A rusty wine glass appeared in the bright valley, bringing an ancient atmosphere to this verdant land.

Mountains and rivers turn, plants and trees prosper!

One geological change after another has turned the sea into a mulberry field!

The immortal rocks turned into dust in the long wind, the mountains that touched the heavenly dome were reduced to basins, and the peaks that stood like swords also disappeared in the thunder and trembling.

Time passes.

In the era when the vicissitudes of life had not yet begun, and the thunder and tremors had not yet appeared, the ancient wine cup had not yet been corroded.

Under the dim candlelight, dense and cumbersome patterns bear witness to its glow.

The new bronze exudes an alluring sheen, and it hits the stone table with a metal crashing sound.

"My lord, this is the wine glass for this banquet, please take a look."

In the candle-lit room, the guards from the Xianyang Imperial City spoke respectfully.

Not far away sat a slender man.

He was wearing a black robe, his face was handsome, and his black eyes were as calm as Gu Tan, just sitting here gave people a great pressure.

Zhao Tuo picked up the wine glass, looked at it seriously, and nodded lightly.

"Yes, the pattern is dense, the texture is excellent, and the banquet is according to this specification."

Looking at the guard kneeling on the ground, Zhao Tuo asked, "If you want to prepare six hundred of these wine glasses, how long will it take?" ”

"Lord Hui, these wine glasses are all from the hands of skilled craftsmen in the Xianyang court, if you gather them all, fifteen days is enough." The guard spoke respectfully.

"Fifteen days, it's okay, let's go and prepare quickly." Zhao Tuo waved his hand.

"Yes." The guard respectfully turned to leave.

After the guards left, Zhao Tuo took out a roll of bamboo slips and spread them out silently.

On this bamboo tablet, all the processes and expenses from the beginning of the feast are recorded.

Writing the words 'wine glass' on it, Zhao Tuo couldn't help but calculate all the expenses and expenses when casting the ceremony.

Then he rubbed his eyebrows helplessly.

"This is a bit of a big cost."

With a light sigh, Zhao Tuo came to the window and looked at Taihua Mountain in the distance.

Even though it's midnight now, the lights on Mount Taihua in the distance are still bright.

Countless workers are busy working in the mountains.

Above Taihua in February, the cold has not yet faded.

The wind was howling, and the torches were burning with difficulty in the wind.

It has been four months since the official groundbreaking of the ceremony.

The construction process was surprisingly smooth.

Although a few spies who came to inquire sometimes appeared on the way, most of them never interfered, and occasionally a few blind people wanted to try to interfere with the construction of the celebration, but after he hung the heads of those people at the foot of Taihua Mountain, no one came to disturb them.

In the past four months, these workers have changed several batches.

The bitter cold of the winter combined with successive toils made it impossible for the laborers to work too long.

In order to catch up with the progress, Wang Shang has mobilized tens of thousands of people from all over the country to come here.

Today's workers above Taihua will get half a day's rest for every half-day of work.

The two groups of laborers swapped jobs back and forth, day and night.

Coupled with the efforts of many qi practitioners in Fengqingmen, although it is in the middle of winter, the wind and frost are biting, but the main body and buildings of the grand banquet on Taihua Mountain have also been mostly completed.

At the beginning, when building all this, I did encounter a lot of difficulties.

For example, Taihua has a steep terrain, and countless mountains are like sword edges, and there is no place to stand, let alone build buildings.

This is especially true of this Taihua Mountain, which is one of the main peaks.

It is undoubtedly extremely difficult to build many ceremonial buildings on a bare mountain range, which stands like a rock sword.

In order to solve this problem, the craftsmen, with the help of many cultivators in Fengqingmen, laid ripe iron pillars on top of Taihua.

Each of these pillars was more than half a meter wide and more than ten meters long, and they were nailed horizontally to the cliff-like cliff.

With the help of these iron pillars, the craftsmen lowered the ropes and carved a one-meter-wide path up the mountain.

The road winds and winds from the bottom of the mountain to the top, and in order to prevent slipping, they have specially mixed a deep black dye on the rocks to cover it.

In addition, on the rocks near various parts of the mountain road, pitch-black dragon claws and dragon heads were carved.

