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Chapter 310 Entering the Palace
The Eastern Palace has been abandoned for almost thirty years.

The final battle of that coup that determined the fate of the entire Qin Dynasty took place in the Eastern Palace.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe that battle as one where ten people died in a single step.

Blood overflowed the threshold, flowing like a red stream, staining the entire East Palace.

The corpses were piled up in layers, even blocking the main door.

After that battle, no one was willing to come to the Eastern Palace anymore.

Even Li Anmin, who seized power by killing his brother, was unwilling to live in the Eastern Palace.

The palace would naturally send people to manage this place, but those who came here generally did not live more than three days and would die mysteriously.

Over time, the entire East Palace was completely abandoned and became a forbidden area of ​​the entire palace city.

Li Dachui reached out and pushed the door open. The door creaked open halfway, but then it fell backward and crashed to the ground with a loud thud, shattering into seven or eight pieces.

Behind the door, weeds and shrubs grew taller than a person, densely filling the entire courtyard. Li Dachui leaped over these weeds and shrubs and landed directly at the main entrance of the hall.

Reaching out to brush away the thick cobwebs on the dilapidated door, several fist-sized spiders emerged from the shadows, dangling in mid-air on a single thread. Li Dachui flicked his finger with some disgust, sending out a few blue sparks that instantly incinerated the large spiders into ashes.

Blue sparks flew inside, and the room instantly turned blue.

With a series of fluttering sounds, several bats flew out of the open window on one side.

Stepping into the lobby, I waved away the messy clutter piled on the floor, revealing the ground beneath.

Unlike the overgrown weeds outside, the main hall had clearly undergone some special treatment. The blue bricks remained intact, and nothing had grown there, except that some parts were noticeably taller than the surrounding areas.

This must be where the crown prince is buried.

That was all the information Wu De had learned about Li Anze from Kou Zhong.

Li Dachui squatted down in front of the land, looked at the ground, and sighed.

Li Anze, whose father is his own cheapskate, is probably the most miserable prince in history!

So be it, he's dead.

His name was even forcibly erased, and all traces of his existence were wiped away.

If it weren't for my own existence,
Or perhaps in a few decades, after the older generation has completely died out, he will be completely lost in the long river of history, and no one in future generations will know of his existence.

Li Dachui pulled out a bottle of "Human World" from his pocket, opened it, poured some onto the ground, and said, "No matter what, half of my body and bloodline are yours, so it's only right that I call you 'Dad.' Although, deep down, I don't have any feelings for you at all. Because the news I've heard about you from others is all rather negative."

At this point, Li Dachui tilted his head back and took a sip of "Renjian Shi" (a type of Chinese liquor), then continued, "But your ability to see the deeper problems of the Qin Dynasty and your courage to wage war against them is truly commendable. As for the old men's evaluation of you, I can roughly guess. You haven't quite mastered the art of thick-skinned ruthlessness, you're not cruel enough, always thinking you can get this and that, which is why you leave behind hidden dangers. But that also shows you're a good person, doesn't it? Come, have another sip. This is the best wine in the world, Renjian Shi. You didn't have it back then, did you?"

The wine was poured onto the blue bricks, filling the air with its aroma.

"Kou Zhong, I've already killed him. I reckon the Kou family of Pengcheng won't last much longer. Wei Zhengdao, let them be smug for a while longer, I'll deal with them for you eventually!" Li Dachui slapped the ground and said, "And that Li Anmin, he probably won't die a good death. He knew full well that the Heaven-Slaying Technique had aftereffects, yet he still dared to try and advance to the Innate Realm. Heh heh, judging from past examples, this guy will die a horrible death. Father, actually I could cure him, but I'm not going to. I want to see him die in front of me. You'll feel much better then, won't you?"

The blue brick floor, of course, would not answer him.

"I will deal with all the enemies who plotted against you back then, one by one. I will also complete the great cause that you and Mother failed to accomplish!" Li Dachui stood up and said, "Also, your strategies back then were too aggressive. No wonder those people were willing to fight to the death to get you. It was either you or me! You can stay here for a few more years. After I defeat all my enemies, I will dig you out of here and give you a grand funeral. There's something else I want to tell you. I heard from that guy Ke Wuji that there are some of Mother's belongings at the Demonic Sect's headquarters. I can still find them and bury them with you!"

Li Dachui tilted his head back and took another big gulp, pouring the rest of the wine onto the blue bricks. He then threw down the wine pot and walked out of the hall.

Just as Li Dachui stepped out the door, his steps suddenly froze.

He abruptly turned his head, looking at the brightly lit area in the distance, a look of shock on his face.

"No way?" he muttered.

The familiar, violent aura was spreading wildly in the place where the lights were; it was the Heaven-Slaying True Qi.

Having spent so long regulating and nourishing Xiao Changche's Heaven-Slaying True Qi, there is probably no one in this world who understands this skill better than him. Even someone like Xiao Changche, who cultivates Heaven-Slaying, doesn't understand the intricacies of this skill as well as he does.

