In fact, Qi Nuan had always had a question: if the bearded man had such abilities, why didn't he teach his descendants?
If you say he believes in fate, then why does he insist on interfering in worldly affairs? If you say he doesn't believe in fate, then why doesn't he take his descendants with him?
Isn't cultivating Taoism about defying fate and changing one's destiny?
She is someone who doesn't believe in fate.
Qi Nuan looked at the bearded man and said, "After you finish this drink, you should leave. I will protect Chu Guanzhi's life."
Qi Nuan made a promise to the bearded man.
Perhaps this is the result of the cause he planted back then.
He taught Qi Nuan and the others a lesson, and both Qi Nuan and Jiang Yu were indebted to him. They were the people he wanted to protect, so why would they insist on taking his life?
As for anything else or the future, Qi Nuan could not make any promises to him.
The bearded man looked at her, smiled, picked up the wine jug, tilted his head back, and poured all the wine in the jug into his stomach.
That was awesome.
"Good, good... It's worth my trip to the mortal world to meet you all."
The bearded man stood up and threw down a jade pendant.
He looked at Qi Nuan again without glancing at her in the light, and walked away into the distance.
Only his voice echoed in Qi Nuan's ears.
“He will listen to you after seeing the jade pendant. If one day you have nowhere to go, take this jade pendant and come to the far south to find me.”
Although he doesn't have any special abilities, he can still protect a young friend from the mortal world.
Qi Nuan picked up the jade pendant at her feet and smiled. Although she would never go to see him, she accepted his kindness.
Qi Nuan returned to her tent and entered the space again.
The little black snake sensed her presence immediately and quickly slithered around her.
Qi Nuan glanced at it, then took the book she hadn't finished reading last time from the bookshelf and sat on the soft couch to read it.
"Oh, I didn't expect you to know people from the Valley of Salvation. But they're just a bunch of small fry. They can't help you. Only I can help you..."
The black snake's voice was incredibly noisy in her ears.
However, Qi Nuan has already learned to automatically ignore its sound.
All she can do now is seize the time to absorb the knowledge she can acquire.
Fortunately, the flow of time in space is different from that in the outside world.
Three hours passed in the space while only one hour passed outside.
She wanted to make the most of this extra time to cultivate.
She stood beneath the waterfall, swinging her twin swords again and again, for an unknown amount of time.
Exhausted, she leaned against a boulder, watching the waterfall with its swift and gentle currents.
And those four large characters, "Responding to Heaven and Blessed Land".
...
The next day.
Qi Nuanbian and Zhang Liao discussed the matter and decided to attack the city immediately.
Crossbows shot towards the high wall, and Qi Nuan watched as soldiers fell one by one on the city wall.
He shouted, "Climb the ladder..."
Rows of soldiers rushed out from behind carrying ladders.
"Crossbowmen, prepare..."
"Move the siege ram..."
As countless arrows rained down on the city wall, the soldiers quickly erected ladders and leaned them against the wall, then countless soldiers scrambled to climb them.
Chu Jiliang stood on the city wall, looking at the scene before him, his eyes bloodshot.
"Release the arrows..."
"Falling rocks..."
Countless rockets then rained down on the soldiers of Upper County.
The falling rocks also knocked the soldiers off the ladder one by one.
Hearing the soldiers' screams, Qi Nuan shouted sternly, "First platoon, fire arrows; second platoon, go up; third platoon, prepare!"
The flashing swords and clashing fire on the battlefield came into her view, igniting layers of flames.
At this point, it comes down to who is faster, has better archery skills, and has more arrows...
"What happened? Where is the person you brought? Where did he go?"
"Go ahead and say it?"
Wu Jiliang's face was covered in blood, and his expression was ferocious as he grabbed Chu Guanzhi's clothes and shouted.
Chu Guanzhi was speechless. His grandfather had dug a huge pit for him, and he couldn't control his grandfather's whereabouts.
Wu Jiliang didn't need his answer; he knew he couldn't defend the city.
but……
He shoved Chu Guanzhi away.
Looking at the Shangjun army attacking more and more fiercely below the city walls.
His eyes were filled with resentment.
In the end, he only benefited others.
"Follow me."
His voice was rough and carried a hint of madness and ruthlessness.
Looking at his expression, Chu Guanzhi had a bad feeling.
What is he going to do?
No……
Chu Guanzhi quickly caught up with Wu Jiliang.
The voice was urgent, "Big brother, big brother... defending the city is the most important thing, big brother..."
Ignoring Chu Guanzhi's pursuit, Wu Jiliang led his men down the city wall and rushed into the city.
As she watched the city about to be breached, Qi Nuan's heart skipped a beat. She took out her binoculars and looked at the high wall opposite.
Wu Jiliang and his group were nowhere to be seen.
A feeling of irritation welled up inside me, accompanied by heartache.
Qi Nuan's expression grew colder.
"Pass down the order to speed up the siege."
Zhang Liao also noticed Qi Nuan's expression. He glanced at Qi Nuan and then turned his attention to the battlefield.
"General, there is no need to worry. Yuyang City will be captured soon."
"Does the gentleman know what kind of person Wu Jiliang is?"
Qi Nuan asked Zhang Liao, trying hard to suppress the irritation in her heart.
"Sharp-witted, decisive, adept at manipulating people, extremely petty, and very vengeful..."
"What are you going to do, brother?"
Chu Guanzhi's eyes were filled with disbelief as he watched Wu Jiliang's actions.
"Get out of here..."
Wu Jiliang pushed Chu Guanzhi away, his eyes filled with cold indifference, and ordered the others, "Continue."
Seeing Wu Jiliang order people to pour kerosene all over the houses in the city, Chu Guanzhi stopped deceiving himself. At this moment, if he still didn't know what Wu Jiliang was going to do, he would be a fool.
He drew the long sword from his waist and stood in front of Wu Jiliang.
"Big brother, tell them to stop."
Wu Jiliang looked at him coldly, "Are you going to oppose me now?"
"Brother, isn't our uprising all for the sake of giving the people a peaceful life? This is the culmination of our years of hard work. So tell me, what are you going to do now?"
Chu Guanzhi's eyes were filled with grief and despair. Why was this happening?
That's not how it should be; my brother isn't that kind of person.
"Hahaha, you know this is the culmination of my years of hard work, so I'd rather destroy it than leave it to anyone else."
Aren't they going to attack the city?
Then let them attack the city.
However, all they got was an empty city.
Hehehe, Wu Jiliang couldn't help but feel happy thinking about everything they saw when they attacked the city gate.
Looking at him, Chu Guanzhi knew he had gone mad, completely mad.
There were countless elderly, weak, sick, and young people in the city, and yet he wanted to burn their families to death while the soldiers were fighting desperately to defend the city.
No, this is not the Wu Jiliang he knows; this is a demon.
Chu Guanzhi charged toward Wu Jiliang with his sword in hand.
However, Wu Jiliang, who was prepared, dodged the attack and was instead stabbed in the abdomen.
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