One person ascends to the Pure Huang Court

I cannot bully the people, otherwise I would be a king in vain!

King Dingnan cried out, "Your Highness, it's not that we are trying to shirk our responsibilities. It's just that our country is small and our soldiers are weak. We are not like the Beiyin Emperor's Yin soldiers who are brave and immortal."

"If Your Highness can lead the Yin soldiers to ascend first and contain the so-called God of War, we will certainly support him and follow Your Highness to the death."

"Yeah, yeah."

The King of Han and the King of Wuyue responded in agreement.

These kings of different surnames were all former military governors. As the central government of the Tang Dynasty was weak and unable to control the country, they could only be enthroned as kings to maintain the superficial order.

Therefore, they understood the importance of military power best, so they held it firmly in their hands. Even when they came to reinforce the State of Chu, they personally served as the commander-in-chief.

He was afraid that the commander of the army would become disloyal and overthrow him.

That's how they got to the top, so naturally they're afraid that others think the same way.

The one who first made the figurines has no descendants.

On the contrary, the State of Jin and the Later Liang had vast territories and sufficient military forces, so the King of Jin and Zhu Wen did not come in person.

"Jin State should quickly come to be loyal to the Tang Dynasty and follow Your Highness's lead. Our Jin State is willing to lead the way. If Your Highness has any orders, our Jin State will do its best."

Li Siyuan, the representative of the State of Jin, who had a square head and big ears and looked like a Buddha, shook the folding fan from the Tongwenguan in his hand and said with a smile.

Shen Chong told Xu Huan that Zhang Zifan was the son of Xu Huan, the chief priest of the Thirteen Provinces, and Zhang Xuanling, the Chongxuan Master, and recommended Lu Liang to treat Zhang Xuanling's soul-leaving syndrome.

After regaining their sanity and learning the whereabouts of their son, Zhang Xuanling and his wife Xu Huan rushed to Tongwenguan without stopping and fought with Li Siyuan, who was still seriously injured.

It was because they alarmed Ding Shiman, who was in seclusion, that the couple temporarily let Li Siyuan go and returned to the Tianshi Mansion in Xuanwu Mountain with Zhang Zifan, who was still a little incredulous.

With Ding Shimaan in front and Zhang Xuanling in the back, Li Siyuan's reputation in Tongwenguan was greatly reduced. Therefore, the King of Jin was willing to use him and made him the commander-in-chief and his son Li Cunxu the deputy commander-in-chief, leading the Jin army and the people of Tongwenguan to come for support.

But more importantly, we must clearly see the power of Buyanqi and Bingshenguaitan.

Li Xingyun has no good feelings towards the State of Jin. Even though Li Siyuan is so righteous, if you really let them take charge, who knows what tricks they might play on you.

Li Xingyun sighed. This was the reason why he didn't want to be the emperor. He had to flatter these parasites every day and spend a lot of time and effort. Even when Hongxia had entered the palace, he realized that he had not accomplished anything that day.

Li Xingyun sat back down helplessly and waved his hand: "Let's stop here today, let's go."

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Li Xingyun returned to his temporary residence, the bedroom vacated by the King of Chu, with an expressionless face.

An ancient spell could be heard faintly from the crack of the door. When Li Xingyun pushed the door open, the sound became clearer.

"Lub thawv khoom muaj nqis uas zais qhov zais cia ntawm Longquan, qhia kuv lub ntsej muag tiag tiag."

Li Maozhen held the Longquan treasure box in his hands devoutly, chanting the difficult-to-understand Raojiang spell.

In conjunction with his witchcraft, the iconic tattoo of the Twelve Caves on his left arm, a strange tattoo of the Five Poisons entwined around a divine man sitting cross-legged, and the sun, glowed red, and the vipers and centipedes squirmed as if they were about to come alive and rush out of Li Maozhen's body.

He was trying to use the unique witchcraft of the Twelve Caves to break the seal on the Longquan treasure box.

He was certainly not a thief. No thief would dare to stay at the scene after stealing Li Xingyun's things.

Li Xingyun now has a thousand Silent Ghost Riders with him. Even though Li Maozhen has the strength of a great celestial being and has mastered the Life-Destroying Gu, he will not die even if his internal organs are shattered.

But as long as the cavalry didn't form a battle formation, he would be nothing more than a living target, and would die if he was trampled into a pulp by the cavalry.

