Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Outside the Sanghai Port, above the mirage, inside the Toad Palace.

The Moon Goddess covered her eyes and looked up. She seemed to be able to see through the roof and into the sky.

"The stars have recovered. It seems that the Mohist movement has come to an end."

"The Emperor Star is drifting, and the starlight is dim, but...it has not fallen after all. The Mohist School has failed." The Moon Goddess said calmly.

Yan Fei stood up and replied in the same calm tone, "Nine Five, the flying dragon is in the sky, it is auspicious to see you... With such a star sign, the Emperor Star is dim, do you really think that the Mohist School has failed?"

"The emperor is not dead." The Moon Goddess was silent for a moment and then replied.

According to the Book of Changes, a flying dragon in the sky is a very auspicious sign, generally representing the prosperity of the Spring and Autumn Period and the reign of the emperor - of course, this is when applied to divination.

If it is purely astrology, it is another matter, but it is more or less the same.

The stars changed suddenly tonight, from 'Shangjiu, Kanglong Youhui' to 'Jiuwu, Feilong Zaitian'. If interpreted in the normal way, it would definitely be regarded as a good sign, and a good sign for the emperor.

The top nine represents that everything will turn to the opposite extreme and prosperity will eventually lead to decline.

This is obviously not a good word for the emperor, not to mention compared with the meaning of the image of a flying dragon in the sky.

Now that the image of Nine Five has appeared, the Emperor Star has become dim and shaky. The meaning behind this is very interesting.

If we interpret this strange phenomenon in a straightforward way, it basically means that Emperor Ying Zheng has reached the top of his career, and will be reaching the top soon.

The Mohist Qinglong Plan failed, but in a sense it was also a success. After all, their goal was to kill Ying Zheng, and now it would just delay a little time to achieve the goal.

As a master of astronomy, Yue Shen was unable to refute Yan Fei's statement based on the astrological signs, and could only insist that Ying Zheng was not dead.

Yan Fei glanced at Yue Shen, too lazy to argue with him, and disappeared after saying the last sentence:
"Star Soul is coming."

Yan Fei disappeared, and Xing Hun rushed into the Toad Palace with a gloomy face.

He rushed into the room where Moon Goddess was without hesitation. After scanning the entire room, his eyes fixed on Moon Goddess, and he said with a fake smile:
"I was just watching the fish for a while, and Lady Moon Goddess made such a big fuss!"

The Moon Goddess walked to the couch calmly and knelt down, then calmly replied, "The stars are very interesting tonight, and I just wanted to watch the stars on a whim. What, Master Xinghun also has a personality?"

Hearing this, Xinghun glanced upward subconsciously, and then immediately remembered that the stars tonight could not be observed with the naked eye, and the fake smile on his face became more hideous:
"Dark clouds covered the sky, and the stars and the moon were hidden. Lord Moon God actually thought this celestial phenomenon was suitable for stargazing?"

"So what?" The Moon Goddess replied calmly, "The celestial phenomena are not good, but the stars are interesting and are certainly worth seeing."

"It is precisely because the astronomical phenomena are not right that I activated the stargazer."

"Master Xinghun, you know a little bit about these things, right?"

The last rhetorical question was clearly Moon Goddess's mockery of Star Soul.

Xinghun knows how to stargaze, but his level is far inferior to that of Yueshen. The latter is using his own professional qualities to mock Xinghun.

However, due to his lack of ability, Xinghun obviously had no way to refute - no matter whether the rebuttal was reasonable or not, Yueshen could always refute it with a sentence like "You can surpass me, but I understand".

The right to speak on stargazing lies in the hands of the old artist Yueshen, and Xinghun can only passively take the blame.

Therefore, Xinghun stopped arguing with Yueshen about this issue, and continued to ask with a sneer, "Then what did Lord Yueshen see?"

The Moon Goddess calmly shook her head, "No."

"I thought I had discovered something, but unfortunately, I got nothing in the end."

This undisguised perfunctory attitude made the proud Xinghun look even uglier. He lowered his voice and asked coldly, "Lord Moon God's astrology skills are the best in the world. After using the stargazing equipment, he found nothing. Isn't this a bit unreasonable?"

"Master Xinghun, I am so ashamed to receive your praise." The Moon Goddess first said this in a very modest way, and then she defended herself in a casual manner, "As for the gains... In the art of stargazing, there is no such thing as a guaranteed gain. Even if one is proficient in this art, most of the time one is just doing a futile act."

"I can only say that I have bad luck tonight."

"Bad luck..." Xinghun laughed out of anger, his whole body shaking several times, "Good! You are very lucky!"

"I want to see what you are up to!"

