Chapter 1253 Civil strife (Not finished yet, subscribe again tomorrow morning)

Although the Li family seems to have many inherited skills, there is still a certain gap compared with the real big forces.

For example, those forces that have been inherited for many years have at least three different inherited skills, and they are still intact.

The reason for this is mainly to prevent outsiders from discovering the flaws of the skills, so as to specifically target them and lead to their own destruction.

Such a situation has happened more than once in the long history of the Yuanling Realm!

The most famous one is that a certain Tianxian sect was attacked from its weakness because of its intensive practice of a skill, and was completely destroyed by another Tianxian force.

Since then, forces with a little foundation and strength in the Yuanling Realm will try to get new inherited skills to avoid the situation of family destruction.

However, after Asan achieved the human immortal, his vision improved with the breakthrough of the realm, and he also had a deeper understanding and understanding of the earth immortal way.

After a period of retreat, he sorted out the most complete earth immortal way skills at present, and made some changes to his own blessed land and cave heaven.

Comparing before and after, we can find that not only the space has become larger, but also the spiritual energy has become more and more rich, as if a promotion has been completed.

At the same time, Asan's body, as the carrier of the cave, also received feedback in this process, consolidating the foundation.

I am afraid that many people would not have thought that the earth immortal way, which is widely spread in the outside world and practiced by countless creatures, had its ancestor break through the human immortal realm not long ago.

But from another point of view, Asan's advantages and disadvantages can be seen, but the scattered immortal realm has created a new way of cultivation, and it is also sought after by a large number of creatures.

The growth of the Li family naturally cannot be concealed from the nearby forces.

But after knowing that it was Asan, he didn't pay much attention to it, because the human immortal of the earth immortal way was too restrictive.

If he was in the blessed land and cave, his strength might be able to defeat the late human immortal, but once he left, his strength would decrease instead of increase.

Is there any need to pay attention to this kind of human immortal?

Of course, only the disciples of the Dongyuan School have this idea. Other forces near Wanxian Mountain do not have the confidence and courage to look down on a human immortal cultivator.

Besides, the Li family has developed for so many years and has become a small overlord in the vicinity. Except for a small number of forces, all others have become vassals of the Li family. How dare they say anything wrong? .

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Time flies, and more than ten years have passed in a blink of an eye.

There are a group of teenagers in the palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty, running around and playing.

They are the children born by the concubines of that year.

And the emperor of the current dynasty has also entered the old age stage, and his hair has begun to turn pale, but the whole person is still straight and proud, like a tough green bamboo.

"What have my stupid sons done during this period?" The emperor said to Fu Hai, the eunuch who had compensated him for decades.

"Your Majesty, the princes didn't make much noise."

"Humph! At this time, you are still hiding it for them."

The emperor shook his head and said nothing, because he knew that it was really difficult for the other party to answer this question, and he also knew what was going on.

"I'm not dead yet, but you've already started recruiting soldiers and waving flags, and you can't wait to sit in this position. You're worthy of being my child."

At the end, he didn't know what tone to use to express his feelings about this matter.

"Father!"

At this time, Zhou Maochang, the thirteenth son of the emperor and Chen Fei, came to greet him with his younger brothers and sisters like a little adult.

"Chang'er, ahem."

The emperor looked at this offspring in front of him, who combined all the advantages of him and Chen Fei, and a trace of pride emerged in his heart.

"Father, the weather is getting colder, you have to take care of yourself. When Chang'er grows up, he will definitely honor you." Zhou Maochang, who pretended to be an adult, panicked and said hurriedly.

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

The emperor looked at Zhou Maochang, and an idea suddenly emerged in his mind.

But the next moment, he smashed it on the spot and pretended that this situation had not happened.

The emperor was about to say a few words of greeting when he was interrupted by the eunuch who suddenly came. He only heard him shouting breathlessly: "Your Majesty, it's bad! Something big happened!"

"Speak!" The emperor's face was cold.

"The third prince and the fifth prince fought directly in the street for a woman. The third prince almost lost his life because of a mistake. Fortunately, the resigned imperial physician was nearby, otherwise..."

