Chapter 673: The Fate of the Ghost Valley Descendants

Although he had known from the very beginning that Han was weak and Qin was strong, and that it would not be a difficult task for Qin to destroy Han, he did not believe that Qin could destroy Han so rapidly, given that the Qin Wang had not yet personally assumed power or taken full control, and because his junior fellow apprentice, Wei Zhuang, was in Han.

Yet, the speed with which Han perished afterward caught Gai Nie completely off guard.

Years ago, after leaving Han, he had a brief conversation with his junior fellow apprentice; the content of that conversation was essentially that the outcome of the duel between them had yet to be decided.

Although he had already become the Chief Swordplay Instructor to the Qin Wang by then, while Wei Zhuang did not even hold an official position, their situations were actually quite similar; he held an official post, but the Qin Wang lacked real power and was in a difficult position, needing to proceed with caution to cope with the current predicament.

Even if he could leverage the power of Qin to realize his own ambitions, he first needed to help the Qin Wang overcome numerous predicaments.

By the same token, conversely, for Wei Zhuang, the situation was actually more relaxed.

Because at that time, the likes of Bai Yifei and Ji Wuye had already been killed by Su Xuan in a fit of rage.

The "Night Veil" that had shrouded Han had already dissipated; with Wei Zhuang's methods, it was not difficult to secure an official position and realize his ambitions in Han, and because Han was weak, the resistance encountered in attempting to implement reforms and change Han was not great.

Not to mention, Wei Zhuang had the assistance of that peerless genius, Han Fei, by his side at the time.

Therefore, the chips held by the two fellow apprentices and their respective circumstances were, on the whole, a fifty-fifty situation.

But the subsequent development truly exceeded Gai Nie's expectations.

The process of Ying Zheng going from a trapped dragon to soaring into the sky was simply too fast.