I said with a faint smile, "I'm tired of being a pawn, that's why I want to be a player."

As Zhu Xiaoyu was about to try to persuade me further, Ren Xiaotao outside shouted, "Li Po, can you not be so arrogant?"

"What qualifications do you, or the Two Realms Hall, have to be a player?"

"My Reincarnation Division alone can easily crush the Two Realms Hall."

"The Commander is showing you forbearance because you… you are an ally. Do you think the Commander can't get out of this Wuxian Town on their own?"

I spread my hands and said, "In that case, leave!"

"Ren Xiaotao, shut your mouth!" Zhu Xiaoyu stared at me without blinking and said, "Senior Brother, I'll ask you one last time, are you really going to insist on your own way?"

I said in a deep voice, "I'll tell you one last time, my decision will not change."

"If you don't want me to leave Wuxian Town right now and go straight to Laocheng Camp, then make a decision quickly."

Zhu Xiaoyu was silent for a moment and said, "I want fifty percent of the treasures in Laocheng Camp, and I get to choose first."

"Deal!" I immediately nodded in agreement.

My real purpose is not fortune, nor Laocheng Camp.

This time, whether I can escape depends on this one move.

Zhu Xiaoyu took a deep breath and said, "Yun Yi, Xia Zhou, hand over your fortunes!"

Bei Yan Yun Yi stood up silently.

Xia Zhou, however, stood up and said, "Commander, Wu Xing sent you here not to compromise with others, let alone to sacrifice us."

"I'm sorry, but I cannot obey your orders."

Zhu Xiaoyu stood up and walked gracefully towards Xia Zhou, "Senior Brother Xia, Wu Xing sent us here for the sake of the bigger picture."

"The unification of the Nine Stars and the pack of wolves fighting for their lives are all predetermined by fate."

"I know that you are wholeheartedly devoted to the Confucian school and want to restore its glory."

"However, you also have another path to take, which is to become a minister to the emperor, and you can still revitalize the Confucian school. Why are you so obsessed with being the emperor?"

Xia Zhou shook his head and said, "If it were someone else who became the emperor, I might consider it. But not Li Po!"

"Since ancient times, emperors from humble backgrounds have not valued the Confucian school. Only their descendants will value civil officials."

"Liu Bang, Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Di were all like this. I don't want to wait."

Zhu Xiaoyu gently placed a hand on Xia Zhou's shoulder, "Liu Bang didn't value the Confucian school, but the Han Dynasty dismissed all other schools of thought and only respected Confucianism."

"Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di, didn't value…"

Before Zhu Xiaoyu could finish speaking, blood suddenly gushed out from Xia Zhou's seven orifices, and he suddenly fell to the ground.

Zhu Xiaoyu gently took off the ring on her hand and threw it beside Xia Zhou, who was constantly twitching.

She used this ring with poisonous thorns to send Xia Zhou away while speaking affectionately and gently persuading him.

Zhu Xiaoyu said quietly, "Senior Brother Xia, the circumstances of life are not something you can get just because you want them."

"What's wrong with being content with the status quo? As a subject, you can at least live, but if you want to be the ruler, you can't compete with fate!"

Xia Zhou took one last look at the ring on the ground and closed his eyes.

Zhu Xiaoyu looked at me and said, "Senior Brother, look at Xia Zhou."

"He should have died with his eyes open, but he left with a few hints of relief."

"Perhaps, he figured out a lot of things at the last moment, which is why he left so peacefully. Senior Brother, why can't you figure it out?"

"I understand it very clearly." I waved my hand and patted the fortune artifact that Su Su gave me.

In the next moment, a vortex-like cyclone appeared on my body, drawing the fortune from Xia Zhou's body into mine.

Feng Ruoxing also released the fortune on his body at this time, and another stream of purple energy, like a long dragon, rushed towards me.

Ye Yang pointed his sword at Bei Yan Yun Yi at this time, "You!"

Bei Yan Yun Yi said with a miserable smile, "Everything in this world is really not something you can get just because you want it."

"Bei Yan Jingyun sacrificed everything. My mother hoped that her son would become a dragon and sacrificed everything. I killed Yun Gui because I was unwilling."

"What did we get?"

"In the end, we are still forced to hand over our fortune."

"Haha… It's so funny."

Bei Yan Yun Yi was a bit smarter than Xia Zhou. She also didn't want to hand over her fortune, but she didn't want to be the first to stick her head out.

She saw the consequences of Xia Zhou's resistance.

She knew that the only choice she had was to hand over her fortune alive, or have it snatched away after death.

Bei Yan Yun Yi walked to Zhu Xiaoyu and said, "Commander, since you are the one handing over my fortune, please be a good person to the end!"

Zhu Xiaoyu knew that she was mocking her, but she put her hand on the top of Bei Yan Yun Yi's head without saying a word.

In the blink of an eye, the Emperor's purple energy poured out of Bei Yan Yun Yi's body.

When the three streams of purple energy, like three torrents, continuously poured into my body, the cyclone formed by Su Su's artifact also spun wildly with a whale-like momentum, absorbing all the purple energy into my body.

I turned to look at Zhu Xiaoyu and said, "Little Sister, you were able to force out the fortune from Bei Yan Yun Yi, do you have any other means?"

Zhu Xiaoyu smiled and said, "Senior Brother is indeed insightful. I also have the Emperor's purple energy on my body. Moreover, it's not just one."

"However, do you dare to take it?"