Qin Shi Ambitious

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Unlike Fusu, when Yunzhongjun entered the city, the heavily armored Qin army drove away all the civilians, forbidding them from watching closely, so as not to taint the young men and women who were to be offered as tribute to the immortals with too much vulgarity.

Yun Zhongjun himself sat on a high platform in the center of the procession, an old man sitting cross-legged under a semi-transparent curtain, looking down at the crowd with a smug smile. Beside him, the blazing Amaterasu sword's design differed greatly from most of the famous swords in the sword manual.

This famous sword, ranked thirteenth in the Feng Hu Zi Sword Manual, has a slightly curved blade in the shape of a crescent moon. It has only one edge, and its appearance alone suggests that its main attack method is slashing, making it more suitable to be called a 'knife'.

As the emperor's appointed captain of the mirage ship, Yun Zhongjun will only stay in Sanghai City for a short period of time. Then, on an auspicious day, he will lead the boys and girls to complete the boarding ceremony.

"That villain!"

Among the crowd some distance from the main road, Princess Xiaoyu of Shushan, dressed as a waiter at an inn, bit her lip, her hand holding the food box trembling slightly from gripping it too tightly.

Yun Zhongjun is the elder of the Jin Department of the Yin-Yang School. His main job is to refine elixirs for His Majesty the Emperor, and now he is in charge of finding the elixir of immortality.

Alchemy is a discipline that requires a great deal of investment. After a new type of pill is made, the best way for an alchemist to test its medicinal properties is to use live people for experiments. Yun Zhongjun went to extremes in this regard!

Countless lives were lost due to his alchemy... Due to the special nature of the Shu people's long-term coexistence with the Fusang Divine Tree, during and after the destruction of Shu Mountain, a large number of Shu people were captured by Yun Zhongjun... and never returned.

After conducting numerous experiments, Yun Zhongjun discovered that the Yu Yuan Guardians of Shu Mountain were more suitable for conducting experiments, so he intensified the search and capture of the Yu Yuan Guardians.

In its cooperation with the Farmers, Shushan also cooperated with the Yin-Yang School, which is known for its revolutionary lineage. Therefore, the Yin-Yang School is an ally of Shushan, but Yun Zhongjun is definitely not!

Xiao Yu's hatred for Yun Zhongjun was boundless, but she could only watch helplessly as this villain sat high above the Qin army, surrounded by young boys and girls, and she was powerless to do anything about it...

Some time ago, due to the retreat of the Golden Fire Cavalry, the anti-Qin alliance hiding underground in the Sanghai Mountains was finally able to catch its breath.

After Gao Jianli and Fan Zeng proposed a new plan to assassinate the Qin emperor with the Azure Dragon, Xiao Yu, the representative of Shu Mountain, decisively raised his hand to indicate that he was unwilling to participate.

This operation seems even more dangerous than the operation at the shipyard prison. The members of Shushan are all from Shu, and the population is already small. Therefore, Xiao Yu would rather leave the alliance than participate in such an operation again.

With her brother gone, and the strength of Sanghai Shushan weakened under her leadership, Xiao Yu, heartbroken, now only wants to retreat to the farmhouse of Dazeshan to preserve the strength of her compatriots.

However, with the Mo family's kind understanding, they actually agreed that Shushan would not join this operation... After all, the combined strength of all the Shushan forces in Sanghai was no match for Gao Jianli.

However, the name of Shushan had some effect, and Shushan knew many secrets of the anti-Qin alliance. Therefore, Gao Jianli suggested that Shushan could hide in Youjian Inn in Sanghai City and take care of all the easy work in the city, which led to the current situation.

'Yun Zhongjun is incredibly cunning; I cannot appear before him. Lu Xiaokui's Mirage Plan will eventually kill this villain!'

Thinking of this, Xiao Yu decisively turned around and headed towards Xiaoshengxianzhuang: as a waiter at Youjian Inn, Xiao Yu was able to relay messages between the anti-Qin forces of Confucianism and this stronghold of Mohism.

“Yun Zhongjun, he will be a key figure.”

