As night fell, the silence of the canyon was darkened. The night breeze blew slowly from the unknown distance, through the muffled snorts of the beasts in the canyon, through the dense foliage of the dark ancient trees, through the smoke curling from the extinguished campfire, and then through the red sideburns of Mulan's cherry blossoms.

Mulan sat on a high rock, looking up at the quiet night sky, the moon was dark, but the sparse stars were much brighter.

Mulan loves to look at the stars, and she often wonders what they would be thinking if the stars were conscious. Do you think about where you come from, where you want to go, or why you exist...... However, no matter how much they thought about it, they could only stop in the air, glowing alone.

Mulan felt like a star, but she didn't want to just stop there and shine...... Even if the light shines again.

"Lan Lan ......" I don't know when, Zhang Liang flew to Hua Mulan's side with the ancient book in his hand, and shouted softly.

"Hmm." That soft call interrupted Mulan's reverie, and she looked back at Zhang Liang, who had a philosophical and innocent face, and responded softly. At this time, she couldn't help but wonder in her heart, when did she start to accept such an affectionate title from him?

"Are you okay?" Zhang Liang looked at Mulan and asked with concern.

"Well, it's fine." Hua Mulan replied succinctly, of course she knew that what Zhang Liang was asking was whether there was any problem after she swallowed the Blue Heart, and the empty consumption of the Demon Blue Energy in her body was balanced with the source of life.

"That's it...... Judging from the magic blue energy of this blue heart, if you continuously release the magic blue energy, it will be able to maintain the empty space in your body for about a month and a half. Zhang Liang thought about it and said, "After a while, I still have to find a new blue heart." ”

"yes, I know." Mulan replied succinctly.

Zhang Liang and Hua Mulan sat on the high rock and chatted, while the smoke of the bonfire also wafted from under the mountain rock. The huge body of the Tyrant Dragon after its death lay on the ground, and the stiff dragon head was still frozen in the movement of wanting to open its mouth and breathe fire. But after the death of the tyrant of this canyon, the core area of Julu Canyon is indeed much quieter.

Han Xin sat quietly under the mountain rock, listening to Zhang Liang and Hua Mulan's whispers on the mountain rock, intentionally or unintentionally, and the faint smile on his face was reflected by the flickering flames...... Perhaps relieved, his righteous brother, who has been immersed in ancient books and demons for more than 20 years, is finally interested in girls......

And next to Han Xin, there was a strange bone branch scattered - it was the flesh and bones of the Tyrant Dragon, and they couldn't find any food for the night in the center of the canyon, so they cut off a piece of the loin from the Tyrant Dragon's body, built a bonfire and roasted it......

"Although...... But the blue heart is only an external force after all, and the most important thing is to treat the root cause of the disease in your body - can I ask you what disease you are suffering from that causes the magic blue to spontaneously drain all the time? Zhang Liang continued to ask with concern.

And Mulan smiled and said with flickering words, "...... It's okay, this sickness...... It'll get better slowly. ”

"Okay...... Then you should pay more attention to yourself......" Zhang Liang said softly, Hua Mulan was reluctant to say, and he naturally didn't want to ask more.

Then, Mulan didn't speak, just quietly looked at the stars in the night sky, and her cherry red pupils seemed to glow with a faint starlight.

"Lan Lan, where is your home?" Zhang Liang no longer delved into the root cause of the disease, soothed the concern between his eyebrows, and chatted easily.

"Home...... It's in Tang Cao. Mulan thought for a moment and said softly.

"It turns out that you are a foreigner......" Zhang Liang was surprised, because foreigners rarely appear, but he didn't expect him to leave Fengqi Mountain, and the first person he met was a native of Tang Cao. But he was not suspicious, and only said to himself.

"Tang Cao, the border country north of the Three Realms, has a sound legal system and strict national discipline, and is the most prosperous country in the world. It's very happy to live there......"

