Scourge Messenger

Chapter 407 Forced by circumstances, not in control of one's own destiny

Ying asked, "But Your Majesty, didn't you cure him?"

"To be precise, I was cured for half a month," Ying Le said. "I slept soundly for half a month and didn't dream of anything. I thought I was completely cured, so I went out to explore a secret realm. Then I met an old friend, and my heart stirred, and I was caught up in it again."

“But because I was seriously injured in the secret realm before, I manifested my Dao Foundation to protect myself. So I was pleasantly surprised to find that as long as the damage to my Dao Foundation was large enough, the impact of the dream on me would become very small. Sometimes when I woke up, I would even forget everything in the dream, as if... I really just had a dream.” Ying Le murmured, “That was my last peace and joy.”

“No wonder His Majesty has remained in the mortal world, unlike other Foundation Establishment cultivators who cultivate in seclusion in secret realms.” Ying Rushi finally resolved his long-standing confusion: “So it turns out he was using the Three Calamities to weaken his foundation.”

Unfortunately, this is only a stopgap measure that does not address the root cause of the problem.

Ying Le said, "Since my Dao foundation has weakened, I must gather Qi to strengthen it. The [Red Dust Eye] will grow stronger along with my Dao foundation. This is an irreversible process; it will only become stronger and deeper. It's only been a year. I have no way to stop them from making a comeback this time."

“But that’s not the worst of it,” she said with a bitter smile. “The worst thing was that at that time, another fox spirit who had awakened the Divine Martial True Blood was added to the royal family.”

"Do you know why fox demons can sense each other? It's because the [Red Dust Eye] itself is an evolution of the Divine Martial Emperor's metal element. The Divine Martial Emperor passed down the metal element through his bloodline, awakening it in different members of his clan. However, the separated metal elements naturally have a tendency to converge. From illusion to reality, from likes and dislikes to reason, they all urge the fox demons to kill each other and devour their own kind to complete their metal element... Otherwise, once the other's metal element grows stronger, it will be their turn to be devoured. That's why the Ying family fox demons in history always killed each other."

Ying Rushi's face turned deathly pale instantly, her lips trembling slightly: "The clan that awakened the Divine Martial True Blood at that time was..."

“It was your father, the King of Bohai.” Ying Le calmly revealed the truth: “I liked him very much when I was a child, so I gave him and the Queen of Bohai a quick death. To be honest, I didn’t want to do it, because after the metal element is combined, the [Red Dust Eye] will become stronger. I feel like I’m sitting on a chariot rushing towards a cliff, but I can only whip the warhorse again and again to urge it to run faster.”

"In order to prevent the growth of the metal element and to avoid the recurrence of the tragic accident like that of the King of Bohai, I have no choice but to eliminate all future worries."

“Exterminate the royal family.” Ying Rushi said softly, “So it was all because of the Divine Martial True Blood.”

“From children to the elderly, from the royal family to the branches, within three degrees of kinship, not a single one was spared.” Ying Le couldn’t help but laugh out loud: “The Ying family of Qi should be the first royal family that did not come close to extinction because of the fall of the country and the destruction of the family, right? But it was only close. There should still be many people of divine martial blood in the common people, they just don’t have the surname Ying.”

"Is the Divine Martial Emperor's arrangement not intended to incite infighting among the bloodlines?"

"of course not."

Ying Le tore open her clothes, revealing her snow-white chest, on which was embedded a multicolored glass bead: "The royal family has a secret scroll. As long as the Foundation Establishment demon fox has enough metal element and integrates the Glass Dream Bead at the fifth stage, it can transform the [Red Dust Eye] into a second divine power, completely break free from the shackles of the [Red Dust Eye], and awaken the true [Pillow of Red Dust]."

"Did Your Majesty succeed?"

"Half and half. Although the [Eye of the Mortal World] has indeed become my second divine power, it lacks the metal element, so I still haven't awakened the [Pillow of the Mortal World]." Ying Le sighed, "Our ancestors really did a lot of harm."

"Awakening to the true 'Pillow of the Mortal World'..." Ying Rushi shook her head: "After awakening, will we still be ourselves? Your Majesty, how could you make such a choice?"

“Prince Lanling, you don’t understand,” Ying Le said. “Of course I know the secrets of Shenwu Jinxing. In fact, I have clashed with Shenwu Jinxing many times in the past ten years. I was overwhelmed by Jinxing’s will and almost completely drowned in the eternal dream… But I escaped in the real world for ten years and suffered in the dream for a hundred years. For me, even if it was utter despair, it was a willing liberation.”

