coobybook Chapter 252: Reborn?
Chapter 252: Reborn?
Heaven will not interfere with anything done by these gods, but the world is so small, and maintaining a force requires a lot of resources. These forty-nine gods will constantly fight with each other to ensure that they have luck to eat. It is difficult to kill gods before their lifespan is consumed, so if you want to kill a god, you must first destroy the forces under his command. As long as you destroy the opponent's forces, the god's own strength will enter a weak stage, and you just need to tie him up and slowly wear out his lifespan.
When a god becomes weak to the point of being on the verge of death, the Heavenly Dao hidden in the destiny will appear and reap the god's luck. After devouring it all, the Heavenly Dao will throw out the destiny again and wait for the next god to die.
In this era, there are countless countries, large and small, among human beings, but there are only forty-nine that can truly be called dynasties, because they all have gods behind them to support them. Some gods will supervise the government themselves, but most gods are not good at management. They will appoint a suitable emperor to manage the country on their behalf, and they themselves will live in seclusion behind the scenes and generally will not show up unless the country is destroyed.
The real name that Zagreus replaced was Fengji. Fengji was a prince of Nanzhao. Nanzhao was a very small country and was considered a vassal state of the Longyuan Dynasty, but Fengji was still a prince. However, he had no intention of the throne. After the death of the old king, he served as king for seven or eight years and then abdicated to his younger brother Fengqi. After that, he devoted himself to seeking the truth, but he was lucky and was favored by destiny by chance. However, he also knew that the tallest tree in the forest will be destroyed by the wind, so he waited for the destiny to come and went directly back to his own country.
After he discussed with his younger brother Feng Qi who became the king, the two of them worked together secretly and really made a name for themselves. First, they gradually broke away from the influence of the Longyuan Dynasty. Later, Feng Ji had the support of a country, and his cultivation speed also improved by leaps and bounds. After he broke through to the Lianxu Hedao stage, the Nanzhao Kingdom naturally became one of the forty-nine dynasties.
It's a pity that although his younger brother Feng Qi was extremely brave, it was easy to found a country but difficult to defend it. After Feng Ji stopped caring about worldly affairs, the situation of Nanzhao Kingdom governed by Feng Qi was hard to describe. Under the calculations of other dynasties, he listened to the instigation of flatterers and killed many officials loyal to the court. Feng Ji was also a fool and was dragged down by the gods of the Longyuan Dynasty, which eventually led to the fall of Nanzhao Kingdom and its swallowing up by the Longyuan Dynasty. However, Feng Ji's life was not over yet, so he could not be killed. But because Nanzhao Kingdom was destroyed and its strength was greatly reduced, he was seriously injured by the gods of the Longyuan Dynasty and sealed in the underground palace.
Zagrous was also lucky. When he arrived, Emperor Feng had just died, and his entire existence was swallowed up by the Heavenly Dao. However, the praying mantis of the Heavenly Dao did not get any good results either, as it was caught by the oriole Zagrous.
Looking at Fengji's life, Zagreus could say that it was a life of cowardice. Other gods, at least, could extend their lifespans after their own 500 years were used up. But Fengji was suppressed before his own 500 years were used up. The two brothers believed in the Longyuan Dynasty, but they didn't know that they had been calculated against. Nanzhao had long been infiltrated by the Longyuan Dynasty. His brother, who was the king, did not die on the battlefield in the end. A master of refining the spirit and returning to the void finally died at the hands of his own concubine.
But now that Zagros has come, he will naturally not let his life be so depressing anymore. If he wants to devour this world now, he must first deal with the other gods. Before, they were hiding in the past, and Zagros could not find them. Now with Fengji as an anchor point, he can naturally locate the world hidden in the past.
Zagreus came to the bank of the River of Time again, looking at the timeline floating up and down in the river. His body shrank instantly and turned into a stream of light and dived into the River of Time.
The moment Zagros entered the world, he felt his whole body tighten. This was the suppression of the chains of civilization. He did not expect that the human atmosphere in this world was so prosperous. However, in order to obtain other fragments of the origin, he could not explode the gods to blow up the world. He could only choose to suppress his strength to the stage of refining the spirit and returning to the void. However, the destiny belonging to Fengji in his hand has disappeared. It must be that the time for that destiny to appear has not come yet. He remembered that this destiny was obtained by Fengji in the ghost market of the Longyuan Dynasty when he was in his twenties. It was hidden in a banned book of immortal mythology at that time. It should be now that Fengji is thirteen or fourteen years old. It seems that the old emperor has not passed away at this time.
