Unparalleled Evildoer

Chapter 241 Two choices
Wuzhan seemed very calm and said, "Your Majesty, how can you destroy the bridge after crossing the river? Besides, I am here to help Your Majesty, so you should at least give me a way out."

Meng Ya said, "Mother, Mr. Li is indeed here with my daughter to rescue Yue Chang. I beg you, Mother..."

Li Manfang shouted, "Shut up! You still have the nerve to come back!"

Meng Ya dared not to continue after hearing this. Mu Chunbo sneered, "I told you long ago that you won't survive. As a single woman, she won't let any man go."

Wuzhan said: "If Your Majesty wants to take back the Yuechang Secret Treasure and seek revenge on Xiao Yuzhen, you shouldn't be in a hurry to kill me."

Li Manfang said: "I can still take back the secret treasure without you. If you were an ordinary person, I might let you go, but you are too scheming, and you are the supervisor of the invasion of Baiyue. Keeping you here will definitely be a disaster."

"I assure your majesty that our Qin army will never set foot in Yuechang."

Li Manfang said with a smile: "Although Yuechang is not afraid of your Qin army, how can Yuechang not face threats if Baiyue is destroyed?"

"Baiyue will not perish."

Li Manfang was facing the sky without any obstacles, and laughed without hiding anything: "You Qin State sent out 500,000 troops, but didn't destroy the Baiyue. Did you come here to hunt?"

Wuzhe lowered his head and said, "As long as the Baiyue countries submit and establish a reasonable order, the Qin army will not occupy an inch of land."

"Submit? I, Yue Chang, will never surrender!"

"As long as Yuechang unites with my Great Qin, there is no need for Yuechang to surrender."

Li Manfang gently stretched out her hand, and the red gauze dress hanging by the pool flew over. She quickly put it on, but it still couldn't hide her spring scenery. She said leisurely: "You are not Ying Zheng, why should I believe what you say?"

"It's up to the mouth of a foreign minister."

Li Manfang said coldly: "I never believe what men say, let alone what you say. Mengya, if you want to stay in Yuechang, kill him yourself."

Meng Ya did not come forward, but kept her head down and said nothing. Li Manfang asked in a deep voice, "You didn't kill him, so are you in love with this boy?"

Meng Ya said timidly, "My daughter doesn't have one."

"Then why don't you do it!"

Meng Ya knelt down and begged, "Mr. Li saved my life and came to heal the tribesmen. How can I repay kindness with hatred?"

Li Manfang said: "If you want to keep him, you will not survive!" Her voice was cold and left no room for negotiation.

Meng Ya said, "Yes, my daughter knows!" Then she stood up, holding her sword and walked towards Wuzhan. Every step was heavy. When she came in front of Wuzhan, she sighed and said, "Sir, don't blame me. This is Yuechang's decree. I can't disobey it. In order to make you die with a sincere heart, you should make the first move!"

Wuzhan did not attack, but just looked at Mengya. Mengya's hand holding the sword began to tremble. Mu Chunbo on the side smiled and said, "You finally understand what it feels like. You can only survive if you kill him. This is Yuechang's decree."

Mengya's hands trembled even more violently, and she asked Wuzhan, "Why don't you take action?"

Wuzhan said, "Since Your Majesty will not let me go, what is the point of me taking action?"

Li Manfang said: "If you kill Meng Ya, I will make an exception and let you go."

Wuzhan said: "She is your daughter. If I kill her, how can you let me go!"

"She should have died for doing such a thing. If I can't even kill you, what's the point of keeping her alive?"

Meng Ya suddenly shouted and pointed the sword at herself. The sword should have been aimed at Wuzhan, but it couldn't go out. As the princess of Yueshang, she should have been indifferent to matters of love, and she didn't know why she did such a stupid thing.

Wuzhan's hand appeared and firmly held Mengya's slender hand. The sword was also taken away, and Mengya did not resist.

Wuzhan asked Li Manfang, "Has your majesty never done anything wrong in your life?"

"No, I will never tolerate myself doing anything wrong." Li Manfang answered very affirmatively.

Wuzhan said: "If a person thinks that everything he does is right and he has never made any mistakes, this is a mistake in itself. Your Majesty is too confident. How can he not make mistakes?"

Li Manfang snorted coldly: "Where do you think I am wrong?"

