I picked up the scattered attributes

"The biggest possibility of trying to get something from a tiger is that you become food in its mouth."

After a moment, Feng Xia waved his hand, shook his head in disappointment, and then raised the Spirit King Sword in his hand: "I thought Your Majesty could say something profound, but it seems I was overthinking it. If this is all you wanted to say... Your Majesty, are you prepared to go to the Yellow Springs?"

A chilling atmosphere hung over the world!

"I am aware of what you are saying."

At that moment, Emperor Xuanwu took a deep breath, a complex look flashing in his eyes, and sighed deeply, "It's such a pity, fellow Daoist. Why didn't you emerge earlier? If it had been earlier, perhaps everything could have been reversed, and our positions wouldn't be like this now."

"Is this His Majesty's last words?" Feng Xia sneered.

"No, in fact, I have already considered what you have said."

Emperor Xuanwu paused, then spoke to Feng Xia in a peculiar tone: "Sect Leader Feng, you may not know, but the second patriarch of the Mohist school... is still alive today."

The sword light that was about to rise in Feng Xia's hand suddenly stopped.

He finally understood where Emperor Xuanwu's confidence came from.

Emperor Xuanwu, the founding emperor of Xuanwu Kingdom, together with his comrades, conquered the kingdom. However, not long after, the founding emperor, Emperor Xuanwu, passed away mysteriously.

The one who truly brought Xuanwu Kingdom to its peak was its second emperor, who is now referred to as the Second Ancestor!

Later generations have commented on the Second Patriarch in this way:

"The achievements of the Second Ancestor, in both literary and martial prowess, are no less than those of the First Ancestor!"

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Chapter 0149

If the second ancestor of Xuanwu Kingdom is still alive today, then the words of the current Xuanwu Emperor, Mo Lianque, finally have some credibility in Feng Xia's ears.

An old monster who has lived for seven hundred years is probably at the peak of the Yuan Dan realm, even if his cultivation is weak!

Even... the Dharma Aspect Realm!

"If the Second Ancestor mentioned by His Majesty has reached the Dharma Aspect Realm, then Xuanwu Kingdom does indeed have the strength to compete with the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom after the revival of heaven and earth."

Upon hearing this, Feng Xia nodded, acknowledging Emperor Xuanwu's statement.

Of course, it was just a little arm wrestling.

After all, according to Qinglin's judgment, the ruler of the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom may have also reached the Dharma Aspect Realm. If Mo Yuanlong was the number one person in Xuanwu back then, then the ruler of the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom may be the number one person in the world!

Moreover, what's even more terrifying about the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons is that the reproductive capacity of most demon beasts often far surpasses that of humans!

Even disregarding the top-tier high-end combat capabilities, there is still a huge and insurmountable gap between the two sides in terms of core and grassroots forces.

"As the saying goes, 'If one hears the Way in the morning, one can die content in the evening.' Your Majesty, I can understand your desire to pursue a glorious era and your unwillingness to live a mediocre life."

Thinking this through, Feng Xia finally chose her words carefully and said, "However, are you prepared to pay the price? Are you prepared to make all the humans in Xuanwu Kingdom pay the price for your grand ambition?"

"There is only one chance, and I will not implicate my people."

Emperor Xuanwu took a deep breath and solemnly said, "On this point, I can swear to my Dao heart. If I break this oath, my Dao heart will shatter, my cultivation will be completely lost, and I will die!"

Feng Xia knew that in this world of supernatural beings, swearing an oath to one's Dao heart was already a rather severe vow.

Violating one's vows to the Dao will result in the collapse of one's Dao heart and the loss of all cultivation, or even worse, demonic possession and immediate death!

"However, this is still not enough."

Facing the extremely solemn Emperor Xuanwu, Feng Xia finally shook his head. With a slight thought, a magnificent lotus flower materialized out of thin air.

This lotus flower shimmered with a crystalline light. Its material was neither gold nor jade. Unlike ordinary lotus flowers, its petals were long and slender, as if they were made of sharp swords.

"This is..." Emperor Xuanwu's heart stirred.

"This is a sword wheel formed from my divine power. Your Majesty, swear an oath before my sword wheel." Feng Xia said calmly, his hands behind his back. "If you break your oath, there's no need for your Dao heart to be shattered. This sword wheel will take your life. You will not be able to escape, no matter how far you search!"

"What a terrifying magical power!"

Emperor Xuanwu, Mo Lianque, stared intently and felt a chill run down his spine.

He could tell that the divine power Feng Xia was using was far more complex than it appeared, involving multiple different systems that were integrated together. Even someone like him, at the Yuan Dan realm, would find it difficult to decipher its mysteries.

At the same time, Emperor Xuanwu was also somewhat helpless.

All his previous plans had not taken into account the emergence of Feng Xia, an anomaly, so that the two sides unknowingly ended up on opposite sides.

He could fully sense Feng Xia's killing intent and knew that if he didn't swear an oath to this sword wheel, things would likely end badly today. Forget about any plans to change the world, he probably wouldn't even be able to leave the gates of Qianqiu Valley!

"Sect Leader Feng, if only you had been born a few years earlier..."

