Chapter 644 Prelude (7000)

That night, the Martial Arts Alliance hosted a dinner.

There were two themes: celebrating the old ancestor’s release and thanking Xu Yinluo for his help.

Inside the hall at this time, Xu Qi’an, Chu Yuanjian, Heavenly Sect Crouching Dragon Daisy Phoenix, Master Hengyuan, Mu Nanjian, and Miao Youfang sat in a row.

Cao Qingyang and the other cadres of the Martial Arts Alliance, as well as the sect masters and gang masters of the nine affiliated gangs, sat in a row.

In the center, the main seat was the old piker with silver hair like frost, Kou Yangzhou.

Because of the collapse of the main peak, all the waste was waiting to be rebuilt, so the dinner party was not organized, and did not invite singers and dancers to help, the wine and food were quite simple.

However, this does not mean that the dinner was boring, on the contrary, the atmosphere was extremely warm.

The most important thing that the Wulin League is not lacking is the people of the three religions and nine streams, and those who are in the jianghu have talents to accompany them.

Talking and singing, bah, talking and singing, and then the women of the House of Ten Thousand Flowers show their talents and offer songs and dances, and the program goes on and on.

Even Xiao Yuenu, who was the noble master of a sect, personally came down to play the zither and sang a piece of music, Xu Qi’an’s half-song, “A Promise Weighs a Thousand Pieces of Gold”.

The voice is like heaven.

The four seats screamed their approval.

Awesome, the zither is no worse than Floating Fragrance …….. Xu Qi’an applauded and smiled, not skimping on the words of praise, shouting along with the crowd.

Fu Jingmen light drinking without food, the eyes are a little floating, patting the case:

“This is Xu Yinluo’s word, ah, Master Xiao is such an admirer of Xu Yinluo, why don’t we let the Old Ancestor step in to make a match and betroth you to Xu Yinluo.”

There was a sudden silence in all directions.

Xiao Yue Nu, as the Pearl of Jianzhou, had countless admirers, but at this moment, no one stood out to refute Fu Jingmen.

Any other man would not be convincing.

Only Xu Qi’an, everyone would only feel that Xiao Yuenu had climbed high.

Kou Yangzhou sat in the main seat, glanced at the naturally beautiful Xiao Yunu and nodded:

“The little girl has good skin.”

If Xu Qi’an is attracted to Xiao Yuenu, then he will make it work.

All of a sudden, the crowd’s attention was focused on Xu Qi’an.

Xiao Yue Nu smiled haughtily, her eyes softly glancing at him.

Refuse words, girl’s face is not good, don’t refuse words, south gardenia again want to bet with me flip ………. Xu Qi An was hesitating, then heard the side of Mu Nan jasmine faintly said:

“Mistress Xiao’s natural beauty is a delight to behold, and is worthy of the Xu Ning Banquet.

“If you don’t mind, being a concubine is fine.”

The tone and demeanor of the man was like that of a great woman in a high family who wants to give her man a concubine.

Xiao Yue Nu raised her eyebrows and said with a smile:

“This aunt is ……..”

Auntie?

Mu Nan Gardenia’s willow eyebrows rose, and her left hand subconsciously pinched the Bodhi string on her right wrist.

She was just about to swear her sovereignty and suppress this jianghu woman’s temper, when out of the corner of her eye, she glimpsed Li Miaozhen staring at her.

He remembered that in the daytime, he had sworn, so close to pointing to the heavens, to draw a line with Xu Qi’an.

This little bitch from the Heavenly Sect is just waiting to see my joke ……….. Taking a deep breath, Mu Nanjian smirked:

“I’m Ning Banquet’s mother.”

She looked at Xu Qi’an with a loving face, “Good boy, it would be excellent for Building Master Xiao to enter our Xu family as a concubine. Is mother right?”

The crowd in the room was astonished.

I didn’t realize that Xu Yinluo had his mother with him when he went out?

They didn’t immediately suspect anything, because the age of the woman in front of them did match.

