Zhutian: From Douluo, the illusion becomes real

Chapter 671. The Sincerity of the Alliance!
Although things went through some twists and turns, the outcome was satisfactory.

Yan Lingji does not think her actions are extreme.

Every era has its own main theme.

Each region has its own customs and culture.

Such as the ritual warfare during the Spring and Autumn Period.

In the Battle of Hongshui, Duke Xiang of Song would rather suffer defeat than attack the enemy while they were crossing the river.

Such as the annexation during the Warring States period.

The State of Chu destroyed the states of Yue, Qi, and Cai; the State of Han destroyed the State of Zheng; and the State of Wei and Zhao destroyed the State of Zhongshan.

For example, the righteous cause of Qin's conquest of the six states.

Standardizing cart tracks, writing, and ethical conduct, the war that ended centuries of chaos during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods provided an answer to the people's yearning for stability.

Therefore, with the changing times...

People living in this era are also changing.

From the idea that a subject should be ashamed when the ruler is in distress, or even die when the ruler is disgraced, to the idea that one should receive the ruler's salary and be loyal to the ruler.

From the thrice-visiting of Zhuge Liang to the respect shown to scholars, to the ability to summon and dismiss at will.

It's hard to imagine that the person who said "Since ancient times, no one has ever escaped death; let my loyal heart shine in history" and the person who claimed that "the water is too cold and my scalp is itchy" were both civil officials.

One side raises one person.

The Baiyue region naturally has its own customs.

Yan Lingji didn't like Tianze, nor was she sure if Tianze liked her. But one must have some principles and beliefs, otherwise, one cannot survive. Just like Jingni, after being captured, even though she admitted that Luo Wang would be corrupted by Ye Qingcang, she still refused to submit until Ye Qingcang became the new leader of Luo Wang. As Tianze's subject, Yan Lingji never betrayed him even after being captured. At this critical juncture, she simply made what she believed to be the most correct choice. It had nothing to do with whether or not she sacrificed herself, and the inside story involved was very deep.

To put it bluntly, from Yan Lingji's perspective, the whole thing can be divided into three levels.

Also called three-story.

The first layer, the outermost layer, is also the most selfish layer.

Where should I go?
From Ye Qingcang's statement, it can indeed be determined that Ye Qingcang is not Bai Yifei's man. Moreover, Bai Yifei is not fond of playing the entrapment trick, so the possibility of being disappointed can be basically ruled out. Her current escape is a genuine escape.

But what happens after they get out of trouble?
Is Ye Qingcang willing to let me leave?

To judge whether a person is trustworthy, you should not only listen to what they say, but also observe what they do. There are always many hypocrites in this world, and making a wrong choice is often worse than not making any choice at all!
Even if Ye Qingcang is telling the truth.

Really let her leave.

Will Bai Yifei let her go?

So, although there seem to be many options, there are actually not many paths she can take.

If a sheep encounters a wolf in the wild.

Assuming we can't outrun them.

There is one and only one way.

That is to find a tiger and beg for its mercy.

Whether Ye Qingcang is the tiger or not, Yan Lingji is not sure yet, but all she needs to know is that Ye Qingcang and Bai Yifei are enemies, because that means Ye Qingcang will not betray her.

Furthermore, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Since there's no way to avoid it.

Then we have no choice but to strike first.

Once this pursuer is dealt with, there's no need to worry about being hunted down again.

As for helping the Baiyue people restore their kingdom.

Or perhaps they would support Tianze's ascension to the throne.

Or become queen yourself.

These are things to consider only after you've survived. If you can't even survive, there's no point in thinking about the future.

Therefore, reconciling with Ye Qingcang is the best course of action.

This is also the most advantageous approach.

You might not gain much, but you certainly won't lose.

The second layer, which is the more complex layer, is the game theory layer.

Should I believe the other person's promise?

This is a very interesting question.

Because this issue is related to people's hearts and minds.

As we all know, the human heart cannot withstand testing.

When you choose to test someone out of doubt, that person's heart has already been defined as untrustworthy. Even if that person is trustworthy in your test, because you chose to doubt, although you will not directly question whether that person is trustworthy or not, you will indirectly doubt the truth or falsehood of your test results.

Therefore, to believe is to believe, and not to believe is to not believe.

There's not even a need to test the waters.

There's no need to ask.

Therefore, what Yan Lingji said before was less of a test and more of a way for her to ask Ye Qingcang for a reason so that she could convince herself to believe Ye Qingcang's reason!
Instead of simply relying on intuition!