With a soft sigh, Mo Lianque finally straightened his expression and nodded solemnly: "I can swear on your sword wheel."

Feng Xia grinned, raised one hand, and said:

"Then, Your Majesty, please."

After a while.

Emperor Xuanwu breathed a sigh of relief, and with a thought, he suppressed all his complex emotions, his face regaining its composure.

"wind……"

"Hmph." A little girl's soft hum came from afar.

"Ahem! Sect Leader Wu, you..." Mo Lian Que quickly changed his words, but the next second, he exclaimed in shock again, "Wait a minute, Sect Leader Wu, what are you doing!?"

"Of course I'd cut off my own cultivation! The fight's over, what use would I have for this Yuan Dan realm cultivation?"

At this moment, Feng Xia's aura plummeted. Hearing Mo Lian Que's words, he turned his head with a strange expression and said matter-of-factly, "If your realm is not perfect, you will shed tears during your cultivation. Since you are going to cultivate, you should strive for perfection."

But you've already severed your cultivation level twice!

Even with Mo Lianque's composure, he almost swore at this moment.

For over seven hundred years since the founding of Xuanwu Kingdom, countless ancestors and sages have fallen on the road to the Yuan Dan realm. But Feng Xia is different; condensing Yuan Dan is easier for him than eating or drinking. He cut off his cultivation once, and now he's done it a second time!

At this moment, only a divine wheel remained behind Feng Xia's head. The eight small bells of spiritual light flew back to the depths of the valley, while only three gleaming Dao bricks rose and fell within his divine wheel.

"What, does Your Majesty have other ideas?"

Seeing Emperor Xuanwu's expression, Feng Xia said with a half-smile, "If you have any ideas, you can try it and see if Your Majesty can act faster or I can recover to the Yuan Dan realm faster?"

Emperor Xuanwu: "..."

Is that how you make comparisons?!

At this point, he didn't even have the strength to shake his head anymore. He could only smile bitterly and say, "Sect Leader Wu, there's no need to test me any further. Since I have already made an oath, I will certainly not break it. Moreover, I have indeed figured it out just now. My path may not necessarily be the right one. If I take the wrong path, perhaps your existence, Sect Leader Wu, will become a way out for Xuanwu Kingdom."

I don't think so.

Feng Xia mentally complained that he stayed in Qianqiu Valley as the sect leader because of two favors he owed.

But Xuanwu Kingdom is different. He, Feng, is a transmigrator and has no sense of belonging to Xuanwu Kingdom. Maybe when disaster strikes, he will run away without saying a word?

Summer breezes are like a gentle breeze!

I don't even have that much confidence in myself!

After severing his cultivation and removing the influence of demonic energy, Feng Xia's way of thinking quickly returned to normal.

……probably.

"In any case, given the current strength of Master Wu, there are some secrets that I can indeed tell you." After a long silence, Emperor Xuanwu finally shook his head and said, "This is an extremely ancient secret, and only each generation of Emperor Xuanwu is allowed to pass it down from generation to generation through oral tradition."

"In fact, this world did not dry up naturally, but was deliberately caused by someone!"

"Someone has set up a massive celestial array to plunder the world's vital energy for their own use!"

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Chapter 0150

The conversation between Feng Xia and Emperor Xuanwu lasted for three days and three nights.

Of course, the conversation did not take place inside Qianqiu Valley—although Feng Xia preferred to set aside the grudges for the time being, it would be too provocative to invite such a great enemy into the mountain gate.

The final agreed-upon location for the conversation was in Qinglin's territory below Beiwang Cliff.

However, as a corresponding price, Emperor Xuanwu, like Sakura Rain, also had his knees kicked several times by Qinglin.

On one hand, Feng Xia was indeed extremely interested in the information that Mo Lianque had provided, and on the other hand, he also wanted to observe the emperor more closely to further confirm his true intentions.

After all, there's a saying that goes something like this before time travel:

— Separated by a computer screen, you can't even tell if you're chatting with a dog.

Since arriving in this other world, Feng Xia has discovered that this statement can be extended further: even if it really is a dog, it might have the cultivation of the Yuan Dan realm and slap you to the ground, letting you know what it means to be fucked by a dog.

Regardless of Feng Xia's opinion, he felt that Emperor Xuanwu's confidence was simply too strong.

It could even be said that it has become so strong that it is somewhat unreasonable.

Feng Xia really couldn't understand it—you can't even beat many monster lords, where does your confidence come from?

However, many of the things Mo Lianque mentioned did indeed resolve some of Feng Xia's doubts.

For example, the truth behind the disappearance of the primordial energy of this world!

"If a powerful being set up a celestial array to plunder the world's spiritual energy, it could indeed explain many problems. After all, under normal circumstances, spiritual energy is like the tide, rising and falling, and it is impossible for such an astonishing decline to occur."

"But if all of this was really done by human hands..."

Feng Xia pondered for a moment and said, "Have you considered that the mastermind behind all this might have a terrifyingly high level of cultivation? Perhaps even if you tie up Xuanwu Kingdom and Wanyao Kingdom together, it wouldn't be enough to make the mastermind slap you."