Chapter 87 Grandmasters Join Forces
"Master Zhao, you really have a good grandson!"

Above the Xuzhou government office, some attention was focused on the battle site between Zhu Chengwu and Yan Guogong. Zhao Yuguang and Chang Qingshan, who had reduced the intensity of the battle, began their first normal conversation after the fight.

"Of course! He's my grandson!"

Zhao Yuguang is honored!
Zhao Yuguang had not expected that Zhu Chengwu would be so powerful and had a secret technique that could increase his strength to the point where he could fight a head-on protracted battle with a master.

At the first-rate level, he fought against the Grandmaster for a long time!

The position of the number one person under the Grandmaster of Wudang Sect, old man Zi Yang, is probably going to be unstable.

Zhao Yuguang thought about it leisurely.

“However, Marquis Fu’an already has such strength!
Why was Lord Zhao so anxious just now?
Or maybe even Lord Zhao doesn’t know the true strength of Marquis Fu’an!
Marquis Fu'an even hid this from old Marquis Zhao!"

As the patriarch of the Northwest Chang family, who secretly came to Xuzhou City and entangled with Zhao Yuguang for so long, was Chang Qingshan's opening communication just to simply admire Zhao Yuguang for having a good grandson?
Evergreen Mountain is not that boring!

Chang Qingshan's words made Zhao Yuguang stunned, and then shocked.

Zhao Yugang was stunned because Chang Qingshan hit the nail on the head. Zhao Yugang had no idea that Zhu Chengwu had such strength and such secret skills!
Now it seems that Zhu Chengwu may have been on guard against his grandfather's plans before.

Zhao Yugang was shocked because he immediately realized Chang Qingshan's ill intentions.

This is going to destroy the relationship between him and Zhu Chengwu as grandparents and grandchildren!

"Chang's kid, don't use such cheap divisive tactics to embarrass yourself!
But you, the Chang family kid, seem to have made a mistake this time! You actually chose to cooperate with Duke Yan!

This Duke of Yan seems to be weaker than we thought!"

Zhao Yuguang responded directly, trying to sow discord between Chang Qingshan and Duke Yan.

“No matter how weak the Duke of Yan is, he is still a Grandmaster. But it seems that Zhao Jincheng has not yet achieved Grandmaster status!
I just don’t know if Brother Jin Cheng will have the chance to become a Grandmaster in this lifetime!”

How could Chang Qingshan be such an ordinary person? He directly dealt a heavy blow to Zhao Yuguang and the Zhao family's biggest regret.

Zhao Jingben is the descendant of Zhao Yuguang, and the person in the Zhao family who has the greatest hope of becoming a master.

More than 20 years ago, after Zhao Yushan entered the palace and became the queen and the Zhao family prospered, Zhao Jincheng was once known as the most promising person of the younger generation of the dynasty to become a master, together with Zhu family's genius, Duke of Yan, Zhu Chengyi.

But in the end, Duke of Yan Zhu Chengyi succeeded in breaking through, became a Grandmaster, and became the foundation of the Zhu family. Zhao Jincheng, who also took the rare treasures of heaven and earth to help him break through, failed to break through, completely shattering the Zhao family's dream of having two Grandmasters.

More importantly, what Zhao Jincheng consumed was the only rare treasure of the Zhao family that Zhao Yuguang had obtained by accident.

This meant that for a period of time, if the Zhao family members wanted to break through again, they could only do it like Zhao Yugang did in the beginning, just rushing forward...

Although in the end Zhao relied on trickery and plunder, he also collected another rare treasure from heaven and earth.

But I don’t know if Zhao Jincheng didn’t start well!
The Zhao family disciple who took the rare treasures from heaven and earth also failed to break through.

As a result, the Zhao family can only rely on the elderly Zhao Yuguang to suppress the fortune of the family.

So many years have passed!
Zhao Jincheng's failure to break through has always been a knot in Zhao Yuguang and the Zhao family's hearts.

