Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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The dancing sword lights and sword shadows suddenly stopped, and the peach blossom petals blown up by the strong wind fell one after another. The broadsword stopped in front of Lin Qu’s forehead, and the long sword was pressed against Wen Shilan’s neck.
Tie.
The two of them moved away at the same time, while Lin Qu smiled slightly: “Let’s make a concession. Since it’s a tie, why don’t we exchange bets? The thousand-year-old Shark Pearl that the senior wants is here. I will also ask the senior to return my uncle’s ashes.”
As he said that, he raised his head slightly. With a wave of his hand, he took out a palm-sized brocade box. Pushing it open with one finger, there was a crystal-clear Shark Bead with flowing light in the box.
Shark beads were said to be pearls formed from the tears of sharks in the deep sea. They were actually beads born from clams in the sea. They could be used as medicine and as jewellery. The Millennium Shark Pearl was extremely rare and had some special functions.
Wen Shilan looked at the bead and took out Lin Zhenghan’s ashes without hesitation. It was a small white porcelain jar, covered with a bright red stopper and tied firmly with a red rope. It looked like Zhu Xingli’s handiwork. No one but him would tie a red string to the urn.
In fact, they were Lin Zhenghan’s ashes.
The two of them threw the things in their hands at each other at the same time. When the urn was about to touch Lin Qu’s fingertips, Lin Xin suddenly took action and picked out his father’s urn with the tip of his sword.
The white porcelain urn flew into the sky, and the soul-devouring charm attached to the bottom of the urn fluttered down.
Lin Qu jumped up and received the ashes firmly in his hands. Lin Xin then penetrated the eyeball that was constantly rotating in the center of the talisman with his sword and nailed it to the ground.
“What Sirius on the grassland? I think it’s the mad dog of the grassland!” Lin Xin burned the Devouring Soul on the ground with a snap of his fingers, his words full of contempt.
Wen Shilan didn’t express anything about the failure of Soul Devouring and turned around to leave.
“Wait a minute.” Lin Qu placed the urn firmly on the stone table. As soon as he finished speaking, a dozen disciples of the Lin family dressed in Tsing Yi came with swords and surrounded Wen Shilan tightly in the middle.
Wen Shilan put the seven Luli back on the back of the sword, and looked at Lin Qu behind the crowd with his sword: “What do you want to do?” No matter how strong his spiritual power was, he could not defeat a dozen Lin family masters.
“Senior using such low-level tactics is really an insult to the title of Grandmaster. As a courtesy, I would also like to ask you to hand over all the charms on your body. Then answer my brother’s question.” Lin Qu pointed at the devouring soul charm that was burned to ashes by Lin Xin.
You are unkind and I am unjust, just taking advantage of the crowd to bully you. All the Lin family members activated their Luli, and their sword energy surrounded him to prevent Wen Shilan from killing someone.
Wen Shilan pondered for a moment, then took off the black horn from his waist and looked at Lin Xin, “What do you want to ask?”
“Who made this thing? Do you have any solution for it?” Lin Xin continued, bullying the barbarian who didn’t know Chinese. He understood very well, so he asked two questions combined into one.
“Great witch, no solution.” Wen Shilan threw the horn over.
Lin Qu didn’t pick it up and let the thing fall to the ground. The masters of the Lin family were still surrounding Wen Shilan, and Lin Xin came over with Yanggu in hand, “Brother, please keep this person today.”
Wen Shilan was the number one master in Beimo, and he was also the General Wolf-Slayer who held military power. If they captured Wen Shilan and fed him the Devouring Soul, the barbarians could then also taste the pain of losing their spiritual power. They could also use him to exchange benefits with Uluolun Heruo.
Lin Qu, who didn’t want to get into trouble, suddenly heard such a shameless suggestion and didn’t know how to react.
Wen Shilan snorted coldly and activated the Luli on the Wolf-Slaying Sword, one, two… five, with no intention of stopping.
He was a wolf on the prairie, he could only be killed, not captured.
The sixth Luli lit up, and the thick spiritual power spread out. The clear and shallow water behind him began to tremble uneasily, with ripples appearing in circles. When the number of Luli shining reached upto seven, it could split mountains and rocks, sweep through thousands of armies, and at the same time burst their spiritual veins and destroy them all.
“It’s just a joke,” Lin Qu stopped Wen Shilan in time and made a greeting gesture, “Senior, see you later.”
The masters of the Lin family all stepped back and gave him the way out.
Wen Shilan put away the spiritual power surging around his body, and the Luli on the Wolf Slayer gradually dimmed. Suddenly, he stepped on the ground with one foot and rushed straight towards Lin Xin.
Lin Xin immediately swung his sword but was pressed down by the heavy Wolf Slayer Sword. He instantly stepped back three feet, and the sword energy drew a long crack on the ground.
“Baby, I told you, don’t let me see you again!” Wen Shilan’s voice was low, with a strong murderous intention, “Next time, I will skin you like a wild rabbit and sacrifice your flesh and blood to the great witch!”
His dark blue eyes suddenly tightened, Lin Xin gritted his teeth, reversed his spiritual power and began to absorb soul power. Wen Shilan suddenly exerted his strength, pushed him away hard, jumped onto the Wolf-Slaying Sword, flew high into the sky with a roar, and disappeared into the sky in the blink of an eye.
Shen Lou received the title of Duke, but he did not leave the capital immediately. At the invitation of the prince, he went to the Crown Prince’s manor for a drink.
“Now that the national treasury is not rich, it is really not a good time to start a war. Qingque, I understand your urgency. Facing those barbarians every day, the hatred of the country and the family has long been unbearable. However, there are some difficulties on father’s side.” The crown prince followed. Shen Lou clinked his glasses with red eyes, expressing his sympathy and helplessness.
