I Killed Gods and Demons in Song Dynasty

Chapter 249: The Order of Judgment Disrupts the Heavenly Secrets
Deep underground, red light was like a ghostly fire from the underworld, illuminating the surrounding prison walls. The air was filled with a pungent smell of blood, making it hard to breathe.

There was deathly silence all around, except for the faint humming sound from the runes flowing on the iron bars of the cage, like some ancient curse whispering an ominous message.

Li Qingyun stood quietly in front of the cage, with faint golden runes slowly flowing around him, and the faint light reflected on Zhao Zhen's pale and withered but still majestic face.

"emperor……"

Li Qingyun bowed slightly, speaking in a respectful but low voice, "Excuse me for being blunt, but if Zhao Dezhao wants to seize your throne, he probably doesn't need to go to such great lengths. What is his real purpose in building the Hualong Pond?"

Zhao Zhen slowly raised his head, glanced at Li Qingyun with a cloudy gaze, and sighed:
“It is said that after the first war between gods, the blood of the true dragon has become a symbol of national destiny, protecting this land of China.

“Four thousand years ago, after Emperors Yan and Huang expelled the foreign gods and evil demons, they used their great magical powers to suppress the heaven and earth and integrated the blood of the true dragon into the destiny of the human world. From then on, the blood of the true dragon was passed down from generation to generation, and it rose and fell with the great unified dynasty.

"The emperor's lineage is favored by heaven and is the pillar of the country. The dragon vein protects the country and its luck suppresses the four directions.

“And if the true dragon bloodline is taken away and the national destiny is cut off, the world will be in turmoil, evil demons will take over, and foreign gods will descend... A world of chaos is inevitable!

"Zhao Dezhao and Pang Yu are in cahoots with each other, trying to extract my dragon veins and steal the fate of our country. Not only do they want to replace me, they also want to use the Dragon Transformation Pool to summon the evil god and use the power of the gods to become demigods! They want to plunge this land into eternal unrest!"

Li Qingyun nodded slightly when he heard this. What Zhao Zhen said coincided with what he had guessed in his heart. It seemed that this follower of the evil god was afraid that the world would not be in chaos, and had always wanted to carry out the "God's Descent Ceremony".

Thinking of this, he said to Zhao Zhen slowly:

"Your Majesty, don't worry. Although Zhao Dezhao and Pang Yu have imprisoned you here, it is their bad luck that I have encountered you.

"Just follow me and find a place to recuperate. I will ensure that you will make a comeback and take control of the situation again in the future."

Zhao Zhen heard this and opened his eyes weakly. His gaze was still sharp, revealing a bit of desolation and self-blame that could not be concealed:

"Little brother, I haven't asked for your name yet."

Li Qingyun smiled, clasped his fists and replied:
"My name is Li Qingyun. I am currently the leader of the Changle Gang in Bianliang City and also the captain of Kaifeng Prefecture. Saving you is my job, so don't worry about it."

Zhao Zhen was startled, then showed a hint of surprise:
"My dear Li, with a loyal and righteous man like you, there is still a glimmer of hope for the people of the world. But... now I have no dragon energy at all and I am trapped in prison. How can I rise again? I am afraid... not only can I not help you, but I will become a burden instead."

Li Qingyun smiled slightly, and although his tone was low, it was filled with unquestionable certainty:
“Your Majesty has a special status. Even if most of your dragon veins have been drained, you are still the symbol of the country’s destiny.

"I guess the fact that Zhao Dezhao and Pang Yu imprisoned you at all costs just shows that you still have value that they cannot replace.

"As long as I can send you out and hide you, I can disrupt their plans and destroy their conspiracy!

"Your Majesty, the situation is still undecided, there is still hope!"

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen looked deep in the eyes and nodded.

Although his voice was weak, it still carried the calmness and kindness that were unique to the royal family:

"My dear Li, if you can save me from this cage, I will never let you down in this life. If one day I can regain the throne, I will share the country with you and make you a king to thank you for your kindness today!"

Li Qingyun heard this, but chuckled and said calmly:

"Your Majesty, you are joking. I don't know how to govern a country, nor do I want to bother with that. If you want to thank me, you only need to govern the country well in the future and let the people live and work in peace and contentment. That will be the greatest reward."

After saying this, he said no more, but took a deep breath. With a thought, golden light suddenly burst out from his palm, and a purple-gold figure slowly walked out of his body.

The figure slowly solidified; his body shape, appearance, and aura were exactly the same as Li Qingyun's, even the coldness and sharpness between his brows were exactly the same.

The primordial purple energy surrounding his body flowed like water waves, emitting a deep and unfathomable pressure.

It was the avatar he created using the "Tens of Millions of Incarnations" technique in the "Nine Revolutions Yuan Gong".

