Chapter 835

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

"The weak attach themselves to the strong—this is the principle you taught me!"

"Without a doubt, the Qin Guo is a powerhouse beyond reproach!"

As Yan Lingji spoke these sophistries, the more she said, the angrier Tian Ze became.

The weak attaching themselves to the strong—Tian Ze had indeed taught Yan Lingji this principle back then. That was many years ago. At that time, a great fire had left Yan Lingji's family destroyed and dead, and she was kneeling alone in the ruins when Tian Ze appeared before her with his subordinates.

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

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

Tian Ze's answer was so matter-of-fact: "You are weak, and you should naturally attach yourself to the strong!"

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

Yan Lingji becoming so mercenary made Tian Ze genuinely angry.

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

"I would like to see what you have gained by attaching yourself to this so-called powerhouse, the Qin Guo!"

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

Back in the State of Han, for Tian Ze, it could be said to be the most humiliating time of his life. After being released by Bai Yifei, although he knew what Bai Yifei intended to use him for, he did not care. With a heart higher than the heavens, he believed he could break free from all cages and was convinced that Bai Yifei releasing him was digging his own grave.

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

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

Later, Bai Yifei died and 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, in the beginning, Tian Ze was indeed grateful to Su Xuan.

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

Not only because he discovered 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 Baiyue, Tian Ze did indeed do so.

Leveraging his influence as the former Crown Prince of Baiyue, he took his subordinates Wushuang Gui, Qu Shi Mo, and Bai Du Wang to recruit strange people and talented individuals on a large scale, and finally, successfully developed a powerful force in Baiyue.

The internal chaos in Minyue that the Qin Guo had previously investigated—the main factor in that internal chaos was Tian Ze.

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

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

Facing the martial arts of her former master Tian Ze, Yan Lingji did not have any sense of nervousness.

Seeing the heavens makes one realize the smallness of all living things.

She had been by Su Xuan's side for many years, had witnessed Su Xuan's strength, and had even received Su Xuan's guidance.

Having witnessed with her own eyes how vast the world Su Xuan inhabited was, Tian Ze, the master who had been invincible to her in the past, seemed just so-so.

However…… just so-so!

Yan Lingji gently raised her hand, and flames burst forth before her.

The chains Tian Ze used to attack were immediately clung to by flames, and the terrifying high temperature surged along the chains toward Tian Ze's body. In a brief moment, Tian Ze's pale cheeks became extremely flushed; he felt as if his body were burning.

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