Sei Itō stared at the silver-haired Moon Goddess with a deep gaze. A heavy aura began to spread throughout the hall.
No ruler would want to hear that the Nine Cauldrons, the symbol of the world's power and the fertile lands of the Nine States, could be controlled by someone who wasn't a ruler. Naturally, Moon Goddess understood this problem, so after saying those sensitive words, she didn't say anything. She stared at Sei Itō without blinking, waiting for the final result.
After a while, Sei Itō broke the silence and said, "Since the School of Yin-Yang can't affect the final confirmation process of the Nine Cauldrons, how can you guarantee that I will be acknowledged by the Nine Cauldrons?"
Moon Goddess lowered her head and said softly, "Because of your majesty."
Moon Goddess paused and explained, "The Nine Cauldrons' recognition of the Son of Heaven comes from the popularity of the people. This is something that your majesty doesn't lack. As long as you activate the Nine Cauldrons according to the ancient ritual, your majesty will definitely be acknowledged by the Nine Cauldrons."
"Popularity, people's hearts …" Sei Itō repeated softly. It was similar to the scanning device of the human collective consciousness, Alaya. However, the Nine Cauldrons' function was much smaller.
"Not enough," Sei Itō said again.
"Please tell me, your majesty." Moon Goddess bowed and asked.
"The Nine Cauldrons," Sei Itō said.
Moon Goddess frowned and fell silent.
Sei Itō said it simply, but how could the smart Moon Goddess not understand? He wanted the School of Yin-Yang to hand over the Nine Cauldrons! In other words, he wanted the School of Yin-Yang to steal the Nine Cauldrons from Xianyang Palace. He wanted to use this rebellious action to completely break with the Qin Kingdom. The consequences of this were not something that the School of Yin-Yang or School Master Tai Yi wanted to see.
"The Nine Cauldrons will belong to your majesty sooner or later. Why are you in such a hurry?" Moon Goddess said softly.
"The consequence of being hesitant is that neither side will benefit. This king thinks that your Yin-yang school should understand this simple truth. "Ito Sei was unmoved and said in a light voice.
"…" The Moon Goddess can't make a decision on this matter. I can only give my king an answer after asking the leader. "The Moon Goddess paused for a moment before speaking again.
"This King hopes that it won't take too long. Otherwise, this King can only doubt the sincerity of your Yin-yang school. It would be bad if something bad were to happen." Sei Itō chuckled.
"Moon God understands." Moon God bowed. Then, together with the silent Zou Yan, he turned and left the palace hall.
"School of Yin-yang … Nine Cauldrons … I hope what you said is true …" Sei Itō thought to himself as he watched Yueshen and Zou Yan leave.
…
A few nights later, in the State of Qin. In the Xianyang Palace.
Accompanied by a thick fog that suddenly spread out in the palace, over a hundred people wearing black pants, gray clothes, strange masks on their faces, and dark purple pointed hats on their heads, their feet off the ground and hovered in the air. From afar, the ghost-like figures appeared from a corner of the Xianyang Palace.
Then, without saying anything, they floated along the corners of the palace walls and moved towards a certain place.
What was strange was that along the way, these grey-clothed people seemed to have discussed with the Qin soldiers guarding the palace. Whenever they approached the patrolling Qin soldiers, the patrolling Qin soldiers would walk right to the border of the patrolling area. They would turn around and look in the next direction, coincidentally ignoring them. Therefore, without alerting any of the Qin soldiers guarding the palace, this group of strange people moved to the vicinity of a palace.
Then, these strange people looked at each other silently, nodded slightly, and separated into several small groups. They floated out of the shadows and moved towards the Qin soldiers around the palace.
"Who's there?!" The Qin patrol shouted when they noticed them.
The strange people didn't say anything. They just stretched out their hands one after another, and two balls of strange purple light bloomed from their hands.
The next moment, a series of strange cries rang out one after another. The Qin soldiers who were waiting in formation immediately stiffened, as if they were being attacked by a bitter cold. Their bodies began to tremble violently.
"Shoot! Shoot! "Under the attack, one of the leading officers forced himself to shout.
