This martial saint's health bar is too thick

Chapter 594 A common man's courage is for the benefit of the world!

Mingdu.

This grassland capital has not been without attacks since its construction.

But when someone blocked him outside the city and challenged him, no one came out of the city to fight.

This has never happened before!
The grasslands revere the strong, and a fierce and courageous spirit is ingrained in their very bones.

Although the people of the Northern Barbarian tribes were also regarded as natural warriors, the environment there was harsh, and fighting was more about survival.

But the grasslands are different.

Many of the soldiers here genuinely love and enjoy fighting.

The world is a vast hunting ground, where true warriors should roam freely!

This is the belief of the grassland warriors.

So now, seeing Li Fei challenging everyone outside the city and openly insulting Da Man, who is regarded as the representative of God.

Many people in the city could no longer tolerate it.

Even knowing they couldn't win, even knowing they would die if they left the city, many people still volunteered to fight!

But none of these are allowed.

"Daman is in seclusion for cultivation, which is a crucial time, so he cannot go into battle for the time being."

"Daman gave a strict order before going into seclusion: no one is allowed to go out!"

The White Pagoda's Wish-Fulfilling Treasure Bottle Blessing Array's greatest characteristic is its ability to gather the power of everyone.

Even a martial artist can contribute to the formation by injecting their innate Qi into it.

Therefore, Qilian Guanshi did not allow anyone to leave the city and die needlessly.

Everyone must pool their resources to buy him time!

In the air, seeing that Qilian Guanshi did not respond to him, Li Fei did not bother to say anything more.

The white pagodas he had shattered within the great formation have been restored.

Rumble, rumble——

The sound of a huge object moving could be heard in the air.

The existence of the White Pagoda's Wish-Fulfilling Treasure Bottle Blessing Array is like a giant hourglass in the world, with the primordial energy of heaven and earth continuously 'leaking' into the array.

Now, another hourglass has appeared in the world—

The vast天地元气 (heaven and earth energy) split off, with a portion flowing into Li Fei's body!

Even if a grandmaster with Qi-gathering supernatural powers stood near Mingdu City, their efficiency in absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth might not even reach 30% of their usual level.

Li Fei, however, managed to put himself in a 'struggle' against the entire formation!
After acquiring the Primordial Sword Body, his speed of absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is already faster than that of many top-tier experts!
As a massive amount of primordial energy from heaven and earth entered his body, Li Fei began to activate [Blood Rage], followed by the [Dragon Elephant] divine power.

Before he even made his move, he had already consumed over 7000 Blood Souls to cast [Sword Sacrifice] and enter 'Blood Demon Extreme State'.

It is now moving towards its 'peak form'.

Li Fei named the peak state where the supernatural powers of [Sword Sacrifice], [Blood Rage], and [Dragon Elephant] were all pushed to their limits—the Ultimate Sword State!
Back in Emerald Green City, he completely crushed the evil demon Li Ming with his 'Ultimate Sword State'!

boom!
boom!
boom!
It was as if there was a giant drum between heaven and earth, constantly being struck by the immortals.

Li Fei's punches were like swords, one after another of his "Ignorant of the Sky" attacks crashing down on the great formation below.

Each move is better than the last!

The white pagoda, with its dragon, white elephant, and peacock figures, is constantly being destroyed and then constantly rebuilt.

At one moment, a sliver of light, like a sword, pierced deep into the great formation, breaking through the final barrier and penetrating into the city of Mingdu!
A tall, dome-shaped building was instantly cut in two and collapsed with a crash.

wow——

Smoke and dust rose like dragons, soaring into the sky, while strong winds spread in all directions, causing prayer flags to flutter throughout the royal city.

An uproar and gasps of surprise erupted within the capital city of Ming.

This city-protecting formation couldn't even hold them off?!
In the air, Li Fei remained calm.

With the [Dragon Elephant] divine power fully activated, he had completely entered the 'Ultimate Sword State'.

At this moment, he could unleash peak-level power with every move he made!

Moreover, this power is far beyond what the Three Evil Demons, who are at the very bottom of the top, can compare to.

Before he could unleash his next attack, the formation below had already changed—

The 108 white pagodas are no longer scattered, but have come together to form a circle.

Auspicious beasts such as the Heavenly Dragon, White Elephant, and Peacock are all within the enclosure.

Golden Sanskrit characters extend downwards, enclosing the Ming capital city within them.

Flowers rained down, seven exquisite treasures appeared, and the voices of hundreds of thousands of people praying together resounded:
"The mighty God, Father of the heavens!"

