Chapter 467 The Dragon King Returns! The Trace of the Thunder Bead!

In the mountains somewhere on the border of Yuezhou.

Li Chengguo, dressed in a brocade robe, sat cross-legged on an altar, adjusting his state. With each breath, his vitality gathered and his Dao rhyme was born.

He had deduced the matter of the divine thunder tribulation of Duyang countless times, and even tried to break through. Unfortunately, he never accumulated enough confidence to take the last step.

Because he had that strange treasure, there was a flaw in his heart. He always lacked the belief of moving forward and dying, which delayed him for decades.

But now, he has no chance to delay any longer.

He tore his face with the court, and his foundation of nearly a hundred years was destroyed. If he could not break through the Martial Saint, he would not have the confidence to take back what belonged to him, and he would be abandoned by the Qingtian Sect.

After all, although the Yuanshen Venerable was powerful, there was no shortage of them in the Qingtian Sect. Only by achieving the Martial Saint could one become a truly top figure in this world.

Of course, he also knew that the Qingtian Sect would not be so kind.

There must be some plot.

However, he didn't care about these. With that rare treasure, he had a lot of confidence to survive the thunder tribulation. What he lacked now was a blood sacrifice to make up for his foundation.

Otherwise, he would definitely not be able to stop the nine-fold thunder tribulation from tempering his soul.

And the blood sacrifice was already being planned.

Although Jiang Che's disturbance in Nanyue caused the Baiyue coalition to delay the deployment of troops, he knew that the Baiyue side would not be able to endure for long and would definitely join forces with him.

When the war started, hundreds of thousands of blood essences would gather, which would be enough to provide him with enough blood.

Once it was accomplished, he would be the well-deserved King of Yuezhou. Not only would he rule a region, but if he planned properly in the future, he might not have the day to sit on the throne.

While he was thinking, a light footsteps gradually approached.

The person coming was Li Yuanxiu.

"Meetings, foster father."

"Here we come."

Li Chengguo opened his eyes.

"Father, what do you want me to do?" Li Yuanxiu knew that Li Chengguo was in a critical period and would not call him over from his busy schedule for no reason.

"How is Yuezhou?"

Although he was somewhat suspicious and speculative, Li Yuanxiu still looked calm and said:

"My godfather, after the destruction of the Blood Sea Sect, the Gao family of Tiannan and the Guo family of Yingchuan have become much more polite to us, but they have not yet made up their minds.

In my opinion, I am afraid that I have to wait until my godfather becomes a saint before these two families can make up their minds completely.

The Qingtian Sect has cooperated very well recently. Most of the sixteen prefectures in Yuezhou are in chaos. It's a pity that you, godfather, ordered the Zhennan Army not to take action.

At present, at most, it can only cause some trouble for the court.

As for the Zhennan Army, there are 120,000 Zhennan Army. So far, a total of 60,000 elite soldiers have left the pass and are hiding in various strongholds. There are still nearly 50,000 hidden in the Yuezhou pass.

Due to the strict search by the court, many elite soldiers have been damaged."

Li Yuanxiu kept talking about the current After recounting everything, he paused and continued:

"As for Jiang Che, we haven't figured it out yet. There is a lot of news about him in Yuezhou City, but Nanyue has stated that Jiang Che is not in Yuezhou.

It is hard to tell what is real and what is false, unless we really take action."

"Pass the order down, let the 60,000 elite troops outside the pass begin to gather, hide in Fulong Mountain and wait for an opportunity to act."

"Yes."

"Tell Pei Hongyi that I will meet her tomorrow."

"Yes."

"Nanyue has suffered a heavy blow, and the person in charge now is probably the ancestor of Minyue. We must establish a news channel with him in the shortest possible time."

"Yes."

"The families of my adopted sons and nephews must be settled, and some families of the Zhennan Army must not let the court find out about it."

"Uh, yes."

Li Yuanxiu nodded a little unnaturally.

Li Chengguo looked at Li Yuanxiu expressionlessly and said calmly:

"What's wrong?"

"Father, please forgive me. A few days ago, news came from the interior that my second brother's family had all been in trouble." Li Yuanxiu knelt down quickly with a look of panic on his face.

He knew that Li Chengguo clearly knew about this, otherwise, he would never ask this question.

"What happened?"

"There was a rebellion in the army, and they were affected in the chaos, but I think it's not that simple. It might be the spies of the Suzaku Division who did it."

"Humph, I'm afraid it's not all like that. I remember that I asked you to eliminate those spies before."

"Father, please forgive me. I didn't do my job well."

