ah? The palace fighting system can also cultivate immortality

Chapter 248

The Imperial Master was just about to send a message to the palace when he discovered that the environment around him had changed.

The sudden change made him immediately activate his self-defense skills. The Imperial Master drew out his usual sword and whip, and became alert in all directions.

At this time, he saw a powerful person in the fusion stage walking in from the other end of the empty room.

Imperial Master: Wait, wait a minute?!

Du Xinghe sat cross-legged in the alchemy furnace. A mere temperature rise was nothing to her and Ji Wuhuo. After setting up the protective formation, Du Xinghe immersed herself in the space created by the Gu Shen Jue, concentrating on dealing with the Imperial Master and forcing him to confess.

What surprised her was that the national teacher's cultivation level was only at the Spirit Transformation stage, and he had not even reached the Void Refinement stage.

Therefore, the replica of Emperor Ying Cang in the Gu God barrier just hit him with a flat palm, and the Imperial Master was slammed against the wall, bleeding from all seven orifices, and even having difficulty moving his fingers.

Du Xinghe slowly emerged. She came before the Imperial Master and tapped him on the face with the tip of her sword, looking somewhat disgusted. "I thought you would fight to the death, but this is it?"

Before the Imperial Master could speak, she found the answer on her own: "That's right. People like you who follow the crooked ways can't endure hardship, nor would you have the resolve to make sacrifices. If you truly had the willpower, why would you choose such a crooked path?"

After saying that, Du Xinghe slowly stabbed the tip of his sword into the Imperial Master's heart.

The Imperial Master screamed silently, and Du Xinghe stopped just before piercing the pericardium.

"Come on, tell me everything I want to know. I have quite a few questions, and I need your detailed answers to every one of them."

The icy energy within the sword quickly froze the blood that was about to spurt out of the Imperial Master's chest, dangerously saving him half his life. Du Xinghe held the hilt of the sword firmly and asked:

"What happened to Concubine Ji's pregnancy?"

Du Xinghe's sword was against the Imperial Master's heart. He didn't even dare to breathe too loudly. His dark eyes were now filled with bloodshot with fear, and he naturally told the Imperial Master everything about Emperor Xuan and his plan.

The most fundamental reason was that the loss of the dragon vein caused Emperor Xuan’s anxiety to explode.

The whereabouts of the dragon vein is unknown, and Emperor Xuan cannot find it even after searching the mountains and seas. He can only pathologically increase his sense of security through other means.

The Samsara Academy had always been using unorthodox methods to refine elixirs and offer them to the Xuan Emperor. However, the Xuan Emperor still felt that this was not enough, because in his opinion, the elixirs refined by children still could not help him cross the final step of the Fusion Stage.

The Imperial Master shared his worries and gave him an extremely sinister plan:

The medicinal properties of the pills currently being refined are insufficient because the raw materials used are not good enough.

The Samsara Academy has already tried using cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage as medicine. Is there any better raw material than this?

Yes, of course there are.

That is the true royal family, the bloodline of Emperor Xuan, his biological child.

"Actually... His Majesty has wanted to try this method for a long time. He has been raising the Second Prince and keeping him alive, just waiting for the day when he can throw him into the alchemy furnace..."

Du Xinghe recalled the somewhat naive child who only cared about pleasing his father through cultivation, and he couldn't help but get angry: "Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs, how can you——"

The Imperial Preceptor suppressed his fear and continued, "...But His Majesty did not choose the Second Prince. This was because the Second Prince was born with a defective soul and was foolish and insane. This was a warning from Heaven to His Majesty, and His Majesty believed that Heaven was reminding him that his sacrifices were not enough. Therefore, His Majesty decided to conceive a child again, and the best mother was the Imperial Concubine of the Ji family, with her water and heavenly spiritual roots and the best furnace and cauldron..."

Du Xinghe asked, "Then why did you let Concubine Ji have a stillborn baby? Wouldn't a healthy, living baby be better?"

"No!"

The Imperial Master used his expertise to deny Du Xinghe's claim: "That's not true at all... We've experimented with using children to refine elixirs in the past and discovered that souls can have varying effects on the medicinal properties. Some children harbor deep resentment, which can even cause the medicinal properties to dissipate. Therefore, a dead fetus without a soul is the most reliable raw material. All we want is a piece of flesh and blood with your majesty's bloodline; a soul is useless..."

"What about the Heavenly Dao sacrifice? Did you open the fog gate just to sacrifice living people to the Heavenly Dao?"

The Imperial Master coughed up a mouthful of blood, and as he trembled, the tip of his sword moved another centimeter inwards. He was so frightened that he immediately dared not move.

"That's what we discovered accidentally while refining the elixir! Using a living person as medicine, roasting their soul produces a strange smoke. This smoke gathers together and vaguely opens a door to Baiyujing. I infer that after death, the soul returns to heaven and earth, so roasting the soul can connect heaven and earth and open the gate to heaven."

Du Xinghe felt a chill in his heart when he heard this.

What kind of beasts are they? They actually thought of opening the Gate of Heaven by burning the souls of living people!

What's even crazier is that their purpose goes far beyond this!

"But opening the Heavenly Gate requires an immense amount of spiritual energy. If Your Majesty wants to ascend, relying solely on these scattered children's souls is not enough. You need more people and more spiritual energy."

Du Xinghe gritted his teeth and asked, "How could it not be enough? They, those who were swallowed by the fog gate, they—"

"Your Majesty doesn't seek to ascend alone," the Imperial Master said softly. "If only one person ascends to the higher realms, how can Your Majesty still be Your Majesty? Even if you go to Baiyujing, Your Majesty will still be the emperor."

