Chapter 434: Ji Si and Bins

"You say so too?" Zhao Xing was somewhat surprised. "Xinghuo says the same thing."

"Since that's the case, is it possible that you—no, that the people of the Great Zhou have truly misunderstood?" Jing Yan asked.

"I'll ask again." Zhao Xing nodded.

His main body closed his eyes, and his clone in the external star system immediately contacted Ji Che using the Xinghuo Mirror.

"Hum~"

Ji Che's phantom appeared before his eyes.

"Big Brother, what is it?"

Zhao Xing was stunned: "Che, you previously said you encountered enemies in the Yanxing Corridor... how exactly did you confirm it was the Carlos family?"

Ji Che frowned: "Big Brother, what are you talking about? The Carlos family? I've never heard of them."

"We encountered a sneak attack by the Hongyue Dynasty..."

Zhao Xing felt a chill in his heart.

It had only been a few days, and Ji Che had already forgotten?

Zhao Xing, who reacted immediately, took a deep breath: "Uh, perhaps I was dazed from cultivation and remembered wrong..."

Composing his emotions, Zhao Xing stared at Ji Che again: "Che, have the Great Zhou personnel withdraw from the Yanxing Corridor. Don't worry about the territory; let's find another place to develop."

Ji Che sighed: "That's all we can do for now."

Zhao Xing thought for a moment: "How is Ji Si?"

"He is still in a coma."

Zhao Xing suddenly said with a serious expression: "Do everything possible to save the wounded. Don't let anyone else get hurt. If anyone dares to take advantage of this to bully the Great Zhou, I will make them regret ever walking this earth."

Ji Che nodded: "Big Brother, rest assured. We have already invited the most brilliant physicians. With the money you left behind and the Great Zhou's national treasury, there is no problem treating Ji Si."

The communication closed, and Zhao Xing's main body opened his eyes.

Jing Yan, who was waiting nearby, immediately asked: "How is it?"

Zhao Xing said: "It was indeed a mistake. I'm sorry, Brother Jing, for causing you trouble. Everything is fine on my end now."

Jing Yan shook his head: "Are we brothers or not? Since everything is fine, let's take this opportunity to have a drink."

Next, Jing Yan dragged Zhao Xing to drink, and the two were soon tipsy.

After Jing Yan collapsed, Zhao Xing suddenly opened his eyes and flew to the edge of the balcony.

The sunset fell in the east of Algae City, and night descended.

"So fast. Ji Che finished speaking just a few days ago, and now he has forgotten his original words."

"Is it a cover-up, or a frame-up?"

"Whose interests did the Great Zhou touch?"

According to the original situation, Zhao Xing felt it was normal for the Carlos family to be involved. Even if the Great Zhou really offended the Carlos family, it wasn't a big deal.

Jing Yan was right; the Great Zhou had at most three Dao Domain Realm experts. It would be hard to offend any major figure even if they wanted to.

At worst, they would take a loss this time, retreat for now, and let the Great Zhou leave that place of trouble.

With the status of the Origin Realm, they wouldn't continue to trouble the Great Zhou.

But now, the situation had suddenly become complicated.

"Possibility one: The Carlos family is truly behind the Hongyue Dynasty. Upon discovering that I, a disciple of Gu Luohe, was behind the Great Zhou, they stopped the extermination, sent people outside the pass to alter history, and caused the memories of Emperor Wu and the others to deviate."

"Major families are accustomed to such methods."

Killing? Killing is too much trouble. Unless forced to the brink, they wouldn't go out of their way to kill. Simply making people forget the relevant events is enough.

In contrast, the methods of those in the Hongyue Dynasty were much cruder; they chose to kill directly, seize territory, and sneak attack the Great Zhou's personnel outside the pass.

"Killing outside the Jiachen Pass, altering the memories of survivors inside the pass—two groups of people, two types of methods," Zhao Xing thought to himself. "This is the terror of a veteran-level family. It's not even my turn to ask someone to mediate; Carlos directly gave the final solution—end it here."

"I also ordered Ji Che to withdraw and leave at the first opportunity. Presumably, the Carlos family will know."

"This matter can only be endured; there is no way to find trouble with the Carlos family. Even if the Great Zhou suffered a loss, it can only be endured for now. Some interests are not for ordinary people to touch."

Zhao Xing knew very well that things were different now compared to when he was in the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom.

In the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom, the strongest were at the Samsara Realm, and the Dongyan Ancient Clan was the same.

