Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 1936: Death of a Saint (Part )

Outside Songhai City, the Mohist stronghold.

Tianming Shaoyu received the message from the mechanical bird and learned the news that Mirage had returned. He immediately rushed back to the base as fast as possible.

"Old man Ban, what's going on?"

As soon as Tianming caught Master Ban, he couldn't wait to ask.

"That's exactly what it means." Master Ban smiled bitterly and spread his hands. "There's news from the city that the Mirage suddenly turned back this morning and anchored outside the Sanghai Port."

"The Shadow Secret Guard has taken over the port and the city has been placed under martial law. The news has probably been sent to the East Patrol Team as soon as possible."

"Have they... found the fairy mountain?" Tianming made a guess that he himself didn't believe.

Master Ban and Shao Yu remained silent, and they both obviously thought this was nonsense.

Tianming also took the initiative to change the topic and said, "It seems that there was a problem during the voyage... But what kind of trouble could a huge ship that can be called a city on the sea encounter that would force it to return?"

Master Ban sighed and took over the conversation, "I have already arranged for someone to investigate, but I don't know if there will be any results. The Shadow Secret Guard will definitely do their best to block the news."

Tianming waved his hand and said, "Let's go into the city ourselves."

"Okay." Master Ban did not stop him and allowed Tianming to act.

The danger level of Songhai is now much lower than before.

The Luowang retreated, the army retreated, and only a portion of the Shadow Secret Guards remained.

As long as Tianming Shaoyu doesn't provoke the Yin-Yang masters on the Mirage, he will be basically safe.

The action was decided with just two sentences. Tianming set off with Shaoyu without any delay.

In addition to the two of them, Shi Lan was also accompanying them.

The mirage involves the sacred Fusang tree. Although she had been persuaded before, it is impossible to expect her to give up completely.

Now that the ship came back inexplicably, she would definitely not sit idly by, so she followed Tianming and the others to the Mohist stronghold, but she did not go with them to see Master Ban.

The three of them galloped all the way and soon arrived at Sanghai City.

Martial law was indeed imposed inside and outside the city, but the intensity was very general and basically did not cause any obstacles to them.

However, the situation at Songhai Port is not that simple.

The Shadow Secret Guards set up a post almost every three steps, sealing off the entire port.

Judging from the situation, we can either break in by force or fly in from the sky.

As for the news of Mirage's return, it can be completely confirmed - in fact, before meeting Master Ban, they had already seen this huge creature from afar.

………………

Before Tianming and his friends arrived, Mirage had just returned.

Zhang Han immediately sent people to take over the dock, seal off the area, and block the transmission of information - of course not the news of Mirage's return, that was too obvious, everyone in the city knew it. What he wanted to block was the news on the ship from being transmitted to the outside world.

After arranging everything, Zhang Han immediately led his men on board.

Many high-ranking officials of the Yin-Yang family had been prepared and had been waiting for a long time, but they were a little surprised when they saw that it was Zhang Han who came up, and Zhang Han was the only important figure.

It seems that Ying Zheng passed away faster than they expected... Doesn't he still have to deal with Confucianism?

Zhang Han didn't care about their doubts. He just wanted to solve his own doubts:
"Moon God Guardian, Star Soul Guardian, what's the matter with you guys?"

Zhang Han's tone was very impolite - he was impolite not because he was anxious, but because he just didn't want to be polite.

After Gu Xun's repeated reminders, he really didn't want to have anything to do with the mirage.

As a result, those bastards from the Yin-Yang family gave him a big trick and hit him directly in the face, leaving him no way to hide.

Then he could only report an answer that could fool people as quickly as possible and with the worst attitude to the emperor, and then quickly get himself out of the situation.

If it wasn't too deliberate, he would even want to point his finger at the Yin-Yang family and curse them. It would be best if he cursed them so hard that they wouldn't want to pay any attention to him at all, thus forcing him to be eliminated passively.

Unfortunately, I can’t scold...

The Moon Goddess took the initiative to step forward and replied, "General Zhang Han, we are returning because our voyage has been hindered."

"What's the obstacle?"

Zhang Han didn't quite understand this answer.

If the Moon Goddess said that they missed something and didn't bring him, he could understand it, but they were hindered... What could stop the mirage?

"This..." Moon Goddess hesitated for a moment and replied, "I'm afraid we need to talk about this somewhere else."

Zhang Han did not hesitate and replied directly, "Then please lead the way, Master Moon Goddess."