Zhao Zhen stared at this scene in amazement, with a hint of surprise in his eyes:
"Li Aiqing, what kind of magical power do you have?"

Li Qingyun smiled slightly, his tone calm:

"Your Majesty, this is a clone technique that I have been practicing. It is a minor skill and not worth mentioning."

As he spoke, he turned to face his clone and ordered:
"You stay here and take the emperor's place. Make it look real and attract the enemy's attention."

The clone did not hesitate at all, his face solemn, he bowed and accepted the order, then slowly sat down cross-legged. Then his aura slowly adjusted, gradually merging with Zhao Zhen's previous aura, as if he was an emperor who had been imprisoned here for many years, making it difficult to tell the real from the fake.

The next moment, he clasped his hands together and performed the art of seventy-two transformations. His muscles and bones trembled slightly, and in a moment he turned into Zhao Zhen's appearance, even imitating his expression and the fatigue on his body exactly.

Afterwards, Li Qingyun took out a set of coarse cloth from the Buzhou Divine Mountain and handed it to Zhao Zhen:

"Your Majesty, please change into this set of clothes. From now on, you are just an ordinary old man."

Zhao Zhen took the clothes and looked at Li Qingyun with complicated eyes.

Although he had his doubts, the other party's actions were so careful and their methods were so sophisticated that he had to be convinced.

He changed into linen clothes, and his imperial demeanor full of dragon aura was instantly concealed, leaving only a haggard and old face, without any trace of royal air.

Li Qingyun nodded with satisfaction, and performed the art of concealment again. He formed seals with his hands, and the primordial purple energy weaved a thin golden barrier around Zhao Zhen, completely blocking his remaining dragon vein energy.

In this way, even if Zhao Dezhao and Pang Yu used the secret technique of heaven, it would be difficult for them to detect Zhao Zhen's existence from his aura.

"Your Majesty, no matter what happens next, please remain silent and don't say anything more. I will handle everything else."

Li Qingyun spoke in a serious tone, his eyes filled with a reassuring confidence.

Zhao Zhen looked at him deeply and nodded slowly:

"Everything will be subject to Li Aiqing's arrangements."

Li Qingyun nodded slightly, then turned and walked to the front of the cage. The golden light in his palm shone again, and countless golden runes flew out from his fingertips, shining in the air like stars, and then turned into a flowing river of runes, covering the entire prison.

The next moment, Li Qingyun used the magical power of "Order of Judgment", and an invisible and intangible "power of rules" dissipated. The special and terrifying power instantly wiped out all the rules here, and all the aura became chaotic and mysterious.

"This place is real and unreal, unreal and real, yin and yang are reversed, the five elements are disordered, it is unknowable and unpredictable."

Li Qingyun spoke coldly, with a kind of cold and majestic pressure in his voice.

As soon as he spoke, the golden runes began to boil and surge wildly, and the spatial rules of the entire prison completely collapsed.

Within a radius of ten feet, the light and shadow flickered, the edge of the space began to slowly twist, the boundary between the ground and the wall became blurred, real objects began to become virtual, and the void began to condense.

Darkness, chaos, and blurred light interweave into an indescribable space where even logic no longer exists.

Now, this area has become a completely incomprehensible chaos. Even if Zhao Dezhao and Pang Yu work together to use the secret technique of heaven, they can't find out what happened here. All clues have been deliberately led to a false state.

Li Qingyun reached out to wipe away the last trace, retracted his handprint, walked slowly towards Zhao Zhen, and bowed slightly: "Your Majesty, please follow me."

Zhao Zhen stood up silently and looked at Li Qingyun with complicated eyes.

A deep feeling emerged on his old face:

"Lord Li, you acted so carefully and saved me from this predicament. I am deeply grateful to you."

He paused, with a hint of sincere admiration in his tone:

"You are so young, yet you have such foresight. Zhao Zhen has never seen such a person in his life. Perhaps, it is fate that helps you."

Li Qingyun smiled slightly, and without saying much, he quickly left the prison with Zhao Zhen. His figure blended into the darkness, and he continued to use his divination skills to find a way out of this place...

……

Deep inside the Grand Tutor’s Mansion in Bianliang City, the red warning formation glowed blindingly brightly, and its rapid buzzing sound was like the beat of a death-threatening drum, ringing in the silent night sky.

Pang Yu, who had been calm and composed at first, now had a gloomy face, with unconcealable shock, anger and murderous intent in his eyes.

Zhao Dezhao's face turned ashen, and his brows no longer had the usual calmness. Instead, there was a suppressed rage and alertness.

He slowly stood up, staring at Pang Yu with his eyes like a hawk, and his tone was filled with an undisguised anger:

"Didn't you say that the restrictions of the Dragon Pool are foolproof, and even a Tiangang Ranking expert like Lu Dongbin can't easily enter? What went wrong?"