In a secluded farmhouse restaurant, Lu Wei took a sip of tea, looked out the window at the elevated vehicle platform a little further away, and said with certainty.

"He's really lucky to be a pawn for both Ying Zheng's side and the Mirage side at the same time!"

The young man sitting opposite the chivalrous leader smiled faintly. His magnetic, weathered voice, though ostensibly full of praise, was laced with disdain.

"So, do you want to try it on him?" The young man coughed lightly, quite annoyed by his own 'weak' behavior.

This young man is none other than Xinghun, the left protector of the Yin-Yang School, who survived the combined attack of Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang.

"Why not?" Lu Wei chuckled, swirling his teacup as he looked at the boy, whose face was paler than usual due to his injuries. "It's a matter of reciprocity. He's trying to lure me in, and I'm doing the same to him."

"On the contrary, because of your severe injuries, you can minimize your threat level and thus be able to come see me." As he said this, Lu Wei gave Xinghun a deep look.

“A person who is used to being hurt can use that hurt to their advantage. In order to destroy the enemy, I can be more ruthless to myself than to anyone else!” Xinghun did not feel offended; instead, his tone became cheerful.

Now that you think about it, Xinghun has indeed been injured quite a few times, and each time it was a major incident:

His first major injury was due to the scheme of the Great Master of Fate and the Soul-Transforming Demon of the Six Sword Slaves. He was still a 'common person' named 'Gan Luo' who was seriously injured in the wilderness and was unable to return to Xianyang in time, which led to the killing of his entire clan.

The second time was to test whether there was the Eastern Emperor's curse mark in his body. Xinghun took the initiative to use the power of his hands to gather qi into a blade, which caused him to go into qi deviation and be suppressed by the Eastern Emperor. He was seriously injured for more than a year.

The third time was when he directly blocked the combined attack of Guiguzi a while ago.

Other minor incidents, such as self-administering poison pills, are not worth recording.

Each of these injuries was potentially life-threatening, but Xinghun endured them all.

“But besides that, you also need to be careful of them,” Xinghun added. He was definitely one of the people in the world who least wanted anything to happen to Lu Wei.

"Don't worry, I have my methods." Lu Wei waved his hand dismissively: "Besides, absolute strength is my greatest source of confidence."

"Yun Zhongjun's actions will likely take place at night, which is a crucial time for him to manipulate the medicine people with his Ghost Control Pill. You can also take this opportunity to completely subdue Shushan~" Seeing Lu's confidence, Xinghun didn't offer any further reminders. He wasn't one to waste words.

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When Xiao Yu arrived at Xiaoshengxianzhuang, she presented a plate of special pastries to Zhang Liang, the third leader of the village. Zhang Liang was instructing Tianming, Shaoyu, and Gaoyue.

The primary reason the three children came to Xiaoshengxianzhuang was for safety, but growth was also an unavoidable and important part of it.

Tianming here did not receive Yan Dan's internal energy, nor did he receive the leadership of the Mo family's leader. He was just an "ordinary" successor of the Sword Saint. He did not need too much pressure, but with little progress, he gradually rose from the bottom among his peers to have his own brilliance.

Tianming's biggest dream right now is to inherit the title of Sword Saint from Uncle Gai Nie in the future, and also to inherit the title of Yuanhong...

If this sword, originally meant for the Broken Rainbow, were to truly be passed down to Tianming in the future, it might be a cycle of reincarnation... Before that, Gai Nie had already given Tianming the wine gourd that Jing Ke had given him before his assassination attempt on the Qin emperor.

Shao Yu is the young master of the Xiang family. The fact that the Tenglong Legion, which the Xiang family had finally managed to recover, was completely wiped out in the battle at the shipyard prison made him furious and he wanted to leave the peaceful academy immediately to take revenge as the master of the Xiang family!

Zhang Liang patiently persuaded him to stay, but this was not a long-term solution.

Shao Yu can do well in studying Confucianism as a leisurely pursuit, but when compared to his desired career, the immense sense of urgency makes it impossible for him to concentrate.

He will eventually have to return to the battlefield.