"His Majesty wishes to ascend with the entire Xuandu, including the dragon vein, the entire palace, and all his servants."

crazy.

The muscles on Du Xinghe's face twitched slightly, and she found that she didn't even have the energy to complain about Emperor Xuan's crazy plan.

Obviously, this guy is a top-level villain who is so bad that he is pus-filled. Everything he does is for himself.

The Imperial Master was already immersed in his plan, and continued unaffected: "I don't know how much spiritual energy is required to ascend with Xuan Du, so... I did an experiment."

Du Xinghe repeated: "...Experiment?"

"Yes, the fog gate at the Immortal Alliance Competition was an experiment."

As the Imperial Master spoke, a hint of madness and excitement appeared on his face. "The Mist Gate has devoured quite a few cultivators. How long can their spiritual energy sustain the gate's opening? How many people must be devoured to support the entire Xuandu's ascension? How can we lure more cultivators into the Mist Gate? Although I didn't devour you and Ji Wuhuo, the data I obtained is enough for me to calculate."

Du Xinghe resisted the urge to stab the Imperial Master to death with his sword and asked, "What is the result of the calculation?"

"One fog gate is far from enough. It's not even enough to swallow up the ten continents, let alone succeed before the Immortal Alliance reacts." The National Master said, "Therefore, we have set up a formation and deployed ten thousand fog gates across the entire continent."

Ten thousand fans.

Emperor Xuan wants to use the entire continent to support his ascension to Baiyujing to continue to be the king and dominate the world forever.

"When is he going to open the fog gate?" Du Xinghe asked.

"It hasn't been decided yet. His Majesty wants to wait for the Imperial Concubine to give birth. Once the Imperial Concubine's baby is born, we'll immediately light the furnace and test the medicinal properties of this baby. If the medicinal properties are strong enough, then the rest of the women in the harem can—Ugh! Ah! Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

One of the Imperial Master's arms fell to the ground with a "thump", and he let out a very shrill scream.

Du Xinghe placed the blade against his neck and asked sternly, "How do we close the fog gate?"

"I, I don't know..."

"Then go to hell and tell it!"

The Imperial Master's voice was so sharp that it changed its pitch. "No, no, we can't close it! We can only wait until the spiritual energy absorbed by the fog gate is exhausted, or the burning souls completely dissipate. There is no way to force the fog gate to close!"

Du Xinghe slowly exhaled a breath of foul air. She swung out her scorpion tail and stabbed the national teacher without hesitation, signing a chain contract with him.

A purple link connected to the Imperial Master's neck. Du Xinghe pulled the chain hard, causing the Imperial Master to stagger and kneel on the ground.

"When you return, find the map of the Mist Gate Formation and give it to me," she said coldly. "If you disobey my orders, I can shatter your soul with just a thought."

The Gu God's barrier gradually dissipated. On the other side, Du Xinghe, who was practicing in the underwater abyss, felt something.

Du Xinghe, in dragon form, received the memories and news from Xuan Kingdom. She digested it for a while, and almost as soon as she finished digesting it, several sword energies of unparalleled violence shot out from her body, and with a "bang" they carved several deep marks on the wall of the underground cave.

Emperor Ying Cang opened his eyes. He could clearly feel the ups and downs of Du Xinghe's mood at this moment, but he was a little confused and didn't know what Du Xinghe was angry about.

Is it because you have reached a bottleneck in your cultivation?

Or did she feel she was too close and was in the way?

But he was very careful to maintain the safe distance between men and women, and didn't get close to her...

Emperor Ying Cang was caught in a cycle of internal friction and self-reflection. Du Xinghe ignored the twists and turns in his mind, immediately stretched his body, and was about to say goodbye to Qinglong.

"Something happened in Xuan Country?"

The Azure Dragon surfaced in surprise. She concentrated for a moment, sensing the situation. Then, her massive dragon head turned toward Du Xinghe, a heavy expression forming. "The dark aura over the Xuan Dynasty has been covering the sky for quite some time now. I can't sense what's happening specifically, as it's simply a matter of a few more or a few less dark clouds. Since you say the Xuan Emperor intends to defy Heaven and sacrifice all living things, it's best to stop him. I'll notify the other divine beasts. If the catastrophe truly strikes, we'll all do our part."

Du Xinghe bowed solemnly to the Dragon Lord and said, "Thank you very much. Your Majesty and I still have to go to the Immortal Alliance to inform them, so we won't stay."

Qinglong looked intently at Du Xinghe's aura and warned him, "A great catastrophe is approaching. You bear the dragon vein and the responsibility of all life. When seeking a way to break the catastrophe, remember to stick to your own path and don't let right and wrong cloud your mind."

Du Xinghe nodded: "I'll remember that."

She and Emperor Ying Cang rose into the air and flew rapidly towards the location of the Immortal Alliance.

"Your Majesty, my other self is imprisoned at the Samsara Institute's headquarters. Didn't you say you left a clone in Xuan Country? Could you let that clone help me?"

Emperor Ying Cang said without hesitation: "Okay."

"The Xuan Emperor wants to open ten thousand fog gates. If he succeeds, the world will be devastated." Du Xinghe gritted his teeth. "We can't clear all the fog gates with just the strength of a few of us. We must inform the Immortal Alliance and have cultivators everywhere find a way to break through."

If it's really impossible, evacuate as many people as possible to places where the fog gate can't reach!