Conferred God: Got cramped at the beginning

Chapter 758 Movement in the Clouds
"Among humans, there are many legends about a dragon son or daughter in a certain body of water being caught by a fisherman and brought ashore, and then being rescued by someone. Is this how they formed a bond?"

“Those dragon sons, dragon daughters, and even some dragon kings, all used this White Dragon Fish Suit method to transform from a dragon body into a fish form.”

"If it is in the water, the magic power will flow naturally, and it can transform into a dragon at any time."

“But once you are controlled by the human energy of a fishing net, a fishing rod, etc., you will no longer be able to use magic power to return to your true form - in this case, even if you die, it will be in vain.”

As the Taoist spoke, he talked about some secret past of the Dragon Clan as if he was judging something.

"This method was created by Zulong."

"The dragon race is the leader of the water area and the king of the aquatic race. The original intention of the ancestor dragon to deduce this method was to allow those true dragons to experience the difficulties of ordinary creatures, so that they would not be born with supernatural powers, be high and mighty, and lose their true nature."

"However, this method has become a trap set by some people against the dragon race."

“Whenever there is a rumor about a real dragon turning into a fish, people in all rivers would go out and fish for it, and real dragons everywhere would suffer heavy casualties.”

"So slowly, this method became a taboo for the dragon race. The more successful a true dragon is in cultivation, the less likely it is to use this method."

The Taoist pointed around as he spoke.

"This place, where the emperor resides, upholds the importance of humanity."

"Just imagine, a fisherman's hook can make a real dragon that has transformed into a fish be slaughtered by others, not to mention that this is the place of the Human Emperor."

"If there really is a real dragon carp coming here, then it would be courting death without a doubt." The Taoist looked at Zhao Gao's back as he hurried away holding the dragon carp.

"Don't worry, Li Xiang. The only way for immortals to change their ways, which we can't even detect any trace of, is the secret teachings of the Three Pure Ones, the Eight-Nine Mysterious Skills, and the Seventy-Two Transformations."

"And between heaven and earth, the only one who practices this law is Yang Jian, the God of Justice."

The Taoist looked very pleased with himself.

They were sent by Daluo to protect the Human Emperor, so naturally they all have their own strengths - their fighting skills may not be top-notch, but their powers of seeing through illusions, unlocking formations, curing toxins, etc. are first-rate between heaven and earth.

Li Si had no doubt about this.

Therefore, after the Taoist's explanation, Li Si felt relieved and continued to write various orders. Relying on his understanding of various counties, he began to calculate the manpower in each county, as well as the materials that could be dispatched in those counties, and then made dispatches in advance.

Looking at Li Si's order, the Taoist leader also showed curiosity.

"Can Prime Minister Li confirm the manpower and material resources of each county without waiting for responses from each place?"

"As the prime minister of the empire, I am naturally aware of the situation everywhere." Li Si kept writing.

Beside him, there were also many clerks who took away the documents with the official seal and sent them to various places.

"I don't doubt Li's understanding of the various counties."

"However, at this time, the plague of locusts is everywhere, and people's hearts are disturbed."

"What Prime Minister Li knows may be different from what the counties can provide," said the Taoist.

In his master's time and space, he had been in charge of the affairs of many cave heavens, and he was very clear about the nature of those creatures.

When distributing various resources downwards, it's naturally a matter of mutual benefit - but when asking them to hand over the resources, everyone starts to complain and make all kinds of excuses.

This is still good. Some people even take this as an opportunity to make money and wantonly extort and rob others...

Hearing this, Li Si just smiled.

He was the leader of the Legalists, and what he advocated was to control people's hearts. Naturally, he was also aware of the evil in people's hearts.

"That's why I dispatched their supplies in advance before the counties reported it."

"At this time, people's minds are agitated, and those counties are naturally no exception."

"After I send this order, when Your Majesty returns to Xianyang, I will surely receive responses from all the counties."

"From their responses, we can know the positions of those county governors."

"If it's safe, then of course it's fine."

"If their hearts are unstable and they are thinking of making a move, then the troops that Your Majesty has called back from all directions will not hesitate to visit the various counties."

"So, this is what Your Majesty and Prime Minister Li were planning." Listening to Li Si's words, the Taoist couldn't help but be moved.

Although Li Si's words were calm, he could hear an unprecedented grand spirit from them.

——What if the whole world turns against me?
The Empire's army is still there.

At worst, I can just conquer the world all over again!

