There was something wrong with my past life

"I am reporting to the Emperor that at noon today, the Demon General of the West has led his army to set off. According to the itinerary, they will arrive at the White Tiger Gate in two days. As for the other three Demon Generals, they are also integrating their armies and preparing to set off, but they should be better than the Demon General of the West. Your Excellency, it will take two days to reach the royal city."

In the brightly lit hall, a general in armor and stomach knelt down at the foot of the long steps made of white jade. He looked at the majestic figure sitting on the throne behind the bead curtain above, which was out of sight. Sound report.

"I understand, please step back."

Such a response came from behind the bead curtain, and the general bowed and exited the hall.

After exiting the palace gate, he dared to raise his head and glance at the figure behind the bead curtain.

Although the emperor has been living in seclusion and rarely showing up since the founding of the world, his majesty is still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Therefore, when he entered the palace to report things, the general never dared to raise his head to look up.

Now I raised my head and looked back. Even though it was blocked by the bead curtain, I could only see an indistinct figure.

In the empty main hall, there is always a solitary figure on the emperor's throne, looking extremely lonely and lonely.

He only glanced at it, as if he was afraid of offending the emperor. The general did not dare to look further and quickly withdrew his gaze, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

At the same time, a terrible thought that a human minister should not have suddenly popped into his mind——

Even though the emperor owns the world, he looks really pitiful, like a prisoner, and the cage is this exquisite and luxurious imperial city.

As soon as a thought came up, he shook his head suddenly to get rid of this distracting thought from his mind. After all, disrespecting the emperor was a serious sin.

However, he was also a little uneasy in his heart. In the past few days, the emperor suddenly changed from his normal behavior and began to sit on the throne behind the bead curtain and personally govern. This obviously made many interested people see that something was wrong, and there was a feeling that a storm was about to come. .

But now, even the four demon generals guarding the four directions have come out in full force and mobilized their troops to rush towards the royal city, which further illustrates the seriousness of the matter.

All this is enough to show that this invasion from the evil spirits from outside is not as easy as the rumors outside.

Compared with the panic among the people above the court, the people living in the royal city were not much affected. The people's hearts were very stable. After all, in their eyes, as long as the emperor was still there, even if the evil spirits from outside the world came back, it would not be enough. fear.

"Well, I hope that the emperor can regain his unparalleled glory and lead the world through this crisis as he did back then."

Looking at the inverted stars on the night sky, the worried general whispered, like the ordinary people in the royal city who did not understand the situation, they placed all their hopes on this emperor.

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The night is as cold as water.

It was already the dead of night. Although the entire imperial city was brightly lit, there was a sense of death and lack of vitality.

This emperor settled in the imperial city after calming down the troubled times. Unlike other emperors who pursued enjoyment for hundreds of years after taking possession of the world, this emperor has been in power for so many years. In addition to some necessary servants in the palace, Even the guards are very few, and as for the maids who serve in food and daily life, they are even more pitiful. They can be counted on two hands.

Moreover, these maids usually entertain foreign ministers, and the emperor always likes to be quiet, so there is no one to serve him.

On the star-catching platform in the imperial city, a man wearing a golden robe and a golden mask sat alone on the high platform, bathed in the bright starlight, and fell into a long silence facing the boundless night above his head.

This person is naturally the emperor.

When the world was flat and he ascended the throne of God with the support of all the people, the first decree he issued was to order people to build this tower as tall as the clouds. Standing on it, one can reach out and reach for the stars. This is also true. This is the origin of the name of Star Reaching Platform.

Everyone knows that this star-catching platform is to commemorate the emperor and empress who died in the war. It is said that when he was conquering the world, the emperor had made an agreement with the empress. When the world was peaceful in the future, he would build a sky-reaching tower for her. A high platform allows her, who likes stars, to watch the stars.

Therefore, when the star-catching platform was being built, the common people who were impressed by the merits of the emperor and empress came to help without any consideration of reward, and did their best to do their part.

However, there is one person in this world who knows that the reason why this star-catching platform was built is not what is rumored by the outside world.

The reason why this star-catching platform was built was just to allow that person to get closer to his hometown.

At this time, the emperor, who was sitting high on the star-catching platform, looked at the deep night in front of him, and his eyes seemed to contain something as deep and bottomless as the night in front of him.

"Recently, those evil spirits in Tianwaitian have been making strange moves again."

In the evening breeze, there was such a whisper.

The emperor, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke at this moment, and his tone was very soft. Although there was no one in the night in front of him, it was as if he was talking to another close person.

"This time, these extraterritorial evil spirits seem to have big plans. They are different from the sporadic invasions in the past, which makes me feel very uneasy."

Although there was no response, the emperor was still talking to himself.

"If you were still here, things would be much easier to handle. After all, you always have a lot of clever ideas, and you can definitely handle everything perfectly. Now I'm the only one left, and I really don't know what to do."

"But don't worry, no matter what, I will protect this country that I bought with your life for you, and I will never allow them to destroy it again!"

When these words were spoken, the air was filled with a fierce and murderous aura.

After a while, the murderous aura on the emperor's body dissipated, and he spoke softly again: "Forget it, let me tell you something happy."

"Recently, all the purple spirit trees in the capital have bloomed. The scene is really beautiful. I really want you to take a look. After all, you used to like this kind of flower the most."

"Also, Xiao Hei doesn't know why lately. He always liked to do evil and get into trouble. Recently, he seems to have become a good man. He suddenly became very well-behaved and quiet. At first, I was so scared that I thought he was sick. , and later after a closer inspection, I found that it was in good health and still active and active. Speaking of which, I am really not used to it without it, which likes to make trouble and get into trouble."

"By the way, do you still remember the concentric tree that the two of us planted together when you left? You told me at that time that when this tree blooms, it will be the time for us to meet again. Although I thought you were deceiving me at the time, just like you have deceived me countless times before, in my opinion, you were worried that I would follow you after you left, so you specially left a thought for me."

"Although I think you are lying to me, for these thousands of years, I have watered this concentric tree every day and taken good care of it, even if it is just a dead tree, because after all, this is the only thing you have left for me. A relic. I thought that even if another hundred thousand and millions of years pass, the dead tree will still be a dead tree and will never sprout buds and bloom. But I never thought that just a few days ago, this concentric tree actually sprouted New buds appeared, and in just a few days, the growth was extremely gratifying, and now they have formed small flower buds.”

"Looking at it like this, the flowering has only happened in the past few days, but... where are you?"

The stars on the star-catching platform are as bright as frost, and the evening wind is whimpering.

Suddenly, the night overhead seemed to be penetrated, and with a loud noise that resounded throughout the world, the entire night was as bright as day.

A white light that seemed to penetrate heaven and earth cut through the sky and fell towards the royal city.

The emperor, who was sitting on the star-catching platform, looked at the white light with peerless sharpness in his eyes.

"boom!"

In an instant, the white light fell from the sky after receiving it, and with a loud noise, the earth trembled.

The emperor stood up and flew towards the spot where the white light fell not far away, wanting to see what it was.