Chapter 358

"If I give myself to you and let you help me kill Yang Guang, would you be willing to help me?"

Fu Junchuo suddenly stared fixedly at Lin Fan and said.

"Not willing."

Lin Fan replied concisely.

"Why? Am I not beautiful?"

Fu Junchuo was somewhat surprised. Although Shi Shi Qingxuan and Wei Wei Zhenzhen before her were peerless beauties, she felt she didn't look bad either.

"That's not it, but I think Yang Guang is doing the right thing. Those who are not of my race must have a different heart!"

Lin Fan suddenly said with a serious expression.

"Why? Do you have to have this kind of prejudice too? We just want to live well; can't everyone live together in peace? Why must you labor the people and waste wealth, and meet with weapons?"

Fu Junchuo was hit hard. She didn't expect Lin Fan to have this view. One must know that Lin Fan never interfered in the affairs of the imperial court, and for a moment, she felt tired.

"In the eighteenth year of Kaihuang, Goguryeo drove out the Mohe, imprisoned the Khitan, and sent troops to invade Liaoxi, while secretly contacting the Eastern Turks in an attempt to jointly resist the Sui Dynasty. At that time, Emperor Wen of Sui, Yang Jian, wanted to send troops to attack Goguryeo, but they encountered floods and plagues on the way, with eight or nine out of ten dying, which is why Yang Jian had to give up helplessly."

"After Emperor Yang of Sui, Yang Guang, ascended the throne, during his northern tour in the third year of Daye, he ordered King Gao Yuan of Goguryeo to come to court to pay homage, but Gao Yuan turned a deaf ear. The lack of submission and the restless ambition he exposed completely enraged Emperor Yang of Sui. Settling old and new grudges together is the reason he wanted to attack Goguryeo."

"You think you love peace, but in fact, it's just an illusion you see. Even if you go to the Qin Dynasty, which was the most keen on conquest in the world, and find a remote little mountain village, the villagers there also yearn for peace. You cannot generalize. Politics is never as simple as you see it. As long as those in power have ambition, the people cannot live and work in peace. So instead of assassinating Yang Guang, you might as well go back and assassinate the King of Goguryeo, and find someone without ambition who is willing to submit to inherit the throne. That is the only way to save your tiny country!"

Lin Fan spoke eloquently to Fu Junchuo, completely shattering her beliefs.

She had always thought that the people of Goguryeo loved peace and wanted to live well, and that the Sui Dynasty was always restless and wanted to invade, so she wanted to kill Yang Guang, the war criminal, to stop the fighting. She didn't expect it was the Goguryeo royal family causing trouble and enraging the Sui Dynasty.

"Impossible, you're lying to me!"

A patriotic nationalist, upon hearing Lin Fan's words, felt her beliefs collapse, so her emotions were somewhat out of control.

"Believe it or not, it's up to you. If assassinating Yang Guang could solve the problem, why didn't Fu Cailin come himself? Don't say you can't kill Yang Guang; even if you did, as long as Goguryeo still has wolfish ambitions and wants to invade Liaodong, then if there's no Yang Guang, there will be Li Guang, Zhang Guang, Wang Guang. Can you kill them all?"

At this time, the waiter brought the food and wine. Lin Fan said no more and began picking up food for Shi Shi Qingxuan and Wei Wei Zhenzhen.

Fu Junchuo fell into silence, and for a moment, she didn't know what she should do.

At the same time, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling discovered a dying person in the ruined temple where they were staying.

"Wow, Young Master Zhong, there seems to be a dead person there!"

"I'll go take a look, you be careful!"

After the two walked closer, they discovered that the person seemed to be dead, and Kou Zhong accidentally touched the Secret of Longevity.

At this time, the "dead person" suddenly spoke. He told Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling that this was the Daoist supreme treasure, the Secret of Longevity, which was both a health-preserving classic and a martial arts manual, but no one had been able to crack its secrets for over a hundred years.

After finishing, he handed the Secret of Longevity to them, and the "dead person" truly died.

"Young Master Ling, the Secret of Longevity, a thousand taels of gold, a martial arts manual, ah!"

Kou Zhong's eyes shone as he looked at the Secret of Longevity. He had already imagined sending the Secret of Longevity to Lin Fan to exchange for the reward, and the glorious life the two brothers would have in the future.

"Young Master Zhong, do you think that young master is a great philanthropist? Would he exchange a thousand taels of gold or a martial arts manual for this Secret of Longevity for no reason?"

Xu Ziling felt uncomfortable because of the Shi Shi Qingxuan matter.

"Isn't he? He was willing to treat us to buns when we were strangers, bought Sister Zhen when he saw injustice, and is willing to exchange a thousand taels of gold or a divine martial arts manual for this useless Secret of Longevity. I think he is a great philanthropist!"

Kou Zhong said as if it were a matter of course.

As two wandering little hoodlums, Lin Fan was the best person to them besides Wei Wei Zhenzhen.

"He bought Sister Zhen because he coveted her beauty!"

"Nonsense, otherwise would he buy an ugly woman back to annoy himself? The fact that he was willing to tear up her deed of sale and set her free before Sister Zhen even expressed her stance is already rare and commendable. Young Master Ling, don't use the qualities of a saint to demand things from others!"

"Alright then, what you say makes sense, but can't we cultivate the Secret of Longevity ourselves? I feel like this martial art seems very powerful!"

"Do you know how to read, do you know the meridians? We two can't even understand the most basic martial arts, and you want to cultivate the Secret of Longevity that no one has been able to crack for over a hundred years?"

Xu Ziling was silent. He and Kou Zhong were just two little hoodlums; it was hard enough to survive, let alone read and write!

"You got the Secret of Longevity?"

Lin Fan looked at the panting Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling before him, lost in thought.

He had finished eating with Shi Shi Qingxuan and Wei Wei Zhenzhen and was drinking tea when Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling suddenly ran up to him.

"Correct, but young master, you asked us to find you, but you didn't remember to leave an address, making us search through three whole restaurants to find you!"

Kou Zhong couldn't help but complain.

"Where is the Secret of Longevity?"

Lin Fan was noncommittal and asked directly.

He also didn't expect these two people to be so lucky to have obtained the Secret of Longevity so quickly.

"Here!"

Kou Zhong hurriedly took out the Secret of Longevity and placed it on the table.

"The Secret of Longevity!"

Just at this moment, a person dressed as a general walked up to the second floor with several guards and couldn't help but exclaim upon discovering the Secret of Longevity that Kou Zhong had taken out.

Subsequently, a guard, at the signal of the leading general, walked quickly toward the Secret of Longevity on the table.

"Dragon Subduing Regret!"

"Awoo!"

A golden divine dragon appeared from Lin Fan's hand, flew directly toward the guard who was rushing over, carried him into mid-air, and then passed through his chest. When he landed, the guard was silent, clearly dead beyond a doubt.

"Who exactly are you, to dare to kill my elite cavalry?"

"Yuwen Huaji, it seems it was your man who tried to snatch my Secret of Longevity first, right?"

Lin Fan looked at Yuwen Huaji, who was accusing him first despite being the villain, and felt like laughing.

"You know me? Then do you know that I am here under the Emperor's order to retrieve the Secret of Longevity? Shi Long was killed by me because he refused to hand over the Secret of Longevity. Although I don't know how you got it, I still advise you to hand it over!"

Yuwen Huaji was so polite naturally because he was scared by Lin Fan's Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms. He knew he was completely no match for him; otherwise, given his personality, he would have gone up to snatch it back long ago.