The Emperor Chi Xiao Empire is different. The Empire is a super power; Emperors walk everywhere, Samsara Realm experts are as common as dogs, and Divine Realm experts sit in command. Calling for help wouldn't have the same effect as before.

Even with Lao Qing's favor, Lao Qing couldn't intervene in the Empire's affairs; at most, he could save his life.

Furthermore, it hadn't reached the point of needing to save his life yet.

"There is another possibility," Zhao Xing's brain raced. "That is, the Carlos family truly did not participate, and someone impersonated the Carlos family's name, intending to stir up trouble within the Empire."

The reason he thought this was because of the ancient god resurrection incident in the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom.

"So many Samsara Realm experts reincarnated into the Empire; it has both advantages and disadvantages," Zhao Xing pondered. "With so many Samsara Realm experts appearing all at once, the Empire's existing power structure will inevitably be impacted."

Resources and territory are limited; if some eat more, others must eat less.

More than 20,000 Samsara Realm reincarnations have come over, each of them a hero with extraordinary wit, amazing perseverance, and peerless talent.

Would heroes be willing to work for the Empire? They would likely develop other ideas. The Origin Realm absorbs some, but they still have to undergo heart-questioning tests.

What about those who didn't pass the heart-questioning or didn't even attend the Origin Assembly?

"The Empire must know the pros and cons, yet still chose to accept them. It is precisely because the Empire is already exploring the Siyue Desolate Domain. If expansion to the west succeeds and there is more cake to divide, then all parties' needs can be met. Accepting more than 20,000 Samsara Realm reincarnations is definitely more beneficial than harmful."

"Returning to the Great Zhou's encounter, it's that both possibilities exist, and there might even be other reasons I don't know." Zhao Xing let out a long breath.

The remnants of the Qinggu Ancient Kingdom, Bience; the demonic scholar, Bo Xihe; and the Saint Si Nong, Lord Fu Wei—none of these three are ordinary figures. For a moment, he was unable to fully clarify the reasons behind this strange event.

"Among these three, I roughly know what the Demonic Scholar Bo Xihe and the Sangqing Ancient Kingdom survivor Bins will do later, but this Lord Fu Wei, I know absolutely nothing about. My strength is still too weak."

If he were also at the Samsara Realm, he would be fully qualified to investigate, but now, he doesn't even dare to investigate.

The water in the Empire is much deeper than the water in the Desolate Domain Ancient Kingdom Alliance.

"I can only wait for Ji Si to wake up and ask. I hope he is alright."

Outside the Jiachen Pass, in the Yanxing Corridor, on a man-made gray boundary star.

The Starry Sky Historian Bins was sitting cross-legged on an open book. The paper emitted a green aura, and countless alien characters twisted like insects.

Above Bins' head was a closed black gilded book, and black-gold aura enveloped his whole body, making this historian appear somewhat eerie.

At a certain moment, Bins opened his eyes, and a world was reflected in his pupils. In the world, there was a city, and the streets were bustling. In an inconspicuous little restaurant, Ji Si and Bins' phantom sat opposite each other.

"Ji Si, your transmission boundary is very interesting," Bins smiled. "Why don't you let me go out and take a look? After I finish looking, I'll let you go. How about that?"

Ji Si was expressionless: "Bins, if I let you invade my transmission boundary, then I would become your slave. Do you think I would agree?"

Bins said lightly: "Following the strong, what's wrong with that? Ji Si, you've seen it too. I just sent out a biographical clone, and it destroyed the thirty-six star cities that the dynasty you serve had conquered."

"Your power is still insignificant before me."

"Is that so?" Ji Si remained unmoved: "If you could, why would you be sitting here now?"

Bins said: "That's because I appreciate your talent. You cultivate both life and history. Not only can you persist under my biographical clone, but you can even break through to the Dao Domain Realm during the battle."

"If you follow me, it would be better than staying in that weak dynasty, where you will only waste your talent."

Bins stood up and walked step by step to the door of the tavern.

Ji Si's expression changed, and his whole body kept emitting light, but it still didn't affect Bins' actions.

Bins raised his foot, stood at the door, and looked back to ask: "You know things you shouldn't know. I can't let you go. Now I ask you one last time, are you willing to follow me?"

Ji Si still shook his head: "Bins, I advise you not to look."

"What a pity." Bins ignored Ji Si's threat, just shook his head regretfully, and then stepped out of the door.

He began to erode Ji Si's transmission boundary. Ji Si had just broken through to the Dao Domain Realm, while he was at the Samsara Realm. Even if it was a biographical clone, it was still not something Ji Si could resist.

