Lord God: Times have changed

Chapter 288 Xunzi

"A few days?"

Linzi, the capital of the Qi State, is in the palace of the King of Qi.

Qi Wangjian asked in a low voice with a gloomy expression.

It was already night at this time, but the lights in King Qi's palace were brightly lit, and the bright candlestick flames reflected King Qi's shadow on the wall, making it very long.

An inconspicuous figure came out of the shadow and said, "It's been five days."

"Five days!"

Qi Wangjian repeated the time and asked, "What did he do in these five days?"

"According to our observations, he would spar with Fu Nian and Yan Lu three times a day. Other than that, he stayed in the guest room and never went out."

"Hmph! I've never been out, I'm afraid I did, but you trash didn't notice it!"

"Your Majesty, forgive me."

"Forget it, that person must be extraordinary to be able to make great contributions in the battle of destroying Yan. This is not your fault."

King Qi said lightly: "Shadow, what do you think is the purpose of him staying in Xiaoshengxianzhuang all the time? Is it really just to wait for Xunzi to return?"

"This...I'm afraid not."

Qi Wangjian said coldly: "In my opinion, what he is waiting for is not Xunzi, but Confucianism!"

Shadow fell silent.

Confucianism.

It originated in the land of Qilu and flourished in the land of Qilu. Now, although it has turned into eight veins, its strongest force is still located in the land of Qilu.

Especially in the little sage village, there are peaches and plums all over the world, there are many disciples, and the people of Qi are close to the water, so many people will choose to worship in the little sage village.

After these people grow up, if there is no special reason, they will all become officials in Qi State.

To put it bluntly, half of the officials in the court of Qi State are probably from Xiaoshengxianzhuang, and most of the officials belong to Confucianism.

It's just that although King Qi is not such a wise monarch, he still knows how to check and balance. He will hand over many important positions to people from other sects, so that the Confucianism will not be dominated by one family.

In normal times, Confucianism is also a thorn in King Qi's heart, let alone now.

Qin Guo even destroyed Han, Zhao, Yan, and Wei Guo to cede land and pay compensation, and offered dozens of cities, but they could only exchange for a short period of peace.

In this era of turmoil, internal stability is even more needed.

If there is internal chaos, Qin will see an opportunity. Maybe the next one to be attacked will be Qi.

With the power of Confucianism in Qi State, if they took refuge in Qin State, they might not need Qin State to attack, and this land would become Qin State's.

"Confucianism is powerful, so don't mess around at this moment. However, Confucianism must also show its own attitude. Whether it is Qi or Qin, it is time to choose."

Little Sage Village.

"That guy Xunzi, where did he go?"

Zhou Ming sat cross-legged in the room, frowning slightly.

In the past few days, apart from sparring with Fu Nian and improving his skills, he spent most of his time flying around looking for Xunzi.

But this old guy is really good at hiding. It can be said that Zhou Ming searched for more than half of the Seven Kingdoms, but he couldn't find it.

"Now it seems that Xunzi has not been found. There are only two possibilities. First, he ran too far, but this possibility is unlikely.

Second, he can hide his anger..."

Zhou Ming mainly relied on his ability to observe qi in the "Tianzi Wangqi Technique" to find someone. As a great master, Xunzi's qi was naturally different from that of ordinary people.

But Qin Shimingyue's world, when it comes to martial arts, has all kinds of wonderful martial arts, even compared with some low-level fairy worlds, it is not inferior.

Like the zombie world where Uncle Jiu lived, it might not be as good as Qin Shimingyue.

Taoists and Yin-Yang Schools all have the means to observe the secrets of heaven. It is not surprising to say that they can see 'Qi'.

Being able to see qi, perhaps there is a way to influence qi so that it can be hidden or even camouflaged.

Of course, after all, the level is low, and this kind of means is by no means available to ordinary people.

But Xunzi is no ordinary person!
"If you can't find it, forget it."

I am lucky to gain, but my life is lost. Zhou Ming is very open about this aspect.

Bang bang bang!
There was a dull knock on the door, and Zhou Ming raised his eyebrows, feeling a little strange in his heart.

His spiritual power has already detected someone coming, it is none other than Yan Lu.

Little Shengxianzhuang and these two people basically would not take the initiative to come to Zhou Ming, it was Zhou Ming who asked them to discuss.

But at this time, Yan Lu came to him.

Especially now is the night.

It becomes even more strange.

Zhou Ming waved the door open and said, "Mr. Yan Lu, please come in."

Yan Ludao: "You don't need to come in, I'm visiting late at night, I want to ask Mr. to come with me."

"Oh? Where are you going? What's the matter?"

"Come with me, sir. When we get to the place, sir will naturally know."

