0p0 Chapter 221 The Truth
Chapter 221 The Truth
Lu Yuguan thought about these words carefully, and it took him quite some time to digest all the information.
"I won't say much for now. My soul energy has been depleted so much that I'm afraid I'll fall into a deep sleep. Dad is leaving now."
"Eh?"
Lu Yuguan was confused.
After Bai Zheng finished speaking, Li Chongjiu closed his eyes again. When he opened them again, his expression had relaxed a lot.
"You know everything?" Li Chongjiu said softly.
"Yeah." Lu Yuguan responded.
Li Chongjiu said bitterly: "I don't know if I am still a human being."
Lu Yuguan comforted him, "Don't worry about it for now. At least you are still alive. This is the best outcome."
Li Chongjiu murmured, "You're right. Let's think of a solution after we return to Longhua Country."
"You must live," Lu Yuguan said in a deep voice, "My father's soul is still in you. If you die, my father will not be able to live."
Li Chongjiu nodded silently.
The two walked out together, and it was not until they returned to the hall that they caught a glimpse of bright light.
Inside the hall, the Ten Thousand Blood Demon Lord was fighting fiercely with the reinforcements from the Xuanyu Sect.
"You bold demon cultivator, how dare you harm innocent people? I will punish you!"
"Demon cultivator, take my sword!"
"Watch out, monster!"
……
Colorful magic weapons were sacrificed one after another and aimed at the Ten Thousand Blood Demon Lord, bombarding him wildly.
"Is this the foundation of a major sect?"
Lu Yuguan was so surprised that he couldn't speak and stared blankly at the battlefield.
"Yuguan!——"
Not far away, Li Chonglin and Zhao Zimo spotted him and ran towards him quickly.
"Your arm..." Zhao Zimo grabbed his hand with heartache.
"It's okay, I'm lucky and have a long life, I'm fine!" Lu Yuguan said with a smile.
Li Chonglin looked at Li Chongjiu standing beside him and said in shock, "Old Nine, weren't you thrown into the blood pool by that demon cultivator?"
Li Chongjiu gave a wry smile and shook his head.
"This matter is complicated. He is not only Li Chongjiu now, but also my father." Lu Yuguan said seriously.
Zhao Zimo: ...
Li Chonglin: ...
Seeing the two people's confused faces, Lu Yuguan simply didn't bother to explain, "Oh, I'll explain it to you later, let's eliminate the demon first!"
At this time, the Ten Thousand Blood Demon Lord was fighting fiercely with everyone. He kept summoning blood dragons to resist all attacks.
Most of the reinforcements from Xuanyu Sect who came to support had young faces. Although their fighting skills were clumsy, the large number of magical weapons on their bodies were enough to make up for these shortcomings.
"Are they all young monks?" Lu Yuguan wondered.
"Lu Yuguan?"
Suddenly, a delicate voice came from the side. Lu Yuguan turned his head and saw a female monk with maple leaves between her eyebrows flying towards them.
Lu Yuguan scratched his head and said, "You are..."
The female cultivator was shocked and said, "You are truly heartless, boy. We met during the competition at the Etiquette School."
"Wen...Lanfeng?" Lu Yuguan said hesitantly.
"It's amazing that you remember me. It seems you have a good memory." Wen Lanfeng smiled and reached out to grab Lu Yuguan's hand.
Zhao Zimo stepped forward and stood in front of Lu Yuguan: "If you have anything to say, just say it directly."
Wen Lanfeng was slightly stunned, and the smile on his face became even wider, "You are protecting it tightly enough."
Zhao Zimo remained silent.
"Sister Wen, thanks to your help this time, otherwise we would have died." Lu Yuguan said miserably.
"No way, if I didn't have the mission in Zhongdu, I would have come earlier to help you fight the demons." Wen Lanfeng said.
Lu Yu was anxious and thought that the defeat of the Southern Expedition Army was a foregone conclusion, but he did not expect that the support of Xuanyu Sect would become the key to turning the situation around.
