Feeling the suction of the Cao Zijian in his hand, Zhao Qing inserted the dagger into the depression in the wall, cutting off the coldness and resonance of the blood on his body. He felt that it was a bit like a strong magnet magnetizing the surrounding metal. The closer to the source, the stronger the suction. big.
The suction force he endured on his own body alone was as heavy as a thousand kilograms, and it almost tore the blood vessels in his palm. So what kind of effect should the sword-wielding woman dozens of feet away suffer?
Looking at the beauty in the distance again, Zhao Qing saw that her face had changed and became extremely pale.
What is even more eye-catching is that her originally dark and bright temples quickly turned gray starting from the roots of her hair.
Sure enough, it was a method like blood sacrifice. In just a few breaths, I don't know how much lifespan was consumed. Zhao Qing was surprised in his heart, and couldn't help but feel that the beauty was about to die.
However, the more important thing is that once the sword-wielding woman consumes all her vitality, the secret guard of the Wu Kingdom in the dark will take action again. At that time, no one can resist it.
The thought of sitting quietly in meditation and dreaming about the world of heavens suddenly flashed through her mind.
However, there are many crises around now. Even if you successfully enter the dream, it will be difficult to make a big progress in strength after returning, and it will take quite a while to absorb it.
What should be done?
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From the time Duanmu Shuliang called out the name "Hongshang Sword Master" to this moment, he only had two breaths left.
Duanmu Shuliang's martial arts was on par with Peng Chu's. After the two of them fought, it would take a lot of time for either party to escape, and it could not be done with just a few moves.
In the competition between masters, every move involves life and death. If one can advance and retreat freely, then he can take the other's life casually. How can he come and go as he pleases?
When he saw the soldiers invading the convoy and searching for treasures, Uncle Duanmu was already very anxious in his conscience. He attacked one after another in an attempt to escape quickly.
Seeing that his opponent was impatient and his moves were no longer as smooth as before, Peng Zhi was secretly happy. With the scorching heat, the red Changge tried his best to stick to Tong Scale's move, trying to hold it back for a moment.
Immediately afterwards, he heard what Duanmu Shuliang said about the secret guard of the Wu Kingdom.
Hongshang Sword Master is an elite secret guard organization founded by Wu Zixu. It is said that there are several commanders such as Jiao Qiuqi, Zhuan Yi, and Sun Di. Below the commanders, there are hundreds of masters of Gang Jin and Shen Jin, and even Xia Liu Qi. A great master in the realm.
Among them, those at the forefront were equipped with swords such as Shihua and Yuchang, while the others were equipped with swords such as Bianzhu. Everyone practices the extremely lethal Evil Sword Technique, and is extremely powerful in combat. They are an important helper for the Wu Kingdom in its quest for world hegemony.
A master of Gang Jin, who concentrates his mind to refine his soul and has Hunyuan as one, can hit a ten-foot-long Gang Wind with a single blow. It is extremely powerful and unstoppable, far beyond the level of Huajin.
Does the other party also want to use the same mind-disturbing tactics as myself? Do you think I'll be fooled?
However, although Peng Chu tried hard to ignore the other party's words, he couldn't help but think of Sword Master Hongshang's behavior over the years.
In the past few years, the secret guards of the Wu Kingdom lurking in Yue have made frequent moves. Every time they act, they are cruel and ruthless, causing a large number of casualties and gaining a reputation.
Faced with such a murderer who massacred the people, many people asked the King of Yue for help, wanting to mobilize experts to fight back severely, but Gou Jian rejected it by saying that they should not offend the state of Wu.
If you die in their hands, the best outcome after your death is to be able to mention it in the mouth of the envoys sent to Wu State as a bargaining chip to fight for misery and gain.
It was also because of the "weak" attitude of the Yue State that the secret guards of the Wu State acted more and more unscrupulously in Yue. Once they found that the Yue State had any suspicion of harming the interests of the Wu State, they would immediately kill them.
The lives and safety of the Yue people depended on the thoughts of Wu Zixu and Fu Chai.
This is the power of a big country and the sorrow of a small country.
After listening to Duanmu Shuliang's words, Peng Zhi was shocked in his heart and looked around to find out the facts.
If there is really a Hongshang Swordsman nearby, you must put your own safety first and retreat quickly to let others cut off the rear.
The truly top Yue masters can reduce their responsibilities as much as possible after killing the secret guards of Wu and leaving them to the demons and bandits in the Kuaiji Mountains. But this is not something that I can consider.
But what he didn't expect was that the Wu Kingdom's secret guard who was hiding in the dark would suddenly take action after a moment.
