Prison Dragon

Chapter 148

The emperor in the Xuanzheng Palace is extremely majestic. Under Yang Shuo's rule, in just a dozen years, he has personally created a ruler who is wise and upright, enough to shine in the annals of history.

Years of fighting inevitably left many injuries on his body. Whenever the weather changes, Yang Shuo is often tortured and complains endlessly.

He was obviously such a brave and fearless person when he was fighting, why did he suddenly become greedy for life and afraid of death?

Ao Chen carefully examined the Son of Heaven. They had been together for decades, and watched this mortal change little by little.

He also couldn't tell when these small changes changed Yang Shuo into a different person inside and out.

Maybe he hasn't changed, it's just that time has worn away his appearance and revealed his insides.

"Every plant and every tree can become a refined immortal, so why doesn't the heaven allow people to seek longevity?" Yang Shuo asked rhetorically.

Ao Chen frowned puzzled, and said in a long silence: "The emperor can't, no emperor can enjoy long-term power and glory in the world."

"Gods can enjoy incense, why can't the emperor stay for a long time?"

Ao Chen didn't think through this question, and didn't answer for a while.

Yang Shuo smiled and said, "Look, you also think this is unreasonable, right?"

Ao Chen shook his head, "The way of heaven has its own reason, I just don't understand it for a while. Birth, old age, sickness and death are the constants of human beings. Instead of looking forward and backward, it is better to do the things at hand well. Didn't you want to build a new army last time..."

Yang Shuo raised his hand to interrupt him, and said impatiently, "I see, you should step back first."

Ao Chen stopped talking and left with a flick of his sleeves.

Yang Shuo suddenly shouted: "Yang Yan!"

Yang Yan pushed open the door of the palace, and asked in amazement: "How is your majesty talking with Dragon God?"

Yang Shuo's gaze stayed on Ao Chen's back for a long time, and he said calmly: "It's nothing, just step back."

……

The rain hit the banana leaves, and there were a few frogs croaking from time to time in the wet grass.

Yang Yan walked into the alley wearing a coir raincoat. This is a small tavern opened by the widow of a captain under Yang Yan.

The proprietress came over to take his coir raincoat, Yang Yan took off the bamboo hat, revealing a handsome side face, his eyes were already slightly wrinkled, he was not as vigorous and heroic as when he was young, but he was a little more stable after precipitation.

He shook the water off his clothes, and said to the proprietress, "It's still the old rule, I'll sit upstairs."

The proprietress smiled heartily, "The gentleman is here, and I let him go to the room you usually use."

As Yang Yan walked upstairs, he wondered who that young master was. When he opened the door, he saw Ao Chen in black sitting in the room, leaning against the window drinking and listening to the rain.

Yang Yan walked forward with a smile, "Why are you here?"

He and Ao Chen looked at each other for a moment, then stepped forward excitedly and patted Ao Chen on the shoulder, "Last time you had a quarrel with His Majesty, and it has been several years since you showed up. I thought you were back in heaven, and you were still with the princess Said that I couldn't send you off well."

Ao Chen stepped on the window sill with one boot, and said expressionlessly: "It's just to visit a few loose immortals in the world."

"So there are other gods, what do they look like?" Yang Yan asked.

"They are all gods who want to be disarmed, what else is there to see?"

Just as he was talking, Xiao Er brought up two catties of beef and a jug of good wine.

Yang Yan pulled Ao Chen to sit down and handed him a pair of chopsticks.

Ao Chen took a few bites casually and said, "I'll ask them why mortals can't become immortals."

Yang Yan's chopsticks stopped, and she looked up at Ao Chen intently.

Ao Chen said, "Heavenly Court never imposed any restrictions on mortals becoming immortals before. At that time, many immortals would accept disciples in the world, and there were many methods of cultivating immortals in the world. Many people became immortals through cultivation. Until later, many The young emperor began to ask immortals for medicines, and someone really offered immortal prescriptions."

"Is there really an emperor who has practiced it?"

Ao Chen nodded, "An emperor who will rule the world forever will never become Master Xihuang in the end. Power will inevitably be stained with personal will, which will become distorted and unrecognizable. In short, the world was very chaotic during that time, so the heavens later found him. An excuse to control all cultivation spells and elixir. Mortals are not allowed to practice to become immortals, but they have not completely cut off the way for mortals to ascend to the sky, and the glimmer of life they leave behind is-merit."

"Anyone who has made great contributions to the world and has accumulated to a certain level can be promoted to immortality depending on the situation."

Yang Yanquan thought that he had heard the anecdote, and said, "So that's how it is."

Ao Chen poured him a glass of wine, "Let's not talk about this, let's talk about you, last time Yang Shuo was going to train the new army, how is the training going?"

Yang Yan smiled wryly: "Your Majesty has not asked me to lead troops for a long time."

"Why?" Ao Chen frowned, "You are his brother, one of his own. If he can't trust others, why can't he trust you?"

Yang Yan's smile became more and more bitter, and he sighed, "It's just me who can't believe it."

Ao Chen nodded with a half understanding.

