Chapter 1050: Chapter 67: Spiritual Spring, Ninth-Rank Floater, Sprouting Void Seed! (4)
"Yet, now that I’m in it, something doesn’t feel quite right." Zhao Xing closed his eyes and began to ponder.
"Even without me, with the current situation unfolding, could the Great Zhou really lose so many top-class people?"
"Could it be that this is also part of the Jiazi Purge?" At this thought, Zhao Xing’s expression suddenly became intriguing.
"Damn it, you won’t stop until you’ve rooted them all out, will you."
Mr. Zhao retracted his neck, always having the feeling that this old rascal, Emperor Jing, seemed to be manipulating the Dragon Court scenario from behind the scenes.
Prosperity my ass, peace my foot, you’ve clearly been killing all along, never stopping!
"If it’s really like that, then Bai Yunwu might be walking right into the trap willingly, and there would be no real danger."
"On the surface, the Dragon King can’t escape from the Nine-star Fire Prison. Once in, there’s no getting out, it truly is a perilous situation. But wait, if the court has obtained the Nine-star Fire Dragon Order? Then Old Bai is just seemingly trapped inside."
Zhao Xing couldn’t be sure either. If Emperor Jing were plotting, the details would certainly seem very real.
The only one who could see through the entire scheme would be Emperor Jing. If Mr. Zhao hadn’t perused the records, he wouldn’t be having doubts now.
Yet, once the doubt arose, it became unstoppable.
"Wait a minute! Shit, damn it!"
"In a previous life, it was Tang Yinglong who was trapped. In this life, it’s become Bai Yunwu!"
"My connection with Bai Yunwu is Long Xiao... Could it be the intel was purposefully shown to me?"
"Damn it! Could I also have fallen for the old bastard Emperor Jing’s ploy? Did he factor me into his calculations as well?!"
Under the clear sky, Zhao Xing sat atop a Dragon King, unable to stop sweating.
The more he thought about it, the more probable it seemed!
"Brilliant, Old Jing!" Zhao Xing couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration. Despite being cautious all the way, he had ended up within Emperor Jing’s Dharma Eye.
"If this plan is also to trap me, then it’s probably a test."
"Test for what?"
"Loyalty! Whether there is any disloyalty!"
"This is probably the real reason behind the deaths of so many top-class figures recorded," Zhao Xing attempted to think from Emperor Jing’s perspective.
The conclusion of a ’test’ rather than something else was straightforward.
Emperor Jing wouldn’t do this just because he knew Zhao Xing’s secrets.
Otherwise, simply interrogating him would suffice... What wouldn’t Emperor Jing do?
"It’s not because of my memory, then it’s about talent."
"The talent I’ve displayed is even more frightening than Liu Tianning’s, without any foundation, unlike Liu Tianning who has a big family behind him."
"He wants to use me, or rather leave me for the next emperor to use. My loyalty must be assured, otherwise, it would just be adding unnecessary burden."
"Bai Yunwu being trapped, with Long Xiao’s name on the list, is this to see my reaction?"
"Rescuing Bai Yunwu aligns with the court’s interests, and Long Xiao, having come from the military like me, is a life-and-death brother, fitting my personal feelings."
"If I remain indifferent after seeing that intel, I’d be finished." Looking at the issue from Emperor Jing’s angle, it becomes clear.
Here lies a dangerous situation, solving it aligns with both Great Zhou’s interests and your personal interests. If you’re indifferent even then, not daring to act...
Such a selfish and self-centered person, no matter how talented or prodigious, what use do they have for the Great Zhou?
"Whether I can do it or not is one thing, my attitude is another. Moreover, that intel came half a year after I acquired the two Divine Artifacts."
"I still have the Ten Thousand Skill Avatar, and even the Shang Tang Order. Emperor Jing surely knows this too."
"Thus, it seems that Ji Mengjun and Tong Jin should be carrying a sealed Imperial Decree."
"If I really went, and you truly weren’t willing to let me die, that decree that can temporarily grant top-tier combat power must be in the hands of either of them."
That temporary top-tier sealed Imperial Decree, of course Zhao Xing knew about it, having appeared a few times in the history of Dragon Court exploration.
"Tong Jin is too weak, surely it’s in Ji Mengjun’s hands. Let me guess, what are the conditions to use it? Most of the guards get killed... finally using that decree to save me?"
"To protect me, even one-tiers can die in battle, but in the end, they saved me, I couldn’t help but be moved to tears..."
"Clap clap clap!" Zhao Xing clapped his hands within the Memory Palace: "Impressive, Emperor Jing, you’ve truly spared no effort for your successors."
"But now it seems, Emperor Jing and Fate Officer Ji Si didn’t expect that the Divine Artifacts I obtained could be so powerful."
"Even Dragon King Yin Xiu has come, the current test has no difficulty for me unless there’s another arrangement."
"What other arrangement?" Zhao Xing shook his head: "I can’t think about it, even if I guess, I must pretend I don’t know."
"Even knowing, I’ll still act as if I don’t know."
"Even without these, my interests align with the Great Zhou, I’m not afraid of being tested."
"Even without these, I’d still go to save Long Xiao, for the gratitude of protection in weakness, for sharing life and death at Fire Dragon Pass, for standing with and against Prince Liang, and for fighting for rank at Dragon Guardian Pass... If I don’t save him in his time of trouble, such a cold-blooded immortality would be meaningless!"
"From the start, I never intended to pursue a cold-blooded immortality, but rather an immortality filled with feeling and righteousness!"
"If a cold, heartless survivalist, I could never get along with Emperor Wu, waiting in the East Sea for him to emerge for years would lose all meaning."
At that thought, everything cleared up, and Zhao Xing awoke from his pensive state.
He stopped contemplating all those previous speculations, instead doing things according to his initial intentions.
"Roar!"
At that moment, dragon roars echoed from the front.
A Dragon Clan Lord signaled:
Fire Hell Plain, arrived.