Destiny is ashes

Chapter 455: The Secret of the Imperial Court (3400)
"So scary?"

Hearing this, An Jing was also a little stunned. But he had actually expected this.

From the fact that Princess Dixue, who had no inner strength and was denied many powers by the imperial court, was able to rely on the 'Dragon Jade' to pry open a little power and escape all the way to the northwest from the pursuit of Master Shenzang, we can see how outrageous the power of Dachen Dixue is in the territory.

Although You Ruhui's actions were allowed by Inspector Cao and escorted by Gu Yunzhi, You Ruhui was also greatly restricted. According to her, if the emperor's blood was complete, once it was strong, it would be able to activate incredible powers such as 'Earth Escape Magic', 'Earth Veins Protecting the Body', 'Divine Weapon Protection', 'Netherworld Shuttle', 'Short-distance Teleport', etc. If an altar was set up, it would be possible to activate magical powers across levels.

Internal strength hits the martial meridian?
Give Emperor Dachen a riverside city, and they will be able to strengthen their war spirit!
As an old force that is almost the same age as the Dachen Dynasty, the Mingjing Sect knows many secrets of the rise of dynasties. The trajectory of the rise of the Saint Ancestor can show that the Saint Ancestor of Dachen had already inherited the relevant heritage before his rise, and obtaining his own territory was just an accelerator for his soaring success.

If he really wanted to, the Great Chen Saint Ancestor could find a remote place on the frontier, develop himself, and then conquer half of Beixuan Jizhou step by step.

In fact, according to this statement, the entire Beixuanjizhou is not strange.

But...why not?
"It's not that I don't want to, but I just can't? The expansion of Dachen's territory may require some price, so it can't expand indefinitely? Or is it that there is something special about the original imperial territory of Shenjing, so we can only start from there?"

If not, all the emperors of Dachen should have been madmen who expanded their borders like the previous emperor... But the previous emperor of Dachen died suddenly, and it was obvious that he was severely backlashed...

An Jing speculated a few ideas. But other people must have thought of this kind of speculation a long time ago, and most likely none of them were the correct answers, at least not the complete ones.

Therefore, Chen Yinzi was puzzled - Dachen, contrary to its usual behavior, spit out the land it had already swallowed, showing unprecedented fragility... What exactly went wrong inside this behemoth that forced the five sects of Chenli to unite?
"Dragon Qi... Is it because the dragon qi and the entire Dachen system have been cracked?"

An Jing knew even more. There were more than two wisps of dragon energy in the demon pill in his body and the dragon-containing bottle on his body, and this ownerless dragon energy was obviously digging for Dachen's roots.

But is this dragon energy really the root of Dachen?

Now...it depends on how Prince De views it.

An Jing turned his gaze to Zheng Mo, who had a solemn expression on his face. "Envoy Zheng, from now on, I'll leave the negotiation with General Xing to you. I have other things to do."

Although they only fought briefly, An Jing also realized the strength of the Wu army's formation - to be honest, the time when he felt most dangerous this time was when he was suppressed by the two armies' formations.

Facing this kind of military formation, landmines are indeed not enough. He has to go to the Tianyuan Realm to see if Huo Qingnianquan has found any new weapons.

On the surface, Zheng Mo agreed to An Jing's request, but in reality, he was at a loss in his heart asking King De what he should do.

Under normal circumstances, Prince De would definitely teach his only available "talent" well, but now, he fell into deep thought.

"Sure enough, this kind of shit happened to me."

With a long sigh, Prince De just felt tired.

As a core member of the Dachen Imperial Court, even though he was a dissolute prince before, Prince De's understanding of the dragon energy system far exceeds that of any outsider. He knows very well that although dragon energy is one of the core elements of the Dachen Imperial Court, it is essentially nothing more than a unique and ultra-high-quality spiritual evil that can be used to operate some special magical powers and authorities, and each dragon energy is absolutely different, making it extremely useful as an anti-counterfeiting mark.

