Chapter 211: Scarlet Smoke Blocking the Road
Outside the Xinzheng royal city, in the Lanxiu Villa nestled among the mountains and beside the water, Cheng Jiao and the purple girl Jingwei met.

After being treated by Jingwei's internal energy, Zi Nu basically recovered to normal. When she saw Cheng Jiao appear silently, her pretty face, which had been tense all the time, suddenly smiled and she went to greet him.

"Son."

Zi Nu carefully checked Cheng Jiao and found that apart from some dust on his clothes, he had no injuries, which made Zi Nu feel relieved.

Cheng Jiao held Zi Nu's soft little hand and asked, "Is everything going well?"

Zi Nu nodded: "Jing Wei has gone to Master Shang, I will wait for you here."

Cheng Jiao looked at the brightly lit houses in Lanxiu Villa and said, "Fortunately, we sent most of the girls here in advance, otherwise there would be many casualties tonight."

There was a flash of regret in Zi Nu's purple eyes: "It's a pity for Zi Lan Xuan in the city."

"Isn't this place more suitable to become the next Zi Lan Xuan?"

Cheng Jiao chuckled.

Zi Nu leaned in Cheng Jiao's arms, feeling the cool night breeze and making faint "hmm" sounds.

"You have to be careful on the way. Han Fei said that Lü Buwei is a cautious person and he will have a backup plan."

Cheng Jiao said calmly: "I know, but in the face of absolute strength, everything is a paper tiger."

With thousands of attribute points, he is now a little inflated.

Realm: Grandmaster

Internal Force: 230/230 (∞)

Spiritual power: 5 (+)

Skills: Swordsmanship Lv.3 (2000/2000) (∞)
Attribute points: 1175
Bound characters: Jingwei, Zinu, Liwu

Cheng Jiao looked at his panel. It would take one thousand attribute points to break through to the Grandmaster level, and it would also take one thousand attribute points to break through to the Grandmaster level of swordsmanship.

After thinking about it, I decided to save some more money.

According to the current growth rate of his attribute points, by the time he reaches the Qin territory, he will probably have over fifteen hundred. Plus the backup plan he left with Han Fei, by the time he returns to Xianyang, he will probably have over two thousand attribute points.

By then, he will directly break through to the grandmaster level, and then master the grandmaster-level swordsmanship, coupled with spiritual power, he will be almost invincible.

Cheng Jiao wanted to be affectionate with Zi Nu for a while longer, but Zi Nu gently pushed him away.

"It's getting late. There are troops everywhere in and outside Xinzheng City. You never know when danger will come. You should quickly meet up with Jingwei and leave South Korea."

Looking at Zi Nu's affectionate purple eyes, Cheng Jiao suddenly felt a little melancholy. Such a girl was willing to give him all her sincerity willingly.

But he could not give her all his true love, so at this moment, he was afraid to look into Zi Nu's eyes.

He gave Zi Nu a deep kiss on her plump red lips, and with deep thoughts he looked towards Ying Ge who was standing quietly and gracefully not far away.

"Parrot song."

The moment Cheng Jiao finished speaking, Yingge appeared in front of Cheng Jiao and knelt on one knee.

"Please give me your instructions, Master."

"What happened when Master Shang left the city? Did it not alarm other people?"

Yingge raised his head slightly and looked at Cheng Jiao with warm eyes.

"With a little obstruction from Zhao Xian, the West Gate Guard, nothing else happened."

Cheng Jiao nodded. Unless Ji Wuye specially sent his personal guards and elite cavalry to the scene, a small city gate guard would not dare to stop the Qin envoy's convoy.

"That's great. Next, you will follow Zi Nu's orders. Do you understand?"

Yingge said without hesitation: "Understood."

Cheng Jiao took out a small porcelain bottle and said, "This is the enlightenment pill I promised you before. Whether you can achieve a breakthrough depends on your luck."

Yingge's face lit up with joy. She had been looking forward to this pill for many days. She could still vividly remember the scene of Zi Nu's breakthrough that night after taking it.

