Mythical Three Kingdoms: Martial Arts Reach Divine Ranks, I Alone Rule the World

Lü Bu? Wang Yue?

Zhang Mu was naturally familiar with these two people.

Lu Bu needs no introduction; he is now at the same level of martial arts mastery as Lu Bu, who is equally extraordinary.

Not only did he serve as the swordsmanship instructor for both Emperor Huan and the current emperor, but it is also rumored that his swordsmanship was superb, possessing incredible swordsmanship abilities such as flying on a sword, killing with flying swords, and turning sword formations into rain.

Zhang Mu wasn't sure whether Wang Yue's strength was stronger or weaker than that of the spear prodigy Tong Yuan, but he understood one thing:

If Imperial Tutor Wang Yue did not possess exceptional strength, he would not have been able to serve as the Imperial Tutor to two emperors, nor would he have been able to establish the foundation for the Luoyang Imperial Court to suppress the world.

Mind this.

Zhang Mu's lips curled up slightly, his eyes filled with amusement.

The waters of this mythical world at the end of the Han Dynasty were indeed very deep.

I thought that people like Lü Bu and Wang Yue were just powerful, but I never expected that even their methods of breaking through realms were so unique.

At this moment, the voice of Guo Qun, the governor of Yanmen County, rang out leisurely.

"Gongzhi, Wenyuan, you two brothers must have heard about the Wuyuan Incident that happened ten years ago!"

Zhang Mu didn't understand why Guo Qun would bring up the events of ten years ago, but he still nodded slightly and said, "Although I was young at the time, I did hear about it."

"Ten years ago, the Xianbei Chanyu Tanshihuai led 100,000 Xianbei cavalry to invade the border of our Han territory. At that time, the main force of the imperial army and the strongmen in the army were tied down by the Qiang rebellion in Liangzhou. As a result, the two counties of Shuofang and Wuyuan, located in the northernmost part of Bingzhou, were completely destroyed and slaughtered by the Xianbei army because they could not be rescued in time."

"Since then, these two prefectures were abolished by the imperial court, and Yanmen Prefecture became the first line of defense in northern Bingzhou."

Guo Qun nodded gently as he listened to Zhang Mu's story.

But when he opened his mouth, he revealed a secret that even Zhang Mu had never heard of.

"It can be known from Gongzhi's actions..."

"Lu Bu broke through in such a desperate situation, and he was only eighteen years old at the time, not even reaching the martial minister realm of a young man. Just thinking about it is terrifying."

Scary?

Zhang Liao glanced at his elder brother furtively.

If he remembered correctly, his elder brother Zhang Mu seemed to have entered the Martial Prime Realm at the age of fifteen.

Zhang Liao even had doubts.

In the recent battle, my elder brother Zhang Mu definitely held back most of his strength and did not fight with all his might.

Zhang Mu noticed the look his second brother, Zhang Liao, was giving him.

After glaring back at him, Zhang Mu's face showed a look of amazement, just like Guo Qun's.

"That's really scary!"

"Truly... terrifying!"

"so……"

Zhang Mu asked Guo Qun suspiciously, "Prefect, the third method you mentioned wouldn't be referring to forcibly breaking through to the brink of death, would it?"

Guo Qun replied, "It's barely correct, but not entirely accurate."

"Because in that dramatic turn of events, in order to resist the enemy's attack, the soldiers and civilians in Wuyuan County not only left the blood essence collected from the enemy's corpses to Lü Bu, but they themselves also sacrificed their own blood essence to Lü Bu on the eve of the city's fall."

"After refining the essence and blood of the alien races and the Han soldiers and civilians, Lu Bu, who was already at the peak of the Gathering Qi Realm, managed to suppress the demonic nature that had been born within him and took that crucial step."

At this point, Guo Qun's expression revealed a hint of regret.

"It is precisely because Lü Bu's method of breakthrough was too unbelievable that, even though he was already at the Martial Prime realm, the court was wary of the demonic nature that might erupt within him at any time, and never summoned him to be a border general."

"I'm scared..."

"It's just that one day he couldn't suppress the demonic nature within him and transformed into a demonic general who harmed both himself and his enemies!"

After listening to Guo Qun's story, Zhang Mu felt a headache coming on.

It's better not to say anything than to say it.

