Seeking the Tao in the Mortal World

“The West Savage Kingdom is going to fall?” In the palace of the South Li Kingdom, Mang You was laughing with all his soldiers, “You really lost your sanity.”

Facing the ridicule, Li Qinglin’s smile remained, “There are not only 2 kingdoms in the world. There are many big countries on the mainland, and their kingdom power is a hundred times stronger than yours and mine. I’m afraid you barbarians have forgotten about it.”

The soldiers of West Savage Kingdom were still laughing, but Mang You’s smile gradually faded as he realized something.

Li Qinglin said slowly as if educating his subordinates, “Our southern landforms are complex and the roads are rugged. If the big kingdom in the mainland wants to invade us, the roads are difficult and transportation is inconvenient. It will be a waste of manpower and material resources to conquer us because of the lack of resources in our kingdoms. There was once a big kingdom that sent its army to us. As a result, we submitted and rendered tribute to solve the matter. After that big kingdom had fallen, our South Li Kingdom still exists and became an independent kingdom again. This is the reason South Li Kingdom has lasted for thousands of years.”

Having said this, Li Qinglin looked at Mang You with pity, “You barbarians have just risen less than a hundred years ago, with a poor culture and a shallow history. I’m afraid you don’t know the truth behind it. Do you really think that a stronger country does not exist?”

Mang You didn’t get angry, and his expression gradually became serious, “Are you… colluding with the mainland powers?”

“The north is now the Qian Kingdom.” Li Qinglin rested his hand on the armrest of the dragon chair and smiled leisurely, “A month ago, I-Emperor sent an envoy to submit as a vassal… Well, it’s actually not a vassal. I’m granted the South Li Emperor title by the Qian Kingdom. They even sent a lot of gifts to express their kindness to us.”

“I can’t believe that you, Li Qinglin, are willing to humble yourself and become a vassal!”

“So you are just a general, and I’m the emperor.” Li Qinglin said leisurely, “Politics does not care about face, only about results.”Nᴇw ɴovel chaptᴇrs are published on ɴovᴇl(F)ɪre.ɴet

“The result is that the Qian Kingdom doesn’t even send a single soldier to protect you?”

“I also wish they could come… But the road is inconvenient, and it is winter. Of course they can’t send an army. If they don’t want to send thousands of elites to defend me, there is nothing I can do.” Li Qinglin smiled and said, “But it’s not that there are no other ways… They don’t want to defend the city, but sending a vanguard to the West Savage Kingdom is a little different in nature. After all, you and I are interested in conquering a kingdom, let alone Qian Kingdom Emperor.”

Mang You was shocked, “So it’s really your trap to open the border to us! So that you can hold us in the South Li Kingdom!”

“Of course it’s a trap. Would I, Li Qinglin, be such a foolish emperor that no one wants to be loyal to? Why would they defeat the enemy and lead the enemy all the way to the capital? Even the dumbass general knows something is amiss. Mang Zhan has no brains, and neither do you, Mang You?” Li Qinglin said with a smile. , “Now the West Savage Kingdom has mobilized all its troops deep into the South Li Kingdom, leaving your kingdom undefended. I wonder how much havoc can the Qian Kingdom’s vanguard do…”

The expressions of all the West Savage Kingdom’s soldiers changed.

Mang You said sternly, “It’s alarmist. If that’s the case, why didn’t you let the Li Fire Army defend this city? Instead, you sent them all to Hengshan County while you wait for your death here?”

Li Qinglin shook his head with some regret, “If that’s the case, you return to force the Qian Kingdom’s vanguard to retreat or you also become their vassal. In the end, the situation remains unchanged. You will come back next year, so what’s the use? I want to settle this situation once and for all. “

Before he finished speaking, a hail of arrows launched from outside the palace gate, turning all the soldiers Mang You had arranged to guard outside the gate into hedgehogs. The palace gate was shut.

At the same time, a fire suddenly broke out in the entire palace. The square turned in a flame sea instantly, engulfing both Li Qinglin and Mang You.

Li Qinglin laughed loudly in the fire, “Your West Savage Kingdom’s strongest Bloody Army and you experienced generals will die here. The West Savage Kingdom is doomed. South Li Kingdom just lost an emperor who indulged in cultivating. Princess Royal and Li Fire City’s elites are alive. As long as she is not stupid, your West Savage Kingdom will of course fall instead of the South Li Kingdom!”

The West Savage Kingdom army didn’t even care about what he was saying. They swarmed toward the gate in chaos, but how could they break open the gate with this little time?

Mang You’s body turned cold.

I’m afraid that even if the Qian Kingdom wanted to send troops to defend the city for him, Li Qinglin would refuse. He is clearly using himself as a bait. He trades his own life with the fate of the entire West Savage Kingdom!

