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

If Ying Zheng makes another request that he can't refuse, should he just brush him off every time?

Thinking of this, Cao Ze's mood worsened.

Indeed, when one is in the imperial court, one is not in control of one's own destiny.

Even Lü Buwei, who held immense power and had become the most powerful man in Qin, could not act as he pleased and ultimately met his downfall.

"Who?!"

Jing Ni suddenly shouted coldly. With a clang, Jing Ni's sword was already drawn.

Cao Ze looked over and, by the moonlight, could clearly see more than a dozen people dressed in black, stealthily approaching them.

"Capture them! Leave them alive!"

A deep, magnetic voice rang out, and immediately seven or eight men in black rushed towards Cao Ze and Jing Ni.

"That sounds familiar..." Cao Ze thought for a moment, grabbed the hand of a man in black who reached out like a claw, and twisted it, breaking the man's arm.

"Ugh..." the man in black groaned, his body drenched in cold sweat.

That's some really impressive hard skill!

Although Cao Ze subdued the man in black with a single blow, he also sensed that the man in black was extraordinary.

"Are you from the Armored Sect?"

Cao Ze took a step back, dodging the three long swords that came slashing down, and looked at the woman in black with a voluptuous figure, whose ample bosom was hard to conceal even in black clothes.

If I'm not mistaken, this woman is Mei San Niang, Dian Qing's junior sister.

"Hmph! Still a master!"

Mei San Niang grabbed an enormous scythe and swung it directly at Cao Ze.

Just as Cao Ze was about to send a telepathic message to Jing Ni to capture the person, one of the men in black blurted out, "He is Cao Ze!"

Only then did Cao Ze notice a man in black wielding an eight-foot bronze battle sword.

"Ji Wuye?"

Wow... what luck tonight?

At that moment, Jing Ni and Ji Wuye clashed.

Ji Wuye secretly groaned. If it weren't for the seven or eight elite disciples of the Armored Sect supporting him, he probably would have turned around and left without even thinking.

I should have gone with Mei San Niang to scout ahead first, instead of staying behind with Dian Qing. Who knows how we ended up running into that jinx Jing Ni? If only we'd only encountered Cao Ze, he just wouldn't have...

"Shh!"

Because of a momentary lapse in concentration, Ji Wuye was almost stabbed in the throat by Jing Ni's sword and died on the spot.

Ji Wuye's pupils constricted, his fierce aura forced out by Jing Ni, his eyes filled with savagery.

Relying on his own external martial arts skills, he fought against Jing Ni.

Meanwhile, Mei San Niang, carrying a huge scythe, looked at Cao Ze with suspicion and uncertainty.

"You're Cao Ze?"

Cao Ze slowly drew his Zhanlu sword, looked at Mei San Niang and the five or six men in black beside her, and said unhurriedly, "That's right, I am Cao Ze. You came here tonight to spy on the military camp, didn't you?"

Mei San Niang suddenly laughed and said, "I never expected you to be such a fair-skinned and delicate pretty boy."

Cao Ze's face stiffened slightly. Delicate skin and tender flesh? A pretty boy?

How could such a tall, imposing, and extraordinary man be described as a delicate, pale-faced pretty boy?

Damn it!

When Cao Ze looked at Mei San Niang, who was not much shorter than himself, he suddenly understood why this fierce woman had said those words.

It is said that the Armored Sect's ultimate hardness ability can forge the human body into a shield, making it impervious to swords and spears, and allowing one to walk freely on the tip of a blade.

If the weak point cannot be found, the practitioner of this hard skill cannot be killed.

I just don't know where Mei San Niang's weak point is, and whether he can penetrate it...

The jumble of thoughts vanished in an instant, and the next moment, Mei San Niang's sickle came crashing down.

Cao Ze raised his sword to parry, intending to test Mei San Niang's strength.

"Ding……"

The sound of metal striking metal is extremely clear.

Cao Ze's grip on the sword felt slightly numb.

"That's strong."

Cao Ze couldn't help but praise Mei San Niang.

Mei San Niang's strength is roughly at the second-rate level, but with her well-cultivated hard skills, she is able to hold her own against first-rate masters.

Mei San Niang sneered, "Still have the mind to talk about this? Take this!"

Cao Ze secretly wondered where Mei San Niang got her confidence from.

He was, after all, a half-step Grandmaster, and Jingni was a Grandmaster. This was not some secret information, and Mei San Niang had no reason not to know it, much less to fail to see that the situation was not favorable for them.

With this thought in mind, Cao Ze decided to focus all his efforts on winning over Mei San Niang.

"Thorn..."

A bright and a dark bolt of lightning appeared in Cao Ze's palms.

