The morning sun was rising, and the clear light poured in from the window.
Zhao Huaizhong came down from the court meeting and sat in the side hall of Xianyang Palace, staring at Qilin across from him.
This unicorn has been here for several days. It entered Xianyang with a purple jade in its mouth, which caused quite a sensation.
The weather was astonishing when it came, and the purple energy behind it was hundreds of feet long, like a rushing river.
In ancient times, when great sages were born, they were often accompanied by unicorns offering auspicious gifts.
This beast is the most auspicious of auspiciousness.
"You want to leave?"
Zhao Huaizhong asked and murmured in his heart.
It's always weird for this beast to be able to speak human language. It's not easy for auspicious beasts, and they have to master foreign languages.
When this unicorn first arrived, it appeared in the sky over Xianyang, shaking the soul, and spoke directly into Zhao Huaizhong's ear: "Please come to the Lord of Qin to receive the purple jade. I will enter Qin with the auspicious title and present it to the saint of this world."
Zhao Huaizhong was shocked at the time. After landing in the air, he and Qilin looked at each other.
Qilin looks like an elk, but is much stronger than an elk. It is about the same size as a horse, and its entire body is inky black with an imperceptible faint purple tint.
The mane on its neck flutters like burning fire, and it looks like a deer, but is much more powerful than a deer.
Its hooves are also similar to those of a horse, but the hoofs are thick and naturally textured. They can ride on clouds and waves, float in the air without falling, and never sink when in contact with water.
Its entire body is armored like dragon scales, and each scale has dense textures filled with auspicious aura.
Its eyes are dark purple, as clear as crystal, and the energy in its mouth and nose is also full of gorgeous purple energy.
After that, the Qilin was invited to the Qin Palace by Zhao Huaizhong. Lu Buwei and other ministers were also greatly surprised, flattering him and singing his praises.
This is all because in ancient times, those who had Qilin born to offer auspicious auspiciousness were all virtuous people, or rare wise kings and overlords, who had made great contributions to the human race.
This is a mythical beast born according to the fate of heaven and earth. It only appears when heaven and earth interact and something auspicious happens.
After the Qilin entered the Qin Palace, he ignored the gazes of others and only wanted to stay with Zhao Huaizhong because both of them had thick purple energy.
Qilin breathed in purple energy to eat, and felt that Zhao Huaizhong was his little friend and the same kind.
In the next few days, Qilin wandered around Xianyang Palace, and had interactions with several other strange beasts, such as the black bird and the big rooster Colorful. He also went to the manger in the backyard and interacted with a family of crude executioner beasts.
Then Lu Buwei made arrangements and sent soldiers, generals and officials from all over the Qin Dynasty into Xianyang one after another to pay homage to the Lord of the Qin Dynasty.
The unicorn presented auspicious signs and the black bird fell to Qin, which can prove that Zhao Huaizhong is the Mingjun and the Holy Master.
Until this morning, Qilin came to Zhao Huaizhong and said that he was leaving.
"Why are you leaving?"
Zhao Huai thought to himself: After entering my Xianyang Palace, I still want to leave, but there is no door.
The Qilin vibrated the power of the soul, and its voice rang in Zhao Huaizhong's ears, saying:
"I live in a place with rich purple energy, in the heart of a mountain, where the energy between heaven and earth meets.
I was born by sucking the purple energy and stabilized the energy between heaven and earth.
Whenever the purple energy rises and the energy between heaven and earth increases, I will notice it and spit out the purple jade and give it to the saint.
The purple jade I gave you has infinite uses, please use it properly."
Qilin said in an awesome voice: "I do not belong to the mortal world. I must not be born for more than forty-nine days before I leave."
"What will happen if we don't go back?" Zhao Huaizhong asked.
Qilin seemed stunned for a moment, obviously not thinking about this problem: "I don't know, I like to live in a place filled with purple energy since I was born, and I have never left without permission."
"Then how long does it take for you to spit out a piece of purple jade?"
The purple jade that Qilin spits out is obviously a good treasure.
Otherwise, Zhao Huaizhong would never let Qilin leave so easily.
