Chapter 226 Food and lodging provided
"Qin Jian, did you use this supernatural power... to help him escape?"
After staring at the vanished Blackham, Prince Yan Qin Mu finally asked Prince Chang Le Qin Jian a question. He had tried his best to sense the surrounding area for dozens of miles, but had not detected any special fluctuations in the Yuan Qi. It seemed that Qin Jian's "Shifting Stars and Changing Moon" had sent Blackham more than a hundred miles away.
"Qin Mu, what are you saying? That great shaman's warhammer is clearly no less than a legendary weapon. If it were to self-destruct, how could the three of us be unharmed? I risked my cultivation to move it away for the safety of the three of us. How could that be helping it escape?"
Qin Jian used a move called "Shifting Stars and Changing the Moon," but his face also turned pale. Hearing Qin Mu's accusation, he became furious. He was thin, but his voice was loud, and he shouted angrily at Qin Mu.
"Your Highnesses, please refrain from arguing. The best course of action now is to quickly pursue Blackham. Does Prince Chang Le know his whereabouts?"
Seeing that the two major powers were about to fall out, Zhao Qirui quickly spoke up to mediate, saying that important matters were more important.
Qin Jian shook his head, turned his face away and stopped talking. The three of them were speechless and stood there frozen.
"Qin Jian, it's not that I'm deliberately blaming you. You and I both know how deep His Majesty's hatred for Blackham is. As long as this man is not eliminated, the Northern Expedition will not stop, and even if our Great Xia has a strong foundation, it will be hollowed out. Only by killing this man and persuading His Majesty to stop the Northern Expedition, and allowing Great Xia to recuperate, can we find the right path for the empire to last for thousands of years."
After Qin Mu's words, Zhao Qirui and Qin Jian fell even more silent. It was only because of Qin Mu's status that he dared to criticize Emperor Zhaowu. Who else would dare to do so? The merit of recovering lost territory and expanding the borders was used to seek revenge for personal gain. Only Qin Mu dared to speak out.
Qin Jian finally spoke, "I don't know where I moved that great shaman, but it can't be more than a hundred miles away. The three of us should each carry a Heart-Connecting Talisman and search separately. Once we find him, we can join forces to kill him."
The other two nodded silently. The three of them used their energy to create two "Heart-Connecting Talismans" and gave them to each other. Then they went their separate ways to search. If Qin Mo were present at this time, she would have noticed that one of the Heart-Connecting Talismans looked somewhat familiar.
When Blackham inexplicably appeared in the middle of Lake Baikal, he could hardly believe his eyes. He had just been preparing to destroy his equipment before destroying himself, but the other party had strangely thrown him out. He checked his body and found that nothing was missing, except for the Doomhammer, which was still in his hand.
"Humans are just afraid of death, they don't even dare to die together with others, what a bunch of cowards." Blackham cursed angrily, shook his head which was still throbbing from the concussion, determined his direction, and flew north.
There are still some elite Blackrock Clan troops at the Bone Tower. We need to quickly notify them to begin their retreat. Otherwise, once the Twilight Hammer Clan has retreated, the Great Xia army will lose its target and, when they spread out to search, they will inevitably find their way there.
"Great Shaman, why are you in such a hurry to leave?"
King Anle Qin Jian suddenly appeared behind Blackham, startling the orcish shaman so much that he turned around abruptly and nearly twisted his neck.
The great shaman turned his head and looked around warily. Even though he found that Qin Jian was alone, he did not let his guard down at all. He gripped the Hammer of Destruction tightly, ready to fight to the death at any moment.
"Great Shaman, don't be too nervous. If I wanted to capture or kill you, I wouldn't have come alone." Qin Jian casually drew a barrier of energy, cutting off contact with the outside world, and said something that puzzled Blackham.
"what do you want from me?"
"I want to know the details of that ambush ten years ago. Since it was your men who did it, you must know something, right?" Qin Jian said, his eyes narrowed and his tone threatening.
"An ambush ten years ago? That guy? Heh! He's your emperor now, why don't you go ask him?" The orcish high priest revealed a cruel smile, even a hint of smugness.
Two Heart-Connecting Talismans appeared in Qin Jian's hand. They were golden, leaf-shaped, and surrounded by swirling energy, making them quite beautiful.
Sweat immediately appeared on Blackham's forehead. As a high priest, he naturally recognized the Heart-Connecting Talisman and could sense the auras of Qin Mu and Zhao Qirui from it.
“My men received information that an important figure from the Great Xia Dynasty was passing through my territory. I intended to capture him, but I didn’t expect him to have three Earth Realm cultivators as his guards.”
"His guards fought me to the death, one after another self-destructing. By the time I caught up with him, he was already severely injured, but then he was ambushed by that guy. You humans are weak but have many weapons and methods for self-defense. It is really hateful."
The orcish high priest became agitated, indicating that he had also suffered a great loss in the situation.
"And then what happened? Why didn't you kill him?" Qin Jian asked calmly.
"I was injured, and a group of warriors from the Great Xia Death Squad surrounded me, so I had no choice but to retreat."
"Oh! A group of suicide squads?"
"That's right, there were over a hundred people. They were all very happy when I retreated. It's a pity I was seriously injured, otherwise I wouldn't have been afraid of them."
Qin Jian narrowed his eyes even more fiercely, "Just how badly did you injure His Majesty that he would hate you to the core?"
Blackham stuck out his tongue and licked his golden fangs, grinning as he brandished the massive Doomhammer in his hand.
"I smashed him in with a hammer, what about you?"
The situation in Ulan-Ude was already one-sided, especially after Zhao Qirui returned to the camp while Blackhan did not. The orcs collapsed at an alarming speed, scrambling to the lakeside, intending to escape across the ice to Irkutsk on the other side.
"Commander, have these Imperial Guards gone mad? Killing even those who surrender, killing prisoners... this is an ominous sign!"
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