It sounds a little ridiculous that such a great master of swordsmanship actually started working as a stonemason, and what he polished was just a pure stone ball with no sense of art at all.
Theoretically, it cannot be compared with the exquisite works of those sculpting masters, and only some beginners will practice such simple and basic skills.
However, if anyone in this world were to witness the formation of this stone ball up close and comment on it, I am afraid they would put away all the contempt and ridicule in their hearts and give it the highest level of praise and exclamation, thinking that it is absolutely worthy of praise.
One of the highest masterpieces of all mankind.
Not for anything else, just because this stone ball is so big!
It's so big that it's hard to describe it in words. It seems that only words like "created in heaven" and "amazingly crafted" can barely describe it.
When the last sword energy dissipated in the air and the dust settled, the entire mountain peak had completely turned into a round stone ball. The sunlight reflected the dazzling light on its surface, which was even more shocking, as if it was a stone ball.
Stars fell from the sky and fell into this mortal world.
From the appearance, there are almost no flaws in it. It is so round and smooth that it can almost act as a mirror. The huge size, which is dozens of feet in diameter, does not give people the slightest sense of bulkiness and roughness. On the contrary,
It reveals an indescribable agility and charm.
Even Zhao Yi and Zhao Si who were present had witnessed the spectacular scene of countless cultivators flying swords, cutting the heaven and earth, and many giant symbols roaring and shaking the sky, but at this moment, they still couldn't help but
My mind was shaken and I was dazzled by it.
With their master-level vision and knowledge, they can naturally see that this is just a sword that took several breaths of time. The fine control of the sword energy, the perfect use of power, and the terrifying calculation ability are all comparable to
He has opened an almost insurmountable distance.
You must know that when the scale of stone carving increases to a certain level, it is no longer as simple as cutting off the stone and polishing it. The hardness of the stone itself, the internal structure, the distribution and transmission of stress, and various factors must also be taken into consideration.
All should be taken into consideration.
If you are not careful, the entire stone sculpture may crack from within, fall apart, and be completely destroyed. The closer you get to the end, the more careful you need to be, walking on thin ice, and the energy and time spent will increase exponentially.
However, Zhao Qing seemed to have no worries about this at all. From the beginning to the end, her sword movement did not have any pause or lag, as if she was carving an ordinary gadget at will, not an ordinary gadget.
A behemoth.
This kind of calmness and freehand brushwork has gone beyond the scope of skills and is almost a manifestation of Tao!
"If I can also polish a stone ball of this size... No, it only takes practice again and again, and gradually reaches a diameter of ten feet. I guess the true meaning of the 'Stone Grinding Sword Technique' can also be understood by analogy.
Is it eight points?"
Zhao Si stared closely at the stone ball in front of him, secretly pondering the mystery in his heart.
Combined with the many exquisite swordsmanship techniques she had recently heard on the radio, she already understood that the reason why Zhao Qing was able to pull off Wang Jingmeng's unique skill was not because she had received the inheritance left by the other party, but in this way.
The simulation and restoration of the sword technique were completed.
"The next step is the last step."
When the illusory full moon was exhausted and the power projected from a distance also faded away, Zhao Qing let out a breath of turbid air, but there was no trace of fatigue in her expression. She raised her head and glanced at the sky where the stars had disappeared, and whispered softly.
Talking to himself.
Immediately afterwards, he reached out a finger as clear as jade and lightly touched the middle of the huge stone ball.
"Rumble, rumble..."
Following a dull and soul-stirring roar, this behemoth weighing tens of millions of pounds began to tremble slowly, and then, under the tug of Zhao Qing's finger,
Start moving towards the edge of the cliff little by little!
Because the stone ball itself is so large, its slow movement gives people the illusion that the earth is shaking and the world is upside down, as if it is crushing the entire world.
Especially when it finally moved to the edge of the cliff, with its lower body hanging in the air and its upper body still leaning on the cliff, the extreme sense of imbalance and the danger of overturning and falling at any time made people's hearts beat out of their throats.
, nervous to the extreme.
"She is going to..."
Zhao Yi and Zhao Si looked at each other, and both saw a look of horror in each other's eyes. A ridiculous and shocking idea came to their minds at the same time - Zhao Qing wanted to control this huge stone ball and make it move towards
Changling City rolled down and was crushed away?!
