Chapter 198 Double Breakthrough [Please subscribe]

The bright moon hangs high.

Lu Bu chose to surrender instead of fighting to the death. First, his wife and children were there and had been surrounded by Cao's army.

More importantly, he was certain that Cao Cao would not kill him.

Cao Cao had the ambition to pacify the four directions, and it was the right time to recruit people. Would he miss the opportunity to recruit his flying general Lu Bu?

Lu Bu has always been proud of his military strength.

To a certain force, he is like a rare treasure and an unparalleled divine weapon.

That's why he voluntarily surrendered himself and was prepared to compromise.

Cao Cao looked at Lu Bu expressionlessly.

Lu Bu guessed Cao Cao's thoughts and said:

"Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo are not real heroes. Ding Yuan burned the people and Dong Zhuo slaughtered them. That's why I wanted to kill them. Besides... Dong Zhuo didn't die at my hands."

"The governor is a hero of the world. I, Lu Bu, have never seen a man like him. This time I am truly impressed by him!"

Lu Bu turned around to look at his wives and concubines and said to Zhen Xin:

"Jinxuan, you also know the governor. Today I have just become his adoptive father, which is a great joy. Why don't you kneel down and greet him with me?"

Zhen Xin's face flushed and her lips trembled.

She stared at Lu Bu, then slowly turned to Cao Cao.

She knew that Lu Bu wanted to save the lives of his entire family, so she slowly followed suit and bowed down: "I am Zhen Xin, a concubine of the Lu family. I meet... meet my husband's adoptive father."

“That’s not right.”

Dian Wei looked disdainful and said, "What do you mean by husband's foster father? Say it again."

Zhen Xin bowed her head and cried, "Xin greets her adoptive father. From today on, I will ask the governor to be my father. Your Majesty, I and your husband, pay my respects to you."

Cao Cao chuckled and said, "Your sister once helped me in Yanzhou.

For her sake, I will allow you to call me your foster father. However, you think you are smart, but you are actually stupid. You can't know yourself, but you dare to imitate others and scheme against all parties?

"You have ambition but no talent. I'm talking about you. Remember to reflect on yourself in the future."

Zhen Xin was trying to be humiliated, but was still scolded by Cao Cao. She could no longer hold back her emotions, and suddenly straightened up, stiffening her neck and saying:
"You are in power, so whatever you say is right. I can't defeat you, but one day, I will see what will happen to you."

Lu Bu became very anxious and turned around to glare at Zhen Xin.

A thought also crossed his mind. Since he was now defeated, he should surrender to Cao Cao first. If he had a chance the next day, he would avenge himself for today's humiliation and make Cao Cao die under the blade of his halberd.

He turned around and glared at Zhen Xin, telling her to endure the anger for the time being and that it would not be too late to take revenge later.

A dog will always eat shit. Lu Bu's inner thoughts and the flash of thought happened to be heard by Cao Cao.

He spoke a few more words to Zhen Xin because he had just received a letter from Zhen Yan, pleading for mercy on his sister.

To be honest, since Zhen Yan met Cao Cao and later went to Yanzhou, he gradually pulled a lot of resources from the Zhen family to support Cao Cao.

When he was in Luoyang, he also gave Cao Cao a secret code, fearing that someone would harm him.

Zhen Xin had taken a fancy to Lu Bu back then, while her sister Zhen Yan was obviously in love with Cao Cao, so she secretly helped him several times.

Although Cao Cao did not need her help, she always had her heart set on Cao's camp.

She hasn't been to Yanzhou recently, but has been trapped in the Zhen family.

The Zhen family and the Yu family were both in Jizhou, but their situations were different.

The Zhen family’s resources are fixed, and their main operations are in Jizhou and Youzhou.

They were very close to the Yuan family and intermarried with them many times.

Yanzhou and Jizhou confronted each other and became rivals.

In order to avoid suspicion, the Zhen family detained Zhen Yan at home and did not allow her to come to Yanzhou again.

So she hasn't appeared in Yanzhou in the past year or so.

This time, the Zhen family also wanted to save Zhen Xin, so Zhen Yan had the opportunity and wrote a letter.

"Liu Da'er told me that Lü Bu is a fickle person and has no gratitude or loyalty. He told me to kill you."

Since Liu Bei didn't come, Cao Cao made a malicious remark and took the initiative to add this sentence and put the blame on Liu Bei.

