Chapter 216 The Emperor's Star Is Drifting and the Moon Is High (Update)
"Report! The thieves have already appeared in the capital. The Wuyan Dao, Tianyin Sect, and Miaojiang Gu Clan are abducting people to form a wave of corpses, and are pressing towards the palace!"
"Report! The Xuanwu Gate was attacked by the northern barbarians, the Wuzong, and the Beggar Clan using giant eagles, and the entire army has been destroyed!"
"Report! The Xuanwu Gate has been broken, and the corpse wave has entered the palace city!"
One after another, spies came to report and elaborated on the situation outside the Forbidden City.
Above the Chengtian Gate, a dense crowd of officers, soldiers and generals stood together, and at the core was an old eunuch with a proper expression.
"I didn't expect it to happen so quickly."
The old eunuch looked ahead expressionlessly. It was obviously a midsummer night, but inexplicably, he felt a hint of coldness.
Surrounding him are the elites he selected from thousands of people, each of whom has reached the innate realm and has also practiced the inner alchemy method passed down from the old emperor.
Although he is not as good as those who opened the way, his combat power is already comparable to that of ordinary people.
And not far away, there are also several practitioners who have traveled far in the inner alchemy method to guard here.
Under the Chengtian Gate, there was a 10,000-strong Beijing army, wearing armor and equipped with sharp weapons, including catapults, eight-bow crossbows and other weapons with terrifying lethality.
As for why there are no strong men who can only open one line, if it is the prime of the dynasty, it is still possible, but in the last years of the dynasty, when the hearts of the people in the world are almost lost, how many people will be sacrificed by the court.
Not to mention, the person who pioneered the way was an outstanding figure throughout the ages. Money, power, and status were easily available to them. What could a down-and-out court do to attract their loyalty?
Therefore, in the imperial court, the only person who could truly create his own path, apart from Yu Fu, who used the human elixir method, was the eunuch who was originally a powerful person in the innate realm and had been guarding the old emperor.
At this moment, the old eunuch stood on the city gate and looked down, only to see tens of thousands of troops arrayed in formation.
The soldiers are all in the acquired state, the generals are in the innate state, and the core characters are those who have practiced the inner alchemy method given by the old emperor.
In the past, this would have been enough to pacify the entire world and wipe out a million soldiers in one battle. But in the face of all the powerful forces in the world joining forces, can they hold on?
"The Tianyin Sect, the Wuyan Dao, the Wuzong, the Beggar Clan, the Miao Gu Clan, and even the Northern Barbarians... Your Majesty, these forces have joined forces. Can we really withstand it?" the old eunuch murmured.
"Of course I can't stand it. You are just abandoned children."
"who?!"
In the night, there seemed to be a chuckle. The old eunuch was startled and asked subconsciously.
"Father-in-law, what's wrong?" asked the general standing by.
"Did you hear anything just now?" The old eunuch looked around for a week and found nothing unusual, so he asked quickly.
"Voice?" The general looked at his subordinates, who all shook their heads, "No."
"Is it an illusion?" The old eunuch frowned and wanted to say something, but the next moment, a military report came quickly.
"Report! The tide of corpses has arrived in front of our army and is about to meet!"
"Pass His Majesty's will and prepare to fight!" The old eunuch said with a gloomy face.
However, what he didn't notice or subconsciously ignored was that right next to him, a figure was striding away.
He was dressed in black, and under the bright moonlight, he cast a shadow on the ground, passing by the officers and soldiers, and walked leisurely towards the center of the imperial city.
But the strange thing is that everyone present seemed to ignore or ignore him, allowing him to pass through the heavy defenses and break into the palace as if he was in no one's land.
When he entered the palace, he did not go straight to one place. Instead, he wandered around the palace as if aimlessly.
It stands to reason that in the palace, the lanterns should be like flaming trees, with hundreds of branches shining brightly, making everything look like daylight.
But the strange thing is that at this moment, everything is dark. Occasionally, a few lanterns light up in the courtyard palace.
The light of the lit lantern shrouded the space, projecting figures hanging one after another.
The figure dressed in black stepped into it, and saw maids, slaves, and even concubines, but they were wearing white silk ribbons around their necks, hanging in the air, and some fell to the ground, with blood flowing from their mouths, and their faces turned purple. Apparently he was poisoned!
And in the center, there is an old woman who is still graceful and noble even though she has silver hair. She is the queen of the dynasty, but at this moment, she is also lying on the phoenix chair, lifeless.
The figure in black, that is, Lin Chen, couldn't help but sigh slightly when he saw this scene.
"Since I passed down the inner alchemy method, some people are extremely talented and have created a path of their own, vowing to have great power attributed to themselves, and become transcendent; some people are immersed in illusions, deceiving others and themselves, trying to find a way out of the ethereal world. The path to immortality; some people are willing to lose themselves and their lives for the sake of the common people in the world, just in exchange for eternal peace..."
As he said that, Lin Chen looked at one side: "And some people, for the sake of longevity and strength, kill everyone who opposes them, even the people next to them and the blood of their closest relatives."