Today's torches have lit the path.

In the dark night, the mountain road is like a slender flaming dragon, hovering and winding around the vast mountain, and a hard-working citizen is transporting the materials used in many ceremonies.

In addition, the black iron rods that were nailed to the mountains were not wasted.

They are nailed deep on the rocks, and the wind cannot blow them down, and many Mohist craftsmen from Daqin use them as the foundation, using countless skilled craftsmen to build a number of towers in the air.

These palaces are inlaid with precious agate and precious stones, glazed bricks and tiles, which shine in the sun.

Especially the top few houses, which have faintly touched the clouds!

When the dark clouds cover the heavy snow, it is like a dreamy fairyland, looming!

And in this huge ceremony, the most spectacular and magnificent is not these, but the top banquet and celebration venue!

In order to open up a grand ceremony place on the mountain range lined with swords, Zhao Tuo and the others pondered for a long time, and finally decided to lead many cultivators of the foundation realm, and it took a month to directly flatten the top of the entire mountain!

A huge venue with a diameter of hundreds of meters has emerged at the top of Taihua!

On top of this circular venue, they laid a lot of bronze and equipment, and built a magnificent banquet venue!

All the materials on the site, whether it is tables and chairs or many ornaments, are all extremely expensive materials!

After a period of polishing, the main body of the celebration at this time has been almost completely completed!

Zhao Tuo has gone up to visit several times, standing on the top of the magnificent Taihua Mountain, you can almost see the sea of clouds flowing under your feet, the sky flowing overhead, when the night falls, the stars in the sky seem to be within reach!

The magnificent full moon floats in the sea of clouds, the sunrise reflects the purple light in the east, and a large number of grand ceremonial buildings are immersed in the sea of clouds.

Xanadu, heaven and earth, but that's it!

"But it's a lot of money."

Rubbing his eyebrows gently, Zhao Tuo sighed helplessly.

Looking at the shocking expenses on the bamboo slips, even if he was mentally prepared, he couldn't help but feel frightened at this time.

"Fortunately, the whole thing has been built."

"The next thing that should be the need to prepare for the grand banquet is a lot of things."

"Wine and food are destined to be indispensable."

"There are many beautiful songs and dances, and there is no less, I heard that there is a musician in Yan Country who is quite famous, and I don't know if I can invite them to come."

Thinking about all this silently, Zhao Tuo got busy again.

Although the main body of the banquet is almost finished, the remaining month is the main event.

It was also a small errand to completely decorate the venue within a month.

Although until now, Zhao Tuo didn't understand why the king wanted to build this extremely luxurious banquet, but he stubbornly believed in his heart that the king must have his reasons for doing this.

Those of them who are courtiers will do it honestly.

"There is only one month left before the opening of the ceremony, and the production of many festival supplies from hundreds of schools also needs to be put on the agenda, and I don't know how many people will be able to come this time."

"Need to speed things up"

Above the distant Taihua, Zhao Tuo was in full swing to make preparations, but in Xianyang City, there was a group of people who couldn't sit still

"Ridiculous, simply ridiculous!"

Xianyang.

Zhisu Inner History House.

An angry roar came from here.

In the huge room, dozens of officials in charge of managing finances were pale, and the internal history of Zhisu, who was specifically responsible for this issue, was holding the letter sent by Zhao Tuo, and the corners of his mouth were crooked with anger!!

Still want money?

How much have you spent in the past four months?

With such a large financial expenditure, what is the king going to do?

Tens of thousands of laborers, innumerable

What is this banquet going to do, it's too grand, right?

It's just a breakthrough to a Spirit Sea Realm, is it so exaggerated?

Could it be that he really wants to win over the world's talents at this banquet?

With the recital approved by Ying Zheng, Zhisu Neishi did not directly allocate money, but took this recital and came to the Prime Minister's Mansion where Lu Buwei was located with a gloomy face!

At this time, there were still many Great Qin officials in the Prime Minister's Mansion who were discussing many things.

And looking at the chapter from Zhisu Neishi, the corners of many officials' mouths twitched!

What's going on?

Why do you need so much spending?

Seeing the huge number on the concerto, even if it was Lu Buwei, his brows furrowed slightly!

