The system is a broken bowl

Song Chen returned to the palace. He did not stay in Jinghua Palace, but entered Xumi Space. Here, he could accompany Qin Qingqing, analyze the situation carefully, and have a good rest, killing three birds with one stone.

The Bi Ning Dan placed on the spiritual power mineral crystal has turned into an emerald gem, which is a sign that the upper limit has been reached. Song Chen put away the three pills and replaced them with three newly refined Bi Ning Dan.

He has hoarded more than a dozen top-level Bi Ning Dan. This is a good thing. He needs it, and his friends and wife also need it.

The situation of this fight is very complicated. It is not as speculated at the beginning, just waiting for the two sides to show their cards. If that were the case, it would be simple. It would be nothing more than a high-end battle between the two sides. The current Hong Daxian is not a match for Song Chen.

But now the enemy's purpose is unclear. If they don't turn the table, they can't find an opponent if they want to show their cards. Those guys in the open, the five great venerables and the eighteen arhats, are at best the enemy's cover, and they are pawns that can be abandoned at any time.

Song Chen didn't have a lot of time to investigate here slowly. If he acted rashly, he would not only fail to catch the mastermind, but also fail to uproot the enemy.

Hong Daxian was defeated and lost his life-saving rune. He should lie dormant for a while.

The message conveyed by Yan Chongwei was nothing more than telling his master that he had broken through the late stage of the Condensation Realm. In fact, even if he didn't say it, his master would have known it long ago.

Destroying the breeding base of the underworld insects should be considered a heavy blow to them. Next, it should enter a relatively calm period.

After a careful analysis, Song Chen decided to remain unchanged in the face of all changes, and to make arrangements and investigate when necessary.

...

Early the next morning, Yan Xijun came to Jinghua Palace.

Song Chen had come out of the Xumi space and was eating breakfast in the palace. Ruoyu's part of the memory was erased by Yan'er, and she kept asking where her sister Haitang had gone.

"Jun Xi, take me to see your father as soon as possible. I have something important to meet him alone."

Song Chen did not drag his feet. Although he did not have a good impression of Yan Yunyao, the old guy was the father of Yue Bihua and Yan Xijun after all.

"You don't even let me listen?"

Yan Xijun smiled. "Let's go! Father sent a verbal order early in the morning, asking us to go to the Imperial Garden to see him."

The emperor's Imperial Garden does not cover a large area. It is more like a private garden of a wealthy family. It is not as good as the Song family's garden in the City of Sands, which surprised Song Chen a little.

However, although the scale is not large, it is very exquisite. There are many garden boutiques of the Dashun Empire, and the trees and flowers are rare and precious species.

Song Chen and Yan Xijun came to a stone bridge, and Yan Yunyao was feeding the koi in the pool.

"You are here, so walk with me."

Yan Yunyao had a smile on his face and looked very kind.

Yan Xijun glanced at Song Chen, and the meaning was obvious, asking whether he wanted to avoid it.

Song Chen said "alone", which meant that there were no other royal family members, including Prince Gong Yan Xiongfei. How could he ask Yan Xijun to avoid it? "Your Majesty, I not only killed Haitang, the maid of Jinghua Palace last night, but also followed Prince Long."

"Why did you kill an ordinary maid? Haitang is Shuhe's cousin, and the only one who has a little relationship with Shuhe!!"

Yan Xijun was puzzled and sad.

"That maid is not the real Haitang! The real Haitang may have been killed by them long ago."

Song Chen said calmly.

"This is terrible!"

Yan Xijun certainly believed what Song Chen said. "Was it done by the fourth uncle? But..."

Before she finished speaking, she was stopped by Yan Yunyao: "Jun'er, don't interrupt Chen'er, let him continue."

Yan Yunyao's face was calm, not as pretentious as yesterday.

It seems that the old man is not a foolish king who can't tell good from bad. The reason why he and Yan Chongwei had a quarrel yesterday was because he hated Ling Chengen.

Song Chen told about the battle with Hong Daxian, killing the fake Haitang, following Yan Chongwei, breaking into Yunding Mountain at night, and discovering the "biochemical laboratory", including his analysis and judgment of the matter. Of course, Elder Sun didn't talk about the "battle" with Cao Jie, not because he couldn't, but because he was afraid that Yan Xijun would feel sick after hearing it.

Yan Yunyao fell into deep thought, but Yan Xijun was shocked. "Brother Chen, have you fought with Hong Daxian? Is the late stage of Condensation Realm very scary?"

Song Chen once told her that he met a master in the late stage of Condensation Realm in the slums, but he didn't tell her the details of the fight between the two.

"That guy, like me, didn't take long to break through the late stage of Condensation Realm. However, his life-saving rune was destroyed by me."

