"Top of the list."

"what?"

"The top list is out again."

With the announcement of the best list, many people were shocked, because this list has not appeared in more than ten years, and the last time it appeared was before the invasion of the Demon Cult.

In terms of martial arts reputation, although Bai Xiao Tang has three gold lists, the Hundred Soldiers List, the Liang Yu List, and the Guan Jue List, not all three lists are released every time. For the past ten years or so, there have only been the Hundred Soldiers List and the Liang Yu List.

The reason for this is, of course, because the involvement of the Best List is too great. What is the Best? It means to be the best in the world, to put it simply, it means being the best in the world. As the saying goes, there is no first in literature and no second in martial arts. Who among those who practice martial arts does not want to be the best? Those who can truly be indifferent to fame and fortune are rare. Even Lei Wujie wants to become famous in the world.

"Fourth place on the best list." No matter what people think, the best list has reappeared and its list has been announced.

"Xiao Se, Snow Moon Sword Immortal Li Hanyi, Confucian Sword Immortal Xie Xuan, Southern Decision Gentle Blade Su Yuluo, Southern Decision Tyrant Blade Tan Tai Po."

Not many people in the martial arts world knew the name Xiao Se before, but now almost everyone knows him, after all, he killed the Angry Sword Immortal.

"It seems that the three city lords of Xueyue City are all in the top three this time."

Xueyue City can be said to be the most excited now. From the names of the fourth class, it can be seen that the spear immortal Sikong Changfeng and the wine immortal Baili Dongjun are ahead. This situation naturally makes the people of Xueyue City proud. In comparison, Wushuang City is a bit bleak, with only one Wushuang to hold the scene.

"Master, don't worry. Next time when the top list is released, my name Wushuang will be written on it." Wushuang was comforting Song Yanhui, the former lord of Wushuang City who looked very lost.

"The third place in the championship is the spear fairy Sikong Changfeng, Tang Sect's Tang Lianyue, and the Southern Ghost Blade Zhaiyuejun."

"The second best on the list are Dao Sword Immortal Zhao Yuzhen and Lone Sword Immortal Luo Qingyang."

"It's my turn so soon. I thought I could be at the top of the gold list." Spear Immortal Sikong Changfeng sighed with some regret.

"It seems that the first one must be the city lord." Although the first one's name has not been read out yet, most of the people in the world have already guessed who the first one is.

"What? It's only the second class."

Tianqi City, in the Palace of Prince Chi, after hearing that the Lone Sword Immortal Luo Qingyang was only second in the list, Prince Chi immediately smashed the jade wine glass in his hand. The Lone Sword Immortal was only second in the list of the best, and as his biggest backer, this would be a bit disadvantageous to him, especially if the first place was someone else.

"The top of the list is the wine fairy Baili Dongjun."

As expected by everyone, the top of the list is Baili Dongjun. This ranking let many people in the martial arts world know that Baili Dongjun has made a breakthrough and entered the realm of divine wandering. Only in this way can he surpass Gu Jianxian and Dao Jianxian and become the top.

In the original novel, Mo Yi was originally at the top of the list, and this time the same thing happened. Ji Xue went to the fairy island to confirm this. Although she believed her father, she was the person in charge of Bai Xiaotang after all, so she naturally had to confirm it. Then, Mo Yi's name was removed.

The reason why Bai Xiaotang removed Mo Yi's name was because of Shen Fei. Originally, Shen Fei would have been on the list, but after he asked Ji Xue a few questions, Ji Xue immediately gave up.

Shen Fei's question was very simple. Since the Golden List ranked the influential figures in the martial arts world, it would be better not to involve a hidden strongman like Mo Yi. To put it bluntly, in Shen Fei's opinion, Mo Yi, who was at the top of the list in the original work, was just a trick played by Ji Ruofeng who wanted to show off. After all, Mo Yi really had no reputation in the martial arts world, and no more than five people knew him.

In Shen Fei's opinion, the top list is entirely composed of influential figures in the martial arts world, rather than the best masters in the world. If we really want to count the hidden masters, then the national teacher Qi Tianchen is one of them. Well, in the original novel, Qi Tianchen was seriously injured in the battle with Mo Yi, so this can be excluded. Then how do we rank the strength of the heads of Wudang, Longhu Mountain, Shaolin, Yunlin, etc.? And then there is Anhe. Su Muyu's strength is not much worse than Li Hanyi.

The so-called top list is based entirely on martial arts and reputation in the martial arts world, not purely on martial arts. Under these questions from Shen Fei, Ji Xue retreated. She would probably use these questions to embarrass her father after returning. Ji Xue gave up a little too early, leaving Shen Fei with something to say. That is the five supervisors of the Tianqi City Palace, whose strength is no worse than that of the Sword Immortal.

