At the beginning of the sage cultivation base, the empress became an ex-wife

Chapter 202 The bridge guard, Ye Qijue

The two of them walked along the Imperial Bridge.

Gu Wanqing was so excited that she always surrounded Xu Ze, as if she had returned to the past.

But she kept her distance.

Friendly distance.

After all, she and Xu Ze are just friends now.

"hey-hey."

Suddenly, Gu Wanqing stopped and smiled silly.

Smiling, she suddenly felt a little unrealistic, and then...

"I, I'm not dreaming, am I?" She cried again.

Xu Ze shook his head, thought about it, and helped her take off the white gauze from her face.

The face under the white gauze is still enough to make the world eclipse, but in those beautiful eyes, there is no longer the persistence and resentment of the past.

Xu Ze was stunned by her appearance.

Xu Ze couldn't help but think of it.

I don’t know how many years ago, when the two met for the first time.

Gu Wanqing was like this at that time. Although her appearance was ugly, her beautiful eyes were as bright as stars and as clear as springs.

Therefore, with just one glance, Xu Ze fell in love with the woman in front of him.

"Xu Ze, what does 'despair before life and death' mean?" Gu Wanqing asked again.

She remembers.

When the two were walking side by side on the Imperial Road, Xu Ze once said something.

"What really separates you and me is the despair before life and death, and the drifting apart of our hearts."

Gu Wanqing can understand the feeling of drifting away.

After all, in the previous life, the two of them got married and stayed together until she chose to be cold and stay away. The originally hot hearts between the two gradually became colder and then moved away.

But the despair before life and death?
Gu Wanqing didn't know how to understand this.

She faintly felt it.

Perhaps she would be able to understand this just by watching Xu Ze's memory again.But at this moment, she couldn't wait any longer.

When asking, Gu Wanqing looked straight at Xu Ze.

She was a little scared, afraid of hearing the answer, but she mustered up the courage and refused to let her eyes retreat even a little bit.

Because this matter is really important.

Hearing this, Xu Ze's eyes darkened at first, and then he looked at the other end of the Imperial Bridge and said: "Let the past be in the past. What we need to do now is move forward."

"……Oh."

Gu Wanqing nodded and did not choose to ask further questions.

Xu Ze didn't want to say it, she wouldn't force it.Now she can only wait for Emperor Zheng to end and watch Xu Ze's memories again.

The two moved on.

The Imperial Bridge is very long, so long that even with the two people's cultivation levels, they are still unable to cross it.

The Imperial Bridge is also very short, so short that Gu Wanqing has reached her destination before she has said enough or walked enough.

The two of them looked at the situation in front of them in a daze.

On the other side of the Imperial Bridge is a world.

The world is made of golden light as the sky, auspicious clouds as the ground, and auspicious beasts flying around. It is like a fairyland above the clouds, with an indescribable and unexplainable beauty.

Standing among the clouds, Xu Ze and Gu Wanqing looked into the distance at the same time.

Not far away from the two of them, two simple imperial thrones were suspended in the sky, exuding imperial power like waves.

Next to the two imperial seats, there is an ancient mirror.

The ancient mirror is huge, like a celestial mirror. Its frame is carved with dragons and phoenixes, which is lifelike. Its mirror surface is like water and waves, showing the figures of all living beings.

"This is the 'mirror of all living beings', which will project your image of becoming an emperor into the world, allowing you to be worshiped by all living beings."

"Well, if you have people or things you want to see, this mirror of living beings can also help you see them."

A slightly drunken voice came.

Xu Ze and Gu Wanqing followed their reputation.

Under the ancient mirror, there is a small island that looks like auspicious clouds condensed.

On the island, a middle-aged man in blue shirt is leaning under a towering tree, holding a sword in his right hand and drinking wine in his left hand.

"Are you...?" Gu Wanqing blinked.

"You don't know me?" The middle-aged man was stunned, then smiled and said: "So that's it, the Tianji Emperor Sect has united with those old immortals from the Immortal Sect?"

"What do you mean?"

Gu Wanqing was stunned.

"Although the Tianji Emperor Sect has 'Tianji' as its purpose, its ultimate goal is just to 'follow Tianji and enter the Immortal Sect'."

"Those false immortals from the Immortal Sect claim to be descendants of the Immortal Realm, and they will do whatever it takes to return to the Immortal Realm." "I think they must be contemporary members of the Tianji Emperor Sect, who were bewitched by those false immortals, right?"

"I didn't expect that tens of thousands of years later, these people still wouldn't give up."

"so……"

Having said this, the middle-aged man looked at Gu Wanqing again and said with pity, "You are just a chess piece."

Gu Wanqing frowned, not understanding what it meant at all!

"Who are you?" she said coldly.

