Chapter 703 The Past of Chen Country (2)

The snow in Jinling City is still falling.

The conversation between this disciple and Martial Uncle was still going on.

Ye Hongjian, who was carrying the Phoenix Spiritual Flame, had a special physique. Even if she was placed in the coldest place in the world, she would not feel the slightest chill. However, after hearing Chen Xuanji's words, Ye Hongjian somehow trembled at that time.

Chen Xuanji was indeed a talented person. To be able to become an outstanding figure in the Exquisite Pavilion of the Great Zhou Dynasty that far surpassed his peers, this alone was enough to prove his excellence. However, no matter how outstanding a monster was, he still needed time to grow. At that time, he was only able to withstand the Great Evolution Realm. How could he strangle a half-step Immortal Realm expert to death so easily?

The answer to this question may seem difficult, but it is simple.

That was the Half-step Immortal Realm expert who was willing to let him strangle him to death.

It was a creepy but sad story.

Ye Hongjian's gaze became complicated. She did not know whether she should sympathize with the man in front of her or despise him.

'"The things in the world are so cruel. I've just gotten used to the coldness of the imperial family, but someone actually gave me warmth. I didn't know about it and even personally strangled it." Chen Xuanji's voice sounded again, and the expression on his face returned to calm. However, Ye Hongjian knew that under such calm, there was a monstrous wave that could destroy the city and suppress the stronghold.

Ye Hongjian took a deep breath. She finally suppressed the turmoil in her heart and asked, "But what does this have to do with Ziyu? She is innocent."

"Does Martial Uncle also think that I put Ziyu here for revenge? Is Chen Xuanji really such an unbearable person in your eyes?" Hearing this, Chen Xuanji narrowed his eyes and asked. There seemed to be a smile in his eyes, but there seemed to be bitterness hidden in the depths of that smile.

Ye Hongjian was dumbfounded. Deep down in her heart, since a person could personally kill his wife, there should be nothing in this world that he could not do. However, she did not reveal such thoughts in the end. She did not care about Chen Xuanji's feelings. She only wanted to continue this conversation. She vaguely felt that there might be some secrets behind this.

However, although Ye Hongjian did not say anything, the things that flashed in her eyes still exposed her heart in front of Chen Xuanji.

The white-robed, white-haired young emperor laughed self-deprecatingly, "Indeed, I am such an unbearable person."

'"The worse people are, the more they like to blame others for everything. Yan Yan's death made me determined to fight to the death with Monk. In my opinion, all this tragedy and misfortune happened because of Monk! I shouldn't have been here, and I shouldn't have experienced so many things that I shouldn't have experienced."

"Hatred is enough to allow people to burst forth with potential that surpasses everything. I thought about it day and night, and finally found an opportunity to lure Munch into the palace while the 100,000 Tiger Wolf Cavalry was being transferred to the border. After losing dozens of experts in the palace, I finally captured Munch … but strangely, just as I was about to kill him, I hesitated. In that instant, I suddenly realized that apart from Munch in front of me, I don't have any relatives or friends in the Nuoda Chen Kingdom.

"That's why I changed my mind. I told Monk to pay for his own cultivation and let him go. But do you know what's more terrifying in this world than knowing Yan Yan's identity?"

'"It's Munch. It was my uncle who begged me to kill him at that time. I didn't want to do it, so he forced me to do it. It was at this moment that I first found out about his identity in the Immortal Realm. He told me that I had to kill him for my own good."

"How ridiculous. The people I hate are all good to me, and the people I want to kill are all people who love me in the end."

"He told me a secret. He said that a few years ago, when he regained control of the Chen Kingdom, he discovered the anomaly of the Yan Clan. There was a huge secret hidden behind them. As a result, he had been secretly investigating the Yan Clan for all these years. What he knew was only the tip of the iceberg, but he had discovered the Dark Asura Palace behind him. The dishes that were also placed in Xia Zhou Country also sent news that Senluo Palace had also set up a formation in Xia Zhou Country.