Her intuition told her she could trust Ye Qingcang, so she trusted him unconditionally.

No one's intuition is always right.

Moreover, most people haven't developed their intuition.

Want to actively develop your intuition.

Or actively using intuition.

You must abandon your heart and follow your instincts.

Otherwise, intuition will be interfered with by subjective thoughts.

In real life, the simplest example is eating. Your subjective thoughts might lead you to believe that certain dishes are unpalatable. In reality, it's not that the dishes are truly bad, but rather that the person cooking them didn't do a good job, creating a negative impression from the very first bite and causing you to dislike them. However, if you set aside this subjective perception and have a professional chef prepare the dish, and then have you taste it again without knowing the difference, as long as there's no physiological reaction—for example, an allergic reaction—your opinion will change. When you taste it again, you won't think it's unpalatable.

Therefore, there are too many subjective thoughts.

Intuition will play a smaller role.

In addition, subjective thoughts can be given another name.

prejudice!

Therefore, from Yan Lingji's perspective, she had already silently engaged in a game with Ye Qingcang. She chose to use this seemingly probing but actually verifying method to ask Ye Qingcang if she could trust him. Ye Qingcang's honest answer indirectly told her that she could trust him, but the choice was in her hands.

The strong usually do not give the weak a choice.

Once given.

This proves that the person is trustworthy.

To put it bluntly, people stronger than you have no reason to lie to you, and even if people weaker than you lie to you, you don't need to worry. If someone of similar strength wants to lie to you, it means they are insecure and think they are not strong enough. If they are not insecure, they will not lie to you.

Finally, at the very end, comes the third layer, which involves the sacrifice of interests.

Yan Lingji seems to have sacrificed a lot.

But think about it carefully.

What exactly did she sacrifice?
Right now, she has gained Ye Qingcang's promise to help her rescue Tianze without paying any price. Even if Ye Qingcang really rescues Tianze, she only promises to be loyal to Ye Qingcang, not to die for him. There is a difference between loyalty and dying for him. The former means not betraying him when it does not involve one's own life, and doing one's best to help one's lord solve problems. The latter means doing one's best and fulfilling one's duties even when it involves one's own life, and even if it means death, one will stick to one's post until the last moment.

For example.

If Ye Qingcang wants to possess Yan Lingji, Yan Lingji has a choice in the matter of loyalty. If she doesn't reject Ye Qingcang, she can naturally agree. But if she doesn't like Ye Qingcang, she can simply leave. Even if she can't leave, she can still die in front of him.

But if it's a matter of dying, Yan Ling Ji has no choice.

Regardless of whether Ye Qingcang's request is reasonable or not.

He had no choice but to accept it.

In other words, the latter are suicide squad members.

However, both sides tacitly overlooked these inside stories, pretending nothing had happened, even if the truth was not so, and neither could be sure how the test had gone.

Like the honesty that Ye Qingcang showed.

Is it really necessarily honesty?
even if.

Will Yan Ling Ji believe this is honesty?
Or would Yan Lingji see this as a trick to win people's hearts? Ye Qingcang dislikes internal strife.

Therefore, he chose not to think about these questions.

Believe it or not, it's up to you.

This is the best response to all doubts.

However, while that's the idea, things can't be done that way. The premise of giving a sweet treat after a beating is that the sweet treat is visible and there are clear rules to ensure that the sweet treat can be eaten. Simply making empty promises is not advisable, at least not when dealing with a woman like Yan Lingji. Making empty promises is completely ineffective.

Therefore, speed is of the essence in warfare.

"There's no time to lose, let's go now."

"Although I still don't know where Tianze is being held."

"But I am very familiar with the dungeons around Xinzheng."

"Even if Blood-Clad Marquis Bai Yifei didn't imprison Tianze in a dungeon near Xinzheng, but instead imprisoned him in Blood-Clad Fortress, while there's still time, it would be very easy to break in and rescue him."

"Moreover, I believe that there will be some unexpected discoveries in the process of exploring the dungeons around Xinzheng. Just as I met you in this dungeon, I may meet your companions in other dungeons."

Ye Qingcang glanced at the intact crystal platform and said calmly.

Then, he turned around and left.

But before he could take the first step...

He was forced to raise his hand.

He grabbed Yan Lingji's wrist.

To be fair, Yan Lingji is indeed decisive and ruthless.

After deciding to leave.

