Xia Chichi's eyes began to turn cold as he looked at Hai Pinglan.
If Hai Pinglan's driving Sanniang away could be understood in a positive way, perhaps to leave a seed, then when he said "kill without mercy" and "you be the crown prince", there was no room for maneuver.
Hai Changkong was in his early thirties that year, and was ambitious to make a career. If he was dangling such a promise in front of him, he would really try his best to kill Sanniang. The cultivation level of the young Sanniang was far from that of Xuanwu today, and if things went wrong, she would really die.
Regardless of whether there is any intention or hardship behind it, this sentence is hard to forgive.
The scary thing is that he said it with a smile on his face, and didn't think there was anything wrong with what he said.
Xia Chichi said coldly: "It is said that your country still has no crown prince. Hai Changkong is already in his forties or fifties, right? Is it because Sanniang is still alive?"
Hai Pinglan smiled and said, "Of course, since I didn't kill him, I didn't meet the conditions I promised. I have hundreds of adopted sons, and many of them are very outstanding. It's hard to say who to choose."
Xia Chi Chi felt very uncomfortable and asked, "Why are you telling me this? Is it because you know Sanniang's identity as a member of the Four Elephants Sect that you want to break up with us?"
Hai Pinglan shook his head: "Now that I've said this, can't you tell that I did it on purpose? Otherwise, why would I tell you this?"
Xia Chichi secretly thought that he had heard it, but it was useless.
Why are these emperors so cold-hearted? For the sake of their own ideas, they never take other people's feelings seriously.
The only thing is that Xia Longyuan only calls himself "I" to Zhao Changhe, and at other times he calls himself "I". But Hai Pinglan always calls himself "I" or "old man", which is a bit strange.
But Hai Pinglan said: "When you travel on the sea, have you ever heard that the king of Penglai is named Yuan, not me, Hai Pinglan?"
Xia Chichi said: "I heard about it. Wasn't it a misunderstanding in the early years? Now everyone in your country knows that the King of Penglai is you."
Hai Pinglan shook his head: "Wrong, I have never ascended the throne... Legally speaking, she has always been the king of Penglai."
Xia Chichi was stunned: "But didn't she die?"
"When we were exploring the sea, we saw an innate treasure called the Water Soul. This thing was originally related to the ancient Xuanwu... When we found this thing, there was a fight without an enemy. At that time, my injuries had not healed, so I did not participate in the battle. According to Sanniang's mother, the Water Soul was taken away by someone." Hai Pinglan sighed: "Later I found out that it was not taken away by anyone, but the Water Soul had always been in her soul sea."
Xia Chichi's heart skipped a beat: "Sea Emperor!"
"Yes, the Sea King occupied her spiritual platform, but we didn't know it at the time." Hai Pinglan said, "Later, I had a dispute with Sanniang's mother. I wanted to establish a country in Penglai and form an army to fight back to the land. Sanniang's mother thought that Xiaguo was in a period of great prosperity at the moment, so we shouldn't think about such things. We should either settle down in Penglai or return to Jiangnan, because Xiaguo no longer wanted us, and there was no need to continue wandering on the sea. Of course I didn't want to, I was thinking about going back and killing your father..."
Xia Chichi: "…Thank you so much."
"We had a rare argument, and neither of us was able to convince the other, so it was very unpleasant." Hai Pinglan stared at the wine glass in a trance, and a gentle smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, as if he was reminiscing about the scene of the quarrel, which made him feel very warm.
Xia Chichi stared at him blankly, waiting for what to say next.
Hai Pinglan came back to his senses and sighed: "So one day, when she suddenly changed her mind and agreed to establish a country, guess how I felt at that time?"
Xia Chichi tried: "Ecstasy?"
"Wrong." Hai Pinglan said calmly: "I know her too well. Once she makes a decision, no one can change it. How could she suddenly change her mind and support me when nothing has happened? I became cautious and tried to probe from various angles. I found that her memory was fine, but her temperament had changed strangely. She was no longer like that person."
Xia Chichi listened intently: "And then?"
"I can't beat your father, but he is also a third-level secret treasure, and is on the Heavenly Ranking." Hai Pinglan smiled and said, "I suspected that she was possessed by another body, so I suddenly took action to control her. After checking, I found that her soul sea had been occupied by a strange yin energy. Although it was not completely possessed, it can be said that it was contaminated and she was no longer the same person, but she herself didn't know it yet."
Xia Chichi had already guessed it vaguely, and the first thing that came to his mind was the Wang family's negative energy and Wang Daoning's attempt to take advantage of the tiger.
Is Wang Daoning no longer that person
Hai Pinglan said: "By that time, the injuries I suffered from your father in my early years had long since healed. The Sea Emperor was actually weak at that time, so I had to use this sinister method... I thought I could clear the Yin Qi in her soul sea... But in the end, I realized that if we haven't reached the realm of control, we haven't reached it. Our understanding of Yin God is not comparable to that of the Sea Emperor, even if He is weak."
