under a True Spirit Tribulation? Then there was no way.

It had never been heard of that one could be resurrected after dying under a True Spirit Tribulation.

"How could Emperor Qianyin suddenly encounter a True Spirit Tribulation? As her close friend, why have I never heard of this? Emperor Fuzhi, do you have proof?" A bald mechanist stared fixedly at Emperor Fuzhi, his expression very agitated.

Emperor Fuzhi turned his head to look at this mechanist: "Emperor Hai Gong, I was concentrating on accepting the inheritance trial at the time; how could I have had the energy to pay attention to Emperor Qianyin? By the time I reacted, I saw Emperor Qianyin had turned to ash."

"No proof? Then I ask you, did you obtain the inheritance?"

"Yes," Emperor Fuzhi nodded.

Emperor Hai Gong's tone grew icy: "You, a Sword Dao Emperor, competed with Emperor Qianyin, and in the end, you obtained the inheritance while Emperor Qianyin died instead."

"It must be that you took the opportunity to launch a sneak attack and killed her!"

Emperor Chimei and the other mechanist listened, and suddenly felt this made a lot of sense, immediately speaking in unison: "Emperor Fuzhi, please come back to the Hall of War Gods with us for a trip!"

"If it is proven that you did not lie, we will naturally offer an apology."

Emperor Fuzhi stood on the steps, scanning the three below, and also scanned

Zhao Xing, his expression gradually changing.

"I was able to obtain the inheritance because I cultivate both sword and music; I have the qualifications to take it."

"I can explain to the Ancient Alliance, and I can explain to Elder Bowei, but I have no need to explain to you, the Hall of War Gods!"

"Furthermore, according to the Wilderness Exploration Convention, killing is free. Never mind that it wasn't me; even if I really had killed her, what would you do about it?"

"You admit it?!" Emperor Hai Gong's eyes were cold: "Bowei truly has the heart of a wolf!" Emperor Fuzhi, hearing Emperor Hai Gong's disrespect toward Bowei, flashed killing intent in his eyes: "Get lost, don't force me to act!"

A murderous aura suddenly grew thick between heaven and earth, and a layer of frost even appeared on the ground.

Zhao Xing frowned and retreated behind Emperor Chimei and the others.

Emperor Fuzhi came from the Ancient Alliance, but he spent most of his time in the Academy because he was Bowei's 【Follower of the Dao】.

What is a Follower of the Dao? Theoretically, everyone who has been taught cultivation techniques by a scholar can be called that scholar's Follower of the Dao.

Followers of the Dao were originally a loose organization.

Later, it slowly turned into major powers inserting people to learn, treating it as a talent cultivation base, and after the geniuses became strong, they would return to serve their respective powers.

In exchange, the various national powers would provide resources for the scholars to conduct research.

However, since the late Zhixin era, 【Followers of the Dao】 had undergone changes.

Bowei first proposed reforming the Follower of the Dao organization, requiring Followers of the Dao to be loyal to the Academy and break away from their original powers.

At the same time, he reduced the scale of Followers of the Dao, concentrating energy on cultivating a small group of talents.

The cultivation resources for Followers of the Dao became provided by the Academy, extending the time spent learning with the scholars.

Those who performed outstandingly could even inherit all the secret techniques of a certain scholar!

Such radical reform naturally met with opposition, because this was equivalent to the Academy possessing its own armed forces, equivalent to sucking blood from major powers. Such an inversion of heaven and earth would naturally not be agreed to by the various national powers.

There was also opposition from within, because this turned the Academy from a neutral organization into a non-neutral one, contradicting the Academy's philosophy of "contending with nothing in the world."

Zhixin did not pass this reform proposal, but he did allow Bowei to select Followers of the Dao from weak dynasty powers.

Since the Wilderness Era, the Academy's armed forces had indeed been growing stronger, and ever since Bowei incorporated the "Starry Sky Historians," the reform of the 【Follower of the Dao】 organization was also put on the agenda.

