Entry: I Secretly Cultivate Immortality in the Martial Arts World

310: Chapter 311 Side Story of the Heavens, Part Two: Russell!I don’t know how much time passed.

Russell felt his consciousness being pulled by a force, passing through countless layers of space and crossing countless barriers.

Finally, that force stopped.

He felt his consciousness being injected into a body.

Limbs heavy, head groggy.

Russell slowly opened his eyes, and a strange sight met his gaze.

An ancient-style room with mahogany furniture and carved window frames.

He was lying on a wide bed, covered with a brocade quilt.

”Ding, soul transmigration successful.”

”Current location: A Minor Thousand Worlds inside leaf number 36,471 of the eternal myriad heavens world tree.”

”Possession target: Russell, Prime Minister of the Great Liang Dynasty, age forty-five.”

”Mission objective: Develop this Minor Thousand Worlds into a great unity world.”

”Special Note: This mission is in soul transmigration mode and does not consume the original soul. After the mission is completed, the host will depart from this body, and the original soul will recover as normal, retaining all memories of this body during this period.”

”Restriction: During the mission in the Minor Thousand Worlds, the host must not use any of his own Spells or Divine Abilities.”

”But you may choose any three from the following three Magical Artifacts as assistance.”

”Each one used will affect the final mission score and Karma rewards.”

Before Russell had time to digest this information, the System popped up another light screen.

Dozens of Magical Artifacts were displayed on the light screen: knives and swords, cauldrons and mirrors, beads and seals.

Functions and restrictions were marked next to each one.

Russell looked through them carefully and finally chose the following three.

First: One Lifespan Pill.

After taking this pill, one’s life can be extended by a hundred years. It can only be used once and is only effective for the possessed Physical Body.

Second: One Heavenly Vision and Earthly Hearing Talisman.

This talisman can detect any movement within a thousand-mile radius and lasts for one hour.

Third: One Immobilization Pearl.

This pearl can immobilize any creature for the duration of a cup of tea; it is ineffective against those with cultivation above the Golden Core stage.

(Note: There are no Cultivators in this realm, so it can immobilize anyone.)

After Russell chose these three, he secretly calculated in his heart.

The Lifespan Pill was for emergencies; if his Lifespan wasn’t enough, he would rely on it to extend his life.

The Heavenly Vision and Earthly Hearing Talisman was for gathering intelligence; knowing oneself and the enemy ensures victory in every battle.

The Immobilization Pearl was for saving his life; it might save him at a critical moment.

Of course, it would be best not to use them.

After all, the less they were used, the higher the score and the more Karma he would receive.

Just as Russell was about to think carefully about how to complete the mission, the System popped up another prompt.

”The host can use his own Divine Ability ’Future Sight’ to view the future trajectory of this body’s original owner.”

”This Divine Ability is not restricted in the Minor Thousand Worlds, as it does not involve the use of Spells and is only for information acquisition.”

Russell was slightly startled, then closed his eyes and activated his innate Divine Ability.

This ”Future Sight” was an innate ability he was born with, allowing him to see fragments of the future.

In the Tianheng Realm, what he could see was limited and blurry.

But at this moment, whether because he had come to a Minor Thousand Worlds or because he was possessing this body, what he saw was exceptionally clear and complete.

From this moment until the death of this Physical Body, everything was presented before his eyes.

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The original owner was named Russell, the Prime Minister of the Great Liang Dynasty.

This Great Liang Dynasty had been established for over three hundred years, with a Legacy of twelve emperors.

The previous emperor was called Martial God Liang, and he reigned for thirty-eight years.

Speaking of this Martial God Liang, it truly was hard to sum him up in a few words.

He was fairly wise when he was young, but in his middle age, he began to indulge in beauty.

Beauty pageants were held every year, and there were more than three thousand beauties in the harem.

He engaged in large-scale construction, building numerous palaces; there were over a dozen separate villas built just for him.

In his later years, he became superstitious of the words of alchemists and obsessed with the Dao of Alchemy, spending all day in the Alchemy room swallowing various Medicinal Pills and ignoring state affairs.

Strangely enough, although this Martial God Liang was absurd, his luck was truly good.

During his thirty-eight years on the throne, the weather was favorable, the harvests were bountiful, and the barbarians from all directions did not dare to invade.

Therefore, the people’s evaluation of him was not too bad, at most saying that his lustful neglect of the state was a mistake.

But perhaps because he was too obsessed with women, Martial God Liang damaged his body at a young age.

After the age of thirty, he had no more offspring.

He only had five princes, all born in the first few years of his marriage.

The eldest prince, Liang Chengen, was violent and cruel, often whipping palace servants.

During an autumn hunt, he was secretly harmed by someone unknown; his horse was startled and threw him off, and he died under the horse’s hooves.

The second prince, Liang Chengyi, whose mother was a palace maid, was neglected and had a gloomy personality.

After reaching adulthood, he secretly contacted officials who were dissatisfied with Martial God Liang and raised an army in rebellion.

After the failure, Martial God Liang ordered him to be publicly beheaded.

