With a "flutter," a gyrfalcon flew down. Liu Yuan raised his hand and beckoned, and the gyrfalcon landed on his head, pecked at his right leg, and tossed it to Liu Yuan.
Ignoring how lazy the gyrfalcon was as it flew to the left roof ridge, Liu Yuan took out a roll of military intelligence from the mailbox and read aloud: "Official ships on both sides of the Qiantang River have been attacked at night."
The dynasty lost over 600 official ships and suffered approximately 5,000 casualties.
Damage to the official ships on the southern front was negligible. It is said that the southern front launched a night attack on the northern front and achieved a great victory.
"This is clearly the work of Wu Wei and Sheng Xiang. They manipulated the sea monsters to launch a night attack on the dynasty's official ships, sow discord, and incite war between the north and south, so that they could unify the Dark Yuan Dynasty." Zheng Ya analyzed the root of the problem without hesitation.
In fact, starting the next morning after Wu Wei and Sheng Xiang left, a frenzy of framing and murder began in the Dark Yuan Dynasty, inciting various tribes of Dark Yuan to kill each other.
Although Zheng Ya dared not kill the two of them, he still treated them as enemies and sent Qinglong to hunt them down. Qinglong repeatedly thwarted their schemes and caused them trouble, making their lives miserable.
The two men's methods of framing others and using others to commit murder were similar to the night raid on the official ship.
The person remains unseen, merely controlling ferocious birds, monsters, sea monsters, and water spirits to stir up trouble, leaving behind incriminating evidence to mislead others.
Just like the night raid on the dynasty's official ships, the fact that the official ships on the eastern and southern routes suffered only minor losses is clear proof of the night raid on the dynasty's official ships.
Moreover, the soldiers of the dynasty had no idea about Wu Wei and Sheng Xiang's tricks of framing and using others to kill. Even if Zheng Ya went to tell them the truth now, probably no one would believe him.
That's where the brilliance lies.
Liu Yuan patted his forehead in exasperation: "Master, then, what do we do?"
"Send a messenger to the Donglin Army to withdraw their navy, conduct joint military-civilian training exercises to preserve combat strength for the campaign against An Yuan next year." Zheng Ya directly gave the order to take control of the battle.
By retreating in order to advance, they prevented the dynasty from launching an attack.
If Xie Ming isn't stupid, he'll sense the opportunity and unite against external threats.
After all, Xie Ming has angered the Donglin Army, or perhaps Zheng Ya, Wu Wei, and Sheng Xiang, who have joined forces against him. Even if he had three heads and six arms, he couldn't withstand it!
Liu Yuan, unaware of the situation, asked, "Uh, Master, can the Donglin Army be mobilized?"
"I am the Prince of Donglin. Who in the Donglin Army dares to disobey my orders? They will surely be criticized, lose their military power, and lose everything."
"So who do you think would dare disobey my orders?" This was exactly the effect Zheng Ya wanted—to shift the blame to the regulators.
Liu Yuan suddenly realized: "Hehe, the master is still the wise one. He divided the military power in advance, dividing it into nine, so as to encourage them to compete for and supervise each other's authority."
If one person makes a mistake, they will inevitably be suppressed and annexed by the other eight shareholders.
Unwittingly, they relied on their master, the retired prince, as their master. They dared not be the first to stand out and incur public wrath, so they could only use the prince's nominal title to monitor their opponents and secretly grow stronger.
This demonstrates the master's detached and far-sighted authority, haha!
"Alright, go and carry out the orders."
"I want to see how Wu Wei and Sheng Xiang will respond!" Zheng Ya's face showed neither joy nor sorrow, but his heart was far from calm. The Azure Dragon had lost track of the two, and something bad was about to happen!
Meanwhile, three thousand miles away in a mountain cave, Wu Wei and Sheng Xiang sat back to back on the ground, glancing at the Thundercloud Eagle and the Gold-Eating Beast guarding their side: "Alright, we've finally shaken off Zheng Ya's pursuit. Shall we begin our dual cultivation?"
"Wei'er, are you sure you want to cultivate with this prince?" Sheng Xiang still had doubts and probed her uneasyly, wanting to see if Wu Wei would reveal a flaw.
I'm increasingly looking forward to dual cultivation, which is very conflicting.
Wu Wei smiled and said, "Sixth Prince, I have handed over control of the Thundercloud Eagle and the Gold-Eating Beast to you."
