The man in black with the conical hat was Zhuo Rusui.
All the participants who had left the Illusionary Realm had been killed by him.
"Why did you do it?" Tong Yan suddenly asked.
"They said that they were the ruler of the world, and they asked for the ownership of the bronze tripod. But the wars are endless, and the lives have been plunged into misery and suffering. It's too bloody and too slow. As such, I came up with a simple method."
Zhuo Rusui continued, "As long as I can kill all the other participants, I'll be the final winner."
"Your idea is quite sensible. Unfortunately, nobody can do it, no matter how talented you are and how strong your fighting prowess is."
Tong Yan pointed to the gloomy sky and said, "The sky here is covered with a lid."
What she said was an implicit reference.
The highest Cultivation state in the Illusionary Realm was the initial state of the Yuanying, or the initial state of the Free Travel. This was the established rule. On the premise that there was an upper limit, the difference in talent among the participants in the Dao Competition would be lessened. Even though Zhuo Rusui had a formidable talent and reached the initial state of the Free Travel faster than anybody else, he still couldn't fight against a state all by himself.
Zhuo Rusui said, "Hence, I'm trying to seize the time to find all of them and kill them before those idiots catch up with me."
Tong Yan said, "It's easy to find me and Jing Jiu; but it's hard to find the others. For instance, I don't understand how you found Xiang Wanshu."
"I found Que Niang in Yunzhou," Zhuo Rusui said.
Hearing the words "Yunzhou" and "Que Niang", Tong Yan sighed inwardly. She had roughly figured out what had happened.
"She was unlucky. She was reincarnated as the son of the owner of a chess house. As a result, she was oppressed by the local influential clans. You disciples of the Center Sect like to meddle in other people's business. Well, don't glare at me. It's called caring about the world. Xiang Wanshu helped Que Niang a few times, so he was exposed. As a result, I killed him and Que Niang. "
Zhuo Rusui asked, "Well, can you guess how I found Que Niang? She has turned into a man, so logically speaking, it should be the hardest to discover her. "
After a moment of silence, Tong Yan said, "Don't try to sow discord between us. I don't expect you to kill Jing Jiu, and don't count on me either."
Zhuo Rusui said with a straight face, "The situation between our two sects is very different. He is my martial uncle, of course I can't kill him. But Bai Qianjun is only your martial brother, why can't you kill him?"
Tong Yan didn't answer his question, but said, "You knew that you had no hope before you came in, so you gave up and simply killed people here?"
Zhuo Rusui said, "I've been staying in the abode of Tianguang Peak for too long. I'm fine in other aspects, but I don't have much combat experience. Just like Uncle Master Jingyang, killing people here can help me improve my combat ability as quickly as possible. So I think this is also a kind of cultivation."
The wind and snow suddenly stopped, and the boat on the lake began to move again. Like a leaf spinning in the air, it did not go far.
The lakeside was quiet for a while.
Every word of Zhuo Rusui was as sharp as a sword, but Tong Yan took it on and fought back very hard, but still couldn't hurt him.
Tong Yan asked, "Are you going to continue killing people like this?"
Zhuo Rusui said, "Of course, I also know that it will become more and more difficult. There are some people I don't even know where they are."
Tong Yan said, "For example, He Zhan and my martial sister."
"Don't try to trick me into going to Zhao's palace."
Zhuo Rusui said with a strange expression, "I don't know what's wrong with that guy, but he has an evil aura in this world. I don't want to touch him for now."
Tong Yan laughed and asked, "Then what about my martial sister?"
"I used to think that she should be the Princess in Distress, but Bai Qianjun had no reason to imprison her in his back garden. Wouldn't it be more convenient for them to join hands and restore the country directly?"
Zhuo Rusui said, "Later, I found that Que Niang had reincarnated into a man, and Bai Zao could also reincarnate. So I couldn't make up my mind."
Tong Yan said, "So you decided to kill those whose identities have been identified first."