Compared to incorporating the "Starry Sky Historians" and opening the Boundary-Crossing Tower, the reform of the Follower of the Dao organization seemed insignificant and did not attract much attention.

Because Bowei was not as sharp-edged as he was in his youth; although he reduced the 【Follower of the Dao】 quota for ancient powers, due to the opening of the Eighth Dharma Realm, the scholars' strength increased, which was equivalent to the overall strength of the Followers of the Dao also increasing.

The number of people decreased, but the elites increased, so there was nothing to say about the Academy wanting more resources.

Bowei used the resources obtained from ancient and super powers to start cultivating Followers of the Dao from small countries, slowly possessing the first batch of armed forces completely loyal to the Academy; Emperor Fuzhi was the best among them. Bowei covered up the God-Making Project under the 【Follower of the Dao】 plan.

He first threw out the Follower of the Dao plan to test the reactions of various countries. Assuming Emperor Fuzhi died in the end, he still had two other people to cultivate and could do it more secretly.

Zhao Xing did not know if the three's actions were authorized by the Hall of War Gods or if it was an individual action driven by greed.

In any case, Emperor Hai Gong, Emperor Chimei, and Emperor Chen Xuan Si really had killing intent and planned to compete with Emperor Fuzhi.

"Truly courting death, just don't drag me into it."

Zhao Xing did not want to provoke Emperor Fuzhi at all, and he had no friendship with these three from the Hall of War Gods.

However, the excuses found by Emperor Hai Gong, Emperor Chimei, and the three rose to the level of camp opposition; if they fought, how could he stay out of it?

"Scholar Feng Chen, Follower of the Dao Fuzhi," Emperor Hai Gong shouted lowly: "I suspect you killed members of the Imperial Hall of War Gods and endangered the exploration of the Ancient Dao. Surrender immediately and cooperate with the Hall of War Gods' investigation!"

At the same time, Emperor Chimei and Emperor Chen Xuan Si both sent sound transmissions to Zhao Xing: "Envoy Zhao Xing, in the name of the Military Department, you are ordered to return to the outside world immediately and report to Emperor Tian Jin."

Zhao Xing had just broken through to the Reincarnation Realm and had a Primordial Avatar; escaping was his specialty. They didn't ask Zhao Xing to fight, but to go and report the news.

Hearing this, Zhao Xing's heart turned cold.

He was certain that the three, Emperor Hai Gong and the others, were thinking of killing and seizing treasures, and it was absolutely not authorized by the higher-ups.

Assuming it was, they should have let him notify Emperor Zi Fang and Emperor Meng Wu.

How could it be Emperor Tian Jin? It was very obvious: either they were using him to call for help, or they were trying to get rid of him.

If he reported the news himself, it would add a layer of persuasiveness afterward.

"I know the Emperor is omnipotent and has inherited a divine object, but where do they get their confidence from?"

Zhao Xing did not understand, but instinct still made him choose to escape the vortex of the struggle.

He neither intended to call for help nor intended to stay and help.

"Zheng!"

It sounded like a sword leaving its sheath, and also like the sound of a zither.

Zhao Xing discovered that the surrounding space had become extremely chaotic, and his Primordial Avatar's distance-less jump became extremely slow. The tension between the two sides made the musical notes already in the Palace area

fall into chaos. It was as if the entire Ling Luo Realm had been sealed.

Although it did not completely interrupt Zhao Xing's teleportation, it delayed the time for Zhao Xing to escape.

Zhao Xing's heart skipped a beat.

Perhaps only he knew how terrifying Emperor Fuzhi was.

Emperor Fuzhi belonged to one of the Three Sons of Divine Presence.

If they really fought, even ten more Emperors like Chimei and Hai Gong could not be his opponents.

? cO

Now that he couldn't escape, was he really going to be dragged into it?

"Wait!"

