I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 123 The Grandmaster's Battle is About to Start

At the top of Dadong Mountain, the morning mist has dissipated, and the strong mountain breeze has revealed the true appearance of the temple.

Emperor Qing, wearing a dragon robe, stood quietly beside the stone railing, waiting for Ye Liuyun's arrival.

In addition to Grandmaster Ye Liuyun, masters from Dongyi City also appeared among the rebels. It seemed that the emperor, who had always been able to plan everything, finally realized the seriousness of the situation. He seemed to have discovered that the trip to Dadong Mountain was out of his control. For the first time, a hint of sadness emerged between his brows.

It has to be said that Emperor Qing always takes acting seriously.

In the temple behind him, green smoke was curling up, and the edict used for offering sacrifices to heaven was already burning in the furnace. The apparent mission of offering sacrifices to heaven had been completed. All he needed to do now was to return to Kyoto with the unfounded revelation from heaven, depose the prince, and then select a suitable candidate for the crown prince.

Of course, everyone now knows that it is not easy to return to Kyoto. At least there is a great master blocking the way. So when a hat slowly passed over the last stone step of Dadong Mountain, and when the old man in gray naturally and suddenly appeared in front of a group of Qing officials in front of the temple, almost everyone showed a complicated look. After all, no one could have imagined that Ye Liuyun, whom they regarded as the patron saint of Qing, would come to kill the king.

Emperor Qing calmly looked at the plain face beneath the straw hat, looked at the pair of clear and gentle eyes, as clear as autumn water, and slowly said: "Uncle Liuyun, I have thought of many people, but I didn't expect you would come to kill me."

Ye Liuyun stepped onto the steps. All the officials on the top of the mountain, no matter how they felt, subconsciously bowed and saluted to the great master of Qing State to show their respect.

As for Emperor Qing, he was standing as usual. Although Hong Sixiang beside him was hunched over, everyone knew that this old eunuch was hunched over all the time, no matter who he was with, so he was definitely not showing respect to Ye Liuyun at this time.

Ye Liuyun looked at the Emperor Qing in front of him. He probably didn't expect that the Emperor Qing would be so direct. He couldn't help but feel a little surprised. He sighed, and his tone was filled with indescribable helplessness: "I have no choice. I hope Your Majesty will not blame me."

"Many people want to kill me, but I am still alive and well. Uncle, do you know why?"

Ye Liuyun frowned slightly and said, "Your Majesty always has a plan in mind."

Emperor Qing looked indifferent, put his hands behind his back, and shook his head, saying, "No, they always underestimated me, but I didn't expect that you, uncle, would also underestimate me. In order to welcome your arrival, I called an old friend for you."

Ye Liuyun remained silent.

Emperor Qing said as he slowly turned sideways, quietly looking at the small black temple. The old rubble on the temple roof shone with a solemn luster in the morning sun. When the bell rang crisply under the eaves, the wooden door of the small temple was opened, a mountain breeze blew past, and Wuzhu, wearing a black cloth, walked out of the small temple...

Ye Liuyun was not surprised. After all, it was a trap to kill Emperor Qing. It was impossible for Chen Pingping to let Wu Zhu, a great master, go unused. He looked at Wu Zhu and said with some respect, "It has been many years since we parted in Danzhou. I haven't heard from you for more than three years. I thought you had gone back, but I didn't expect you to be in Dadong Mountain."

In the summer three years ago, Fan Xian was sent as an envoy to Northern Qi. The Northern Qi imperial preceptor was injured in a duel with a mysterious man. As one of the great masters, Ye Liuyun could naturally guess that it was Wu Zhu who did it, so he hadn't heard from Jun Zhi for three years.

As for Ye Liuyun's words "I thought you had already gone back", there was a lot of information implied in them. Among the people present, except Emperor Qing and Wu Zhu, probably no one could understand it.

Wu Zhu was as neat and efficient as ever. He simply uttered the word "hello" and said no more. He stood at the entrance of the small temple without taking another step forward and showed no intention of taking any action.

