Successful kings lost, wars were never very cruel, and that dark history was a source of grief.
Bai Xuan Yu’s eyes glowed red with blood as he said, “Back then, when Sacred Brightness City was overrun, it was the Lingxiao Heavenly King’s House that stayed behind and massacred a lot of cultivators who were loyal to the empire. The ancestors of our Bai family died in that massacre.”
Bai Xuanxiang comforted his sister and said, “In fact, we have been very fortunate to have been rescued by the Twelfth Master and embarked on the path of cultivation, regaining the power to take revenge on our enemies. Instead of, becoming a slave and having to live a lowly life.”
Zhang Ruochen’s heart stirred, so he asked them about the Twelfth Master.
According to Bai Xuanfeng and Bai Xuanyu, the Twelfth Master had brought some of the descendants of the imperial family and cultivators loyal to the Sacred Brightness Central Empire to save many orphans of the former dynasty who had been persecuted.
For eight hundred years, they had been lurking in the shadows, fighting with the imperial court, both in revenge and waiting for Emperor Ming to return.
They firmly believe that Emperor Ming is not dead.
In addition to the Twelve Masters, there is another, more substantial force that takes orders from the Ming Emperor’s sister, the Rapunzel of the former dynasty.
Only, the Rapunzel believed that the Sacred Ming Central Empire had already lost its power, and furthermore, the First Central Empire’s power was too large, continuing to fight against them was like hitting a stone with an egg, and there would only be more people dying tragically.
Therefore, she led another group of people and left the Kunlun Realm, hiding in a certain market realm outside the domain to recuperate.
Overall, the forces that took orders from the Twelfth Master were the Radical Faction.
The forces that took orders from the Princess belonged to the conservative faction.
The Twelfth Master wanted to use the power in his hands to rescue more orphans from the former dynasty, so that everyone could live with more dignity instead of being reduced to war slaves, servants, and prostitutes.Female.
The Eldest Princess was clearly trying to be more sensible, not wanting more people to die.
As in the case of Zhang Fengxing and Zhang Shuju, what was their fate, how miserable was it?
If it was, their ancestors, who left with the Elder Princess, perhaps there would not have been such a tragedy.
Who is right? Who is wrong?
In fact, both of them had done nothing wrong, only that they had different philosophies from each other.
Zhang Ruochen asked, “Then, what about Ming Tang?”
A cold light of hatred appeared in Bai Xuanxiang’s eyes as he said, “The Ming Tang is a group of usurpers, and back then, when Emperor Ming disappeared and the Crown Prince was assassinated, the dynastic government of the entire Sacred Brightness Central Empire was thrown into chaos.”
“Originally, the people wanted to elect the Twelfth Master, as the Regent, to wait for the Ming Emperor’s return. However, the Peacock Villa’s Villa Master, Kong Shangling, thought that he was the strongest person under Emperor Ming, and was the most qualified to become the Lord of the Sacred Ming Central Empire.”
“Thus, Kong Shangling united with a group of courtiers and took over the imperial government with a thunderbolt, thus entering the Ming Emperor’s Palace.”
“At that time, the Qing Emperor and Chi Yao used this as an excuse to lead the Chiqing Central Empire’s army and crusade against Kong Shangling, thus engulfing the Sacred Brightness Central Empire and bringing close to a hundred years of war and disaster to the Kunlun Realm.”
“It was only after Kong Shangling died of old age three hundred years ago that the relationship between the Hall of Brightness and us eased a bit, and many times they would cooperate with each other and fight against the imperial suppression together.”
Bai Xuanshang and Bai Xuanyu recounted many things to Zhang Ruochen, causing both a surge of anger and some feelings in his heart.
There were too many strifes that went into the destruction of an empire that could not be explained in a sentence or two. There were also too many stories, too many hidden agendas that even the people involved might not be aware of.