"Vast and boundless, the mother of all things!"

"Your eternal gaze, like the sun and moon in motion, overlooks the boundless sea of ​​grass."

"Your broad mind is like a sky full of stars, encompassing all living things."

"I beseech you, great God of Fullness!"

"They bestow upon us the gentle spring breeze, the timely rain, and the pure snowmelt."

The sounds of prayer gradually coalesced into a raging tide powerful enough to shake the heavens and earth, surging into the great formation!
From a distance, the entire Ming capital looks as if it were contained in a golden bottle.

Li Fei stood at the edge of the bottle opening, where the vast primordial energy of heaven and earth was continuously flowing into it.

This is the true form of the White Pagoda's Wish-Fulfilling Treasure Vase Blessing Array!
Let hundreds of thousands of people in the city pray together, so as to gather the power of everyone's faith to strengthen the great formation.

Defending a city requires hundreds of thousands of people to do it together, not just a few strong individuals.

This is the most distinctive feature of the White Pagoda's Wish-Fulfilling Treasure Bottle Blessing Array.

"Formation——"

Seeing this from afar, Zuo Jun gave an order for the White Flame Army to form a battle formation.

While Li Fei launched his attack, Zuo Jun wasn't just standing behind watching; he was searching for a weakness in the White Pagoda's Blessing Vase Formation.

But even after Li Fei forced out the strongest form of the formation, Zuo Jun still couldn't see any flaws.

He is not Yun Shu after all.

Even if no flaws are found, it doesn't matter. Li Fei has already forced out the strongest form of the formation. As long as this strongest point is destroyed, the rest will be flaws!
A massive army of ten thousand men is activated—

White flames erupted from the magical weapons on each Imperial Guard soldier. These flames, which appeared to be burning fiercely, were like ice from the depths of the underworld, emanating a chilling aura.

The grass on the ground quickly froze into a layer of ice.

One second ago, ten thousand White Flame Army soldiers stood on the front line on the grassland.

The next second, countless sparks converged into a long white dragon, carrying chilling flames as it pounced on the treasure bottle in front of it!

The white flame dragon wrapped itself around the giant bottle, its mouth aimed at the bottle's opening, and spewed flames.

The vast amount of primordial energy gathered at the bottle's mouth was like withered grass suddenly ignited, instantly transforming into towering flames that rapidly spread into the distance!

Within a kilometer, the sky was ablaze with fire.

In Li Fei's perception, upon contact with the white flame, the primordial energy of heaven and earth, his strength, true power, mental power, and even the power of faith were all 'ignited'!
【Daylight Heart Flame】This is the Dao principle that the White Flame Army condenses after activating its military formation.

The power of this principle is that it can ignite all existence and change its nature.

Qin Mingli's [Taiyi Heshui] can transform all existence into Taiyi water and integrate it into his own power.

The [Daylight Heart Flame] is very similar, capable of turning everything into white flames.

The only difference is that [Taiyi Heshui] converges inward, while [Baizhou Xinyan] spreads outward.

Once something is ignited, it will continue to ignite other things, thus 'passing on the fire'.

Theoretically speaking, if the power of the White Flame Army's Dao principles were inexhaustible, then igniting a ball of white flame in one place would eventually set the entire world ablaze!

Of course, the power of the White Flame Army cannot be inexhaustible.

However, the [Daylight Heart Flame] is considered one of the most troublesome in the Dao principles.

Once ignited, no amount of defense or layered isolation will work!
Either fight against the laws of the Dao with the laws of the Dao, or you can only continuously consume your power to become 'fuel' for the white flames.

This is the principle that most easily drains others!

Since Qilian Guanshi did not make a move, he naturally lacked the power of Dao principles to counter the [Daytime Heart Flame]. As a result, the power of the White Pagoda Wish-Fulfilling Treasure Bottle Blessing Array was continuously being ignited.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Li Fei cut off the flow of the heaven and earth's vital energy, and then attacked the great formation with [Ignorance of Heaven's Height].

The two top-tier offensive strategies are: one is to break through the enemy's defenses by targeting a single point, while the other is to launch a comprehensive and all-encompassing attack that penetrates every nook and cranny.

The treasure bottle swayed, and the great formation teetered on the brink of collapse!
The capital city of Ming is home to three of the ten great cavalry armies of the grasslands, including the strongest, the Heavenly Wolf Blood Cavalry.

In addition, there are three temple shamans and four grandmasters.

That makes a total of ten top-tier combatants.

These ten top combatants, along with dozens of martial arts masters and True Persons, hundreds of Dao Foundation stage martial artists and sorcerers, and finally hundreds of thousands of people in the city.

