Chapter 172 Not My Race
"It's been several days now, and there's still no trace of Dai Qian! Marquis Fu'an, you asked us to watch Guan Shanyue, not out of selfish motives, for the sake of Duke Yan and the others, right?"

After waiting for several days in the capital of Nanzhu Kingdom, not only did Dai Qian not show up, but because of monitoring Guan Shanyue, she had several confrontations and tentative fights with Duke Yan and others who had not yet left Nanzhu Kingdom. Wanwan finally couldn't bear it anymore, and pushed open Zhu Chengwu's door, came up to Zhu Chengwu and questioned him.

Zhu Chengwu, who had been sitting upright on the bed with his eyes closed, opened his eyes and looked at Wanwan who suddenly appeared in front of him. Zhu Chengwu felt as if he were in another world!
In that hit TV series, Wanwan is a quirky, selfish, and love-crazy person.

During their contact more than three years ago, Wanwan left Zhu Chengwu with the impression of being fearless enough to draw her sword at the slightest disagreement, and someone who would retaliate after suffering a loss.

But this time when they met again, Wanwan had been silent for the past few days, just like a pendant beside Zhu Yuyan, making Zhu Chengwu feel very "unfamiliar".

Now Wanwan's angry questioning look finally seemed a little bit "familiar" to Zhu Chengwu.

“I do have a different stance from Duke Yan and others.

But with my strength, I don't need to rely on your power to deal with Duke Yan and others.

Of course, the Zhu faction mainly wants to obtain the Silver Dollar Pure Water and Jade Marrow Ice Soul. We will have to fight Narcissus and Snow Crystal Spirit later. The Duke of Yan and others who have not left are indeed a variable!
If you want to eliminate this variable in advance, I won't object!"

Zhu Chengwu looked at Wanwan and said calmly.

"you…"

Wanwan was so angry that she was shaking all over when she heard Zhu Chengwu's shameless speech.

Wanwan was still too young after all, and coupled with the forced repression she had been under in the past few days, she couldn't help but feel resentful as her questions were now being met with a mix of defensive and aggressive responses from Zhu Chengwu.

"Alright, Wanwan! The Marquis was just kidding! The three great masters of Duke Yan have gathered together. We are about to fight the spirits of heaven and earth, Narcissus and Snow Crystal. How dare we waste our fighting power before the battle!"

At this moment, a familiar figure walked to the door of Zhu Chengwu's room. It was Wanwan's master - Queen Yin Zhu Yuyan.

In the Millennium Ice Valley, the Yin Queen Zhu Yuyan, who lost the trace of Narcissus and Snow Crystal Spirit and was extremely thirsty for Silver Dollar Pure Water and Jade Marrow Ice Soul, was finally persuaded by Zhu Chengwu to come to the capital of Nanzhu Kingdom and secretly monitor the ruler of Nanzhu Kingdom - General Guan Shanyue.

However, after arriving at the capital of Nanzhu Kingdom, Zhu Yuyan and others took turns to monitor Guan Shanyue. Zhu Chengwu refused Zhu Yuyan's arrangement of taking turns to monitor Guan Shanyue on the grounds that he was the main force fighting against Narcissus head-on, and hid in a temporary residence alone to recuperate and maintain his condition.

Zhu Chengwu's behavior already made Zhu Yuyan feel dissatisfied.

While monitoring Guan Shanyue, Zhu Yuyan and others discovered that Guan Shanyue had been staying overnight in the palace, where there were three great masters including Duke Yan.

If it weren't for Zhu Qinyu, who was somewhat involved with the other party, mediating, Zhu Yuyan and others might have had conflicts with the other party and started fighting.

As Zhu Qinyu spoke, Zhu Yuyan and others also learned about the grievances between Zhu Chengwu and her, as well as the Duke of Yan and others who were staying in the palace of Nanzhu Kingdom and had not left.

Zhu Yuyan, who suspected that Zhu Chengwu did it on purpose, was naturally even more dissatisfied.

For several days, Long Fei's husband Dai Qian, whom Zhu Chengwu predicted in the Millennium Ice Valley, had not appeared yet. Zhu Yuyan, who was already anxious, couldn't help but become anxious and uneasy.

After all, as time goes by, who knows how many Grandmaster Yangshen will be attracted by the news of the high-level rare treasures of the world in Nanzhu Kingdom.

Will the news of Narcissus's appearance spread out, attracting top forces and top masters who know Narcissus's information and aspire to become a Grandmaster?

