Longevity Chronicles
Chapter 407 - 287 The Primary Meaning of Longevity Lies in Yang Sui, Tao Qian Finally Passes the 3rd Calamity (Part 2)

Inside the quiet room of Prince Ning Mansion, Tao Qian was silent.

Zhu Yong was gasping heavily, while Princess Bao Shou and her mother, Lady Xiang, were so shocked that they were rendered speechless. Although they hadn't looked into Zhu Yong's spirit memories, the scenes and sounds that spilled out during the process still terrified them, not knowing how to process this extremely frightening secret revelation.

After catching his breath, Zhu Yong slowly straightened up, adjusted his official's robe, and an authoritative aura that demanded submission naturally emanated from him.

The mother and daughter felt it most directly; they felt as if the wise and martial Heavenly Destiny Emperor had returned.

"Let my disciple nephew understand that previously, I was hindered by the ancestral decree, and that's why I practiced insincere compliance, allowing the corruption of the world to worsen."

"Now that I have died once and paid back the debt of blood lineage, from now on, I, Zhu Yong, will make a comeback to test my hands, repair the heavens' rift, and prevent its downfall."

"Since my disciple nephew is undergoing a worldly trial, why not join me, do something for the several billion people of this nation?"

No sooner had Zhu Yong finished these words.

A loud burst of laughter from the owner of the Immortal Fish Technique suddenly echoed in Tao Qian's mind.

The laughter was so intense that it made the fishline and hook tremble frantically.

"Hahaha... ridiculous, ridiculous, the Zhu family is indeed the most amusing."

"Cultivator from the Spirit Treasure Sect, you surely don't believe what this junior of the Zhu family has said."

"Zhu Yong is extraordinarily intelligent and very good at biding his time. In flourishing times, he could be a wise ruler; in chaotic times, he could certainly be a hero who starts a new dynasty."

"Those fools of the Zhu family didn't see through him, allowing him to pull off a 'Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell.' If you get fooled by him, thinking he is an enlightened monarch capable of preventing the downfall, beware of being thoroughly deceived."

"I know what you're thinking. You want to have Zhu Yong, in his capacity as the current Emperor, personally abolish the name of the Longevity Heavenly Dynasty, causing a disturbance in fortune, to strike at my Daoist Transformation Embodiment and escape from the hooked fish, right?"

"Let me tell you, if you allow Zhu Yong to do anything else, he might comply with you, only this one thing, he will not comply."

"If he does not comply, you and the Mountain and River Map will still face the inevitable outcome of being fished by me."

At this point, the owner of the Immortal Fish Technique briefly regained his sanity.

After a pause, he threw out one last proposition:

"Young man, being able to hold on for so long under the fish hook, few of your generation can compare with you."

"Out of respect for Duobao's face, I'll cut the fishline now and let this Daoist Transformation Embodiment be the stepping stone for your cultivation tribulation."

"You don't need to hand Zhu Yong over to me, just leave right now, how about that?"

At this point, being offered such favorable terms,

Tao Qian should have agreed.

However, he acted as if he hadn't heard, and after snorting disdainfully in his heart,

He ignored the words thrown by the Heavenly Destiny Emperor Zhu Yong and suddenly raised his hand to project a scene.

It was Yang Sui City's Ascension Platform, where the Thirteenth Prince, Prince Ning, Zhu Quan, was reciting the sacrificial text and declaring himself Emperor.

Tao Qian pointed to the scene and said directly to Zhu Yong:

"What you promised me before, the one thing I want you to do,"

"Is to appear on that Ascension Platform and, in your capacity as the Heavenly Destiny Emperor, publicly announce the abolition of the title of the Longevity Heavenly Dynasty…no, to put it more bluntly, the world makes no difference with or without an Emperor; beyond abolishing the title, you should also declare the abolition of the imperial system."

"Are you willing to do this?"

As Tao Qian spoke these words, Princess Bao Shou and her mother showed only surprise but no particular reaction.

But Zhu Yong, who a moment before had still been posing as a wise and martial ruler, dramatically changed his expression upon hearing this. He was about to burst into curses, but he quickly remembered the identity of the young Daoist before him and swallowed back his angry words.

Nevertheless, he immediately dropped his eager demeanor, saying dismissively:

"Disciple nephew, this proposal is rather rash."

"Do you understand the principle that managing a great country is like cooking a small fish? The world is so corrupt and in ruins that it should be gradually dealt with. How could you administer such a harsh medicine right away?"

"If disciple nephew truly wishes to save all people, why not follow by my side first, and we can have a good exchange of ideas."

Zhu Yong was patiently halfway through speaking but suddenly realized that Tao Qian in front of him wasn't listening to him at all.

His eyes were lowered, as if considering something.

His deliberation was false; reading the suddenly erupting Records in his mind was true.

Neither the owner of the Immortal Fish Technique nor Heavenly Destiny Emperor Zhu Yong knew Tao Qian's real confidence was not in his identity as a true inheritor of the Spirit Treasure Sect, but rather in his abnormal soul that had glimpsed great secrets multiple times.

This time, it still proved effective.

The act of Zhu Yong opening his spirit and proactively letting Tao Qian see his memories was actually very clever.

If it had been another cultivator, even ones like Brother Xuu Xun, Brother Yang Jie and others, they would probably have fallen for the Emperor's ploy.

They would think that this Emperor is indeed a wise monarch, who despite previous coercion, is still striving to save the world.

If one really wants to prevent the downfall and save all people,

Heavenly Destiny Emperor Zhu Yong!

Seems still a good choice.

It's a pity that Tao Qian is different, having touched him, how could any secrets be kept hidden?

[Name: Zhu Yong.]

[Record Type: Human World Emperor.]

[Record: This person has extreme intelligence and ambition, not only desiring to revitalize the nation, acquire great merit, and firmly believing himself to be the unique and wise Eternal Emperor destined by heaven; he further dreams of Longevity, even Undying, forever ruling over this vast territory. Therefore, from the moment he became conscious, he started plotting his cultivation path, causing the Taishang Master to owe him a karmic debt, which is the result of his hard efforts. Later, after learning about the ancestral secrets and the Alchemists, though initially willing, soon he realized that even as blood-sucking parasites, there are levels of superiority, within a dynastic family, only one ruler could occupy the majority's offerings, using them to ascend to Daoist Transformation; the rest of the Emperors could only pick up scraps and lick them, living in a pitiful survival.]

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