Chapter 408 Death of a Half Saint

Wei State.

Jiangzhou.

After capturing the Sixteen Prefectures of Wei, the revolutionary army temporarily stopped its actions.

After defeating the 100,000-strong army in Yunzhou, the revolutionary army continued to recruit manpower and made great progress, and successively captured 15 states of Wei. Wei finally reacted and began to transfer the troops on the front line to defend.

After the reorganization, the revolutionary army had reached 200,000 people.

This is the result after screening.

Along the way, people from all states in Wei State enthusiastically joined the revolutionary army.

Their cultivation is not high, the highest is only at the True Qi Realm, and the vast majority are at the Body Shaping Realm, but they are extremely enthusiastic about joining the army.

The reason is simple. Wherever the revolutionary army went, they redistributed the land, enforced medical reforms, set minimum wages, and strictly investigated illegal and disorderly activities in various places... The people were extremely supportive of them.

At the beginning, when the revolutionary army entered the city, the people stayed inside their houses and refused to leave. Later, when the revolutionary army had not yet arrived and the generals defending the city abandoned the city and fled, the garrison troops and the people in the city took the initiative to open the city gates and line the streets to welcome them...

At present, the revolutionary army has not taken any further action. The Wei State has mobilized 400,000 troops to defend the country, and they are all elite troops on the front line, even including a half-saint of military strategists. As a result, the revolutionary army can no longer advance, and the two armies are in a stalemate.

However, Li Nuo's goal has been achieved.

The Wei State mobilized 400,000 troops and several semi-saints. The pressure on the southwest front of Daxia suddenly decreased and it also entered a strategic stalemate stage.

In another direction, the other 50,000 troops led by the Three Saints of the Sanqing Sect did not achieve as great an achievement as this revolutionary army. After all, unlike the Wei State which was betting everything on one throw, 90% of the Chu State's troops had not yet been deployed to the battlefield.

They only occupied three states, and the State of Chu promptly sent heavy troops and strong men to defend. At present, no one has taken any further action.

These days, some sects in the Great Xia martial arts world, such as the Five Mountains Sword Sect, the Tianshan Sect, and those sects with grandmasters, also had their sect masters and elders come with their disciples to help.

The Sanqing Sect and Shushan are the leaders of the Great Xia martial arts world. When the country was in crisis, their choices also played a certain leading role for these martial arts sects.

Each sect wants to save face, and no one wants to be called a coward.

This war initiated by the State of Wei made the Great Xia court and the martial arts world more united than ever before.

In Jiangzhou City, masters from various sects gathered, including the Sword Master of Shushan. There has been no war recently, and Jiayi and Yiren often practiced with them. As for An Ning, she was even busier. Whenever the revolutionary army arrived at a place, they had to take over the government office and redress the grievances of the people. Although she was busy, her cultivation was also growing rapidly.

This kind of small case has had a negligible impact on Li Nuo's cultivation, but it has no effect on his lifespan.

All the life span he had consumed in the past few days had been recovered, and there was even a large surplus.

At the Jiangzhou government office, a black-clad figure walked in from outside, clasped his fists to Li Nuo, and said, "Master Li, those two have been sent to Chang'an."

The two semi-saints of Wei State who were captured last time came from two major families of Wei State.

Their family was in the State of Wei. When Li Nuo failed to persuade them to surrender, he sealed their cultivation and asked Huang Yuan to send them to Chang'an to be dealt with by the court.

In today's continent, saints have become extinct, and half-saints are the top combat forces. Killing them will not benefit him much. If he hands them over to the court, he may be able to exchange them for some bargaining chips from the Wei State.

Li Nuo had previously been skeptical about Huang Yuan's surrender, but now it seems that he is truly against war and aggression.

If he had not launched a surprise attack and seriously injured the two men first, the two semi-saints of Wei State would have wanted to escape, and Li Nuo and Taixu Zhenren might not have been able to stop them.

Li Nuo reached out his hand, gently patted Huang Yuan on the shoulder, and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

Huang Yuan quickly said: "It's not hard, not hard..."

Before he finished speaking, his body trembled, and the next moment, a look of ecstasy appeared on his face. He knelt on one knee and said excitedly: "Thank you, Master Li. Huang is willing to go through fire and water and sacrifice his life to repay your kindness..."

Li Nuo waved his hand and said, "You're welcome..."

Huang Yuan looked much younger in an instant. After he stood up, he was in high spirits. He knew that his efforts would be rewarded!

The body from sixty years ago, the cultivation at the peak, turned out to be like this...

What a bullshit longevity elixir, can a longevity elixir have such an effect?

So what if they were the emperors of the five dynasties? It would be better for them to stand on their own side instead of trying so hard to kill their own people and take their blood...

Thinking of something, he took out a porcelain bottle from his sleeve, handed it to Li Nuo respectfully, and said, "Master Li, take a look at this..."

Li Nuo took the porcelain bottle and poured out a blood-red pill from it. He asked in surprise, "This is..."

