Qin Shi: I went astray in the Heavenly Sect

Chapter 243 The Origins of Quicksand, Unexpected Information

"Princess Honglian gave me some information."

Inside the medical clinic, Yan Lingji suddenly spoke.

"Princess?"

Duanmu Rong was taken aback. Princess, this was no ordinary title. In this chaotic world, only the direct descendants of the royal families of the Seven Kingdoms could have such a status.

Yan Lingji glanced at Qingxu, and seeing that he did not stop her, she spoke up: "Liusha was founded by Han Fei, who is the ninth prince of Han. Honglian is the Honglian princess of Han. And Wei Zhuang, his identity is not simple either. It's just that most people in the martial arts world now only know that they are assassins, and ignore their original identities."

"The current master of Quicksand is Wei Zhuang. He comes from Guigu and is a fellow disciple of the person lying in the house recuperating from his injuries."

Upon hearing this, Duanmu Rong fell silent for a moment. She was familiar with Wei Zhuang's identity as the leader of the Quicksand Gang. After all, Wei Zhuang had been traveling the martial arts world for many years and had made a great reputation in the martial arts world with his superb skills.

Some call him a king who walks in the darkness.

But she hadn't anticipated the other person's other identity: a disciple from Guigu who eventually became an assassin.

Quicksand is an assassin organization, and its leader is naturally the same, only much stronger than ordinary assassins. But in the end, he is still an assassin, and such a status is obviously inconsistent with the illustrious background of the Ghost Valley School.

Seeing Duanmu Rong sitting quietly to the side, Yan Lingji shook her head.

"My sister doesn't think someone like him is an ordinary person, does she? In this world, an ordinary person could never reach such heights!"

"As for Honglian, she was the most beloved princess of King An of Han in the past. However, Han Fei died in Qin and Qin sent troops to destroy Han. All of that was in vain. Since then, this princess has been wandering the world and has become a member of the Quicksand."

Upon hearing this, Duanmu Rong sighed softly.

When the Qin state launched its military campaign and marched into the Central Plains, it was nothing short of a catastrophe for the nobles of the six states. Their families and states were destroyed, their power was gone, and they fell from their lofty positions to become ordinary people.

Many people cannot accept this reality and give up on themselves, ending up on the streets.

In this process, countless people are displaced, and war always brings an unspeakable tragedy to ordinary people.

"Xiuyuan, was it right for the King of Qin to unify the seven kingdoms?"

Duanmu Rong suddenly looked up at Qingxu and asked the question that had been nagging at her.

Upon hearing this title, Yan Lingji raised her eyebrows slightly.

When they are out and about, she usually addresses others as "Young Master" or "Qingxu," and she might only use the name "Xiuyuan" when it is just the two of them.

She never expected Duanmu Rong to address her that way.

After a moment of silence, Qingxu spoke up: "Everyone has their own answer to this matter. From the perspective of the common people of Qin, it may be more of a good thing than a bad thing, after all, it was Qin that ultimately unified the country, not other countries."

"As for the people of the six states, the situation is probably mostly bad at this time. After all, the Qin state at that time had strict laws and had not yet truly entered the right track. The people had a heavy burden on their shoulders, so they would not have a good impression of Qin."

Yan Lingji rested her chin on her hand and looked at Qingxu from the side, a thoughtful look in her eyes.

As to how the people of the six states really viewed Qin and Ying Zheng, one only needs to go out and take a walk to find out. Indeed, there was almost no one who spoke well of Qin in private.

Those who speak well of Qin are only the people of Qin. They have already adapted to Qin's laws, and now that the people of the six states are sharing the burden, their pressure has naturally lessened considerably. The most obvious example is the construction of the Great Wall. In the beginning, only the people of Qin were involved in the construction of the Great Wall, and each of them had a heavy corvée labor burden that almost suffocated them.

"As for the nobles of the six kingdoms, the same is true; those with conflicting interests will never be friends."

At this point, Qingxu changed the subject.

"But from the perspective of the development of society as a whole, the unification of the Qin state was the right thing to do. Every social progress will encounter major changes, and a new order will be reborn from the old order, ending the darkness."

