mtl008 Chapter 288 Know everything
Chapter 288 Know everything
Chapter 288 Knowing Everything
Longhua Kingdom.
Imperial mausoleum.
Li Le picked up the broom and slowly cleared the snow on the stone steps.
His ears twitched slightly, and he turned his head and smiled, "Your Majesty, why don't you go to the bedroom to rest, but come here to suffer the cold?"
Li Ping stood alone opposite him and remained silent for a long time.
"Yes, I almost forgot. The emperor no longer has any concubines."
Li Le said lightly.
Li Ping narrowed his eyes and said, "Li Le, don't say such harsh words."
"I'm just being pragmatic," Li Le said as he sorted out his snow-clearing tools. "The Emperor is as clear-minded as a mirror, so he won't take it too seriously."
"You said this... Aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"
Li Ping said slowly.
Li Le said calmly, "Isn't the truth what the emperor wants to hear?"
Li Ping did not answer, but continued to watch Li Le sweep the snow.
"Besides..." Li Le smiled contemptuously, "If I die, you will have no ties in this mortal world."
"I have a son."
Li Ping said.
"You mean His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" Li Le sneered, "Your Majesty must be aware of where he is now."
"It's been so long, and you didn't even bother to come back and take a look."
"This palace is so deserted, I'm afraid no one would want to stay any longer."
Li Ping looked at his brother's hand indifferently.
Years of hard work have made it cracked and rough.
"Nanzhou's white mud ointment can cure frostbite. I'll send someone to bring it to you later."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Li Ping's eyes moved away from Li Le's hand and looked at the imperial tomb covered with snow in the distance.
The cold wind howled, blowing up fine snowflakes that hit my face, freezing me to the bone.
"Li Le, do you hate me?"
Li Ping's voice was low and hoarse.
Li Le stopped what he was doing, raised his head, and his eyes were as calm as water.
"Decades have passed... Even if I hate someone, I can no longer remember what I hate."
Li Ping's fingers trembled slightly as he picked up some fine snow and rubbed it gently in his palm.
The snow water was very cold, but Li Ping didn't feel the coolness.
Once entering the Nascent Soul stage, the body has already drawn a clear line between itself and temperature perception.
Li Le twisted his head and asked, "How long do you plan to let Li Chonglin stay in Xuanyu Sect?"
Li Ping replied: "Longhua Country...is not suitable for him."
"Oh, that's a nice thing to say," Li Ping chuckled. "With your lifespan, I'm afraid you can sit in this position for a thousand years."
Li Ping was silent.
"Stripping away the dragon energy of an entire continent just to seek immortality, is it worth it?"
Li Le asked.
Li Ping's gaze was still fixed on the distance.
After a long while, he slowly opened his mouth.
"Whether it's worth it or not, I've already come this far, so why bother discussing it further?"
His voice was torn apart by the cold wind and scattered throughout the empty imperial mausoleum, revealing a sense of loneliness.
Li Le paused with the broom in his hand, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he just shook his head and continued to sweep the remaining snow on the stone steps.
"After the New Year, you should leave here."
Li Ping said calmly.
"Leave?" Li Le said with a smile, "There is no place for me in the world."
"Besides the Gouqiu Emperor's Tomb, where else can we go?"
Li Ping said slowly, "Jiangling is a mild place with beautiful scenery, perfect for recuperating."
"Who will guard the tomb then?"
"The eunuchs from the Imperial Household Department will do it for you."
"..."
"Just leave this kind of hard work to the servants."
Li Le stared into his eyes, as if trying to see something from them.
"The tomb keeper has no cultivation..."
"The Emperor is afraid that the souls of our ancestors in the Longyuan Forbidden Land..."
"Swallow them all, right?"
Li Ping chuckled and said, "I admit that the path of cultivation is indeed stained with blood."
"But I will not do anything that goes against my ancestors."
Li Le looked at him coldly: "He can even kill his own brother... I'm afraid the emperor's words are not to be believed."