Before he finished speaking, the temperature around him dropped a lot.

"Okay, okay!"

The emperor laughed in anger and scolded: "A bunch of trash! Bastards! They killed each other for a woman! And they almost killed their own brothers!"

"Come here, immediately order to deprive the third prince and the fifth prince of their inheritance rights and confine them to house arrest for three years. During this period, they are not allowed to step out of the door!"

After saying that, he waved his sleeves and turned away.

As for the fifth prince's injury, he didn't even ask a question.

Zhou Maochang took his brothers and sisters away from here, and after sending them back, he finally couldn't help laughing in the cave.

Not only did he lose two strong competitors, but it would also serve as a warning to other brothers. If they hold back for a few more years, he would be able to participate in the competition for the throne even if he grew up.

Before he came of age, he only needed to maintain his brotherly and respectful personality, especially respecting the emperor, and not being negligent in the slightest.

Zhou Maochang also completed it very well and became a good man in the hearts of all his brothers and sisters.

The most important thing is that he got the recognition and praise of his father!

…

The person who taught Zhou Maochang to do this and hid behind him was Li Zhirui.

Although he felt that the progress was still a little too slow, there was no other way. After all, he could not speed up the passage of time and could only wait quietly for him to grow up.

Of course, he only gave some ideas and thoughts, and the ones who really did it were the disciples of Dazhou Mountain.

After all, as a cultivator of the immortal way, Li Zhirui was restricted everywhere in the territory of Dazhou and could not exert his true strength at all.

If it were not for those earthly immortal spiritual objects and this was also a special experience, he would not waste time in Dazhou.

Especially his cultivation that he could not break through for many years, under the suppression of the human law network, actually showed a slight fluctuation. Although it was very weak, it still made Li Zhirui excited.

——

Between spring and autumn, several years passed again.

Zhou Maochang, who was highly expected by the Da Zhou Shan Sect, finally came of age this year!

After several years of suppression by the emperor, the fight between the princes became more and more intense.

There was no other reason. Just to seize the supreme power and the extremely powerful strength, it was worth their bloodshed.

And until then, the emperor realized that he had lost control of the situation!

He was still high above, but in the court, the officials belonging to him were no longer the majority, and power began to be lost!

There was only one reason for this, that is, he was old and had only a few years to live. Those ministers were unwilling to continue to be tied to his giant tree that was about to wither and decay.

Whether they were for their own advancement in the court or for the continuation of the family, they needed to rely on a younger, next emperor!

"Good, good, good! You are worthy of being my good son. You can achieve this point without knowing it." The emperor sneered, but felt a chill in his heart.

The hall was silent, with only two princes in python robes standing at the front on both sides, with their heads bowed, without any movement.

Originally, some officials were royalists, but when they saw this scene, their mouths moved slightly, but they didn't dare to say anything in the end.

"Cough cough cough..."

A violent cough sounded throughout the hall, and the emperor felt as if a huge stone was pressed on his chest, unable to breathe. He nodded with difficulty to Fu Hai, who had accompanied him for decades.

"Resign!"

No mistake, one sentence, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar, look!

As soon as the court was withdrawn, the emperor's extremely poor physical condition spread quickly throughout the capital, as if it had wings, and was still spreading rapidly.

"Not good! The eldest prince and the fourth prince wanted to force the emperor to abdicate in the court, and the emperor was so angry that he almost fainted, but now he is bedridden!"

The disciples of Dazhou Mountain told Li Zhirui this important news as soon as possible, hoping that he could give a response.

Otherwise, all their efforts over the past decade would be in vain!

"Now it depends on whether Zhou Maochang's respect for the emperor is real or fake." Li Zhirui murmured.

"What?"

The disciple thought he had heard wrong. Could it be that they would do nothing and put their hopes on the emperor's conscience?

"Send someone to tell Zhou Maochang immediately that if the emperor asks him if he wants to take that position, he must not refuse! If not, just serve him normally as usual!"

Li Zhirui said seriously: "This is a great opportunity for you to enter the hall and grasp power!"

"Okay!" The disciple left instantly.