Before he even had time to complete the process of gradually reducing his strength, the green ball of energy began to sweep from the other end of the street.
After that, whether it was Zhao Qing's sword attack that deflected Gang Qi, or the woman holding the sword's blood sacrifice to resist the enemy, it was far beyond Peng Zhi's expectations.
"Peng Yizai, you revealed the traces of the future princess in front of the Wu Kingdom's secret guards. If she is harmed, you will be punished a thousand times by the King of Yue."
Hearing a shout above his head, Duanmu Shuliang turned around in mid-air, then struck the sky with his palm, and suddenly fell down. Without even looking at Peng Zhi, he immediately rushed to the middle of the convoy to help the woman holding the sword.
In the distance, Zhao Qing blinked and thought secretly in his heart.
Future princess? Gou Jian obviously had a queen a long time ago and gave birth to a prince. Now he is struggling to survive and it is impossible to marry any princess. So this should be the princess given to Fucha?
This also corroborates the news about the melon vendor from before.
That's not right. How could such information be revealed to foreign businessmen? So someone claimed to the Duanmu family that she was going to be sent to Gou Jian to be a princess, but in fact she was sent to his husband?
And Wu Zixu suspected Gou Jian's purpose of recruiting beautiful women, so he sent his secret guards to attack him?
The most famous candidates for being Fucha's concubine are Xi Shi and Zheng Dan. Rumor has it that Zheng Dan is good at sword dancing and has a strong and straightforward personality. Could this woman holding a sword against the enemy be Zheng Dan herself?
No, if she were Zheng Dan, her hair would have turned gray under this sword, and she would die at the end of her life with two more strikes at most.
The secret guard of the Wu Kingdom lurking in the dark had eyesight that was no weaker than his own. How could he let her go when he saw clearly that she was able to block the attack by consuming a life-span blood sacrifice?
Even if he had some butterfly effect, he shouldn't affect such a big thing now. In other words, the woman holding the sword might have been successfully attacked and killed?
Just as she was thinking, the woman holding the sword suddenly sheathed the sword, took out a black and white porcelain bottle from a light red dress, poured out a few crystal clear pearls, and then stuffed it into her mouth.
Her hair, which was getting whiter and whiter, suddenly stopped turning white, and slowly began to re-dye with the ink color that symbolizes vitality.
A panacea to restore vitality? Zhao Qing looked from a distance and saw that the opponent's energy seemed to be energized again, exuding a powerful and cold aura.
A heavy sigh gradually faded away from the distance, and the sense of crisis that had been hanging over his soul finally disappeared.
It is very likely that the secret guard of the Wu State had to pay a considerable price for sending out the powerful sword energy that could flood the streets. After seeing that the opponent still seemed to have enough strength, he chose to leave temporarily.
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After taking the elixir in the porcelain bottle, Zheng Dan, whose face was still pale, floated down from the air and landed on the bumpy ground, as if it had been plowed dozens of times by cultivators.
"Miss Zheng, are you okay?" Duanmu Shuliang rushed to her side and asked with concern.
More than twenty days ago, in the land of South Vietnam, a pair of beautiful sisters with somewhat similar looks, both of whom were the most powerful of the country, arrived at the camp of the caravan under his jurisdiction, together with Sikong Fan Li of the Yue Kingdom.
Doctor Fan Li took out a magical weapon worth thousands of mysterious jade as a deposit, and asked the Duanmu family to secretly escort the elder sister of the two to Kuaiji City, and repeatedly asked:
Wu Zixu's swordsman Hongshang must hide Zheng Dan's whereabouts in order to prevent the King of Yue from getting his chosen concubine as he wished. He might launch an attack on the way.
For him, protecting Zheng Dan is not only a task required by Dr. Fan Li to pay a lot of money, but also the loyalty of the Duanmu family to "keep one's word". It is also a kind of care and concern for the younger generation from the elders.
However, what makes him ashamed is that he not only leaked Zheng Dan's whereabouts during the conflict with Peng Zhi, but also failed to play any role when he met the Wu Kingdom's secret guard and needed to protect her.
"Uncle Duanmu, I have nothing to do, but I have caused trouble to you." Zheng Dan stroked her bloodless cheek, not acknowledging the expense she had just spent in repelling the enemy.
"No, it was Miss Zheng who saved Shuliang's life. Since the Soul Converting Pearl is beneficial to your recovery, Miss Zheng, you can use it as much as you want without any saving."
"When faced with a real life-and-death crisis, our Duanmu family will never be inflexible."
When Duanmu Shuliang mentioned the "Lingzhu Bead", he glanced at where Peng Zhi and his soldiers were, but saw that they were quickly evacuating, and he couldn't help but "hum" in annoyance.