Seeing that the situation was about to spiral out of control, Zhao Xing's main body and avatar suddenly rushed between the two sides.

Master Zhao's insertion forcibly brought the impending great war to a halt.

Emperor Fuzhi dared not kill Zhao Xing.

Because even Bowei dared not have such a thought; although he didn't know why, he trusted Bowei's judgment immensely.

But Zhao Xing didn't know this; if Emperor Fuzhi wanted to kill him to silence him, him being caught in the crossfire would be purely an undeserved disaster.

The omnipotent Emperor Fuzhi was not as simple as one plus one equals two, not to mention he now had a divine object in hand.

Emperor Chimei and the three, wary that Zhao Xing was a partner cooperating with Meng Wu, also dared not let Zhao Xing get hurt. The previous order was mainly to get Zhao Xing out of the way.

The three possessed a one-time explosive strange object, left behind by a certain ruin cave from the Five Emperors era.

Even if Emperor Fuzhi luckily obtained a divine object, they were very confident they could take down the little-known Emperor Fuzhi.

"Emperor Chimei, Emperor Hai Gong, Emperor Chen Xuan Si, no matter how you put it, scholars are respected and have special status; Imperial law has never harmed scholars." Zhao Xing first advised the three. "Even if you want to question him, you should go out together first."

"before talking."

At the same time, the avatar faced Emperor Fuzhi and similarly advised: "Emperor Fuzhi, Elder Feng, Emperor Qianyin has died, and there is not even a chance for resurrection. The colleagues from the Hall of War Gods are agitated for a moment, which is truly understandable. I believe the three Emperors are open and aboveboard and are not coveting your treasures." Emperor Fuzhi pondered for a moment, then nodded: "Si Nong Zhao, for your sake, I can let it go, as long as these three stop blocking the way. If you want to question me, you must first report to Elder Bowei." Seeing Emperor Fuzhi loosen his stance, Zhao Xing felt a sense of relief.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Hai Gong was unrelenting: "We naturally won't lay a hand on a scholar, but he is not a scholar, only a Follower of the Dao!"

"Afraid to accept questioning? You clearly have a guilty conscience!"

Emperor Chen Xuan Si shouted: "Zhao Xing, leave quickly; this is not something you can interfere with."

Zhao Xing was speechless.

I would like to leave, but I have to be able to!

"Si Nong Zhao, you don't need to waste your breath." Emperor Fuzhi's gaze looked into the distance, "The Ling Luo Realm has been laid with mechanical arrays along the way; they didn't intend to let me go."

"I appreciate your good intentions."

Zhao Xing wasn't afraid of Emperor Fuzhi dying; he was afraid of Emperor Fuzhi killing them!

No matter how you put it, this was the Yan Xing Ancient Dao, and things were happening on his turf.

"Three Emperors, could you..."

But Emperor Chimei had already lost his patience.

He reached out a large hand, the chain-wrapped hand flashing with lightning, and directly slapped Zhao Xing toward the distance.

At the same time, Emperor Fuzhi also acted; he pointed a finger, sword Qi crisscrossing, tearing a hole in the outer area of the Ling Luo Palace, where musical notes filled the sky.

Both sides tacitly sent Zhao Xing away.

"Wu Wu Wu Wu~"

A low horn sound rang out; Zhao Xing seemed to hear the sound from the twelfth stage of the Five-Tone Illusion Realm.

However, the musical notes filling the sky stirred the wind and clouds, making him unable to see the battle situation inside.

When his True Spirit wanted to see clearly, this horn sound suddenly made him feel a splitting headache.

The three from the Hall of War Gods wanted to kill and seize treasures, but they used the name of the Hall of War Gods and even planned to use him.

Zhao Xing, who had just fused with the dark sub-soul, once again induced the dark side in his heart. After hearing the horn sound, his True Spirit vaguely had signs of being passively torn for the 102nd time.