"Thank you, sir!"

Cheng Jiao rubbed Zi Nu's little head and said, "You have to be careful too. If you encounter any problems, you can go to Lady Hu and she will help you. If it doesn't work, don't hesitate to write a letter or come to Xianyang to find me."

Zi Nu blinked her smiling eyes and said, "Don't worry, I'm very strong."

Cheng Jiao said no more and prepared to go down the mountain.

Zi Nu whispered, "Wait for me."

Cheng Jiao paused, turned around and smiled, "I will wait for you. If you don't come, don't blame me for taking you back."

Zi Nu's cheeks turned slightly red, she turned her back, but her eyes were misty.

Cheng Jiao sighed softly, passed by Yingge, and whispered in Yingge's ear: "If Zi Nu had an accident, you don't have to come back, and there are still Mo Ya and Bai Feng."

After saying this, Cheng Jiao circulated his internal energy and walked down the mountain with brisk steps.

Yingge's heart tightened, and the hand holding the small porcelain bottle trembled. Then he stood silently beside Zi Nu, who had not yet come out of the mood of parting, and couldn't help but envy her. Why didn't she have such good luck and be cared about by Cheng Jiao so much?

When Cheng Jiao followed the mark left by Jing Wei to chase Ying Zheng's caravan, Ji Wuye rode on his warhorse, holding a blood-stained eight-foot sword, and said to Wang Gang indifferently: "Zhao Xian let the rebels out of the city without permission, why didn't you stop him?"

Wang Gang's legs were trembling as he looked at Zhao Xian's head which was chopped off by Ji Wuye's sword and he couldn't help swallowing.

"General, Gai Nie is holding Zhao Xian hostage. I want to stop him, but Zhao Xian is afraid of getting into trouble, so he has the city gates opened and lets Qin Shi Huang leave."

Ji Wuye was filled with rage. He had suffered a great loss at the hands of Wei Zhuang, and his plan to clear the quicksand had failed. He then received news that Li Si was leaving the city at this time.

The series of bad things made Ji Wuye feel so cowardly.

Looking at the trembling Wang Gang, he was so angry that he was about to swing his sword to kill him again, but the Blood-Robed Marquis changed into a clean robe, rode over on a white horse, and asked Ji Wuye to stop.

Wang Gang stared with wide eyes as he watched Ji Wuye raise and retract his sword. His whole body was soaked. He wanted to take a deep breath, but was afraid of attracting Ji Wuye's attention again. His face turned red.

Looking at Zhao Xian's head with his eyes open, the Bloody Marquis frowned and asked, "Didn't Han Yu send anyone over?"

Although Ji Wuye did not think of Li Si, he did think of it and secretly asked Han Yu to keep the Qin envoy in Xinzheng, but now...

When the Blood-Clothed Marquis was questioning him, Han Qiancheng arrived late.

When I saw Xue Yi Hou and Ji Wuye here, I knew I was late.

"I'm sorry, Lord. The Ninth Master Han Fei has been blocking the Fourth Master and me, so we missed the opportunity."

Han Qiancheng clasped his fists and left after he finished speaking. He, his adoptive father and Ye Mu only had a verbal agreement, and whether it would succeed or not was up to fate.

The Blood-Robed Marquis had a gloomy look in his eyes. He rode his horse and walked away from Ji Wuye without saying a word.

Ji Wuye put away his sword and watched the Blood-Robed Marquis leave the city with his own eyes, his eyes narrowed.

He knew the Blood-Robed Marquis. Such an arrogant man would not swallow being played like a monkey.

In the eerie and strange Snow Castle covered with ice and snow year after year, the Blood-Robed Marquis once again stood in the hall he had been in before.

A magnetic and charming female voice echoed in the hall: "You are injured."

The Bloody Marquis knelt on one knee, his bloodshot eyes frozen: "I have disappointed my mother."

"You want me to avenge you?"

The missing female marquise spoke in a mocking voice.

