Chapter 187 Dihua Thinking Harms People
Li Mu held the Zhenyue Sword in his hand and took a deep breath, his true energy and the intention of the Grand Master boiling together.

Li Mu's sword is named Zhenyue. The sword body is simple and heavy, yet agile. It is the wolf hunter's sword that makes the entire Xiongnu tremble in fear.

At this moment, he concentrated all his energy on the tip of the sword, and poured his true energy and grandmaster's intention into the Zhenyue Sword without reservation, and attacked Gongsun Ce's throat with an unstoppable force.

Facing Li Mu's fierce attack, Gongsun Ce remained calm. He shook the Dragon Scale Sword and used the sword technique "White Rainbow Piercing the Sun", which was also an indomitable sword technique.

However, in terms of sophistication, Li Mu's sword moves are far inferior to Gongsun Ce's White Rainbow Piercing the Sun.

One is an unnamed sword move that Li Mu created under the guidance of Pang Nuan by integrating military swordsmanship.

The other is the sword technique of Guiguzi.

High judgment.

When the two swords collided, sword energy surged and a deafening roar was emitted.

When the Zhenyue Sword and the Longlin Sword collided, neither side gave in, but Li Mu could feel that he was at a disadvantage.

Li Mu was very sure that Gongsun Ce was only close to being a grandmaster at this time, but was definitely not a grandmaster. He found it difficult to understand why Gongsun Ce's fighting power could so firmly suppress him, a grandmaster.

Li Mu felt a huge resistance, but he did not back down. He gathered his inner energy again and shook his wrist, trying to knock the dragon scale sword out of Gongsun Ce's hand.

However, Gongsun Ce seemed to see through Li Mu's intention.

A gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and the Dragon Scale Sword was suddenly withdrawn, and when he swung it out again, he had changed his moves.

With one move, the Dragon Scale Sword performed eighty-eight sixty-four changes.

Each sword seemed to carry the sound of a dragon's roar, and the sword power was so sharp that Li Mu could hardly defend himself.

Li Mu was shocked when he saw this.

He didn't expect Gongsun Ce's change of tactics to be so swift, which caught him off guard.

But he reacted quickly, changed his Zhenyue Sword moves, took a defensive stance, and resisted Gongsun Ce's attack.

The Zhenyue Sword turned into a green light curtain, protecting Li Mu's whole body and barely blocking Gongsun Ce's attack from all directions.

In just a few minutes, the Dragon Scale Sword had collided with the Zhenyue Sword sixty-four times.

Every collision produced a deafening roar, which caused Li Mu to have some tinnitus, but looking at Gongsun Ce, he had a calm expression and ignored the roar.

The two figures shuttled through the sword energy at a speed that was dazzling.

Just as Gongsun Ce was about to finish his sword move, Li Mu decisively took action.

He spotted Gongsun Ce's weakness, and with the Zhenyue Sword he avoided the attack of the Dragon Scale Sword and went straight for Gongsun Ce's heart.

The sword was as fast as lightning and extremely sharp, as if it could pierce Gongsun Ce's heart.

However, Gongsun Ce seemed to be prepared.

He chuckled, and held the Dragon Scale Sword horizontally in front of him, accurately blocking the tip of the Zhenyue Sword.

The two swords collided, making a crisp metallic collision sound.

Li Mu only felt a huge force coming, which made him involuntarily take a few steps back.

Gongsun Ce took the opportunity to counterattack, and the Dragon Scale Sword turned into a white light again and attacked Li Mu.

Li Mu did not dare to be careless and quickly swung his sword to resist.

"Qiang Qiang Qiang..."

Gongsun Ce attacked with one-handed sword, but Li Mu didn't know when he switched to holding the sword with both hands to defend.

Gongsun Ce grinned at the cash-strapped Li Mu, and a gentlemanly sword intent flashed across the Dragon Scale Sword.