Ye Liuyun had no intention of attacking, and Hong Sixiang, who everyone thought was a grandmaster, just took a step forward and stood in front of Emperor Qing. His eyes, which were originally like dead fish eyes, became extremely hot, and his gaze seemed to pass through Ye Liuyun's shoulders and directly hit the forest below the stone steps.

Afterwards, an indescribable aura began to surge out from his body, emanating extremely majestically around the top of the mountain. The intensity of this true energy had already exceeded the limit of what a mortal body could contain.

Extraordinary domineering!

At this moment, everyone had an illusion, as if Hong Sixiang had become extremely tall, like an invincible god, emitting dazzling light all over his body.

At the same time, a surge of sword intent burst out from the foot of the mountain, wreaking havoc in the forest below the stone steps. Even the people far away on the top of the mountain could feel the horror and terror of that sword intent.

Because of the extremely sharp sword energy, the lush trees on the top of the mountain began to drop their leaves for no reason, and the green leaves were flying all over the sky. Although the person had not arrived yet, the cold murderous intent had already arrived.

Ye Liuyun looked at Hong Sixiang in front of him, shook his head and sighed: "You are a beautiful woman, but you have become a slave."

"All living beings are slaves. Grandmasters are also slaves with stronger power. It's just that I am your Majesty's slave, and you are slaves of the world."

Ye Liuyun was stunned for a moment, then sighed, "If you don't leave, you will die in Dadong Mountain today."

Hong Sixiang remained silent, just staring at the mountain below, standing motionless in front of Emperor Qing.

On the stone steps at the foot of the mountain.

Tiger Guard Gaoda held the remaining hilt of the sword in his hand, his eyes full of shock and fear. He looked at the sword light on the stone steps, his heart darkening. He had never expected that following Fan Xian to Dadong Mountain would lead to an assassination.

As a tiger guard, his primary mission was to protect His Majesty's safety, so he brought the six tiger guards who were protecting Fan Xian and directly joined the palace guard team, carrying out ruthless killing on this steep stone path.

He was lucky. When Ye Liuyun went up before, he showed mercy to him... or to be more precise, to everyone else. He didn't kill anyone. So, including their seven guards, there were 107 Tiger Guards guarding this stone path.

Logically speaking, there is no master in the world who can break through the defense of their 107 tiger guards and go up the mountain single-handedly.

However, there are always a few unreasonable people in the world, such as Ye Liuyun, the grandmaster of Qing Kingdom who had transformed into a flowing cloud before, and Si Gu Jian, the grandmaster of Dongyi City, who was now holding a sword and killing gods on the stone steps with his sword intent so fierce and gorgeous that it was extremely powerful.

The most basic requirement for the Tiger Guards is loyalty to His Majesty. Even though they knew they were facing the most powerful people in the world, they still stood firmly on the stone steps and in front of His Majesty, risking their own lives and refusing to retreat even a single step!

On the blood-stained stone steps, countless Tiger Guards tried to surround that person with seven people and use the methods they learned in daily training to deal with ninth-grade masters. However, all this was in vain. The big man did not hold back like Ye Liuyun. He carried the iron sword with an indomitable momentum and with a wave of his hand, the iron sword, which was filled with murderous aura, took the lives of all those who tried to stop him.

As a tiger guard, Gundam's first reaction was to rush forward, but then he was slapped away by the man. He didn't know why he was not killed, but he knew he didn't want to die, so he hesitated after surviving.

Because Lord Xiao Fan has said countless times that no matter what happens, you must first save your own life, only then will you have a chance to save it.

If he rushed forward again, he would definitely die. The grand master would never spare his life. Moreover, dying at the hands of that big shot would have no effect on the assassination of Datongshan. It was totally not worth it. So Gundam fled, abandoning his comrades who had fought side by side with him, and ran away.

Si Gu Jian, each holding a sword, fought his way to the top of the mountain.