You now hold my life in your hands.
Of course, if I were to be counterattacked by you, based on my talent for controlling the origin of the soul, I could detonate the origin of the soul, preventing you from devouring my supernatural cultivation. It would be done with just a thought.
In that case, cooperation will be a win-win situation, while selfishness will bring no benefit. So what are you worried about?
"Very well, this prince is willing to share glory and disgrace with Wei'er, to live together as one, and to rule all the heavens and myriad realms!" Sheng Xiang made this promise with boundless pride. His tone was not loud, but his voice was full of energy, and the echoes reverberated throughout the cave.
The Thundercloud Eagle and the Gold-Eating Beast harbored hostility towards Wu Wei, seemingly holding a grudge against him for having enslaved them in the past.
Unfortunately, all the murderous intent they conveyed to Sheng Xiang through their eyes, and even their telepathic requests to kill Wu Wei to silence her, were rejected by Sheng Xiang.
Sheng Xiang yearns to become stronger and surpass the Crown Prince and the other princes. He doesn't want to miss the opportunity to cultivate with Wu Wei to become stronger and, incidentally, to win over the Wu clan to strengthen himself.
Little did he know that Wu Wei had seen through everything: "Yes, Your Highness's cooperation with me is the beginning of our ascension to the throne of all realms. Shall we begin?"
"Haha, okay, let's begin our dual cultivation!" Sheng Xiang responded excitedly, then closed his eyes to calm his excited emotions and worked hard to engage in dual soul cultivation with Wu Wei.
Wu Wei fully cooperated, and as the two relaxed their minds, their soul essences merged and collided, creating a tingling sensation throughout their bodies: "Buzz."
It moves without wind, stirring up ripples in the soul.
In less than thirty breaths, the essence of their souls merged together, releasing spiritual energy to form a spiritual shield that enveloped their bodies.
When the essence of their souls merges, they officially enter the dual cultivation stage.
The fact that their souls did not repel each other filled them with immense excitement, and they both entered a stage of comprehending each other's soul essence and creating their own special abilities.
Originally, things were going smoothly, and Sheng Xiang was completely immersed in comprehending Wu Wei's soul essence, unable to extricate himself!
However, Wu Wei's second soul, hidden within her cerebellum, launched a surprise attack on Sheng Xiang's soul essence, tearing and devouring it: "Buzz."
"Ah, Wu Wei, how dare you..." Sheng Xiang tried to dodge, but he was already dizzy and disoriented from being bitten by Wu Wei's second soul, and his soul was slightly shattered.
Wu Wei unleashed her second soul with all her might to devour Sheng Xiang's soul essence: "Sheng Xiang, just accept your fate."
"It's your honor to grant me a male clone..."
"You bastard, you're courting death, Lei Yundiao..." Sheng Xiang desperately dodged and cried for help, unaware that Wu Wei had already used the first soul to control the field and sealed the soul transmission: "What an idiot."
Heh heh, you know perfectly well that I possess a soul spirit, a split soul, and the extraordinary talent of having two souls in one body, yet you still dare to cultivate with me. You're stupid to the point of death, heh heh.
"Ah, you wretch, your ultimate goal is to seize the Sheng family's imperial power, no, ah!" Sheng Xiang realized belatedly, but it was too late.
Wu Wei directly devoured and refined Sheng Xiang's soul essence, giving birth to a dual yin-yang body, a three-soul dual-soul ability, and the talent of yin-yang ability: "Hehehe, the secret manual is indeed true, helping me to achieve legend."
So, Zheng Ya, how should you deal with this? Hehehe.
"Achoo!" Zheng Ya sneezed, raised his hand to rub his nose, and asked in confusion, "Why did I sneeze like that? Is something wrong?"
"Are you alright?" Daiyu approached gracefully, carrying a tea tray. Was a sneezing symptom of a superhuman?
Perhaps it was cursed by the enemy, or perhaps it was poisoned?
Ordinary people can catch a cold or fever, but it's impossible for people with superpowers or cultivators to do so.
Unless one suffers from a hidden illness that renders them unable to cultivate their physical constitution, they will not contract the ailments of ordinary people.
Zheng Ya was also puzzled: "It seems I should also improve my strength..."
"Oh, what happened?" Daiyu was startled, almost dropping the tea tray she was holding...
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