After two days of cultivation, a very important message reached Qin Xin's ears.
Xia Tong from the Wanbaoge Pavilion in Tianyuan City has now joined the Zhennan Prefecture's camp, bringing with her a large number of spiritual artifacts and pills.
This gave Zhennan Prefecture more confidence in the battles to come.
Qin Xin was not surprised by Xia Tong's visit, after all, her identity was special. Now that the army of the Great Xia Dynasty had set foot in Tianyuan City, it also meant that her identity had been exposed.
Of course, in order to boost the morale of his own troops, Qin Xin also revealed his identity as a sixth-grade advanced alchemist and offered the Five Treasures Returning to Origin Pill as a reward.
Any martial artist who has reached the third stage of Core Formation and joins the Zhennan Prefecture's camp will be given a Five Treasures Returning to Origin Pill by Qin Xin after this matter is over.
In a short time, they also won over all the originally neutral families and forces.
It should be noted that even some seventh-grade beginner alchemists would find it difficult to refine the Five Treasures Returning to Origin Pill, making it an extremely rare treasure for any family or power in the Eastern Wilderness.
Of course, after Qin Xin publicly revealed his identity as an alchemist, the Great Xia Dynasty also learned of his return to the Eastern Wilderness.
With the two sides now locked in a power struggle, any retreat by either side would lead to utter ruin.
For a time, everyone in the Great Xia Dynasty began to feel insecure. As for the Eastern Wilderness Academy, the Celestial Masters Sect, and other forces, they all stood by as outsiders.
Three days passed quickly, and the entire town of Zhennan was unusually quiet.
After Shui Sheng's pre-battle speech, all the soldiers of the Zhennan Army were in high spirits, and their unified shouts pierced the sky.
Xia Tong also gathered some of her father's former subordinates, and in a short time, warriors and soldiers from all over the country gathered in Zhennan City.
At this moment, in the capital of the Great Xia Dynasty, Emperor Xia Qi, sitting on the throne, swept his sinister gaze over the ministers below, seemingly discussing countermeasures.
"Why don't we ask the Emperor Emeritus to come out of seclusion? The Great Xia Dynasty is in dire straits, and the morale of the Zhennan Prefecture is currently very high!"
"Why flatter others? Your Majesty has given me 300,000 iron cavalry; I will surely raze the entire Zhennan Prefecture to the ground!"
"Three hundred thousand iron cavalry? Stop daydreaming. Bring back all the border troops. Are you planning to cede the territory of Great Xia to the Yan Dynasty and the Ding Dynasty?"
"Alright, everyone, stop arguing. I'm sure His Majesty will make his own decision!"
Seeing the crowd arguing, a middle-aged man dressed in a blue crown and wearing a purple long crown with his hair tied up stepped out, and his powerful aura immediately spread around him.
For a moment, everyone in the palace fell silent.
This middle-aged man is none other than Ruan Ju, the prime minister of the Great Xia Dynasty and the current patriarch of the Ruan clan. He is at the Real Core stage and holds a pivotal position in the Great Xia royal family.
At this moment, Xia Qi, who was sitting in the highest position, slowly stood up, stretched, and then glanced indifferently at the man in black robes beside him.
"Grand Preceptor, it seems we need to arrange for the Celestial Masters Sect to handle this matter."
After Xia Qi murmured softly, everyone in the hall turned their gaze to the man in black.
Ever since Xia Qi returned to the Eastern Wilderness from the Central Plains, this man in black has been following him. If it weren't for this man, Xia Qi would have faced many difficulties in inheriting the throne.
However, the ministers present had all witnessed and experienced the ruthless methods of this man in black, and many of them were somewhat afraid.
After the man in black nodded slightly, the ministers below dispersed, leaving only Ruan Ju standing in place.
"Oh? Prime Minister Ruan, is there anything else?"
Seeing that Ruan Ju had not left, Xia Qi asked him with some doubt.
"Your Majesty, tomorrow is the day of my wedding with Princess Xia Yue. I hope you can attend."
Ruan Ju also said with a smile.
"Of course, without the help of the Ruan clan, I wouldn't be where I am today. I will be there tomorrow. You may leave!"
Xia Qi smiled and agreed.
After Ruan Ju left, a man in black said in a sinister tone, "You really have the demeanor of an emperor. To consolidate your throne, you actually married your own sister to such a decrepit old man."
"Some things are naturally a matter of giving up something to gain something else, aren't they?"
“If it weren’t for the support of the Qin clan of Zhongzhou, that old man wouldn’t have given me the throne.”
Xia Qi spoke very respectfully to the man in the black robe.
"It's good that you know, but don't let anyone else know that you have the support of my Qin clan. If the news leaks out,..."
After speaking, a fierce glint appeared in the black-clad man's eyes, and then his figure vanished from the palace in a blur.
Xia Qi, left alone, also had a cold look in his eyes, and murmured, "Once I have taken complete control of the Great Xia Dynasty, even your Qin Clan of Zhongzhou will be unable to do anything to me!"
"However, the Qin clan of Tianyuan City is, after all, a branch of the Qin clan of Zhongzhou. Why would they attack them? What are they looking for?"
"What is he worried about by using the Great Xia Dynasty as a front?"
Xia Qi was also very clever and guessed some clues. After entering Zhongzhou, he could be said to have been a dispensable existence in the Xuantian Sword Sect. If it weren't for the fact that he had a lot of spirit stones and was able to curry favor with some people, he probably wouldn't have been able to stay in the Xuantian Sword Sect for a long time.
What puzzled Xia Qi was that the Qin Clan, the most powerful clan in Zhongzhou, actually came to find him in person. At first, he thought it was related to Qin Xin and felt that he had offended someone he shouldn't have. Later, after learning that the other party wanted to support him to become the King of Xia, he remained suspicious.
Now that he had actually obtained the throne, Xia Qi still felt like he was in a dream.
"I didn't expect you, Qin Xin, to have survived in that tomb. But now that such a force is targeting you, I suppose you won't live much longer."
Xia Qi stroked the dragon throne behind him, murmuring softly.
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On the other side, after mobilizing for the expedition, Zhennan Prefecture also immediately issued a punitive order to the Great Xia Dynasty, which immediately caused a sensation throughout the Great Xia Dynasty.
To Qin Xin and the others' surprise, the towns that the Zhennan Army passed through offered no resistance and welcomed them in directly.
Even Shui Sheng hadn't expected that they could approach the capital without losing a single soldier or foot.
However, those who follow the right path receive much help, while those who stray from it receive little.
Everyone understood that the Great Xia Dynasty had now concentrated all its military forces in the capital, seemingly awaiting the final battle.
The intense fighting between the two armies has made Qin Xin worry about the safety of Qin Lin and Qin Qianfan.
Qin Xin, who has entered the early stage of the Spirit Body Realm, can make some changes to his face through his spiritual sense. Unless one is an extremely powerful martial artist, it is difficult for them to detect.
So Qin Xin took advantage of this time to secretly sneak into the capital to find where Qin Lin and Qian Fan were being held, and try to rescue them first.
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