The game has come true, I have become a fairy in reality

Chapter 242 I bet with my country, dear friends... are you willing to make a bet?
Three years after the White Deer Academy entered the world, the Daying Dynasty, the Imperial Palace.

"Your Majesty, the heads of several major families have..."

Daying Emperor Zhao Zhongming raised his hand.

When the old eunuch saw this, he wisely chose to keep silent.

Zhao Zhongming leaned on the dragon chair and closed his eyes to rest.

Different from the energetic state three years ago, Zhao Zhongming now seems to have completed the thirty-year journey of an ordinary person in just three years.

Not only has his black hair turned silver, but his face also has many wrinkles.

It seems that in three years, I have aged a lot.

This is very different from the Daying Immortal Emperor rumored by the outside world.

But starting from one day three years ago, Zhao Zhongming completely retreated behind the scenes, allowing only a few eunuchs to go to the court to deliver messages.

Perhaps noticing Guan Shilun's gaze, Zhao Zhongming said calmly: "Don't worry, I... won't fall until I find a way out."

Zhao Zhongming came to the dragon chair in the study and sat down directly.

As a sharp and penetrating eunuch's voice sounded outside the study, the four people in the study knelt down one after another.

In this storm, even the four major families dare not say that they will be safe and sound.

Not long after, the majestic and blazing-eyed Immortal Emperor Daying appeared in front of the great eunuch again.

These people are not only the heads of the monk family, but also the hunting envoys of the Sifang Demon Division.

But the great eunuch Guan Shilun looked at Zhao Zhongming with worry in his eyes.

"These beloved ministers are important ministers of our court, and they are also rare cultivators of the Three Realms of our court. You should be curious about the purpose of my calling you here, right?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Therefore, during this period, many people were speculating whether Zhao Zhongming had something wrong with his cultivation, so that he did not dare to appear in front of outsiders easily.

Even his appearance began to look younger.

"Lead the way."

Zhao Zhongming looked at them and did not immediately explain. Instead, he said: "Before I tell you the purpose of calling you, I want to tell you a story first."

As soon as he stood up, a special force began to surround Zhao Zhongming.

And this time Zhao Zhongming gathered them together, obviously he had something important to announce.

It can be said that they are the last few powerful and powerful members of the Daying Dynasty except Emperor Zhao Zhongming.

The last time the four major families were called together was the Demon Rebellion a thousand years ago.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the current Daying Dynasty is Zhao Zhongming's one-word hall.

They all said in unison: "My ministers, please pay homage to Your Majesty."

These people are Cui Shouye of the Haoran Cui family, Yue Qingshan of the Baiju Yue family, Li Zhaofeng of the Tianjian Li family, and Xu Yuanrui of the Shanhe Xu family.

Cui Shouye and others immediately sat upright with serious expressions on their faces.

"Here."

As Guan Guang and others left, only six people, including the patriarchs of the four major families, the emperor Zhao Zhongming, and the eunuch Guan Shilun were left in the royal study.

"After listening to this story, you may be able to understand what I am thinking and what I want you to do in the future."

Because they felt that what Zhao Zhongming was going to say later was definitely extraordinary.

He first looked at the people of the four major families calmly, and then said to the maids and eunuchs beside him: "Except Eunuch Guan, the rest of them should go out first."

"No gifts."

After about a stick of incense, Zhao Zhongming seemed to have finished his rest and stood up.

"Here."

It is precisely because of this worry that the heads of the four major families at this time all had serious expressions, quietly waiting for Zhao Zhongming's arrival.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The influence of the five-hundred-year-old Immortal Emperor is far beyond what ordinary emperors can match.

After everyone from the four major families sat down, Zhao Zhongming finally spoke.

In the imperial study room, all the heads of the four major families of the Daying Dynasty are in place.

Although the four of them didn't know what Zhao Zhongming was planning to do, they could all feel a storm that might soon sweep across the entire Daying Dynasty.

"His Majesty is here!"

"My dear friends, please take a seat."

Zhao Zhongming walked into the study.

However, the disappearance of Zhao Zhongming did not cause chaos in the Daying Dynasty.

Cui Shouye, Yue Qingshan and others looked at each other and nodded.

At the same time, the Imperial Palace and Royal Study Room of the Daying Dynasty.

"Everyone of you must have heard a saying, that is, if you don't enter the Wentian Palace in this life, you will have reached the peak of the Three Realms."

"These words not only tell us that the path above the Three Realms is completely in the hands of Wentian Palace, but also tell me another thing, that is, everyone under Wentian Palace is just an ant."

"The so-called dynasty is just a game similar to children's playing house. As long as we ask Tiangong to think about it, they can replace us at any time."

"And what I want to tell you is related to Wentian Palace."

As he spoke, Zhao Zhongming's eyes immediately became profound, as if he was caught in some kind of memory.

"Everyone says that I am the immortal emperor, the reincarnation of a true dragon, destined to be the emperor."

"But what they don't know is that I was actually the same as my imperial brothers five hundred years ago. There wasn't much difference between me."

