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    Not only Zhuo Haoran, the top military brass here were first stunned and then cursed.

    “Is the little emperor still stubborn? Is this a case of his life being too short, or is the dragon chair choking his buttocks and he can’t wait for us to kick him out?”

    “His grandmother, where does the Da Bong court get its backbone, the treasury is empty, everywhere is in disarray, even the Supervisor is gone.”

    “Hey, since we’re not afraid to die, let’s fight, and when we get to the capital, that little emperor won’t be able to kneel down and cry for mercy.”

    Ever since the Supervisor was sealed and invaded Qingzhou, the morale of the Yunzhou army climbed to the top, and even swelled for a time, believing that it was a matter of time before they took down the capital and entered the Central Plains.

    Normally, when talking about the Da Bong court, there was quite a lot of disdain in his words, with an overlooking attitude.

    Therefore, the negotiation of peace appeared to a group of generals to be a complete charity and mercy, and the court of the Daebung dared to refuse it of its own accord?

    They thought that when the Yunzhou Army pushed all the way to the capital, when the State Master as well as powerful and invincible transcendental experts like the Garuda Tree descended on the capital, they, the Da Bong, would have the ability to fight against it?

    Qi Guangbo’s face was stony, waiting for the generals to finish venting their emotions, he knocked on the desktop and said:

    “The information sent back by the secret agents of the Tianji Palace is that Xu Qi’an forced Yongxing to abdicate and supported Eldest Princess Huaiqing to ascend to the throne.”

    The generals of the Yunzhou military who were still emotionally charged and clamoring a moment ago, at this moment, after hearing Qi Guangbo’s words, they collectively lost their voices and looked at each other, their faces covered with dismay and shock.

    The news was indeed very shocking and caught people off guard. But it is more in the nature of “nonsense” and “outrageous”, to support a woman to the throne?

    “Pfft~” someone didn’t hold back and burst out laughing:

    “What, is the surname Xu desperate? How dare he come up with such a stupid trick.”

    “Yes, the woman ascended to the throne as emperor, he is too much Central Plains chaos is not thorough enough? Even if the princes in the capital are afraid of his force and don’t dare to immediately unveil a rebellion, as long as he leaves the capital, that female emperor is afraid that she will twist her head and be given hemlock, or die in the palace for no reason.” Zhuo Haoran snorted.

    As a butcher with a taste for killing, women are like playthings in his eyes, and they are not worthy of sitting on the dragon chair.

    Yang Chuannan shook his head and lost his smile:

    “In this way, the hearts of the capital will be restless, and I’m afraid it will be even harder to work together against us. When the State Master refines Qingzhou’s qi and swings north, it won’t take long to break the capital.”

    The other generals laughed, some mocking, some disdainful, some flirting, and instead, they were not so concerned about the failure of the peace negotiations.

    Ji Xuan and Ge Wenxuan glanced at each other, and although there was confusion and bewilderment, they didn’t rush to agree with the generals, but instead looked at Qi Guangbo.

    “Not bad, supporting the eldest princess to ascend the throne is indeed a risky move.”

    Chi Guangbo looked around the crowd and slowly said:

    “If I tell you that not only did he support a woman’s ascension to the throne, but he also stabilized the imperial court in a very short period of time, and on the day of the Rapunzel’s ascension to the throne, he filled the capital with flowers, and the people of the capital regarded it as a heavenly auspicious event, and decided that the Rapunzel’s ascension to the throne was a sign of heavenly destiny, and that it was for the purpose of rescuing the stormy Dafeng.

    “What do you think, and what about it?”

    The atmosphere of laughter in the hall steeped in silence.

    The smiles were gone from the faces of the generals, and they looked at each other in silence, trying to see what the reaction of their fellow generals was.

    Gwen Xuan said:

    “He forced Yongxing to abdicate in order to support a puppet to be the emperor so that there would be no worries. But since it’s a puppet, wouldn’t it be better to choose an ignorant child? Why take this risky step of supporting a woman to the throne?”

    Someone said, “Hey.”

    “That empress must be as beautiful as a flower, perhaps she’s already that Xu Qi’an’s concubine. Surname Xu’s flirtatious and lustful behavior is well known.”

    Ge Wenxuan frowned:

    “People who only think of their enemies as stupid are the ones who are not stupid.”