Zhou Ming did not doubt that he was there, and followed Yan Lu to a bamboo forest behind Xiaoshengxian Village.

He knows this place, there are many disciples in Xiaoshengxianzhuang, and it is quite noisy on weekdays, but this bamboo forest is very quiet.

Xunzi's residence is in this bamboo forest.

"Could it be that Xunzi is back?"

Zhou Ming's heart moved, but he felt that it was impossible. Using the Tianzi Wangqi technique, he saw that there was no sage aura in the bamboo forest, but a deep murderous aura instead.

These murderous auras came from dozens of people, who were hidden in the bamboo forest, forming an encirclement.

But in the middle of this encirclement, there is a righteous spirit.

That righteousness is none other than Fu Nian.

"This kind of encirclement... is trying to deal with me?"

Zhou Ming had some guesses in his mind, but pretended not to know, and followed Yan Lu into the center of the encirclement.

"Mr. Li."

Fu Nian saluted and said: "I lured you here this time, not for anything else, just to kill you."

Zhou Ming smiled lightly and said, "Kill me? By your senior brothers? Or those people hiding next to you?"

Fu Nian was stunned: "It turns out that the master has already noticed it. Since that's the case, I don't need to say anything more. The master works for the state of Qin, and Xiaoshengxianzhuang is located in the state of Qi. The country is different. Sorry."

"What nonsense, do it!"

There was a loud shout, and dozens of figures jumped out of the bamboo forest in an instant. Among them were men and women, most of them were holding swords, and a few were holding knives.

The sword light slashed, the saber energy swept across, and dozens of attacks appeared at the same time, killing Zhou Ming.

But it's a pity that with so many attacks, Zhou Ming didn't hear a bug trigger.

In terms of strength, these people are probably on the same level as those masters who took refuge in Yandan in Yanwang Palace.

Five colors of brilliance flashed across Zhou Ming's body, and then gathered into a gray energy, just like the ancient monster gluttony, swallowing all the attacks with one mouth open.

Immediately, he stretched out his hand and pointed, and a sword energy penetrated into the bamboo forest.

In the next instant, countless strands of wooden sword energy burst out from the bamboo.

Most of the dozens of masters were directly killed by the sword energy before they could react.

The strength of the rest was slightly stronger, dodging the first sword energy, but the sword energy that followed was endless, and they were just lucky to live two or three more moments.

In the blink of an eye, none of these masters survived.

Fu Nian held Tai'a sword in his hand, and was stunned for a moment.

He also seemed to want to do something, but as soon as he pulled out the sword in his hand, all the masters around him turned into corpses.

The situation was changing too fast for him to cope.

"Brother..."

Yan Lu shouted in a low voice, but said nothing more.

But Fu Nian already understood what he meant.

"I thought that the disaster Uncle Xun said was referring to the Qin State behind you, but I didn't expect that the so-called disaster was you.

It seems that I really made a wrong decision. "

As Fu Nian said, she retracted the Tai'a sword into its scabbard.

It was helpless to say it. Although the two of them didn't know how strong Zhou Ming was, they also knew that it was definitely not the two of them.

But there is no way, the little sage is in the state of Qi.

This is their biggest weakness.

Under King Qi's order, they had to do it if they didn't want to.

Even, there is a deeper calculation hidden in it... As the two masters of Xiaoshengxianzhuang, Fu Nian and Yan Lu are teachers who don't know how many people they are, and their connections are terrifyingly wide.

If these two people died at the hands of Qin State Li Feiyu, it would definitely make Qi State furious, thus setting off a wave of rebellion against Qin State.

As mentioned earlier, in order to destroy the six kingdoms and unify the world, Qin had already started preparations many years ago.

Among them, Qi State is the farthest away, playing public opinion tactics.The state of Qin bribed a large number of people from the state of Qi to promote the goodness of the state of Qin within the state of Qi.

This has led to the fact that many Qi people don't hate it at all, and really welcome the arrival of Qin.

For King Qi, this is absolutely intolerable.

To use the lives of two people who cannot be controlled in exchange for the support of the whole country, this is a very cost-effective deal for King Qi.

From this point of view, perhaps King Qi never thought of killing Zhou Ming from the very beginning, but might instead want Fu Nian and Yan Lu to die.

But Zhou Ming doesn't care about these.

Who in this world does not have difficulties?

Since the two decided to help Qi set up this situation and lure themselves, they are enemies.

Most importantly, the skills triggered by the two of them are only of reference value to them, and there is no need to learn them.

and so……

"For the sake of getting along well these few days, I will give you a chance to leave a last word."

Concentrating the sword energy in Zhou Ming's hand, he said lightly.

Fu Nian took back the sword just now, in fact, he had already expressed that he would not resist.