"Before Qin unified the six states, the war between the seven states intensified day by day. The war never stopped. It was just that Qin's unification covered up those battles. If Qin had not completed the unification, the medical clinic might still be overcrowded now, just like when my junior sister and I came here back then."

"Therefore, from this perspective, it was right for the Qin state to unify the world."

Han Fei once asked Xunzi if there was a power in the world that could control destiny in the dark.

Do you know how Xunzi answered?

Qingxu's voice sounded somewhat ethereal. Duanmu Rong shook her head. If she wasn't mistaken, the Master Xun that Qingxu mentioned should be a senior elder of the Confucian school, also known as Xunzi, a true sage.

Qingxu continued, speaking to himself, "I once heard Han Fei's answer: ten years can witness the coming of spring and autumn, a hundred years can witness birth, aging, sickness and death, a thousand years can witness the change of dynasties, and ten thousand years can witness the shifting of stars. This power that transcends ordinary people is the passage of time, a moment, a period of time."

"If the Qin state can formulate policies to allow the people to recuperate and rebuild, this difficult period will soon pass. But even if the laws remain, time will be the best medicine, and people will gradually forget the pain of this moment."

Duanmu Rong seemed to be deep in thought, and after a while, she nodded gently.

"Xiuyuan means that Qin's unification was not wrong, right?"

Qingxu nodded.

"Everyone has to pay a price to grow up, let alone a dynasty. And such a price is something that must be experienced. In chaotic times, it is almost impossible to achieve peaceful unification. No matter which of the seven states of Qin, Han, Zhao, Wei, Chu, Yan and Qi achieved unification, they all had to go through this battle."

"The battle will only end when blood stains this land red. This is the destiny of the six kingdoms and the choice of humanity. No one wants to be a loser. Just like Yan Dan, who staged a dramatic assassination attempt on the king when Yan was powerless to save the country."

To assassinate the king and kill him.

When this matter was mentioned, both Yan Lingji and Duanmu Rong thought of one person: Jing Ke. The momentous event that shook the world back then was orchestrated by this man.

If Gai Nie hadn't intervened, this wandering swordsman would probably have succeeded.

When Yan Lingji saw that Duanmu Rong had stopped talking, she continued with her previous topic.

"Princess Honglian said that the Net has begun to set up its trap on Mount Taiyi, and the target should be Sanhepu."

Upon hearing this, Qingxu narrowed his eyes.

During their descent from the mountain, he and Yan Lingji encountered many strange events, including the deployment of three top-tier assassins from the Luo Wang organization to ambush Gai Nie and Tianming. The Luo Wang's top-tier assassins were few in number, and their simultaneous presence here was rather unusual. Unless Gai Nie possessed something they were compelled to use, if he wasn't mistaken, it must have been something Gai Nie had sensed.

After leaving Xianyang City, Gai Nie and Tianming traveled eastward. At first, he only had one goal: the Taoist Tianzong. The reason was simple: the sealing curse on Tianming's body required a person with high Taoist skills to break it, and there were very few people in the Taoist community who could break this Yin-Yang curse.

If Gai Nie were to visit the Taoist Tianzong, he would inevitably bring up the matter of Luo Wang. If so, Luo Wang's secret arrangements would surely be in vain.

Therefore, Luo Wang spared no effort to hunt down Gai Nie, with the aim of silencing him or keeping him away from the Daoist Tianzong, thus preventing him from reporting back to the Daoist Tianzong.

Upon realizing this, Qingxu's gaze began to flicker slightly.

Previously, Yan Lingji had conveyed a message to Tianzong that Luo Wang intended to target the Daoist school, but now it seems that it was targeting Sanhepu.

"Do we need to go back?"

Yan Lingji shrugged. She wasn't particularly interested in matters of the martial world, and Sanhepu was her own property, so she preferred to go back.

"red lotus."

Qingxu suddenly shook his head. At this moment, Honglian suddenly told Yanlingji such an important thing, probably because she had her own calculations.

It seems that the girl didn't want to get involved in the affairs between Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang, or rather, the affairs between Liu Sha and Gai Nie and Tian Ming.

With his mind racing, Qingxu frowned. Among the quicksand were Wei Zhuang, Honglian, Bai Feng, Yin Fu, Canglang Wang, Hei Qilin, and others. Among them, Wei Zhuang and Honglian should be the dominant ones.