"Li Kuang died in Tianlong Temple. I felt guilty, but you still let Li Kuang die without any descendants. If it spreads out, what will other soldiers think?" Li Chengguo's eyes showed a hint of coldness.

The death of Li Kuang's family is likely to make people think too much.

After all, Li Kuang is no longer useful now, and his family happened to be killed. Would others think that if they died on the battlefield, they would also suffer the same fate?

"Father, please forgive me." Li Yuanxiu lowered his head and begged for mercy, but he did not defend himself.

"This is the first time, and I hope it will be the last time. The brothers in the army have shed their blood for me, Li Chengguo, but I can't even protect their families.

How can I let them continue to have no worries in the future?"

"Yes, Yuanxiu promised my father, this is the first time and the last time!"

Li Yuanxiu spoke quickly.

On the other side.

In Yuezhou City.

Jiang Che fell from the void. This time, he unabashedly revealed his identity. After leaving the Chaos Demon Valley, he and Ao Kun headed north.

There was almost no pause during this period, and after nearly ten days, we finally arrived at Yuezhou City.

It was only at this moment that he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

When they arrived at Wuhou Mansion, Zhao Xianzhi and others came to meet them one after another, and they all breathed a sigh of relief. After all, it was too dangerous to go to Baiyue alone, and an accident could happen if you were not careful.

Fortunately, everything went well.

"Nothing big happened after I left, right?"

Although Jiang Che had inspected the border when he returned and found no major commotion, he still needed to inquire.

"Thanks to your lord, there has been a commotion in South Vietnam. So far, the Baiyue Allied Forces have not taken the opportunity to mobilize troops, but a lot of news has come back recently.

It is said that Baiyue has begun to mobilize its troops. I am afraid that troops may arrive at the border within a few days. For this reason, my subordinates are preparing to leave Yuezhou City and go to the border to take charge.

As for Yuezhou, the rebellion is even more chaotic than before you left, but some soldiers and horses have been transferred from other state capitals, so we can barely maintain it for the time being."

Due to the news of Baiyue's troops, Jiang Che had already dispatched most of the troops from Yuezhou to the border. Naturally, the remaining state capitals would not station too many troops, but Jiang Che was somewhat mentally prepared for this.

"It doesn't matter. As long as we can stop the Baiyue Allied Forces and kill Li Chengguo, the turmoil in Yuezhou will soon subside."

The more chaotic the situation, the more important it is to grasp the key points.

Li Chengguo is the key among the keys.

Once he dies, everything will be fine.

If he doesn't die, even if he succeeds in quelling the chaos, he won't be able to influence the overall situation.

Therefore, from beginning to end, Jiang Che did not pay too much attention to the turmoil. Instead, he focused everything on finding sacrifices and improving his own cultivation.

"That's what my lord said."

"Where's Li Kuang? Is there any news?"

Jiang Che asked seriously.

Before he left, he told the matter and planned to use some insidious plans to force Li Kuang to betray Li Chengguo. Although this plan was vicious, Jiang Che adopted it.

"The big deal is done. Three days ago, the secret agent hiding in the Zhennan Army risked his life and brought back a photo stone, which was the image of the corpses of Li Kuang's family members.

After a day of contemplation and rage, Li Kuang decided to submit to you and was willing to surrender to you."

"Image of a corpse?"

Jiang Che's brows were frivolous.

This seemed to be somewhat different from what he had ordered before. What he asked Zhou Xuan to prepare was a scene in which Li Kuang's family members were killed. Of course, no matter which one it was, as long as the result was achieved.

He won't ask too many questions.

However, Zhou Xuan saw Jiang Che's doubts and immediately explained:

"My subordinates naturally understand the previous instructions, but after the instructions were given, someone below expressed their opinions and felt that doing so might be counterproductive.

After all, when we took out the images, it might have been the imperial court. Therefore, my subordinates made their own decisions, agreed with the opinions below, and changed the plan to finally include the images of the corpses of Li Kuang’s family members.”

"Oh? Do you have such a talented person under your command? Yes, he did a good job. He will be credited with a great reward!" Jiang Che waved his hand and instantly decided the future of a Suzaku official.

"I would like to thank you for your generous gift!"

Zhou Xuan bowed.

"Li Kuang surrendered, but did he reveal traces of the Zhennan Army?"

"Revealing a secret stronghold, my subordinates personally led the men to surround the three thousand Zhennan Army. Unfortunately, in the end, less than a quarter of them were willing to return to the imperial court.

The rest all chose to fight and die.”

"As expected of the elite of the border army."

Although the Zhennan Army was not his, he admired its conduct. After all, most of the soldiers were willing to follow Shangguan and die in battle even though they knew that Shangguan was rebelling.