"Is this her revenge? Sure enough... it's direct and shocking!"
According to Zhao Qing's instructions, the burning true sun fire was injected into the Yin and Yang Tai Chi eyes in the stone ball, and merged with a warm galactic true water. The two of them immediately left without much surprise or worry.
He stepped back and watched the scene that was about to happen from a distance.
I saw the stone ball slowly moving away from the cliff. When the tilt angle reached a certain critical point, it finally lost its balance and began to roll down the steep hillside!
At the beginning, the rolling speed of the stone ball was not too fast, but as the height continued to decrease, the effect of converting gravitational potential energy into kinetic energy became more and more prominent, and its rolling speed also continued to increase, as if a hill was moving in translation, rumbling.
The sound spread throughout the countryside, shaking the ground and sending up smoke and dust all over the sky.
Such a huge movement naturally attracted the attention of many villagers and merchants in the Shimen Mountain area. They poked their heads out of their houses and roads and looked at the direction of the sound, their faces full of shock and horror.
I don't know what happened.
Some brave hunters and mountaineers, or those who had rich experience in collecting herbs and hunting in the mountains all year round, quickly climbed up to nearby highlands or big trees, set up tents with their hands, and looked into the distance, trying to see.
Clear the scene filled with smoke and dust.
Then, they saw the most shocking scene that they would never forget in their lives.
I saw a huge round stone ball, suddenly collapsing a small mountain peak, then turning a curved arc, and then rushed out of the dense forest at the foot of the mountain, along an open river, and continued to roar downstream.
And go, unstoppable.
Along the way, no matter how tough the vegetation or how hard the rocks were, they were all turned into powder under the crushing force of this huge stone ball.
Even if it occasionally encounters some raised hills or deep ravines, it will be easily flattened or flown over, unable to stop it in the slightest.
Because it contains the endless flow of true water and true fire, it maintains the remaining grindstone sword intention, not only protecting it from being scarred and worn by conventional obstacles, but also stimulating a large amount of vitality between heaven and earth, forming a link between the sky and the sky.
The huge tornado stretched across the ground, carrying countless sand and gravel debris.
It looks like the "Wind Uncle" from mythology and legend has arrived, blowing away and overturning everything in the world.
What makes people even more heart palpitated is that this stone ball is not rolling randomly unconsciously, but generally maintaining a nearly straight route, as if there is an invisible line pulling it, pointing directly at the majestic and spectacular tower in the distance.
Changling City!
Obviously, this is the result of Zhao Qing's secret manipulation!
She stood Lingxu on the top of the mountain, overlooking the trajectory of the stone ball, with a look of satisfaction flashing in her eyes.
She has clear calculations and predictions in her mind.
When will this stone ball arrive at Changling City, and where will it be intercepted by various forces and gradually stop? What kind of damage will it cause during the period? Will innocent people be implicated? How much financial and material resources will be spent in the future?
Construction can be restored to its original state.
All of this is under her control like a precise chess game.
"Oh my God, what the hell is that?!"
"Could it be that the mountain god appeared and sent down a heavenly punishment?"
"Run quickly, it's too late if you don't run!"
"Don't worry about the household belongings in the house! Keep the green hills there, so you don't have to worry about running out of firewood!"
Many villages near rivers were immediately enveloped by bursts of noise and chaos. Whether it was farmers working in the fields, women weaving and sewing at home, or children learning to talk, they all ran out.
He walked out of the house, his face full of panic and panic.
They had received the long-range warning from the sword intent early on. Looking at the round stone ball that was rapidly enlarging from far to near, they could not resist or fight in their hearts. They just wanted to escape from this dangerous area as soon as possible and stay away from this seemingly
A terrifying existence that can crush everything.
Some elderly people who were slower to react or had inconvenient legs and feet, were supported and carried by the younger members of the clan, and staggered and hurriedly fled towards the distance. During this period, many people fell to the ground, but were quickly pulled up and continued to flee.
Run away for fear of falling behind.
Miraculously, even though the stone ball was rolling in with a devastating force, for some unknown reason, its huge body moved around in the river, sometimes leaping high up on the slope of the river bank, and crossing fields of farmland.