"I can breathe in the energy of heaven and earth in ten months to form a piece of purple jade. But when I spit out purple jade, I need to go back to the mountain to absorb new purple energy in order to form a new purple jade." Qilin responded honestly.
"That is to say, you don't produce purple energy, but you are the carrier of purple energy." Zhao Huaizhong's eyes were bright.
Qilin thought about it for a while and finally understood a little of what Zhao Huaizhong meant.
"Look at this, it's good. You can stay here with me normally. When you are short of purple energy, go home and bring some purple energy before you come back."
Zhao Huaizhong followed the temptation and glanced at the position of the Qilin's waist and abdomen: "You are a male beast, right? If you agree to stay, I can promise you and find you a female beast in the future, how about it?"
Qilin said sadly: "There is no more female beast.
I have a feeling that I am the only unicorn in the world. I have a lifespan of nine thousand, and I have been born several times in the past three thousand years to offer blessings to saints. During this period, I have been looking for companions to pass on the unicorn bloodline, but I have never found any.
In this world, there were four unicorns in ancient times. Now the qi has declined, and I am the only one left."
Zhao Huaizhong said firmly: "This time you were born, have you ever felt the changes in the aura of heaven and earth, and the ancient aura rising to catch up with the ancient times?"
Qilin closed his pure eyes: "I discovered it. This is caused by the movement of heaven and earth's energy, the ups and downs cycle."
Zhao Huaizhong: "That's wrong. Just like you, I was born with the fate of heaven and earth.
You are here to inhale the purple energy, and I am here to gradually restore the energy of heaven and earth to its ancient state.
After a few years, when the Qi of heaven and earth rises, a new unicorn will be born in this world, and it will be a female beast corresponding to you."
Qilin was a little confused, but in the end he shook his head: "Then I have to go back, and I will come out in a few years at most."
It seems that reasoning is no longer enough.
Zhao Huaizhong stretched out his hand and formed a breath, turning the power of the Immortal Platform into a chain, and then imprinted the word "origin" on the chain, which instantly fell on Qilin's neck, forming a restraint.
"This unicorn cannot move away from me three hundred feet away." Zhao Huaizhong used the power of the saint and said slowly one word at a time.
Qilin stood tall and did not panic at all when he saw the chain falling on his neck, restraining him.
There was an arrogant look in its eyes: "I don't belong to the mortal world, does the new saint want to keep me by force?
My power can break all the bonds in this world."
It stepped on its hoofs, took two steps with its head held high, and suddenly spit out a ball of purple flame from its mouth, burning the chain.
However, it was of no use.
Qilin spit out purple fire twice more, but the chain glowed faintly and the origin text circulated, without any damage being burned by the purple fire.
The unicorn is frightened.
This chain is not afraid of purple fire?!
The chains formed by Zhao Huaizhong not only contain the power of immortals and demons, but also are tied by the power of saints from the four realms. The key is that they are blessed by the origin text. Even the seals of monsters and female foxes are also generated by the power of the origin text.
Being able to restrain Qilin is expected.
Zhao Huaizhong stood up, drew out the Xuanyuan Sword, and said solemnly: "I ask again, are you going to stay and be used by me, Da Qin, or are you going to leave?"
Qilin probably had never seen such a saint before. He came to offer his auspicious blessings and then refused to let him go.
During its long life, it has offered auspicious blessings to saints in different periods several times, and some people have also proposed to keep it.
But it insisted on leaving, and other saints gave it respectful treatment.
Only the human king in front of me not only wanted to keep it, but also wanted to kill it.
"The new saint's moral character is lacking."
Seeing the Xuanyuan Sword being held to his neck, Qilin was furious, holding his neck and said: "I am willing to stay."
If you don't stay, you will die.
What else can I do if I don’t get scared?
Qilin decided to stay for now, and then run away when he finds an opportunity.
Zhao Huai thought that he was still aware of current affairs, so if he was scared and would be scared, it would be easy to handle.
"You take off the chain from my neck first." Qilin closed his eyes.