The Red Lotus who did not become Chi Lian is far more terrifying than the one in the other timeline. First of all, there is her cultivation level. After these years of hard work, she has also become a Grandmaster-level expert. This fact is clearly recorded in the archives of the Cape.

In addition to what this girl learned from him, and with her own wisdom, she enabled the Quicksand organization to rise from humble beginnings in the past seven years. Her formidable power is no less than that of top strategists like Fan Zeng.

Choosing to tell them about the Luo Wang organization at this time was actually a sign that she was certain she would choose to go back.

The distance from here to Sanhepu is not short. Even if we set off now, it would take several days to arrive. And that's just the arrival time. If we add the time to handle things, it might take even longer. As a result, he will no longer be able to interfere in Gai Nie and Tianming's affairs, nor will he have the time to do so.

This is like playing a card openly, or rather, it's more like a calculated scheme.

"Over the years, she hasn't fallen behind in her studies."

After standing in silence for a while, Qingxu suddenly smiled.

He then looked at Yan Lingji again and said, "I'm going back alone. Please look after things here."

Different realms naturally lead to different speeds. Qingxu planned to go back alone, thinking he could return quickly.

He would not give up on Sanhepu, because not only could this shop bring him enough savings, but more importantly, the people in the shop were people he had secretly selected. In order to deal with the future world, Qingxu also had his own plans.

Upon hearing this result, Yan Lingji curled her lip.

However, she didn't say anything else, but instead asked, "When do we set off?"

Qingxu slowly got up, his eyelids suddenly twitched twice, and then, as if sensing something, he looked to the west.

After leaving with Yan Lingji last time, he unexpectedly encountered Xiang Jun and Xiang Furen of the Yin Yang School, and later Donghuang Taiyi of the Yin Yang School even appeared in person.

Regarding this matter, he had always thought that Donghuang Taiyi had made a special trip, but after learning about Luo Wang's scheme against Sanhepu, he suddenly felt that Donghuang Taiyi might not have come specifically to rescue Xiangjun and Xiangfuren.

There's a rather bad idea behind this: if Donghuang Taiyi is also after Tianzong, then his appearance here would make sense.

Just like myself, when I travel in the martial world, I rarely do things on purpose. Instead, I usually handle several things at once. If that's the case, my master Bei Mingzi is tied up by Donghuang Taiyi. With only the fighting force in Sanhepu, it's not certain that we will be able to handle the assassins from Luowang.

Thinking of this, Qingxu greeted the two women and then slowly disappeared from the spot.

"Does Xiu Yuan know that woman named Hong Lian?"

After a while, when only Yan Lingji and Duanmu Rong were left in the courtyard, Duanmu Rong seemed to be unable to hold back any longer and asked a question.

Yan Lingji nodded.

"Back in Korea, the young master stayed at a brothel called Zilan Pavilion. This place was not only a brothel, but also the base of the Quicksand organization. It was there that he met Han Fei, Wei Zhuang, and others."

"As for his interactions with Princess Honglian, I don't know much about it. However, back then, Honglian often went to see the young master and studied under him for half a year."

"Young Master is a man of profound learning, both ancient and modern. He loves reading. Back in Korea, he visited the royal archives and read extensively from various books. At that time, Honglian was always by his side, and it was then that the princess learned a great deal from him."

"There is another evaluation of Honglian in the martial arts world: a datura blooming in the night. What is most terrifying about her is not her strength, but her wisdom. If it were a game of Go, I bet there are very few people in the world who can reliably defeat her."

Duanmu Rong hadn't accepted the answer yet when Yue'er and Tianming returned from outside. Seeing Duanmu Rong and Yan Lingji chatting in the courtyard, they asked her a question out of curiosity.

"Where is Master Qingxu?"

Yan Lingji chuckled.

These two little guys are clever; they even knew to ask Qingxu where he went first.

"Do you need to see him?"

Yan Lingji replied.

Tianming nodded subconsciously, while Yue'er shook her head. After seeing that Tianming had given himself away, Yue'er couldn't help but roll her eyes.

“Dawn!!”

"Moon, no, I also want to ask which hero went to assassinate the King of Qin back then!"

(End of this chapter)