Qin Shi: I went astray in the Heavenly Sect

Chapter 159 Lian Po is shocked, the inside story of that year

As the military strategist said: "Its speed is like the wind, its stillness like the forest, its attack like fire, its immovability like a mountain, its unpredictability like darkness, and its movement like thunder."

Inside the fortress, the veteran general Lian Po looked at the young man before him. The young man's aura fluctuated wildly, as if he were about to strike and kill him at any moment. It was because what the young man had just said had touched a nerve with the old general.

Li Mu, the great general of Zhao, was not only the top figure in the army, but also the biggest supporter of Prince Jia. Since the other party had resorted to violence, it must mean that this young man had a grudge against Zhao, or rather, against Li Mu.

"Doesn't the general want to know the reason?"

"Appreciate further details!"

Although Xiu Yuan saw the veteran's actions, his mind remained calm and composed.

"The sun-blocking Black Stone, Dusk Snow, and Amber are dead."

Upon hearing this, Lian Po's pupils contracted. He had dealt with the three top masters who blotted out the sun several times. If the three of them attacked together, even a grandmaster would find it extremely difficult to capture them.

Before Lian Po could respond, Xiu Yuan announced again, "The Azure Dragon Gang has been wiped out."

Lian Po clenched his fists, his eyes gleaming with excitement.

The forces mentioned by the other party are all under Guo Kai's command. Whether it's the Sun-Shielding Gang or the Azure Dragon Gang, they are all his henchmen.

"You did it?"

Xiu Yuan nodded.

"Of course."

Upon hearing this answer, Lian Po sat back down, his eyes flickering again. After a while, he glanced at the young man before him once more.

If what the other party said is true, then the other party's strength is definitely not as simple as he imagined, and what the other party did is quite to his liking. As for Zhao State's Prime Minister Guo Kai, he naturally wished he could tear him apart and eat his flesh.

Now that Guo Kai's left and right arms have been cut off by the young man, he can be considered his benefactor.

Why did Li Mu attack you?

Lian Po inquired about the root cause of the matter.

"The General may not know that I killed them. Their deaths caused quite a commotion in Handan. Later, some things happened. Prime Minister Guo Kai plotted to have Prince Jia offer up Xue Nu, the top courtesan of Yu Hua Ge, to the palace. I helped her leave Handan, but General Li blocked my way."

Upon hearing this, Lian Po's face darkened. He had nothing to say to the King of Zhao, as the fact that he had made a courtesan his queen had already caused considerable controversy.

The old general was quite open-minded about such matters. Being in his position, he couldn't say anything about the King of Zhao's behavior, but regarding the matter of saving lives, he would definitely turn a blind eye, unlike Li Mu, who would become an accomplice to evil. He snorted lightly, saying with a hint of disappointment, "That fool Li Mu!!"

After saying this, he turned to Xiu Yuan and said, "I'm sorry to have made Master Qingxu laugh at me."

Xiu Yuan shook his head; he wasn't saying all this for the sake of a laugh.

"The old general should know that I'm not saying all this for this reason."

Lian Po shook his head.

He wasn't stupid, and by now he naturally guessed Xiu Yuan's meaning. However, since the other party had shown such sincerity, he naturally wanted to reciprocate.

"I don't know much about the Chenjia Village incident. A very strange thing happened back then. Two hundred Qin soldiers bypassed the border and went deep into the heart of Wei. They were later found near Chenjia Village. However, by then, Chenjia Village and several other villages had already been massacred. This group was then killed by the patrolling general Li Qing."

At this point, Lian Po paused.

"As for what happened afterward, I'm not entirely clear on that. However, I suspect it might be related to power struggles within the court. If you wish to investigate this matter, perhaps you could start with Li Qing."

Xiu Yuan stood still, his gaze flickering uncertainly.

The tragedies that occurred during this period were mostly related to the power struggles within the imperial court.

