Chapter 261

"Even if no divine weapon makes the list,"

"the national strength of our Great Tang will still not suffer the slightest loss."

Li Shimin waved his hand and let out a long sigh.

He could only say this to comfort himself.

After all, from the very beginning with the Heaven's Pride List to the Sect List, Great Tang had come up empty-handed; it couldn't be more miserable.

Nowadays, Great Tang was almost becoming a joke in the Nine Provinces.

Other countries were fine, but thinking of Yang Guang in the neighboring Great Sui, Li Shimin couldn't bear it.

"Truly hateful. If the Golden List had appeared a few years later,"

"allowing me to develop Great Tang properly, how could it be in this situation today?"

Li Shimin clenched his fists tightly.

…

Great Sui.

Yang Guang was first shocked by the formidable strength of the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Sect.

Before he could even inquire about the situation, he saw the news about the Divine Weapon List.

Seeing this, Yang Guang became excited.

"Grand Tutor, the Xuanyuan Sword in your hand was used by the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan back then. Does it have a chance to make the list?"

Yang Guang's expression looked very excited.

If the Xuanyuan Sword made the list, what if the reward could cure his illness?

"Your subordinate cannot be certain."

"The Xuanyuan Sword is indeed powerful."

"But the Nine Provinces are vast, and there are all sorts of wonders."

"I suppose there will be even more powerful divine weapons and treasures."

Yuwen Tuo frowned and replied.

He naturally knew what Yang Guang was thinking.

What he said was also the truth; the Xuanyuan Sword in his hand was indeed powerful.

However, Yuwen Tuo had no confidence at all about whether it could make the Divine Weapon List.

"It definitely can, it definitely can!"

Yang Guang acted as if he hadn't heard Yuwen Tuo's words.

His expression was very excited, and he kept muttering to himself.

Seeing this, Yuwen Tuo shook his head and said nothing more.

Great Sui Imperial Harem.

Xiao Meiniang held the token depicting the Tianxuan Star of the Big Dipper in her hand.

"Back then, for your sake, I joined the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Sect and became a secret agent in your hands."

"But I have never deeply understood the sect."

"I didn't expect the sect to have become so powerful."

"It actually reached first place on the Sect List."

"Sure enough, you, being excellent, do everything to the extreme."

Xiao Meiniang muttered to herself.

Ying Ziyu's figure appeared in her mind.

Her expression became infatuated.

If she hadn't listened to Ying Ziyu back then and continued to stay in the Great Sui harem to lurk, she would have left with Ying Ziyu long ago.

Staying in this dark harem, even with extraordinary strength,

even with the possibility of ascending the Great Sui throne,

Xiao Meiniang didn't care about any of these.

She only wanted to be like back then, drinking tea and playing the zither with Ying Ziyu all day, living a life that didn't envy the mandarin ducks or the immortals.

However, Xiao Meiniang knew she couldn't disrupt Ying Ziyu's plan.

She reminisced for a while, then put the token away.

Her expression returned to that of the high and mighty, cold and unreachable Great Sui Empress.

A small bell appeared in her hand.

This was a gift Ying Ziyu had given her back then.

He said it was some incredible treasure, but Xiao Meiniang had never used it.

Instead, she cherished it carefully.

This was the only item she had that was related to Ying Ziyu.

"Reporting to the Empress, the Grand Tutor requests an audience!"

The palace maid outside said respectfully.

"This Empress knows. Have the Grand Tutor wait a moment."

After Xiao Meiniang finished speaking, she put away the small bell and walked out slowly.

She still had to continue discussing with the Grand Tutor.

About how to replace Yang Guang on the throne.

…

Great Han, Jizhou, Julu.

Zhang Jiao let out a long sigh.

"I suppose you must be someone from this Zhou Tian Xing Dou Sect."

Zhang Jiao looked at the masked man in front of him and said.

The figure depicted on this man's body was Kang, one of the seven mansions of the Azure Dragon in the East among the Twenty-Eight Mansions.

That was why Zhang Jiao was so certain.

This masked man was one of the two people who helped Zhang Jiao start the uprising.

The other was the one who told Zhang Jiao back then that everything was prepared.

"Correct!"

Kang nodded and admitted it directly.

"It seems that you have quite a plan in supporting my uprising from behind the scenes."

When Zhang Jiao spoke, his tone and expression were very calm.

It was as if the things he was saying had nothing to do with him at all.

"Us supporting you is better than you cooperating with those aristocratic families, isn't it?"

Kang did not answer Zhang Jiao's question directly.

Instead, he asked a rhetorical question.

Zhang Jiao did not refute it either, nodding in agreement with this statement.

Besides the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Sect, representatives of aristocratic families had actually approached Zhang Jiao in secret before, wanting to help Zhang Jiao start an uprising to overthrow the Great Han Dynasty.

Zhang Jiao detested these families; it was because of their existence that Great Han had become like this.

But relying solely on Zhang Jiao's own strength, there was simply no way to effectively organize an uprising.

Therefore, Zhang Jiao fell into deep thought.

He knew he shouldn't agree to these families; they definitely didn't have good intentions.

But if he didn't agree, he couldn't realize his aspirations and ideals—to return a peaceful and prosperous age to the people of the world!

Just at this time, Kang and another person, the Night Watcher, approached him separately, saying they could help Zhang Jiao overthrow Great Han.

After much thought, Zhang Jiao chose the latter.

At the very least, by choosing the latter, after success, they could help Great Han completely get rid of the control of the aristocratic families.

This was what Zhang Jiao thought in his heart.

"Regardless of our purpose, at the very least, we will help you with all our might."

"I suppose you have already obtained the accurate answer to these things from the Taiping Essential Arts in your hands."

Kang said indifferently.