"He is definitely on our side. Before the real war begins, you should have a good talk with him if you have the chance."

"Sir... if he is willing to see you, please give me a message. Just say, "The heavier the burden, the harder it is to carry it on your shoulders. If you don't put it down, how do you know that no one can carry it?

""

"Oh, there is also this sentence, "The King's Seal is only in the hand, but humanity is in the heart. It is not sad to lose the seal, but it is sad if the heart is covered with dust." Well, let's put it like this..."

Zhou Xuan was very confused, but finally nodded and said seriously: "Okay, I remember."

"Thank you... Xia Luo is in the palace deep in Luoxian City. With my dragon energy, you can travel unimpeded." Long Ling said, "Guaranteed all the way."

"See you later." Zhou Xuan bowed and then disappeared.

"Alas... Charlotte, Charlotte, you must not reject him." Long Ling sighed quietly in his heart, and then slowly settled back to the bottom of the King Cauldron.

After bidding farewell to Long Ling, Zhou Xuan walked all the way and soon arrived in front of the Bixia Palace deep in Luoxian City.

Although the roads in the depths of Luoxian City are criss-crossed and covered with formations, and they have the power to kill all trespassers, when Zhou Xuan entered, it was as smooth as Long Ling said.

The Human King's Palace was shrouded in Dao. When Zhou Xuan arrived, the Dao was distributed to both sides. The vermilion door of the Human King's Palace, carved with ancient ferocious beasts, slowly opened accordingly.

"Click, click, click—"

When the portal opened, a series of sounds of the operation of mechanical components sounded inside, and the mysterious world behind the portal slowly opened in front of Zhou Xuan. It seemed that Zhou Xuan's arrival had been felt for a long time, and now

It was as if he opened the door specially for Zhou Xuan.

Zhou Xuan's eyebrows twitched slightly as he entered the Human King's Palace.

In the hall, there are nine dragon columns and cigarette smoke curling up, which makes it not very lonely. Above the hall, a figure shrouded in smoke is half leaning on the couch, supporting his body with one hand and reading a book in the other hand.

With.

"You're already here, why don't you show up and meet...Zhou Xuan?" Xia Luo said calmly.

As soon as he finished speaking, the space in the hall fluctuated slightly, and Zhou Xuan's figure quietly emerged, looking deeply at the middle-aged man on the soft couch.

The yin and yang pupils looked through the illusion, and Zhou Xuan was suddenly frightened in his heart.

If you look with ordinary eyesight, you will find that Xia Luo is a majestic middle-aged man wearing a nine-dragon yellow robe. His eyes are deep and he seems to be able to see through the general trend of the world.

But under the yin and yang pupil, this Xia Luo was already a withered skeleton shrouded in a yellow robe.

No, to say dead bones would be too much, but all that is left of him is his breath as thin as a gossamer, and a skinny old body covered in bones.

At first glance, it is just a dry old tree root surrounded by human nature.

"I'm very happy that you can show up." Charlotte's voice floated out, but at this moment he called himself "I" instead of "I", "But if you can see me as "Zhou Xuan",

I would be happier."

"Thanks to His Majesty's concern, Zhou Xuan is really scared." Zhou Xuan bowed slowly, but he transformed his soul into "Wu Yanzu" early in the morning, and it has naturally not changed now.

Seeing this, Xia Luo felt quite helpless: "That's all, it's not like I haven't seen you before. Wu Yanzu, just Wu Yanzu."

Zhou Xuan said nothing, but he was even more confused in his heart. When did Xia Luo...have seen him?

Not to mention when he had met him, just one word revealing his true identity made him wary.

"It seems that although His Majesty lives in seclusion in the palace, he still cares about the world." Zhou Xuan said, neither humble nor arrogant.

Charlotte slowly put down the book and looked at Zhou Xuan calmly: "Why do you care about the world? You think too highly of me. Now I am just a chess player watching the chess game and refusing to admit defeat."

"There is no need to stand like this. No one has visited the deep palace for many years. The only Eunuch Huang who accompanied me has also left..." Charlotte waved to Zhou Xuan, "Come, sit here and let me take a good look.

you."

Zhou Xuan narrowed his eyes, but did not refuse. He climbed up the golden steps and came to Xia Luo.

When Zhou Xuan arrived, the humane energy surrounding Xia Luo also invisibly became more active, and Xia Luo's old and thin body seemed to be glowing with new glory.

"Just sit here." Charlotte pointed to the soft couch next to her.

Zhou Xuan sat cross-legged and upright.

Seeing this, Charlotte forced out a smile, but then sighed helplessly: "This position... my two sons have wanted to sit in it all their lives, but they have never sat in it."

Zhou Xuan remained silent.

Charlotte asked again: "How do you feel?"

Zhou Xuandao: "It's very soft and comfortable."

