Chapter 146: The Magnificent Tang Dynasty

The decision of whether Li Lizhi would learn martial arts was quickly made. Changsun Shi responded quickly, and Li Shimin, who was on the other end of the Star Mirror, also responded quickly.

This is such a great thing, it would be strange if you didn't agree so quickly.

Li Shimin had already made plans for his other children, except for Li Zhi. He just wanted to protect this daughter like a treasure in his hands together with Guanyin.

But life will eventually end. What will Li Zhi do then? Will her brothers still treat her as they always have?

Even if he personally chooses a husband for her, who can guarantee that this husband will treat her like a treasure for the rest of her life just like they do?

It’s better for beauty to be strong herself.

Just like what the goddess said, when Li Zhi becomes a great master one day, who in the world would dare to disrespect her?

Even if the imperial power were to fall in the future, Li Zhi would not be in trouble because of her transcendent status in the royal family. As long as she was there, the underworld forces could not influence the royal family.

Beauty can also enjoy peace.

What's more, "Liu Yun Fu" was bestowed by the goddess, and its power is certainly higher than the martial arts in the mortal world. With it, the Li family will have an extra layer of protection.

The goddess also said that, apart from Li Zhi, other children could also practice, but their talents were not as high as Li Zhi, so they could only reach the level of half-step master in their entire lives.

Half-step master is enough. Li Shimin had suffered enough from his poor martial arts skills in his early years. He didn't want his children to live the same hard life as him. With martial arts skills, he and Guanyinbi can feel more at ease.

This kind of kindness is no less than rebirth.

Li Shimin and his wife Zheng Zhong bowed down.

Tarona did not avoid them and accepted their gifts steadily.

She transferred "Liu Yun Fu" into Li Lizhi's body. This martial arts secret book from the high martial arts world has become spiritual and does not need anyone else. It will slowly guide this little child into the world of martial arts.

As for who should keep the "Liu Yun Fu" engraved on the jade slip, the Great Witch thought for a moment and handed it to Changsun.

After Changsun drank the magic potion, all her illnesses were cured. She would not die early at the age of thirty as in the original story. The spiritual creature guards its master, and she holds it as a support and protection.

There is no need to worry about her being partial, as she is a very gentle and kind person. As Li Shimin's wife, the current Crown Prince's Consort, and the future Empress, her wisdom and ability are known to the world. She will teach all the children well, and with her around, those regrets in history books will not happen again.

With red eyes, Changsun carried her sleeping daughter away. After leaving the courtyard, she turned around and looked in the direction of the goddess.

The goddess's kindness to the Li family was too great; they had no ability to repay her, nor did they know how to do so.

My husband said that he would be a wise ruler, a wise ruler who would be praised by future generations and enable the people of the world to live the good life they have always dreamed of.

Only in this way can we live up to the favor of the goddess.

Holding her daughter in her arms, who would become another important figure of the country, Changsun bowed solemnly once again.

Tarona withdrew her gaze. The stars in the sky twinkled behind the light of the sky. They saw what she wanted.

——The group of holy chanters finally came out again.

This time, they were so strong that the stars were locked on at a glance.

Is it a valiant effort with full confidence, or a desperate gamble when there is nothing else to do?

Or, another test?

The silver-haired witch sat up from the star cluster and stretched out her hand toward the sky. The flowing galaxy immediately changed direction, wrapping around her arm joyfully and docilely. For a moment, the sky and the earth emitted a silent hum.

It doesn’t matter. She has already marked this aura. The power of the Outer God is useful.

Moreover, additional clues came on their own.

A hundred miles away, two figures were heading towards Chang'an at a very fast speed. One of them was blurry all over, with a familiar, chaotic aura.

Very light, but...

The time has come.

…

A line of troops marched in neat steps across the fields engulfed by war. The land covered with snow had long since lost all green shoots. The golden wheat waves of many years ago had finally become a thing of the past. Now buried underground were only the corpses of innocent civilians.

There were ruins on both sides of the weed-covered road. The scattered wooden frames were covered with strips of cloth that had marks of being licked by flames. Those with good eyesight could even see human corpses curled up in the weeds, with marks of being gnawed by wild beasts on their bones.

In troubled times, the least valuable thing is human life.

The area north of the Yangtze River has been returning to its pre-war state, but the area south of the Yangtze River, which is leaderless, is still shrouded in war. It is unknown how long it will take for the sound of war in this land to stop.

Li Shimin looked at these and his emotions were surging.

He had seen a lot of such cruelty, and even worse, but no matter how much he saw, he still couldn't get used to it.

In times of great strife, war is inevitable. He understood this simple truth a long time ago.

That's why he vowed to end it all.

As the smoke of war raged, the aristocratic families were the least affected, but their ambitions grew bigger and bigger.

Wang Shichong, Dugu He, Yuwen He...

He attacked them one by one, and now there were only a few people who could stand in his way.

With the goddess at his side and his own ambition, he was naturally unstoppable.

The only thing that could surprise him was the sudden emergence of the young marshal.

When they first met, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were still busy running around. Li Shimin had a good eye and could see at a glance that these two were different from others and would achieve great things in the future. However, he did not expect that they would become his last "enemy" in unifying the Central Plains.

Li Shimin held the reins in his hand and fell into deep thought on horseback.

As far as he knew, Song Ba of Lingnan had started contacting Kou Zhong several months ago, and his spies also saw Song Que's daughter Song Yuzhi beside Kou Zhong... Does this mean that Song Ba has decided to support Kou Zhong?

Tian Dao Song Que is a very tricky person.

In the battle against the Sui Dynasty army, he not only defeated the larger force with a smaller one, but even won ten battles in a row. Moreover, he was a master of his generation. His swordsmanship was so superb that even a grand master could not gain much advantage over him.