Huang Yuan said: "Longevity Pill."

Of course, Li Nuo did not give all the longevity pills that his father gave to Emperor Wei. He originally intended to keep them for himself to use secretly.

But now, there is no need for that.

Although the mysterious man was the father of Lord Li, he was sure that there was some secret between them.

After Huang Yuan mentioned the longevity elixir, before Li Nuo could say anything, a figure rushed in from outside.

Dongfang Xuan snatched the pill from Li Nuo's hand, held it close to his eyes and looked at it carefully, sometimes opening his eyes to look at it carefully, sometimes closing his eyes to feel it. Li Nuo didn't say anything, just waited quietly.

After executing two Yin-Yang School semi-saints from the Ximen family, his Yin-Yang School cultivation also saw a surge, but he was not even at the fifth level, and was far from being a semi-saint. Even if he were to look, he could not see any clues.

Dongfang Xuan's brows gradually furrowed.

He indeed felt the aura of longevity from this elixir.

But the life span in this elixir obviously comes from the Yin-Yang family of the sixth realm...

This couldn't be made from blood essence. After absorbing the Yin-Yang technique of the Ximen family, he was more certain of his own opinion. The life span could only be transferred from the Yin-Yang family's semi-saint to others. Apart from that, there was no way to use other people's blood essence to refine a longevity pill...

He looked at Huang Yuan and asked, "Where did you get this pill?"

Huang Yuan glanced at Li Nuo and said, "A mysterious alchemist..."

He didn't say more. This was their father-son matter and he didn't dare to interfere.

Li Nuo looked at Dongfang Xuan and asked, "What did you see?"

Dongfang Xuan said: "This pill was made by a Yin-Yang School Half Saint. He integrated his own lifespan into this pill. As long as he knows the method, any Yin-Yang School Half Saint can do it..."

Huang Yuan was surprised and said, "But he said that this was made with the royal blood essence..."

Dongfang Xuan waved his sleeves and said, "This kind of nonsense can only fool you laymen..."

Huang Yuan was puzzled: "But why would he..."

Li Nuo said in a deep voice: "He wants to stir up the situation on the mainland. There should be some powerful strategists involved..."

He had long suspected that the existence of the longevity elixir might just be a setup.

A few longevity pills could make all the emperors of small countries abdicate and the royal families of big countries kill each other. As a fellow strategist, Li Nuo smelled a strong scent of conspiracy, and he had to admit that the other party's level was far above his.

As his understanding of the power of each family deepened, Li Nuo realized that the Zongheng family was the one that was seriously underestimated.

Because they always hide behind others, people know very little about them. The most impressive thing about them is that they are good at conspiracy and trickery, but in fact, their strength can also be ranked among the top.

Unlike other families, the strength of the Zongheng family is just a by-product of their practice.

A strategist who is famous for his strength is necessarily not the best strategist.

The essence of the art of diplomacy is to hide one's true purpose and to control things secretly. The better it is hidden, the more beneficial it is to their practice. In many cases, even if something can be accomplished through absolute strength, they will choose to use tactics.

Only in this way can their strategic skills be improved.

Among the five major dynasties today, Zhao was not controlled by the diplomats. It is not clear whether there was a diplomat named Li Nuo behind Daxia, but the diplomats were controlling the three kingdoms of Wei, Chu and Qi.

It can be said that over the past few hundred years, every change in the mainland's political situation was manipulated by the strategists behind the scenes.

Dongfang Xuan was puzzled by this matter and asked, "Why did he do this?"

This is not difficult to guess.

Or maybe you don’t have to guess at all.

With the current situation on the mainland, the goal of all the strategists is to unify the world. The only difference is who will unify the world, Wei, Chu or Qi...

Everything they did for this was just a prelude to unifying the world.

Li Nuo looked at Huang Yuan and asked, "What else did the alchemist say?"

Huang Yuan thought for a moment and said, "He said that the blood of a semi-saint can extend one's lifespan by five years, and the blood of the emperors of the five great dynasties can extend one's lifespan by sixty years..."

"fart!"

Dongfang Xuan said without hesitation. The next moment, he seemed to realize something. He paused and murmured, "I know. Not only does he want to destroy the royal families of various countries, but he also wants the semi-saints on the continent to kill each other, and even wants the lives of the emperors of the five dynasties..."

Senior Dongfang’s suspicion is not without reason.

Unifying the world is only the ultimate goal of the strategists, but they are not unanimous on what means to use to achieve this goal.

The person behind this longevity pill not only wants to kill the royal families of various countries, but also the semi-saints of the continent, and even the emperors of the five dynasties...

Li Nuo suddenly realized something.

Since the alchemist has connections with the Emperor of Wei, could it be that His Majesty of Daxia also knows about this?

He must have known...

After all, the matter of the longevity elixir originated in Daxia.

If he also believed that the blood of a semi-saint could prolong life, then the two semi-saints of Wei might...