The corners of ……… Xu Qi an s mouth twitched viciously.

Chu Yuanzhan and Li Lingsu tried to hold back their laughter.

Xiao Yuenu’s eyes did not slant and her tone was cold:

“Xu Yinluo grew up with his aunt and uncle.”

When the crowd heard this, they suddenly remembered the information about Xu Qi’an – his parents had died since childhood, and he had been raised by his uncle and aunt!

So this woman who calls herself his “mother” ……..

Fu Jingmen and the others looked at Mu Nanjia and then Xu Qi’an, somewhat bewildered.

“Nanny!”

Li Ling Su couldn’t help it and said with a laugh:

“This lady is Xu Yinluo’s nursemaid, Xu Yinluo couldn’t stay away from her since she was a child, and this time when she left the capital to travel the rivers and lakes, she brought her nursemaid with her.”

Chu Yuanzhan hastily lowered his head and drank.

Li Miaozhen burst out laughing.

Mu Nanjia’s face flushed red and she glared viciously at Li Lingsu.

After this series of interruptions, no one was talking about the wedding.

However, Fu Jingmen, Qiao Weng and other crude martial artists, from time to time looked at the eyes of Mu Nanjian and Xu Qi’an, always felt that there was more inexplicable deep meaning.

In particular, they felt that although this nursemaid had mediocre posture, she was actually quite charming when she raised her hands, and was an extremely charming woman.

Xu Yinluo lost her mother at a young age and lacked motherly love ……….

Fu Jingmen dispersed the bold thoughts in his head, raised his glass high, and said:

“Now that the alliance is saying that Xu Yinluo is the reincarnation of Emperor Gaozu, let’s toast to the reincarnation of Emperor Gaozu.”

Heroes don’t ask for selfishness. Although Xu Yinluo carries a nursemaid with him, he is still a good Yinluo for everyone.

………

After the wine and dinner, Xu Qi’an and the others excused themselves and left.

On her way back to her temporary residence, Li Ling Su picked a conversation and said:

“I have something to take care of, after a few.”

Li Miaozhen frowned, “What for!”

As a senior sister, interfering and caring about her senior brother’s personal matters was natural and reasonable.

“Allow for later.”

Li Lingsu casually perfunctory sentence, sleeve scurried out of the flying sword, he stood elegantly on the spine of the sword, whistling away.

Looking at Li Ling Su’s disappearing back, Li Miaozhen grunted:

“Sneaky, he’s very eccentric, the dinner party was quiet and a bit perverse, didn’t even tease Xiao Yue Nu or the Ten Thousand Flowers House girls.”

Xu Qi’an stroked his chin and said:

“Speaking of which, we didn’t even know who Li Ling Su’s old flame in the Martial Arts Alliance was until now. Miaozhen, do you know?

“I remember Li Lingsu said that Inuyong Mountain is not far from the Heavenly Sect Sacred Mountain, and that the first place you’ll travel after you get off the mountain is the Sword State.”

Lady Fei Yan nodded her head affirmatively before saying:

“Li Lingsu doesn’t seem to have any confidants in Jianzhou, I don’t know anyway. However, as long as I traveled with him as a companion, I basically recognized all the confidants he made on the way. Because he won’t hide it in front of me.”

Xu Qi’an and Li Miaochen looked at each other and said in unison, “Something is terribly wrong!”

Chu Yuanzhan asked:

“Perhaps, it is true that there is none.”

Xu Qi’an and Li Miaochen gave another silent “heh”, and the former looked at the nominal follower and said:

“Miao Youfang, do you remember before coming to Jianzhou, you asked after him if he had a lover at the House of Ten Thousand Flowers, and how Li Lingsu responded?”

Miao Youfang mimicked Xu Qi’an and stroked his chin:

“He was stammering and seemed to be having a hard time.”

Hearing this, Chu Yuanzhan also became interested and analyzed:

“With the style of the other two confidants of Daolord Li, I’m afraid that they would have jumped out long ago when they saw their lovers appearing in the Martial Arts Alliance. It’s impossible to hold back until now.”