The Bloody Marquis whispered, "Mother once said that only incompetent people ask for help."

"As long as you know……"

The indifferent voice made the Bloody Marquis feel very aggrieved, but he also knew that he was only the adopted son of the female marquis. Therefore, he wanted to replace the female marquis all the time, or even kill her, bury this past, and become the real master of the Bai family.

"Mother, I got some clues about the Seven Stars of Azure Dragon."

The Blood-Robed Marquis spoke softly, but the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became tense.

A figure suddenly appeared in front of the Blood-Clothed Marquis, stretched out a slender jade hand, and the sleeves slipped down, revealing a white arm.

But his five fingers were already grasping the neck of the Bloody Marquis, and his tone was grim: "You know the consequences of deceiving me."

The Bloody Marquis stared at the female marquis who was extremely legendary in Korea and even in the upper echelons of the Seven Kingdoms, and said hoarsely: "I dare not deceive you."

The female marquis realized that she was too excited and loosened her grip on the Blood-Robed Marquis's hand.

In the moonlight, you can see that the female marquis is wearing a shoulder-baring snow-white fox fur coat, extremely cool high-heeled slippers on her feet, and extremely transparent snow-cicada stockings on her slender thighs. Her figure is extremely mature and enchanting, more charming than the fashionable banshee. This is the result of time.

"Tell me about it!"

The female marquis stared at the Blood-Robed Marquis. Some people might regard the secret of the Seven Stars of the Azure Dragon as a joke, thinking it was just a legend and a scam.

But anyone who has reached her point would never regard this as just a legend.

The power that is missing between heaven and earth and recorded in the secret files is definitely closely related to the Seven Stars of the Azure Dragon.

Marquis Xueyi did not dare to hide it. If Cheng Jiao left Korea, he would probably never get the secret of the Seven Stars of the Azure Dragon in his lifetime.

Slowly and briefly describe the things related to Cheng Jiao and the Seven Stars of the Blue Dragon.

The female marquis lowered her brows in thought, "You said, in just less than three months, Cheng Jiao went from being a second-rate expert to an expert who is no less than a grandmaster?"

Marquis Xueyi nodded: "It is certain that Ji Wuye once sent Mo Ya to warn Cheng Jiao, but was injured by Cheng Jiao using a strange power. And according to what Mo Ya said, Cheng Jiao should have just comprehended the sword intent at that time, and obviously had just entered the innate realm not long ago."

The female marquis, who had been keeping a cold face, smiled softly, "Strange power? Haha."

The Blood-Robed Marquis didn't know, but she knew it too well.

Taking advantage of the naturally formed terrain and her research on Qimen Dunjia, she formed a formation, resulting in the current spectacle of ice and snow in Snow Castle all year round.

She stayed in the Snow Castle for decades, and even delegated all the power in her hands to the Blood-Robed Marquis. All she did was to gather spiritual power.

Marquis Xueyi looked at the happy face of the female marquis and knew that his adoptive mother must know some secrets that he didn't know.

"where is he?"

"Probably with the Qin envoy's convoy."

"Oh? Why are you sure?"

Marquis Xueyi did not dare to hide it, "The King of Qin came to Xinzheng not long ago, and he should be in the Qin envoy's carriage now."

The female marquis was visibly surprised. "The King of Qin is coming to Xinzheng? Interesting. Have you decided on the location?"

"Mother, I have ordered the Raincoat Man to secretly search the Qin envoy's convoy in South Korea. There will be news in a day at most."

"Okay, I'll wait for one day!"

Watching the Blood-Robed Marquis leave, ripples seemed to appear in the female marquis's starry eyes.

"Before entering the heavenly realm, he was able to gain spiritual power. This must be the power of the Seven Azure Dragons."

As for the possibility that there was a master in the realm of heaven and man who could pass on his condensed spiritual power to Cheng Jiao, the female marquis would not believe it.

It is so difficult to condense spiritual power. Even though she was in the Snow Castle, within the eternal black ice, she had been capturing the remaining spiritual energy between heaven and earth day after day for many years and condensing the spiritual power in her body. However, she still had not accumulated enough spiritual power to completely enter the realm of heaven.