The combined power of everyone, amplified through the White Pagoda's Wish-Fulfilling Treasure Bottle Blessing Array, is enough to withstand the attack of a top-tier expert.

Unfortunately, there are two top-tier combat forces outside the city, and neither of them are ordinary top-tier fighters!
Just as the great formation was about to collapse, a white river surged out from the divine mountain and flowed into the formation.

Countless people knelt and kowtowed in the river, praying devoutly.

The Manyuan religion has a history of over 700 years on the grasslands.

For over seven hundred years, countless people of the grasslands have believed in Manyuan religion, accumulating a vast amount of faith power.
Compared to this, the power of faith that Qilian Guanshi accumulated as a Great Manchu is like the difference between a stream and a river!
He exhausted the power of faith he had accumulated over a century in the city of Emerald Green, but the power of faith accumulated by the Fulfilled Wish Cult over seven hundred years was still on the sacred mountain.

As the white river surged into the grand formation, a golden river also appeared in the royal palace, flowing into the formation as well.

This is the destiny of the grassland royal court!
A large part of the fate of the grasslands is determined by the power of faith, so when the power of faith on the sacred mountain is mobilized, the fate of the nation is naturally mobilized as well.

This is the true essence of the grasslands, and their ultimate trump card!

As the power of faith and the nation's destiny merged into the formation, the formation stabilized once again.

Both sides entered a phase of attrition warfare.

However, such expenditures are undoubtedly very uneconomical for the grassland royal court.

Li Fei's spiritual energy can be replenished once it's depleted.

The White Flame Army's weapons can be repaired or replaced if damaged.

But the power of faith accumulated by the Manjushri religion, and the destiny of the grassland royal court.

Every bit you use is a bit less, and it's not so easy to accumulate it again.

However, all worries, doubts, and dissatisfaction were overshadowed by Qilian Guanshi's will.

Now that things have come to this, should we open the great formation and let the people outside the city in?
Are we waiting for the White Flame Army to slaughter the Bright Capital?

The attack outside the city lasted for more than an hour before finally stopping.

Li Fei possesses the [Object Refining] supernatural power and Blood Soul, which allows him to continuously replenish what he has lost.

But the White Flame Army is different.

Activating the military formation will cause damage to the weapon every second, and will also cause damage to every member of the Imperial Guard.

Zuo Jun could not allow Bai Yanjun to be exhausted to the limit before stopping.

He has ordered the White Flame Army to take the pills in batches to regulate their breathing and recover.

"The White Flame Army's supplies can only sustain the offensive for five days at most, after which I will have to consider withdrawing."

Zuo Jun said directly to Li Fei.

Deeply entrenched in enemy territory is a major taboo in military strategy. Even a powerful army like the White Flame Army would be in great danger if its supplies were cut off.

Five days.

Li Fei looked at the large formation in front of him.

With the grassland's centuries-old heritage, can it hold out for five days?
"Qilian Guanshi has not made a move. If he had, he could have avoided using the power of faith and the nation's fortune, and the defense of Mingdu would have been much easier. But he did not."

Zuo Jun said, "Either he has some personal problems, or he is secretly preparing something, even at the cost of the grassland's resources."

Li Fei nodded, agreeing with the view: "I'm more inclined to believe the latter; Qilian Guanshi is plotting something in secret."

Zuo Jun said expressionlessly, "If it is the latter, given Qilian Guanshi's calculating nature, it is impossible that he did not anticipate that we would directly attack the Ming capital."

He first led his men to fight the White Flame Army, and then led his men to besiege you in Emerald Green City. He is very familiar with the combat strength of both of us. Under these circumstances, the fact that he still dares to hide and not make a move shows that he is confident that he can hold off our attack with only the people in the city, plus the power of faith and the nation's fortune, until he completes his plan.

Li Fei nodded again.

He thought so too.

"We cannot fall into the opponent's rhythm. Commander Zuo, I have a suggestion."

"You said."

"You take the White Flame Army and retreat first. I'll stay here alone."

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Zuo Jun looked at Li Fei in silence.

Li Fei met his gaze, his expression serious.
"If we continue to drag this out, the White Flame Army's supplies will run out. If Qilian Guanshi is just waiting for the White Flame Army to run out of supplies before attacking them, then we will be in a very passive position."

The White Flame Army currently has just over 10,000 men. If there are any more casualties and the number drops below 10,000, then they will not be able to activate even a 10,000-man army formation.

