Aunt, please don't chase me. I don't want to be the emperor.

"You'll know later. Let's go."

Su Luohua left after saying this, hiding the matter about Tang Lin.

Ji Xian looked at Su Luohua's back and suddenly felt helpless.

Aunt Luohua had her old habit of hiding things and leaving them to the very end. Ji Xian knew her well; she loved the pleasure of "I have a secret, but I won't tell it" and was just like that cunning old man Pang Yuanchu.

Ji Xian often wanted to laugh. Luoxue was obviously the one raised by Pang Yuanchu, so why was it Aunt Luohua who had the same personality as him in the end?

However, Ji Xian didn't get to the bottom of it in the end. Firstly, he knew he couldn't get any information out of it, and secondly, he trusted Su Luohua. He knew very well that although Su Luohua was eccentric, she never let down her team, and she would never let her bad taste ruin things.

Ji Xian and Su Luohua then ordered a captain from the Silver Dragon Guard to lead half of the troops and lead the people to seek refuge elsewhere. The rest of the people then headed south, intending to reach the nearest border and break out to establish contact with the Central Plains.

Su Luoxue and Tang Lin headed north, planning to first meet up with Hua Lan in Katol City, and then continue north to Su Qingqiu's tomb to capture Cheng Ying and stop the conspiracy of Dieying and Baili Qiankun.

.......

Half a day later, Yelu Pinglin and Lu Zhanfei escaped...

After escaping, the two immediately went to Mozan City, which was near the border of the Northern Desert. This was the territory of the Northern Desert Yuhen Tribe and also the largest capital of the tribe.

However, when Yelu Pinglin and Lu Zhanfei arrived, the city had become a dead city.

Corpses were scattered all over the ground and blood flowed like a river. The scene was truly horrific.

The Liaodan army broke through the city and slaughtered everyone in it, whether they were soldiers, civilians, merchants, men, women, young or old, all living beings were killed.

After all this was done, the Liaodan army officially took over the defense of the city. The Liaodan generals stepped up their vigilance and waited for the next order. But before his message could receive a reply, he was informed by the messenger that Yelu Pinglin and Lu Zhanfei had arrived.

The Liaodan general was also shocked when he heard this, and immediately led his men to greet them, and then saw Yelu Pinglin and Lu Zhanfei at the city gate.

"Greetings to the Princess, and to Gang Leader Lu." The Liaodan general saluted and thought, "My Lords, the cleanup of this city is complete. We..."

"roll!"

Lu Zhanfei kicked the Liaodan general angrily, knocking him to the ground.

All the soldiers around were shocked, and the Liaodan generals looked at Lu Zhanfei with their hands on their stomachs in disbelief, wondering what they had done wrong.

Of course, the Liaodan soldiers didn't know that Lu Zhanfei was pissed off at the moment. Even after using the power of blood sacrifice, he still couldn't defeat Su Luoxue. This Liaodan general's advance was really inappropriate, giving him the perfect opportunity to vent his anger.

As expected, Yelu Pinglin also noticed this and glared at Lu Zhanfei with an unhappy look on his face: "Don't take it out on my people."

"Hmph!" Lu Zhanfei glared back at Yelu Pinglin with disdain, then looked at the Liaodan general he had kicked away, pointed at him and shouted, "Since you've killed everyone in this city, then go and get me the blood crystal from this city!"

"Yes Yes!"

The Liaodan generals nodded repeatedly, not daring to delay and quickly got up to do their work.

After a while, the Liaodan general came back and presented several crystal clear red crystals.

These crystals looked like spirit crystals, but lacked any spiritual light and were as red as blood. These stones also emitted no spiritual energy, and all that could be felt was the stench of blood, an extremely strong, bloody smell.

But Lu Zhanfei took a piece without hesitation, crushed it in his hand without hesitation. The moment the blood crystal shattered, a large amount of blood and energy gushed out, but it was all absorbed into Lu Zhanfei's body through his skills.

Everyone around him clearly felt that Lu Zhanfei's already strong blood energy suddenly became even stronger.