Tick-tick, drops of blood slowly dripped from the sword.

It was a very faint sound, but at this moment it was so harsh, the faint sound of dripping blood even drowned out the sound of the ancient temple bell coming from behind. It was a very ordinary iron sword, and even the hilt was just tied with a layer of hemp rope, which looked very shabby.

However, it was this sword, an iron sword that was obviously a little rusty, but it shone with murderous intent and coldness that made everyone fear and tremble with fear, especially the blood slowly dripping down the sword, making everyone feel that the blood in their bodies seemed to be flowing out of the body along with the blood, making people feel cold all over and their faces turn pale.

The owner of the sword, also wearing a straw hat and linen clothes, stood next to Ye Liuyun. His already short stature made him look even shorter. He was completely different from Ye Liuyun's image of being unrestrained and untainted by the world. This great master looked quite wretched because of his short stature, torn linen clothes, which were covered in cracks, dust and blood. He was holding a tattered iron sword in his hand.

However, no one dared to laugh at his vulgarity, because this great master would kill people without mercy and without emotion. His level of terror was far greater than Ye Liuyun, and he was the most terrifying among the five great masters.

Emperor Qing took a step forward, passed Hong Sixiang who was blocking his way, looked at Ye Liuyun in front of him and said calmly: "It seems that Li Yunrui has really invested a lot this time, and even called Si Gu Jian. But uncle, you are not Si Gu Jian, are you sure you can keep me in Dadong Mountain?"

Ye Liuyun smiled, with no intention of speaking at all, but just glanced at Hong Sixiang specially.

He actually didn't know that Hong Sixiang was not a grandmaster, but it didn't really matter whether Hong Sixiang was a grandmaster or not.

Given the situation today, even the presence of a great master like Hong Sixiang will not affect the final outcome.

Because Emperor Qing is not only facing Si Gu Jian, but also Ku He of Bei Qi and the blind man standing at the gate of the small temple.

Three against one, no matter how you look at it, Emperor Qing is doomed to die, unless Li Chengzong can show up at Dazong Mountain today. But for the sake of this plan, how could Chen Pingping not take the unfathomable Third Prince into account?

As for why it was three against one, it was naturally because Ye Liuyun would not participate in the siege.

As a citizen of Qing, if he participated in the siege and killing of Emperor Qing, it would be truly regicide.

No matter who sits on the throne in the end, for the sake of reputation, they will take action against the Ye family, even the second prince who is the son-in-law of the Ye family. So he came here with only one purpose, which is to entangle Hong Sixiang and let the other three besiege the most hidden grandmaster - Emperor Qing.

However, Ye Liuyun couldn't understand one thing: why Chen Pingping asked them to spare Hong Sixiang's life? Was the life of this old eunuch so important?

Ye Liuyun didn't say anything, so Emperor Qing had to look at Si Gu Jian, sneered at the sword's burlap robe full of holes, and said sarcastically: "Si Gu Jian, why don't you retire in the thatched cottage? What are you doing here in Dadong Mountain? Look at your miserable appearance. Do you think you can kill all my tiger guards without paying a price? Idiots are always idiots. My son cured your idiocy once, and you don't want to repay the favor, but you insisted on taking the sword and forcing your way up the mountain, wasting your energy in vain. It seems that after so many years, you are still as stupid as ever."

No one dared to be so disrespectful to the Grand Master Si Gu Jian. Even the unfathomable Li Chengzong had shown great respect for him in the beginning. In the whole world, only Emperor Qing would speak to him in such a tone. However, when these words fell into the ears of those who were paying attention, they could hear a hint of cowardice.

This time Emperor Qing was not pretending, but he really felt a strong sense of danger. Although everything that happened was clearly planned by him and Chen Pingping, he always felt that something was wrong.

Si Gu Jian didn't even look at Emperor Qing, but just stared at Hong Sixiang who was standing beside Emperor Qing. His figure was not as bright as his short body, as bright as a huge bell.

