Yang Cheng glanced at Shui Qing, pondered for a moment, and said, "Alright, since you've followed me, I naturally won't let you down."
Putting everything else aside, at least I won't let your Shui family repeat the mistakes of today.
Yang Cheng didn't pay much attention to the Shui family, but since they wanted to follow him, it would be a good opportunity to increase his influence in the anti-Qin alliance.
"Greetings, my lord!"
Shui Qing and the rest of the Shui family bowed deeply, showing the utmost respect.
The Shui family's lineage dates back to the Xia and Shang dynasties, and they tend to be conservative in their ways. Once they recognized Yang as their lord, they had no intention of seeking refuge with anyone else.
Zhang Liang, who was watching all this, suddenly bowed to Yang Cheng and said, "Greetings, my lord!"
Yang Cheng was taken aback and quickly helped Zhang Liang up: "Zifang, what are you doing? Why are you getting involved?"
Zhang Liang shook his head and said, "I invited you to join the anti-Qin alliance before, which was a great boast, but it turned out to be a laughing stock."
Although Liang has a minor reputation, he is too naive. I can command an army, but I am not suitable for fighting for supremacy.
I am not decisive enough and not ruthless enough. Even though I can strategize and plan, I am also more easily manipulated by others.
These brothers all chose to follow me because they believed in me, but I always lead them into dangerous situations.
"If it weren't for you, my lord, we might have suffered even greater casualties today."
Although the task of intercepting the demons of Lishan was ostensibly assigned to them because of Wei Bao's scheme, it would have fallen to them anyway, even without Yang Cheng's involvement.
Everyone else had to deal with the large-scale Qin army in the open, and besides, the army wasn't suitable to enter Yunmeng Marsh, so the team, which consisted entirely of cultivators, was the only one with a suitable number of people.
So in the end, they will definitely be the ones to die. This most difficult task can only be given to the weakest of them.
Zhang Liang was very accurate in judging himself and others; he was indeed not very suitable to be a leader.
Yang Cheng, on the other hand, gives people an extremely reliable feeling, making them subconsciously trust him.
Yang Cheng truly had no intention of turning Zhang Liang into his subordinate. He tried to persuade him several times, but Zhang Liang remained unmoved and even had others come over to pay their respects to their new lord.
Left with no other choice, Yang Cheng had to agree, and they made a deal that they would each call out their own names, and he would not treat Zhang Liang as a subordinate.
The Shui family's place was almost finished being repaired, so Yang Cheng had someone bring Chen Zheng up to interrogate him.
As soon as the ban was lifted, Chen Zheng immediately started cursing.
"A bunch of traitors! One day, Master will capture you all and bring you back to Xianyang, tear you apart by chariots and boil you alive, leaving you with no trace of your bodies!"
Yang Cheng said indifferently, "You've already fallen to this state, and you're still being stubborn?"
Actually, I roughly know that physical pain is not a problem for you cultivators who specialize in the secret arts of flesh and blood.
But you can endure physical pain, what about the pain in your soul?
Yang Cheng unleashed several Soul-Slaying Bombardments in succession, controlling the force to strike Chen Zheng's seven souls, but without allowing them to truly dissipate, instead keeping them on the verge of collapse.
Chen Zheng let out a series of shrill screams, his appearance was simply too gruesome to bear.
"I'll talk! I'll talk!"
Chen Zheng screamed wildly, his face pale and contorted, like a vengeful ghost.
"Tell me about Xu Fu. What did he find overseas that gave him so many strange and mysterious methods? And was the elixir of immortality he gave to the First Emperor really that? Why hasn't the First Emperor attended court for so long?"
Chen Zheng was panting heavily, a strange and crazy smile on his face.
"Mirodan Dharma Heaven! It stands apart from the Three Bodies, dwells in the Nine Heavens, observes the Six Realms, and is supremely without law!"
As Chen Zheng spoke, his head began to grow uncontrollably.
Even the expression on his face was filled with terror, and drool dripped from the corner of his mouth, but his tone was incredibly fanatical, giving people an extremely awkward feeling.
"Zifang! Secure him!"
Zhang Liang repeatedly pointed at the bamboo slip, unleashing various binding spells at Chen Zheng's head, but to no avail.
In less than three seconds, Chen Zheng's head had swelled to several times its previous size, and with a loud bang, it exploded completely into a cloud of blood mist!
A prison-suppressing barrier rose in front of Yang Cheng, blocking the blood mist from entering.
After dispelling the barrier, Yang Cheng frowned and asked, "What's wrong with this guy? Is he using a self-destruct technique?"
Zhang Liang asked in confusion, "That shouldn't be the case. I checked him before, and all his spiritual energy was sealed. How could he possibly use the self-destruction technique?"
Even if he wanted to self-destruct, why didn't he do so when your attack on his soul left him in a state of unbearable agony?
Zhang Liang pondered for a long time, then suddenly said, "There is only one possibility: the questions you just asked him reminded him of an extremely terrifying being, so terrifying that even thinking about it would make him unable to contain the image of that terrifying being, and would cause him to explode!"
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