Le Canh Palace is filled with a refreshing fragrance. After staying there for a long time, the smell of goddesses is everywhere in the palace.
Siying ranked first in the palace beauty pageant before, and her designation was a little different. She had a fragrant physique and hidden inner charm.
When Zhao Huaizhong walked in, he was thinking about Lao Xiang's family. That family were all reformers with progressive ideas and loved rebellion and uprising.
One after another they rose up, and one after another they were killed or committed suicide.
Including the two famous overlords of Western Chu and Xiang Zhuang in history, the Xiang family was almost extinct.
Xiangzhuang is the sword dance at the Hongmen Banquet, which is intended to be the scene of Pei Gong.
Zhao Huaizhong was thinking about things. Under Siying's gaze, he walked calmly and sat behind the low sandalwood mat in the dormitory. There was a jasper incense burner on the mat, and he swallowed on all sides. On the wall of the furnace, there was a relief sculpture of a jade cicada.
Exquisite workmanship, lively and interesting.
"Come and sit."
Zhao Huai pointed his middle finger to the side of his body.
The female immortal frowned her beautiful eyebrows, as if she thought it was a loss of status to be summoned like this, so she stood still.
"You are from Jiejiao, so tell me about the structure of Jiejiao."
"Jiejiao has four major disciples from the leader down, and I am one of them.
We are collectively called the second-generation disciples. Those of the same level as me include the Seven Immortals, the Nine-Yao Star Official, the Twenty-Eight Constellations, the Thirty-Six Tiangang Zhengshen, etc. There are tens of thousands of immortals and demons in total.
We gathered together at the Jiejiao Heavenly Dojo, but after the ancient disputes, the immortals were divided into multiple factions, fighting internally and externally, and their tempers changed. I don’t know what the specific situation is now."
Zhao Huaizhong pondered: "You said that Jiejiao has dojos in the three realms of heaven, earth and man?"
Siying: "This is how I was before I fell into the world."
"Who presides over the human dojo?"
In front of Zhao Huaizhong, the images reflected by the two bone mirrors used to monitor the Jiejiao Mountain Gate overseas appeared.
Although Jiejiao sealed the mountain gate, with the eyesight of Zhao Huaizhong and Siying, they could still vaguely see countless palaces and pavilions hidden deep in the sea of clouds.
"Is this the dojo where Jie Jiao is in the human world today?"
Si Ying's eyes were clear: "The human Taoist temple used to be led by four generations of disciples, with the position of Ten Heavenly Lords.
If it remains as it was in the past, then the human dojo should be revered by the Lord of the Ten Heavens."
That's right... The Dharmakaya of Jiutian Lord Yu Qing was captured in the bone mirror, which was used to trace Yu Qing's true form. From this, Zhao Huaizhong sensed part of Yu Qing's information from the dark, and knew that he was the Jie Jiao
One of the Heavenly Kings.
Zhao Huaizhong asked again: "Where is the fairyland rumored by the world, and how to get there?"
Si Ying said: "In ancient times, it was not complicated to enter and exit the three realms of heaven, earth, and humans. Later, barriers appeared in the three realms. It was very dangerous to go back and forth between heaven, earth, and humans. It requires specific timing and specific routes to enter and exit. The process requires traveling through the Chaos Ruins."
"Chaos Ruins refers to the chaos behind space?"
"Well, there are many dangers hidden in it, and golden immortals will also get lost, so few immortals and demons have traveled between the two realms since ancient times.
I do know the path, but my strength has not been restored, so... I am not ready to go back."
Zhao Huaizhong: "What about Kunlun Palace, can you find it?"
"This morning, after you left, I got up and made deductions. It took me a day to come to the conclusion that Kunlun Palace will approach the human world again in a few months. Kunlun Palace can be reached by entering the void from a fixed position on Kunlun Mountain."
When Siying mentioned the words 'this morning, after you leave', her eyes were slightly complicated.
Apparently, he was reminiscing about some of the process last night, and was a little dissatisfied with his performance at that time.
Zhao Huaizhong: "You said it took you a day to conduct the deduction?
As far as I know, you have been in a daze on the couch since you got up in the morning and only got off the couch in the afternoon.
Before I came here, you even hired a maid to come in, put on makeup, and dressed up for half an hour. With all the deductions, you only had an hour and a half to spare at most. How could you deduce the theory of one day?"
Siying was stunned for a moment, then became angry and said: "Are you spying on me?"
