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Chapter 160 Suppression of National Fortune, Meng Yan'an Awakens

Xiao Yan walked up to Meng Xihong, reached out his hand, and gently reached out to Meng Yan'an.

"Your Majesty, be careful!" Meng Xihong instinctively tried to back away.

Even Xiao Beichen's dragon aura would be backfired. If something were to happen to the emperor, the Meng family wouldn't have enough heads to chop off.

"It's alright." Xiao Yan's voice remained calm.

His fingers were fair and long, making him look like a pampered scholar, detached from worldly concerns.

However, just as his fingertips were about to touch the black rune between Meng Yan'an's eyebrows...

The black rune seemed to sense a huge threat and suddenly unleashed an evil power ten times more terrifying than when it had backfired on Xiao Beichen!

That evil force transformed into a ferocious, invisible demonic claw, viciously grabbing at Xiao Yan's fingers!
"presumptuous!"

A cold glint flashed in Xiao Yan's eyes, and he uttered two words softly.

In an instant, the nine golden dragons of fortune coiled around the golden pillars in the entire Qilin Hall seemed to come alive, and at the same time let out a roar that shook the soul!

Roar!
The majestic, vast, and supremely masculine dragon energy transformed into a visible golden torrent that surged from Xiao Yan's fingertips and slammed fiercely into that invisible demonic claw!

Shila-

A piercing sound rang out in the hall.

The hideous demonic claws, washed away by the golden dragon energy, let out a mournful howl, melting away inch by inch, turning into wisps of black smoke that dissipated into the air.

However, the black rune's original source only dimmed slightly, still stubbornly imprinted on Meng Yan'an's brow.

"Hmph, as expected of the Demon Emperor's handiwork, how stubborn." Xiao Yan snorted coldly.

Instead of launching a forceful attack, he gently and slowly placed his smooth, jade-like fingers on Meng Yan'an's forehead.

It wasn't a caress, but... a pat on the head!
When the emperor touches his head, the nation's fortune is bestowed upon him!
boom!
A golden national fortune, more powerful and purer than ever before, surged into Meng Yan'an's body like the Milky Way pouring down from the heavens!

This time, the golden national fortune did not attack the black rune. Instead, it transformed into a huge golden net, tightly wrapping, suppressing, and sealing the rune, along with all the "severance" power it emitted!

The black rune that had been so arrogant for so long was completely suppressed by the overwhelming national fortune, all its evil light was subdued, and it finally turned into an ordinary black mark, no longer able to emit even the slightest bit of evil aura.

"Well……"

Just as the curse was suppressed, Meng Yan'an, who had been sleeping, suddenly trembled her long eyelashes.

His eyes, which had been closed for nearly four years, slowly, very slowly, opened a crack.

A pair of dark, pure eyes, like obsidian, looked at this unfamiliar world with a mixture of bewilderment and curiosity.

Then, his gaze fell on the face of the man who was holding him, a man who was both familiar and unfamiliar.

"Father...Father?"

A faint, childish, yet incredibly clear call escaped from his tiny mouth.

boom!
That cry of "Father!" struck Meng Xihong's heart like a thunderbolt from the heavens!

He froze, his mind going completely blank.

four years ago!
From the moment An'er was born, he carried so much guilt and self-blame. Day and night, he stayed by his son's bedside, watching his lifeless sleeping face, his heart breaking.

He thought he had gotten used to it.

But when that belated "Father" rang out, his heart, hardened by reality, crumbled instantly.

The Tianyan Sect Master, who was seen by outsiders as a strategist and ruthless leader, and a powerful figure who dared to negotiate with the Zhenbei King, finally had tears welling up in his eyes.

"Oh... Father's here, Father's here..." His voice choked, his words incoherent, but he subconsciously hugged the child in his arms even tighter.

Inside the main hall, all was silent. Xiao Beichen looked at the scene before him, a hint of emotion flashing in his eyes.

Xiao Yan slowly withdrew his hand, a hint of fatigue on his face, but a smile of relief in his deep eyes.

"I have temporarily suppressed this curse by using the national fortune of the Great Li. For at least ten years, it will no longer be able to erode your child's life force," Xiao Yan's voice rang out.

"But this is only a temporary measure, a cure for the symptoms but not the root cause. The curse of that evil emperor can be suppressed by the fate of the nation, but it cannot be extinguished."

Upon hearing this, Meng Xihong quickly wiped away his tears, hugged Meng Yan'an who had already opened his eyes and was curiously looking around, and bowed deeply.

"Meng Xihong thanks Your Majesty for your divine grace!"

"Get up," Xiao Yan waved his hand.

"When I save him, I am also saving my Great Li. The restoration of the Great Dao of Body Refinement is a blessing for the human race, and as the Human Emperor of Great Li, I should naturally protect him."

He paused, then changed the subject: "However, there is another way to completely eradicate this curse."

"Please give your instructions, Your Majesty!" Meng Xihong said urgently.

"I have already asked the Director of the Imperial Observatory to deduce the secrets of heaven," Xiao Yan said slowly. "This curse originates from extraterrestrial demons, and its power is sinister and severed. Under heaven, the only thing that can restrain it is the supreme divine object that contains the power of 'reincarnation' and 'life force'."

"At the summit of Yunji Mountain in the far west lies the site of an ancient battlefield, a place fraught with peril."

Legend has it that a powerful being once stumbled upon this place and found a rare treasure called the 'Nine-Turn Reincarnation Flower' in the midst of despair.

This flower blooms once every nine thousand years and withers once every nine thousand years. Each bloom and withering is a cycle of life and death, so its petals contain a trace of the law of reincarnation.

Only the power of this item's reincarnation can truly erase the 'Severance' curse left by the demonic emperor, allowing your child to be reborn.

Nine-fold Reincarnation Flower!
Meng Xihong memorized that name.

In the far west, atop Cloud Peak... no matter how far or how dangerous, he had to go!
"Thank you for your guidance, Your Majesty! Meng Xihong is willing to die for you!"

"Don't rush to express your gratitude," Xiao Yan smiled. "That place is not a kind place."

Yunji Mountain in the far west is a buffer zone between our Great Li and the Northern Demon Beast Empire, and also one of the battlefields of the ancient war.

It contains immense terror, as well as countless dangerous restrictions left over from ancient times.

And Mount Yunji is a forbidden land that even Nascent Soul stage cultivators dare not easily set foot in.

"With your current strength, going there would be suicide."

Meng Xihong's heart sank.

“However,” Xiao Yan looked at him, a meaningful glint in his eyes.

"I can help you, and even send someone to go with you."

"What are Your Majesty's conditions?" Meng Xihong raised his head, he never believed in a free lunch.

"I enjoy dealing with intelligent people." Xiao Yan slowly walked back to the dragon throne, sat down again, and his majestic aura once more enveloped the entire hall.

"When I cooperated with you, I agreed to two conditions. Now I will also make two conditions."

"If you agree, I might even make an exception and open the royal treasury so you can choose three treasures."

Cultivation techniques, elixirs, magical treasures, materials... anything you fancy, anything in the treasure vault, you can take it.

Upon hearing this, not only Meng Xihong, but even Xiao Beichen standing to the side showed a hint of surprise in his eyes.

The treasury of the Great Li royal family is a repository of the essence accumulated by the entire dynasty over thousands of years. Any single item from it, if it were to be leaked out, would be enough to cause a bloodbath in the cultivation world.

The emperor is so generous?
(End of this chapter)