Seven days passed in the blink of an eye.
"Roar..." Under the expectant gazes of the first group of Baiyue people who came to Bingshan, the red dragon once again flew out of Bingshan and hovered above the heads of the arriving people.
"The Dragon God has appeared! Everyone, quickly kneel down and thank the Dragon God for his blessings!" Among the crowd, some believers shouted as soon as they saw the red dragon appear, and took the lead in kneeling down, showing their piety.
"Thank you for the blessings of the Dragon God, thank you for the blessings of the Dragon God." Almost everyone who came to Bing Mountain was a believer, and without anyone prompting them, many people had already knelt down and worshipped devoutly.
After circling once, the red dragon looked down at the kneeling crowd and spoke in human language: "Today, I will open the road to the divine kingdom. All who come may enter and live in the divine kingdom."
"Thank you for your blessings, Dragon God." Upon hearing this, the kneeling people knelt down again in devout worship.
"Roar..." The red dragon roared again, its gaze fixed on the open space deliberately left in front of the mountain of soldiers.
Amidst the expectant and astonished gazes of the people, a transparent spiral twist appeared on the open ground in front, spanning a hundred meters. This was a distortion of space itself. At the very center of the distortion, a black hole the size of an eyeball appeared and grew larger and larger until it almost covered the entire distorted space. From within the black hole, one could see that on the other side, the weather was fine, the mountains and rivers were beautiful.
"This is the divine kingdom. The houses and cities have already been built for you using immortal techniques. You only need to move in," the red dragon said. "Now, you can go in and live there. There is a man named Gao Yao there. Just follow his instructions to move in."
"Thank you for your grace, Dragon God." Upon hearing this, the people knelt down again, filled with gratitude. Many steadfast believers immediately took their furniture and entered the black hole without hesitation, showing their unconditional trust in the Dragon God.
With someone taking the lead, more and more people followed and entered Wang Han's divine kingdom.
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As the first group of Baiyue people entered the divine kingdom, those who had come to observe quickly brought the news back. Everyone believed in the authenticity of the divine kingdom and longed to enter that land where they would have no worries about food and clothing and would not have to worry about war and chaos. More and more people who had originally been observing began to set off for Bingshan.
Half a month later, after sending the last remaining people into his divine kingdom, Wang Han led Yan Lingji and the last ruling class into the divine kingdom. In the end, apart from a very few elderly people who were reluctant to leave their homeland, ninety-five out of one hundred households in the Baiyue land were empty.
However, the unlucky Wushuang didn't enter the divine kingdom either. He had diarrhea when Wang Han and the others left, and because there were so many people, even Wang Han didn't notice he hadn't left. When he returned, he was dumbfounded to see the empty mountain of soldiers and palaces.
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The capital of the Yan state was Ji.
After more than three months of dealing with the affairs of Baiyue and the Divine Kingdom, Wang Han finally returned to Jicheng, the capital of Yan.
It is now June of 330 BC. A misty rain hangs over the city. In this year, the State of Han will be destroyed by the State of Qin. After the fall of Han, Qin will attack the State of Yan. Also in the winter of this year, Prince Dan of Yan dispatched Jing Ke, presenting the head of the Qin traitor Fan Yuqi and maps of important Yan cities. Ostensibly, he went to sue for peace, but in reality, he was to assassinate King Ying Zheng of Qin. With the King dead, Qin would be thrown into chaos over the throne, giving Yan a chance to recover.
Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. The King of Qin, as the protagonist of this era, did not die. In the end, the King of Qin was furious and sent his general Meng Tian to attack the State of Yan, vowing to grind Prince Dan of Yan to dust.
When Yan Dan realized that his plot to assassinate the King of Qin had been exposed, he took his wife and daughter, Tao Zhiyao, and went into hiding under assumed names.
In the end, the King of Yan sacrificed his son to save the country, ordering the removal of Crown Prince Dan from the family register, expelling his name from the genealogy, and issuing a warrant for his arrest to be handed over to Ying Zheng. He also offered several cities and vast tracts of land in exchange for peace. It was during this war between Qin and Yan that Da Tiechui joined the Mohist school.
Wang Han disliked Yan Dan. While Yan Dan was said to love his people like his own children, after committing the assassination attempt on King Ying Zheng of Qin, he simply fled when Qin attacked, leaving his loyal soldiers to be sent by King Yan and Lord Yanchun to resist Qin—or rather, to their deaths. He never appeared again until the fall of Yan. Furthermore, Yan Dan, already the leader of the Mohist school, only used Mohist masters during the assassination attempt; afterwards, he rarely relied on the Mohist school to provide much support to Yan, even though the Mohists were a staunch anti-Qin faction.
On the other hand, Yan Dan was on good terms with the Mohists and was also their leader. While seemingly upright, he was also on good terms with Lord Yan Chun. During the Night-Shining Cup incident in Han Kingdom, he went with Lord Yan Chun to curry favor with him and, using Lord Yan Chun's power, secretly win over military commanders and soldiers. He was ambitious.
However, before this series of events, something else happened: Yan Chunjun, the younger brother of the King of Yan, took a fancy to Xue Nu. When his attempts to entice her failed, he resorted to coercion. In the end, Xue Nu and Gao Jianli killed Yan Chunjun and fled to the Mo family.
The death of Lord Yanchun and the fall of the Han state, coupled with the Qin army's overwhelming advance, caught Yan Dan off guard. Since the Qin army was not fully under his control and he could no longer secretly win over Lord Yanchun, Yan Dan was driven to take the risk of sending Jing Ke to assassinate King Ying Zheng of Qin.
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'It seems that Lord Yanchun has already gone to Feixue Pavilion and pressured Xue Nu. His return time is just in time!' Wang Han thought to himself as he watched Gao Jianli standing in the drizzle holding an umbrella for Xue Nu, only to be met with a cold stare from her.
"Whoosh..." The melancholy sound of a flute rose in the drizzle.
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