Chapter 230

Hearing these words from Xu Que, the crowd was instantly like someone waking from a dream.

Most of these people were cultivators of the Dao, and any words containing the principles of Heaven and Earth were enough to help their Dao hearts advance further, improve their cultivation, and break through bottlenecks!

Xu Que's nonsense about the "beauty of imperfection" sounded ridiculous and nonsensical at first, but as soon as one pondered it carefully, it would make people feel as if they had been enlightened, instantly realizing a completely different artistic conception.

"The beauty of imperfection?"

Hearing this, the Empress was also slightly stunned, and then she fell into deep thought.

Indeed, these words Xu Que said, while seemingly simple, contained some principles of Heaven and Earth that were very thought-provoking.

The Dao of Heaven diminishes the excessive and supplements the insufficient!

The Great Dao is fifty, the Heavenly Derivation is forty-nine, and one is escaped.

Aren't these all manifestations of the "beauty of imperfection" in the Heavenly Dao?

But even so, if you want to express the artistic sense and connotation of the "beauty of imperfection," you shouldn't... you shouldn't have destroyed the Fire Origin Kingdom's Fire God statue!

Looking at Xu Que, who was still looking smug, the Empress could only shake her head with a bitter smile and say, "Little guy, what do you plan to do now?"

"Since this work of art is finished! Then next... of course it's acting cool... pfft, no, of course it's taking revenge!"

Xu Que raised the corner of his mouth, took a step, and instantly appeared beside Princess Yan Yang.

Following closely, with a "swish," he gripped his sharp sword out of thin air again, held it horizontally against Princess Yan Yang's snow-white neck, swept his gaze toward the Fire Emperor on the sacrificial altar, and said coldly, "Dog emperor, now your daughter is in my hands! I don't want money or sex; if you want her to live, close the restriction immediately and roll down yourself!"

"Stop, Xu Que, don't act recklessly!"

Zi Xuan immediately became anxious and shouted loudly.

"I'm not acting recklessly; if I wanted to kill her, it would be easy!"

Xu Que's words had a double meaning; only he and the two women knew about the poison.

But to outsiders, these words sounded fine; with Xu Que's strength, wanting to kill a princess who only had Golden Core stage cultivation was certainly easy!

And on the sacrificial altar, the Fire Emperor's face was pale, and his hands inside his flame dragon robe were trembling.

As a generation of emperors, he found it hard to accept that he had fallen to this point today.

But he did not regret it; he only blamed himself for his bad luck.

He only regretted that he should have cremated Xu Que's body back then and shouldn't have listened to his daughter's words to let Xu Que be buried in peace!

As a result, there was no peace, but instead, it brought about such a great disaster!

"Dog emperor, what's the matter? Are you not even going to save your own daughter's life?"

At this moment, Xu Que spoke again.

The usage time for the excavator had already expired, and he didn't want to waste another 500 Acting Cool Points to renew the rental.

However, the Fire Emperor remained silent; under the watchful eyes of everyone, he remained indifferent, standing in place, not knowing what he was thinking.

Princess Yan Yang was also slightly stunned, her body trembling slightly.

Although she herself did not want her father to die to save her, seeing this scene, her heart couldn't help but turn cold, feeling a bit of stinging pain.

After all, human hearts are often so contradictory.

Xu Que shook his head and sighed, looking at the crowd and saying:

"Fellow Daoists, look, this dog emperor is truly chilling; he won't even save his own daughter. Even a tiger doesn't eat its own cubs; how is he any different from a beast?"

The crowd present fell silent one after another. This was indeed chilling; if an emperor cannot even cherish his own daughter, how can he talk about cherishing the people of the world?

Just at this moment, Xu Que spoke again:

"Actually, you can't blame him for this; after all, he is afraid of death. Don't look at how the dog emperor is still standing there pretending to be strong; actually, he is very afraid of death. I know his heart is very much wanting to kneel down and beg for mercy, but he is an emperor, he cannot kneel easily, so he is very conflicted."

Xu Que pretended to be very understanding of the Fire Emperor, which instantly stunned everyone present.

What do you mean? You are actually speaking for the Fire Emperor?

Big brother, what are you playing at?

Everyone looked at Xu Que in astonishment, and even the Fire Emperor's cold gaze swept over suddenly.

Xu Que continued: "As everyone knows, an emperor is the supreme ruler, known as the Son of Heaven. Besides kneeling to Heaven, Earth, and parents, others only have the share of kneeling to him. Even if there are some things where he must lose face, there will be ministers to do it for him.

So, even if he is very much wanting to kneel down and beg me to spare his dog life right now, he can't get past that hurdle in his heart. Hindered by his status as an emperor, he cannot kneel, so the problem arises..."

Speaking of this, Xu Que paused, his gaze sweeping over everyone present.

The crowd looked blankly at Xu Que, feeling very astonished in their hearts.

What is the situation? Do you want us to think of a compromise?

But this matter is not easy to handle; you have been shouting about killing back and forth, if the Fire Emperor doesn't kneel, will you be willing to let him go?

Impossible, right? This doesn't seem like your style!

A curious look also appeared in the Empress's eyes as she looked at Xu Que, and she was also puzzled about what tricks this little guy wanted to play again.

At this moment, Xu Que finally continued: "What should be done about this? It is indeed very difficult; he can't kneel, after all, he is the supreme ruler, so he just sent me a voice transmission, asking me to help him ask, is there anyone among you who can... be the emperor for him?"

Pfft!

Instantly, everyone in the audience almost burst out laughing.

Damn, after all that, you came up with this problem.

Who can be the emperor for him?

Shouldn't you be solving the problem of whether to kneel or not?

The Empress also couldn't help but laugh dumbly, feeling bitter and amused!

"Fart... Presumptuous! I never said that!"

The Fire Emperor was almost driven mad with rage and finally couldn't help but roar.

Only then did Xu Que raise his eyebrows, sweep his gaze toward the Fire Emperor on the sacrificial altar, and sneer: "Dog emperor, if I don't provoke you, you really aren't willing to speak. Actually, you also know that even if you don't close the restriction, I can still break it, and in the end, you will still have to die. There is no difference between dying early and dying late, right?"

"..."

The Fire Emperor fell silent again, his face gloomy.

Xu Que continued to persuade: "Actually, the most important thing in life is to be happy. Since you have already been happy, just let it go!"

"Come on, hurry up and close the restriction. Look for yourself, for your sake alone, how much time have you wasted for so many people here? Everyone's time is very precious."

"You've lived until now, you've really earned it. I've tried to kill you several times and failed. People like you usually don't live past three chapters in novels, but look at you, how many chapters have you lived? If you don't die, the readers will start cursing!"

"So, you've already earned it; now it's time to collect your lunch box and go see your ancestors of eighteen generations..."

"Don't be too stubborn. How about this, why don't you commit suicide? I'll give you a decent way to die!"

Everyone in the audience was ashamed and completely speechless.

They had seen people persuading others not to commit suicide, but this guy was actually persuading the Fire Emperor to die, and he even made it sound quite reasonable!

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