In short, it is not the most critical point.

The "Way of National Destiny and National Character" of [The Heavenly Official Who Grants the Scriptures], the "Way of Divine Will in the Blood" of [The Emperor's Court and the Blood], the "Way of the Sea of ​​​​Supporting the Heaven" of [The Mysterious Network of the Earth's Veins], the "Way of the Reincarnation of Hou Tu" of [The Great Array of the Sea of ​​​​Heaven], the "Way of Moving Stars and Changing the Constellations" of [The Circulation of the Heavens]...

Not to mention, the deepest secret hidden in the sacred tree of the netherworld, the 'Undying Tree of Candlelight in the Darkness'...

Even he, the King of Zhen, did not know the secret. He only knew that it was the real core of the imperial court and the place where every generation of Emperor Xuantian would go to perform the "Fengshan Ceremony".

These core secrets of Dachen, each of the true mystical rituals of the great Dao, are more confidential and important than the 'Way of Dragon Qi of Heaven and Earth' possessed by the Ancestral Dragon Palace and other orthodox dragon blood forces. It can even be said that the dragon qi is simply a 'smoke bomb' placed outside for people to unravel!
But the fact that the ownerless dragon energy has been created proves that Dachen is indeed being targeted.

If there is a traitor within the imperial court, then other key technologies of the Dachen Imperial Court must have been gradually analyzed.

"Brother Guangyun's death is closely related to this group of people. There is a group of people who are spying on the true secrets of our imperial court."

"One of the town kings has died, and it is clear that other town kings have contributed to it..."

Inside Zheng Mo's body, Prince De perked up: "It seems that I must report to His Majesty."

Dachen Shenjing.

Torrential rain was pouring down. The water vapor from the East China Sea was drawn by the God of Wind and Rain, and turned into layers of dark clouds on the top of the sky of Shenjing. A dense curtain-like waterfall of water descended on the buildings of this most prosperous capital, making it hard to breathe.

The heavy rain will continue for three days, replenishing the water energy of Shenjing and filling its underground water veins that are somewhat dry. During the rainstorm, no one except the navy and officials with certificates can board the ship. Most of the flower boats and lantern boats in the southwest of Shenjing have stopped operating, which makes many scholars and warriors who originally wanted to take advantage of the rain holiday to have more fun sigh.

In the Grand Canal of Shenjing, a water area wider than most of the real rivers in the world, on an ordinary navy boat, a dark shadow was flashing with thoughts.

[Oh? Win? Yeah, not unexpected.]

The shadow said in a relaxed tone: [How long did it take? Ha, he was forced to use his magical power after just two moves? What's wrong with the Song family? Although he is a playboy in their family, it shouldn't be that simple, right? Divine destiny inheritance, martial vein body? That's really difficult, it seems to be a divine destiny of the emperor level] [Does he have any dragon energy reaction? No? ]

Hearing this, the black shadow was somewhat surprised. He was somewhat puzzled and pondered: [Nothing... It seems that he has not mastered the Wenwu Formation Plate, but is simply using it to control the energy of the earth veins.]

[Ming Jing is not in Mingjing Sect, nor in Chenli Five Sects, nor is he by his side. So where did he go? ]

[This dragon energy was originally used to lure my niece into the trap, but in the end I still didn’t catch her. What a pity…]

The shadow closed his eyes, he was still thinking.

During the summons, the Song family was still saying that there was one person missing in their palace, and that they had to add a position in the Minhai Fleet; the spies in the Wu army were still amazed at An Jing's strength, and felt that they could not act secretly, and it was better to concentrate on fighting the war.

The demon's spies were caught, the spies lurking in the city were stopped, and the Song family members who were going to die were also blocked from being held accountable with the hard reason of "not reporting to the official position", especially the fact that Guangge (Prince De) was actually at the scene, which was really unexpected.

"It's watertight. Who is this An Jing? It's ok that he's strong, but how come he has so much experience?"

