Chapter 181 The Stars Descend

July fire, midsummer night.

Daqian Dynasty, Yunjing, Imperial City, Weiyang Palace.

Three steps, one sentry, five steps, one post, everything is as usual.

In the corridors and corridors of the palace, there are palace maids standing all over the place. Occasionally, there are also female officials and eunuchs coming and going. They all wear flat soft shoes and walk lightly.

The lights inside are transparent, and the heavy yellow curtains cover the room. The eunuchs all hold whisks in their hands and look intently. In the darkness of the hall, there are more figures appearing. They are the guards responsible for guarding in secret.

At this moment, a bright long lamp illuminated the room as bright as day, projecting two shadows that were reflected on the bright yellow heavy curtains.

"See Your Majesty."

A young man with a somewhat immature face, wearing a scholar's green shirt, bowed respectfully in front of him.

"It's Xie Qing..."

In front of him was an old man who was about fifty years old, with gray hair, wearing a golden dragon robe, and a majestic look between his brows.

He is none other than the current leader of the Daqian Dynasty—Emperor Yuantai!

Although he was over fifty, he looked old. After all, the average life span in the Daqian Dynasty was very short, only about forty. Even for a high-ranking emperor, over fifty was considered old.

"I don't know what your Majesty's orders were when he summoned his ministers, but your Majesty has nothing to do with the reform..."

"Haha, my dear, you are worrying too much."

The old emperor stood up, came to sit in front of Xie Yu, with a smile on his face:

"I summoned you late at night this time because I have doubts about some things. I have always heard that Aiqing is very knowledgeable and talented, so I summoned you to ask."

Hearing this, Xie Yu had some doubts on his face, but he still bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please speak."

"I have been reading a lot of ancient books recently and found that no matter in the past dynasties, there have been stories about immortals and gods, so I can't help but have some doubts. My dear, do you think these so-called immortals and gods actually exist?"

"If it exists, then why has it never appeared in the court? If it does not exist, then why have the legends of immortals been heard from generation to generation?"

Called late at night, don't ask about the common people, but ask about the gods...

Xie Yu's eyelids drooped, covering up the inexplicable emotion in his eyes, and he cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I foolishly believe that things about immortals and gods are just the imagination of ordinary people and cannot be taken seriously."

"Oh?" The old emperor seemed to be interested and asked with a hint of curiosity on his face, "Ai Qing thinks that these so-called legends of immortals and gods are all fake?"

"The legend of immortals and gods is a kind of spiritual sustenance for the people. It is a wish that cannot be fulfilled in reality. It can be realized through things in the dark. It is also the origin of the so-called immortals and gods..."

Xie Yu's face was as calm as water, and he talked about his knowledge of immortals and gods.

"...So, immortals and gods are essentially illusory and non-existent."

Finally, he concluded.

"I have always heard that Xie gave birth to a great talent, but when I saw it today, it turned out to be true." After listening carefully, the old emperor sighed and said with emotion, "You have such talent, you can be the prince's young master."

This sentence determined Xie Yu's future position.

"Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty, but..." After hesitating for a moment, Xie Yu said, "My mentor, Mr. Zhang..."

"Ms. Zhang has been with me for many years, how can I be that mean and ungrateful person?" The smile on the old emperor's face faded and he waved his hand, "You go down first."

"...Yes, that minister, please retire." Xie Yu was silent for a moment and then retreated.

"Do you think what he said is true?"

After he left, the old emperor, who was left alone in the empty room, suddenly spoke out.

"He didn't lie."

A voice came from the shadows where the light could not reach, and then, a man with a feminine face walked out.

He was none other than Eunuch Zhou, one of the two great innates stationed in the palace in the Daqian Dynasty.

"So that means there are no immortals in this world?" The old emperor's face was calm, and there was no hint of joy or anger in his tone.

Eunuch Zhou didn't reply.

"Without immortals, there is no immortality... So, the Taoist priest who claims to be able to refine the elixir of immortality by descending from the snow-capped mountains of Tianshan is lying to me?"

Eunuch Zhou still didn't reply.

"You should step back for a moment." Faced with this result, the old emperor seemed not surprised and waved his hand.

Soon, Eunuch Zhou took a step back and disappeared into the shadows.

The old emperor looked at the ever-burning lamp in front of him, with an uncertain look in his pupils.

If you want to extend the number of days, do you only want to take the longevity of heaven...

While the old emperor was thinking, a burst of exclamations suddenly came from outside, and then, in the palace that was supposed to be quiet, there were bursts of screams!

"W-what the hell?"

"It fell, it fell!"

"Go and report to Your Majesty!"

Xie Yu, who was worried, heard constant exclamations as soon as he walked out of the palace gate.

"What happened? How is it appropriate to shout so loudly?!" Xie Yu stopped the panicked guard and said in a deep voice.

"Heaven, heaven!" The guard was out of breath. He quickly broke free from his restraints and ran to the palace. "Go and report to Your Majesty!"

"Heaven?" Xie Yu was stunned when he heard this. He walked out of the palace and came to the empty square. When he looked up, he couldn't help but froze on the spot.

Because in his eyes, above the nine heavens, in the vast sky, against the background of the vast night, there was a little golden light at the position of the purple star. At this moment, it was so brilliant that it took away the bright brilliance of the stars in one fell swoop!

when!

when!

when!

The next moment, alarm bells rang in the huge Yunjing City, awakening countless common people and royal nobles.

They walked out of the room and saw this strange scene in the sky. They were so shocked that they couldn't speak.

Under such a change in the sky, no matter what their status was, no matter how they were usually divided into different classes, they were just ordinary mortals!

They could only watch a star in the sky brighten, and then turn into a stream of light that cut through the sky and fell down!

Faced with this strange scene, countless people couldn't help but exclaimed: "This, this is... the stars are coming?!"

"The stars are coming?!"

On a small road heading to Jiangling, in a carriage, an old hand stretched out, lifted the curtain, and looked at the scene in the sky.

"The variables are in Jiangling... Even the power that can change the stars in the sky can naturally change the world and create true eternal peace..." Zhang Zhiping gently closed his eyes.

Then, he opened his mouth again and said solemnly: "My dear men, we must speed up!"

"Don't worry, brothers, speed up!" The middle-aged man roared, and then galloped towards Jiangling.

And Xiaowu behind him, his pupils radiated excitement.

That night, the Daqian Dynasty, whether it was the royal nobles who were drunk in the music hall, or the displaced people in Qiandao, whether it was the horse-riding barbarians in the northern grasslands, or the wealthy families in the Jiangnan water town... all stopped everything in their hands and looked up at the sky.

No matter how important it was tonight, it was not as important as the scene happening at this moment.

Because on this night, above the nine heavens, there were stars coming down!