"From then on, he realized that this was not an ordinary Munch, and began to try to eradicate this cancer that was deeply planted in the Chen Kingdom. This was not an easy task. Only when he investigated Yan Yan did he find a breakthrough. He knew that many years ago, I had saved the Yan father and daughter, and Yan Yan had always taken this matter to heart. She even secretly sent people to look for the unaccounted for prince back then. "Monk has been in the bureaucracy for so many years. He understands people."

"When Chen Tingzhu was on the verge of death, he found me and pushed me to the throne of the emperor. Then, he forced me to approach the Yan Clan step by step and forced me to personally understand the Yan Clan. What a perfect plan! What a good Lord Qin Wang who serves the country and the people!"

"Speaking of which, you should thank my uncle very well. If it weren't for him removing the Senluo Palace of the Chen Kingdom, then even the last wisp of pure land in this world would have disappeared."

Chen Xuanji said this and suddenly burst into laughter. The laughter echoed in the snowy courtyard for a long time.

"Do you think Monk made you look like this?" Ye Hongjian looked at Chen Xuanji for a while before she asked tentatively.

Hearing this, Chen Xuanji gradually stopped laughing. However, there was still a trace of a smile in his eyes that hadn't dissipated yet. He looked at Ye Hongjian and asked, "Isn't that so?"

Ye Hongjian was dumbfounded. She could not answer this question. Munch's persecution was an undeniable fact, but Ye Hongjian felt that if Xu Han had achieved this position, he would never have done such a thing. In fact, Chen Xuanji always had the right to choose. However, compared to the lives of others, he valued his own life even more. Of course, this was also an undeniable matter. Ye Hongjian did not have any position to condemn him.

"So you locked Ziyu up in this palace so that she could separate from Meng Liang and take revenge on the Meng Clan, right?" Ye Hongjian had no choice but to maliciously guess the man in front of her.

Hearing this, Chen Xuanji smiled. He did not deny it, but he did not admit it either.

He stretched out his hand and stroked the ancient tree in front of him again. His gaze was deep and sad as he sighed. He muttered, "I like Chen Xuanji from the past, but I can no longer be what I used to be."

"Perhaps I can only occasionally recall myself when I see her by my side."

Hearing this, Ye Hongjian frowned again. It was not that she was dissatisfied with Chen Xuanji's actions. In fact, if she could trap Fang Ziyu and prevent her from participating in the Great Abyss Mountain war, it would not be a bad thing for Fang Ziyu. But if that was the case, how could Xu Han agree to it?

She was puzzled and asked truthfully, "Then why did Xiao Han help you?"

Hearing this, Chen Xuanji smiled again, "In Martial Uncle's eyes, Chen Xuanji's purpose in doing things is to cause trouble. Brother Xu, no matter what you do, there is a reason for it. Isn't this unfair?"

However, Ye Hongjian ignored Chen Xuanji's mocking tone. She continued, "Because people are different. This Great Abyss Mountain Battle is about the life and death of the world. If we fail, how long do you think you, the Emperor of the Chen Kingdom, can do it? Therefore, I hope you can tell the truth about everything you know."

Chen Xuanji shook his head at that moment. He smiled and said, "Since Brother Xu helped me, then why did he help me? You have to ask him, not me. You drank the wine, and I finished telling the story to Martial Uncle. If Martial Uncle is free, please leave."

Ye Hongjian couldn't help but be stunned by Chen Xuanji's sudden change of expression and the expulsion order. She stood up and looked back and forth at Chen Xuanji for the last time. For some reason, she had a premonition that Chen Xuanji still had some secrets hidden within him. However, since the other party was unwilling to speak, Ye Hongjian naturally could not force her, so she could only bow to Chen Xuanji at that time and leave.

However, just as she was about to step out of the courtyard gate, Chen Xuanji's voice sounded from behind her once again.

"Martial Uncle." Chen Xuanji called out in such a manner that an undetectable sadness appeared in his tone.

Ye Hongjian paused for a moment before turning to look behind her. The white-robed and white-haired emperor actually stood up straight for the first time. He stood in the snow and stretched out his hands to close his chest. Then, he bowed respectfully to Ye Hongjian, "Thank you, Martial Uncle, for drinking with me today."

As he spoke, a warm smile appeared on his face.

For some reason, Ye Hongjian actually had an illusion at that time, as if at this moment, the eldest senior apprentice-brother in the Exquisite Pavilion had returned.