Zheng Dan looked at Duanmu Shuliang next to him with his big, clear eyes, and nodded slightly. Bai Zhi's neck curved slightly in a beautiful arc.
"If I can really become the concubine of the King of Yue after arriving in Kuaiji City, I will definitely say something good for your Duanmu family, and I will not let the royal family and the nobles blame Uncle Duanmu."
"That little sister in green clothes, the enemy has retreated. There is no danger anymore. You can come out." She straightened her clothes that had become a little scattered in the impact of the air waves, and called out softly.
To be honest, if Zhao Qing hadn't helped her block the incoming sword energy and bought her half a breath, Zheng Dan would have been able to hurriedly slash out with the sword, which would have consumed much more.
When she was a child, in the crevices of the valley outside the village, she accidentally found a technique called "Qi Sensing Stars and Spirits Falling from the Sky", which aimed to use herself as a star, a divine weapon as the sky, and evolve into an endless starry sky.
Among them is a secret method that can release the "spirit of stars" containing the natural power of divine weapons at the cost of life span.
Zheng Dan used this method and used the magic weapon left behind by Fan Li after the transaction to temporarily elevate his cultivation level to the third level of Gangjin where Hunyuan is unified and virtual reality is empty. He took action to repel the powerful enemy, but he also paid a huge price.
The Spirit-covering Pearl has the effect of hindering the escape of spiritual energy. After being swallowed into the abdomen and integrated into the blood meridians, it may be able to reduce the loss of life after the blood sacrifice.
This was Zheng Dan's guess after she learned about the effectiveness of the Soul Reversing Pearl on the road. She just took a risk and tried it, and it did have a certain effect, deterring the enemy from a distance.
But in fact, the spirit-covering beads are still used for burial, and they cannot make up for the loss of vitality and life span. They are more like returning the light.
Miss Zheng? It seems that it is really Zheng Dan. Hearing the sound in the distance, Zhao Qing dusted himself off, retrieved the Haocao Zijian from the hole in the wall, and left outside.
Without the aftermath of Zheng Dan's blood sacrifice to the divine weapon, the surface of Haocao Zijian no longer attracts blood.
By the way, Zheng Dan still doesn’t know that he is actually going to the Kingdom of Wu, right?
To be honest, he deceived the women of his own country and allowed them to gather in the capital with good hopes, but in the end they were sent to the enemy's country to implement the so-called "beauty trap."
For them, this is really a pitiable reversal and tragedy. Ever since they embarked on the journey to Kuaiji City, there was no second option.
Zhao Qing was disgusted but helpless about this.
"Miss Zheng, you blocked the enemy from Wu State. I, Zhao Qing, would like to express my gratitude. To be honest, this is the first time I have seen someone as beautiful as you."
Walking closer and looking at Zheng Dan's flawless appearance except for his white hair, Zhao Qing couldn't help but feel sincerely sighing.
By the way, does this spirit-covering bead really cure the consumption of blood sacrifice? Consuming beads can make a weak person unleash a thousand times of strength without limit, so the value may not match.
It is rumored that Zheng Dan died in the palace of King Wu Fucha at a young age. Maybe it was for this reason?
"Actually, my sister Yi Guang is more beautiful than me." Zheng Dan walked up to Zhao Qing with a somewhat shaky figure. It was obvious that after the outbreak, her body was weak and unconcealable.
"Sister Ah Qing, my name is Zheng Dan, also known as Xiu Ming. You can call me Sister Zheng or Sister Xiuming."
Looking at the delicate girl in light green clothes who was about one or two years younger than him, Zheng Dan had a gentle smile on his face and reached out to caress Zhao Qing's cheek.
Don't touch my face just because I'm tender! This is the first time we met, okay?
Although he did not resist Zheng Dan's touch, Zhao Qing still took half a step back.
Seeing the little girl retreating shyly, Zheng Dan was about to chuckle, but suddenly he felt tiredness pouring out of every corner of his body.
Her arms slowly dropped, her legs slowly softened, and she fell forward. Zhao Qing quickly grabbed her and held her steady with her right hand.
Zheng Dan's smooth neck rested gently on Zhao Qing's shoulder, and her hair fell casually on her back, and began to be dyed with a beautiful white color again.
Zheng Dan fainted, will the Wu Kingdom secret guard in the dark make a comeback? Also, the mother and the male ape, who are about half a mile away, should be okay.
Zhao Qing's left hand was close to Zheng Dan's back, using all her strength to deliver the pure internal energy of Shenzhao Gong, hoping that she would wake up and recover as soon as possible.
