"Your Majesty, do you want to give up?" Zhang Beichen suddenly became serious.
"I just feel that some things don't need to be forced," Xiong Zhitong said.
"Absurd!" Zhang Beichen suddenly shouted, which confused Xiong Zhitong: "Are you trying to kill me?"
Zhang Beichen continued: "My lord, you just feel that your cultivation will never recover, and even if you fight, you won't have invincible power. You are afraid of failure and being laughed at, right?"
"Nonsense, how could I be afraid?" Xiong Zhitong was already a little flustered.
"You are just afraid!" Zhang Beichen continued without mercy: "When you were the King of Chu, you were victorious in every battle, and no one could fail to overwhelm your authority!"
"In a war, even if you lose, you will die on the battlefield and don't want to start over!"
"Do you think this is because you stick to martial arts and have an invincible momentum?"
"No, this is just recklessness. This is the lowest form of courage!"
“True courage is to be able to face failure and setbacks calmly, to have a high morale in the face of adversity, to be persevering, and to become more courageous with every setback!”
“When Heaven is about to entrust a man with a great responsibility, he must first strain his mind and will, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, and deprive himself of his body and conduct, and his actions will not be disturbed. Therefore, if you try to temper your mind and forbearance, you will benefit what you cannot do.”
"You are a coward when you encounter setbacks and want to escape! Is your heart firm in martial arts? Is your heart firm in your kingship?"
Xiong Zhitong was completely stunned by Zhang Beichen's scolding. If someone dared to speak to her like this before, she would definitely kill him with one shot!
But now, whether she has this ability is one thing, the main thing is that she actually thinks Zhang Beichen is right!
During the period when she lost her power, she often had thoughts of committing suicide!
As for the restoration of the country, she actually has no hope. Without her strength, she didn't know how to recover.
She didn't want anyone to see her in such a miserable state.
Xiong Zhitong opened his mouth several times, but no words came out.
After Zhang Beichen said this, he walked out of the room and said, "Your Majesty, think about it carefully. If Your Majesty is willing to be a coward, I will leave immediately."
Xiong Zhitong sat alone in the room all day long.
She began to remember what she had done.
She was born with supernatural powers, and nine phoenixes mingled in the sky when she was born. The King of Chu believed that this girl must be extraordinary, so he asked the military strategist and semi-saint Fan Luo to be her teacher, teaching her martial arts, the art of war, and the way of the emperor.
However, she only likes martial arts and disdains the art of war. She believes that as long as she has strong power, she can defeat all methods with one force!
She did the same thing. As she grew up, her strength became stronger and stronger. By the time she reached adulthood, no one in Chu State could be her opponent!
At this time, a big event happened in Chu State. Her father was seriously ill, and Wu Luo, who was promoting reforms, was shot dead in the Chu palace by the old nobles.
There was civil strife in Chu, and when she was in danger, she led the soldiers she trained with her into the palace, killed the rebels, intimidated the old nobles, and ascended to the throne of King of Chu!
After becoming the Queen of Chu, she formed an overlord army based on her personal guards, which was invincible! The territory of Chu State was greatly expanded and it became the leading country in the world!
All this went very smoothly, and Chu State already had the strength to dominate the world!
until the simulation is turned on.
Xiong Zhitong originally thought that with his own strength, he would be able to conquer the world.
But she was wrong, she failed again and again. Those weak queens can defeat her with their strategy!
After losing the battle, she was unwilling to make a comeback. Instead, she thought that she was not strong enough, so she died in battle every time.
Even if you surrender later, it will be to challenge a more powerful enemy and become stronger next time!
Now, Zhang Beichen's words had shaken her belief.
"Have I been avoiding failure? My belief is not firm. I can win but cannot afford to lose?" Xiong Zhitong seemed to realize that he was indeed escaping.
"A truly strong person should be able to grow in adversity and fight against fate!"
…
Until evening, Zhang Beichen walked into the room with food and called softly: "Your Majesty, it's time to eat."
Xiong Zhitong looked at him, her eyes seemed more determined than before, and she said: "Zhang Beichen, you are right. I did have the idea of escape before, this is the behavior of a coward!"
"Even if I lose my cultivation, I can still return to the top! Nothing in this world can stop me!"
She seems to have regained her fearless and strong heart!
Zhang Beichen smiled and said: "Congratulations, Your Majesty!"
"Zhang Beichen!" Xiong Zhitong stared at him, "No one has ever dared to accuse me face to face. You are the first!"
"I have committed a serious crime and please be punished by the king!" Zhang Beichen said.
"Hmph, I will keep your life for now!" Xiong Zhitong said.
