Defying the Martial Way to Burn the Heavens

The largest city in the Xuanwu Empire is the Imperial Capital, the most important of the Imperial Capital is the Inner City, and the core of the Inner City is the Imperial Mountain.

Although the mountain is steep and has strange peaks, its real significance lies in the fact that the ruler of the Xuanwu Empire sits here. Therefore, the existence of the Imperial Mountain also symbolizes the location of the highest power in the Xuanwu Empire.

The real meaning of the Imperial Mountain is not just a magnificent mountain, but also because the mountain itself is a luxurious and majestic palace. The interior of the Imperial Mountain was excavated by craftsmen to form palaces and rooms of different sizes, which are connected to each other by corridors and stairs. It has both strong privacy and high security.

At the beginning, the Xuanwu Empire was in constant turmoil due to internal and external troubles, and the entire empire fell apart. In the end, it relied on the help of many super families and external forces to drive out the invasion and stabilize the empire, making the Xuanwu Empire once again an unshakable power on the Kunxuan Continent.

During the war, the original Imperial Capital of the Xuanwu Empire was destroyed, and then a strange mountain was chosen in the northern border of Xuanwu as the location of the Imperial Capital. Therefore, the construction of the Imperial Capital here has a great relationship with the Imperial Mountain.

The construction of Emperor Mountain was a huge project, and it took more than a hundred years to complete. This shows the extraordinaryness of Emperor Mountain. The entire Emperor Mountain looks like a whole from the outside, and it is not much different from ordinary mountains, but the interior is crisscrossed and complex.

In addition to these, Emperor Mountain is also the core of the Imperial Capital Formation. As long as Emperor Mountain does not fall, the formation will continue to operate. Therefore, the entire Xuanwu Imperial Capital dares to claim to be the most stable fortress in the entire Xuanwu.

Even though Linshan County City, which was built at about the same time as the Imperial Capital, has an extremely powerful defense and attack formation, it is still weaker than the Imperial Capital. The reason is that it lacks the most stable and powerful formation center.

At this moment, in an extremely large palace in Emperor Mountain, the silence is like a dead silence. The hall is empty. Although the top of the hall is inlaid with countless spiritual stones, the entire space is too large and still seems a little dim.

The innermost side of the hall is a high platform, and the polished smooth stone steps lead to the top of the high platform. Even the most ordinary steps are carved with exquisite patterns. The patterns on the steps are brand new, with no signs of wear and tear. It can be seen that almost no one walks on these steps.

On the high platform, there is a large chair made of gold. The armrests and backrests of the chair are decorated with various flowers, vines, etc., and they are all rare medicinal materials.

The people who can go up to the high platform can be counted on two hands in the entire Xuanwu Empire, and there is only one person who can sit on this golden throne, and that is the ruler of the Xuanwu Empire.

At this moment, a middle-aged man is sitting on the throne. His majestic body makes the wide throne look like no different from an ordinary chair.

The man looks to be between 40 and 50 years old, but his temples are slightly frosted. He has a broad face and a pair of knife-like wide eyebrows that fly diagonally into his temples. The most memorable thing is that he has a pair of red-gold eyes.

Before, he closed his eyes tightly, and the whole person seemed to be integrated with the hall, making people feel that there was no one there. But when he slowly opened his eyes, the whole hall seemed to light up with two bright lights, as if at that moment the hall became unusually bright.

But it was only a moment, the brilliance in his eyes converged, and the brilliance in the hall dimmed instantly. The red brilliance did not dissipate and hovered in his pupils, and finally gradually returned to normal gray-black pupils.

A moment later, an old man in gorgeous clothes slowly appeared at the main entrance of the hall. After a deep bow, he said loudly: "Lord, they are here."

This person spoke with a unique voice that was half male and half female. If Zuo Feng was here, he would be able to hear that this person was the special voice that he heard in the dark in the new county city.

The man on the high throne was actually the lord of the entire Xuanwu Empire and the nominal controller of the entire empire.

He looked forward with his eyes, but seemed to have no focus, as if he did not notice the arrival of the person, nor did he hear his words. However, after a slight pause, he spoke calmly and uttered two words "Come in".

The old man with a voice that was neither male nor female slowly turned around and gestured to the outside. Then three old men entered in a line, bowed deeply when they were still several feet away from the steps, but they did not dare to stand up immediately, and maintained the posture of bending over to bow.

The three men were the three people who hosted the fight in the arena before. At this moment, the three of them lowered their heads so that people could not see their expressions, but their faces facing the ground had expressions that were uglier than crying.