After he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and Dian Wei and Xu Chu stepped forward.

Cao Cao wants to kill me...It is too late for Lu Bu to resist now.

When he was captured, Cao's army was afraid of his military strength and put shackles on him for fear that he would offend Cao Cao.

When Lu Bu was about to leap up and break free from the chains, the power in his body exploded.

With a clang, the bronze chain in his hand, made by the Mohist school and covered with spells, suddenly broke.

"Cao Cao!"

However, the slight delay in Lu Bu's efforts to break free from the chains gave Dian Wei enough time to get close and punch him on the head.

Xu Chu's attack landed on his lower abdomen.

In his effort to break free from the chains, Lu Bu had no time to block and was hit hard by the two blows, both of which hit his vital points.

He felt dizzy and Dian Wei's second punch hit his temple.

The defense that Lu Bu had just burst out of his body and the martial energy he had condensed all collapsed, and blood oozed from his forehead.

Clang!
Dian Wei's crescent-shaped halberd hit Lu Bu's scapula.

The strength in his body could no longer be gathered, and Dian Wei grabbed him by the hair, forcing him to raise his neck and wait for death!

"Big Ears misled me!"

Lü Bu's eyes were red: "Cao Cao, if I, Lü Bu, help you, I can conquer the world, why don't you allow me?"

Lu Bu's wife and concubine, Zhen Xin, was really panicking at this moment. She knelt down and said, "Please spare my life, foster father."

She also didn't expect that Cao Cao really wanted to kill Lu Bu.

They thought that if they surrendered voluntarily, Cao Cao would give them a chance to show his magnanimity.

Both husband and wife wanted to hold back their anger for the time being and be able to recover the next day.

At this moment, the entry suddenly appeared in front of Cao Cao:

[Your contextual talent: Insight (legacy level). When you use Insight, you can see the target's luck manifest.]

[Lü Bu possesses martial luck (rare). If your reputation exceeds one million, you can strip away his martial luck and absorb part of it as your own luck to increase your talent. You can also pass it on to the soldiers under Cao Ying to bless and improve their martial power.]

Lu Bu's martial luck is special and can be stripped and swallowed?
Cao Cao promoted the insight of innate abilities.

What I saw before my eyes suddenly changed.

At a level invisible to ordinary people, Cao Cao saw that behind Lu Bu, his martial energy was surging and his blood was surging like the tide.

And in that ocean of energy and blood, there was actually a green dragon swimming around, nourished by Lu Bu's martial luck, energy and blood, and alive and well.

That was the incarnation of Lu Bu's luck, just like Cao Cao's luck-dragon python.

Cao Cao looked at Zhen Xin again. Everyone has their own corresponding luck manifestation, and the luck around Zhen Xin is like a big egg.

She has not yet developed her own style.

As the ancient books say, heaven and earth are like a womb, man is yang, and qi is yin, which complement each other.

The Taoist practice of cultivating the Dao fetus is to cultivate Qi and luck. Once it manifests, you will be able to breathe in the heaven and earth, like a dragon soaring into the sky, and be extraordinary and otherworldly.

Everyone has different luck, which is also a kind of talent.

Acquired cultivation is a process of changing one's destiny against the will of heaven, which is extremely difficult.

Cao Cao's destiny is that of a dragon and python, swallowing a dragon, so he was born a hero. To change his fate against the will of heaven, he must completely transform into a dragon.

Cao Cao looked at Dian Wei and Xu Chu again.

Both of them have transformed their energy into fierce tigers.

Most of the generals have the tiger element in their destiny.

These changes flashed through Cao Cao's mind in a flash.

There was an extra long sword in front of Lu Bu.

He looked terrified, his whole body was glowing, and he tried to make a final struggle.

It was just right for Cao Cao to take action personally and use Lu Bu, who possessed a martial arts legacy passed down from generation to generation, to consecrate the Chengying Sword with a blood sacrifice.

"Liu Da'er is the worst to trust!"

Cao Cao swung his sword and Lu Bu's voice stopped.

His head was chopped off.

The sword blade was not stained with blood, but it made a deafening sound.

Blood gushed out from Lu Bu's severed neck.

The energy and blood in his body dissipated, and his martial arts luck was about to return to heaven and earth.

His luck, the Green Dragon, stared at Cao Cao fiercely, full of unwillingness.

