Qin Shi Ambitious

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Yan Dan gripped the ink-black eyebrow in her hand: "What about Wei? Wei also needs to send someone to make contact."

“Your Highness is too anxious.” Tian Guang took a few steps closer: “The most important thing right now is that, regardless of whether the assassination attempt on Qin succeeds or not, the allied forces of Yan and Zhao must defeat Wang Jian.”

"If Wang Jian is defeated, all the states will take action."

If the combined forces of Yan and Zhao were to be defeated by Wang Jian, then everything would be uncertain... Ultimately, the success of national strategies depends on victory on the battlefield.

"Ultimately, we lack a great general to lead the troops..."

Yan Dan was taken aback and sighed deeply.

After the Yi River dissipated, Tian Guang returned to his residence and summoned Tian Zang: "Send a letter to Daze Mountain and tell Lu Wei to come to Yan State immediately."

...

The Moon Goddess grew tired of spending her days in Ji City accompanying Consort Yan in her revenge.

According to Yanfei's plan, it will take at least three more years before Yandan's daughter can use Yin-Yang techniques.

Even with the best efforts, it would take eight years to train someone to use the Six Souls Terror Curse.

With such a complicated revenge plan, she needed to return to the Yin-Yang School and at least report to the Eastern Emperor.

If I were to leave Xianyang for so long, my status within the Yin-Yang School would certainly decline, and I would have no chance of replacing the Eastern Emperor.

Yan Fei was somewhat bothered by the Moon Goddess's temporary departure. She was practicing transformation magic, intending to kill King Xi of Yan in broad daylight using 'Yan Dan's face'.

To complete this plan, Yanfei needs the help of her 'good sister'. However, the Moon Goddess's departure was justified, so she can only temporarily slow down her actions.

Inside Sanghai City, the sect leader was completely unaware of the affairs of the Yan Kingdom; he had already abandoned the overall situation in the Yan and Zhao regions. His disciples there were merely laying low among the common people, lying in wait for the day they would raise their arms and make a call to arms many years later.

After Lu Wei finished talking with Feng Hu Zi, he actually followed Fu Nian's recommendation and enjoyed Qi Di Entertainment in Sang Hai City.

Then, to his surprise, he discovered that there were actually people from Mount Shu on the shore of the East China Sea!

They transported the local specialties of Shushan to the Mo Family Inn for sale.

However, these Shu people were ordinary people, not the Yu Yuan guards that the Yin Yang School was plotting against.

According to Lu Tangzhu's initial investigation, it was discovered that as a cook, Paoding needed ingredients from all over the world to hone his culinary skills, so he often had people from Shu transport ingredients to Sanghai from afar.

They exist not only in Sichuan, but also in the northern frontier regions.

The Mohists and the Shu Mountains had no connection, but this discovery led the Hall Master to revise his plans.

I had planned to visit the State of Chu last year, but the war between Qin and Zhao broke out and I was unable to make the trip.

After finishing his Confucian business, and after taking Feng Huzi to Daze Mountain to retrieve Gan Jiang and Mo Xie, he would have to go to the State of Chu to continue exchanging ideas with his brother Xiang Bo.

I imagine that little tyrant Xiang Yu must have learned to walk by now.

After bullying the little tyrant, he took some information from the Yin Yang School and went to visit Mount Shu!

The hearts of the people of Shu are the hearts of the people, and Lu Wei believes himself to have boundless love and compassion for all people under heaven.

Chapter 148 Mind's Eye for Cutting Water

"Brother Jing, are you scared?"

On the carriage traveling southwest, Jing Ke and Qin Wuyang leaned against each other on either side. Neither of them stayed inside the carriage to rest, but instead took advantage of the journey to admire the scenery in the distance.

The location of the battle between Qin and Zhao was not far from the State of Yan. In order to stay away from the battlefield and avoid being affected by the war, they needed to take a long detour to reach Qin.

There were already many bandits in the Zhao state, and now there are even more, but they are mostly old, weak, sick and disabled, so they pose no threat.

Jing Ke felt pity for these robbers, and each time he would simply knock them unconscious, then sigh and remain silent.

His soaring ambition, lost at the Yi River, could only be rediscovered in the Qin Palace...

Qin Wuyang's sudden question stirred up a slight ripple in the dull atmosphere of the carriage.

"What, are you scared?"

Jing Ke chuckled, not even glancing at Qin Wuyang, and instead whipped his horse to urge it to run faster.

Yes, I'm scared.

Qin Wuyang didn't look at Jing Ke either; he stared at the occasional exposed bones and the buzzing flies on both sides of the road.

Even those who dared to commit murder in their youth felt a wave of nausea rising in the chest of this young man who had just turned twenty, all he had heard along the way.

"The heavy responsibility entrusted to us by His Highness the Crown Prince is also the heavy responsibility entrusted to us by the people of Yan and Zhao. What should we do if we fail?"

Qin Wuyang clenched his fists: "I'm afraid of failing this mission..."

"Youth should be characterized by youthful exuberance." Jing Ke leaned to the left, sat down next to Qin Wuyang, and put his arm around his neck.

"Do your best and obey destiny."

"Is it just because the two of us have to face the entire Qin court that you lack confidence?"

"His neck is made of flesh and blood too. If a sword is swung down, it will fall off just the same way."

"We only have the chance to strike once, to fulfill our mission with that one strike, and nothing else matters to us."

Qin Wuyang felt the slight pressure from Jing Ke on his arm and understood that Brother Jing was trying to help him regain his senses.

"But I want to complete His Highness's mission. In any case, only by completing the mission can we create the best situation for His Highness."

"No!" Jing Ke retorted coldly without hesitation, then suddenly smiled: "The act of wielding the sword against the King of Qin is more important than the result!"