"Everything changed after I met someone."

"At that time, I had no great ambitions. I didn't want to be an emperor for all eternity, nor did I want to be a supreme immortal. All I wanted to do was to be the prince Xiaoyao who lives in a corner, living my life in a free and unrestrained way."

"And do you know why I started on the path of spiritual practice?"

Cui Shouye and others looked at each other and shook their heads.

Because they actually don’t know much about Zhao Zhongming’s early years.

Although the lifespan of a monk is very long, the lifespan of a monk in the Third Realm is only three hundred years at most.

When the four of them were born, Zhao Zhongming had already been emperor for many years.

As for Zhao Zhongming's early deeds, most people don't know much about it.

It seemed as if someone was secretly erasing a certain period of Zhao Zhongming's history.

The most important of them was the fifteen years between Zhao Zhongming's twenty-five-year-old and his proclaimed emperor at the age of forty.

There is no record of this part in either the library of the four major families or the historical records of the Daying Dynasty.

So many people think that this is because Zhao Zhongming came from an evil background and erased this period of history.

As for those who know this period of history, they are old and dead.

To this day, no one knows what happened in those fifteen years.

As Zhao Zhongming's cultivation and power became increasingly consolidated.

And no one dares to explore this secret.

But now Zhao Zhongming is actually preparing to tell them this history directly.

This made Cui Shouye and others become nervous while being curious.

Some things, knowing too much is not necessarily a good thing.

Although they are curious about this matter, they also know that sometimes just being curious... requires paying a heavy price.

If given a choice, the four of them would rather not know this history.

But Zhao Zhongming undoubtedly did not give them a choice at the moment.

They... don't have a choice.

Zhao Zhongming ignored the uncertain expressions of the four people and said to himself: "Before I was twenty-five years old, I thought that I had countless women, but few women could touch my heartstrings. Until I met that woman..."

"She is like the orchid in the valley and the clear spring in the mountain. In her, I see neither the vulgarity of the world nor the arrogance of the immortals, but only the unspeakable innocence."

"And from that moment on, I understood what love is."

"After that, I shamelessly stayed with her and followed her around the mountains and rivers."

"Although she was not against me at first, she was not close to me. She neither drove me away nor talked to me. It was as if she regarded me as nothing and was looking for something in the Daying Dynasty."

"And for some reason, the more she behaves like this, the more curious I become about her." "Now that I think about it, maybe it is because of her disregard for me that it actually inspired me to be competitive."

"After that period of time, I mobilized all my connections to investigate the origins of this woman."

"But after a long investigation, I was surprised to find that this woman seemed to appear suddenly without any trace."

"However, although I was ignorant in my early years, I also knew some secrets of the dynasty."

"There are only two types of people who can suddenly appear in our court without leaving a trace of their past."

"One comes from heaven, and the other comes from beyond."

"The sky above is the Wentian Palace, and the sky outside is the demon outside the territory."

"It's different from today. Although the Demon's reputation at that time was not good in our court, it was not to the extent that everyone is calling for beatings now."

"Because the Heavenly Demon Rebellion a thousand years ago was essentially started by the previous dynasty, and the establishment of our dynasty also benefited from it. Therefore, our attitude toward the Heavenly Demon in the early days was not to contact or offend."

"So after guessing that the woman might come from heaven or beyond, I became even more curious about her."

"In other words, apart from her, I am also curious about the scenery of the world she comes from."

"After that, I launched an even more intense pursuit of her."

"When she goes to Youshan, I also go to Youshan. When she goes to the four seas, I will follow her into the four seas. No matter where she goes, I will try my best to follow her, like a shadow."

When talking about this, Zhao Zhongming showed a rare happy smile on his face.

It was as if that memory was more precious to him than anything else.

When Cui Shouye and others saw this scene, they all had strange expressions on their faces.

Because they thought Zhao Zhongming was going to say something about the secrets of the dynasty.

In the end, what we talked about was Zhao Zhongming's "dog-licking path" in his early years.

To put it nicely, Zhao Zhongming is bravely pursuing love.

To put it bluntly, he just shamelessly pesters others.

But don't tell me, this kind of Zhao Zhongming is actually more humane in their eyes.

After all, Zhao Zhongming is their well-deserved senior in terms of cultivation and age.

Coupled with Zhao Zhongming's identity and cultivation, they often look at Zhao Zhongming with a sense of awe.

But this awe completely collapsed now, turning into an indescribable contrast.

But Cui Shouye and others... are not disgusted with this.

"After following her for three years, I finally got to know her name for the first time. Her name only has the character '玖' in it. I call her Miss Jiu."

"Three years later, I learned what Miss Jiu was looking for. She said she was looking for a way home."

"Do you know how complicated my mood is after knowing this?"

"I don't want her to find her way home, but I also can't bear her searching aimlessly."

"There was nothing I could do. In the end, I couldn't bear her wandering like this, so I offered to help her find a way home."

