Chapter 184 Another Fight, Candidates For The Trial (2)
She gritted her teeth and released the spiritual essence in her body. She ran toward the sunset in the forest.
She didn’t avoid the branches and vines in the forest and allowed them to leave marks on her body. She didn’t have time to dodge. She had to use the fastest speed to find reinforcements!
Boom!
Yin Wuyou flew into the air like a fairy and made a beautiful turn in the air. The sword light in her hand swept out, and a dazzling sword beam slashed down.
Boom!
Sword beam and saber beam collided.
Yin Wuyou was sent flying by the force of the collision. Below, Xiao Shunzhi took a few steps back, leaving clear footprints on the ground.
Yin Wuyou’s eyes became somewhat bright. Although she was at a disadvantage in this short exchange, she could clearly sense that Xiao Shunzhi had become weaker!
The last time in You Prefecture, her cultivation was at the third rank of the Martial Dao. Under the hands of the heavily injured Xiao Shunzhi, she had only lasted a few moves before she was seriously injured.
At the time, Xiao Shunzhi had lost his right arm and still had that much strength.
The current Xiao Shunzhi seemed to be unscathed, but the strength he displayed was still incomparable to when he didn’t have his right arm!
Although she didn’t know why, the strength Xiao Shunzhi had shown now was absolutely not that of a first-rank martial artist!
The second rank of the Martial Dao!
His cultivation is only at the second rank of the Martial Dao!
Even if he’s stronger than me, there is still a limit to his strength!
We are both at the second rank. Does he think he can kill me?!
Yin Wuyou felt a sense of pride. The longsword in her hand returned to its sheath with a clang, and she casually tore off a corner of her clothes. She tied her loose hair behind her back, looking valiant and heroic.
TICI
“So what if you’re Great Wei’s imperial preceptor!” Yin Wuyou shouted.
Her right hand once again grasped the hilt of her sword and unsheathed it. Sword qi crisscrossed and slashed at Xiao Shunzhi.
Xiao Shunzhi’s expression was gloomy. The Blood Thirsty Rampant Saber also transformed into saber beams that blotted out the sky and charged forward.
If he wasn’t worried that too many people would know about his fallen state, he wouldn’t have come alone.
He didn’t expect the princess of Great Xia to be a second-rank martial artist!
How old was she?
Lu Wenshuang, who was known as the number one Martial Dao genius of Great Xia, was only at the third rank.
This princess of the Grand Xia has truly hidden herself well!
But so what if she’s a second-rank martial artist? If I can’t even take down a junior, my hundred years of cultivation would have been wasted!
Rumbling sounds echoed in the forest as sword qi and saber beams wreaked havoc. Everything within a radius of several miles became a mess.
The destructive power of a battle between two second-rank martial artists was truly shocking.
If this had happened in the city, countless innocent commoners would have been shredded into pieces by the sword qi and saber beam.
This was also why Xiao Shunzhi had thought of a way to lure Yin Wuyou to this place before taking action. Martial artists above the third rank had already entered another realm. It wasn’t easy to capture or kill experts at this level.
While the battle was taking place in the forest of Great Wei, the diplomatic mission of Great Xia had already set up camp at Hangu Pass hundreds of miles away.
Zhou Shu, Lu Wenshuang, and Shi Songtao, the top three members of the Great Xia diplomatic mission, had gathered together in a rare meeting
There was also Great General Meng Bai.
In just a short period of time, Meng Bai seemed to have aged a bit more than when he just left the capital.
He would cough every now and then.
This made Zhou Shu worry if he could survive the journey to the capital of Great Qin.
He was now even more curious why Meng Bai had to follow the diplomatic mission.
With Meng Bai’s condition, even if he didn’t die before they achieved victory, there was a high chance that he wouldn’t be able to return to Chang’an.
He looked like he could die at any moment.
Every time he coughed, Zhou Shu would feel fear and trepidation.
There were many times when he wanted to ask Meng Bai why he didn’t eat the Breakthrough Pill and give it a try?
But the effect of the Breakthrough Pill was also a huge problem. If others knew about it, he would definitely become the target of all the martial artists in the world.
At that time, who knew how many people would come looking for him. Even if he said that he didn’t have any Breakthrough Pills, they wouldn’t believe him.
