Arknights: Studying medicine can't save Terra

Upon hearing this, the once bustling streets of Yumen instantly fell silent.

Countless eyes were fixed on Ji Jing.

Lin Yuxia felt a little embarrassed and quietly moved her feet to avoid being 'mistaken' by others as a fellow member of the Extreme Zone.

Unfazed by the attention of the crowd, Ji Jing tossed his thick white hair with a flamboyant air and proclaimed loudly to the crowd:

"That's right, everyone look at me, I am Ji Jing, and I will leave a strong mark on the history of Yumen!"

He believed that this statement was absolutely correct.

Yumen is about to experience a major upheaval, and as Qi Yan's companion, he will definitely become a very prominent figure active in the event.

Who knows, there might be a documentary like "The Legend of Yumen" in the future, which will ensure that the image of this once-in-a-millennium handsome man is passed down forever!

Just as Ji Jing was immersed in her beautiful fantasy, Lin Yuxia vaguely sensed something was wrong from the conversation of the passersby around her.

"This guy is the Ultimate Realm?"

"That's pretty much right, white hair, young man, arrogant attitude."

"*Yumen's swear words* are really arrogant, I can't stand it anymore, I'm going to punch that handsome face of his!"

To Lin Yuxia's astonishment, a group of martial arts-minded passersby had already rolled up their sleeves and rushed towards the extreme.

"Everyone's here asking me for autographs...wait?!"

Before he could react, a fist the size of a sandbag was already swung in front of him.

He dodged the punch by bending over, but before he could even ask a question, he saw more people rushing towards him.

"Wait a minute, what's going on... Don't hit me in the face! Hey, where are you taking that from?!"

Ji Jing frantically dodged and weaved through the crowd. Although he was not injured, he was forced into a sorry state.

Just as he was starting to feel like he couldn't go on, a sudden gust of sandstorm blinded everyone.

Ji Jing felt his collar being grabbed and his body being lifted into the air.

Once passersby had shaken off the sandstorm, they immediately spotted Lin Yuxia carrying the Extreme Realm in one hand as she quickly fled.

"There's also a female accomplice, so it all matches up!"

"Damn the Mountain and Sea Clan! The current predicament of the Yumen warriors is all caused by these bastards! Let's all take revenge!"

Ji Jing was being carried by Lin Yuxia as they scaled the rooftops on both sides of Yumen Street, watching helplessly as the pursuers behind them not only failed to be shaken off but instead gathered in ever larger numbers.

"Damn Qi Yan, it must be Qi Yan who did something using my name!"

Extreme was so angry that her face turned red: "If you don't let me catch you, I'll pluck all the fur off your tail!"

"Let's figure out a way to get out of here first."

Lin Yuxia's face also darkened, and she waved her hand to use Originium Arts to stir up more dust and sand.

Qi Yan had just raised the teacup to his lips when he suddenly sneezed. The teacup in his hand trembled, and the tea spilled all over himself and Lao Li beside him.

Old Carp: "...So, what exactly is going on now?"

Qi Yan took the handkerchief handed to him by his younger sister, wiped his clothes, and answered:

"I am now a member of the Mountain and Sea Clan, so it's perfectly reasonable for me to be at their stronghold. There's nothing wrong with that, right?"

"Are you kidding me?!"

Du Yaoye slammed her hand on the table and stood up to argue for the resolute-looking middle-aged man in a yellow cloth robe beside her:

"Uncle Meng is a chivalrous man praised by my father himself. How could he possibly collude with those Mountain and Sea Clan members? Qi Yan, you're going too far!"

The man named Meng Tieyi remained silent. His rough face was slightly red, whether from years of exposure to the furnace fire or some other reason.

Old Li and Wu You looked Meng Tieyi up and down. Although they didn't say anything, they clearly believed Qi Yan's words.

Seeing this, Du Yaoye gritted his teeth in anger, then turned to look at the soldiers beside him who resembled two quails:

"Don't believe Qi Yan's nonsense! Uncle Meng couldn't possibly be one of the Mountain and Sea Clan!"

The two soldiers neither nodded nor shook their heads; they remained motionless, like potted plants.

"Yaoye, calm down first."

Meng Tieyi finally spoke, gesturing for Du Yaoye to sit down, and carefully examined her features:

"I didn't expect that Wen Shuangke's daughter has grown up so much. I have received the letter that your father sent, but I didn't expect that I would still have to betray his trust."