Her appetite also increased and she began to feast.
After that, Xiong Zhitong began to study and practice martial arts every day, becoming stronger and stronger physically and strategically.
At the same time, Zhang Beichen's body became weaker and weaker.
The passage of vitality damaged his foundation and caused his cultivation to decline rapidly.
The fifth realm, the fourth realm, the third realm...
[One year later, your cultivation completely disappeared and you became an ordinary person. 】
On this day, due to lack of daily necessities, Zhang Beichen went to the small town to purchase supplies.
The town seemed a little unusual today. When Zhang Beichen came, he found some more sergeants.
"Fellow, what's going on?" Zhang Beichen asked a neighbor.
"It's Doctor Zhang." The neighbor whispered, "Hurry up and hide. I heard that Wei State is attacking our Chu State, and the king is recruiting troops. All the men above the age of fourteen here have been taken away!"
After hearing this, Zhang Beichen was also ready to find a place to hide.
But he was a bit unlucky. Several soldiers happened to be passing by and saw him.
"You, follow me!" The soldiers grabbed Zhang Beichen.
Zhang Beichen said quickly: "Master Jun, my doctor here, if I leave, who will treat everyone?"
"Yes! If Dr. Zhang leaves, we will have no doctor here!" The neighbors pleaded for Zhang Beichen one after another.
However, the recruiting officer didn't care about this at all: "It's none of my business. The documents have already said that all of you men between the ages of fourteen and forty will be taken away! If you say anything else, I will take you away too!"
The neighbors were afraid of the soldiers and did not dare to speak anymore. Just like that, Zhang Beichen was taken away.
…
[You waited in the house for several days, but Zhang Beichen didn't come back. 】
Xiong Zhitong began to worry, "What happened to Zhang Beichen?"
"He is so weak. Could he be sick? Or maybe he was beaten?"
"No, I have to find him!"
Xiong Zhitong couldn't sit still. The entire Chu State was looking for her, so she dressed up in disguise and went to the town to check the situation.
[When you arrive in the town, you learn that Zhang Beichen has been captured. 】
"Zhang Beichen was taken away?" Xiong Zhitong was suddenly worried. She had never cared about other people's life or death before, but now, knowing the news that Zhang Beichen had been taken away, she suddenly became anxious.
"I am going to find him back... No, calm down, calm down!" Xiong Zhitong knew very well that if he went now, he would only die.
She went to inquire about the news again, and it turned out that the soldiers who had been recruited earlier had been taken away.
"With my current strength, there is no way to take him back. I have to find another way." Xiong Zhitong thought.
"This king needs help!" Xiong Zhitong thought for a moment. In Chu State, there are only two forces she can rely on now.
One is the Fan family, her teacher Fan Lue.
As a military strategist and a semi-saint, Fan Lue was extremely powerful. But because of his relationship with him, he was not trusted by the new King of Chu, so he had been idle at home for many days.
The other force is the Xiang family, the family of General Xiang Mu. The Xiang family was actually a member of the old nobles, but they were weak before. After Xiong Zhitong came to power, he supported the Xiang family to check and balance other old nobles.
Now Xiang Mu is still serving under the new King of Chu.
"If this king goes to Xiang Mu, he will probably give it to the new King of Chu as a gift to show his loyalty!" Xiong Zhitong knew very well that now that he did not have the unrivaled force in the world, it would be difficult for his former subordinates to remain loyal to him.
"The Fan family has been rejected by the new king and is going into decline. I am looking for a teacher. There is still a chance!"
Xiong Zhitong decided to find his teacher Fan Lue.
She packed her bags and started trekking across mountains and rivers.
Along the way, Xiong Zhitong began to try new practices. The curse of the Witch God was still on her, preventing her from absorbing spiritual power, so she decided to use another way of practice.
She had seen the murals in the Nanman Temple. The ancient Wu Clan did not practice spiritual power. They tempered themselves and also had the power to move mountains and reclaim seas.
In this case, Xiong Zhitong also plans to temper his physical body and move towards a new path of cultivation!
She carried huge rocks on her back, practiced her moves, drank mountain spring water when she was thirsty, and hunted when she was hungry.
Although she has no spiritual power, due to her strong martial arts talent, ordinary monsters don't dare to approach her!
Finally, after practicing once, Xiong Zhitong felt the energy and blood in his body roaring, as if he had broken through a certain bottleneck.
"I have returned to the first level!" She was pleasantly surprised to find that although she still had no spiritual power in her body, she had powerful qi and blood and could burst out with the same power.
"This king will continue to walk on this road of martial arts until he returns to the top and surpasses himself!"
