Chapter 274

"The assassins arrived at Mingyue Prefecture ten days ago?" Zhao Xing couldn't help but be stunned; this news was truly shocking.

He also realized the severity of the situation and was very willing to listen: "Heaven Derivation King, I will return to the prefecture city now."

Ending the communication, Zhao Xing's true self closed his eyes and entered his memory palace.

"It's the end of April now; the Prince of Liang's Heavenly Fortune Gold List opened a bit earlier than expected."

"Logically speaking, he should have opened it in the second half of the year; it's several months early now—he is much more anxious than in my previous life."

"The function of the Heavenly Fortune Gold List is similar to the Creation Wheel, but it is distinct from the Creation Wheel. The Creation Wheel takes all, big and small,

while the Heavenly Fortune Gold List basically only looks at the strong."

"That I made the Heavenly Fortune Gold List so quickly, and with such a high ranking, should be due to multiple reasons. The 'strength' of the Heavenly Fortune Gold List does not refer solely to realm or combat power."

"First is that my fortune is strong. After reaching a deal with the Heavenly Fate Mysterious Bird, I gained an increase in fortune, already at the level of Derivation Six fortune; this is 'strength' in terms of fortune."

"Second is that my strength is strong. Although I am only at the Fourth-Rank realm, I have cultivated the first layer of the Derivation God Art, and I am far above the average level of the first layer."

"I have mastered top-tier Cloud Arts 【Cloud Gate】, 【Measure the World's End】, Thunder Arts 【Heavenly Thunder Finger】, and Earth-Benefit Arts like the Vast Sea Earth Palace, Mysterious Water Earth Palace, and Earth Spirit Divine Treasury Art."

"There are also the Kunpeng Transformation and Dream Walking Art."

"Through the Ten Thousand Laws Avatar and the amplification of the Derivation God Art, in terms of spells alone, I am enough to fight against a Third-Rank mid-stage cultivator. I am even stronger in terms of escaping and self-preservation."

"I also have the Solar Term Order set, the Primordial Yin Sacred Canon, the Heavenly Mystery Robe, the Purple Moon Soul Lamp, and many other treasures in hand; this is strength in terms of power."

Thinking of this, Zhao Xing couldn't help but frown.

Even so, he hadn't shown too much; at least he hadn't experienced a full-blown life-and-death struggle yet.

This Fourth-Rank outer shell of his, even if it made the Heavenly Fortune Gold List, shouldn't be ranked so high.

Zhao Xing carefully browsed in his memory palace, and the things he had done before played back in his mind one by one.

"Stop!"

The image froze, and Zhao Xing saw the scene of himself chatting with Hu Yang at the Profound Heaven Academy, and then sitting at his desk writing the treatise on arithmetic.

"It seems it's here."

Zhao Xing took a deep breath.

"Third point: Strong influence!"

"《Treatise on the Three Yin and Three Yang Six Qi Great Heavenly Cycle · Arithmetic Chapter》!"

"It can accurately calculate the cycle strength and weakness of many grotto-heaven passages in the Soldier Realm; in this aspect, it is even more useful than the 《Wu Records · Heavenly Cycle Treatise》."

"It seems I still underestimated its function," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

"From a military perspective, my writing of the Soldier Realm grotto-heaven arithmetic treatise is enough to determine the life or death of a high-rank legion in the Prince of Liang's camp or the imperial court's camp."

Fighting a war requires seizing favorable terrain and holding key passages.

The specific opening dates of the Soldier Realm passages are very important to both sides!

Going a day early or a day late results in completely different outcomes, and going too early is a waste of military strength.

"Meeting Hu Yang at the end of March, I spent a lot of time calculating the opening time of the ninth entrance located in the Danxia Grotto-Heaven, and then this assassination operation came not long after," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

His killing of the King of Tianxia hadn't even attracted the attention of the Prince of Liang's camp.

However, the assassination operation started not long after calculating the passage entrance; it clearly wouldn't be a coincidence.

Zhao Xing continued browsing, and then saw himself in the Star Palace.

He was writing down his insights on cultivating the first layer of the Derivation God Art.

"And this point, the correct direction for cultivating the Derivation God Art!"

"My cultivation insights will also bring huge influence to other practitioners of the Derivation God Art."

Those who can cultivate the Derivation God Art are either high-rank or have heaven-defying talent.

Zhao Xing quickly locked onto these two reasons.

Perhaps in terms of influence, there was also the 《Treatise on the Self and Heavenly Objects》, and even the bonuses from identities like inviting the True Lord of Heavenly Yang and being a disciple of Liu Tianning.

However, the most important ones were that arithmetic treatise on calculating Soldier Realm passages and the cultivation insights for the Derivation God Art!

Opening his eyes, Zhao Xing's expression was as usual.

Although the assassins had already arrived at Mingyue Prefecture, and their strength certainly wasn't low, Zhao Xing wasn't in a hurry.

Being in a hurry was useless.