As for Gao Yue, Zhang Liang noticed something was off about her after spending a little more time with her. After failing to get any information from her gentle questioning, he wanted to investigate further, but he was dragged into a trap by Lu, and then he had to act as a go-between for Xiaoyaozi, Chisongzi, and Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang, keeping him quite busy.

A while ago, Gao Yue unexpectedly ran into her master, Dong Jun, at Xiaoshengxianzhuang. Dong Jun wanted to take her away from Xiaoshengxianzhuang to the Mirage, but Gao Yue quietly refused with her head down.

The Mirage is not necessarily safer than Little Sage Village. If we were to say which of the three children is most satisfied with their current life, Gao Yue would undoubtedly lose out to Yan Dan, who has no more burdens after his death.

She discovered that she could actually do nothing at all, peacefully study the classics of poetry, literature, and rites, and no longer have to practice the agonizing Yin-Yang arts alone, and could play peacefully with Tianming and Shaoyu.

Gao Yue didn't want to give up on this kind of life.

Yanfei originally wanted to teach her disciple more and let her explore the path of Yin-Yang arts, but since the disciple had no more aspirations, Yanfei didn't care.

The three little ones are close in age to Xiao Yu, who goes by the alias Shi Lan. In recent days, as Shi Lan has been frequently seen, they have been friendly to this princess of Shu Mountain. However, Shi Lan herself is unwilling to integrate into this group, and today she returned quickly after delivering the food.

The three kids felt it was a real pity that their foreign friends, with their unique culture and staunch anti-Qin sentiments, couldn't play together with them.

Zhang Liang's gaze followed Shi Lan's retreating figure, then swept over the three children, and he sighed inwardly: These children each bear their own missions; he himself was probably much happier at their age...

My grandfather, Han Fei... my brother, Wei Zhuang, and Zi Nu all helped me a lot...

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After leaving Xiaoshengxianzhuang and returning to Youjian Inn, Xiao Yu informed the innkeeper, Paoding, that everything was normal. Then, she changed into another disguise and quietly returned to the Shushan stronghold through the back alley.

She was extra careful along the way, thoroughly checking her surroundings, not wanting to bring any danger back to her companions.

However, before she could even speak when she returned to the stronghold and met her fellow Shushan people, a sudden burst of torchlight outside and a hoarse growl from the medicine man caused Xiao Yu's face to turn deathly pale:

'Am I being followed?'

'Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence...'

"We meet again, remnants of the Shu Mountain sect~"

Two thin, emaciated figures clattered in through the doorway. Xiao Yu and her Shu Mountain companions had just assumed fighting stances when Yun Zhongjun, appearing like a swarm of corpses embracing the moon, grinned maliciously, instantly plunging the Shu Mountain group into despair...

Chapter 362 Don’t come over!

The essence of the drug-treated person is still that of a living person, but it is no different from a real corpse:

These 'corpses' were forcibly fed the Ghost-Controlling Pill by Yun Zhongjun before their deaths. The medicine blocked their meridians, and their bodies became like walking corpses. While their torso's defense was strengthened, they also lost their ability to feel pain. They were forced to be controlled by Yun Zhongjun's internal energy and obey his commands.

Therefore, the biggest challenge in dealing with these drug-using people is that they are troublesome. Many of them have been specially enhanced by Yun Zhongjun so that their skin can even withstand sword cuts. They are a fearless army.

As the master of the Mirage, Yun Zhongjun has almost unlimited resources at his disposal, and manpower is the easiest material for him.

He didn't even need to specifically select them; he could simply accumulate a large number of elite drug users who could withstand the maximum potency of the medicine.

Wielding a short blade, Xiao Yu used her agile fighting skills to dodge an attack from a drug-using man whose body was visibly swollen from being soaked in the drug solution. With a backhand slash, she pierced a layer of the enemy's skin, and instantly, a foul-smelling, pale yellow liquid seeped from the drug-using man's wound, making people feel disgusted.

However, the drugged man's movements were unaffected. He turned around and swung his arm to strike, which Xiao Yu nimbly dodged.

