After He Yunxiao and his group arrived in Qingmu City, they were quickly taken to the "reception center" for the meeting guests.
This "reception center" is not a restaurant, but a residential area in a specific district.
The advantage of this arrangement was that guests could stay with their soldiers. Security depended on themselves, not on Qingmu City. This measure provided a great sense of security during turbulent times. Imagine a group of Qi army generals staying in the same restaurant; if security wasn't adequate, they could easily be wiped out. It was far better to disperse and rely on their own abilities.
He Yunxiao arranged for the female characters to go to bed. Since the Qi Army Conference was to be held tomorrow, he decided to let them have a break for the night, especially Ruobao, so she could get some rest.
In the dead of night, He Yunxiao quietly slipped out of his room and went to Xiaoxiao's room.
"Xiaoxiao?"
Xiao Xiao vaguely heard He Yunxiao calling her from outside the door in the middle of the night. She jumped out of bed and hopped to open the door for He Yunxiao.
"Brother Yunxiao, what brings you here? It can't be that..."
"I have something to say," He Yunxiao said seriously.
Xiao Xiao looked puzzled, but He Yunxiao continued seriously, "It's important business."
Xiao Xiao looked disappointed and dejected as she let him in.
He Yunxiao patted Xiaoxiao's head, looking helpless. "Little girl, don't think about that too much."
He Yunxiao was indeed there to discuss serious matters. Upon entering the room, he went straight to the point: "Xiaoxiao, what are your and Chuchu's chances of defeating a Grandmaster?"
Xiao Xiao said confidently, "Ordinary grandmasters can't withstand more than a few moves from me."
"What if it's the kind that's exceptionally skilled?"
“I can defeat a grandmaster with even a little experience in thirty moves, and I’m confident I can kill him within a hundred moves.”
He Yunxiao recalled Qing Yuzi's deathly pale face and asked, "What about a grandmaster who is even more powerful than Daoist Qing Yuzi?"
"Even more powerful than an old woman?" Xiao Xiao asked in surprise.
Seeing Xiaoxiao's surprise, He Yunxiao immediately sensed something was wrong. "What's wrong? Is Daoist Qingyuzi very powerful?"
Xiao Xiao lost her sense of humor. "That old woman is from the Taixu Sect, so she's already stronger than ordinary grandmasters. She's quite capable herself, ranking among the top grandmasters in the Taixu Sect. If someone is even stronger than her, then..."
He Yunxiao's heart tightened when he heard Xiaoxiao say that.
"If you are stronger than her, then you will have reached about two-thirds of my level."
He Yunxiao: ? ? ?
“Xiaoxiao…” He Yunxiao’s face darkened.
"Um?"
"No, Versailles, you can't do that."
"What is 'Versailles'?" Xiao Xiao asked, her eyes wide and her face full of innocence.
"You spoke so mysteriously just now, I thought you'd run into trouble if you faced other grandmasters." He Yunxiao breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the little girl with dissatisfaction.
"Hehe." Seeing that He Yunxiao was worried about him, Xiaoxiao jumped up and hugged his arm, shaking it happily from side to side.
“Go on, please continue…” He Yunxiao patted Xiaoxiao’s head, telling her not to be too naughty.
Xiao Xiao clung to He Yunxiao's arm and continued, "With two-thirds of Xiao Xiao's skill, it's already difficult to win. Take the old woman, for example. She only has less than half of Xiao Xiao's skill, but her technique is special. As long as she doesn't want to fight Xiao Xiao, Xiao Xiao can't catch her."
"What if we absolutely have to fight?"
"If we have to fight, it's a close call. It'll be hard to decide the winner within a few moves, and the opponent won't show any signs of weakness within a few dozen moves. If we don't fight, we can leave at any time. Even if we take precautions beforehand, it'll be hard to keep her here."
He Yunxiao asked in surprise, "Are Grandmasters really that hard to kill?"
Xiao Xiao nodded, then casually remarked on the Verdant Track: "So far, Chu Chu and I have only injured Grandmasters, we haven't killed any yet."