    Ji Xuan pondered slightly:

    “According to the relevant intelligence from the Da Feng royal family, the eldest princess, Huaiqing, is a famous talented woman in the capital, having studied at the Yunlu Academy, and during Yuan Jing’s reign, she served as a Hanlin editor. Not an ordinary woman.”

    For reasons of origin, Ji Xuan paid extra attention to the members of the Da Bong royal family; the generals here might not be too clear about the details of a princess, but Ji Xuan knew exactly what was going on.

    “Because of that?”

    Zhuo Haoran understood Ji Xuan’s meaning that the talented Rapunzel’s ascension to the throne might be even more powerful than Yongxing, but out of his prejudice against women, he still had a disdainful attitude.

    Chi Guangbo tapped the table again and said:

    “The envoy to the capital was still there when the news came from the Tianji Palace scouts, and Xu Qi’an stayed but did not kill, so he must be trying to make a deal with us.”

    Everyone looked at Ji Xuan in unison.

    If it was an ordinary commoner’s son, the portion was limited, and he would never have given the Da Bong court the chance to make a lion’s share of the money.

    However, this commoner son was Ji Xuan’s younger brother from the same mother (not a twin), and as Ji Xuan’s position as a third-ranked martial artist of the first line of Yunzhou was supreme, his younger brother was naturally not comparable to an ordinary commoner son.

    Ji Xuan said in a deep voice:

    “All at the discretion of the Great General.”

    He took the initiative to step back.

    Chi Guangbo said:

    “Three days later, gather your troops and enter the boundaries of Yongzhou. Surround the city without attacking it, and put pressure on the Dafeng court. Send another messenger to approach Yang Gong and force them to release the people.”

    Gwen Xuan nodded:

    “In this way, we can spend a small amount of money to get back Lord Ji Yuan.”

    The gathering of troops was both a way of applying pressure and showing a strong attitude, cutting off the chances of a lion’s share of the Daebung court’s money.

    The generals in the hall sniffed and pumped their fists in excitement.

    “Can’t wait.”

    “The generals look forward to attacking Yongzhou day and night.”

    “Forgive them for not daring to not hand over Duke Ji Yuan.”

    ………..

    Qingzhou City, in a mansion that was less than three miles away from the Prefecture of Government.

    Xu Pingfeng sat cross-legged, and a force invisible to the mortal eye converged towards the mansion, transforming into streams of light that converged into the white-clothed warlock.

    These forces were condensed at the dantian, forming a cloudy qi mass.

    Xu Pingfeng’s palms held the qi mass in a virtual grip, little by little refining the “impurities” in the qi mass, so that it tends to be thorough and flawless.

    The core ability of a Qi Practitioner is to refine and purify the Qi of a state, then integrate it into his own body, and then use the refined Qi to pry the power of all beings.

    When the qi is thick to a certain degree and a qualitative change occurs, one can be promoted to Heavenly Fate Master, peering into the future and becoming the top chess player in the world.

    The sound of vibrating wings rang out from the courtyard, and a carrier pigeon rested steadily in the courtyard.

    Xu Pingfeng opened his eyes and incorporated the semi-turbid qi mass into his dantian, then reached out and “grabbed” the carrier pigeon in the courtyard, which brought a message from Qi Guangbo.

    Xu Pingfeng read the contents of the note, pondered a little, and wiped his finger belly on the paper.

    The black writing disappeared and became one word:

    May!

    He slipped the note back into the bamboo tube on the carrier pigeon’s foot and tossed it gently, then rose and took a step across to his left to the next door’s Zen room.

    The temperature in the room was blazing as hot as a summer’s day, and the Garuda Tree Bodhisattva sat on his knees, his neck no longer empty, his head regenerated.

    “The peace talks failed.”

    Xu Pingfeng laughed.

    Garuda Tree Bodhisattva opened his eyes, his serious face not seeing any other expression, and slowly said:

    “The Supervisor of Justice has indeed stayed back.

    “However, what kind of undercard is it that can give him the confidence to fight us?”

    Xu Pingfeng stood with his arms folded, smiling lightly:

    “You don’t know him well enough, daring to fight us to the death may not be a confidence, if he is desperate, the jade will be burned.

