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Chapter 419 Auspicious Nightmare, Sword Madman's Sword (asking for monthly ticket)
The little Qilin seemed to have sensed something and ran forward quickly. Li Guanyi followed closely behind and soon caught up with him. They saw a cave with many fresh bamboo shoots. The little Qilin dug them out and was overjoyed: "What tender bamboo shoots!"

"I've taken them all!"

When Li Guan saw the little Qilin eating bamboo shoots, he spit out a breath of fire and roasted them. He peeled off the outer hard skin and sprinkled chili powder on it. The aroma was fragrant, and Li Guanyi sensed auspicious air on the bronze tripod.

The evil energy on his right hand was suddenly triggered and became stronger.

The evil spirit seemed to turn into a pulling force, rising up, pointing in a certain direction, and becoming extremely active. Li Guanyi thought: "What is there?" The evil spirit changed its appearance, obviously hoping that Li Guanyi would follow it.

Li Guanyi's right hand was naturally pulled up and headed towards that direction.

A huge force seemed to want to pull Li Guanyi away. The message conveyed was a sense of brutal suppression, as if this evil spirit was the main force and wanted to force Li Guanyi to be its puppet.

Li Guanyi's palm moved, and then calmly suppressed it. He was not pulled by the evil spirit. He just calmly stared at the evil spirit entangled with his palm.

The five fingers clench together little by little.

"You want to take me with you?"

Although this evil spirit of weaponry had no intelligence of its own, it seemed to have an instinctive arrogance and oppression. It seemed to be angered by Li Guanyi's reaction and instantly surged up, as if the entire world was darkening.

The air was filled with the sounds of countless people roaring and the clashing of swords.

A chilling murderous aura pressed down upon him.

Ripples appeared in the void, and it turned into a figure wearing heavy armor. Its face could not be seen clearly, but it had a sense of majesty. It made a series of roars and said:

"I am the Lord of the Nine Li, who are you to dare to disobey me?"

"Future generations should respect me as their Lord."

"Kneel down!!!"

This national treasure of the southwestern territory seemed to instinctively want to suppress Li Guanyi and make him surrender. It had a natural wildness and tyranny, and a spirit that was superior to countless weapons, representing the ultimate in military skill.

Li Guanyi raised his eyes slightly, and the Jiuzhou Ding whistled instinctively.

However, Li Guanyi's mind moved, and he stopped the Nine Cauldrons, which were a symbol of auspiciousness for the country and instinctively repelled the murderous aura of weapons. He clenched his five fingers little by little until he made a fist, and the evil aura was firmly controlled by him.

The evil spirit and charm of the Jiuli divine weapon iron are solidified.

The corners of Li Guanyi's mouth curled up slightly, and golden-red ripples appeared in his eyes. Then the ripples gradually expanded and spread out. Li Guanyi's clothes moved without wind, and the golden-red light condensed and turned into dragon scales, which suddenly spread out.

The desolate dragon roar shook the heavens and the earth.

A huge red dragon swam here, its scales changing in waves.

The red dragon's Dharma image is revealed!
Li Guanyi just sat there and the temperature of the entire cave rose instantly.

The ancient red dragon's Dharma image circled along Li Guanyi's arm, its scales were real, its fangs were bared, and it stared coldly at the evil spirit of the Jiuli Divine Weapon. Although the evil spirit of the Jiuli Divine Weapon had no consciousness, it was aroused in an instant.

“Yinglong!!!!”

"Yes, sir!"

Li Guanyi said: "Either get out of here, or behave yourself."

The evil spirit of Jiuli Divine Weapon Iron seemed to be no less than that of Li Guanyi, and he was also very upright in character, intending to confront him head-on. The Jiuzhou Ding, which represented the pinnacle of [Sacrifice], whistled several times, intending to suppress the evil spirit, which was the pinnacle of [War].

Li Guanyi stopped the Jiuzhou Ding and watched the evil spirit taking shape.

"three."

"two."

"one……"

The Jiuli spirit, which was stimulated by Li Guanyi's own murderous aura of war and the good fortune of the people in the southwest, was arrogant and wanton. It had no intention of responding to Li Guanyi at all. It brandished its weapon with a grim smile and chopped at Li Guanyi's neck.

Li Guanyi laughed.

The sound of dragon's roar suddenly became louder, and a terrifying force directly reversed the transformation of the weapon's evil spirit. The golden-red light in Li Guanyi's eyes suddenly spread, and the power of the master of the eighth heaven burst out.

