Mo Xi was suddenly stunned when he heard these words!
He remembered that he had met Murong Chuyi in the school before, and smelled a familiar smell on him. At that time, he didn't remember what it was. But at the moment Murong Lian said this, he suddenly realized that it was the very similar scent of life like a dream.
"Murong Chen," Murong Lian said faintly. "There is a sentence you may not like to hear… But time is also fate. Being born in these times, you must face internal and external troubles, instead of thinking about how to turn everyone into an obedient person by devious ways."
"Yes, Chonghua is full of rubbish and useless things. It's really annoying and upsetting. But if you don't have the ability to wash the sand in the waves, you can only ban every mouth and turn everyone into a puppet without consideration. That is the real end of Chonghua."
A minister stepped back and shook his head in disbelief. "Jun, Jun? Is that true?"
"Is this really not an exorcism, but a pill to control people's hearts, as Wangshu Jun said…"
After a while, he said, "Even if you can't believe me, you should always believe in Pharmacist Jiang."
"Pharmacist Jiang has been in Chonghua for so many years. You know what kind of person he is. He doesn't care about me. However, if you think that Pharmacist Jiang is going to make you all into good living puppets together with me," the emperor spread his palm indifferently, "then return the pill to the pharmacist. No one is forcing you to take it."
"..."
The ministers looked at each other and exchanged glances.
They were not sure who they should believe for a while. They also knew very clearly that if what Wangshu Jun said was true, once the medicine was taken, the emperor could easily control their actions.
But what if it was not?
If Wangshu Jun spoke out of other purposes and wanted to trap the emperor?
If they put the medicine down now, it will undoubtedly tell the emperor that they were on the side of Murong Lian. In the case the judgment was wrong, it was almost impossible to ask for pills again.
When they were tangled inside, they heard the emperor coldly say, "Today, Liaoguo drives evil beasts to rain down heavy fire, and spread miasma in war all over Chonghua. He spent all his time thinking hard to solve the problem, but he had dirty water poured all over him by Murong Lian. It doesn't matter to me. You can believe it if you want to."
Then he turned his head and said, "Jiang Fuli."
"En?"
"Take back all the pills that are not needed. You don't have to give them to everyone."
"Yes."
On hearing that the emperor wanted to take back the pills immediately, some people were in a hurry. Some nobles who did not trust Murong Lian stood up. They jumped out, pointed at Murong Lian and said, "What are you crazy about?"
"Murong Lian! You have always been extravagant and arrogant. You are so rotten that you take life like a dream. How shameless you are to fall on your head!"
"Isn't he such an unscrupulous man? At that time, what kind of despicable tricks did he use to beat Xihe Jun in the school competition?"
When some people heard this sentence, they then turned their eyes to Mo Xi. " What do you say it is, Xihe Jun?"
But Mo Xi did not answer these noisy people. He had been frowning, staring at Jiang Fuli.
"Xihe Jun..."
Mo Xi still didn't speak. Just when they thought Mo Xi didn't intend to make a statement, he suddenly opened his mouth.
He said to Jiang Fuli, "Pharmacist Jiang, is there a large amount of zhenxin grass in Murong Lian's pipe? You know it best. Why don't you do a field test?"
Murong Lian looked back at him. "What do you mean by that, Mo Xi? This surnamed Jiang is actually Murong Xuan's running dog! You're asking him to test me?"
Mo Xi said, "Pharmacist Jiang has been in Chonghua for so many years. I don't think he is as you said."
"Mo, you --"
Even Gu Mang pulled him and whispered, "Mo Xi, it's wrong for you to do this..."
But Mo Xi gently broke away from Gu Mang's hand, went straight to Murong Lian, raised his hand, and took the pipe. In Murong Lian's angry gaze, he handed it to Jiang Fuli. "Pharmacist Jiang, please check it."
Jiang Fuli was silent for a moment, took the pipe, took out a few wisps of tobacco from the tied pouch, and examined it carefully in his hand.
The lights and candles in the hall were dim. From time to time, the light and shadows were shaking because of the wind. All the people's eyes were focused there. Jiang Fuli carefully examined Murong Lian's tobacco.
Because of this, Mo Xi finally confirmed it in his mind. At the moment Jiang Fuli raised his head and wanted to speak, a straightforward snake whip suddenly coalesced into his hand, then suddenly turned into a sword which he placed at Jiang Fuli's throat.
The ministers did not know why there was a sudden change. Startled, they asked, "Xihe Jun?"
"This, this..."
Jiang Fuli also narrowed his apricot eyes and asked, "Xihe Jun, what do you mean to do?"
Mo Xi said coldly, "Pharmacist Jiang. Are you not night-blind in your left eye?" The people: "…"
Yes, yes… Wasn't Jiang Fuli blind at night in one eye!?
Mo Xi said, "Pharmacist Jiang, you used to wear a single glass lens to see things at night. Now, are you going to tell me that you have been blind for many years and suddenly recovered? Or are you going to tell me -- "
He paused, and the sound of his voice was so cold that it dropped into ice.
