Qin Shi Ambitious

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The visitor was none other than Gao Yue, who held a special position in the city of government offices.

"The commanders are all out on business, and the Grand Master is also not here. Mother needs to lead the disciples to make preparations for receiving the heroes from the six kingdoms, so she sent me."

With her hair in pigtails, Gao Yue smiled and answered Master Ban's question in a lively voice. Then she bowed slightly to Gai Nie and Xiaoyaozi and said, "My name is Gao Yue. The elders of the Mo family call me Yue'er. I have met you seniors."

Tianming, standing beside Master Ban, stared blankly at the girl, roughly his age, who had emerged from the cloud boat that had descended from the sky...

"Hey, who is this month's person?"

As everyone boarded the cloud boat, Tianming, who was usually mischievous, cautiously nudged Shaoyu beside him with his elbow and whispered while covering his mouth with one hand.

"The Moon Maiden?" Shao Yu crossed his arms and looked at his companion, who had been bickering with him the whole way, now completely subdued because of a little girl. He couldn't help but find it amusing. "Call me 'Big Brother' and I'll tell you about the Moon Maiden~"

"Tch, fine, don't tell me then!" Faced with Shao Yu's 'excessive' request, Tianming turned his head away disdainfully: "I bet you don't know either!"

"Hehe, it seems my teachings along the way haven't been useless. You've even learned the art of reverse psychology," Shao Yu shook his head slightly and laughed. "It seems I need to teach you what magnanimity is all about."

As he spoke, he turned to look at Gao Yue's back in front of him, then slightly lowered his head and gave Tianming a meaningful glance. The latter raised an eyebrow and, in perfect unison, stretched his neck and brought his ear closer:

"Let me tell you, Miss Yue's real name isn't Gao Yue; Gao Yue is just a title."

"Account ban? What is an account ban?" The more Tianming asked, the more he didn't understand.

"..." Helplessly raising his hand to his forehead, Shao Yu looked at Tianming's bewildered expression and showed unusual patience: "A title is a noble title or honor bestowed by a monarch upon his subjects. The full name of this 'Gao Yue' should actually be 'Princess Gao Yue'."

"Princess!" Tianming's startled shout made everyone on the cloud boat hear him. He realized that everyone's eyes were on him instantly, and he responded with his usual awkward smile.

Gao Yue, the main character, possesses profound and hidden mastery of Yin-Yang techniques. She overheard Tianming and Shaoyu's entire discussion about her. When Tianming acted rashly, she simply turned her head and smiled sweetly, without showing any sign of concern.

Once the speechless gazes of the crowd had disappeared, Tianming casually and furtively moved back to Shaoyu's side, who had just taken a few steps back: "Is Yue'er the daughter of that tyrant Ying Zheng? Why is she here?"

"What are you thinking!" Shao Yu sighed. "It's not like only Ying Zheng can bestow titles upon princesses. Miss Yue is the daughter of the former King of Yan, the very same King Dan of Yan who orchestrated the earth-shattering assassination plot against Qin!"

Gao Yue's identity was not a secret in the Mechanized City, and it was widely known among the remnants of the Six Kingdoms, so Shao Yu knew it very well.

Everyone else on the cloud boat, including Gai Nie, knew this, but Tianming was unaware of it.

Therefore, the content of their conversation was not exactly a secret; it was simply quite impolite for the two of them to discuss a young girl's identity behind her back.

"Yan Kingdom?" A new question mark appeared in Tianming's mind. However, having already embarrassed himself once, he suppressed his doubts and silently noted down what Shaoyu had just said, preparing to ask the uncle about the parts he didn't understand later in private.

'Only older men won't laugh at me!'

"They are Jing Ke's son and the young master of the Xiang clan." Gao Yue, who had maintained a smile throughout the entire conversation at the forefront of the cloud boat, listened to the two men's exchange. She wasn't entirely unperturbed, but at her mother's prior instruction, she knew she would soon bear a heavy responsibility and needed to maintain her dignity. Moreover...

"First, do as your master says. At the same time, you can actively use your status to contact the remnants of the six kingdoms and obtain any clues from them."

'After all, you wouldn't want your mother to be sad, would you?'

Recalling the earnest words in that deep gaze, Gao Yue's hands clenched into tight fists beneath her sleeves...

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"Yan Yun is actually Yan Shen and Yan Bing's younger sister."

Ji Yan calmly flipped through the materials exclusively for the Mo family on the table, memorizing the Mo family's secrets, while simultaneously speaking to Lu Wei, who was standing openly in the corridor overlooking the Mo family's headquarters.

Her clear eyes glanced cautiously at the strong back, and while Xiao Yan'er felt admiration, she couldn't help but feel afraid at the same time:

'Judging from when the Yan brothers joined the peasant family, wasn't it all arranged by Brother Lu that Yan Yun became the Queen of Yan...'

'More than a decade ago, Brother Lu was already capable of scheming against the monarch of a country...'

"Identity is not important; what matters is that I can use that identity to my advantage."