The next moment, Li Mu felt a huge force coming, and his grandmaster intention seemed to be defeated by a higher level of sword intention.

Li Mu's body retreated madly and uncontrollably until he had retreated more than ten steps before he was able to stabilize his body.

After Gongsun Ce defeated Li Mu with one sword, he did not pursue the victory, but stood where he was, holding the sword in his right hand pointing to the sky, and gently stroking the blade of the Dragon Scale Sword with his left hand.

Dragon scales flickered on the sword, as if it were a living thing. As the gentleman's sword intent surged, Gongsun Ce's aura suddenly became deep and solemn, resonating with the power of heaven and earth.

The air around him seemed to be frozen, with only Gongsun Ce's clothes fluttering gently in the breeze.

There was a mysterious light flashing in his eyes, as if he was seeing through the world.

At this moment, he seemed to share the same breath and fate with the heaven and earth.

Li Mu's eyes suddenly widened. This kind of aura was definitely not something a master could possess, nor could it be matched by a grand master.

This is the privilege of being half a step away from achieving unity between man and nature, turning a small world into one's own territory.

Just like the Palace of Stars to Donghuang Taiyi, the Yunmeng Mountain Zongheng Residence to Guiguzi, the Small Bamboo Forest on Taiyi Mountain to Beimingzi, and the Small Sage Village to Xunzi.

But after Li Mu sensed it carefully, he felt something strange. Gongsun Ce's aura did not seem to be borrowing the power of heaven and earth, but more like plundering the power of heaven and earth.

That’s right, half-step unity of man and nature is at most borrowing the power of heaven and earth. Although it is borrowing without returning, it is indeed borrowing, not the control of the state of unity of man and nature, nor is it the forced borrowing of Gongsun Ce at this time.

At this moment, Gongsun Ce suddenly moved.

He waved his left hand, and an invisible force burst out from the dragon scale sword and soared into the sky.

This force is invisible and intangible, and difficult for others to observe, but it makes Li Mu feel like he is facing a formidable enemy. He even feels like he is just an ant trying to stop a meteorite from falling from the sky.

Immediately afterwards, Gongsun Ce gripped the hilt of the sword tightly with his right hand, stood still, and swung the sword towards Li Mu.

"Gentleman style!"

In an instant, the power of heaven and earth was added to the Dragon Scale Sword, and a dazzling light burst out from the sword. This light contained the power of heaven and earth, as if it was going to destroy all obstacles in its way.

When Li Mu felt this might, his face turned pale instantly. He could not imagine how powerful this sword was.

Under the pressure of this powerful force, Li Mu felt as if he was being crushed by a huge mountain and was unable to breathe.

He tried his best to gather all his energy and grandmaster's intention, trying to block Gongsun Ce's sword.

However, when he saw the sword swung by Gongsun Ce, he couldn't help but feel a sense of despair in his heart.

The sword swung by Gongsun Ce was no longer a simple sword energy attack.

Instead, the raging fire and strong wind condensed into a sword energy like a five-clawed dragon.

The divine dragon seemed to be alive, tumbling and roaring in the air, sweeping towards Li Mu with devastating power.

Li Mu only felt a gust of hot wind blowing towards him, and then the sword energy like a five-clawed dragon hit him.

In the face of this powerful force, Li Mu's defense collapsed instantly.

He felt a huge force coming, and his body flew backwards after being hit by the dragon.

He drew a long arc in the air and finally fell heavily to the ground.

The moment he landed, Li Mu felt as if all his internal organs had shifted.

He opened his mouth to shout, but felt a sweetness in his throat and a mouthful of blood spurted out.

He struggled to stand up, but his body seemed to be falling apart and he couldn't move.

Afterwards, he felt a little relieved, but he could only support his body with the Zhenyue Sword, barely maintaining a straight posture.

At this time, Gongsun Ce had already put away his sword and stood up. After Li Mu was chopped away, Gongsun Ce changed the direction of the gentleman's wind in time, thus saving Li Mu's life.