Such an illusion passed in a flash, and Ye Hongjian quickly regained her senses. She knew that, just as Chen Xuanji had said, he could no longer be what he had been. But perhaps it was that instant's feeling that caused Ye Hongjian's heart to feel a little sympathy for him. She stood there for a few breaths and said, "Take care of yourself."

After saying this, Ye Hongjian took another step and walked out of the courtyard.

…

The snow is getting heavier and heavier.

Ye Hongjian walked out of the courtyard gate, and the gate of the loquat garden automatically closed the moment she stepped out.

Inside and outside the door seemed to be two different worlds. Outside the door was Chen Country's Emperor Chen Xuanji, but inside the door was the Eldest Senior Brother of the Exquisite Pavilion.

Chen Xuanji stood in the snowstorm. He looked at the tightly shut door and his mood suddenly became better. He poured out all the worries that he had hidden in his heart, like a flood piled up on a dam. If he didn't pour out, he could break the dam at any time. However, it was also like the flood that surged out. Once it surged, it would be very difficult to stop until it poured down to the end.

He did not finish the story. Although the only listener had already left, the desire to tell the story in his heart grew more intense and did not seem to stop.

Thus, Chen Xuanji, who was standing there, thought for a moment before deciding to finish his sentence. Speak to the heavens, to the earth, to yourself, and to the ancient tree in front of you.

'"In the files I copied from the Yan Clan, apart from the correspondence between the Yan Clan and the Dark Asura Palace headquarters, there are many things that record the Dark Asura Palace's secrets. For example, how they summoned the dead dragon's appearance and how they devoured the world's fate. For example, the refining methods of the Half-Demon Clan, and how to control the Half-Demon Clan."

"Of course, this is not the key. The key is to create the half-demon they want. He has to swallow all the dragon energy in the world before he can do it."

'"Although I don't like the position of emperor, they want me to be the emperor of this place. How can I not do it? How dare I not do it? Everyone forced me to a dead end from the beginning, so I had no choice but to take the courage to finish the job. This way, I might have some face to see them after I die."

After saying that, Chen Xuanji's body inexplicably softened. He once again fell to the ground and leaned against the ancient tree. He stretched out his hand again and again to stroke the mottled patterns on the ancient tree. His movements were extremely light, as if he was stroking the body of a lover.

"In the end, only you … only you who believe that I am always me … the one who loves me the most …" he murmured with a drunken gaze in his eyes. "In the end, the one who loves me the most is the one who loves me the most …"

Perhaps it was because he had drunk too much, a wave of drunkenness surged into Chen Xuanji's heart at that time. His eyelids became heavier and heavier, and his mind became chaotic. He leaned against the ancient tree with his head, closed his eyes, and slowly fell asleep.

Before he completely lost consciousness, he muttered to himself, "I miss you a little…"

"Yan Yan."

…

That year, the girl who had just become a woman looked at everything in the palace with curiosity.

She loved everything in the palace so much. It was her childhood dream to marry the youth who saved her when her father and daughter were in a difficult situation. She did it, so there was no regret in the world for her.

In the night, she leaned against the man's embrace. At the beginning of spring, the flower on the somewhat old pear tree in front of the courtyard fell like rain. It was like a snowstorm swaying in the night breeze. The scene was so beautiful that the beautiful girl was dumbfounded.

She suddenly thought, "Your Majesty."

"Huh?" The man who held her in his arms lowered his head and looked at her.

"If this concubine dies before His Majesty one day, can His Majesty promise this concubine one thing?"

"What?"

The man was a little absent-minded, but the girl who was immersed in her own happiness did not notice. She pointed at the ancient tree in the courtyard and said playfully, "Your Majesty wants to bury me under this pear tree."

"Why?" The man was puzzled.

At that time, the girl looked up at the man. Her eyes, her face, the corners of her mouth, and every inch of her body were filled with smiles.

She said, "That way I can stay with His Majesty in this palace."

"Alright?"

The man was stunned, but he still nodded after hesitation.

The spring breeze rose again and the pear blossoms fell.

It was like the snow that fell on the drunk man this night.

So beautiful and so cold.

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