"Shoujia is indeed the city lord." When Shoujia's name came out, the people in Xueyue City were even happier, but some people in certain places looked a little ugly.

"This Ji Ruofeng, what's my name? And Brother Hong, don't let me see him."

At the Lei family, Lei Yunhe looked at the top list with a very ugly expression. Some time ago, people in the martial arts world were saying that he and Taoist Sword Immortal Zhao Yuzhen were on par with each other, but when the top list came out, he was not even in the top four, while Taoist Sword Immortal was in the second place. Isn't this a clear cut? No wonder he looked so ugly.

"It's great that Wu Jie is on the list." Lei Hong and Lei Qianhu looked very calm, and they even tried to persuade Lei Yunhe.

"Baili Dongjun." A thin middle-aged man in Muliang City looked at the scroll in his hand and murmured. This person was naturally the Lone Sword Immortal Luo Qingyang. Because he lived alone in Muliang City, Baixiaotang specially sent someone to deliver the gold list to him.

"So Xiao Se is already in Apocalypse City now."

When Shen Fei returned to Xueyue City, Xiao Se was no longer there. Lei Wujie and Sikong Qianluo were also gone. Shen Fei only found out what had happened after he met the Gun Immortal. He stayed in the fairy mountain for a while and left after making sure that Xiao Lu'er was fine.

Mo Yi will not stay with Xiao Lu'er there for long. Mo Yi himself doesn't care about staying there, but since Xiao Lu'er has been resurrected, he naturally has to take her to the human world for a visit.

After Xiao Se came back from the Fairy Island, the first place he went to was naturally Xueyue City. He was probably still hesitating until the news came from Tianqi City that Emperor Mingde was critically ill. Then he rushed to Tianqi City. Of course, he did not go alone. Lei Wujie, Sikong Qianluo, and Hua Jin also went with him. After all, Hua Jin was the descendant of the King of Medicine. With her following, maybe Emperor Mingde could be saved. It was too late to find the King of Medicine or Shen Fei now.

Naturally, Xiao Se's journey back was not peaceful. Some people did not want him to go back, and some people also did not want Hua Jin to go to Tianqi City. There were constant assassinations along the way. Also, some people wanted Hua Jin to go to Tianqi City and did not want Xiao Se to return to Tianqi City. In short, the journey was very chaotic, and the killers sometimes even fought with each other.

Although the Dark River has retreated, there are many assassin organizations in the world, not to mention the assassins under the two princes. Even if Xiao Se killed the Angry Sword Immortal Yan Zhantian, so what? After all, assassination requires using any means necessary. If Hua Jin had not been there along the way, some of them might have been hit. Through those assassination methods, Hua Jin was sure of one thing, that one of her uncles was in Apocalypse City.

The assassinations along the way only ended when Lan Yuehou arrived with a large number of imperial guards, and Ye Xiaoying also appeared with the Ye family army.

"Let me go to Tianqi, it seems that the case is very serious." Shen Fei said calmly.

"It's okay. As for my situation, even Junior Sister can't tell me more."

After all, he is the emperor of Beili. His life and death will affect the situation of the entire Beili. Not to mention the internal unrest, if Nan Jue knew that the situation here was unstable, he might take some action.

"Okay, since I have nothing to do, I might as well go over there and take a look." Shen Fei said as he threw down the chess piece in his hand and prepared to go to Tianqi to see what was going on over there.

"Xueluo Villa, watch the snow fall in front of the door, and see the Mirror Lake behind the door. I have a villa called Xueluo, which is extremely elegant. I am not lying."

Shen Fei stood in front of the gate of Xueluo Villa, looking carefully at the vast manor, and suddenly remembered what Xiao Se often said before.

After returning to Apocalypse City, Xiao Se did not live in his Yong'an Palace, but went directly to Xueluo Villa. Zela was his real residence. He did not live in the Yong'an Palace for even a few days.

"Shen Fei, you are finally here. Xiao Se has been waiting for you."

Lei Wujie came out of the manor and immediately saw Shen Fei, then he pulled him to the manor immediately. At this time, Xiao Se and others were all here, and no one was missing this time. In the original book, Tang Lian was seriously injured on the way here and almost died, but this time he was lucky and was only seriously injured. This was entirely due to the special treatment that Baili Dongjun gave him.

"You are finally here, let's go." Xiao Se stood up immediately after seeing Shen Fei coming, but Hua Jin on the side stopped him, and then told Shen Fei about the situation of Emperor Mingde.

"Heart disease? There's nothing I can do about it."

