The Proof of the Heavens Begins with The Legend of the Condor Heroes

Chapter 150: Suspended
The fourth year of the Qingli period was a turbulent time for the Qing Kingdom.

Border wars continued, and assassins were rampant in Kyoto. But with the strong intervention of the Overwatch Council, everything seemed to be back on track.

Even the communications with Northern Qi and Dongyi City became much smoother.

At this time, the royal guards came to report that the Hanging Temple outside Kyoto had collapsed. Large areas of golden thread chrysanthemums were destroyed.

Standing inside the valley of the Hanging Temple, looking around, only half of the temple and a bare sea of ​​flowers remain. It is obvious that there has been a great inhuman war here!

Fan Xian was pushing a wheelchair with Chen Pingping, who was covered with a wool blanket, sitting in it, as they walked along the mountain path.

A hundred meters behind the two men, followed a team of hundreds of cavalrymen in black clothes and armor.

These knights are like silent monuments, standing there quietly, as still as a mountain.

This is the Black Cavalry, a violent armed force directly under the Inspectorate and one of the most elite troops of the Qing Kingdom.

This terrifying cavalry may not be as good as the Tiger Guards in terms of individual combat capability, but in terms of coordinated combat capability, it is the best in the world.

"Did you see anything?" Chen Pingping asked silently.

"The people who fought were all swordsmen, swordsmen far beyond the imagination of ordinary people." Fan Xian replied.

What he said sounded like nonsense, but it also contained a brilliant insight, which was that this scene that seemed like the destruction of the world was actually just the aftermath of a fight between two people.

"There were indeed only two people fighting each other. It is not necessarily true that they were both swordsmen."

Chen Pingping thought for a moment and said calmly, "Shadow, what do you think?"

The next moment, a man wearing a black cloak and a black mask appeared out of nowhere and said, "One of them is Ye Liuyun. Although I have never seen him use a sword, I have seen his Liuyun San Shou. The other one is a master of swordsmanship, but he is not... Si Gu Jian."

I don’t know if it was Fan Xian’s illusion, but when Shadow mentioned the name “Si Gu Jian”, a flash of murderous intent flashed across his face.

"The only person who can fight with a Grandmaster is a Grandmaster. But this person is not Si Gu Jian, which can only mean..."

Chen Pingping's pupils shrank as he said, "Either this person is the mysterious master in the palace, or he is a great master that we have never seen before."

"Could it be that the fifth Grandmaster has been born in this world?" Fan Xian said in a deep voice.

He thought of what Wuzhu once told him, that in addition to the four great masters, there was a fifth master in the world, and this person was most likely lurking in Kyoto City.

"Impossible." Shadow retorted instinctively: "Ninth rank is easy to obtain, but it is difficult to become a Grandmaster. If those people had not met by chance, they would not have become Grandmasters."

"How can it be impossible? If four grandmasters can be born in this world, why can't there be a fifth?" Fan Xian's tone was quite strong.

At this time, Chen Pingping suddenly said, "Is this what the Fifth Master thinks?"

"Yes." Fan Xian said seriously, "This is exactly what Uncle Wu Zhu judged."

Chen Pingping's expression changed and he said, "Master Fifth is not a person who speaks without thinking. If this continues, Kyoto will really become a place of trouble."

Thinking about the fact that there are nearly five masters at the level of Crouching Tigers and Hidden Dragons in Kyoto, Fan Xian feels both anxious and expectant.

Fan Xian had witnessed grandmaster-level fights, but Uncle Wu Zhu's attacks lacked tremendous true energy, and his power was rarely visible.

But it was not the case with the two great masters who fought in the Hanging Temple. In their hands, they had already used the true energy in many different ways. The various traces they left on the attic and on the ground were clear evidence of this.

This is indeed not something that mortals can defeat.

"The Hanging Temple is a royal temple, but the chrysanthemum appreciation conference is only held once every three years. I really don't understand why this great master who suddenly appeared wants to fight with Ye Liuyun here." Shadow said.