According to her estimation, it would take at least a hundred years to accumulate enough spiritual power for a breakthrough. But she might not be able to make it to that time, and after years of hard training, her obsession with the Heavenly Man Realm became stronger and stronger, and she would never give up any opportunity to break through.

When it was getting light, Cheng Jiao finally saw Li Si's convoy.

Traveling all night was extremely boring. When he saw Jingwei, he couldn't help but hug him and then kiss him.

Gai Nie, who was driving the carriage, couldn't help but glance sideways, seeing Jing Wei nestling in Cheng Jiao's arms like a little woman. Even though he had seen it several times, it still felt a little unreal.

Thinking of what he learned about Cheng Jiao from Xiaozhuang and his advice to stay away from Cheng Jiao, Gai Nie suddenly felt that there was some truth to his advice. This man was somewhat spooky.

Cheng Jiao simply greeted Ying Zheng and came to the carriage where Xiangjun Shun and Tianze were imprisoned.

Seeing the previously elegant Xiang Junshun now looking listless and haggard, Cheng Jiao asked curiously, "Xiang Jun, are you carsick?"

Xiang Junshun looked up at Cheng Jiao and was speechless for a moment. Is he carsick?
"Changan Jun, please let me go. I really have no ill will towards you. The five of us elders were only ordered to hunt down the Six-Fingered Black Knight, the leader of the Mohist School. Everything is just a coincidence."

Xiang Jun said bitterly that he had been almost hungry for three meals a day for so many days, and the only reason he could hold on until now and still have the strength to speak was because of his good cultivation.

Cheng Jiao snorted, "Who knows if there is any malicious intent? They chased the Six-Fingered Black Knight and ran to my picnic place. Do you believe it's a coincidence? Let's make a conclusion when we return to Xianyang. Also, you said before that the Yin-Yang family entered Qin before the King of Qin was crowned. When was it exactly?"

Just as Xiangjun was about to say something, his stomach started to growl, making him extremely embarrassed.

Tianze beside him looked at Xiangjun with disdain, saying that he was such a loser.

Cheng Jiao coughed lightly and said, "Jingwei, give him some food and water."

If he let an elder of the Yin-Yang family starve to death, he would be very embarrassed, not to mention the consequences. People in the world would think that he, Cheng Jiao, was so stingy that he didn't even give him food.

When Xiangjun saw the food and water, his eyes lit up. He didn't care about being elegant and wolfed down the dry food with water.

Cheng Qiu shook his head repeatedly. If an ordinary person ate like this, he would either choke to death.

Xiangjun, who had recovered from the shock, slowly exhaled.

Thinking of Cheng Jiao's previous question, he quickly said, "It should be soon."

Cheng Jiao was speechless. What did he mean by "should be soon"?

Seeing Cheng Jiao's gloomy face, Xiang Jun's heart tightened, "Before the Yin-Yang family enters Qin, they will send people to Qin in advance, no later than the end of the year."

Cheng Jiao seemed to be thinking about something. In the entire Yin-Yang School, only Donghuang Taiyi, Dongjun and half of the Moon God were qualified to represent the Yin-Yang School to enter Qin.

A glance at Tianze, who was leaning against the iron fence and looking leisurely, made Cheng Jiao feel unhappy.

"Tianze, now that I've brought you out, it's time to think about it, right?"

Tianze's eyes twitched as he thought of the Xishi poison and blood parasite in his body.

"Changan Jun..."

"Call Master!"

Cheng Jiao interrupted directly.

For a guy like Tianze who fears power but not virtue, he doesn't think that Tianze will follow him sincerely.

Tianze gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, Master."

Xiang Junshun snorted lightly. This flashy guy had the nerve to look down on him just now. The master was calling him, "Tsk tsk."

Tianze glared at Xiangjun with his snake eyes. If Cheng Jiao hadn't been here, he would have beaten him up.

