Lord Jin was dead.
Lord Jin, the strongest among the eight rebellious lords of the Northern Song Dynasty, was killed in his best Glory Army camp when he was married to the Countess Huanzhu, which was spread quickly throughout the two empires of the Western Qin and Southern Chu.
As for the powers of all parties, the news shocked them.
Zhao Chen was one of the most powerful and scheming among the eight lords, whom was considered the one with the largest chance to win the throne. However, the situation changed suddenly. No one expected for him to die.
He was killed by an unknown little Taoist priest named Zhang Sanfeng.
When first hearing the news, many people thought it was a joke.
But after more and more people confirmed it, the situation became weird.
Huang Youlong announced his closed-door training, and the major citadels of the Heavenly 36 Waterside Citadels also closed their gates, a
"This... this Beggar Gang Conference is a matter of Jianghu. If the government intervenes, it will become troublesome. Countess, you also know that our Beggar Gang has never been associated with the government..." Lu Changfu was happy. After all, if the noble countess could enter the assembly under the identity of a registered disciple, it might really be of help. But after a little hesitation, he gave up the idea. The iron law of the Beggar Gang was about zero contact with the government, which had been adhered to for nearly a thousand years. It could not be broken, even at the edge of death. Wang Shiyu rolled her eyes over and smiled. "Elder Lu, you are mistaken. I'm not an official. I'm just the daughter of a lord without any post. Besides, I was also an exile, and I was lucky to enter the palace. Now I am a registered disciple. I will enter, and will definitely not break the rule." "This..." Lu Changfu didn't know how to refute.
Through the murmuring among the crowd, Li Mu could tell that recently the Beggar Gang had been subjugated by an emerging Jianghu force in the Northern Song. All of its branches in the provinces were raided. The loss it suffered was immense. In the past, that rarely happened, for the Beggar Gang seldom got involved in the disputes in Jianghu, nor did it have dealings with the government. Basically, the Beggar Gang only minded its own businesses and had little interest disputes with the other forces. Therefore, few men or factions had locked horns with such a gang. What was more, the name of that emerging force was surprisingly familiar to Li Mu. It was the Bloody-moon Faction. That left Li Mu open-mouthed. Because the first faction he heard of since he came to that world was exactly the Bloody-moon Faction. On the night of that storm, for some unknown reason, the Bloody-moon Faction sent experts to hunt down the or
Li Mu's current spiritual force already had no problem in enveloping within several kilometers of the flood land. But given that he was in the territory of the Beggar Gang and there were many experts on the flood land, to avoid alerting the target, he carefully kept his spiritual force checked. His spiritual force searched the place inch by inch. So far, he had not detected the aura of Zuo Luyi the old beggar or Ming Yue the little attendant. Even that fat dog who could talk to men was nowhere to be seen. But if Zuo Luyi was truly an elder of the Beggar Gang, he ought to attend the Beggar Gang's meeting. Li Mu acted with extra discreet this time. He was determined to find Ming Yue. For that reason, he had not even tried to ask the honest Lu Changfu about Zuo Luyi's whereabouts, lest Lu Changfu tipped the target off. After all, who knew what kind of relationship Lu Changfu and Zuo Luyi had? As Li Mu was musing, the experts of th
Li Mu and Qing Feng knew what the other was thinking. So, after they both detected the suspicion in their eyes, they did not come to the light but continue hiding in the darkness to see if their suspicion would be verified. Unlike them, the members of the Beggar Gang could no longer contain their temper. "Who are you? How dare you break into the headquarters of the Beggar Gang!" Liang Zhi's face darkened, issuing blatant killing intent. The folding fan bearing "No One Is My Equal" shot out again. It turned into a jet of eerie black-and-white light and lunged at that beautiful girl up in the void with the momentum of a flying broadsword. "That move again? Sadly, it doesn't work on me." The pretty girl leaped out of the swing and gave a well-placed kick in midair. As her tender toes touched that sharp fan, she flipped over and landed onto the swing again. The movements were performed at one stretch, which were incredibly elegant
Li Mu was flabbergasted. What Ming Yue had grasped was the knowledge of the Great Way instead of the martial arts in that world! A moment ago, She said she was the successor of that old beggar named Zuo Luyi. Could Zuo Luyi come from the outer space? Otherwise, how could he have taught her the Great Way? As to the members of the Beggar Gang, though they did not quite understand what kind of art the white lotus floating behind Ming Yue was, they were all stupefied to see the fair-complexioned Liang Zhi lost so soon. During the past half a year, Liang Zhi had risen to power at an amazing speed. Apart from the help of Divine Beggar, Grand Master of the Beggar Gang, a major reason for his quick promotion was his excellent strength and cultivation. He had instilled all he had learned into that folding fan. Up to that day, he had never lost to anyone. Every time he battled someone, he crushed the opponent in seconds, so few could tel
