In Songhai, a small sage village, a winding path leads to a secluded place in the back of the mountain. Yan Lu slowly walked up the steps, walked to a bamboo leaf, stood and saluted, "Disciple Yan Lu, I would like to see Master Xun."
After a while, the bamboo door opened, and a boy came out from behind. He said to Yan Lu: "Master-uncle has been in seclusion for many days. Before the retreat, he ordered that no one would come."
Yan Lu stood there hesitantly and asked again: "Has anyone informed Master Xun about Lu Yan and Han Fei?"
"Master-uncle has not been out for a long time, so he probably doesn't know. Lu Yanzi, what happened to Han Feizi, my disciple can convey it to you."
"Han Fei was killed by Lu Yan."
"What?"
Yan Lu spoke seriously, and the boy was so frightened that he screamed and couldn't care less about etiquette.
At this time, the bamboo forest suddenly trembled, all the flying leaves fell in an instant, and the temperature dropped sharply. Xunzi's figure was like thousands of phantoms condensed into one, appearing in front of Yan Lu in the blink of an eye.
"You said that Han Fei died, but it was Lu Yan who killed him himself."
A question, the weather is cold and the ground is freezing.
This was the first time that Yan Lu saw Xunzi show his strength. Even if the power of the Heavenly Man Realm was just the tip of the iceberg, he could hardly breathe due to the cold.
He endured the bone-chilling cold and managed to take out a letter, "Ahem, uncle, this is a letter from Lu Yan from Handan."
Xunzi grabbed the letter out of thin air, and when he opened it and read it, the skin near his nose twitched, and the sharp color in his eyes gradually faded, eventually returning to an abyss-like calm.
"Family fratricide will happen after all. Alas~"
The letter fell in the air and turned into confetti and smoke. Xunzi turned around with his hands behind his back and slowly walked towards the bamboo leaf. The coldness that had just frozen the world began to fade step by step with his footsteps.
While pacing, he said, "Oh, Lu Yan, you have made progress again, you have made progress again..."
Yan Lu watched Xunzi's back disappear from his eyes, and shook his head helplessly, "Brother Lu Yan, I can't help you. With your ability, you should have found a way to save Han Fei's life. Even if you kill him
It would be better to be beaten and sent back to my uncle as a disabled person than to be killed directly."
After hearing his sigh, the boy quietly opened his eyes and took a glance, then rushed inside and closed the bamboo door.
"Zhan Lu, the Sword of Humanity, has been born, and Chen Xiao of Zhongliang clan is heading to Handan to challenge you. You and I haven't seen each other for many years. This time, I will represent Xiaoshengxian Village and go to Handan to make up for it."
Yan Lu decided to go to Handan to witness the debate between Lu Yan and Chen Xiao. When he reported to his senior brother Fu Nian to leave, he unexpectedly met Zhang Liang who was also bidding farewell.
"Zifang, you also want to go on a long trip?"
Zhang Liang was wearing a long blue-gray coat and carrying a bag on his back. There was sadness in his eyebrows. He suddenly bumped into Yan Lu and seemed a little confused. "Second Senior Brother, I..."
Yan Lu approached and smiled slightly, "Elder brother, do you agree?"
"Yes, agreed." Zhang Liang quickly returned to normal, nodded twice, and looked at the sky above the Little Sage Village, "He said that it would be difficult for me to make any progress in my knowledge if I stayed in the village, so I should go out.
Have a good walk."
Yan Lu also followed his gaze and looked over. The two senior fellow apprentices looked at the sky and remained silent for the time being.
Suddenly, Yan Lu said: "Yingchuan County, Jiunv Mountain."
"What?" Zhang Liang was confused.
"The place where Han Fei's tomb is located."
"Second Senior Brother, how could you do this?"
"Lu Yan and I are good friends."
When Zhang Liang heard the word "friend", he shook his head and chuckled: "Oh, Lu Yan and Han Fei are also close friends from the same family. He killed him with his own hands and then built a tomb for him. How ironic the world is."