A palm strike wreathed in flames was aimed at the South Korean general guarding the dungeon, clearly intended to kill him to silence him.

Although this South Korean general is already dead.

Currently, it is being corrupted and replaced by the Faceless Men.

But this South Korean general wasn't exactly a master fighter during his lifetime.

Facing Yan Lingji, who possesses innate talent.

Even in a weakened state due to congenital factors.

Their lives were also hanging by a thread.

So much so that Ye Qingcang had to stop Yan Lingji and explained helplessly, "He's one of us. Besides, everyone in this dungeon is currently one of us. You can rest assured about that..."

Yan Lingji looked at Ye Qingcang in silence.

A moment later, he tilted his head.

He put away the flames that were wrapped around his palm.

Seeing Ye Qingcang release his grip with understanding, he also released his palm strike, helplessly shaking his wrist, and asked with a puzzled expression, "Are you sure your Quicksand is a newly established organization? The jailers here are all veterans, many of whom retired from the Bai family army. These are Bai Yifei's most trusted confidants, and their families are all in Bloodcloth Fortress. How exactly did you manage to turn them against Bai Yifei, and even get them to betray him so tacitly?"

"Really want to know?"

As Ye Qingcang walked out of the dungeon, he asked the question without turning his head.

Yan Lingji followed behind.

Looking at Ye Qingcang's back.

They seemed completely unprepared.

But she wasn't sure if this complete lack of preparedness was genuine or just a trap to lure her into launching a sneak attack.

However, she quickly banished this outrageous idea from her mind.

There was a pause.

He said earnestly, "I do want to, but only if you're willing to talk about it, or if it's convenient for you to talk about it!"

Some secrets can kill you if you find out.

But for Ye Qingcang...

The secret of the Faceless Man is not something that cannot be told.

Anyway, Lü Buwei and the others already knew.

Han Fei and his own people already knew about it.

There's nothing wrong with telling Yan Ling Ji.

Because none of these people knew how to distinguish between faceless people and how to counter them.

So, after leaving the dungeon.

Ye Qingcang clapped his hands casually.

Immediately, a stray cat was caught.

Although from Yan Lingji's perspective, Ye Qingcang's move was silent and without any internal energy fluctuations, and she couldn't see what had grabbed the wild cat, it was exceptional in every aspect except for its weak power.

Especially in terms of surprise attacks.

Don’t say anything else.

Yan Lingji herself couldn't guarantee that she could dodge this attack.

"All right."

"Let me demonstrate it once."

Ye Qingcang waved to the guard at the dungeon entrance.

Under the intense gaze of Yan Lingji, whose pupils constricted.

The guard immediately froze.

Then, life ceased.

Immediately afterwards, a piece of flesh whose exact shape was indistinguishable pounced on the struggling wildcat like a facehugger. As the flesh rapidly multiplied and spread across the wildcat, it quickly devoured the cat completely. Then, after two or three seconds, the flesh began to change, reverting to the wildcat itself. No matter which angle you looked at it from, it was identical, making you wonder if you had just imagined it.

But in the next second.

Yan Lingji then confirmed that her eyes were not playing tricks on her.

Because the stray cat spoke up!

Even more so because this stray cat spoke human language!
"Obey the Lord's command!"

Ye Qingcang nodded.

He ignored Yan Lingji's adorable, dumbfounded expression.

He gestured, "You can go back now."

"understand!"

The stray cat nodded.

Under Yan Lingji's unbearable gaze.

He spat out a piece of flesh and blood.

It then attached itself to the guard's corpse.

It was a miracle of being brought back from the dead.

At the same time, a complex array of light and shadow suddenly appeared in Ye Qingcang's hand. A phantom wildcat-shaped soul was summoned from the void by Ye Qingcang and then stuffed back into the wildcat's body, which can be considered as returning it to its rightful owner and giving it a new life.

The whole process was incredibly smooth.

But Yan Ling Ji would rather not have this silky smoothness.

It's just too terrifying!
People often refer to those with innate special abilities as gods or demons, but in her opinion, Ye Qingcang is more like a god or demon. Whose martial arts can bring back the soul of the dead? Whose pet or creation can attach itself to the corpse of a creature and even perfectly replace it?

This is even more terrifying than being resurrected from a dead body!
However, Ye Qingcang didn't think so.

The systems are different.

Their perceptions will naturally differ.

Turning back, he calmly asked, "Now you should understand why I said everyone in this dungeon is one of our own, right?"

(End of this chapter)