"Gao Dongpo, you continue to lead people to implement the governance plan."

"Now Mingyue Prefecture only has some relatively special counties left; for the rest of the places, you are fully capable of handling the adjustments."

"I have other things to do, so you are responsible for taking over the subsequent matters."

"Thank you, my lord, for your guidance," Gao Dongpo bowed and saluted, moved. "This subordinate will never forget it."

Zhao Xing was leaving, which meant delegating power to him to take charge; this was something to be recorded in his resume.

Naturally, he had to thank Zhao Xing.

Gao Dongpo was an official of Mingyue Prefecture; in terms of rank, he was the same as Zhao Xing, and in terms of scattered rank, he was even much higher than Zhao Xing, but at this moment he had been completely won over by Zhao Xing.

Some superiors were capable, but the credit basically all went to the superior.

Where could one find a superior like Zhao Xing, who was highly capable, knew how to show consideration for subordinates, and shared the credit with everyone?

Little did he know that Master Zhao was about to run for his life!

"Do your work well; the Prefect will not forget you all."

Zhao Xing smiled and patted Gao Dongpo on the shoulder, then flew away with a swoosh.

He also took away all the avatars here.

He couldn't leave the avatars with Gao Dongpo, lest they implicate the innocent.

"Lord Zhao." Gao Dongpo looked at the direction where Zhao Xing disappeared, where a faint cloud and mist appeared, and couldn't help but feel even more emotional. "It is truly a great fortune to work with him."

After sighing, Gao Dongpo cheered himself up and shouted: "Everyone get moving, don't let down the expectations of the Prefect and Lord Zhao!"

"Prefect, someone wants to kill me."

Mingyue Prefecture, Government Office, inside the official room, Zhao Xing walked to the main hall and said to Ye Yukong.

"Oh, approved." Ye Yukong opened his eyes and subconsciously picked up the official seal.

Zhao Xing: "???"

What are you approving? Approving others to kill me?

Brother, wake up!

"Prefect, there are assassins who want to kill me, not asking you to approve a document."

"What!" Ye Yukong immediately woke up. "Someone wants to kill you? How bold!"

"Chen'an, don't be anxious. With me here, let's see who dares!"

Zhao Xing:

What's with this excitement on your face?

Ye Yukong was rubbing his hands, and within a few breaths, even his temperament had changed!

Sword intent flowed on his body, and a domineering aura was emitted; the originally plain-looking Ye Yukong now looked much more handsome.

How could he not be excited?

Staying in the government office stamping seals was easy, but it was also too boring!

He felt sleepy every day.

Now that there were assassins wanting to kill Zhao Xing, work had finally arrived!

"Do you know where the assassins are? How many people?" Ye Yukong asked impatiently.

"Not clear yet." Zhao Xing shook his head. "But I received definite information that the assassins have already entered Mingyue Prefecture for ten days, and I don't know how many people there are."

"But if they were sent to kill me, they are at least Third-Rank; a small number wouldn't work."

Zhao Xing's ability to use the Ten Thousand Laws Avatar was clear intelligence in the Prince of Liang's camp.

Thinking from another perspective, if Zhao Xing were the planner of the assassination operation, he wouldn't send just one person.

Otherwise, it would be easy to kill nothing.

"The assassins definitely cannot be in the prefecture city! The garrisoned counties of Mingyue Prefecture also couldn't have been infiltrated by them."

"Chen'an, you can use the Ten Thousand Laws Avatar; if they want to kill you, it must be at least a five-person Third-Rank team, equipped with a Si Nong, a Warlock, a Martial Artist, a Priest, and a Ritualist," Ye Yukong said, stating his analysis.

Zhao Xing was somewhat surprised: "How can you tell?"

"A Si Nong knows a Si Nong best."

"A Third-Rank Warlock can provide spell amplification, and their own combat power is not bad. If they are from the Prince of Liang's camp, they must also be able to perform fate divination to predict your location and track you."

"The Priest destroys souls, the Martial Artist destroys spirits, and the Ritualist can cast Worry-Forgetting Laws, Silence Spells, and Intelligence-Reducing Laws to reduce the commotion caused by the assassination."

"You said the assassins have already been here for ten days; they must have seen the changes in Mingyue Prefecture. They definitely wouldn't stay in cities where the natural disaster warning has been reduced to below level five."

"So it can only be counties that still have a level six natural disaster warning."

As he spoke, Ye Yukong suddenly drew his long sword.

"Hahaha, I know roughly where they are!"

"I'll go capture them right now!"

Ye Yukong glanced at the map and was about to issue orders immediately.

Zhao Xing: "???"

No, brother, did you change people?

How come you react so quickly when it comes to military operations?

Zhao Xing was shocked.

He didn't even know where Ye Yukong had pulled out the military map from.

"Prefect, this, should we deliberate on it further?" Zhao Xing asked. "You determined the scope so quickly?"

Ye Yukong pointed his sword at the map and said:

"The assassin team has to avoid the dual detection of the Monitoring Office and the Temple, so they can only be in these counties with extreme environments;

this is one."