Although a military formation of 5,000 men may possess top-tier combat power, it is like a 'weakened' martial saint, greatly reducing its threat!
What Li Fei was worried about was that Qilian Guanshi was plotting against this.

The enemy deliberately waited for the White Flame Army to be gradually worn down before suddenly attacking, trying to cause hundreds of casualties among the White Flame Army, and then hiding in the great formation.

"With my current combat strength, even if I were surrounded by several top-tier fighters, I would be quite confident that I could escape unscathed."

Li Fei calmly said to Zuo Jun, "I'll stay and continue to cause damage to the grasslands, and also see what Qilian Guanshi is planning. You take the White Flame Army back to continue to rest and rebuild their numbers."

"The advantage lies with me as the other gains and loses!"

Thirty minutes later, Bai Yanjun left.

Zuo Jun finally agreed to Li Fei's plan.

What convinced him was not Li Fei's claim that "one person can escape unscathed," nor the possibility that Qilian Guanshi might be specifically targeting Bai Yanjun.

Rather, it's about not falling into the enemy's rhythm.

This commander of the White Flame Army had led his troops deep into the grasslands many times, wreaking havoc on all sides, before finally departing in style.

In battle, he always led the enemy by the nose, leaving them only able to eat his dust, all thanks to his excellent control of the rhythm.

He kept his enemies in his rhythm, which allowed him to come and go as he pleased.

Qilian Guanshi is now clearly trying to stall and buy time.

Zuo Jun naturally wouldn't let the other side have their way and keep Bai Yanjun tied up here.

Whatever Qilian Guanshi wants to do, it's always right for the White Flame Army to restore its numbers.

After Bai Yanjun left, Li Fei sat cross-legged a few hundred meters outside Mingdu City.

He actually started to regulate his breathing outside the city!
After the battle of Cuiqing City, Li Fei already knew that he could not become a 'perpetual motion machine', and the mental exhaustion would gradually cause his attention to wander.

The Ming capital city has hundreds of thousands of people who can be rotated, and a large amount of materials that can be used to replace them in the formation. It is definitely impossible to win in a battle of attrition.

Therefore, he did not intend to continue attacking Mingdu City.

A combination of fighting and pausing is necessary for sustained success.

And so, Li Fei remained alone outside Mingdu City, launching attacks on the city's defensive formations from time to time, gradually depleting the grasslands' resources.

One man attacks the city, another besieges it!
November 18th, the first year of Yuanxing.

Li Fei is still stuck outside the Ming capital city.

In the desolate desert, thousands of miles away from the grasslands, lava is gathering underground, about to erupt.
The capital of the Xuanmo Kingdom, Xuanji City.

In the desert, life exists only where there is an oasis.

Each major city of the two great desert kingdoms was built on an oasis.

Xuanji City is built on the largest oasis in the desert, and has a population of over 200,000.

This scale, if placed in the Central Plains, would at most reach the level of a prefecture-level city.

But in the desert, it is already the highest in the country.

Within Xuanji City, all the tall buildings are concentrated in the city center.

The city's princes, nobles, and powerful figures all resided in this area.

The closer to the center of the palace, the more luxurious and tall the buildings became.

To compare the power and status of the various families within the royal city, one only needs to look at the location of each family's residence.

The closer one is to the palace, the higher their status.

It's that simple and crude.

The Wang family's residence was located next to the palace. It was less than a hundred steps to the left after exiting the palace's Dongzhimen gate.

They held such a position because the Wang family was the most prestigious and powerful family in the Xuanmo Kingdom.

The current head of the Wang family is the Privy Councilor, a high-ranking official in the current court!
Inside the Prince's Mansion, pavilions, terraces, and winding corridors exude elegance everywhere.

Even the servants and maids in the mansion were very particular about their clothes, their walking, and their speech, and there were rules everywhere.

This is a rare scholarly family in what the Central Plains considers a barren and backward desert.

In fact, the Wang family were originally descendants of people from the Central Plains, and were the aristocratic family of the Great Tang Kingdom, which was destroyed by the Great Lan Dynasty.

Back then, Emperor Taizu of the Great Lan swept across the six kingdoms and destroyed all the states in the Central Plains, thus truly unifying the world.

Among those destroyed countries, some aristocratic families chose to submit to the Great Blue Dynasty, while others fled with their entire families.

Some fled to the grasslands, and some fled to the desert.

The Wang family was one of the prominent families who fled from the Central Plains to the desert.

With their deep family background, the Wang family quickly gained a foothold in the Xuanmo Kingdom and was given important positions.