This was just a cooperation between the two. When Li Xingyun was overwhelmed by political affairs, Li Maozhen returned to Qi State and handed over the throne of King of Qi to his sister. He led the Qi army to Chu State.

And talked about cooperation with Li Xingyun.

Chapter 411: Treasure Box Opening

Li Maozhen still holds great hope for the Longquan treasure and still stubbornly believes that there is a secret in it that can turn the world around.

Because he has already spent ten years on this matter, the sunk cost is too high, and he is too deeply obsessed, there is no way back.

To this end, he did not hesitate to lend the Qi army to Li Xingyun to help him stabilize the situation, and took the lead in sharing some of the more dangerous tasks of defending the city.

It was only with the support of Qi's generals and soldiers that Li Xingyun was able to temporarily stabilize the situation.

The reason why Li Xingyun wanted the Longquan treasure was very simple. He wanted to use the Longquan treasure to divert the attention of the two opposing parties.

Let both sides stop fighting temporarily and give the people of Chu a chance to breathe.

The kings did not want to confront Li Xiang head-on and waste their own strength, but they just did not want Li Xiang, like a dragon, to go into the sea, so they tried to lock him up in Chu. As long as Li Xiang could not leave Chu, he would not be able to find so many warriors to cultivate a powerful god of war.

You can’t raise a dragon by diving.

After all, the God of War is not a zombie virus, nor is it a method of raising corpses. It cannot make corpses walk, but it can only train living people to become gods of war who are invulnerable to swords and guns and have infinite strength.

Raojiang and Southern Han are both remote and poor areas with sparse populations and weak war potential. The 30,000 military gods he can gather now is already the limit. These 30,000 military gods are equivalent to an army of 500,000.

If conscription is forced again, the people in Li Xiang's territory will be filled with resentment. The poor are good at literature, but the rich are good at martial arts. Those who can reach the level of a great star usually have a sect with their own background, and are considered powerful local residents.

If he really wanted to train this group of people to become military gods, he would really become a lonely man, isolated from the people.

However, the military god trained from weak civilians is not as strong as those trained from warriors and soldiers, and cannot influence the outcome of the battle.

The stronger the person, the stronger the God of War he refines. In the original novel, Li Xingyun and his five companions faced the God of War refined by the leader of Jiuli Village for the first time.

It took the combined efforts of Chi Meng, Li Xingyun, Ji Ruxue, Zhang Zifan, who were all at the middle level, and Hou Qing, who was at the great level, to barely subdue him.

However, when facing the army of the God of War formed by the ordinary people of Raojiang by the witch king Chi Li in the later period, they were able to fight against a hundred people alone, helping Li Xingyun to delay time and wait for the reinforcements brought by Hou Qing.

This fully illustrates that the weapons and monsters made by ordinary people can only be used as fearless, ignorant cannon fodder and strongmen. They are no longer invincible weapons that scare the kings and force them to unite.

Now the princes in the Central Plains have reached a tacit understanding to let the one with the strongest advantage be eliminated first.

They were implementing a disguised tactic of clearing the countryside, preventing Li Xiang from obtaining any resources from the outside world, including population.

The purpose of ordinary wars is nothing more than resources and population. After gaining territory, the rulers will restore order in the territory as soon as possible.

If the territory in his hands is always in chaos, how can the lord profit from it? The occupier usually not only disrupts the local order too much, but also gives some small favors to buy people's hearts.

War brings benefits, but peace brings cash.

But now the kings want to polish it.

Since they are not fighting on their own territory and the King of Chu is providing military rations, the other kings will naturally be happy to play along. This war of attrition can last at least a few months and will not stop until the kings become worried about possible changes in their territories.

It was impossible for Li Xiang to surrender, and the morale of the soldiers would never drop, so they attacked the city tirelessly time and time again.

The people of Chu will suffer. Now Chu is like a huge cold millstone, with a battle going on every day, making everyone restless.

So Li Xingyun planned to divert their attention.

Call ~

The muttering of the curse suddenly stopped. Li Xingyun, who was not used to it for a moment, stopped thinking about it. As if waking up from a dream, he leaned over and asked:

"Done?"

Li Maozhen opened his eyes and reached out to open the treasure box. Li Xingyun subconsciously closed his eyes.

