Chapter 669: I Came, I Saw

A large group of people set out. Not long after leaving Qingming, scouts discovered them and ran away from afar.

Wei Yuan said, "They have already placed scouts at our doorstep; they are truly arrogant. Hmm? Those scouts have poor horsemanship and are running a bit slowly."

Before Wei Yuan could speak, several Six-Ren Heavenly Soldiers had already flown out from Cui Yu's body, and in the blink of an eye, they caught up with the scouts and dragged them all back.

Those scouts were quite tough. Upon seeing Wei Yuan, they cursed loudly and claimed to be superior people of Zhao Guo, saying that if Wei Yuan dared to touch a single hair of theirs, Zhao Guo would never let it go.

Seeing that these scouts were only at the Body Forging cultivation level, Cui Yu said, "It's strange. The enemy doesn't use elite Dao Foundation scouts at their doorstep, but instead uses Body Forging cultivators; it really makes no sense. Also, we and Zhao Guo have not clashed yet; why are they so desperate to die?"

Wei Yuan pondered for a moment and had a rough idea, saying, "It seems the other side wants to fight us but fears having no excuse, so they sent a few people over for us to kill. If my guess is correct, these people were either death row prisoners or local ruffians who lived by bullying others not long ago."

Cui Yu immediately cast a Soul-Bewitching Curse, and two of them had weak wills and confusedly revealed their identities, which was indeed as Wei Yuan had guessed.

Wei Yuan then said, "Bring these people along. Let's go; we are going to meet this Fourth Highness of Zhao Guo."

The army continued to move forward, and at noon the next day, they finally arrived at the edge of the new Zhao Guo domain.

The Zhao army had received the news early, and the army lined up outside the domain, blocking Wei Yuan's cavalry.

Behind Wei Yuan, nearly twenty thousand cavalry spread out in a chaotic roar. During the formation change, several riders would bump into each other from time to time, and it was only resolved after a scolding from the captain.

Originally, ten thousand were qualified horse-riding infantry, but unfortunately, eight thousand unqualified ones were mixed in, so the entire unit became unqualified.

Looking at the Zhao army, they only fielded three thousand cavalry, but the formation was neat, the clothing and armor were bright, and the military spirit was condensed as one; they were truly elites.

During the formation, Wei Yuan remained calm, took a silk scarf and tied it around his neck, then hid it under his collar.

In the Zhao army formation, a young cultivator flew out and hovered in front of the formation. Wei Yuan also greeted him, and after the formalities, he scrutinized the other side.

The young cultivator looked very young, but if he were really the Fourth Prince, he should already be over forty years old. This person had always been unknown in the past, but seeing him now, the elite troops he trained alone could not be underestimated.

Wei Yuan said, "I am Wei Yuan, the Dingxi Military Governor of Great Jin! Is the person opposite the Fourth Highness of Zhao Guo?"

The young cultivator said, "Governor Wei is well-informed; I am Li Chengfeng."

Wei Yuan looked Li Chengfeng up and down and said, "The Fourth Highness looks young, but it turns out you are not small either."

Li Chengfeng's face stiffened, and then he said, "Li has achieved nothing, which makes Governor Wei laugh. According to the rules of the cultivation world, Li should still call you Senior."

Wei Yuan's face instantly turned black.

Wei Yuan's Yin-Yang Bombs were famous throughout the world, used to deter the Shaman tribe and repel the Rain Kingdom, and the relevant information had long been dug up completely. Thus, with the promotion of interested people, everyone already knew.

Even the elders of the Xu family talked about this matter, all speaking of that two-hundred-and-nineteen-year-old Dharma Form, and then laughed, and the haze dissipated. As for the matter of Wei Yuan becoming a Dharma Form at nineteen, they had already forgotten it.

Wei Yuan looked behind Li Chengfeng and saw the new city built against the mountain, facing Qingming directly. At this moment, the city wall had already been built more than three chi high, and two cargo flying ships were slowly driving in from the distant horizon, moving slowly, obviously loaded with a lot of goods.