Li Ping said calmly: "It's all for the righteous path of immortality."
Snow stopped.
The coldness in the imperial mausoleum was even worse than usual.
"If you don't want to go to Jiangling, then let's go to Zhongdu," Li Ping said. "When the Dan League's flying boat departs, I will personally escort you aboard."
Li Le sneered and said, "Zhongdu is full of powerful immortal cultivators. I am just a mortal, so it is better for me to stay in the Imperial Mausoleum."
"Oh, really?" Li Ping said calmly, "That's such a pity..."
"I remember there was a fairy named Yao, who was also in Zhongdu..."
"You...how do you know?!"
Li Le said in shock.
Li Ping calmly waved his dragon robe and said, "You said there's no place for you under heaven..."
"That's because I—"
"Know everything."
*
On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, the snow has cleared and the sky is clear.
There was a thin layer of ice on the pond in the backyard of the Bai Mansion. Lu Yuguan used his fish tail to break the ice, and Li Chonglin practiced sword skills against a wooden stake.
"You're still working so hard on New Year's Day?"
Lu Yuguan stuck his head out, with ice still stuck to the ends of his hair.
Li Zhonglin flicked his wrist lightly, sending sawdust rustling into the snowdrifts. "One must not slack off in cultivation, especially when cultivating with the sword."
[Host, listen to how hard they work!]
The system couldn't help but jump out to educate.
Lu Yuguan was speechless and said, "Isn't it because the Dantian is sealed?"
"Even if I want to practice, I can't—"
[The Six Minds Divine Art can always be used twice, right?]
"Oh my, it's really troublesome for mermaids to cultivate their mental strength..."
[I'm about to join the Dan League rating. I have to read the Dan Sutra, right?]
"Books are dead, but people are alive..."
【…】
System: Why is this host so stubborn?
What it doesn't know is that according to the original world's progress, the current time period is the golden period for winter vacation.
On such a precious day, of course we have to choose to give up!
However, Lu Yuguan was not without ambition.
In order to prepare for the subsequent Dan League rating, he had already sought the true scriptures from Senior Dan Xuzi, so at least he would have no problem passing the rating.
As for what place I can get...that's up to fate.
Thinking of this, Lu Yuguan felt unhappy. The ice-blue fish tail suddenly wrapped around Li Chonglin's ankle, causing him to lose his balance and fall into the pool with his sword.
Amidst the splashing water, Lu Yuguan laughed so hard that he fell backwards. "Your Highness, how come you can't even hold a sword?"
Li Chonglin was soaked to the skin, his black hair sticking to his neck and dripping with water. "I don't like humans and animals, but if Yuguan doesn't mind, I might as well give it a try."
Lu Yuguan: “…”
"Junior brother——"
Qi Wei's chuckle came from the corridor.
The moon-white wide sleeves brushed against the snow on the railing, and the bone bells rang in the morning light.
"Qi Wei?" Lu Yuguan asked in confusion, "You didn't sleep in the wing room?"
Qi Wei raised his eyebrows and said, "Being lazy is not the style of this Saint Son."
He glanced at the dripping Li Chonglin and jokingly said, "Looks like I came at the wrong time."
Li Chonglin snorted coldly.
"No, no!" Lu Yuguan blushed and hurriedly explained, "We were just joking."
Qi Wei pulled out the jade slip from his sleeve and waved it gently in the sunlight. "I gave Zongshun the real exam questions from previous years last night. Take a look at them first."
Li Zhonglin frowned slightly and said, "You stole books from the library quite easily."
Qi Wei chuckled: "This is called borrowing. Besides, if this Saint Son wants to read it, no one dares to stop him."
He threw the jade slip into the pool, and Lu Yuguan caught it accurately.
"The Alchemy League rating consists of three tests: identifying medicine, controlling fire, and creating elixirs."
"I'm afraid Elder Yang Xun's unconventional ways will lead to losses."