Inside a small city in Yanzhou, the Shadow King sat alone in the elegant room of a tavern, leaning against the window and quietly watching the flow of people coming and going in the street outside the tavern.
This seemingly young shadow looked at the hawkers hawking drinks, the women bargaining, and the young children running around, and could not help but have a slightly wistful look on his face, “What peace.”
Silently, three cloaked black figures appeared in the elegant room, led by a beautiful woman with interlocking sword marks on her brow, she looked up, and the figure of another appeared in her eyes.
“A king in the shadows, a rebellious va*sal intent on usurping the throne yearning for peace, how ludicrous indeed.”
Sword Girl did not say a word, but the Shadow King could see the figure’s lips twitching in his eyes, and a sound made by the vibrations of his divine thoughts came through the air.
The Shadow King did not show any expression at the sight in front of him, but gently lifted his cup of tea, took a sip and said, “When this king ascends to the throne, everything in Da Qian will belong to this king. Isn’t it only natural to want to protect what is yours?”
“Just like the current Northern Zhou ——”
The Shadow King pointed out of the window, “Isn’t it true that you love and protect Northern Zhou even though it has now become your possession? A lion always values its territory to the utmost and does not allow any animal to run wild, as do you and I.”
“Unfortunately, the Great Qian is not yours today, nor will it necessarily be in the future.” Qing Yu said with a snicker.
“Even if you get the Great Qian, in the end it will just be a tattered mountain and river. Perhaps the Northern Zhou of that time will be able to counterattack the south and unify the world once again.”
“It can’t be done,” the Shadow King shook his head gently, “The Blood Demon Sect wants to set off a killing spree and recreate the glory of a thousand years ago. The Heavenly Demon Palace also wants to bring forth the most fierce heavenly demons and wants the world to be in chaos.
The people of the Nine Heavens also want to use the robbery to induce the robbery, and many parties will join forces to advance towards one goal.
“Oh? How come it seems that the Shadow King is not enthusiastic about the affairs of the Nine Heavens?” The voice of the vibrating divine thoughts could not be heard with joy or anger, and the Sword Princess possessed by Qing Yu did not make any expression to reflect it.
“Would you be enthusiastic?” The Shadow King asked rhetorically.
He gently drank poorly again, “You and I have not even reached the Supreme Power now, and we are still far from breaking through to the Dao Realm. If we are enthusiastic now, won’t we be doing the graft for those people in vain? Would you want such a result?”
The Dao Realm is desired by everyone, and it is for this reason that the people of the Nine Heavens have gathered. But if it were possible to trigger the Great Tribulation and break through the restrictions immediately, there would be those who would not want to do so.
In the current world, even counting the people of the four domains, there are only twenty or so strongest people at most, not more than thirty. Of all these people, there are probably not more than a handful of people who have reached the top and are certain of breaking through.
Even if the restrictions of heaven and earth were broken through, one would have to reach the peak of the Tong Shen first.
“Among the Nine Heavens, there aren’t actually many people who are bent on only pursuing the Dao realm. Or rather, they aren’t that eager. This is the reason why progress has been lukewarm over the years. We are all the masters of the major powers in this world, so how would we first shatter the world for a goal that is not urgent?”
The Shadow King gently raised his hand and poured a cup of tea for Qing Yu, “The most urgent ones are only the Jun Tian and the Changing Heaven. The Jun Tian path has come to a head, while the Changing Heaven ——”
The Shadow King smiled heatedly, “Have you noticed? Changing Heaven’s current body ——”
“Qiao Baixuan’s body,” Qing Yu took control of Jian Ji’s body and settled down, “Changing Heaven has been wearing that dark blue cloak of Qiao Baixuan’s, it’s really vicious.”
Taking over his apprentice’s body and wearing his apprentice’s cloak all the time, this wicked fun of Old Man Timeless Life, Qing Yu didn’t know what to say.
“However, what we want to talk about today is not the matter of the Nine Heavens, right?”
The silhouette in Jian Ji’s eyes seemed to grow a little larger, or more like move outwards a little, seemingly walking out at any moment, “Shadow King, shouldn’t you give me an explanation for your help with Xuan Fa?”
This fellow, the Shadow King, was indeed a good talker and had unknowingly sidetracked the topic. However, Qing Yu was also a proficient talker with a deep heart, and would not follow his meaning so easily.
“Let’s be straightforward,” the Shadow King finally stopped beating around the bush, “Among the Shadow House, this king gives you enough status, second only to this king, any resources and manpower, you can mobilize. However, you also need to help the king in some matters, such as eliminating Department Six, or rather, eliminating those who oppose the king in Department Six.
If you and I were to ascend to the throne, we could be said to have control of the entire Central Plains, and with this huge human and material resources, you and I could become the most powerful and advance to the Dao Realm in a matter of days.”
The terms offered by the Shadow King could be described as extremely tempting. If both sides really took control of the Northern Zhou of the Great Qian, although they could not say that they were the only ones in the world, with this huge power, the human and material resources that could be mobilised were beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
But this is just a big pie. If the Shadow King wants to usurp the throne, he has to get past the Great Qian royalists. There are many powerful people in the court of the Great Qian, several of them are not weak, and the “Number One in the World”, Pei Dongliu, is also not an easy match.
The most important thing is that there has always been a powerful man hidden in the imperial family of Great Qian, who is said to be the son of the Great Qian Great Ancestor Ji Muqing.
It is said that this strongest man has received his kung fu from the dying Ji Muqing, and his power is profound and unpredictable.
However, his strength is real strong, at least Qing Yu and Shadow King can’t reach it. After all, even if he was injured, that was still the strongest person.
“Don’t draw a big pie, you and I both know that thing is still far away. But to let me rule part of the Shadow Tower’s forces, you are willing to do so.”
“Power is ultimately an appendage, the only thing that is fundamental is great strength,” said the Shadow King, “Why do you think this king has been able to pull in so many Tong Shen, it is not because this king knows what they want.”
The Gods are not lacking in everything, they also have things they want. For example, Kong Hangkong, the Huan Yu Blade Monarch was pulled into a thief’s boat by a shattered Huan Yu Blade, and he hasn’t even jumped off yet.
The Shadow King, a guy whose skills in both politicians and businessmen could be said to be on point, was able to stop his losses quickly even if he had offended Qing Yu by placing bets on both ends before.
“Yes.” Qing Yu nodded gently.
For now, the two still had the same interests. Department Six, as well as Dragon Tiger Mountain and the like, were both common enemies of the two. The Shadow King also saw this as the reason why he had the confidence to join forces.
As for the matter of the Nine Heavens, neither of them mentioned it again, but what should be said had been said, and for the remainder, the two had their own tacit agreement.
“High five for an oath.”
“Slap slap slap -”
The two palms struck three times in quick succession, the Shadow King was full of smiles and the silhouette in Jian Ji’s eyes was also smiling, but it was unknown what the two really thought.
There was still a long road ahead, and they still had to walk on to see what would happen.