He could not allow Zhang Liao to raise his sword against the soldiers and civilians of Han territory in order to break through.

At the same time, he also understood completely:

Why was it that in the previous encounters with Lü Bu, all I ever saw was Lü Bu sitting alone on the ruins of Wuyuan County?

Perhaps, Lü Bu had always been fighting against the demonic nature that had been born within him.

or……

Lu Bu could not bear to part with Wuyuan County, the land that nurtured him, and he continued to watch over his homeland, remembering the people and things that had passed away.

Immediately afterwards, a question arose in Zhang Mu's mind:

Will Lu Bu one day in the future lose control because he can no longer suppress the demonic nature within him?

If it really gets out of control.

When will he transform into a demon general driven by a bloodlust?

Was it at Hulao Pass during the campaign against Dong Zhuo? Or at the time of Dong Zhuo's execution?

Zhang Liao's considerations were not as far-reaching as Zhang Mu's. After listening to the account of Guo Qun, the governor of Yanmen Commandery, Zhang Liao's expression revealed resistance.

"Break through the borders with the blood of my Han people..."

"Brother, Prefect Guo, Liao really does not want to do this."

Zhang Liao would rather choose the first option than this one.

As a Han general, he had no intention of rebelling against the court, so the drawbacks of the first method of breaking through the borders were almost negligible in Zhang Liao's view.

"Your Excellency, please tell me about the last half of the method!"

Zhang Mu shrugged and continued with little interest, "Of course, if Imperial Tutor Wang Yue's method of breaking through realms is still as wicked as Lü Bu's, then you don't need to say anything more."

"Instead of wasting your breath, you'd better write a talisman."

"At that time, Mu Hao will take Wen Yuan to General He Jin's residence in Luoyang."

When He Jin's name was mentioned, Zhang Mu's tone showed no respect whatsoever.

Although Martial Realm experts are suppressed by the Imperial Court's Dragon Qi Array within Luoyang City, preventing them from fully unleashing their strength.

However, General He Jin himself was simply not very capable!

If He Jin were to be oblivious and deliberately make things difficult for him, Zhang Mu believed that with his own strength, he could kill He Jin and still manage to escape Luoyang.

"You rascal... you're actually complaining!"

Guo Qun was quite angry at Zhang Mu's remarks, and the veins on his forehead throbbed.

After a long silence, he suppressed his anger and said impatiently, "I am not familiar with the method by which Imperial Tutor Wang Yue broke through to the next realm."

"But I once heard the 'Divine Lord' of the Xun family in Yingchuan casually mention that Wang Yue seemed to have entered Helan with his sword, defeated the strong with the weak, forcibly killed the Qiang chieftain who was at the Martial Prime Realm, and then seized the tribe's destiny to break through the realm."

Xun Shu: Xun Yu's grandfather, who, like Zhuge Liang, was known as the Crouching Dragon, was also revered as a divine ruler in history.

"What about the authenticity of this?"

"Only Wang Yue himself probably knows the truth, which is why I, the prefect, said that this is half of a method to break through to the next realm."

After Guo Qun finished speaking, he thought Zhang Mu would be disappointed with this last method of breaking through to the next realm. But when he looked at Zhang Mu, he saw that the young man smiled out of character.

"Kouji, you wouldn't be preparing for...?"

Considering Zhang Mu's style of doing things, Guo Qun vaguely guessed Zhang Mu's plan.

"Your Excellency, why not?"

"I'm not familiar with Wang Yue, so I can't get confirmation from him in person, but that doesn't stop me from giving it a try!" Zhang Mu said.

"With Mu guarding the side, even if Wen Yuan can't defeat that alien Martial Phase Realm expert, his life will be safe."

"At worst..."

To Guo Qun, Zhang Mu's smile at that moment was unexpectedly somewhat creepy.

"Mu can cripple the enemy first, and then let Wen Yuan take action."

Guo Qun: "..."

That argument was so twisted yet so reasonable that he didn't know how to refute it for a moment.

"Wen Yuan, there's some commotion below the watchtower. Go and take a look, and make sure those who have broken through after consuming the Blood Pill don't cause any trouble."

Guo Qun, the governor of Yanmen Commandery, gave Zhang Liao an order and then pointed to the battlefield outside the city.

There, not only were people cheering, but there was also a significant fluctuation of blood energy, indicating that someone had broken through.

