Secular world: My destiny has no taboos

Chapter 439: Dragon Emperor

"master."

The five rats surrounded Lin Beixuan, their figures moving unsteadily and their eyes staring vigilantly at the surroundings.

As spirits, they are particularly sensitive to other evil smells.

"Drive these evil spirits away."

Lin Beixuan circled around a collapsed building and gave the task of dispelling the evil spirits to the Five Rats.

Upon hearing this, the Praying Rat frowned and looked with a sad face towards several places where the aura was much stronger than theirs.

"Master... there are so many of them. I'm afraid that we brothers are not enough to defeat them."

Lin Beixuan smiled and glanced in the direction that the blessing rat was worried about: "Didn't you always say that you wanted to become stronger quickly? Now is a good opportunity for you to hone your skills."

"Don't worry, they don't dare to kill you."

After saying this, Lin Beixuan suddenly walked forward without looking back and started searching for something in the ruins.

Seeing this, the Five Rats were helpless and could only sigh, look at each other, and pray in their hearts that those guys were really like what their master said, and they didn't dare to let go and deal with them.

Lin Beixuan, on his part, easily lifted the huge rock in front of him and picked up a golden badge with the word "One" written on it from the ground.

"Gold Medal One? What does that mean?"

Lin Beixuan weighed it twice and found that the gold medal was not light and was almost made of pure gold.

But whose license plate is made of pure gold?

Even for those athletes who have won Olympic gold medals in this world, their trophies are just gold-plated.

Things like this, which are only used to prove identity, may be lost. Most people just give it a layer of gilding as a token of their appreciation.

"So, this guy was the one hiding in the dark that day?"

Lin Beixuan put away the gold medal number one and looked in the direction of the Five Rats. At this time, the Five Rats had already dealt with the evil spirits that were peeking around and walked back to Lin Beixuan in high spirits.

The Rat's golden hair fluttered in the wind, and its facial expression was the most arrogant, with its nose almost reaching the sky.

"This is the scene that should happen to us brothers!" Yingcaishu said in his heart.

Just now when they went to drive away the evil spirits around, they were still a little worried that they might not be able to defeat them.

As a result, when they mustered up the courage to rush forward, they found that no matter whether they were strong or weak, they all subconsciously chose to escape after seeing them rushing towards them.

No evil spirit dared to fight with them. Even if they were beaten, they would just endure the pain and run away, showing no sign of fighting back.

This battle completely raised the Five Rats' original inferiority complex about their own strength, to the point where they were a little bit arrogant.

The Wealth-Greeding Rat turned back to the size of a palm, wiped the beard around his mouth, looked at Lin Beixuan and said righteously: "Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission!"

Lin Beixuan looked at his subordinates who could not hide their inner feelings with amusement: "Come up, we should go now."

After saying that, Lin Beixuan led the eaves beast and walked out of Anle County.

He actually didn't have to come this trip, but he was just wondering whether the other party would return to their old place after the Beiming Army left.

At the same time, there is also the idea of testing the attitude of Zi Gu Goddess.

If the other party is like the Evil Spirit Lord and is determined to fight to the death with the Beiming Army, then he can take precautions early.

But at the moment, it seems that the Zi Gu God does not have a strong intention to be his enemy.

This is a good thing, so as to avoid being caught in a situation where we are attacked from both sides.

Lin Beixuan thought and slowly left Anle County.

As he came and went, the evil spirits around him did not cause any trouble. They just hid quietly in the distance and watched as they did when he came.

After walking a few miles out of the city, Lin Beixuan stood on the hillside and looked back in the direction of Anle County.

It was almost evening now, and the ruined county town was now mostly shrouded in a dense purple mist. Even from a distance, intermittent evil roars could be vaguely heard, which made people shudder.

"After being returned to the goddess Zi Gu, this county will probably become an evil ghost town in the future!" Lin Beixuan sighed.

He was originally born in Huangshi Village, which was under the jurisdiction of Anle County. He stayed in the city for a while and got to know many people there. This city was the place where he started his career.

Lin Beixuan felt somewhat reluctant when he imagined that Anle County would become a city inhabited by evil spirits in the future.

Unfortunately, there is no way. He cannot change the fate of Anle County for the time being.

The higher he stands, the more things he has to worry about.

If he forcibly occupied Anle County between the two forces of Evil Spirit Lord and Zi Gu God, it would do more harm than good to him and the future development of the Beiming Army.

