My cultivation disguise has been exposed by Xiao Sizi.

Li Chen sat in the rocking chair, looking at the core of the Tang Dynasty's most powerful figures in front of him, and at Old Li's face full of questions.

He suddenly tugged at the corner of his mouth, a cold smile curving his lips.

He stood up, his moon-white robe swaying slightly in the wind.

"Ruthless methods?"

Li Chen slowly walked to the stone table.

He didn't look at anyone; his gaze went beyond the courtyard wall, towards the east—the direction of the sea.

"Break a few bones, smash a mouthful of teeth." Li Chen softly repeated Li Shimin's words, slowly shaking his head.

"Too light."

He turned around, and the languid look on his face completely disappeared.

A chilling glint began to appear in those usually nonchalant black eyes, and his robes and full head of black hair began to move without any wind.

"It's more than just strong hostility."

Li Chen's voice wasn't loud, but it pierced everyone's ears like an awl: "I even want to cross the sea and slaughter a country."

Dead silence.

The entire backyard fell into complete silence in an instant.

Empress Zhangsun's silver knife clattered onto the stone table. Li Chengqian had just picked up a bowl of water to drink when his hand trembled violently, spilling the water all over the floor. Li Tai's mouth gaped open, his jaw seemingly dislocated.

Massacre of the nation?

These two words, spoken by a prince of the Tang Dynasty, were casual and light, as if he were just talking about what to eat for dinner.

Fang Xuanling gasped, taking half a step forward: "Your Highness, watch your words!"

The renowned Tang Dynasty prime minister urgently advised against it, saying, "Those are foreigners, envoys sent to Tang. Even if they are at fault, they can be punished."

"To slaughter an entire nation? That would be an unjust war, a waste of resources and manpower. To send Tang soldiers to their deaths at sea for a few barbarians is absolutely unacceptable!"

Changsun Wuji also frowned and echoed, "Your Highness, they are merely uncivilized islanders who came to our Great Tang to study. The Great Tang is a celestial empire, and should win people over with virtue. The talk of massacring the country is utterly absurd."

Li Shimin stood up, his face grim.

He was about to reprimand his son for his arrogant and ignorant remarks.

However, he realized that Li Chen wasn't listening at all.

Li Chen stood frozen in place, motionless like a statue.

His gaze was unfocused, fixed on the bluestone slabs on the ground, his eyelids unblinking, only his Adam's apple bobbing slightly.

"Slaughter the nation..."

Li Chen unconsciously murmured those two words.

Yes.

Massacre of the nation.

Why not?

Suddenly, it was as if a bolt of lightning cleaved through the thick fog in Li Chen's mind.

Memories of two lifetimes, the unforgettable history of blood and tears in the second life, those black and white photos that keep one awake at night—mass graves, bayonets, germ warfare.

He encountered the two Japanese men on the street, and his deep-seated hatred led him to kill them without hesitation. But what did it matter? What could cripple two envoys to Tang China change?

There are millions of people like that on that island.

They steal the techniques and the culture, then go back and lie low. Later, they'll turn into vicious dogs and bite back!

Li Chen lowered his head and looked at his hands.

These hands are long, fair, and free of calluses, but they hold a golden elixir!

A powerful cultivator in the early stage of the Golden Core realm!

Although the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is too low and has not fully recovered, the limitations of heaven and earth prevent him from fully displaying his true Golden Core cultivation.

But going there and wreaking havoc, even wiping out Japan, wouldn't be a problem at all.

He suddenly realized an extremely absurd yet undeniably true fact: This is the Tang Dynasty, not the later world!

Although the spiritual energy here is thin, he has already reached the Golden Core stage of cultivation!

mortal.

That island is now inhabited entirely by ordinary people! They don't even have firearms, only armor made of bamboo and broken knives made of pig iron.

Centuries later, they used guns and cannons to bully China. Now, he can use his cultivation to crush them!

There was no need for the Tang Dynasty to send 100,000 troops to fill the sea, nor was there any need to waste manpower and resources.

As long as he flies there on his sword, as long as he lands on that island.

He was alone, with only a sword.

Gaga is killing everything in sight!

From south to north, from coast to inland. Shatter their islands, burn their books, sever their roots!

Slaughter through Japan.

Absolutely no problem!

Li Chen's eyes lit up.

First there was a faint light, then the light grew stronger and brighter, shining like a blazing fire.

He suddenly raised his head, his breathing became rapid, his chest heaved violently, and the corners of his mouth involuntarily turned upwards.

"Hahaha……"

Li Chen suddenly laughed. The laughter rolled out of his throat, carrying an irrepressible fervor and excitement.

He began pacing back and forth in the yard, taking very fast steps.

"That's right! I'm at the early stage of the Golden Core realm now, what's there to be afraid of!" he muttered to himself, his voice trembling with excitement. "What reason do I need? What face do I need for the Celestial Empire?"

"Go straight there, slaughter them all, burn them clean, and be done with it! If you really can't hold back, burn your source energy, break through the limitations of heaven and earth, restore your true Golden Core strength, and sink the entire island."

yard.

Deathly silence, even more pure than before.

Everyone was stunned by Li Chen's sudden and crazy action. Qin Huaidao's hand holding the hilt of his knife trembled, and Crown Prince Li Chengqian nervously swallowed.

Li Shimin looked at his son, at his eyes that flashed with a mad killing intent.

A chill ran down my spine.

This is no joke, Chen'er, I really want to destroy that country!

"Are you crazy?!"

Li Shimin roared, rushed forward, and grabbed Li Chen's shoulder: "What's gotten into you?! Wake up!"

The Tang emperor had a strong grip, his knuckles squeezing Li Chen's clothes so tightly that deep wrinkles appeared on his shoulders: "Are you going to rebel for a few foreign envoys? Are you going to risk the fate of the Tang Dynasty to accompany your madness?!"

Empress Zhangsun was also terrified, her face turning deathly pale. She quickly walked over and grabbed Li Chen's arm, saying, "Chen'er, don't frighten your mother. What happened? Did you go wrong in your cultivation and suffer a qi deviation?"

Li Chen stopped.

He looked at Li Shimin, who was pressing on his shoulder, at the Empress, whose face was full of anxiety, and then at the powerful Tang officials around him who were looking at him like he was crazy.

The fervor in his eyes slowly subsided.

Explain it to them?

How do you explain this? Do you say that hundreds of years from now, the people on that island will come and massacre people? Or that they will use living people for experiments?

It's too much trouble; they won't believe me even if I explain it to them until I'm hoarse.

"Father." Li Chen gently pulled away from Li Shimin's hand and took a step back.

His expression became incredibly calm, a calmness that was frightening.

"You think I'm crazy, that I'm just making trouble for no reason." Li Chen lowered his head and slowly straightened his cuffs. "Because you don't know what I saw."

"You talk to me about the Celestial Empire and about winning people over with virtue."

Li Chen sneered, "Then I'll show you what these islanders, whom you call students, will do to this land in the future!"

After saying that, Li Chen didn't waste any more words.

He slowly raised his right hand, his index and middle fingers joined together, pointing towards the sky above the courtyard.

boom!

An immense and unparalleled spiritual pressure erupted from Li Chen. The wind in the courtyard instantly stopped.

A dazzling golden beam of light shot out from Li Chen's fingertip and soared into the sky!

Above everyone's heads, the light twisted violently.

Accompanied by an ancient, weathered, and seemingly primordial metallic roar, a massive, illusory ancient book radiating boundless pressure slowly materialized in mid-air.

"The History of Time"