"Unfortunately, Ye Liuyun is like a dragon that is hard to find, and it is impossible for us to get the truth from him," Fan Xian said.

Chen Pingping seemed to have thought of something, and then said, "We can't do it, but the fifth master can."

"I will talk to Uncle Wuzhu about this when I have the chance." Fan Xian said. The group explored the ruins of the Hanging Temple for a while, but unfortunately they still found nothing and had to return to Kyoto.

The destruction of the Hanging Temple naturally brought about the wrath of Emperor Qing again. For the first time, this emperor who claimed that he had everything under his control felt that some things were out of his control.

The future seems to be shrouded in a dark cloud. It is a mysterious feeling, but there is no way to investigate it.

Because whether it is the power of the Overwatch Council or the spies of the Princess's faction, there is no clue.

However, the news from Ye Liuyun confirmed the speculation of the Supervisory Council that an unidentified grandmaster had arrived in Kyoto.

Who this person is, there is no answer.

Although the power of the Supervisory Council is enough to find out 99% of the truth in the world, once the matter involves a grandmaster, even the Supervisory Council is unable to do so.

The power of the God on earth is simply beyond the reach of mortals.

Emperor Qing had no choice but to order the Censorate to strengthen supervision, and at the same time ordered Si Nanbo Fan Jian to mobilize the forces of the Tiger Guards to protect the imperial palace.

The tense atmosphere lasted until the end of the year, when it finally subsided.

Because the capital of Qing Kingdom is about to have a happy event. Fan Xian, the illegitimate son of Si Nanbo, and Lin Wan'er, the illegitimate daughter of Prime Minister Lin, are finally getting married!

This wedding was watched closely by many dignitaries in the court, because everyone knew that once Fan Xian married Lin Wan'er, it would mean that he would have the possibility of replacing the eldest princess and taking charge of the inner treasury.

During this period, Fang Hao did not make any major moves.

He never imagined that Emperor Qing actually had an instinctive intuition about his own safety.

Shortly after the Battle of the Hanging Temple, the Tiger Guards were allowed into the palace to serve as royal guards.

The Tiger Guards, as the strongest individual combat force of the Qing Kingdom, each member is a carefully selected warrior among thousands.

In the original novel, it has been proven in actual combat that seven tiger guards can defeat Haitang Duoduo.

Who is Haitang Duoduo? She is the last disciple of Grandmaster Ku He and the most outstanding successor of Tianyi Dao in history.

There are now a total of 123 tiger guards guarding the imperial palace.

Although these people could not hurt Fang Hao, they could greatly deplete the internal energy in Fang Hao's body, making it difficult for him to fight against Emperor Qing at his peak state.

This made Fang Hao admire Emperor Qing's almost instinctive sense of smell, and the next step of the "Assassination Qin Plan" had to be temporarily shelved.

Without Fang Hao's interference, the Qing court could be said to have received good news one after another.

Negotiations with Northern Qi and Dongyi also made breakthrough progress.

As for the Dongyi people, they finally made concessions because of Yan Xiaoyi's death.

On the Northern Qi side, the Queen Mother of Nanqing contacted the Queen Mother of Northern Qi privately to arrange for the eldest prince of Qing to marry the eldest princess of Northern Qi in order to demonstrate the diplomatic relations between the two countries and to establish a good relationship between Qin and Jin.

To this end, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Qing has led his troops back to the capital, and Her Royal Highness the Princess of Northern Qi will also be escorted by an envoy all the way south, and is expected to arrive in Kyoto at the end of November.

The marriage between the eldest prince and the eldest princess of Northern Qi was full of political colors.

For the eldest prince, once he married the eldest princess of Northern Qi, it would mean that he would no longer have a chance of taking that throne.

But this might be exactly what the eldest prince wants. Like Fang Hao, he has no interest in the throne.

As if the recent good news was not enough, after arranging the marriage of the eldest prince, Emperor Qing announced another marriage.

Order the second prince Li Chengze to marry Ye Zhong's daughter Ye Ling'er!
(End of this chapter)