From culture, systems, weapons, to research on implants and martial arts training, the two desert kingdoms were originally far behind the Central Plains.

It is a truly remote and insignificant country, not worth mentioning.

However, as these aristocratic families from the Central Plains migrated to the two great desert kingdoms, they also brought with them the cultural heritage of the Central Plains.

Under the influence of these powerful families from the Central Plains, the two great desert kingdoms began to change in all aspects. Even their political system gradually transformed into the Three Departments and Six Ministries system of the Central Plains.

Compared to the Great Blue Dynasty after its reforms, the two great desert kingdoms located in the south today are more like the Central Plains of the past.

"Father."

An elderly man dressed in a vermilion official robe, with a hairpin in his hair and a jade pendant at his waist, entered the study and respectfully bowed to a man who looked to be only in his early forties, addressing him as "Father."

The old man's name was Wang Xingmin, the eldest son of Wang Chengze, the current head of the Wang family.

Therefore, the man he referred to as 'father' was Wang Chengze, the head of the Wang family.

It is not absurd that the father looks decades younger than his son, because Wang Chengze had already broken through to become a Grandmaster a hundred years ago, and could live for more than two hundred years. Even on his deathbed, he would not look old and would not lose his vitality.

Wang Xingmin did not inherit his father's martial arts talent and is only at the Dao Foundation stage. He is almost eighty years old this year and naturally looks somewhat aged.

Wang Chengze was sitting at his desk, reading a secret letter.

He did not respond to his son's bow.

Without him speaking, Wang Xingmin, who held the rank of a third-grade official, dared not stand up and remained in the posture of bowing.

The study was very quiet, with only the rustling of leaves in the wind outside the window.

As a martial artist at the Foundation Establishment stage, Wang Xingmin naturally had strong control over his body, but at this moment he could hardly control the sweat on his forehead, and his back was already soaked with sweat.

Although he always felt nervous whenever he saw his father, who was a Grandmaster.

But today, he seemed unusually nervous.

After an unknown amount of time, Wang Chengze finally spoke slowly.

His gaze remained fixed on the letter in his hand, without looking up at his son.
"Do you know why my Wang family has always been ostracized in Xuanmo?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Xingmin's body trembled slightly.

When these people, descendants of the Central Plains, first arrived in the Desert Kingdom, they were naturally ostracized by the local powers. They also had a high opinion of themselves and looked down on these backward people of the Desert Kingdom, so the relationship was very tense.

But hundreds of years have passed. No matter how high they regard themselves or how much they miss the Central Plains, they have long since identified themselves as people of the Mohe Kingdom.

Therefore, the Wang family's exclusion in Xuanmo Kingdom had nothing to do with their status as descendants of the Central Plains.

It's because the Wang family and the Great Blue Dynasty are getting too close!

The Great Blue Dynasty has been supporting the royal family in order to keep the Xuanmo Kingdom embroiled in internal strife and create a balance of power.

The Wang family's ability to hold such a position in Xuanmo, to wield real power in the military, and for Wang Chengze to become the Privy Council's chief envoy and even break through to become a Grandmaster, are all inseparable from the support of the Great Blue Dynasty!

Such behavior is not just planting spies in secret; it's practically no different from stationing an army in another country.

Normally, no monarch could tolerate such a thing.

However, for a long period of time, both of the two desert kingdoms were subservient to the Great Blue Dynasty.

As a vassal state of the Great Blue Dynasty, they had no right to refuse.

Not daring to do anything openly, they could only secretly ostracize the Wang family.

"Because of our relationship with the Great Blue Dynasty."

Wang Xingmin maintained his bowing posture and spoke with some difficulty.

"King knows perfectly well that my royal family is a dagger planted in Xuanmo by the Great Blue Dynasty, so why has the king never touched my royal family after the war with the Great Blue Dynasty started?"

Wang Chengze continued to ask.

This time, Wang Xingmin did not hesitate and said directly, "Because my Wang family has long been integrated into the Xuanmo Kingdom, if we want to touch the Wang family, the Xuanmo Kingdom will definitely fall into internal strife first!"

Wang Chengze: "Then why can't we pacify the internal situation before dealing with external threats?"

Large beads of sweat rolled down Wang Xingmin's forehead: "Because... Father made the King believe that the Wang family is on Xuanmo's side."

At this point, Wang Chengze put down the secret letter in his hand, looked up at his son, and saw obvious disappointment in his eyes:

"You understand the principles clearly, so why do you act so recklessly without considering the consequences?"

There was a pop.

Wang Xingmin, a minister of the third rank, actually knelt down on both knees:

"Your son knows he was wrong, please punish him, Father!"