"With someone——"

"Kneel down!!!"

Li Guan clenched his fist, and the roar of the ancient red dragon shook the sky and the earth. He unfolded his Dharma image, grabbed the evil spirit and took shape, and suddenly smashed it down. The earth shook violently in a violent way.

Ripples spread out in all directions.

The bamboo forest within a radius of several miles was swept away and broken.

Bamboo shoots are flying and fallen leaves are scattered.

The golden-red light suddenly turned and rushed into the sky.

The aftermath of the Red Dragon Dharma Image rose into the sky.

The sky within a radius of several miles was dyed red and gold.

Like a burning cloud, it spreads out layer by layer, with an extremely magnificent momentum.

When the ancient red dragon's Dharma image dissipated, the body transformed by the Jiuli evil spirit had completely collapsed. The evil spirit solidified and became obedient. Li Guanyi exhaled, and when he exhaled, there was a trace of golden-red fire.

"Wouldn't it be fine if we did this earlier?"

Li Guanyi stood up slowly, his sleeves fluttering with a hint of red-gold light. He swayed slightly under the light, and finally slowly calmed down. Li Guanyi's black hair fell down, and he clenched his fists and shook his hands.

The evil energy flowed towards his arms and wrists, then solidified into a solid.

The fist armor turned into dragon scales. When he opened his arms, there were little spikes on the fingers. The texture was special. Although it had not been specially forged, it gave Li Guanyi a sense of magic weapon.

"…What on earth is this?"

Li Guan looked at the fist armor blade in his hand and didn't know what to say for a moment. He just patted Qilin's head and said to the fist armor on his right arm: "Okay, you can lead the way."

Jiuli evil spirit: “…………”

Li Guanyi's black hair was slightly raised at the temples, with a hint of red gold at the ends.

The evil spirit of Jiuli immediately became obedient.

………………

At the same time, deep in the southwest territory, Xiangrui suddenly sat up and turned his head sharply to look in the direction he came from, his eyes wide open: "Something is wrong, it's absolutely wrong!"

"Why do I sense the auras of the Jiuli clan and the ancient red dragon at the same time?"

"Oh my god, why do they seem to be fighting again?!"

Xiangrui was stunned, and the bamboo shoots in his mouth fell to the ground.

Instinctively, he reached out with his claws.

Grab the bamboo shoots and stuff them into your mouth.

Chew, chew.

Black Tiger and the Divine Bird couldn't see clearly, and asked what happened. Only Xiangrui pointed at the evil spirit hundreds of miles away and said, "It's such a huge mass of evil spirit, can't you see it?!"

"Also, such a huge red dragon!"

"No, no, damn it, it's not just the Jiuli clan that's chasing me, but also the Central Plains of that era?!"

"Slip away!"

Xiangrui took the black tiger and the divine bird and continued to flee.

After walking for a while, Xiangrui suddenly remembered something. He paused and screamed, "No, my bamboo shoots!!!" In order to get a bite to eat, Xiangrui turned around and headed towards his nest.

When he touched over, he saw that his cave looked like it had been roasted by flames, the earth was cracked, and the bamboo forest outside his home seemed to have been blown away, with nothing left.

Xiangrui was stunned: "...Fuck!"

"Nine Li evil spirit."

"Red Dragon Fire Element."

"Slip away!"

Xiangrui's whole bear was numb, and it bit Xuanhu's neck directly, running at a high speed of a thousand miles. Xiangrui, a strange beast as big as a small mountain, ran up and down the mountains in the southwest at a speed that was not inferior to a thousand-mile horse. It was very fast.

As a result, a beast tide was almost caused.

Guided by the evil spirit, Li Guanyi arrived at the second place, but still failed to find the auspicious sign. Instead, he encountered a strange beast from the southwest. The southwest is mountainous and there are many strange beasts in the mountains. This time he encountered a tiger.

Li Guanyi broke a bamboo, held it in his hand, used the bamboo as a spear, and waved it like a dragon, attacking all the way out.

Duke Chen’s spearmanship—destroying mountains!
The tiger as fierce as a mountain was directly knocked away by Li Guanyi.

A hundred miles away, Maomao secretly saw Li Guanyi using the same spear technique of Duke Chen that had killed Qiongqi with one shot. He and the Sun Bird were stunned, and then they ran away desperately.

Veins bulged on Li Guanyi's forehead.

Damn, what kind of auspiciousness is Southwest China?

Why are you so good at hiding?
Am I that scary?