Yan Lu had no special reaction after hearing this, and just stated calmly: "Han Fei plans to kill him at the celebration."
Zhang Liang continued: "He designed to destroy South Korea, Zhao, and Wei, and will continue to do such evil deeds."
"More than a hundred years ago, Marquis Ai of Han attacked and destroyed the State of Zheng and moved the capital to Xinzheng."
"..."
Yan Lu's sudden change of subject made Zhang Liang speechless.
"When the Zhou dynasty was established, there were seventy-one countries in the world. But in the past eight hundred years, only these few countries were left. In troubled times, the only way to survive and grow is to trample on the corpses of the defeated. Han
Zhao, Wei, Chu, Yanqi, and of course Qin, they are no different.
Lu Yan said that he just wanted to end this troubled world where countries are constantly fighting and the people are in dire straits. You should be very clear about the vision that all the people in the Central Plains are one nation. "
"So, for that vision, he is willing to stain his hands with the blood of millions of people. This includes fellow senior brother Han Fei, and even second senior brother you."
After Zhang Liang finished speaking, he stared sideways at Yan Lu, his eyes burning.
Yan Lu ignored these heart-wrenching words and even looked back at him with a warm smile, "I will stand by his side."
"Second Senior Brother, you!"
Zhang Liang couldn't understand why the second senior brother could choose Lu Yan so lightly when his homeland was crushed by Qin.
Why choose Lu Yan?
Perhaps it was because we first met him near Luoyi many years ago. His name was Lu Yan, and my name was Yan Lu.
At this moment, Yan Lu thought a lot, thinking about Lu Yan's move of "World and Earth Live Together", about his master Wuming, and about Luoyi...
"People cannot choose their own origin. When a burden is too heavy and you are unable to bear it, letting go is still an option."
"Letting go is also an option. This sounds like an elegant discussion of escape."
"Zifang, I'm afraid the burden you and I understand is quite different."
"Senior brother, please give me a try."
"The five generations of the Zhang family have been married to Han, so what should be the burden on the Zhang family?"
"Of course one should be loyal to the emperor and patriotic, report to the country, and protect the common people."
"Can the Zhang family afford it?"
"that is because--"
"Can not afford."
Zhang Liang tried to say something else, but was cut off by Yan Lu.
Yan Lu rarely showed this kind of edge. Just because he usually had no edge, once he really set his mind to achieve something, the power he would unleash would be beyond the imagination of others.
He looked at Zhang Liang's slightly embarrassed eyes, and his attitude suddenly softened, and he smiled and said: "Elder brother is right, you really should go out for more walks in Zifang."
Zhang Liang only felt that he was still in a trance. Was the second senior brother in that moment just an illusion?
Second Senior Brother, who has never been able to win a single battle with others, his true strength can only be described as unfathomable.
At that moment, he quietly changed the subject and said: "I just said that, Second Senior Brother, you are also here to say farewell to Senior Brother. Do you want to go?"
Yan Lu told him bluntly: "Handan. Zhongliang clan Chen Xiao wants to talk to Lu Yan about the sword of benevolence Zhanlu. All Confucian schools are expected to show up. I am going to go on behalf of Xiaoshengxianzhuang."
"That's it. Second senior brother, Zifang has taken his leave."
"Um."
Yan Lu just stood there and watched Zhang Liang step out of the courtyard, then turned around and said to the air: "Senior Brother, you heard it all."
Fu Nian's voice came steadily from behind: "Be careful during your trip to Handan. There was news before that Lu Yan sent a snare to hunt down Chen Xiao with the intention of seizing the Zhan Lu Sword. You and I both know that he is not
Since such a person is not him, then there must be a conspiracy if such news exists."
"Elder brother, what did you notice?"
"The three kingdoms unite to fight against Qin, and a war with Qin will not break out in the short term. What the three kingdoms can do first is to reorganize their internal affairs and unify all forces. This time, the Mohists cannot escape, and neither can the Confucians."
"Three Kingdoms Alliance, Qin State, I understand."