Chapter 696: Tension at the Breaking Point

At this moment, after hearing the conversation between Liu Bian and Xun Zi, everyone looked at the two of them with curious expressions.

Xun Zi was silent for a while, looked at the curious expressions on everyone's faces, and slowly began to speak:

"It is said that the Azure Dragon Seven Stars is the greatest secret in the world. Whoever obtains the secret of the Azure Dragon Seven Stars will gain the power to transcend this Realm, and at that time will have the strength to unify Tian Xia."

"Therefore, since ancient times it has been passed down that whoever obtains the secret of the Azure Dragon Seven Stars will obtain the world!"

"It's just that, all along, no one has known what the secret of the Azure Dragon Seven Stars actually is!"

"However, it has been almost a thousand years, and no one has comprehended the secret of the Azure Dragon Seven Stars."

"So as time went on, those who knew of this matter all thought the secret of the Azure Dragon Seven Stars was fake, and no longer paid attention to it!"

"If Your Majesty hadn't brought it up this time, this old man wouldn't have thought of this matter either!"

Hearing Xun Zi finish speaking, everyone was deeply shocked. They had not expected that such a thing existed in this world.

"What Dean Xun said is correct, but all that talk about obtaining the world is just bragging."

"The Azure Dragon Seven Stars is merely a mysterious energy. Whoever obtains it will have their Cultivation break through the upper limit of this Realm. It isn't as mysterious as the legends say!"

"However, you don't need to worry about these matters. When the time comes, Emperor will handle it. For now, deal with the people from Liusha and Luowang first."

After Liu Bian finished speaking to everyone, he left with Xiang Yu and Gao Yue.

……

"Your Majesty, I didn't expect you to actually have a Divine Dragon — how majestic!"

High in the sky, standing on Ao Huang's back, Xiang Yu and Gao Yue spoke excitedly as they watched the scenery flashing by.

With Ao Huang, a Martial Emperor Nine Heavens expert, present, Liu Bian and his group reached the Grassland in just half a day.

At this time, Zhang Liao and Guo Jia were leading the Army toward the northern border of Great Qin.

Upon seeing that Liu Bian had returned, the Million-Strong Legion Xuanwu Legion came to a uniform halt.

"This general (This minister) pays respects to Your Majesty!"

After Liu Bian dismounted from Ao Huang, Zhang Liao and the others bowed respectfully to Liu Bian.

"All of you, rise!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After everyone rose, Liu Bian said to Zhang Liao: "Wenyuan, arrange for the Army to continue the march!"

"This general obeys the order!"

Immediately, Zhang Liao directed the Army to continue marching toward the predetermined direction.

"Your Majesty, who are these two?"

Within the ranks of the Army, Guo Jia looked at Xiang Yu and Gao Yue and asked Liu Bian with some puzzlement.

From his appearance, Guo Jia could tell that Xiang Yu was only a teenager, a little over ten years old.

Yet he possessed Cultivation at the Martial King Third Heaven, which made Guo Jia very curious about his identity.

As for Gao Yue, she was clearly a child of twelve or thirteen, with not the slightest fluctuation of Spiritual Energy in her body, obviously having never practiced Cultivation.

"Fengxiao, why don't you take a guess at this boy's identity first?"

Hearing Guo Jia's question, Liu Bian suddenly became interested and said to Guo Jia in a teasing tone.

Hearing Liu Bian's words, Guo Jia's face couldn't help but fall, and he said to Liu Bian with a bitter smile:

"Your Majesty, this minister doesn't read fortunes — how could I possibly guess?"

"Hahaha!"

Seeing Guo Jia like this, the people nearby all couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Seeing this scene, Liu Bian couldn't help but smile as well, and said to Guo Jia:

"Alright, Emperor won't make things difficult for you. This boy is Xiang Yu. Emperor plans to train him well."

"Xiang Yu!!!"

Hearing that it was actually Xiang Yu, Guo Jia and the others couldn't hold back and exclaimed.

Xiang Yu! This was the Hegemon-King of Western Chu! The fierce man who nearly defeated Liu Bang and unified Tian Xia.

Moreover, Xiang Yu could be said to be at the absolute ceiling of combat power among ancient military generals.

"That's right, this boy is Xiang Yu. So now you understand why Emperor values him so highly, don't you?"

Hearing Liu Bian's words, everyone couldn't help but nod in understanding. If it was Xiang Yu, everything made sense.

Then Liu Bian pointed at Xiang Yu and said to Zhang Liao:

"Wenyuan, Emperor is entrusting this boy to you. Let him follow you first and gain some experience in the Army!"

Zhang Liao, who had been curiously sizing up Xiang Yu on the side, hurriedly replied respectfully to Liu Bian upon hearing this:

"This general obeys the imperial decree!"

Then Zhang Liao said to Xiang Yu: "Boy, since Your Majesty has spoken, you shall serve as a Colonel in the Army for now!"

Upon hearing this, Xiang Yu was overjoyed and immediately bowed in thanks to Zhang Liao:

"Thank you, General. This general obeys the order!"

He knew that a Colonel of the Han Dynasty was a Sixth Rank Official, able to command two thousand men!

Although Xiang Yu was only fifteen years old, his Cultivation had already reached Martial King Third Heaven. Such Cultivation already met the standard to serve as a Colonel, and Zhang Liao would not make appointments carelessly.

Along the way, Liu Bian briefly told Zhang Liao and the others about the subjugation of the Mo Family and the Ru Family.

"Hahaha, I never expected that one day we would serve as officials alongside these people — what a great fortune in life!"

……

Not long after Liu Bian left Little Sage Village, Li Si brought Fu Su, under the protection of a group of Shadow Guards, to Little Sage Village.

Seeing that all the people of the Mo Family were at Little Sage Village, Li Si's expression also turned ugly.

He had not expected that Fu Nian and the others would be so bold as to openly shelter the Mo Family rebels.

Such behavior was already a provocation against the authority of the Great Qin Empire — it was making it perfectly clear to him that Little Sage Village intended to stand with the Mo Family and oppose Great Qin.

"Fu Nian! Is this the choice of your Little Sage Village? Are you not afraid that the iron cavalry of my Great Qin will trample your Little Sage Village into extinction!"

Li Si pointed at Gao Jianli and the others, loudly berating Fu Nian.

If the consequences of destroying Little Sage Village weren't too great, he truly would have wanted to wipe out Little Sage Village right now.

"Prime Minister Li, what you see is precisely the choice of my Little Sage Village!"

Fu Nian's expression did not change. Ignoring Li Si's livid face, he spoke to him calmly.

"Good! Good! Good! You've truly given this Prime Minister quite a grand surprise. Since that is so, then even at the risk of being spurned by the world, this Prime Minister will take you all down, you traitorous rebels!"

"Men! Seize the rebels!"

As Li Si's words fell, suddenly a great number of people surged in from outside the Main Hall.

All of these people were assassins of the Net, among them three Heaven-rank assassins of the Net — Yanri, Jinni, and Black and White Xuanjian.

All three of them emanated a powerful aura of Martial Emperor First Heaven.

The other Net assassins followed behind these three. Ten of them moved to protect Li Si and Fu Su, while the rest all stared at Fu Nian and the others with killing intent written all over their faces.

"Senior Brother! I never expected you to be so lucky — to have actually survived such injuries!"