As the space and time around him stabilized, Zagreus felt a slight sense of weightlessness. Before he could observe the situation around him, he felt himself being pushed. Then he heard bursts of children crying beside him: "Brother, brother, people outside say that father is seriously ill. Is he going to die?"
Zagreus had just received Fengji's memories. This was when the old emperor was poisoned and bedridden. The Nanzhao Kingdom was considered the strongest among the vassal states of the Longyuan Dynasty. It seemed that it had long been suspected by the Lord of Longyuan. After all, the emperor of Nanzhao was an existence who had refined Qi and transformed into spirit. His physique was about to break through the realm of refining spirit and returning to emptiness. He was no longer affected by cold or heat, and was immune to all diseases.
A month ago, the old emperor suddenly fainted while attending court, which scared all the court officials. After waking up, the old emperor's health became worse day by day, and the people in the Imperial Hospital were helpless. However, the news that the emperor was seriously ill was able to spread quickly among the people despite heavy blockades. Obviously, someone was fanning the flames.
Now even his ignorant brother knew that the old emperor was dying. He didn't know what the rumors were saying among the people. Zagreus pushed away the crying Fengqi. Although he was now in his original form, to outsiders he looked like Fengji. Fengqi looked at his brother who suddenly became a little cold. He thought he had done something wrong, so he stopped crying and stood by sobbing.
Zagreus felt a little funny when he saw the strong man who could tear tigers and leopards apart in the future, but now he was a child with snot bubbles running down his nose and acting coquettishly to his brother. But then he remembered the rapid decline of Nanzhao Kingdom in the hands of this guy, and his unclear face, so he immediately called the attendant beside him.
"Go, deliver all the books in my study to the Second Prince. From now on, his daily playtime will be reduced by half. Also, tell the Grand Tutor that from now on, everything the Second Prince knows and learns must be consistent with mine!"
Feng Qi, who was standing aside at this moment, suddenly felt like a bolt from the blue. His twitching stopped instantly. He didn't know why half of his usual playing time was gone just because he was acting coquettishly. When he thought of the serious and old-fashioned look of the Taifu, his nose suddenly felt sore and he ran out with a "wow".
"This... Your Highness, this is a little inappropriate!"
Eunuch Li, the prince's attendant, was a little hesitant. You know, as the heir to the throne, the prince naturally learns differently from the other princes. Suddenly, the Second Prince has to learn knowledge that only the prince can learn. If he does this beyond the rules without the emperor's consent, he will lose his head.
"Just do it if you ask me to. I will explain to my father myself!"
Eunuch Li wanted to dissuade him, but Zagreus took a step forward and disappeared from everyone's sight. Eunuch Li's pupils shrank immediately and he exclaimed: "Refine the spirit and return to emptiness!"
Eunuch Li himself was at the level of Refining Qi and Transforming into Spirit, but when he suddenly saw that the child he had raised since childhood had actually reached the level of Refining Spirit and Returning to Void, he immediately panicked, and then hurriedly called the other servants around him: "Quick! Go and find the general to enter the palace!"
No matter how loud the commotion was in the East Palace, Zagreus took a step and came directly to the door of the old emperor's bedroom. At this time, the guards at the door saw the sudden appearance and immediately drew their weapons and shouted, "Who is it!"
When the guard saw that it was Zagreus, he asked hesitantly, "Your Highness?"
Zagreus said and was about to move forward.
The guards dared not let him go, so they could only stand in front of him and said, "Your Highness, His Majesty is resting, please..."
Before the guard finished speaking, the door to the bedroom suddenly opened from the inside, and a young eunuch in purple clothes walked out. He gestured for the guard to leave, then bowed to Zagreus and said, "Your Majesty has ordered that the Crown Prince come in and have a chat!"
After saying that, he took the initiative to move aside, and the guards breathed a sigh of relief. Zagreus paused slightly when he passed the purple eunuch, "You are very interesting!"
The purple-robed eunuch froze when he heard this, but he immediately reacted and said, still bending over, "Your Highness, you are joking. Don't keep His Majesty waiting."
Zagreus did not point it out and walked in alone. The purple-robed eunuch wanted to follow him in, but for some reason he did not act. After closing the door, he stood outside alone without saying a word. No one knew what he was thinking.
Zagreus smelled the smell of medicine in the room, frowned, and waved his sleeves. All the windows were opened in an instant. At this time, the emperor leaning on the dragon couch opened his eyes and carefully looked at the familiar yet strange person in front of him. After looking for a long time, he finally said: "I don't know who you are, although in my memory you are Fengji, but... you are not him!"