Chapter 1 On the City of Nantang

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The ice is endless and the snow is falling.

Nantang City, on the north city wall, you can see the Lanqi Tianjiang River separating the north and south of the world, winding on the earth, like a stranded dying white dragon. The 300,000-strong army from the Northern Chu State was trapped five miles outside the North City Gate, and they were surrounded by strange tongues of fire, the light of which reflected their anxious and powerless faces...... According to the plan, I will jump off the ten-zhang city wall, face the 300,000 soldiers of Northern Chu, and die heroically......

I stood by the city wall and looked at the 300,000 helpless soldiers, who were armed with the sharpest weapons, the strongest shields, and the invulnerable armor, but they were trapped in a circle of fire surrounded by flames three feet high, and the invincible combat power of the storm and wind could not be exerted in the slightest...... My death can allow them to get out of the circle of fire and return to Northern Chu, which was promised to me by the lord of Tianxiang Country himself.

"Has the Thirteenth Prince thought it through?" A domineering voice gradually approached me, and I looked indifferently ahead, only to feel a chill all over my body, not knowing where the cold sword would pierce me......

"Be sure to let these 300,000 elite soldiers return to Northern Chu, otherwise, I will come back to you, and your lord......" I didn't look back, threatening him in a vicious tone. Because I may not see if the 300,000 army can return to Northern Chu...... The cold sword pierced my chest from behind, and I saw the bloody blade stab out of my chest, this sword, very ruthless, leaving no room for ...... When the sword pierced, my body suddenly tensed and instinctively resisted, but my consciousness told me that this was my fate, and this was the end of my trip to Tianxiang...... I fell from the ten-zhang high city wall, and with the last breath calmly accepted my fate, and the broken bones hurt so much, more painful than the bite of a wild beast......

I faintly heard a wail, and my voice grew weaker...... I saw red snow...... So far, I have never been so relaxed at this moment, I close my eyes, I can sleep peacefully, I no longer have to worry about cold guns and arrows, no longer have to worry about bloody teeth and claws, no longer have to live desperately...... Because the end of the dead is death, and only death can truly sleep......

My body was heavy and cold, and the brass bells echoed in my ears...... And so on, hearing, and perception...... Am I still alive? My eyes were so uncomfortable that it took me a lot of effort to open them, and the moonlight was so harsh that it was as if I had never seen light before. I take a heavy breath, light, breathe, aren't these the privileges of the living...... It's like I'm in a dream, it's real and it's like it's illusory...... In front of him were five men standing in a row, their ragged clothes, their blue skin, their stiff movements, and the rancid smell that the cold winter night could not hide...... I looked down at myself, the blood soaked through the brocade clothes, but there was no pain in my body at all, I hurriedly touched the wound on my body, it disappeared as always, my wound would heal itself, but I never thought that I could come back from the dead...... A ray of fear suddenly welled up in my heart, the fear of my unknown fate...... Before I left, the Thirteenth Prince handed me a bag and said that if I could live, I would open it, I thought I would never have a chance to open it, and I even rejoiced that he wanted me to come to Heaven to die...... I thought I was going to get rid of him...... Suddenly, a ray of fire broke into front of me, the zombie-like people in front of him stopped, a fire was lit not far from me, the flames reflected a delicate and thin face, he was dressed in a blue robe, holding a delicate palm copper bell in his hand, constantly adding firewood to the fire, his clothes were full of messy charms, and there were many charms around his waist to ward off evil spirits, how weak this person is, how afraid of evil spirits...... I looked around, it was a quiet old forest, I couldn't tell the direction and I didn't know where it was. Seeing the man set up the iron pot and boil the hot water, I suddenly felt a dry mouth, so I took a step closer to him and said, "Bring me a bowl, I'm thirsty." ”

The boy was stunned for a moment, then looked up at me with a shudder, and scurried to a tree with a scream...... This guy looks quite thin, and I didn't expect this bounce to be quite amazing...... I looked down at myself again, then at the green-skinned corpse next to me, and complained in my heart: As for me, am I so terrible? No matter how terrible it is, it's more pleasing to the eye than these corpses, right?

In the winter the leaves were gone, and I saw him climb up the treetops, and the whole tree was trembling, and I had seen leopards scurrying up the trees, but not as fast as him, and I looked at him strangely, and he was muttering some kind of nonsense incantation, and he was shaking the bell nervously. The other hand was still shaking the bell's hand, and I couldn't help laughing: "Your hand is shaking all the time, you can't control it, right?" Are you so afraid of me? "If you don't do it and keep doing it, the world seems to be real and illusory, so let's see if it's real or illusory...... Since he was afraid, he simply tortured him, although my hands are not big, but each finger is like steel scissors, in order to survive, I have hard and sharp nails, but, this time I was ordered to come to Tianxiangguo, in order to be closer to the appearance of the royal family, my fingertips were cut off, but this did not prevent me from dealing with the guy on the tree, I looked up at him with a cold smile, and the bell in his hand rang even more messy......

I was just about to lift my legs to climb the tree, and I found that the three layers of the royal family's clothes were really troublesome, and the whole person was wrapped in it, and I couldn't run away in a big stride...... I really don't understand, what is the purpose of them wrapping themselves to show elegance and etiquette, is elegance and etiquette the clothes of these royal families?

I was impatient, lifted the hem of my clothes, and kicked the trunk of the tree hard, the tree was not broken, but shook it vigorously, the guy did not catch the branch and fell from the tree, and fell into the snow, at this time he did not give up at all, continued to shake the bell, and the messy charms painted on his body began to light up, and the five zombies suddenly rushed towards me, and I rose into the air and lifted their heads into the fire one by one, and then, pretending to be relaxed, stood beside the man, and looked at him like an ostrich with its head stuck in the sand, it was really funny:" Your corpse brothers are almost burned out, don't you want to look at them one last time? I teased him, this guy looked up with a sad and angry look, he looked at me and did not dare to come near me, tore a yellow talisman from his waist and threw it on me, seeing that I was unmoved, undamaged, he did not give up, and continued to throw the charm at me, and in the moonlight, the charm fell beside me like a petal...... When the man saw that I was not hurt by the charm, he could not bear it, and stabbed him with the iron sword he had with him...... It just so happened that I wanted to see if I was dreaming, so I pounced on his sword, and his sword went through my shoulder, and the blood flowed out, still hot......

The man let go of his sword in fear, took three steps back, and his eyes were full of fear and incredulity......

"How can you still be alive...... I saw you jump from such a high wall......" he was amazed.

I raised my right hand and pulled out his sword, squeezed it hard, the sword broke, and my hand was intact: "I don't understand either. Or, guess what? I laughed, and the teasing and hostility receded, his fear noticeably less.

He approached me cautiously, his steps were so light that he didn't hear the creaking sound in the snow, he stretched out his finger and poked my face, and I deliberately rolled my eyes to show him: "Am I alive?" ”

"It's incredible......" He still looked incredulous, as if he had seen some miracle.

"That's it?" I smiled wryly, took two steps back, and sat down against the tree.

At this time, the five heads had been burned beyond their masks, and the five headless corpses were lying upright on the ground, which was quite terrifying...... The timid man didn't dare to look back at the fire, but thought I would come over.

I took a handful of snow and swallowed it, I was so thirsty, man must have been transformed into a fish, his tail had become a leg, and he would die if he left the water......

"You...... How did you come back to life? ”

"I slept and woke up. It's a big deal. I wiped my mouth casually and covered the wound on my shoulder.

"Are you really the royal son of Northern Chu?" He came closer.

How could it be, the Northern Chu royal family has always been cautious, how could they agree to such a resolute request from Tianxiang. It took ten years for Northern Chu to unify Jiangbei, ten years to recuperate, and then, the greedy eyes fell on Jiangnan. Tianxiang is the gateway to break through the south of the Yangtze River, and the small Tianxiang is just surviving through the wide Lanqi Tianjiang River, because the shipbuilding technology of Northern Chu is limited, and there are whirlpools and tornadoes like raptors wandering around the river...... I heard that there are still water monsters living in the river, and they often engulf the fishing boats in the river...... In addition, Northern Chu has been fighting for many years and is also tired of conquest, Tianxiang took advantage of such a favorable time and place to avoid the disaster that should have happened early, and also blocked the disaster for the entire Jiangnan. But this winter, the weather was extremely cold, the river was frozen, and the monarch of Northern Chu suddenly ordered 300,000 troops to cross the river, with Bai Yu, who had made great achievements in the unification of Jiangbei in Northern Chu, as the main general, ready to take advantage of the enemy's lack of a quick attack and take Tianxiang, but Bai Yu only sent one of his capable subordinates in the name of practicing retreat. Tianxiang has been comfortable for many years, and the grain and grass will be abundant, and if you capture Tianxiang, you can continue to drive south and drive straight into the south of the Yangtze River...... Such a plump and bold ideal was feasible in the plan of the Northern Chu monarch, because he never failed...... But he didn't expect that the little Tianxiang would hide capable people and strange people, and resist the 300,000 army with the strength of one person...... There was a strange man, dressed in black and wearing a purple jade crown, covering his face with a black veil, holding a nine-bead jade ring in his hand, besieging an army of 300,000 in the sea of fire...... Before the thirteen princes came, they had been trapped for seven days and seven nights...... No one dared to break out, and their feet felt as if they had taken root in the ground......

Tianxiang Flying Eagle sent a message to ask the favorite son of the Northern Chu monarch to exchange the life and death of the 300,000 army...... The king agreed...... So, here I am......

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