"You are not Jiang Fuli at all?"
Jiang Fuli had night blindness, and the condition of that night blindness was very special. Even if a lamp was on, his left eye would not be able to see clearly at night. He had to wear a single glass lens to see normally.
Jiang Fuli's face changed slightly. After a moment, he said, "What's so strange about wandering around and curing my own disease? Is it necessary to specially support Xihe Jun and not make a sound?"
Although he argued so, all the people were suspicious. Jiang Fuli had been in
Chonghua for so many years, and his night blindness had never gotten better.
How could such a clever thing happen to be cured at this juncture?
But Mo Xi said, "Oh? Congratulations to Pharmacist Jiang."
Jiang Fuli brushed his sleeve and snorted coldly.
"Just one thing I still want to ask Pharmacist Jiang. The pharmacist went to see Gu Mang before and said that there was a patient who was similar to Gu Mang and had a mark on his shoulder. Do you know what the mark looks like?"
"..."
The hall was silent like death, only the flowing sound of the leaking water echoed.
Mo Xi waited for a long time. Seeing that he didn't answer, he coldly said, "You are so forgetful."
Under such a strange dialogue, other people could not help asking Jiang Fuli about some things that were known only to them and Pharmacist Jiang in the past. Jiang Fuli's face became worse and worse under the pressure of the crowd. Mo Xi's ShuaiRan sword was still against the tip of his throat. He could feel that Jiang Fuli's spiritual energy was becoming more and more unstable in this chaos, and even tended toward…
Tyranny.
Mo Xi suddenly swept the sword back, and said in a sharp voice, "Be careful!"
Some people were slow to respond and could not avoid it. Mo Xi raised his hand and placed several barriers. Almost at the same time, a dazzling and piercing silver light splashed out at the position where Jiang Fuli stood. The strong spiritual energy was like a new wind outside the great wall and hit the barrier wall with a terrible bang.
"This… What the hell is this?"
"Monster! It's a monster!"
A roar which tore out from the core of white light penetrated through the roof tiles and went straight to Xiaohan! The roar of the evil beast was full of spiritual power. Some of the weak and the elderly intuitively trembled in their chest and ribs. Some of them fell to the ground, while others spat out a mouthful of blood.
Murong Lian was also bleeding from the corners of his lips. He slowly retreated to Mo Xi and Gu Mang. He took a look at Gu Mang. Facing Gu Mang's blue eyes, he was embarrassed. He turned his eyes to see Mo Xi, frowned and asked, "What is this?"
Mo Xi stared at the shadow which became more and more clear in the swirling white energy, and said, "It should be the blood demon beast we captured for him."
As soon as the words fell, it seemed to confirm his conjecture. The strong wind swept the ground and the torrent exploded. The roof tile of the Jinluan hall was pierced with a big hole. The palace people screamed to avoid it. In the torrent of the falling sand, white light rushed out of the roof and turned into a huge beast with a strong beard and golden drum under the dark night sky!
It had an eagle beak and dog body with wings spread out. Where the wind and thunder surged, the air sounded with heavy thunder. Its eyes were glaring. Its dark pupils were like a pair of shining mirrors. Through the broken eaves tiles, it reflected on the faces of the different people who were at the banquet. Someone screamed, "Yes, it's the blood demon beast that rains!!"
"Isn't that the evil beast of Liaoguo!?"
As more people responded - they looked back, their eyes full of blood in horror with a look of madness at the man on the throne.
The emperor of Chonghua, Murong Chen, was sitting calmly in a high position just as before. The light from the storm stirred by the blood demon beast was bright in his dark pupil. He looked at the ministers with a smile on his lips.
There was a response, "Is there a voice… Is that you?"
"Emperor..."
"Murong Chen! The magic rain before in Chonghua was you!? It has nothing to do with Liaoguo! You wanted to make us desperate to take your exorcism pill! This, this evil animal is something you cultivated!"
The voice of cross examination was like the sea tide, and the emperor had a slight smile. There was a kind of suppressed madness on his pale and handsome face.
He overlapped his fingers and said, "I have given you a chance to be good and obedient. I've been waiting for you for many years. If you don't cherish it, you should not blame yourself for being arbitrary and exclusive."
"Murong Chen!! You are crazy?!! Liaoguo still uses demonic cultivation curses to fight against outsiders. As the emperor of a nation, you only want to make the subjects obey you. You do not hesitate to refine a blood demon beast to kill the people of your country, cheat the subjects to take your medicine, and drill them into your trap one by one?! You - how vicious you are! To be a king in vain…"
Suddenly, the truth came to the surface. All the nobles and dignitaries present could not help burning with anger and splitting the corners of their eyes.
"You're a fool!"
"Worse than a beast!"
Murong Chen sneered, "What! Do you want to force the palace?"
"Do you still want to sit on the throne after you have done such absurd things, mending tricks for your own sake and killing the people?"