Within this palace, there is only one person with such cultivation, and who cultivates the Heaven-Slaying True Qi.

Emperor Li Anmin.

The Heaven-Slaying True Qi has gone out of control.

What a coincidence! Li Dachui turned to look inside the room. The blue bricks had excellent water absorption properties, and the "Human World" that had been poured on them earlier now only had a few water stains left.

"No way, Dad, could it be that your spirit is not far away, and you knew I was coming today, so you let Li Anmin's Heaven-Slaying True Qi completely go out of control today? Are you so eager for me to kill him to avenge you?" Li Dachui muttered. Without much hesitation, Li Dachui disappeared from the spot like the wind.

Once this opportunity is gone, it's gone forever. Regardless of whether we can actually take advantage of Li Anmin, seeing what it's like to witness a master of innate strength lose control and unleash their power is a rare and precious opportunity.

These people will all become mirrors on your path forward.

In the distance, a wildly unrestrained laugh echoed.

The laughter was filled with pleasure, smugness, and violence.

"I've finally advanced! Hahaha, Divine Travel, is this what Divine Travel is all about?" A thunderous voice echoed throughout the palace, and lights began to illuminate the darkness one after another.

Li Dachui pouted.

What utter nonsense!
Your internal energy is completely out of control, okay?
But thinking about how the Heaven-Slaying True Qi ultimately damages the brain, I felt relieved.

Even in his madness, Li Anmin, consumed by thoughts of advancing to the Divine Travel realm, still couldn't stop thinking about it.

There was a loud bang.

Standing atop a palace, Li Dachui saw a Taoist priest being tossed high into the air, then flying back down. Immediately following were a series of loud crashes, and palaces were razed to the ground in an instant during the fight between the two men.

The Taoist priest should be Yiming.

Li Anmin lost control, and Yiming definitely wanted to control him. However, Li Anmin had clearly lost his last shred of rationality, so he started fighting with Yiming.

With another loud bang, Yiming was once again thrown far away.

The Heaven-Slaying True Qi is inherently extremely domineering, and under the same cultivation level, it actually holds a considerable advantage in combat.

Both Li Anmin and Daoist Yiming were at the peak of the Innate Realm. Moreover, in order to promote qualitative change through quantitative change, Li Anmin had been taking pills to forcibly increase the thickness of his true qi. However, the old bastard Yiming was very clear-headed and naturally would not do such a thing as Li Anmin. However, as a result, the thickness of Li Anmin's true qi was much stronger than that of Yiming.

Within the palace, alarm bells rang out, accompanied by the rapid sound of horses' hooves and the thunderous, orderly footsteps that echoed like muffled thunder.

In the firelight, a man dressed in a yellow robe with disheveled hair strode out of the main hall, pointed his halberd at the solemn-looking old Taoist Yiming, and shouted sternly, "Hmph, where did this fiend come from, daring to cause trouble in my Great Qin? You deserve to die!"

Amidst the ruins, a eunuch finally managed to crawl out and, upon seeing the emperor, exclaimed in surprise.

At this moment, Li Anmin looked truly terrifying, with blood flowing from all seven orifices, yet he seemed completely unaware of it.

This exclamation immediately drew Li Anmin's attention to him.

The eunuch turned and ran.

Li Anmin roared, "Ying Zhuo, you treacherous dog, prepare to die!"

With a roar, he moved like lightning, catching up with the eunuch, and grabbed the eunuch's head with his five fingers. With a loud crack, as if he had crushed a watermelon, brain matter splattered everywhere.

I'm already hallucinating!
Li Dachui fell from the roof and watched a squad of imperial guards run past him. He reached out and grabbed the last one. Before the man could react, he channeled his true energy into him, sealing all his meridians and senses. Then he stripped the man of his armor and put it on himself. Li Dachui picked up the man's spear and followed after him.

Everywhere, Imperial Guards were converging on the direction from which the strange noise came from, and Li Dachui blended in among them, not at all conspicuous.

After sending Li Dachui into the palace, Wu De kept staying in the imperial city under some pretext. There was an office of the Black Ice Guard there, which Kou Zhong had used before, so it was understandable that Wu De would use it now.

When the strange noises came from inside the palace, he couldn't help but cry out in distress.

Didn't we repeatedly tell that person not to cause any trouble?

How could something so earth-shattering happen in the blink of an eye?

Has a fight broken out?
Then, he heard Li Anmin's wild and unrestrained voice.

He immediately ran out of the public room and headed towards the palace.

Then he saw Wei Zhengdao also running wildly towards the palace, but Wei Zhengdao wasn't running by himself; an old man was carrying him.

And that old man was also a Xiantian!
fuck!

Wu De cursed inwardly, remembering how he had reminded Wei Zhengdao a few days ago about the possibility of the emperor losing control.

The Wei family, as expected, keeps experts at home.

(End of this chapter)