"Hmm...... Tang Cao's country and environment are indeed very good, and the people there are indeed living happily......" Mulan said thoughtfully, but there was a faint sadness in her voice.

Zhang Liang looked at Mulan quietly, and also had doubts, but he didn't ask why Mulan came to Qin Chu. I don't know why, when talking to Mulan, he is very relaxed, even if his mind is quick, he doesn't think much about it.

"By the way, there's one thing I've always been curious about - your sword is so heavy that I can't move it when it's on the ground, but how can you swing it so easily?"

"This sword is not a mundane thing, but a divine sword that recognizes the Lord. Now that I am its master, it doesn't recognize anyone other than me, and it can't hold its ...... even if it has the power to pull out the mountain," Mulan didn't hide it in the matter of the sword, and said slowly, "And its name ...... You may have heard of it - the name of the sword is 'Cangxiao'. ”

"Heaven!" Zhang Liang's face changed with ease, his eyes showed a look of shock, and he asked in surprise, "The sky in the dark phoenix abyss of Tang Dali Temple?" ”

"Hmm." Hua Mulan nodded, and said suspiciously, "Do you still know the Dali Temple and Youhuang Yuan......?"

"Hmm...... I heard about it...... "This time, it was Zhang Liang's turn and his words flickered slightly, although he was still surprised, but he didn't ask any more."

The giant sword is in the sky, that is the legendary sword sealed in the Tang Dynasty, it is said that this sword has existed since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and it has been inherited for thousands of years, and it has been famous throughout the Three Realms. Even if the people in the Three Realms don't know about Dali Temple and Youhuangyuan, they must have heard of the name of the giant sword in the sky.

Of course, Zhang Liang had heard of the name of Cangxiao, but he never thought of it...... Someone else drew the sword...... It seems that he and his teacher are on Fengqi Mountain, far away from the world, and there are still many things that are not smooth about the news in this world......

"Alright...... Tell me about you...... What kind of special book is this in your hand, seeing that you have been holding it, and you are reluctant to put it down when facing the attack of the tyrant dragon......" Mulan suddenly asked Zhang Liang, which can be regarded as changing the conversation.

"The Ancient Book of Words and Spirits - it is an ancient book that does not know the years and years, and I don't know who wrote it in it...... Prophecy of this time and the future. Zhang Liang stared and said to Mulan in a deep voice, but he did not bury it.

"Prophecy? Wouldn't you be able to see the future? Mulan's eyes became suspicious and asked in surprise.

"Sort of...... Although I can't see the panorama but I can see some key points that determine the overall situation...... "Zhang Liang said in a deep voice, "For example, a prophecy I deciphered recently is implying ...... Qin Chu will have a long-hidden storm about to break out next, and everyone within the border will be involved in the storm, and no one can stay out of it......"

"You are coming to Qin Chu now, it's actually very inopportune......"

"It's all ......fate," Mulan sighed lightly, without any melancholy, and said very calmly.

"Indeed...... It's all fate......" Zhang Liang also sighed and said. Through this sentence of "fate", he suddenly found that his relationship with Mulan was faintly delicate, and before that, he never thought that he would meet Mulan here.

Even if he could read the prophecy, he could not foresee it...... So, it's all fate.

"Alright, it's not early, let's go to bed." Hua Mulan glanced at Zhang Liang and said.

"Hmm...... Good night. Zhang Liang didn't say anything more, just answered. Then he left the rock and floated into the void, meditating.

Mulan looked at Zhang Liang sitting in the void, and felt as if he had fallen into a deep sleep, as if he was philosophizing endlessly, but she felt that the most similar thing was that he was just sitting in the void with his eyes closed—waiting for her.

The next morning, the bonfire, which had been burning all night, was finally extinguished, and curling ash smoke rose from the residual ash and char.

And Zhang Liang and the other three stood by the extinguished bonfire, staring at something with a look of surprise.