As long as the First Emperor is still alive, this world can be conquered once and can be conquered a second time!

……

At this time, the dragon carp transformed by Ao Bing was already being held by Zhao Gao and appeared in front of the First Emperor.

He wanted to personally prepare a dish of fish sashimi for the First Emperor.

In the basin, Ao Bing looked at the First Emperor in front of him.

This was the first time he met the First Emperor.

The First Emperor was extremely tall.

Among the six nations, the people of Chu, who had the blood of the demon clan, had always been known for their height - and now the invincible Xiang Yu was even taller.

However, the First Emperor was still a head taller than Xiang Yu.

He was wearing a black robe, on which was embroidered an image of a dragon carrying the world and mountains on its back.

And at his waist, there was a long sword hanging.

A long sword that looks somewhat unbelievable.

An ordinary sword is only three feet long, but the sword of the First Emperor is six feet long, twice as long as an ordinary sword.

Although this sword is kept in a sheath, just by looking at the rules of the sheath, one can tell that the blade of this sword is wider than that of an ordinary sword.

There were calluses on the hands of the First Emperor - and on the hilt of the sword, there were marks that matched the calluses on the palms, fingers, and fingertips of the First Emperor.

It can be seen that the sword is not just a decoration to show majesty.

This Human Emperor who rose to power through conquest is also a master of swordsmanship and possesses a very powerful human-immortal body.

The swordsman is the king of all weapons, and the sword art is the ultimate of all weapon fighting methods. Therefore, in the earthly evil arts, all the powers related to weapon fighting are collectively referred to as "sword arts." But Ao Bing has always found it difficult to understand this point.

In his opinion, there is no difference between weapons, and he has never believed that swordsmanship is the best of all.

Over the years, he has always wanted to find a true kendo master to try his hand and see what real kendo is - and why kendo has become the best of all arts.

However, the people Ao Bing knew and were friends with were all good at using long and heavy weapons, and he could not find a single one who was good at swordsmanship. Although Princess Longji also used a sword, her swordsmanship was still quite far from that of the masters of all arts.

Not only among the people that Ao Bing is close to, but even in the entire world, there are very few people who are good at swordsmanship.

Donghua, a disciple of Xuandu, is also good at swordsmanship. His attainments in swordsmanship are well-known between heaven and earth. In Xuandu's words, Donghua's swordsmanship is only superficial, without any substance, and is just a fancy way of saying it.

So until now, Ao Bing has never seen the true mystery of swordsmanship.

At this moment, looking at the sword on the waist of the First Emperor, Ao Bing suddenly realized that the First Emperor himself was one of the very few people in the world who had touched the true meaning of the sword.

If he could spar with him, Ao Bing would definitely be able to gain some understanding of the true way of the sword.

how...

After a moment, Ao Bing suppressed the thought of being excited about seeing the prey.

He is not here to spar.

But he came to assassinate the Human Emperor!
In front of this Human Emperor, he only has one chance to take action.

If it fails in the first attempt, both the Human Emperor's own attainments in swordsmanship and those Daluo who are paying attention to the Human Emperor will intervene.

Even if Ao Bing still has Guangchengzi as a Daluo, if the other Daluo who are paying attention to this place only want to protect the First Emperor from death, then even if Guangchengzi takes action, it will be difficult for Ao Bing to kill the First Emperor under the watchful eyes of those Daluo - unless Guangchengzi uses the power of Daluo to directly attack the First Emperor.

That's why Ao Bing knew the danger of the White Dragon Fish Subduing method, but still used this method to transform into an ordinary dragon carp.

After the plague, the dragon carp he transformed into was the only food in the area that was "worthy" of the First Emperor - even if the First Emperor himself didn't care, other people would definitely present the dragon carp to him.

As for the fact that after transforming into a fish, under the suppression of humanity, he would become just like an ordinary fish and unable to use any magic power, Ao Bing was naturally prepared for this.

When Zhao Gao took out the knife and made the first cut on the dragon carp's body, the clouds between heaven and earth began to move with the wind.

In the clouds, there is a cave of the kingdom of gods, looming in sight. The cave has been silent since the demise of the State of Chu. It is as if Yun Zhongjun, who is afraid of the power of the Human Emperor and dares not face it, slowly opens his eyes.

A blood-stained longbow appeared in his hand.

That was the favorite bow of King Huai, who died in Qin territory.