The emperor is not a fool. He must have noticed that Zhou Maochang has the support of the Great Zhou Mountain Sect behind him. It depends on whether he knows the ambition of the Great Zhou Mountain Sect.

If he knows, then even if he chooses between the eldest prince and the fourth prince who made him so angry that he was bedridden, he will not choose Zhou Maochang.

But if he doesn't know, then the possibility of choosing Zhou Maochang is very high!

Because he was the most arrogant, and was forced into such an embarrassing situation by his two sons. If there were no other choices, he would never choose them.

On the other side, the emperor sent someone to summon Zhou Maochang to serve the sick.

"Please wait a moment, let me change clothes."

"Please hurry up, Your Highness!"

"Got it."

Zhou Maochang changed his clothes while waiting for news.

But no one came for a long time. Fortunately, when he was about to leave the room, he heard the secret signal, which made him relieved.

"Your Highness, if His Majesty summons you this time and asks you if you want to be the emperor, you must nod your head, but don't show too much anxiety. If he doesn't ask, then you should honestly serve the sick, don't do anything else, and don't ask!"

The disciple said quickly: "Remember it!"

"I know it!"

"Your Highness, please hurry up!" The eunuch over there saw that Zhou Maochang had not shown up yet, and couldn't help urging him.

"Here we go."

The disciple looked through the screen window at the backs of the group leaving and murmured, "I hope it will succeed!"

...

"Chang'er, are you willing to bear the life and death of all people and master this supreme power?"

As soon as the Emperor saw Zhou Maochang, he said bluntly: "Unless it is absolutely necessary, I will never pass the throne to those two rebellious sons!"

Besides, the power held by those two people is similar. If it is passed to one person, the other person will definitely not accept it. At that time, the Great Zhou may have a huge internal fight!

But if it is passed to Zhou Maochang, there will be no so many concerns.

First of all, the ministers who have not yet surrendered to those two people will definitely move closer to Zhou Maochang. After all, if they join now, their status will be much higher than joining the camp of the other two princes.

In addition, the imperial guards who defend the capital and a series of absolutely loyal border army generals in the hands of the Emperor will also be handed over to Zhou Maochang.

With them, even if there is chaos in the Great Zhou, the core hinterland can be preserved to prevent external forces from intervening.

The last is Zhou Maochang's own power, the Great Zhou Mountain Sect!

The Emperor knew that the Great Zhou Mountain Sect was secretly supporting him. He didn't care too much before, but now it has become an important force that may change the Great Zhou.

"Father, I am willing, but I am still young and need your guidance. Your health is more important to me." Zhou Maochang hesitated for a while before speaking.

"Chang'er is thoughtful, but father is too old and it is time for him to die." The emperor knew clearly that he was dying.

"Father!" Zhou Maochang wailed, tears kept flowing, and soon wet the bed.

"But before I die, father will help you clear some obstacles. This is the last thing father can do for you. You can only solve the rest by yourself."

"No! Father, I want you to live well."

It is said that the royal family has no family affection, but Zhou Maochang has been loved since he was born. How could there be no affection after more than ten years of getting along?

"Let father clear the obstacles for you!"

The emperor closed his eyes, and the next moment, a terrifying power burst out from his body. Although it was the setting sun, it still exuded an unapproachable heat.

"The ancestors of the Great Zhou Dynasty are here. The 37th Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Honghu, confers the title of Crown Prince to his 13th son, Zhou Maochang!"

Of course, the normal ceremony of conferring the title is not so simple, but there is no other way now, so it can only be done this way.

Boom——

A roar that resounded through the heavens and the earth, and the dragon energy of the dynasty appeared, and suddenly a wisp flew out and sank into Zhou Maochang's body.

And he also rapidly improved from the mortal realm, but in the blink of an eye, his body exuded the aura of the earthly immortal realm!

The Crown Prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty is the earthly immortal!

So far, Zhou Maochang has become the Crown Prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Once Zhou Honghu dies, he will be the legitimate heir!

This sudden change was beyond everyone's expectations.

No one thought that before Zhou Honghu died, he would actually confer a crown prince. (End of this chapter)