With a calm smile, Lu Wei did not explain the truth about the Yan family matter.

Yan Yun becoming the Queen of Yan was certainly beyond his plans, but this was an unexpected development in a positive direction, so he naturally accepted this gift with a smile.

Chapter 311 The Cruel Hidden Bat

When Yan Yun first became the Crown Princess of Yan, she was ostensibly the daughter of Yan Yi, the Grand General of Yan.

Lu Qiuge had investigated her at the time, but due to the political situation that year, with Qin about to destroy Han, Lu Wei went south to Zhao and Wei to make plans, and later planned Li Mu to enter the countryside. The affairs of Yan were basically handled by A Shan.

At that time, Ashan's primary task was to consolidate the power of Luqiu Pavilion. Therefore, he dared not investigate Yan Dan's affairs in detail in order not to give others any leverage, let alone Yan Yun. As a result, Lu Wei did not react much to Yan Yun's identity at first.

The woman didn't reappear in Lu Wei's sight until the year when the city of Ji in the Yan Kingdom was besieged.

Before Yan Dan was about to feign a desperate defense of Ji City, he actually sent the Queen and his daughter out of the city. This surprised Lu Wei. The reason was simple: given Yan Dan's personality, he must know whether sending his wife and daughter out or keeping them in the city would be more inspiring.

Even if he wanted to fake his death from the beginning, theoretically sending only one daughter would have been enough. Would the life or death of a marriage partner be more important than the probability that Jicheng could be defended for another month?

It's not hard to draw a conclusion about what Yan Dan would normally do in such a situation. However, the fact is that he sent away his wife, the Queen of Yan, along with her.

This made Lu Wei realize that this woman named Yan Yun was indeed quite capable of making Yan Dan make such a choice.

Upon closer investigation, it was discovered that she was not Yan Yi's biological daughter, but rather the daughter of Yan Yi's brother, the younger sister of the Yan brothers who served under him.

From the Yan brothers, Lu Wei learned about his sister's obsession with her family and realized that this woman could be used by him sooner or later.

The Yin-Yang School's Dongjun Yanfei helped Yan Yun complete her revenge, for which Yan Yun was very grateful. However, compared to the chivalrous leader who held the tokens of his two older brothers and also had a letter written by one of his brothers, this sentiment instantly diminished Yan Yun's status.

Yan Yun represents the remnants of the former Yan state within the Mo family, thus granting her the authority to manage an entire area within the Mechanized City. Using this authority, Lu Wei and Ji Yan have no worries about being exposed to the Mo family after entering the Mechanized City; they only need to carefully avoid Lord Dongjun.

Of course, it doesn't matter even if Dongjun finds out about him~

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On a cliff outside the city, a cloud of mist gathered in the sky and then quickly dissipated.

Wei Zhuang gripped the Shark Tooth sword and stared coldly at the black-clad swordsmen Sheng Qi and Wu Kuang in front of him, his long hair gently swaying in the breeze.

Because he is currently a traitor to the peasant faction, he is only known as Sheng Qi in the martial arts world, and the name Chen Sheng is only used within the peasant faction.

"Who ordered you to come?"

His gaze was so sharp it seemed to see through everything. The fact that the Sand Master's Shark Tooth Sword remained unsheathed indicated that he recognized the value of the two people before him.

"Of course it's an imperial order, isn't it, Lord Wei Zhuang?"

Wu Kuang spoke boldly. In front of him, Sheng Qi held the Juque sword slung across his waist. His eyes, as cold as Wei Zhuang's, showed from the beginning that he personally found it difficult to get along with Wei Zhuang.

"Is that so?" Wei Zhuang's lips suddenly curled into a smile: "You also intend to breach the Mechanized City?"

"Lord Li Si offered us a very high price to come, and after we break through the Mechanized City, that price will triple. No one can refuse." Wu Kuang calmly answered the other party's questions, seemingly leaving no flaws.

“A very frank question and answer. Now, please go to the outer perimeter of the Fortress of the Machine City and look for their weaknesses.” Wei Zhuang turned around, his robe billowing out in a wave of air: “My men will breach this fortress from the inside. Someone will inform you when that happens.”

"Then thank you very much, Lord Wei Zhuang." Wu Kuang bowed with his sword in hand and left with Sheng Qi, who had remained silent throughout.

"Are we just going to tell these two our plan like this?" After the two had walked away, Chi Lian, swaying her waist and playing with the small red snake in her hand, stepped forward and asked.

"What does it matter? They are Lu Wei's men." Wei Zhuang looked down at the river beside the cliff below and said calmly what he had known from the beginning.

“That peasant hero…” Chi Lian frowned: “The black swordsman is actually his man… then what does he want to do?”

Chi Lian had a deep impression of Lu Wei; he was the most dangerous person in the martial arts world.

"Didn't his henchmen already say that he's going to break through the Mechanized City?" Wei Zhuang disliked defeat, but he wouldn't let emotions cloud his judgment of Lu Wei, who had defeated him twice before: "This is actually good news."

