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He's a member of the Great Feng royal family?! No wonder his surname is Ji.
Chu Caiwei, the two princesses' best friend, tilted her head and said, "No, what member of the Great Feng royal family is as famous as you?"
"Is it a branch?" Li Miaozhen added.
There is no such person among the imperial family in the capital, but the Great Feng Kingdom has lasted for six hundred years, with many branches and offspring.
Ji Qian murmured, "The orthodox lineage from five hundred years ago."
Chu Caiwei nodded, seemingly understanding; she did know some of these secrets.
He was the legitimate heir from five hundred years ago, meaning he was a descendant of the former emperor who was killed by Emperor Wuzong.
That lineage still has descendants; this is the first time this has been discovered.
Li Miaozhen was also curious. Logically speaking, Emperor Wuzong, such a powerful ruler, should know the principle of eliminating the root of the problem.
What is your status in the clan?
"I am my father's legitimate son."
"Who is your father?"
"His name is Chu Xiao, and he will surely become the ruler of the Nine Provinces, replacing Emperor Yuanjing."
"Why are you looking for Li Chang'an if you have the Qi Luck Compass?" Chu Caiwei asked.
"I'm not looking for him, I'm looking for that traitor who has usurped the fate of my nation!"
Chu Caiwei then asked, "What traitor? What national destiny?"
Qiu Qian remained silent.
Li Miaozhen then rephrased her question, "Shouldn't the fate of the nation rest on the shoulders of that dog emperor?"
Qiu Qian continued, "...that person...the luck on his body is the master's presence within him, it is the aid to our grand ambitions, the foundation for resisting the supervisor, and the most important step in our plan to conquer the Central Plains."
As he said these words, Qiu Qian's usually expressionless face became unusually lively.
This incident seemed to be etched deep into his soul.
"Who is your master?" Li Miaozhen asked immediately.
At this moment, Qiu Qian's expression became visibly distorted and he seemed to be struggling.
Outside Sanxianfang, in the dense forest.
The night was quiet, with only the sharp chirping of insects.
On the hillside outside the dense forest, several jackals were gnawing on a corpse.
A pair of feet wearing white boots fell from the air, landing lightly on the edge of Qiu Qian's corpse.
The face of the white-robed sorcerer Xu Pingfeng was shrouded in layers of mist, as if he did not belong to this world.
His presence was minimized. He didn't try to conceal his movements, but the jackals around him continued to gnaw on their food. They, who should have been incredibly perceptive, didn't even notice the white-clad figure appear.
"Useless and worthless eldest son, you were incapable of shouldering the great cause, and now you are finally dead."
The figure in white lowered his head, glanced at the gruesome corpse, and then, without any expression, looked away towards the direction of the Yue Clan Manor.
He stared at it for a long time, then chuckled softly.
"The nation's destiny still resides within Ning Yan's body, and people from the Buddhist and Earth Sects have also arrived..."
"Li Chang'an, you almost injured me in Yunzhou last time... This time, you'd better obediently go to the Western Regions and become a Buddhist disciple..."
……
Beijing.
Royal study room.
Empress Huaiqing sat on her throne, while the Minister of War spoke eloquently, reporting the latest battlefield intelligence.
"Your Majesty, our army is proceeding according to plan, heading straight for Dingguan City of Yan Kingdom."
Of the three kingdoms in the Northeast, Jing Kingdom is located in the far north, bordering mostly the Yao and Man tribes; Yan Kingdom is in the central position, directly facing the three provinces of Da Feng; and Kang Kingdom is to the south, a country bordering the sea.
After subduing the demons and barbarians, Wei Yuan stormed into the Yan Kingdom's Dingguan City, his target being the Jing Kingdom's Jingshan City, the headquarters of the Witch God Cult.
The demons and barbarians are not a concern; the great threat to the Great Feng in the north is now the Witch God Cult.
All three kingdoms in Northeast China believed in the Witchcraft and Gods religion, and the national advisors of the three kingdoms were all spiritual masters of the Witchcraft and Gods religion.
During the Three Kingdoms period, the religion and politics were combined, and the main altar of the Witch God Cult located in Jingshan City held supreme power.
"After a day of fighting, Duke Wei captured Dingguan City."
"After the city fell, Duke Wei ordered a massacre of the inhabitants..."
Huaiqing wore a pale yellow dress with bright gold trim on the collar and cuffs, showing her noble status.
“Barbarians fear power but do not cherish virtue. Those like the Three Kingdoms of the Witch God Sect should be wiped out completely and eradicated.”
The ministers remained silent. The initial strategy for the Witch God Cult was to completely eradicate it.