Have it?

………………

When Li Guanyi subdued the evil spirit of Jiuli, Duan Qingyu and others discovered that the Jiuli magic iron weapon of the Southwestern Palace suddenly shook, and a fist mark suddenly appeared on this magic iron weapon that looked like a huge statue, three feet and three feet high, and several feet in circumference.

The murderous aura of war became more and more violent.

In the following days, the situation in the entire southwest did not get better. The news spread more and more wildly day by day. People's hearts were shaken, and the nobles and city lords in various cities all had their own ideas.

The city lords in the southwest were arguing over whether or not to form an alliance with Qin Wuhou. They were arguing with great pleasure. Tai Boyong and other older generations were so angry at the younger generation of city lords that they almost vomited blood. All kinds of intrigues and conspiracies came out.

Some tribal leaders also declared that with the land in the southwest, they could gain a foothold between the three major forces of Chen, Ying, and Tiance Mansion, and maintain a balance and status among all parties.

Taibo Yong was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

He is good at maneuvering with the sleeves and is planning to form alliances and make friends with all three overlord-level forces in the world. How can he want to have it all?

All heroes in the world are gamblers.

But if it is like this, it means that the person has poor vision and insufficient foundation, but has a huge appetite, is unwilling to pay the price, and still wants all the benefits.

It is to treat the heroes of the world as clowns.

Taibo Yong watched coldly. The old brothers had already planned to lead everyone to surrender to Qin Wuhou, but the younger generation just thought that the older generation lacked courage and wisdom.

"An old man who refuses to die is a thief, he has neither courage nor skill."

"Humph, you have lived for sixty or seventy years in vain, but you are actually afraid of a young man who is only twenty years old. This is simply ridiculous, ridiculous!"

They have thought it through very clearly, and have used clever strategies, covering it up with righteousness, wrapped it up with conspiracy, and occasionally sowing discord and framing others, using their reputation throughout the world to threaten Qin Wuhou. With such a high reputation among the people of the world and the support of the people in the southwest, how could he not bow down?
They talked about it very well.

Very exquisite!

Even Duan Qingyu and Tai Boyong lost to these young people in deducing the files.

As a result, these young city lords became more and more proud.

Those who claim to be famous ministers and generals in ancient times are no more than this.

Just when the arrogance was at its peak, news came—

"Report - Angry Scale Dragon King Kou Yulie has taken down two cities!"

"The Qilin Army is on the verge of swallowing up the Chen Kingdom." "Report--"

"Marquis Qin Wu led a large number of heavily armored cavalry and has approached our borders!"

As a result, the emotions of the city lords in the southwest froze.

........................

Panic, disbelief, and an unprepared reaction.

Wait a minute, what about the rule that states in the world frequently fight against each other?

We have the righteousness, we have the people's hearts, we have dozens of strategies and tricks, we can take advantage of the situation, we can attack by force, we can have countless ways to force Qin Wuhou to bow his head, we have...

The grim aura of the military attack was overwhelming, and the faces of those who had been talking loudly before turned pale. However, this news was just the beginning. The news about Qin Wuhou and the Qilin Army changed almost day by day.

The army came without disturbing the people, and along the way they engraved the alliance treaty between the lords of the southwestern cities and Qin Wuhou. The people knew that the army was not coming to be an enemy, and they were happy. As the army marched slowly, its morale was as high as a rainbow.

Some people followed voluntarily.

On the other hand, the Xiyi City of Ying State withdrew its defense line and did not take the opportunity to attack the empty western territory in the rear.

The grasslands of the seven Turkic khans were further north in the Western Regions.

He was beaten badly by the Wolf King Chen Fubi before.

But his sixth brother refused to believe in evil and led his army to invade the border of the Western Regions.

Yue Qianfeng led his army to defeat the Anxi Protectorate, opened up the border by 300 miles, occupied the Turkic steppe, and subtly separated the part of the steppe area occupied by the seven Turkic kings from the majority of the steppe of the Turkic Khan.

The Turkic Khan had to lead his troops here in person.

Yue Qianfeng fought hard, but was defeated after vomiting blood after five rounds.

Since then, all the top generals in the world have been gathered together.

The Angry Scaled Dragon King took advantage of the general situation and advanced rapidly. The heavily armored soldiers in the Western Regions were not good at swimming, but Shi Dalin and others had created special medicines that could greatly alleviate seasickness.

The tactic was to transport troops by water and then surround the city with heavily armored soldiers.

