The disaster of the world begins with Dongfang Bubai

Chapter 99: I don’t know that in this world, some people are born without feet

Xi Mingzhang looked at the tightly closed gate of the palace. He waved his sleeves and released a mighty and sharp energy. The tall and heavy gate of the palace immediately broke into pieces.

In a flash, he stepped into the palace, and then strolled around the garden to admire the luxurious and magnificent palace.

Not long after, Xi Mingzhang arrived at Tingchao Pavilion and saw an old man dressed as a servant and holding a knife.

"I'll tell you why we were able to reach Qingliang Mountain so easily this time. No wonder there were no elite soldiers and horses from the Xu family, nor were there any traces of the Xu family father and son, either at the foot of the mountain or on the mountain. It turns out they were not here for a long time."

"And you are just pawns that they and their sons sacrifice."

Xi Mingzhang smiled slightly in surprise and said:

"Logically speaking, Xu Fengnian is a person who cherishes flowers, so he actually kept a personal maid. This is beyond my expectation, but when I think of her identity as a death warrior, it seems very normal."

"It's just that I never thought that Qi Lianhua, the famous sword-armored warrior of the thirteen armors of the Spring and Autumn Period, would become a servant of the Northern Liang Palace."

"In the past, you were known throughout the world for your literary prowess that surpassed Cao Changqing and your martial arts prowess that rivaled Ye Baikui, but I never expected that you have become a slave now."

He pretended to be silent for a while before saying:
"Back then, you were a court official of Western Chu, and you were devoted to the country, but you were never given a high position. During that time, you even abandoned your wife and daughter for the country, so that your wife took her daughter back to the Wu Family Sword Tomb."

"Because of this, your daughter has been looked down upon because of you since she was a child. That's why she never mentioned her biological father since she was a child."

"But as a husband and a father, you are not completely heartless. First, you almost demolished half of Jianshan Mountain for your beloved, and when your daughter was in danger, you were one step too late."

"Thinking that he owed his wife and daughter too much, he hid his identity and hid in the Beiliang Palace under a false name, working as a third-class slave, just to protect Xu Fengnian as he grew up."

"Having spent most of his life ruthlessly serving the country, it is only natural that he only wants to protect his descendants when he is old."

Xi Mingzhang looked relaxed:
"I wonder if the life of a slave for the past twenty years has dulled your sword or slowed down your attack speed."

"Come, draw your sword, kill me, and you can protect Xu Fengnian."

Qi Lianhua was well aware that there was no room for recovery at this point. Now that Western Chu had been destroyed, all he wanted to do for the rest of his life was to protect the son born to his daughter. The so-called Western Chu Saint of Calligraphy no longer existed.

Therefore, even if the person coming from the opposite side is the descendant of the royal family of Western Chu, he would not hesitate to risk his life to stop him in order to avenge his country and family hatred.

Qi Lianhua's energetic energy immediately surged, and a powerful sword intent surged throughout his body. Then, like a raging torrent, he pressed towards Xi Mingzhang with an overwhelming force.

Xi Mingzhang had a smile on his face, and he just watched quietly with his hands behind his back.

Qi Lianhua held a long sword in his hand, his aura seemed to be in harmony with heaven and earth, giving a feeling of returning to nature, and his powerful aura disappeared.

Suddenly, his sword was as sharp as a dragon, instantly cutting through the air and slashing towards Xi Mingzhang, but was blocked by a hundred-foot-high air wall that suddenly appeared.

Qi Lianhua's expression remained unchanged. He suddenly jumped up, his sword flashing, and slashed out more than a thousand times with both strong and light momentum, showing his domineering and fierce attack.

"Without losing a single breath, he slashed 1,367 times with his sword with the force of burning everything together. This is the saying that one is getting stronger with age. It's a pity that you don't quite understand why I talked so much to you just now."

"Do you really think I'm talking too much because I met someone from Xi Chu?"

