The Chancellor Comprehended the Emperor's Aura (Two-in-One)

"Boom!" The heavy rain gradually extinguished the raging fire, which had spread like wildfire, and a faint smell of charcoal could still be detected in the air.

The entire process took less than three minutes. Everything happened so suddenly that both Yuwen Hongdu and the cultivators watching the projection of "Han Feizi" were completely bewildered.

Especially for Yuwen Hongdu, the fire outside was something he had deliberately set up to slow down the Qin Army's advance, but all his careful preparations were shattered by this heavy rain.

"Why is this happening?" After his initial shock, Yuwen Hongdu frowned as he looked at the Qin Army camp. The rain came too suddenly, extinguishing the raging fire in less than three minutes. It was definitely not a normal weather phenomenon.

This world is just an ordinary world, there is no such thing as cultivation. The average human lifespan is only forty years, and their strength is also very limited. Leaping a hundred feet high or Sword Flight is even more impossible. Therefore, this kind of strange phenomenon could not have been created by the humans of this world. Now, besides Yuwen Hongdu himself being from another world, there is another person who is from the same place as him, and that is Qin general Wang Jian.

"No, that doesn't make sense either." Yuwen Hongdu shook his head. Not to mention that no one on the Azure Dragon Continent could possibly control clouds and rain, even when he entered the world in the book, his Spiritual Power was sealed. There's no reason why his Spiritual Power was sealed while the other party's wasn't. And once the Spiritual Power in one's body is sealed, let alone Summoning Clouds and Bringing Rain, even Sword Flight becomes impossible.

But if it weren't for Wang Jian, who came from the same world as him, who else in this world could change this strange phenomenon?

Suddenly, Yuwen Hongdu remembered once again the letter that Wang Jian had sent him.

"Could it be that he really wants to help me complete this story mission?" Yuwen Hongdu wondered silently.

Just as Yuwen Hongdu was deep in thought, the heavy rain stopped instantly after extinguishing the fire, the dark clouds also dispersed at that moment, and a ray of sunlight shone down, falling on Yuwen Hongdu.

If Yuwen Hongdu still doesn't understand the reason now, he would truly be a fool.

"Divine Abilities and Spells!" Yuwen Hongdu and the cultivators in the Bookstore, though separated by two different worlds, uttered these four words at the same time.

"A while ago, Dubian Town experienced two heavy rainstorms in a short period of time. According to employees of the Mysterious Bookstore, this was because the owner was using Divine Abilities and Spells."

"The shop owner's ability to ascend to heaven on clouds a few days ago is said to be a kind of Divine Abilities and Spells."

"The energy gained from eating Plum Blossom, once combined, becomes Dharma Power, which is one of the necessary prerequisites for cultivating Divine Abilities and Spells."

"The shop owner is giving these sermons to help everyone better understand the new principles of spiritual practice!"

The cultivators watching other projections inside and outside the Bookstore were all drawn by the sounds. After learning what had happened, they crowded the area, making it impossible to move and even affecting the cultivators outside the Bookstore. For a moment, the Bookstore became noisy.

"This is the Mysterious Bookstore. Please maintain Bookstore and keep quiet," Zhang Yunji, who was sitting at the entrance, said solemnly as he stood up.

The practitioners inside and outside the Bookstore quieted down and moved more gently, but their eyes were filled with excitement as they looked at the projection of "Han Feizi".

Divine Abilities and Spells!

These four words are definitely a hot topic for the cultivators in Dubian Town right now. All the cultivators who participated in the opening ceremony and merged with the aura they gained from eating Plum Blossom are waiting patiently for the Mysterious Bookstore to sell Divine Abilities and Spells. You should know that, based on everyone's current speculation, these so-called Divine Abilities and Spells are definitely supernatural powers that only immortals can possess.

The most direct change upon entering the Immortal Realm is the ability to Tongtian, control all things, and summon wind and rain with a single thought, and send away thunder and lightning with a single wave.

This ability is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people, which is why there is a saying in the world of cultivators that those who do not become immortals are ultimately just ants.

However, how to cultivate Divine Abilities and Spells has always been a mystery. Currently, only the Mysterious Bookstore in the entire Azure Dragon Continent knows the answer. At present, the Mysterious Bookstore has not started selling Divine Abilities and Spells. Logically speaking, no one should know Divine Abilities and Spells at this time. However, the scene in the book world has left everyone speechless.

"I just want to know who used the Divine Abilities and Spells," a cultivator said, staring at the projection.

