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

He knew all too well what this meant.

Although Lü Buwei's life was not in danger, his position was about to be in jeopardy.

Based on this fate, he predicted that Lü Buwei would likely be dismissed from his post as prime minister soon.

Although this speculation was somewhat ridiculous, he couldn't help but think about it more.

Will Lü Buwei continue to wield immense power in the Qin state?

How could the subtle change in Donghuang Taiyi's tone escape the notice of Lü Buwei, who was used to dealing with people?

His heart sank slightly, but his expression remained calm.

"Master of the Eastern Emperor Sect, if I remember correctly, back in the Zhao Kingdom, you led the Yin-Yang School followers to fight against the Three-Handed Sword Demon Lu Goujian, the Nameless Sword Saint, the Master of the School of Names Gongsun Long, and Wei Gongzi Mou of the Yang Zhu School of Taoism, among others. Is that correct?"

"The Three-Handed Sword Demon is a swordsman worthy of respect. His sword strike, delivered with his life on the line, is so powerful that even I must temporarily yield to its edge."

Donghuang Taiyi knew that the existence of the Nameless Sword Saint and Gongsun Long made Lü Buwei uneasy.

Therefore, we will only discuss the three-handed sword demon Lu Goujian.

He was unwilling to risk the backlash of the elixir of immortality and fight the Nameless Sword Saint and others just to help Lü Buwei.

Lu Buwei sneered inwardly. He had seen Donghuang Taiyi's attitude far too often in officialdom. In the end, it was nothing more than a desire to inflate the price because Donghuang Taiyi wasn't valuable enough.

"I previously heard that the Eastern Emperor Sect Leader wanted to promote the Yin-Yang School's 'Theory of the Five Elements' in the Qin State..."

He naturally wouldn't have helped Donghuang Taiyi promote the Yin-Yang school's ideology.

He secretly restricted not only the Yin-Yang School, but also Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism... all the schools of thought, making way for his "Lüshi Chunqiu".

Unfortunately, his painstakingly crafted masterpiece was turned into a complete mess by Cao Ze and Cheng Jiao.

This is why he chose to kill Cao Ze and Cheng Jiao directly.

This is absolutely outrageous.

It’s tolerable, it’s unbearable!

Donghuang Taiyi was somewhat tempted by the conditions implied by Lü Buwei.

The young King of Qin is not paying much attention to the Yin-Yang School, so the "Theory of the Five Elements" has naturally been shelved.

The plan to make the Yin-Yang School have sufficient influence in the Qin State, while not entirely unsuccessful, did not achieve the desired effect.

Of course, everything he did was to use the power of the Qin state to collect the scattered bronze treasure boxes, find the legendary Azure Dragon Seven Mansions, and obtain true immortality.

The best way to achieve this goal is to make the young King of Qin crave immortality and pursue it at any cost.

Unfortunately, the young King of Qin is still quite young. It will take at least another one or two decades for him to start thinking things through.

However, taking advantage of this time, the Qin state unified the seven states, verifying the ancient legends.

Whenever the world is unified, it is the time when the Azure Dragon is born.

"I appreciate Prime Minister Lü's kindness."

Donghuang Taiyi asked in a clear, ethereal voice, "Xu Fu, is Old Man Zheng awake?"

Xu Fu respectfully replied, "I have been awake for quite some time after taking the elixir."

Lu Buwei's expression was somewhat unpleasant. He believed that the conditions he had offered were already very generous, and that he had already hinted at more cooperation with Donghuang Taiyi in the future. However, he did not expect that Donghuang Taiyi would still choose to avoid the topic.

He was somewhat surprised and suspicious.

Did something happen that he doesn't know about?

What is Donghuang Taiyi afraid of?

……

The Cao residence.

Zi Nu is temporarily staying here.

At this moment, she and Cao Ze were examining Xuan Jian, who had been awake for some time.

"Xuan Jian, this should be our first formal meeting."

Cao Ze spoke first.

Xuan Jian's face was weathered, his beard was unshaven, and his hair was disheveled. His once unrestrained and arrogant appearance had become somewhat haggard.

Although his injuries are severe, he will recover after a month of recuperation and quiet rest.

However, in order to completely break free from the control of the Net, he used the special power of the Eight Linglong to break through the restrictions in his soul, but his soul was also seriously injured.

"……Yes."

Xuan Jian was extremely sparing with his words, and his eyes held a look of utter despair and hopelessness.

Cao Ze frowned slightly and pondered, "Don't you want revenge?"

Xuan Jian said expressionlessly, "You want me to become your murder weapon?"

Cao Ze said bluntly, "You can understand it that way."

“Heh…” Xuan Jian sneered, “I risked my life to break free from the control of the Net, yet you still want me to be your dog.”

