Just after the New Year, the situation inside and outside Wuyi City suddenly became wrong.
Troops were being reinforced in Wuyi City because Dayan and Yanhan withdrew their troops, and Northern Chu finally had enough troops to support Wuyi City.
However, troops were withdrawing outside Wuyi City. It was very strange that the Xuan Qin army had to stay here in the cold winter, wasting resources, just to find an opportunity to attack the city; now that the weather was about to warm up, Xuan Qin showed signs of withdrawing.
In Wuyi City, inside the City Lord's Mansion, Li Zhan was analyzing the current situation in Wuyi City with a group of generals and advisers from Northern Chu.
"Based on the intelligence we have, Xuan Qin is indeed withdrawing its troops..." a strategist said, "Our scouts saw that the smoke from the Xuan Qin camp has obviously decreased, and some tents are indeed empty. We also found wheel tracks in the direction of the withdrawal. It doesn't look like Xuan Qin is deliberately setting up a false formation. They are really withdrawing their troops."
Someone analyzed: "Dan Yao has received news that Dayan is putting pressure on Xuan Qin, which may make Xuan Qin unable to cope with it; or perhaps, Xuan Qin cannot bear the consumption of materials this winter, and they must evacuate and go back to spring farming."
"I think they saw that we were sending more troops, and Xuan Qin and his group of cowards got scared," said a general.
Li Zhan didn't say anything, he was frowning and thinking. He stood high and saw far, and knew that the key point between Beichu and Xuanqin was not the number of troops, but the strength of the cultivators.
Xuan Qin had the support of Yuntianmen and had countless cultivators, but after the death of the original cultivators in Beichu, there were only Li Shiyin and Qin Ran left.
As for Li Shiyin and Qin Ran...
He thought of Qin Ran and suddenly felt that the withdrawal of troops this time must have a lot to do with his unfathomable "future son-in-law".
The snow has stopped, and the clouds in the sky have dispersed in the past two days. Occasionally, a few stars are twinkling in the dark sky.
Qin Ran stood on the top of Wuyi City, looking at the Xuanqin military camp, thinking about the information sent by the clone:
"Xuan Qin is about to withdraw its troops."
As this information emerged in his mind, the connection between the clone and him disappeared.
So, who did the clone meet in that inn? And what happened there?
He had some guesses in his mind, but he still couldn't analyze the specific situation.
"Does Xuan Qin's withdrawal have anything to do with you?" Li Shiwen's voice came from beside him.
Qin Ran nodded and admitted frankly: "It should be related." "What do you mean it should be related?" Li Shiwen frowned, "What did you do?!"
"The clone I sent to Xuanqin to assassinate Emperor Xuanqin died... or rather, disappeared..." Qin Ran was not sure, "but, I guess, he must have met Emperor Xuanqin... my clone and Emperor Xuanqin, they probably reached some kind of deal."
"Clone? This magical power of yours...is there no connection between you and your clone?" Li Shiwen asked.
"There is a connection, but the perception was suddenly cut off a few days ago..." Qin Ran said, "Earlier, I found that there was a Divine Transformation cultivator in the Xuanqin Palace. He should be proficient in formations and very powerful. It should be him who did it."
"A cultivator who has reached the state of Divine Transformation?" Li Shiwen is not a cultivator, but the image of a Jindan cultivator in his mind is almost the same as that of an immortal god, so a cultivator who has reached the state of Divine Transformation is just a realm in his mind and has lost its concrete touch.
"So, what kind of deal did you...your clone reach with Emperor Xuanqin?" This was what he cared about.
"The clone was sent to assassinate Emperor Xuanqin... I knew that there were experts in the Xuanqin Palace, so I prepared several backup plans. One of them is..." Qin Ran took out a porcelain bottle from his Qiankun bag and gestured to Li Shiwen, "If the assassination fails, or he dies, or encounters an unavoidable situation, we can perish together with him."
Li Shiwen reached out to take the porcelain bottle and asked, "What is this?"
Qin Ran pulled his hand back, not letting him touch it, and replied, "This is called the Death Announcement Pill. A pill that announces death."
"Death?" Li Shiwen instinctively didn't believe that a small pill could have such great power.
“There is a Death Pill in here, but…” Qin Ran said, “It is enough to poison all the living beings in Wuyi City. It symbolizes death, so all living beings are conquered by it.”
Li Shiwen was startled, and retracted his hand as if struck by lightning, and said in surprise: "So scary?!"
Qin Ran put the pill back into his Qiankun bag and sighed, "I originally wanted to research a pill that could make people immortal, but I didn't expect to accidentally create a pill that could kill people. Alas, I still haven't figured out the principle of how this pill can kill people. However, when I figure out its principle, I think I will be able to refine the pill of immortality."
Hearing this, Li Shiwen quietly moved away from Qin Ran and said, “So, you made this Death-Reporting Pill?”
Qin Ran saw Li Shiwen's frightened look, smiled and said, "You don't have to be afraid. In fact, many great inventions in this world were discovered by accident. For example, dynamite was invented by alchemists when they were refining elixirs, and penicillin was discovered by people who found that moldy things could kill bacteria..."
Li Shiwen didn't understand anything, but he felt that Qin Ran was even more terrifying. He left silently. He still had things to do and he had to continue patrolling.
Seeing Li Shiwen walking away, Qin Ran remembered something and asked casually, "Have you seen any strange patterns recently?"
Li Shiwen shook his head: "No."
The next morning, Li Shiwen suddenly sent someone to find Qin Ran and said, "Someone from the Xuanqin Army is looking for you."
"Xuan Qin is looking for me?" Qin Ran was stunned, realizing that this was probably the deal reached between his clone and Emperor Xuan Qin, and he hurried out of the city.
Outside Wuyi City, Li Shiwen was leading 500 elite cavalrymen to confront the Xuan Qin soldiers on the opposite side. The 500 elite cavalrymen on this side were wearing black and red armor, while the 500 elite cavalrymen on the opposite side were wearing black armor. One black and one red, there was indeed a murderous atmosphere.
Qin Ran flew down from the city wall, to the middle of the two armies, facing Xuan Qin's side.
He raised his eyes and saw that the person leading Xuan Qin was Zhao Yaqing.
"What do you want from me?" he asked Zhao Yaqing.
Zhao Yaqing glanced at him indifferently, raised her hand and threw a letter to him, but said nothing.
Qin Ran frowned, and a transparent water clone emerged from his body. He caught the letter with the water clone. He looked at it from a distance. There was "Dear Brother Qin" written on the envelope, and the sender was Zhao Zheng.
"A letter from Emperor Xuan Qin? The person I saw in the inn was indeed Zhao Zheng." He thought to himself.
"Lucky for you..."
Zhao Yaqing came to deliver the letter. When she saw Qin Ran accepting the letter, she snorted coldly, spurred her horse back, and prepared to go to the Xuanqin military camp.
The elite cavalry of Northern Chu had no intention of taking action. They all turned their horses' heads towards Xuan Qin's military camp.
But at this moment...
“Boom!!!”
Suddenly, the sky changed suddenly. Large flakes of clouds gathered here from an unknown place. In the blink of an eye, the sky became dim and the sun and moon lost their light.
"It's a trick!"
"careful!"
Such exclamations rang out simultaneously from both armies...
Chapter 348 Xuan Qin Withdrawal
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