Go straight down the waterway and transport troops and logistics at high speed.

They were the first to occupy the waterways, but in fact they were seizing the logistics lines. They had to rely on land to support the State of Chen, who had the advantage of transporting troops by water.

Fan Qing studied Lu Youxian's military book very well.

Whenever they occupied a place, they would immediately start building a city to defend it.

The steady and cautious tactics made the Chen army almost think that they were facing Lu Youxian.

When Lu Youxian's tactics were now used against them.

They suddenly realized how difficult that old turtle general was.

The Qilin Army steadily and steadily began to occupy towns and villages everywhere. Once they arrived, they immediately summoned the people in accordance with Li Guanyi's previous request, and publicly announced the abolition of the previous heavy taxes of the State of Chen and the exemption of taxes for three years.

Suppress the big and small families, return the unreasonable and forcibly annexed land to the people, and let the landless people also share the profits.

The third is to promote prison litigation and begin dealing with old unjust cases.

Tax exemption, land grant, and redress of grievances.

With just these three things, the people will be won over.

An internal spy from the State of Chen arrived secretly and wanted to lead the people to rebel, but he was reported back. The spy from the State of Chen couldn't believe why the people of Chen wanted to rebel against the State of Chen and help Qin Wuhou to attack them.

The simple and honest farmer replied: "Give me the land."

"Following the State of Chen, the taxes are too high and there is no way to survive."

After mumbling a bit, he said doubtfully, "Besides, the one we followed was the child of Duke Taiping. Isn't the son of Duke Taiping a hero of our Chen State?"

"Between you and the son of Duke Taiping, I would definitely choose the son of Duke Taiping."

"Do you think I'm stupid?"

The spy from a noble family was questioned by the farmer and could not utter a word of objection.

As for those who escaped from the noble families, Mr. Yan Daiqing handled them using a set of procedures that Mr. Wenhe had tried out among the noble families of all sizes in Jiangnan, and it had always worked. However, while Mr. Yan Daiqing was doing this, he suddenly shook his body.

"I don't know why, but I always feel like something is wrong."

"We shouldn't have let Wen Qingyu go out alone. The further he goes, the more uneasy I feel..."

Fan Qing said: "Sir, you worry too much."

Yan Daiqing sighed and said, "It's better to worry about it."

Qin Wuhou stirred up chaos in all directions, and his army was invincible. Jiang Wanxiang of Ying State sighed. At this moment, Chen State had suffered too much loss and its army was exhausted. It could not stop Li Guanyi, so he mobilized troops.

Try to transfer the border troops of Ying State to the Jiangnan border to exert pressure.

Just when this group of troops was mobilized.

Yue's army, which was originally stationed on the border of Chen State to fight against Ying State, suddenly, without any military orders from the court, came forward a hundred miles away and attacked Ying State from behind.

As long as this army dares to attack Jiangnan.

Then this group of Yue Family Army dared to shoot at the rear of Ying State.

Yue's army stepped on the White Army, the selected vanguard army, and the victorious Czech army

To defeat the enemy, the five elite troops including the Youyi Army stared directly forward. Except for the Beiwei Army, which was the top corps that charged into the battle formation, the core members of the Yue Family Army were all here, waiting for an opportunity at all times.

So the army had to stop.

Jiang Gao went forward and suggested: "Why not join forces with Qin Wuhou to defeat Chen?"

Jiang Wanxiang looked at him for a long time and sighed, "Chen is a weak country. It is a small country with few famous generals. But if Qin Wuhou rises, his arrogance will be difficult to control. The current plan is to weaken Qin Wuhou and join forces with Chen."

Jiang Gao was stunned for a long time and said, "Father, you have changed."

Jiang Wanxiang was stunned.

Jiang Gao looked at Jiang Wanxiang and said, "Father used to say that all heroes in the world can be enemies. He was upright and dignified, and he was not afraid of anyone. But now, father has lost this kingly spirit, and he is eager to join forces with Chen Dingye to weaken Li Guanyi."

"Instead of annexing Chen State together with Li Guanyi, you still had infinite confidence, thinking that Ying State would not lose in the future division of the world and a showdown. When did you lose this arrogance?"

Jiang Gao looked at his father's white hair with a complicated and sad look.

"...You are afraid of him."

Jiang Wanxiang picked up his white hair and suddenly became furious: "Get out!"

"Get out!"

"roll!!!"