Bai Xuanxiang and Bai Xuanyu hadn’t personally experienced that part of history, and what they knew was what others had told them, which seemed rather objective.
Standing from different perspectives, everyone had different insights.
Even Murong Yue had some subtle differences with what the two of them had told them.
Bai Xuanshang and Bai Xuanyu led Zhang Ruochen along the steps and upwards to the hall where Qin Yutong resided.
Bai Xuan Yu fetched a pot of hot tea and poured a cup full for Zhang Ruochen.
“I’ve already sent a voice message to inform Senior Sister of the news that you’ve emerged from the gate, and she should be coming over soon.”Bai Xuan Yu said.
Zhang Ruochen took out a jar of divine blood and gave the two of them a hundred drops each.
Such a large amount of divine blood caused both Bai Xuanfeng and Bai Xuanyu to be very alarmed and wanted to push back, not daring to accept it.
Zhang Ruochen said, ”The two of you were able to cultivate to a Fourth Order Half-Saint before the age of a hundred, so it can be seen that your natural talent must be extremely high. However, the physique is much worse, and there is no chance of becoming saints at all.”
“If each of them were to refine a hundred drops of divine blood, not only would their own cultivation be able to skyrocket, but their fleshly physique would also be strengthened by a large margin, and in the future, there might even be a glimmer of hope to become a Saint on the ground.”
Because, of their desire to become saints, Bai Xuan Yu and Bai Xuan Frost finally also accepted the divine blood.
They simultaneously bowed to Zhang Ruochen and said, “Thank you, Your Excellency.”?
Bai Xuanfang’s eyes darted around as she quietly said, “Gongzi, you must not tell Elder Sister about this matter, otherwise, she will definitely reprimand us.”
Zhang Ruochen smiled and said, “You must not tell the public about it either, otherwise, it will most likely incur a killing curse for me.”?
“No, no, we definitely won’t.”
Bai Xuanfeng and Bai Xuanyu said in unison, after which, they hurriedly retreated, preparing to hide the two small jars of divine blood.
Bai Xuanfang and Bai Xuanyu were both bitter people whose ancestors, because of the destruction of the Sacred Brightness Central Empire, had suffered a lot of hardships.
By gifting the two small jars of divine blood to them, Zhang Ruochen could be considered to have made some compensation to the Bai Family.
Of course, it wasn’t anyone that Zhang Ruochen would gift divine blood to.
He was able to see that Bai Xuanfang and Bai Xuanyu didn’t have much heart and didn’t look like greedy people, so that was why he gave away the divine blood.
If they were any other deep-minded characters, Zhang Ruochen wouldn’t even dare to easily give away something too valuable.
Qin Yutong rushed back, still wearing a veil, wearing a long light blue dress, with a red ring pendant hanging from her lithe willow waist, her body had an ancient beauty.
She very elegantly sat opposite Zhang Ruochen and took out two white beast skin scrolls, handing them to Zhang Ruochen, saying, “The latest installment of the Half-Saint Ranking and the Half-Saint Outer Ranking, would you like to take a look?”
“Yes?”
Zhang Ruochen picked up the Half-Saint List and the Half-Saint Outer List respectively and quickly viewed them.
Above both lists, there was no name of his.
Although, Zhang Ruochen had beheaded two Saints of the Demon Sect, and for a moment, he had overshadowed the Nine Great Realm Sons.
However, the Sacred Book Talent knew Zhang Ruochen’s true strength and did not rank him on the two lists.
The Great Scholar and the Second Scholar both made it onto the Semi-Saint Outer List, shooting to the four hundred and seventy-second and four hundred and seventy-third positions.
The two of them, dueled with Kong Hongbi, thus becoming famous in one battle.
In that battle, the time of the exchange was too short, and neither side used their full strength, and it wasn’t easy to judge the true strength of the Grand Secteur and the Second Secteur.
As a result, the ranking of the two of them was relatively low.