"The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind!"

"Those three dare to act, they must have confidence. I have now subdued powerful troop types and can completely lurk around, waiting for them to both suffer and reap the fisherman's profit!"

"The Boundary-Breaking Divine Stone still has a last bit of power. After its divine power was consumed, it just reached the critical value that can be detonated. Do you remember that explosion in the Medicine King Realm? The current Boundary-Breaking Divine Stone is just a large-sized Heart of the World... Bang! You can harvest many treasures!" A large number of thoughts surged in Zhao Xing's heart. At this time, he possessed the Li Yin Tree, the Sun-Moon Vine, and the Seven-Domain True Spirit Bamboo, three major combat-type plant troop types, and also possessed the auxiliary Black Sky Moon Tree, and even more so, a Boundary-Breaking Divine Stone that could be used as a killer move.

Carrying sharp weapons, the heart to kill arises on its own. Now, one-third of Zhao Xing's thoughts were about being the oriole, killing and seizing treasures.

"The Primordial Avatar investigated the path to the Ling Luo Realm; the two mechanist Emperors laid heavy traps to cover it up. This is the perfect opportunity!"

"The reputation built by the previous Dharma Assembly, couldn't it be used now? After getting the goods, when you go out, isn't it whatever you say? Soul searching? The Five Poisons are about to break through to demigods; with this protection, who dares to search?!"

"People die for wealth, birds die for food. Morality? If you succeed, history is written by you, and morality is defined by you!"

"... Shut up!"

The voice in his mind grew more and more intense. It wasn't until Zhao Xing roared that he suppressed the evil thoughts in his heart.

Looking down, he realized that he had unknowingly held the Boundary-Breaking Divine Stone in his hand. The four major Emperor-level troop types had already been summoned!

Only then did Zhao Xing realize that forcibly swallowing the dark sub-soul did not completely solve the aftereffects of the Primordial Avatar.

Although the dark sub-soul disappeared, the dark thoughts did not disappear. As the number of tears increased, it gradually became independent and was magnified by the Asura secret technique 【Great Dark Heaven】.

"Survival of the fittest, you have been too comfortable in the Empire for too long, you have forgotten the path you came from. Five Poisons, Gu Luohe, Zuo Zuo Qiyu, that is Emperor Chixing; which one of them doesn't have hands stained with blood? With white bones piled up under their feet?"

"The weak are prey to the strong; only the fittest survive. You have lived in comfort in the Empire for too long and have forgotten the path you came from. The Five Poisons, the Ancient Luo River, Zuo Zuo Qiyu, and even the Great Emperor Chixing—which one of them doesn't have hands stained with blood? Which one doesn't have piles of bones beneath their feet?"

The voice in the darkness gradually weakened, and the black thoughts in his consciousness were crushed clean, but the voice continued to echo in Zhao Xing's mind.

"Holding onto the Dao, cultivating oneself and one's heart; is it ultimately the evil thoughts in my heart, or the reason for the cultivation technique?"

"I don't know how Zuo Zuo Qiyu and Jin Yan face this situation." Human nature is complex. Zhao Xing forcibly crushed the evil thoughts, but he didn't feel refreshed; instead, his heart felt heavy.

He did not leave, but he also put away his internal world and the Boundary-Breaking Divine Stone, sitting in meditation on the spot.

He no longer had the heart to care about the conflict between Emperor Fuzhi and the three, Chimei, Hai Gong, and Chen Xuan Si, because he himself had developed a problem.

"Before solving the problem, 【Great Dark Heaven】 cannot be practiced again."

Zhao Xing turned to practice another mental will technique — Great Dream Marsh.

Great Dream Marsh belonged to the Heart Field Dharma and was a self-created Great Divine Ability.

It was upright and peaceful, not taking the extreme path like 【Great Dark Heaven】.

"Hoo~~"

Zhao Xing closed his eyes, and all his avatars in the Ling Luo Realm actually fell into a deep sleep on the spot.

