Xu Fu's voice also became low, clearly indicating that recalling this past event made him feel somewhat heavy-hearted: "Back then, I was drifting on the sea, searching for that ethereal fairy mountain, when I encountered a giant monster fish. The experts sent by Ying Zheng helped me kill it."
Zuan thought it must be the fishbone temple he encountered on the first fairy island.
Xu Fu continued, "However, I never expected that the giant fish was the sacred beast of the mermaid race. Later, the mermaid race came to seek revenge on me, and through various coincidences, I met their queen... We clashed several times, gradually developed feelings for each other, and eventually became friends. She found my description of life on land very interesting, and later she returned to Qin with me."
"And then you gave her to Ying Zheng?" Mi Li said coldly, referring to a similar description on a mural in the room earlier.
Xu Fu nodded: "That's right, I gave her to Ying Zheng."
"No wonder she harbors such resentment. You're a total scumbag for betraying her." Zu'an couldn't help but sigh. Do all these people have a cuckold fetish? What's with giving away the woman you love?
“Her resentment was not because of this,” Xu Fu replied.
Even Mi Li was puzzled. Did the woman also have some kind of strange quirk?
Xu Fu explained, "Back then, she knew that I was carrying out Ying Zheng's mission. She wanted to rescue me from my suffering, so she was willing to cooperate with my plan to infiltrate Ying Zheng's side and do things for me."
Bi Linglong couldn't help but sigh, "Then she must love you very much."
For a woman to be willing to serve another man for the sake of one man, what deep feelings must she have to do that?
A gentle look appeared on Xu Fu's face: "She was indeed very good to me."
Zuan asked in a deep voice, "Then why did she develop such a strong resentment towards you in the end?"
Xu Fu did not answer this time, but instead looked at Mi Li: "Originally, my plan was to proceed step by step, first gather people of the five elements, and then deal with people of pure yang and pure yin bodies. But since you are the empress of a country, with a noble status, you cannot be easily harmed, so I left you for last."
"Unfortunately, I don't know if Ying Zheng became suspicious, but he sealed you away in advance and hid you in a place that none of us know about."
Mi Li's eyebrows twitched, clearly indicating that this memory from back then was not pleasant.
Xu Fu quickened his pace and said, "Back then, I was terrified. I always felt that Ying Zheng had seen through my actions, so I had to launch the plan ahead of schedule."
"I contacted the Second Prince Huhai, as well as Prime Minister Li Si and eunuch Zhao Gao. In the end, the few of us joined forces and launched an attack when he went on a trip to Shaqiu."
Zu'an was dumbfounded, never expecting that there was such a hidden story behind the Sand Dune Incident. It turned out that Xu Fu was the one who organized everything.
Mi Li snorted: "Even if all of you join forces, you are no match for Ying Zheng."
Although the two did not consummate their marriage, they had been husband and wife for so many years, so she was naturally aware of Ying Zheng's cultivation level.
Xu Fu smiled and said, "That's right. Back then, we were indeed no match for Ying Zheng. But has Your Majesty forgotten about one other person?"
"That mermaid queen?" Mi Li's heart stirred.
“That’s right. Back then, she first poisoned Ying Zheng with a strange poison from the sea, and at the same time, she ambushed and severely injured him. That’s when we appeared to surround and kill him.” Recalling the situation that day, a look of fear flashed across Xu Fu’s face. “You know, we were the top experts in the world at that time, but Ying Zheng was really too powerful. Even though he was poisoned and injured, he still suffered heavy losses when so many of us surrounded him.”
"The Mermaid Queen was seriously injured, Li Si was beaten into a cripple and lost all his cultivation, Hu Hai was injured in the head and became mentally impaired, unable to distinguish between a deer and a horse. I was also severely injured and do not have many years left to live. The only one with relatively minor injuries is Zhao Gao."
Zu An thought to himself, no wonder Li Si, as the prime minister of the country, was easily killed by Zhao Gao after vying for power; and Hu Hai even made the infamous "pointing at a deer and calling it a horse" joke. In this whole affair, apart from Xu Fu, Zhao Gao was probably the biggest winner.
Upon hearing this, Mi Li's expression changed several times. In such a deadly situation, even someone as powerful as Ying Zheng would most likely only be able to die on the spot.
As expected, Xu Fu said, "We paid such a high price, but we finally succeeded in killing Ying Zheng."
"At the last moment, Ying Zheng understood the truth. He severed his own bloodline and did not leave me with a pure yang body." Xu Fu's voice carried a hint of anger, clearly indicating that he was very unhappy that the matter had failed at the last minute.
Mi Li sighed: "So the one you chose as the pure Yin body is me, and the one as the pure Yang body is him. You really have a lot of nerve."
Zu An pondered that it was no wonder Ying Zheng had doubts. He clearly knew that he was of pure Yang constitution, and considering Mi Li, he would naturally suspect Xu Fu's motives.
In this light, all the previous doubts have been resolved.
When he found Mi Li in the secret realm, he was very puzzled as to why Qin Shi Huang went to such lengths to seal her away. Wouldn't it have been easier to just kill her?
It turns out that her life still needs to be preserved to activate that Yin-Yang Five Elements Grand Array in the future.
If everything goes smoothly in the end, Ying Zheng will take out Mi Li again to trigger the formation and obtain immortality;
If something unexpected really happens, having Mi Li hidden away can be considered as leaving a backup plan.
"If you want to live forever, you have to be bold." Xu Fu laughed. "Back then, I was seriously injured and my lifespan was about to end. I couldn't find you, Your Majesty, so I had no choice but to activate the great formation ahead of time. Although the formation was not complete at the time, it was enough to extend my lifespan."
"It's a pity that at least four elements are needed to activate the great formation. Han Zhong escaped without a trace back then, and it was only later that he was found and imprisoned here. At that time, I had no choice. The great formation only had Lu Sheng's metal, Fu Su's fire, and Meng Tian's earth. I was still missing a person of the five elements, so I had no choice but to focus my attention on her."
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