People in the Qin Dynasty, entertained during the Warring States period

"Son?" The Marquis waved her hand and struck Cao Ze with an icy palm, saying disdainfully, "Bound by family ties, one will inevitably be burdened by family ties. The Bai family has no family ties, so they can be ruthless to themselves and ruthless to their enemies!"

Cao Ze then realized why Madam Mingzhu's eyes held an indescribable emotion when she spoke of her parents.

So it was hatred.

Cao Ze narrowly dodged the Marquis's icy palm strike and instantly retreated ten feet, landing in front of Ji Wuye and the others.

Ji Wuye sneered, "Sir, you are quite skilled, keeping your abilities well hidden. Have you killed enough of the birds of Ghost Mountain?"

Cao Ze cupped his hands and said, "General, you jest."

Ji Wuye snorted and fell silent, staring intently at the Marquis standing on the edge of the cliff. Suddenly, he burst into laughter: "Patriarch Bai, with cliffs all around, you can't escape!"

He was initially worried that the Marquis would fight to the death and escape, defeating them one by one, but unexpectedly, the scene changed, and the Marquis was surrounded by them at the edge of the cliff.

"Disgusting wretch." The Marquis remained unfazed, regarding Ji Wuye and the others as worthless as dirt chickens and clay dogs.

Bai Yifei and Yin Fu landed in front of the Marquis. "Mother, don't worry, we're here..."

The Marquis waved her hand and knocked Bai Yifei, who was unaware of the truth, to the ground.

You've completely disgraced the Bai family!

Bai Yifei was stunned. What was going on? His mother had discovered him before he could even take any action?

Yin Fu's gaze darkened slightly. If the Marquis found out about Bai Yifei's secret collusion with him, he would die on the spot.

Ji Wuye and the others did not rush to surround and kill, but instead watched the spectacle.

Han Fei whispered to Cao Ze, "Where have you been?"

Cao Ze smiled without saying a word: "There was a bit of an unexpected gain."

The fact that the animal hide scroll was valued so highly by a Marquis who was already at the peak of the Grandmaster level meant that it must have a great secret. Even if it was not as good as the Azure Dragon Seven Constellations, it wouldn't be too far off.

The only difficulty is not knowing where this rune came from.

Bai Yifei turned over and knelt on one knee: "Please forgive me, Mother!"

"Hmph!" The Marquis's gaze turned slightly cold as she said, "Were your previous injuries faked?"

Bai Yifei remained silent. The moment his mother hit him, his previous lie had already been exposed.

The Marquis was even more certain that what Cao Ze said was true, "You've really found a good subordinate."

Bai Yifei held his breath, "I was blind and trusted the thief!"

The Marquis said calmly, "Then kill him right now in front of me."

Bai Yifei gritted his teeth and said, "Yes!"

He now understood that it was Cao Ze who had sneaked into his residence that night to steal the mother Gu.

So the blood curse in his body has been resolved.

"Cao Ze, get out here!"

Bai Yifei let out a cold shout, and more than a dozen ice spikes suddenly shot out from the ground, venting his anger.

They really treated him like a monkey!

Cao Ze took a step forward and said arrogantly, "Bai Yifei, you really are a good dog who listens to your mother."

Cao Ze struck a nerve, enraging Bai Yifei.

What he least wanted to face was the way his mother looked at him; it wasn't like she was looking at a child, but rather like she was looking at a dog.

"Go to hell!"

The red and white swords, their blood-red light accompanied by a cold glint, instantly slashed towards Cao Ze.

Cao Ze spread his arms, and more than a dozen lightning bolts, like thunder snakes, shattered the sword light.

Bai Yifei's pupils contracted slightly. He didn't think much of Cao Ze and his mother's fight from a distance, but after fighting them himself, he realized that Cao Ze's strength might be a notch above his own.

Although Han Fei really wanted someone to teach his brother-in-law a lesson, now was clearly not the time.

He coughed lightly: "Gentlemen, do not let the Marquis recover."

Wei Zhuang snorted coldly and slashed at the Marquis first.

The opportunity to fight against a master at the peak of the Grandmaster level is rare. This time, he wants to hone his Shark Tooth skill, overtake his senior brother, and become stronger!

Ji Wuye snorted at Cao Ze in displeasure and led the Mo Ya and Bai Feng into battle.

Cao Ze is at most a minor threat, but the Marquis is truly deadly.

Cao Ze, taking into account the surrounding situation, pressed Bai Yifei's attacks while simultaneously making his own plans.

Now that his strength and identity have been exposed, Ji Wuye knows that he is the one who slaughtered Guishan.

Once the Marquis no longer has any scruples, she will surely take revenge on him.

But if the Marquis leaves this place alive, she will also take action against him.

Therefore, a good marquis is one who is half-dead, controlled by him, and whom he can manipulate and whip at will.

With this thought in mind, Cao Ze had an idea and secretly transmitted his voice to Jing Ni, who was hiding under the cliff.

With Jing Ni around, the Marquis's life and death are in his hands.

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Chapter 324 Unbearable Shame and Indignation

Mingzhu Palace was the bedroom of Lady Mingzhu. Various kinds of incense, such as musk, tulip, agarwood, and ambergris, were burned in the palace all year round.