Being able to build the outline of the inner city in such a short time and using flying ships to transport goods, it was obvious that behind Li Chengfeng was the Zhao King. Otherwise, let alone him, even the Crown Prince of Great Zhao would not have such strength.

Wei Yuan took another look at the operation of the Heavenly Dao in the new domain and had a rough idea. Then he said, "Fourth Highness came from afar, and you must want to establish some achievements. But it is inappropriate for your new city to be built on the land of my Great Jin.

Taking advantage of the fact that the domain stone has not taken deep root, hurry up and pull it out and change to another place. One hundred and eight thousand li to the southwest is the old nest of the mountain people; I think that place is not bad."

Li Chengfeng was not annoyed and calmly said, "Governor Wei is joking. This is ownerless land; how can it be called Jin land?"

Wei Yuan said, "I am standing here, so this is Jin soil!"

Li Chengfeng was stunned, then laughed loudly and said, "Governor Wei is truly overbearing! Is it that everything you see also counts as Jin soil?"

Wei Yuan nodded: "That's right! I came, I saw, and it is all mine."

No matter how good Li Chengfeng's temper was, he could not suppress his anger and denounced, "What kind of nonsense logic is that!"

Wei Yuan sneered: "Did I come to reason with you? You built the city by my bedside; do you want to reason? Anyway, there is no logic, so what else is there to say."

Li Chengfeng was speechless for a moment.

Wei Yuan added, "Oh, by the way, I caught a few people on the way here. It just so happens I brought them for you to see."

Wei Yuan waved his hand, and the scouts who were caught were pushed out from the army formation.

Li Chengfeng's face changed slightly. Just as he was thinking about how to phrase his words, he saw Wei Yuan wave his hand, and his subordinates cut down with their swords, already beheading a scout!

The scout's head rolled down, rolling continuously on the ground, and until his death, his eyes were still wide open, unable to close in death.

Fresh blood gushed out from the neck of the headless corpse, staining the Zhao army's uniform red. The warrior holding the sword kicked the corpse down.

Li Chengfeng only felt a surge of hot blood rushing to his crown!

He sent these people, indeed to be killed by Wei Yuan, so he would have an excuse to provoke a dispute between the two countries, and then he could take the opportunity to establish a domain, build a city, and hoard troops, turning this matter into a fait accompli.

If Wei Yuan couldn't help but attack, that would be even better, as he would even have a righteous name.

But he never expected that Wei Yuan would bring these people in front of him and kill them one by one in front of him. This feeling was like spitting a mouthful of phlegm in front of Wei Yuan, only to have Wei Yuan pick it up and stuff it back into his own mouth.

Li Chengfeng pointed at Wei Yuan and shouted sternly, "What crime did these people commit to be beheaded before the formation?"

Wei Yuan calmly said, "They cursed me."

"So what if they cursed you? Cursing you is what they should do! Cursing you is not a crime punishable by death!"

"Publicly insulting a superior is a great disrespect, and the laws of all countries should behead... Why am I telling you this? I didn't come to reason with you. Behead them all!" Wei Yuan waved his hand again and beheaded the remaining scouts.

Li Chengfeng's eyes were cold, and the murderous intent was almost overflowing.

Wei Yuan smiled and said, "Fourth Highness is old, why is your temper still so big? Look at me, I never get angry. Oh, by the way, hurry up and fix your little broken city. Next time I come, I won't just bring this many people."

"Wei, Yuan!" Li Chengfeng squeezed these two words out through his teeth.

Wei Yuan said, "Why, does the Fourth Highness want me to point out your Dao techniques? Forget it; you are not my opponent. Why lose face in public?"

In front of thousands of Zhao troops, Li Chengfeng's face was livid, and he said, "If I had known Governor Wei had such character, I should have moved this city another thousand li forward!"

