northernbook Chapter 119 The Shameless State of Jin
Chapter 119 The Shameless State of Jin
Chapter 119 The Shameless State of Jin
The chilling voice echoed throughout the land, making the Legalist scholar's face extremely gloomy.
"Are you OK?"
Ye Ru turned to Xiao Ke and said.
"It's nothing, thank you, Brother Ye."
Xiao Ke coughed twice, spat out a mouthful of blood, and then said weakly.
"In the past, the Yanhuang Kingdom almost perished. Your Yanhuang Kingdom, like a centipede that dies but does not fall, still ceded a province to my Jin Kingdom in the end. Although your Yanhuang Kingdom's national fortune has increased by 40%, you have external troubles and treacherous officials at home. Eighty percent of your Yanhuang people are incompetent and mediocre."
Seeing that the other party was ignoring him, the Legalist scholar's face darkened further, and he said sarcastically.
"In the past? In the past, when your Jin Kingdom was besieged by demons, the other eight kingdoms turned a blind eye. Only my Yanhuang Kingdom considered the overall situation and could not bear to see our fellow human beings perish at the hands of demons. We sent General Ye Wuqiu as the Great General to support your Jin Kingdom. And what happened? When General Ye Wuqiu arrived in your Jin Kingdom, he was besieged by demons. Back then, General Ye shouted for three days and three nights under your city gates, but you just cowered inside the city and refused to open the gates for our army. As a result, hundreds of thousands of my Yanhuang Kingdom citizens were buried in the Burial Valley of Souls in Jin Kingdom. You Jin people are shameless!"
At this point, Ye Ru's eyes turned as cold and sharp as knives, and he shouted in a stern voice.
This is the true history of the Confucian and Taoist continent. When Ye Ru read it, he was extremely angry that there were such shameless people in the world.
"Hmph, we, the people of Jin, are nobles, while you, the people of Yanhuang, are nothing but unruly people. How utterly laughable! Would we, the people of Jin, beg you, the people of Yanhuang? What is the loss of unruly people? As the old saying goes, 'If I don't go to hell, who will?' You are fortunate to have protected our Jin. You should be grateful."
The Jin scholar sneered, as if the 100,000-strong army were nothing more than ants, and he did not take them seriously at all.
"I have never seen such a shameless person. Since that's the case, then I, Ye Ru, hereby swear by the Holy Path that if I have the ability, I will definitely annihilate the entire Jin Kingdom! To avenge the 100,000 heroic souls of Yanhuang in Burial Soul Valley!"
Ye Ru looked grief-stricken.
The first pillar general of the Yanhuang Kingdom once personally led troops to the Jin Kingdom to help it, but because the Jin Kingdom's city gates were not opened, all the heroic souls of the Yanhuang Kingdom who went to provide assistance perished there and have not returned to this day.
That day, snow fell in June, and a hundred wild geese cried out in solitude, becoming an eternal pain and scar in the heart of the Yanhuang nation.
"You? You probably don't have a chance. However, your ability to summon a saint with a poem has caught me somewhat off guard. But my goal isn't you, but the 'Taiping Yaoshu' (Essential Techniques of Great Peace)."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Jin scholar quickly wrote down a poem and rushed towards the palace of the King of Liu'an.
He was somewhat astonished; how could a mere scholar compose such a poem that could astound even a saint?
"Quickly chase after them. We can't let these people from Jin get their hands on the 'Taiping Yaoshu'. Otherwise, they might come up with some bad ideas."
Xiao Ke seemed very anxious, and then said to Ye Ru.
"No, we have to wait for Kong Hexuan and the others to arrive, and then have the Medicine Saint Family come to help you recover from your injuries."
“It’s alright. We Yin Yang School believe in the Five Elements and are good at seeking power from nature, so we can heal our wounds while chasing these people. We just need to leave our information behind.”
Xiao Ke shook his head.
"OK then."
Ye Ru agreed to Xiao Ke's request, and recited the Swift Travel Poem as well, rushing towards the palace of the Prince of Liu'an.
After half an hour, Ye Ru and the others arrived at the edge of a river, which blocked the Liuan King's Palace.
"How can there be so much mercury?"
Xiao Ke's eyes were filled with surprise.
“This mercury must have been used by the King of Liu’an to defend against us. Back then, Qin Shi Huang used mercury to represent rivers and seas, and the mercury gas that filled the underground palace kept the buried corpses and burial objects from decaying for a long time. Moreover, mercury is also highly poisonous, and inhaling large amounts can lead to death. I think this mercury must have been used to defend against us.”
Ye Ru looked solemn, and then said in a deep voice.
"How do you know so much?"
Xiao Ke looked at Ye Ru with a question in his eyes.
"I only saw it in an ancient book."
Ye Rudao then looked at the mercury-filled river:
"Now we should think about how to get through. Those Jin scholars must have already gone inside. If we don't take action soon, it will be difficult."
"Leave this to me."
Xiao Ke nodded, then whistled. The little bird on Xiao Ke's shoulder suddenly flapped its wings and flew away, transforming into a giant white bird that soared into the sky.
"Walk."
Xiao Ke leaped onto the white phoenix and then stretched out his palm.
Looking at the fair hand, Ye Ru was slightly taken aback. The hand was extremely fair and slender, but then he grasped Xiao Ke's hand and stepped onto the white phoenix, also stepping onto the white phoenix's back.
Bai Feng let out a soft cry and then began to fly towards the Liuan King's Palace, which was surrounded by mercury.
Because mercury is highly poisonous, Bai Feng flew higher and higher into the sky, eventually turning into a small black dot.
……
At this moment, inside the Palace of the King of Liu'an.
"Well? Have the people from the various noble families of the Yanhuang Kingdom arrived?"
A young man from the State of Jin, dressed in the attire of a Jinshi (a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations), looked around and finally spoke in a deep voice to the Jin scholar who had previously fought Ye Ru.
"They should have arrived, but it's not from the families of the saints. Judging from their attire, they seem to be a poor scholar and a scholar from the Yin-Yang School."
The scholar from Jin pondered for a moment and then said...
"A poor scholar? He is quite capable, but he is just a clown. It's just strange that the 'Taiping Yaoshu' is not here."
"Don't underestimate that poor scholar; he can summon saints!"
A sense of unease welled up in the heart of the Jin state scholar.
"Summon a saint?"
The Jin scholar's pupils contracted, a look of shock appearing on his face before vanishing abruptly:
"Impossible. How could a mere scholar produce poetry that would be considered divine? Even my Legalist master Fa Zi could only produce poetry that would amaze a sage when he obtained the title of Juren."
"But it is indeed true."
That Jin state scholar said.
"Regardless of whether he can become a saint, if he disrupts our plans, then we'll have no choice but to kill him. Everyone, hurry up and find him."
The Jin scholar waved his hand, and the four Jin men resumed their search.
……
"How's it going? Haven't we arrived yet?"
In the sky, Ye Ru looked at the royal palace that was so close at hand and asked with a frown.
Logically speaking, this distance shouldn't be this far; we've already been flying for quite a while.
"A slight difference can lead to a huge error; the Liuan Prince's Palace is full of strange things."
Xiao Ke frowned. As a practitioner of Yin-Yang philosophy, he had considerable experience with this kind of Qimen Dunjia technique.
"Let's speed things up."
Ye Ru shook his head, but before he could finish speaking, the river formed by the mercury began to surge and churn.
"what happened?"
The rushing river caused Bai Feng to tremble, almost falling, but then the mercury-filled river suddenly gathered into a mercury storm, which swallowed Bai Feng whole under the horrified gazes of Ye Ru and the others!