This even included the Primordial Avatars in the Taigu Zhi Qiu, the Primordial Realm, and the Four Seasons Palace. Since the Rain Immortal Festival sacrifice, being abducted by Wei Ling Tianchen, being poisoned by the True Spirit Heavenly Poison, entering the Boundary-Crossing Tower for adventure, and then taking over the Yan Xing Ancient Dao, opening the Dharma Assembly... Zhao Xing had experienced too many things in a short period: life-and-death crises, financial crises, and high-intensity labor.

At this moment, opening Great Dream Marsh, attempting to let his heart heal itself, he actually fell into a dreamland all at once.

He completely forgot that he was in the ruins, and also forgot that a great battle was taking place not far away. Zhao Xing thought of nothing, only wanting to have a good sleep.

I don't know how much time passed, but Zhao Xing felt that it seemed to be raining in the sky.

The keen perception of the changes in Heavenly Time allowed him to slowly wake up from his dream.

"You're awake."

What appeared before his eyes was a stunningly beautiful face.

"Emperor Fuzhi."

Zhao Xing slowly sat up.

Emperor Fuzhi sat on a rock, a broken sword placed to the side.

The surrounding night was pitch black, mist rolling, and it seemed a bit cold. Emperor Fuzhi had lit a bonfire in the middle; the material was very unique, and waves of fragrance wafted from it.

"How long have I slept?"

"Not long, three years and five months."

"You... they..." Zhao Xing hesitated.

It looked like the great battle was over; since Emperor Fuzhi was here, did that mean he won?

"They are here." Emperor Fuzhi pointed to the bonfire.

Zhao Xing was shocked, suddenly discovering that this bonfire was burning the three's physical bodies, but at this time, only the skeletons remained.

Truly a ruthless person; the three great Emperors were solved by Emperor Fuzhi just like that, and even their bones were unloaded to be used as firewood!

"Where is Elder Feng?" Zhao Xing subconsciously looked away, making small talk.

"Here." Emperor Fuzhi brightened the world ring on his little finger. "Want to eat some? You suppressed your inner demons; you should have consumed quite a bit of magic power."

Looking at the meat skewer Emperor Fuzhi handed over, Zhao Xing's expression stiffened.

"Rest assured, I'm not that perverted." Emperor Fuzhi took a bite himself, "This is a specialty of the Silan Kingdom, meat from the Golden Hao Cow."

Zhao Xing no longer hesitated, taking it and eating heartily. This sleep was very refreshing; his thoughts were pure, there were no noisy voices in his consciousness, and he was indeed a bit hungry. After filling his stomach, Zhao Xing looked at the bonfire: "You killed them; I'm afraid it will be hard to end well."

"Yeah," Emperor Fuzhi said. "My hometown, the Silan Kingdom, is just a small country that has only been established for five eras. Apart from me, the King is only at the Lord level. I think you probably haven't heard of it."

Zhao Xing had naturally heard of it, but he didn't break the atmosphere, shaking his head along with Emperor Fuzhi's meaning.

"Coming from a small country, if I hadn't become Elder Bowei's 【Follower of the Dao】, I'm afraid no one would know me."

"Even if I became a Follower of the Dao and reached the Emperor level, it wouldn't be worth mentioning in front of the Empire's Hall of War Gods."

"I endured, and I escaped, but those three laid many arrays after entering the Ling Luo Hall and chased after me."

"They had a forbidden object in their hands that was enough to threaten a demigod; I had no choice but to kill them. That is the course of events."

Emperor Fuzhi recounted the process of killing them lightly, while Zhao Xing listened quietly.

After he finished speaking, Zhao Xing then said: "What do you plan to do?"

He was actually asking, how do you plan to deal with me?

Emperor Fuzhi should have just walked away, but he stopped here to burn bones, clearly having a purpose.

