You don't want your secret to be revealed by others, right?-Chapter 257 - 43, Eighth Ring Level Secret_2

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I don’t know when, but the person in the imperial robe who had been sitting cross-legged on the ground turned into the Second Prince sitting in a wheelchair!

"Second Brother?"

Lin Yue’s eyes showed no surprise, he merely asked, "What do you mean by this, Second Brother?"

"Stop pretending."

The Second Prince shook his head and said, "I know that although you are bold and love to gamble, you are also extremely cautious. Unless you were sure that His Majesty wouldn’t unmask you, you probably wouldn’t have come to Di Hong City at all. The Crown Prince tested by inviting you to meet His Majesty, and you dared to agree on the spot, pretending to be a real prince, because you knew you wouldn’t meet the real His Majesty, right?"

Lin Yue silently looked at the Second Prince, not answering him.

"You certainly are clever." The Second Prince said, "You confessed the truth so easily, it seems you guessed from the start that it was me impersonating His Majesty, right?"

"It was just speculation, and anyway, wasn’t it you, Second Brother, who gave me the hint?" Lin Yue shook his head.

"Because I wanted to hear the truth from you."

The Second Prince shook his head and smiled, "Fifth Brother thinks you didn’t know about His Majesty, that you were just gambling, but I understand human nature better, so I thought you knew all along, it seems I was more accurate."

Lin Yue was silent for a while before he slowly said, "Second Brother, does it mean that His Majesty is truly..."

"No need to test." The Second Prince said, "I don’t know where you got the information, but..."

He paused for a moment and calmly said, "His Majesty is indeed dead."

A trace of shock flickered in Lin Yue’s eyes, and he couldn’t help but take a deep breath.

The Divine Emperor was really dead!

More than two years ago, when he first awakened his Innate Divine Power, when he discovered that the first secret was the Eighth Ring Level, he had already known this secret.

Even though he had known for a long time, hearing the Second Prince admit it made his emotions fluctuate uncontrollably.

The Divine Emperor!

Since the dawn of time, the most invincible and supreme existence among the Human Clan, was truly dead?

The one who dispelled the Eternal Night, swept across the Eight Directions, single-handedly buried the chaotic mythical era, finally unified the world, established a vast dynasty, a figure that could be called the only myth... such a person was actually dead?

When he first learned of this secret, Lin Yue could hardly believe it.

It was only later, as he gradually verified the truthfulness and absoluteness of one secret after another, that he began to believe, but it also shocked him more and more, he dared not reveal the slightest bit.

Such an earth-shattering secret, once spread out, would be enough to shake the world!

"How did he die?" Lin Yue couldn’t help but ask.

He knew how the Divine Emperor had died, but he wasn’t clear about the details.

"You don’t have the capacity to know this matter yet," the Second Prince shook his head slightly, "At the very least, you have to pass the twelve tests of the Eastern Palace, then maybe you’ll have some qualifications, otherwise, it would only become your nightmare."

Lin Yue was silent for a moment, then said, "No prince has passed the twelve tests of the Eastern Palace, so the other princes don’t know?"

"You are wrong," the Second Prince softly said, "Being able to pass, and wanting to pass, are two different things."

Lin Yue nodded lightly and said, "Alright, I won’t ask."

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Then he asked, "Did Second Brother disguise as His Majesty to test this point?"

"More or less."

The Second Prince eyed him and said, "Although you are not a prince, you are already a true prince, His Majesty cannot expose you, and the other princes won’t care who is a prince, the Crown Prince would care even less."

"The Crown Prince doesn’t care?" Lin Yue was slightly taken aback.

"He doesn’t even care about Father, so why would he care whether you are genuine or not?" The Second Prince laughed somewhat mockingly, "Moreover, the potential you’ve shown is not inferior to a prince, and you are quite special."

Lin Yue increasingly failed to understand.

However, he could confirm that — the Crown Prince surely also knew that he was a false prince.

Yet... didn’t care?

"Strive hard, Seventeenth Brother."

The Second Prince looked at Lin Yue with gentle eyes, "Since you have the bloodline, no one will deny you, don’t worry, cultivate well in the future, I hope you can surprise me."

"Thank you, Second Brother." Lin Yue cupped his hands in salute.