After King Zhuang sought the throne, he cast a large tripod in Jingdu. The remaining materials from the casting of the tripod were used to make such a bow.

This can be said to be the true national treasure of the Chu State!

At the beginning, Xiong Ba and his men sneaked into Qin territory to rescue King Huai. When King Huai fled with them, he left everything behind, but he took this longbow with him.

Finally, King Huai, who failed in his escape, died in Qin territory. The demon gods who went to rescue King Huai all fled. Zao Ge even returned to Southern Continent with the help of the power of the Cave Heaven in the Clouds. This longbow was left by Zao Ge in the Cave Heaven in the Clouds as a relic of King Huai at that time, waiting for the day when the new king of Chu would bring the longbow back with great ceremony.

As a result, the State of Chu was destroyed, and the longbow remained in this cave in the clouds.

Reaching out to grasp the longbow, his fingers stroked the bloodstains on the longbow. Yun Zhongjun seemed to be able to feel the remnants of King Huai's unwillingness and confusion left on the longbow.

Yes, there was only resentment and doubt - the resentment that others imagined King Huai had after being deceived was not reflected in the longbow, the last relic he left behind, in the slightest.

King Huai and the First Emperor had a friendship - in a certain sense, King Huai, the leader of the Chu State's revival, and the First Emperor could even be considered close friends.

That is why King Huai believed the words of the First Emperor and went to the State of Qin.

And his doubts originated from this.

He couldn't believe that the First Emperor, who was his confidant, would actually deceive him and imprison him in the State of Qin.

His unwillingness also stems from this.

Until his death, he never got an answer from the First Emperor as to why the First Emperor did this.

"Go ask the First Emperor in person for your answer."

Yun Zhongjun sighed and slowly pulled the longbow in his hand to its full length.

As a deity who appeared before Yuanshi Tianzun opened up the way of immortals, he is the second most powerful being in the system of immortals after Yuanshi Tianzun. In the State of Chu, the relationship between the sacrificial rites of state and humanity is extremely close, and he can be called the 'first god' of humanity. Even after the State of Chu was destroyed, the name of Yun Zhongjun did not disappear with the State of Chu, but slowly spread to the Qin territory.

The First Emperor ordered all the gods to come to Xianyang to pay homage to him, but Yun Zhongjun still sat in the cave without moving.

Even so, no one in the Qin Empire mentioned the idea of ​​taking action against this old god of the Chu State - this shows his noble status in humanity.

But even with his close ties with humanity and the State of Chu, and his own extremely terrifying strength and background, the process of him pulling the longbow still seemed extremely difficult.

Within the cave, the flowing destiny of humanity and the remaining destiny of the State of Chu were interacting with each other due to the actions of Yun Zhongjun.

Then, the remaining luck of the Chu State was squeezed into the longbow bit by bit and turned into the longbow's arrows.

Within the cave, the origin of Taiyi and the external appearance of the sun also fell into the arrow bit by bit, adding infinite sharpness to the arrow.

As the longbow was pulled apart bit by bit, the clothes on Yun Zhongjun's body were exploded bit by bit under the force, leaving countless blood marks on Yun Zhongjun's arms and chest, as if someone was taking a knife and cutting his body inch by inch.

"Lord Yunzhong!" Looking at the cave heaven that appeared on the clouds, all the strong men between heaven and earth could not help but be amazed.

Because no one could have imagined that Yun Zhongjun would take action at this time.

Because no one could have imagined the significance of Yun Zhongjun's action at this time.

If he took action for the sake of the State of Chu, then when King Huai died and when the State of Chu was destroyed, Yunzhong Jun had reasons and necessity to take action.

But at that time, Yun Zhongjun did not take any action.

Even before, when Xiang Yu mobilized the remnants of the six kingdoms and overturned the Nine Cauldrons, Yun Zhongjun also had the reason and opportunity to take action.

But Yun Zhongjun still did not take any action.

Therefore, almost all the immortals and gods in this world who knew about the existence of Yun Zhongjun believed that Yun Zhongjun chose to lie dormant under the power of the Qin Empire and chose his more important responsibilities.

That is the guidance of Taiyi's origin, making Taiyi lean towards between Donghuang and Yaohuang.

Therefore, no one could have imagined, nor could anyone understand, Yun Zhongjun's move at this time.

Because whether from the perspective of timing or other angles, Yun Zhongjun's move this time does not seem to have any significance.

But the direction of the drawn longbow in his hand could not be false.

(End of this chapter)