Who taught him to practice swordsmanship like this?

Chapter 144 The Weary King

"I am here on behalf of Emperor Liang to discuss the alliance."

Su Baichen's words truly shocked the other three people present.

The Sword Master Wufeng had never set foot in the mortal realm, so he had no concept of such things.

Shi Yan was surprised to learn that Su Baichen also had such a close relationship with another emperor.

Emperor Qi instantly switched to imperial mode, narrowing his eyes slightly as he looked at Su Baichen with a scrutinizing gaze.

He pondered for a moment and said, "Young Taoist priest, it's not that I judge you by your appearance, but how can you, at such a young age, replace Emperor Liang?"

Su Baichen said, "Because Emperor Liang is also very young, he naturally likes to interact with young people."

These words left people speechless for a moment.

Gao Liu said frankly, "Your arrival was sudden. The states of Qi and Liang have never had any prior contact, and there are even some ancestral grievances between them—how can I trust you so easily?"

"Or rather, what story do you have that can convince me?"

Su Baichen, seemingly unconcerned, said, "Actually, this was just a sudden idea of ​​Emperor Liang. He had just purged some of the bureaucratic forces in the court, causing unrest and making the court somewhat difficult to control. So he wanted to come to Qi to learn from their experience. After all, Emperor Qi also frequently kills ministers and purges the court, so he should have experience in maintaining stability."

These words broke Gao Liu's defenses. What did he mean by "what minister has experience"?

Is this legitimate experience?

However, this topic successfully piqued Gao Liu's interest, and he asked curiously, "I've heard about this, but I heard it was Emperor Liang who purged the powerful minister's cronies. Is there some hidden story behind this?"

Su Baichen smiled faintly, strolling leisurely a couple of steps around the palace, easily easing the previously tense atmosphere: "That was merely a smokescreen. In reality, Emperor Liang discovered that many positions in the court were occupied by inhuman beings, which led to the nationwide purge!"

In that instant, Su Baichen sensed the joy and closeness that welled up in Gao Liu's heart through his Xuan Yin Heart Mirror. It was as if a lonely traveler in a foreign land had suddenly found a fellow countryman.

"Oh? Emperor Liang also believes that those ministers were actually monsters in disguise?"

Su Baichen chuckled, then looked at Shi Yan Zhenren behind him and said, "Senior, please explain the matter of the Formless Ones to Emperor Qi."

Shi Yan knew that Su Baichen was giving him the opportunity to communicate with the emperor.

So he didn't stand on ceremony and took over the conversation, telling me the whole story he had just heard about not long ago.

With such a formidable enemy as the Formless One at hand, there's no need to be so clear about the separation between the cultivation world and the mortal world.

After hearing about the story of the Person Without Form, Gao Liu felt refreshed and his mind was incredibly clear.

He said, "So that's how it is. So there really are some inhuman beings mixed in with the human world!"

"I was right, and our ancestors were right too!"

"Hahaha, the world laughs at my madness, but I laugh at their blindness!"

The emperor, in a moment of joy, even began reciting poetry—what a refined taste!

As the laughter subsided, Gao Liu, with a hint of excitement, asked, "Do any of you esteemed masters have a way to distinguish between different kinds of beings?"

Shi Yan glanced at Su Baichen, and seeing that he remained silent, he sighed softly and said, "Although I am not very perceptive, I can still discern a thing or two."

"However, the one who can truly distinguish those without form is my friend Bai Chen. It was with your help that I was able to gradually learn to recognize them."

Upon hearing this, Su Baichen said softly, "Tomorrow at the Qi Emperor's morning court session, we can ambush axemen behind the palace. Once I have identified them one by one, we can find a reason to hack those Formless Ones in the court to death."

Sword Master Wufeng: "————"

He was stunned.

Good grief, what's with this volatile behavior?

On the contrary, Shi Yan did not feel that he had gone too far; in fact, he felt quite pleased.

After all, Wufeng Sword Master was not from Qi, so he could not empathize with Shi Yan.

Shi Yan is a sword cultivator who dares to love and hate!

He already harbored resentment towards the corruption of the Formless Ones, and now that Su Baichen was proposing to use the most violent methods to eliminate these Formless Ones, he could only wholeheartedly agree.

Gao Liu was stunned; he hadn't expected Su Baichen to be so direct.

"Isn't this approach a bit too crude?"

He was all prepared to be a tyrant, but then he suddenly discovered that Su Baichen's methods were even more ruthless than his own.

Su Baichen countered, "What will Your Majesty do if I don't arrive?"

Gao Liu paused for a moment, then said in an icy tone, "That is natural. We will find excuses to replace everyone in the court, and then hand over the country to the Crown Prince so that he can continue to be a wise ruler."

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Good heavens!

They also said Su Baichen was short-tempered, but clearly his methods weren't much better, and in some ways even more cruel.

Unable to distinguish which people in the court were those without the power of appearance, he chose a drastic measure, replacing everyone in the current court—and how? He simply found a pretext to kill them.

After Gao Liu finished speaking, he laughed, his voice revealing an unprecedented sense of relaxation.

With this relaxation, he yawned, his fatigue becoming impossible to hide.

Seeing this, Master Shi Yan couldn't bear it. He knew that this emperor, with his extraordinary spiritual senses, probably hadn't had a good night's sleep in a long time.

He then said, "Your Majesty should get some sleep first. I will keep watch over you, so you can rest assured."

Gao Liu yawned again, then said with some emotion, "Since the Master has kept watch over me, I will acknowledge the Master as my National Preceptor!"

After he finished speaking, he fell into a deep sleep.

But the next second, he started snoring.

This emperor hasn't had a proper night's sleep in ages, and the fact that he's managed to hold on until now without completely collapsing into tyrannical mode is truly astonishing.

However, this also explains why tyrants of the Gao clan generally did not live long.

They couldn't sleep peacefully every day, their minds constantly in a state of high tension—perhaps from the moment they became tyrants and began their slaughter, they were already prepared to clear obstacles for those who came after them.

Shi Yan's expression was somewhat complicated as he stood there, staring blankly at the sleeping Emperor Qi.

The Swordless Elder looked over in surprise and asked, "Brother Dao seems to have changed somewhat?"

Shi Yan said, "Yes, I am now the Imperial Preceptor, so naturally things are different."

The Sword Without Edge is an unexpected surprise; what about the Imperial Advisor?

But then he realized: "Brother Dao, are you preparing to completely plunge into the murky waters of humanity?"

Shi Yan nodded emphatically: "I've thought about it carefully, and this might be the only way."

"My Zhenyue Sword Sect is not like Changchun Palace, which dominates the Liang Kingdom in the south. If I want to fight against the Formless Ones, I must unite with the Human Dao Sect."

He paused, then continued, "Now that I have been appointed Imperial Preceptor by His Majesty's decree, I am already part of the prevailing trend of humanity. With my clear sword mind and the discernment skills taught to me by my young friend Bai Chen, I am confident that I can defend this corner of the Qi Kingdom!"

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