Wuzhan said: "Your Majesty relies too much on laws, thinking that no one dares to break the laws, let alone usurp the throne. As a result, you are alienated from your subjects and fail to prevent problems from happening, which leads to the current situation."

Li Man smiled and said, "You are such a eloquent boy. You are trying to shift the blame of others' mistakes onto me."

Mu Chunbo cursed, "This kid is right. Yuechang's decline was caused by you, a lonely woman."

Li Manfang said, "You, a traitor, are about to die, yet you dare to blame me."

Mu Chunbo wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and prepared himself with Bai Ling, saying harshly: "Do you think I can't see that the poison has not been eliminated, and you have forced your meridians to move. The poison has already invaded your internal organs. I can't survive, and you can't survive today either."

Li Manfang said: "So what? It's easy for me to kill you."

Mu Chunbo sneered, "If you don't want to kill this kid, maybe I have no chance of winning, but now you want to kill him, will he still help you? He deliberately let me knock him down, just to keep a trick in case you, a lonely woman, turn your back on me. Mr. Li, am I right?"

Wuzhan did not answer. In fact, there was no need to answer at this time. Mu Chunbo continued: "If you help me kill this woman, I will submit to the Qin Dynasty. Besides, I raised Mengya by myself, so I know her best. You can take her away."

Meng Ya shouted, "If you make a move, kill me first!"

Wuzhan said: "It is indeed very tempting, but you are in collusion with the 'Zang Ding', I can't believe your words, and your Majesty is Meng Ya's mother, how can I go back on my word and harm your Majesty."

Mu Chunbo said: "Didn't you hear that she won't join forces with you, let alone keep you."

Wuzhan said: "Your Majesty may not have thought it through. I will wait patiently."

Li Manfang said calmly: "You don't have to wait, you can go together."

Mu Chunbo said sternly: "Okay, I want to see who else you can kill!" Before he finished speaking, the bloody claws had grabbed towards Li Manfang's face. Li Manfang snorted coldly, dodged sideways, and slapped to break Mu Chunbo's wrist. Her palm was wrapped in a ball of black air, which must be extremely poisonous.

Mu Chunbo flipped his claw and swept the other claw towards Li Manfang's lower abdomen. He knew that he was no match for Li Manfang and the only way to survive was to fight hard. Li Manfang retracted his palm and retreated. Seeing Bai Ling's long sleeves sweeping towards him, he reached out to grab them. Bai Ling pulled the long sleeves, and two sleeve arrows flew out and shot towards Li Manfang's chest.

Li Manfang was prepared. With a flick of his sleeves, the two sleeve arrows were hit back. Mu Chunbo shouted angrily, and drew two streaks of blood to grab again, not giving Li Manfang a chance to breathe. In a flash, figures shuttled back and forth, black light burst out, and the two of them surrounded Li Manfang. Elder Feng wanted to step forward to rescue him, but was stopped by Captain Ye.

Meng Ya whispered to Wu Zhan, "Go quickly. Once the Queen Mother kills them, you won't have a chance to escape."

Wuzhe watched the fight and said calmly, "Your Majesty will not kill me, Princess, don't worry."

"She's true to her word. She'll never let you go."

"It won't work this time. The poison in your majesty has penetrated deep into your meridians, but she has suppressed it forcefully. It won't last long."

"You said the Queen Mother's poison has not been cured?"

"That's how it should be."

Meng Ya said anxiously: "Then quickly find a way to save our mother!"

"According to Her Majesty's character, this must be solved by her personally. If outsiders want to interfere, Her Majesty will definitely be displeased. If she needs my help, she will not refuse my request."

Although Meng Ya was ignored by Li Manfang, she was her mother after all. Moreover, this matter was caused by her. Seeing her mother in danger, how could she not be worried? She gritted her teeth and swung her sword to kill Bai Ling who was forced to retreat. Before she reached her, she heard Li Manfang scolding, "Don't get in the way here!" As Wuzhan expected, Meng Ya had to cry alone.

"Bang!" Li Manfang knocked Mu Chunbo away with one palm. It was obvious that the black energy in Li Manfang's palm attacked Mu Chunbo's heart. Mu Chunbo spat out a long line of blood while his body was still flying. He fell heavily to the ground. Seeing that he was dying, Bai Ling stopped attacking, turned around and ran over, picked up Mu Chunbo who was not yet unconscious, and shouted: "Sister, I will take you away from here!"