Divine Beggar was dead? In an instant, Li Mu and the two grand elders caught on the situation, so did the other experts of the Beggar Gang. Some people turned to look at Liang Zhi. In the past half a year, Liang Zhi had been praised and promoted many times by the imposter of Divine Beggar. A short while ago, the imposter was even going to pass on the title of Grand Master to Liang Zhi. And in the face of that imminent peril, Liang Zhi launched a sneak attack upon Ming Yue... All that implied that Liang Zhi was not really on their side. "Hahaha..." Liang Zhi lowered his head and burst out laughing. His laughter sounded like the rasping howls of a dying beast. Streams of crimson mist came out under his clothes. Then, he slowly raised his head. Blood-red light welled out of his eyes, as though blood was gurgling out. At the same time, he started giving off the qi of pure slaughter, vile, and violence. A
Fine threads of Broadsword Qi began to spread out from Li Mu. Though their moving direction seemed to be random, in fact, they were sealing and cutting the space they came into contact with. Soon, those layers of broadsword qi tightly shrouded the devil issuing black smoke. "Who are you?" The devil strived to shake the qi off. In the cracks between his bugling, rock-like muscles, scarlet, shining magma were flowing, producing bizarre Taoist seals. Those seals circulated his body along with the flow of the magma, cladding him a suit of seal-made armor. Li Mu, still, gave no reply. He activated the Night Fighting with Eight Sides out of the Wind-Cloud Six Moves with his Broadsword Intent and let it evolve into different forms to besiege the devil issuing black smoke. After that, he whipped around and darted to the demonized Liang Zhi. Fast as the lightning, Li Mu performed a punch. He opted for the Zhenwu Boxing! "K
"Not Zhang Sanfeng, but Li Mu." On Mount Xuankong, Dao Ling sneered after hearing Xuan Chengzi's obituary. "I also think so, but it's really surprising that Li Mu has some relationship with Countess Huanzhu." Xuan Chengzi looked confused and said, "I wasn't aware that the two people knew each other." Although Mount Qingcheng suffered a heavy loss because of Dao Chongyang's death and internal strife, that school was still well-informed. Naturally, they knew Li Mu very well since he was such a famous figure, including his appearance, cultivation, temperament, and other details. Moreover, Li Mu's short hair was always distinctive. Not all people were idiots. Li Mu didn't change his face; he only told others a fake name. He may not be found just for a while. "It doesn't matter how they know each other. The trouble is that Li Mu obviously supports Countess Huanzhu." Dao Ling looked about forty years old, with a clear f
Li Mu's cultivation nowadays was at the peak of the Golden Immortal, and his battle power could cut down the first generals.If one were to obtain a drop of Immortal Marrow, one could instantly leap into the peak of Immortal Generals, and at that time, even if one were to face an Immortal King, one would be able to defeat him in battle, not to mention traversing across the major state capitals, even if it was the entire Eastern Sacred Continent, the heavens and the earth were vast, and one could go to it.At that time, it would be like a fish out of water to find Wang Shiyu, Hua Wanyong, and the others.At that thought, Li Mu immediately became desirous of this Immortal Marrow."One drop of Immortal Marrow, one great realm, so if a bottle of Immortal Marrow were all swallowed, wouldn't it directly soar into the Immortal Emperor, Immortal Emperor or even Immortal Lord realm?" Li Mu said.Xia Jing was stunned and then giggled."I didn't expect that
Uh-huh?What a scene of déjà vu.Li Mu all of a sudden, remembered the legendary Liu Huangshu Baidicheng entrusted the orphan.It's a pity that the Emperor is not Uncle Liu.And Li Mu is not Zhuge Kongming.Li Mu said indifferently, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I can make a dao oath that I won't taint the imperial power of Huangji Cliff for the rest of my life.""Cough cough cough ......" the emperor coughed, hastily said: "I ...... am not using words to frame you, I... ...In the chaotic world, there is no strength, sooner or later ...... sooner or later is the death ...... of the disaster ...... wood brother you if you are the emperor, or you may be able to ...... preserve a trace of my bloodline, I ......"Li Mu said, "Your Majesty's meaning, I understand, but my words remain the same, I will never dye the royal fist, Emperor Chen will be a bright ruler."The emperor sighed and said, "I understand ...... all ...... all stand down ....