Zhu Yuyan can't wait, nor can she delay!
That's why Zhu Yuyan allowed Wanwan to come and question Zhu Chengwu.

After thinking about it for the past few days, Zhu Yuyan slowly figured it out. Zhu Chengwu seemed to know more about Narcissus than she expected, even more information than she, the leader of a thousand-year-old sect, had.

Zhu Yuyan needs Zhu Chengwu to come up with a more radical and faster method to capture Narcissus and get the Silver Dollar Pure Water and Jadeite Ice Soul.

"Dealing with Duke Yan and his men ahead of time will indeed reduce our combat power, but if we let Duke Yan and his men remain, we won't be able to go all out when dealing with Narcissus and Snow Crystal Spirit!"

Zhu Chengwu, who was devoted to martial arts, did not see through the twists and turns behind Wanwan's questioning of him this time. Zhu Chengwu simply responded directly to Zhu Yuyan's words.

The best way to communicate with Zhu Chengwu is to speak directly.

There are too many twists and turns, Zhu Chengwu can't see through it, and he won't spend too much energy guessing.

"My Lord, our primary targets now are Xue Jingling and Shui Xian. When will Dai Qian show up in the first step of your plan? Do you have any idea..."

Zhu Yuyan once again rejected Zhu Chengwu's suggestion to resolve the threat from Duke Yan and others in advance. After all, it is easy to defeat a master, but it is too difficult to kill him!

Which Grandmaster Yangshen doesn't have the means to fight to the death?

When facing a life-and-death crisis, Grandmaster Yang Shen who is at a disadvantage will choose to fight to the death without hesitation in order to survive, but does Grandmaster Yang Shen who is in the upper hand really have the determination to kill the opponent at the cost of severely damaging his foundation or suffering lifelong injuries that cannot be healed?

Just as Zhu Yuyan was about to change the second half of her sentence and wanted to directly ask Zhu Chengwu if there was any way to force Dai Qian to show up in advance, Zhu Yuyan's voice suddenly paused.

Zhu Chengwu and Wanwan also looked towards the direction of the Nanzhu Kingdom Palace at the same time.

"This scent is Narcissus and Snow Crystal Spirit coming!"

Zhu Chengwu whispered.

While Zhu Chengwu was whispering, Zhu Yuyan had already flown towards the palace.

"Everyone, assemble at the palace!"

Zhu Yuyan's voice was floating in the air.

Seeing Zhu Yuyan's actions, Zhu Chengwu and Wanwan had already flown to catch up before Zhu Yuyan's words reached their ears.

When Zhu Yuyan, Zhu Chengwu and Wanwan flew out of this temporary resting place, two figures flew out from the other two rooms of the temporary resting place and caught up with Zhu Yuyan and the other two.

The two figures were none other than Zhu Yuyan's "good friends" Murong Qiudi and Zhu Qinyu, whom she asked for help.

Ah~~

A scream came.

When Zhu Yuyan, Zhu Chengwu and others arrived at the palace, they just happened to see Long Fei's husband Dai Qian stabbing a sword into Guan Shanyue's body.

With the help of the thousand-year-old ice soul in his body, even though Dai Qian had been frozen for forty years and his internal force and martial arts had stagnated for forty years, he still defeated his fellow disciple Guan Shanyue who had been trapped at the peak of the first-class level.

"Guan Shanyue, good deeds will be rewarded and evil deeds will be punished! Your sinful life is over!"

After stabbing the sword in his hand into Guan Shanyue's heart, Dai Qian said this as he looked at Guan Shanyue, who was bleeding from the corner of his mouth and had no strength to fight anymore.

"Long Fei, do you think you won? No, I won!

I have controlled the Nanzhu Kingdom for decades, and I have already enjoyed what I deserve! I have no regrets in this life!

And you, Long Fei, if you weren’t lucky enough to get the Snow Crystal Spirit’s companion spirit, the Thousand-Year Ice Soul, do you think you could defeat me?
Long Fei, you are not as good as me after all!"

With the final roar of "Long Fei, you are not as good as me after all", Guan Shanyue fell heavily on the floor tiles in the palace of Nanzhu Kingdom.

Guan Shanyue was right. For the past forty years, he had been second to none in the Nanzhu Kingdom and had really enjoyed all that he should have.

Not only was she Dai Qian's former confidante, but Guan Shanyue also took possession of her.