The so-called changing place to chat actually means leaving behind the minions around them and chatting with these big guys alone.

Not all members of the Yin-Yang family set out, except for the guardian Yueshen Xinghun and the captain of the Mirage, Yun Zhongjun.

Zhang Han followed the three of them, and after turning a few times, they arrived at an empty space with no one around.

Seeing Yue Shen and the others stop, Zhang Han said impatiently, "Okay, now can you tell the truth?"

The three Moon Gods looked at each other, and finally Star Soul came forward to explain:

"We encountered a... a sea monster deep in the East China Sea."

"What!?" Zhang Han showed a look of "are you kidding me?" His facial features were almost huddled together. "Are you guys trying to make fun of me?"

"If possible, I also hope this is just a joke." Xinghun responded with a gloomy face.

The Moon Goddess then further explained, "Five days ago, the Mirage entered a fog at night. It was not a normal fog, it almost made people lose their vision completely."

"The Star Soul Guardian was the first to notice something was wrong and immediately ordered Mirage to leave the range of the fog."

"We made several attempts to bypass the fog, but the fog was so vast that we couldn't bypass it in a short time no matter which direction we went."

"What does this have to do with sea monsters? You don't suspect that the fog was created by sea monsters, do you?" Zhang Han interrupted.

Yun Zhongjun took over the conversation and replied, "It's not doubt, it's certainty."

"After finding it difficult to circumvent the fog, we sent a large number of mechanical bat wings and single-person boats into the fog to investigate the situation. Most people never came out again, and the few who escaped also fell into madness. The most mentioned in their crazy talk were monsters and giant mouths spewing psychedelic fog."

After hearing these words, Zhang Han couldn't imagine what expression he had at the moment.

He felt that the three Moon Gods were teaming up to fool him...or rather, they were planning to fool the emperor.

But this sounds very convincing and doesn't seem false.

Furthermore, the expressions of these three people were uglier than the others, and they all looked extremely troubled by this...

"So...you guys think it's a sea monster?" Zhang Han confirmed, but his tone was uncontrollably awkward.

"What else? What does General Zhang Han think?" Xing Hun also had a bad temper and immediately retorted.

Although he hoped that the Mirage would return to solve the problem of Tianming, he did not want the Mirage to return for this reason... How to solve the monster? Zhang Han did not care about Xinghun's attitude, but continued to ask, "Since you have made a judgment, can you determine what the sea monster is?"

The Moon Goddess replied, "During the return voyage, we consulted a large number of relevant books and the most likely conclusion we made was... a mirage."

"Mirage?" Zhang Han was quite familiar with stories about gods, ghosts and monsters, but this was the first time he had heard of this thing...if the name "Mirage" was not counted.

The Moon God further explained, "This strange beast is extremely rare, and the details are not clear."

"Some say that this beast is shaped like a giant clam, lives in the sea, and can swallow clouds and spit out mist. The mist it spits out can form illusory castles in the sky. If people enter it, they will be confused and unable to distinguish between truth and falsehood - this is also the origin of the word 'mirage'."

"But there is another theory that the mirage is a type of dragon, and it is also shaped like a snake but larger, with horns like a dragon, and can also swallow and spit out clouds and mist, with a similar effect to the previous one."

Zhang Han felt as if he was listening to a story, and found it extremely absurd.

However, it was not up to him to judge whether these words were true or false. All he had to do was collect information:
"Now that you have guessed the true identity of this monster, do you have any solution?"

The three of them fell silent, and after a long while the Moon Goddess replied:
“Not available at the moment, further research is needed.”

"Hmm..." Zhang Han nodded, "In that case, I won't bother you anymore. I have to report these situations to His Majesty the Emperor as soon as possible."

"As for this 'Mirage' matter, I hope you can control the people on the Mirage and not let it leak out."

"It's natural."

"Goodbye!" Zhang Han raised his hand, saluted, turned around and left immediately.

The remaining three people from the Yin-Yang family looked at each other, their faces all gloomy and uncertain.

After a long while, Yun Zhongjun said cautiously, "My Lords, this matter needs to be reported to the head of Donghuang Sect as soon as possible. Let him make the decision, right?"

Xinghun sneered, "Of course, after all, you and I don't know what to do."

"But I wonder what Master Moon God thinks?"

"Just follow Lord Xinghun's wishes. I won't ask any more questions." Moon Goddess said this calmly and left.

As soon as she left, Yun Zhongjun smiled and said to Xinghun, "Master Xinghun, do you think Lady Yueshen is anxious or not?"