Song Chen said calmly. "Without the life-saving rune, I will definitely get rid of him next time we meet."

"I understand! What Yan Chongwei wants is my kingdom, and what those people want must be my Dragon Heart Key!"

Yan Yunyao gritted his teeth and said.

"Dragon Heart Key? What is that?"

It was the first time that Yan Xijun heard of the Dragon Heart Key. "Is it an important treasure?"

Song Chen was also curious and looked at Yan Yunyao.

Yan Yunyao smiled bitterly and said, "Of course it is a treasure! However, this treasure is closely related to my life. Taking it away is equivalent to taking my life."

Song Chen suddenly realized. Whether Yan Chongwei took the kingdom or Hong Daxian took the Dragon Heart Key, they all wanted to take Yan Yunyao's life. No wonder they formed an alliance.

"Father, can you tell Jun'er about this Dragon Heart Key?"

Yan Xijun was not curious, but deeply worried.

Although Song Chen also wanted to know, he didn't ask. Even Yan Yanjun doesn't know about this thing, it must be the top secret of the royal family.

Yan Junyao snorted coldly: "The fourth child only knows that the key to the dragon's heart is with me, but he doesn't know that even if he kills me, he still won't get the true dragon's energy!"

After saying this, Yan Junyao seemed to feel that he had lost his temper.

He sat down directly on the stone bridge and motioned for Song Chen and Yan Yingjun to sit down as well. "Jun'er, do you know who killed the prince after our ancestor Emperor Hongtian ascended to the throne?"

Yan Yingjun shook his head: "Jun'er doesn't know."

Song Chen did know, but he didn't say anything. It was not yet time to tell the story about Emperor Hongtian. Moreover, Emperor Hongtian also told him not to tell future generations about the fact that the ancestors of the Yan family were trapped in the Jiangshan Shejitu.

Yan Junyao said calmly: "Back then, Emperor Hongtian ascended in a hurry, and the young prince was protected by the war puppets. It is said that there is no danger of his life. The problem lies in the fragments of the Dragon Jade. Shun Yuanqing, Long The four treacherous officials and thieves, Zhi Zhe, Zi Che Xuan, and Xi Boyang, each took control of two war puppets, then abandoned the young prince and walked away. "

Song Chen had already learned what Yan Junyao said from Emperor Hongtian. Now, he is interested in Long Xin Key: "Your Majesty, those four people abandoned the prince and ran to grab the territory. Who killed the prince? What happened to Long Xin Key?"

Yan Junyao sighed again: "My ancestor Yan Zhao is the nephew of Emperor Hongtian. Logically speaking, he is not qualified to inherit the throne. When he wanted to protect the prince, he found that Shun Yuanqing had left and returned. It was this thief Cut off the prince’s head with one knife!”

"ah!"

Yan Yingjun couldn't help but exclaimed when he heard this.

"Just when our ancestor Yan Zhao was holding the dead prince and crying bitterly, suddenly a purple thunder and lightning fell from the sky and struck him right on the head!"

Yan Junyao ignored Yan Yingjun who screamed in surprise and continued: "It's strange to say that the ancestor Yan Zhao who was struck by purple lightning didn't have any trouble. He only left a spoon-shaped scar on his forehead. , that’s the Dragon Heart Key!”

"It turns out it's just a scar!"

Yan Yanjun was a little disappointed when he returned to normal.

"That's no ordinary scar!"

Yan Junyao was quite proud. "As the saying goes, where there is a lock, there is a key. It is precisely because of this scar that the Crown Prince's Dragon Heart Lock was opened. The ancestor Yan Zhao has now obtained the complete True Dragon Qi!"

"So, the true dragon's energy is still in the prince?"

Song Chen couldn't help but ask. "Since the prince possesses the aura of a true dragon, how could he die so easily?"

There is a basis for what he said, because with the aura of a true dragon, one has great luck, but the prince's luck is too bad, right?

"It just so happened that the prince's true dragon spirit was suppressed by the power of Emperor Hongtian. Just when he was about to awaken, he caught up with a huge change."

Yan Junyao explained. "The prince was killed, and the True Dragon's Qi chose the ancestor Yan Zhao who stood beside him. Therefore, the ancestor Yan Zhao was able to create the new Dashun Empire with a weak position under the great struggle between the four parties, which was not weaker than the other four countries. ”

Hearing this, Song Chen suddenly understood something.

The reason why Shun Yuanqing left and returned is because he realized the importance of the true dragon's energy. The territory can be grabbed, but the true dragon's energy is difficult to obtain. Without the spirit of a true dragon, one can be king and hegemon, but cannot be emperor.