Zhao Huaizhong waved his hand and said: "Don't get me wrong, I'm just very interested in the female immortal's recovery ability. I want to see when you can get up... Also, before I came, you asked people to dress up, but you wanted to please me?"
"Absolutely not."
Siying immediately skipped this topic and said:
"I once sensed a slight aura from you. Something related to the ancient Kui Niu is in your hands. Maybe you can give it to me?"
"The soul of Kui Niu is sealed in a drum. It's just a partial remnant of the soul. What do you want to use it for?"
"I have a way to reunite its soul power and let it manifest into reality.
The Kui Niu is one of the most powerful divine beasts in the world. It would be a waste to use its remnant soul as a drum. The first ancestor of my Jie Cult used the Kui Niu as a mount. One jump on one foot can travel sixteen thousand miles.
Able to discern direction in chaos and travel between the worlds of heaven and man."
Siying said: "Give me the remnant soul of Kui Niu, and I will find a way to separate the origin of Kui Niu's soul from it without damaging the drum that seals Kui Niu's soul, and use it for my own use."
Considering that I received a ‘reward’ from someone last night and received a Kyushu Cauldron, it was hard to refuse.
Zhao Huaizhong nodded in agreement and said: "Based on your understanding of Jie Jiao, how confident do you think we are to join forces to rob Jie Jiao's human dojo?
Do you have any way to break the various restrictions on Jie Jiao?"
Si Ying narrowed her eyes slightly: "Robbing Jiejiao's human dojo?"
She pondered for a while: "I'm not sure what the specific strength is. This matter needs to be discussed in the long term, but it is not a problem to break the various restrictions on Jiejiao, if it has not changed."
Zhao Huaizhong: "I didn't mean to go now, there's no rush."
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Time flies by in the blink of an eye and it’s midnight.
On the couch, the Lord of Qin and the female immortal were studying the Nine Provinces Cauldron.
Zhao Huaizhong had previously obtained a bead from the blood pool on the ninth floor of the Yin Shang Secret Palace. The small cauldron sealed in the bead was also one of the nine cauldrons.
Together with the cauldron Siying took out, she now has two Kyushu cauldrons in her hand.
"How could the Jiuzhou Cauldron travel to the immortal world and fall into your hands?"
"The Nine Tripods are connected to the destiny of China, and the Nine Provinces are sinking. After China was banned, the Nine Tripods became something that all parties are fighting for, and the fairy world also participated in it.
Jie Jiao obtained three Nine Cauldrons in ancient times, and I am in charge of one of them."
Si Ying had a good time: "Jie Jiao still has two cauldrons, which are in the hands of other sects."
Zhao Huaizhong counted with his fingers. Now he has two cauldrons in his hand, the Yao clan has one, and Jie Jiao has two more.
That's five.
According to Siying, there are three more people in the Kunlun Palace, that is, eight statues, and only one is missing.
The next afternoon.
Zhao Huaizhong took Siying out of the palace and came to the Earth Fire Cave.
Zou Yan is also here. The second bronze figure was refined faster than the first one and has basically taken shape.
It's time for the saints to work together to refining the incantations of the internal and external veins of his body.
Xunzi's place last time was replaced by Siying's this time.
Siying looked at the bronze figures in the casting pit: "You are trying to cast twelve bronze figures!"
Zhao Huaizhong asked curiously: "You also know about the Twelve Bronze Men?"
"There are also related production methods spread in the true immortal world, but even with the power of all the immortals, they cannot be successfully cast.
Later I found out that this kind of bronze figure could only be cast in China.
Some master-level immortals have made deductions. If all twelve bronze figures can be cast, their combined strength can carry the heaven and earth on their backs, and they will be the most powerful puppet creations."
Siying said: "There is a hidden secret in casting this bronze man, which can increase the success rate of its sacrifice. You can find out later."
Lao Sikong immediately asked humbly: "I would like to ask for advice on how to improve the success rate?
Please let me know, Concubine Si!"
Si Ying: "Just induce the aura of the Kyushu Cauldron and bless the bronze figure."
The Jiuzhou tripod is related to the refining of bronze figures... Zhao Huaizhong was surprised.
He discovered a wonderful use of the female immortal, that is, she knows many secrets of heaven and earth that ordinary people don't know, and she is an expert at deciphering secrets.
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Chu Di, hundreds of miles west of Shouchun.
Li Yuan was dressed in a khaki robe, his eyes seemed to have lost focus, and he was sitting blankly on a chariot.
Next to the chariot he was riding in was Xiang Yan on horseback.
