Chapter 433: Transformed into a Dragon When Encountering Water
Capital City, Imperial Palace.

Today’s imperial palace has become increasingly deserted. First, the ministers resigned, and now even the palace maids and eunuchs are fleeing.

These people were well-informed and felt the atmosphere in the palace better than anyone else. They did not want to die, and they did not want to be buried with the emperor, so they had to find ways to escape.

Li Chengyuan sat alone in the imperial study.

“I am destined by heaven.”

“Kill, kill, kill!”

It was as if there were two voices arguing in his mind, and he could no longer tell who he was.

“quiet!”

Li Chengyuan suddenly grabbed the seal on the table, and the voice in his head stopped.

He slowly loosened his right hand, and the seal left eight large characters “Mandate from Heaven, May You Live Long and Prosperous” on the table.

Yes, this seal is the legendary imperial seal.

It is said that this jade seal was the treasure of the previous dynasty, or the Demon Sect. After the previous dynasty was overthrown and the Demon Sect was exiled to Beiyuan, this jade seal fell into the hands of Emperor Taizu.

The eight big characters were also carved by Emperor Taizu himself.

This is not just a precious jade seal from the secular world, but rather a divine artifact that has the effect of clearing the mind and nourishing the spirit.

If it weren’t for the jade seal that suppressed his inner demons, Li Chengyuan would have been possessed by the devil long ago.

He stood up slowly.

“Someone is coming.”

The majestic voice sounded again. Now the world was in chaos. Li Chengyuan had made the decision to mobilize the Nine Heavens Mysterious Soldiers!
The Nine Heavens Mysterious Soldiers are exclusive to the Martial Saint.

The Nine Heavens Mysterious Soldiers of the Li royal family are exactly the weapons of Emperor Taizu, but they are not in the imperial palace, but in the imperial mausoleum.

After he finished speaking, there was no movement outside the door.

Li Chengyuan frowned slightly.

suddenly–

He flashed and appeared at the door of the imperial study in an instant. Just as he was about to push the door open, the door was opened from the outside, and the sky outside was filled with dazzling Buddhist light.

“Amitabha, Mr. Li, put down your butcher knife and become a Buddha right now.”

In the Buddha’s light, four figures slowly walked out.

The person who spoke was an old monk with a kind face.

There are only a few people in the world who practice such Buddhist teachings, and they are mostly in two temples.

This old monk is the abbot of the Hanging Temple, Monk Baokong.

In addition to Baokong, there are three others, namely Song An, the leader of Zhengyang Sect, the Great Wizard of Southern Xinjiang and the Dragon Lord of the East China Sea, all of whom are extremely powerful people who have reached the Tongshen Pass.

When Li Chengyuan saw this scene, his face turned calm and he cursed: “I should have killed those old guys earlier.”

The old things he was talking about were not others, but those old monsters from the Li royal family.

The capital city has been able to stand for a thousand years without chaos, not only because it has enough strong people, but also because it has the Nine Heavens Mysterious Soldiers of the Imperial Mausoleum to suppress it. But now, the four great masters appeared here silently. The reason is self-evident. He has been abandoned by the Li royal family.

Only a member of the Li family can control the Nine Heavens Mysterious Soldiers, but that does not mean that person can only be the emperor.

Song An, the leader of Zhengyang Sect, said expressionlessly: “A righteous man has many supporters, while an unrighteous man has few supporters. You are just playing tricks on yourself.”

Li Chengyuan sneered.

He looked towards the Great Wizard of Southern Frontier and the Dragon Lord of the East Sea.

“Then why are you doing this?”

The Great Witch of Southern Xinjiang said in a hoarse voice: “After you die, there will be a new Witch Country in the world, and Southern Xinjiang will be the land of the Witch people.”

Li Chengyuan’s eyes were full of teasing, and then he looked at the Dragon Lord of the East China Sea: “What about you? Did they give Jiangnan to you?”

The dragon head of the East Sea, with a human body, opened his bloody mouth and spoke in human language: “No, from now on, the Xuanyang water tribe will be governed by the East Sea.”

Li Chengyuan nodded: “The price is right.”

The old monk and Song An talked about benevolence and righteousness, but in the end they exchanged it for the interests of the world.

So disgusting.

The old monk Baokong clasped his hands together and said, “Master Li, you have a deep inner demon. As long as you are willing to give up your worldly status and follow me to the Hanging Temple to practice, the Hanging Temple will withdraw its troops immediately.”

Li Chengyuan’s eyes were full of mockery.

“Old bald donkey, you are worthy of surrendering to me!”

The Dragon Lord of the East China Sea has the most violent temper. The East China Sea and Xuan Yang have been fighting for many years, and he has long wanted to tear the Emperor Xuan Yang into pieces.

“Why waste time talking to him? Let’s go together!”

Before he finished speaking, waves suddenly surged around the East China Sea Dragon Lord. After just a moment, the area in front of the imperial study seemed to be submerged in vast waves.

Almost at the same time, the other three also took action.

Buddha’s light, sword’s light, and witchcraft spells all blasted towards Li Chengyuan.