"It was you who exuded that aura just now, right? Judging from that domineering aura, it's no wonder that people in the world think you are a great master. Although I promised someone to spare your life, if you insist on staying, you will die!"

The Emperor of Qing, the most powerful man in the world, was ignored by this Grandmaster. Although he was not angry, his eyes were cold. He looked at Si Gu Jian and said, "A Grandmaster was seriously injured by a junior. You probably never thought about it. Maybe there will be an unexpected surprise today."

Si Gu Jian seemed to have heard what Emperor Qing said this time. He turned his head slightly and looked at Emperor Qing. After a long silence, he shook his head and said sullenly, "You are far inferior to your son. You are not as strong as your son, and you are not as good-looking as your son. God is really blind."

Emperor Qing was stunned for a moment, then he understood what Si Gu Jian meant and said with a smile: "You are talking about Zong Er and An Zhi, right? Have you met An Zhi?"

It goes without saying who Zong'er represents, and Anzhi represents Fan Xian.

Si Gu Jian shook his head, "I haven't seen him, but I have a disciple named Lu Sisi. Her sister was killed by Fan Xian, but after seeing Fan Xian in Hangzhou, the little girl forgot her hatred and became a fangirl. So Fan Xian must have been born good-looking, and he should have inherited the young lady's appearance. As for Li Chengzong, although he looks like you, his personality is completely different from yours, so he should have inherited the young lady of the Qin family. These two are sons you value, but neither of them is like you. Are you angry?"

The sea breeze gently caressed his hair, and Emperor Qing laughed and said, "You people in Dongyi City are really a little stupid."

Si Gu Jian pondered for a moment and said seriously: "You said I was an idiot, but it's normal that some of my disciples are idiots."

After the seemingly foolish Grand Master finished speaking, he suddenly changed his attitude and said, "I am not as good as you in governing a country or fighting a war. I guess no one in the world can compare to you except her. I should respect you. Please don't mind that I was not polite to you just now."

"You're welcome, sir."

Emperor Qing bowed slightly in return, and then they both burst into laughter.

Si Gu Jian's laughter was mixed with extremely pure true energy, while Emperor Qing's laughter was filled with the heroic spirit that he had cultivated as the supreme ruler of the world.

The laughter stopped abruptly and there was an awkward silence. Both sides didn't know how to continue this absurd drama.

After a long while, Emperor Qing withdrew his hand that he had placed on Hong Sixiang at some point, looked at the two Grand Masters in front of him and said, "Grand Masters have not appeared in the world for a long time, and their appearance will surely shock the world. You two are here today, of course, to get them. Although I am not afraid of death, I don't want to die either, so I have to delay for time. But I don't understand why you two are willing to accompany me to delay for so long?"

Si Gu Jian was silent for a while, then said calmly, "Because you are hiding too deeply, I want to see how long you can keep pretending. Anyway, it's been a long time since I last watched a show, and no one knows how strong you are, so we have to be cautious."

"Have you figured out my background?" Emperor Qing appeared calm on the surface, but the sense of crisis in his heart was growing stronger and stronger.

He really couldn't understand. There were three grand masters on their side, him, Ye Liuyun and Wu Zhu, while the other side only had Si Gu Jian and Ku He. In a situation of three against two, why did he feel a strong sense of danger?

Si Gu Jian didn't want to continue acting anymore, so he shouted at the top of his voice, "You thief from Northern Qi, if you don't come out, I'm going to leave the mountain."

It's just for your information. Si Gu Jian is not an idiot. He knows very well how terrible the consequences will be if Emperor Qing is not left on Mount Dadong today.

Before, there were floating clouds on the mountain and a sword from the sky piercing the stone path, and now there are fallen leaves coming with the wind.

The wind blew away and the light dispersed. In a moment, the third person wearing a straw hat and linen clothes floated to the top of the mountain naturally like a fallen leaf.

The last of the four great masters in the world at the beginning, Ku He, has arrived.

A battle between grandmasters is about to break out.

(End of this chapter)