He roared angrily and struck the battle ax at Li Qinglin with flames on his body.

Li Qinglin crossed his spear to block. Both of them were swallowed up by the flames at the same time.

“My life is short, so it is a pleasure to have so many warriors of the West Savage Kingdom die for me.”

In the midst of the blazing flames, Li Qinglin looked calm and seemed not to feel the pain of the flames burning his body. “I forgot to tell you that this fire is the blazing flame array of your Dong Huazi. When he plundered the blazing stones, the people of South Li Kingdom were filled with resentment. Now these stones are finally put into good use, which is worthy of the South Li Kingdom people.”

No one bothered him at all. The flames quickly burned through everyone’s body. Everyone rolled on the ground. The screams echoed through the sky, covering up Li Qinglin’s sounds.

Mang You’s ax dropped to the ground. He rolled on the ground in pain. He used his last strength to ask Li Qinglin, “Since you ascended to the throne, you have been indulging in cultivating tao. Was it all a scheme?”

Li Qinglin silently inserted his spear into the ground and closed his eyes, “No, it was… real.”

“Boom!” The palace collapsed, and the sky was dyed red.

…

Ming He looked at the firelight over Li Fire City, and she thought of the conversation she had with Li Qinglin a few days ago.

“You really don’t want to tell Qingjun about your plan?”

“Qingjun knows that it is impossible to agree. It will be troublesome if he has to die with Li Fire City.”

“Then… I told you the origin of the jade pendant. Why didn’t you send anyone to look for it? Instead, you gave the jade pendant to Qingjun?”

Li Qinglin was lost, looking at the carved dragon on the beam. After a long time, he slowly said, “I was worried and wavered. I was greedy for power and wanted to live forever… I was not as great as I once imagined. When I found that I couldn’t refine even a trace of immortal aura according to Qin Yi’s code, I even got extremely angry, beat and scolded my concubines, and whipped the palace maids to death – Maybe I’m just a mortal, and I even have the potential to be a tyrant.”

Ming He looked at him quietly.

“But Miss Taoist, people are so strange… One day, when I woke up, I felt clear and clear as never before… I knew that not only I couldn’t be saved, South Li Kingdom was actually also hopeless. It was rotten to the core… If we have a few years to slowly change things around, there may be a chance, but the West Savage Kingdom won’t give us this time. They won’t even wait for spring. They will definitely invade this winter.”

Ming He still listened quietly.

“In such a short time, let alone Qingjun, even if I was not cursed, South Li Kingdom would not be able to survive this disaster. My previous lofty ambitions were just wishful thinking and self-deception.” Li Qinglin smiled, “So what should we do? Wait for the West Savage Kingdom to invade, perish after a bloody battle, and become a lamentable episode in the history?”

Ming He finally said, “What I’m asking is why you don’t go find the owner of the jade pendant, not about your plan.”

“Because I don’t want to look for it anymore.” Li Qinglin said with a smile, “If I die, I die. How can people be truly immortal? Instead, I have found my original intention.”

“What is it?”

“No matter how many achievements I made, I will end up in the tomb. If that’s the case, why did I want these achievements in the first place?”

Ming He shook her head, “I never understand why you people want these achievements.”

Li Qinglin’s eyes were a little strange, “Miss Taoist’s sect is extraordinary. Maybe some people in your sect have achieved immortality? But they live in cave houses, hidden from the world and unknown to others. Compared with the people who shine in history and are admired by all generations… Who has achieved the true immortality?”

Ming He was startled for a moment and remained silent.

“Everyone has their own ambitions. I’m afraid there is no answer to this question.” Li Qinglin laughed again, “Qingjun loves to seek immortals. If one day she can let go of the shackles of the South Li Kingdom, that jade pendant will be her guide, so I won’t use it. But if Miss Taoist sees Qin Yi in the future, please pass a message to him for me.”

“Please say.”

“Well… He is a friend worth making friends with. I feel very sorry that he has to work so hard for nothing this time.”

Ming He asked curiously, “That’s it?”

“No… I once told him that ‘I’d rather believe that the Monkey King was dead than accept the Monkey King who swept the heaven with a stick crossed his knees and became a Buddha.” Li Qinglin said slowly, “Please tell my friend that although I have wavered, I did it in the end.”

Looking at the fire in the sky, Ming He remembered the divination she had made when she first met Li Qinglin at Zhang Family Villa.

The dragon fights in the wild, and its blood is black and yellow.

He was not fighting Dong Huazi or even the West Savage Kingdom. From beginning to end, he was fighting against immortality.

TL: He really did it…

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