What exactly does this Yingzheng want to do?

What's so good about this festival?

It has been four months since the invitation to the grand ceremony, and in the past few months, the confrontation between him and Mrs. Huayang has entered a white-hot state!

In the face of the huge pressure brought to them by Yingzheng, both he and Mrs. Huayang are going all out to gather many officials and powers in the Qin State!

But what made Lu Buwei a little puzzled was that in the face of his and Mrs. Huayang's moves, Yingzheng had an attitude of ignoring it from beginning to end, and almost devoted himself to the convening and preparation of this grand event, allowing him and Mrs. Huayang to collect talents in Daqin at will!

I don't care at all!

This made both Lu Buwei and Mrs. Huayang frown.

What's going on here?

For Ying Zheng's abnormal move, Lu Buwei and Mrs. Huayang, who had suffered a loss, were not fools, so they naturally sent their own spies to explore, search, and try to find out what Ying Zheng wanted to do.

But no matter how much their spies searched, the answer was that there was no problem!

What is built on the side of Taihua Mountain is a luxurious event!

Although there is a lot of money and a lot of labor, there is nothing wrong with it!

Except for a few more Foundation Building Realm cultivators, there was no abnormality!

Even not only Lü Buwei and Mrs. Huayang, but even the people of the Six Kingdoms sent their respective spies to search and observe.

But it turned out that there were no problems!

But the more this is no problem, the more it makes Lu Buwei and Mrs. Huayang uneasy!

After all, Ying Zheng's ignorance is too bizarre!

In order to alleviate all this, Mrs. Huayang took the lead and couldn't sit still, and sent her own forces to try to block Yingzheng from building the buildings above Taihua.

As a result, it ushered in the anger of Yingzheng!

He directly mobilized all the power at hand and killed all the Qi Refiners who wanted to make trouble near Taihua Mountain!

You must know that the Qi Refiners sent in the past this time are all masters!

There is even a peak powerhouse who builds the foundation of the Eight Heavens!

But even so, he was directly killed near Mount Taihua!!

Seeing this scene, it really surprised Lu Buwei and Mrs. Huayang!

When did Ying Zheng's subordinates have such strength?!

In the face of all this, Mrs. Huayang naturally couldn't swallow this breath, and wanted to fight back and continue to block.

As a result, at this moment, Lu Buwei didn't say a word, he used his strength without saying a word, and occupied most of the venue controlled by Mrs. Huayang in Qianzhong County!

Killed more than a dozen of Mrs. Huayang's Foundation Building Realm Qi Cultivators!

This sudden scene almost made Mrs. Huayang spurt out a mouthful of old blood!

She reversed the spearhead and also knocked down most of Lü Buwei's power in Shangjun!

But this time, after all, it was Lu Buwei who took the lead, even if he was pursued by Mrs. Huayang afterwards, he also gained an advantage!

The battle between the two sides, which was originally evenly matched, deviated in an instant, and Lü Buwei gained the upper hand because of this!

Seeing this scene, Lu Buwei and Mrs. Huayang all put away their hearts to deal with Yingzheng and began to focus on their own power seizure!

Anyway, it's a dilapidated building, so let him build it, even if it is built successfully, what's the use? After all the rights of Xianyang are devoured by them, what if Yingzheng can summon the world's talents?

It's destined to be just a puppet! Can't go against them!

Since then, neither Lü Buwei nor Mrs. Huayang has stopped the construction of Yingzheng.

And since then, Ying Zheng has also been like a demon, frantically mobilizing all the power at hand to build a grand ceremony above Taihua!

Even in the past few days, Yingzheng has not even held a court meeting, allowing Lü Buwei and Mrs. Huayang to hold many meetings in the Zhangtai Palace, blatantly gathering their own power!

Everything seems to be fine.

But looking at the recital and report in his hand, Lu Buwei frowned slightly, and always felt that something had been ignored by him.

What exactly does this festival do?

Why does Yingzheng attach so much importance to it?

Is it still so grand?

Could it be that he was really planning something?

But. The situation has become clear to such an extent, what other killer features does Yingzheng have?

"These unknown Foundation Building Realm cultivators, have you found out where they came from?"