Hengyuan also interjected, “Unless she has some scruples?”

The crowd silently looked at Master Hengyuan.

“Amitabha!”

Everest folded his arms and confessed his gossip.

At this time, Mu Nanjian, who was holding Bai Ji, suddenly said:

“Li Lingsu must have gone to meet his lover, that mirror of yours, isn’t it able to spy from thousands of miles away, use him to take a look.”

She’s getting back at Lee Ling Soo for her flirting at the reception.

The crowd’s eyes lit up.

Xu Qi’an whispered, “Go back first go back first ……”

The group returned to the courtyard where they landed, tacitly entered the house, lit candles, and then sat at the table, Qiqi Xu Qi’an.

Dumping the fragments of the Earth Book and taking out the Muddy Sky Divine Mirror, Xu Qi’an lowered his voice, his tone dripping with a mysterious undertone:

“Magic Mirror Magic Mirror tell me, can you locate Lee Ling Soo.”

The Mirror of the Muddy Sky protested:

“I’m a divine mirror, and besides, why do you always like to spy on men? It’s obvious I’ve tagged you with several beauties and you’ve never peeked at them in the shower.”

Are you praising me in reverse for being a decent person …… Xu Qi an urged:

“No bullshit, come on.”

“Naturally, his Yuan Shen was once in my mirror, and I have marked him.”

When the Hunting Heaven Divine Mirror finished speaking, it allowed its bronze mirror to transform into a transparent glass color, and the mirror surface first rippled like water waves, and then flattened out.

A picture appears.

The crowd saw the figure of Li Lingsu flying with her imperial sword.

His direction was the mountain range west of the Injun Mountains.

You’re going to see an old flame, aren’t you? But why do you have to fly so far to meet an old flame?

It’s not a married woman, is it?

Various speculations flashed through the crowd’s minds, and they became more and more interested.

Especially Mu Nan Gardenia and Li Miaozhen, their eyes gleamed.

Not long after, Li Lingsu pressed the flying sword and landed on a mountain.

He looked around and saw that no one was around, and busily fished out a wooden comb from his pocket, deliberately messing up his neat hair bun slightly and letting the two strands of frontal hair hang down, emphasizing his prodigal and unruly temperament.

Then, Li Lingsu touched the fragment of the earth book and took out a robe with a black background and embroidered gold and silver threads from it.

And so the prodigality was accompanied by a bit of the air of a nobleman.

He returned the flying sword to its scabbard, cradled it in his arms, and leaned against a tree trunk, his entire body hidden in the shadows, his head slightly bowed and motionless.

Hello slut, why are you wearing Pinru s clothes …….. Xu Qi’an almost boomed out the word uncontrollably when he witnessed Li Ling Su’s maneuver.

Li Lingsu, this scum of the Heavenly Sect ……… Li Miaozhen silently covered his face.

After a long time, a silhouette stepped on the treetops and fluttered in, extremely skillful in lightness.

It was a woman in a long plain white dress, with her hair pulled back high and a plump body.

She swept through the branches, like a stunning, graceful dragon.

The woman in the plain long dress stood still on the hill, her flying skirt returned to calmness, and her eyes flowed as she swept her surroundings.

“There you are!”

A low voice rang out from the shadows beneath the tree, and as she followed the sound, she saw a prodigal man, leaning against the trunk of the tree, sword in his arms, head slightly bowed.

Half of his face hidden in the shadows, half of his face revealed.

The contours of his cheeks were still as handsome as ever, and he was dressed in a flashy black robe with the same poise.

“Is she?!”

Upon getting a good look at the woman, a room full of people gasped out in shock.

Xu Qi’an was stunned, how could he not have expected that Li Lingsu’s confidante was actually Master Rongrong.

He once thought it was Xiao Yue Nu, the owner of the House of Ten Thousand Flowers ……..