"Me?" The middle-aged man smiled bitterly, "I'm just an incompetent person who was once bewitched by the Immortal Sect and tried to become an immortal, but in the end he was willing to be trapped here."

"You can call me 'Bridge Keeper', or you can call me -"

"Qijue Sword Emperor, Ye Qijue."

Hearing this, Xu Ze's pupils shrank!
Qijue Sword Emperor?

He remembers it clearly!
According to Fei Jian and others, the former name of Cangnan Sword Sect was Qijue Sword Emperor Sect!
Doesn't this mean that the bridge guard in front of him is actually another Sword Emperor from the Sword Sect?
Regarding Ye Qijue, the Sword Sect does not have many records.

Xu Ze only knew that before Ye Lingxiao became emperor, Ye Qijue was the most powerful emperor and was once known as the emperor most likely to become an immortal!

As for why Ye Qijue left the Sword Sect and why he became a bridge guard, Xu Ze didn't know anything about these things.

Xu Ze actually didn't care about Ye Qijue's affairs, but considering that it might involve secrets from tens of thousands of years ago, he still asked: "What exactly happened to you?"

In response, Ye Qijue shook his head.

"Let me tell you a story."

After pouring a sip of wine into his mouth, he looked back and recalled:
"I am both a master of swordsmanship and the seven supreme masters of swordsmanship. I also use the two paths of true sage to prove the emperor. I have achieved emperor status and can overwhelm all emperors."

"The so-called Qijuedao means cultivating the seven small paths to the realm of enlightenment, thereby turning them into the 'Seven Absolutes' of the great avenue.

"Since I became emperor, no one is my opponent. Wherever I look, the emperors dare not raise their heads."

"At that time, I thought I was on top of the world, until one day..."

"A woman who has just become an emperor defeated me with one move."

"Such a defeat broke my 'invincible heart' and gave me an obsession. I chose to abandon my sect and find the path to immortality."

"Then, an old man found me and said something to me."

"A true saint becomes an emperor and seeks immortality through two ways."

"Only by becoming an emperor with two true saints can we break the space barrier and find the location of the Immortal Sect!"

Hearing this, Xu Ze's heart skipped a beat.

As early as a long time ago, he had heard the saying 'A true saint becomes an emperor, a dual path to seek immortality', but he didn't expect it to mean this!
"So did you succeed?" Gu Wanqing asked curiously.

"Of course it was successful." Ye Qijue smiled proudly, "My self-cultivation led to the 'Wuwang Immortal Tribulation', and I successfully transformed into an immortal with the help of the 'Immortal Source', and finally found the location of the Immortal Sect!"

"but……"

His expression darkened, and he said with a lonely expression: "But with my strength, I can't open it, and I can't 'open the fairy gate with my sword'."

Self-cultivation, transform from mortal to immortal?
This sentence made Xu Ze finally realize!

It turns out that this is the reason why Ye Lingxiao lost his cultivation!It’s actually a way to become an immortal!
"Xianyuan?" He raised his eyebrows again.

"This so-called immortal source is the origin of the immortal realm."

"This kind of item does not exist in the Nine Provinces and Eight Wastelands. It can only be obtained by capturing it through the Immortal Tribulation. The prerequisite for triggering the Immortal Tribulation is for the emperor to cultivate himself and 'transform from the ordinary'!"

"At that time, I thought that even I, a 'true immortal', could not open the immortal gate. I was afraid that no one in the world could do it."

"Who would have guessed."

"The woman who defeated me appeared again, and opened the fairy gate with just one sword!"

"Hey."

Ye Qijue let out a long sigh and said, "Tell me, who can bear this? I was heartbroken at that time!"

"What's even more exaggerated!"

"At that time, I wanted to follow Ye Lingxiao, enter the Immortal Gate, and reach the Immortal Realm!"

"It turns out!"

"Before I had time to enter the Immortal Sect, Ye Lingxiao came back!"

"She slapped me away from the Immortal Gate, and then asked me to guard the Imperial Bridge, otherwise she would cut off my swordsmanship and destroy my immortal body!"

"How can I agree to this? A scholar cannot be killed and cannot be humiliated!"

Speaking of this, Ye Qijue looked extremely angry. The shame he felt at that time is still fresh in his memory!
"But in the end, I agreed." He changed the subject.

"Why? Aren't scholars killed and not humiliated?" Gu Wanqing was puzzled.

"Because one of my Seven Absolute Paths is called the 'Dao of Life'! And if you practice the Dao of Life to the realm of enlightenment, you will become..."

After saying this, Ye Qijue smiled awkwardly, and the way he touched the back of his head looked extremely honest.

"You will become afraid of nothing but death." He said.

"..."

Xu Ze and Gu Wanqing were speechless at the same time.

(End of this chapter)