Looking at Tianze and Xiangjun, Cheng Jiao was quite interested.

"How about you two have a fight?"

Xiang Jun shook his head repeatedly: "No, no, fighting with this barbarian will dirty our hands."

Tianze was so angry that he raised his fist to hit Xiangjun.

It can be seen that Xiangjun is just a first-rate master. If Tianze can't beat Jingwei, can he beat you?

"choke--"

A section of the sword in Jingwei's hand was exposed, causing Tianze to freeze in place.

Cheng Jiao used his inner strength to make the hand seal that Zi Nu taught him, which emitted a wave of energy.

Tianze felt as if thousands or tens of thousands of teeth were biting at his flesh and blood. It felt like he was in an ice cellar and a furnace, shivering with cold while feeling like he was being burned by flames.

Big drops of sweat fell from his forehead, making Xiangjun Shun's eyelids twitch. This Chang'an Jun was too cruel.

Cheng Jiao saw that the effect was good, "Jingwei, bring Tianze out."

After that, he said to Tianze: "Follow me first, don't do anything without my order, understand?"

After Cheng Jiao stopped, Tianze exhaled, his eyes deep: "Understood!"

Not far away, Yanri, who had been secretly observing Cheng Jiao, felt a little sad when he saw Tianze suffering. He was also a person who had been poisoned by Cheng Jiao, and it seemed that it was an enhanced version of Cheng Jiao.

When Cheng Jiao was about to turn back to the front of the convoy, he found that the convoy in front had stopped.

I couldn't help but look ahead. A beautiful woman with long hair tied down and wearing a dark blue dress was standing there quietly.

Gai Nie immediately held the long sword and asked vigilantly: "Who are you? Why are you stopping me?"

Ying Zheng, who was reading in the carriage, put down the bamboo slips. Li Si shook his head slightly and whispered, "Master Shang, don't go out."

Yan Fei said softly: "I'm here to find Chang'an Jun Chengjiao."

Gai Nie looked at Cheng Jiao who was riding a horse from behind and said, "Sir, do you know this person?"

Cheng Jiao smiled and said, "We met once."

After saying that, he turned to Yan Fei and said, "Miss Fei Yan, if you have anything to say, please talk while we walk. Let the convoy pass first."

Feiyan inadvertently glanced at the carriage behind Gai Nie and knew that the King of Qin was inside, but she did not point it out.

"can."

Jingwei gave Feiyan a white horse, sat beside Chengjiao, and focused his attention on the woman named Feiyan.

She was sure that the person who followed Cheng Jiao to Zilanxuan that day was the person in front of her.

Feiyan ignored Jingwei's vigilance and said to Chengjiao, "Please ask Chang'an Jun to release Xiangjun, the elder of Yinyang Family."

Cheng Jiao held the reins of the horse, looked at the beauty in front of him, and chuckled, "The girl hasn't said who she is yet."

Feiyan did not hide it. Since she was sure that Cheng Jiao had no intention of harming King Qin, she knew that she could not hide her identity for long.

"I am Dongjun Yanfei of the Yin-Yang family."

"What about Feiyan?"

“It’s the name I gave myself.”

Feiyan's tone was flat.

Cheng Jiao understood, "Is that so? Miss Feiyan, do you know what Xiang Jun did?"

Feiyan frowned and said, "Master Chengjiao, the Great God of Destiny has already reported that the five elders surrounded and killed the leader of the Mohist School and happened to meet you, but you helped the Six-Fingered Black Knight kill the elder of the Yin-Yang School, the Jin Division."

Cheng Jiao's face turned serious. "Miss Feiyan, I don't know if you, the Yin-Yang Sect, really wanted to kill the Six-Fingered Black Knight, but the situation on that day showed that you knew that the leader of the Mohist Sect was coming to see me but still wanted to attack. Do I have reason to suspect that the Yin-Yang Sect wanted to assassinate me?"

Feiyan decisively denied: "Impossible, the Yin-Yang family's target is only the Six-Fingered Black Knight."