Chai Xing’er is just, after all, the prime minister’s believers are thousands, but Rong Rong master’s age, to the holy son as a mother is enough, simply, simply ……. Xu Qi’an glanced at Mu Nanjian beside him …….. Well, the holy son is right, the holy son loves spiritedly and openly.

Li Miaozhen Chu Yuanzhuan’s jaw dropped.

Master Hengyuan was also slightly stunned and a bit confused.

The screen man, the two seem to have gotten into an argument, Li Miaozhen lamented:

“Too bad you can’t hear the voices.”

Chu Yuanjian immediately said, “I am proficient in lip-synching.”

………..

“I told you, it’s a dewy-eyed marriage between us, and it can’t possibly come to fruition, not even publicly. Why do you need to come back to me?”

The woman in the plain long dress was none other than Master Rong Rong, the plump and beautiful woman.

She was cold and slightly sideways, not looking at Li Ling Su.

“But I sent the little ghost to send word to ask you to meet me here, and you didn’t come all the same.”

Li Lingsu sighed softly, “Mei’er, age shouldn’t be a hindrance to our love for each other, if you’re afraid of gossip and the opinions of your fellow disciples and disciples, then I can take you away.”

The beautiful woman was slightly moved, but she was still ruthless and faintly said:

“Daoist Li, I am more than old enough to be your mother. In another ten or twenty years, I will be senile and old, while you will still be in your prime.

“Between you and me, we are just a passer-by in each other’s lives, so let’s get it out of the way today, you and I will break off, and don’t have any more involvement.”

Li Lingsu smiled and wrapped up, wrapping one hand around his waist and holding his catkin with the other:

“I have been raised by my master since I was young without a father or mother, and I would like to know what it is like to be loved by my mother. Since you don’t want me to be your lover, then I will be your son.”

The beautiful woman was ashamed and angry, her eyebrows knitted, as if she wanted to be angry.

Li Ling Su suddenly grabbed her hand and pressed it to his chest, his expression and tone sincere and timeless:

“Mel, can you feel it, a blood is boiling for you ………”

The beautiful woman stared at him in a daze, and there seemed to be tears flashing in her eyes.

Li Ling Su called the iron hot, cupped her face and lowered his head to stabilize his red lips.

The two leaned against the trees and moved in deep kisses, their movements becoming bolder and larger in scale ……..

Snap!

Xu Qi’an counterclasped the Muddy Sky Divine Mirror and spread his hands:

“Next up is paid content, each person pays me five hundred taels of silver.”

“Bah!” Li Miaozhen spat at him.

Mu Nanjian slapped Bai Ji’s little brain and Bai Ji understood: “Blah blah blah …….”

…………

The night is cool as water.

Rong Rong, who was an extremely light sleeper, had her ears twitching and heard the subtle ringing of a garment turning over.

Someone performs a lightweight maneuver to land in the courtyard outside.

She subconsciously pressed down on the short sword at the foot of the bed, then judged from the light footsteps that it was her own master.

“Master, you’re back from practicing?”

As she asked, she saw the Master push the door in, unable to see his appearance in the hazy moonlight, but from the overall outline, it seemed to be a bit of a mess.

Rong Rong sat up, intending to light the lamp, and the beautiful woman hastened to stop it:

“Don’t light the lamp!”

The beautiful woman stepped lightly around the obstacles in the house, brought the barrel from behind the screen, and turned to go out the door.

Half a quarter of an hour later, Rong Rong heard the “rustling” of undressing and the slight sound of water, and knew that the bath had begun.

Really, what is there to be ashamed of ……. Rong Rong muttered in her heart.

She had been brought up by her Master, and up until her teenage years, had occasionally soaked in a large tub with him.

Suddenly, she sniffled and whispered:

“What’s that smell?”

Martial artists have a keen sense of smell.

The water stuttered, and the beautiful woman’s voice was slightly distraught:

“Flavor? Well, it may be that Master practiced in the forest and dipped, dipped in filth ……..”

The yellow girl did not know the taste of sugar, did not suspect a thing, “Oh”.