"The other places have already been governed well, and only these few places are left where you would go; this is two."

"You said they have already been here for ten days, which means they were prepared for a long-term operation, but they are assassins and cannot carry a large amount of supplies. If they want to maintain their peak state at all times, they have to rely on the military Si Nong in the team to provide food."

Ye Yukong's sword tip moved and pointed at the locations of three counties.

"In extreme environments, it is very difficult for a military Si Nong to provide supplies."

"They couldn't choose other places; they could only choose to lurk in these three counties, because these places are adjacent to counties with normal environments."

"If the assassination fails, it is also the most suitable for escaping."

"Tell me, if they aren't here, where else could they be?"

Zhao Xing looked at Ye Yukong and was stunned for a moment.

Because he discovered that Ye Yukong's analysis was almost identical to his own.

He had thought for a while to reach the conclusion, while Ye Yukong had reached the conclusion in a very short time based on his few words!

Simply awesome!

No wonder the imperial court wanted Ye Yukong to be the Prefect.

No matter how bad he was at handling official business, he wouldn't cause Mingyue Prefecture to collapse in a short time, but as long as he was in this position, it would be very difficult for Mingyue Prefecture to become an enemy-occupied area!

Zhao Xing was also convinced by such severe partiality.

"The Prefect is truly a god-like man!"

"Hahaha, Chen'an, you flatter me, hahahaha."

Ye Yukong was in a good mood.

He had finally heard Zhao Xing sincerely praise him.

"Prefect, the people coming to assassinate me might not be too weak," Zhao Xing added.

"My ranking on the Heavenly Fortune Gold List is relatively high; the Prefect should still consider this point."

Ye Yukong naturally knew about the Heavenly Fortune Gold List; after all, he was also a member of the Eastern Ninth Group of the Pinghai Prefecture United Front Department.

"How high can it be?"

"Already in the top one hundred."

"???"

Ye Yukong was stunned for a moment.

"What? Chen'an, what did you say?"

"I am already ranked in the top one hundred of the Heavenly Fortune Gold List."

Ye Yukong was shocked: "God, higher than me! What on earth did you do?"

Zhao Xing couldn't say directly, because the arithmetic treatise was still confidential.

Seeing this, Ye Yukong also realized that it was inconvenient for Zhao Xing to say the reason.

He pondered for a moment and said: "If so, it would be impossible for me alone to kill them all."

"This matter should be deliberated on further. Chen'an, you should return to the prefecture city first; don't alert the enemy."

"Yes, I am already on my way."

Ye Yukong immediately started taking out the Earth Mirror, seemingly having already started making preparations.

Zhao Xing didn't have a concrete concept of how strong Ye Yukong was for the time being.

But Ye Yukong was already a Third-Rank consummate sword powerhouse on the surface, and having been famous for many years, the 《Mingyue Sword Technique》 he created was a top-tier art!

The imperial court knew that Ye Yukong couldn't do the job of a Prefect well, yet they still handed this authority to him, which showed his high combat power and strong military capability.

Zhao Xing believed that Ye Yukong could resolve this assassination crisis.

Even if not, there were still the Dragon King and the Heaven Derivation King to back him up.

"For now, let the true self return safely."

Zhao Xing's true self returned to the prefecture city from Sui County; at the same time, many avatars also rushed to the prefecture city from different locations.

Acting simultaneously, even if they wanted to intercept and kill him, he had so many avatars that it was enough to confuse their line of sight.

In addition, Zhao Xing had divided his main soul into seven.

So judging solely from the life soul, it was very difficult to detect which of Zhao Xing's bodies was the true self.

Half a day later, Zhao Xing's true self successfully returned to the prefecture city.

At the same time.

The Heaven Derivation King and the Dragon King were having a secret conversation.

"Dragon, quickly send experts to Mingyue Prefecture; you must ensure Zhao Xing's safety!" The Heaven Derivation King had already returned to his original appearance, and his hair had grown back, but he looked increasingly aged.

"Heaven Derivation, what happened?" The Dragon King's expression was serious.

He already knew the news that the Heaven Derivation King had just resolved the internal struggle of the Fate Officials and that the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion had regained control of the Creation Wheel. "Zhao Xing made the Heavenly Fortune Gold List, and his ranking is very high! Now experiencing fluctuations, it has stabilized at seventy-seventh," the Heaven Derivation King said. "I calculated that assassins have already arrived at Mingyue Prefecture to intercept and kill Zhao Xing, and they have been there for ten days! They will act soon!"

"What? Heavenly Fortune Gold List seventy-seventh?" A flash of surprise crossed the Dragon King's eyes.

He completely understood what this meant.

"I will send the Dragon Abyss Prefect and the Divine Dragon King over immediately."

"Add two more!"

The Dragon King was silent: "Heaven Derivation, I can send people, but I must know where Zhao Xing's importance lies."

