Chapter 229

The truth was like a sharp blade, difficult for people to accept. After the Six-Fingered Black Knight finished explaining the ins and outs of Yan Dan's plot to harm him, he asked Jing Ke: "Tell me about the Mohist school after I met with misfortune!"

Jing Ke stared blankly at the Six-Fingered Black Knight, only then slightly recovering from his shock. No matter how unacceptable the truth was, he had to face it, and he immediately began to tell the Six-Fingered Black Knight about the things the Six-Fingered Black Knight did not know.

"That day, we received a letter from Yan Dan saying that you, the Six-Fingered Master, had met with an accident, so all of us Mohist leaders headed to Jicheng at the same time. In Jicheng, we saw your corpse."

"Yan Dan told us that it was the Yin-Yang School and the Qin State's Net who had conspired to murder you!"

"The reason was that you had once assisted him in escaping from the Qin State, an act that deeply offended the Qin State."

The Six-Fingered Black Knight sighed, "He certainly knows how to find excuses."

This reason was reasonable and well-founded, and coupled with the fact that the Mohist school was already close to the Yan State and detested the Qin State, if he were a Mohist leader and did not know the truth, he would also subconsciously believe what Yan Dan said.

Jing Ke's expression was complex. As he learned the truth about his misfortune from the Six-Fingered Black Knight's mouth and realized that Yan Dan was a hypocrite, his attitude toward Yan Dan also underwent some changes.

People subconsciously believe those they are closer to.

And within the Mohist school, the person Jing Ke was closest to was undoubtedly the Six-Fingered Black Knight. It could be said that after his master Gongsun Yu died, there were only two people he was closest to: one was his junior sister Gongsun Gongsun Liji, and the other was the Six-Fingered Black Knight.

When the Six-Fingered Black Knight met with misfortune, he was the one who suffered the most.

When the Six-Fingered Black Knight was resurrected, he was also the happiest person.

Corresponding to Jing Ke was Qin Qin Wuyang. Qin Qin Wuyang viewed Yan Dan as having the grace of knowing him and saving his life; he was grateful to Yan Dan and had always believed that Yan Dan's plan to assassinate Qin was correct. At this moment, learning from the Six-Fingered Black Knight that Yan Dan was actually a villain, he fell into silence, unable to speak for a long time.

"What happened later? What happened after that?" After finishing his sigh, the Six-Fingered Black Knight asked again.

Jing Ke continued: "After we finished your funeral with Mohist rites, Yan Dan proposed the matter of selecting a new Mohist Master!"

"In the end, after the Heaven's Will, most of the leaders chose Yan Dan to serve as the Mohist Master!"

The Six-Fingered Black Knight commented again: "Yan Dan is the Crown Prince of the Yan State, a noble beyond reproach, yet he became our Mohist Master. That is truly impressive. Before becoming the Mohist Master, he must have had quite a lot of contact with many of the leaders."

Jing Ke was silent.

Indeed, before the Heaven's Will, Yan Dan had interacted with many leaders. Before that, he had even been running around constantly for the Six-Fingered Master's death. Everyone had seen his sincere heart, which was why they chose him to serve as the Mohist Master.

Looking at it now, Yan Dan was skilled at disguising himself; this might not have been outside of his plan.

"After succeeding as the Mohist Master, Yan Dan proposed a plan in the name of all living beings under heaven and avenging the Master. He called this plan the Dragon-Slaying Plan!"

"To complete this plan, two conditions needed to be met first. One was a sharp weapon capable of a fatal blow. Thus, he had Xu Xu Fuzi and the Elder Madam Xu work together to forge a sword. In the end, the two used meteorite iron from beyond the heavens as material to forge a sword, but because Yan Dan was urging them urgently during the process, the mother and son worked day and night to forge the sword. Elder Madam Xu could not bear the exhaustion and finally collapsed and died on the day the sword was completed."

"Did Elder Madam Xu die?" The Six-Fingered Black Knight slowly closed his eyes and opened them again, a trace of pain appearing on his face.

Elder Madam Xu had very deep seniority in the Mohist school, even older than him. She and her late husband had once been the two great sword-forging masters of the Mohist school. Unfortunately, later, due to various reasons, the couple developed a rift, and her husband died because of sword forging.

Never did he think that Elder Madam Xu would follow in her husband's footsteps, also dying because of sword forging.

As for what followed, the Six-Fingered Black Knight did not listen any further.

Because there was no need to listen.

The other condition should have been to select a master capable of handling the situation alone, holding that sharp weapon to carry out the assassination.

The masters Yan Dan chose should have been Jing Ke and Qin Qin Wuyang.

It had to be said that Yan Dan was quite good at choosing people. Qin Qin Wuyang had been exceptionally brave and martial in his youth, while Jing Ke was the strongest among the many Mohist leaders. He had talent and luck. In his youth, he had followed his master Gongsun Yu to learn swordsmanship in Puyang City. Later, after Gongsun Yu died, he joined the Mohist school and practiced Mohist swordsmanship. The reason it is said Jing Ke had luck was because after this, by chance, he encountered a strange beast, and through the movements of the beast, he integrated two schools of swordsmanship and actually created a unique sword style of his own.

This sword style was fierce in every move, and its ultimate technique was even said to be "Five-Step Fatal Strike, One Sword Shocks the Heavens!"

Jing Ke was truly the person most skilled in assassination techniques within the Mohist school, which advocated "universal love and non-aggression"!

"I have already learned the whole story." The Six-Fingered Black Knight looked at Jing Ke and Qin Qin Wuyang and said in a deep voice: "If you still recognize me as the Mohist Master, then I want to demand that you do one thing in the capacity of the Mohist Master!"

"What does the Six-Fingered Master want me to do?" Jing Ke immediately stated his position.

Qin Qin Wuyang also looked at the Six-Fingered Black Knight.

"Give up on assassinating Qin!"

The Six-Fingered Black Knight spoke.

Jing Ke's gaze froze. After knowing that Yan Dan was the murderer who had harmed the Six-Fingered Master, he knew that the Six-Fingered Master would definitely stop him from assassinating Ying Zheng.

Qin Qin Wuyang's body trembled slightly. After arriving in the Qin State, although he had once felt fear, he had never thought of giving up on the assassination of Ying Zheng. As a result, he had not expected the Six-Fingered Black Knight to ask him to give up.

He was unwilling to accept such a result, but feeling the Six-Fingered Black Knight's gaze, Qin Qin Wuyang ultimately did not speak.

"I know that you have prepared for a long time for this matter, and it is hard for you to accept giving it up just like that, but I am doing this for the Mohist school. Once the assassination of Qin is truly carried out, the Mohist school will head toward its end because of it."

"Because you are close to the Yan State, the King of Qin is also a tyrannical ruler in your eyes, but I want to say that you are all wrong..."

After finishing talking about the Mohist school, the Six-Fingered Black Knight mentioned the King of Qin again, which made Jing Ke sense something unusual.

Judging by the Six-Fingered Master's meaning, he seemed to be praising the King of Qin and speaking for him.