Chapter 316: Are your surroundings different from mine?

Inside the Linglan Sword Sect.

Inside the pine‑wood house, waves of floral fragrance drifted.

The floral fragrance assailed the nose, lingering around the tip of the nose.

Afternoon sunlight streamed through the window, casting inside and giving a warm feeling.

And the one sitting at the far right is Lu Yuan, bathed in sunlight.

And the left side of the long table.

He is the most honored person of the Great Zhou Dynasty: Your Majesty.

And the one seated in the highest position is Su Liyan.

Su Liyan is the Sect Leader of the Linglan Sword Sect and also the main person in charge of this meeting.

"Everyone has seen the information transmitted from this battle."

"Kang Linfei and Xiao Ya have already reached the battlefield and learned the news from Xiao Yinghua's side."

"The Great Qin Dynasty has suffered successive defeats, with heavy casualties."

"Whether civilians or soldiers… they have all been baptized by Xiao Yinghua."

"Everyone… if you have any good suggestions or methods, you can speak them directly."

Su Liyan stood at the front.

Her hair flowed over her shoulders, her figure tall and slender.

Her eyes were alluring like silk.

Yet she carried an air of solemnity and chill.

Like a superior overlooking those below.

"How is the battle situation?"

"Have our people experienced combat?"

A person in charge below asked.

Su Liyan shook her head: "We still don't know; the specific situation hasn't been transmitted yet."

"According to the speed of Kang Linfei's messages, they should have arrived by now."

As soon as the words fell, a Qingbei scholar hurried over.

He ran while shouting, "Report!"

The gate creaked open.

The scholar, dust‑covered, clasped his hands, his brows and eyes respectful.

His words were clear and loud.

All we heard him say: "Report, Your Majesty, Sect Leader, our people have already arrived at the scene."

"Captain Gu Lie led his men to the battlefield."

"The cultivators have not yet appeared formally."

Upon hearing this, an elder of the Linglan Sword Sect pursed his lips, somewhat displeased.

"Hehe, why not let our cultivators go?"

"Are you afraid we'll steal your spotlight?"

"Xiao Ya and Li Kui as well—actually letting you go, aren't you afraid of danger?"

Upon hearing this, the soldiers lowered their heads.

They almost said in a helpless voice: "Captain Gu Lie and Mr. Kang Linfei have also considered it."

"But… Xiao Yinghua's weapons are too advanced; we cannot lightly try them."

The speaking elder furrowed his brows.

"What does that mean?"

"Are there ordinary war weapons that can oppose us cultivators?"

"Are you joking?"

"If they could truly replace us, what cultivation would we still practice?"

"We might as well just give up."

"Please explain in detail."

Su Liyan seemed to see the elder's confusion and anger.

She immediately opened her mouth to inquire.

The soldier picked up the document and directly handed it to Your Majesty and Su Liyan.

After looking, both of their faces changed in unison.

"Is this true?"

Gu Qingwan spoke directly, her formerly composed expression vanished.

More matters became tense and vigilant.

"Yes, we didn't expect this battle to be so terrifying."

"Even if the weapons aren't strong, they can be fired many times; countless shots will eventually kill someone."

"Understood." Gu Qingwan waved her sleeve, signaling the soldier to retreat.

The soldier, having no more report information, hastily retreated and left the place.

"Creak."

The room was closed.

Everyone fell into a ghostly silence.

Only that elder directly said displeasedly: "What do you know? Hurry up and tell us."

"Don't hide it."

"Yeah."

Several other elders nodded in turn.

In an instant, everyone looked toward Su Liyan and Gu Qingwan.

The former lightly coughed.

He picked up the report and passed it to the nearest person beside him.

The nearest person was Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan, puzzled, picked it up and looked.

His eyes instantly turned dark and heavy.

After reading, he passed it to the next person.

The two reports were quickly passed around.

Everyone then understood the truth of the matter.

They all furrowed their brows.

The elder who spoke first also furrowed his brow: "That is to say, this little cherry blossom has researched two new weapons."

"One is an immortal-indestructible type."

"One is a massacre type."

Combined together, they look completely destined to utterly ravage.

The wind gently swayed.

It stirred Su Liyan's hair.

It also stirred her helplessness.

Both weapons are not lethal.

But when combined, they are extremely disgusting.

When a powerful cultivator enters the battlefield, it not only affects the battlefield.

It also makes everyone on the battlefield feel pain.

A moment's carelessness can cost a life.

Thus, the stronger the cultivator, the more they cherish their power.

The less likely they are to enter the battlefield lightly.

But ordinary soldiers cannot easily oppose those soldiers whose cultivation has been forcibly enhanced.

Every move of an ordinary soldier appears to them as endless slow motion.

They can easily be wiped out.

Now it seems they, with deep killing intent.

can easily massacre those soldiers.

Yet the dynasty's soldiers have none who can resist.

This is slaughter.

A slaughter that crushes from start to finish.

"I always feel there are some problems."

Lu Yuan, who had been silent for a long time, spoke.

He saw from the report that the soldiers who had been lying in ambush beside them, for unknown reasons, were slaughtered.

There was no trace of anyone surviving.

Even the female soldiers were brutally treated.

No matter how you look at it, these people seem to know too much about the Great Qin Dynasty.

"Yeah."

The Great Qin Dynasty's strength is not weak.

If even the ambushed soldiers are easily drawn out, then it's not just Xiao Yinghua's problem.

But rather a problem from within the Great Qin Dynasty.

"Is anyone near Qin Gu?"

The speaker is Gu Qingwan.

She had already been familiar with all aspects of the Deep Abyss Continent before coming.

She even knew the problems of the Deep Abyss Continent.

and the situation of the battle.

But she didn't expect the battle to be this intense.

Qin Gu: Crown Prince of the Great Qin Dynasty.

His face shows handsomeness; he is a person who greatly loves the people.

He is also one of the persons in charge of this battle.

Able to send out information, and precisely know Qin Gu's location.

Probably only Qin Gu himself, or some of his subordinates.

Obviously, according to conventional thinking, Qin Gu is impossible.

The aura of a superior emanating from Qin Gu.

And the scholarly family aura, honest and simple, yet full of dignity.

It doesn't seem like someone who would easily betray his own country and soldiers.

Moreover… his concern for the soldiers far exceeds his own body.

Such a person, would he be a traitor of the Great Qin Dynasty?

Obviously… everyone thinks not.

But if this person is Qin Gu, yet the soul isn't Qin Gu?

Then this matter has another possibility.

Qin Gu was restrained or ambushed.

He has been completely controlled.

The person before us is merely an evil person wearing Qin Gu's skin.

A person who could obtain information at any time and place.

More likely.

The person arranged by Qin Gu was already planned beforehand.

But Qin Gu, how could he be possessed?

Such ability cannot be achieved by a mere touch.

Everyone, following Lu Yuan's voice, began to have their thoughts flow.

Most people felt that Lu Yuan was right.

If it wasn't Qin Gu who had a problem, then it was someone around Qin Gu who had a problem.

They each lean more toward the latter.

The former is too not……(End of chapter)