After listening to Hua Jin's words, Shen Fei immediately said so. Of course, this sentence must be a lie. He must have a way to deal with Emperor Mingde. He even thought that it would be no problem to let him live another ten or eight years. But if that happened, Xiao Se would be in some trouble.

The emperor is a very contradictory position. The person sitting on it is afraid that the successor is not wise enough, and at the same time afraid that the successor is too wise. If Emperor Mingde really lived ten or eight years longer, he would be afraid of Xiao Se. It would be the same even if Xiao Se had no idea about the throne.

There has never been a saying that an emperor abdicated during his lifetime. Basically every emperor abdicated before his death. If given a choice, Li Shimin's father would definitely have made the same choice.

"No matter what, let's wait and see." Xiao Se insisted that Shen Fei go and see his father first. After all, that was his father. In terms of father-son relationship, Xiao Se could be said to be the best among all the princes. Even the second prince hoped that his father would die early. If you don't die, how can I ascend to the throne? There is no prince in the world who can last for forty years.

"Your Majesty has already rested. We will talk tomorrow."

Although Xiao Se was anxious to take Shen Fei to see his father, the emperor was not someone he could see whenever he wanted. He did not see the emperor, but instead saw the Grand Sword Eunuch Jin Wei, who had a pair of snow-white eyebrows and fierce sword eyes.

Jin Wei is the only one among the five major supervisors who is not in the Free and Easy Heaven Realm, but only in the Free and Easy Earth Realm. However, his strength is not weaker than that of an ordinary Free and Easy Heaven Realm cultivator. He can kill Free and Easy with Freedom.

Jin Wei was able to become one of the five great supervisors, so his talent must be strong. The reason why he did not reach the Free and Easy Heaven Realm was not because of his talent, but because of the emperor, who did not allow him to break through. After all, he already possessed the evil sword. If he broke through to the Free and Easy Heaven Realm and became stronger, it would be difficult to control him.

Of course, this kind of thing is an unspoken rule, not revealed on the surface. If Jin Wei suddenly broke through to the Free and Easy Realm, what awaits him would probably be death from obsession the next day. It was for this reason that Jin Wei later participated in the rebellion. As a man of the world, how could he not want to break through to the Free and Easy Realm? When one's strength reaches the Free and Easy Realm, it not only brings an increase in strength, but also an increase in lifespan.

"Thank you, eunuch." Although he was in a bad mood, Xiao Se did not want to break into the palace, so he took Shen Fei back to Xueluo Villa and apologized to him.

Shen Fei naturally didn't care about this. If he wanted to save face, he had to consider the situation. In this situation, he didn't need to care about it at all.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty. I can't do anything about this situation. Your Majesty has to figure it out on your own. Also, Your Majesty, please pay attention to your diet recently. Some things may not taste good when eaten together."

The next day, Shen Fei met Emperor Mingde as he wished. His face looked very pale and it was said that he had fainted before. After checking his physical condition, Shen Fei said the same thing as Hua Jin, that heart disease needs to be treated with heart medicine.

Of course he has a way to solve this problem, but that would require using means beyond this world. Otherwise, in the case of Emperor Mingde, even if the King of Medicine came, he would be helpless.

But in the end Shen Fei still reminded Emperor Mingde that his illness was mainly caused by mental illness, but there were other reasons as well, namely poison. As an emperor, his food, clothing and daily expenses must have been strictly inspected, so it would be very difficult to poison him. However, there is a way, that is to mix poison.

There is nothing wrong with the two items when viewed individually, but once they meet, changes will occur. This is mixed poison, which is actually a chemical reaction. There are not many people in this world who have such knowledge. Yao Wang is one, Hua Jin is one, and the other is the Ghost Doctor Ye Ya.

However, although this mixed poison can be used to poison, its toxicity is not very strong and needs to accumulate over many years before it takes effect. Emperor Mingde is such a person. As for who can do such a thing, there is no need to think too much about it. Naturally, it must be the people around him who have this ability.

"I see. Thank you for your help."

Emperor Mingde would not be the person who could be the emperor for so many years. He was only surprised at first by Shen Fei's words, and then he regained his composure, at least on the surface.

"You said that our father was poisoned. Is there no way to solve the problem?" After returning to Xueluo Villa, Shen Fei immediately became excited after telling Xiao Se about the situation.

"We can't help it. It's been too long. The poison has already penetrated into the bone marrow. Judging from the poisoning, it must have started more than a decade ago."

This was not a lie; it was the truth. Hua Jin had actually noticed something, but he was the emperor after all, so she didn't dare to speak before she was sure.

"More than ten years ago." Xiao Se's face immediately turned cold. More than ten years ago, that is, when Emperor Mingde had just been emperor for a few years. He was able to make moves in such a situation without anyone noticing. There was no need to think about who this person was.