…

Chang'an.

Only a few high-ranking officials in the court knew that the two semi-saints of Wei State were captured and secretly sent to Chang'an.

Li Nuo, the top scorer in six subjects, never disappoints anyone in what he does.

When Daxia was facing invasion from a powerful country, he was able to break in from Yue State, used the tactic of besieging Wei to save Xia, and captured more than a dozen states of Wei State, forcing Wei State to allocate part of its troops to defend, which greatly reduced the pressure on the southwest front.

Now, he had even captured alive two semi-saints of the Wei State, bringing long-lost sunshine to the Great Xia court, which had been in gloom for a long time.

The Imperial Palace.

Although the two semi-saints of Wei were captured, the court of Daxia did not treat them harshly. They were not locked up in prison, but temporarily detained in the palace.

The two were seriously injured, and their cultivation was restricted by the young Half-Saint of the Legalist school. As a Half-Saint and the head of a thousand-year-old family, he never thought that he would fall into such a situation.

The only consolation was that the Xia Kingdom treated them fairly well. They could move freely within the palace, and the best tea, fine wine and delicious food were delivered to them continuously.

The two were not worried about their fate.

Although the Wei and Xia countries were at war, they maintained a certain tacit understanding from the very beginning.

No matter how fierce the war is, the semi-saints of the two countries will never kill each other.

The longer you live, the more you cherish your life. Under the pressure of national trends, going to war for the country is inevitable, but your life is your own. No half-saint is willing to sacrifice himself for the strength of Wei.

The Xia Kingdom will definitely use the two of them as a threat to make a deal with the Wei Kingdom.

Although I will inevitably be laughed at after returning home, at least my life will not be in danger.

At this time, a figure walked in slowly from outside.

The two of them looked up and their expressions immediately became solemn.

On the continent, the only ones who could put such pressure on them were the emperors of the five dynasties.

The two of them bowed at the same time and said politely, "Greetings to His Majesty the Emperor of Daxia."

Emperor Xia smiled slightly and said, "No need to be polite, two semi-saints. It's hard for you to come all the way here. If there's anything I haven't taken good care of, please don't take it to heart..."

The old man surnamed Xu said, "We are prisoners of war, and we have no right to ask for any preferential treatment. I never thought that your country would produce a young Half-Saint of the Legalist School. It is not unfair for us to lose..."

They didn't expect that the top semi-saint from Mount Shu would take action, and they also didn't expect that there was another semi-saint from the Legalist school in Daxia.

Of course, the most unexpected thing was that Huang Yuan would actually betray them.

If any one of these three factors was missing, they would not have ended up like they are now.

Emperor Xia walked up to the two of them and asked, "I wonder how you two are living here. If you have any requests, please feel free to ask. Although Wei and Daxia are enemies, we will not treat a semi-saint harshly..."

The old man named Zhang smiled and said, "Everything is fine here. Thank you, Your Majesty."

Emperor Xia nodded and said, "In this case, I am relieved..."

Unlike what the two had expected, the Emperor of Daxia did not say anything to persuade them to surrender. It seemed that he really just said a few words of concern to them and then left.

After Emperor Xia left, they both breathed a sigh of relief.

"This Great Xia Emperor looks much younger than Your Majesty..."

"Could it be that the longevity pill really exists?"

"It's probably true. It seems that the deaths of those royal family members are probably related to Your Majesty..."

…

The two had just chatted for a few words when two strong gusts of wind suddenly blew from behind.

Although they, as semi-saints, were aware of the attack, their cultivation was sealed and they were unable to cope with it. Before they could even see who the attacker was, the heads of the two semi-saints exploded like watermelons.

Behind them, Emperor Xia slowly lowered his hands.

Two pools of bright red blood gushed out from the bodies of the two men and floated in the void.

Looking at these two balls of blood, Emperor Xia licked his lips, and a hint of heat appeared in his eyes...

At the same time, Wei State.

Xu family.

Inside the ancestral hall, a wooden plaque enshrined high up suddenly shattered, making a crisp sound.

The keeper of the temple suddenly looked up at the wooden sign with numerous cracks on it. He opened his mouth in shock and uttered a sharp voice after a long while: "Old, old ancestor, the old ancestor has fallen!"

Zhang family.

Everyone looked at the broken wooden sign and found it equally hard to accept.

This wooden tablet was the life tablet of the family's semi-saint ancestor. It was made by the semi-saint of the Yin-Yang School of the Ximen family. The broken life tablet meant the death of its owner...

They had already received the news that their ancestor had been captured, but what they didn't expect was that the Xia Kingdom actually dared to kill them!

Not long after.

The Wei Imperial Palace.

Emperor Wei held two broken wooden tablets in his hands, and the last trace of hesitation in his eyes disappeared without a trace.

He narrowed his eyes, clenched his fists, and the wooden sign turned into powder and flowed through his fingers. He whispered, "You were the first to break the rules, so you can't blame me..."

(End of this chapter)