After reading for an incense stick's worth of time, Yi Yan closed his eyes and pondered deeply for a while before returning the jade slip. He shook his head and sighed, "A heaven-shaking plan, a chain of tactics, the collapse of the Four Layers of Heaven. Zhong Shan's talent is beyond mine!"
"Mister Yi Yan is too modest. My father said that Mister Yi Yan didn't lose in terms of ability, but in terms of domain. This is the domain of commerce, and also the domain of my Zhong Family. For Mister Yi Yan to be able to reach this level in a foreign domain is commendable!" Zhong Cheng smiled.
"Merchant?" Yi Yan stared at Zhong Cheng.
"Yes, my father was a merchant before reaching the Xiantian realm. The Zhong Family prospered because of him. My father once said that the business world is the battlefield, and the battlefield is the business world. Mastering one method leads to mastering all methods, "Zhong Cheng said.
"Yes! Zhong Shan's words are thorough. "Yi Yan nodded in praise.
"I came today to ask Mister Yi Yan, when did the wager of the Promise of Ten Years begin?" Zhong Cheng asked.
"Haha, when did it begin? Forget it for now, but let me take another look at the Great Yu Empire! "Yi Yan shook his head.
"Governor!" Tie Xue's eyes widened.
Wager? What was the wager?
"Tie Xue, three years and ten months ago, you were also there. I made a wager with Zhong Shan on the snowy peak. For ten years, I would defend while he attacked. If he took down the Great Yu Empire, I would be willing to serve as a pawn. If he couldn't, he would be willing to serve as a pawn. Ten years, there are still two months until the fourth year. Who do you think won this wager?" Yi Yan looked at Tie Xue with a bitter smile.
Hearing Yi Yan's words, Tie Xue's eyes widened. He took a deep breath and said, "Governor, this was Zhong Shan's trap. He already has a way to deal with the Great Yu Empire, and he deliberately made you agree."
"It doesn't matter whether it was a trap or not. I was too arrogant, and I really lost." Yi Yan shook his head.
Glaring at Zhong Cheng, Tie Xue took a deep breath and said, "Viceroy, as I said earlier, wherever you go, Tie Xue will follow. I swear to follow you to the death."
Looking at Tie Xue, Yi Yan smiled faintly and said, "Alright, then let's go to Zhong Shan's camp and become a pawn!"
"Yes!" Tie Xue immediately replied.
Zhong Cheng kept watching. After watching the two of them talk for a while.
"Mr. Yi Yan!" Zhong Cheng shouted.
"Hmm?" Yi Yan looked at Zhong Cheng.
"My father told me to ask Mr. Yi Yan to prepare himself. Three months later, I will be waiting for Mr. Yi Yan, his family, and his followers at the east of Great Pool City, on the shore of the East Sea," Zhong Cheng said.
"Oh? You're not going to join Marquis Dongfang's camp? "Yi Yan frowned.
"My father considered that if Mr. Yi Yan were to join the army of the Daluo Heavenly Dynasty right after the Great Yu Empire was destroyed, it would be bad for Mr. Yi Yan's reputation. Therefore, he asked Mr. Yi Yan to come to our hometown. There, we also need Mr. Yi Yan's talent." Zhong Cheng said.
Looking at Zhong Cheng, Yi Yan smiled and said, "Alright, I also want to see what kind of place could nurture someone like Mr. Zhong Shan!"
"That's good. Then, Zhong Cheng will take his leave!" Zhong Cheng said.
"Okay!" Yi Yan nodded lightly.
After sending Zhong Cheng off, Yi Yan looked at Zhong Cheng's back for a long time.
"Viceroy, is there something wrong with that Zhong Cheng?" Tie Xue asked doubtfully.
"Something's wrong? It's very wrong. This Zhong Shan really hid too deeply. He suddenly had a son who was neither arrogant nor rash, neither servile nor overbearing. He was abnormally calm and watertight. Even if I had a high opinion of him, I still underestimated him. "Yi Yan sighed.
"Oh!" Tie Xue said with a slight choke.
"Alright, since you've agreed, then start preparing in three months. You go …" Yi Yan instructed Tie Xue.
Two days later, in the Grand Xuan King's camp far away from Great Yu City.
The fifteen marshals were all gathered here, leaving only the deputy marshals. They were waiting for an order to launch an all-out attack on the city.
Outside a palace, the Grand Xuan King stood at the very front and looked at the distant Great Yu City from a great distance away. Another five months of rest had passed. In these five months, the Grand Xuan King had instructed the army not to attack and only to defend against any attacks.
This was because the last phase of the Heavenbreaker Plan had just begun.
Heavenbreaker Four Layers! Deceiving everyone!
They had succeeded. The last step of Zhong Shan's Heavenbreaker Five Steps had truly caused the people of the Great Yu Imperial Dynasty to lose confidence in Nalan Piaoxue. With a series of plans, they had deceived countless people of the Great Yu Imperial Dynasty, causing them to give up resistance.
They had succeeded. It was time to reap the rewards. Another fifty cities had already submitted, and the twenty cities before them were also declining day by day.
The Grand Xuan King looked into the distance, and the marshals behind him were also excited.
Zhong Shan looked at the marshals and raised his eyebrows. He exchanged glances with Princess Qian You.
Princess Qian You saw Zhong Shan's puzzlement and shook her head, indicating that she didn't know.
Why was Zhong Shan puzzled? Because one person was missing among the marshals, a very important person — Heaven's Equal!