"I have delayed Lord Donghuang's important work. I want to see how you will explain it!"

"If I have delayed the important matter, I will take the punishment myself. Lord Xinghun, there is no need to worry." Moon Goddess replied lightly.

Xing Hun snorted coldly and was about to leave.

Something must have happened in the Toad Palace, but he couldn't see what happened, and he couldn't ask the Moon Goddess. There was no point in continuing to stalemate with the other party here, it would only be an embarrassment to himself.

At this time, he couldn't possibly break up with the Moon Goddess, so he could only tolerate it for the time being.

Just as the short legs took two steps, a flash of light flashed in Xinghun's eyes, and he stopped again, turned his head and asked the Moon God:

"How's the girl?"

"If Master Xinghun wants to know, just go and see for yourself." Moon Goddess didn't care at all and replied lightly, "But don't disturb the child, so as not to really delay Master Donghuang's business."

Xinghun turned a deaf ear to the Moon God's veiled sarcasm and simply sneered in response, "You don't have to worry about that, Master Moon God."

After saying that, Xinghun turned away.

The Moon Goddess really didn't care what he did afterwards.

With Xinghun's abilities, it was difficult to tell what happened to the girl.

And even if he saw it, he wouldn't dare do anything to the girl at this juncture.

The emperor is about to arrive, and he is very likely to be furious. Although Xing Hun is arrogant and conceited, he still has brains and is afraid of death.

Donghuang Taiyi’s plan requires many people, Moon Goddess is one of them, and Star Soul is also one of them, but some people are necessary and some are not.

Xinghun happens to be the latter.

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At the same time, the East Tour Convoy.

The situation here was pretty much what Gao Jianli and the others had expected, as if they had experienced a real natural disaster.

The earth cracked, mountains collapsed, dust filled the sky, and the ground was devastated.

After Qinglong left, a few flashes of lightning flashed in the sky again, and then heavy rain fell amid endless thunder.

The rainstorm washed away the dust in the sky and also scattered the gravel and debris on the ground.

However, contrary to what Gao Jianli and others had expected, the casualties were far less horrific than they seemed.

Most of the people were not in danger of life, but were affected to varying degrees, suffering injuries, and looked in a state of distress.

However, Ying Zheng, who was at the core of the Qinglong's attack, not only did not die, but was also unharmed.

Gu Xun, dressed in white, stood beside Ying Zheng, and the area within three meters around him seemed to be two completely different places from the area outside three meters.

This small area was not damaged at all, and even the heavy rain at this time was completely blocked, forming a hemispherical inverted rain curtain. Of course, everyone present knew that Gu Xun was not only protecting this small area, because they were all safe.

Although he was covered in dust and was drenched by heavy rain, he was only in a mess and his life was not in danger.

"Your Majesty, are you okay?" Gu Xun said with a smile and bowed to Ying Zheng.

Ying Zheng's face was a little pale - both because of the fear he had faced life and death before, and also because of the pain brought by the migraine attack.

"That's... the mechanical Azure Dragon?" Ying Zheng did not respond to Gu Xun's concern, but asked about the Azure Dragon.

Gu Xun didn't care. He raised his hand and passed a stream of Qi to Ying Zheng, alleviating his physical discomfort. Then he nodded and replied:
"good."

"The leader of the four spiritual beasts of the Mohist school, the most powerful beast created by the ancestor of the Mohist school, Mo Di - the Mechanical Azure Dragon."

As Gu Xun answered, he raised his hand and used his true Qi to remotely heal Dian Qing who was lying next to him.

Ying Zheng was silent for a moment, his expression changing slightly, and then he asked, "Did the Imperial Master already know what happened tonight?"

Gu Xun had no intention of hiding anything and nodded in acknowledgement.

"know."

Ying Zheng looked at Gu Xun who admitted it directly, and was silent for a while. Finally, he couldn't help but continue to ask:
"Why didn't you stop it in advance?"

Ying Zheng looked calm, but in his heart he was indeed extremely angry about the attack, otherwise he would not have asked this question.

Gu Xun had saved him many times, but he had never been particularly active in any of the rescues. Ying Zheng had long been accustomed to it, so he had never questioned why Gu Xun did not eliminate the danger in advance.

This time is an exception.

Gu Xun remained calm. While treating Dian Qing, he explained calmly:
"Everything is out of control tonight."

"Mojia's plan was completely beyond Zhang Han's expectations, so the convoy encountered this uncontrolled attack."

"That young man and the Azure Dragon Mechanical Machine also lost control, otherwise Your Majesty would not have been on the verge of death twice."

“I knew these situations were going to get out of control, but I couldn’t stop them.”