On the third floor of Tingchao Pavilion, a light laugh suddenly appeared:
"Since it can easily make the enemy die of exhaustion, it doesn't matter if I spend a little more time talking about it."

Qi Lianhua, with a pale face, barely stood up with the help of his sword. He looked in the direction of the sound and saw the young Taoist with a smile on his face. Then he saw that the place where he had chopped just now had turned into ruins, and the criss-crossing sword marks on the ground showed his swordsmanship.

He couldn't help muttering to himself:
"What can I do? I am powerless to save the situation." After saying that, he fell heavily to the ground and died.

"The swordsmanship is good, but unfortunately my sword spirit is still a little different from that of the Heavenly Sword."

Xi Mingzhang suddenly glanced sideways and said calmly:

"How long will you two watch?"

Jiang Ni came out of the house with a tall, elegant man dressed in a scholar's green robe and walked slowly to the balcony.

"I am Cao Changqing, a criminal minister of Western Chu, and I pay my respects to Your Highness." The elegant man bowed to Xi Mingzhang.

"I am truly honored to have Cao Guanzi perform this ceremony for me. I thought you would perform a great ceremony for Jiang Ni, but you performed a slight ceremony for me. It seems that you want to remind me not to forget my original identity as a member of the royal family of Western Chu."

"It is also to remind me of the difference between legitimate and illegitimate children."

Cao Changqing did not deny it, but said:
"Your Highness is very smart, no wonder you have achieved what you have today. Take Qi Lianhua, for example. He was as famous as Li Chungang back then. His calligraphy is comparable to the ancient sages. He is known for his seal script, official script, cursive script, regular script, and he was the second best in the past thousand years. He was even praised as someone who could fight to the death with Wang Xianzhi."

"But now he has been teased by His Highness, and ended up feeling extremely aggrieved and dying of exhaustion. With His Highness's current strength, it is no wonder that countless people in the world say that His Highness can compete with Wang Xianzhi of the East Sea Wudi City."

"Boring." Xi Mingzhang looked at Jiang Ni who was in a state of uncertainty and said:

"Tell me, why are you waiting for me here?"

"Fourth brother, I just want to ask, do you really want to destroy the Beiliang Palace?" Jiang Ni saw Xi Mingzhang looking at her and asked with a stutter.

Xi Mingzhang sighed:

"Alas, if what I have done these days cannot make you understand what I want to do, I really have to doubt whether Xu Xiao knows a way to charm the mind."

"Specially used to confuse the mind of the enemy's orphan girl, so as to achieve the sinister intention of using her for her own benefit."

Jiang Ni didn't know why, but she understood this sentence immediately. He was scolding her for not having a brain. There were only two words in his words: very stupid.

"Your Highness is at the age of falling in love, so it is inevitable that you cannot give up the feelings in your heart. Please forgive me."

"Forgive me?" Xi Mingzhang said meaningfully:
"Trapped in love all his life, restoring the country just for the beauty, Cao Qingyi, who is invincible as an official, can naturally empathize with this."

"You are complaining because people blame the demise of Western Chu on the current queen, believing that beauty is the root of trouble. You want to completely dispel this rumor, so you want to restore Western Chu and let this silly girl be the empress."

After hearing this, the two men's expressions changed slightly. One of them didn't expect that the thoughts hidden in his heart would be discovered, while the other one suddenly realized something, as if he had figured something out.

"Jiang Ni, what would you do if Xu Fengnian died?" Xi Mingzhang suddenly spoke.

When she saw Xi Mingzhang and Cao Changqing looking at her, she began to feel panic for some reason. When she thought about what would happen if someone died, her eyes turned red and tears flashed in them.

"What a silly girl! Do you know what your crying means to me?" Xi Mingzhang said calmly:

"It's like you cry because you don't have shoes to wear, but you don't know that in this world, some people are born without feet."

(End of this chapter)