Duan Chengtian once said it very clearly, this Longquan treasure box was not locked, but it contained the Raojiang Holy Gu. Anyone who looked directly at the Holy Gu would be poisoned and die from hallucinations.

Li Xingyun closed his eyes and only heard Li Maozhen say calmly: "It has been successful."

He lifted his eyelids slightly, carefully leaving a slit, and glanced sideways. Seeing that there was nothing unusual about the Longquan Treasure Box, Li Xingyun opened his eyes normally and looked directly at the Longquan Treasure Box.

“It’s actually a clay doll?”

Inside the Longquan treasure box, there was actually a lifelike clay doll with a purple flower clinging to the doll's body. The flower quickly withered after the box was opened. A layer of soil was also spread at the bottom of the box as nutrients.

Li Maozhen touched a little bit of the soil in the box with his finger, rubbed it with his hands, and sniffed the fragrance of the flowers. Having practiced Gu magic in Twelve Caves, he immediately identified the origin of the soil and sneered:

"So that's how it is. This is the rotten soil and Mandala flowers from Shu. It seems that the next clue to the Longquan treasure is in Shu!!"

Li Xingyun picked up the clay doll and thought: "This doll is so finely carved and has a unique face. It is not a traditional clay doll. It must be carved based on the appearance of a certain person. We have to find him."

"It's just that Shu is so vast, it's not easy to find someone."

Li Maozhen sneered and said, "As long as there is an appropriate method, it is not difficult to find someone."

Li Xingyun said: "What can King Qi do?"

Li Maozhen closed the Longquan treasure box and said, "Before I entered the Twelve Caves, I knew there was a man named Wen Tao, known as the Thief Saint. He was proficient in Feng Shui and the Eight Diagrams, and was best at exploring caves to find people. He could find them no matter they were dead or alive."

"You have a Bad Guy by your side. The Bad Guy's intelligence network covers the entire world, so you must have heard of him. This clay doll is not easy to find, but Wen Tao is much easier to find."

Shangguan Yunque came to join Li Xingyun a few days ago, and relying on his status among the bad guys, he helped Li Xingyun find a lot of information.

But unfortunately, the Marshal forbade the Bad People to help Li Xiang and Li Xingyun to gather intelligence on the other side, so Li Xingyun could only rely on spies to explore the movements of Li Xiang's army.

Li Xingyun said: "Okay, I will go find Wen Tao's whereabouts. After gathering the troops, we will set off to Shu."

Li Maozhen said in surprise: "We? You want to go too? How can you leave here? If you leave, it will definitely alert the group of people outside."

Li Xingyun said self-deprecatingly: "What can I do here? I can only be a guerrilla general, putting out fires everywhere."

"But if I leave with a big fanfare, maybe this place will become quieter, and even Li Xiang will keep an eye on my whereabouts."

Li Maozhen didn't understand Li Xingyun's thoughts: "Women's kindness."

Li Xingyun said: "Emperor Taizong once said that the people can carry you, but they can also overturn you. Why don't you want to comfort the people more?"

"King Qi, you are really not as good as your sister in this regard."

Li Maozhen obviously didn't listen: "Your Highness, please don't worry about the internal affairs of Qi."

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After the Raojiang Holy Gu was released, inside a cave in Shu.

A young man from Raojiang, who was about thirteen or fourteen years old, who was sleeping in the palm of a giant statue, woke up.

Chapter 412 Provocation

The next day, Li Xingyun found Shangguan Yunque, hoping to find the thief saint Wen Tao through the channels of the Bad People.

As a result, Shangguan Yunque gave him a big surprise. It turned out that Wen Tao was actually a bad guy, and also one of the thirty-six captains of the Tiangang, the Tianjiexing. Moreover, Shangguan Yunque and Wen Tao had a deep personal friendship.

And Wen Tao himself is in Changsha Prefecture.

This time, in addition to sending his favorite adopted son Zhu Youwen as the commander-in-chief, Zhu Wen also ordered the Xuanming Sect to provide support.

The Xuanming Sect seems to be thriving now, but in fact it is weak inside.

The four great corpse ancestors had left long ago, the leader Zhu Yougui became a demon after he left, the five Yama Kings were captured by Ding Shiman and their lives are uncertain, and the Black and White Impermanence died at the hands of Barron.