Chapter 310 The Man Ordered to Cross the Sea to Find the Elixir of Immortality
"What are you laughing at?" Ning Yao's voice suddenly rang out.
Lu Xingfeng hurriedly turned around, paused for a moment, and said, "Yaoyao, you... why are you here?"
Ning Yao said with a straight face, "Aren't you happy that I'm here?"
Lu Xingfeng glanced nervously behind her and whispered, "Your father..."
“How could he possibly get here looking like that?” Ning Yao said, pouting. “I sneaked out and followed him all the way here. Don’t worry, he won’t find out anytime soon.”
Lu Xingfeng breathed a sigh of relief, stood up with a smile, first closed and locked the door, then opened his arms to hug Ning Yao.
Ning Yao pushed him away, crossed her arms over her chest, and looked displeased.
Lu Xingfeng said softly, "Yaoyao, didn't I already explain to you? I just wanted to go back and give them a report, I had no other intentions."
"Hmph!" Ning Yao glared and said, "Then tell me, what is that woman's name? Where is she? What does she do? What was your relationship with her before?"
Lu Xingfeng touched his nose and said with a smile, "You really don't need to care about her. I'll explain everything to you slowly after I get my revenge."
Ning Yao was clearly dissatisfied with this answer, and turned to leave.
"Yao..." Lu Xingfeng hurriedly caught up with her and grabbed her arm, "Where are you going?"
"Commander Lu, I also want to go to the island for a visit. You won't have any objections, will you?" Ning Yao shook off Lu Xingfeng's hand and strode away, seething with anger.
Lu Xingfeng sighed and didn't pursue the matter further.
At midday, the sun was shining brightly.
A one-sided massacre began along the Pacific coast on the east side of the island, and the shadow of death spread across the entire island...
At almost the same time, the Xuan Kingdom's 100,000-strong army also crossed the East China Sea and arrived at the western coast of the narrow island.
The one leading the army was none other than Xing Lie.
Xing Lie's eyes were filled with resentful rage. "Pass down the order: wipe them out completely on the island. But just kill them, no torture allowed. Give them a quick death!"
Military orders are absolute, and the army was mobilized.
All the warriors of the Xuan Kingdom use firearms and other firearms, not for thrills, but to eliminate the root of the problem for future generations of China as quickly as possible.
Within the long and narrow island of Dongyi, one indigenous tribe after another suffered annihilation.
Finally, as more and more tribes were wiped out, news of this situation spread to all the tribes on the island.
The leader of the largest tribe in one of the territories, along with his men, encountered the vanguard led by Xing Lie himself.
The leader, his eyes filled with terror, stared at the strangely dressed humans he had never seen before, who looked like gods of death descended to earth, and uttered a series of inscrutable sounds.
"What is he yelling about?" Xing Lie asked with a stern face.
The vanguard included members of the original Yi ethnic group from the eastern coast of Xuan Kingdom.
The Yi people on the mainland have integrated with the culture of the Central Plains over thousands of years, and have also had some contact with the indigenous people on the islands, and can roughly understand each other's languages.
Although both sides were once broadly classified as barbarian tribes by the Central Plains civilization, in the end, they were completely different kinds of people; otherwise, Xiao Qidi would not have chosen to treat them differently.
Therefore, the local Yi people in the vanguard team acted as translators.
"Captain Xing, that man is the chief of a large tribe. He's asking us who we are and why we killed them."
Upon hearing this, Xing Lie said, "Tell him that we came here for revenge, and also to nip the evil bloodline of this island in the bud!"
After translating this passage, the tribal chief was completely dumbfounded.
They've never even met each other, so what's the point of any hatred? How are they considered to have evil bloodlines?
He couldn't understand what it meant at all, and got so angry that he started cursing.
“Alright, I can explain it to you,” Xing Lie said. “Revenge is the revenge for the heinous crimes you committed in another world. At the same time, it will completely cut off the opportunity for you to invade and massacre China in our world in the future.”
The tribal chief was even more confused. He didn't understand what "another world" meant, so he asked in return, "Even if people in later generations commit great crimes, what does it have to do with us now?"
Xing Lie sneered, "As expected of bloodline, it's the same no matter which world you're in. In another world, your descendants also said that the crimes committed by their ancestors have nothing to do with their descendants."
No sooner had he finished speaking than several natives wielding bronze spears suddenly sprang out of the bushes beside him, attempting to ambush Xing Lie.
Xing Lie didn't even glance at it before decisively raising his hand and firing.
Each bullet struck them precisely between the eyebrows, ending their lives instantly.
Upon witnessing this scene beyond his comprehension, the tribal chief immediately knelt down, rapidly shouting a string of words.