Mu Chunbo's face turned pale as he said sadly, "Escape on your own and go to Zang Ding. If she is not dead, you can come back and avenge me!"

Bai Ling shook her head and cried, "If you can't survive, who will stay with me? We can escape together and die together."

Upon hearing this, Li Manfang said coldly: "So that's how it is. You actually did such a rebellious thing!"

Upon seeing this, Captain Ye tried to run towards the palace gate to escape, but was hit in the back by Elder Feng's flying claw and died on the spot.

Bai Ling sneered: "You don't have to be surprised. This is nothing to Yuechang. You are the only one who is kept in the dark. You are the only one who sticks to the laws left by our ancestors and leads Yuechang to destruction!" After saying this, she swallowed a pill and died in the arms of Mu Chunbo.

"Puff..." Li Manfang could no longer suppress the blood surging in his body, and he spat out a blood mist. He swayed twice, his face pale. Meng Ya wanted to step forward to help him, but Li Manfang waved her hand and pushed her away, "I don't need you yet!" She turned to Elder Feng and said, "Go out and call someone to come in, and throw the bodies of these traitors into the Ten Thousand Snake Valley!"

Not long after Elder Feng left, he returned with a dozen people and quickly cleaned up the palace. Wuzhan said, "Your Majesty, please give those who have been poisoned the 'Beauty Drunk' as soon as possible."

Li Manfang asked: "How do you know that 'Beauty Drunk' can cure the poison?"

"If Your Majesty has a better way, just pretend that I didn't say anything." Li Manfang thought for a moment and said to Elder Feng, "Do as he says." After Elder Feng left, Li Manfang stared at Wuzhan and said, "Do you know why I want you to die?"

Wuzhan said: "Because history does not allow a man to leave Yuechang alive."

"You are very smart. If you were alive, there would be another person who would dare to break in here, and then the reputation of my Yuechang Poison Country would no longer exist."

"Saving people is the most important thing. I don't think too much about it."

"Haha, you didn't think that much? I see you have thought a lot, even I have been calculated by you."

"It was 'Zang Ding' and Xiao Yuzhen who plotted against your majesty. The fact that a foreign minister came here was just a coincidence."

"Coincidence? I didn't invite you here, you don't have to come. But since you are here and know so much, don't even think about leaving."

"Mother, it was your daughter who asked you to come here. Your daughter guarantees it with her life!" Meng Ya interrupted.

"You have no right to speak here. Don't you think you've made enough mistakes?"

Meng Ya knelt down and said, "I'll sacrifice my life for this. I beg you to let Mr. Li go."

"Pa..." A loud slap, half of Meng Ya's face immediately became red and swollen. "You are my daughter, the future Queen of Yueshang. You are so obsessed with a man you just met that you are willing to die. If this gets out, Yueshang will be disgraced by you. Get out now!"

"Princess, don't worry about me!" Wuzhan said calmly.

Mengya could only lower her head, cover her face, and walk out with tears in her eyes.

After Meng Ya left, there were only two people left in the palace. Li Manfang said in a deep voice: "Do you think that I can't kill you now?"

"If Your Majesty wanted to kill me, he would have done it long ago."

Li Manfang smiled and said, "You are very confident." After a pause, he continued, "This king will give you two choices. First, stay here, marry Mengya, and never leave Yuxiang Valley for the rest of your life. Second, kill this king, and you can leave."

“Is there a third option?”

"You have no choice but these two."

"The foreign minister also gave Your Majesty two choices. First, unite with our Great Qin, get rid of the 'Burial Cauldron', and take back the secret treasure. Second, kill the foreign minister, and Yuechang will be on the verge of extinction."

"Are you threatening me?" His palms began to accumulate black energy behind his back.

"The choice that the ministers have given Your Majesty is easy to make."

"Isn't it easy to make the choice the king gave you? Do you think Mengya is not worthy of you?"

"How could the princess be unworthy of a foreign minister? It's just that I have a lot of things to do and cannot stay here." As he spoke, Wuzhe stood very steadily.

"It seems there is no need to continue!" Li Manfang said coldly, with a captivating murderous look in her beautiful eyes.

"If Your Majesty takes action again, the poison in your body will probably take effect!" Wuzhan warned.

