Chapter 2160 Old but Not Dead Is a Thief!

Li Linghai said regretfully: "The 30 to 50 years after the establishment of the True Human Empire were spent under the internal and external attacks of the Covenant Alliance and the remnants of the Star Sea Republic. The repulsion had seriously consumed the strength of the imperial army and his own life, so he had to recuperate, unable to carry out a thorough innovation.

"It's not that the Black Star Emperor, who is in his twilight years, never thought about going against the sky and forcing innovation.

"But on the one hand, those with vested interests who survived the catastrophe have become smarter, more hidden, and more loyal on the surface; It affected his ability to think and judge, causing him to show signs of becoming obsessed from time to time. Many strategies and measures were indeed too radical. This innovation that completely wiped out tumors in human civilization turned into a catastrophe that swept across the stars.

"In the end, even those true immortal cultivators who fought with him and were loyal to him had no choice but to bite the bullet and oppose the so-called innovation. The Black Star Emperor died in such a heroic predicament, but it was The empire he created alone will leave endless troubles.

"To this day, the chronic disease of the empire has broken out, and many evils have emerged. Only countless people of insight have looked back and re-examined the 'catastrophe' of the past, but they missed the opportunity and regretted it too late.

"The old oligarchs of the Xinghai Republic era have transformed into the vested interests of the real human empire, swaggering, high-ranking family members and dignitaries, wantonly devouring the flesh and blood of the empire and the people.

"They hate and fear the Black Star Emperor from the bottom of their hearts, and are afraid that there will be a second Black Star Emperor who will take everything from them on behalf of the country and the people.

"In the deepest part of their hearts, they regard the Black Star Emperor as the most terrifying enemy, far better than the Holy Alliance or practitioners.

"But on the surface, these fake and castrated immortal cultivators have to hold high the banner of the Black Star Emperor, and praise the great achievements of the Black Star Emperor, because only the invincible prestige of the Black Star Emperor can unify the entire star sea and symbolize Only by ensuring the legitimacy of the empire's rule can the low-level immortal cultivators and original people ten times more numerous be appeased.

"Because of this very contradictory position, there are even a lot of shameless propaganda materials in the empire. Piri Yangqiu commented on the actions of the Black Star Great, and even a lot of dirty water has penetrated into the empire's textbooks, history In books and publicity products, it is really shameless to secretly vilify the Black Star Emperor by using methods of explicit praise and covert criticism!"

When Li Yao heard this, he suddenly realized, and couldn't help but let out an "ah".

Li Linghai was slightly taken aback: "What's the matter, you seem to have thought of something?"

Li Yao blinked, and quickly said, "It's nothing, so the Black Star Emperor Wu Yingqi is really a great hero who is upright and upright for the country and the people?"

But there is a sense of enlightenment in my heart.

Li Linghai's words solved a mystery that had plagued Li Yao's heart for hundreds of years.

That was what happened more than a hundred years ago when Li Yao first met the exploratory team of immortal cultivator Su Changfa in the Kunlun ruins.

At that time, Su Changfa and other immortal cultivators wanted to lure Li Yao into joining their team, and deliberately played "brainwashing materials" on Li Yao to destroy three civilizations.

This brainwashing propaganda material later evolved into Star Federation's "Civilization" game, which led to endless stories, needless to say.

What Li Yao felt deeply strange at the time was that the destruction of the three civilizations of "Panlong, Yaocha, and Wuying" actually had enough strength to explain the naivety, short-sightedness and ignorance of the "Avenue of Cultivation" and the correctness of the "Avenue of Cultivation". And it is imperative, it seems that there is no need to rush to tell the history of Black Star Emperor Wu Yingqi's fortune.

Even if we really want to promote the glorious history of the "Xiandi", it seems that there is no need to portray him so... cruel, scheming, and inhumane, right?

Those propaganda stories seem to have portrayed a decisive and talented emperor, but in fact they left many flaws, as if they deliberately let people see the darkness, viciousness and ugliness hidden under the majestic throne.

In actual effect, it is true.

Because of the many loopholes in the history of the Black Star Emperor Wu Yingqi's fortune, after discussing with the bloody demon, Li Yao quickly realized that his Dao heart did not waver in the slightest, and he still insisted on the idea of ​​a cultivator.

However, according to common sense, this makes no sense at all!

The Real Human Empire has ruled the center of the Star Sea for thousands of years, and has conquered countless worlds. How could it be possible that they can't even do a good job in publicity products, and leave so many loopholes in the way of overt praise and undertones?

As the saying goes, "for the sake of the venerable", even if the Black Star Emperor Wu Yingqi is really a heinous and sinful monster, as his descendants, shouldn't these immortal cultivators make up for their mistakes and portray him as extremely bright, holy and flawless? ?