Li Chengyuan’s eyes turned red, and his mind was drowned by the sound of killing. When he looked up again, there was no humanity in his eyes, only endless killing intent.

“You are not worthy!”

The next moment, violent black evil energy raged in the palace.

The four of them all changed their expressions when they saw this.

The old monk Baokong was even more horrified when he saw this scene: “He actually practiced the blood magic of the devil god, no wonder he can recover so quickly!”

Upon hearing this, the other three people’s eyes became solemn.

The Demon God’s Blood Method originated from the Demon Sect and was created by the brilliant founder of the Demon Sect. It had caused countless bloody massacres in the world. Later, when Emperor Taizu rose to power, he destroyed this method with his own hands.

I didn’t expect it to reappear in the world today.

Song An’s face also turned ugly.

There are countless evil methods in the world, but the most evil one is the Demon God’s Blood Method.

This method adheres to the teachings of the Demonic Religion. If one person attains enlightenment, the whole world will ascend to heaven. However, this method is much more extreme in comparison. It simply means eating all living things, and one person will ascend to heaven.

Once you start practicing, your strength will increase to an unimaginable speed.

Now Li Chengyuan has reached the level of a great master without any luck.

The old monk Baokong chanted “Amitabha”, saying that Li Chengyuan could make rapid progress every day, all because of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

The Great Wizard of Southern Xinjiang was extremely angry.

Because Li Chengyuan’s tremendous skills were built up with the lives of the Wu people, no wonder Li Chengyuan was so crazy when he was in southern Xinjiang.

“kill him!”

The powerful witchcraft of the Southern Xinjiang witch was brought to its full potential.

The four great masters took action, but Li Chengyuan actually withstood the attacks of four people!

Even though he was completely at a disadvantage, it was almost impossible for the four of them to kill him.

The devil’s blood magic is indeed powerful!
The four of them became more and more frightened as the battle went on, and a hint of greed arose in their hearts.

Even if you don’t practice this evil method yourself, it is extremely useful for training your sect’s death warriors, and its power must be extraordinary.

The war became more brutal.

The palaces in the royal palace were reduced to ashes in the aftermath of the battle between the five people.

“I am the destiny, who can kill me!”

Li Chengyuan roared and rushed straight into the sky.

Seeing this, Song An and the other three also chased up to the sky. Since they chose to take action today, it was destined to be a fight to the death.

Monk Baokong looked in the direction where Li Chengyuan was flying: “He wants to go to the Imperial Mausoleum to get the Nine Heavens Mysterious Soldiers, stop him!”

As soon as these words were spoken, the attack of the four people became more fierce.

Li Chengyuan didn’t know how many rounds of bombardment he had endured before he finally saw a corner of the imperial mausoleum.

But at this moment – a giant sword of light and shadow that was a hundred feet high suddenly stood up in the imperial mausoleum.

It is the Li royal family’s Nine Heavens Mysterious Weapon, the Canglong Sword!
Li Chengyuan’s eyes turned bloodshot, and he gritted his teeth, “Old bastard!”

The next second, the Canglong Sword fell down with a bang and slashed directly at Li Chengyuan.

Li Chengyuan was caught up in the terrifying blow, his body drew a parabola in the air and fell to the ground.

The Dragon Lord of the East Sea laughed wantonly: “Emperor Xuanyang was hacked to death by his own Xuan soldiers. Interesting, really interesting.”

But soon, its laughter stopped.

Li Chengyuan suddenly turned into a ball of blood mist and then disappeared.

The sudden scene caught the four masters off guard.

Song An frowned: “This is the blood escape in the blood method!”

Several people looked at each other. They joined forces to kill him and even mobilized the Nine Heavens Mysterious Soldiers, but they didn’t expect that Li Chengyuan still escaped.

Baokong chanted a Buddhist mantra again: “After performing the blood escape, my whole body’s qi and blood are exhausted. I am afraid that even Mingxin can’t be saved. It’s fine now. Three donors, I will go back to the Hanging Temple first.”

After saying this, the old monk Baokong really left.

Seeing this, the other three also flew into the sky one after another.

“Emperor Li Chengyuan is immoral and voluntarily gave up the throne, proclaimed Li Wei as the new emperor, and issued a general amnesty.”

The news of the emperor’s abdication quickly spread throughout Xuanyang.

It is even more interesting that the third prince Li Wei becomes the new emperor.

As soon as this news came out, it immediately aroused dissatisfaction among the other princes. Some of them even led troops into the capital on the pretext of clearing the court of corrupt officials, making the situation even more chaotic.

Voluntary abdication?
Bai Yuan did not comment on this.

Now the capital city has been completely blocked by the Hanging Temple army led by the Third Prince. No news can get out and he has no idea what happened in the imperial city that day.

But based on his understanding of Li Chengyuan, voluntary participation is definitely impossible.

I just don’t know how many powerful people were dispatched from the Hanging Temple.

Because of Li Chengyuan’s sudden withdrawal, the situation has become even more chaotic. Several of Li Chengyuan’s princes have joined forces with the clans and powerful families, trying their best to seize the throne.

