After Su Xin received the information, he immediately prepared to take action. Su Xin had already informed the Celestial Court and the Hades in advance. Su Xin had also sent someone to pass on the news to the Zhou Kingdom.
This time, the Great Zhou Dynasty had sent out quite a number of experts. The True Martial Realm expert, Zhao Wunian, the military's Yang God Realm expert, General Lin Zongyue, and the three field armies that guarded Shengjing City had all taken action.
Other than the three Yang God Realm experts from the Imperial Hall of Consecration and the Ji Royal Family, there were also many warriors in the Harmonious God Realm and the Divine Transformation Realm.
As for the Six Fan School, the commander of this operation was Su Xin. As one of the four Super Arresters of the Six Fan School, the Six Fan School naturally had to support him fully. Therefore, the entire Six Fan School had turned out in full force.
As long as the other sects in the Jianghu were not blind, they would be able to sense such a big move from the imperial court.
However, who was the imperial court targeting with such a big move?
It was not the time when the Zhou Kingdom had just been established. The Jianghu was relatively stable. No one had taken the initiative to provoke the Zhou Kingdom. Was it worth the Zhou Kingdom sending such a level of force to kill them?
After thinking about it, everyone focused their attention on the Nine Levels Sword Pavilion again.
The top sects all knew that Su Xin had killed the Black Lotus Saint and taken a white jade tablet from him. He must have given it to Ji Haodian.
Most of the other sects in the Jianghu knew about Ji Haodian's situation. He probably would not live for long.
Not only did the white jade slate represent the ancient secrets, but it also contained the secrets of immortality! This was exactly what Ji Haodian needed.
Therefore, the other forces in the Jianghu suspected that the Zhou Kingdom's target this time was the three sword sects that had snatched the white jade tablets, including the Sword Fighting Sect.
Apart from these three sects, the Celestial Court and the Hades had the most white jade tablets. However, the Celestial Court and the Hades were very mysterious. The people in the Jianghu could not even find the lair of the Celestial Court and the Hades. Even if the imperial court wanted to find trouble with them, they would not be able to.
Therefore, the three sects had become the imperial court's target. That was why the imperial court had sent out such a strong force, including those in the True Martial Realm. They wanted to destroy the three sects and seize the white jade tablets.
Anyway, most sects in the Jianghu thought so. Only the Sword Fighting Sect and the other sects sighed inwardly. Only the Sword Fighting Sect and the other sects sighed.
From now on, the Five Sword Fighting Sects were still the Five Sword Fighting Sects. Even if Qingcheng Sword School was destroyed, it would not take long for other sects to replace it and become one of the Five Sword Fighting Sects.
As for the Qingcheng Sword School, it could only be passed down in some legends and ancient books.
At this time, Qingcheng Sword School had also received the news. This made the people of Qingcheng Sword School feel a little panicked. They were afraid that the imperial court was coming for them.
However, the news that the Zhou Kingdom was coming for the white jade tablet in the Nine Sword Pavilion spread in the Jianghu.
Hearing this news, the people of Qingcheng Sword School also breathed a sigh of relief. After all, they had entered the Nine Sword Pavilion and knew how tempting the white jade tablet was to Ji Haodian.
The emperor of the Zhou Kingdom did not have much time left to live. Now that he was willing to go to war with the other three sects in order to survive, it was very reasonable.
However, when Li Changhai thought of the constable of Six Fan School, Li Changhai, who had come to find trouble with Qingcheng Sword School some time ago and was killed, he felt a little upset. He had a very bad feeling.
Experts in the Yang Spirit Realm were generally very sensitive to danger. This kind of feeling was called Sudden Inspiration. As an expert in the Yang Spirit Realm, Li Changhai naturally felt the same.
However, his Sudden Inspiration perception was a little vague, and he did not know where it should be.
Li Changhai even wanted to go to the Divination Master of Heaven Secret Valley to find out what exactly went wrong.
However, after thinking about it, only the Zhou Kingdom had sent out such a powerful force to shake the Jianghu this time, which made Li Changhai so uneasy.
He told his worries to the other elders of Qingcheng Sword School, but the other elders of Qingcheng Sword School were not as worried as Li Changhai.
One of the elders said, "Sect Leader, you should be thinking too much. Our Qingcheng Sword School is one of the Five Sword Sects, and we are also a top force with the Divine Weapon Solipsism. How can the Zhou Kingdom destroy us just because they want to?
As the saying goes, don't make a move unless it benefits you. What benefits can the Zhou Kingdom gain by attacking our Qingcheng Sword School now? The only thing in our Qingcheng Sword School that is worth the Zhou Kingdom attacking is the Solipsism. However, if we fight to the death, the loss that the Zhou Kingdom will suffer is even greater than the value of the Solipsism.
Moreover, the Zhou Kingdom wants to destroy an entire sect for the sake of a Divine Weapon. This move will definitely cause other sects in the Jianghu to join forces to resist or even fight back. At that time, the Zhou Kingdom will have to pay an even greater price.
Anyway, I really can't figure out why the Zhou Kingdom wants to attack our Qingcheng Sword School. As long as the Human Emperor of the Zhou Kingdom is not crazy, he will never do such a thing. "
The elders of the Qingcheng Sword School all nodded. They were more or less thinking the same thing.
