Chapter 449

Mount Lishan, Yin-Yang School.

Since arriving in Xianyang, Su Xuan had not actually visited many places; he seemed to have been traveling back and forth between Xianyang and Mount Lishan. It was fortunate that he had defeated Donghuang Taiyi and taken control of the Yin-Yang School; otherwise, he would have had only Xianyang as a place to stay.

From another perspective, this also revealed certain traits of Su Xuan's personality: he was a homebody who disliked moving around.

Within the Yin-Yang School, after Wang Ben returned to Xianyang with numerous captives, some details regarding the fall of Daliang City and the destruction of the Wei Guo had spread, and even some people within the Yin-Yang School had learned of them.

"The strength of Lord Xuantian is truly astonishing!"

Lady Yanfei, dressed in a gold and blue robe, stood quietly beside Su Xuan. As the mountain breeze blew, a few strands of her hair fluttered gently, and she could not help but praise Su Xuan.

After learning the details of the fall of Daliang City, she, like everyone else who knew the inside story, felt a sense of awe.

Some believed that the story of breaking a city with a single sword was a rumor and that such a thing could not possibly exist, claiming it was propaganda released by the Qin Guo; others were deeply shocked, believing this to be the work of an immortal descending to the mortal world, an immortal's technique.

Lady Yanfei was, of course, not one of these commoners; she only believed that Su Xuan's strength had reached an extreme peak, and the so-called breaking of a city with a single sword was a manifestation of Su Xuan's strength reaching a certain limit.

At times, she actually harbored the same conjecture as Ying Zheng: had Su Xuan already become an immortal, or was he close to becoming one?

But because Su Xuan was the Sect Master of the Yin-Yang School, she found it difficult to take the initiative to ask this question.

That Lady Yanfei would harbor such conjectures only goes to show that in this era, although many classics mentioned immortals and immortal beings, there was still no accurate understanding of what kind of power an immortal actually possessed.

Or rather, what those who yearned for immortals craved was never the power of an immortal, but the freedom of an immortal and... longevity!

Longevity is the greatest desire pursued by all living beings!

While marveling at Su Xuan's power, Lady Yanfei did not feel much envy, because Su Xuan had already passed down the method of cultivation. According to Su Xuan, the height one could reach with that cultivation method was extremely high, and Su Xuan had now displayed power even greater than that of a Heaven-Man. As long as she continued to cultivate according to this method, she would sooner or later possess such power.

It must be said that as the Eastern Sovereign of the Yin-Yang School and a gifted woman in yin-yang arts, Lady Yanfei was as proud and arrogant as ever, but perhaps it was because of this pride and arrogance that she was able to possess such strength.

Su Xuan's expression was calm, and he gladly accepted Lady Yanfei's praise. Perhaps there was a suspicion of pretense involved, but regardless, being praised was still a very pleasant thing, as it satisfied one's vanity.

Lady Yanfei asked Su Xuan again: "In the previous wars of annihilation, Lord Xuantian rarely participated or went to the front lines. Why did you take the initiative to act in this war to destroy Wei?"

Lady Yanfei was somewhat curious.

In the previous wars—the war to destroy Han, although Su Xuan abducted Han Fei and Wei Zhuang to prevent them from borrowing grain for disaster relief; before the war to destroy Zhao, he went to the State of Zhao; and before the war to destroy Yan, he saved the Mohist leader, the Six-Fingered Black Hero—these events could only be considered indirect interference, as he did not directly intervene in the course of the wars.

But this time it was different. Su Xuan took the initiative to help the Qin army break the city. After this battle, Su Xuan became world-renowned, which was equivalent to voluntarily placing himself before all the living beings in the world.

After the details of this battle spread, as expected, many people wanted to know Su Xuan's background.

"If the Qin Guo had a better way to break the city, I naturally would not have acted. But since the Qin Guo could not come up with a better method, in order to reduce innocent sacrifices, I had no choice but to act personally."

Lady Yanfei thought Su Xuan was referring to the casualties of the Qin army. Daliang City was sturdy; if the Qin army had chosen to storm it, even if they had captured the city, many soldiers would have died. She did not know that the innocent sacrifices Su Xuan spoke of, besides the deaths and injuries of the soldiers, also referred to the common people within Daliang City. If the strategy of flooding the city had truly been implemented, no one knew how many people would have died.

Su Xuan did not consider himself a good person and was indifferent to the life and death of many, but if he could prevent a catastrophe that did not need to happen, and he had the ability to do so, he did not mind taking action.

"Lord Xuantian has compassion for all living beings; Lady Yanfei admires you!"

Lady Yanfei praised Su Xuan again, giving him a bit of flattery.

Because she had previously asked about Su Xuan's initiative to participate in the war against Wei, Lady Yanfei could not help but think of the current situation in the world. Although she was immersed in cultivation and had no intention of asking about major world affairs, as Su Xuan became overly involved in these matters, she gradually began to care about the situation in the world.

"With the destruction of the Wei Guo, only two of the Six States of the Shandong remain. The State of Qi is on good terms with the Qin Guo, so if nothing unexpected happens, the next target of the Qin Guo should be the State of Chu, right!"

Lady Yanfei asked Su Xuan.

Su Xuan's eyes flickered. He had not expected that a person of the mountains and wilds like Lady Yanfei, who did not ask about worldly affairs, would care about the general trend of the world, but he still answered, "Yes."

"After the destruction of the Wei Guo, I am afraid that some people in the Qin Guo will become very uncomfortable!"

The question is, after the destruction of the Wei Guo, who in the Qin Guo is the most uncomfortable?

Naturally, it is Lord Changping.

If Lady Yanfei could see this problem, how could he not see it?

Of the Six States of the Shandong, four out of six are gone. With two states remaining, there is no need to choose; the Qin Guo will definitely attack the State of Chu first.

Although the destruction of the Wei Guo was something within Lord Changping's expectations, after he learned the details of how Daliang City was finally broken, he still felt a sense of horror.

A long time ago, he had realized the threat Su Xuan posed.

He had once harbored murderous intent toward Su Xuan and wanted to set a trap to kill him before the Wei Guo was destroyed. After the Wei Guo was destroyed and he learned these details, he realized that he had still underestimated Su Xuan.

Su Xuan's strength had reached an unimaginable level.

Logically speaking, unless a martial arts expert assassinates the enemy's commander-in-chief, it is difficult to influence the course of a war. But Su Xuan's appearance broke this convention. With his own strength, he broke open Daliang City, which tens of thousands of Qin troops had failed to capture, directly bringing the war to destroy Wei to an end.

"This person cannot be left alive!"

"Keeping him will only become a hidden danger!"

Lord Changping thought to himself. Daliang City had been broken by Su Xuan like this; if the Qin Guo attacked Chu and Su Xuan continued to act, could the sturdy cities of Chu stop Su Xuan? Lord Changping knew the State of Chu very well; the State of Chu had no cities sturdier than Daliang City.

Even if Su Xuan was strong, he must kill this person at any cost before the Qin Guo attacked Chu!