Xu Yourong answered quickly, as if she didn't even think about it.
But Shang Xingzhou and Wang Po knew that it was because she had thought about this question too many times, so she didn't need to think about it again.
Wang Po looked at the smoke and dust that was getting closer and closer outside the Mausoleum of Tianshu, and sighed.
Shang Xingzhou looked at her and said, "Why should I agree to your request?"
Xu Yourong said: "The request is just a polite way of saying it, because I want to respect you as Chen Changsheng's master. In fact, this is what I ask of you."
There is only one word difference between a request and a requirement, but there is a big difference in the will of the representatives.
Now there is no one who dares to be so tough on Shang Xingzhou.
"Why?"
"Because you want the Northern Expedition, you want to eliminate the demons, and you want the human race to rule the world."
They are the most intelligent people in the world, and they don't need too much explanation. Between simple questions and answers, they have the truth deep in their hearts.
Looking at the situation outside the Tianshu Mausoleum, if this war really starts, no matter who wins in the end, both sides will suffer heavy casualties, and the aftermath will last for many years. In ten years, there is no chance to defeat the demons and dominate the mainland.
Decades later, Shang Xingzhou was going to die.
He won't allow this to happen.
"I don't like Tianhai, and I don't like Su Li, because no matter how far they look, they still only want to see where they are."
Shang Xingzhou looked at Xu Yourong and said indifferently, "I didn't expect the Holy Maiden to be such a person."
Xu Yourong's expression remained unchanged, and he said, "If you can't even stand on your feet, what's the point of seeing far away?"
Shang Xingzhou said: "If you don't look too far, it's easy to think too highly of yourself. Do you think you can bring chaos to the world by yourself?"
Xu Yourong said: "When a person has too many thoughts, his mind tends to become chaotic. If a person's mind is chaotic, how can the world not be chaotic?"
This sentence is talking about King Xiang and King Chenliu, about the generals taught by Chen Guansong, about the ministers in the court and the old people in the Jiaoshu Office, and about living in this world and having a great influence on the world. Everyone with their own views and ambitions, including Shang Xingzhou and herself.
"As long as I am here, the world will not be chaotic."
Shang Xingzhou's expression was calm, but he had a heart-wrenching self-confidence.
Xu Yourong said calmly: "People are always going to die, and you are no exception."
Shang Xingzhou looked at those Nanxizhai disciples and Wang Po, and said, "Do you think you can kill me today?"
Xu Yourong said: "At the beginning, I thought I could kill you, because I knew that your injury has not healed."
Shang Xingzhou's eyes were deep, and he didn't expect that she could see this.
At the Mausoleum of Books back then, the Empress Tianhai used her body, soul, and Tao to fight against three peerless powerhouses, and waged a shocking battle.
Xu Yourong didn't witness this battle with his own eyes, but he did many deduction replays in the following three years.
She found that His Majesty the Pope did not use his full strength that night, and at the same time confirmed that the strongest attacks of the Holy Empress basically fell on Luoyang City.
Shang Xingzhou's injury was left at that time, and then relapsed in Baidi City.
But from the choice made that night by the Empress Tianhai, it can be seen that she values Shang Xingzhou the most.
Xu Yourong would not doubt the vision of the Holy Empress Tianhai.
She started revisiting her original plan and made a very important change.
"You are stronger than the world imagines. It is really difficult for me to kill you."
Xu Yourong looked at Shang Xingzhou and smiled slightly, and said, "But, I can trap you."
The wind came suddenly, and the dust on the Shinto was blown away.
Two white wings of more than ten feet spread out behind her.
Hundreds of small white flowers bloomed in the mountains again, and the disciples of Nanxizhai came to Shinto from various forests.
During the whole process, there was no confusion about their positions and their relationship with each other, they were very tight, and no loopholes could be found at all.
If someone looks down from the top of Tianshu Mausoleum, they should think of the picture of broken vases being reassembled in reversed time.
— I can trap you.
This sentence sounds ordinary, but it is actually very simple.
Because trapping a peerless powerhouse is not necessarily easier than killing him.
Shang Xingzhou's Taoism is clear and wonderful, and the wind is hundreds of miles away. Even in the restricted Tianshu Mausoleum, he still retreats without hindrance.
Even the Holy Empress Tianhai couldn't say such things to Shang Xingzhou back then.
In the whole world, only Shengnvfeng has such confidence, because they have the Nanxizhai Sword Formation.
When Zhou Dufu was in his prime, he was trapped by the Nanxizhai sword formation for a moment.
If Xu Yourong just wanted to trap Shang Xingzhou in the sword formation for a while, he should be able to do it.
The question is, what is her purpose for keeping Shang Xingzhou here
Shang Xingzhou came because of Wang Po.
If he was trapped by the Nanxi Zhai sword formation, then Wang Po could naturally leave.
Where will Wang Po go
Shang Xingzhou's eyes fell on Wang Po.
Wang Po said: "My task is to attract you to come here."
Shang Xingzhou said, "Can you leave?"
Wang Po looked towards the end of the divine way, and said, "The Tianshu Mausoleum will always be here, if I want to, I can come anytime."
Shang Xingzhou's eyes were slightly cold, and he said, "You think you can leave?"
Two sentences that are very similar, actually express different meanings.
The former sentence refers to willingness, while the latter refers to ability.
Hearing Shang Xingzhou's words, Wang Po raised his eyebrows.
The distance between his brows and eyes is a bit close, like in a flat field, the low sky is connected to the ground.
As he raised his eyebrows, a tree suddenly appeared between the sky and the field, with a very straight trunk.
"I don't want to bully the few with the more, that's why I left, otherwise you can try to keep me."
After saying this, his hand left the handle of the knife, and he was about to leave.
Xu Yourong said to him, "Thank you."
Wang Po shook his head as he recalled the last conversation with Xun Mei outside the Mausoleum of Heavenly Books that year.
Following the way he came, through the woods, he glanced at the hut behind the fence, and walked towards the outside of the Mausoleum of Heavenly Books.
In the woods and in the buildings, there are countless military experts, Tianji Pavilion assassins, and Taoists in Tsing Yi from Changchun Temple.
His hand never held the handle of the knife again, because these people were not qualified to let him draw the knife, and those people did not have the courage to show up.
Outside the heavy stone gate of Tianshu Mausoleum, he stopped in his tracks.
The princes of the Chen family, the generals and the black cavalry stood opposite.
A bishop walked up to him and said something in a low voice, Wang Po shook his head.
The bishop hesitated for a while, but after all, he didn't dare to disobey his will, and ordered the state church cavalry who stopped in front of the Mausoleum of Heavenly Books to retreat along the river.
Looking at this scene, the crowd on the opposite side was slightly agitated, and then quickly quieted down, because they all recognized who the shabby-looking scribe was.
There was no sound in front of the Tianshu Mausoleum, and the atmosphere became more and more oppressive and tense. Even the landing of the flying chariot did not bring about any change.
King Xiang was helped out of the chariot by his two younger brothers, feeling a little sleepy, he rubbed his eyes, only to see Wang Po standing there.
He was slightly startled and asked, "What do you mean?"