"Uncle Meng, what do you mean by that?" Du Yaoye was dumbfounded.

Meng Tieyi looked at Qi Yan and said regretfully, "I have long heard of Lord Qi Yan's reputation. Now that you have come to me personally, I have given up any thought of struggling. I admit that I did indeed collude with the Mountain and Sea Clan."

To die at your hands would be an honor for me, Meng Tieyi.

"Who said I was going to kill you?"

Qi Yan's words instantly shattered Meng Tieyi's carefully constructed composure.

Seeing Meng Tieyi's bewildered expression, Qi Yan gave Nian a wink.

Nian immediately stood up and said passionately:

"Qi Yan and I joined the Mountain and Sea Clan with great enthusiasm, hoping to make a name for ourselves. But these guys pretended to agree, and in reality, they didn't even want the stronghold anymore and just ran away from us!"

Now we've captured... no, I mean, that group of people who promised to join us, but they can't even find the new stronghold of the Mountain and Sea Clan. What use are they?

“Miss Nian, I can’t find a new base either,” Meng Tieyi said helplessly.

"What new stronghold? Forget about it!" Nian Hao waved his hand arrogantly. "Now we have strongholds and manpower. I'll teach you how to forge iron, and we'll make a batch of weapons."

"Then you'll have a red-tasseled spear, and I'll have a machete; let's grow bigger and stronger, and create new glories!"

Qi Yan also stood up, raised his arms and shouted: "From today onwards, the Sword Forging Workshop is the only legitimate successor of the Mountain and Sea Clan! I will assign you your positions!"

Qi Yan pointed to the people in the room and assigned them their duties one by one. In no time, a group of secretaries appeared in the room.

In the end, he even pointed to two soldiers from the Left General of the Liaodong Commandery:

"From this day forward, you will be the left and right protectors of my Mountain and Sea Clan!"

"Huh? Us?"

The two soldiers who were forced to defect were dumbfounded.

Before they could react, Qi Yan looked around at everyone in the room and continued:

"It's still a bit lacking. There's no leader who can oversee the overall situation. I'd like to ask the secretaries for suggestions: should I bring Zuo Xuanliao or Wei Yanwu here?"

The people inside had become numb, some confused, some helpless, letting Qi Yan do whatever he wanted.

Old Carp smiled bitterly and said, "Why don't you suggest bringing the Grandmaster here? The Jade Gate's fighting strength is already insufficient. If you bring him here as well, the outcome will be a foregone conclusion."

"If he doesn't come, the outcome is already in doubt?" Qi Yan glanced at him disdainfully.

Old Carp immediately raised his hands in surrender.

Just then, an idea struck him: "There's an even more suitable candidate!"

"Let's go! Everyone, get out of the city and follow me to ambush the Grand Tutor!"

Chapter 885 Qi Xiaobai: Pay attention, these are all important points!

Qi Yan and Nian hit it off immediately, and the two of them set off without hesitation, turning around and walking towards the blacksmith's shop.

"Please wait a moment, you two!"

Old Carp quickly rushed over and blocked Qi Yan.

"What? Does Secretary Li have something else to report?" Qi Yan narrowed his eyes dangerously, the threat obvious.

Old Carp was inwardly groaning.

If Qi Yan and Nian are allowed to continue their antics, the Jade Gate will be on the verge of collapse before the crisis even erupts.

That's the Grand Tutor!

As one of the three dukes of Yan, if Qi Yan were to be kidnapped on his journey, even if he didn't actually do anything to the Grand Tutor, the severity of the situation would be beyond description.

This kind of thing is enough to cost many people their official positions, or even their heads!

"I think this is the first vote that our Xinshanhai Zhonggan (a local organization) has ever made, so we must plan carefully before making a decision!"

Old Carp forced himself to persuade him, "We...we've suddenly appeared out of nowhere, so we need to come up with a catchy slogan, right?"

"Hiss, Secretary Li is right!"

Qi Yan was successfully persuaded and returned to his seat with Nian to begin gathering everyone to come up with ideas.

Seeing this, Lao Li wiped the fine sweat from his forehead, and a sense of resentment arose in his heart towards Wei Yanwu.

