You don't want your secret to be revealed by others, right?-Chapter 408 - 24, Your Highness, you don’t want to either..._2

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"The altar collapsed shortly after it was built, I naturally knew." The Second Prince laughed and said, "In fact, I envy you. What I and the former Crown Prince pursued for so long without hope, you already see hope for."

"The former Crown Prince?" Lin Yue asked in confusion.

"More than twenty years ago, he had already completely changed."

The Second Prince shook his head slightly, "This is also unavoidable, he too bears a lot, just..."

He suddenly asked, "Do you think the Crown Prince seems like a human?"

Lin Yue recalled for a moment and shook his head, "Indeed, there's nothing humane about him. I once thought it was because the Crown Prince's realm was too high, but upon reflection, no strong one is like that."

"He indeed is not human, perhaps not even considered life." The Second Prince sighed and said, "So, his judgment on the Twelfth Prince was simply for the sake of the entire nation, and he doesn't care about your personal feelings."

Hearing this, Lin Yue thought for a moment, then suddenly asked, "What about the God Emperor?"

"The God Emperor? What about the God Emperor?" The Second Prince tilted his head slightly, glancing at him.

Lin Yue remained silent for a moment and then said, "In the past, folk rumors said that the God Emperor neglected governance and was naturally idle, so he let the Crown Prince oversee the kingdom. But this has been the case for over a thousand years, and still now... I feel he doesn't seem quite human either."

The Second Prince chuckled and said, "Your feeling is very accurate, although His Majesty was human, he doesn't actually qualify as a human. Despite his unparalleled achievements for the Human Clan, his thoughts or initial intentions aren't as noble as the world imagined."

"Why?" Lin Yue couldn't understand.

When it comes to achievements—

The Human Ancestor opened the path of martial arts, leading the Human Clan to seek survival from the earliest Eternal Night, naturally a great contributor.

The Human Emperor also unified the Human Clan with his own strength, establishing the first dynasty. Even the concept of the Human Clan truly became a whole from that time, such contributions are not inferior to the Human Ancestor.

The Divine Emperor dispelled the Eternal Night, built the Great Yong illuminated by sun and moon, sparing the Human Clan from the suffering of Eternal Night. His achievements are even more astounding.

Creating such great achievements, what could be his intentions or original motivations?

"Simply put..."

The Second Prince pondered for a moment and said, "The reason the God Emperor is like this is not entirely due to the Human Clan. A large part is due to the Demon Clan; he is merely contemplating."

Seeing Lin Yue's lack of understanding, he smiled and said, "Think about it, why is this dynasty called the Great Yong? What does this character imply?"

"Great Yong?"

Lin Yue paused slightly.

"Think about it slowly." The Second Prince gave a slight smile, turned his hand to take out an object, and handed it to him, saying, "This time the Crown Prince's judgment was unfair. I had him prepare a gift as compensation for you."

"A gift?" Lin Yue took what he handed over and, upon seeing it was a golden scroll, couldn't help but be startled. He opened it and was shocked.

"Second Prince, this..."

He couldn't help but look up at the Second Prince, only to find the Second Prince had already disappeared.

"This is the true grand gift..." Lin Yue murmured, then turned his hand to store away the golden scroll.

Afterwards, he turned his head to glance in the direction deep in the imperial palace before departing.

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Di Hong City, Tianya Square.

This place lay in the outer city, but there were quite a few cultivators coming and going, especially the usual Four Symbols and Five Elements level cultivators, nearly endless.

It wasn't for any other reason—purely to try their luck.

Because within Tianya Square a strange place had been established, often frequented by great cultivators, many cultivators seized the chance to approach these great cultivators, hoping to be taken as a disciple by one.

This was the Sacred Heart Road.

Since the construction of Di Hong City, the Three Religions and the Ancestor Hall had jointly crafted this mysterious place testing a cultivator's Dao Heart.

Back then, Di Hong City wasn't yet called Di Hong City but was the former dynasty's Chonghua City.

Over time, cultivators treated this as a crucial site for testing their Dao Heart.

Moreover, various sects and holy lands had established all sorts of guidelines.

For example—

A Four Symbols Practitioner under the age of fifty, if able to walk five hundred feet, regardless of talent or aptitude, could join any sect or holy land.

Naturally, many cultivators came to try, yearning to enter a sect or holy land.

However, today, a thousand-strong Forbidden Army suddenly arrived, blocking the entire area of Sacred Heart Road, forbidding entry, citing repairs as the reason.

Visitors had no choice but to comply, after all, any individual of the Forbidden Army was at the Four Symbols Peak, and their deputy commander leading them was a Great Cultivator at Peak strength.

The Forbidden Army camped outside Sacred Heart Road, and no one dared enter.

Before long, an ordinary-looking carriage wobbled in from the direction of the imperial palace, yet the Forbidden Army didn't stop it, letting it through directly, prompting speculation among the distant onlooking cultivators that a significant figure must be inside.

When the carriage halted before the palace gate at the Sacred Heart Road entrance, a layer of pitch-black invisible barrier fell over the area.

Within the barrier, a female official dressed in bright red ceremonial garb respectfully assisted a lady out of the carriage.

The lady wore a bright yellow robe, her head adorned with a Double Phoenix Dragon Crown, and draped in a large red cloak. Her face was partially obscured by a white veil, revealing only half her visage, but the clarity of her cold eyes and the faintly visible beauty under the veil revealed her as an exceedingly beautiful woman, with an aura of elegance and dignity.

"You wait here."