Immortality Starts With Ignorant Heart Sword Art

Chapter 175 Assassination? No, I will forcefully kill! (Seeking monthly votes, subscriptions)

After receiving a secret letter, Zhong Cang spent three days using various disguises and hidden methods to return to the imperial city.

Upon arriving, he immediately sought out Jing Ming, the Perfected Being, to inquire about the reason for attacking the royal family.

"Why suddenly target the emperor?"

"The situation has changed."

Looking at Zhong Cang, Jing Ming's face was filled with endless curiosity and admiration.

After a long time, he spoke, "Previously, neither our Cloud Firmament Sect nor the Four Great Demon Sects had a guaranteed victory. Therefore, whoever can gain the support of the local forces in the Xuan Yuan Realm will ultimately win."

"Moreover, the side that receives support, because they have a large number of Martial Masters and soldiers as cannon fodder, not only can win, but can win easily without too many casualties."

"Therefore, both us and the Demon Sect Alliance are striving for the support of the local forces in the Xuan Yuan Realm and the royal family."

"Sending you to the Black Mountain Legion is for this reason."

Speaking up to this point, Jing Ming couldn't help but sigh. He had sent Zhong Cang out with the best expectation that he could gain the friendship of the Black Mountain Legion and make them lean towards the Cloud Firmament Sect.

But the result was that Zhong Cang's actions were like a fierce tiger descending from the mountain, a flood dragon going out to sea, bringing him wave after wave of surprises and shocks.

Not to mention forcefully taking over the Black Mountain Legion, he also attacked the Linyuan City, annihilated the Yang Family, and forced An Long City to surrender through intimidation. These things were all shocking.

Finally, he single-handedly fought against seven hundred demonic cultivators with just a sword.

All these things combined were beyond the imagination of ordinary people, and even cultivators, including Jing Ming, a Foundation Building stage cultivator, were shocked by Zhong Cang's "great achievements."

His overwhelming strength allowed him to single-handedly dominate half of the Xuan Yuan Realm.

The numerous clans and families of the Da Yin Dynasty were not daring to oppose him and instead chose to join him.

It can be said that he alone stirred up the situation in the Xuan Yuan Realm and reversed the circumstances.

And with the changing situation, the Cloud Firmament Sect's style of action naturally needed to change as well.

"Previously, neither our Cloud Firmament Sect nor the Demon Sect Alliance could do anything to each other. Therefore, we needed to improve our relationship with the royal family and gain their support."

"But now, your existence alone has completely surpassed the Demon Sect Alliance in terms of strength and prestige."

"That greedy and foolish emperor, he is even more reluctant to give up the Blood Infant Pill. At this point, he won't join us, but will instead think of completely siding with the Demon Sect, in order to achieve a balance of power between the Demon Sect Alliance and our Cloud Firmament Sect."

Speaking up to this point, Jing Ming's expression turned cold.

"Making such a choice, that emperor is useless to us. Keeping him alive would only be a disaster."

"In that case, we might as well take the initiative and get rid of him, leaving the forces that support the Demon Sect leaderless."

"I called you here because infiltrating the imperial palace is nothing to me. However, the Demon Sect is not foolish. They also know that their only hope of winning lies in the full support of the old emperor. Therefore, there must be countless Demon Sect experts by the old emperor's side. With you here, our chances of suddenly attacking and killing the emperor will be higher."

After listening to Jing Ming's analysis, Zhong Cang couldn't help but nod and feel that what he said was correct.

However, after sorting everything out, he did not immediately agree, but pondered for a while and asked a question.

"Killing the emperor, can we win the battle in one fell swoop, make the Demon Sect fade away, and make the other clans join us?"

Upon hearing this, Jingming, the Perfected Being, shook his head.

"No, during this time, the Demon Sect has gained many followers. Even if we behead the emperor, it will only cause chaos among the clans that have joined them. It would be difficult to win the battle in one fell swoop."