In front of them was the place where the Tyrant Dragon had died yesterday, but the huge corpse of the Tyrant Dragon was completely gone, leaving only a piece of coagulated black blood and a black crystal lying on the ground.

"The corpse of this tyrannical dragon...... Is it decay and gone......" Han Xin looked at the bloodstained ground, but he didn't believe that the tyrant dragon could survive and fly away, after all, its spine had been cut off and eaten.

"Tyrant Dragon's level of monsters are so powerful that I have never heard of rumors of being hunted before...... But after all, it is also a wild monster, and it should be decayed and condensed after death. ”

"Well, as long as it is a wild monster or monster, no matter how high-level, it must follow this natural law." Zhang Liang looked at the strange black crystal on the ground, "I guess it must have slowly decayed and condensed after we fell asleep last night." ”

"Then this black crystal is the product of the tyrant Dragon Ninghua...... Mulan walked over, picked up the black crystal on the ground, looked at it carefully, and asked, "Do you know what this crystal is used for?" ”

Han Xin waved his hand, as he said, he had never heard of the hunting of the Tyrant Dragon, and naturally he didn't know what would come out of the Tyrant Dragon's demise.

"This ...... I don't know," Zhang Liang looked at the strange crystal in Mulan's hand, and said suspiciously. Even though he studied under the sage Jiang Shang and read the world's strange things, Zhang Liang really did not know what the condensation product of the tyrant dragon was after his death.

"It doesn't matter what it is, anyway, the tyrant dragon condensation is definitely a good thing, so let's take it first." Han Xin said.

"Hmm...... Then you can keep it......" Mulan nodded, and without thinking much about it, she handed the black crystal in her hand to Zhang Liang, who was holding the ancient book.

"Uh-huh." Zhang Liang stared at the strange black light emitted by the crystal, and without delaying, he accepted it for everyone first.

After that, the three of them did not stop and left the core of the canyon together.

It was a few hours before they were back on the outer edge of the canyon, and then the three of them slowly stopped at the fork outside the canyon.

The fork in the road is both a separation.

Hua Mulan suddenly turned around, looked at Zhang Liang and Han Xin, and said calmly: "Thanks to the two of you along the way, let's leave it alone." ”

Hearing this, Han Xin immediately pushed Zhang Liang and said, "Hey, you...... Why don't you go along......"

Zhang Liang was also shocked, and was about to speak, but was preempted by Mulan.

"When we meet, it's time to separate." Hua Mulan stared into Zhang Liang's eyes and said seriously. She felt in her heart that Zhang Liang still wanted to follow her, but she couldn't let him follow anymore.

So Hua Mulan nodded to them, turned around and left, heading towards the east, in the direction of the inner kingdom of Qin and Chu.

Zhang Liang just stood in place, watching Mulan go away step by step. As she walked, Hua Mulan suddenly stopped, turned her head and smiled at Zhang Liangwaner: "Goodbye...... Liangliang. ”

"Goodbye." Zhang Liang could only say goodbye, and gradually, Mulan's figure disappeared at the end of his sight.

"Hey...... Zhang Liang, you just let her go? Han Xin looked at Zhang Liang, who looked at him from afar, and frowned.

"Or else? People have already said that it's time to separate......" Zhang Liang sighed lightly and said quietly.

"Eh, are you really stupid to read books? She said you can't say it together? She won't let you follow, can't you chase? Han Xin frowned slightly, looked at Zhang Liang and said helplessly, "If you like people, you can entangle more, and if you are entangled, you will have feelings......

"Now you look at people like this and leave, you will regret it in the future!"

"In the canyon, Lan Lan has been entangled all the way, she has her own way to go, I can't follow anymore......" Zhang Liang looked at the distance where he could no longer see Mulan's figure, and said calmly, "I'll see you again if I have a fate......

And Han Xin listened to what Zhang Liang said on the side, so he could only shake his head silently and coldly......

