The world begins with refining skills

Chapter 236 Summation
'Why? ’

This was the last thought in Ye Liuyun's mind before he died.

Why is it that as I become stronger, I lose faster and I don’t even get to take a single move?

In fact, it is very simple. Before, Mu Sheng wanted to secretly learn his Liuyun Sanshou and experiment with the impact of distortion ability on the grandmaster.

I just added a little bit of water.

"Even though his body has been deformed to this point, he has been able to regain his sanity little by little. The Grandmaster is truly a Grandmaster!"

Mu Sheng admired Ye Liuyun's body sincerely.

If Ye Liuyun were really allowed to break into the town and suck enough blood from warriors, it might be possible for him to resist the side effects of the deformation.

"Is it because the Grand Master's body has undergone a qualitative change?"

Mu Sheng rested his right arm on his chest, with his thumb on his chin and his other fingers tapping his chin in turn, looking as if he was thinking.

His distortion ability essentially uses nuclear radiation to cause genetic mutations in living things.

In other words, the humans in this world have been living in an environment of nuclear radiation, and their bodies have long developed resistance.

If it were someone from another world, even with the assistance of the distortion core, they would most likely not be able to withstand the physical collapse during the distortion.

When a warrior breaks through to the grandmaster level, his body will be more compatible with nuclear radiation energy, which is why Ye Liuyun was able to resist for so long.

"Judging from Ye Liuyun's current appearance, if he successfully survives the transformation, wouldn't he become a martial arts version of a vampire?"

Mu Sheng felt a little curious, but unfortunately the person had been beaten to death by him, so he had no way to verify it.

But Mu Sheng did not regret it. After all, he watched Ye Liuyun commit such a murder just out of a little curiosity.

"Hiss! Virtue and glory are not enough to describe my character, I'm so fucking great!" Mu Sheng's eyes were dazzled by the light of his own character.

After destroying Ye Liuyun's body with one palm, Mu Sheng took a last look at the town in the distance, and his body suddenly turned into bubble and disappeared into the night.

At this time, the people who were sleeping soundly in the town were still unaware that the danger of annihilation of their entire family was almost upon them.

Two days later, after a great victory, the Northern Qi army, with high morale, set out again.

Uesugi Tiger led 80,000 soldiers and 12 deformed warriors including Tieniu and headed south. Sibi and Niaotou led 30,000 soldiers respectively and headed from the east and west.

The three armies spread out in a fan shape towards Cangzhou.

Conquer cities and territories along the way, kill Buddhas and people who stand in your way.

Whether the Nanqing army chose to fight in the field or hide behind the thick walls of the city and fight stubbornly, they could not slow down the pace of the Northern Qi army.

It’s not that these Nanqing soldiers are vulnerable.

Logically speaking, the Southern Qing army was superior to the Northern Qi army in terms of both equipment and manpower.

Even though the loss of Yulong City caused the Cangzhou Army to lose a large number of elite soldiers and their morale was frustrated, it would not fall so quickly.

In fact, the main reason lies with the deformed warriors.

Ordinary Nanqing soldiers would become frightened at the sight of the deformed warriors, and could only exert seven out of ten of their strength.

In addition, each of the deformed warriors has the strength of the eighth level and is not afraid of damage from swords, spears, swords and halberds.

Just like a group of common soldiers encountering a powerful general from the Three Kingdoms with his unparalleled sword, the Nanqing army was almost defeated at the first touch.

Lancheng is an ancient city with hundreds of years of history, located in the southernmost part of Cangzhou. It is a must-go place for many caravans traveling between Shazhou and Cangzhou.

Because it is located on a major transportation route, the living standards of Lancheng residents have also been improved.

The affluent life makes the atmosphere of the entire Lan City exceptionally peaceful and comfortable, not at all like a city in a border state.

However, this rare peace was broken today.

"Kill!"

"Follow the masters of the Siming Divine Religion and charge!"

The fanatical Northern Qi soldiers climbed up the walls of Lancheng like ants.

Faced with enemies armed with knives and guns and with ferocious faces, the defenders of Lancheng were defeated after a short resistance.

With the fall of this ancient city, the entire Cangzhou fell into the hands of Northern Qi.

"Report~"

"Reporting to the general, the eastern army has captured Lancheng!"

In the Northern Qi camp fifty miles away from Lancheng, a messenger with a command flag on his back ran in from the gate.

Passing through military tents of all sizes, we arrived at the commander-in-chief's tent.

"it is good!"

When Uesugi Tora heard the good news, he burst into laughter.

Now he doesn't have to worry about becoming a castrated tiger, and his little tiger is spared the suffering of being displaced.