Zhuo Rusui said, "The reason you two are not afraid of being discovered is because you are either in the deep part of the palace or protected by the army, so it's not easy to kill you. But in comparison to Senior Master and Bai Qianjun in the Royal Palace, you are easier to kill."
Tong Yan reminded him, "You let it slip."
Zhuo Rusui fell silent for a while, looked at the Blue Bird on the branch, and said, "Master, it is the last thing I want to do to Senior Uncle. Don't misunderstand me."
Tong Yan asked, "Since I'm easier to kill, why haven't you done it yet?"
The participants of the Dao Competition were all alone in this world. Now that they had met, it was natural for them to chat.
Yet, Tong Yan and Zhuo Rusui were also observing each other while they were talking.
Through their observation, Zhuo Rusui was certain that Tong Yan was born disabled, and her Cultivation state was lower than his; but … she was more prepared than he had imagined.
Those pleasure boats on the snowy lake were real, and so were the girls on the boats; but those guests were not. There were many powerful crossbows in the cabins of the boats.
The most troublesome part was that a scholar was admiring the snow with an umbrella on a small mountain not far away.
That scholar had white hair on his temples. Judging from his age, he was not a participant in the Dao Competition, but his energy was very powerful.
"Duke Mo, I've heard of you."
Zhuo Rusui said while looking at the scholar in the distance, "I heard that you are probably the strongest swordsman in this world. I'll ask for your guidance if I have the chance, but not today."
The scholar closed the umbrella and walked down the mountain.
The wind and snow rose again.
Zhuo Rusui said to Tong Yan, "Goodbye."
"Are you sure you can leave by yourself?" asked Tong Yan.
The guards and the soldiers on the pleasure boats knew that the ambush had been exposed. Countless crossbows were aimed at the shore along with the frightened screams of the girls.
The guards by the lake had also moved forward a little bit.
"Of course I can leave; it's because you are not the only one who is prepared."
Having said that, Zhuo Rusui put on the conical hat again, turned around and walked into the wind and snow.
The leader of the guards looked at Tong Yan, waiting for his order.
Tong Yan remained silent. A moment later, he raised his hand, signaling for the others not to strike. The guards were stunned, thinking that it was the best opportunity to kill the man in black since they had set up an inescapable trap and a figure like Mister Mo. Why did the son of Duke Mo suddenly give up?
Duke Mo came to the lakeside. Looking at the young man in the wheelchair, he was also baffled.
It was then that the accumulated snow on the treetops rustled down, and the Blue Bird flew to a higher branch.
A person walked out from behind the tree. The person was dark and thin, wearing the uniform of a royal guard.
Seeing this person, Tong Yan realized what Zhuo Rusui was prepared for, and he also realized that what he said to the Blue Bird was not only to the Sect Master of Aoyama, the Immortal Liu, but also to the person behind the tree.
He looked at the person and said, "I heard that you have never left the Emperor's side. You must have come to Cangzhou for something important."
The guard said, "The Emperor asked me to say something to you if I couldn't kill you."
Tong Yan said, "The Emperor asked me to say something to you if I couldn't kill you."
The guard said, "The Emperor said that your people are always spreading rumors in the capital that the Grand Scholar is going to usurp the throne, which is quite annoying. He asked you not to do it again."
Tong Yan thought that it was indeed the tone of that guy, but it was indeed annoying for that guy to say such a long sentence.
Thinking of this, Jing Jiu somehow felt much better. He flicked his fingers to indicate that he understood.
The guard turned around and left without saying anything more.
Looking at the back of the guard and thinking of the conversation he had with the Grand Scholar in the thatched hut, Duke Mo was deep in thought.
"Sorry to disturb you, Mister," Tong Yan said to Jing Jiu.
Duke Mo said meaningfully, "Your conversation was quite interesting. Though I didn't quite understand what you were talking about, maybe it was because of this that it was interesting."
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