After a long time, Lu Buwei spoke in a deep voice.

"Found it." A doorman stepped forward and said respectfully: "These cultivators are from the Fengqing Sect. ”

"Fengqingmen?" For this sect, Lu Buwei has a little impression, it seems that a few days ago, he held an elixir ceremony, and wanted to cultivate the elixir, but in the end he failed.

"Yes, we deliberately searched the place where the Fengqingmen Mountain Gate is located, and found that the Fengqingmen at this time has already been empty, according to calculations, it is very likely that they have all built a grand ceremony on Taihua Mountain."

Hearing this, Lu Buwei laughed, "Hehe, it's been four months to find their origin, you guys did a really good job." ”

When he heard this, the doorman trembled, fell to his knees, buried his head in the ground, and did not dare to speak.

In fact, after discovering these qi practitioners of unknown origin, Lu Buwei had already launched a search.

But these searches were all at the top of the search, and they all started in the Great Cultivation Sect of the Seven Kingdoms.

After all, there are so many sects that practice qi, not to mention the top sects, at least they have to be first-class sects.

And in the end, who would have thought that it would be the small broken sect of Fengqingmen?

"A sect that is only barely considered a third-rate sect, there are so many foundation realm qi practitioners, hehe, it is really as clumsy as the king."

Lu Buwei smiled slowly, holding his beard with one hand, looking kind, but the chill in his eyes became more and more gloomy.

Ignoring the shivering doorman, Lu Buwei continued to sort out everything, but no matter how he thought about it, he didn't expect that he had missed anything.

Now that more than sixty percent of the power of Great Qin is in his hands, he really can't think of any possibility that Yingzheng can turn around.

"Allow, give them the finances." After a long time, Lu Buwei opened his mouth and smiled.

"But." Zhisu Neishi was a little anxious.

"It's just a little money, it's a good thing, if there is no king, we can't have an advantage at this time."

"And how can a courtier, as a courtier, refuse the king?"

Speaking calmly, Lu Buwei came to the window and slowly opened the window.

'Whew~'

The cold wind of winter was blowing, and Lu Buwei was full of white hair, looking at the dimly lit Xianyang Wangcheng in the distance, and his fingers lightly tapped on the wooden table.

Under the dark night, the old man had a faint smile on his face, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

"And I'm curious, too."

"What kind of medicine is sold in this gourd of the king?"

Afraid of one's own shadow.

In Xianyang City, almost everyone knows that a big war is inevitable.

Once Lü Buwei and Lady Huayang have completely encroached on all the remaining power in Xianyang, a battle will be completely convened.

The king's accession to the throne only accelerated the speed.

The battle may be silent, or it may be a battle of earth shattering.

But no matter which side wins, it means that Great Qin's national strength will drop significantly, and it is destined to fall to the strongest throne of the Seven Kingdoms.

Now many of the existences of the Six Kingdoms are no longer even paying attention to Ying Zheng's celebration in Huashan, but are waiting to see when Lü Buwei and Lady Huayang will finish dividing up the power of the Qin State and start a complete civil war.

Like a hound ready to go, ready to move.

The many qi practitioners who belonged to the Great Qin Stargazing Platform were now sighing all day long, because since Ying Zheng began to build the celebration, the Great Qin's fortune and celestial phenomena were gradually declining, and no matter how they sacrificed and prayed, it was useless.

Countless officials loyal to Daqin were almost desperate when they saw this scene, and countless exhortations were ignored by Yingzheng, and they sighed and sighed, their faces like ashes.

Even Wang Jian and Meng Wei, who were originally calm and calm, were a little anxious.

Originally, I thought that this time I would ascend the throne with a bright future, a bright and martial king, who would inherit the last wishes of King Zhaoxiang and King Zhuangxiang, and lead Great Qin to continue to dominate the Seven Kingdoms, but I never thought that it would develop to this extent in the end!

Just breaking through the Spirit Sea Realm cost so much money!

And he is so happy that he has ignored the government for more than four months!

The power of the current Great Qin has been completely emptied by Lu Buwei and Mrs. Huayang.

Even among their military, their power is constantly being encroached upon, and most of their military power is controlled by these two people!

