The King of Wu had nineteen sons!
If you were to ask who among these nineteen sons was the most brainless and impulsive!
It would undoubtedly be Wu Sheng!
And if you were to ask who possessed the most strategy!
It would be Wu Di!
But!
He never in his wildest dreams imagined!
That he, the most strategic and intelligent one!
Would be tricked by someone who appeared the most brainless!
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He knew!
Everything Wu Sheng had done before was a facade!
His actions were meant to deceive them!
So that he could deliver a fatal blow at the critical moment!
And this blow!
He was powerless to defend against!
Although he had ambushed experts on the road to the summer resort!
They simply couldn't reach here in a short time!
Of course!
He didn't believe those experts could arrive either!
Given the strategy Wu Sheng had displayed today, he must have predicted that he would lay an ambush!
How could he have let those people live to reach here?
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Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win a hundred battles.
He knew his own plans like the back of his hand!
He could predict all my layouts!
Yet I knew nothing about him!
In an instant!
Wu Di's cultivation was crippled!
He was thrown before Wu Sheng like a dead dog!
"Actually, I gave you a chance!" Wu Sheng slowly drew the Dragon Slaying Sword, its blade chilling, sending shivers down the spine!
"If you hadn't admitted just now that these people were yours!"
"I would have spared your life out of brotherly affection!"
"But, you shouldn't have messed with Brother Chen!"
"He is my benefactor!"
Wu Di vomited blood and a bitter smile flickered across his face: "Nineteen, let me ask you something, when did you learn to disguise yourself?"
Born into royalty!
He knew that brotherly affection was the cheapest commodity!
He also knew that failure would mean certain death!
However!
There were still many things he didn't understand!
Wu Sheng said as a matter of course: "I didn't disguise myself!"
"It's just that you didn't recognize me!"
Wu Di gave a wry smile: "Even so, you are not fit to be emperor, my good brother!"
"As for the other seventeen brothers..."
"Who among them has the ability to shoulder this empire?"
"Therefore!"
"You cannot kill me!"
"If I die, there will be no one capable of stabilizing this great nation!"
Wu Sheng whispered: "I never believed that this great nation was the private property of the Wu family!"
"This land belongs to all the people!"
"What do you mean?"
Wu Di's scalp tingled!
He had prepared himself to accept death!
Without the slightest fear!
But upon hearing Wu Sheng's words, he felt a deep-seated unease!
Wu Sheng: "The Wu family has ruled this land for hundreds of thousands of years!"
"I feel it is time to return it to the people!"
"Although this action is very unfilial!"
"But, this is the purpose of your existence, Third Brother!"
"If you see our ancestors after your death, tell them that I have decided to abolish the imperial system!"
"No one can stop me!"
As he finished speaking!
He swung the Dragon Slaying Sword in his hand!
The King of Xiaoyao, who was second only to the King in power, was dead!
He died at the hands of his nineteenth brother, whom he had always underestimated!
However!
He couldn't close his eyes even in death!
Wu Sheng's words had shaken him profoundly!
He had no idea why Wu Sheng opposed the imperial system!
He was clearly the biggest beneficiary of it!
"Brother Chen, if abolishing the imperial system can truly make this place look like your homeland?" Wu Sheng put away the Dragon Slaying Sword!
He knew Chen Nan came from the mortal realm!
Although the people of the immortal realm disdained the mortal realm!
He had learned of the goodness of the mortal realm from Chen Nan!
There, all beings were equal!
Although there were cultivators!
Cultivators and mortals formed separate worlds, not interfering with each other!
This alone made him yearn for it!
Because he disliked the state of the immortal realm!
Here, cultivators and mortals coexisted!
For mortals, this was not the world of the living!
It was more cruel than hell!
"The question is, will King Wu agree to you doing this?" Chen Nan's lips curved into a bitter smile!
When he, Lightning Leopard, and Wu Sheng came to Zhongzhou City together, he had mentioned that he was from Earth!
And he had spoken of Earth's development!
However!
He hadn't expected that it would subtly change Wu Sheng's worldview!
As for Wu Di's fate...
He was not surprised!
Because when he left the city, he had received a message from Ao Jiu!
The other party had dispatched a large number of experts!
Although their motives were unknown!
Anyone with a brain would guess Wu Di's intentions!
Kill me to seize my wealth and treasures!
And kill Wu Sheng to avenge his past humiliation!
It was just that he hadn't expected!
That even Wu Sheng was wary of them!
Wu Sheng pouted: "The old man will definitely not agree, after all, this empire was built by the ancestors of the Wu family!"
"But..."
"It's not a big problem!"
"The old man is dying soon anyway!"
"After he dies, this empire will surely belong to me!"
"Then who will dare to defy my orders?"
A rare smile appeared on his face!
A smile of yearning for a beautiful life!
"Your Highness, how should the Third Prince's body be disposed of?" an old man couldn't help but ask!
Wu Sheng said indifferently: "After all, we were brothers. Let him be buried here!"
"Good!"
The twelve men began to move, burying Wu Di's body on Snake Mountain!
Looking at the grave that appeared on the hillside, Wu Sheng said: "I know Third Brother's secret, but he doesn't know that I know that secret!"
"Do you remember the chef we talked about before, the one from the Imperial Kitchen who was skilled at cooking snake meat?"
"That chef was poisoned to death by Third Brother!"
"He was jealous that I had gained Father King's favor!"
"So, he put some poisonous snakes among the ordinary ones!"
"The goal was to prevent me from eating snake soup!"
"From then on, I began to guard against him!"
"Even though I was only three years old at the time!"
Chen Nan's mouth twitched!
Guarding against others since the age of three!
You are also a scheming old fox!
"Let's go, we're going to the summer resort!" Wu Sheng changed the subject, smiling and saying, "Brother Chen, the hot spring at the summer resort is a good thing!"
"It has the effect of nourishing yin and tonifying yang!"
"It is said that Father King was able to have twenty-three children because of that hot spring!"
"I guarantee!"
"As long as you and Sister-in-law soak in that hot spring, you will be able to hold a chubby baby in no time!"
Consort Yu's face turned red!
She had always wanted to have a child with Chen Nan!
It was precisely for this reason that they exerted themselves so much when they were together!
But!
She didn't know if Chen Nan was incapable!
Or if she was incapable!
After trying for so long, there was no reaction at all!
Afterward!
The group flew on their swords!
They arrived at Wu Sheng's summer resort just as the sun was about to set!
Looking to the south!
The vast blue sea was dyed a pale gold by the setting sun!
Sparkling and beautiful!
"Greetings, Nineteenth Highness, His Majesty has arrived and is waiting for you!"
As soon as they arrived at the entrance of the summer resort, a servant ran up quickly!
"Brother Chen, come, let me take you to see the old man!" Wu Sheng said with a smile!
Chen Nan inexplicably felt a sense of nervousness!
King Wu!
This was one of the eight peak combat powers of the human race!
Entering the summer resort, Chen Nan saw King Wu, adorned in a golden dragon robe, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Holy crap, you're King Wu?"