"good!"

Zhang Liao trusted Guo Qun's orders without question.

Zhang Mu watched as Guo Qun found an excuse to send Zhang Liao away. He did not speak up to stop him, but instead watched Guo Qun with a leisurely air, waiting for him to continue.

"Kongji!"

"What I'm curious about is, how did you break through to the Martial Phase Realm?"

"hehe!"

"It seems you haven't experienced any of the three half-breakthrough techniques I just mentioned."

Guo Qun was not worried that her question would offend or displease Zhang Mu.

The relationship between him, the governor of Yanmen Commandery, and Zhang Mu, the border garrison commander, was less like that of a superior and subordinate, and more like that of an uncle and nephew.

Although Zhang Mu, that brat, has always refused to call him "uncle," Guo Qun has always regarded the two brothers, Zhang Mu and Zhang Liao, as his own nephews and nieces. Otherwise, how could he have sat idly by while Zhang Mu's prestige in Yanmen County was gradually surpassing that of him, the county governor?

Part of this was due to Guo Qun's easygoing personality, but more so to his deliberate indulgence and delegation of power.

Zhang Mu stared at Guo Qun, who had abruptly changed the subject to himself, without a trace of surprise on his face.

Under Guo Qun's watchful gaze, Zhang Mu began to ponder seriously.

"If that's your question, Prefect..."

The next moment, Zhang Mu nodded seriously.

"talent!!!"

After uttering this term, he didn't even look at Guo Qun's reaction, and waved his hand as he descended from the top of Yanmen City.

Having understood the reason for Zhang Liao's imprisonment, he decided to take Zhang Liao to the ruins of Wuyuan County that very night.

First, observe Lu Bu's current mental state, and then take a closer look at the drawbacks of the breakthrough method he used.

then……

If it turns out that Lü Bu's method of breaking through realms indeed has endless consequences, then it wouldn't be too late for him to go deeper into the northern frontier and let Zhang Liao test Wang Yue's method of breaking through realms.

Upon hearing Zhang Mu's frivolous reply, Guo Qun's expression froze.

Watching his carefree departure, the governor of Yanmen County couldn't help but chuckle.

"Too."

"Perhaps only the word 'talent' can explain it, but this tone is a bit too youthful and arrogant."

After laughing, Guo Qun slowly turned his head and looked towards Yingchuan, his hometown.

"Fengxiao, this young man's arrogance is just like yours!"

"No wonder you think so highly of him and have tried so hard to persuade your uncle to come to Yanmen to take up his post."

Yingchuan.

In a brothel filled with beautiful women, a dissolute scholar, who was embracing two girls, seemed to hear his uncle's murmurs from afar through a blood connection, and turned his head to look north.

Deep within the eyes of the dissolute scholar, yin and yang fish, formed from the condensation of extreme death energy, spun rapidly.

When the yin-yang fish reached their extreme rotation, they faintly connected with the lingering death energy on the corpses of the Xianbei people who died in battle outside Yanmen County, casting the scene of the borderland into the eyes of the dissolute scholar.

His eyes can see into the netherworld!

This is one of the literary supernatural powers wielded by the dissolute scholar.

If a certain number of people die anywhere in the world, the death energy they generate can be sensed by him.

He can also use that death energy to do things that ordinary people cannot.

The ability to see scenes thousands of miles away is derived from this ability.

Two breaths later, the yin-yang fish in the eyes of the dissolute scholar stopped moving, and his eyes returned to their original black color.

It was as if they hadn't seen anything at all.

Amidst the shy exclamations of the girl in his arms, the scholar plunged headfirst into her softness, becoming completely captivated and unable to extricate himself.

He possesses numerous supernatural powers of the literary and ghostly paths, but what does it matter if he can control death energy?

In a world where death was ever-present, only this soft, white snow allowed Guo Fengxiao to truly feel the vibrant life force that filled this mortal world!

opposite.

A young scholar, with refined features and an elegant demeanor, like a jade-carved gentleman, gazed at his dashing and unrestrained friend, silently took out a book from his robes, buried himself in it, and began to read through the wisdom left by sages of the past.

On the other side were Guo Jia and the gentlemen and scholars.

The other white-robed scholar, sitting there, gazed at his two close friends with such contrasting styles, finding it utterly amusing.