Even staying overnight in the palace was something Guan Shanyue had done countless times. This time, in order to welcome the visitors from the "Heavenly Kingdom" Ming Dynasty, Guan Shanyue directly placed Duke Yan and others in the palace of Nanzhu Kingdom as the master of Nanzhu Kingdom. He offered all kinds of delicacies, rare treasures, and stunning beauties to Duke Yan and others. As long as Duke Yan and others liked something, Guan Shanyue would approve it without the King of Nanzhu Kingdom's approval.

With such power and status, Guan Shanyue could be said to have lived a glorious life, and it was worth it even if he died.

"Senior Shuixian, Senior Xue Jingling, by helping the rebels to kill the great general of the Southern Candle Nation, aren't you afraid of causing the collective dissatisfaction of many of the human masters and yang gods?"

Li Xunhuan looked at Narcissus and Xue Jingling in front of him with a grim expression, then glanced at Zhu Chengwu, Zhu Yuyan and others who suddenly appeared, and said so.

Duke Yan and Wu Gensheng were able to suppress their dissatisfaction due to the huge gap in power between them and Narcissus, but Li Xunhuan could not.

No matter how many conspiracies and tricks Guan Shanyue played, Li Xunhuan only saw that Nanzhu Kingdom was doing well under Guan Shanyue's governance, and Guan Shanyue was extremely respectful to Li Xunhuan and others.

In fact, after Dai Qian appeared and Guan Shanyue was at a disadvantage, Li Xunhuan tried to take action, but unfortunately Li Xunhuan never found an opportunity to use his sword.

Xiao Li's flying knives never fail!
Behind this myth is the fact that Li Xunhuan would only draw his sword when he was sure, and would rather die than draw his sword if he was not sure.

"Humanity has many Grandmaster Yang Gods~~~Yes, because you humans have many Grandmaster Yang Gods, so I can only hide, retreat and give in!
For thousands of years, I have retreated step by step and hidden here and there, but you have never let me go and have been pressing me step by step!
Today, I don’t want to retreat anymore!”

Hearing Li Xunhuan's words, Narcissus sneered and responded.

Then, Narcissus turned his gaze from Li Xunhuan and the other two to Zhu Chengwu, Zhu Yuyan and others.

"The three people here want to be enemies with me and Xue Jingling for Guan Shanyue and the Millennium Ice Soul. What about you? Are you here for the Millennium Ice Soul as well?"

Narcissus's gaze towards Zhu Chengwu and others was sharper than the one she had used when she glanced at Li Xunhuan and others.

After all, there are five people including Zhu Chengwu, which is more in number than the three people including Li Xunhuan, and their strength is also stronger!

"We are here today just to kill you! A companion elf of a high-level rare treasure in heaven and earth, with a lifespan of hundreds or thousands of years and the strength of a peak Yang God. This world does not allow such a strong alien race to exist!" The one who responded was Zhu Chengwu.

Although high-level treasures of heaven and earth are difficult to destroy quickly using conventional means, they are not impossible to destroy.

At the beginning, the Cui family had no concept of high-level rare treasures of heaven and earth, and they took and transported them haphazardly. As time passed, they made more and more mistakes and almost caused the Earth Core Fire Lotus to wither completely.

As a companion spirit of a high-level rare treasure of heaven and earth, Narcissus may very well possess a secret method that can destroy their companion spirits in a short period of time. Zhu Yuyan, Zhu Chengwu and others have to be on guard.

Therefore, Zhu Yuyan and Zhu Chengwu discussed this when they first reached the cooperation agreement.

When Narcissus appeared, the reason for besieging Narcissus was determined by Zhu Chengwu, who had fought with Narcissus before, and Zhu Yuyan and others only came to help Zhu Chengwu.

Of course, such a strategy would be useless once Narcissus and Snow Crystal Spirit had a way to instantly destroy their companion spirits.

But Zhu Yuyan and Zhu Chengwu both felt that this possibility was unlikely!
Especially Zhu Chengwu, who saw through the true nature of high-level rare treasures of heaven and earth.

As a high-level rare treasure of heaven and earth that is the source of heaven and earth, it is a treasure that heaven and earth have spent a huge amount of time to nurture. Its essence is a collection of rules of a certain aspect between heaven and earth, and the attribute of vitality is only its appearance.

Such source of heaven and earth can be slowly eroded and destroyed by conflicting rules, but cannot be instantly destroyed by pure force.

"Aliens? After so many years! You humans still have the same idea that 'those who are not my kind must have different hearts'!"

Narcissus was stunned when she heard Zhu Chengwu's words.

But Narcissus did not doubt Zhu Chengwu's "absurd" reason for coming to surround and kill him.