It's a pity that there is Yan Zhao standing next to him. Whether it is the Dragon Heart Key or the Dragon Heart Lock, the True Dragon Qi will of course choose Yan Zhao, who is related to Emperor Hongtian.

"In all dynasties, the founding emperors obtained the true dragon's energy and passed it on from generation to generation. However, as time passed, the true dragon's energy became less and less until it completely disappeared."

Speaking of this, Yan Junyao looked a little complicated. "The ancestor Yan Zhao accidentally obtained the dragon heart key, which happened to open the dragon heart lock in the prince's body, which is equivalent to obtaining a complete dragon heart. Therefore, the true dragon's energy will be passed down from generation to generation and continue to flow. However, obtaining the dragon heart The heart has a price, that is, it cannot soar.

Therefore, the kings of the other four countries can ascend, but our Dashun Empire has said goodbye to the path of ascension from now on.

Every emperor who is about to die will pass the Dragon Heart Key to the heir he chooses. The heir claims to observe filial piety for three years, but in fact, he uses the Dragon Heart Key to absorb the true dragon energy from the former emperor's body for three years.

Yan Chongwei knew that the Dragon Heart Key was with me and thought he could take it away from me. As everyone knows, even if he kills me and gets the Dragon Heart Key, if he doesn't absorb three years of dragon energy from me, it will be in vain for him to get the Dragon Heart Key. "

"Father! Why do you want to tell Jun'er such a secret thing?"

Yan Yingjun was both confused and dissatisfied. Because knowing the top secret of the emperor's inheritance may not be a good thing, but will bring endless troubles.

Song Chen was even more confused. After all, Yan Yingjun is also a member of the royal family. Even if Yan Junyao passes the throne to her, it will not cause much trouble. But it is puzzling for him, the consort, to know about this.

Yan Junyao paused and continued: "Don't worry, Jun. I tell you and Song Chen this huge secret not because I am worried that Dashun will lose the throne. Mainly because I want to tell you that what Immortal Hong has in mind is not trivial. !

After thousands of years of reproduction, the kings of each empire have the Dragon Heart Key. It is only a matter of time before they want to give birth to their own complete Dragon Heart.

Yan Chongwei doesn't understand. He only wants my Dragon Heart Key. He didn't know it was sold to me. Then Hong Daxian wants to gather five Dragon Heart Keys!

With the five keys combined into one, the Tianqian Continent will fall into endless war, but he can ascend without going through a catastrophe!

The Heavenly Dao deprived the Emperor of Dashun of the way to ascend, leaving this backdoor.

The kings of the other four countries all knew this secret, but they also understood that it was a foolish dream to gather the five Dragon Heart Keys. Because to do this, the other four countries must be destroyed!

Normally, even if there are several masters in the late Condensation Realm, the other four countries cannot be destroyed. Not to mention the masters of the four countries, just the two war puppets owned by the four countries, although they are in the middle stage of the Condensation Realm, they have absorbed dragon energy for thousands of years. In times of crisis, they will merge into one, and their combat power can reach the peak of the Condensation Realm in a short time. Killing three or five late Condensation Realm is no problem.

According to my guess, this Hong Daxian must be from the royal family of the other four countries, or even the incumbent king of a certain country. He may have been planning for many years, not only our Dashun Empire, but also the other three countries are in his plan. "

Yan Yunyao's words completely overturned Song Chen's analysis and judgment.

The dragon veins of the four countries were newly bred. Their war puppets have been nourished by dragon energy for thousands of years, and now have terrible combat power. Even their refiner, Emperor Hongtian, may not know this.

In contrast, the two war puppets with Emperor Hongtian's divine consciousness are not in the dragon veins. Without the nourishment of dragon energy, they are the weakest. What's more, one of them was taken away by Song Chen.

Although he knew that no cultivators were involved in this matter, Song Chen did not feel relieved because he could not know the current situation of the other four countries. Judging from Hong Daxian's martial arts and weapons, he is most likely from the Great Shun Empire, or the king of the Great Shun Empire.

No wonder, The Great Shun Empire has the largest territory and a larger army than the other four countries, but it has always been in a corner. Although it has stationed millions of troops on the border of Dashun many times, each time it was just a lot of noise but little action.

Now I understand that they are not interested in the wine.

Hong Daxian must know that relying on the army to defeat the other four countries is both time-consuming and laborious, and may not succeed. Therefore, he took a different approach and established secret organizations in various countries, or won over ambitious people in the royal families of various countries, or used the underworld insects to obtain information about important people, or simply replaced some key people with counterfeits.

Song Chen had to admit that Hong Daxian's methods were indeed brilliant. Not only did it make it possible to seize the other four countries, but it also saved a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources, at least the time was greatly advanced.