Wei Yuan said lightly, "It's the same wherever you put it; it's a waste of domain stone anyway. Fourth Highness, hurry up and get busy; I won't disturb you."

Saying this, Wei Yuan returned to the army formation, the army turned around, and returned to Qingming.

Li Chengfeng returned with a black face, and the generals and strategists also had ugly expressions.

A strategist cursed, "This Wei Yuan is so overbearing; he is truly a treacherous hero of troubled times! How can the Jin King tolerate him? He beheaded our Zhao Guo soldiers before the formation, which concerns the face of Great Zhao. We must report to the King; we must never let it go!"

Li Chengfeng took a deep breath and said, "It's useless to say anything now; there is only one battle, and we must win it! Speed up the city construction progress, reorganize and prepare for war! You guys watch here for these few days; I want to go back to see Father King.

Now Qingming has earned a lot of Immortal Silver by relying on trade with our Great Zhao, absorbing millions of refugees. Immortal Silver will become their military weapons, and refugees will be Wei Yuan's soldiers! I want Father King to stop the trade with Qingming and prohibit any refugees from leaving the border!"

The strategists all clapped and cheered.

Wei Yuan met Li Chengfeng, let the generals lead their troops back, and he himself flew back to Qingming first with Cui Yu and others. After returning, Wei Yuan went directly to Cui Yu's military tent, ordered people to set up a sand table, and began to study the strategy of sending troops.

Since Li Chengfeng dared to come and provoke, he must be confident. Wei Yuan didn't know why he felt he could win against him, but now it was certain that Li Chengfeng should at least feel he had a sixty or seventy percent chance of victory.

No matter how arrogant and flamboyant Wei Yuan was in front of others, he immediately began to prepare for the war after angering Li Chengfeng, and did not let go of every detail. There are no small matters in the military; in this regard, Wei Yuan was never careless.

Looking at the sand table, Wei Yuan reached out and pointed to the area between Qingming and the new Zhao Guo domain, saying, "In this region, all Zhao Guo scouts must be cleared out. They might ambush high-level cultivators for counter-hunting; I will send two Dragon Guards to follow you and specifically hunt their high-level cultivators."

Cui Yu nodded and then said, "How about I apply to my family to recruit some Dharma Forms?"

Wei Yuan was somewhat surprised and said, "This is a matter of offending Zhao Li. Your Cui family itself has many industries in Zhao Guo; the Old Lady might not agree, right?"

Cui Yu said, "I will find a way. Besides, our Cui family's industries are not something he Zhao Li can move just because he wants to. Song Guo borders Zhao Guo."

Wei Yuan nodded and said, "Just try your best; it doesn't matter if it doesn't work."

Subsequently, Wei Yuan asked Cui Yu to send out scouts widely to figure out the terrain around the Zhao domain.

Wei Yuan had originally sent people to survey this area, but at that time it was just a rough look, recording some big mountains and rivers. If they really wanted to fight in this area, this was far from enough.

While he was arranging, Wei Yuan suddenly felt a movement in his heart. A large piece of black-red suddenly appeared in the small half of the sky of the earthly paradise, and the dome light became dark red, as if the city had been painted with a layer of filthy blood, and a foul smell permeated the air.

All mortals looked up at the sky, inexplicably terrified. The young Jianmu tree far overseas propped up a light screen, blocking all the blood light outside the light screen.

The other immortal plants also took action one after another, and light screens of various colors protected the central city. It was just that the new island had no protection for a while, and the blood-colored sky light fell without reservation, and many mortal craftsmen were illuminated, all in extreme pain.

At this moment, a girl with a plain appearance appeared, holding an orchid, and planted it in the center of the small island. The orchid entered the soil and instantly released a group of clear light, protecting the entire island within.

Thousands of mortal craftsmen on the island spontaneously gathered around the orchid and began to worship.

Wei Yuan entered the earthly paradise and looked up at the sky, feeling surprised. Why did the national fortune of Western Jin suddenly decline to this point?

(End of chapter)