Chang Qingshan's bringing up of the past was tantamount to reopening Zhao Yuguang's wound and rubbing salt into it.

Moreover, Zhao Jincheng is now over fifty years old and has long missed the golden period of becoming a grandmaster. Is there any chance for him to become a grandmaster again?
Chang Qingshan's words were full of sarcasm.

"Chang's kid, your mouth really stinks!

If your family heritage is cut off, it must be because of your bad breath!"

Although Zhao Yuguang was extremely angry, his tone remained calm, and his moves did not reveal any flaws due to his anger.

Zhao Yuguang has fought in hundreds of battles over the past few decades and has encountered all kinds of situations.

How could I not know the reason why Chang Qingshan suddenly had a bad mouth?

This was simply because Duke Yan unexpectedly fell into a disadvantage in the confrontation with Wu Ge'er.

Now the one who wanted to get rid of the entanglement changed from Zhao Yuguang to Chang Qingshan.

However, should we give Chang Qingshan some slack and let him support Duke Yan?
Such a thought popped up in Zhao Yuguang's mind.

Chang Qingshan's words did hit Zhao Yuguang and also influenced Zhao Yuguang.

Mastering unique martial arts skills cannot be achieved overnight.

In the past, Zhao Yuguang never knew that his "good grandson" Zhu Chengwu actually had several unique martial arts skills that had reached great perfection.

With such strength as Wu Ge'er, he and Gu Santong were both injured and thus taken advantage of by the hidden assassin.

Now it seems that there are doubts!
After seeing Zhu Chengwu's strength, Zhao Yuguang even thought that all this was Zhu Chengwu's act and he was plotting against him.

Although the demands are the same!
But Zhao Yuguang understood that although he and Zhu Chengwu were related by blood, their common goals were different.

Zhao Yugang wanted to push Zhu Chengwu to the throne. His most fundamental purpose was to use Zhu Chengwu who sat on the throne to protect the Zhao clan.

However, the biggest purpose of his grandson Zhu Chengwu in wanting to sit on the throne could never be to protect the Zhao family.

Having experienced a lot in the world and served in the court for a long time, Zhao Yuguang has long understood a truth: there are too few permanent comrades in this world.

Most comrades who work together will gradually go their separate ways for various reasons after reaching a certain stage goal.

And now, Zhu Chengwu has not yet sat on the throne.

The interim goals have not yet been achieved.

But with the strength that Zhu Chengwu has shown now, his dependence on Zhao Yuguang and the Zhao family will inevitably decrease.

It might not be a bad thing to let go a little at this time, let Chang Qingshan join forces with Duke Yan, teach Zhu Chengwu a lesson, and let Zhu Chengwu realize the importance and indispensability of Zhao Yuguang.

However, this degree is a bit difficult to grasp!
Zhao Yuguang couldn't guess whether Zhu Chengwu's outburst would be short-lived or long-lasting.

If he had just let go, Chang Qingshan and Duke Yan would have joined forces and Zhu Chengwu would have suddenly become weak, leading to an accident.

Then Zhao Yugang would be shooting himself in the foot.

However, looking at Zhu Chengwu's current high spirits, as he exchanged moves, he seemed to have completely suppressed Duke Yan!
"It seems that Wu Ge'er's secret technique will not suddenly wither!
And Wu Ge'er is too strong now! He seems to be able to achieve a miracle that no one has achieved in the Ming Dynasty for more than 300 years!

If that happens, the general trend will take shape, and the Zhao family...

Zhao's status in Wu Ge'er's heart will inevitably decline significantly!
This may be the last chance for Wu Ge'er to understand the importance of my Zhao family and to let Wu Ge'er know that my Zhao family is the one he can trust the most..."

As he made up his mind, the intensity of Zhao Yuguang's attack and the degree of entanglement suddenly dropped to a lower level.

As an opponent, Chang Qingshan was the first to feel the changes in Zhao Yuguang's moves most directly.