He is now able to flexibly use Yin Five Thunder and Yang Five Thunder, and simultaneously use Palm Thunder, which is extremely powerful.

If he hits Mei San Niang, it will be enough to make her lie down on the spot and be bullied by him.

Mei San Niang's expression changed slightly as she faced Cao Ze's fierce attack.

The next moment, a whooshing sound rang out, followed by a short-handled giant sword resembling an axe.

The attack was swift and ruthless, severing both of Cao Ze's arms.

Left with no other choice, Cao Ze unleashed a palm strike from his left hand, directly clashing with the short-handled giant sword.

At the same time, Mei San Niang swung her sickle, and Cao Ze countered with a palm strike from his right hand, slamming it into Mei San Niang's sickle.

Mei San Niang was forced back by the palm lightning, staring in shock at the fair-skinned Cao Ze, never expecting that this pretty boy was really that strong.

The reason she felt contempt for Cao Ze was because she had just seen him shamelessly kiss Jing Ni's face.

She had a preconceived notion that Cao Ze was a lecherous scoundrel, and even after Ji Wuye revealed that he was Cao Ze, her opinion didn't change.

In her mind, only a man who can beat her and conquer her can earn her respect.

Cao Ze had no interest in seeing Mei San Niang, nor did he care what Mei San Niang thought.

He looked at the men in black who came out from all directions with a somewhat unpleasant expression.

What's going on? A night raid?

What was Meng Tian thinking? He didn't even send out scouts to guard against a night attack?

It should be noted that the Wei Wuzu were the strongest infantry force in field battles among the seven kingdoms.

Even without riding horses, three thousand Wei infantrymen were enough to cut through the Pingyang heavy armor army and inflict heavy damage on them.

But the next moment Cao Ze realized that those scouts would have a hard time sending signals in the hands of Ji Wuye, Mei Sanniang, Dian Qing, and the elite of the Armored Gate.

Jing Ni realized something was wrong, repelled Ji Wuye, and dodged the group of elites from the Armored Sect to reach Cao Ze's side.

The ground trembled slightly, and a burly man, even larger than Wushuang Gui, walked over.

"Third Sister, are you alright?"

Mei San Niang rubbed her wrist and said, "Senior brother is alright. I didn't expect this delicate-skinned boy to be so strong."

Dian Qing said in a deep voice, "Cao Ze, a half-step Grandmaster. Lord Longyang and Lord Xinling have both spoken of you and valued you highly, but they did not take your strength seriously."

"My name is Dian Qing, a centurion of the Wei Kingdom and the senior disciple of the Armored Sect."

Although he calls himself the senior brother of the Armored Sect, he is actually the sect leader. However, because his master was killed by Wei Yong, he still harbors some resentment and has not chosen to succeed as the sect leader. He still considers himself the senior brother of the Armored Sect.

Cao Ze discreetly retreated some distance from Jing Ni to avoid being surrounded by Wei Wu soldiers.

He did not believe that he and Jing Ni could escape from the encirclement of three thousand Wei soldiers.

"Your strength is not weak."

Cao Ze was somewhat relieved that he hadn't listened to Meng Tian's nonsense and joined forces with Jing Ni to kill Dian Qing.

He underestimated Dian Qing.

In the original novel, Dian Qing was killed not because of his strength, but because Mei San Niang exposed his weakness.

Dian Qing's current strength is definitely at the half-step grandmaster level. Coupled with his hard skills and innate superhuman strength, he is enough to compete with a grandmaster.

These days, honest people are all terrifying... Cao Ze sighed inwardly.

"General Dian Qing, don't waste words with him. Kill Cao Ze and Jing Ni first, then launch a night raid on the Pingyang Heavy Armor Army camp!"

Ji Wuye had a hideous sword wound on his face, and he looked at Jing Ni with a mixture of fear and resentment.

He never expected that his martial arts skills would be so easily defeated by Jingni's sword.

This shocked him no less than when he was pinned down and beaten by Dian Qing, who also practiced hard kung fu, tonight.

Dian Qing picked up the short-handled giant sword from the ground and said in a deep voice, "I can't catch them, let's retreat."

This was his proposed night raid plan.

But it has already been exposed, and the plan has failed.

Cao Ze was about to pull back Huo Liuxing when he heard Dian Qing retreat immediately, which surprised him again.

You wouldn't believe this big, honest guy is so decisive.

This alone is enough for Meng Tian to learn when to advance and when to retreat.

Ji Wuye was speechless and could only reluctantly follow Dian Qing away.

Mei San Niang turned around and called out to Cao Ze, "Kid, let's practice again sometime!"

Cao Ze gave a mysterious smile, unable to understand Mei San Niang's attitude towards him upon their first meeting.