Pang Yu clenched his teeth and a few drops of cold sweat oozed out of his forehead.

He clenched his fists and said coldly:
"It is impossible that this was done by an ordinary person! This formation is based on the divine power of the Faceless Immortal and is arranged in conjunction with the resentment of countless untouchables underground. Even if a strong person from the Tianji Secret Society comes in person, he will not be able to break through it silently!"

Zhao Dezhao's eyes were stern, a cold light flashed across his eyes, and his voice was grim:
"You mean, a demigod entered the Dragon Transformation Pond?"

Pang Yu said nothing, but his expression became extremely gloomy. After a while, he spoke:

"I don't know, but this person not only broke through the external restrictions, but also disrupted the Heavenly Secret Formation of the Dragon Pool. I tried to deduce the Heavenly Secret, but... I couldn't find Zhao Zhen's exact location no matter what."

Hearing this, Zhao Dezhao's face turned pale instantly.

He slammed the table and said angrily, gritting his teeth:

"If something unexpected happens to Zhao Zhen, my plan will be ruined! Pang Yu, what are you waiting for? Mobilize all forces immediately and go and see for yourself!"

Pang Yu took the order without saying much. The two of them immediately took several skilled palace guards and rushed to the Hualong Pool at high speed.

……

Refugee Street, Worry-Free Cave, and the depths of the Hualong Pond.

When Pang Yu and Zhao Dezhao arrived, they were greeted by a scene of chaos and weirdness.

The underground corridor was filled with a chaotic atmosphere, and the originally orderly formation was now thrown into chaos.

The light of the forbidden rune flickered, like a dying candle, and the depressed blood light around it also dimmed due to the loss of balance. The barrier around the prison that was supposed to imprison Zhao Zhen had completely collapsed!

Pang Yu stood in front of the Hualong Pond, and the originally sinister look on his face now looked extremely pale.

He sighed, and entered the Dragon Pond together with Zhao Dezhao through the teleportation formation. He walked step by step towards the cage that originally imprisoned Zhao Zhen, but found that the cage was empty, only that vague and distorted aura surrounded him as if mocking him.

Zhao Dezhao arrived shortly afterwards, and when he saw this scene, the expression on his face suddenly froze.

His eyes were fixed on the empty cage, his fingers trembling slightly, he didn't even utter a word, his eyes were full of shock and disbelief.

"What...what's going on?"

Zhao Dezhao finally spoke, his voice low and cold.

He turned to look at Pang Yu, his eyes like a knife:

"Didn't you say that the Dragon Pool is infallible? What about Zhao Zhen?"

Pang Yu did not answer. His eyes were fixed on the cage in front of him, but a deep fear flashed in his eyes.

He stretched out his hand, formed a seal with his palms, and activated the divine power bestowed by the Faceless Immortal. Wisps of black divine patterns quickly emerged from his palms and transformed into an illusory black eye that floated in the air.

This eye exuded a strange divine power and scanned the inside and outside of the prison, trying to see the clues of this place.

However, no matter how the black eyes stared, everything around was still in chaos.

There was no trace of Zhao Zhen in the prison, nor any sign of any intruder. Even the energy of the Dragon Transformation Pool became distorted and unpredictable.

It was as if everything here had been covered by some higher-level rules, rendering all means of detection ineffective.

Pang Yu had cold sweat on his forehead and his face was extremely gloomy.

He tried to mobilize the power of the Faceless Immortal to see through the chaos, but no matter how hard he tried, the result was like being in a fog and unable to see the way forward.

"This is impossible!"

Pang Yu gritted his teeth and growled, with a hint of panic in his expression:
“Even if he is a demigod, he can’t do this! Who… who on earth can disrupt the power of the Faceless Immortal?”

Zhao Dezhao frowned and forced himself to calm down.

His voice was still cold, but there was an undisguised murderous intent in his tone:
"Pang Yu, whoever dares to touch Zhao Zhen is challenging my destiny. No matter what the cost, I want to know who this person behind the scenes is!"

Pang Yu nodded, took a deep breath, and suppressed the fear in his heart.

He said in a deep voice:
"Your Majesty, rest assured. I will do my best to search the entire Bianliang City to find Zhao Zhen! At the same time, I will immediately send people to block all roads in and out of Bianliang. No matter who the other party is, he will not be able to escape from this city!"

Zhao Dezhao nodded slowly, with a cold light flashing in his eyes:
"Very good. If you can find Zhao Zhen, I will reward you handsomely. But if you fail..."

His voice paused, his eyes filled with bone-chilling coldness, "You and I, both of us, will have to pay an unbearable price."

Pang Yu bowed his head, but his face became paler.

He vaguely felt that this matter was probably far beyond his control.

(End of this chapter)