The two great desert kingdoms joined forces to invade the Great Blue Dynasty, deploying their elite troops.

As the chief envoy of the Privy Council, Wang Chengze was stationed in the rear, responsible for logistics and tactical planning.

Although most of the army under the Wang family's control went to the battlefield, a portion remained in Xuanji City, and there was also some hidden strength.

In addition, the Grand Secretary of the Great Blue Dynasty has been in contact with the Wang family, and his words have been full of support for the Wang family to take the opportunity to rebel.

Under these circumstances, Wang Xingmin naturally felt a surge of passion and developed many ambitions.

Although Wang Chengze verbally agreed to various collaborations with that Chief Minister Ye, he actually did not take any action.

With the retreat of the grassland troops, it seemed that the Great Blue Dynasty was gradually recovering.

If the two major desert kingdoms choose to withdraw their troops, the opportunity will be completely lost.

Wang Xingmin could no longer tolerate it and had been secretly making many small moves in recent days.

He was certainly not stupid; he knew that his actions could not be hidden from Wang Chengze.

He didn't intend to hide it; he just wanted to test his father's attitude.

But now it seems that I've been misjudging what the other person was thinking all along.

Wang Chengze shook his head: "You know you're wrong? No, you don't even know where you went wrong."

Wang Xingmin remained silent, not daring to speak.

"Why do you think that Chief Minister Ye would help us out of kindness?"

"Of course, he wanted to reduce the pressure on the Great Blue Dynasty. As long as the two great desert kingdoms' backyards are on fire, the crisis in the southern border will be resolved immediately."

"You surely understand these principles, but with the throne right before your eyes, you still can't resist the temptation and want to take a gamble, right?"

Wang Xingmin remained silent as his father questioned him.

But deep down, that's what he really thought.

So what if we're being used?
Even if Xuanmo defeats the Great Blue Dynasty, the royal family will only ever belong to Xuanmo, and will be their subjects.

If the Wang family's uprising succeeds, even if Xuanmo is defeated by the Great Blue Dynasty this time, this place will belong to the Wang family in the future, and the Wang family will become the masters of this vast desert!

Isn't the difference worth taking a gamble?

But Wang Chengze's voice, like a thunderclap, shattered Wang Xingmin's illusions:

"Do you think that Chief Minister Ye is concerned about whether the Wang family will rebel?"

"What he cares about is the internal strife in the Desert! What he wants is not for the royal family to become the rulers of the Desert, but for the Desert to be without a ruler!"

Wang Xingmin suddenly looked up at his father.

Wang Chengze sneered, "My Wang family has come this far thanks to the support of the Great Blue Dynasty. How many pawns do you think that Chief Minister Ye has hidden within my Wang family?"

"Believe it or not, as soon as my Wang family starts a rebellion, that Chief Minister Ye will betray us and support someone else instead!"

"If we follow the path laid out by that Chief Minister Ye, Xuan Mo's ultimate fate will be to be torn apart!"

Wang Xingmin broke out in a cold sweat and turned deathly pale.
"I am ashamed, son. I almost made a terrible mistake."

“Almost?”

Wang Chengze shook his head, "You've already fallen into their trap."

Wang Xingmin was stunned: "How could that be? I just..."

"You were just testing the waters?"

Wang Chengze interrupted him, "Those tests you thought were just right, little did you know they were deliberately sent to you?"

"Fool! You are a member of the Wang family, my eldest son, and a third-rank official in the imperial court. There are many things you don't need to do yourself. As long as you show your attitude, others can take the opportunity to use the Wang family's name!"

Now Wang Xingmin understood completely and realized the mistake he had made.

If that Chief Minister Ye has really planned everything, then my actions these past few days have played right into his hands!

"Father."

Wang Xingmin looked at Wang Chengze with suspicion.

The other party clearly saw everything clearly, so why didn't they stop me from the beginning?

Boom——

Suddenly, a muffled cannon shot came from outside the window.

Wang Xingmin turned to look out the window: "Is that the direction of the palace? Is someone firing cannons from inside the palace?!"

He looked at Wang Chengze, only to find the other man calm, as if he had expected this.

"After the Battle of Emerald Green City on the Grassland, the world situation is about to change, but unfortunately many people still don't understand it."

Wang Chengze sighed and tossed the letter on his desk lightly to Wang Xingmin:
"Six cities have been lost on the grasslands. The White Flame Army and Marquis Jing'an Li Fei have already reached the outskirts of the Ming capital and begun their siege."

"what?!"