Eh~~

Chang Qingshan let out a cry of disbelief and surprise in his heart.

Although it was Chang Qingshan who instigated the situation at the beginning, it was just a helpless move by Chang Qingshan as he had no choice but to try his luck.

Chang Qingshan himself did not expect that Zhao Yuguang, the famous old Marquis Zhao, would be so easily shaken.

Did he really think that his letting the water go could be hidden from Marquis Fu'an?

Or is he confident that even if Marquis Fu'an knew that he let the opponent win, he would not bear any grudge against him?

"Master Zhao is really old!
Moreover, Lord Zhao thinks too highly of the Zhao family!
How could you make such a stupid move! "Although Chang Qingshan was disdainful of Lord Zhao's current choice, he still tacitly burst out all his strength and repelled Lord Zhao in one fell swoop.

Act fully!
Even if you want to fake a match, you have to make it look real!

If he didn't use his full strength, it would be too obvious that he could easily defeat Old Marquis Zhao.

Seeing Zhao Yuguang retreating after taking advantage of his full-strength outburst, as if he had suffered internal injuries from a careless move, Chang Qingshan and Zhao Yuguang looked at each other tacitly, then turned around and flew towards the place where Zhu Chengwu and Yan Guogong fought.

Zhao Yugang paused for a few breaths!

Then he flew up and followed Chang Qingshan eagerly to the place where Duke Yan and Zhu Chengwu were fighting.

It was as if he had just suppressed his injury and could not wait to catch up with Chang Qingshan.

What a look!

Really acted!

At the very least, the many people watching the battle in Xuzhou City did not realize that Zhao Yuguang was pretending or acting.

They were still lamenting the powerful strength of Chang Qingshan, the Marquis of the Northwest, and regretting the old age of Zhao Yuguang!
"Hmm~~"

In the battle with the Duke of Yan, Zhu Chengwu, who had the upper hand, paid some attention to his surroundings.

This is the cautious habit Zhu Chengwu has developed over the years.

As the battle situation between Chang Qingshan and Zhao Yuguang changed, Zhu Chengwu immediately noticed Duke Yan who was approaching rapidly and Zhao Yuguang following behind him.

"Grandfather lost?"

Zhu Chengwu was surprised.

Zhu Chengwu didn't notice Zhao Yuguang's letting him win.

As a top figure in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhao Yugang was very smart in letting the water go.

Chang Qingshan also had a good understanding and cooperated very well.

No one expected that Zhao Yuguang and Chang Qingshan, who were fighting desperately with each other the moment before, would have a tacit understanding to play a fake match the next moment.

This may be the political wisdom among top figures!

It is true that in this world there are only eternal interests, but no eternal comrades.

"Lotus Fire God, Great Sun Divine Gang!"

After discovering that Chang Qingshan had gotten rid of Zhao Yuguang's entanglement and was rushing here, Zhu Chengwu acted decisively and used his secret technique again.

Even with Zhu Chengwu's current state, if he pushes the secret technique to a deeper level, he will have to pay a certain price!
The experience of two lifetimes has taught Zhu Chengwu that one cannot leave things to chance!
Be prepared for the worst!

Specifically now, Zhu Chengwu must be prepared to fight one against two!
As Zhu Chengwu pushed the "Lotus Fire God" secret technique to a higher level, invisible waves once again swept across the entire city of Xuzhou.

Feel this unusual fluctuation!

Chang Qingshan flew closer to Zhu Chengwu at an even faster speed.

However, Zhao Yugang was following Chang Qingshan closely, but his figure was a little slower than what could be seen by the naked eye.

Zhao Yuguang followed Chang Qingshan closely because Zhao Yuguang only intended to let Zhu Chengwu know how important and indispensable he, the Zhao family, was, not that he wanted Zhu Chengwu to really encounter any accident.

That's why he followed Chang Qingshan closely, giving Chang Qingshan only limited time to make a move.

