Taiyuan Prefecture!
Led by Xiao Baga, Li Zhu was taken to a place he was very familiar with: the Prince of Jin's residence!
However, they were located in an extremely remote corner of the Prince's mansion, a place that even the people living there might not know about…
Li Zhu wondered how these little rascals knew about this place, but he knew the answer would soon be revealed, so he didn't ask any further questions and waited for the answer to be told...
Little Baga stopped at the mouth of a well, then turned to Li Zhu and said...
"My lord, we've arrived, but we're down below..."
Li Zhu nodded, showing no sign of doubt, as if to say, "I completely trust you..."
To show that there was no danger below, Little Baka jumped down first...
A cold smile crept across Li Zhu's lips. He hoped they had orchestrated this whole thing to trick him, otherwise it would be a waste of his cooperation...
Li Zhu leaped down, following Xiao Baga. The bottom of the well was very dry, and the temperature seemed to be higher than outside, like a volcano crater…
Li Zhu looked around and found that the space below was much larger than he had imagined, resembling an inverted cone. He immediately spotted Uesugi Kenshin not far away; the other man was positioned nearby, out of sight from above…
Lying before him was a person dressed in Miao attire, their condition unclear—whether dead or alive. Could the so-called intelligence be related to Miao territory? This left Li Zhu momentarily unsure whether they truly possessed important information or were setting a trap for him…
"My lord, this Miao man has been acting suspiciously in Taiyuan Prefecture. You previously instructed me to keep a close watch on his movements, so I personally kept an eye on him. I never expected that I would discover this place..."
Upon hearing Uesugi Kenshin's words, Li Zhu did not speak, but instead touched his chin in confusion, a gesture that had become a habit for him!
"Then why is he lying here? Did you get any information from him?"
Li Zhu looked at Uesugi Kenshin and asked!
"Reporting to the Divine Envoy, this Miao man was very alert. After discovering he was being followed, he tried to resist, but upon realizing he was no match for me, he committed suicide immediately, giving me no chance to capture him alive..."
Uesugi Kenshin continued to reply respectfully!
Li Zhu glanced at him, puzzled but still approached the corpse. Just as his hand touched the body, a thick black aura surged from the corpse into his own body…
Seeing this, Uesugi Kenshin and Baka finally managed a slight smile, their previous respectful attitude vanished, and they watched him with an air of anticipation...
The moment the black energy entered his body, his skin began to wriggle, as if countless tiny insects were crawling inside him…
Sorcery!
This was Li Zhu's first thought, but he didn't panic, because he already had a power within him that he didn't even know what it was, which could not only help strengthen his body, but also help him resist damage...
He also managed to make the Dragon King Ring and the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow his own...
"This is your purpose..."
Li Zhu looked at Uesugi Kenshin and Baka and asked calmly!
Li Zhu's attitude made the two of them somewhat uneasy, but Uesugi Kenshin arrogantly said...
“We Japanese are subjects protected by the Yamata no Okita (or Orochi) god. How can we be controlled by a Chinese like you? Kill you, and the token will be mine. You're nothing but a despicable thief who stole the divine messenger's token…”
Upon hearing Uesugi Kenshin's words, Li Zhu did not refute them, but instead looked at the little bastard and said...
"This is your last chance. I'll spare your life, but if you dare to make any more moves next time, you won't deserve to live..."
"You can't even protect yourself, yet you're still threatening Takeda-kun. Do you really think you have the ability to do that?"
Uesugi Kenshin glared angrily at Li Zhu; even at this point, the other party was still threatening Takeda Shingen…
"I was initially a little embarrassed to kill all of you, but you all brought this on yourselves..."
Li Zhu sighed, feeling a great weight lifted from his shoulders. He realized that killing these little bastards would no longer impose any moral burden on him…
"Kill us? Are you drunk? How can you spout such nonsense? Don't you feel unbearably itchy and your blood is draining? You'll be a dried-up corpse in no time..."
Uesugi Kenshin said sarcastically, already certain that he had won this round...
"I had no idea it had this effect if you hadn't told me."
Li Zhu smacked his lips and said!
The effect they described didn't materialize. Instead, the dragon tattoo on his body lit up. This was the first time the two of them had ever seen such a strange sight. Even the divine messenger from faraway Japan had never experienced anything like this. For a moment, the two of them even forgot who the real divine messenger was...
A series of dragon roars emanated from Li Zhu's body. His skin, which had been writhing, suddenly calmed down, and then a wisp of black energy dissipated from Li Zhu's body...
Pfft…
A trickle of blood flowed from the corner of Uesugi Kenshin's mouth. His sorcery had been broken, and he had suffered a backlash. He stared at Li Zhu in disbelief, wondering why this was happening. The other party had clearly been poisoned by his sorcery...
Do you regret it now?
Li Zhu looked at Uesugi Kenshin with a smile and asked, not in a hurry to kill him. He wanted to see what other ways these little bastards had to court death!
"Regret? The word 'regret' doesn't exist in the eyes of the noble Japanese, because we Japanese are the true heirs. I have found the dragon vein of China. As long as Japan can seize it, then all of China will belong to Japan, and all the people of China will become slaves of Japan..."
Uesugi Kenshin laughed wildly as he spoke!
"Who gave you this confidence? Why are you so arrogant? The concept of dragon veins has existed since ancient times, but have you ever seen a dynasty that possessed a dragon vein last forever? To think you can control China through dragon veins—I wonder how many times your brain has been kicked by a donkey to utter such low-level nonsense..."
Li Zhu's sarcastic remarks were so sharp that they made Uesugi Kenshin lose confidence, wondering if the theory of dragon veins was really unreliable.
"Hmph! I think you're the one who's narrow-minded. Don't you know that the reason the new Tang dynasty was able to become emperor was because the Li family of Taiyuan handed over the dragon vein to the new emperor, which allowed him to successfully conquer the Central Plains..."
Uesugi Kenshin firmly believed this, and therefore did not relinquish his claim to the dragon vein because of Li Zhu's words…
"You actually believe such things? My father was able to conquer the Central Plains simply because his military power was the strongest, and no one dared to provoke him..."
As Li Zhu spoke, he wondered if the dragon vein was really that strange.
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