From time to time, he cleverly used the turning points of the terrain to adjust the direction of progress.
In general, it has never deviated from Zhao Qing's preset trajectory, nor has it affected the villagers who were in a panic. They deliberately avoided villages and market towns and only wreaked havoc in uninhabited fields and wilderness, leaving traces on the ground.
There were shocking ravines and plowed cracks.
…
Starting from a height of more than 400 feet on the top of the mountain, it continued to roll down. Between the bumps and ups and downs, the speed of the stone ball became faster and faster, and it had already reached the ultimate speed of most chariots.
Just like those ultra-high-speed chariots driven by rune crystals, giant beasts or powerful practitioners, they even have a tendency to fly into the air, but the weight is increased by a hundred thousand or a million times.
However, the distance from Shimen Mountain to Changling is more than a hundred miles after all. Naturally, it cannot be reached in an instant. Even the ground shock waves caused took some time to spread to Nie Yuan.
And when it just started to set off, "Ye Ce Leng" was fighting against a so-called "Ghost Sword Master" who was extremely good at flying sword changes and was a close disciple of Nie Yinshan, the director of Qingshan Sword Academy, Yin Xun.
Many bright sword lights twisted, intertwined, and circled strangely on the sword platform, disappearing and reappearing, stirring up clusters of increasingly sharp whistling sounds.
Nie Yinshan, who was the commander-in-chief of the First Army in the past, has a close connection with Nie Yuan since he has Nie as his surname. It can be said that he is one of the side branches of the original Nie family.
Therefore, his apprentice represents the master in this battle, competing with others for victory, which has a different meaning.
Different from the previous battle in Mount He that focused on sword fighting and severe light pollution, as a rare master who still focuses on attacking with flying swords in the Seven Realms Moving Mountains and studies delicate techniques, Yin Xun's series of
The moves are undoubtedly more watchable and can bring more understanding to low-level practitioners.
In particular, the flying sword he controlled turned out to be asymmetrical from left to right, with the center of gravity mainly on the line of the sword's spine. Due to the static imbalance of the structure, its dynamic changes were even more bizarre, unpredictable, and completely impossible to predict using common sense.
Its trajectory has made many swordsmen thoughtful and deeply inspired.
However, unlike the previous competitions, Emperor Yuanwu at this moment on the sword-watching platform high up did not seem to take the matter of "Ye Ce Leng" to his heart. He just closed his eyes and rested his mind, adjusted his breath and concentrated his energy.
I took advantage of this free time to swallow a spiritual pill and practice silently.
It wasn't until a young man wearing an ordinary blue satin robe, who looked to be only in his twenties, with a gentle and peaceful expression, slowly walked onto the stage and bowed to salute, he opened his eyes and turned to look at the other party.
, looked at it for a moment.
Apart from his relatively tall features, this young man has a very ordinary face. He does not have any accessories on his body, nor is he wearing a long sword. His long hair is like that of ordinary Qin people, tied up casually with a cloth belt.
Behind his back, he invisibly exudes an otherworldly aura.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Naturally, he was the one Yuanwu specially asked to call here. After the Chu Dynasty captured Yangshan County nine years ago, he was sent to the capital of Qin.
Ling, the hostage given as a condition of the armistice covenant, was replaced by Lord Liling of the Qin State's six hundred miles of fertile land.
As we all know, apart from his status as the son of an emperor, Lord Liling's experience can even be described as "bleak".
His mother was a music girl in the palace. She was favored by Emperor Chu and gave birth to Lord Liling. However, she was sentenced to death a few years later because she spoke against Emperor Chu.
In order to keep out of sight, Emperor Chu randomly sealed a fiefdom that no one liked and sent Lord Liling away to keep him away from his sight. It is said that this was the result of someone in the court admonishing him. Otherwise, based on Emperor Chu's character,
Maybe there was a secret order for Lord Li Ling to follow his deceased mother directly.
However, even though the fiefdom obtained by Lord Liling was far away from the royal city of the Chu Dynasty, far enough to be forgotten, when the Chu Dynasty needed a prince as a hostage in exchange for the city of the Qin Dynasty, the Chu Emperor
I immediately thought of him!
Everyone knows that the fate of protons in most countries is bleak.