Xing Lie learned through the translator that the other side was expressing their submission and were willing to offer up all their treasures and women. If that wasn't enough, all of them were willing to become slaves, just begging for their lives.
"Hahahaha!" Xing Lie laughed mockingly. "You changed your attitude immediately after one failed sneak attack. If you had any backbone, I might have given you a second glance! Sure enough, just as described in the historical materials brought by Fairy Jinli, you are spineless and cowardly! Moreover, those materials spanning over two thousand years have proven that the ingrate nature in your blood will not change no matter how many years pass. I absolutely cannot give you time to grow, or give you any opportunity to harm future generations of China!"
After saying this, Xing Lie killed the tribal chief with another shot.
The Xuan Kingdom army continued its advance, adhering to Xing Lie's orders to eliminate without torturing anyone; anyone who dared to torture or kill would be dealt with according to military law.
This was the last act of mercy that Da Xuan could offer.
Lu Xingfeng's slaughter legion, on the other hand, was all about carnage. They avoided using firearms whenever possible, and all enjoyed the thrill of reaping lives with knives.
If killing wasn't enough, they would deliberately torture the natives to death slowly in all sorts of extremely cruel ways.
Once they see a younger woman, they swarm her and commit bestial acts.
In addition, they also captured young adults and infants from indigenous tribes like animals, bound them with iron chains, and stuffed them into transport vehicles so that they could be sent back to military bases for medical experiments.
The slaughter legion continued to advance towards the center of the island, leaving behind scenes a million times more cruel and terrifying than hell itself, leaving not a single corpse even remotely intact.
The Xuan Kingdom's army was also approaching the center of the island in an orderly manner, burying the bodies of each tribe they destroyed.
Two weeks passed quickly.
Lu Xingfeng received a report that one of his subordinate legions had captured a group of ancient Chinese people who had crossed the sea in a large wooden boat on the southwest coast of the island.
He immediately ordered the man to be brought before him.
The leader was a man in his thirties or forties, accompanied by dozens of young men and women, as well as about three thousand young boys and girls.
This large group of people were all dressed in typical Xuan Kingdom clothing. Lu Xingfeng was originally from Xuan Kingdom, so he could naturally recognize them at a glance.
"Why would people from Xuan Kingdom come here?" Lu Xingfeng asked as he approached and examined the place.
Although Lu Xingfeng's attire had long since changed, the man leading the group recognized him at a glance as someone from the same country. He bowed with a mixture of trepidation and delight, saying, "May I ask who you are? How come you arrived at this island before me? Could it be that His Majesty the Emperor sent someone here before he dispatched me to sea?"
"Your Majesty the Emperor?" Lu Xingfeng frowned. "What Emperor? Isn't he a monarch?"
The other person looked surprised. "Ah, could it be that you... arrived here before the Great Xuan Emperor unified the world? Then, which of the Central Plains kingdoms were you from?"
This question left Lu Xingfeng even more confused.
“Parallel worlds, they’re really amazing,” Ning Yao strolled over and rolled her eyes at Lu Xingfeng. “I’ve told you before that the world you’re in is almost the same as mine, but your era is equivalent to more than two thousand years ago in my world. If you had just paid attention to the history books I gave you, you wouldn’t be so confused about the current situation.”
Lu Xingfeng smiled awkwardly, "I'm sorry, I've never liked reading since I was a child, let alone now that I'm so old, how could I still have the mind to read? Yao Yao, why don't you tell me about it?"
With a smug look on her face, Ning Yao raised her chin and asked the leader of the Xuan Kingdom people in front of her, "You are the one who was ordered by Emperor Xuanzu to cross the sea to find the elixir of immortality, right?"
"Indeed, indeed!" the leader said with surprise and doubt. "I sense that you are extraordinary, not like ordinary people. Could it be that you have mastered immortal arts? Could you please teach me a thing or two?"
Ning Yao circled around the other person with great interest, examining them closely.
Although we're not from the same world, I still got to see firsthand the legendary and famous figures from Chinese history books.
However, this kind of gaze made the other person feel very uncomfortable.
"Come on, let's take a picture together." Ning Yao took out her phone, stood next to the other person, and took several pictures.
The other person was completely bewildered and exclaimed in shock, "Young lady, what is this? How can it preserve our appearances and even the surrounding scenery within it?!"
Ning Yao suddenly revealed a strange smile, and with her left hand, she pulled out a dagger that still smelled strongly of blood from her waist, and stabbed it through the other person's heart.
The leader of this group, who was ordered by Emperor Xuanzu to sail the sea in search of the elixir of immortality, suddenly collapsed in a pool of blood, never understanding what had happened until his death.