"As expected of Duke Wei, the Dingguan Pass, which was known as an impregnable fortress, was captured in just one day."
Huaiqing would only learn of the Ministry of War's news several days later, by which time the main army would probably have already reached the capital of Yan.
……
The next day, at Yuezhi Manor.
Li Chang'an stepped through the void and arrived at the highest point of the Yuezhi Manor. In the pond not far away, the aura of the nine-colored lotus seeds was already very strong, and the nine-colored light was faintly visible.
He took out the fragment of the Earth Book and contacted Chu Yuanzhen.
[Number Seven: Yuan Zhen, what's the current situation of the battle?]
[Number Four: Li Shi, we have reached the capital of Yan.]
[Number 7: Excellent, even faster than expected.]
[Number Four: Yes, Duke Wei's military strategy is brilliant. The Yan Kingdom was caught off guard, but the Yan capital's defenses are strong, and their resistance is tenacious.]
Since the founding of the Yan Kingdom, the capital city has only been breached once in more than 1,400 years.
That was the most prosperous period of the Great Zhou Dynasty. A prince of the Great Zhou royal family, a second-rank Dao-Merging Warrior, led his army to invade Yandu.
That battle was extremely fierce. The Witch God Sect lost a second-rank Rain Master and a third-rank Spiritual Wisdom Master. In the end, the Witch God himself took action and killed the peak second-rank prince.
[Number 4: Yan Kingdom's Grand Preceptor is Yilbu, a third-rank Spiritual Master, and its King Nurhega is a fourth-rank warrior and wizard.]
This city is easy to defend and difficult to attack. We have suffered over ten thousand casualties and do not have an absolute advantage. For now, we will surround it without attacking.
In just half a month, Wei Qingyi slaughtered seven cities, truly deserving of the title of the God of War of the Great Feng Dynasty.
……
In the afternoon.
In front of the Yuezhi Manor, a beam of light shot into the sky, and at the base of the pillar of light, nine colors shimmered slowly.
The nine-colored lotus seeds were about to ripen, and everyone stared intently at the pool in front of the Yue Clan Manor.
Although not many people came specifically to seize the lotus seeds, such a grand event still attracted martial arts figures to join in the fun.
Li Chang'an sat under a tree by the pond, with Cao Qingyang, the Jianzhou Commander, and members of the Heaven and Earth Society standing behind him.
The lotus seeds were not yet ripe when a strange thing happened at the scene.
Above the pond, a black lotus flower, covering an area of dozens of miles, appeared and then slowly bloomed.
The lotus flower flows with a black, viscous liquid, each petal symbolizing depravity and evil. In the center of the black lotus, the black, viscous liquid gathers and forms a human shape.
The figure was composed of black slime, its eyes gleaming with a sinister light, filled with malice and depravity.
"Heh heh, I heard someone dares to call himself the leader of the Earth Sect... I wonder how much he's really capable of..."
Almost at the same time.
A ray of light swept across the horizon; it was a nine-petaled lotus platform upon which stood a Vajra with dark golden skin and a ring of fire burning behind his head.
This third-rank Vajra of Buddhism is extremely ugly, with fierce eyes. His appearance alone is enough to make ordinary people's legs go weak.
This makes one wonder if the embryo was subjected to some kind of stimulation, resulting in its appearance being so displeasing to the people.
However, if one were from the Western Regions, one could immediately recognize that this was the Asura race, a race known for its ugliness and belligerence.
Beside the Asura Vajra was a gaunt old man, holding flowers in his hands, sitting cross-legged with his head bowed. His white eyebrows drooped to his cheeks, and there was a mole between his eyebrows. He was closing his eyes, as if he were in the midst of enlightenment.
A second-rank Arhat in Buddhism!
"King Li, the sea of suffering is boundless, but turning back is the shore. Someone with such great wisdom as you, why struggle so bitterly in the mortal world... Come with me back to the Western Regions, and this humble monk will convert you into a golden body..."
As two formidable enemies arrived, Xu Qi'an, who was watching the spectacle from the back of the group, suddenly lost his footing, as if he had sunk into mud.
The next moment, he was actually teleported away by a powerful array!
Immediately afterwards, a man dressed in white, his face shrouded in white mist, appeared a hundred miles away before him.
The man held seven golden nails in his hand, intending to deal with the remnants of the divine body inside Xu Qi'an's body.
Xu Qi'an suddenly clenched his fist and shouted, "Xu Pingfeng!"
Xu Pingfeng was clearly taken aback, and then the white mist in front of him dissipated on its own, revealing a somewhat shocked face.