“I’m being rude.” Shen Lou looked calm and poured wine for the prince.
“You and I have grown up together since we were young. No one can compare to our affection. I will do whatever I have to do for you. We still need to deal with the matter of starting a war,” the crown prince said with a smile, and secretly observed Shen Lou. With a strange look on his face, he changed the subject and talked about Lin Xin, “I heard that you and the Marquis of Lu are back on good terms, and that he jumped into Mogui Valley alone to save you. Is this true?”
Lin Xin had never accepted the crown prince’s overtures, and even his works were correct. Nowadays, the Luli Order was being implemented in full swing, and the princes were being controlled by Lin Xin. It was not an exaggeration to say that his power was overwhelming. If this continued, sooner or later the emperor would transfer the crown prince’s position to Feng Zhong on the grounds that he was too incompetent to suppress Marquis of Lu.
Recently, the crown prince was overjoyed when he heard that Lin Xin jumped off a cliff to save Shen Lou. After all Shen Lou was loyal to him. Wouldn’t it be great if Lin Xin could be controlled through Shen Lou!
“Your Majesty, there is no need to worry about the matter of Marquis of Lu. Lin Xin is only loyal to the emperor.” Shen Lou lowered his eyes and said, but these words were about Marquis of Lu in his previous life.
The crown prince’s hand holding the wine glass suddenly tightened.
The implication was that he refused to help the crown prince persuade Lin Xin. He also reminded him that the princes were only loyal to the emperor, and he was also a prince now, and he was not someone who could be ordered around at will by a prince.
The banquet broke up unhappily, and Shen Lou completely lost patience with the crown prince who showed no progress. In his previous life, it was this new emperor who was determined to have his own way, and thus repeatedly interfered, causing Dayong to retreat steadily and be trapped in the southern region. Now, not only had he failed to gain enlightenment, but he was also pretending to claim credit for persuading the emperor to send troops. This was really disappointing.
“What, is he saying that his father didn’t listen to his begging?” Feng Zhong, dressed in casual clothes, emerged from the crowd and followed Shen Lou.
Shen Lou glanced at him and said, “Your Highness should not be here.”
“I have good news for you. Your back-up plan has worked.” Feng Zhong looked around, covered his face with the big sesame seed cake in his hand, and whispered.
The northern border was 800 miles away and was expedited.
The barbarians raided Yanmen Pass and massacred Guangwu City. All the people in the city, men, women, old and young, had their eyes gouged out and were packed neatly on the main street.
Yanmen was a fortress, and Guangwu was the main city of Yanmen Pass. The Northern Territory was flat on the map, and Yanmen Pass was its thinnest point, bordering the Central Plains and Beimo. Once Yanmen Pass was broken, the barbarians could directly enter the Central Plains.
“Too much bullying!” Emperor Yuanshuo slapped Shen Qiuting’s signed battle report on the imperial court. They just massacred the city, gouged out everyone’s eyes, and neatly numbered the corpses. This was really a provocation to Dayong.!
Shen Lou’s eyes darkened, Yanmen Pass? This was what he and his sister had discussed, and they had chosen a small town as a false image of the massacre, but they chose Hangu Pass instead of Yanmen.
No matter what went wrong, Shen Lou knelt down on his knees without saying a word and asked for a war again. Several civil servants arranged by Feng Zhong in advance also came out one after another.
“Your Majesty, the barbarians are throwing Dayong’s face to the ground and trampling on it. If there is no war, the country will not be a country!”
“Although I am a scholar, I still have spiritual roots and spiritual veins, and I can fight for the country!”
“Your Majesty! Please fight!”
“I invite you to fight!”
Feng Zhuoyi clasped his hands behind his back and walked a few steps back and forth on the high platform. He suddenly stood still and gritted his teeth and said: “Just fight, I am a magnanimous person, but how can I allow barbarians to bully me! Pass on my Feng Zhuoyi’s will, Shen Qiuting will receive the title of the princess of Sanghu County, and Shen Lou will receive the title of the general marshal of Zhengbei. Order troops to destroy the barbarians!”
“This minister will obey the order!” Shen Lou responded loudly, took the tiger tally[1] with both hands, and immediately went to order troops.
The imperial army marched slowly, and Shen Lou arrived at Yanmen Pass first and saw the furious Shen Qiuting.
“What’s going on?” Shen Lou threw the imperial edict of becoming a princess to his sister.
Shen Yingying threw it to her attendants without looking at it, pointing her riding crop at the devastated Guangwu City, “See for yourself.”
The barbarian raid was real, and the gouging of the eyes was also real, but there was no massacre of the city. The people who had their eyes gouged out lay scattered on the street, struggling and rolling, and blood flowed into rivers. Shen Yingying simply exaggerated when reporting it to the court.
Shen Lou looked at the mortals who were wailing with two bloody holes in place of their eyes, and suddenly had a bad feeling.
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Small Theater:
“A Big Conjecture about Conspiracy”
Xinxin: What does the great witch want my flesh and blood for?
Loulou: Sacrifice to heaven!
Master: Draw a formation!
Zhongzhong: Stew!
Xinxin: Why do barbarians dig out people’s eyes?
Loulou: Provocation!
Master: Raise Gu!
Zhongzhong: Stew!
Xinxin: →_→
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[1] It was through the tiger tally that the Emperors of China would authorize and delegate the power to his generals to command and dispatch an army. According to the Chinese tradition, the tiger was a symbol of valour; therefore, a tiger-shaped tally symbolized the expectation that an imperial command should be completed as promptly and as courageously as a tiger with the authorization of the emperor.