Chapter 614

Xiangfan City.

A luxurious inn had a gorgeously dressed young master move in, along with nearly a hundred cavalrymen.

And by this young master's side, there was a maid, and an old man wearing a sheepskin coat.

This young master was none other than the Beiliang Prince, the Young Master Xu!

This maid was the Young Master Xu's personal maid, Jiang Ni.

That old man wearing a sheepskin coat was the Sword God Li Chungang, who had been famous under heaven for decades!

At this moment, it was noon.

In the inn, there was much discussion, it was lively, and incredibly noisy.

And what the people in the inn were discussing was, without a doubt, the battle in Wudicheng more than ten days ago!

This battle did not last long, but it became famous under heaven and shocked the universe!

Wang Xianzhi of Wudicheng, who claimed to be second under heaven, fought Li Zhangsheng and actually... lost?!

The Old Monster Wang, who had been invincible in Liyang for sixty years and was one of the few people competing in the world... lost!

And he lost cleanly and neatly, lost in an unbelievable way!

If the person who said this hadn't been the Peach Blossom Sword God Deng Taia, and if the Old Monster Wang hadn't personally admitted his defeat... I'm afraid many people wouldn't want to believe it, thinking it was fake news.

But with the Peach Blossom Sword God Deng Taia, plus the Old Monster Wang himself, no one dared to question it anymore.

Although Wang Xianzhi was defeated, in the hearts of the martial artists under heaven, he was still an unshakable high mountain!

But there are mountains beyond mountains, and outside of Wang Xianzhi, a higher peak had reappeared!

This peak went straight into the clouds, was unreachable, and could only be... looked up to!

More importantly, as everyone knew, Li Zhangsheng was not old, only nine years old, much younger than Wang Xianzhi.

"Tsk tsk tsk! My god! Li... Invincible?!"

"Wang Xianzhi... actually lost?!"

The Young Master Xu sat in the inn, listening to the discussions of the crowd, couldn't help but exclaim repeatedly, not even having time to drink the wine on the table.

"Old Sword God! Regarding the battle between Wang Xianzhi and True Person Li... what do you think?!"

The Young Master Xu glanced at the one-armed old man, with a hint of a smile, and asked curiously.

"What do I think?!"

"What could I think?!"

The one-armed old man picked his nose, smiled coldly, and was non-committal about the Young Master Xu's question, "Little Xu, do you have nothing to say?!"

"If you have nothing to say, today I will teach you another move, the Rolling Dragon Wall, how about that?!"

The Young Master Xu panicked, shivered, and waved his hands repeatedly, "Old Sword God! You... you're going too far! I didn't even say anything!"

The one-armed old man didn't speak again, just stared at the Young Master Xu, staring until he panicked, and he could only shut his mouth.

Liyang Imperial City, Taian City!

Not far from the city gate, four figures slowly appeared, unhurriedly, moving forward slowly.

These four figures were Li Zhangsheng, Huang Rong, Nangong Pushe, and Wei Zhenzhen.

Just then, Li Zhangsheng paused his steps, looked at the man in green clothes standing in front of him, and said lightly, "Cao Guanzi, Cao Changqing?!"

"True Person Li, Li the Invincible?!"

Cao Changqing looked at Li Zhangsheng and also spoke.

"Guanzi Invincible, Cao Changqing?!"

Nangong Pushe was stunned, looked at the man in green clothes, her expression changed slightly, and she sighed, saying.

"Cao Changqing?! Who... who is this?!"

Huang Rong, hearing Nangong's uneasy voice, couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

"Cao Changqing in green, a minister of the fallen Western Chu! A disciple of the Western Chu's number one national player, Li Mi! Known as the 'Invincible at the End of the Game' Chess Waiting Decree!"

"Li Mi once said: 'If there is a thousand-fold elegance in the world, Western Chu occupies eight-tenths, and Cao Changqing in green occupies eight-tenths of that!' This is Cao Changqing!"

"..."