At that time, not only would people come to beg him, but there would be many people who would use underhanded means against him. Zhou Shu was most afraid of trouble. Those people wouldn’t be able to hurt him, but they would be like annoying flies.
This was why when he handed the Breakthrough Pill to Meng Bai, he had told him to only take it when it was dangerous.
The chances of the Great Xia diplomatic mission really reaching this kind of situation were not high. But if Zhou Shu’s strength was exposed, and he left the Great Xia, Meng Bai would definitely become suspicious of the things Zhou Shu left behind. At that time, if he took the Breakthrough Pill, Zhou Shu’s whereabouts would already be unknown, so there would be no trouble.
Zhou Shu’s thoughts were very good. But from Meng Bai’s appearance, that day might not come.
He made up his mind. If there was still no activity from Shen Yue, then before he officially began the trial, he would have Meng Bai take the Breakthrough Pill.
At worst, he would ask Meng Bai to help him keep it a secret. As for the origin of the Breakthrough Pill, he could just push it onto his nonexistent senior brother. With Meng Bai’s character, he probably wouldn’t expose him.
“Marquis! Marquis!” Shi Songtao’s voice jolted Zhou Shu out of his reverie.
Zhou Shu returned to his senses and asked, “What did you say?”
Shi Songtao was speechless. We’re talking about serious matters. Is it really appropriate for you to be so distracted?
He helplessly repeated what he had just said.
“I think that since Great Qin said that the trial this time is a test of forging skills, then the martial strength of the nine people passing the trial isn’t the most important. “I feel that we should arrange as many Forging Masters as possible. As for martial strength, two ranked martial artists are enough. Actually, if we didn’t need people to transport the materials for the first checkpoint, I don’t think the nine of us would need martial artists to protect us,” Shi Songtao said.
Zhou Shu glanced at Meng Bai and Lu Wenshuang. “Great General, Deputy Envoy Lu, what do you think?”
Meng Bai coughed twice again and said, “What Deputy Envoy Shi said makes sense. Even though Great Qin didn’t explicitly explain it, according to the various countries’ unspoken rules, first-rank martial artists won’t act rashly. “Therefore, there’s no need to worry about a first-rank martial artist appearing among the trial challengers. There may be second-rank martial artists, but the possibility is not high.
“It’s most likely that there will be third-rank martial artist guards among the trial challengers. “We have Deputy Envoy Lu with us, so we don’t have to worry about others having third-rank martial artists. But we don’t know the specific situation of the checkpoints Great Qin set up. To be safe, I suggest that among the nine people, besides Deputy Envoy Lu, we need two more guards.
“Of course. It’s still up to you to decide. I am just giving a suggestion.”
Then Meng Bai began to cough intensely again.
The ratio between Forging Masters and pure martial artists was two to one. This ratio was quite appropriate. Zhou Shu looked at Lu Wenshuang. Lu Wenshuang’s expression implied that she had no comments.
Seeing her, Zhou Shu couldn’t be bothered to ask for her opinion.
“We’ll do as you say, Great General. Six Forging Masters and three martial artist guards!
“Deputy Envoy Lu will be one of them. As for the other two guards. Great General, do you think General Chen Ji can leave the guards?”
“Yes,” Meng Bai said. Even if Zhou Shu didn’t mention it, he would have arranged for Chen Ji to join. Protecting Zhou Shu was the most important thing for the guards. As for the other members of the diplomatic mission who weren’t participating in the trial, they weren’t actually in too much danger.
“Other than General Chen Ji, I think General Yin Chengshan is not bad either.” Zhou Shu was prepared to bring all his workers along. After all, this was a chance to make a contribution. Of course, he had to take care of his own people first.
If not for the fact that there were too few spots, he also wanted to include Yang Hong.
“As for the Forging Masters, Deputy Envoy Shi and I count as two. As for the other four, Deputy Envoy Shi, you can decide,” Zhou Shu said nonchalantly.
I knew it! Shi Songtao said in his heart. Zhou Shu, this boss who left everything to others, had never cared about anything before. Shi Songtao was already somewhat surprised that he chose two guards this time. “Got it. I’ll pick a few people later and then let you determine the final candidates, Marquis,” Shi Songtao said in a muffled voice. He had no choice since he was the deputy envoy!
“Alright, let’s go.” Zhou Shu clapped his hands. “Great General, rest early. The terrain of Hangu Pass is quite interesting. I’ll go take a look.”
