[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-wuxia-shocking-the-empress-at-the-start":3,"chapter-wuxia-shocking-the-empress-at-the-start-wuxia-shocking-the-empress-at-the-start-chapter-18":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Wuxia: Shocking the Empress at the Start",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1937482,2671,"Chapter 18","wuxia-shocking-the-empress-at-the-start-chapter-18",18,"\u003Cp>Just this point alone shows how generous the benefits of the Green Dragon Society are!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Divine weapons, martial arts manuals, spiritual pills, and heavenly treasures!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as you can make contributions to the Green Dragon Society or complete tasks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These are not problems!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Yaoyue and Lianxing were disciples she had raised with her own hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She naturally had long wanted to get them into the Green Dragon Society.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that due to the rules of the Green Dragon Society.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There had been no movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now hearing Ximen Wudi say this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was hard for her not to be happy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, Great Dragon Head!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suppressing the joy in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Xi hurriedly bowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No matter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ximen Wudi waved his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turning his gaze to Li Canghai, who was dressed in black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You go to the Great Song.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wu Xingyun and Li Qiushui are still of some use, let them serve under the Ninth and Tenth Halls.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xixia is a small country.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the power of the Green Dragon Society, it could be wiped out at will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since there are ready-made ones, he naturally wouldn't look far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Wu Xingyun, he valued the four sword servants under her seat, Mei, Lan, Zhu, and Ju, even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard that Wuyazi's granddaughter and the two girls named Azhu and Abie beside her are peerless beauties.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will bring them back for you together!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Canghai responded and said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no regard for the wishes of the three women at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ximen Wudi looked at her somewhat unexpectedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He nodded with a calm expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, then let's play with them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a superior who is decisive, domineering, cold-blooded, and unscrupulous in his actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For women.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only has possessiveness!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he follows is the principle of wanting the person but not the heart!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He has no interest in cultivating feelings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is also the reason why he didn't mention Wuyazi when mentioning Li Qiushui and Wu Xingyun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wuyazi is a complete waste!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He can't handle feelings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He made a mess of his sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Wuyazi's cultivation is quite good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't have the thought of recruiting him into the Green Dragon Society.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No other reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mainly because he was afraid of being disgusted!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the conversation between the two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Xi, with her lowered eyes, flashed a trace of bewilderment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Canghai's admiration for the Great Dragon Head, not to mention everyone in the Green Dragon Society knows it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very least, it was an obvious thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also why she went directly to Black Wood Cliff after hearing Dongfang Bubai publicly confess her love to the Great Dragon Head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what made her dumbfounded was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since she admires the Great Dragon Head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why would she take the initiative to find, no! Should be, send women to the Great Dragon Head?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of crazy operation is this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time, Hua Xi felt that her brain was not enough!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn't even notice how she left the villa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sending the two women away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of Li Canghai's words just now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ximen Wudi laughed and shook his head slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he spoke again in an indifferent tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How is the Great Han now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dong Zhuo is in power, the world is about to be in chaos, and the warlords are dividing the land!\" A cold, mechanical voice suddenly sounded in the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pass the order down, accelerate the progress.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Also, bring back the fire ganoderma from Mount Qingcheng!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ximen Wudi pondered for a moment and ordered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This piece of fat meat, the Great Han.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's not just the Eight Great Imperial Dynasties and many small countries watching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As early as twenty years ago, he had already set his sights on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even, he had already laid down chess pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only the Great Han.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also had layouts for the other seven imperial dynasties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's just that until now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even within the Green Dragon Society, only a handful of people know about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice in the darkness responded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after Ximen Wudi finished giving his orders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Heavenly Dao Gold List hanging in the void suddenly burst into light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following closely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the gaze of countless eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lines of text appeared out of thin air on the Gold List.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Nine Provinces Combat Power Ceiling List-Thirteenth Place, Beimingzi, Cultivation: Early Heaven-Man Realm.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Identity: Great Qin, Daoist Heavenly Sect expert.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Beimingzi, lost his parents at a young age, was taken back to the Daoist Heavenly Sect by the leader of the Daoist Heavenly Sect, and accepted as his eldest disciple.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Unexpectedly, not long after entering the Heavenly Sect, Beimingzi showed astonishing talent.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[In the stunned gaze of the Heavenly Sect leader and all the elders, he learned all the unique skills of the Daoist Heavenly Sect in just twenty years!]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"What is puzzling, however, is that from then on, he became obsessed with Daoist scriptures, and there was no turning back!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the time that followed, he remained almost entirely in seclusion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yet, to everyone's surprise, after thirty years of studying Daoist scriptures, his cultivation not only did not regress but instead became increasingly refined.