Nangong Pushe obviously knew Cao Changqing and spoke slowly.

Cao Changqing was born into a common family, was physically weak in his childhood, became famous in the Western Chu Imperial City for his chess skills, and was summoned to the palace at the age of nine.

The Western Chu Emperor had a sudden whim and used life and death as an examination question.

Such a grand examination question, let alone a child, even a great Confucian might not be able to say anything.

However, Cao Changqing responded with "The square rules of the board are like righteousness, the round chess pieces are lively like wisdom, moving like a talented chess player living, still like a proud chess player dying."

The Western Chu Emperor was shocked, bestowed the title "Little Pride of the Cao Family," and promoted his family beyond the ranks; because his family was located in Longli County, Cao Changqing also had the nickname Cao Longli!

Later, Western Chu was destroyed by Liyang, and Cao Changqing disappeared, but when he reappeared, he had already attained the status of an Earth Immortal and became a top expert under heaven!

Over these decades, he first assassinated Liyang's high officials, no fewer than twenty of them, succeeding every time, coming alone and gracefully, and then leaving with their heads.

Later, Cao Changqing actually assassinated the Liyang Emperor; he entered Taian City three times, and twice broke into the Imperial Palace, facing the emperors of two Liyang dynasties, killing thousands of armored soldiers.

The last time, he was only fifty steps away from the Liyang Emperor Zhao Dun; if it weren't for the Human Cat Han Shengxuan risking his life to protect the emperor, and waiting for experts to come to the rescue, he might have been taken by Cao Changqing from among thousands of troops and horses, taking that most noble head in the world.

It is said that when Cao Changqing faced the Liyang Emperor, he once laughed and said: A son of heaven's anger can make a million corpses lie in the nine states of the Spring and Autumn period, what about a commoner's anger? As long as there is green in the world, I will let you have the world, but not peacefully!

This is Cao in green! This is Cao Changqing!

"Kill the emperor?!"

"And he didn't even manage to kill him?! Then it seems... he's nothing much."

"Brother Changsheng has already killed several emperors!"

Huang Rong listened to Nangong's account, but her heart was not moved at all: Isn't it just killing an emperor?! What's so difficult about that?!

She didn't quite understand; almost assassinating an emperor is very impressive; but Li Zhangsheng had directly killed two!

"Uh..."

Once these words were spoken, Nangong Pushe was stunned, opened her mouth, and couldn't utter a word.

That's right!

Cao Changqing, known as Guanzi Invincible, the most famous thing he did was almost killing the Liyang Emperor Zhao Dun!

But compared to Li Zhangsheng, he was far behind!

After all, the emperor Cao Changqing couldn't kill, Li Zhangsheng could, and not just one!

Not to mention the Western Xia King, just the Great Song Emperors Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan, two emperors died at Li Zhangsheng's hands, not to mention the past emperors of the Great Song.

It seems... the Great Song Emperors and the Liyang Emperors both have the surname Zhao, one surname, two lineages!

Thinking of this, Huang Rong couldn't help but reveal a strange smile.

"Li the Invincible! I know you, you killed two emperors of the Great Song!"

Cao Changqing, in his green clothes, looked at Li Zhangsheng and spoke with emotion.

In his mind, he was somewhat envious of Li Zhangsheng; he wanted to kill the Liyang Emperor, but for some reason, he could never do it.

And Li Zhangsheng, killing the Great Song Emperor, had no difficulty at all, killing one wasn't enough, and he killed a second one!

It simply made him incredibly envious.

"Cao Changqing! You came to Taian City, could it be that you are preparing to assassinate the Liyang Emperor again?!"

Li Zhangsheng looked at Cao Changqing, guessing his intentions.

"Indeed!"

Cao Changqing nodded, not hiding it, and directly stated his intentions, "I have seen your path, and I know that you will definitely come to Taian City! So, I have been waiting for you near Taian City!"

"So what?!"

Li Zhangsheng frowned, but guessed something in his heart and asked thoughtfully.