Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 737: Confession of Identity

"Your Majesty, thank you for the compliment." Xiao Wanjun lowered his head and said humbly.

The words "worry about the world before you worry about yourself, and be happy about the world after you are happy about yourself" echoed in her mind again and again.

She couldn't help but think: So this is what the ideal minister in His Majesty's mind is like - and how far am I from this state now?
Although it was daytime, it was pitch black outside the window. Only the candlelight inside the house emitted a warm yellow light, illuminating the face of the young king of the Great Wilderness.

The flames were reflected in his eyes, like two tiny suns.

"Oh, your majesty," Xiao Wanjun pondered for a long time, as if he had finally made up his mind, and spoke softly, "Not long ago, Lord Gong, the 'Star Lord of Heaven', mentioned something to me. He said that I have the luck of the Great Wilderness, which is related to your promotion..."

As she said this, her eyes were always on the table in front of her. Her gaze moved back and forth between the wood grain, and her eyelashes trembled slightly.

In Xiao Wanjun's opinion, His Majesty is now only one step away from the "Guixu" realm.

She didn't want His Majesty's cultivation to be unable to advance further because of her - if that were the case, she would be a sinner of the Great Wilderness.

However, after she said this, she didn't have the courage to look up to see Gu Xu's reaction.

"I know," Gu Xu interrupted her, his eyes calm and deep, "In fact, Gong Yu doesn't need to remind me. As early as the moment you held the 'Tia Sword', I had already guessed what was going on."

Hearing his words, Xiao Wanjun was stunned, and it took her a long time to come back to her senses.

"Then why didn't you tell me then?" She asked in a low voice, with a little doubt and a bit of caution, "Your Majesty, in fact... please forgive me for being blunt, I have had you in my heart for a long time.

"Whatever you ask me to do, I'm willing to do it as long as it can help you."

Xiao Wanjun was adept at maneuvering in the court, and was decisive and vigorous in the "Cang Yao World". However, when she spoke her mind in front of Gu Xu today, she felt extremely nervous and even her voice trembled slightly.

She is already twenty-eight years old.

But now, she seemed to have turned into a young girl, quietly putting the love poems she wrote into her lover's pocket, hoping that he would see them, but also afraid that he would really see them, and even more afraid that after seeing them, he would give her a disappointing response.

"Wanjun, do you still remember the ideals you told me about when you agreed to join my cabinet?" Gu Xu sighed softly and asked.

Xiao Wanjun thought for a moment and replied, "As a mortal woman, I also hope to have the opportunity to realize my own value and do more practical things that benefit the people, rather than living by relying on others."

She had just repeated what she had said before, and without Gu Xu's further explanation, it was as if a hand had cleared away the clouds in her heart, allowing her to instantly understand His Majesty's thoughts.

It turns out that Your Majesty is thinking about me!
It turns out that the reason he was reluctant to take away my luck was because he really hoped that I could achieve my ideal of making great achievements and leaving my name in history!

……

Xiao Wanjun's heart was filled with emotions.

Her hands gripped the chair arms tightly, then released them and gripped them again, over and over again.

As a princess of the previous dynasty, a mortal with no accomplishments, she had never felt the feeling of being "respected" in front of her parents, brothers or subjects. She seemed to be in great glory.

On the surface, she seemed to have a glorious life, but in the final analysis, she was just a tool for governing the country in the eyes of her father, a bargaining chip for marriage in the eyes of her mother, a big trouble in the eyes of her brother who had to supervise his practice all day long, and a beautiful vase in the eyes of her ministers.

No one has ever cared about her inner thoughts, let alone her ideals and pursuits.

But she never expected that after the fall of the Great Qi Dynasty, she would experience for the first time the feeling of being respected as an independent person in front of the emperor of the new dynasty.

"Wanjun, you may not know that you have always been the anchor in my heart since I ascended the throne." Gu Xu was silent for a moment and then continued.

"Anchor?" Xiao Wanjun was slightly stunned, not understanding why he made such a metaphor.

"I am not the Ziwei Emperor who has lived for thousands of years and has been worshipped on the altar, who was reincarnated in the Great Wilderness as you know him," Gu Xu said in a calm tone a truth that was enough to shock all the people in the Great Wilderness, "He has been planning to take over my body to achieve rebirth.

"But he failed, and then I inherited everything from him."

Xiao Wanjun looked at him with wide eyes, trying hard to digest the huge amount of information contained in his few words.

However, she vaguely felt that the young man in front of her did not seem like a god who had fallen from the sky - his various decision-making principles, words and deeds after he ascended the throne all seemed "very down to earth", making her feel that he was more like the familiar young man from the wilderness.

"The biggest reason why Emperor Ziwei failed to seize another body was that he had long enjoyed unfettered power, which gradually made him arrogant and conceited," Gu Xu continued to explain, "His cultivation was enough to look down on everyone except Taishang Haotian. His authority could even influence other people's thoughts and make everyone obey him.

“Over time, he began to think he was superior to others and treated others as worthless.

"His original intention was to make everyone in Lingxiao Realm like a dragon, so he created the 'Way of Astrology and Destiny', which changed the original pattern of Lingxiao Realm where fate was determined by bloodline.

“However, later on, he called himself the ‘Purple Star’, standing above everyone else, and seeing himself as an omnipotent god who would set the order for the new era.

“It was precisely because of his growing arrogance that his subordinates chose to betray him, and he was defeated by Taishang Haotian, and thousands of years later, he completely perished in my hands.

“I didn’t want to make the same mistake he made, to get lost in that feeling of being in control and being able to do whatever I wanted.

"If I indulge myself, I will become the most terrible scourge in the Great Wilderness World."

Xiao Wanjun listened to his narration silently.

She knew very well that His Majesty's strength and authority now far exceeded that of the Emperor Ziwei thousands of years ago.

Even the Emperor Ziwei had the checks and balances of Taishang Haotian, but in today's Great Wilderness, Your Majesty can be said to have the final say.

If he wanted, he could even force the whole nation to sing his praises every day, take all the beauties in the country into his harem, build magnificent palaces, and indulge in wine and women every night...

"That's why I always let you stay by my side," Gu Xu paused, stared into Xiao Wanjun's eyes, and said, "Although I covet your beauty and need your luck, in order not to lose myself, I must respect your will and treat you as an independent person.

“When a mortal who is so weak in front of me can achieve success without any worries and pursue what he wants to do, my heart of Tao can be as strong as before, and I can keep my original self.”