"Why?" Chi Lian didn't understand, but the master of quicksand didn't want to answer her question. Instead, he focused his attention on Bai Feng, who had been standing on the treetop the whole time: "You should send them in."

As soon as Wei Zhuang finished speaking, the white figure vanished instantly...

In the city of the Mohists, the entire Mohist school was unusually busy in preparation for the upcoming gathering of the six kingdoms. The leader and several commanders were mostly sent out to welcome the heroes of the six kingdoms, so the defenses of the main camp were actually weakened.

In this situation, the invasion of the Reverse Sand Bat and the Black Qilin is handled with ease...

Tianming felt that his life had been improving ever since the older man took him away.

Although for the past six months, that villain Ying Zheng had sent assassins and troops to hunt down me and my uncle, forcing us to run away, at least I didn't go hungry for long periods of time while on the run, which was already a blessing.

Upon entering the Mo Family's Mechanical City, not only were there wondrous things displayed before our eyes that we had never seen, heard of, or even imagined before, but we also had Yue'er... and our little brother Shao Yu to play with. It truly is a paradise on earth!

"Moon, Moon, where shall we go to play today?"

While traveling with Shaoyu, Tianming immediately ran up to Gaoyue and rushed forward after seeing her with her fingers hooked behind her back under the tree in the distance.

Shao Yu helplessly shrugged and chased after them.

"Today... let me think..." The innocent Gao Yue touched her chin with her fingers, her brows furrowing slightly. "I heard there's a mechanical bronze figure array deep in the back mountains, a testing ground for the Mo family's mechanical arts, but..."

"But what?" Tianming asked, taking over the conversation as Gao Yue hesitated.

"That place is one of the most important secret locations. In order to prevent anyone from stealing the achievements of the Mo family's mechanical arts, even Mo family disciples are not allowed to go there without permission."

Gao Yue shook her head violently at this point: "Never mind, I can't take you there. Let's go to the place we visited the day before yesterday instead."

"No way! Since it's a secret place, it'll definitely be more fun!" Tianming's eyes lit up when Gao Yue was halfway through her sentence, but then she said she couldn't go and immediately became dejected: "Good Yue'er, please take us there."

“Yes, Miss Yue.” Shao Yu wasn’t about to miss this rare opportunity to broaden his horizons. Besides, in his opinion, since Gao Yue already knew about this, it wasn’t as serious as it seemed. And the three of them were just children, so even if they were discovered, it probably wouldn’t matter much.

“We certainly won’t steal the secrets of mechanical arts. Only old men with white beards like Master Fan and Master Ban can understand those things. Just take us there!”

"This..." Faced with the requests of her two companions, Gao Yue seemed to soften her heart. Seeing this, Tianming and Shaoyu immediately felt that there was a chance and intensified their requests. Under these circumstances, Gao Yue finally had no choice but to agree.

"Yay! Yue'er is the best!" Tianming cheered excitedly, and Shaoyu smiled as well...

With a tearing sound, muscles were ripped open by a sharp weapon. After subduing a Mo family disciple patrolling the back mountain, the most ruthless assassin in the Reverse Sands, Hidden Bat, immediately carried him to a tree and hung upside down to absorb his fresh, hot blood.

Like the Wolf King, the Hidden Bat uses claws on its two arms as weapons, but the appearance of the claws clearly shows the difference in their fighting styles:

The Wolf King's claws are large and complex, with special metal wires that control the opening, closing, extension, and retraction of the claws, making it a typical example of a frontal assault.

The Hidden Bat's claws are thinner and sharper; such claw-shaped weapons are clearly not designed for head-on confrontations.

After sucking most of the prey's blood, the prey, which was already half-dead, was now completely dead. The Hidden Bat stretched out its tongue, which was clearly different from that of ordinary people, and licked the blood off its lips. With a cruel smile, it hung its trophy on a tree with vines.

Before that, the tree was already covered with all sorts of dead bodies lying haphazardly!

The corpses, dressed in the robes of Mohist disciples, with empty eyes and pale white skin, their heads drooping in an unnatural position, and their twisted fingers testifying to the cruelty they experienced before death...

Even though it was daytime, the extremely terrifying scene created by the swaying of the corpses in the trees made the surrounding air almost freeze.

The hidden bat stood under the tree, looking up at its horrifying works of art, its eyes revealing a perverse satisfaction and joy.

After years of cultivation in the southern border region, Yin Fu finally encountered the Qin state's large-scale attack on Baiyue. The chaotic battlefield was the best place for him to perform. However, with Wei Zhuang's order, Yin Fu had to leave his comfortable environment and come to the Mo family.

Fortunately, the blood of these martial arts Mohist disciples is more precious and more favored by his Bat Blood Technique.

With a chuckle, the mechanical bat wings on the back of the Hidden Bat unfolded, and it continued its hunting expedition in the back mountains.

Meanwhile, the three little ones, completely unaware of all this, were still walking towards the back of the mountain...

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