"As expected of a temple warrior of the Siming Cult, with this magical weapon, there is no need for us, the Great Qi, to worry about not being able to unify the world!"

Over the past half month, Uesugi Tora has fallen in love with these powerful warriors. They are so useful.

"Congratulations, General. Your great achievement in expanding our territory will surely go down in history!" Tan Wu said excitedly.

This man was Uesugi Tora's personal guard. When Uesugi Tora was suddenly summoned away that day, Tan Wu followed him with a group of personal guards.

However, Mu Sheng and the others did not rest along the way and were soon left behind.

It was not until a few days ago that Tan Wu and other personal guards finally found Uesugi Tiger after much searching.

"Eh~" Uesugi Tora waved his hand and did not accept Tan Wu's flattery.

Instead, he raised his hand to the side of his head and bowed, saying, "Our army was able to capture Cangzhou so smoothly this time, all thanks to the brave warriors under the command of the State Master! The one who should be remembered in history is the State Master!"

"Yes, yes," Tan Wu quickly agreed.

It was the first time he saw his general respect someone so much. Even though the imperial teacher was not there, the general would still be polite whenever he mentioned him.

"Of course the first credit goes to the Imperial Master, but apart from the Imperial Master, the greatest credit belongs to the General!"

This time, Uesugi Tora was no longer humble and accepted Tan Wu's flattery with peace of mind.

He was able to manage an army of over 100,000 in an orderly manner and conquer a state within twenty days.

This is not an easy task, and Uesugi Tora doesn't think that anyone's contribution to Maki Sheng's success is greater than his.

"How long will it take for the political officer in the rear to get here?"

"General, it will probably take another month." Tan Wu thought for a moment and replied, "Cangzhou is still not peaceful, so it will take more time on the road."

"Well, that's it, notify the army on the front line not to move forward any further," said Uesugi Tora.

Cangzhou was newly annexed, and there were bandits formed by deserters gathering together in various places. In addition, they only occupied the most important cities, and there were still many towns and counties that needed to be taken over one by one.

It would not be suitable to continue moving south without digesting Cangzhou.

Inside Yulong City, the envoy from Nanqing looked at the Northern Qi army flag flying above the city walls and felt as if the sky was falling.

"Why is it happening like that!"

"I must be dreaming. It's only been a few days, why would something like this happen?"

"Where are the defenders of Yulong City? Where is the Grandmaster?"

"How can such a big city fall just like that?"

He was just a little bit rude in his words, but isn't this how diplomacy between the two countries has always been?
Why did the Queen Mother of Northern Qi get so angry this time?
Why did Yulong City fall so quickly?
The envoy from Nanqing did not know at this time that the entire Cangzhou had fallen, otherwise he would have been even more devastated.

If the two countries of Qi and Qing go to war, he might be able to survive, but he will lose a state. 'Your Majesty will definitely not forgive me.'

Kyoto, Xingqing Palace, Imperial Study.

"Oh!"

Li Yunqian suddenly slammed his fist on the desk: "Look at what kind of rubbish the Honglu Temple has selected!"

"A single diplomatic mission to Northern Qi could have caused him to start a war between the two countries! With such power, why didn't he start a war between Northern Qi and Dongyi?"

"What a traitor to the country!"

The fact that Li Yunqian could say such words showed that he was very angry.

I still remember that day, he had just been blown to pieces because of his failed research on gunpowder, and was planning to grind arrowheads to relax.

Then came a bolt from the blue.

Who can understand his feelings when he learned that Yulong City was breached and Grandmaster Ye Liuyun fled in defeat?

The sky is falling!
His ambition to unify the world suffered a heavy blow before it even officially began.

Even Li Yunqian, who was usually forbearing, could no longer suppress his emotions.

Seeing Li Yunqian's furious look, everyone in the imperial study was silent.

Chen Pingping, dressed in black, rubbed the armrest of the wheelchair with his thumb, as if studying how the patterns on the armrest were formed.

Veteran Qin Ye sat upright in a chair with drooping eyelids, looking like he had senile dementia, and seemed to have no idea what Emperor Qing was saying.

Lin Ruofu looked left and right, and when he found that neither of them had any intention of speaking, he also remained silent.

Li Yunqian was obviously very angry at this time, and no one wanted to have this bad luck.

The atmosphere in the imperial study became increasingly solemn, and it seemed that even the flow of air had slowed down a lot.

"No news yet on Ye Liuyun?"

After a long time, Li Yunqian spoke again, breaking the atmosphere that was about to freeze.

