Chapter 697: The noble families harbor ulterior motives, Tong Yuan carries Zhao Yun out of the mountains!

Great Han, Luoyang City.

Since Emperor Ling of Han, Liu Hong, was forcibly extended his lifespan by one year by Wang Yue, two months had passed.

Seeing Emperor Ling of Han, Liu Hong's body becoming stronger day by day, the major noble families began to work without putting in effort again when confronting the Huang Jin army.

Originally, the major noble families wanted to wait until Emperor Ling of Han, Liu Hong, passed away, and then take advantage of the chaos to seek certain benefits for the noble families in Great Han.

Even ambitious people like Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shu wanted to seek opportunities to divide the land and become kings after Emperor Ling of Han died, becoming the true decision-makers of Great Han.

And since they had this idea, they could no longer stop.

Before, when Emperor Ling of Han, Liu Hong's body did not have any major problems, the major noble families never thought about these things.

At that time, they were just thinking about trying to make their own noble families last forever in Great Han, protecting the power of the noble families, so that the noble families could continue to survive in every generation of dynastic change.

Only after seeing that Emperor Ling of Han was about to die did the thought of wanting to divide the land and become a king and be an emperor themselves appear in their hearts.

Now Emperor Ling of Han's body had gradually recovered, but their intention to rebel had not decreased much.

Having already seen a glorious future, no one would want their dream to be shattered.

When facing the Huang Jin army again, except for noble families close to the Great Han imperial court like Liu Biao of Jingzhou and the Three Heroes of the Peach Garden, most of the noble families once again hid their own strength.

They were absolutely unwilling to consume most of their strength here, and some noble families even wanted to unite to deliberately lose, causing the anger of Emperor Ling of Han, Liu Hong, to see Liu Hong's true physical condition!

At the very least, there were neutral forces without extremes, and they also maintained a wait-and-see state at this time.

They also chose to preserve their strength; at the very least, they had to have the ability to preserve themselves after this Huang Jin army rebellion was resolved.

Xiliang.

Dong Zhuo looked at his Xiliang army, which was like tigers and wolves, and his eyes were full of smiles.

"As long as I always have such a terrifying army, even if Emperor Ling wants to kill me, he has to weigh whether he has this ability in advance!"

"As long as I have troops and horses in hand, I don't believe I, Dong Zhuo, cannot succeed!"

While speaking, the fat on Dong Zhuo's face trembled.

In fact, Dong Zhuo's current thoughts already represented the thoughts of various noble families in Great Han.

Now most of the decision-makers of the noble families were trying every means to either gather troops and horses or preserve their own vital strength.

In troubled times like Great Han, only by having troops, horses, and food in hand can one ensure that one can survive in troubled times!

As long as one has troops and horses in hand, when Great Han is prosperous, they can go to the battlefield to make contributions and increase the foundation for their own family!

When Great Han declines, they can also rely on the army in their hands to divide the land and become kings, becoming the local emperor of a force!

On the other side, Wang Yue, who had been missing for a long time, finally found Tong Yuan by relying on a token.

After seeing Tong Yuan, Wang Yue revealed a trace of relief.

The moment Wang Yue appeared, Tong Yuan also felt his aura, but in Tong Yuan's view, Wang Yue was very wrong at this time.

In Tong Yuan's perception, Wang Yue's body was very weak, and the aura in his body was extremely chaotic.

Tong Yuan did not understand what Wang Yue had experienced to make Wang Yue, who possessed the cultivation of the peak of the Earth Immortal*Heavenly Man Realm like himself, become like this.

You must know that once a martial artist cultivates from a Grandmaster to an Earth Immortal, it is a qualitative leap in the level of life!

And cultivating from the Earth Immortal*Mortal Realm to the Earth Immortal*Heavenly Man Realm is even more like a carp leaping over the dragon gate!

Even if he suffered internal injuries, relying on the physique of a martial artist at the peak of the Earth Immortal*Heavenly Man Realm, he could not recover in a short time, but he would absolutely not be as down and out as Wang Yue was now.

The feedback Wang Yue brought to Tong Yuan now was as if Wang Yue's origin had been cut off by half.

In a short time, Wang Yue had actually slipped from the cultivation of the peak of the Earth Immortal*Heavenly Man Realm to the appearance of the early stage of the Earth Immortal*Heavenly Man Realm.

"How could you become like this??!!"

Strands of divine light permeated from Tong Yuan's eyes, as if he wanted to see through Wang Yue's body to see what kind of injuries he had to become like this.

Looking at Tong Yuan's appearance at this time, Wang Yue shook his head very helplessly, and then muttered to Tong Yuan:

"You don't need to look; my current appearance is not because I was beaten and injured by someone."

Upon hearing Wang Yue's words, the surprise in Tong Yuan's heart was even greater.

"Could it be that you used that method????"

"Has His Majesty already reached such a point???"

A trace of worry appeared in Tong Yuan's eyes.

Upon hearing Tong Yuan's words, Wang Yue nodded gently.

"I came to find you this time precisely because of this matter."

"I was originally resisting the Huang Jin army led by Zhang Jiao in Jiayingzhou."

"But suddenly I received a notice that Emperor Ling was critically ill, and then I secretly left the battlefield."

"After I returned to the imperial palace, Emperor Ling was indeed at the end of his rope."

"Now Great Han is in the most chaotic time. If Emperor Ling died at this time, then without the Huang Jin army making trouble, the various noble families of Great Han would absolutely not be able to sit still!"

"At that time, heroes would divide the land, and Great Han might even be destroyed because of this!"

"So I used that method, but what I didn't expect was that Emperor Ling's origin had already been consumed too much. Even if I exhausted half of my own origin power, I could only forcibly make Emperor Ling live for one more year..."

The eyes of Wang Yue at this moment were full of gray defeat.

"One year???? Actually only one year??!!"

Tong Yuan exclaimed, and then continued:

"I said how come there was news a while ago that Emperor Ling's body seemed to have been reborn."

"Originally I thought it was Empress He who used the Fuxi Zither, so it turned out that you used that method."

Regarding the current situation, Tong Yuan could only shake his head helplessly. He knew that even if he replaced Wang Yue with himself, Tong Yuan would definitely make the same choice as Wang Yue.

"Then you came to seek me this time, is it because you want me to come out into the world?"

Tong Yuan said softly to Wang Yue.

"Indeed, after extending Emperor Ling's life, the backlash I suffered was too great!"

"You should also be able to see my current physical condition."

"Jiayingzhou is in urgent need of a powerhouse now. Even if I, who cannot exert my full strength now, could rush back in time, there is no way to stop Zhang Jiao's attack!"

"If it weren't for the last resort, I would absolutely not let this last trump card of Great Han be revealed so quickly."

Wang Yue said softly to Tong Yuan.

If there were no top experts guarding Jiayingzhou, then Great Han would be truly dangerous.

Whether it was the strategic position of Jiayingzhou or the fact that the main forces of the imperial court and various noble families were there.

As long as Jiayingzhou fell, the advantage Great Han had finally pulled back would vanish again!

Upon hearing Wang Yue's words, after thinking for a moment, he nodded and agreed.

"You heal your injuries here, I will go to Jiayingzhou to stabilize the situation first!"

"Great Han must not perish!"

Tong Yuan said very firmly, and then he called out softly: ===== CHAPTER 698 =====