"Your Heavenly Mystery Pavilion cannot be mysterious anymore; you must tell me why, otherwise if I use resources to protect Zhao Xing like this, it will cause both him and me to suffer criticism."

The Heaven Derivation King said in a deep voice: "Just mobilize them! I guarantee with my life that this mobilization is reasonable."

"Heaven Derivation, I also value Zhao Xing, but in the current overall situation, I must think carefully about any mobilization."

"What I need is a reasonable reason, not you guaranteeing with your life."

"To speak bluntly, your life and mine are not worth mentioning in the overall situation."

The Dragon King's words seemed somewhat ruthless, but this was also his rationality as a commander.

The Heaven Derivation King shook his head and said: "This is top-secret; if you want to know, you can only ask His Majesty."

"Top-secret?" The Dragon King's pupils shrank, and he understood instantly.

However, no matter how much he thought, he couldn't imagine that Zhao Xing could find the correct way to cultivate the Derivation God Art.

His cultivation insights might be able to influence the next thousand years!

"Good, I know these four words are enough," the Dragon King nodded. "I will also mobilize the Spirit Illusion Marquis and the Heavenly Food Palace Master over."

"Be fast!" After finishing, he hurriedly cut off the communication.

Zhao Xing had just returned to Mingyue Prefecture.

He received a message from the Dragon King.

"Zhao Xing, the Dragon Abyss Prefect, the Divine Dragon King, the Spirit Illusion Marquis, and the Heavenly Food Palace Master will travel to Mingyue Prefecture through a secret passage to cooperate with Ye Yukong in resolving this group of assassins."

"In addition, the Heaven Derivation King will come to Mingyue Prefecture in person, but he cannot stay long; you wait for him at the Lihuo Dao Academy."

"Yes." Zhao Xing listened obediently.

He had only heard of the Dragon Abyss Prefect; he had never heard of the other three people.

Clearly, these were the hidden high-level forces of the Great Zhou.

"County, Dang County, Yuyang County." Zhao Xing's avatar looked at the map, while the true self came to the Lihuo Dao Academy to wait.

"Still have to solve the problem from multiple aspects."

"If the Prince of Liang's camp fails this assassination, they will increase the stakes next time, and I can't stay in Mingyue Prefecture forever."

"Still have to think of a way."

On April 27th, the Dragon Abyss Prefect, the Divine Dragon King, the Spirit Illusion Marquis, and the Heavenly Food Palace Master arrived at Mingyue Prefecture.

Zhao Xing did not see these four powerhouses; they had come secretly.

According to the Heaven Derivation King's instructions, he could not have contact with these four people before the official action, lest it produce karma and be calculated by the enemy's fate warlock.

On April 28th, the Heaven Derivation King appeared at the Lihuo Dao Academy.

He did meet with the Heaven Derivation King.

In a secret room, the Heaven Derivation King held a compass, shrouded in a layer of black-and-white dharma robes.

"Zhao Xing, this time I need one of your main souls as bait."

"Otherwise, the assassins will definitely not take the bait."

"Yes." Zhao Xing nodded. "I am already prepared."

Zhao Xing waved his hand, and an avatar walked out from the shadow behind him.

"This avatar's life soul is also at the Third-Rank initial stage."

"Put on this dharma robe." The Heaven Derivation King waved his hand, and a black-and-white dharma robe appeared.

"Yes." Zhao Xing immediately let the avatar strip and change into the dharma robe.

"Now, you let this avatar leave the city and go to Zhang County, Dang County, and Yuyang County in turn."

"This subordinate understands." Zhao Xing set off immediately.

As for where the five great experts were?

He didn't care; in any case, he couldn't discover them.

"Your other six souls, merge into one and stand within this circle."

The Heaven Derivation King threw the compass in his hand upward.

Black-and-white rays of light immediately shrouded the ground, forming a barrier.

"Yes."

Zhao Xing still followed suit.

He had already understood the Heaven Derivation King's intention.

Now, his true self was covered up.

Only the life soul of the bait outside was the most powerful.

The sub-soul bodies existing in the other avatars were all very weak and easily distinguishable in the eyes of high-rankers.

"The true self should not have any thoughts; wait quietly here for the result."

"Yes." Zhao Xing immediately emptied himself.

Dang County, eastern suburbs, in a manor full of maple leaves.

A middle-aged man wearing a Six-Ren Daoist robe looked up at the sky.

His room had a skylight, and sunlight fell through the skylight, actually forming a flowing image on the ground.

"Tianjue, what did you calculate?" A man with double blades on his back and golden fluff on his face, looking like an ape, walked over.

"King Jinye, we can prepare to act. At the hour of the Rooster today, Zhao Xing will arrive at Dang County," the Daoist Tianjue said. "This time it is his true self coming."

"Are you sure?" Inside the room, a woman walked out from the shadows; her voice was crisp. "Don't be like Venerable Sword River and the others, assassinating Liu Tianning only to end up hacking at Ten Thousand Laws Avatars."