It was the dragon python of luck behind Cao Cao that suddenly swallowed up Lu Bu's luck.

Most of his remaining Green Dragon of Luck was swallowed up by Cao Cao's Dragon Python of Luck in no time.

There was also an image of a small dragon between the eyebrows of Lu Bu's severed head, which was dragged out and eaten by the Dragon Python of Qi.

The dragon python behind Cao Cao became more powerful, the scales on its body became clearer, and even the top of its head changed, slowly revealing the outline of a pair of dragon horns.

The dragon python before this showed signs of transforming into a dragon.

But there has never been a moment as clear as it is now. The scales opened and closed, rising and falling with the pulse of heaven and earth, which was extremely awe-inspiring.

[You have absorbed more than half of Lü Bu's military luck, military talent +1, 86.5]

[You use your thoughts to guide and distribute Lü Bu's remaining military luck, and grant military luck to your generals.]

Cao Cao follows the entry's instructions and uses his thoughts to guide Lü Bu's remaining martial luck to prevent it from returning to heaven and earth and disappearing.

An invisible force of martial arts and qi was integrated into the bodies of Dian Wei, Xu Chu, and Taishi Ci who was not far away.

This benefit will be given priority to those with high loyalty.

Dian Wei, Xu Chu, and the tiger's luck behind them were nourished like good medicine and improved simultaneously.

Dian Wei felt as if he had received a spiritual blessing. He felt a spiritual charm between heaven and earth, which merged into his body, and the power in his body roared like thunder.

Xu Chu and Taishi Ci also had similar feelings.

Cao Cao looked at Zhen Xin who was lying on the ground and fainted.

The amazing thing is that she and Lu Bu are one and the same.

With Lu Bu's death, Zhen Xin's remaining luck also completely collapsed.

As for the rest of Lü Bu's family, they were to be treated as prisoners, and it was no longer important whether they lived or died. They could not pose any threat to Cao Cao.

Inside the military tent, Cao Cao ordered that Gao Shun be detained first.

But he had to go to the training ground every day to watch Cao's army training.

He also appointed Gao Shun to watch the training of the twenty heavy cavalry.

Human hearts are very strange, even though Gao Shun knew that Lu Bu was unbearable.

But if he were asked to change his mind immediately and surrender to Cao, he certainly couldn't do it, after all, he was not that kind of tactful person.

Judging from Gao Shun's past behavior, Cao Cao knew that Gao Shun loved training soldiers, so he ate and lived with the soldiers.

His greatest interest lies in military training.

First, let him watch Cao’s army training every day, which is exactly what Gao Shun is most interested in.

After a period of time, there may be an opportunity for him to join Cao's camp and fight with the most elite troops in the world.

"The Xianzhen Camp was assigned to Zhang Liao, as he is also fighting a crucial battle. He is from the Bingzhou Army and is capable enough to lead the Xianzhen Camp."

Cao Cao entered Xia Pi at daybreak.

Xuzhou had just been settled and all matters needed to be sorted out. The confrontation with Jizhou and other parties had just begun.

That afternoon, Cao Cao received a message.

After Lu Bu's death, Zhen Xin, who was distraught and allowed by Cao Cao to return to the Zhen family in Jizhou, committed suicide in the carriage on the way back.

Cao Cao thought this was a good idea.

Zhen Xin had high aspirations and found it difficult to accept her complete failure.

She could only blame herself for misjudging Lu Bu, and committed suicide to put an end to it all.

One day passed in a flash, night fell, and the sky was filled with stars.

Cao Cao still lived in the camp on the high ground.

After nightfall, he sat cross-legged, ready to practice for a while.

Ever since he absorbed Lu Bu's luck, a stream of energy has been flowing in his body, connecting with heaven and earth, as if he had touched some shackles and was about to break through.

Dian Wei and Xu Chu, who were standing guard outside the tent, also had similar feelings that day.

Dian Wei has been stagnant at his current level since he completed his apprenticeship, with no signs of a breakthrough in several years.

However, at this moment, he also felt that there was a gap in his practice that could be shaken, and the possibility of further progress appeared.

In the darkness of the night, Dian Wei opened his mouth and breathed in, absorbing the energy of heaven and earth.

There was a crackling sound inside his body, and his energy was as strong as the Yangtze River. Just like Cao Cao in the tent, he broke through his own barriers!

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