At that moment, an elder in the Divine Transformation Realm suddenly whispered, "Could it be because of Su Xin?"
Everyone present looked at him, but as soon as the words left his mouth, even the elder himself felt that something was wrong and quickly shut up.
Although Su Xin was one of the four Super Arresters of the Zhou Kingdom, he was far from important enough for the Zhou Kingdom to send out such a powerful force for him. Even the Land Immortals of the Real Martial Arts Realm, who had been cultivating in seclusion for a long time, were sent out.
No one expected that the reason for the Zhou Kingdom to make a move was the one that they had rejected from the beginning.
Half a month later, the people of the Zhou Kingdom came all the way south, all the way to Southern Sichuan. At that time, the Qingcheng Sword School felt that something was wrong, but it was too late.
The Qingcheng Sword School had been living in a corner for too long, resulting in an extremely poor intelligence system in the outside world.
If they had a powerful intelligence agency like the secret agents of the Six Doors of Fans, they might have been able to deduce the purpose of the Zhou Kingdom from the news of Su Xin going to the four sword sects. Unfortunately, no intelligence agency in the entire Jianghu could compare to the Six Doors of the Zhou Kingdom.
Even the Tianji Valley, one of the eight heterodox sects and known as the best information agency in the Jianghu, could not compare to the Six Doors of Fans in terms of intelligence.
Outside the Southern Sichuan Road, the army of the Six Doors of Fans had gathered. Because they were going to attack the sects in the Jianghu this time, they did not bring any ordinary soldiers with them. Those who could come were at least in the early stage of the Acquired Realm.
Even so, the Zhou Kingdom had more than 100,000 people, which was quite a terrifying number.
It was worth noting that the Nian Gang, one of the Seven Gangs, had the most members in the Jianghu at the moment.
However, how many of them were in the early stage of the Acquired Realm? Not even one-tenth of them.
The Zhou Kingdom had only gathered the Acquired Realm warriors from the three field armies, and they already had this number. Moreover, the imperial court had garrisons in all 49 roads. Among them, the garrisons in Beiyuan Road, Beiliang Road, and the 36 countries of the Western Region were the most powerful.
Su Xin turned to Fang Jiuyuan and Liu Wuqian and said, "Lord Fang, Lord Liu, Qingcheng Sword School is like a turtle in a jar. However, in order to prevent them from doing anything out of desperation, please wait outside. Once you find any survivors of Qingcheng Sword School, kill them immediately."
Upon hearing Su Xin's words, Fang Jiuyuan and Liu Wuqian's expressions immediately changed, becoming extremely gloomy.
It was obvious that Su Xin was trying to suppress them.
The laws of the Zhou Kingdom were clear about rewards and punishments. The more enemies you killed, the more meritorious deeds you would earn.
Now that Su Xin had kicked them to the periphery to do odd jobs, how were they going to earn meritorious deeds in this battle?
Although Su Xin had put it nicely, asking them to wait outside the periphery to prevent Qingcheng Sword School from doing anything out of desperation, in reality, with the people that the Zhou Kingdom had sent out, as well as the experts from the Celestial Court and the Hades, it was obvious that they were bullying them.
This force was enough to kill Qingcheng Sword School. Why would they do anything out of desperation?
Fang Jiuyuan and Liu Wuqian did not care about these meritorious deeds. After all, they had already reached the level of the Four Great Super Constables. The main credit for destroying Qingcheng Sword School did not belong to them. Even if they obtained these meritorious deeds, they would not be able to achieve a higher position than they were now. Hence, these meritorious deeds were mainly prepared for their subordinates.
But now, Su Xin had kicked them to the corner. What would their subordinates think?
Their lord was already done for. He could not defeat Su Xin, and even they were implicated. If that was the case, what was the point of following such a lord?
Fang Jiuyuan and Liu Wuqian were sure that after this incident, their prestige in Six Fan School would be greatly reduced. This made the two of them extremely angry.
Liu Wuqian, in particular, felt that he had been wronged.
Fang Jiuyuan was the one who had targeted Su Xin in the palace last time. In the end, he was the one who was implicated this time. Who had he offended?
The other people from the military and the people from the Imperial Consecration Hall watched all of this with stupefied expressions, as if they did not know what was going on.
In fact, they had already seen through Su Xin's obvious method of suppressing dissidents, but no one said anything.
This was an internal matter of Six Fan School. Why should they care so much?
Moreover, Su Xin was now the favorite of His Majesty. Even if some people from the military were familiar with Fang Jiuyuan or Liu Wuqian, they would not stand out to say anything and offend Su Xin.
Tie Zhan did not say anything either, because this matter was purely Fang Jiuyuan's own fault.
Originally, according to the unwritten rules of Six Fan School, if there was any conflict or power struggle within Six Fan School, it had to be resolved internally. If it was done outside, it would be a violation of the rules.
Moreover, Fang Jiuyuan had openly targeted Su Xin in the palace hall in front of Ji Haodian. This was a violation of the rules.
An eye for an eye. Now, Su Xin was also publicly suppressing Fang Jiuyuan and Liu Wuqian. There was nothing wrong with this.
Most importantly, the two of them could not refute, because Ji Haodian had already said that this operation would be commanded by Su Xin. Under such circumstances, they could only obey.
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