The Qin soldiers who were a little further away and didn't immediately suffer the strange attacks didn't hesitate. They immediately took the arrows from their waists and held them in their hands. They pressed the loudspeaker at the strange people who floated towards them.
"Kacha."
With a soft sound, dozens of sharp arrows flew out from the loudspeaker and pierced into the strange people's bodies in the blink of an eye.
"Ahhhhh …"
Screams rang out. The strange people who were hit by the arrows were like lit torches. They suddenly burst into flames, and then turned into a pile of sparks and disappeared into the air.
It was as if they were telling the world that they weren't humans.
Even so, the Qin soldiers who were restrained by Shang Yang's Ku Fa didn't dare to slow down. They continued to use the loudspeakers and weapons in their hands to attack the strange people in front of them.
Seeing this, the strange people immediately changed their way of moving. They changed from charging straight forward to walking in a zigzag pattern, or moving forward in a zigzag pattern with their companions. At the same time, they waved their hands and created fireballs, water balls, green leaves, and earthy air. They attacked the Qin soldiers in front of the palace.
For a moment, a dream-like scene appeared in the Xianyang Palace under the cover of the night sky.
At the same time, in the palace.
With the help of those scattered companions, a team of over twenty gray-clothed men rushed into the palace and stopped in front of the nine cauldrons standing in the middle of the palace.
"Quick, attack. The surrounding Qin soldiers are coming." At this moment, one of the people in grey said urgently.
As he spoke, he raised his hands in front of him and quickly formed a few strange seals.
The few people around him didn't dare to hesitate. They also raised their hands and formed the seals.
Then, the five-colored light and energy that represented the five elements — metal, wood, water, fire, and earth — bloomed from the five people's hands.
"Formation!" At this moment, the voice sounded again.
Then, the five people moved together. They jumped to five spots around the nine cauldrons and pushed their hands that were filled with the energy of the five elements forward.
Almost instantaneously, an extremely dazzling white light that was like the sun suddenly bloomed in the hall. It forced the five people to close their eyes to avoid being blinded by the light.
Fortunately, the light disappeared as quickly as it came. It only shone for three to four seconds before it completely disappeared. The scene in the palace was revealed once again.
The palace was still the same palace. There were no changes. However, around the nine cauldrons, a transparent air shield that was filled with starlight suddenly appeared and surrounded the nine cauldrons.
Seeing this air shield, the five people didn't hesitate. They once again put their hands together and activated the energy in their bodies to form a few seals.
In the next moment. The air shield trembled slightly and suddenly dissipated, revealing the nine cauldrons in front of them.
"Quick!" Then, one of the five people shouted.
However, this time, it wasn't just the five people who moved. All of the grey-robed people in the palace moved as well. They spontaneously separated into small groups of three and floated to the side of the nine cauldrons. Their hands emitted a mysterious light. They worked together to lift the nine cauldrons that looked extremely heavy from the ground and moved them out of the palace. They didn't stop for a moment and continued to rush out of Xianyang Palace.
Seeing that they had succeeded, the many gray-robed freaks who had survived the Qin army's counterattack didn't dare to hesitate. They increased their strength in attacking the Qin court guards who were rushing over, trying to delay them and create an opportunity for them to escape.
Unfortunately, they were no match for the Qin army's numbers and arrows. It didn't take long for them to be completely slaughtered.
"Wood, fire." Seeing this, one of the grey-robed people suddenly stopped. He formed a seal with his hands and shouted.
The two gray-robed freaks who were called did not hesitate. They stopped and turned around one after another, just like the one who spoke. They formed a seal.
In an instant, several surging torrents, a large number of emerald green leaves, and clusters of reddish-yellow flames appeared around the three of them as they formed hand seals, accumulating power and waiting to be unleashed.
"Shoot!" At the same time. The general of the Qin guards who hated these grey-robed people to the core shouted.
"Shua!"
A large amount of arrows shot towards the three people who were left on the battlefield like locusts. However, just as it was about to hit them, a large number of green leaves instantly flew in front of the three of them, forming a circular air shield with a curved surface, blocking in front of the three of them.
"Ding Ding Dang Dang …"
Then, the arrows flew and smashed into the ground on both sides.