For those emperors who control the life and death of countless armies and practitioners, when the war begins, they will never care about the life or death of their least favorite son.
However, as a Chu native who came from afar and did not have much wealth, in less than ten years in Changling, Lord Liling had already become a very important figure.
He has over a thousand diners, including hundreds of practitioners.
Most people, including many officials in Changling, don't know how he was able to slowly climb up from the position of an outcast to his current position in Changling, but Yuanwu clearly understands that the other party should be
He had already reached a limited cooperation with Zheng Xiu and sold some of the secrets of the Chu Dynasty.
After briefly glancing at this young man who had not seen him for several years, Chu Zhizi, who once symbolized the shame of the Qin Dynasty, Emperor Yuanwu also had some inexplicable meaning in his eyes, as if he was sighing.
It seemed like a mockery. After a while, he slowly asked:
"You know, thirty years ago, I was also a hostage trapped in Yingcheng, the capital of Chu. Because of our defeat in the war with North Korea during that period, I was forced to give it to you, Chu, as a bargaining chip for peace, and I was stranded in a foreign country.
, suffered all the humiliation and cold looks?”
"At that time, I was surrounded by many dignitaries like you when you first entered Changling, and I was looked at, judged, and even wantonly humiliated. However, I could only suppress my anger and murderous intent, and responded to them one by one with a smile.
, that feeling of being powerless to struggle and being slaughtered by others is still fresh in my memory."
When Lord Li Ling heard this, his expression changed slightly. He didn't understand why Yuan Wu suddenly mentioned such a past event and what his intention was.
He thought in his heart that Qin was defeated both times. Why did Yuan Wu become the hostage first, and then he was unlucky? However, he could only follow the opponent's words, bowed his head and said:
"Your Majesty's celestial appearance, talents and strategies are unparalleled by this minister. In the past, he was trapped in the fields, just waiting for the wind to blow. One day, he will soar to the nine heavens, and the whole world will be shocked."
"Now that His Majesty has arrived at Dabao, he is rich all over the world and reigns over all the deserts. He can fully express his ambitions, realize his lofty ideals, create unparalleled great achievements, and his name will go down in history and be praised by future generations."
"It's just that everyone's life experiences are different. Even if they have similar experiences, they may not make the same choice and go on the same path. I know that I don't have the talent and tenacity of your Majesty. What I want is nothing more.
It’s just four words: ‘settle down and live life’.”
"But I don't know, what is the purpose of Your Majesty suddenly mentioning these old things to me today?"
Li Lingjun has obviously rehearsed this rhetoric many times. When he spoke it, his tone was calm, and no strange emotions could be heard. It was as if he was sincerely praising and envying Emperor Yuanwu, and at the same time he was praising his own situation.
And I feel sad and helpless.
His voice is gentle and magnetic, giving people a feeling of spring breeze, which can easily make people feel good.
"Oh, you don't have to be so humble."
Emperor Yuanwu chuckled lightly. Naturally, he did not believe a word of Li Lingjun's "heartfelt words". He just continued to ask: "Xiong Han, do you know why we are both protons, but I can break through many obstacles?"
Obstacle, return to the country and inherit the throne?"
The name "Xiong Han" has not been called by anyone for many years, so when Lord Li Ling heard it for the first time, he couldn't help being slightly stunned. It took him a while to realize that this should be his real name.
There was also a look of sadness and reminiscence on his face.
However, he did not say anything more about this, but quickly recovered his mood, lowered his head again, and thought about his reply: "Because your Majesty is the legitimate eldest prince, he has the qualifications and reputation to inherit the throne of Qin."
point."
"Although I also have the identity of a prince of Chu, I am just a concubine. I have never been loved by my father. I have no fundamental influence in the court. Even if I return to the country, it will be difficult to change anything, let alone get involved with the supreme king.
position."
This set of rhetoric has also been turned over in Lord Li Ling's mind countless times, and he has long been familiar with it. Now he said it very smoothly and naturally, without any hesitation or pause.
"Although he is a prince of Chu who was born as a concubine, among the fifteen princes still alive in the Chu Kingdom, which one is not a concubine?"
"From this point of view, Xiong Han has no chance at all. Otherwise, how could you have spent so much time recruiting followers, making friends with courtiers, and accumulating strength over the years in Changling? Even the reputation spread outside is almost the same as
I am among the thirteen princes of Great Qin."