"Thump..." The ground shook, and Li Manfang's figure disappeared from where he was. A black streak of light came out from his palm and pierced Wuzhan's chest as fast as thunder.

Just as the black light on Li Manfang's palm pierced Wuzhan's chest, "Wow..." Wuzhan's body turned into water and splashed in all directions.

Li Manfang exclaimed: "Water Shadow!" She didn't realize that the person who had been talking to her was actually an illusory shadow. Then where was his real body?
Just as she was astonished, Wuzhan's figure broke through the water, "Shua!" Hundreds of water drops formed a flat surface and covered Li Manfang, hitting all the major acupoints on her body. Li Manfang did not underestimate Wuzhan, but the facts proved that she still underestimated him a lot. She could not see how high Wuzhan's cultivation was.

Li Manfang did not retreat but advanced, waving her palms, "pa pa...", turning the water droplets into mist, and her slender legs emitted a flash of lightning, sweeping across the rising barrier.

Wuzhan turned sideways in the air to avoid the thunderbolt, and flicked his fingers, sending out a drop of water, which made a crisp "pop" sound and hit the "Yongquan point" under Li Manfang's foot.

Li Manfang felt a tingling sensation on one of her legs, and her energy channels were immediately blocked. She knew that Wuzhan had sealed her acupuncture points, and with no time to undo the damage, she kicked Wuzhan in the face with her other foot. Although the speed was not as fast as before, the force was great, and it was filled with black air.

What Li Manfang could not have expected was that Wuzhan actually reached out to receive the kick. Without the release of true energy, the kick was like kicking cotton. All the force was dissipated, and there was another wave of numbness. Now both of her feet were hit by acupoints by Wuzhan.

Wuzhan dragged one of her jade feet and fell into the pool, splashing water. Anyone who is dragged by a man's feet would inevitably feel shy, and Li Manfang was no exception. But after her face got hot, she became furious. She chopped at Wuzhan with both palms randomly without any rules. But after a few moves, Wuzhan appeared behind her. Then she felt numbness in her "Dazhui acupoint" and her whole arms could not move. She had a lot of unique skills, but she was caught by her opponent because of a moment of carelessness. Moreover, he was just a man in his twenties. She would never have dreamed that.

Li Manfang sat in the water and felt fear for the first time. Her face turned pale and she said, "You... you dare to humiliate me!"

Wuzhan slowly turned to stand in front of Li Manfang and said, "How dare I! I am only worried that if the fight continues, your Majesty's life will be in danger."

“What does my life have to do with you? If you want to leave here, kill me. If you let me live, I will not let you go even if I find you at the ends of the earth!” His tone was firm, but his expression was a little flustered.

Wuzhan said calmly, "It's not difficult to die, but if your majesty dies, the secret treasure will fall into the hands of thieves. Your majesty will become a mediocre ruler of Yuechang. Will Yuechang's reputation still exist?"

"You underestimate me, Yue Chang. As long as one of my men is here, I can take back the secret treasure and make them pay with blood."

"It is not that I look down on Yue Chang, but that 'Zang Ding' looks down on Yue Chang. I have come here for a purpose. Da Qin needs Yue Chang's help. As long as Your Majesty agrees, I will be grateful."

"Do you think I will be threatened by you?" As soon as the words fell, the pendant on Li Manfang's neck shot out a golden light. The distance was very close and the speed was very fast, making it difficult to avoid.

"Tap!" It was not as expected that Wuzhan was poisoned, but the golden insect was actually wrapped by the water droplets and pinched between Wuzhan's fingers.

Wuzhan looked at the strange poisonous insect and said calmly, "According to the princess, this should be the spirit that your majesty raised. If it dies, it would be a pity. Your majesty should keep it to deal with Xiao Yuzhen."

"You!" Li Manfang didn't expect Meng Ya to tell Wuzhan about this hidden killer move, and she was speechless for a long time.

Wuzhan carefully put the poisonous insect back into the pendant. Li Manfang glared at the mask and said, "If you don't kill me, I will kill you!"

Wuzhan said: "Yu Sisi and Xiao Yuzhen attacked Your Majesty and stole the secret treasure, which has ruined Yuechang's reputation. Compared with that, the death of the foreign minister is not important. If Your Majesty insists on the death of the foreign minister, it will only hurt both sides and make the enemy happy. Please think twice."