"King Bingxuan, you are also a military Si Nong; you should be able to tell. When the time comes, won't you know by looking?" King Jinye looked at this enchanting woman wearing a cloud-and-rain Daoist robe and a hundred-flower bamboo hat on her head.

"I am from the Heavenly Time School," King Bingxuan shrugged. "Before the Profound Heaven Academy split, no one looked down on the Shangluo Academy, let alone those who cultivated the Straw Man Law."

"If it weren't for Liu Zonghai and Wu Cheng editing this law, those Si Nong would just be slaves farming in our eyes."

"A single Ultimate Law changed the future of a sect; the Law is truly marvelous."

A middle-aged man wearing a scholar's robe walked in, holding a scripture and shaking his head.

Behind him followed a blind priest carrying a divine statue and holding a spirit tablet.

Seeing the weak scholar enter, the three of them couldn't help but take a step back.

"Everyone, don't be like this; I don't eat people," the weak scholar smiled. "What were you chatting about just now?"

"Master Gu," King Jinye said respectfully, "it has been confirmed that the hour of the Rooster today is the opportunity to complete the mission; Zhao Xing will appear in Dang County."

"Good thing," Master Gu said. "I thought I would have to wait three or five months; Brother Tianjue is truly amazing."

"Master Gu, you flatter me," the Daoist Tianjue said in a humble tone.

Facing this Ritualist, the four of them were very respectful.

There was no help for it; Master Gu was the strongest here; he was a Second-Rank Ritualist!

Of course, this was a Second-Rank Ritualist conferred by the Prince of Liang.

Don't look at how easygoing Master Gu was now; he was actually very evil.

Tianjue, Bingxuan, King Jinye, and the blind priest were all very afraid of him.

The Ritualist's Intelligence-Reducing Law, Worry-Forgetting Law, and Silence Spell were all too painful.

"It's settled then; act at the hour of the Rooster today," Master Gu smiled. "Capture him if you can; if captured, he can be used to restrain Liu Tianning. If you can't capture him, then kill him; that can also force Liu Tianning to go crazy."

"Remember, at least leave a corpse."

"Yes."

On April 28th, at the hour of the Rooster, the Cloud-Rain Tower Ship appeared slowly in Dang County.

"Already arrived at Dang County; it's truly cruel."

Zhao Xing looked at the thunderclouds in front of him with emotion.

"Heavenly thunder is dense above, while countless ground-running thunders are bombing below, and there are storm attacks."

At this moment, Zhao Xing had completely forgotten about the assassination.

In order not to reveal any flaws, as soon as he left the city, he sealed this part of his memory.

At this moment, he came to Dang County purely to check the situation and think about how to provide disaster relief.

"Dang County was already in a harsh environment, and now that turmoil has occurred, the environment has become even worse," Zhao Xing shook his head.

"Fortunately, Master Huang evacuated early, allowing the vast majority of the people to enter the shelters."

"Later, through relocation, basically no one lived in eighty percent of the counties in Dang County."

"Let's look at the most serious places first."

Zhao Xing steered the Cloud-Rain Tower Ship and flew toward the area where the thunderstorm in Dang County was most severe.

He was completely unaware that a pair of eyes was staring at him.

"The target has appeared," King Bingxuan looked down from the thunder pool. "Confirmed to be Zhao Xing's true self."

"Act," Master Gu's voice came to his ears.

"Yes." King Bingxuan immediately operated the thunderclouds, causing rain to fall from the sky.

For a time, visibility became extremely low.

The Cloud-Rain Tower Ship became shaky in the air.

King Bingxuan and King Jinye slowly surrounded it.

"He has entered the range of the Worry-Forgetting Law Array," Tianjue opened his mouth below. "Bingxuan, Jinye, you can capture him."

"Swoosh~"

King Bingxuan and King Jinye appeared abruptly in front of the Cloud-Rain Tower Ship.

"What?" Zhao Xing was startled. "Who are you!"

"Boom boom!"

King Jinye's double blades slashed over, two golden blade shadows like collapsing mountains pressing down on the Cloud-Rain Tower Ship.

"Not good!"

Zhao Xing immediately abandoned the Cloud-Rain Tower Ship to escape.

"Run? Can you run?"

King Bingxuan immediately blocked Zhao Xing's path, and she licked her lips.

"Fine, then I won't run."

Zhao Xing's eyes became clear.

When he saw these two strange Third-Rankers, his Dream-Preservation Law unsealed, and he knew why the avatar had come.

"You, you really aren't running?" King Bingxuan was stunned. "Aren't you Liu Tianning's disciple? Didn't you learn top-tier laws? Won't you struggle a bit?"

"Those who know the times are heroes; you are so powerful, why should I run?"

"I surrender; please take me to see your leader," Zhao Xing was happy to drag out time with her.

"???"

King Jinye and King Bingxuan were a bit confused for a moment.

Why not play according to the routine?