It was almost the day of the all-out attack, but Heaven's Equal wasn't here? Where did he go?
Endless armies were waiting in formation. They were so densely packed that one couldn't see the end of them.
They were just waiting for the Grand Xuan King's order to launch an all-out attack on Great Yu City.
"Roar ~ ~ ~ ~ ~"
Suddenly, a super loud roar spread out among the three armies.
The loud roar was like a super heavenly thunder, and a powerful aura spread out in all directions.
As long as one heard this terrifying voice, their souls would tremble, and their blood would boil and fill their entire body.
A huge red-eyed tiger with white and black stripes suddenly appeared before the Grand Xuan King. The white tiger was a hundred meters tall. As it stood there, a large amount of black baleful aura seemed to be emitted from its body. A powerful baleful aura caused the surrounding people to take a few steps back.
The huge white tiger walked before the Grand Xuan King, twisted its neck, and turned to look at the huge city in the distance.
A huge white tiger that was a hundred meters tall?
From a distance, Zhong Shan felt a powerful aura oppressing him. This white tiger was too powerful.
"This is one of the princes of the tiger race, Yin Shatian!" Princess Qian You whispered to Zhong Shan.
Yin Shatian?
Yin Shatian twisted his neck, and the Grand Xuan King stood on top of his head.
The Crown Prince of the Great Havenlaw Dynasty stood on top of the tiger race's Crown Prince, looking down on the world.
"Roar ~ ~ ~ ~ Roar ~ ~ ~ Roar ~ ~ ~ Roar ~ ~ ~"
The army roared, and their voices shook the clouds! Breaking the world!
War, the war had begun!
Huge tigers appeared where the Marshals were. They were all forty to fifty meters tall, and served as mounts for the Marshals.
The Grand Xuan King stood on top of Yin Shatian's head, and led the army towards Great Yu City, step by step.
With every step, heaven and earth trembled. The earth trembled under the army's footsteps, and many of the surrounding mountains collapsed from the powerful tremors!
The war drums sounded!
"Weng ~ ~ ~ ~"
The surrounding world suddenly buzzed.
"Roar ~ ~ ~ ~"
Yin Shatian suddenly let out a furious roar.
The army stopped in their tracks! The Grand Xuan King paused.
Everyone suddenly stopped what they were doing.
They looked towards Great Yu City in the distance.
It was too far, and those with low cultivation couldn't see it. Only those with high cultivation could see it. Zhong Shan could also faintly see a black dot standing on top of Great Yu City's city tower, surrounded by a boundless golden aura that dyed that part of the world gold.
Even though it was far away, Zhong Shan could feel a powerful aura pressing towards him.
Nalan Piaoxue!
Although he couldn't see the person, Zhong Shan immediately guessed it. Nalan Piaoxue, Great Emperor Nalan of the Great Yu Empire?
It was Emperor Nalan. Emperor Nalan knew that the Great Yu Empire had completely fallen and that there was no way to save it, so he no longer begged for mercy. Emperor Nalan wasn't that kind of person. Emperor Nalan's arrogance reached the clouds and his heart soared to the heavens. In Great Emperor Nalan's heart, the empire was only an external object. However, how could he be willing to let this external object be snatched away by someone else?
Nalan Piaoxue and the Grand Xuan King stared at each other with over thirty mountains between them, angrily glaring at each other.
The battlefield fell into silence.
This was a battle between kings. No one interfered, and no one could interfere.
In the distance, on top of Great Yu City, Nalan Piaoxue looked at the Grand Xuan King in the distance, then looked at Yi Yan on top of the city tower.
"Governor!" Nalan Piaoxue said in a low voice.
At this moment, on top of the city tower, all the guards were kneeling. Only Yi Yan was still standing.
"Your Majesty!" Yi Yan said.
"The Great Yu Empire can no longer be defended, and you don't have to defend it anymore. Father left you for me, but I didn't use you, causing the Great Yu Empire to fall. Although I am unwilling, I don't regret it, because I comprehended another layer before the empire fell. Your mission is over," Nalan Piaoxue said.
"Your Majesty, at this last moment, this subject has a matter in his heart that I earnestly request Your Majesty to tell me." Yi Yan bowed to Great Emperor Nalan.
"Speak!" Nalan Piaoxue said in a low voice.
Yi Yan stared at Nalan Piaoxue and said, "In the past, when I was breaking through, an arhat from the Pure Land of Bliss poisoned me, causing me to be extremely weak all these years. Did Your Majesty discover the person who disturbed my seclusion in the imperial palace that day?"
Looking at Yi Yan, Nalan Piaoxue was silent for a moment, then he opened his narrowed eyes and said calmly, "That's right!"
At the side, Iron Blood's eyes widened. So, His Majesty could have prevented the Governor from being poisoned, but he didn't? Why?
Looking at Nalan Piaoxue, Yi Yan smiled faintly and sighed. "Thank you, Your Majesty, for being honest with me. The knot in Yi Yan's heart has been untied! "
The knot in his heart has been untied? Great Emperor Nalan knew that Yi Yan's knot in his heart was his gratitude to the previous emperor. Now that it was untied, the grudge was settled!
"Speaking frankly today, the knot in my heart has been untied!" Nalan Piaoxue said softly.
Then, without waiting for Yi Yan to say anything, he turned his head and stared at the Great Xuan King in the distance once more! If you want to know what happened next, please go to www.qidian.com to read more chapters. Support the author, support the original reading!
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