This is the consequence of being in an illegitimate position.

Since the third prince Li Wei was able to collude with the Hanging Temple to force Li Chengyuan to abdicate, the other princes can do it too.

And it is even less burdensome to do.

Fortunately, the foreign enemies in Southern Xinjiang, the East China Sea, the Western Desert and the Northern Plains have temporarily retreated, otherwise the fun would have been even greater.

Bai Yuan chuckled and turned to look at Li Huan.

“Brother Li, you are actually qualified to be the emperor.”

“.”

Li Huan, who was always cheerful, did not answer for the first time.

Although he is only a prince, if he really follows the rules of his ancestors, he is really qualified to compete for the world.

Except for the seventh prince Li Tai, the births of some of the other princes were not even better than his. I heard that his eldest brother has been making a lot of moves recently and obviously he also has his eyes on the throne.

“I do not know.”

Li Huan finally gave a bitter smile.

Who wouldn’t want to fight for the throne in the imperial palace? However, he was very self-aware. With his status and power, that was simply not possible.

Bai Yuan: “Maybe I can help you.”

Hearing this, Li Huan looked at Bai Yuan in disbelief.

“A Yuan, you.”

Bai Yuan chuckled: “It’s just a possibility. The current situation is unclear, and our power is not enough. If the time is right, are you willing to take the throne?”

There was shock in Li Huan’s eyes at first, then struggle, and finally determination.

“I’ll give it a try.”

“it is good.”

Bai Yuan nodded.

Since all the princes with the surname Li in the world can do it, then the prince with the surname Li can do the same.

Of course, it doesn’t mean we should start a rebellion now.

With his strength, he is not yet able to be compared with those major sects vying for supremacy in the Central Plains. Although Yue Xiaobai once said that the Longhu Sect and the Xiyue Sect were secretly betting on him, that only represented their optimism about his future in martial arts and felt that he had a chance of becoming a martial saint.

But it’s just a possibility.

If he started an army from the northern border now, the Dragon and Tiger Sect and the Xiyue Sect would definitely not care.

Only when he breaks through to the level of a god will he have the capital to compete for supremacy.

But things are unpredictable, and that day might really come, so he needs to pave the way in advance.

With his status and reputation, sooner or later he would have to take a stand. Rather than relying on others, it would be more convenient for him to establish his own business as the Crown Prince Li Huan.

In troubled times, there must be survival rules.

Just as Bai Yuan expected, although he had no intention of competing for hegemony for the time being, others did not think so.

Especially for those ambitious princes.

The northern border is such a large area, half of which is controlled by the Tianxuan Sect and the other half is in Bai Yuan’s hands.

Ever since the third prince ascended the throne and became the new emperor, the Tianxuan faction, which was originally a rebellion, turned into a loyal minister supporting the country overnight, and its reputation has changed again and again.

The Zhenbei Army led by Dong Wanjun no longer had to fight back and withdrew to the Great Wall. They no longer participated in the affairs of Xuanyang and only resisted the monsters in Beiyuan.

Many officials share the same idea.

There are also many people who resigned from their official positions and stayed at home unemployed.

Some large clans and sects have stood in the world for thousands of years, so they are no longer surprised by such scenes. After all, emperors come and go, but sects remain the same. Unless they are a powerful sect like the Hanging Temple, all others have chosen to wait and see.

The eldest prince Li Kang just happened to have his eyes on this piece of land in the north.

Almost all the princes competing for the throne now have a major clan or family supporting them, and behind the eldest prince Li Kang stands the major Taoist clan, the Quanqing Sect.

Taoism is divided into two sects, the Southern and Northern Sects. The southern one is naturally the Longhu Sect, and the northern one is the Quanqing Sect.

Apart from the Tianxuan Sect which originated in the north, the Quanqing Sect is almost the most northern of all the major sects.

Half of the northern territory belongs to the Tianxuan Sect, which is the third prince.

The eldest prince Li Kang naturally set his sights on the other half.

Once he owns half of the northern territory, he will be in a geographical position where he can attack or defend. At worst, he can split the land and proclaim himself emperor.

The battle in Central Plains is raging.

The eldest prince’s envoy arrived in Lingzhou, Huanglongfu.

A young scholar with a clear face stood in the lobby and slowly saluted Bai Yuan.

“Master Bai, long time no see.”

A hint of surprise flashed in Bai Yuan’s eyes: “Master Situ.”

The Confucian scholar in front of him was none other than Situ Nan, the Grand Secretary who was listed on the Hidden Dragon List with him back then.

Ever since Emperor Li Chengyuan was forced to abdicate and the princes fought for the throne, Situ Nan decisively joined the ranks of the eldest prince Li Kang, which caused quite a stir at the time.

The value of the Hidden Dragon List is gradually becoming apparent, and the four people on the list have now all become Mingxin Grandmasters without exception.

Situ Nan holds a very high status in the eldest prince’s family.

Li Kang sent Situ Nan to lobby, which shows his sincerity.

Situ Nan slowly said, “Excuse me, Lord Bai, is Shuofang’s surname Li or Bai now?”

(End of this chapter)