But after absorbing the blood and energy, Lu Zhanfei still had a look of dissatisfaction on his face. He looked at Yelu Pinglin and said, "Your ability is far inferior to Baili Qiankun's."

"Be content, you can't be picky now."

Yelu Pinglin's response was not polite at all, and she didn't give Lu Zhanfei any face at all. But this was understandable, after all, Lu Zhanfei didn't give her, Yelu Pinglin, any face either.

These things are called blood crystals, which are the blood sacrifice method modified by Yelu Pinglin.

The Blood Sacrifice method, similar to the Xuan Yin Jue, primarily relies on Qi and blood to nourish the technique, and the best way to obtain Qi and blood is through killing. Therefore, the main method of practicing the Blood Sacrifice method is to kill.

However, the Xuanyin Jue relied not only on Qi and blood, but also on killing intent. Furthermore, the Xuanyin Jue could cultivate the ultimate Yin spiritual power. After successful cultivation, the spirit could be transformed into a physical form, unleashing the ultimate Yin spiritual pressure. The strength and efficiency of its practice were completely incomparable to the blood sacrifice method.

However, the characteristic of practicing through killing and qi and blood is enough to make the practitioner's skills improve rapidly.

The blood sacrifice method that Baili Qiankun had modified back then could transmit blood energy over long distances through formations and talismans. No matter how far away, as long as they were within the range of the formations and talismans, the blood energy of the victim would be transmitted to the caster.

The Daxuan rebels used this method back then. They started a massacre in the nine provinces of the Central Plains, and then concentrated all their energy and blood in the Divine Capital to fight the decisive battle in the Divine Capital.

However, Yelu Pinglin's attainments in magic were not as high as Baili Qiankun's. Although he had successfully modified some of the methods of applying the blood sacrifice, the efficiency was completely different.

The blood sacrifice method modified by Yelu Pinglin was to do the opposite. He used formation techniques to concentrate the qi and blood on the spirit crystal. In other words, he used the spirit crystal to store the qi and blood, and the spirit crystal naturally became a blood crystal.

Each unit of the Liaodan army carried a large amount of blood crystals, which they would use to store blood energy during the killing, and then give them to the Yang Gods of Daxuan and Liaodan to nourish them for the blood sacrifice.

This method is certainly not as strong as Baili Qiankun's array method that is spread across the four regions of Jiuzhou, but compared to their own hands in slaughtering cities one by one, the speed is more than ten times faster.

But even so, Lu Zhanfei still felt dissatisfied, obviously thinking that Yelu Pinglin's ability was not as good as Baili Qiankun.

Yelu Pinglin was too lazy to talk nonsense with him and looked directly at the Liaodan general: "You must immediately order the entire army to abandon the city and march south immediately.

"Yes, may I ask Your Excellency, Princess, where are the troops heading south?"

"Meet up with the army from Suoke City, and then attack Crescent Pass!" After giving the order, Yelu Pinglin looked at Lu Zhanfei and said, "Boss Lu, lead your men to meet up with the army from King Liang, and then attack Xuechi City!"

"Why?" Lu Zhanfei asked.

"Those Great Zhou Yang Gods will definitely find a way to contact the Central Plains. We must immediately dispatch troops to further block their retreat!"

Testimonials

Thank you all readers for your support until now. Now that this work is on the shelves, I would like to tell you the story of its origin.

In fact, this book has a predecessor, and many readers who have read this should also know and have read it. It is called "The Empress is in Power, I Want to End This Troubled World", which tells the story of Ji Xian's parents at that time, that is, the War of Renaissance.

Actually, there was no plan for this book at the beginning. When I was writing the story of the Sword Immortal, I happened to write about Ji Xian and Su Luoxue, and then I took advantage of the situation to construct the world view of this work. At that time, the previous work had not been completed, so corresponding adjustments were made.

Now that this work is on the shelves, it will enter the explosive update stage next month. I hope all readers can continue to support this work by giving it a like, adding it to your favorites, voting, subscribing, etc. In short, I am asking for your support in various ways.

The plot of this work in the later stages will be much more exciting than it is at this stage, mainly because the main storyline and hidden settings have begun to be discussed seriously.