However, although Li Mu did not suffer life-threatening injuries, the Zhao Palace was not spared.

Therefore, Gongsun Ce did not look at Li Mu to observe Li Mu's injuries at the first time, but looked up at the crack under his feet caused by Junzi Feng.

The foundation of the Zhao Palace was very deep, at least more than ten meters deep. At this moment, Gongsun Ce saw the rammed earth layer below through the cracks. For a moment, Gongsun Ce was unable to judge how thick the layer was that the sword had penetrated.

It's at least several meters deep.

After Li Mu stood up, the first thing he saw was the crack at his feet. He saw the huge gap between him and Gongsun Ce.

Li Mu looked at Gongsun Ce's figure, and a complex emotion surged in his heart. The hatred had subsided, and only admiration remained.

Gongsun Ce was already the leading military general in his twenties, the second in command of Xiaoshengxian Manor, the chief priest of Xiaoshengxian Manor, and a great Confucian scholar.

According to Li Mu's information, Gongsun Ce will soon be granted the title of lord, with fiefdoms and fiefdoms.

The Zhou Dynasty's system of nobility was divided into duke, marquis, earl, and viscount, and was very biased.

Ji Fa's relatives, including Jiang Ziya, all had good fiefs and titles.

As for other princes who contributed, Ji Fa was a little stingy.

For example, Yuxiong, the ancestor of the royal family of Chu, judged the situation and participated in the war against King Zhou in the last years of the Shang Dynasty, but he did not receive any fiefdom or title.

It was not until the reign of King Cheng of Zhou that Yuxiong's grandson Xiong Yi was granted the lowest rank of viscount, and the State of Chu was established.

Therefore, later on, the State of Chu hardly played with the princes in the Central Plains and concentrated on opening up new tracks to the south.

It was not until Xiong Qu became the leader of the State of Chu that he openly proclaimed himself the King of Chu, and in the later period, princes successively proclaimed themselves kings.

When Shang Yang was carrying out reforms in the Qin State, the State of Qin encountered the problem of the title system. According to the title system of the Zhou Dynasty, the title of Duke Xiang of Qin State was Duke.

Therefore, if the Qin State implemented the title system according to the Zhou Dynasty, the military merit system could not be established at all.

Therefore, the current title system of the Qin State was established. Chehou was the highest, but there was another title above Chehou, which was Jun.

However, this is also a thing of the past. Now, the higher status between a king and a marquis depends entirely on their fiefdoms and fiefs.

Judging from the titles Gongsun Ce held at that time, no one could ignore this honorary title unless they hated the State of Qin extremely.

Especially Li Mu, his admiration for Gongsun Ce was mixed with deep envy.

Harmony between the monarch and his subjects is a difficult problem for Li Mu. To this day, Li Mu still does not understand where King Qian of Zhao's dissatisfaction with him comes from.

"I...I lost..."

Li Mu's voice was a little hoarse, but very sincere. He did not lose unfairly.

Afterwards, Li Mu clasped his fists and bowed to Gongsun Ce, "Mu greets the Grand Commandant. I am willing to follow his orders, even if I die, I will never say no."

Gongsun Ce nodded, raised his hand to control the breeze and lifted up Li Mu's arms.

"No need to be polite, just rest first. Once you are well, I want you to rush to Yanmen Pass immediately."

"promise!"

Li Mu's thinking began to become confused at this moment. He began to think that Gongsun Ce's heavy hand was to save him from embarrassment.

There is no Zhao general who is not familiar with him. Once he is deployed now, he will inevitably face off against those familiar generals.

Gongsun Ce beat him severely in order to let him avoid this battle with familiar faces. At this moment, Li Mu's loyalty to Gongsun Ce skyrocketed.

But in fact, Gongsun Ce only used heavy-handed tactics in expression.

(End of this chapter)