"Because the source of all the out-of-control is Sanghai, and... Mirage. If we stop it rashly, I can't predict the consequences."

Ying Zheng was speechless.

He might be dissatisfied with Gu Xun's actions, but he was still willing to believe Gu Xun, so he also believed at this time that Gu Xun was not deceiving him in order to avoid responsibility.

In other words, the source of everything tonight is the mirage.

Then there is nothing more to say.

Mirage is related to his dream of immortality, and Gu Xun does not support this, so he has never liked Gu Xun to interfere too much in Mirage's affairs.

Gu Xun also followed his advice. Although he often played tricks on the Yin-Yang master, he never took it seriously and only observed the mirage.

Since this matter involved Mirage, if he did not intervene, Ying Zheng would have nothing to say.

Of course, if Ying Zheng really wants to hold Gu Xun accountable, there will still be trouble to be found.

Since it is a mirage, it is not convenient for Gu Xun to take action to stop it in advance, he can also inform the convoy so as not to catch them off guard.

However, this kind of persistent operation is not Ying Zheng's style.

The Mohist School caused such a big commotion, but the Empire didn't get the news in advance. Luowang and Shadow Secret Guards should be held responsible first. They should not cause trouble for the Imperial Master under any circumstances.

Seeing that Ying Zheng stopped talking, Gu Xun turned his gaze to Zhao Gao and Zhang Han.

Both of them had been injured by Long Yin before, but it was not particularly serious. They just had their breathing disordered at the time and temporarily lost the ability to move. They have recovered now.

The two of them stood upright, drenched like drowned rats by the heavy rain, but they did not dare to use their true energy to block the rain.

At this time, the more embarrassed they are, the better.

"You... are still standing there like idiots?" Gu Xun looked at the two people trying to act pitifully, his smile widened, and he asked, adding fuel to the fire.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Gao and Zhang Han quickly glanced at Ying Zheng's face. Seeing that he had no reaction, they quickly got busy with their own things.

Zhao Gao ordered the six sword slaves to prepare the carriage for Ying Zheng to stay in and clean up the mess here.

Zhang Han commanded the recovered imperial guards to count the men, check the casualties, and reorganize the convoy.

The convoy is now basically paralyzed, and it will probably take a long time to clean it up.

After Zhang Han and Zhao Gao got busy, Gu Xun's attention shifted to Yanri, Quexie, and Shulou - the three of them had nothing to do.

"You... just go your separate ways." Gu Xun sighed inexplicably, waved his hand and gave the order without authorization.

Then the three of them ran away without even asking Zhao Gao for permission first.

This is certainly against Luowang's rules, but at this time, Luowang's people did not dare to disobey the imperial master's wishes in the slightest.

Even their leader was busy because of someone's words, so they, mere killers, had no right to say even a word. Anyway, even if Zhao Gao pursued the matter later, the most he would do was to fine them three cups of wine, which they could afford.

What's more, two of these three people have problems.

After the three of them left, the Six Sword Slaves also drove over in a still intact carriage - perhaps the people in the caravan were mostly fine due to Gu Xun's protection, but the carriages were more or less destroyed, and the horses were either run away, dead, or disabled.

The Six Sword Slaves also carefully selected and assembled a 'brand new' carriage - the horse and carriage of this carriage were not original matches.

But at this time, we can't be too particular about such details.

Seeing that the six sword slaves had prepared the carriage, Gu Xunyi extended his hand to invite Ying Zheng, "If you don't mind, I will personally escort Your Majesty to Sanghai first."

After thinking for a moment, Ying Zheng stepped onto the carriage.

He accepted Gu Xun's proposal.

Although this proposal is very unethical, given the current situation, there is no need to worry about face issues.

It will take a lot of time to recover from the paralysis of the convoy. The Xixiang Valley Road was almost destroyed by the Qinglong Mechanical Machine, and it will take even more time to clear the road.

He has been trapped here and has no face to speak of.

Seeing Ying Zheng entering the carriage, Gu Xun raised his hand and used his true energy to lift Dian Qing and place him on the carriage frame, and then sat on the frame himself - fortunately the carriages in the team were not ordinary carriages, otherwise there would be no room for Gu Xun and Dian Qing to sit on the frame.

After making everything ready, Gu Xun pulled the reins, drove the carriage slowly away, and took the emperor away first.

As for the collapsed mountains and cracked ground, they were not a problem for Gu Xun.

No matter how big the stone was, he could easily push it aside. No matter how wide the crack was, he could drive the carriage across it. Soon, both he and the carriage disappeared from the sight of the rest of the caravan, and by the way, he simply cleared the road for the caravan.

Although it cannot be used directly as a road, it can save them a lot of effort. (End of this chapter)