Wang Xingmin was startled and alarmed.

The grasslands are too far from the desert.

The desert country had no telephones and no telegraph technology, so its understanding of the war situation there was somewhat delayed.

The letter in Wang Chengze's hand was personally written by Ye Ze'an, the chief minister of the Great Blue Dynasty, and delivered by a trained flying beast.

The letter described the battle situation on the grasslands.

Not long after Wang Chengze received the letter, intelligence from Xuanmo Kingdom itself also came back, confirming that the contents of the letter were not false.

Intelligence about the grasslands is classified as top secret, and currently, no more than ten people in the Xuanmo Kingdom's court know about it.

"How could the grasslands be so weak? Wasn't that Grandmaster already at the pinnacle?"

Wang Xingmin couldn't understand why the grasslands had become like this.

"You still don't understand."

Wang Chengze shook his head, "Once that Marquis of Jing'an possessed top-tier combat power, the defeat of the two great desert kingdoms was already destined."

boom! boom! boom! boom!
As Wang Chengze finished speaking, a series of intense artillery shots rang out from outside.

Xuanji City descended into chaos, filled with the clash of swords, the roar of guns, the explosions, and the sounds of cannons.
Thousands of miles away, in the capital city of the Crimson Desert Kingdom, Crimson God City, the same chaos was unfolding.

Squads of armored soldiers galloped through the city.

The imperial guards climbed the city walls, and the palace's grand formation was activated.

A powerful army mobilized its forces, unleashing a chilling aura as it charged towards the royal palace!

The scheme of the Grand Chancellor of the Great Blue Dynasty has now come to a complete end!

An invisible hand from thousands of miles away simultaneously affects two great desert kingdoms—

Checkmate!

Lanling City, Imperial Palace.

In the imperial study room.

Emperor Qin Ziheng is playing chess with Grand Secretary Ye Ze'an.

During the reign of Emperor Hongguang, he often played chess with Ye Ze'an.

After Qin Ziheng ascended the throne, he was constantly busy with various affairs and had no time to relax.

This is the first time I've had the chance to relax and play chess with my ministers.

"The Wang family and the Yuwen family should have already made their moves, right?"

Qin Ziheng held a white chess piece in his hand, but did not place it. He then asked a question.

The Wang family of Xuanmo Kingdom and the Yuwen family of Chimo Kingdom are pawns that the Great Blue Dynasty has placed in the open.

These two families have maintained kinship ties with the Ye family of the Great Blue Dynasty, and Ye Ze'an has been in charge of related matters for many years.

"Given the prevailing circumstances, neither side has a choice; they have no choice but to act, whether they want to or not."

Ye Ze'an said calmly.

Qin Ziheng looked at him, a smile spreading across his face:
"The best strategy is to subdue the enemy without fighting; attacking cities is inferior; attacking hearts and minds is superior. I think the Grand Secretary's military tactics are not much worse than the Grand Marshal's."

Upon hearing such praise, Ye Ze'an did not show any joy; he simply shook his head.
"Your Majesty flatters me. Without the courage of Marquis Jing'an, no matter how many plans I devise, they would all be in vain."

Qin Ziheng nodded: "It's a pity. If it weren't for the Qingxu disaster, our Great Lan Dynasty should have dealt with these border barbarians long ago."

Before Qingxu rebelled, the Great Blue Dynasty's ambition was to conquer the Western Continent and truly unify the world!
To quell external aggression, internal stability must come first. If the Great Blue Dynasty were to launch a distant expedition, it must first ensure the stability of its rear.

Therefore, before the expedition, the Northern Barbarians, the two great desert kingdoms, and the grassland royal court must be completely wiped out!
The Great Blue Dynasty has been established for over five hundred years, yet it has never completely pacified these areas.

One reason is that it's difficult to fight.

All the top experts and military formations in these places combined have no fewer than twenty top-tier combatants, which is already a force that can threaten the pinnacle!

Given their respective strengths and resources, if they truly push each other into a corner, the Great Blue Dynasty could suffer significant losses if they're not careful!
Secondly, it's due to constraints from all sides.

If an attack is launched against one side, the other sides may choose to send troops together!
In addition, the threats posed by Buddhism and Taoism cannot be ignored.

So, after all these years, the Great Blue Dynasty has never completely pacified the border barbarians.

Qin Ziheng knew that this was part of the scheme initially devised by Emperor Hongguang, Ye Ze'an, Yun Shu, Wenren Zheng, and others.

If the Great Blue Dynasty wants to wipe out the border barbarians, it must be prepared to fight against the grasslands, the northern barbarians, and the two great desert kingdoms at the same time!