[You went through all the hardships and finally arrived at the Fan family’s fiefdom, and you met Fan Lue. 】
Fan Lue was already old and sick, and because of the disappearance of King Chu, he was suppressed by the new king. He was depressed and frustrated. At this time, his energy and blood were declining, and his time was running out.
Seeing Xiong Zhitong, he burst into tears with excitement: "Your Majesty, since I heard that your Majesty was missing, I have spared no effort to search for him, but I have never been able to find him. I can see your Majesty today, and I will die with no regrets!"
"Teacher, please get up!" Xiong Zhitong helped Fan Lue up and said, "Teacher, I had to rest for several years due to serious injuries, and now I have recovered."
"Teacher, I want to recruit new troops and regain the throne. Teacher, are you willing to help me?"
Fan Lue heard her words and immediately agreed: "Old minister and the Fan family will do their best to assist King Zuo!"
[You stay in the Fan family and start secretly recruiting and training the army. 】
…
On the other side, Zhang Beichen joined the Chu army after being captured as a young man.
[You will be sent to the battlefield after simple training. 】
[You were unable to fight because you were weak, so you looked for an opportunity to escape, but you were caught by the officer, who wanted to behead you in accordance with military law! 】
[You and a group of escaped soldiers are waiting to be executed. 】
At this time, a general was sitting at the execution ground and watching the execution of the prisoners. He suddenly saw a person.
He walked forward and when he saw Zhang Beichen, he burst into laughter and said, "Zhang Beichen, Zhang Beichen, it's really effortless to find this place after wearing iron shoes!"
"You were actually caught by this general!"
Zhang Beichen asked: "Who are you?"
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, you are such a noble person and forget things!" The general sneered, "Back then, you dismissed me from office because I opposed the reform in the court!"
"Now, I am a general and you are a prisoner, Zhang Beichen, how does it feel?"
Zhang Beichen said calmly: "It's just a villain who succeeds."
"The villain is successful?" the general said coldly, "The king is offering a reward for your head, a thousand gold coins, and the title of Marquis of ten thousand households!"
"Catching you is worth killing 30,000 enemy troops!"
[You were put into a prison car, sent to Yingcheng, and imprisoned in a prison. 】
…
In the sky prison, the heads of the Qu, Jing, and Zhao clans came to interrogate Zhang Beichen at the same time.
"Zhang Beichen, you're fine!" Zhao Xi said with a smile.
"Have you ever thought that you would be where you are today?" Qu Li said proudly.
"Tell me, where is Xiong Zhitong?" Jing Cheng pressed.
"She is dead!" Zhang Beichen said, "She was already seriously ill back then. I tried to treat her to no avail, and she has died."
"Died of illness?" The three of them looked at each other, but none of them believed it. After all, the pressure Xiong Zhitong put on them before was too strong. He was the strongest man in the world, how could he die of illness?
"You want to see a person alive, you want to see a corpse when you die!" Zhao Xi said, "Zhang Beichen, you don't want to be tortured, right? As long as you lead us to find her body, you can avoid prison and the pain of flesh and blood!"
"How can I find this?" Zhang Beichen said, "Back then, you were chasing me so hard that I didn't even have a chance to breathe."
】
"The King of Chu died of illness, and maybe his body was eaten by wild beasts and monsters!"
"Impossible!" Qu Li didn't believe it at all, "There's no way she could die so easily!"
"Yes, Zhang Beichen, if you don't tell the truth, don't blame us for being ruthless!" Jing Cheng's face was gloomy.
"I have told the truth, but you don't believe me." Zhang Beichen shook his head.
"Come here, punish him!" Zhao Xi ordered.
[The old nobles tortured you severely, but you always insisted that King Chu was dead, which left them with no choice. In order to vent their hatred, they locked you in a sky prison and tortured you day and night. 】
…
【Three years later. 】
In the Fan family, Xiong Zhitong has practiced martial arts to the ninth level, and she has also trained an elite army.
"Your Majesty, good news!" Fan Lue reported the military situation to her. "The Chu army never defeated the Wei army. They killed hundreds of thousands of people and lost more than a dozen cities. Now there is chaos in the country, and everyone is dissatisfied with the new king!"
"Your Majesty, this is the time for us to take action!"
Xiong Zhitong asked again: "What about Zhang Beichen? Is there any news about Zhang Beichen?"
When it came to this, Fan Lue seemed a little hesitant.
"Teacher, tell me!" Xiong Zhitong said.
"According to the informant in the palace, they captured Zhang Beichen and he is now in a prison!" Fan Lue said.