Two spoilers here.

First, the game just got a new cover, and that cover wasn’t added casually, so in a sense it’s a spoiler.

The final BOSS of the second and fourth volumes is the strongest existence in the previous work so far. Even the final BOSS of the previous work, Zhao Tianyue, cannot defeat him. Stay tuned.

Finally, here is a character design picture and a new spoiler color insert. The first one is a reference picture of Cheng Longjiu, and the second one is a spoiler color insert of Cheng Ying, which should be placed in the fifth volume.

【Cheng Longjiu, for reference only】

[Cheng Ying, Volume 5 color insert, for reference only]

4.48 His Majesty the Emperor and the Aunt are ready to confront each other

The Nine Provinces and Four Regions can be further divided into the Nine Provinces of the Central Plains and the four foreign regions. The relationship between the foreign regions and the Central Plains was not harmonious in the past. There were frictions and conflicts in every dynasty, and even many wars were triggered.

Therefore, in order to protect the people of the Central Plains, the past dynasties established six important frontier towns to control the throats and important roads to keep foreign armies out of the Central Plains.

The important frontier town responsible for defending the Northern Desert is Tiangui Pass.

This pass is located in the northern border of the Central Plains, with no natural barriers of mountains or rivers, only broad plains and roads. Therefore, to defend against the Northern Desert aliens, one relies not on the terrain, but on the towering and massive walls of this pass and the tens of thousands of elite troops within.

During the Daxuan Rebellion, this pass was breached by the Daxuan rebels, colluding with the Liaodan tribe in the Northern Desert. The Liaodan army then invaded the Central Plains from this pass, marking the beginning of the chaotic era thirty years prior.

Later, the Restoration War was launched, the Daxuan rebels were defeated, all foreign tribes were driven out of the Central Plains, and Tiangui Pass was returned to the hands of the Great Zhou. And in the eighteen years after the end of the Restoration War, no more wars occurred.

To this day, there is still peace here.

But the Great Zhou soldiers at Tiangui Pass did not know that the Northern Desert was already in the midst of war and bloodshed.

Lu Zhanfei and Yelu Pinglin also split up their forces. Lu Zhanfei joined forces with Zhao Si's army, and together they captured Xuechi City. Yelu Pinglin led a large army on a long-distance raid, directly capturing Yueya Pass.

Actually, both Xuechi City and Yueya Pass were pass towns in the Northern Desert, but they didn't belong to the Liaodan tribe. But now, Yelu Pinglin attacked the cities without hesitation, and after breaking through, he went on a killing spree, wiping out both civilians and soldiers.

In fact, Yelu Pinglin made such arrangements not only to practice the blood sacrifice method, but also to capture these two cities.

Yelu Pinglin captured Yueya Pass. From Yueya Pass, going southeast, you can reach Tiangui Pass, which is a strategic town on the border of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the most important throat between the Northern Desert and the Central Plains!

The Snow Pond City captured by Zhao Si and Lu Zhanfei was actually just a small, unassuming town on the Northern Desert Rain Hen Tribe's side. However, to the south, the city was surrounded by mountains, offering a direct route to the Central Plains. While the terrain made it unsuitable for military operations, it served as a convenient shortcut to the Central Plains for those with advanced cultivation.

Yelu Pinglin and Zhao Si captured these two cities respectively, which cut off the way for Ji Xian and others to return to the Central Plains to seek reinforcements!

"Damn, it's true."

On a small hill thirty miles away from Xuechi City, Ji Xian concentrated her spiritual power on her eyes, enhancing her visual perception and seeing the situation in Xuechi City clearly.

Now in Xuechi City, inside and outside the city walls, all Ji Xian can see are Liaodan soldiers!

They were a step too late, Xuechi City had already been captured, and their plan to return to the Central Plains through the natural barrier of the mountains failed.

Everyone waited on the mountain for a while longer, not waiting for any problems in Xuechi City, but waiting for another way to contact them.

After a while, an eagle cry was heard in the sky. Ji Xian and others looked up and saw Cunhui flying over.