Wen Lanfeng looked at the Ten Thousand Blood Demon Lord hanging in the air, "I wonder what the identity of this demon cultivator is. He can actually resist the magic weapons of my disciples."
Lu Yuguan quickly said, "That's the Ten Thousand Blood Demon Lord. I heard from Master Zhang that he was a genius in the Western Regions back then, but later fell into the devil's way."
"Ten Thousand Blood Demon Lord?"
Wen Lanfeng frowned.
"Sister Wen, have you thought of anything?" Lu Yuguan asked.
"That's not right. A hundred years ago, during the great war between immortals and demons, the Ten Thousand Blood Demon Lord was strangled to death. How could he appear here?" Wen Lanfeng said.
Lu Yuguan was confused.
Li Chonglin and Zhao Zimo were even more shocked.
"Master Zhang also said that he had been to the Longhua Kingdom's palace to steal things. Could it be that all of that is fake?" Lu Yuguan frowned.
"This……"
Wen Lanfeng couldn't make up his mind either.
At this moment, Li Chongjiu, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke: "He is indeed the Ten Thousand Blood Demon Lord, and also... my father."
"What did you say?" Li Zhonglin exclaimed in shock. "My father is thousands of miles away. How could he be my father?!"
Li Chongjiu smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness, haven't you noticed yet? The face of the Ten Thousand Blood Demon Lord looks exactly like my father's."
Li Chonglin stared at the Ten Thousand Blood Demon Lord in mid-air, his pupils suddenly constricted.
"The blood dragon he released is exactly the same as our royal martial arts. Even though it is filled with demonic energy, it cannot conceal the aura of the martial arts." Li Chongjiu said.
"Impossible!" Li Zhonglin gritted his teeth and said, "I think you are talking nonsense. Father is a righteous man, how could he be a demon cultivator?"
Li Chongjiu looked at him distraught, "Your Highness, don't you understand?"
"what?"
"We are not brothers at all."
*
Dongxuan Continent, Longhua Country.
back yard.
Li Ping sat bored on a stone bench, with his eunuchs and maids following behind him, and a noble lady standing next to him, none other than Empress Hua Jin.
"Autumn is bleak, and it's time to replace the flowers in the imperial garden." Li Ping said.
Eunuch Mao bent down and said, "Well, I'll have someone change them tomorrow. I wonder what kind of flowers the emperor would like to see?"
Li Ping raised an eyebrow and looked at Empress Hua Jin: "I wonder what kind of flowers my beloved concubine likes?"
Empress Hua Jin clenched her fists, looked cold and silent.
"It seems my beloved concubine doesn't like to sit or talk," Li Ping said calmly, "Come here, take away the stool and replace it with a tiger chair."
"This……"
Eunuch Mao's old eyes trembled and he didn't know what to do.
Empress Hua Jin took a deep breath and asked, "Did the Emperor call me here today just to tease me?"
Li Ping smiled.
"My dear, what are you talking about? I just received some good news last night and wanted to share it with someone."
"Good news?" Empress Hua Jin snorted coldly, "The Emperor might be speaking sarcastically."
"How is that possible? How could I be the kind of person who confuses right and wrong?" Li Ping said.
"Whether it is right or wrong, I don't know, but the emperor can easily confuse right and wrong." Empress Hua Jin said slowly.
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone fell to their knees in fear.
How could the Queen say such a thing?
To offend the emperor's majesty is a capital crime punishable by beheading!
Li Ping was not angry at all. Instead, he narrowed his eyes and smiled. "This news is clearly written in black and white. I am not making things up."
After saying that, Li Ping unfolded the letter in his arms and read it word by word:
"Our army has penetrated deep into the lair of the demon cultivators and has been defeated. Fortunately, we have the help of the immortal masters of the Xuanyu Sect, and the battle is still going on."
"The Ninth Prince has passed away. The fate of Commander Li Yue and the Prince of Zhennan is unknown. The rest of the soldiers have suffered heavy casualties."
"..."
"The attendant, Zhang Xiu, brings the eldest son of the Bai family, Bai Xiao, and the second son, Bai Ming, to the throne."