    “Even if Teacher Supervisor Zheng left his cards, it’s impossible for him to directly promote to the first grade, it’s nothing more than some sort of means to enhance his battle power, as well as Luo Yu Heng’s upcoming apocalypse, promoting him to the first grade and leveling up some of his battle power.

    “It puts something in his heart.”

    Bodhisattva Galaxia nodded slightly.

    Xu Pingfeng continued:

    “Three days from now, we will send troops to Yongzhou, and at that time, we will find out once we have explored it.”

    “The White Emperor has not yet returned to the Nine States Continent?” Garuda Tree Bodhisattva asked.

    “It will still take some time.” Xu Pingfeng said.

    What that divine and demonic descendant was doing and plotting overseas, no one knew.

    Of course, Xu Pingfeng could still find clues if he deliberately investigated, but there was no need.

    That would only damage alliances more than it would help.

    …………

    Szeto.

    On the Eight Trigrams Platform, Xu Qi’an sat cross-legged at the table, looking at the capital city’s multitudes and sensing the power of the multitudes.

    With a flash of clear light behind him, the white-clothed Sun Xuanji appeared behind him with Protector Yuan.

    “Is the wound healed?”

    Xu Qi’an sat cross-legged, leaving a man and an ape with upright backs, just like the Supervisor at the time.

    Protector Yuan looked at Sun Xuanji first, then looked back at Xu Qi’an’s back and said:

    “Well seven or eight.”

    Xu Qi’an nodded and fished out a brocade pouch from his arms:

    “What’s inside will tell you what to do next.”

    Sun Xuanji took the pouch without opening it and silently looked at Xu Qi’an’s back.

    Protector Yuan thoughtfully translated:

    “Are you imitating Teacher Supervisor Zheng? But I think you’re more like Teacher Yang!”

    Xu Qi’an let out a “heh” and didn’t reply.

    Protector Yuan kindly translated:

    “Xu Yinluo’s heart tells me: don’t compare me with the King of Push, I’m not cos Supervisor Zheng, I’m imitating Zhuge Liang ……… Crouching careless, didn’t embank this dead monkey, I’m going to eat monkey brain tonight.”

    Protector Yuan awoke with a start and broke free from his immersive mind reading, silently shrinking behind Sun Xuanji with trepidation:

    “Please give me a chance.”

    Sun Xuanji unfolded the brocade bag, scanned it, and gave a “hmm” sound, spreading the array pattern under his feet and taking Protector Yuan to teleport away.

    Protector Yuan was relieved and felt like he had picked up a life.

    At the same time, he realized that his mind-reading aptitude had improved again, and that Xu Yinluo was able to see through without restraining his thoughts.

    For a moment, I didn’t know whether to be happy or sad.

    Sun Xuanji had just left when Xu Qi’an rose up with the wind and flew towards Spirit Treasure View.

    Returning to the capital for many days, he had yet to visit the Spirit Treasure View, at first because he was in the mood and didn’t have the time, then later, he was busy double-cultivating with the Flower Goddess and actively ignored the State Master.

    After all, the State Master definitely knew about his dual cultivation with Mu Nanjia, and to go and touch bad luck at this time was not the kind of survival that a fish pond owner should have.

    But now he had to make a trip to the Spirit Treasure View.

    …………

    In the Lingbao Guan.

    Luo Yu Heng sat cross-legged above the pool and meditated with his eyes closed.

    Clad in feathered garments, wearing a lotus flower crown, a bit of vermilion sand in the center of his brow burned brightly.

    Cold and dusty as the nine heavenly fairies, often years of monasticism infused with the immortal aura, will be able to kill most of the “born in the red dust” of the women.

    A woman holding a fox cub sat in a gazebo by the pool and tsked:

    “The State Master is so beautiful, her skin is like curdled fat, her phoenix eyes and vermilion lips, her icy muscles and jade bones, a special thing on earth.

    “It’s so envious of a mediocre person like me.”

    She was plain looking and old, but she spoke in a tone that was clearly flirting and snickering, where there was no hint of inferiority.

    “Envious and jealous!” Shirahime chimed in with a clawed hand.

    Munanjia sighed:

    “The State Master is beautiful, but it’s weirdly pathetic to not have a man to love.”

    Bai Ji delicately said, “Poor thing!”

    Munanjia continued:

    “Unlike me, although my posture is average, at least I have a man to love.”