Surrounding them were more than 30,000 Chu troops.
That's right, even though they were defeated one after another, the Chu people still had more than 30,000 defeated troops.
Wang Jian deliberately left so many defeated troops behind and pursued them without killing them.
His purpose was to take advantage of the defeated army's rout to attack the Chu Kingdom cities along the way.
Whichever city Li Yuan and Xiang Yan retreat to, Wang Jian will immediately catch up and take advantage of the situation to capture the city.
This defeated army of 30,000 people had been chased for hundreds of miles. They had been defeated in consecutive battles and their morale had long been destroyed.
The entire team lost their armor and armor, and even the formation was a bit scattered and lifeless.
They fled all the way in the Chu Kingdom, bringing the panic of war wherever they went.
It was precisely by taking advantage of these defeated troops that the Qin army was able to advance so quickly in the Chu territory.
Xiang Yan knew clearly that Wang Jian was using the defeated troops to open a way and forced him to escape, but he was frustrated that he had no good strategy to change the situation.
dilemma.
"I have long heard that Wang Jian used his troops mostly for conspiracy, and it is indeed true. If we flee eastward with these defeated troops, we will eventually bring the low morale of the defeat back to Shouchun..." Xiang Yan discussed with Li Yuan in a low voice.
"What should we do according to the general's wishes?" Li Yuan asked listlessly.
His temples seemed to have gained a lot of white hair in just a few days, and his eyes had lost their former brightness.
"Prime Minister Li must cheer up. With the current situation, if we, the people of Chu, do not strengthen ourselves, our country will be destroyed." Xiang Yan said.
"We have already lost. Is it still too late to make a difference now?" Li Yuan said with a wry smile.
"What I'm going to say next, Prime Minister Li must remember that I want to lead these 30,000 defeated troops to break up the rear and fight to the death with Wang Jian.
Li Xiang took the opportunity to rush back to Shouchun at full speed to reorganize his troops and horses. Shouchun was a strong city and could still be defended.
If... the city of Shouchun is finally destroyed, Prime Minister Li must remember to protect our great Chu clan with all his strength, retreat to the east of the Yangtze River, and stay in the dangerous sky to defend it. Our great Chu may not have no hope of recovery," Xiang Yan said.
Historically, the people of Chu were just like Xiang Yan said. After the fall of the country, they lay dormant and then rose again.
Although Chu has three households, if Qin is destroyed, Chu will definitely die. This is what it means.
Xiang Yan said resolutely: "It's a shame that the Qi people also came to attack Chu, otherwise our three kingdoms would not have a chance to defeat Qin.
King Jian of Qi is a short-sighted man. The day when the people of Qin will annex Chu and destroy Qi is not far away. It is a pity that I, Xiang Yan, cannot see that day in person."
After being chased for many days, Xiang Yan resolutely decided to lead his army to cut off the rear and fight to the death to stop the enemy.
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Earth, fire, cave and sky.
Zhao Huaizhong took out the Kyushu Cauldron.
Throughout the cave, the magnificent light of the fairy weapon flashed into the sky.
The chaotic atmosphere above the cave sky was dispersed by this light.
After being released, the Jiuzhou Cauldron, which was three feet tall, had four legs and two ears, and had mountains, rivers and vast lands engraved on the cauldron wall, seemed to cause fluctuations in the earth's veins of Great Qin.
Siying said: "The Kyushu Cauldron is a thing that contains the luck of the Nine Provinces. If you refine it, shrink it, and send it into the body of the bronze man, it is equivalent to attracting the luck of the Nine Provinces to open its body.
It is naturally easy to cast it, otherwise it will be punished by heaven and earth and be full of difficulties.
The reason why you were able to refine a bronze statue before was because you were an emperor and the fortune of the Qin Dynasty was booming."
On this day, the purple energy in the Earth Fire Cave and Heaven was shining brightly.
There seems to be some kind of special energy between heaven and earth, pouring and gathering into the cave sky.
A few hours later, Zhao Huaizhong looked at the huge bronze figure that sank into the casting pit again:
"I am a little anxious to see how far the two bronze figures will grow if they are connected together."
Every time a bronze man is refined, the curse patterns on his body will resonate with each other and promote each other.
In other words, with each additional bronze figure, their power will increase by one level.
Until the last twelve bronze men gathered together and were full of strength.
The casting process of the second bronze figure blessed by the Jiuzhou Cauldron was much faster than that of the first one. After a few days, it was approaching the final stage.