Emperor Fuzhi looked at Zhao Xing: "I do need to ask you for a favor."

"What favor?"

"A word of justice."

Emperor Fuzhi said: "You don't need to help me hide it; you just need to state the course of events clearly and truthfully."

"How did Emperor Qianyin die?"

"True Spirit Tribulation," Emperor Fuzhi said. "The artifact spirit Xuanyue told me that in the process of inheriting the divine object Eight-Tone Zither, it induced her True Spirit Tribulation."

"I promise you." Zhao Xing nodded.

He truly believed Emperor Fuzhi did not act to kill Emperor Qianyin.

Because from the panel, Emperor Fuzhi's realm in the Music Dao was even higher than Emperor Qianyin's.

In other words, Emperor Fuzhi was originally more hopeful of inheriting the Eight-Tone Divine Score than Emperor Qianyin.

"Thank you." Emperor Fuzhi threw over two things.

One of them was a Reversal Mirror made by the Academy; its effect was only to record things that had happened, but it was stronger than most Star Mirrors and could record the fluctuations of the Dao.

In other words, replaying the battle, it didn't just have simple images; even how much strength was exerted was clear. It seemed Emperor Fuzhi had also learned his lesson; when Emperor Qianyin died, he didn't have time to record it, but he recorded the process of being forced to fight back after these three used forbidden objects.

The other thing was a world ring.

Inside were four Dong Ming Flowers, three of which were dead, and one was still alive and already in a state of being awakened!

Even the golden bamboo pole that had been partially scorched was among them.

"This is..."

"Reward for the favor," Emperor Fuzhi said concisely.

"There's no need," Zhao Xing declined. "It's just telling the truth; there's no need for such a generous reward."

"Sometimes telling the truth requires paying a greater price," Emperor Fuzhi pushed the things back. "Especially in the current situation."

Even if Zhao Xing told the truth, it was equivalent to testifying for Emperor Fuzhi, which would likely offend some people in the Hall of War Gods. Super powers cooperate and compete with each other, and are even hostile.

Assuming one wants to reason, Zhao Xing testifying for Emperor Fuzhi naturally has no problem; it was purely the three from the Hall of War Gods seeking their own death, failing to kill and seize treasures, and being killed instead.

But in terms of stance, aren't you, Zhao Xing, a person of the Empire? Why are you helping an outsider?

"Alright, I accept it." Zhao Xing put the ring into his internal world, then asked with some hesitation: "Aren't you afraid that after I go out..."

Emperor Fuzhi smiled: "I trust you."

Zhao Xing's thoughts suddenly cleared, his expression relaxing: "Thank you."

Returning along the path he came, breaking all the arrays along the way and making records.

Zhao Xing and Emperor Fuzhi left the vortex on the green jade slab together, and then returned to the initial exploration hall through the safety passage of Emperor Mo Shu.

At this time, Emperor Meng Wu, Emperor Mo Shu, and Emperor Chen Xuan Ying were still sitting on the high chairs in the hall, closing their eyes to rest.

When they saw that only Emperor Fuzhi, Feng Chen, and Zhao Xing came out, they instantly

opened their eyes.

"Emperor Fuzhi, Elder Feng, Zhao Xing, why did only the three of you come out?"

"Emperor Qianyin, and Chimei and the others?" The one asking was Emperor Chen Xuan Ying.

Emperor Fuzhi did not speak, while Zhao Xing arched his hands and said: "Reporting to the three Emperors, Emperor Qianyin encountered a True Spirit Tribulation during the inheritance and unfortunately perished."

"As for the other three..."

Because there were others in the hall at this time, Zhao Xing handed over the Reversal Mirror and whispered a sound transmission to the three, Meng Wu.

After Meng Wu finished watching, his expression turned grave.

Emperor Mo Shu and Emperor Chen Xuan Ying were furious; the three military powerhouses of the Empire's Hall of War Gods were blinded by greed, killed and seized treasures from the Academy's people, and were actually killed in return. This matter was simply too shameful!