As he spoke, Lin Chen raised his legs and walked straight to one side.
Passing through the numerous Zhuhu chair doors, passing through the splendid hall, and finally came to a main hall.
In the main hall, there were many people sitting or standing, and in the center, in front of the figure wearing a yellow robe, was a row of burning pill furnaces.
"Many times, the reason why a person is a person is not because he has wisdom, but because he was educated by civilization after he was born, and he has knowledge, morality, etiquette, conscience... Only then did human nature slowly emerge from animal nature." Looking at this scene inside, Lin Chen said softly.
In the hall, the old emperor stood in front of the alchemy furnace, and Yu Fu held a pill and presented it to him.
"Hehehe, good!" The old emperor's face was distorted with excitement, his old and skinny body couldn't stop trembling, and his mouth twitched, "My son is really good, and he sent me such a longevity elixir!"
Then, he directly grabbed the pill and swallowed it.
The next moment, the old emperor's body was full of vitality, his dry and bent body slowly became rosy and straight, his gray hair faded, showing a black and shiny luster, and the wrinkles on his face quickly decreased, turning into a middle-aged look.
After a while, he changed from a drooping old man to a strong middle-aged man!
Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs, but the old emperor actually ate his own cubs to prolong his life!
Lin Chen looked at this scene, with no expression on his face, and said lightly:
"Humanity is the most precious thing for a person, and it is also the most precious wealth of a civilization. It is precisely because of its existence that humans can suppress the beastly desires in their bones, make all kinds of extraordinary undertakings, and create a brilliant civilization..."
A faint voice sounded in the hall, but the old emperor, Yu Fu, and even other people seemed not to hear it.
"Hahahahaha!" On the contrary, looking at his own appearance in his prime in the bronze mirror, the old emperor laughed loudly, and was so excited that he almost went crazy.
For this step, he didn't know how much he paid, killing countless people who opposed him, and even sending his own prince into the alchemy furnace, and finally came to this day.
Now it seems that everything is worth it!
"As long as I keep eating, my son, grandson, great-grandson... my descendants will be endless, and I will be immortal!!!" The old emperor's pupils were covered with a faint blood color, and the madness in his eyes was almost uncontrollable.
"Next, it's power." The old emperor murmured, and then looked at the princes and grandchildren who fell to the ground.
"I have raised you for so long, it's time for you to repay me?"
"Father, spare my life!"
"I just want to serve you, nothing else!"
"Grandpa, grandson, I don't want to die, I don't want to die!"
"Don't worry." The old emperor showed a kind smile on his face, "You won't die, you will just be with me forever."
Then, he waved his sleeves fiercely and sneered: "Refine the elixir!"
The next moment, Yu Fu took out pills from different elixir furnaces one by one.
This was a human pill made by the people of the royal family who hunted down those who practiced the inner alchemy and opened a way to the underworld.
Taking it can forcibly plunder the cultivation and abilities of others, but it will also cost a great price.
At this moment, the princes and grandchildren took the pills, and their faces turned pale, vomited blood and scattered gas, and some were even shocked by the remaining spirit inside and became crazy.
However, at the same time, the power in these pills was further purified and integrated into the human pills practiced by the princes and grandchildren, forming a nearly pure power.
Obviously, the old emperor used these princes and grandchildren as filters to help him avoid the cost of taking this pill.
"You dictator, a tyrant, don't you fear that the world will spit on you! Have your conscience and morality been eaten by dogs!" A prince completely tore his face and cursed madly.
"Conscience, morality? These are just things used to restrain people. Using these things to restrain oneself is really a joke."
At this moment, whether it is the old emperor in the hall or Lin Chen who was walking outside the hall, the corners of their mouths were slightly raised, revealing a strange smile.
The audible voice and the inaudible voice echoed in the hall at the same time.
"And when I remove morality, conscience, etiquette... these things that people in the world have bound me, and abandon those so-called human nature..."
"And when a person loses morality, conscience, etiquette... indulges in his inner desires and madness, and abandons those so-called human nature..."
At this time, Lin Chen came behind the old emperor, and under the blazing fire of the alchemy furnace, a shadow was projected on the ground. The figures of the two seemed to overlap at this moment.
The next moment, the two raised their heads together and looked at the blazing flames in front of them. The light intertwined, as if intertwining the two figures into one!
At this moment, they said in unison:
"I am God!"
"He is the devil!"
Yu Fu and the eunuchs guarding the side saw this scene, their faces changed drastically.
Because in their eyes, under the light of the fire, the old emperor who swallowed a large number of human pills was surrounded by strange phenomena, as if a god had descended to the world.
But the shadow cast on the ground by the fire was distorted at this moment, and black shadows stretched out from the body, as if hair was hanging down, and the head suddenly became flat and long, and it seemed that a long...tail stretched out from the body? !
"This..." Yu Fu and the eunuchs guarding the side stared blankly at the scene in front of them, stunned.
If the old emperor on the ground was like the god in the sky, then the shadow cast from the ground was like a weird and ferocious--
demon ape!