Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 1912: Setting Sail (Twenty-three)

Gao Jianli and others had different expressions, but did not try to stop it.

Zhang Liang was asking for a favor openly in front of them, and he was being open and honest, so of course they couldn't stop him.

After all, this matter is reasonable, but it is hard to say whether the favor should be attributed to Tianming, the leader of the Mohist school, or to the Mohist school itself.

If we look at these two things strictly, they are two different things; but if we look at them loosely, they can be considered one and the same, with little difference.

Gao Jianli and others didn't say anything. Tianming thought about it and nodded obediently to accept the favor.

"Okay, I admit it."

Then he rolled his eyes and raised another objection, "But... Third Master, I feel a little bit at a disadvantage."

"The Azure Dragon Project is the entire Mohist's grand plan, and I can't just be the one shouldering the debt of gratitude. Can you give me some compensation?"

Zhang Liang was a kind man - at certain times, so he did not make up for Tianming, but smiled indifferently and nodded to acknowledge the matter.

Then he immediately stated his compensation:
"Tianming, Shaoyu, you rescued someone from the Yin-Yang family not long ago, right?"

Tianming nodded, "Yes."

Then he asked curiously, "Third Master, you knew it so quickly?"

"The Yin-Yang family's actions are not too secretive, so it's not hard to detect." Zhang Liang explained, and then continued, "The people you rescued are not in good condition, right?"

Upon hearing this topic, Shao Yu immediately became excited and interrupted the conversation, "Third Master, do you know how to save him?"

Zhang Liang did not rush to answer, but continued step by step, "Yun Zhongjun's alchemy skills are unparalleled in the world, and that little brother is deeply poisoned. It is basically impossible to solve the problem simply with medical skills. Even the Taoist masters are probably helpless in this regard."

"Ah? You mean... there's no hope?" Tianming exclaimed.

"There is still a glimmer of hope." Zhang Liang replied with a smile, "That little brother's identity is very special. This is one of his few chances of survival."

"Of course, this shouldn't be the only way, but I know this one - starting with that person's identity."

Tianming and Shaoyu looked at each other, and there was confusion in all four eyes.

They simply couldn't understand why such an abstract concept as identity could have any effect on human illness.

Tianming looked down at himself, his mind becoming more and more confused - as a leader of the Mohist school, he had a very high status, but he didn't see any poison-free buff?
"This...what should we do?" Shao Yu had no clue and could only ask directly.

Zhang Liang insisted on keeping it a secret and didn't explain it clearly. "If you don't understand, why not ask the person involved who knows the details?"

As soon as Tianming Shaoyu came to his mind, the same name immediately emerged - Shi Lan.

She must be the one who knows best what her brother's special identity is.

The two nodded thoughtfully and stopped asking questions.

If Shi Lan knew the answer, it would be best to ask someone who doesn't tell riddles. If that doesn't work, she could then consider asking their third master.

Seeing that the two of them had no problems, Zhang Liang turned his gaze to Gao Jianli and the others:

"I have a reminder for you all."

"The power of the Quicksand has been completely shrunk, leaving only a very limited number of necessary personnel. Even the leader of the Quicksand will soon return to silence."

"Without the checks and balances of Quicksand, the behavior of the Empire and Luowang will become more... radical and overbearing."

"Correspondingly, the various schools of thought will also face greater dangers, so please be careful."

"What does 'silent' mean?" Tianming was the first to ask, his expression quite complicated. "Also, why is he...silent?"

He asked a very good question, and most people would like to know the answer.

Everyone knows who the leader of Quicksand is, but why is he silent?

Is it because of external factors or personal reasons?
"Silence means that he may not show up in public for quite some time." Zhang Liang explained simply, "As for the specific reason, I'm afraid we have to ask him himself."

This answer made people think a lot, especially when they linked this matter with the shrinking of the Quicksand forces.

Gao Jianli gathered his thoughts and asked the second question, "What are you planning to do by reducing your power?"

Zhang Liang smiled and didn't answer directly.

His attitude made Gao Jianli and the others more curious about the answer, but they also tactfully suppressed their curiosity and did not ask further questions.

"Liang, that's all I have to say. Everyone please be careful from now on." Zhang Liang raised his hand and saluted, then said goodbye and left.

After Zhang Liang left, Gao Jianli and others looked at each other, still pondering what he had just said.