When he opened his eyes, the shadow condensed into the image of a black armor guard, shook his head and sighed: "The great era has arrived, and the younger generation is becoming more and more difficult to deal with."

"However, I did find out a lot of things after all - the sword of destruction? It seems that it was the spoils left behind by Ming Guangchen after he defeated the mysterious opponent. And the natural magic weapon... should it be left by Su Lingdong? It's strange, didn't Shuo Yueying take this thing away? And didn't Mo Tui stop him?"

"Besides that, he should have a few life-saving trump cards and one or two magical communication objects. Add in a martial vein-level body, and he'll be really difficult to deal with."

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh - is this God's will? If they just deal with An Jing according to the intelligence from Kanming City, it would be useless no matter how many people they send. Shen Zang would probably be able to escape even if he attacked. Not to mention that Mingjing Sect was not just a bunch of idlers. Their caravans arrived at Linjiang City under heavy obstruction, so Mingjing Sect's trump card was probably in that kid's hands.

"Interesting, they are no longer ants. This is the unpleasant thing about God's Fate. They can grow up easily and are difficult to control."

Shaking his head, the shadow of the Black Armor Guard took a step forward, and his figure merged into the endless rain waves. Behind him, the small navy boat also sank quietly, turning into insignificant debris in the Grand Canal.

Inside the palace.

The current Emperor Xuantian of Dachen, Young Emperor Xuan Mingyu, listened carefully to the detailed report of Prince De and could not help but sighed, saying almost sincerely: "So that's how it is. I never thought that this group of imperial dynasty rebels had actually cracked the mystery of the dragon energy, and there are also shadows of other Zhenwangs..."

"Alas, I can only rely on you, King De."

The two chatted about some details of the Northern Frontier. After the projection of King De disappeared, his gentle eyes gradually became indifferent and calm, and next to King De's original position, there was another figure.

"Prince Zhong, you are here."

Seeing this figure, Emperor Xuan said softly: "He is worthy of being the king chosen by the imperial court. Uncle Guangge has really found a way to break the impasse. I think it is not bad to have him and the God Fate stand in front of the stage. What do you think?"

"Your Majesty is holy."

The shadow of the Black Armor Guard, that is, the King of Dachen Town, the Loyal Prince Xuan Guangzhong, smiled and said, "I thought I could find news about Princess Mingjing, but there is still no news. Also, Your Majesty, here is the collection of private exchanges among the officials in recent days, as well as the records of the Song, Bi and Gao families. They are all here."

“It’s a pity, but it’s also within expectations.”

Emperor Xuan nodded: "It seems that they are becoming more and more arrogant. Let them be and continue to deepen their dragon energy... This may delay them for more than ten years."

"As for these families, I can only say that they are ignorant of the current situation. Instead, they trust Dachen too much and think that it is okay to eat more. However, they never thought that my tolerance for these nobles is to hope that they can compete with the civil and military officials instead of eating themselves into fools."

"Go and give them a heads up. Let them think about whose food they are eating and whose position they are standing on. If the rebels really succeed, what will these nobles mean to them?"

"Follow the Holy Order!"

After Prince Zhong left, Xuan Mingyu still sat there, motionless, with his eyes closed, as if he was dozing off.

Since he took this position, he dared not rest for a moment. He had to think carefully about every word he said and plan it thousands of times.

But all of this... whether it was the loyal prince or the virtuous prince, the nobles or the civil and military officials, the demons or the rebels... they were all minor problems. The foundation of Dachen was not based on these things at all. Even if he was a heavenly official, he was just a tool to recruit talents and avoid unrest.

The real key issue is only that one thing. The reason why Tianzong is Tianzong, the real "seal" that truly governs the authority of heaven and earth...

——As expected, is that the only possibility?

He whispered in his heart, with a silver glow in his eyes: "Whether it's Uncle Guangyun or Mingjing...it's really the same?"

"As far as the sky..."

(End of this chapter)