“O Master, what do you think I should do to make Xu Yinluo fall in love with me.” Rong Rong looked sad.

The beautiful woman snorted coldly, “Don’t think about it, cultivate honestly and look at the young people around you more often, Xu Yinluo is not something you can climb up to.”

Rong Rong grunted, “I just like him, if I like him, I have to fight for him, if I can see him every day, I am willing to be a concubine.”

If you like it, you have to go for it …… The beautiful woman leaned her back against the tub and murmured.

……….

Li Ling Su returned from the night, red-faced, smiling, the overall state of perfect interpretation of the phrase “people are happy and refreshed”.

While she still can’t face the relationship head on and fears the consequences of it becoming public, she’s no longer adamant about drawing a line in the sand.

Li Lingsu could understand Ji Jinmei’s concerns, as he shared similar fears.

Two people with a difference of nearly twenty years were married as Dao couples, and under the Transcendent Mortal Realm, such a combination would attract strange gazes no matter if it was in the Celestial Sect or in the secular world.

It even invites scorn.

He pressed his flying sword and landed early as he approached the residence, then carefully straightened his clothes.

Confirming that there were no breaks, he returned to the quadrangle.

“Zee~”

The gate to the yard was unlocked, and the people living inside didn’t care if it was locked or unlocked.

The moment he pushed open the door, the scene in the yard made Li Ling Su freeze.

At the stone table, sat Xu Qi’an, Li Miaozhen, Miao Youfang, Chu Yuanzhuan, and Master Hengyuan.

Everyone was drinking, glasses in hand, and looking at themselves with wry smiles.

“So elegant …….”

Li Lingsu looked calm and unhurried.

Li Miaozhen asked, “Where did it go?”

“Just hang out.”

Lee Ling Soo replied thus.

Flying Swallow Woman sniffled, “The smell of women’s fat.”

The Holy Son was not the least bit flustered and laughed lightly:

“I’m damned charming ……. Shifu’s biggest trouble is being too popular with women.”

Li Miaozhen slowly nodded her head and suddenly acted with a look of deep affection:

“Mel, age shouldn’t be a hindrance to our love for each other.”

Xu Qi’an silently got up, looked deeply at Li Miaozhen, and said:

“If you’re afraid of gossip and the opinions of your fellow disciples and disciples, then I can take you.”

…… Li Lingsu s pupils were slightly dilated, and the person was stupid.

Chu Yuanjian shook his head and took a sip of mulled wine:

“Daoist Li, you probably don’t know that I too have been fatherless and motherless since I was young, and I don’t know what it’s like to be loved by my mother.”

Miao Yufang said busily:

“Don’t be sad, Warrior Chu, since you don’t want me to be your brother, then I’ll be your son.”

As the words fell, a small white fox scurried out of the house, its voice as clear as a silver bell, and said in a delicate voice:

“Feel that, a blood is boiling for you da.”

At this moment, Li Ling Su felt like she had been abandoned by the world.

“You, you guys ……”

The Holy Son’s face turned red, only feeling a fiery flame rise within his body, and illusory black smoke erupted from the top of his head.

The members of the Heaven and Earth Association went into the house to sleep contentedly, leaving Li Lingsu standing alone in the courtyard.

“Ah yes, both parents have died since childhood right, turn around and I’ll nag the two elders.” Li Miaozhen added with a smile.

Li Lingsu had parents and was also a member of the Heavenly Sect.

What’s the point of me living …….. The Holy Son asked himself.

………..

Qingzhou City, the office of the Minister of Prefecture.

Inside the hall, Ziyang Jushi Yang Gong, who had an emaciated face and a goatee beard, was reviewing the Yunzhou intelligence sent back by the spies with a grave expression on his face.

“It is now understood why the stragglers flocked to Yunzhou.”

Yang Gong, who was serving as the Minister of Prefecture of Qingzhou, looked around the officials in the hall with a grave expression on his face and said:

“Intelligence says that the Yunzhou government has issued notices to open up grain silos and absorb stragglers into the army.”