Apart from the two of them, there was another person whose ranking was quite eye-catching and made Zhang Ruochen feel surprised.
This person, was Ah Le.
Ah Le was only ranked at the back of the Semi-Sacred Outer Ranking, barely squeezing in, yet he still surprised Zhang Ruochen greatly.
He didn’t receive as abundant cultivation resources as the Nine Realm Sons, yet, his cultivation speed was not much slower than that of the Nine Realm Sons, it was simply heaven-defying.
“When the Nine Turns Life and Death Decree was passed on to him, it was the right person. It’s not certain that he will become the first character to cultivate the Nine Turns Life and Death Duel to the ninth turn.”Zhang Ruochen smiled faintly.
The cultivation method of the Nine Revolutions Life and Death Duel was completely different from the orthodox cultivation method; it was a sword-traveling cultivation method that was on the verge of life and death at all times.
The more dangerous it was, the closer to death it was, the faster the cultivation level would increase.
For every death, the cultivation level would surge by a large margin.
Of course, there were times when once you died, you were truly dead and would not come back to life.
It was because of the special nature of the gong method that Ah Le’s cultivation speed was so far beyond that of ordinary people that even Boundary Zi was afraid that he would not be able to catch up.
After reading the two lists, Zhang Ruochen handed them back again and placed them on top of the table.
Qin Yutong’s expression was very serious as she said, “In addition to that, another major event has happened.”?
“What major event?”Zhang Ruochen asked.
Qin Yutong said, “It is rumored that the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi in the Central Imperial City has drastically plummeted, and some people speculate that the true body of the Empress has left the Central Imperial City.”
Upon hearing this piece of news, even Zhang Ruochen’s expression became incredibly grave.
It was said that a mountain was not as high as an immortal; water was not as deep as a dragon.
The Central Imperial City was precisely because there was the true body of the Empress sitting in the center, therefore, the auras of heaven and earth from the entire Kunlun Realm had converged over.
The Central Imperial City has become the most dense place in the Kunlun Realm in terms of heaven and earth aura. Cultivators from all over the world also converged on the Central Imperial City.
The real body of the Empress had not left the Central Imperial City for many years.
“Where will she go when she leaves the Central Imperial City?”Zhang Ruochen frowned tightly.
Qin Yutong said, “Many people are speculating that the Empress’s true body leaving the Central Imperial City is most likely related to the recent wars across the Kunlun Realm.”
“It is said that because of this matter, in the Northern Domain, several Blood Emperors of the Immortal Blood Clan have all fled the Kunlun Realm and hid overseas.”
“In the Eastern Domain, those Ghost Kings who escaped from the netherworld, all of them hibernated and disappeared, not knowing where they’ve gone into hiding.”?
“The Southern Domain’s Deadly Zen Sect, they have all settled down quite a bit as well, with all of their top powerhouses disappearing cleanly overnight, they should also be hiding from the Queen’s front.”
Zhang Ruochen smiled faintly and said, “When one’s cultivation reaches a realm like hers, the entire world will be in turmoil when their true body moves. I’m afraid that those Beast Emperors in the Barbarian Secret Realm are all scared to death as well.”
Qin Yutong added, “Of course, there is another theory. Some people speculate that the Empress’s true body is actually hidden and is hiding from the Heavenly Dao. Because, no news of her appearance has been rumored in the Northern, Eastern, and Southern Regions, the whereabouts of the Empress has become a mystery.”
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes kept changing as he said, “At least, this one mystery, before it is solved, the Saint realm giants of the Deadly Zen Sect, the Undying Blood Clan, and the Underworld Undead, all of them do not dare to act rashly and can only lurk and hide, which is a good thing for the Human Race.”
Qin Yutong nodded, agreeing with Zhang Ruochen.
After pondering for a moment, Zhang Ruochen then asked again, “Have you checked the whereabouts of the other eight commanders of the Canglong Army for me?”