Wasn't it said that this person was demoted because he cursed the Prince of Liang back then? Wasn't it said that this person had a strong personality?

"It seems your bones aren't very hard either," King Jinye carried his blades on his shoulders and flew over, grabbing at Zhao Xing. "Then come with us."

"Two lords, I can fly myself," Zhao Xing seemed a bit afraid. "Two lords, don't hurt me."

King Jinye and King Bingxuan felt even more disdain when they saw Zhao Xing's appearance.

King Bingxuan even mocked: "Liu Tianning truly took in a good disciple."

"Hahaha, then let's go down."

King Jinye and King Bingxuan immediately took Zhao Xing down to the Maple Leaf Manor on the ground.

"Master Gu, we have completed the mission and captured Zhao Xing alive."

King Jinye couldn't help but report the good news.

"Oh?" Master Gu appeared at the door.

When he saw Zhao Xing in the middle of the two, his expression changed instantly.

"Swoosh~"

Master Gu actually didn't say a word and grabbed the priest next to him to run away.

He didn't even have the heart to give a warning!

Not willing to waste a single bit of time to escape!

"Master Gu—you?" King Bingxuan and King Jinye were both stunned.

The Daoist Tianjue also reacted and immediately escaped underground.

Zhao Xing took advantage of the time they were stunned and quickly ran away.

In the blink of an eye, only King Bingxuan and King Jinye were left in the courtyard.

"Bad!"

King Bingxuan and King Jinye also reacted and immediately went to catch Zhao Xing.

However, at this moment, above the sky, a ray of moonlight shone on the two of them.

The rain had stopped at some point.

A ray of moonlight instantly pierced through King Bingxuan.

"What?!" King Jinye was intercepted.

"Moon?!" King Jinye saw the enlarged bright moon in his field of vision, his expression changed drastically, and he waved his double blades, slashing at the bright moon.

"Block? This sword has three hundred years of cultivation; can you block it?!"

A domineering voice came from the moon.

King Jinye immediately saw a figure standing on the constantly enlarging moon.

"Mingyue Prefect! It's you!!" King Jinye roared; only then did he think clearly that this was simply a trap. "Block it for me!"

King Jinye's hair stood on end, his double blades carried a hazy golden light, and the True Intent of Geng Metal blended together, constantly cutting the sword intent that was forcing its way over.

His speed was extremely fast; he was completely a Third-Rank consummate existence!

However, he couldn't shatter this bright moon at all.

After persisting for only three breaths, he was completely crushed by this bright moon.

"Puff!"

A ray of moonlight fell, and Ye Yukong appeared behind King Jinye, his long hair flying.

The moon phenomenon also disappeared quickly.

In King Jinye's eyes, it was the moon that killed him; he was just a little bit away from being able to block it.

However, from the perspective of an outsider, King Jinye's blades had not hit anything from beginning to end.

Even his last two blade techniques were performed instinctively after he was already dead.

Before that, he had already died.

"Humph, Third-Rank Martial Dao True Intent is nothing more than within the rules," Ye Yukong sheathed his sword.

Then he quickly chased in the direction of Zhao Xing: "Zhao Xing, don't run—?"

Ye Yukong was surprised to find that he couldn't catch up to Zhao Xing for a moment.

"What kind of spell is this? It's actually so fast."

Zhao Xing was seen flickering in the thunderclouds, and within a few breaths, he had opened up the distance.

"Can't catch up to him without using the Mingyue Body Technique?" Ye Yukong muttered. "No wonder they dispatched a Third-Rank consummate combination to kill him."

While the assassination and counter-assassination in Dang County were being staged,

Zhao Xing's avatar sought out Sima Yunhai.

"Teacher Sima, someone wants to kill me; the assassination team arrived at Mingyue Prefecture twelve days ago, and now I am escaping in Dang County; they are estimated to be Third-Rank consummate, five people in total."

"What?" Sima Yunhai was shocked. "I'll go meet you immediately!"

"No, Teacher," Zhao Xing shook his head. "I came to inform Teacher, not because I want Teacher to save me."

"I made the top one hundred of the Heavenly Fortune Gold List and fear I have already entered the Prince of Liang's line of sight. Student guesses that the reason for this is that Great Heavenly Cycle Treatise I wrote."

"Even if Teacher can save me this time, you can only save me for a moment. I hope Teacher can transmit the situation here back to the Profound Heaven Academy."

"I understand." Sima Yunhai immediately returned to the tower ship. "I will inform the Academy immediately."

"Thank you, Teacher," Zhao Xing bowed.

Within the Profound Heaven Academy, there were many factions, and Sima Yunhai was a high-level member of the 'Cloud Faction'.

Zhao Xing's avatar at the Tianyuan Prefecture of the Profound Heaven Academy also suddenly stopped writing.

"Master Hu, I cannot continue to deduce."

"Hmm? What's wrong?" Hu Yang was a bit puzzled.

"My true self has been targeted by the rebels of the Prince of Liang's camp and is being hunted down."

