Empress: Your Majesty, please respect yourself, I don't want to be promoted

Ping County, Yanzhi Mountain.

In a certain canyon, in an unknown corner, a faint blue light was emitting at this moment.

It was a large magic circle in operation.

Around the formation, thousands of super-quality spirit stones were quietly piled there. From time to time, dozens of spirit stones turned into star points and disappeared into the air, maintaining the operation of the formation.

A formation that can be activated by using super-grade spirit stones is at least a large earth-level formation.

In the center of the formation, a young man in a green robe sat cross-legged at the edge of the formation, with his hands clasped together and his eyes closed, constantly adjusting the various spiritual power circuits within the formation to keep the formation in optimal operating condition.

Suddenly, the young man seemed to sense something and his eyes suddenly focused.

Then, the ten fingers of his hands were seen changing rapidly, making seals one after another.

Hua Hua Hua.
Along with a sound like flowing water, the surrounding super-grade spirit stones suddenly began to melt rapidly, turning into a spiritual spring of extremely high purity, rapidly pouring into the formation, instantly making the entire formation operate to its limit.

"start!"

The young man shouted, and the formation instantly burst into a dazzling blue light.

The next second, the space above the formation suddenly twisted violently, and a space crack formed in the blink of an eye. Then a disheveled figure covered in blood fell from the crack and landed in front of the young man with a "plop".

It was a man who looked to be about thirty years old, wearing a blood-stained suit that was torn by swords and knives, and holding a long Miao Dao in his hand.

It was Ding Wei.

However, he no longer had the unrestrained and uninhibited look of the past. His entire body was covered with wounds, and he looked like a bloody man.

As soon as he landed on the ground, before he could stand firmly, he spat out a mouthful of blood and his face became paler.

Seeing this, a hint of surprise flashed across the face of the young man named Qinglin, but the next moment the corner of his mouth raised, revealing a smile of gloating.

"Oh, this is the first time I see Senior Ding in such a mess. It seems that those two Guiyi Realm masters are more difficult to deal with than imagined. They were so well prepared, but they were still injured like this. If they were to let down their guard even a little, I'm afraid even with your ability, you wouldn't be able to return, right?"

As he spoke, he slowly stood up and walked towards Ding Wei.

"How's it going? Senior Ding, after paying such a high price, you should have succeeded, right?"

Ding Wei wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, glanced at him, and said calmly: "No, I failed."

Upon hearing this result, Qinglin's expression froze slightly, and the teasing look on his face suddenly disappeared, as if he had not expected this result.

"Ah? No way? How is this possible?"

He said in disbelief: "According to the information from my employer, that guy is just a small fry in the Sancai realm, not even a warrior. As long as he can avoid those two Guiyi realm guards, any warrior can crush him to death."

"Senior, you are able to cut off the existence of reality with one sword. Once you activate your ability, no matter how strong the guards around the target are, as long as the target itself is weak, it will be impossible for them to escape your assassination."

"What's more, those big shots have provided so much help, and even the Wuxiang formation has been prepared. How could they fail? Even if he has a life-saving magic weapon in his hand, it won't be of much use due to the huge gap in strength. He can't use any means of escape after being dragged into the illusory realm."

Having said that, he suddenly narrowed his eyes.

"I say, Senior, you are not just considering our old friendship, so you can't bring yourself to kill your junior brother, and you are merciful and let him go on purpose, right?"

Before he could finish his words, Ding Wei's eyes turned cold.

"What? Do you suspect that I deliberately alerted the enemy? Selling out my employer and organization?"

Qinglin didn't deny it, just shrugged.

"Who knows."

He did not move forward, but quietly retreated backwards, secretly circulating his spiritual power and pressing his right hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist.

"Complete intelligence, the secret agents and arrangements of those big shots in Yuzhou, the Heavenly Rank formation, 2,300 super-grade spirit stones, Heavenly Rank spirit talismans, top-grade gold sand, so many resources, plus your ability, I really can't think of any reason why you failed." "And if you fail, the enemy will be alerted and he will become extremely vigilant and directly turn the entire Yuzhou upside down for a thorough investigation. By then, the secret agents they have arranged for who knows how many years, and the channels we have established with great difficulty, will all be uprooted and suffer heavy losses. The situation on the western front will become more severe, and even our organization will be targeted. Tsk tsk. No matter how you think about it, the situation is developing in the direction that is favorable to your junior brother."

Having said this, his gaze has become extremely cold.

"It's hard not to make me wonder if you, as a senior brother, want to save your junior brother's valuable head."

Hearing this and noticing Qinglin's actions, Ding Wei did not explain anything, but silently reached out and took out a photo stone from the Qiankun Ring.

"I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you."

He raised his hand and threw the image stone to Qinglin.

"This image stone contains everything that happened in the illusory realm. You will understand it after you read it."

After saying that, he turned around and set up a healing array.

Seeing how calm he was, Qinglin took the photo stone and walked aside doubtfully, then began to check it with his mental power.

Time passes minute by minute.

Soon, a look of shock appeared on Qinglin's face.

His expression was even more shocked than when he heard that Ding Wei had failed.

"Sage Lord Ji Dao, how is this possible? The guy from Luo Jing actually gave the sword spirit of the Ji Dao Sword to that kid?"

Ding Wei snorted coldly.

"Why else do you think I failed? For someone like me who killed even my fellow disciples who I grew up with, do you really think I would care about our old friendship? Isn't it because I couldn't do anything to that guy?!"

"That was a remnant of a saint's body before he attained transcendence. Not to mention that I am only at the Void Realm, even a powerful being at the Return to One Realm may not be able to obtain it."

"Want to kill him? Wait until I return to the army."

Although the leader is also in the Guiyi realm, he does not have such unique abilities as Lu Chen. Even if he takes action, he will definitely be defeated by the two extremely powerful beauties beside Lu Chen. Therefore, this is simply an impossible task.

After hearing what Ding Wei said, Qing Lin thought for a moment, then released his right hand that was on the hilt of the sword, and threw the photo stone back to Ding Wei.

"I see. It seems that I really can't blame you, Senior."

He looked relieved, then sighed helplessly.

"Who would have thought that this little empress would be so good to him that she even gave him the Ultimate Sword Spirit. I'm afraid that if that kid wanted the kingdom of Daxia, she would be willing to give it to him."

"If this continues, the Great Xia Dynasty will sooner or later be ruled by the Lu family."

As he spoke, he seemed to suddenly realize something, and he chuckled and said jokingly:
"No wonder even the Great Xia royal family has started an uprising, supporting those noble families who defected from the capital. They are willing to spend half of their wealth to drive the emperor off the throne and put that guy to death. They hate him to the core. I thought this was just an excuse for them to go further, but it turns out that they are really defending the Jiang royal power."

Ding Wei did not respond to this obviously irrelevant nonsense, and a complex look flashed across his pale face.

The eyes are obscure and unclear.

"That's all."

Seeing that Ding Wei did not respond, Qing Lin shrugged and said rather disappointedly: "Don't think about these trivial things. It doesn't matter what the secular imperial power is. Let's think about how to explain it to the leader later."

"Although it is understandable, the loss this time is not small. Even for the entire organization, it is already a serious blow."

Ding Wei said calmly, "There's nothing to explain. If anyone thinks I'm not doing my job well, let him try it himself. If he succeeds, I'll cut off his head and give it to him to claim the reward."

"My head is still valuable, and the reward is enough to make up for the organization's losses."

Hearing this, Qinglin smiled and said nothing more. (End of this chapter)