break the way [comprehension]

After Du Ziteng left, he did not return directly to the secret realm, but turned around and headed towards the majestic palace in the center of Yuandu.

Jian Ze couldn't help asking: "You went to see Duke Ding, why didn't you give him the seeds and other things? Now...do we still have to enter the palace?"

Du Ziteng went to Song Mingjun first because he had traveled all the way, whether it was rumors or secret talks, all showed the power of the other party. Du Ziteng just wanted to find a more comprehensive and reliable source of information first, and make some judgments by the way.

It was difficult for Du Ziteng to describe to Jian Ze the scene when he and Xiao Chen met the duo, or to describe his last subtle distrust of the Duke of Ding. His knowledge of Song Mingjun did not come from Due to these rumors and hearsay, Du Ziteng has actually observed and tried it, and Du Ziteng believes in his own judgment. Yuan Guo's move is of great importance, and Emperor Yuan... After all, he is more at ease.

There are many restrictions in the palace, but for ordinary people, for a few cultivation worlds, a few invisibility talismans and divine movement talismans can solve everything.

However, among the mortal warriors, there are also some innate masters, and they are keenly aware of what is looking at them, which makes Jian Ze and others restrain their contempt.

The few people passed through the forbidden palace all the way to the center where the candles were heavily lit, and Du Ziteng vaguely felt that the messenger talisman he gave that day was there.

In this palace, there are ten steps and one post outside the main hall, which is heavily guarded. Du Ziteng and the others had to go around the side door to enter, but as soon as they entered the main hall, a conversation made Du Ziteng stunned:

"Ahem... Zitong, you have worked hard, go back and rest earlier." The voice of the speaker was weak, but in just two sentences, he was coughing so hard that his lungs were piercing.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Although the female voice was panicked but not flustered, as she ordered in a low voice, those who delivered medicine, those who delivered water, and the imperial physician, all the attendants in the hall stood up one after another, but if it wasn't for these few people The cultivator has outstanding hearing ability, and he never expected that there are so many people in the hall. Presumably, they must be well-trained and used to this scene, so they can be so orderly.

It was already two quarters of an hour after everything subsided, Du Ziteng and the others couldn't suddenly show up in the midst of so many people just now, so they had to stay in a corner of the hall.

I just heard the female voice softly persuaded: "Your Majesty, how can you finish all the troublesome things for a while? You have just recovered from a serious illness, so you must take care of the dragon body first... The people in the world are still pointing to you for protection..."

The man's voice seemed to be weaker after coughing: "It's okay, I know what's going on in my body, and now a lot of waste is waiting to be done. Since Qingzhou is eight hundred miles away, I will approve the paperwork and then rest. Zitong, you go back first. Bar."

The female voice said angrily: "A few days ago, when you were lingering on the sick bed, how did you promise Duke Ding? Is this just the right time for you to renege on your promise? You are the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, and you can't just keep your promises."

This Gongming was persuading by acting like a baby, but it brought an indescribable anxiety and bitterness.

But the man said after a long silence: "I see, Zi Tong, step back."

The woman hesitated to speak, but the words were no longer the tone of a husband and wife, but a response between a monarch and his ministers. The woman had no choice but to endure the worries and grievances in her heart, and bowed heavily and left the hall.

In the dark night, when the stars hang high, the female phoenix rides the phoenix, and there are many attendants missing in the hall. For a moment, there is a sense of emptiness and darkness, only a suppressed cough accompanied by a figure at the desk jumping on the window lattice.

Du Ziteng couldn't help but walked over, and then froze in place.

He didn't expect that even though he hadn't seen him for several years, Song Mingjun had the charm of the years, but he didn't look old, but he could see the inner beauty, and the little prince of the year was actually decadent. Si!

I saw this emperor in the world with frosted temples as old as an old man. At this time, he was crouching at the desk to review the memorial, and when there was no one around, there were deep sorrowful wrinkles on his brows, as if he had never shown his face. Calculating his age, he was obviously a few years younger than Song Mingjun, but his back was stooped and he looked prematurely aging.

Du Ziteng sighed softly, and Emperor Yuan raised his head suddenly when he heard the sound, and Du Ziteng met a pair of radiant imperial eyes.

Then he said with a smile: "Should I call you Xiao Shizi or Your Majesty now? Haha, long time no see."

Emperor Yuan's always dignified face showed an uncontrollable smile: "Mrs. Xiao!"

In this smile, it seemed that the innocent and kind little son of the day could be vaguely seen, asking Du Ziteng to forgive him for a title that would have made Du Ziteng furious.

Then Emperor Yuan smiled and said, "You are the only one here? Why don't you see Mr. Xiao? Oh, look at me, please sit down!"

Du Ziteng saw that his gait was a little vain when he got up, and he couldn't help being even more surprised - even for an ordinary mortal of his age, this Emperor Yuan's health was too poor, like a candle in the wind.

However, Du Ziteng smiled slightly, and pushed him down on the original seat. Du Ziteng was really afraid that he would fall to the ground after getting up, so he said immediately: "I have a few companions who came with me, Xiao Chen has other business."

Emperor Yuan had seen the abilities of Xiao and Du, and he was not too surprised when he saw Jian Ze and others coming out from behind the scenes.