"Good job, Wood!" The person who played with fire laughed. Then, he pushed his hands forward as if they were solid objects. A huge wave of fire instantly rushed towards the Qin army.
"Hu!"
The wave of fire pressed down and covered the space ten steps in front of them.
"Ah!"
Caught off guard, a group of Qin guards at the front were immediately hit by the flames. The inner lining of their armor was ignited and they screamed as they were burned by the flames.
However, soon, they would be free. It was because in the next moment, under the control of the gray-clothed freak who was the first to stay behind, five thick water snakes that were like flood dragons and dragons charged towards the soldiers who were burned and behind them. The water droplets turned into sharp blades, stabbing into the Qin Court guards' flesh through the gaps in their armor, inflicting serious damage to them.
"Let's go." The grey-robed person who released the water snakes said decisively.
The other two nodded. Among them, Wood, who used leaves to create a protective barrier, shot the thousands of leaves in front of him at the Qin guards. Then, he followed the person who spoke and chased after the grey-robed people who were running ahead.
…
Just like this, they fought and retreated for an unknown amount of time. Just as they found it more and more difficult to deal with the surrounding Qin guards, a man and a woman suddenly landed in front of them.
"Greetings Xiangjun, greetings Lady Xiang." The grey-robed people carrying cauldrons called out in unison.
Xiangjun glanced at the grey-robed person beside her and said indifferently, "You guys did well."
Then, Xiangjun retracted her gaze and looked at the surrounding Qin guards and said, "You can bring them away. Leave the rest to me."
Lady Xiang nodded and quickly formed a seal with her hands. An incomparably thick torrent of water immediately appeared out of thin air. Like a high-pressure water gun, it blasted away the Qin guards who were blocking their path.
After finishing the attack, Lady Xiang said coldly, "Let's go."
"Yes." The grey-robed man agreed and hurriedly followed Madam Xiang out of the Qin Ting guard's hole.
"Mister Xiangjun, what is the meaning of this?" At this moment, a Qin guard general who recognized Xiangjun walked out of the crowd. He looked at Xiangjun with an unsightly expression and questioned.
"You don't need to know." Xiangjun coldly said.
"Mister Xiangjun, you are secretly letting the assassins go. Could it be that you want to betray His Majesty?!" The general loudly questioned.
"Betray? Qin King is not worthy of my loyalty. "Xiangjun's eyes flashed with disdain as she said.
"How dare you!" The general angrily shouted.
"Since Mister Xiangjun is like this, then don't blame me for being impolite. Go! "
After saying that, apart from the soldiers who had already gone to chase after Lady Xiang and the grey-robed person, the remaining soldiers tightly gripped their weapons and slowly pressed towards Xiangjun who was standing in the middle of the battlefield.
"A bunch of useless chickens and pottery dogs. You want to keep this lord here?" Xiangjun coldly looked around and coldly laughed.
After saying that, she clasped her hands together and made a yin and yang seal. A clear stream of water immediately appeared in front of her. As if it was driven by some kind of power, it spun at a high speed and created a whirlwind that could be seen with the naked eye … Then, Xiang Jun clasped her hands together again. With a bang, the water ball that was spinning at a high speed exploded. The water droplets turned into thousands of water bullets that could pierce through metal and stone, and shot towards the soldiers that were surrounding her.
"Pu pu pu pu …"
In almost an instant, the bodies of the surrounding dozen or so soldiers were turned into sieves. With a miserable cry, they fell to the ground.
Then, Xiangjun raised her sword and dozens of blood red streaks uncontrollably flew out from the wounds of the soldiers who were shot by the water droplets. Like a demonic scarlet ribbon, they wrapped around the nearby soldiers of the Qin Court.
"Ahhhhh …"
Continuous miserable cries resounded in the chaotic Qin Court.
…
After an unknown period of time, the spotless Xiangjun met up with Lady Xiang and the group carrying the nine cauldrons at the location that they had agreed on beforehand.
"Let's go." Xiangjun calmly said.
Lady Xiang silently nodded and brought the group carrying the cauldrons and disappeared into the pitch-black alley with Xiangjun.
The night was still the same night. However, the Qin State that had just prepared for war was caught off guard by this sudden change.
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