It is unwise to make an enemy of such a person. It is best to turn the enemy into a friend...it is best.

The Song Dynasty is not the most important thing. The most important thing is the Turks. If these two things happen at the same time...

Just thinking about it gave Li Shimin a headache. Who knows, he might even have to ask the goddess for help in this matter.

Just when he was getting a headache the more he thought about it, Sissi, who was hiding in his breastplate, suddenly poked her head out and called out to him twice anxiously.

Li Shimin lowered his head: "What's wrong? Are you feeling bored?"

It was impossible for the little bear to feel stuffy, as it did not need to breathe. But the little bear was so cute and well-behaved that Li Shimin often felt like he had raised another caring little cotton-padded jacket.

Language barriers are so inconvenient.

Sissi sighed in a proper manner and used her hands and feet to crawl out of his breastplate.

Li Shimin immediately reined in his horse, and the army following him also stopped when they saw the prince, who was leading the way, stop. Changsun Wuji, who was two body lengths behind him, reined in his horse and caught up.

He knew that there was a messenger of God hidden in his brother-in-law's breastplate.

"Your Highness, what's wrong?"

Li Shimin shook his head. Sissi had already jumped into his open palm. The pure white little bear was actually glowing in the sunlight... no, it was glowing!

"mu! mu!"

Sissi called out twice more.

This time it was no longer a coquettish cry, but a colder one, more like the cry of a wild animal.

Li Shimin suddenly realized something. He grabbed Zhangsun Wuji's arm and said, "Wuji, pass on my order. The whole army retreats!"

Changsun Wuji was stunned when he heard this and failed to react immediately.

"quick!"

After Li Shimin grabbed his hand and squeezed it hard, he responded with a start, turned his horse's head and galloped several feet, shouting: "Retreat! The whole army retreats!"

Thanks to the well-trained troops under Li Shimin, they stopped abruptly, and then suddenly heard their superior tell them to retreat. They did not hesitate, but stepped back with almost the same pace, and soon retreated a mile away.

Zhangsun Wuji wanted to rush forward, but he saw Li Shimin, who was standing still, suddenly raised his arm and waved it, which meant -

No one is allowed to come up!

Li Shimin knew better than anyone why Sissi had just given the warning. Those monsters were coming again. No matter how many people came now, it would be useless. Only Sissi could deal with those monsters that were invulnerable to swords and guns.

He had to stay, too. Those monsters were here to kill him. The closer he was to his own people, the safer they would be.

A strong wind suddenly blew under the clear sky. The wind was not cold but very hot, as if it blew directly from the desert, and there was charming sand in the wind.

The horses under the generals suddenly became restless and could not be controlled no matter how the men holding the reins ordered. The men on the horses were almost thrown off.

Boom!

The ground in front of Li Shimin, only a few feet away, suddenly caved in, as if something huge had fallen down.

It is indeed a very large thing.

The familiar monster appeared again, but this time, there was only one.

Li Shimin looked up at the giant monster in front of him that was more than ten feet tall, then looked at Sissi who was standing in the palm of his hand and glowing. The young prince frowned slightly.

He wasn't worried that Sissi wouldn't be able to defeat this monster. How could a goddess's messenger be viewed as a mortal? It was just that with such a huge size difference, would Sissi suffer a loss? What if she could defeat it but got hurt?

After spending so much time together, even though he knew that this was a messenger from the goddess' throne, he still really treated Sissi as his own child.

Feeling that the bright human was worried about her, Xixi happily stopped threatening the Holy Chanter, turned around and rubbed Li Shimin's breastplate, calling "mumu", and stretched out her little paws behind him, meaning that he should step back as well.

Come on, Xiongxiong is about to transform!

Li Shimin nodded without hesitation and watched the little bear jump out of his palm and stand steadily on the ground. He then pulled the reins, turned the horse's head vigorously, and drove the trembling warhorse backwards.

Seeing that the target was about to leave, the chanter took a step forward.

The hot wind that blows from the air in winter suddenly becomes stronger at this moment.

"roar!"

A deafening roar suddenly rang out, and in the blink of an eye, a hazy white light exploded, and the palm-sized white bear shook its body and transformed into the largest creature in this world.

It no longer looked cute. The fluffy white bear had turned into a huge black bear with a ferocious appearance. Its scarlet eyes were filled with solid red mist, its white fangs were longer than its jaws, and its sharp claws could tear the ground apart easily. Red-gold patterns spread across its huge body like leaf veins, and with every flash, red-gold sparks were splashing!

This is the true face of Briles killing bears.

It ignores all non-physical attacks, and in terms of physical attacks, it has no rival yet.

"roar!"

Sissi let out a roar and rushed towards the Holy Chanter who was still a little slow in his movements with great ferocity.

In an instant, dust flew and the earth shook!

Under Sissi's coercive intimidation, the Holy Chanter could no longer remain hidden. If it did not want to die, it could only use all its strength to fight back.

The wind howled, the ground cracked, and the huge tree that two people hugged was trampled into pieces like weeds. The ruins turned into powder, and the fight between the two huge monsters was a living reappearance of the end of the world!

Where has any mortal ever seen such a scene?

Everyone was stunned and trembling so much that they could hardly hold the weapons in their hands.

Changsun Wuji stared in amazement at the giant bear that was pinning down the golden and white monster. It was truly extremely ferocious, and every time it swung its terrifying giant claws, it was bound to tear off a large piece of flesh from the monster. It even plucked off the pair of wings behind the monster.

Changsun Wuji thought dazedly, Erlang, Prince...does he know that the messenger of God still looks like this?

This is not a messenger of God at all, it is simply a ferocious beast from ancient legends!