Yunzhou is going to rebel ……… The officials look calm, there is no surprise and surprise, and there is no anger, there is only frankness and seriousness.

As early as two months ago, shortly after the late Emperor was beheaded in the capital by Xu Qi’an, the imperial court issued a dozen consecutive diaries to Qingzhou, ordering it to enter a state of readiness for war, stocking up on grain, iron, and repairing the city walls.

Yunzhou was by the sea, with an endless ocean to the south and most of the land bordering Qingzhou to the north.

If the former Dynasty Lust wanted to use Yunzhou as a base to crusade northward against the capital, they had to take Qingzhou in order to gain enough strategic depth.

If Qingzhou cannot be defeated, the rebels will be pressed to death in a corner of Yunzhou.

The Tidings Press Secretary murmured:

“We have to increase our relief efforts to curb the trend of displaced people fleeing south.”

Compared to other regions, the south was undoubtedly warmer and food was more plentiful, so the scale of the displaced people in Qingzhou was extremely frightening.

If these stragglers were to go to Yunzhou in a brainstorm, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The Qingzhou governor shook his head repeatedly:

“Although the court has given us enough grain and grass, that is reserved for a protracted war. Right now, with the cold plague raging everywhere, the court is short of food and wasting it on the stragglers; in the future, once there is a shortage of food and grass, we will collapse internally on our own without waiting for the enemy to attack.”

In wartime, the first consideration is always the needs of the military.

Another official said:

“The disaster is raging, the number of stragglers is far greater than imagined, Yunzhou dares to open their granaries wide, and their provisions are not endless. Not afraid of dragging themselves down?”

Yang Gong said in a deep voice:

“For the past twenty years, the Yunzhou rebels have been hoarding money, food, and munitions for this moment. Their accumulation and reserves are definitely beyond our imagination.”

“What should we do then, Mr. Bujinkan?”

The officials were saddened.

The stragglers are now mothers with milk, and whoever gives them food will work for them.

Yang Gong pondered for a moment and said:

“Block the border road to Yunzhou and stop the stragglers from traveling south. Send people to spread the rumor that the opening of a warehouse in Yunzhou to provide disaster relief belongs to the rumor mill, and on the other hand, anyone who dares to spread the news of Yunzhou’s opening of a warehouse to provide disaster relief will be killed without pardon.”

The Governor of Qingzhou frowned:

“Lord Buzheng, this will cause a mutiny among the stragglers.”

Yang Gong laughed, “I only said to block the road to Yunzhou, and it’s none of our business if the stragglers have to trek through the mountains or go around to the neighboring states to go south.”

All of us here are old farts, and immediately understood the beauty of Minister Yang Buzheng’s plan.

It was freezing cold and the mountain roads were difficult to navigate, so trying to trek south was not for everyone.

This greatly reduced the number of stragglers heading south.

The same goes for detours south to neighboring states.

And because there is at least some hope, the stragglers won’t fish out of water.

The Qingzhou commander-in-chief lamented:

“Fortunately, our Qingzhou is still quite affluent and has sufficient granary reserves, if it were two years ago, I’m afraid it would have been a big mess.”

After more than a year of Yang Gong’s governance, Qingzhou’s officials were clear, every family had surplus grain, and the official granary was equally well-stocked with grain and grass.

In retrospect, the court was prescient and responded early.

………….

After two days and two nights of rushing, Ji Xuan rode the Royal Wind Boat and arrived in Qingzhou first.

In order to prevent encountering the Supervisor outside of Yunzhou, they switched to the land route, traveled a long distance, ran completely wild, and entered Yunzhou smoothly.

Then he resumed riding the Royal Wind Boat and arrived at Subterranean Dragon City.

Above the sea of clouds, Ji Xuan stood at the side of the ship, overlooking the magnificent city built on the mountains, his eyes slightly in a trance.