Dao Zhi was the first to break the silence. "Why did the Imperial Master hide?"

Da Tiechui touched his forehead and analyzed it from the simplest perspective of power struggle, "Maybe it's to avoid Ying Zheng. Isn't their relationship starting to fall apart?"

The Snow Girl immediately denied it, "Impossible, he doesn't need to give in to anyone!"

She had witnessed with her own eyes how Gu Xun defeated the Soldier Demon God. He was able to defeat that kind of ghost thing. There was no way anyone in this world could force Gu Xun to deliberately retreat to this extent.

Gao Jianli replied in a deep voice, "That's for some other purpose... I'm afraid it has something to do with the contraction of the quicksand."

"What do they want to do?"

Gai Nie, who had been silent the whole time, as if he had not participated in this meeting, finally made his first statement:
"Why not think about what quicksand can do?"

The most powerful force recognized in the world is Luowang. Its comprehensive strength is basically the best in the world. Whether in terms of the number or quality of its members, it is stronger than any other force.

All the schools of thought combined are definitely stronger than Luowang. Fortunately, the various schools of thought are even more scattered than a pile of loose sand, so there is no question of them being combined.

Liusha is considered to be the second largest group in the martial arts world after Luowang, and is equally powerful than any of the various schools of thought. Most people believe that the only difference between Liusha and Luowang is their sphere of influence, meaning that they have fewer people than Luowang, but their quality is not inferior at all.

Luowang and Liusha have been fighting openly and secretly for more than ten years, with each side having its share of victories and defeats.

For any person or any force in the world, the answer to the question of what Liusha can do is very simple - Liusha can do everything!

But in fact, Liusha has almost never made a move against forces other than Luowang, unless the other party is not honest first - of course, Liusha has grown to its current scale, and it must have crushed a lot of "roadblocks" in the whole process, but its aggressiveness is not as frightening as Luowang.

To date, Quicksand has already completed the stage of rapid expansion, so it has been very calm in recent years, and has basically not made any moves except that it still holds on to the net.

Considering it from this perspective, there is almost nothing in the world that is worth Liusha's comprehensive contraction of power to accomplish, unless they intend to fight to the death with Luowang.

But this is also impossible.

This is simply not feasible.

Even if Liusha wanted to compete with Luowang, Luowang had no need to fight him. And as long as Luowang didn't accept the challenge, Liusha couldn't really fight with this giant whose power spread across thousands of miles of the world.

But apart from this, what else can quicksand do?

Who will be their target?

This doubt arose in everyone's mind, and no one could figure it out.

Gai Nie, who came up with this idea, lowered his eyes, as if he had no idea of ​​the answer.

Gao Jianli, who had been thinking hard but to no avail, saw that Gai Nie had fallen into a long silence again and had to put the matter aside for the time being. "After the storm has passed, we must pay special attention to this matter, just in case."

They couldn't guess what Liusha was going to do, but it would definitely not be a small matter.

The Mohists must always pay attention to such major events.

If you have nothing to do with them, you should get the news in time to avoid them as much as possible to avoid being implicated.

If it is aimed at them, they must know about it as soon as possible so that they can respond.

"As for the matter of Xiaoshengxianzhuang..." Gao Jianli finally talked about Confucianism, his face hesitant, not knowing what to say.

After struggling for a while, he sighed and said, "Pay more attention to the news in the city and see if there is anything I can do to help."

Considering Zhang Liang's words and the actual situation of Confucianism, they probably can't help much and can only act according to circumstances.

In general, the topics discussed today did not turn out very well. The one that seemed to be the most successful was probably stealing the elixir.

This made Gao Jianli and the others feel a little depressed, but resisting the empire has always been difficult and dangerous, so they were more or less used to it. They quickly arranged their tasks and did what they were supposed to do.

After the breakup, Dao Zhi went straight to Tianming and put his arms around the shoulders of Tianming and Shaoyu brothers:

"Does stealing the elixir need to be postponed?"

According to the original plan, the sooner the better, but Zhang Liang brought new news, and there might be a new turn for the rescue.

In this case, stealing medicine may not be necessary.

Although Dao Zhi was very proud of his title as the King of Thieves, he had no addiction to stealing. If he no longer needed to steal elixirs, he would be happy to have one less thing to do.

After all, mirage is not a good place, so it is better not to go there if you can.

