Damn it! Let's smash the darkness together!-Chapter 542 - 143 My Life, As If Walking on Thin Ice (Additional release, requesting monthly passes)_3

"Before you stands none other than your uncle, Iron Gall Divine Marquis Zhu Wushi!"

"It turns out, being from the Imperial Family, he has a restriction in his blood, unable to come within half a step of the capital unless invited by the current Emperor. Now, he has arrived at your invitation, but while it’s easy to invite a deity, it’s hard to send one away. After enduring in hiding for so many years, how could he leave? He wants to be Emperor, too!"

"Ah, it turns out Qin Kuai isn’t one of the ’Emperor Usurpers’ after all; this uncle of yours is the last one."

"Zhu Wu, hand over the Imperial Jade Seal, release the true dragon of the nation’s fate, and I might spare your entire body!" As the rebel forces advanced, they pressed you hard.

"By now, with the nine dragons gathered in the capital, you had no escape, your end was nigh!"

"But it was at this critical moment that you, holding firmly the upper hand and clutching the Imperial Jade Seal, burst into laughter:

’All under heaven know, the imperial throne of Daqian is granted by Heaven itself, endowed with eternal prosperity, and no one can snatch it away! Unless I personally appoint my successor, not only will they fail to command the dragon spirit of the nation, but they will also harm themselves. Being Emperor would be in vain!’"

"If you won’t hand it over, then die! I just want equality for everyone; why do we even need an Emperor?" Zhang San and Li Si, ever the hotheads, one wielding a woodcutter’s knife and the other an axe, moved to strike you down.

"Fortunately, with years of diligently honing your martial skills, your prowess was no small matter, and you easily blocked the attacks from both men, retreating strategically before saying, ’There are nine of you, all wanting to be Emperor. How about this, then: you fight it out among yourselves, and whoever comes out on top, I will cede the throne to him!’"

"Good grief, what a way to set them upon each other!"

"Would they fall for it?"

"They did not."

"Because, as a member of the same Imperial Family, Divine Duke Zhu Wushi revealed the key to the puzzle in one sentence: ’No need for him to abdicate, drag him to the Daqian Ancestral Land at Zhong Mountain. Submerge him in water for three days, roast him with fire for three days, let him be blown upon by the wind for three days, and finally, expose him to the Sun for three days, beheading him at the peak of the sunlight to show the public, thereby restoring the fate of the nation to heaven. Then we can each use our prowess to compete afresh for the throne!’"

"Upon hearing this, the other eight dragons finally understood and concurred, each preparing to flex their muscles."

"With this ultimate secret of the Imperial Family now revealed, the situation was beyond salvage. You sighed deeply, ’Uncle, the late Emperor treated you generously, and I have never wronged you, why would you...’"

"No sooner had these words left your mouth than Zhu Wushi suddenly burst out cursing, ’Shut the hell up! You haven’t wronged me? You even dared to snatch away the woman I loved most. Today, I will reclaim everything I’ve lost!’"

"Initially, you had feigned a reckless and promiscuous image in your youth, competing with a young man for the first night with Oiran Su Xin. Eventually, using your youth and charm along with your status as Crown Prince, you successfully won her favor and even deflowered her before the man, truly a tale that brings tears to the eyes."

"What goes around comes around, and now, retribution has arrived!"

What is this nonsense?

What grave offense have I committed now?

Dammit, could we not patch these unfavorable things here!

Xu Shu spat blood.

How was he to know? It was just frivolous fun, just casual indulgences that happened?

Before, he was merely enjoying himself, not paying attention to which women he was with, there were simply too many to remember... no, to maintain a façade, pretending to be harmless.

He didn’t expect that this boomerang would finally hit back at him.

Are there really such villains who go to such lengths over a woman?

Xu Shu gave Zhu Wushi a few more glances, yet he remained skeptical, doubting the truth of it, suspecting it to be merely an excuse.

Now captured, his only chance lay in seeing if there were any strategies to break through at the next location, the Daqian Ancestral Land.

However...

"Restore the fate to heaven?"

Xu Shu gazed at the sky, pondering quietly as he (Zhu Wu) was led into detention, en route to the destined place, Zhong Mountain.