Yuanwu glanced at Li Lingjun lightly, feeling the instant mood changes of the other person and the aroma of the medicine used to dye his hair black. He knew that in the past few days, he had been so sad that his hair turned gray. He couldn't help but feel it.
He chuckled, shook his head, and continued leisurely:
"Actually, I have always seen what you have done, and I have not interfered too much. After all, people share the same heart and reason. As the son of Emperor Chu, naturally you cannot really be willing to do so.
Stay in Changling forever and be your hostage for the rest of your life."
"It's a pity that if you stay here for a long time, when Concubine Zhao Xiang's son is officially born and your father appoints him as the crown prince, in order to eliminate potential dangers, even a proton thousands of miles away may not be able to
Survived."
"Your situation can be said to be extremely dangerous and precarious..."
"A decree comes to force you to commit suicide, or someone in the Chu Dynasty slanders you, saying that you have befriended Qin officials in Changling, raised dead soldiers, and have evil intentions. What should you do? Most likely, you can only take this step.
Your fifth brother and eleventh brother must have followed in your footsteps!"
As soon as these words came out, Li Lingjun's body trembled violently, obviously because Yuan Wu said what was most worrying in his heart.
The Qin spies teamed up with two Chu princes to cause rebellion in the capital of Ying, and were killed along with many important ministers. Although they were far apart, there was a tendency to block it and prevent it from being leaked. However, as time went by, the news finally got through.
.
It's just that Lord Liling was infiltrated by people sent by Zheng Xiu like a sieve, and many of his retainers were actually from Jiaodong County. When they fell into his ears, some details had been changed and misled.
Coupled with the fact that a lot of money was paid to bribe the palace staff, during the analysis, it was reasonably "guessed" that this should be Zhao Xiangfei, the only favorite of the Chu Emperor. Because she obtained the secret medicine of the new "National Preceptor", she finally became pregnant.
He has already reserved the throne for his own child.
It was just to ensure that after the young prince came to the throne in the future, the threatening royal brothers would not take advantage of their seniority and cultivation to temporarily lead, unite to launch a rebellion, or be supported by the courtiers, so they took action in advance.
Designed and produced this major case that shocked both the government and the public.
And the next direction of things seems to verify the correctness of this "speculation".
Shortly after the execution of the two princes, the Emperor of Chu generously rewarded the members of Zhao Xiangfei's family. Even the remnants of Zhao State in the territory received a lot of favors. For a time, his power was as high as the sky.
Preconceptions, coupled with a series of new news that was difficult to tell whether it was true or false, made Li Lingjun worried and couldn't sleep all night, because he knew very well that the more prosperous his business has become in recent years and his reputation has spread far and wide, when
Under this situation, it has become more and more like a reminder to the body.
Even last night, Li Lingjun, the most relied-upon and the only grandmaster-level worshiper from the Chu region in the house, left a secret letter with clever words and disappeared.
Although this guy was actually sent by Zheng Xiu to arrange the scene for the assassination and forged the letter, but in the eyes of Lord Li Ling, this guy saw that there was no hope for him anymore, so he gave up this guy directly.
The dangerous building was "about to collapse" and he fled overnight.
It has to be said that when the gap between strength and power is too big, there is no need for much ingenuity in the design to easily play with people's hearts and applaud them, making them suspicious, frightening, and scaring themselves.
When he heard that Yuan Wu further confirmed the authenticity of the matter, Lord Li Ling couldn't help but feel shocked. His face was extremely pale, and there were faint beads of sweat oozing out from his forehead. He stared at the other party with complicated eyes, as if he wanted to learn from it.
I saw some clues on the surface and tried to analyze new information and ways out.
Some opportunities are fleeting and may never come back in a lifetime.
But the price he had to pay was too heavy, so heavy that he could hardly bear it.
He sluggishly scratched the gray hair on his temples that had been dyed black before going out. Feeling the feeling of the hair flowing like flowing water between his fingers, he felt miserable in his heart, knowing that he was probably really old. Finally, he let out a long sigh.
He showed a helpless smile:
"The mountains and rivers are far away, and there is no hope of returning. Will Xiong Han really be able to return to his homeland in this life?"