Tianming and Shaoyu exchanged a glance across Daozhi, and Tianming replied, "Just... stop stealing for now, and wait until we find Shilan to ask about his brother's specific situation."

"If there were another way, there would be no need to steal."

"Okay!" Dao Zhui smiled and gestured to the two of them, saying it was all right. "If you need anything, let me know in time."

Tianming liked dealing with Daozhi, who also had an eccentric personality, the most. He reached out and high-fived him, smiling and saying, "Good buddy, thank you very much!"

After both parties greeted each other, they separated.

Tianming and Shaoyu did not delay for a moment and went straight to Sanghai after leaving Xuanwu.

Today, the martial law in Sanghai has been reduced to the lowest level. The two entered the city effortlessly and went to the contact address left by Shi Lan.

The sun had not completely set yet, but the two of them, who had been galloping all the way without wasting a moment, had already arrived at the destination and successfully found Shi Lan, who had just been separated from them not long ago.

Looking at Tianming Shaoyu who came to her house, Shi Lan was a little surprised:
"Tianming, Shaoyu, you guys..."

Before Shi Lan could finish her question, Tian Ming interrupted her directly;

"Don't ask, I have good news."

Shao Yu couldn't wait to interrupt and added, "We got some news from our third master, Mr. Zhang Liang, the third head of Xiaoshengxian Manor."

"He said that if he wanted to save your brother, he could start with his identity."

Tianming regained the right to speak and asked, "Neither of us understands what this means. Do you have any idea?"

"Identity?" Shi Lan was stunned for a moment when she heard Shao Yu's words, then her face suddenly changed in surprise as if she had thought of something, and finally she showed joy, probably because she had figured out the key.

"Yu Yuan Guard... That's right, my brother is Yu Yuan Guard, this must be what you are talking about!"

"Yu Yuan's guard?"

Tianming and Shaoyu looked at each other, but their doubts did not diminish in the slightest.

This was not the first time they had heard this name. They had heard it from Shi Lan before. However, since this name had obvious metaphysical connotations and no specific expression, they did not have a deep impression of it, and could not imagine how it would help in saving people.

"So what's going on?" Tianming asked directly.

"Yu Yuan Guards... I told you about Yu Yuan Guards before." Shi Lan, who was just happy, calmed down and explained to the two, "This is the name our Shushan tribe uses to refer to the group that has been guarding the sacred tree and the seal of Yu Yuan for generations."

"My brother is one of the Yu Yuan guards of this generation... Actually, I am one too, but I am not quite the same as him."

"Can this save him?" Shao Yu asked in confusion, spreading his hands.

Shi Lan continued to explain, "The Yu Yuan Guards inherited the ancient and mysterious power to protect the sacred tree and guard the seal. This power gave the Yu Yuan Guards the ability to fight and also protected every Yu Yuan Guard."

"You mean... your brother has this power in his body, and it can save your brother?" Shao Yu translated for her.

Shi Lan nodded vigorously, and then asked Shao Yu, "Shao Yu, you took so many ghost-controlling pills, why are you fine?"

"Because I have the Zhenren Pill, and I have good physical fitness!" Shao Yu answered without thinking.

Then he immediately reacted, "You mean your brother..."

Shi Lan interrupted and explained, "My brother was able to break free from Yun Zhongjun's control and hold on until now, most likely relying on the power of Yu Yuan's guards."

Tianming spread his hands and questioned, "That's not necessarily true... Your brother's physical fitness should be pretty good. Maybe he relied on his physique to bear it?"

"Shao Yu's situation is very special. Who knows whether he can rely on his body or on that Zhenren Pill?"

Shi Lan glanced at Tian Ming and replied with a complicated tone, "Isn't this the information you gave me..."

She had never thought about it in this regard before, but when Tianming Shaoyu suddenly rushed over and told her that saving people should start with their identities, she made this connection.

Her brother's only identity as Yu Yuan's bodyguard - if you must say, there are also other seemingly meaningless identities such as her mother's son and her brother - so she can only consider it in this direction.

"Also, my brother's physical fitness is indeed very good, but he is not born that way. Instead, he relies on the power of Yu Yuan's guards and acquired training, unlike Shao Yu."

"Uh..." Shao Yu opened his mouth and wanted to defend himself, saying that he also had acquired training.

However, considering that he mainly relied on God's gift for his work, and the part that he trained himself was very limited, he chose to keep silent - it was not because he didn't work hard, but because he was born too strong.