This guy has no idea where he led Chen. In this team, only Chen and Qi Lin can influence Qi Yan's decisions, but Qi Lin has long since given all her brains to Qi Yan. Qi Yan is always the one who makes the decisions, and she is just a little tail following behind.

If anything goes wrong at Yumen, Wei Yanwu will take the blame!

Old Li muttered a few words of unease to himself, then sat back down, picked up his teacup, and moistened his throat.

Inside the blacksmith's shop, opinions were divided.

Qi Yan and Nian were discussing their grand plan with great enthusiasm. The two soldiers huddled together, listening to their plot to rebel, feeling that they might not see the sun rise tomorrow.

Wu Youmo exchanged glances with Lao Li, silently probing for their next move.

Meng Tieyi sat silently in his seat, as if in deep meditation.

Du Yaoye looked at him with a complicated expression, her attitude no longer showing the intimacy she had shown before.

When this chivalrous young lady learned that her father's old friend had colluded with foreign enemies, her original respect and admiration for the elder was replaced by disgust.

"Senior Meng, you should have a way to leave the city, right?"

Qi Yan suddenly steered the conversation toward Meng Tieyi.

Meng Tieyi snapped out of his thoughts, hesitated for a moment, and nodded:

“I have some reputation in the city. As long as General Zuo doesn’t issue a ban, the soldiers at the city gates won’t make it difficult for me to come and go.”

Before Qi Yan could speak, Du Yaoye snorted coldly in dissatisfaction upon hearing Meng Tieyi's words.

Meng Tieyi gave a wry smile, but Qi Yan took the initiative to speak up for him:

"You little brat, how can you give your uncle such a hard time?"

“I don’t acknowledge him as an uncle of the Mountain and Sea Clan, a scourge of the people of Shan Hai!” Du Yaoye still had a sour face.

“That’s where you’re wrong,” Qi Yan said earnestly. “Although Senior Meng colluded with the Mountain and Sea Clan, he didn’t join them. He was doing it for the sake of Yumen.”

Compared to the bewildered Du Yaoye, Lao Li and Wu You were already on high alert, realizing that Qi Yan was preparing to leak the questions.

"The reason why Senior Meng has ended up on this path is ultimately due to Zuo Xuanliao's problem."

Qi Yan picked up the tea that his younger sister had refilled and said leisurely, "The two of us were originally comrades who dedicated our lives to Yumen. In this vast desert, we built an indestructible iron wall for the Great Yan. But fate is cruel, and time flies by, causing those who once stood shoulder to shoulder to gradually drift apart."

Xiao Du, if one day, the chamber of commerce you've worked so hard to build chooses to exclude you in order to grow bigger and stronger, wouldn't you feel resentful?

"Of course I'm not happy about that!"

Du Yaoye slammed her hand on the table in anger upon hearing Qi Yan's hypothesis.

She wrinkled her nose and said fiercely, "We're all in the same chamber of commerce, so it's normal to have disagreements, but to exclude me like this is just too heartless!"

"What if the trading company transforms into a military enterprise to serve the country?" Qi Yan took a sip of tea as if to make it sound serious. "If Yan is in danger, and the trading company has to choose to abandon you, who are not completely under its control, in order to ensure the absolute safety of supplying Yan with a batch of weapons that will determine the outcome of the war?"

"What kind of statement is that?!"

Du Yaoye was so angry that she stood up and shouted, "Why are you classifying me as an unstable element?"

"See, don't you understand Senior Meng very well?" Qi Yan said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Du Yaoye froze, staring in astonishment at Meng Tieyi, who also looked equally surprised.

As the old man and the young man locked eyes, Qi Yan directly revealed the answer:

"Many years ago, the soldiers and warriors of Yumen were of one mind and sacrificed their lives for the peace of the Great Yan border. In this boundless desert, the loyal bones of countless chivalrous men of Yumen are buried."

However, due to a man-made disaster and a decision, Zuo Xuanliao began to exclude military personnel, consolidate his power, and prohibit them from continuing to contribute to Yumen. He treated them as ordinary people and even had the intention of expelling them.

How could Senior Meng accept this? So he decided to do something that went against his ancestors' wishes... cough cough, I mean, he made a decision.”

Qi Yan almost blurted out something without thinking, but quickly coughed twice to cover it up and continued to pretend to tell the story: