Chapter 40: Here He Comes
Zhongzhou Imperial City
In the darkest prison, the darkest official's resting room, Xu Zhenyan faced Nian Qingchen, a young official of the Ministry of Rites
"Lord Xu, are you really sure that Lin Xi will definitely agree to this duel?" Nian Qingchen looked at the third son of the Xu family in front of him, who had an amazing maturity in the court, and asked inquiringly
"Of course he will, and he will"
Xu Zhenyan sneered: "In the battle of Biluoling, the crown prince died, and he had already broken his career, if he didn't dare to face such a duel this time, he would change from a just glorious bow-wielding spirit priest to a person who disappointed all the Yunqin people, the higher he climbed, the more he fell badly, I think everyone understands this truth, so he can't refuse this duel at all, otherwise he is destined to bear the name of cowardice, and then be completely abandoned in this empire."
After a slight pause, the sneer on Xu Zhenyan's face disappeared, and he said indifferently: "The Da Mang military, Xu Qiubai and Wenren Cangyue have also taken this seriously, otherwise just our military will pass it on, how can such news be transmitted in Yunqin at such a degree?"
"Not bad" Nian Qingchen was slightly startled, and said solemnly: "Even if it is our Yun Qin's fastest Jiaowei-level military report, it will take at least four to five days to pass it back to the Zhongzhou Imperial City from Nanling Province, and this is still a single-line military report, it will take a lot of time to wait for other military reports to be reviewed accurately, but now it is only a few days ago, and almost the entire Yun Qin knows the news, this must be the role of Da Mang's hidden and spies in my empire is just Lord Xu, Lin Xi will win against that Xu Qiubai?"
"Winner?"
Xu Zhenyan shook his head and said with some patience: " Nian, you are not a cultivator, so you don't understand the things between cultivators, for a simple example, with the cultivation of both sides, if Lin Xi is an ordinary Yunqin calf, then Xu Qiubai is at least equivalent to a divine power giant elephant soul soldier in Tang Zang, and the source of strength of the soul soldier also comes from soul cultivation, such a gap between the two sides is not something that the soul soldier can make up for, and Xu Qiubai's soul soldier longbow is also an ancient soldier, an archer like him can exert the power of the arrow that is completely in his soul power, as long as the holy master is not close, he can completely kill the holy master, or force the holy master to escapeโ
"One side is one of the most powerful archers in this era, and can confront the existence of the Holy Master head-on, while the other side, if they want to kill the Holy Master, they will not be able to kill the Holy Master unless the Holy Master's soul power is exhausted, or other powerful cultivators will cooperate."
"Although he is a spirit priest, with demon beasts cooperating with him, it can be regarded as a solo duel, but the most important thing is that Xu Qiubai will not let him get close at all... The level of cultivation itself means the gap between perception and reflexes, whether it is dodging or arrowing, Xu Qiubai will be faster than him, if it is a holy master, under this kind of fair duel, I am afraid that he can still forcibly rush to Xu Qiubai and kill him, but unfortunately, all the elixirs in this world can only allow the cultivator's cultivation to break through to the national scholar level, even if Qingluan Academy supports it at all costs, there is nothing that can greatly improve Lin Xi's cultivation, not to mention that Lin Xi's cultivation will be promoted to Xu Qiubai's holy master."
"The holy word originally meant to be out of the world and to do it by manpower, if it can be achieved by manpower, then it is not called holy."
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As someone's confidant, he naturally has to know how to observe words and emotions and figure out the meaning of Shangfeng, Nian Qingchen is naturally no exception Listening to Xu Zhenyan's words much more than usual, he knew that although his face was as indifferent as the stone wall of the prison, but there was an indescribable pleasure in his heart, at this time, he naturally knew what to say
So he laughed, looked at Xu Zhenyan and said, "In this way, as long as Lin Xi appears under the Falling Star Mausoleum City and duels with Xu Qiubai, he will definitely die."
Xu Zhenyan snorted coldly, "In the most glorious time, the saddest death, whether he fights or not, will lead to Yun Qin's great shame, and then he will remain in Yun Qin's history books forever in shame."
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"What do you think?"
On the Aojiao Mountain where the dark clouds lock the sun, several buildings are piled up with huge stones, like watchtowers, but obviously not watchtowers, but obviously not watchtowers, and below one of them, Zhantai Qiantang asked the young girl saint Nangong Weiyang beside him
"He'll definitely go" Nangong Weiyang said very directly and simply, just like her style
Zhantai Qiantang smiled bitterly, "I originally thought that the first thing you said would be to say, I will go to the Falling Star Mausoleum to kill Xu Qiubai first."
"It's also a good idea"
Nangong Weiyang frowned slightly, and seemed to have really considered the feasibility, and then nodded: " Kill that person at once, it's neat, it will make people feel refreshed anyway, that person is dead, Lin Xi doesn't have to duel, but I've seen that person's arrow, I can't kill him, and I can't do it neatly, drag mud and water, or if he runs away, it will give people a completely different feeling, and Lin Xi will definitely not agree with me doing this, and will definitely blame me for robbing his business, after all, it was that person who shot the eldest grandson Wujiang, and almost shot him to death, so this kind of revenge, no matter what, must be left to him to avenge himself"
Nangong Weiyang's words were obviously more than usual, and his speech seemed to be more interesting than usual, but Zhantai Qiantang didn't feel a little funny, but instead added heaviness, "Do you have confidence in the duel between him and someone like Xu Qiubai?"
"Of course" Nangong Weiyang nodded as a matter of course, and said seriously: "Lin Xi is one of the smartest people I have ever met, and he is not stupid, since he was originally targeting Xu Qiubai, he already knew that he was doing the same thing as Xu Qiubai, and he knew that if Xu Qiubai duel with him, he would have no way to refuse... If he knew it himself, how could he possibly send himself to his death?"
"But the gap in strength is too big, as you said before, even if you go, you may not be able to kill Xu Qiubai" Zhantai Qiantang frowned and said: "Of course I also understand that Lin Xi is a smart person, but I think Lin Xi wanted to assassinate him before, this kind of head-to-head duel, I really can't find a reason why Lin Xi can kill the other party."
"Naturally, there is not much reason to be reasonable, but I just have confidence in him" Nangong Weiyang glanced at him and said: "The one who lives must be Lin Xi, and the one who dies must be Xu Qiubai."
Zhantai Qiantang smiled bitterly, "It's just that even I don't have confidence in Lin Xi, I think in this world, except for you, I'm afraid no one has such unreasonable confidence in him."
"Who said no" Nangong Weiyang retorted: "At least Chen Feirong must also have confidence in him, and his classmates must also have confidence in him"
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What Nangong Weiyang said was not wrong
At least Chen Feirong has confidence in Lin Xi
"My lord, can you finally kill your first enemy?"
After the news reached a train fleet somewhere in Yunqin, Chen Feirong walked out of one of the carriages, she took a pot of wine, and slowly sprinkled it in the direction of Biluoling, which was not far from this train fleet, and said in her heart: "My lord, I will sacrifice your friends for you first, and I will wait for your good news."
Chen Feirong had confidence in Lin Xi, but in the entire Yunqin, the vast majority of cultivators and court officials had no confidence in Lin Xi, and many people began to wait for the Holy Will first
However, they soon discovered that Emperor Yun Qin had maintained absolute silence on this matter, and it seemed that he was only facing a duel between two ordinary cultivators of Yun Qin
They quickly figured out that either Emperor Yunqin was following the bottom line of Qingluan Academy, or they hoped that Lin Xi would die in this battle
Emperor Yun Qin still wanted Lin Xi to die, but many officials didn't want Lin Xi to die, and they didn't want Yun Qin to be humiliated again because of this battle, so some people wanted to prevent this battle from happening
But at such a stage, the Yunqin military, especially the entire Nanling Province, is the only one who can really dominate the situation, Gu Yunjing
Gu Yunjing did not stop this battle
Before the previous Southern Expedition took place, the most senior and powerful commander of the empire had already done a lot of things invisibly
With the acquiescence of the emperor and the cooperation of Wen Xuanshu, the entire Southern Expedition was isolated from Qingluan Academy, not only did not ask some strong people from Qingluan Academy to join the Southern Expedition battlefield, but even the generals and officials who were originally born in Qingluan Academy were excluded and were transferred from the southern end of the empire, and many officials resigned in anger because of the departure of Zhou Shoufu and the blood of those dead officials, but Gu Yunjing was very simple, and recruited those officials who were suitable for the army, suitable for fighting, and those cultivators from Qingluan Academy who were excluded
This is undoubtedly an extremely bold move that will anger Wen Xuanshu, who leans towards the government and the opposition, and even the emperor on the dragon chair, but Gu Yunjing did just that
And now, Gu Yunjing is doing something bold again... Clear all obstacles and wait for Lin Xi to appear in the Falling Star Mausoleum
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All the Yun Qin soldiers in the Falling Star Mausoleum were in extremely conflicted moods
They hoped that the priest with the bow would appear in the Falling Star Mausoleum, but they were worried that after Lin Xi appeared, he would be killed by the traitorous archer in front of all of them, and they didn't want Lin Xi to really appear in front of them
This ambivalence did not linger for long
Not long after Gu Yunjing and some of his subordinates arrived at the Falling Star Mausoleum, on a sunny afternoon, a young man wearing a priest's robe appeared in the sight of all the soldiers on the wall of the Falling Star Mausoleum
For a while, all the Yun Qin soldiers who saw this figure on the wall of the Falling Star Mausoleum were shocked and unspeakable
One by one, unconsciously, the Yun Qin soldiers on the city wall began to salute the young man who was getting closer and closer to the Falling Star Mausoleum
He's coming.
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