novelaction Chapter 33 Assassination of the Emperor
Chapter 33 Assassination of the Emperor
The Qingyun Fruit rolled out, and the arena fell silent.
Qin Wu looked at the Azure Cloud Fruit on the ground and began to tremble inexplicably. His face was pale, and he subconsciously looked in the direction of the Third Prince!
Beside him, Li Lan spoke leisurely: "Lord Qin, at the Qingtian Ceremony, it's one thing for you to make false accusations and slander the General Zhenguo, but how could you throw such offerings to the immortals on the ground? Such disrespect...isn't that inappropriate?"
Upon hearing this, Qin Wu realized what was happening and immediately knelt down before Emperor Xianxian!
"Your Majesty, I...I was deceived by others. I was truly loyal. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
In just a short while, his back was soaked with cold sweat, and large beads of sweat rolled down his nose!
He kowtowed repeatedly, his heart filled with extreme fear.
He wasn't incompetent; the moment he opened the box, he knew...
He's finished!
But he just couldn't understand why, why...
Emperor Xianxian glanced coldly at Qin Wu, a flash of disgust crossing his eyes. "I have already granted a general amnesty, yet you still dare to drop the celestial objects that I offered to the heavens onto the ground... You have committed such a capital offense of disrespecting the immortals, an unforgivable crime! Guards, take him to the death row and execute him in the autumn!"
He will be executed after the autumn harvest!
These words shocked all the officials.
Emperor Xianxian probably didn't care whether he had framed the General Zhenguo.
But he accidentally dropped the Azure Cloud Fruit on the ground... This could be fatal!
"Your Majesty, spare me! Your Majesty, spare me!"
Qin Wu screamed in agony, and the guards beside him immediately stepped forward and dragged him away!
Li Lan bent down and gently picked up the Qingyun Fruits, putting them back in the box. He then asked the emperor, "Your Majesty, these Qingyun Fruits are covered in dirt. What should we do with them?"
Emperor Xianxian glanced at it indifferently and said, "I will grant it to you."
This time, all the officials in the court collected this item, so there must be some left over. Once it lands on the ground, it will become unclean and definitely cannot be used.
He simply gave it to Li Lan.
Upon hearing this, Li Lan was overjoyed, but remained calm and immediately bowed, saying, "Thank you for your great kindness, Your Majesty!"
He took the Qingyun Fruit and retreated back into the ranks of the ministers.
Everyone who saw this had a complex expression, filled with emotion and envy!
"Lin Zheng has actually found such a son-in-law. From now on, he will have an ally in the imperial court..."
Why is Li Lan so favored by the Emperor?
"Does this person possess some kind of sorcery?"
I don't understand!
Among the crowd, the Third Prince's face was extremely grim.
His fists were clenched, and the murderous intent in his eyes was almost uncontrollable.
He and Mr. Zhu had prepared two deadly moves: one was to steal the Azure Cloud Fruit, and the other was to investigate the cheating in the imperial examinations.
Any one of these actions would have been a capital offense for Li Lan and the Lin family, yet Li Lan is now unharmed and even enjoys the emperor's favor...
Mr. Zhu, standing nearby, turned pale and took a long time to recover. He looked at Li Lan from afar, his eyes filled with disappointment.
He... lost.
The crucial point is that, to this day, he still has absolutely no idea how Li Lan managed to do it...
"No... there's one last trick up our sleeve! The overall balance of power will remain unchanged!"
He spoke softly, as if encouraging himself, but a sense of fear and doubt inexplicably arose in his heart. Was there really no problem or flaw in his other backup plan?
After being defeated by Li Lan repeatedly, he inexplicably became somewhat insecure!
……
The offering of fruit has been completed.
Emperor Xianxian finally stepped forward and walked onto the five-colored altar.
At the center of the five-colored altar was an ancient stone tablet. The tablet was very mottled and covered with moss. The carvings and inscriptions on it had long been illegible due to the passage of time. However, Emperor Xianxian seemed to regard this stone tablet as a supreme object.
He held three incense sticks in his hands, bowed deeply to the stone tablet, and then took out a beautifully framed prayer tablet and burned it in front of the stone tablet.
He began chanting ancient and complex incantations.
The entire place was deathly silent, everyone waiting in silence. To Li Lan, this scene was somewhat eerie. The emperor, the current Son of Heaven, was behaving strangely like a sorcerer, and the most powerful people in the world dared not utter a sound.
Suddenly, as if sensing a change, a certain halo appeared in the space, and Li Lan looked sharply at the stone tablet.
A yellow light suddenly appeared on the mottled ancient stone tablet. The yellow light changed in a variety of ways, and the originally clear sky was suddenly filled with flashes of lightning, which was extremely astonishing.
"A celestial being... is really about to descend?"
"How could this be!"
"That stone tablet is said to be a relic left by immortals. How could it emit light in broad daylight and attract lightning? Could it be that an immortal is really about to descend?"
For a moment, everyone was horrified.
Fairy!
Ever since Emperor Xianxian sought immortality and enlightenment, this term has been known to everyone in the world. But how many people truly believe in the existence of immortals? Most people just think that Emperor Xianxian was deluded and that the path to immortality is nothing but a mirage!
Even the greatest martial arts masters only live a little longer than ordinary people, and will eventually die. Is there any way to live forever in this world?
But the scene at this moment is inexplicable by common sense!
Even Li Lan was deeply shocked.
Does the concept of immortality truly still exist in this world?
Even though he had some guesses and premonitions in his heart, what was happening now was still beyond his understanding.
"A celestial being descends! A ...!"
On the altar, Emperor Xianxian seemed to have gone mad. He knelt before the stone tablet, waiting and watching in vain. He even cut open his wrist and poured the liquid onto the stone tablet.
Suddenly, the lightning and thunder in the sky intensified, and the clouds collapsed for thousands of miles, creating an extremely astonishing celestial phenomenon.
A brilliant yellow light shone forth, and within the stone tablet, a blurry figure seemed to appear, uttering only a few ethereal and distant words:
"...Insufficient dragon blood...Fate remains unchanged..."
The figure flickered a few times before disappearing, and the yellow light gradually subsided, restoring the clear and bright sky.
"No, it's impossible!"
Emperor Xianxian stood up and roared, "I am the true Son of Heaven, the true dragon of this era! Why, why is my blood not enough to break that seal, to break that shackle? This heaven and this earth should be ruled by me alone, by me alone!"
To witness the immortal's presence yet fail at the last moment, to prepare for countless years yet never meet him—this was utterly unacceptable to the Emperor of the Immortal Realm!
"I want to become an immortal! I want to become an immortal! Hahaha, I want to become an immortal..."
The emperor, who looked down upon the world and commanded the fear of all his officials, was now both crying and laughing, as if he had lost his mind!
And at this very moment—
"Kill! The true dragon has appeared; the old dragon must die!"
"The tyrant is wicked and should be executed! The true dragon has appeared; the old dragon must die!"
"The true dragon has appeared; the old dragon must die!"
Suddenly, a huge roar erupted from among the prisoners, and dozens of figures rushed toward the altar at great speed. The surrounding guards were caught off guard and could not react in time. Even if there were one or two experts, they were helpless at this moment!
The assassins finally revealed themselves and began their ultimate objective—
Assassinate!
Among the crowd, the Third Prince Li Guan, whose face was gloomy, finally let out a slight breath and the corners of his mouth turned up!
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