Zi Nu smiled faintly and said, "You have attempted to assassinate him many times. Although you were controlled by the Luo Wang, it cannot be denied that you were the one who did it. It is only right for us to kill you."

Xuan Jian didn't even blink: "So what if I die?"

"I killed 136 people for revenge and 154 people to repay a debt of gratitude. I should have died long ago!"

Zi Nu was speechless for a moment. What was most troublesome were these "invincible" people who were not afraid of death and had no weaknesses.

Cao Ze pondered for a moment.

"I can let you go and give you your freedom."

Xuan Jian remained unmoved. "Want to negotiate?"

Cao Ze said, "That's right. I want to deal with Lü Buwei."

Xuan Jian said coldly, "Leaving aside Lü Buwei's absolute power in the court and the assassins of the Luo Wang, the Jianghu retainers in the Prime Minister's mansion alone are not easy to deal with."

"While there are no grandmasters, there is no shortage of first-rate experts who have been famous for a long time. How could you possibly deal with them?"

Cao Ze said calmly, "That's not something you need to worry about. If you're willing to cooperate, then stay. After it's done, you can go wherever you want. If you're not willing to cooperate, today will be your death anniversary."

Xuan Jian didn't think too much about it. "Fine, I'll stay and see how you deal with Lü Buwei."

Cao Ze smiled and said, "You are very decisive. It's a pleasure working with you."

Xuan Jian calmly replied, "If you hadn't been decisive, you would have already died in the missions of the Luo Wang."

After saying this, he dragged his injured body away from Cao Ze's residence, and Cao Ze did not stop him.

For him, Xuan Jian was merely a link in the chain to eliminate Lü Buwei; important, but not indispensable.

He believed that Xuan Jian was very interested in killing Lü Buwei and that old man Zheng.

Just as Zi Nu was about to say something, she saw Xuan Jian, who had just left, turn back.

"I also have a collaboration I'd like to discuss with you. Are you interested?"

Cao Ze asked curiously, "What kind of cooperation?"

In his view, apart from the two black and white swords that were somewhat attractive to him, there was nothing else about Xuan Jian that he could discuss cooperation with.

Xuan Jian slowly said, "Do you want to obtain the Eight Linglong?"

"Different minds, one body, eight sides, this kind of power..." Cao Ze shook his head: "I have no interest in the Eight Linglong."

He personally witnessed how Xuan Jian was tortured by the Eight Linglong.

Although the Eight Linglong could greatly increase one's spiritual power, he didn't want to suffer such torment.

Xuan Jian nodded: "Okay."

"Wait a minute..." Cao Ze said, stopping Xuan Jian from leaving.

"Can you control the Eight Linglongs at will?"

Xuan Jian was silent for a moment, then said, "No, it's not possible. The Eight Linglong have now merged into one, becoming a chaotic mass of divine soul power that has been bewitching and controlling me... If you don't need it, I can only sever and discard it to avoid falling into madness again."

Zi Nu frowned slightly and said in a low voice, "Do you want it?"

Cao Ze nodded slightly. "I have that idea."

He had just remembered the Cold Marrow Jade he had obtained in the Snow Robe Fortress in South Korea, which seemed to be the nemesis of this thing.

I wonder how Blood-Clad Marquis's mother is doing. I hope she wasn't killed by Lady Mingzhu.

That would be a shame.

Cao Ze composed himself and asked Xuan Jian, "How do you want to cooperate?"

“My soul is injured and my meridians are blocked. If you can heal me, I will give you the Eight Linglong.”

Xuan Jian paused for a moment, then said, "I can tell you that as long as you can refine it, your soul power will not be weaker than those grandmasters, and may even be stronger."

Cao Ze didn't hesitate: "Okay!"

Xuan Jian left without saying a word.

He knew Cao Ze could find him.

Zi Nu frowned, and her tone was somewhat unpleasant.

Is it worth taking this risk?

Cao Ze smiled and took out the Frost Marrow Jade he brought from Snow Robe Fortress. "It's not too risky. We can give it a try. If it succeeds, wouldn't it save us from countless arduous cultivation sessions?"

Zi Nu's brows relaxed, and she smiled gently, "I should have guessed that you should have some confidence."

"However, how do you plan to treat Xuan Jian? His injuries are quite severe, especially the injuries to his soul, which are difficult to heal with medicine."

Cao Ze smiled confidently: "His soul is not damaged, so it's not difficult to repair."

He has experience in helping the Black and White Sisters regain their souls.

Fortunately, Xuan Jian's soul was not the problem, just like that of Nian Duan, the head of the medical sect; otherwise, he would have been helpless.

"However, I need to go to the Yin-Yang School."

Zi Nu narrowed her eyes, a deep smile appearing in her purple pupils.