Li Manfang's eyes moved, and she smiled lightly, but it was very tempting. "You have sealed my acupuncture points, and you still want me to think about it. Whatever you want, I will agree to it."

Wuzhan had sensed the undercurrents surging underwater, but he remained calm and said to Li Manfang, "If the Burial Tripod hadn't stolen the secret treasure, our Great Qin wouldn't have taken them seriously. But since the secret treasure is the sacred object of Yuechang, it must be more powerful than thousands of troops. As a foreign minister, I have no choice but to come here to ask for help from Your Majesty to reduce unnecessary casualties."

"Of course, once the plague box is activated, no one or animals will be left alive within a hundred miles. It only takes one night for 300,000 Qin troops to be annihilated."

Wuzhan asked, "Your Majesty, do you still expect them to return the plague box to Yuechang after they have destroyed my Qin army?"

At this time, Elder Feng walked in and was quite surprised to see this scene, "Your Majesty, no..."

Li Manfang said calmly: "My king is fine, what do you want to report?"

Elder Feng said: "I followed your majesty's instructions and gave the poisoned people the 'Beauty Drunk'. They all regained consciousness and their lives should be saved."

Li Manfang looked at the mask and said in a deep voice: "I understand. Keep watching. Go down!" After Elder Feng left, Li Manfang said: "You do know medical skills, but you have saved more than a thousand lives. I cannot let you leave Yuxiang Valley."

Wuzhan asked, "Your Majesty, do you think the vines under the water can retain the foreign ministers?"

Li Manfang shouted, "Then give it a try!" At the same time, 'Shua...Shua...' several vines suddenly appeared on the water surface around Wuzhan and shot towards Wuzhan like crossbow arrows, blocking all retreat routes.

Wuzhan did not retreat. Instead, he stood up gracefully, flipped over, and landed behind Li Manfang. The vines followed him, and Wuzhan retreated continuously with a series of "bangs". The water in front of him was splashed by the vines.

Li Manfang took this opportunity to use vines to unblock the blocked acupoints, then he leaped into the air, turned his body, and swung his palm towards Wuzhan. He thought that he was just careless for a moment, and he must not give this kid any chance this time.

Wuzhan saw Li Manfang swinging her palm towards him, and he actually stretched out his hand to block the furious blow, and his body was completely relaxed, as if he was just pretending.

Li Manfang became even angrier. This was obviously a death-seeking act. She gathered all her inner strength, wanting to smash Wuzhan to pieces. However, when her palm was about to touch Wuzhan's palm, she suddenly felt a stream of hot air from the 'Tanzhong Point' rushing towards the 'Zhongchong Point' on her fingers. The true energy in her palm immediately dissipated. When she was frightened, Wuzhan had grabbed her wrist with his backhand, and along with it, the 'Tianquan', 'Quze' and other acupoints on her entire arm were successively hit by Wuzhan's other hand's fingers. With a 'hiss', a line of blood shot out from Li Manfang's fingers.

Li Manfang endured the severe pain and swung her other palm towards the mask that was within reach. The same result occurred, a line of blood shot out from the other finger, and both arms lost consciousness again. Li Manfang shouted angrily: "I will fight you to the death!" But she only said it casually. As soon as she said this, Wuzhan pulled her wrists and started spinning like a windmill, spinning faster and faster.

Li Manfang had no idea what Wuzhan was going to do. All the blood in her body rushed to the 'Yongquan Point' under her feet. Sparks appeared in her eyes and the world was spinning. She wanted to shout, but she had lost her strength. Although she was famous, she seldom fought with others. If she had not been attacked by surprise, she might have defeated Wuzhan with her poison skills and cultivation. But now she had to admit that she could not kill Wuzhan at all and could only be slaughtered by him.

With two "hissing" sounds, two lines of blood shot out from both feet, and the whole body seemed to be drained of air. Was this the moment of death? Then, the speed slowed down, and he fell limply while being held....

The vines closed again, wrapping Li Manfang inside. The vines were actually controlled by him. His eyes were black and could see through everything. They were like a bottomless abyss, terrifying.

"Your Majesty's injuries will be healed in three days. I'm taking my leave!" After saying that, he jumped up, grabbed a vine, and disappeared on the roof of the palace.

Li Manfang murmured, "Mr. Li, don't think that I will be grateful to you. Just wait for me."

(End of this chapter)