in2ebook Chapter 172 Did the Emperor Also Cultivate Immortality?
Chapter 172 Did the Emperor Also Cultivate Immortality?
For a moment, none of them dared to speak. Their faces were pale and they were sweating profusely.
"Tell me! What happened in Shengyang City?" Xiang Qianan shouted angrily. "Do you also want to try the methods of the gods?"
"God, please spare me. Your Majesty, please spare me." Seeing Yang Shan's tragic death, several guards knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately.
"Your Majesty, you and the gods will know the truth when you enter the city. I dare not say anything for fear of polluting your ears." One of the guards finally spoke tremblingly.
Let the emperor and his men investigate this matter themselves. If they tell anyone, they will probably die on the spot.
"Then open the city gate." Seeing that these people obviously didn't want to say more, Si Yuan didn't want to argue anymore.
Xiang Qian'an nodded slightly, and the guards quickly stood up and opened the city gate in a hurry.
The city gate slowly opened, and what came into view was a desolate and dead silence. The streets were empty, and only the wind blew the fallen leaves around in lonely circles.
"Where have all the people in this city gone?" Xiang Qian'an looked at the familiar streets. The once bustling capital was now like a ghost town, which made him feel a chill in his heart.
The further you go in, the weirder it gets.
As we got closer to the palace, we suddenly heard a shrill scream.
"Please, let my daughter go and let me go!" Si Yuan and his group looked in the direction where the voice came from.
I saw a woman kneeling on the ground, holding a guard's feet tightly. The guard was holding a long sword, with the tip of the sword pointing at the back of the woman's neck.
There was also a group of guards escorting a prison cart with dozens of crying children inside.
"Since you want to die, I'll grant your wish!" The guard sneered and was about to stab the woman with his sword.
A vine suddenly stretched out from the ground and quickly wrapped around the guard's body, holding him tightly.
"Who? Who is it?" The guard struggled in panic, but the vines wrapped around him tighter and tighter like a giant python, making him unable to move.
The other guards were stunned by this scene. They raised their machetes and looked around vigilantly.
Xiang Qian'an and Huo Jun, who were beside Mu Wanwan, saw it all clearly. They saw a green light suddenly appear in Boss Mu's hand, and then the guard was entangled by vines.
When the woman saw this, she immediately kowtowed to the heavens, "God, please show up and save these children."
Mu Wanwan activated her supernatural power again, and the vines spread rapidly, binding the other guards one by one.
When the children in the prison van saw this scene, they stopped crying and a glimmer of hope appeared in their frightened eyes.
He imitated the woman and knelt in the prison van and kowtowed.
"Please save us, we don't want to be eaten."
"Wow... woooo, I want my mother."
Eat? Is that what they meant?
Mu Wanwan, Si Yuan and the others were all shocked. Mu Wanwan was so angry that she was shaking all over. There were two little kids here who were about the same age as Xiao Jinghuai and the others.
As the group approached, the guards saw Xiang Qian'an and his companions and their eyes widened in horror.
As rebels, they could naturally recognize Xiang Qian'an.
However, their mouths were sealed by Mu Wanwan with vines, so they could only scream "wuwuwu" and their bodies kept struggling, trying to break free from the restraints.
Huo Jun opened the prison van and released the children inside. The two little babies did not know what fear was.
They were probably crying because they were hungry. Huo Jun held them in his arms, one on each hand, and they were crying loudly.
Mu Wanwan quickly ordered two new milk bottles and took out the milk powder for Xiao Jinghuai and the others from the space and made two bottles.
The two little ones are rather thin and cannot hold the bottle by themselves.
Huo Jun could only give the other one to Xiang Qian'an to feed.
"Are you gods?" The woman knelt on the ground and looked at the people in front of her with tears in her eyes.
"Madam, please get up first. Can you tell us what happened in Shengyang City? What happened to these children?" Mu Wanwan stretched out her hand to help the woman up.
The woman wiped her tears and said, "These children... these children are going to be sent to the palace to those people... No, beasts, they are beasts. They want to eat our children."
At this point, she was no longer afraid of anything. Her husband had been killed by those beasts in order to protect her and her son.
But they still didn't let her child go.
"What?" Xiang Qian'an's face turned pale, his fists clenched, and a hint of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.
After the natural disaster, he heard several of his ministers talk about cannibalism, but he thought that only evil beasts would do such a thing.
Although those rebel kings were plotting rebellion, they were of noble birth and had learned propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame since childhood. They were all princes who grew up receiving royal education.
He actually did such a heartless thing!
"What about the parents of these children?" Si Yuan asked. He had also heard of such things.
The woman found her child among the group of children and was holding him tightly. "Some were captured and forced to do hard labor, while others were brutally killed while trying to protect their children. Some even sold their children to protect themselves."
"As for the two little ones in your hands, they were... born by the women in the city who were forced by those beasts. They captured all the women in the city, and every day men came to force them to get pregnant and give birth, and then they would eat the babies."
When the woman said this, she burst into tears.
Mu Wanwan and Si Yuan understood after hearing this. They were just wondering how there could be such a young child in this world.
If adults can’t even get enough to eat, it’s impossible for them to think about having children.
Mu Wanwan felt a little nauseous after hearing this, and her stomach churned, but she suppressed her emotions and gently patted the woman's back, trying to comfort her.
As a mother, she really couldn't accept such a thing.
If we eat children now, and there are no children in the future, will we start eating adults?
Xiang Qian'an's eyes burned with anger and his eye sockets began to turn red.
These were his people. Not only did he fail to protect them, he also let them suffer such an inhumane disaster.
Si Yuan saw that Mu Wanwan was not feeling well, so he took out a bottle of spiritual spring water and handed it to her.
Xiang Qian'an also took out some steamed buns and water from the space button and handed them to the children, asking them to fill their stomachs first.
Huo Jun's eyes widened in surprise when he saw his emperor producing one steamed bun after another.
No!! Your Majesty!!
Boss Mu and Young Master Si are gods who have the ability to take things from a distance!
Your Majesty, what’s wrong with you!!!
Have you learned any techniques of cultivating immortality from following the immortals?
This was obviously not the time to think about these things, but he was just really curious.
He grew up with the emperor, and there was nothing the emperor didn't know.