Over the years, even the beams and pillars in the hall have developed a faint, exotic fragrance.

Lady Mingzhu paced back and forth in the hall, looking somewhat uneasy.

The sound of high heels clicking on the floor echoed in the hall, sometimes loud, sometimes soft.

According to what she knew, the forces of Quicksand and Nightfall would launch a night attack on Snowclothes Castle tonight and kill the Marquis.

It has been well past midnight, and there has still been no news.

Lady Mingzhu hesitated for a long time before turning back to her bedroom. She changed out of the purple palace dress that accentuated her alluring figure, put on a black hooded robe, and, under the cover of night, left the Han Palace and secretly went to Xueyi Fort outside the city.

She was torn between wanting her aunt to be beaten to death and not wanting her aunt to be beaten to death.

No matter how selfish her aunt was, or how much she wronged her parents in the past, she is now the matriarch of the Bai family, the one the Bai family relies on to establish itself in Korea, and even replace Korea.

She was a glamorous First Lady, but only she knew that Korea had been hollowed out by the darkness of night and was rotten inside.

Outside Snowcloth Fortress, the shouts of battle continued.

At the cliff behind, the Marquis single-handedly withstood the relentless attacks of the crowd without falling behind.

"Hmph! So what if you outnumber me? To me, you are nothing but a bunch of insects. When I ascend the throne one day, I will have you all executed, your corpses left to rot in the wilderness, to be pecked at by vultures!"

The fox fur draped over the Marquis's shoulders was torn, revealing her white clothes underneath.

Her almond-shaped eyes were filled with murderous intent, and her face was radiating a chilling aura.

The surrounding area was covered with dense ice spikes, leaving almost no room to stand.

Ji Wuye landed abruptly, slamming his fist into the ground and shattering the ice spikes around him. Facing the Marquis's arrogant words, he sneered coldly, "Patriarch Bai, if you cripple your cultivation, I can spare your life!"

All he got in return were more ice spikes. Ji Wuye was covered in blood and looked extremely disheveled. He would dodge if he could, and if he couldn't, he would just take the hits.

He dared not hold back, fearing that the Baiyue and Liusha would stab him in the back.

Wei Zhuang, on the other hand, did not have as many concerns as Ji Wuye. Such an opponent was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and if he did not hone his swordsmanship now, when would he?

"Spanning all directions!"

The eerie and chilling sword energy collided with the dense ice spikes, sending ice shards flying everywhere and creating a misty icy fog.

Cao Ze laughed loudly, "Me too!"

The combination of the Northern Azure Pool and the Wandering Thunder created a landscape of dancing lightning snakes, destroying almost half of the ice spikes on the ground and significantly diminishing the battlefield created by the Marquis.

The Marquis's hair flew wildly, and her beautiful eyes gradually turned blood red.

Far from feeling any fear, she became even more excited.

Back then, she faced Bai Qi, who was almost a Grandmaster, without the slightest fear of battle. She disregarded life and death and fought against him. How could she back down in front of a group of juniors who were inferior to her?

"Ice Phoenix!"

She formed hand seals and used nearly ten percent of her power to unleash a martial art technique she had created herself.

The area within a radius of several dozen meters instantly turned into a world of ice. The extreme cold greatly reduced the strength of second-rate experts like Mo Ya and Bai Feng.

Ji Wuye shouted in a low voice, "Leave!"

Not long ago, the Marquis casually used "Ice Phoenix" to injure him, let alone now that she is desperately using "Ice Phoenix".

Even if he were to take the hit head-on with all his might, his life or death would be uncertain, let alone those with fragile bodies like Mo Ya and Bai Feng.

Now, there are few experts left in the Nightfall faction. Hundred Birds have been almost completely slaughtered by Cao Ze and Tian Ze. He doesn't want any more of his capable subordinates to die or be injured, leaving him with no one to use.

While Tianze was entangled with Bai Yifei, he sensed a chilling aura and caused the Hundred Poison King and the Corpse-Driving Demon to leave as well.

Han Fei ran a hundred meters away early, squatted on a tree with the Reverse Scale Sword in his arms, and looked at the battlefield in front of him with some worry.

It looks like we can win, but it also seems like we can't.

It made him unsure whether he should risk his life or not.

It's all Cao Ze's fault. Why did he have to go to Snowclothes Castle to steal something? It would have been so much more satisfying to stab the Marquis in the back.

Cao Ze was unaware of his brother-in-law's grievances; otherwise, he would have certainly given his sister a hard time.

Seeing that the situation had reached a stalemate, Bai Yifei retreated more than ten steps, slammed his palm on the icy ground, and shouted in a low voice: "Ice!"

The already frigid ice layer became even colder, and the illusory ice phoenix behind Bai Luan almost materialized.

Seeing his poisonous mist freeze into ice shards, the King of Poisons helplessly shook his stiff hands.

Is this what makes the peak Grandmaster level so terrifying?

He thought of the woman from before; no wonder she could make the four of them gasp for breath with just her sword intent—the difference in strength was too great.

Han Qiancheng fired three arrows at the Marquis, all of which fell to the ground frozen half a zhang away from her.