Reimu smiled.Snap your fingers.Phew.A golden stream of light flashed by.Emperor Zhen, who was roaring at the top of his lungs, his voice came to an abrupt end, and his hands covered his neck, a splash of blood seeped out, followed by golden flames, which spewed out from his body."You ...... you dare to kill me?"He looked at Li Mu incredulously and eventually turned into a puff of flying ash.In the great hall, there was an instant dead silence.The horrific images, although they had ended, the aftermath was still like a hurricane, still madly hitting everyone's nerves over and over again.Prince Wood actually went out and killed someone?He actually made a move?Killing a royal son with royal blood flowing in his body right here in this great hall?He dared.He really dared.All the ministers felt that their bodies were cold, as if they had fallen into an ice cave, like the cold winter of the t
The other ministers in the hall, hearing such words, could not help but look at Zheng Yuan with shocked gazes.The so-called Emperor Tatsu's son is a wild seed, this kind of thing, if you don't explode it sooner or later, and you don't explode it at this time, what is the intention?Besides, it's not certain whether it's true or not.Saying such words in such an important meeting of the court was tantamount to slapping the emperor's face in public and rubbing the emperor's majesty, on the ground.What a nerve.On one side, Servant Yin's face changed wildly as she shook her head and argued, "No, it's not like that, Chen'er is His Majesty's child ...... "When the Emperor intended to set up Emperor Chen as the Crown Prince just now, she vaguely realized that this was a dangerous signal, the treacherous darkness of the palace court was not something she could resist as a small servant girl.But I didn't expect the slander and danger to come so
"Tatsu-chan!"Servant Yin was filled with a huge surprise in her chest and subconsciously rushed over to the little boy and held him in her arms."Mother, you're here too ...... Mother, I've seen father."The little boy dug into Squire Yin's arms with delight.His first words had to do with his parents.But many snickers resounded clearly and audibly in the great hall.Although no one said anything, the meaning was clear: 'Father' is a word you call, too?Servant Yin, however, didn't pay that much attention.In the instant she saw her son, her heart, without the slightest bit of nervousness or panic, held her son firmly in her arms, and the only thought in her entire life and soul at that moment was to protect her son at all costs."Do not make a noise and stand aside."The Grand Eunuch opened his mouth to chide.The little boy then kept his mouth tightly shut.He was foolish and hadn't seen much of the world, b
A cold aura flickered.A sword to the death.The sharp sword was about to pierce the young maid's brow.Just then, a sudden change occurred.Suddenly space and time seemed to freeze, and the black-clothed assassin realized that his immortal sword, after all, was no longer able to progress the slightest bit.What's going on?He was alarmed in his mind.And yet the next moment--Ding!The sword body incredibly broke apart and turned into countless shards.The tip of the sword flew backward and penetrated the black-clothed assassin's throat.Before the blood could soar out, his body erupted into a ball of golden flames, which then turned into flying ash and dissipated into the air.The little maid looked at what was in front of her in shock.In that moment just now, she thought she was bound to die.It turned out to be the assassin who died.Who saved me?She gasped in horror and looked arou
The Emperor was sitting on the throne of the Nine to Five, a little tired.The fact that he was poisoned was not revealed to the public.So until now, no one has known.But the toxin was eating away at his body so frantically that his energy was declining so much that his entire body felt extremely tired at all times.The sound of ministers' ears arguing seemed near and far away in the ear.The hand-wringing Prince Tatsu was led by the great eunuch and stood on the side of the dragon chair.Eight or nine year old boy, for the first time out of that small compound, face full of fear, timid, like a small goat caught in a wolf pack, not knowing what to do, lowered his head, twisted the corner of his coat, did not even dare to come out of the atmosphere.This look, in the eyes of the ministers, is even more unbearable."Your Majesty's intention to establish a Crown Prince is a major event, and should not be done in haste, perhaps it should
The little boy did not return until late afternoon.The young maid tried to inquire about the news several times, but was mercilessly stopped by the palace's close guards guarding the entrance of the firewood courtyard.She had been until, herself, she was secluded.This alarmed the young maid even more.What the hell is going on?What kind of terrible things would Tatsu'er face if he went to the palace?The Empress and the Noble Consorts, they won't poison him, will they?Why did His Majesty suddenly summon Chen'er to the palace?She speculated in her mind in fear, her tears were like a fountain that she could not control at all.It's a mother's love for her son.Humble but great love.Kneeling on both knees in the courtyard, she looked up at the Hao Sun that was gradually setting in the sky, and at the silver full moon that had already risen, shedding tears and silently praying with her life and soul."Tatsu'e
The Emperor was at the half-step Golden Immortal level of cultivation, and although this realm was forcefully instilled with various resources and secret techniques, the realm was enough after all.The lifespan of a half-step Golden Immortal could be more than five thousand years.So the Emperor never thought that he would have to face death head on, so soon."It's so ...... ungrateful."He smiled bitterly on his face and sighed deeply on the inside.But in the end, you have to face reality.The biggest problem to consider today was who should inherit the throne of Huangji Cliff after his death.He had only ascended the throne as emperor for just over two years, and because he was diligent in his political affairs and too young, he had not even considered the matter of the succession of the throne.In the harem, there are but one wife and two concubines.These three women were not his true love, but were allied for the sake of pr