Even among them, there are many people who have been vaguely shaken!

In just a few days, many of their subordinate generals came to persuade them, trying to get them to join the camp of Lü Buwei or Mrs. Huayang!

Wang Jian was better, and he beat these generals out of anger!

"Nonsense!"

"It's just nonsense!"

"What are you doing, Your Majesty?!"

The storm is surging.

Ying Zheng naturally knew everything about what was happening outside, but he didn't care too much, he still sat cross-legged in the Qunshu Hall, silently cultivating the Emperor Sutra, waiting for the implementation of the plan.

And in a mountain forest not too far from Xianyang City, which no one knows, Hong Wu and the others are indeed strictly implementing Yingzheng's plan.

'Boom! ’

'Boom! ’

'Boom! ’

A loud bang rang out in the jungle.

Countless flocks of birds were awakened from their sleep.

They flapped their wings and fled into the sky in a panic, looking angrily at the figures that disturbed their dreams.

"Shoot fast! Be ruthless! ”

"When you make a move, remember that you're Qi Refiners now, not fucking big-headed soldiers! Turn the mentality to Lao Tzu first! ”

"The cultivation method can't be stopped!"

"As long as you don't die, let Lao Tzu continue to run the cultivation method! The king has given you the cultivation method, not for you to live here!! ”

A huge voice rose into the sky.

A famous bird fell, and when they got closer, they found that there were actually twenty figures here, frantically attacking in the quagmire!

These people were barebacked, wearing only a pair of tattered trousers, their moonlit muscles covered with countless scars, wrapped with a faint glow, and their eyes were sharp and cold.

At this time, they were all standing in the deep quagmire, with a faint green glow all over their bodies, roaring angrily, shooting fiercely, moving quickly and mercilessly!

In the face of his former comrades, it was directly an over-the-shoulder fall, and the splashed mud waves were several meters high!

A punch slammed into his teammate and sent him flying like a punching bag!

The whole body was full of fresh air, condensed in the palm of the palm and swept out, almost knocking off the arms of the friend on the opposite side with one blow!

"Yes!!"

"That's it!"

One of the figures standing in the center of the quagmire was as terrifying as a bear, and with a single blow, several figures who pounced on them flew ten meters away, and then kicked the two soldiers who pounced on them with a kick, directly kicking them out like kicking sugar gourds!

"Give me the momentum to fight on the battlefield!"

In the night, Hong Wu roared angrily, grabbed a soldier who pounced on him, and threw him out like a sandbag: "The battle between a qi practitioner and a soldier is different!" Look at how Lao Tzu fought! ”

"Lao Tzu will select you from the army, and if any of you dare to lose face in front of the king in a month, don't blame Lao Tzu for being ruthless!"

"Hammer body, willow tendons, forging bones!"

"Listen to everyone!!"

"In the remaining month, everyone has to give me an advance to the Nine Heavens of Bone Forging!"

"If you can't arrive, see how Lao Tzu cleans you up!"

"Yes!!"

The vast heaven and earth aura was turbulent, and the entire twenty Black Ice Platform guards roared angrily, beating each other frantically in the huge mud pit!

The brilliant streamer bloomed, looking at this batch of black ice platform guards, Hong Wu's eyes were gorgeous!!

The effect of the cultivation method given by the king is much better than they imagined!!

In just four months, the realm of him, Zhao Tuo and the others has all been raised to the realm of the Spirit Sea!

Even Yun Qingfeng, the sect master of the Fengqing Sect, has already reached the peak of foundation building!

And after four months of practice, most of these Black Ice Platform guards have already entered the hammerbone realm of first-class masters!

In order to strengthen the competition and pressure, in the past month, according to their respective cultivation methods, they have divided the Black Ice Platform guards into five teams, each with four guards in charge of twenty each.

The repair of "Yin and Yang Law" was led by Zhao Tuo, "Sandan Ancient Formula" was led by Hong Wulai, "Hundred Poisons True Scripture" was assigned to Yunye, and the black ice platform of "Zhonglu Baodian" was in charge of Jiang Che.

As for the remaining twenty Black Ice Platform guards who have cultivated the "Changning Jue", they are led by the mud monkey!

