Chapter 2563: Chapter 122: Six Selves Crossing the Life-and-Death Tribulation, Storms Collide as Dragons and Tigers Compete! (Part 2)
He’s been cursed by many, he’s long been used to it.
From noble and respected to being publicly scorned, it’s all due to a single war. He admits his own failure.
But he never imagined that the Crown Prince, whom he personally tutored and is not yet nine years old this year, would curse him this way.
The commoners can curse him, the soldiers can curse him, his colleagues can curse him... but the Li Clan of Gao Country, clearly knowing how much he has sacrificed, knowing what he has done, knowing what he took upon himself, what right do they have to curse him, Yu Jingqiu?
But what can an almost nine-year-old Crown Prince understand?
The words of Li Bangyou may reflect the attitude of the King of Gao Country!
"You... insolent!"
His heart was cold, his back slightly hunched as he sternly and weakly stared at Li Bangyou: "What I have done for the Gao Country, Heaven and Earth can testify. How dare an ignorant child insult me! Who taught you such words, why not speak to me directly!?"
"No one taught me, I understood from reading!" Li Bangyou slapped the table and stood up, adjusted his jade crown, and pointed at Yu Jingqiu, saying, "Yu Jingqiu! For your selfish desires, for your worthless son, you insolently sought the Nine Chapter Jade Bi, thereby offending the Hegemony Country! Your whole life was about feigning honor, claiming to seek death on the battlefield, but actually seeking a shameful peace, winning the favor of Cao Yuxian at the cost of Gao Country’s lands, deceiving the people below, deceiving Heaven above! What Heaven and Earth can testify, how dare you boast before me!"
Yu Jingqiu’s face flushed to the extreme at this moment, he stood up, his hand trembling with the cultivation of the God Descending Realm: "I sought the Nine Chapter Jade Bi, it’s my own doing, and I bear the consequences. My son died, I knelt to the people of Chu! What have I done against you, Li Family?"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
He angrily called out to the King of Gao Country: "The dignified Son of Heaven, dare not see his old minister? The Son of Heaven’s words are as precious as gold, if there’s anything to say, say it to me directly, there’s no need to use a child’s mouth to taint the Crown Prince’s heart! The cracks in the mountains and rivers can be mended, but can a dung heart be purified?!"
His emotions were raw and sincere here.
But King Li Ji had personally gone to the Iron Country to seek aid from the Alliance Hierarch of the Northwest Five Countries. How could he hear his cries?
Poor Yu Jingqiu, still thought everything was orchestrated by King Li Ji of Gao Country. Still believed that the King of Gao, whom he had loyally assisted for half his life, had grown to resent him. Thus, he was in such pain.
The Seven Spirits substitute comes into play, the original body becomes one, and the secondary bodies become seven, this is the ultimate after the blossoming of Divine Skills.
Each identity is dominated by one spirit as a substitute. Starting from this spirit, it gradually replaces the Three Souls and Seven Spirits, and even the body and mind, finally aligning with destiny.
On Lei Zhanqian of Qi Country, Zhang Linchuan had already expended one identity.
And the last identity, he left vacant for now, not in a hurry to use it, just wanting to wait for the best harvest. If no perfect opportunity arises, he will leave it for his original self.
The remaining five identities have already been laid out in various places, each developing for some time.
Now one main body and five secondary bodies, six bodies go through life and death tribulations together, the storm meets, the dragon and tiger compete! Different cultivation levels, different identities, different fates, life and death crises vary as well.
Like Yang Chongzu of Qiao Country, who has already cultivated to the God Descending Realm, is also the son of the Vice Minister of the current dynasty. Following the normal path, annexing Qiao Country is no longer a difficult matter for him. The real difficulty lies in how to seize the right moment afterwards, whether to offer Qiao to Qin or to Chu, and how to successfully join the hegemony of the Hegemony Country’s upper echelons.
Of course, there’s not so much time now.
With Yang Chongzu’s identity and strength, only by challenging Lady of Hundred Flowers Min Youning in the Qiao Country’s Imperial City, and provoking the entire order of Qiao Country, can he be said to be truly facing a life and death crisis.
As for the Crown Prince of Gao Country, Li Bangyou, constrained by age, this body does not possess great power. But because of his identity as the Crown Prince, and also because he is still young, it is difficult to encounter a life and death crisis no matter how recklessly he acts, any misdeed is still seen as having room for correction...
If he directly and recklessly provokes King Li Ji, or provokes the Generals of Jingguo’s Shesheng Army, seeking death easily becomes true death. And with his individual strength, he has no power to protect himself at all.
Grandmaster Yu Jingqiu is a very good choice.
Very dangerous, yet there exists a slim chance of survival — as long as he can grasp the changes in people’s hearts and political influence within it.
During the outbreak of Jingguo’s westward expansion war, amidst the chaos of war, he replaced Li Bangyou, using the excuse of being frightened to stay bedridden for a long time, thus getting through the initial disharmony of substitution.
Following the development path as the Crown Prince of Gao Country, the King of Gao Country, and the Alliance Hierarch of the Northwest Five Countries, this identity’s future is a smooth road.
Yet now it must erupt ahead of schedule, going through the life and death tribulation with the original body.
Since he replaced Li Bangyou’s identity, his most frequent contact was Yu Jingqiu, so he understood Yu Jingqiu the best.
Yu Jingqiu’s pain, guilt, struggle, he saw it all.
So every word, every sentence, pierced Yu Jingqiu’s heart!
At this moment, still just in the figure of a nine-year-old Crown Prince, he shouted loudly: "How do you still have the face to shout at the Son of Heaven, slander the Lord! A person who ruins the country and goes against virtue, to such an extent. Yu Jingqiu! If I were you, I would hit my head against the wall to preserve my reputation!"
Yu Jingqiu glared with wide eyes, his face full of complicated emotions, both angry and sad, both pained and disappointed.
Li Bangyou was startled, retreating with a face full of fear.
At this moment, thud thud thud, orderly footsteps sounded.
Squad after squad of armored soldiers, drawing their military knives, burst directly into the palace courtyard, surrounding this Crown Prince’s study place so tightly that not even water could pass through.