Emperor Fuzhi had no reputation before this, apart from being one of Bowei's 【Followers of the Dao】, he was completely inconspicuous.

Now, not only had he obtained the Ling Luo Realm inheritance, but he had also killed the three great Emperors of the Hall of War Gods alone, which was simply shocking.

Without a doubt, this was a very shameful matter.

Facing shameful matters, there were usually only two ways to do it: one was to admit it openly and maintain a shred of decency. The second was to cover it up completely, or distort the facts so that the world would not know.

Before Emperor Meng Wu could speak, Emperor Chen Xuan Ying activated the mechanism under his seat, and a burst of barrier light flashed through the hall, followed by the four appearing in an independent space.

Meng Wu, Mo Shu, and Chen Xuan Ying, together with Zhao Xing, constructed an independent space; as for Emperor Fuzhi and Feng Chen, they were left outside.

Then Emperor Chen Xuan Ying stared tightly at Zhao Xing: "Zhao Xing, I asked Emperor Fuzhi; why was it you who answered? Were you coerced by him into doing something you didn't want to do?"

Only Emperor Fuzhi and Feng Chen, even with evidence, would not have high credibility in the Empire.

But with Zhao Xing testifying, the situation was different.

Although Zhao Xing had just broken through to the Reincarnation Realm, he had developed the Yan Xing Ancient Dao and opened so many Dharma Assemblies, so his reputation was very high.

If reputation also had levels, Zhao Xing's reputation among Si Nong was at least at the demigod level, and in other professions, it would also be at the Emperor level.

A person of low status naturally has little weight, but Zhao Xing could not be ignored in this matter; if he spoke for Emperor Fuzhi, then Emperor Fuzhi would definitely be innocent.

Conversely, if he spoke ill, Emperor Fuzhi would be pulled in the direction of being guilty.

"Reporting to Emperor Chen Xuan Ying, I was not coerced," Zhao Xing replied.

"Zhao Xing, your realm is low; you might not have seen the battle situation clearly. Think carefully again, is there a possibility that you were confused by an illusion?" Emperor Mo Shu also asked.

The words were light, but the implications were deep. If the name is not correct, the words will not be smooth; revenge also requires a reason. If Zhao Xing could change his statement, Emperor Chen Xuan Ying could detain Emperor Fuzhi on the spot to avenge his junior brother, Emperor Chen Xuan Si.

Emperor Mo Shu also had a friendship with Emperor Hai Gong, so he naturally favored his own people.

The two great Emperors joined forces to exert pressure, hoping that Zhao Xing could "think carefully" from the perspective of the Hall of War Gods and not let the Hall of War Gods lose all face.

Zhao Xing was silent for a long time, seemingly really thinking seriously.

Emperor Meng Wu remained silent, just listening quietly.

After waiting for a long time, Zhao Xing spoke.

"Reporting to the Emperor, I insist on my previous statement and guarantee that there are no omissions or biases."

"Very good, since you testify, then Chimei, Chen Xuan Si, and Hai Gong brought this upon themselves! A great shame! They deserved to die!" Emperor Chen Xuan Ying's

voice said coldly, then he left the mental space directly.

Emperor Mo Shu also looked at Zhao Xing deeply, then said nothing and left directly.

Only Emperor Meng Wu and Zhao Xing remained in this space.

"Zhao Xing, do you understand the stakes involved?" Meng Wu asked.

"I understand," Zhao Xing nodded.

"You understand and still insist on your own opinion?"

"Your master is so slick; he wouldn't have answered like that just now, he would have left some room."

"General Meng." Zhao Xing habitually switched back to the address he used for Meng Wu a long time ago, "The teacher is the teacher, and I am me. You know I don't just dare to speak, I also dare to act."

"If anyone wants to retaliate against me because I told some truth today, then let them come!"