Cheng Jiao smiled and didn't argue with Feiyan about it.

The tone changed: "Xiang Jun said that the Yin-Yang family wanted to enter Qin, but is it true?"

Feiyan thought about it and did not hide it: "Yes, my junior sister and I are following the order of His Excellency Donghuang to go to Qin State to meet the King of Qin."

Cheng Jiao said calmly, "That's great. How about you trouble Miss Feiyan to escort the convoy back to Xianyang first?"

Seeing Feiyan wanted to refuse, Cheng Jiao continued: "You know who is here and what it means to your Yin Yang family. When we get to Xianyang and things become clear, I will release Xiangjun."

After being reminded by Cheng Jiao, Fei Yan gave up the idea of ​​refusing.

If the King of Qin was not here, she would never agree to Cheng Jiao's request to make her a guard.

Looking at Feiyan disappearing on the white horse, Cheng Jiao smiled slightly and didn't care.

Now that he is right next to him, how can he let the second in command of the Yin-Yang family escape?
Jingwei sensed it and said, "She is in the woods in front of the left."

"Well, forget about her for now."

Cheng Jiao rode his horse to Ying Zheng's carriage and briefly told him about Fei Yan.

"Yin Yang School? Cheng Jiao, what do you think?"

Ying Zheng stood by the car window, looking at the surrounding woods and asked Cheng Jiao for his opinion.

He didn't know much about the Yin-Yang School.

I heard from Gai Nie that the Yin-Yang School is the most mysterious of the hundreds of schools of thought.

"The Yin-Yang School is proficient in the art of divination. Brother Wang, please use it."

Ying Zheng remained noncommittal. If the art of divination was really useful, there wouldn't be a chaos among the seven kingdoms now, but the Zhou Dynasty would still be unified.

"Regarding the Yin-Yang family's affairs, you will be in charge of everything."

Of course Cheng Jiao would not refuse this job. He had long wanted to poach people from the Yin-Yang family.

Two days and two nights passed peacefully. During each break, Cheng Jiao wanted to flirt with Yan Fei, but unexpectedly, Fei Yan never appeared in front of the caravan since they met that day. If Jing Wei hadn't told him occasionally that Fei Yan was still there, he would have thought he had been stood up.

Zhao Gao led the six sword slaves through the woods. He happened to arrive in Xinzheng at night and Xuan Jian was besieging Zilanxuan. He did not show up, but was secretly searching for the whereabouts of the King of Qin.

After realizing from clues that Ying Zheng had left Xinzheng, he quickly followed with the six sword slaves.

Zhen Gang, who was wearing a spider web outfit, reported to Zhao Gao: "Sir, Xuan Jian's assassination attempt failed and he has fled Xinzheng. Judging from the direction he is heading, it should be Wusui."

The spirited young man Zhao Gao smiled wickedly, "Lü Buwei has a good way. If I hadn't planted an insider in the Pingyang Heavy Armored Army, I'm afraid I wouldn't have noticed that Wang Qi, a senior official of three dynasties, actually had a secret connection with Lü Buwei. Where is Chang'an Jun Chengjiao now?"

"I don't know. According to my guess, Cheng Jiao should have already joined Li Si who was on a diplomatic mission to Korea."

Zhao Gao's guess was the same as Zheng Gang's, that Cheng Jiao must be with the King of Qin.

He was very sorry that Cheng Jiao did not take action against the King of Qin. Otherwise, he could have come to the rescue and ascend to the pinnacle of power by following the King.

But it is not too late now. With Cheng Jiao's help, the King of Qin is more worthy of his bet.

While Zhao Gao was thinking, a caravan came into view. He saw Yanri riding a tall horse and Cheng Jiao chatting and laughing with Jingwei.

Zhao Gao narrowed his eyes with evil intent and did not appear immediately.

He stopped, straightened his clothes, waved his hand, and told the six sword slaves not to follow him.

He came here this time to go all in. It would be terrible if he was misunderstood and treated as an enemy.

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