When they reached the position of governing an entire state, not only Lin Beixuan, but even the Goddess Zi Gu and the True Lord Xie Ling were often unable to control their own decisions.

Because a single move can affect the entire body, once a war is started rashly, more than just one or two people will die.

Lin Beixuan intended to conserve his energy, at the same time figure out the reason for the fusion of the secular world and the real world, and wanted to let his body return to the world.

The Zi Gu Goddess intends to plan for Xuanzhou and expand the territory under her control.

The Evil Spirit Lord needs more people to conduct experiments. His goal is bigger than that of the Zi Gu Goddess. Now Qingzhou has been divided between him and the Zi Gu Goddess. No one knows where his next target will be.

……

The secular world, Jingzhou.

A palace stood proudly in the dim twilight, with its eaves raised high and carved with lifelike dragon and phoenix patterns.

The main gate of the palace slowly opened. The two heavy vermilion lacquered doors were inlaid with gold nails, and the door knockers were carved with beasts, which looked solemn and dignified.

Inside the door, a long red carpet led directly to the main hall. On both sides of the red carpet stood armored imperial guards holding halberds, exuding murderous aura and with eyes so cold that they almost became physical and tangible.

On a platform at the highest point in the hall, huge palace lanterns are hung on the dome and exquisite murals are hung on the walls.

In the middle of them sat a young emperor wearing a luxurious dragon robe and a crown on his head.

Emperor Li Sui sat on the throne, his facial features were handsome and extraordinary, and the golden dragon on his dragon robe shone brightly under the light, as if countless dragon scales were flashing, ready to take off at any time.

From afar, there seemed to be endless purple air lingering around him, causing the space to slightly distort, making it impossible for evil to invade.

Emperor Li Sui placed one hand on the exquisite table in front of him and supported his chin with the other hand, and spoke to an elderly man sitting upright in a chair below the desk.

"Master, I have finished reviewing all the memorials. When can I go back to play?"

Fang Xuanliang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Your Majesty, if you are tired, you can go back to the palace to rest, but it's better not to go out and play."

"Why? You promised me at the beginning!" Emperor Li Sui said angrily when he heard this.

"But the memorials you approved are useless. The ministers are still working overtime to revise them for you. If you leave at this time, I'm afraid there will be criticism."

"Hmph, I'd like to see who dares to criticize me below? Do you really not know how to write the word death?" Upon hearing this, Emperor Li Sui's eyes flashed, and immediately an imperial aura emanated from him. The purple air lingering around him changed subtly at this time, gathering into a giant dragon that roared at the national teacher.

However, Fang Xuanliang immediately knelt on the ground upon seeing this. His voice was trembling, but there was no fear on his lowered face.

"Your Majesty has killed many ministers in this period of time. For the stability of the country, Your Majesty should not kill again!"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Li Sui became furious and slammed the table.

"Are you going to persuade me like those people?"

"What about the country? How many states are left in the hands of our court after our ancestors conquered the country? Most of them are scattered abroad and cannot be recovered."

"Even in the four states that the imperial court can still govern, there are many princes who are ready to make moves, saying that we must first stabilize the country before we can resist foreign aggression. Aren't they referring to me?" Emperor Li Sui roared.

He stared at Fang Xuanliang, whose head was almost hitting the ground, with a vicious look and said something ambiguous.

"Master, you should know that most of the time I am just pretending to be stupid, but I am not really stupid."

"I dare not!"

Fang Xuanliang's unchanging expression finally changed at this moment. Fine beads of sweat oozed out of his forehead. He lowered his head and dared not move.

What is imperial majesty?

Even though the current situation of the dynasties is very bad, when the emperor gets angry, even the top Confucian officials of the dynasty cannot help but feel agitated and have the urge to leave their bodies as if their souls are frightened.

And how could a Confucian scholar who could become a first-rank official be weak in strength?

Even if they are not good at fighting with others, they have the Confucian integrity and righteousness to burn ordinary monsters and evil spirits to ashes before they get within three feet of them.

But above this, there is also the emperor’s purple aura.

This kind of tyranny is far beyond the reach of the so-called three religions and nine classes.

You should know that in the founding period of a dynasty, the gods of mountains, rivers and streams were all canonized by the founding emperor himself.

During the heyday of dynasties, even secular rulers did not dare to do evil in front of the emperor, let alone Confucianism, which was only one of the three religions.

Emperor Li Sui suppressed the expression on his face, walked out from behind the desk, walked down the steps step by step and came in front of the imperial teacher.

