Chapter 151: Beyond the Nine Provinces, there are still Nine Provinces!

Today was destined to be an unusual day for Seeing Ying Zheng.

Not only because he had encountered the assassination attempt by the Heaven-grade first-class assassin of the Luo Wang, Xuan Jian, but also because he had met Su Xuan.

Although it was his first meeting with Su Xuan, he had not been a stranger to the name since arriving in Xinzheng, and he knew what kind of courage and strength this person possessed. At the very least, ordinary people would not dare to brazenly assassinate a Grand General of a state on the street in front of thousands of troops. The most critical point was that after Su Xuan killed Ji Wuye, he had run away calmly.

Alone with a sword, facing thousands of troops, and then drifting away!

But Seeing Ying Zheng's understanding of Su Xuan was only that much. Later, after Su Xuan killed Xuan Jian and helped him resolve the crisis from the Luo Wang, it only deepened this impression of Seeing Ying Zheng.

It gave him a clearer understanding of Su Xuan's strength.

Until this conversation.

Not only because Su Xuan easily pointed out the many advantages of the Qin Guo and said where the Qin Guo was superior to the six eastern states, but also because in these words, Su Xuan had said another sentence.

"Beyond the Nine Provinces, there are still Nine Provinces..."

This could not help but remind Seeing Ying Zheng of the "Great Nine Provinces Theory" of Zou Yan of the Yin-Yang School. The theory of the Nine Provinces originated from the "Tribute of Yu." In the "Tribute of Yu," the vast world was divided into nine regions, which were the Nine Provinces, and the geographical and human environments of each province were described in detail.

But Zou Yan of the Yin-Yang School, after reading the "Tribute of Yu," had a different view and proposed the "Great Nine Provinces Theory." He said that the so-called world was merely the Red County Divine Province within the Great Nine Provinces. Although the Red County Divine Province was divided into nine provinces, they were merely the Small Nine Provinces. Outside the Red County Divine Province, there were still eight provinces, separated by vast seas, where people and beasts could not communicate.

But this was merely a deduction made by Zou Yan based on the Yin-Yang and Five Elements theory of the Yin-Yang School; no one knew if it was true.

And what Su Xuan revealed to him truly proved that beyond the Nine Provinces, there were still Nine Provinces.

The Greek Federation in the south of Europe, the Persian Empire on the Iranian Plateau in Western Asia, and the Maurya Empire...

On the bright mirror condensed by Su Xuan, the map kept changing. The region belonging to the Central Plains kept shrinking, the appearance of the entire world became clearer, and then Su Xuan told him about some powerful countries located in other regions of the world.

Among them, the Greek Federation was a loose empire composed of many small states and federations. This made Seeing Ying Zheng think of the eight hundred vassal states enfeoffed by the Zhou Son of Heaven in the past. Although they were once prosperous at the beginning, later, as the vassal states swallowed each other up, they continuously compressed the living space of the Zhou Dynasty, until the Zhou Dynasty collapsed...

He did not expect that outside the Central Plains, there would also be similar countries.

Regarding the Greek Federation, Seeing Ying Zheng only felt some emotion, but the Persian Empire and the Maurya Empire that followed made him somewhat concerned.

According to Su Xuan, the territory of these two countries was larger than the Central Plains.

One had to know that the so-called Central Plains did not only include the Qin Guo, but also the six eastern states. That is to say, even if he realized his inner ambitions, destroyed the six states, and unified the world, the territory would still not be comparable to this so-called Persian Empire and Maurya Empire.

This could not help but make Seeing Ying Zheng feel deep curiosity about these two countries.

Even if Su Xuan claimed that these two countries were sparsely populated and their citizens were not too many, not comparable to the Central Plains.

But Seeing Ying Zheng was more concerned about their territory.

Afterward, he developed deep fighting spirit.

He could not help but think of a line from "Li Sao" written by Qu Yuan, the Lingyin of the State of Chu in the past: "The road ahead is long and far, I will search up and down!"

This world was more interesting than he had imagined.

He had thought that destroying the six states and establishing an unprecedented prosperous age would be the end, but now it seemed that everything had just begun.

After the meeting with Su Xuan, Seeing Ying Zheng had a deeper understanding of Su Xuan, especially since he had learned from Su Xuan about the wider world outside.

Gai Nie also had a deeper understanding of the world outside.

Gai Nie, as the successor of the Guigu Zongheng school, had excellent sword skills, but the Guigu school was not a sword school. It also taught disciples military strategy, planning, and other means. Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang were obsessed with sword skills, which made outsiders mention these two Guigu disciples only thinking of sword skills. This was the greatest insult to Guigu.

These two unfilial disciples were not worth mentioning!

Gai Nie clearly did not know that Su Xuan's inner evaluation of him and his junior brother Wei Zhuang was not very good. After listening to Su Xuan's theory of the Great Nine Provinces, his gaze toward Su Xuan was also full of strangeness. Of course, what he cared about most was the art of flying swords Su Xuan had displayed when killing Xuan Jian earlier.

He really wanted to ask Su Xuan for advice immediately.

If he could get Su Xuan's guidance, perhaps he could cultivate the "Hundred-Step Flying Sword" to the Great Completion realm faster.

Unfortunately, just as he had this thought, Su Xuan left.

Su Xuan did not seem to have any intention of staying in the Zilan Pavilion for long, only telling Seeing Ying Zheng that when Seeing Ying Zheng returned to Qin, he would appear.

So when would Seeing Ying Zheng return to the Qin Guo?

This matter was actually not up to Seeing Ying Zheng, but was decided by Li Si!

If the case of the former Qin envoy had not yet ended, Li Si, who had come to the State of Han with a heavy responsibility, had not yet completed his task. Clearly, he could not just let it go and could only continue to put pressure on the State of Han.

Su Xuan, who had returned to Ji Wuye's villa, cultivated there every day. Occasionally, he would also pay attention to the situation in Xinzheng.

Yan Lingji had started practicing sword skills recently.

She was actually proficient in some sword skills. In the past, when she used the Fire Spirit Hairpin on her head to fight, she had also used it to emit sword-light-like slashes, but that was not a real sword after all.

And the reason that prompted her to start learning sword skills was the gift Su Xuan gave her.

One of the Eight Swords of the King of Yue: Black and White Xuan Jian!

As a person of Baiyue, Yan Lingji had a yearning and respect for King Goujian of Yue. Since she had obtained the sword weapon he had supervised the construction of in the past, how could she let this famous sword gather dust?

Therefore, both in reason and emotion, she had to work hard to practice sword skills, so that this famous sword supervised by the King of Yue in the past could reveal the sharpness that belonged to it.

It was also at this time that the Straw-Cloaked Guest brought another piece of news.

Ji Yihu was back!