He picked up the chessboard on the table and threw it out. The chessboard hit Jiang Gao's forehead, leaving a large wound. Blood gushed out. Jiang Wanxiang seemed to be very angry and started coughing loudly. Jiang Gao was dragged away.

Jiang Wanxiang gasped for breath and looked at the white hair in the bronze mirror. This heroic emperor, who had been a hero all his life, now felt a sense of fear gripping his heart. No matter how heroic he was, he would grow old and be afraid of death.

He was really afraid of the young Qilin.

Even if we join forces with the Poison Dragon, do we have to suppress him?
From the very beginning, the premise of the strategy had already lost the spirit of an emperor's dignified victory. Jiang Wanxiang had countless reasons to explain that for the sake of so-called dignified victory, he chose an action that had no benefit to the country. Wasn't that idiotic?
But he also felt that he was beginning to be afraid of losing.

My decision-making began to become conservative.

I am no longer so greedy for victory.

I have lost the desire to gain the country in an upright manner.

Is this mentality right or wrong? Should we pursue interests or that kind of courage?

The correct method that best suits one's interests is to form alliances and conquer the country and the world; or the best method is to be upright and conquer the country and the world in one breath.

Of these two methods and these two mindsets, which one is correct?

Jiang Wanxiang was under the oil lamp, looking at the white hair in the oil lamp and the bronze mirror until sunrise. He suddenly understood. He stretched out his fingers, looked at the skin on his palms, and picked up the white hair. After a long time, he looked at the rising sun outside the window and said:
"…I'm not scared anymore, that's it."

“I am really old…”

"Haha, I will grow old, I will grow old, the heroic spirit in my heart will also grow old. In just a few months, I have become no longer myself..." Jiang Wanxiang turned over the bronze mirror, closed his eyes for a long time, tears falling from the corners of his eyes.

Young men are heroes, but old men become decadent. Young men are sharp and aggressive, but old men become conservative and retreat.

I can't escape either.

I really envy you, Fu-Bi Chen!
Ying State still chose to join forces with Chen State and sent troops to suppress Jiangnan.

But this time, no other generals were sent.

But -

The second prince's trusted minister, He Ruo, is a tiger hunter.

From the crown prince’s line, there is the mighty general Yuwen Lie.

The two generals attacked the south of the Yangtze River at the same time. The whole world was in turmoil. Since Qin Wu planned to descend directly from the Western Regions, swallow up the southwest, tear apart all the cities of the State of Chen along the waterways, and swallow up the entire territory of the State of Chen from the beginning of the Western Regions water system to the estuary.

Then I will swallow your destination.

If I can’t stop you in the Western Regions, can I still suppress you in the South?

The famous generals of Tian Ce Mansion were all in the Western Regions and the mighty city of Zhenxi, while in the south of the Yangtze River, only 150,000 Qilin troops and a large number of internal affairs talents were left, but there were no reserves of famous generals.

Yuwen Lie sent troops to capture He Ruohu, who was also there.

Sending troops to the south of the Yangtze River at this moment was the last effort of Ying and Chen to stop the rise of Li Guanyi. However, in the eyes of the dignitaries in the Ying court, Jiang Wanxiang sent Yuwen Lie and He Ruo to capture the tiger at the same time, and there was no doubt that he was also considering the master of the Eastern Palace.

The prince's roar represented his own change.

It also awakened the heroic spirit in Jiang Wanxiang's heart. Faced with life and death and old age, the Emperor of Ying State had one last struggle and consideration for his successor.

If the south of the Yangtze River can be annexed, the prince still has hope.

If Yuwen Lie was a powerful military officer, he would also choose the crown prince.

If He Ruo succeeds in capturing the tiger, he will choose Jiang Yuan. If he fails to capture Jiangnan and Qin Wuhou becomes powerful, he will also choose Jiang Yuan.

This battle also represents the changes in the world and the future of Ying State.

The future of countless people and the general trend of the world will change because of this. Will Qin Wuhou's great trend be blocked and Crown Prince Jiang Gao succeed to the throne of Ying State, or will Qin Wuhou's military be invincible and the second prince Jiang Yuan become the emperor?

This will greatly affect the future of the world.

This time, the troops sent out were elite troops, led by General Yuwen Lie and He Ruoqinhu, but they were facing only a group of Jiangnan people who were responsible for logistics and internal affairs.

At best, he is just a sword maniac.

But it's a pity.

There is also a sword maniac.

Sword maniac Murong Longtu still has one sword.

To control Jiangnan!

(End of this chapter)