Meng Wu looked at Zhao Xing: "Your courage is not a bit less than it was back then."

He didn't know if this was teasing or appreciation; perhaps it was both, but Meng Wu didn't talk much about this topic.

"The Heavenly Master's Mansion has already inferred the location of the Si Nong cave dwelling of the cross-domain ship; you should not over-interfere in this matter anymore. Appearing once is enough."

"Especially before the results are determined, don't say anything publicly."

"Yes." Meng Wu meant well; Zhao Xing could tell, so he nodded and agreed immediately.

"I heard that you cultivate three schools; this time, what was discovered is a cave dwelling of the Heavenly Time School. I don't know if you have any interest."

"A cave dwelling of the Heavenly Time School? Naturally, I am interested!"

Zhao Xing had always been looking for cultivation techniques of the Heavenly Time School, because the cultivation techniques of the three schools were currently unbalanced, and could even be said to be seriously out of balance.

"Good, then go find Jing Wu Yue and Ji Si."

"Yes."

The conversation ended, and when he came back to his senses, he was still in the waiting hall, but Emperor Fuzhi and the scholar Feng Chen were gone.

Also gone were Emperor Mo Shu and Emperor Chen Xuan Ying.

*I heard that Emperor Chen Xuan Si and Emperor Chen Xuan Ying were junior and senior brothers and had a very good relationship. I don't know if he knows the truth and will avenge his junior brother." Zhao Xing thought silently. "I hope he doesn't do anything stupid."

Emperor Chen Xuan Ying was also at the peak of the Emperor level and could sit on equal footing with Meng Wu; this mechanist was also very strong.

However, Emperor Fuzhi could not be judged by common sense at all. If he really went to take revenge, it might be himself who died.

"Bowei's God-Making Project is truly progressing rapidly. Follower of the Dao Fuzhi was only the third-ranked candidate and was already this strong; it's hard to imagine the combat power of the other two."

Zhao Xing wondered if Emperor Chen Xuan Ying would secretly retaliate against him?

Even if he was petty and really didn't like him, it was just an individual, not representing the Hall of War Gods. Moreover, he wouldn't cause trouble for the time being; the Hall of War Gods and the Yan Xing Ancient Dao were still in a period of cooperation.

Leaving the exploration hall, Zhao Xing immediately contacted Ji Si and Jing Wu Yue to inquire about the cave dwelling.

"Great Si Nong, you came out of the Ling Luo Realm? How is the situation? I heard the atmosphere in the hall just now seemed wrong." Ji Si also seemed to be looking for Zhao Xing.

"An accident occurred, but don't ask too much," Zhao Xing waved his hand, "In short, my harvest was not bad."

It was very good; he suddenly gained three Emperor-level troop types and learned a Reincarnation-level secret technique 【Great Dark Heaven】, which could be considered to have stabilized his combat power in the Reincarnation Realm.

"Let's talk about the cave dwelling of the Heavenly Time School first; how long has it been confirmed?" Zhao Xing asked.

"It has been confirmed for three years," Ji Si said, "but no one has been sent in yet."

"Why? Are they still preparing?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Because according to the Heavenly Master's Mansion's inference, there is only a sixty percent possibility that it is a Si Nong cave dwelling," Ji Si said. "It is this point that has delayed the exploration operation for three years."

Even the profession was hard to determine, only sixty percent? Zhao Xing suddenly became interested. "Then when can we go in?"

"After Emperor Meng Wu of the Hall of War Gods and Emperor Emperor Lushan discussed it, they decided that in four months, regardless of whether the Heavenly Master's Mansion has made progress, they will send people in to explore." Ji Si said with some worry:

"Great Si Nong, this cave dwelling has great danger; the Master said that the demigod inside might even still be alive!" ===== CHAPTER 498 =====

"Great Si Nong, this cave dwelling is extremely dangerous. My Master said that the demigod inside might even still be alive!"