At this moment, he said: "This time, it is the fault of the two of us. I hope Mr. Li will not harm others."

Yan Lu did not draw his sword from the beginning to the end, but at this moment he said: "Mr. Li, after we die, can you help me restrain the corpse, I want to be buried on the cliff to the east."

"Your last words... are very distinctive!"

Zhou Ming waved his hand, but the sword energy accumulated in his hand suddenly cut to the left.

An old figure just appeared on the left, and when he saw it, he burst out a sea-like true energy, which turned into a blue protective shield, trying to block the sword energy.

But Zhou Ming's sword qi was too terrifying. Even though the sudden appearance of this figure was considered top-notch in the entire Qin Shimingyue world, and his true qi was extremely pure and terrifying, it was not enough to look at under this sword qi.

The blue protective cover burst out with cracks in just an instant.

Fortunately, Zhou Ming didn't intend to kill him. Immediately, he stretched out his hand, controlled the sword energy, looked at the man, and said, "Xunzi, you finally appeared."

He was dressed in a blue robe, with a thin, old face.

It was Xunzi who came.

This time, Zhou Ming could see clearly that Xunzi was so angry that he was like an ordinary person.

It seems that this master has indeed mastered the method of hiding his qi.

It's amazing!

"I heard from Fu Nian and Yan Lu that you went on a long journey? Why, the long journey ended so soon and you came back?"

Xunzi said: "It's such a time, it's okay if you don't want to come back."

As he said that, he turned his head to look at Fu Nian and Yan Lu, and angrily said: "I have already told you to dismiss the disciples. No one in the Little Sage Village will be kept. Why do you want to stay? Don't you two? person?!"

Fu Nian and Yan Lu lowered their eyebrows and were pleasing to the eye, not daring to refute.

Zhou Mingdao: "If you teach your disciples a lesson, please wait until later. The problem now is that these two people may not live in the future. Since Xunzi made a move to stop them, let's fight with me."

If you win, everything is easy to talk about, but if even you lose..."

Xunzi said: "The old martial art has been abandoned for many years, and it is definitely not Mr. Li's opponent. Please change the conditions, sir."

"Oh? Well, you can join Qin. As long as you come, I can let Fu Nian and Yan Lu go."

Xunzi sighed and said, "If this old man really does that, even if the master lets them go, the king of Qi will not let them go, and even more people will be involved. This old man can't agree to this condition."

"Hmph, this doesn't work and that doesn't work, do you think I'm joking with you? Today you either hit me or die!"

Zhou Ming stretched out his hand and was bombarded by the sword energy he stopped just now.

However, Xunzi took advantage of the flash of his body, and instead of confronting the sword energy, he dodged away.

That sword energy fell in the bamboo forest, and instantly chopped down hundreds of bamboos, leaving the dense bamboo forest bare.

In fact, with Zhou Ming's control, he could completely turn this sword energy and chase Xunzi.

It's just that it doesn't need to be done.

If you can run, the monk can't run away from the temple.

Based on the current situation, Xunzi can escape, but Fu Nian and Yan Lu cannot escape.

Zhou Ming directly transferred his sword energy to kill Fu Nian.

brush!
Xunzi's figure appeared in front of Fu Nian, and he pulled out Tai'a sword directly, pouring in his true energy, and slashed at Zhou Ming's sword energy.

"It seems that this battle, the old man will not fight."

Xunzi also understood that Fu Nian and Yan Lu were his weaknesses. With these two people around, he had to fight if he didn't want to.

As he spoke, he compressed his voice with his true energy and sent it to Fu Nian and Yan Lu's ears: "I'll hold him back later, you two run quickly, he's powerful, I can't stop him for too long !"

The Tai'a sword swept across, and a blue sword energy full of righteousness slashed horizontally.

Xunzi's old figure followed closely behind the sword energy, and Tai'a stabbed straight.

【You are threatened by Xunzi's skill 'Basic Confucian Swordsmanship'...】

Xunzi's attack undoubtedly triggered the bug, but the information that followed made Zhou Ming frown slightly.

What he used was the basic Confucian swordsmanship?
This swordsmanship had already been triggered when he fought Yan Lu before, and he only got a level 25 ordinary swordsmanship, which was not very good.

In other words, Xunzi, who he had waited so hard for, had little to gain in the end? !

Forget it, no skills, no skills.

But there are still some gains. The Xunzi in front of him has a great reputation in Confucianism. If he is arrested in Qin State, it may speed up the process of destroying the six kingdoms.

Zhou Ming gathered the sword energy in his hand and was about to fight back when he suddenly paused and looked to the west.

"Haha, it's really not bright in the east and bright in the west. Xunzi didn't get the skill here, but Guiguzi sent it over there!"

(End of this chapter)