It's obviously not something ordinary soldiers can do.

For example, some soldiers in Yuezhou, as long as the chief officer dies in battle, except for some personal soldiers, most of the rest of the soldiers will choose to surrender and are willing to die, but only a few of them will.

"I'm afraid there are more than three thousand Zhennan troops in Yuezhou, right?"

Jiang Che chose a very good time to break up with Li Chengguo. At least nearly half of the Zhennan Army had no chance to escape and instead hid in mountain strongholds.

"Li Kuang revealed that there are at least 50,000 Zhennan troops in the pass, but he is not willing to reveal them all, but hopes to meet you in person. In addition, when negotiating with him, his subordinates also discovered Something of great interest to adults.”

Zhou Xuan said with a smile.

"What?"

"Evil-proof Thunder Heart Bead."

"Do you know where Li Kuang is?"

Jiang Che's heart moved and he immediately asked in a deep voice.

Zhou Xuan nodded:

"That is indeed what he said. It's a pity that he was unwilling to reveal it even after his subordinates pressed him again and again. He obviously regarded these things as bargaining chips."

Jiang Che tapped his fingertips on the armrest and nodded slightly:

"I am not afraid that he will make demands, but I am afraid that he will not surrender. In that case, I will bring him to the main hall and I will meet with him in person."

Jiang Che didn't dare to be careless when it came to warding off evil spirits, Lei Xinzhu.

After all, at this moment, he had already collected most of the sacrifices, and he was just short of a piece of evil-proof Thunder Heart Bead that would allow him to sacrifice and break through. Naturally, he was not prepared to delay for too long.

"Yes, my subordinates will bring him over immediately."

Zhou Xuan left in a hurry.

"I'm not here during this period, thank you for your hard work."

After Zhou Xuan left, Jiang Che turned his attention to Zhao Xianzhi with a smile in his eyes.

Zhao Xianzhi shook his head:

"I am in charge of the Marquis Mansion, so there is no danger. The hard-working Great Elder and the others have now gone to the border. Now that you are back, shouldn't it be time for us to leave?"

"It's natural."

Jiang Che nodded.

Resisting the Baiyue Allied Forces is the most important thing at the moment.

"About me and you, someone from Lingjian Mountain sent a message two days ago. I...I didn't cover it up." Zhao Xianzhi pursed his lips and looked away from Jiang Che.

The need to hide it before was because she had some difficulty in getting over it.

But now, she was preparing for her master and apprentice to work together to resist the Qi sisters, so she naturally had no psychological burden. Therefore, after learning about this incident at Lingjian Mountain.

She didn't hide it.

The only thing she was worried about was that Jiang Che would be dissatisfied with her for making independent decisions.

"There is nothing to hide in the first place. Now that you know it, what do you think of me proposing marriage in a while?"

Jiang Che was not surprised at all when Lingjian Mountain learned about this.

After all, in the previous battle at Tianlong Temple, Zhao Xianzhi did not hesitate to offend Buddhism but also helped Jiang Che. He had already proved something. Even the Qi family could guess some of it, so how could Lingjian Mountain not guess it?

And Jiang Che didn't have any psychological burden on this.

Today, he is the divine envoy of the Suzaku Division, the governor of Yuezhou, and the acting general of Zhennan. It can be said that he is the most powerful person in the three states of the southern region, and he can already be regarded as a top figure.

If such a person marries Lingjian Mountain, everyone will be happy.

Of course, the premise is that Jiang Che defeats Li Chengguo and secures his position.

"good."

With a smile on her face, Zhao Xianzhi hooked her hair on her temples with her fingertips. Although she was a little shy, she was very satisfied with Jiang Che's answer.

In any case, she is a venerable member of Lingjian Mountain with a high status. She cannot secretly follow Jiang Che when she is young, especially when the Qi sisters show hostility.

Not to mention showing weakness to two little girls.

"Sir, Li Kuang brings you here."

Outside the hall, Zhou Xuan walked into the hall first, while Li Kuang lowered his head. Although he was wearing brocade clothes and jade robes, there was a gloomy atmosphere escaping from his body.

Jiang Che narrowed his eyes and then smiled:

"Having learned that General Li abandoned the dark side and turned to the bright side, I can finally feel relieved. With General Li in charge, why should I worry about being unable to subdue the Zhennan Army?"

Li Kuang raised his head and looked at the smiling Jiang Che. He felt relieved a little. He immediately stepped forward, bowed and said:

"Having been wandering in the wilderness for half my life, I only regret that I have never met the Lord of the Ming Dynasty."

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