Traveling the Heavens in Thunderbolt

Chapter 60: Xuanwu Gate Incident (Part )

Xu Ziling bowed respectfully to Li Jiancheng (Chengqian), and then said: "I dare not forget my oath, but I will never abandon my brotherhood. After today's matter is over, I will go to the faraway frontier and live in seclusion, never setting foot in the Central Plains for the rest of my life."

Li Jiancheng (Chengqian) heard Xu Ziling's words and said with a smile: "Well, your answer is better than Kou Zhong's."

Then he asked Ba Fenghan: "What about you?"

Ba Fenghan stepped forward and bowed respectfully to Li Jiancheng like Xu Ziling did, saying, "I will not break my oath. I will leave and return to my hometown, and will never set foot in the Central Plains again in my life."

After saying this, without even giving Shuanglong a chance to stay, he directly used his Qinggong skills to leave the city.

Just when Li Shimin and others reacted, Ba Fenghan had already gone away, and it was too late to persuade him to come back.

At this time, Fan Qinghui said: "Your Highness is a good speaker. He even forced a general away from our camp. However, we still have the upper hand now. It is still a pipe dream for Your Highness to escape." After that, he signaled Li Shimin to take action and stop Li Jiancheng from speaking.

Although Li Shimin believed that his side had the upper hand, he did not want to continue the stalemate, so he ordered his imperial guards to shoot and kill Li Jiancheng (Cheng Qian).

Seeing the arrows flying towards him, Li Jiancheng did not panic at all. There seemed to be a mysterious force around him that deflected all the arrows. Then a figure with magical lightness skills stood beside Li Jiancheng's (Cheng Qian) horse.

The talented people in the Prince's Mansion were also blocked by Kankan who was hiding among the crowd, and Yuchi Gong and his soldiers who were supposed to surround and kill them.

Li Shimin saw the person standing beside Li Jiancheng's (Chengqian) horse and immediately exclaimed, "Minister Pei, how could it be you?"

He said to Yuchi Gong, who was protecting the people in the Prince's Mansion, with a sad heart: "Jingde, why did you betray me?"

Although Yuchi Gong looked ashamed, he still said firmly: "Jingde has failed the kindness of His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin, but Jingde has no regrets. This is because from the beginning, I was a hidden spy sent by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to the Qin Palace. I also admire the talent and vision of His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin very much. Even if His Royal Highness is deposed, I will follow His Royal Highness. But if His Royal Highness wants to rebel and kill the Crown Prince, then I can only..."

He waved his hand, ordered his soldiers to move forward, and said, "Protect the emperor!"

Then he knelt down before Li Jiancheng's (Chengqian) horse and said, "Your Highness, please follow me to exit Xuanwu Gate as soon as possible. I have already ensured a good retreat. Your Highness can rush to join the Changlin Army and make plans later."

"I see. Since you have already joined my brother's army, I won't blame you. After all, we each serve our own master. But why did you, Minister Pei, help my brother?"

“Because he is not Pei Ju at all. He is the “evil king” Shi Zhixuan who has disappeared from the martial arts world for many years. The one who was with Yuchi Gong just now is the Holy Maiden of the Demon Cult, Kankan. It seems that they have already joined forces.” However, it was Xu Ziling who first revealed Pei Ju’s identity by obtaining the “Immortal Seal” and “Magic Body Technique” from Shi Qingxuan.

Pei Ju heard what Xu Ziling said and said with a smile: "You are wrong, kid. I come from the famous Hedong Pei family, how could I be replaced by someone? On the contrary, Shi Zhixuan's identity and the identity of the great monk in his early years were just a temporary play when Pei was traveling around the world." "Since Pei comes from a famous family, you should understand my junior sister Bi Xiuxin's painstaking efforts. Since you have returned to the right path, why do you have to return to the evil path? Wouldn't it be unfair to my junior sister for feeding the devil with her body?"

"Shut up! Fan Qinghui, the hatred between Pei and you has not been settled yet. You sent Xiuxin to Pei with bad intentions that day. You wanted to use Xiuxin to steal my skills. I didn't expect Xiuxin to be soft on the outside but strong on the inside. She was unwilling to hand over my skills to you. Instead, she wanted to analyze it herself to repay you for raising her in Cihang Jingzhai. But because I underestimated the power of my skills, I suffered the consequences and died early. After she died, I didn't expect it."

At this point, Pei Ju's face was grim and he was extremely angry. "You even took advantage of her death and spread rumors everywhere in the martial arts world, saying that she was killed by Pei, which caused me to have mental problems. Later, it caused a misunderstanding between Pei and Qingxuan, and the father and daughter could not meet. Later, you even stirred up the conflict between me and Yuyan. Pei will settle all these grudges with you, Cihang Jingzhai!"

He became so angry that he slapped the stone tiles under his feet, and the tiles that had been repaired broke again.

"Amitabha, since Mr. Pei is still stubborn, I will have to join hands with everyone today to eliminate this evil for the world."

After saying this, Fan Qinghui wanted to go forward with Yuwen Shang and others to besiege Pei Ju, and signaled Kou Zhong and other younger generations to kill Li Jiancheng (Cheng Qian).

“Fan Qinghui, your style of doing things remains the same, but since you want to carry out this siege, have you asked our Holy Church whether it agrees?” It was the current Holy Church leader Zhu Yuyan who came with a group of Holy Church masters to support.

"Miss Shan! Why are you here?" Kou Zhongguan looked at the visitors and didn't expect that the Dongming faction, which was on good terms with him and Xu Ziling, would also be present to support Li Jiancheng (Cheng Qian).

When Shan Wanjing saw Shuanglong calling her, she replied, "Young Master Zhong and Young Master Ling, I haven't seen each other for a long time. I didn't expect that you would become enemies today. Wanjing's mother is from the Yinkui Sect, the daughter of Queen Yin and Badao. In fact, Wanjing should call Queen Yin grandma." She was reminding Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling that she would not betray the Holy Church because of her friendship with them.

Seeing this, Shuanglong said no more.

When Pei Ju saw Zhu Yuyan, he stepped forward, bowed respectfully, and said: "I, Pei, pay my respects to the Holy Religion Master. I wonder how you are doing these days, Yuyan? You have become more beautiful." His words were full of affection, indicating that he still loved her.

Even though Zhu Yuyan had been hiding in the dark just now and heard Pei Ju's confession clearly, she also understood that she might have fallen into Cihang Jingzhai's trap, which caused the misunderstanding between the two for so long. In her heart, she had already forgiven the person in front of her.

But she was still a little annoyed, wondering why he hadn't told her all these years. So when she first came, she pretended to ignore Pei Ju, but she didn't expect him to be so shameless and openly express his love to her. She could only give Pei Ju a cold look and said, "I'll deal with you after I get back." The implication was that she had forgiven him, symbolizing that the two of them would resume their relationship.

With Zhu Yuyan's support, the advantage of Li Shimin's side in masters has disappeared, and the quality of masters is still inferior to that of Li Jiancheng (Chengqian). The only advantage is that they have more soldiers under their command, but in front of the masters of this world, there is no way to keep Li Jiancheng who wants to leave.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin sighed and said, "I didn't expect that my elder brother had been prepared. The current situation is that we will definitely lose, unless..."

Li Jiancheng (Chengqian) smiled and continued, "Unless you have masters like Ling Donglai and Li Gong who are as harmonious as nature, you can save the situation."

(End of this chapter)