"She... Humph!" Xinghun snorted coldly, "Who knows how much information this woman has hidden? She might have known about the mirage monster a long time ago."

"Ah?" Xinghun's words surprised Yun Zhongjun. "That's not the case, is it? Lady Moon Goddess..."

"If she didn't know, how could she not care that the brat wasn't on the boat?" Xinghun crossed his arms, his face cold, "I thought she really had other ideas, but it seems she is still the same."

"What should we do next?" Yun Zhongjun asked.

"Since Lord Moon God doesn't care about anything, then we should just do what we need to do."

Xinghun replied calmly and left immediately.

Only Yun Zhongjun was left. He twirled his beard and looked annoyed:

"These troubles just keep coming one after another, and there's no end to them..."

………………

"Gu Xun already knew there was a problem deep in the East China Sea?"

After Yue Shen and Xing Hun separated, they immediately went to a secluded corner, where they met Yan Fei.

The Moon Goddess asked as soon as they met.

Yan Fei nodded, "Probably... he should have been to the depths of the East China Sea himself."

"He felt that there were strange beasts blocking our way and that we had no chance of success, so he just gave up and left?" Moon Goddess asked again.

Xinghun thought that Yueshen knew something about the 'Mirage Demon', but in fact she knew nothing.

Yan Fei hesitated for a moment, then shook her head, "It shouldn't be because of this. I'm afraid this so-called demon beast can't really stop the mirage."

"You mean, Donghuang Taiyi has a way to deal with it?" The Moon Goddess raised her eyebrows.

Not only did she herself know nothing about the mirage monster, but she also believed that Donghuang Taiyi knew nothing about it.

Although the Yin-Yang School has always been closely involved with things like gods and ghosts, at most they are involved with "dead things" like the Fusang sacred tree, and they have rarely come into contact with real demons, ghosts, and monsters.

The only person involved is probably the eldest daughter Siming. They had previously carried out missions in the ancient kingdom of Loulan. Although they did not see any monsters, they did see the more terrifying soldier demon god.

"The Yin-Yang family's thousand-year plan should not be so long as to fail to take even the first step." Yan Fei replied calmly.

"hope so."

Neither the Moon Goddess nor Yan Fei wanted Donghuang Taiyi's plan to stop here.

"There will be results soon." Yan Fei replied indifferently.

She is very confident in Donghuang Tai.

………………

“There’s absolutely no chance of this happening!”

Tianming and the other two hid outside the port and observed for a long time, but finally had to admit that there was no opportunity to take advantage of.

This time, the Shadow Secret Guards' defense was at its maximum strength. Not only the port area was guarded by sentries, but almost the entire coastal area of ​​Sanghai was covered.

Even if Tianming and his companions wanted to take the water route, they would have to take a long detour, and the distance they would have to travel in the water would at least double.

Swimming is really tiring. Even for them, it is a bit unbearable to swim such a long distance in one breath.

Shao Yu rubbed his sore eyes and said in a deep voice, "The biggest trouble is not how to get on the ship, but how to get the intelligence."

"Looking at the situation of the Shadow Secret Guard, I suspect that only Zhang Han, the leader, knows what happened. It's impossible to pry information from him."

"So we can only look for the people on the ship?" Tianming understood Shaoyu's meaning and was a little worried. "But I'm afraid not everyone on the ship knows what happened... Can we look for those senior executives?"

The reason why Mirage suddenly returned can only be found out from someone who knows the inside story, but apart from Zhang Han, the only people who know the inside story are most likely the top leaders of Yin-Yang Family.

As for the ordinary Yin-Yang School disciples, as well as those boys and girls, and those doing odd jobs on the ship, the chances of them knowing about it are slim.

Maybe a few people know some inside information, but... finding possible insiders from thousands of people is no easier than finding a needle in a haystack.

The top leaders of the Yin-Yang family do have clear goals, but the difficulty is not easy at all.

If the former is like looking for a needle in a haystack, then the latter is like looking for the moon in the water.

They might be able to capture the person, but it would be unrealistic to torture him for information.

"The intelligence must be reported to the East Tour Convoy. Why don't we try to intercept it?" Shi Lan suggested, changing his mind.

Tianming simply waved his hand, indicating that it was also unrealistic.

Shao Yu followed up and explained, "It is precisely because everyone knows that the process of intelligence transmission is the most prone to problems, so the Empire has always been extremely diligent in this regard, and our chances of finding loopholes are minimal."

(End of this chapter)