After speaking, Jingming noticed Zhong Cang deep in thought and raised an eyebrow, saying, "What about you? Do you have any other ideas?"

"Yes."

In response, Zhong Cang did not immediately explain the reason, but instead activated his Heavenly Heart, closed his eyes, and sensed the surrounding void.

After a while, Zhong Cang solemnly said,

"The idea of killing the emperor, Perfected Being, is not bad, but I don't want to assassinate or launch a surprise attack. I plan to issue a proclamation to the world in advance, announcing that I will come to take his head in seven days!"

"?!!"

As soon as Zhong Cang said this, Jingming, the Perfected Being, was stunned.

After a long while, he took a sharp breath and said,

"Ah... you're crazy!!!"

"Issuing the proclamation seven days in advance and announcing it to the world will give the emperor more time."

"With the emperor's desire to preserve his life, he will have enough time to gather all the Martial Artists and even the Demon Cultists!"

"Gathering so many powerful individuals, what do you have to kill them with?"

"Or are you planning to create a diversion?"

Jingming, the Perfected Being, strongly disagreed with Zhong Cang's opinion. In fact, he hoped that Zhong Cang was just playing tricks.

But Zhong Cang's next reply left him at a loss for words.

"It's not a trick. I just want the Demon Cultists and the opponents of the clans to gather in the imperial city, and then achieve victory in one fell swoop."

"...By doing this, the enemies will indeed gather, but how will you defeat them? You won't stand a chance!"

"I will."

"???"

"Do you even know what you're saying? They will outnumber us by tens of times when they gather. You will be risking your life..."

Jingming, the Perfected Being, had great confidence in Zhong Cang, to the point where he valued protecting him more than the Xuan Yuan Realm.

That's why when Zhong Cang came over, he was prepared to establish a good relationship with him and avoid serious conflicts.

He even planned to tell Zhong Cang when the surprise attack began, "Killing the emperor is important, but your life is more important. If you feel something is wrong, you can withdraw first."

However, even so, upon hearing Zhong Cang's "foolish" suggestion, he couldn't help but reprimand him.

Seeing the annoyed Jingming, Zhong Cang didn't get angry. He also knew that his plan, at first glance, seemed like a fantasy.

However, he had great confidence in his own abilities.

"Perfected Being, I naturally know that they are strong, but I also have some cards up my sleeve..."

...

I don't know what Zhong Cang and Jingming Perfected Being said, but after some discussion, in the end, Jingming Perfected Being surprisingly agreed to Zhong Cang's proposal.

"Phew..."

"I must be crazy to accompany you in such a crazy act."

After agreeing, Jingming Perfected Being still felt some emotions.

However, this feeling of emotion was quickly abandoned by him.

Being able to have the intention to kill the emperor when the court slightly showed a tendency, it can be seen that Jingming Perfected Being is also a very decisive person.

Having agreed to Zhong Cang's plan, he naturally wouldn't be wishy-washy.

That day, he secretly left the Southern Heavenly Master's Palace with his men, and through a jade talisman, he instructed the cultivators of the Cloud Firmament Sect below to gather towards the imperial city.

And when everything was done, a letter of surrender and a sentence echoed through the imperial city.

...

The Cloud Firmament Sect is in action, and just as Jingming Perfected Being predicted, when the emperor of the Great Yin Dynasty learned that half of the aristocratic families within the dynasty had joined Zhong Cang and proclaimed the slogan 'The Yellow Heaven is dead, the Azure Heaven shall rise', his anger instantly flared up.

Especially when he saw that some aristocratic families, in order to please Zhong Cang, falsely accused him of ten crimes, it made him even more furious.

With a "bang," he swept everything off the imperial desk.

Then, in his extreme anger, he directly began to curse:

"You treacherous rebels, ungrateful wolves who do not cherish the grace of heaven!"

"I will exterminate your nine clans, you all deserve to die..."

The furious cursing lasted for a long time.