"Just because I wrote the arithmetic chapter of this Great Heavenly Cycle Treatise and calculated one of the entrance openings," Zhao Xing said. "I cannot be distracted now and must focus on escaping."

"What?!" Hu Yang was greatly shocked, then his expression became serious. "Good, Chen'an, quickly find a safe place and protect yourself!"

"I will report it immediately! I will definitely not let you be harmed!"

Hu Yang was a main cultivator of the Change-Waiting Law.

The Change-Waiting Faction had always been the most powerful force in the Profound Heaven Academy, because there were three known Ultimate Change-Waiting Laws with inheritance.

Zhao Xing's 《Treatise on the Three Yin and Three Yang Six Qi Great Heavenly Cycle》 first became famous for the method of measuring change-waiting,

which was why it entered the sight of the high-level members.

Now that Zhao Xing could solve the problem of the Soldier Realm passages, how could Hu Yang tolerate such talent dying at the hands of the Prince of Liang?

He immediately turned into a large golden bird and rushed out to call for help.

Dang County, Tianjue Daoist kept drilling into the ground, escaping frantically.

Escaping a thousand miles in one breath, he escaped directly out of the range of Dang County.

"!"

Suddenly, he seemed to have bumped into something.

His whole body bounced up, and his skull was bumped dizzy.

He had to end the escape technique and float to the ground.

Just as his head floated to the ground, a glowing rope was looped around his neck.

The strangled Daoist Tianjue's face turned bloated: "Ugh ugh." Seeing the Daoist Tianjue's dazed appearance, the Spirit Illusion Marquis, who had fair skin and a very handsome appearance, squatted down.

He stepped on the Daoist Tianjue's shoulder with one foot and placed a finger on his lips: "Shh~ don't shout; dizziness is very normal, relax~ relax~"

The Daoist Tian's pupils dilated instantly, reflecting scenes of illusions.

The Spirit Illusion Marquis untied the hook lock around his waist.

"Puff~"

The hook pierced into the back of the Daoist Tianjue's head.

"Hum~"

The Daoist Tianjue's primordial soul was instantly hooked out.

The hook lock wrapped around the Daoist Tianjue's primordial soul several times, and then the Spirit Illusion Marquis casually tied his soul to a silver-black wooden stake nearby.

Around it were also a small earth temple, as well as a Mirage Pearl and an Earth Mirror.

In front of the temple, there was also an oil pot burning vigorously, as well as a knife rack with various torture instruments on it.

"Now, you can confess," the Spirit Illusion Marquis smiled. "Who sent you to kill Zhao Xing?"

On the other side, Zhao Xing's avatar also found Pang Yuanzhen.

"Master Pang, Lord Wei, Lord Yang, I fear I cannot discuss the Dao with you all anymore."

Pang Yuanzhen, Wei Zhao, and Yang Song were stunned.

"Marquis Yuan, what happened?"

Zhao Xing said sorrowfully: "The Prince of Liang sent an assassination team and is hunting me down in Dang County."

"If I didn't have the Ten Thousand Laws Avatar, I would probably be a corpse by now."

"However, with the power held by the Prince of Liang, even if this assassination is fruitless, as long as he thinks about killing me for one day, I will be hard-pressed to escape death."

Zhao Xing spoke sadly, then changed the subject and became impassioned.

"But everyone has to die eventually; death can be heavier than Mount Qing, or lighter than a swan's feather."

"You don't need to worry about me; I come from the army and am also a Si Nong. I am dying on the road of quelling rebellion, dying in the governance of natural disasters; I am dying in my proper place!"

And if King Jinye and King Bingxuan heard this, they would definitely be angry enough to come back to life.

Who the hell is hunting whom!

"It's just a pity that the new chapter of the 《Treatise on the Self and Heavenly Objects》 hasn't been finished yet, and I can't sit and discuss the Dao with you all; it's truly a pity."

After this speech, Wei Zhao and Yang Song had become extremely angry!

"The bastard Prince of Liang, he claims to be clearing the monarch's side in the name of righteousness, but now he persecutes a Si Nong genius; it is simply intolerable to both gods and men!"

"Marquis Yuan, I am willing to die with you! Even if I die, I will splash hot blood on him!"

Pang Yuanzhen saw through it but didn't say it, and immediately bowed: "Marquis Yuan, everyone, don't be impatient; I will report to the Shangluo Academy immediately and will never let you suffer the slightest harm!"

Dang County, Mashan County.

In the dark sky.

"Damn Tianjue, damn Jinye and the Mysterious Woman, they've harmed me miserably!" Master Gu carried the blind Daoist,

running wildly.

And behind him, there was a golden dot, flickering in and out of view.

"Can't even distinguish between an avatar and the true self; simply trash, trash!" Master Gu wailed.

"Master, there is someone ahead," the blind Daoist said suddenly.

"I see, I see!" Master Gu roared. "But what can you do? Everything is within the calculations of others; the Fate Officials can't be beaten, and no matter where we escape, there will be people waiting for us!"