"What, you want to kill someone?" He Yunxiao's tone turned cold.
Xiao Xiao stuck out her tongue and quickly said, "Just kidding."
"Xiaoxiao, you mustn't kill innocent people indiscriminately," He Yunxiao warned her again.
"Okay." Xiaoxiao blinked.
After giving Xiaoxiao another layer of assurance that "innocent people should not be killed indiscriminately," He Yunxiao finally got down to business. "Many Qi army generals have come to this Qi army conference. The Yan army's Grandmaster might take this opportunity to kill someone, especially the King of the Southwest. If the Yan army kills him, the Qi army will inevitably be thrown into chaos again."
Xiao Xiao was very clever and immediately understood what He Yunxiao meant.
"Brother Yunxiao wants Xiaoxiao to pay more attention to the King of the Southwest? If they encounter a Grandmaster of the Yan army, she should intervene and hold him off for a while. Once he realizes he can't kill him, he will retreat on his own." (Biquge)
"Great, great. I'll go to the street tomorrow and buy Xiaoxiao some candied hawthorns as a reward."
Xiao Xiao asked again, "The old woman came down the mountain to capture Grandmasters, Xiao Xiao, do you want to...?"
"No!" He Yunxiao said resolutely.
"The Grandmaster of Yan is quite powerful. Show yourself and exchange a few blows with him, let him realize that the assassination is hopeless, and that will be enough. Don't do anything unnecessary, and always prioritize your own safety." He Yunxiao was afraid that Xiaoxiao would repeat the same mistake.
Xiao Xiao looked at He Yunxiao with eyes full of stars.
After giving his instructions, He Yunxiao patted Xiaoxiao's head and said, "Let's go."
Xiao Xiao: ?
"They've left?"
"You're leaving?" He Yunxiao said with a smile.
Xiao Xiao reluctantly gave an "Oh." Then she silently saw He Yunxiao to the door.
As they reached the door, He Yunxiao suddenly turned around. "Xiaoxiao, come here, give me a kiss before you go." With that, he quickly lowered his head.
Xiao Xiao's earlier disappointment was instantly lifted by He Yunxiao. Her face flushed, she closed her eyes and waited quietly for the shooting star, but nothing came.
He Yunxiao tapped Xiaoxiao's nose and asked, "What's on your mind all day long, little girl?"
Xiao Xiao pouted in dissatisfaction.
He Yunxiao tentatively leaned forward, and Xiaoxiao immediately pursed her lips and closed her eyes.
Her mindset of "You dare to flirt with me, but I'll hide if you actually dare to come at me" was perfectly on display at this moment.
He gently rubbed the little girl's soft cheeks and said, "Stop fooling around. It's getting late. Go back to sleep."
"Oh, goodbye He Yunxiao," Xiaoxiao muttered, closing the door rather unhappily.
He Yunxiao looked at Xiaoxiao and couldn't help but chuckle. This little girl was quite cute when she threw a tantrum.
...
Although Qingmu City did not arrange inns for the Qi army leaders, other preparations were quite thorough. Breakfast for over a hundred people, along with invitations to the morning meeting, were delivered early in the morning.
The next morning, He Yunxiao got up early to order food, but after encountering the food delivery team from Qingmu City, he had no choice but to go to great lengths to buy two strings of candied hawthorns for Xiaoxiao to take home.
After breakfast, the new Chu army set off for the Qi army's assembly.
The venue for the conference was the city square, a large and spacious area that eliminated the possibility of troops being hidden beforehand. It was clear that the organizer, the Southwest King, was quite sincere.
The ancients had specific rules for arranging chairs.
The most venerable one sits facing east, the next venerable one is located in the first row to the right of the main seat, then the first row to the left, then the second row to the right, and so on.
Therefore, when He Yunxiao, Fan Ziruo, and the others took their seats in the third row on the right, they had a rough idea of their position in the heart of the Southwest King.
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