Bins only spent a short five breaths of time to reach the core of Ji Si's transmission boundary, a time room recording many secrets.

These time rooms recorded hidden history.

Just as Bins was about to break open the largest time room and control Ji Si's core, suddenly—

"Hum~"

Inside one of the time rooms, a picture suddenly appeared.

In the picture, a young man in white dharma robes was sitting in the main seat of a floating platform, seemingly entertaining guests.

Excluding the two men and one woman beside the young man, there were nine figures among the guests.

And when Bins stared over, a golden ripple emerged from the picture.

It shot out like a flame, instantly burning Bins' biographical clone to ashes.

Then, this terrifying power struck Bins' main body directly along the clone.

"What?"

Bins' main body was shocked, and the gilded black book above his head opened rapidly.

A phantom with a dragon head and bird body crawled out of the black book, blocking in front of Bins.

"Sieve sieve sieve sieve~~"

Bins watched helplessly as all 500,240 feathers on the "Heavenly Wing Divine Bird" fell off.

In the end, it still couldn't hold on and hit him.

"How is it possible? What exactly was that... My 500,000 years of bitter cultivation couldn't even block it..." Bins roared.

A quarter of an hour later.

"Hmm?"

Bins woke up from his confusion.

He saw that the black book above his head had turned into ashes and fallen, and the green book he was sitting on was also tattered.

"This, what is going on?" Bins was shocked, "Wasn't I invading Ji Si's transmission boundary? Why... Heavens, what exactly happened?"

At the same time, inside the Jiachen Pass, Ji Si murmured and woke up.

"Idiot, I told you long ago not to look..."

"What? Who are you talking to?"

Ji Si opened his eyes and immediately saw Zhao Xing's face.

"Great Si Nong?"

"It's me. I sent a clone to the Jiachen Fourteenth Pass to see you," Zhao Xing said.

"How long have I been in a coma?"

"Not long, three months."

"Oh." Ji Si seemed to have woken up from a dream, not yet recovered from the aftertaste.

Zhao Xing waited for a long time before Ji Si spoke again.

"Great Si Nong, I'm fine now, I..."

"Lord Ji, listen to me first," Zhao Xing said: "The sneak attack you suffered in the Yanxing Corridor was by people from the Hongyue Dynasty. I already know."

"Great Si Nong, there is still... behind this..."

Ji Si was about to explain in detail, but was interrupted by Zhao Xing again: "You just recovered, don't think too much. This was just a normal war outside the pass. It's just that the Great Zhou lost, lost territory, and suffered casualties, understand?"

"We can become strong in the future and take revenge on the people of the Hongyue Dynasty. But now you don't need to worry about anything."

Ji Si looked at the card in Zhao Xing's hand and nodded, taking it: "Yes, I understand."

He understood the Liu Tianning card Zhao Xing gave him; the same kind of memory modification as last time had happened again!

But this time, Ji Si wasn't panicked, because at least Zhao Xing knew.

"Alright, you just recovered from your injuries and broke through to the Dao Domain Realm. You still need to consolidate your foundation, so I won't disturb you."

"Remember, if you encounter anything strange in the future, tell me first," Zhao Xing said.

"Okay." Ji Si nodded.

After seeing Ji Si, Zhao Xing felt a deep sense of crisis.

As the second Great Zhou person capable of preserving memories during the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom incident, only Zhao Xing knew of Ji Si's uniqueness. He didn't believe Ji Si had made a mistake.

In other words, this heavy blow to the Great Zhou had to have something to do with the Carlos family.

But now, he could only pretend not to know.

"I am only at the Origin Realm now. If I really encounter a major event, I can only take risks. I cannot openly fight for things. If I encounter disputes, I can only endure."

"Ultimately, it's because my own strength is too weak."

"I must accelerate my pace to reach the Coral Rank and earn more favor from the big shots; otherwise, if I encounter something similar again, I will still be powerless."

Reason told Zhao Xing that now was not the time for revenge.

He comforted Ji Si and left the room.

But when his clone walked around the rest area of the Jiachen Fourteenth Pass and saw the severely injured Great Zhou officials, especially the tragic state of Xia Jing, who only had a broken body left, Zhao Xing still couldn't help but feel his murderous intent rise, his fists clenched tightly.

"Whether it's the Carlos family or whoever, I've noted this debt."

"When I finish my re-cultivation, I will eventually settle it one by one."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 435 =====