Because in the last four months, the mud monkeys have shown amazing talent!

Although it doesn't know any words, it can speak, is intelligent, and is basically indistinguishable from a human except for the occasional scratching of its ears and cheeks and squeaking twice!

Especially on the way to cultivation, the talent of the mud monkey can be called terrifying, almost a thousand miles a day!

Obviously, he is the latest to cultivate, but his current cultivation is already the realm of the Nine Heavens of the Foundation Building, almost half a step of the Spirit Sea!

Zhao Tuo and the others almost just watched it with a bottleneck in two days and a step in three days!

It's only a short period of four months, and it's a half-step spiritual sea!

Although it has not yet broken through and has been stuck for a few days, according to the current trend, in the remaining month, you can definitely enter the Spirit Sea Realm!

This surprised Zhao Tuo and the other four people!

You must know that they cultivated so fast, but they ate the king's elixir, and this mud monkey didn't eat anything, just relying on their own penance, they reached the half-step Spirit Sea Realm in four months, this cultivation talent is absolutely terrifying!

However, for the rapid progress of the mud monkey, Zhao Tuo and others are still quite pleased!

Because according to the current intelligence, a big war is absolutely inevitable.

Lü Buwei and Mrs. Huayang have almost swallowed up the power of the entire Xianyang.

By the time the celebration on Taihua Mountain was completed, they would have almost devoured the power within Great Qin.

And this is the moment when the decisive battle begins!

Looking at the jungle in the distance, recalling the information he had seen before, Hong Wu smiled and narrowed his eyes.

Not counting the king, they already have four Spirit Sea Realm Qi Refiners at the moment.

In another month, both the mud monkey and Yun Qingfeng will have the possibility of entering the Spirit Sea Realm.

In addition to this, there are dozens of Qi Refiners who build the foundation realm.

This force is undoubtedly a huge force that is absolutely terrifying!

Although he doesn't know how many hole cards Lu Buwei and Mrs. Huayang have now, I'm afraid that even if they add up, they are far less powerful than them today!

Poor Lü Buwei still didn't know what he was going to face at this time, and he was still immersed in the pursuit of power, but he didn't know that in the face of absolute power, all means were vain after all!

Hehe, let them continue to chase and continue to watch the show.

When the Huashan Festival is completed, it will be the end of all this!!

Looking at Xianyang in the distance, Hong Wu showed a hideous smile.

And just when Hongwu gradually couldn't hold back and couldn't wait for the grand ceremony to begin, a vague figure appeared beside him.

It was a slender man with a dark complexion, named Jiang Che, who was one of Ying Zheng's four great guards, the Linghai Realm, and the cultivator of the Zhonglu Treasure Book.

As soon as he arrived, Jiang Che laughed heartily.

"Hahaha! Lao Hong, let me tell you good news, in Lao Tzu's team, there is a foundation building realm that has appeared! ”

"What?!"

Hong Wu suddenly came back to his senses from his imagination, his eyes widened, and he opened his mouth in disbelief.

"It can't be!"

"Hey, hey, hey! It's not just me, but there is also a foundation building realm in the mud monkey team. Jiang Che smiled, and his figure dissipated in an instant.

And Hong Wu suddenly clenched his fists, suddenly stepped into the quagmire again, and roared angrily!

“*！！ Tonight, everyone is training hard! ”

Snow.

It seemed that even heaven and earth sensed all this, and an invisible pressure spread among the Seven Kingdoms.

Countless people were looking at the Qin State, waiting for the completion of the construction of the Taihua Grand Ceremony.

In the Great Qin, while taking turns to supervise the construction of the Taihua Grand Ceremony, they also made every effort to bury themselves in penance according to all the records recorded in the cultivation method, striving not to lag behind the other four teams.

In this tense atmosphere.

A month passed quietly.

When the first rays of the fifth month's sun fell on the earth and the dark clouds in the sky gradually dispersed.

Zhao Tuo didn't know when he had come to the Great Qin Qunshu Hall and spoke respectfully.

"Return to the king."

"Many buildings on Taihua Mountain have been completed."

"The ceremony is ready, please come to the king!"

(End of chapter)