"Your wife, Qi Wanqiu, is a member of my Heart Palace." The Second Prince said, "Cultivate your wife well in the future, maybe she can help me share some pressure."

Lin Yue nodded in agreement, but felt a bit puzzled in his heart, share pressure? What pressure?

"There’s one more thing you need to remember..."

The Second Prince watched him, slowly saying, "Don’t enter reincarnation, better to let your soul scatter than enter reincarnation."

"What?" Lin Yue couldn’t help but be stunned.

What did that mean?

Don’t enter reincarnation?

Better to let your soul scatter than enter reincarnation?

He was baffled and asked, "May I ask, Second Brother, why is this?"

"Just a piece of advice."

The Second Prince shook his head and said, "Whether you heed it or not is up to you, sometimes... for the soul to scatter into nothingness may not be a bad thing."

Lin Yue understood even less.

Nevertheless, he kept it silently in his heart.

"It’s about time for you to leave."

The Second Prince, sitting in the wheelchair, said softly, "Before you leave, I want to ask you one last question."

"Please ask, Second Brother." Lin Yue listened attentively.

The Second Prince slowly turned his head, looking into the dark chaos within the hall, paused for a moment, and said, "What do you think is the meaning of cultivation? This is not to question your Dao Heart, just a real question."

He then looked at Lin Yue and said, "I know your cultivation is to kill the Twelfth Prince to avenge your grandfather. After revenge, will you continue to cultivate?"

"... I haven’t thought about it."

Lin Yue replied, "But I probably will, maybe for longevity, or to achieve what I want, to satisfy desires."

The Second Prince pondered for a moment and said, "The human heart is indeed hard to satisfy, but when what you want can mostly be easily obtained, desires will become harder and harder to satisfy, you will eventually have a day when they can’t be fulfilled, life will enter a dull phase, longevity may turn into a punishment."

Lin Yue thought for a while, then said, "I have only lived a few decades, I am not clear about what that state is like."

"Indeed."

The Second Prince smiled and shook his head, "This, I truly envy you, the satisfaction of life lies in moving forward, if you reach the end too soon, it’s indeed quite dull."

"And you, Second Brother? What is cultivation and longevity for?" Lin Yue asked in turn.

"From others’ perspective, my cultivation is for the Human Clan."

The Second Prince smiled, "But it is also to fulfill my own internal needs, so... ultimately it is for oneself. It’s not much different from a mortal wanting to be fed, clothed, to reproduce, to gain respect, to seek the unknown... after all, humans are just such beings."

Lin Yue was convinced.

The Second Prince was a philosopher, or perhaps a thinker.

"The higher one’s cultivation level is, sooner or later they will ponder these questions, someday you will too."

The Second Prince smiled and shook his head, "Considering and reconsidering, you will ultimately rise to the height of the entire Human Clan, but this is not happiness, as your brother, I still hope you will reach this step a little later."

Lin Yue was silent for a moment, then said, "Thank you, Brother."

"Go out." The Second Prince smiled slightly.

In an instant—

Without any indication, Lin Yue found everything before him suddenly changed, he had been in the dimly chaotic darkness of the hall, but now he was in front of the Di Hong Palace.

And the Second Prince in front of him was nowhere to be seen.

"This..."

Lin Yue couldn’t help but pause, looking around.

Just then, a familiar elderly voice suddenly came from behind, "Your Highness, what is the matter? If you don’t know the way, I can guide you?"

Lin Yue turned around, and it turned out to be the official-attired Duke Heng.

He couldn’t help but ask, "Lord Qi, did you notice how I came back just now?"

Lord Qi was confused and said, "Came back? Your Highness, haven’t you been standing here in front of the hall?"

"So it was from the very beginning..." Lin Yue murmured.

From the seemingly endless path of the Heavenly God Temple, he already sensed something.

But he did not expect that everything he experienced from the beginning was simply him unknowingly entering what Second Brother set up as a realm akin to the Illusion World?

How he entered the Illusion World without a trace of awareness was truly frightening.

What do the words spoken by the Second Prince mean?

Lin Yue couldn’t help but take a deep breath, "Just as well, I need to see the Fifth Prince, maybe I can ask him..."

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