"Our actions are telling the world: we must have the courage to resist enemies who oppress us!"

"You must fight for your own destiny with your own sword!"

"Even if one Jing Ke or Qin Wuyang fails, there will be many more Jing Kes and Qin Wuyangs who will step forward."

"Our lives withered in the Qin palace to tell the Qin rulers that the six states still have spirit!"

"Is wielding the sword itself more important than the result...?" Qin Wuyang pondered these words, his memory flashing back to his youthful days of impulsive killing...

“Not bad,” Jing Ke released him, sat up straight, and whipped the carriage, urging it to move faster. “And…”

"I have a good friend who lives right next to the King of Qin!"

"Who?"

“Gai Nie, we used to be close friends.”

'But this time, we're going to be enemies...'

Jing Ke didn't say the last sentence aloud; in fact, he didn't want to see his friend during this assassination attempt on the King of Qin...

...

On the northern outskirts of Sanghai City, Lu Wei arrived at the waterfall that Fu Nian had recommended to him.

Here, the cliffs are steep and the rocks, large and small, are covered with a thin layer of moss and are extremely slippery.

There isn't even a road, so it's really not easy for ordinary people to come here for recreation.

First, you hear the roar of the waterfall as it rushes forward, and only when you stand on the edge of the cliff can you see half of the waterfall from above.

The best vantage point is probably not here, but rather from a boat at sea.

After personally investigating, the head of the hall abandoned his plan to secretly establish a hidden farmhouse stronghold here.

Before he came here, he had a whimsical idea: could he use the waterfall as a natural barrier and hollow out the space behind it, thinking that this would be an ingenious way to conceal the area?

But now, after observing with his own eyes, Lu Wei has discovered that such fantasies are not only wasteful of resources and manpower, but also ineffective.

This place is indeed not easily accessible to ordinary people, as the ecology is extremely wild. However, the waterfall itself will naturally attract attention, drawing many wandering martial arts enthusiasts who are able to come.

As Lu Wei stood on the edge of the cliff, he sensed that there were several other martial arts masters enjoying the scenery with him.

On the opposite reef in the sea, a hunched old man stood some distance away. There were no boats around. If this old man had used his own lightness skills to get down from here and cross the sea to stand on that reef, his skills would be worthy of being called a master.

Having abandoned his idea of ​​establishing a base, Hall Master Lu calmed down and began to admire the waterfall.

The natural scenery that matched his taste was very beneficial to his Whale Drinking Sword Technique and inspired the concentration of his Sea Swallowing Sword's momentum.

So after looking around, he resolutely jumped off the waterfall, skillfully avoiding getting the turbulent waves from the river and cliffs on his clothes.

As it landed on the sea surface, it unleashed a palm strike, freezing the seawater into a square ice raft.

With his toes lightly stepping on it, the Master used his flying snow technique to land smoothly and lightly.

Including his previous encounter with Wei Zhuang, Lu Wei has already jumped off the cliff twice, making him quite adept at it.

The other martial arts heroes on the waterfall were all shocked to see someone jump off, but they couldn't see what was happening directly below. As for the old man on the distant reef, he was the only one who knew that Lu Wei had landed safely, and he moved slightly.

Regardless of all that, Master Lu was right below the edge of the waterfall, personally experiencing the powerful impact of the water propelling the ice raft beneath him towards the depths of the sea.

He unleashed several more strikes with the Frost Palm, freezing a thick path through the sea. Lu Wei returned to the waterfall, releasing his inner energy barrier to block the splashing water, letting himself get soaked.

He then drew the Devouring Sea Sword and closed his eyes to comprehend the Way of Nature within his own swordsmanship.

The ice raft he had initially formed continued to drift, and soon arrived at the old man on the reef.

The old man was also a swordsman, carrying an ordinary standard-issue longsword on his back.

When a portion of the sword strikes, washed away by the flowing water, spread over the reefs, the old man sensed it, and his expression turned fiery...

Silently drawing the sword from his back, he suddenly moved with lightning speed, riding the waves to stab the unsuspecting Lu Wei!

This is a sneak attack that lacks any sense of martial ethics.

Just as the old man was about to succeed, Lu Wei held the Sea-Swallowing Sword upright on his back with a backhand strike. With a clang, the attack from behind was accurately blocked by the Sea-Swallowing Sword.

Suddenly opening his eyes, the hall master's face was calm, but a rare killing intent arose from his body.

With a flick of his wrist, he deflected the tip of the enemy's longsword. At the same time, Lu Wei sidestepped, causing the longsword to miss its mark just three inches from his waist. Without even looking, Tun Hai delivered a powerful and accurate slash towards the old man's neck.

The old man had no time to sheathe his sword, so he had to use his other hand to take the scabbard off his back to parry. But the sect leader's sword was exceptionally fierce, cutting through the old man's scabbard filled with inner energy as easily as paddling through water, and continuing to slash at his neck.

The nameless old man finally felt a little scared. He twitched his ears slightly, judged the direction of the airflow around him, and with his old experience, he opened his left palm. The remaining half of the scabbard slid down and spun around to block the edge of the Devouring Sea Sword again.

It was still easily cut open, but the two blocks bought the old man a crucial reaction time. He bent his body in an unbelievable way for his age, moving his neck out of Lu Wei's attack range.

At the same time, his right hand reacted and attempted to cut Lu Wei in two at the waist.

With a cold snort, the hall master stepped back three paces, dodging the old man's waist-cutting strike.

Before retreating, Lu Wei tilted the sword in his hand, and the sword energy turned and slashed across the old man's chest, sharply cutting through the clothes and flesh, leaving a thin line on the bone.

Unfortunately, the enemy reacted quickly. Although the sword strike seemed to cause a great injury, it didn't even qualify as a serious one.