……

An indescribable sadness lingered in Yang You's heart. He wanted to see more, but unexpectedly, a chill rose from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. He couldn't stop trembling. Han Wang's memory was mixed with his own. Being together made it impossible for him to distinguish whether he was a wandering ghost watching from the sidelines during the Gaozu period or the real emperor during the Guangde period.

He opened his eyes forcefully, his shoulders seemed to be carrying a huge boulder weighing ten thousand catties, and he couldn't help falling under the huge force. He couldn't hold on for a while, his knees softened and he knelt on the ground, spurting a mouthful of blood from his mouth.

Blood foam splashed everywhere, infiltrating the patterns on the ice surface more and more vividly.

With trembling hands, he wiped his mouth with his sleeves, and a feeling of fear suddenly appeared in his heart. Even he couldn't explain why. He coughed a few times, and stood up and left the ice after the heavy pressure on his body slowly dissipated. room.

It was a deep night outside, he had a dull pain in his chest, he just got out of Ruyan's past memory, he couldn't adapt, he hurriedly avoided the palace guards, and went to the lake to look for Ao Chen.

The surface of the lake was as smooth as a mirror, and there was no sound in the depths of the dense forest, not even the cry of frogs and crickets. In the dead silence, Yang You rushed to the lake.

"Ao Chen?" He stood by the lake and called softly, with the salty taste of blood still in his mouth.

A wind suddenly blew up on the surface of the lake, and the water surface seemed to be continuously knocked by people, splashing countless water splashes, which condensed and formed in the air, and Ao Chenling, who was dressed in black, came slowly.

Yang You raised the lantern high, and a little orange light illuminated their faces.

One is gentle and elegant, and the other is cold and sharp.

As soon as Ao Chen landed on the ground, he took him to look around carefully, pointed to the blood stains on Yang You's chest and the corner of his clothes, and asked, "Why are you in such a mess? Was someone assassinated?"

Yang You moved his index finger and secretly stuffed some into his sleeve, "I just came out and coughed up blood, it's nothing serious."

"Go to the imperial doctor." Ao Chen took Yang You's hand and led him away without any explanation.

Yang You stood still, grabbed Ao Chen's sleeve, "Ao Chen, I have something to ask you."

Ao Chen nodded and led him to continue walking, Yang You hurriedly said, "It's very important, I can only say it here."

Ao Chen smiled, "Okay, you ask."

Yang You felt that his throat was stuck by the remaining blood, he cleared his throat first, grabbed the clothes in front of his neck and said, "You... about your contract, are you hiding a lot from me?"

He looked at Ao Chen expectantly, but he didn't get a negative response from Ao Chen.

Ao Chen stood in front of him, looking at him with heavy eyes.

Yang Youming nodded, his eyes were a little red, "I thought, at least you wouldn't lie to me about this."

After all, you need yourself to set Ao Chen free.

Ao Chen smiled, raised his hand to stroke Yang You's hair, and wiped away the remaining blood on the corner of his mouth for him.

"What are you hiding from me?" Yang You asked eagerly.

Ao Chen pondered for a while, "Actually, I didn't hide it from you. I have forgotten many things now."

"And before that? When I was young, when you first saw me," Yang You touched his chest and said, "You should remember a lot of things, why didn't you say it then?"

Ao Chen sighed, "Probably because you are still a child, so it is useless."

"Don't lie to me." Yang You threw himself on his chest, grabbed his clothes and said, "You know very well that I am the key to your contract."

Ao Chen smiled, "Then you won't release the contract for me because I kept it from you?"

Yang You was stopped by his question, "Although no...but you are delaying your freedom by lying to me."

Ao Chen kissed him on the forehead, "I didn't lie to you, I said I wouldn't lie to you."

"Also," he reached out and hugged Yang You to his chest, "Did you threaten me just now?"

Yang You saw Ao Chen's snow-white neck in front of him, he couldn't help but take a bite, "So what?"

Ao Chen said with a smile, "Idiot, he can't even threaten people."

He stood quietly holding Yang You for a while, and then slowly said: "I thought you had already guessed it."

"Guess what?"

"Whether it is the contract on me or the formation, it is related to the Yang family."

Yang You withdrew from his arms, looked at Ao Chen blankly, "I know this, you told me a long time ago."

"You still don't understand." Ao Chen said, "I guard the Yang family, not the world."

Yang You was stunned.

Ao Chen continued: "The only purpose of my dragon energy is to let the Yang family's throne pass on forever. No matter what the world looks like, as long as the Yang family's throne is stable. And the meaning of the world is..."

"All peoples."

His voice fell heavily on Yang You's ears.

"Without the Yang family, there will be civil strife for a few years at most, and then other people will lead the world to move forward. Rebuilding after destruction is always much easier than reforming on rotten roots, and it will be easier to do well."

Yang You seemed to understand, "So, once you loosen the formation that binds you, Qi will end immediately, right?"

Ao Chen said regretfully, "Maybe you were born hundreds of years earlier, and there is still room for turning around, but unfortunately there is no way to save it now."

"Of course." At that moment, Ao Chen's eyes seemed to be burning with a little fiery warmth, which was immediately covered by the black Shen Yuan, "You can not let me go, and then do what you want. I don't know if we can save Qi Guo , but at least the Yang family can stay on the throne for more time. It's just not too long."