At that time, the Great Blue Dynasty had this confidence!
The reforms of the Ming Dynasty strengthened the nation's power.

Suppress Taoism, elevate the status of Buddhism, and create a system where Buddhism and Taoism check and balance each other.

He then used Buddhist techniques to forge evil weapons for himself, increasing the size of his imperial guards and continuously accumulating strength.

All of this is preparation for the final conquest of the world!

Unfortunately, no one can predict the unpredictable changes in this world.

From the moment Qingxu rebelled, all of Hongguang Emperor's and others' plans were disrupted.

Even now, after several major wars, the world is against them.

The Great Blue Dynasty, instead, has returned to the path originally planned by Emperor Hongguang and others—

Taoism suffered a severe blow.

Buddhism was confined to a single province.

Several tribes of the Northern Barbarians were wiped out, their fortunes were damaged, and the Northern Barbarian King also died.

With six major cities on the grasslands fallen, the country's war potential will decline significantly over the next decade.

Although the strength of the Great Blue Dynasty has been greatly damaged and is not as good as it used to be.

However, if we have the resources to deal with the border barbarians, we won't have to worry about being attacked from all sides anymore.

With Li Fei possessing top-tier combat power, it not only means that the Great Blue Dynasty has gained another top-tier expert, but also that the Great Blue Dynasty finally has spare strength!
If Li Fei leaves the grasslands and heads to the southern border, he will directly invade the desert.

The two great desert kingdoms had no choice but to retreat and were forced into full-scale defense!

In the past, even if the Great Blue Dynasty sent one or two top-tier warriors to attack, the two great desert kingdoms would only need to hold out for a period of time.

We await the Northern Barbarians and the grasslands to send troops to put pressure on the Great Blue Dynasty. Or we await internal problems to arise within the Great Blue Dynasty.

This would give them the opportunity to force the Great Blue Dynasty to withdraw its troops.

But now, all the problems within the Great Blue Dynasty that were going to erupt have already erupted.

The northern barbarians and the grasslands were also severely damaged.

Who else can the two great desert kingdoms rely on?

This is why Wang Chengze said that after the Battle of Cuiqing City, the world situation had changed!
He had originally hoped that the Grand Master of the grasslands would make some noise.

Instead, they received news of the grasslands losing six cities in quick succession.
Therefore, after Ye Ze'an's letter was delivered and the intelligence was confirmed to be true, Wang Chengze, the head of the Wang family, immediately made a decision—

Completely surrender to the Great Blue Dynasty!

If we wait any longer, we'll see that Marquis of Jing'an become even stronger.

They waited until the other party personally committed suicide in the desert.

Even if the Wang family wanted to be dogs, no one else would want them!
The Yuwen family of the Red Desert Kingdom shared the same idea.

The head of the Yuwen family also received a handwritten letter from Ye Ze'an.

After watching it, I decided to completely surrender to the Great Blue Dynasty.

Now, with the two powerful families rebelling, coupled with Ye Ze'an's pre-arranged methods, it's enough to throw the two great desert kingdoms into complete chaos!

"Fortunately, Heaven blesses our great Blue Dynasty and has bestowed upon us a Li Fei."

Qin Ziheng smiled and placed the chess piece on the chessboard.

A cool breeze blew past the window.

Summer has arrived, and Lanling City, which should be very hot and humid, has become quite cool due to several recent heavy rains. At night, it even feels a bit chilly.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Ye Ze'an suddenly started coughing violently.

A hint of worry flashed in Qin Ziheng's eyes as he said with concern:
"The weather is getting colder, Prime Minister, please take care of your health."

Ye Ze'an slowly stopped coughing and waved his hand to indicate that he was fine.

"With the courage of a common man, he plans for the sake of the world! Your Majesty is right, Heaven truly blesses our great Blue Dynasty."

As he spoke, he placed a piece on the board.

Qin Ziheng looked at the chessboard, paused slightly, and then chuckled.

Because after the opponent placed that piece, his own large dragon was instantly slaughtered!
His chess skills were actually better than Emperor Hongguang's.

I had heard that Ye Ze'an and Emperor Hong Guang were always evenly matched when playing chess, and Ye Ze'an never let Emperor Hong Guang win a game, which is why Emperor Hong Guang liked to play chess with him.

But now it seems that this Grand Secretary is not unwilling to let others win the game.
Ye Ze'an remained calm and composed, continuously lifting Qin Ziheng's captured pieces from the chessboard:

"It's getting cold; the world is about to change."

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