"Then what does Master intend to do?" the blind Daoist asked. "It looks like we can only stop."

"I know, I know! Let me think, don't shout!" There were many characters swimming on Master Gu's face, like insects.

"Oh, it's the Heaven-Net Array; we've already entered," the blind Daoist grinned. "Master, your life is over!"

"Damn it, you are also trash!" Something seemed to be about to come out from Master Gu's face.

"Hey, Master, I'll help you," the blind Daoist suddenly laughed, his hands like electricity, instantly hooking into Master Gu's eyes.

"Rip~" A pair of eyeballs were instantly dug out, and then chewed by the blind Daoist.

"Bastard, you ate too early!" The clothes on Master Gu's body began to crack, and the characters on his body suddenly broke out, then fell onto the blind Daoist one after another.

"Hey~"

The blind Daoist stuck one hand into Master Gu's chest, constantly digging and digging.

"Hum~"

One character after another drilled into the blind Daoist's body, while Master Gu himself was disintegrating.

A moment later, Master Gu disappeared completely, leaving only a remnant page in the air.

The blind Daoist had completely changed his appearance.

"Divine Dragon King."

The blind Daoist opened his mouth, and the voice inside was both his own and mixed with Master Gu's.

"Yushanzi." The Divine Dragon King stood in the sky, riding a bamboo horse, and around him, dozens of mechanisms of various sizes were floating.

Seeing the blind Daoist's appearance, a flash of pity crossed the Divine Dragon King's eyes.

"The famous Priest Yushan has actually fallen to the current state, willing to be someone else's book puppet."

"Who isn't a servant of the strong?" Yushanzi said lightly. "Divine Dragon King, aren't you also a marionette of the Dragon King?"

"More talk is useless." Yushanzi looked at the other party and threw the spirit tablet in his hand behind him.

The golden light chasing from behind was instantly blocked.

"Divine Dragon King, you and I once fought two matches in the Dao field, one win and one loss."

"Today's battle will decide both victory and life and death."

"Come!" The Divine Dragon King's fighting spirit was high, his eyes like electricity. "Let's see if you can kill me after falling into the evil path!"

Kunyuan Academy, Kunshan.

"Master Meng, Master Gu."

"Thank you both for your care over the past few years; Zhao Xing fears he cannot listen to your teachings anymore, and I hope you both take care."

Zhao Xing's avatar appeared in the Kunshan Palace, looking like he was leaving a last will.

"What do you mean? Chen'an, what's wrong with you?"

However, Zhao Xing didn't wait for the two to ask in detail; the sub-soul within this avatar fell into silence and became imperceptible.

Meng Kun and Gu Zhangqing looked at each other and became anxious.

Recalling what Zhao Xing had just said, the two immediately associated it with something.

"Chen'an must have met with misfortune!"

"Investigate! Investigate quickly, what on earth happened!"

Meng Kun jumped in a hurry and shouted: "Zhangqing, quickly let all the branch schools of the Kunyuan Earth Palace in Pinghai Prefecture go and investigate!"

"Damn it, if the Prince of Liang killed Zhao Xing, this old man will rush to Pinghai Prefecture immediately!"

"Old Meng, don't be impulsive," Gu Zhangqing held Meng Kun's hand. "We should start from Lüliang Prefecture;

it's better to go and take the Prince of Liang's lair."

After talking to these two, Zhao Xing's avatar sent messages to Liu Tianning and Princess Youruo via the Earth Mirror respectively.

Facing these two, Zhao Xing didn't get sentimental; he told the truth, objectively stating the process, analysis, and what was happening.

Waiting for a quarter of an hour, Liu Tianning had no response.

Princess Youruo replied to the message very quickly.

The message was very concise, only three words: Understood.

"Princess Youruo's style is becoming more and more like Old Liu's."

"I wonder what Old Liu went to do." Zhao Xing thought to himself. He hadn't had news of Liu Tianning for a long time.

He only occasionally saw the three words Liu Tianning in official documents and battle reports.

But his true self was like a hidden god.

Although distant water couldn't quench immediate thirst, Zhao Xing wasn't asking for someone to save him from this wave of assassination, but to save him for the future.

"The Prince of Liang sent people to assassinate me; I can't take this loss lying down. I must blow the matter up to have a way to live."

"Isn't he clearing the monarch's side? Isn't he standing on the side of righteousness? Now he has to spend energy to kill me, a small Si Nong. If this were known to the world, the prestige he built over two hundred years would be weakened."

"He can blockade Pinghai Prefecture, but he cannot blockade the mouths of the people."

"Only by making it big can I have a way to live; otherwise, with endless interceptions and killings, even if I can survive, I won't be able to do anything," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

"Now that I have grown strong enough, I don't need to cover up anymore; many backhands should be used when they should be used!"

"Prince of Liang, I want to see if you offend the three factions of Si Nong at the same time, whether your legion can still get out of Pinghai Prefecture!"