The rain kept falling, and the world was so quiet that it seemed as if only the sound of raindrops hitting the blue bricks could be heard.

Ying Le looked up at the gloomy sky, and the rain seemed to fall from all directions, gathering in her eyes.

Why reveal everything? Perhaps because they are the last of the Divine Martial Bloodline. Mercy or hypocrisy, the other party... is now the only one in this world qualified to know her secret. After today, only one member of the Divine Martial Bloodline will remain, buried in their coffin with this bloody truth.

"Your Majesty, you've worked hard."

Ying Le suddenly turned her head and saw Ying Rushi walk past her to the edge of the altar and gaze into the distance.

"After awakening the Divine Martial True Blood, I gradually came to understand Your Majesty's situation," Ying said. "Although the awakening period is still short, I have been tormented by the [Red Dust Eye] to the point of wishing for death many times. Your Majesty has been awakening for ten years and has endured more than a hundred times the suffering of me. Whenever I think of this, I feel that Your Majesty is indeed a peerless genius, and I am far inferior to you."

"If I were in Your Majesty's shoes, perhaps I too would have slaughtered members of the royal family and committed many wrongdoings. I am not defending Your Majesty, but I can understand many of Your Majesty's actions. I still remember when Your Majesty first ascended the throne, you were a diligent and virtuous emperor who governed the country with great rigor. When I was young, I accompanied my father to welcome Your Majesty's triumphant return. Watching Your Majesty ride your majestic horse, I was filled with admiration... If it weren't for the [Eyes of the Mortal World], perhaps Your Majesty could have become a wise and benevolent ruler?" Ying Rushi shook his head after saying this. "Even if Your Majesty has committed many perverse acts, Your Majesty's mere presence as a Foundation Establishment cultivator in the City of Never-Sleeping Heaven is enough to deter the Zhou and Liang kingdoms from making any rash moves. I have rendered no service to the country, so what right do I have to comment on Your Majesty's merits and demerits?"

“Prince Lanling…” Ying Le’s voice trembled slightly.

“But, Ying Le,” Ying Ru Shi turned to look at Ying Le, “why did you do this?”

Behind Ying Rushi lay the blood-soaked, sleepless city. From the altar, one could see countless dead bodies lying on the ground, their eyes wide open in disbelief. Among them were patients she knew, maids from her Lanling Prince's mansion, and scions of noble families she knew. But there were also many ordinary people whom Ying Rushi had never met, yet who lived under the same sky as her, struggling to survive, experiencing joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness.

Their life force was drawn from their bodies and continuously flowed into the altar. It was less a massacre and more a ritual—a ritual that placed the nation on the altar in exchange for power!
Ying Le, who was always unrestrained and did whatever she wanted, actually took a step back under Ying Rushi's gaze.

"I need to gather my fortune to strengthen the foundation of the Thousand Blood Feather Stream Dao, and slaughter is the best way."

"Is it necessary to kill so many? Not only Nightless City, but also the surrounding counties must be wiped out?"

“The more I kill, the more blood, qi, and soul I absorb, and the higher my starting point will be when I reach the fifth level.” Ying Le calmed down slowly: “The stronger I become, the better my chances of defeating the Divine Martial Golden Nature.”

"Why the rush? Shouldn't demons be the best sacrifices?"

“Because you rose too quickly.” Ying Le stared into Ying Rushi’s eyes: “After you fled into the Demon Gathering Land, I knew I couldn’t delay any longer. If I don’t complete the Divine Martial Ritual at the fifth level as soon as possible, the power between us will be reversed sooner or later… I’m afraid that one day you will surpass me.”

"Everything was done out of necessity."

Ying Le's eyes turned a heavy blood red, his golden vertical pupils like a lone boat adrift on a sea of ​​blood.

"Was it out of necessity...?"

Ying Rushi murmured, "Yes, what's wrong with you trying to survive and protect yourself? Since your bloodline and your foundation require you to harm others to survive, then you have no choice but to do so. Just like a wolf trying to eat a sheep, it's an inescapable fate."

"only,"

Beneath the white fox mask, the eyes burned with a fiery orange-red hue, the golden vertical pupils like pure gold burning in a furnace.

"My anger was also beyond my control."

(End of this chapter)