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And, through a stroke of chance, he entered the state of sudden enlightenment that countless martial artists dream of!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After sitting in stillness in the back mountains for three hundred days, before the stunned gazes of the elders and disciples of the Daoist Heaven Sect, Beiming Zi broke through the shackles of the Land Deity realm and entered the Heaven-Human realm!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heavenly Dao Evaluation: A world-shaking genius, monstrous talent, a legend in the making!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heavenly Dao Reward: A rubbing of the five-thousand-word Laozi Dao De Jing (imbued with a trace of Laozi's Dao rhyme).\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>W-what?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A rubbing of the five-thousand-word Laozi Dao De Jing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it's imbued with a trace of Laozi's Dao rhyme??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the people of the world watching the Heavenly Dao Gold List were dumbfounded, frozen on the spot!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On their faces, besides disbelief, were expressions of pure envy, jealousy, and hatred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their greedy gazes were filled with a burning intensity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the content on the Heavenly Dao Gold List finished appearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It took only a few short breaths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Nine Provinces were shaken, and the world was in an uproar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only the major top-tier factions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the emperors of the eight great dynasties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon seeing the Heavenly Dao reward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were all moved!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One must know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laozi was the Daoist ancestor who originated from the Great Zhou Dynasty, a terrifying existence who had sects established and temples built in his honor!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Confucian sage Confucius had once bowed to him to ask for guidance!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the legends widely circulated across the Nine Provinces continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had once ridden a green ox west out of Hangu Pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After leaving behind the five-thousand-word Dao De Jing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Purple clouds stretched for three thousand miles, he shattered the void, and ascended leisurely!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such an existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One can imagine just how exaggerated that five-thousand-word Dao De Jing, imbued with a trace of his Dao rhyme, truly is!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great Han, Imperial Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pot-bellied Dong Zhuo walked out of the palace while fastening his belt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After reading the content on the Heavenly Dao Gold List.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flash of heat and greed crossed his old, jowly face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Secretly send men to the Great Qin; you must obtain Laozi's five-thousand-word Dao De Jing for this Prime Minister!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Remember, you must not come into conflict with the Great Qin Dynasty!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Otherwise, this Prime Minister will surely exterminate your ten generations, skin you alive, stuff you with straw, and cast your corpses into the wilderness!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite being lost in the debauchery of Luoyang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dong Zhuo had gradually begun to lose himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that did not mean he was a fool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew very well just how terrifying the Great Qin was!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he truly offended them and gave them an excuse to send troops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the Great Han now teetering on the brink of collapse, it would surely be crushed in an instant!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having not enjoyed enough, how could he be willing to face such a scenario?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes! This subordinate will go handle it at once!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ru bowed and replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then hurried away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great Sui, Imperial Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Guang closed his eyes slightly, his right hand tapping rhythmically on the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'In the current state of the Great Sui, if I were to rashly offend the Great Qin again, I fear I would be overreaching!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'But if I just watch such a divine object slip away before my eyes, how can I be reconciled?!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Forget it, no matter what, I must first preserve the foundation of the Great Sui.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'At worst, I will send a group of men to fish in troubled waters; if they succeed, all the better, if not, it is no matter!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After deliberating and struggling internally for a long while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Guang stopped his hand and said in a deep voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Houguan, send a team of unfamiliar faces to infiltrate the Great Qin and find Laozi's five-thousand-word Dao De Jing for me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Remember, you may only fish in troubled waters; you must not expose your identity in the slightest!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though he had decided to fish in troubled waters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Guang still gave a worried instruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Between the lines, it was a blatant hint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But thinking about it, it is understandable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Sui is currently on the verge of chaos at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would be the perfect time for him to suppress and consolidate the Great Sui.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If, because of this matter, the Great Qin were to intervene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the outcome would spiral into an uncontrollable situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As an emperor, this is naturally not what he wants to see!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I obey Your Majesty's command!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cold voice rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great Tang, Fengxuan Pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shangguan Wan'er carefully poured tea for Wu Zetian while offering a suggestion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Majesty, regarding Laozi's five-thousand-word Dao De Jing, should we...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before she could finish, she was interrupted by a wave of Wu Zetian's hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sneered and said indifferently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do not set your mind on it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Focus our main energy and attention on the Great Han and Great Sui!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That person is not a character to be trifled with.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just watch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shangguan Wan'er was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flicker of astonishment crossed her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had not expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That the Empress she had always admired would say such things!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>",1771,"2026-06-15T03:02:14.660Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","34c02607b24bfa7e9819b76f440f172b824587ffd383fad7eb19c852d376d8c1","wuxia-shocking-the-empress-at-the-start-chapter-19","wuxia-shocking-the-empress-at-the-start-chapter-17",1409,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwuxia-shocking-the-empress-at-the-start-cover.jpg"]