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Chapter 261 Change of Throne
Chapter 261 Change of Throne
"Your Majesty, Prince Longyuan has returned and is waiting outside the hall!" Chief Steward Wang knocked on the door of the Hall of Mental Cultivation and respectfully addressed Emperor Li Yu of Tang, who was inside.
Half a day later, Emperor Li Yu's voice finally came from the Hall of Mental Cultivation: "Yuan'er is back? Let him come in by himself. You, Your Majesty, wait outside for my instructions."
Upon hearing this voice, Lin Fei sensed something was amiss. Emperor Li Yu's voice sounded extremely weak; in layman's terms, it lacked vitality. Such a condition was absolutely impossible for a master of the Dharma Aspect realm.
At the level of cultivation of Emperor Li Yu of the Tang Dynasty, even if one went a year or two without eating, drinking, sleeping or resting, there would be absolutely no problem with insufficient vital energy.
Lin Fei realized that something unexpected must have happened, and without daring to delay, he quickly pushed open the door of the Hall of Mental Cultivation and stepped inside.
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When Lin Fei entered the hall, he saw Emperor Li Yu of Tang lying on his dragon bed. And his condition was probably much worse than Lin Fei had imagined.
Emperor Li Yu of Tang lay reclining on the dragon bed, noticeably thinner than before Lin Fei left. His face was shrouded in dark aura, and he looked as if he were barely clinging to life.
When Li Yu saw Lin Fei enter, he forced a smile onto his thin face and patted the dragon bed beneath him: "Yuan'er, you're back? Come and sit down."
Lin Feiyi sat down next to Li Yu and asked with concern, "Father, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing." Li Yu gave a wry smile and waved his hand: "With demonic energy entering my body, I'm afraid my health is failing."
It turns out that it was a trace of ancient demonic energy left in Li Yu's body by the Demon Master that caused the mess and made his body look like this.
This ancient demonic energy was extremely peculiar in nature. An ordinary expert might have been able to deal with it. However, Li Yu already possessed the dragon energy of a true dragon emperor within his body. Entangled with that wisp of demonic energy, it prevented Li Yu from expelling the demonic energy from his body at all.
The demonic energy and the dragon energy within Li Yu's body constantly clashed, eventually causing his body to become like this.
"This is why I was so eager to bring you back," Li Yu said to Lin Fei. "The country cannot be without a ruler for a day. I'm afraid my health can no longer hold up. From now on, the burden of the Southern Tang dynasty will have to be borne by you."
Lin Fei had originally decided not to assume the throne of the Southern Tang Dynasty for the time being. His most important task now was to consolidate his cultivation and strive to achieve a breakthrough in the Dharma Aspect stage.
Although the ruler of the Southern Tang Dynasty held a prestigious position, he was burdened with numerous affairs, which might hinder his cultivation progress. Therefore, Lin Fei had no intention of taking over the position in the short term.
However, seeing Li Yu's current state, Lin Fei had a sentence stuck in his throat, unsure how to refuse.
Emperor Li Yu of Tang picked up a secret manual from his side and handed it to Lin Fei, saying, "This manual, 'The Emperor's Aura Observation Technique,' is a secret technique passed down through generations of the Li family of Southern Tang. Only with this can one fully control the Xuanyuan Divine Sword. Now, I am also handing it over to you."
Lin Fei had seen Li Yu use the Emperor's Qi Observation Technique before; it was indeed a secret technique for controlling the Xuanyuan Sword. However, Lin Fei no longer needed it. With the connection to the True Dragon Origin Qi, Lin Fei now wielded the Xuanyuan Sword with effortless ease. He no longer needed to rely on any other secret techniques to unleash its power.
"That's right, the Xuanyuan Sword!" Lin Fei suddenly remembered that his Xuanyuan Sword was no longer the same as before. The Xuanyuan Sword, repaired with True Dragon Origin Qi, might be able to suppress the demonic energy within Li Yu's body.
Thinking of this, Lin Fei immediately took out the Xuanyuan Sword and said to Li Yu, "Father, perhaps I can deal with the demonic energy in your body."
As the national treasure of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Emperor Li Yu of Tang was naturally very familiar with the Xuanyuan Sword. As soon as Lin Fei took out the Xuanyuan Sword, Li Yu immediately noticed that it was different from before.
“This…” Li Yu’s eyes widened as he looked at the completely different Xuanyuan Sword in Lin Fei’s hand. A rare look of excitement appeared on his thin face: “How could the Xuanyuan Sword have become like this? It seems to be much more powerful than before!”
Lin Fei then briefly explained to Li Yu how the Hidden Sword Elder had used True Dragon Origin Qi to repair the Xuanyuan Sword and pass on the Benevolent Sword to him.
Upon hearing this, Li Yu was extremely excited and burst into laughter: "Excellent! Excellent! It is actually the true dragon source energy of the ancient emperor! It seems that you, Yuan'er, are indeed the chosen one! In that case, I can truly rest assured to entrust the Southern Tang kingdom to you!"
The Xuanyuan Sword was not only even more powerful than before, but Lin Fei also had the powerful backing of the Hidden Sword Elder, the foremost swordsman of the era. How could Emperor Li Yu of Tang not feel gratified? He felt that entrusting the Southern Tang kingdom to Lin Fei was the most correct decision he had ever made. He also believed that the Southern Tang kingdom could reach unprecedented heights under Lin Fei's leadership.
Seeing that Lin Fei wanted to use the Xuanyuan Sword to remove the demonic energy entangled in his body, Li Yu quickly stopped him, saying, "There's no need. If it were a few days earlier, perhaps I could use this repaired Xuanyuan Sword to remove the demonic energy from my body. But now, this demonic energy is completely intertwined with my dragon energy, inseparable. If I forcibly remove it, my dragon energy will probably be damaged, and I will still inevitably face death."
Li Yu sighed and said, "I can rest assured that I am entrusting the Southern Tang dynasty to you. You don't need to worry about me. After you ascend the throne, I will go to the place in the capital where the dragon energy is strongest and use the dragon energy to completely assimilate this demonic energy. Perhaps my cultivation can even advance further."
The place with the strongest dragon energy in the imperial capital is none other than the earth's core dragon vein, the very foundation upon which the entire Southern Tang capital was built. It was the place with the strongest dragon energy that Yuan Tiangang, the first patriarch of the Yuan family of Jiangling, found after searching the entire Southern Tang kingdom. It is located directly beneath the imperial ancestral temple.
Seeing Lin Fei's worried expression, Li Yu forced a smile and comforted him, saying, "Our Southern Tang Li family has never produced a master of the Celestial Realm in all its generations. Yuan'er, you are exceptionally talented and have received personal instruction from the Hidden Sword Elder, so reaching the Celestial Realm is likely within your reach. If I can also break through to the Celestial Realm, the two of us, father and son, might become a legendary tale in the history of the Southern Tang!"
Seeing that Lin Fei was about to try to persuade him again, Li Yu interrupted him directly: "You don't need to say anything more. Do you want to watch me, with this crippled body, exhaust myself on the throne?"
"From now on, the fate of the Southern Tang Kingdom rests in your hands. Do not fail to live up to my expectations." He patted Lin Fei on the shoulder, then called out loudly, "Chief Steward Wang, come in!"