It's just that the noise finally alarmed the Huaxiu Imperial Forest outside the palace, and the Emperor Yuan dismissed these loyal personal guards with just a few words, which shows that he has accumulated a lot of prestige on weekdays.

Time is ruthless, maybe even the softest things will adapt to the cold and ruthless hard throne after bleeding and scabbing and leaving scars and calluses after a long time.

Du Ziteng put aside these exclamations, and only explained the purpose of his visit in a concise and concise manner: "I came here because of natural disasters in several countries around me. In this matter, we are also responsible. If today's disaster has subsided, I am here today to deal with the aftermath."

Emperor Yuan only listened carefully to Du Ziteng's statement, even though his body was weak, but when he listened intently with such a calm face, he could not conceal the majesty of the emperor: "I don't know how your Excellency can help the people of the world?"

Du Ziteng pondered and said: "I have three methods, you can choose one according to the situation of the Yuan Kingdom. The first method, we can provide the grain that the Yuan Kingdom needs for a hundred days, and help you overcome the current difficulty of being out of stock; the second method, Now it's spring plowing, we can exchange the stored grain for seeds and agricultural tools, the third method, let's talk about strategic cooperation."

Emperor Yuan asked calmly, "What is strategic cooperation?"

Du Ziteng got up and said with a smile: "I'm afraid you should have vaguely guessed the origin of me and Xiao Chen."

Emperor Yuan was silent for a while before slowly saying: "Haike talks about Yingzhou..."

Du Ziteng shook his head, "No, no."

Emperor Yuan raised his head in surprise, but he heard Du Ziteng say: "The so-called Abbot Yingzhou's talk about overseas fairy mountains, are you just thinking about immortal immortals? But we are not, or...we are just cultivators walking on this road Is there any cultivator who really achieved immortality in the end, to be honest, even if he has practiced till now, I don’t know, all I know is that the power among cultivators is truly overwhelming.”

What Du Ziteng said made Jian Ze and the others change their expressions. They didn't expect that, as a cultivator, Du Ziteng would reveal his background to a mortal... This, this, this is a big taboo in the cultivation world!

Unexpectedly, the Yuan Emperor not only did not seek immortality and turning stones into gold like those whimsical means that Jian Ze and others thought, but after careful consideration and weighing, he said: "Even if you are not a god, you and Mr. Xiao are not ordinary people after all. , where did the so-called 'cooperation'... come from?"

Du Ziteng stared at Emperor Yuan and said, "Actually, I've always been curious about a question. When you guessed that Xiao Chen and I were not mortals, what were you thinking?"

Emperor Yuan was stunned, but he knew Du Ziteng's flying and daring talking style, and recalled: "First I was afraid of awe... Then I was envious and admired? And then..." He looked at Du Ziteng with a slight smile and said, "It doesn't matter. I only have my family, country and world in my heart, as long as you are thinking of the people of my Yuan Kingdom and can help the common people, it doesn't matter where you came from?"

The sick and vicissitudes of the emperor in front of him is just an ordinary person, but when he said these words indifferently, even Jian Ze and the others felt an indescribable shock. The Dao is the pursuit of almost all monks, but the mortal in front of him would say that it doesn't matter... But if he compares the Dao of Longevity with what this mortal said about the common people, Jian Ze and the others couldn't bear the slightest dissatisfaction.

They traveled all the way, and it is obvious to all how difficult the situation of the Western Wilderness countries is. The order of the Yuan Kingdom is not the result of this king lighting up his own weak fire of life to illuminate this country?

Du Ziteng was in a daze for a while, then turned his head and said, "Since you can accept the fact that we are cultivators so calmly, how about letting your country fully cooperate with our sect of cultivators? I can come up with a lot of other technologies, such as increasing food production so that every hardworking people will no longer be hungry? There is also the law of laying roads so that your Yuan Kingdom extends in all directions, so that people in the north can taste the food in the south. Melons and fruits, can the people in the south taste the food in the north?"

Du Ziteng's simple description already made Emperor Yuan's heart beat faster, Jian Ze and the others seemed to be able to faintly hear the excited heartbeat.

But after he was silent, he looked directly at Du Ziteng and said, "So, what do you want from my Yuan Kingdom?" Then, his voice was as cold as iron: "I will never repeat the same mistakes as my uncle did in order to live forever. If you want to refine the Iron Armored Army and the supernatant, there is no need to talk about this cooperation!"

He has seen many swords and swords in the past ten years of military campaigns to stabilize the country. He is no longer the naive and soft-hearted Prince An. How could there be pie in the sky for no reason?Ask for what you give!

Although he has friendship with Xiao and Du, he will never easily shake the position of the king of a country because of this. If the price is as heavy as before, why would he sacrifice everything he cherished in the past to overthrow his uncle on the throne? The Grim Throne?

"What do you get from you?" Du Ziteng laughed, and then said word by word: "I hope you can be as clean as you are, and people are thicker than things."

Emperor Yuan was completely perplexed. Du Ziteng didn't seem to be covering up, but had a calm attitude, but is this even more strange?What he said seems to be only related to Yuan Guo's vision, so what benefits can cultivators get from it?

As if hearing the doubts in Emperor Yuan's heart, Du Ziteng smiled mysteriously: "With the labor force, there is a future."

The same is true in the world of mortals, and it is also true in the world of cultivation.