Su Luohua raised her hand, and Cunhui immediately fell on her arm.

"how's it going?"

Su Luohua asked Cunhui, but of course Cunhui couldn't speak, so he could only use his pointed mouth to write on the palm of Su Luohua's hand and tell her the news.

After Su Luohua learned the whole situation, she sighed helplessly and looked at Ji Xian and said, "The border airspace has been completely blocked. The sky is full of strange beasts raised by Liao Dan. Cunhui can't fly out."

"Depend on!"

In fact, going back to the Central Plains by land to ask for help was already a desperate measure. Under normal circumstances, the solution anyone would take is to send a message directly to the Central Plains using a phoenix bird or a spirit pigeon. This is the most convenient and fastest way.

Cun Hui flew to the Heavenly Ghost Pass, the mountains, and every possible airspace leading to the Central Plains. But wherever he went, he would be intercepted by a large number of trained Northern Desert Phoenix Birds or flying beasts, indiscriminately attacking any creature trying to escape the Northern Desert.

Even though Cunhui was the fastest eagle in the world, he couldn't withstand the siege of so many flying beasts. He tried again and again, and it was good enough that he could return safely every time.

Things... have taken a turn for the worst.

Su Luohua sighed again. This was something she and Ji Xian had anticipated long ago. Although it did happen in the end, she was still a little disappointed. However, after the disappointment, Su Luohua also made up her mind. She looked at Ji Xian and asked, "Are you ready?"

"Of course." Ji Xian's hand reached for the sword at her waist: "What kind of blood sacrifice is this? Kill him!"

"Very good." Su Luohua smiled: "If you can always be so likable, I will be very pleased."

"If you could be a little more gentle and feminine, I would be more pleasing to me."

"..." Su Luohua's face suddenly darkened: "What do you mean, are you saying that I'm not woman enough?!"

"What do you say?"

"You've grown wings, haven't you?"

The Silver Dragon Guards who were watching were speechless and stunned. These two people actually had the mind to quarrel with each other when facing a powerful enemy. They were really bold.

However, this may not be a bad thing, many experienced veterans think so.

The fact that they still have the energy to argue means that they are not pessimistic about the current situation and still have confidence.

What Ji Xian and Su Luohua had to do next was to just go ahead and kill them!

The situation in the Northern Desert is complicated now. There is no time for them to wait and waste time. They must let Da Zhou know everything that happened in the Northern Desert as soon as possible. If it is delayed for too long, it is not impossible that the people of other tribes in the Northern Desert will be killed. They must fight quickly and decisively.

Therefore, Ji Xian and Su Luohua had already discussed that if they couldn't pass through directly, they would fight head-on!

Su Luohua looked at the Silver Dragon Guards and called out their orders: "Get ready! Today is all up to us. No matter what, we must find a way back to the Central Plains!"

"Yes!" The Silver Dragon Guards shouted in unison, not showing at all how much of a disadvantage they were now.

If anyone else were to stop and try to break out of the city and return to the Central Plains with only this elite force of less than fifty men, their jaws would surely pop out of their sockets. However, at the moment, the people around them were not pessimistic. Instead, they were all full of fighting spirit, ready to face this battle.

Because the elite troops that want to break through are the Silver Dragon Guards!

Because the ones leading the Silver Dragon Guard are the Silver Dragon Young Master Su Luohua and the Great Zhou Emperor Ji Xian!

When everyone was ready for battle, Su Luohua drew the ice sword from her waist, but did not give any orders. She glanced at Ji Xian.

Although he is the actual commander of the Silver Dragon Guard, Ji Xian is the emperor. In this case, the final order should be given to him.

Ji Xian also looked at Su Luohua. The two of them stared at each other for a long time. After a while, Ji Xian pointed at her own eyes and asked, "Is there sand in your eyes?"

"Fuck you, you're the one giving orders!"

"You are the boss of this group. Why don't you give orders and ask me to do it?"

“…Go to hell!”

Su Luohua raised the sword in her hand and almost couldn't control herself from slashing towards Ji Xian.

Ji Xian also shrugged helplessly, feeling a little helpless.