And then prepare to rescue Zhu Chengwu.

But now seeing that Zhu Chengwu's strength seemed to be further improved by activating his secret technique, Zhao Yuguang couldn't help but want to give Chang Qingshan more time to take action.

The time is too short. Zhao Yuguang is worried that even if Chang Qingshan and Duke Yan join forces, they may not be able to completely suppress Zhu Chengwu and let Zhu Chengwu know that he, Zhao Yuguang, is useless without him!
"A mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, all living things are mourning!"

As soon as Chang Qingshan approached the battlefield, he took advantage of the fact that Zhu Chengwu's secret technique was still fluctuating and it seemed that the secret technique had not yet been fully performed, and attacked with all his strength.

I saw blood mist and skeletons reappear in the sky!

The blood mist intertwined to form blood pythons, which strangled Zhu Chengwu.

Under Chang Qingshan's full urging, countless skeletons put on armor and held swords, spears and other weapons in their hands.

Suddenly, in the air, there appeared waves of bloody war songs accompanied by screams and wails.

All these signs indicate that Chang Qingshan, the Marquis of the Northwest, a top master who achieved the mastery of "The Strategy of Corpses and Blood Sea", has unreservedly brought his expertise to the extreme.

"You dare!"

Behind Chang Qingshan, there came a roar of Zhao Yuguang mixed with shock and anger.

Zhao Yuguang's speed, which had already slowed down, could not help but increase again.

Zhao Yuguang never expected that Chang Qingshan would use his "killer move" as soon as they met!
Fellow practitioner of “The Strategy of the Mountain of Corpses and Sea of ​​Blood”, how could Zhao Yuguang not know the killer move “Lament of All Living Beings” from the Strategy of the Mountain of Corpses and Sea of ​​Blood!
There was one thing Zhao Yuguang had not anticipated, and that was Chang Qingshan's determination and resolve.

Zhao Yuguang had been fighting with Chang Qingshan for so long that he was very clear about Chang Qingshan's strength.

Moreover, after the previous battle, Chang Qingshan had already consumed a lot of energy, and now there was no time to accumulate strength for Chang Qingshan. If Chang Qingshan suddenly used a powerful killing move like "Elegy of All Living Beings", he would definitely have to pay the price.

Conventional means and general moves are those that can be used easily without charging.

A warrior's real trump card or killer move requires preparation time and prerequisites.

Zhao Yuguang has his plans, and Chang Qingshan has his plans.

Chang Qingshan cooperated with Zhao Yuguang in acting, not to make Zhao Yuguang feel more present in front of Zhu Chengwu.

After discovering that Zhao Yugang had let the enemy go, Chang Qingshan secretly made preparations and made a decision.

Even if it costs a certain price, Chang Qingshan must take this opportunity to completely depose or kill the offended Marquis Fu'an!
Moreover, having witnessed Zhu Chengwu's extraordinary strength and talent with his own eyes, Chang Qingshan had to consider whether this might be his only chance in his life to cripple or kill Zhu Chengwu!

Chang Qingshan was decisive. When he saw Chang Qingshan approaching Zhu Chengwu, he immediately killed him. Zhu Chengyi, the Duke of Yan, who was fighting with Zhu Chengwu, thought for a moment and also made up his mind.

Taking advantage of the opportunity when Zhu Chengwu performed his secret technique and the pressure he brought was reduced, Duke Yan burst out with all his strength, and a little blood red oozed out of his pores.

Duke Yan is also using secret techniques to improve his strength!

"Ananda Finger!"

Same Ananda finger, different power.

As Duke Yan pointed his finger, a huge shadow with his index and middle fingers together appeared in the sky behind him.

As soon as this phantom took shape, it pointed towards Zhu Chengwu along with the movements of Duke Yan.

Say yes!
In fact, because the phantom was too huge, it seemed to be pressing down on Zhu Chengwu!

　Added update for the fifth milestone (2/2)

　　
　
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