"Back in Handan, I heard privately that Prince Jia has been trying to appoint you, General. However, Guo Kai has already bribed the eunuch handling this matter. If you still intend to serve Zhao, General, you'd better make plans sooner rather than later." Lian Po sighed softly upon hearing the young man's words. Given Guo Kai's character, he wasn't surprised he would do such a thing; after all, he had left Zhao because of such underhanded tactics. However, he found the young man's reminder somewhat strange. He then said, "The Heavenly Sect has always been aloof from worldly affairs. Why is Master Qingxu interfering in my matters?"

Upon hearing this, Xiu Yuan smiled and shook his head.

He was indeed not interested in the Seven Kingdoms of today, or rather, the courts of the Seven Kingdoms of today. The matter he mentioned to Lian Po at the end was only because of a regret in his memory.

Then Xiu Yuan pulled the girl beside him and turned around. Looking at the empty hall, the young man suddenly said, "Actually, there is something the general is wrong about."

Lian Po looked at Xiu Yuan and narrowed his eyes.

"Oh??"

"The general is a grandmaster, and so am I, but the general says that my junior sister and I are no match for you."

"I think the general is wrong."

As soon as he finished speaking, the boy opened his eyes slightly, and a strange fluctuation spread out. Lian Po seemed to have sensed something, and the true energy in his body began to circulate wildly, his eyes filled with murderous intent.

Unfortunately, by the time he reacted, it was too late. Or rather, even if he had time to react, he would have been helpless. Everything in the hall had been stripped of its original color.

The world lost its color. This was a top-tier Taoist technique, extremely powerful, capable of imprisoning space and time within a radius of several miles.

Looking at the two young men who were so close yet so far away, Lian Po was filled with emotion. Now he was certain that the Green Dragon Gang had been destroyed by this young man.

Even a Grandmaster like him would be powerless to resist this move, let alone the henchmen of the Azure Dragon Gang.

Fortunately, the aura vanished in a flash, and when the old general looked at the spot again, it was already empty.

Recalling the immense aura he had sensed earlier, like a vast ocean, Lian Po couldn't help but smile bitterly, a flicker of fear crossing his heart. A thirteen or fourteen-year-old Grandmaster was already terrifying enough, but...
"Grandmaster"

"The Taoist Heavenly Sect is about to make a fortune!!"

Outside the general's mansion, recalling the strange things Lian Po had mentioned, Xiu Yuan had a pretty good idea of ​​what was going on. He didn't recognize the name Li Qing, but Lian Po had mentioned a place: Daliang—the capital of the Wei Kingdom.

Then Xiu Yuan looked at the girl beside him and said softly, "Let's go to Chenjia Village first, and then we'll go to Daliang City."

Xiaomeng nodded.

She heard every word Lian Po said. She had originally thought that the culprit behind the destruction of Chenjia Village was the people of Qin, but she did not expect that the matter was far more complicated than she had imagined.

"Perhaps the problem isn't with any one person or any particular force, but with the state of the world."

Xiu Yuan sighed softly in his heart.

Whether it was Sanyang Village or Chenjia Village, their fates were similar; they were both victims of this chaotic world of war. This was due to both Qin's scheming and Zhao's own reasons. As for Chenjia Village, the same was true. If Wei hadn't had an inside accomplice, those two hundred Qin soldiers wouldn't have been able to get in.

"Senior brother, is Lian Po no match for you?"

Upon hearing this, Xiu Yuan smiled and shook his head, but did not answer the other party's question.

Lian Po is indeed a master, but his strength is at most similar to Jing Ni's. Just now, he had no soldiers under his command and could not use any secret military techniques. If he fought against him, his chances of winning would be very slim.

"For generals, their battlefield is not the Jianghu (江湖, a term referring to the martial arts world), but the battlefield. If generals like Lian Po and Li Mu appeared on the battlefield, we would probably be unable to handle them."

A gentle night breeze blew by, lifting the robes of the two men. The young man looked up at the quiet, long street.

"Human hearts are unpredictable, and all living beings are like chess pieces. In the chess game of the imperial court, there may be winners and losers, but in the chess game of heaven and earth, there are no winners!"

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(End of this chapter)