Zhao Huaizhong ignored it: "You go out to play first. I have to deal with government affairs. I will take you out for a walk when I have time."
After the depressed Qilin left, Lu Buwei was recruited in.
"Your Majesty."
"The demon clan suddenly withdrew from Chu territory. Has the reason been found out?"
Lu Buwei shook his head: "No, the demon tribes who attacked Chu are retreating to the far west, but more demon tribes have scattered to all parts of the world.
Your Majesty, after the demon tribe retreats, can we appropriately reduce the troops stationed on the western front of Great Qin?"
Zhao Huaizhong: "The demon clan retreated on its own initiative, not defeated by us.
They maintain the power to attack again at any time. Not only can we on the Western Front of Great Qin not retreat, but we must be more vigilant. We order the border guards on the Western Front to be brave, set up more checkpoints, and increase the number of scouts to prevent the monsters from coming back."
"No." Lu Buwei said.
"Wang Jian's attack on Zhao, how is the progress?"
"The troops were raised four days ago. The Zhao people sent Li Mu as commander and gathered 150,000 troops to confront our army outside Qiuyang City. They have fought twice in the past four days, but the scale was not large."
Lu Buwei said: "General Wang Jian has always used troops safely and has great momentum. According to my experience, the battle against Zhao will not have any results in the short term."
After Lu Buwei left, Zhao Huaizhong pondered for a long time.
Why did the demon tribe suddenly retreat?
He thought for a while but had no idea, so he wrote several letters at his desk and sent them out.
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Two days later, Zhao Di border town, Qiu Yang.
Li Mu stood on the top of the wall and watched the Qin army's appearance.
A few miles outside the city, a vanguard battalion of the Qin army set up camp on the high ground, with their troops spread out and their flags stretched out.
Outside the camp, there are dense pits, fences, snagging ropes, and criss-crossing formations, forming a strong defensive force.
The defense of the Qin army's camp was airtight.
Looking at the Qin army's appearance, the elite soldiers and horses are intimidating.
Li Mu watched for a moment and then said: "Who is the commander of the Qin vanguard army?"
"Outside the city of Qiuyang, there is a vanguard on the left led by the famous Qin general Fan Yuqi, commanding an army of 50,000.
The right vanguard army is commanded by Wang Ben, commanding 40,000 troops to attack our Gucheng forty miles away from Qiuyang.
The commander-in-chief of the Qin army, Wang Jian, personally led more than 100,000 elite troops to camp between the two vanguard armies to maintain support for the two armies at all times.
The Qin people and horses are so fast that they can cover dozens of miles in a blink of an eye, and our army has no chance to attack the camp."
After listening to the introduction by the deputy general next to him, Li Mu nodded slightly.
At this time, a soldier came up from the city: "General, the King of Qin sent someone to deliver a message. General, do you want to check it?"
"Send it over." Li Mu said.
The soldiers immediately stepped forward and presented Zhao Huaizhong's handwritten letter.
Li Mu took it, with a little curiosity on his face, and looked at the letter in his hand: "Is this the paper thing invented by the Qin people?
I have heard people say that the current Qin Lord attaches great importance to the creation of objects, and it is said that he has improved many other kinds of objects."
The lieutenant general nodded to one side: "I have also heard that usually those who have broad hobbies are those who do not change their intentions and rarely achieve great achievements, but King Qin is an exception.
In particular, his talent for cultivation deserves to be rated as unparalleled in the past and the present. I have searched through ancient books and found only a few great sages in history who can compare with him."
Li Mu looked down at the letter in his hand in silence.
After he read the letter, his expression changed, and there was a hint of shock and anger on his face.
The deputy general saw that the coach's mood changed so obviously, so he couldn't help but ask: "General, what did King Qin say in his letter?"
Li Mu Surong said: "The King of Qin said that he also wrote a letter to the king, and clearly told me what Qin would do next if it attacks Zhao, and how the king would respond."
The deputy general was a little confused when he heard this, but seeing Li Mu's heavy expression, he didn't dare to continue asking.
"Come here." Li Mu shouted.
"General." A soldier came forward and waited for instructions.