Then, the anger of being resisted and the fear spread continuously in his heart.

In this situation, when he calmed down, he naturally sent his trusted confidant to contact the Demon Sect, preparing to join forces with them to resist Zhong Cang.

However, while contacting the Demon Sect, he also feared the Cloud Firmament Sect.

He was afraid that the Cloud Firmament Sect would assassinate him with all their might or assist Zhong Cang wholeheartedly because of his defection.

Emperor Yin Long specifically instructed his confidant to contact the people of the Demon Sect secretly.

As for himself, he convened a grand court meeting to discuss the matter of Zhong Cang.

"Hmph, Zhong Cang has gone too far with this matter."

"Yu Yong, go and tell Jingming Master that this matter has made me very angry. But heaven has the virtue of benevolence, as the emperor, I am willing to respect the will of heaven. Therefore, I will give him a chance. If he can restrain Zhong Cang and make him come to the imperial city to apologize and admit his mistake, I can let bygones be bygones!"

To let bygones be bygones, this is naturally a lie. If Zhong Cang comes to the imperial city alone, in Emperor Yin Long's view, he can manipulate Zhong Cang as he pleases.

And at this moment, he was still preparing for revenge and said these words.

Clearly, having been on the throne for many years, Emperor Yinlong really regarded himself as superior. He thought that his words, like before, could determine the life and death of others.

Unfortunately, times have changed!

After he finished speaking, before anyone could refute or persuade him, a eunuch holding a blood letter rushed into the hall.

At the same time, there were shouts and calls.

"Your Majesty, something bad has happened..."

"Hmph, the hall is in chaos. It's disgraceful. Guards, drag him out and kill him!"

Emperor Yinlong was already angry, and the fact that the eunuch who rushed in was shouting "something bad has happened" made him even angrier. As a result, this eunuch became his punching bag.

Even though the eunuch begged for mercy and cried, it didn't change the emperor's mind in the slightest.

However, although the eunuch was beaten to death, the blood letter still made its way into Emperor Yinlong's hands through the hands of the eunuch in the hall.

The difference was that the eunuch was fearful, while Emperor Yinlong was slightly fearful but mostly angry.

"Seven days, Cloud Firmament Sect... Haha, damn bald donkey, you completely disregard me. Guards, declare Cloud Firmament Sect as a cult and issue a nationwide wanted order!"

"Tell the people below, kill anyone from the Cloud Firmament Sect and there will be a generous reward. I want all those bastards dead!"

"?!!"

After discovering that Emperor Yinlong had issued such a decisive order after reading the blood letter, completely tearing apart his relationship with the Cloud Firmament Sect, the officials below were curious about what was written in the blood letter.

And soon, they didn't need to guess anymore.

There was a thunderous sound that exploded in the imperial city.

The words in that thunderous sound were a submission letter: "Emperor Yinlong is tyrannical, killing his wife and children, harming loyal subjects, using cruel punishments, creating a pool of wine and a forest of meat, assisting the demonic sect in their tyranny, killing the common people to refine blood pills. This is something that both humans and gods detest, and the heavens and earth cannot tolerate... Today, I, Zhong Cang of the Cloud Firmament Sect, following the will of heaven, will enter the imperial city in seven days and take the head of this treacherous thief!"

"!!!"

"This, this..."

"It's a rebellion, a complete rebellion!"

"To actually give His Majesty seven days, how foolish..."

This submission letter shocked and astonished the officials in the hall, and it made them understand why Emperor Yinlong was so furious.

By publicly submitting this letter and explicitly stating that they would take the emperor's head in seven days, it not only shocked the officials in the hall, but as time passed, the news spread outward.

Soon, almost everyone in the Xuan Yuan Realm knew that Zhong Cang would enter the imperial city in seven days to kill the emperor.

This event, like a raging fire, ignited the restlessness in the Xuan Yuan Realm, causing everyone to discuss it fervently.

(End of this chapter)