Why... After reading the brainwashing materials provided by the immortal cultivators and learning about the history of the Black Star Emperor Wu Yingqi's family history, he will naturally feel that he is a big villain?

The ancient court painters painted the emperor's portrait, and they knew to ignore all the pockmarks on the emperor's face.

Why did it get worse in the promotional materials of the immortal cultivators, lest the audience not understand how cruel, crazy, and cunning Wu Yingqi is?

This is a super unqualified, even brainwashing material written by the "anti-thieves and rebellious party"!

Anyway, Li Yao was thinking at the time, if he were the emperor of the empire, he would have to arrest and behead everyone who compiled this promotional material.

Li Yao never believed that the Propaganda Department of the Real Human Empire, a country with a thousand-year history of conquest, colonization and brainwashing, would be mentally handicapped to this extent.

Later, I asked Su Changfa and Di Feiwen respectively, and the two senior immortal cultivators couldn't explain clearly. They only knew that the official propaganda caliber of the empire was this tone a long time ago. It is able to taste the insane and extremely cruel flavor of Black Star Great Emperor Wu Yingqi.

Li Yao has been pondering over this matter for more than a hundred years but still hasn't figured it out.

It wasn't until today that I understood it all.

It was the first time I heard the story of the Black Star Emperor Wu Yingqi in the Kunlun Ruins more than a hundred years ago. The instinctive fear and disgust were not illusions, but the effect deliberately caused by the other party.

These brainwashing propaganda materials are most likely written by the pens of the powerful and powerful. They not only want to implant the first impression of "the real human empire is extremely powerful" in the audience's mind, but also implant "The Black Star Emperor is insane. Is it true?" Bloodthirsty butcher, super villain" first impression.

And the latter is even more important than the former!

"It turns out that the propaganda department of the empire is not mentally handicapped, it's just that they are all 'rebels'."

Li Yao secretly said in his heart.

"If there were no Black Star Great Emperor Wu Yingqi, all the human beings in the center of the Star Sea would be under the rule of the Covenant Alliance. They would be deprived of their emotions, desires and free will, and become inhuman machines of flesh and blood."

Li Linghai said indifferently, "Only relying on the achievement of resisting the Holy League and swearing to defend the center of the Star Sea, can the Black Star Emperor still not be worthy of the word 'hero'?

"It's a pity that history is always written by the victors. The Black Star Emperor led countless true immortal cultivators to fight bloody battles and defend human civilization to the death. After going through all kinds of difficulties and dangers, he finally established a real human empire, but now the fruits of victory Everything was stolen by those clans and nobles.

"In the last few hundred years, especially in the last one or two hundred years, the corruption of these powerful families and nobles has reached an unbearable limit."

Li Yao's heart moved: "How to say?"

"It's very simple, and it's life-critical."

Li Linghai said, "The biggest problem facing the empire now is that almost all the cultivators from the noble families and noble families live too long."

Li Yao was stunned: "Live too long?"

"That's right, the replacement of the old with the new and the metabolism of the old are the laws of nature. It's a thief to grow old without dying!"

Li Linghai said, "In the first five hundred years, the empire continued to expand outwards, and it really fought some tough battles. A large number of alchemists, nascent souls, and even immortal cultivators at the transformation stage would also go into battle in person, or burn their lives and continuously output a large amount of brain power. , the probability of going crazy, being seriously injured or even falling down on the spot is not low.

"After the older generation of immortal cultivators die, the new generation of immortal cultivators have the chance to rise up, see hope, and have the motivation to fight, right?

"But in the next five hundred years, the empire didn't have any large-scale foreign expansion wars to fight. The 'cake' was almost divided up, and every radish was deeply stuck in its own pit. The only consideration was how to prevent yourself from being" Pull 'em out.

"As a result, a large number of high-level immortal cultivators have changed the purpose of their cultivation from 'how to improve combat power and computing power' to 'how to prolong their lifespan and even live forever'.

"These high-level cultivators have a lot of resources, and they can consume astronomical numbers of crystals without any consideration of cost, just to extend their lifespan by a few days, and they have made great progress.

"In the past few hundred years, the average lifespan of cultivators above Yuanying and above in the empire has been getting longer and longer. Thinking back to the era of the Black Star Emperor in the past, even if he was as strong as the Emperor himself, he would die before he was four hundred years old. Today If you take care of yourself at the initial stage of the Nascent Soul Stage, you will have the chance to live three or four hundred years, and if you enter the realm of transforming gods, with the blessing of special secret methods, it is not uncommon to live five or six hundred years."

"So exaggerated?"

Li Yao secretly clicked his tongue.

Gui Shishou, the famous long-lived old man of the Star Federation, lived to be eight or nine hundred years old with the blood of the monster tortoise and irregular hibernation, so he is known as "Renrui".

The Nascent Soul and Huashen of the True Human Empire can live three to five hundred years casually, which seems to be not the limit, indeed... quite scary.