Chapter 516

"Long time no see!"

Upon seeing Tian Ze, who was wearing Hundred Yue clothing, Yan Yan Lingji greeted him calmly.

Beside Tian Ze, Wushuang Gui, Qu Shi Mo, and Bai Du Wang stood quietly. Compared to years ago, their appearances had changed more or less. However, at this moment, their gazes towards Yan Yan Lingji were somewhat subtle.

After the Han state affair years ago, Tian Ze returned to the Hundred Yue with the heavily injured Wushuang Gui, Qu Shi Mo, and Bai Du Wang, intending to take back everything that belonged to him. Of all the people who had followed Tian Ze, only Yan Yan Lingji did not return to the Hundred Yue with him. Although there were extenuating circumstances, in the eyes of these few, Yan Yan Lingji was ultimately a traitor.

If this person never met them again, that would be one thing.

But today, after many years, they saw Yan Yan Lingji again.

"What did you come to find me for?"

Tian Ze looked at Yan Yan Lingji, his voice cold.

Although you have recognized another as your master, after meeting again after many years, and that person is not by your side, you won't even call me master. Or have you forgotten me?

Yan Yan Lingji's attitude made Tian Ze feel some displeasure.

"I want you to help us!"

Yan Yan Lingji ignored Tian Ze's cold attitude and spoke directly.

"Help you?" Tian Ze's eyes flickered slightly, and he quickly guessed what the 'us' in Yan Yan Lingji's words meant. "You have changed!"

"Oh? How have I changed?" Yan Yan Lingji's voice was soft.

Tian Ze's tone contained a trace of anger. "Don't forget, you are a Hundred Yue person!"

"You are actually helping the Qin state to deal with the Hundred Yue!"

This was where Tian Ze's anger and resentment lay. If Yan Yan Lingji had only recognized Su Xuan as her master, that would be fine; Su Xuan was a strong person, and it was not shameful for the weak to rely on the strong.

But Yan Yan Lingji, after recognizing Su Xuan as her master, had actually forgotten her identity as a Hundred Yue person, and now, she was even helping the Qin people to conquer the Hundred Yue.

This was practically treating herself as a Qin person.

Tian Ze also knew that the Qin state had mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops to conquer the Hundred Yue. Although he was not prepared to help the Minyue King fight the Qin army, he also had no good feelings for the Qin people. If the Minyue King Zou Zou Wuzhu, his half-brother, was unable to resist the Qin army, he would not mind stepping forward to turn the tide and defeat the Qin army. Of course, the price would be that he would replace him and become the new Minyue King.

"Why? Can't I help the Qin state?"

Yan Yan Lingji seemed to have heard a very funny question. "Back then, didn't you also help Ji Ji Wuye and Bai Bai Yifei?"

"The weak rely on the strong; this is the principle you taught me!"

"Undoubtedly, the Qin state is a well-deserved strong power!"

Yan Yan Lingji spoke sophistry, and the more she said, the angrier Tian Ze became.

The weak rely on the strong—Tian Ze had indeed taught Yan Yan Lingji this principle years ago. That was many years ago. At that time, a great fire had destroyed Yan Yan Lingji's home and killed her family. She was kneeling alone in the ruins when Tian Ze appeared before her with his subordinates.

Looking at Yan Yan Lingji, he said, "From now on, you are my slave!"

When Yan Yan Lingji raised her head and asked Tian Ze "Why,"

Tian Ze's answer was so matter-of-fact: "You are weak, so you should rely on the strong!"

Tian Ze never expected that one day, Yan Yan Lingji would say such things in front of him.

Yan Yan Lingji becoming so mercenary made Tian Ze genuinely angry.

This anger was even greater than when Yan Yan Lingji met him and refused to call him master.

"I'd like to see what you have gained by relying on this so-called strong power, the Qin state!"

Tian Ze's angry voice rang out, and the chains circling behind him suddenly attacked Yan Yan Lingji.

Back in the Han state, for Tian Ze, it could be said to be the most humiliating time of his life. After being released by Bai Bai Yifei, although he knew what Bai Bai Yifei intended to use him for, he didn't care. With his pride higher than the sky, he believed he could break free from all cages and was convinced that Bai Bai Yifei releasing him was his own undoing.

However, reality was cruel. In the first battle after coming out, he suffered a huge setback at Su Xuan's place.

Under Su Xuan's punch, both his hands were crippled, which brought about a chain reaction: when Bai Bai Yifei came to him, he had no room to fight back.

Later, Bai Bai Yifei died and Ji Ji Wuye died, which had nothing to do with him; it was all because these two people offended Su Xuan, thus bringing death upon themselves.

Of course, at the beginning, Tian Ze was indeed grateful to Su Xuan.

So as a reward, he gave Su Xuan the object he had been searching for related to the Seven Luminaries of the Azure Dragon.

Not only because he found that the object lacked key clues and was difficult to crack, but also because he saw another path at Su Xuan's place.

As long as he was strong enough, even without the Seven Luminaries of the Azure Dragon, he could still take back everything that belonged to him.

After returning to the Hundred Yue, Tian Ze did indeed do so.

Leveraging his influence as the former Crown Prince of the Hundred Yue, he took his subordinates Wushuang Gui, Qu Shi Mo, and Bai Du Wang to recruit strange people and scholars, and finally succeeded in developing a powerful force in the Hundred Yue.

The internal chaos in the Minyue Kingdom that the Qin state had detected earlier was mainly caused by Tian Ze.

The force Tian Ze developed in Minyue constantly stirred up trouble in the dark. Even though the Minyue King Zou Zou Wuzhu constantly sent people to suppress the rebellion, it had no effect. The existence of the rebellion caused the national strength of Minyue to decline again and again, which led to the Qin state's first move against the Minyue Kingdom.

Several chains circled like dragons and snakes, attacking Yan Yan Lingji.

Facing the martial arts of her former master, Tian Ze, Yan Yan Lingji had no sense of nervousness.

Seeing the world, one sees the smallness of all living things.

She had followed Su Xuan for many years, witnessed Su Xuan's strength, and had been taught by him.

Having seen with her own eyes how vast the world Su Xuan occupied was, Tian Ze, the master who was once invincible to her, seemed just so-so.

Just... mediocre!

Yan Yan Lingji gently raised her hand, and flames burst out in front of her.

The chains Tian Ze attacked with were immediately clung to by the flames, and the terrifying high temperature surged towards Tian Ze's body along the chains. In an instant, Tian Ze's pale cheeks became extremely red; he felt as if his body was burning.

At the same time, Yan Yan Lingji, who was attacked by the chains, released flames while her body retreated gracefully like a startled swan.