Charlotte smiled and said, "If you like, I can let you sit."

Zhou Xuan shook his head slightly: "I don't like it."

A deep light appeared in Charlotte's sunken eye sockets. He stared at Zhou Xuan and said in a deep voice: "Even if you don't like it, you will always sit on it in the future."

Zhou Xuan did not deny it, but continued to shake his head: "Let's talk about the future in the future."

Charlotte said: "The future... is coming soon, you need to be prepared."

"Your Majesty is the one who needs to be prepared." Zhou Xuan said calmly.

Charlotte was silent, and then she said, "You and I both need it."

Zhou Xuan asked: "Is Your Majesty so sure?"

Charlotte stared at Zhou Xuan and said slowly: "I have never been sure, but I have never been so sure."

"I may not believe you, but I will not disbelieve in humanity."

"From the first time I saw you, I knew that all my son's plans would be overturned."

Zhou Xuan's eyes narrowed and he asked, "Have we met before?"

"I've seen it," Charlotte affirmed, "I've seen it many times."

Zhou Xuan was startled, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he stared at Xia Luo. To be honest, Xia Luo did give him a feeling of déjà vu, but Zhou Xuan was sure that this was the first time he had seen the latter.

"When have we met?" he asked.

Charlotte did not answer: "When the time comes, you will naturally know."

Zhou Xuan was silent, thinking whether this Xia Luo was also a holy saint, right?

I managed to ascend in Luoxian City? Isn’t that the case?

Charlotte did not argue with Zhou Xuanduo on this topic, but asked: "Why did you come to me?"

Zhou Xuandao: "Originally, I wanted to see how you were doing and what your attitude was towards the current situation, but now, I seem to have understood."

Charlotte nodded and said, "It's rare to understand."

Zhou Xuan looked at Xia Luo again and asked, "Do you know everything about your two sons?"

Charlotte lowered her eyes slightly and landed on the volumes stacked on the long table in front of the soft couch: "I even know that you died in the "Immortal Mansion". Is there anything else in the Great Xia Immortal Dynasty that I don't know about?"

"The Immortal Dynasty is plagued by monsters, the prince is involved in tricks, the second son is offering sacrifices, and the royal court is hegemonic..." Xia Luo rubbed the corner of his eyebrows and sighed helplessly, "The establishment of Daxia has only lasted for ten thousand years, and the previous dynasty is deeply rooted.

The forces of the Nine Eclipses Emperor buried the altar of deceit under the earth, and the astral gods stared covetously..."

"Internal and external troubles are like the intertwined roots of old trees in a deep forest. I want to peel off the cocoon, but those gods in the astral world don't give Daxia a chance to breathe."

"The battle 1,500 years ago..." Xia Luo tilted his head and looked at Zhou Xuan, "The gods of the star world descended to the lower realm. I blew up the human king's seal and used the endless human energy to trigger the heavenly way to counterattack. This is how I created the foundation for this Kunling world.

I’ve fought for a chance to survive.”

"However, after losing the Human King's Seal, my human energy continued to dissipate as time went by. In order to allow the Kunling Realm to survive the next astral gods' lower realm, I had to seal this old body in a deep palace.

"

"If I don't die, the gods of the astral world will not dare to come down to the lower world and do whatever they want."

"I only wish to use my remaining body to guard the realm of Kunling until...the next human king appears."

Zhou Xuan probed: "Xia Entropy?"

"He is not that material." Charlotte shook her head slightly, "He is too strong and wants to fight for everything. He is a little aloof and can't see the suffering in the world. Even if he can become the Lord of Great Xia

Even a king cannot become a human king."

Having said this, Xia Luo looked at Zhou Xuan: "The human king's seal has a spirit and will choose its master. Now it seems that it has chosen a good master."

Zhou Xuan pondered: "How did you confirm that the Human King's Seal is on my side?"

Charlotte shook her head and said with a smile: "People who have been here before, it has happened before. Because I have had it before, I have an unforgettable feeling about this feeling."

"As soon as I saw you, I saw the "alive" humanity in you."

"Human Dao Qi is like the sound of a clear spring. If it has a source, it is living water. If it has no roots, it is dead water. The human Dao Qi on my side is dying, but the one on your side is full of vitality. If I have all this

If you can't guess it, you are really blind."

Zhou Xuan asked: "You have known for a long time that I am carrying the King's Seal, but you have no intention of taking it back?"

"I know that it was not too early when you were pregnant with the King's Seal. As for "bringing it back"?" Charlotte shook his head mockingly, "The King's Seal never belonged to me. The King's Seal belongs to humanity.

, if it belongs to me, it will appear in front of me."

"But it didn't. This means that I have lost the qualification to control it, or... it has found someone more suitable to control it than me."

Zhou Xuan thought of Long Ling's words.
To be continued...