The three of them had placed heavy bets on the ghost catcher, and they had planned to make a fortune this time, but they did not expect to lose everything. How could they be in a good mood now?

"What was the result of the fight?"

The oldest of the three old men slowly stood up and said: "Reporting to the king, the fight... Shen Feng finally won."

The red-gold pupils flickered slightly, but the brilliance faded in just a moment, and there was no longer anything special about it.

"Hmm"

The three old men subconsciously looked up and secretly glanced at the king, as if they wanted to see something from his expression, but the king was calm and his expression did not change at all.

After a slight hesitation, the old man who spoke before said again: "If the king has no other instructions, then we will leave."

After the old man finished speaking, he leaned forward, waiting for the king's reply, and there seemed to be some expectation on his face. There were too many changes in the middle of this duel. If the king was curious and asked a question, he would exaggerate what happened at that time.

However, if he told it, he would naturally find ways to push all the faults to Shen Feng's side, and would not even mention the ghost tide blocking, just saying that Ni Tianju interfered.

If the king overturned the result of this duel, even if he did not judge the ghost catcher as the winner, at least the result of this duel would be invalidated, and they would be able to achieve their wish.

This was also a step calculated by the two families of Guihua. When the three people were persuaded to put money on the ghost catcher, even if they considered their own interests, they would think of doing things on the side of the ghost family, and they didn't even need to make any more efforts.

However, the king closed his eyes slightly and nodded gently. Not to mention asking, he didn't even utter a word, not even a sound.

The three looked slightly bitter. This was their last chance to recover their losses, but the king ignored them. They had a lot of plans, but they couldn't put them into practice. They could only bow again helplessly and then slowly retreated out of the hall.

After the three left, the hall fell into silence again, but the man who spoke neither male nor female remained there, without leaving or interrupting.

"Qu Li, we have been working together for almost ten years."

The old man called Qu Li was a man who spoke neither male nor female. Zuo Feng only recognized his voice, but there were many people in the empire who recognized his appearance.

This Qu Li came from a small family. When he first arrived in the imperial capital, he was very low-key, but I don't know when he was valued by the king, and he has been serving the king ever since.

Because he often followed the king, everyone gradually knew that he was castrated because of practicing martial arts, and he was also a very authentic eunuch. In this way, he served the king, and people gradually felt that it was natural. It seemed that because of his eunuch status, no one questioned his origin. ,

The old man called Qu Li frowned slightly and said slowly in his special voice: "I have been with the king for twelve years and eleven months, almost thirteen years."

The king Xuan Hong nodded gently, and then continued: "Over the years, you have been mature and steady every time you do things, and have never made any major mistakes. This is also an important reason why I firmly cooperate with you and the forces behind you, but you have disappointed me recently."

The old man called Qu Li had a slight embarrassment on his face, but after hesitating for a while, he said: "The new county city is obviously those people who got the wind before, otherwise it would never be destroyed at the beginning of the action."

"Humph"

With a cold snort, Xuan Hong raised his head suddenly and said sternly: "Then what about the action against the Yao family? They also noticed it before and destroyed it at the beginning of the action. Is that what you mean!"

When it came to the last few words, Xuan Hong's voice suddenly rose, which showed that his questioning was very serious.

Qu Li sighed inwardly. He knew that the reason why the king Xuan Hong could not let go was not the outcome of this fight, but the action against the Yao family.

However, the action against the Yao family could not be said to be unprepared in any way. The other party might have some guesses, but they would never know the real inside story of the action.

Even so, the action still failed. After killing everyone except Yao Qiuer, the action against the Yao family ended in failure.

The actual reason was nothing more than the appearance of Zuo Feng, but this reason could not be put on the surface. After all, it did not make sense from any angle, and it was difficult for people in the game to figure out everything.

"Alas, there are loopholes. The Yao family reacted too quickly. The Kang family and the Su family also got involved. This is something we did not expect before. Judging from the situation of this fight, the Yao and Su families have joined forces. Even the Kang family, a family that has just established itself in the imperial capital, has now joined in."

The king Xuanhong was a little impatient and shook his head and said, "I am not interested in these reasons. I just want to know how likely your plan is."

Qu Li bowed respectfully and said without hesitation, "Don't worry, the king, the plan remains unchanged. Even if there are some small accidents, we are still absolutely sure of winning."

Xuanhong frowned and seemed to want to say something, but in the end he waved his hand gently.

After seeing this, Qu Li lowered his head and slowly retreated. When he turned around, a sneer flashed across the corner of his mouth.