    Suddenly, he shook his head again with a sad face, “It’s not a good thing either, a pushy sex man, the bed won’t even let anyone get out of it.”

    A vein protruded from the corner of Luo Yu Heng’s polished forehead.

    She just pretended not to hear it and continued to meditate.

    Outside the small courtyard, a wall.

    Sneaking away ……….. Xu Qi’an used the Heavenly Compass’s ability to “move the stars” to shield his breath, going back and forth from wherever he came, hiding his achievements and his name.

    “Mu Nan gardenia this stupid thing, awakening flower god spirit embodiment after floating ………. State Master ah, you this is retribution ah, who let you threaten to intimidate her in the first place ……….. Well, anyway, it’s not my business.

    “It’s all the rage these days for sisters to roll within sisters, the Flower God rolls the State Master, Huaiqing rolls Lin’an, and Lingyue rolls Yuanfang ……….”

    Xu Qi’an left Ling Bao Guan.

    Half a quarter of an hour later, an orange cat leapt the fence to the secluded little yard.

    Mu Nanjia and Luo Yuheng looked at the orange cat at the same time.

    The orange cat didn’t panic at all, and with a letter in her mouth, she walked with graceful steps to the edge of the pool and dropped it.

    Then turn your head and walk away.

    The State Master and the Flower God frowned in unison and tried:

    “Xu Qi’an?”

    The orange cat snapped back, gave a cute “meow” and continued on her way.

    The two older, but still ravishingly beautiful women withdrew their gaze.

    Luo Yu Heng beckoned and ingested the envelope, unfolded it and read it, with a cold smile on his face.

    “Whose letter?”

    Mu Nanjia asked, pretending not to care.

    “Xu Qi’an cluck.”

    Luo Yu Heng faintly said.

    “Wrote what?” Mu Nanjian’s ears perked up.

    The corner of Luo Yu Heng’s mouth was raised in a cloudy tone:

    “Praying for a double whammy.”

    ………..

    Night, Bagua Terrace.

    Xu Qi’an held the fragment of the earth book, followed by the faint starlight, and gazed at the mirror of the transmission.

    [1: The strongholds of the Earth Sect’s demonic paths have been mapped out, and they are indeed in Qingzhou, having defected to the Yunzhou rebels. They are now in charge of the Department of Torture and Prosecution in Qingzhou. The main stronghold is at the Tidings and Prosecution Department in Qingzhou City.

    [They are still habitually wearing the Taoist robes of the Earth Sect, which are very recognizable.]

    Wei Yuan s dark son is really powerful ……… The members of the Heaven and Earth Association lamented inwardly.

    [9: Okay, let’s stick to the plan then, guys, let’s find a place to rendezvous.]

    [3: Let’s meet in the underground palace outside of Yongzhou, we all know that place, and Yongzhou is close to Qingzhou, so it’s easy to move around, there’s no need to come back to the capital.]

    [Eight: The underground palace outside Yongzhou?]

    Asuro is unaware of the location of the dungeon.

    Chu Yuanzhen transmitted, [Thirty miles south of Yongzhou City, there is a mountain range, you should be able to meet us there. Where are you at number eight? If it’s not too far away, we can imperial sword over to pick you up.]

    Asuro sent a message of rejection: [No need, it’s not too far, I’m already in the Central Plains].

    It’s only a few thousand miles from Yongzhou.

    [Nine: Well, see you tomorrow at dawn!

    The members replied: [Yes!

    There will be a good show tomorrow ……… Xu Qi an collected the pieces of the ground book, blended into the shadows, and returned to the house.

    Candlelight is like beans.

    Mu Nanjia hugged Bai Ji and sat at the table to read the book of words with atlas and text.

    “Why aren’t you asleep?”

    Xu Qi’an said, and began to untie his robes, ready to rock the bed to a cackle with the Flower God.

    Munan Gardenia sneered:

    “What is Xu Yinluo doing here with me if he doesn’t go to your State Master for dual cultivation.”

    ? Why do I want to find a national master to double cultivation, and it is not time for double cultivation, the normal state of Luo Yuheng is still very resistant to popping with me ……… Xu Qi an didn t understand what she was jealous of.

    Don’t you flaunt and roll beautifully in the daytime!

    “What are you talking about.” Xu Qi’an didn’t have the heart to say.

    Mu Nanjia gave a “heh” and didn’t bother to take care of him.

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