Two months away from home, it actually seemed as if two years had passed, when he left Subterranean Dragon City, he had six experts around him to assist him, but now that he had returned, there were only Xu Yuanfang and Xu Yuanhuai around him.

The three Liu Hongmu are nowhere to be found, and Taoist Master Banana Leaf dies in Yongzhou City.

This trip to the rivers and lakes left an indelible, colorful mark on his life.

“Finally back.”

The wind boat hovered over Subterranean Dragon City, and Xu Yuanhuai carried his sister on his back, leaping down from the low altitude.

Ji Xuan smoothly rose up in the air, took out the small tripod, and put the scattered dragon qi and the Royal Wind Boat into the small bronze tripod.

Along the cobblestone-paved gentle slope, the three of them walked towards the top of the mountain, and the people and soldiers they encountered on the way all warmly stopped and greeted Ji Xuan.

Ji Xuan responded one by one with a gentle smile, and the further up the road he went, the fewer ordinary people there were until they were extinct.

Passing through the short walls, they entered the area where the royal family lived.

Ji Xuan headed south, towards the City Lord’s Mansion.

The Xu family siblings headed west, and that was the direction of the Tianji Building.

Passing through one guard post after another, Ji Xuan entered the City Lord’s residence and met his father in the study.

A middle-aged man in a gorgeous purple robe, with straight features and a majestic demeanor, stood in front of a large case, his hands propped up on the case, his head bowed as he examined the map of the Central Plains that was spread out.

“I have conferred with the State Master, and all the generals, and if I want to swing north, I must strike down Qingzhou.”

The purple-robed middle-aged man didn’t look up as he looked at the map and said:

“But Qingzhou is now a piece of iron barrel, by Yang Gong governance well organized, I have to say, Confucian readers rule the country and the army, are very good at it.

“It’s not difficult to take down Qingzhou. But to take it with minimal casualties and at the fastest speed, difficult!

“What do you think?”

Ji Xuan walked to the edge of the case and swept his head down:

“Qingzhou must be taken, but there’s no need for a frontal forceful attack, we can borrow a route from the southern border, cross Yuzhou, and go straight into the hinterland of Qingzhou. Or take the sea route and go through the territory of the Witch God Cult.”

The purple-robed middle-aged man nodded in satisfaction before asking:

“How does it feel to be on this trip to the jungle?”

Ji Xuan’s face darkened, “My child is ashamed, Xu Qi’an is simply too terrifying and powerful, and my child has only been able to collect a few scattered pieces of dragon qi so far.”

“With the collapse of the dragon qi, the situation in the Central Plains has worsened, which is the best outcome for us. As for the Dragon Qi, it’s best if we can collect it, and if we can’t, there’s no need to force it.”

The purple-robed middle-aged man smiled.

Ji Xuan’s face was slightly relieved, “On the way back, I saw quite a few refugees entering Yunzhou. Father is planning to start a rebellion?”

“Three days later, I will claim the throne in Yunzhou, so prepare yourself ……..”

The purple-robed middle-aged man said meaningfully.

Ji Xuan’s hand trembled lightly as he tried his best to hold down his excitement and bowed:

“Yes, Father!”

……….

To the west, entering the mansion attached to the Tianji Building, Xu Yuanfang and Xu Yuanhuai didn’t have time to change their clothes and went straight to the small courtyard where their mother lived.

Secluded and secluded, hardly anyone would visit except for a few servants who waited on the place.

In the quiet little hall burning with sandalwood incense, the woman wearing a dark green jacket, a pleated long skirt, and a dignified woman’s hair bun, sat cross-legged on a futon.

Close your eyes and meditate.

Xu Yuanfang pushed open the door of the small hall and said softly:

“Mother, we’re back.”

Xu Yuanhuai didn’t say anything, but there was a smile on his face.

The dignified and beautiful woman opened her eyes, seemingly relieved, and smiled:

“It’s good to be back. You’ve both lost a lot of weight and there’s something more in your eyes, so I guess you’ve been through a lot.”

She hesitated to ask:

“Ever meet him?”

………..

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