"Murong Chen, you don't deserve to be emperor!"
"It's up to you to say whether I am or not." Murong Chen chuckled and licked his lips. The eagle looked at the wolf. "If you want to change the world, let's see if you have to have the ability to do it."
Then he lifted his fingertips and said in a deep voice, "Jingchen, these officials are difficult to train. Kill the anti-thieves!"
The beast, which he refined with the remnant soul of the blood demon, made a neighing sound in the night sky. In an instant, the clouds gathered, the sand and rocks flew, and the electric light surged wildly. It suddenly turned into a thousand swords of light and fell towards the hall!!
For a moment, the only sounds heard were the breaking of bricks, tiles splashing, and countless swords of light falling like hail. The practitioners below were in a hurry and angry and opened arrays to defend themselves against it. But the blood demon beast was too fierce. Even if it was just a strange beast refined by a remnant soul, it was still invincible.
"Father!"
"Lord!"
Quickly, there were too many variables. Some old nobles were not diligent and lacked practice. At this moment, they couldn't deal with it at all. Instead, they were directly penetrated by blood demon's sword qi and died violently on the golden palace. In the hall, there was wailing and a lot of sobbing.
"Open the array! Open the barrier!"
"Who will save my father!! Wuwuwu..."
"This demon is so powerful that I can't hold on..."
The rubble fell, the sword light went down, and there was no escape. A child was sitting next to the corpse of his father. Seeing that he was about to be stabbed by the second wave of sword rain, Gu Mang suddenly rushed out of the barrier——
Murong Lian was shocked. "Hello?? Do you want to die!?"
However, although Gu Mang's spiritual power was damaged, his body techniques did not fall. He picked up the child and quickly swept back. That is to say, when he dodged into Mo Xi's barrier formation, the demon beast Jingchen launched the second sword rain attack. The child was lucky and saved, but more people were not so lucky.
Jingchen's second attack was more fierce and violent than the first. Many people could not resist the attack, and the defense boundary was broken. Blood was splashed everywhere and their eyes were not closed.
In the bloodbath, Mo Xi turned his head and looked at the emperor.
In the face of this sudden massacre, Murong Chen, the emperor of Chonghua, did not have any waves on his face. It seemed that such a situation had been practiced in his mind thousands of times. It was as if the people were really like bamboo warriors, just pieces that could be thrown away and discarded at will. The heavily quenched demon beast Jingchen was still setting off more casualties. The blue light in Mo Xi's palm condensed. Staring at the emperor, he ordered in a sharp voice:
"Tuntian, come forth!"
The scepter, accompanied by the whale's roar, broke out of the sky and became a powerful martial weapon.
The whale of Tuntian appeared, and it leaped with its huge tail was swinging. Naturally, it became a barrier that covered the whole Jinluan hall. Jingchen seemed to be afraid of the spirit of Tuntian. Countless sword lights were quickly recovered and gathered in the sky to form into the figure of the eagle-winged dog. It screamed, threatening and yelling at the spirit of the whale, but leaped up in the sky and did not dare to fight easily.
Under the protection of Mo Xi's Tuntian, all the people in the hall gasped for a moment. Some of them fell down and gasped for breath, while others rushed to their relatives with tears interwoven. Some even hated each other. They thought that they would go up and kill Murong Chen without regard or care.
"Murong Chen…"
"Dad! Whoa, whoa! Father!!"
What was disturbing is that Murong Chen had no fear or surprise in such a reversal of the situation. He turned his eyes with a creepy calm look and dropped his eyes on Mo Xi. A moment, the corners of his lips formed into a faint smile.
Murong Lian narrowed his eyes. "What are you laughing at?"
"I'm laughing at Xihe Jun's ability. He has been gifted since he was a child. His power of Tuntian is really enviable," Murong Chen said slowly.
"It's you, Murong Lian. Why don't you think about it? Do you think you'd be the only one to be used as a puppet test? No, I'd use it on you only if I didn't already know and tried to use it."
"Before I tried you, I had the only pill left by Shen Tang in those years. It was made from the seeds of the eight-petaled bitter flowers of the demon family. I used it to make a puppet pill that could stay dormant in in a person's heart for a long time. Ten years ago, I chose a man who was strong enough to hide the medicine in his body. If he encounters today's accident, I will wake up that medicine and let him immediately lose himself for my own use.
"..."
Suddenly, a sense of coldness in the bone marrow rushed up from the sole of the foot and flooded the whole body.
"Who do you think I would use it on?"
Almost all people's sight fell to the other side of Mo Xi. Even Mo Xi's own face changed.
Murong Chen still calmly sat high on the throne and lightly said, "This is the worst-case scenario. I didn't think I would finally have to do so."
As he said this, he raised his fingertips, and suddenly a fire broke out.
The light leaped in the depths of his black pupil, and the emperor was staring at Mo Xi, who was protecting the hall. His lips and teeth were slightly buckled, and he said a few words: "Red puppet, disperse!"