Having lived for thousands of years, Narcissus has had little contact with humans, but has always had contact with them.

The idea that "those who are not of my race must have different hearts" is not an isolated case among humans.

Because of this sentence, many wars broke out between two countries or two regions.

What's more, now we are facing him, a real outlier.

"You all came here with the same purpose?" After listening to Zhu Chengwu's reasons, Narcissus turned his gaze to Zhu Yuyan and other Grandmaster Yangshen beside Zhu Chengwu.

"My Yinkui sect will do whatever it takes, but when it comes to the interests of the human race, we must strictly adhere to the bottom line!" Zhu Yuyan was the first to respond to Narcissus's glance at them.

"This is the first time Wanwan has seen a heaven and earth spirit. This may also be the only chance for Wanwan in her life to personally fight against a heaven and earth spirit. Although Wanwan once had a grudge with Marquis Fu'an, when facing an alien like Senior Narcissus, Wanwan is still willing to temporarily put aside her grudge with Marquis Fu'an!" Wanwan, who was standing next to Zhu Yuyan, looked at Narcissus not far in front of her with curious and eager eyes.

"I have assassinated my cousin Chengwu twice, and I have also planned to cooperate with the Crown Prince's Mansion to get rid of Cui Shuyun and Xiumin! But for the sake of the human race, Qinyu has no choice but to do it! What about you, my cousin Chengyi and Xiao Li Tanhua?"

Zhu Xiumin said this and turned his gaze to Duke Yan and others standing nearby.

Li Xunhuan, the Flying Dagger of Li, once won the third place in the imperial examination.

Therefore, some people call Li Xunhuan "Little Li Tanhua".

After hearing what Zhu Qinyu said and seeing the look in her eyes, Duke Yan and the others fell silent for a moment.

"Qiu Di has enjoyed love, roamed the world, and was betrayed by the person she loved the most...Qiu Di is now enjoying an ordinary life, but facing an outlier like Senior Shui Xian, Qiu Di has no choice but to come!"

The last person to speak was Tianzun, who once dominated the world and now has faded out of the world, Murong Qiudi.

Murong Qiudi was born into the Jiangnan Murong family, one of the most famous martial arts families. She is the daughter of the previous head of the family, Murong Zheng. When she was young, she looked delicate, fragile, elegant, and beautiful like a spring breeze. But secretly, she is the cold and smart Madam Murong who looks down on the martial arts world and the owner of the underworld organization "Tianzun".

After everything was exposed, Murong Qiudi gained a lot of support in the martial arts world because of her female identity and the admiration of Jiangnan Sword God - Grandmaster Xie Xiaofeng and Killing Demon Sword - Grandmaster Yan Shisan.

Many people think that Murong Qiudi, who was able to establish the "Tianzun" organization, must be a ruthless female leader, and that Murong Qiudi, who was highly praised by Xie Xiaofeng and Yan Shisan, must be a great master.

In the mainstream concept of the martial arts world, Tianzun Murong Qiudi is one of the top three masters of the Ming Dynasty.

In Jiangnan, the base of Murong World and the "Tianzun" organization, many people even believe that Tianzun Murong Qiudi has already achieved the status of a grandmaster and is the best among the grandmasters of the Ming Dynasty.

Cui Zongji, the head of the Cui family, is a Jiangnan person with this kind of ideas.

Even if Zhu Chengwu suddenly appeared, there were still many people who believed that Zhu Chengwu might not be able to defeat Murong Qiudi.

It's just that Murong Qiudi's apparent combat record is indeed not as good as Zhu Chengwu's, which is why the idea that Zhu Chengwu is the best contemporary master of the Ming Dynasty has become the mainstream in the Ming martial arts world.

But Zhu Chengwu knew that Murong Qiudi was indeed a female hero, but her strength might not be that strong.

Grandmaster Xie Xiaofeng and Grandmaster Yan Shisan's admiration for Murong Qiudi was more out of their own selfish motives.

Don't think that the master will be completely realistic. The master is also a human being. He also has emotions, selfishness and bias.

Now after meeting Murong Qiudi in person, Zhu Chengwu was even more certain of his past guesses.

In terms of his own combat power alone, Murong Qiudi is just an ordinary grandmaster who is slightly stronger than an ordinary grandmaster.

This fact also proves one thing: rumors in the world cannot be trusted!
Who is strong and who is weak can only be determined after a real battle!
It is not uncommon for the "weak" to defeat the "strong" in the martial arts world.

(End of this chapter)