"... failed?" "Yes." Hai Pinglan said calmly: "I killed her with my own hands... It was not an accidental killing, nor was she killed by the conflict caused by the Yin Qi. I took the initiative to kill her. Because I couldn't tolerate others living with her body."
Xia Chichi: “…”
"The Sea King obviously didn't expect me to be so cruel. He was so angry that he invaded my spiritual platform... In the long years that followed, the battlefield was always on my spiritual platform."
"You don't know when you might be completely occupied, so you expel Sanniang and ask her to stay away. Is it possible to leave a seed?" Xia Chichi asked curiously: "But you just said that you want people to kill without mercy... Did the Sea King say that through you?"
Hai Pinglan said calmly: "You think too much... Why can you have such a warm guess when you were so lonely in your childhood?"
Xia Chichi: “…”
"At that time, the Sea Emperor was tearing my soul apart, but she led the crowd to force the emperor to abdicate. If you were me, I would also suspect that she was also infected like my mother and came to help the Sea Emperor. Of course, I would kill her without mercy. Why did you leave her to kill me?"
Xia Chichi sighed: "If I were you, I would order him to be captured alive."
"The situation is urgent and chaotic. If we are too soft-hearted, we will suffer defeat." Hai Pinglan said calmly, "The kingdom does not have to be inherited by her. What I promised to Changkong still counts."
Xia Chichi said sarcastically, "If you are only thinking about the succession of the kingdom... then everyone's thinking is not consistent. If it is just for that, then to put it bluntly, you can still have another child, so it really doesn't matter."
Hai Pinglan did not argue, but said: "Then the situation changed. The Sea King and I fought for nearly a year, and I was at a disadvantage. But the Sea King also knew that if he forcibly invaded me, the price He would pay would be great. So I offered to surrender."
"Submission..."
"He left my soul, and I revered him as a god. I built a temple for him, and the whole nation worshipped him, spreading faith and helping him revive. This was exactly what he needed, so we hit it off."
Xia Chichi laughed: "When you killed your wife, I thought you were so proud, but in the end you became a puppet emperor."
Hai Pinglan said calmly: "It is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. Although He has revived and accumulated strength, so have I."
"for example?"
"It just so happened that a group of people followed Sanniang at that time, and they inadvertently became the seeds you mentioned. No matter how the countries on the sea gradually fell, this group of people would never submit. When I secretly contacted them and explained the whole story, they became my sharp knives in secret. The countries thought it was pirate looting, but in fact, most of the resources were in my hands. On the surface, everything in Penglai was under the eyes of the Sea Emperor. As a child emperor, I was limited in the resources for cultivation, but in fact, I had secretly accumulated countless resources for cultivation. Once I broke through the realm of control, it would be time for me to counterattack."
Xia Chichi asked: "So you have made a breakthrough?"
Hai Pinglan did not answer, and said to himself: "The matter can be handled in several steps. The first step is to divert the trouble to the east and drive the tiger to devour the wolf. The population on the sea is really small, and the countries combined may not be comparable to a large state of Xia. His faith power is limited and he is eager to expand. I will let the Sea King and the Wang family get together, which will not only make his focus shift to the land, but also make it easier for me to operate secretly, and also let him go and clash with Xia Longyuan."
He paused here, his tone becoming a little strange: "Do you know? Some time ago, the Sea King and your father had a fight in the air."
Xia Chichi said: "I know. During the battle with King Cui."
"That move caused the Sea Emperor to suffer some hidden injuries, and he found that he was no match for Xia Longyuan..." Hai Pinglan's tone was very complicated: "Xia Longyuan has actually reached this level..."
Xia Chichi had a blank expression on his face.
Hai Pinglan came back to his senses and smiled, "Anyway, He is a little anxious. If He doesn't revive to His full potential and can't resist Xia Longyuan, then the Wang family's so-called rebellion is completely in vain. At this time, I secretly ordered the pirate group to expel the fishermen and merchants who went to the sea. The number of His believers was already limited, and He was not allowed to drink the soup. Of course, He was furious and ordered all countries to suppress the bandits. At the same time, He also wanted to make a sacrifice plan that he didn't want to do before, and carved a formation on the ship so that the casualties of believers in the war could become nutrients sacrificed to Him. He didn't want to waste it at all."
Xia Chichi listened in fascination: "Then how did you secretly hinder me?"
Hai Pinglan said, "Originally, the Sea King only intended to use the regular casualties in the war as sacrificial nutrients. I asked Changkong and Qianfan to work together to create a trap, as if to deliberately let them all be sacrificed. At the same time, I persuaded a small country to surrender in advance, and revealed the sacrificial formation to him at the appropriate time. Then the other countries must also leave some alive and escape. As long as this matter is widely publicized, the foundation of His faith will collapse completely. Not only will He not be able to revive, but He may even be weakened by the backlash."
At this point, he sighed again: "I have my plans, and He has His own secret plans. On the surface, he summoned various countries to suppress the bandits, but in reality, he used the sea people he had slowly cultivated over the years to raid the pirate group in advance. I made a mistake in this matter. I didn't expect that the pirate group had been loyal for so many years, but someone secretly defected to the Sea Emperor..."
(End of this chapter)