As Yu Yuan's bodyguard, who was favored by the late Grand Elder, Xiao Yu is young but his martial arts skills are among the best of his peers. Moreover, his petite body is agile enough to give him a natural advantage in dealing with clumsy enemies.

Even so, she had to fight against multiple opponents, dodge the attacks of the tall, obese drug-using men, and then take turns dodging the attacks of other equally petite enemies. She couldn't afford to make the slightest mistake, and beads of sweat dripped from her forehead.

Compared to her, her other Shushan colleagues were in a worse situation: the almost endless supply of medicine-using people left the few Shushan disciples with no hope.

Not to mention, there was also Yun Zhongjun, whom they could not contend with, guarding the door and watching the Shu Mountain group's futile struggle with great interest.

As for rescue... this is Sanghai City, they have no way to send messages out...

As time passed, the group from Mount Shu gradually became exhausted. Unlike the medicine people, they were ultimately human beings, not tools that were overdrawing their lives.

Yun Zhongjun watched with satisfaction as the encirclement of the battlefield shrank, feeling that the time was almost up.

Drawing his sword Amaterasu, Yun Zhongjun suddenly joined the battle, killing two Shushan disciples with a single strike: "You are not Yu Yuan's guards, so you are useless against me."

Xiao Yu's pupils contracted, and the other Shu Mountain disciples also stared with fury. They looked at Yun Zhongjun, who was arrogantly approaching step by step, but they couldn't even get rid of the medicine man who was entangled with them.

"Don't worry, don't rush, I'll treat you all properly one by one." Yun Zhongjun looked at the Shushan disciples who were full of hatred for him and grinned maliciously: "Apart from the four Yu Yuan guards, the rest will be the same as these two... Oh, and there's a cute little girl too."

Yun Zhongjun walked with small steps, his smile towards Xiao Yu becoming even more wicked: "Also a guard of Yu Yuan? That's wonderful, this old man knows best how to cherish a beautiful woman~"

As he spoke, he turned and aimed at an ordinary Shushan disciple, teleported, raised his sword, and slashed down, once again beheading someone.

"Damn it!" Xiao Yu's face was frosty. She used the momentum to throw the obese drug-man to the ground, then gripped her short blade and desperately tried to stab Yun Zhongjun. However, she was completely blocked by even more drug-men summoned by the other party with a few flicks of his fingers...

"I told you not to rush things. I'll enjoy you slowly, starting with these good-for-nothings. You all better watch closely~"

Yun Zhongjun swept his gaze over the few remaining Yu Yuan guards present, and, confirming that his actions would thoroughly provoke their emotions, felt even more satisfied:

"Be angry! The angrier you are, the better you'll be able to accept the Demon-Controlling Pill's baptism!"

With unbridled control over the entire situation, Yun Zhongjun personally judged the fate of each and every disciple of Shushan.

The despair of Shushan reached its peak at this moment, and at this very opportune moment, the medicine men guarding the entrance, in the eyes of Xiao Yu who was stubbornly gritting her teeth and persevering, suddenly collapsed in a row...

Tonight is just a play, and it's time for the main character to make his appearance.

Lu Wei unleashed his inner energy at the medicine man in the air: with the information from the Star Soul, he had prior knowledge of the structure of these medicine man in advance, so he was able to accurately locate the key points of the meridians blocked by the medicinal power. After opening them up, the solidified drug toxins would circulate, causing the medicine man's body to die directly.

This consumes a great deal of internal energy, and there are additional losses when it is done remotely. Even some martial arts masters cannot sustain this for long, but Lord Xia Kui is not under any pressure.

Compared to the bloody and disgusting scenes caused by wielding a sword, this method is much more harmonious.

"Who goes there!" Yun Zhongjun heard the commotion of the medicine man collapsing at the door and hurriedly turned around, gripping his Amaterasu Sword. He then saw Lu Wei appear incredibly close before him: within the reflections of their pupils, there was even another reflection...

Your eyes tell me you're ready for me to come.

Lu Wei gripped the scorching Amaterasu Sword, which could cut through iron like mud, and smirked: "Let me guess the reason behind this~"