The dozens of attendants and three thousand boys and girls were immediately thrown into a panic.
Lu Xingfeng was also taken aback. "Yaoyao, what are you doing?"
"Quiet down, all of you!" Ning Yao warned menacingly, brandishing a blood-stained dagger. "Anyone who dares to make a sound will be killed!"
Faced with her threat and the intimidation of a group of killing sergeants wielding sharp knives, the scene quickly fell silent. Even the many young boys and girls knelt on the ground, covering their mouths and daring not to cry out.
Ning Yao then revealed a satisfied smile, turned to look into Lu Xingfeng's eyes, and slowly said, "It's nothing, I just hate the people of Xuan Kingdom. I want to kill them whenever I see them, especially—that Xuan Kingdom woman who refused to reveal her life to me."
Lu Xingfeng's expression darkened slightly. "Yaoyao, what do you mean?"
“It’s not very interesting,” Ning Yao said, toying with the dagger. “If I kill all the Xuan people one by one, won’t I eventually be able to kill that woman?”
“You…” Lu Xingfeng’s face twitched, speechless.
Ning Yao withdrew her gaze, her eyes sweeping coldly over the more than three thousand people kneeling on the ground, and said with a grin:
"These people are indeed in much better physical condition than the primitive savages on the island. They are truly worthy of being people from an ancient, advanced civilization. Tie them all up and send them to the medical laboratory. They are excellent experimental materials and we must not waste them."
Lu Xingfeng then ordered, "Do as Miss Ning says."
"Yes!" The soldiers of the Killing Legion immediately tied up all the people and dragged them away, ignoring the children's cries and pleas for mercy.
That evening, Lu Xingfeng's legion had already swept the entire long and narrow island clean. It would still take some time to establish a military base that would serve as a springboard for conquering Asia, but he couldn't wait any longer. He decided to take a warship and return to Xuan Kingdom first. Once the base here was completed, the main legion would cross the sea to join him.
Ning Yao wanted to go too, and Lu Xingfeng couldn't refuse, so he had to take her along.
A warship sailed into the vast East China Sea under the cover of night, heading towards the Xuan Kingdom.
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"Report: Mission accomplished. No survivors were left, and all bodies have been properly buried!"
Upon hearing his subordinate's report, Xing Lie's face showed a relieved and relaxed expression.
Finally, this place, which would have become the Dongyi Island Kingdom, was completely cleared away. From then on, China would never again be invaded and slaughtered by the Dongyi Island Kingdom.
Even though he had committed countless murders, he was willing to bear the burden.
“From now on, this place will also be included in the territory of Xuan Kingdom,” Xing Lie calmly instructed his subordinates. “Send someone to send the message back. We will first clear land and cultivate the land here to prepare for the construction of the ocean-going fleet. After all, our journey is far from over. There are still large tracts of land on the other side of the ocean.”
"yes!"
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When Lu Xingfeng returned to the Central Plains and arrived in Xuan Kingdom, he found that everything felt familiar, yet something was amiss.
Something's definitely not right... something's definitely not right.
He, Ning Yao, and their entourage changed their appearances and blended into the lives of the people of Da Xuan, staying in an inn, trying to figure out the doubts in their hearts.
Ning Yao found it quite novel, because in the Americas she had traveled to before, she had encountered indigenous tribes whose civilizations were just beginning to emerge. Now, having crossed the Pacific Ocean to the ancient China of the same era, she felt as if she had traveled to a different time and space.
If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, how could you possibly grasp how vast the developmental gap was between different civilizations thousands of years ago?
"Wow, I really feel like I've traveled back to ancient times now that I'm here," Ning Yao said, twirling in front of Lu Xingfeng in her newly bought clothes. "Look, this is genuine pure handmade silk fabric, isn't it beautiful?"
Lu Xingfeng was a little annoyed. He glanced at it and replied perfunctorily, "Yeah, it looks good."
"You're just giving me the runaround!" Ning Yao's face darkened. "Lu Xingfeng! You just keep thinking about that woman! Once I see her, I'll see how I deal with her!"
Lu Xingfeng muttered, "I'm increasingly feeling that this isn't the place I used to live in..."
Ning Yao pursed her lips and said, "You haven't been back for more than ten years. Didn't I tell you that during this period, the Xuan Kingdom completed the unification of China and established the Great Xuan Dynasty? That was a tremendous change, so of course it would feel unfamiliar to you."
"Commander Lu!" A subordinate rushed in. "We've found clues about the Tian Shu Sect. They've moved to the Central Plains, and they're not far from our inn!"
Lu Xingfeng jumped to his feet, startled. "Take me there quickly!"
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