"And starting from this day, Miss Jiu finally changed her attitude towards me. She began to take the initiative to talk and was willing to share some of her few memories."

"She said her memory was very vague. One memory was of being on a high mountain. She couldn't remember what the people there called her. She only remembered that she seemed to often go in and out of a hall, and there were many burning fires in that hall. The cauldron.”

"As for what was burning in these cauldrons, she couldn't remember."

"And another memory is that she was in a deserted bamboo forest. At that time, she seemed not to be a human being, but just a little insect, looking for something to eat everywhere."

"But she can't tell which memory is true."

"All she knew was that she had one very strong idea in her mind, and that was to go home."

"Since then, I have mobilized all connections to help her find a way home."

"Slowly, I did find a lot of useful clues. For example, the cauldron in her memory is actually the monk's alchemy furnace."

"And according to her memory, the place where her first copy was was a hall full of alchemy furnaces."

"There is no such place in the Daying Dynasty, so I guess she either comes from Wentian Palace or from a place outside the sky."

"But I have been in contact with people from Wentian Palace, and they said that there is no one like Miss Jiu in Wentian Palace."

"So I know one thing, that is, Miss Jiu... comes from outside the world."

"It was also from then on that I made a decision in my heart."

"I don't want to inherit the throne anyway, so if the Daying Dynasty has more than me, it won't be too much, and if there is less than me, it won't be much."

"If everything goes well, I should have left Daying with Miss Jiu and gone to that mysterious place beyond the sky."

"But everything changed after the ninth year."

"At that time, I actually knew that the demons seemed to be looking for something in the Daying Dynasty. In order to avoid the tragedy of the previous dynasty, the Daying court at that time not only did not be hostile to the demons, but also helped them search together."

"And in order to help Ajiu find his way home, I deliberately contacted several demons."

"They are said to be heavenly demons, but they are actually not much different from normal people. Among them, the Qingyun Sect disciples are the most interesting."

"Although those Qingyun Sect disciples have very different personalities, each one of them is a kind-hearted person and is magnanimous, which is very suitable for me."

"Unexpectedly, after I took several Qingyun Sect disciples to find Ajiu, they actually looked at Ajiu with shocked faces and said that she was a disciple of their Qingyun Sect Danyang Peak, and she was the one who met during the last True Immortal Trial. The place of trial is missing.”

"After they left a few people behind, the others ran back to Sambar Academy to verify something. When they came back, they told Ajiu that as long as she wanted, she could leave with them at any time and go home together."

"Do you know how I felt at that moment?"

"It was a feeling that can't be described in words. I was happy and sad at the same time."

"I'm happy that Ajiu has found his way home. What's sad is that I, a person without cultivation, will probably be separated from Ajiu soon."

"So I made the decision that I regret the most, that is, I asked Ajiu to stay and accompany me to the places we visited nine years ago."

"Ajiu agreed. Then in order to cherish this precious time, I asked several Qingyun Sect disciples not to come and let Ajiu and I spend some time alone."

"But this decision became the biggest mistake of my life."

"Because I don't know at all that Ajiu has another identity besides being a disciple of the Qingyun Sect... that is the Immortal Liquor Insect."

"Ajiu's other memory is the memory of her time as a wine bug."

Speaking of this, Zhao Zhongming's expression gradually became ferocious.

"Immortals are unkind and use all things as a poison. Ajiu is one of the links in this poison."

"Not long after Ajiu and I left the Imperial City and arrived at Jiuyou Mountain, a group of demons found us."

"I don't know what method they used, but they actually found out the identity of Ajiu Jiu Chong. They tried their best to catch her and offer her to the immortal in exchange for the way to become an immortal."

"And in order to protect me, Ajiu temporarily repelled those demons, but he was still unable to get rid of them."

"I tried to ask the court for help, but the court told me not to get involved."

"I hate, why I was greedy for pleasure when I was young, and why I couldn't hold an official position."

"Although those Qingyun Sect disciples came to rescue immediately after receiving the news."

"But how could they withstand it? Other demons joined forces with me and were eventually trapped in the academy..."

Having said this, Zhao Zhongming stood up directly and looked at the four people in front of him.

"I won't talk about what happened next, because those things are not important."

"I once said that I would take Ajiu home, so I will definitely take her home. For this... I will do whatever it takes."

"Today I am calling you all together, and there is only one thing to do, and that is to come with me, enter the palace, and embark on the journey to heaven."

"Because only there is the way to the outside world."

"After this incident, no matter what the outcome is, you and others can take all of this huge surplus."

"I bet with my country, all my dear friends... are you willing to make a bet?"

After hearing Zhao Zhongming's words, Cui Shouye and others were completely silent.

Because what Zhao Zhongming said was so shocking.

If it comes to pass, these big families will completely become the masters of the Daying Dynasty.

If they fail, they will face revenge from the Academy.

After all, the Academy has always allowed only Academy disciples to enter. If non-Academy disciples want to enter the Academy, the only way is to fight their way in.

The stakes are... too big.

PS: The update is a little late, sorry.

(End of this chapter)