"Not yet. Since he disappeared outside Yulong City that day, there has been no news of Lord Ye." Chen Pingping replied.

Veteran Qin Ye also took the opportunity to scratch his itchy nose, as he was really feeling suffocated just now.

"Is there any news from Northern Qi?" Li Yunqian asked again.

What he is most worried about now is Ye Liuyun’s life or death.

If Ye Liuyun encountered an accident, he could not leave the palace easily.

That means that the great masters of Northern Qi and Dongyi can attack and kill the officers and generals of Southern Qing at will.

Even in modern times when information communication is faster, problems will arise when the military loses its senior leadership.

Not to mention the feudal dynasty era, without the command of officers and generals, the army of Nanqing could be said to be useless.

Chen Pingping obviously understood Li Yunqian's concerns: "The Supervisory Council's spies in Northern Qi are almost gone, and no valuable information has been received."

"However, Ku He did not hide his whereabouts. According to intelligence, he was in Northern Qi when Yulong City fell."

"If it's just the leader of the Siming Divine Religion, Lord Ye should be fine. Maybe he's recovering somewhere."

Li Yunqian's expression eased a little: "Send more people to confirm Ye Liuyun's situation!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"And the origin of the Sima Ming Cult has not been found out yet?" Li Yunqian thought of the temple warriors described in the battle report.

If it weren't for the intelligence from the Overwatch Council and the military confirming it one after another, he really wouldn't have believed that such a thing existed in the world.

The eighth-grade strength was fine and not worthy of his attention, but the fact that he could be pierced by a sharp sword without being hurt, or attacked by a knife or an axe without being damaged made him unable to remain calm.

You know, even he himself wouldn't dare to allow himself to be hacked by knives or axes.

After using his domineering true qi to break through to the grandmaster level, Li Yunqian's body underwent a qualitative change. Not to mention ordinary swords and knives, even if the Barrett didn't hit the vitals, he wouldn't be able to die.

But he is a grandmaster. He has gone through countless hardships to obtain this power. How can these half-human, half-ghost creatures possess such abilities?

"Your Majesty, this Siming Cult seems to have suddenly appeared out of nowhere. We can't find any information about it."

"The only thing that is certain is that these people are extremely hostile to Daqing."

Chen Pingping also had a headache. Although he was known as the King of Dark Night, the Supervisory Commission he was in charge of was an organization that made people tremble with fear.

But being targeted by such a monster-like thing, the King of Darkness also wanted to curse.

"Could the Divine Religion be related to the Temple?"

"I don't know, but there is no similarity between the two."

One is rational and cold as a stone, the other is hideous and terrifying like a demon.

Li Yunqian didn't think so. Although they looked different, they had one thing in common: they didn't look like humans.

"Go to Danzhou to find it."

Just when Li Yunqian was about to say something, the eunuch Hou Gonggong suddenly came in from the back hall.

"Your Majesty, urgent military information has been received from Cangzhou!"

Eunuch Hou walked to Li Yunqian in a hurry and handed him a note, which was the information sent by carrier pigeon.

Li Yunqian suddenly felt something was wrong. The news coming at this time must not be good news.

Sure enough, when I opened it, I saw the news that Cangzhou had completely fallen.

"Take a look and tell us what you think!"

Li Yunqian handed the note to Eunuch Hou, who presented it to Chen Pingping, Lin Ruofu and Qin Ye.

"Your Majesty, although Northern Qi has occupied Cangzhou, it is like duckweed in the water and a castle in the sky. Before Cangzhou is settled, the people of Qi will not move south again."

Lin Ruofu analyzed: "The only option now is to negotiate peace."

After all, not going south means not going south to occupy your land, not that they can't go south to fight you.

"Negotiation." Li Yunqian hesitated: "Chen Pingping, General Qin, what do you two think?"

"It's not a bad idea to negotiate peace."

"What Minister Lin said makes sense."

Chen Pingping and Qin Ye also agreed with Lin Ruofu's method. Since they couldn't win, they could only surrender.

"Forget it, let's talk about this later!" Li Yunqian hesitated for a while and decided to wait.

Waiting for news about Ye Liuyun.

However, the news of Ye Liuyun's death soon reached Kyoto.

Soon, a delegation of dozens of people headed towards Cangzhou.

Chen Pingping also went to Dongyi with the one-armed shadow and the black cavalry.

Although I don't want to believe it, Ye Liuyun is very likely really dead. Then the situation in the world will be different.

Previously, Dongyi and Northern Qi united to resist the covetousness of Southern Qing.

But now Northern Qi has one more grandmaster, while Southern Qing has one less grandmaster.

The situation is reversed.
(End of this chapter)