——Just as Zhang Liang and Han Xin were chatting, a black whirlpool suddenly appeared on the ground a hundred meters away from them, and a fist-sized eyeball emerged from the whirlpool, which was pitch black, revealing only a hemispherical red pupil eye.

The blood-red eyes that blinked silently scanned everything around him, swept to Zhang Liang, who was looking from afar, and Han Xin, who was helpless. In the end, his eyes fell on Mulan, who had walked a few hundred meters away......

——Xianyang Palace, the palace dark pavilion.

Behind the emperor's magnificent Xianyang Palace, there is a secret pavilion dedicated to the emperor's handling of political affairs and secret orders.

Ying Zheng sat on the golden couch of Kowloon, a symbol of imperial power, holding a petite and cute fox in his hand.

It was a very peculiar fox, with a petite body and a large tail. The hair on the whole body is based on carmine pink, and the color gradually darkens from neck to tail, and on its tail, in addition to the base color of carmine, there are three gorgeous patterns of rose red, crescent white, and sun yellow. However, the most peculiar thing is that the little fox's body naturally exudes a charming fragrance, which will make people indulge in it and forget everything.

But Ying Zheng was not intoxicated, he just looked at the little fox's charming royal blue pupils interestingly, gently stroked the colorful and supple tail, and then said quietly:

"How's it going? The matter of Afang Palace. ”

Bai Qi, who had been standing silently beside the golden couch, said in a deep voice: "The affairs of Afang Palace have always been handled by Bian Que. As he said, Ling Chi had already started, because a large number of 'sacrifices' had been prepared in the early stage, so Ling Chi was in good condition, and the melting situation was also going smoothly - but in the final stage, Ling Chi still needed the support of a large number of 'sacrifices', and the fire could not be broken...... I don't know if the current 'sacrifice' reserves are still enough......"

"Hmm. Before, you said, aren't there still a few cities in the country that are resisting the government? You just sent troops to conquer them with the Emperor's Holy Order, and prepared a batch of 'sacrifices'......" Ying Zheng said softly, "...... It's the final stage, and we must grasp the ......."

"Well, I will prepare for the 'sacrifice', as for the Afang Palace plan, Bian Que has full authority to deal with it, and nothing will go wrong......" The eyepiece on the white dark blue helmet was gloomy and overflowing with blood.

"Don't worry, Ah Zheng." Bai Qi and Ying Zheng have a deep relationship, they are not ordinary monarchs and ministers, and in private, Bai Qi also calls Ying Zheng by his name.

"Hmm...... So which city are you going to start with? Ying Zheng asked.

"There are five independent cities that are still resisting, and I plan to start from Yancheng, where the dominant independent forces are the two major clans of Gao and Jing, although the strength is very strong, but the bloody battlefield is not what they can imagine, and it is difficult for them to survive under the strong attack of my troops." Bai Qi said in a deep voice.

"Well, you decide......" Ying Zheng replied softly, he had always been relieved about the things handed over to Bai Qi, but he ...... After all, Ying Zheng didn't ask the "just" about Merlin City......

"By the way, has the military rations and salaries issued to Longshun City and Huyao City on the border this year arrived on time?" Ying Zheng suddenly asked.

"It was sent out more than a month ago, and it is estimated that it will arrive in the border city in a few days." Bai Qi replied.

"That's it...... In the past three years, the state treasury has been extremely empty, but they must not be given any less military funds, and they must not be suspicious in the slightest. Ying Zheng nodded and said in a deep voice.

"Don't worry, I've personally checked it, and there is definitely only a lot more grain and grass for the military. And, as you commanded, I added ten more chests of gold and two teams of dancing girls to them. ”

"The political documents sent to them every month are also written by special people to promote the prosperity of the country, and the politics and people are in harmony." Bai Qi said in a deep voice, "What they can see and hear now is that the country is peaceful and peaceful, and there will be no suspicions." ”