The third prince, Liang Chengli, was gentle and refined, but his constitution was too weak; he caught a cold at age twenty, became bedridden, and passed away after six months.

The fourth prince, Liang Chengzhi, was exceptionally clever and deeply loved by Martial God Liang.

But he was too clever—so clever that an alchemist said he possessed Dragon Qi, leading Martial God Liang to find a fault, demote him to a commoner, and exile him to Lingnan.

On the way to exile, he encountered mountain bandits and died a violent death.

Of the five princes, four were dead.

In the end, only the fifth prince, Liang Chengxin, remained.

This fifth prince was born to the Empress and was the legitimate son.

But this legitimate son was born with a defect: his left leg was half an inch shorter than his right, making him limp when he walked.

The Great Liang Dynasty had never had a disabled emperor, and the court officials had many criticisms.

But there was no choice; he was the only one left alive.

The year before Martial God Liang passed away, he appointed the fifth prince as the Crown Prince.

In the second year after the Crown Prince was appointed, Martial God Liang fell seriously ill.

Before his death, he called the original Russell to his bedside and said, ”I entrust the state to you. After the Crown Prince’s grand wedding, you shall return the government to him.”

The original Russell bowed and accepted the command.

After Martial God Liang passed away, the original Russell was promoted to Prime Minister and took overall charge of the government.

The Crown Prince ascended the throne and changed the era name to Jian’an.

That year, the little emperor was only fourteen years old, still with a youthful Heart-Nature, playing all day and having no interest in state affairs.

The original Russell managed the government diligently and governed Great Liang in an orderly fashion.

Eight years passed, and the little emperor was twenty-two years old and had been married for two years.

According to the late emperor’s edict, after the little emperor’s grand wedding, the original Russell should have returned the government to the new emperor.

But the original Russell did not return it.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to return it, but that he didn’t dare to.

This little emperor usually looked gentle, but his thoughts were deep, and his joy and anger were not shown on his face.

After his grand wedding, he had hinted three times for the original owner to return the government, but the original Russell had pushed it off on the grounds that His Majesty was still young and needed more experience.

The little emperor remained calm on the surface, but a murderous intent had already risen in his heart.

The world all said that Russell had Sima Zhao’s heart, known to everyone.

But only the original Russell himself knew that he wasn’t greedy for power, but that this little emperor really wasn’t a wise ruler.

The little emperor secretly cultivated his own forces, befriended eunuchs, and placed treacherous officials in important positions.

If the government were returned to him, Great Liang would surely fall into chaos within ten years.

But the original Russell could not say these words, nor did he dare to.

In order to grasp the power of the government, the little emperor decided to use the position of Empress as bait.

The original Russell had a daughter named Luo Xiaoxiao.

Luo Xiaoxiao was beautiful and was known as the number one beauty in the capital.

The little emperor set his sights on her.

He secretly summoned Luo Xiaoxiao and promised her the position of Empress.

The condition was for her to steal the official seal from the original Russell’s study and stamp it on a letter of treason and collaboration with the enemy.

Luo Xiaoxiao hesitated at first, but she couldn’t resist the temptation of the Empress’s position and finally agreed.

One day, while the original Russell was discussing matters at court, Luo Xiaoxiao took the opportunity to sneak into the study, stole the official seal, and stamped that letter.

Then she put the official seal back in its original place, without anyone noticing.

When the little emperor got that letter, he was furious and announced at court that the original Russell had committed treason.

The evidence was solid, with the official seal as proof.

The original Russell was unable to defend himself, his grievances hard to plead, and he was directly thrown into the death cell.

Who would have thought that within five days of being imprisoned, he would suffer the execution of ten familial degrees, a cruelty rarely seen throughout the ages!

The entire Luo family, including wives and children, old and young, brothers and sisters, and distant relatives, were all implicated and none were spared.

And what about Luo Xiaoxiao?

The little emperor did not fulfill his promise of the Empress’s position, only giving her the rank of Noble Consort.

She was titled Noble Consort and was favored exclusively for six months.

Six months later, the little emperor had a new favorite, and she lost his favor.

In the end, she was framed by the new favorite consort, thrown into the cold palace, and died in depression.

This was the future of the original Russell.

The reason was nothing more than refusing to release power and return the government to that fatuous tyrant.

In the end, the original Russell was also laughably stupid.

You were never the 9-5 Supreme, so why bother worrying in vain about the rise and fall of the world?

Insisting on going against the tide ultimately led to the end where the entire house was overthrown and the clan was exterminated.

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After Russell finished watching all this, he suddenly shuddered and came back to his senses.

He had a look of constipation on his face, secretly cursing the Russell of this world: how could he have such an idiot daughter?

The position of Empress?

She believed a single sentence of empty words?

She even sold out her own father?

What was the use of raising such a daughter?

Russell took a deep breath, suppressing the anger in his heart.

Now is not the time for Life Qi; he had to think about how to complete the mission.

Develop this world into a great unity world.

This wasn’t something that could be done in a day or two, nor could it be completed in a year or two.

He had to plan for the long term.