Helian Qin glanced cautiously at Helian Zheng's ashen face and decided to suppress his urge to vomit for the time being.

Helian Jun looked at Helian Zheng helplessly and said, "Now that the Azure Dragon Divine Beast has recognized that kid as its master, it is estimated that sending assassins will not be able to get close to him."

This time, Helian Zheng sent quite a few assassins, more than three thousand. Under normal circumstances, they should have been able to accomplish their goal.

However, this time, due to the intervention of the three divine beasts, not only were all the assassins wiped out, but they also died tragically. This shows that as long as the three divine beasts are present, such an assassination attempt is simply impossible.

Helian Qin frowned and said, "One Azure Dragon Divine Beast is already enough to give us trouble, but now that the Vermilion Bird Divine Beast and the Black Tortoise Divine Beast are also in our Northern Wei, it's even more of a headache!"

Helian Ci was already difficult to deal with because he had the old man protecting him, but now that even the three divine beasts have intervened, they have even less chance of dealing with Helian Ci and his son.

Furthermore, it's not just about the three divine beasts; there's also the issue of Western Liang and Eastern Chu, which is even more of a headache.

Helian Qin and Helian Jun looked at Helian Zheng together: "This assassination attempt failed. Do you have any other ideas?"

Helian Zheng narrowed his eyes menacingly: "What other way do I have? Do you know how much silver and effort it took me to gather these three thousand assassins?"

The thought of how he had painstakingly gathered three thousand assassins, intending to kill them all in one blow, only to be killed so miserably in return, filled him with a burning rage. He wished he could tear Helian Ci and his son to pieces!

Seeing the irritable Helian Zheng, Helian Jun and Helian Qin exchanged a glance.

They could understand his feelings, but now that things had gone wrong, they had to think of another way!

After a moment of silence, Helian Jun finally spoke up: "I do have an idea!"

Helian Zheng and Helian Qin both looked at him.

Helian Jun didn't keep them in suspense: "The only thing we can offer right now is the military power held by the three of us!"

One person's military power alone is not enough; the combined military power of the three of them is necessary for them to have a chance of victory.

Helian Qin frowned: "Hasn't the second prince already been planning this? And even if we really start a rebellion, Helian Ci still has the support of Eastern Chu and Western Liang. We can't defeat them with just military force!"

Helian Zheng was actually wary of Eastern Chu and Western Liang, which is why he had never truly launched an attack!

Helian Jun knew what they were thinking, and leaned closer to the two of them, saying, "So I was thinking, shouldn't we try to capture the Empress of Western Liang and the new Emperor of Eastern Chu, or that little princess? Wouldn't that be enough to threaten Eastern Chu and Western Liang?"

Helian Jun's idea caught the eye of Helian Zheng and Helian Qin.

Helian Qin exclaimed excitedly, "That's a great idea! As long as we capture the Empress of Western Liang and the new Emperor of Eastern Chu, we can control Western Liang and Eastern Chu. Their troops might even be at our disposal. This is a good idea!"

Helian Zheng was also somewhat excited; it was a good idea.

Helian Zheng thought for a moment and said, "I heard that the new emperor of Eastern Chu is very skilled in martial arts, so it's not easy to make a move against him!"

Helian Jun and Helian Qin also frowned.

They seemed to have heard from the Azure Dragon Guards that the new emperor had made an entire Azure Dragon Guard vomit blood with just one move, and that he had even held back. If he hadn't, he could probably have killed an entire Azure Dragon Guard with one move. He was indeed a tough opponent!

Helian Zheng was silent for a moment, then said, "Why don't we capture that little princess? She doesn't seem to know any martial arts."

Helian Qin frowned upon hearing this, somewhat displeased.

He had no objection to capturing the Empress of Western Liang and the new Emperor of Eastern Chu, but capturing the little princess...

That little girl had been kind to him, how could he bear to harm her?

Helian Jun thought the idea was good: "Indeed, all we need to do is capture the little princess. After all, she is both the Crown Princess of Western Liang and the Empress of Eastern Chu. Capturing her will threaten both the Empress of Western Liang and the Emperor of Eastern Chu. It's a win-win situation. Most importantly, she doesn't know martial arts, so she'll be an easy target!"

Just as the two were about to make a decision, Helian Qin added, "But she can summon divine beasts!"

...Helian Qin poured cold water on Helian Jun and Helian Zheng, completely chilling them to the bone.

How could they have forgotten about this!

That girl summoned the Xuanwu divine beast right under their noses.

Helian Jun frowned as he thought of something and said, "That's not right. She can't summon the Xuanwu Divine Beast on her own. She only summoned the Xuanwu Divine Beast after making the child cry."

Helian Zheng nodded: "Yes, she is of royal blood from the Western Liang Dynasty, how could she possibly summon the Xuanwu divine beast?"

Helian Qin then reminded them, "You also say that she is the Crown Princess of Western Liang, so perhaps she can summon the Vermilion Bird divine beast?"

this……

There's really no way to be sure about Helian Zheng and Helian Jun.

None of them had ever possessed a divine beast. Their Azure Dragon divine beast from Northern Wei had only just appeared in the world, and they really didn't know if they, as the crown prince of Western Liang, could summon the Vermilion Bird divine beast.

The three fell silent again.

Helian Jun thought for a moment and said, "Then why don't we start with that baby?"

Helian Qin frowned: "But he is the master of the Xuanwu Divine Beast. With the Xuanwu Divine Beast guarding him, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to make a move!"

Helian Jun had already thought about this problem: "We saw it before, the child is still in swaddling clothes and can't speak. Except when he cries, he can't summon the Xuanwu Divine Beast by himself, so as long as we don't make him cry, it'll be fine."

Helian Qin's eyes lit up upon hearing this: "That makes sense. That little girl made the child cry in order to summon the Xuanwu Divine Beast, which means that the Xuanwu Divine Beast can only be summoned when he cries. If we don't make him cry, we should be fine."

Helian Zheng nodded silently and said, "I reckon those divine beasts won't appear randomly. They'll only appear when their masters are in danger or when their masters summon them. If we steal the child but don't harm him, he shouldn't be considered to be in danger, right?"

The more the three talked, the more they felt that stealing the child was the most feasible option.

Moreover, the child was still an infant; stealing him would be much easier than catching anyone else.

The three of them had made up their minds, so they gathered together to secretly devise a specific plan.

...

Meanwhile, in the Southern Qi imperial palace, thousands of miles away.

Mu Qianli, the Imperial Astronomical Observatory of the Southern Qi Dynasty, hurried into the Imperial Study: "Your Majesty, there was an unusual phenomenon in the sky this morning. It should be the appearance of the Azure Dragon Divine Beast."

"What?" The young emperor Huangfu Shenglin, who was writing furiously, suddenly raised his head upon hearing this, and said in disbelief, "Are you kidding me? The Azure Dragon divine beast has reappeared in the world?"

Mu Qianli nodded seriously: "There was an unusual movement in the north direction of the Divine Beast Wheel just now. It should be the Azure Dragon Divine Beast of the Northern Wei Dynasty appearing in the world."