He was like a walking, burning human-shaped dragon head, emitting a terrifying and oppressive force.

Fang Xuanliang trembled and dared not raise his head. The pressure on his back at this moment could be described as a tremendous amount. The suffocating feeling of oppression seemed to crush him completely.

Emperor Li Sui looked down at Fang Xuanliang condescendingly, his eyes as sharp as a knife, his voice low and majestic, without any trace of his previous frivolity.

"Master, do you know why I keep you by my side?"

"I am stupid and don't understand your majesty's deep meaning!"

Emperor Li Sui sneered, with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes: "Are you stupid? No, you are very smart. If it weren't for your intelligence, knowing how to judge the situation, knowing what to say and what not to say, I wouldn't have let you succeed the previous imperial master."

"But today, you have disappointed me a little."

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I only care about the country and the people. I have no ulterior motives!" Fang Xuanliang was horrified when he heard this.

He was surprised why the little emperor suddenly changed his temper today. On weekdays, he was only concerned with playing and didn't even like to ask about state affairs, but today he was in such a state. His heart, which had originally looked down on him, suddenly felt as if it was grabbed by a big hand.

Suddenly, he remembered the imperial teacher who had inexplicably resigned not long ago, and understood the expression he had made towards him when he left the court.

In an instant, the new national teacher understood everything.

It turned out that their emperor was not at all the naive emperor they had imagined who could be easily controlled. Quite the contrary, he was extremely deep-minded and terrifying.

But... if he had such deep intentions, why did he just watch them do whatever they wanted and let the dynasties fall into such a situation?

Fang Xuanliang didn't understand. He raised his head and happened to meet the eyes of the young Emperor of Sui Dynasty in front of him.

Then, he saw the other person's cold eyes.

"Master, you are smart. In fact, you should know many things without me pointing them out. Some things are not because I don't want to do them, but because I can't do them."

"Every decree I issue must be approved by the cabinet, but how many people in the cabinet can really be used by me and not oppose me?"

"Everyone like you, no matter what you have done or how much bribes you have received, I have it all in my hands!"

"The reason why I didn't punish you is because the current dynasty is so rotten that I have no idea where to start."

"I am afraid that if I just take some action to deal with you, the entire dynasty will collapse, not just the four prefectures of Luo, Chang, Jiang, and Min."

"Oh no, there are five now, and there is also Qingzhou."

Emperor Li Sui walked on the smooth marble slabs, with the bright palace lanterns above his head under his feet.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, with his hands behind his back. A golden dragon seemed to be swimming on his luxurious dragon robe, and from time to time it let out an earth-shaking roar that only Fang Xuanliang could hear at the spiritual level.

Fang Xuanliang opened his mouth wide at this time, turned his head in disbelief and stared at Emperor Li Sui who was walking past him, feeling terrified.

"Human...human immortal!"

Emperor Li Sui sighed, turned his head, and asked, "So, I have already given in, why can't you just calm down?"

"My father finally managed to clean up the mess from decades ago, but you created an even bigger mess."

"I won't even talk about the barbarians outside the borders, just the ones within the borders."

"Changzhou Zigu God, Jiangmin Evil Spirit True Lord, and now there is another Beiming Mansion Lord... They are really a group of good ministers and good subjects!"

The voice of Emperor Li Sui gradually became fiercer, and the guards stationed in the palace all focused their eyes on Fang Xuanliang, their eyes as sharp as knives, as if they wanted to kill Fang Xuanliang.

Under such tremendous pressure, Fang Xuanliang immediately expressed his willingness to become a weapon in the hands of His Majesty, and recommended some useful people to the court.

However, when it comes to this, Emperor Li Sui sneered.

"Do you think I haven't investigated these people you mentioned?"

"The talents of these people are indeed amazing, and their backgrounds are very well hidden, but as long as there are clues, they can still be dug out."

"It took me a long time to learn the secrets of these people."

"After being killed, he was able to be resurrected intact. His behavior was presumptuous and he had no respect for the superior or inferior."

"I already know that."

"They are not from our world!"

It seemed as if there was starlight burning in the pupils of Emperor Li Sui, his dragon robe rustled, and the imperial purple aura around him became increasingly intense, covering the entire palace.

Logically speaking, as the dynasty was on the verge of collapse, the purple aura on the emperor should have become increasingly weaker.

But in Fang Xuanliang's eyes, the purple aura of Emperor Sui continued to rise, as if endless, and turned into an angry dragon soaring into the sky, without any sign of weakening.

(End of this chapter)