"It can't be the Prime Minister; he's confused too," one cultivator remarked, looking at Yuwen Hongdu's shocked expression on the projection.

"Do you remember that Qin general Wang Jian? We've shown him in the camera many times, and he even wrote a letter to the Prime Minister, who replied. However, their conversation didn't seem to go well, because the very next day, Wang Jian launched an attack on Yandu." An old man spoke up, placing the Blue Quality book he was holding on the long table and turning around to get a better view of the projection. Clearly, the Divine Abilities and Spells appearing in the world of the book "Han Feizi" had greatly interested him.

Upon hearing the old man's words, everyone frowned slightly, carefully recalling the previous scene, and gradually realized what had happened.

"That's true. The perspective shifted to Wang Jian almost as often as to the Prime Minister, while it almost never shifted to anyone else."

"And just now, when the Prime Minister ordered the timber outside the city walls to be set ablaze, Qin General Wang Jian didn't even flinch, clearly confident that he could extinguish the raging fire."

"May I ask, sir, based on this speculation, is Wang Jian also a cultivator from our Azure Dragon Continent?" A middle-aged man stood up and bowed to the old man, asking.

Everyone turned their attention to the old man, eagerly awaiting his reply.

The old man stroked his beard, pondered for a moment, and said, "I believe that this Wang Jian is not only a cultivator from our continent, but also very likely someone from the Mysterious Bookstore."

"Mysterious Bookstore?" The crowd exchanged bewildered glances, then subconsciously looked at the two employees inside the Bookstore: Luan Feng, who was reading in the corner, and Zhang Yunji was just passing by at the door.

"That's right. The first place on the entire Azure Dragon Continent to propose the concept of Divine Abilities and Spells was the Mysterious Bookstore, and naturally, the people who can currently use Divine Abilities and Spells are also in the Mysterious Bookstore. As you can see, the world in the book 'Han Feizi' is a very low-level world. The weapons are all ordinary ironware, and the humans in it have no cultivation. Naturally, there wouldn't be anyone in it who can use Divine Abilities and Spells."

At this point, the old man glanced at the Bookstore's backyard, smiled slightly, and said, "Also, everyone might have forgotten one more thing: the owner of the Mysterious Bookstore seems to be able to freely enter the worlds within the books."

"That's right! Where's the shop owner?" The old man's reminder made everyone realize what was happening, and they all started looking around for Ma Feifei.

"I just saw the shop owner sitting at the cashier, and he's gone in the blink of an eye," a cultivator said, pointing to a small stool in front of the cashier.

"No mistake, that's the shop owner's personal stool. It seems he was indeed sitting there just now," a cultivator affirmed.

"I don't seem to see the shop owner in the backyard either, only a monkey and a masked man in black squatting on the ground, doing something I don't know," said another cultivator who peeked out through the back door into the backyard.

Generally speaking, the owner of Mysterious Bookstore spends most of his time at the Mysterious Bookstore, so it's very rare for him to be nowhere to be found like this.

Thinking of this, everyone slowly turned back to look at the projection, and at that moment the projection's perspective switched to Qin general Wang Jian.

At this moment, the Qin Army had already launched an attack, but Wang Jian lay on his horse's back, his hands hanging naturally down, hugging the horse's neck, his eyes closed, and he had actually fallen asleep!

"It's definitely the shop owner!" The group of cultivators immediately confirmed.

Ma Feifei hadn't expected the people from the other world to have such strong reasoning abilities. Not only did they deduce that Wang Jian was a cultivator from the other world, but they also successfully deduced that the cultivator possessing Wang Jian's body was Ma Feifei himself.

So much so that everyone could see his current appearance, but he himself was unaware of it. He waved his hand smugly and ordered the attack on the city, then hugged his horse's neck and dozed off, a smile still on his face, probably fantasizing about some young lady.

Ma Feifei felt it necessary to suppress Yuwen Hongdu's stubbornness, so he did not continue to negotiate with Yuwen Hongdu at this time. Ma Feifei planned to destroy Yuwen Hongdu's confidence first, and then let him send someone to contact him himself.

Of course, Ma Feifei wasn't afraid of Yuwen Hongdu's resistance. Given Yuwen Hongdu's intelligence, he could basically guess that Ma Feifei's cultivation hadn't been sealed. Under these circumstances, it would be a pipe dream for Yuwen Hongdu to still think about Protect Yandu.

Yuwen Hongdu Protect Yandu, and the only way was to send someone to secretly approach Ma Feifei and ask him to let the Ma Feifei off the hook. Otherwise, there was no hope of Protect Yandu at all, and at that time, it would be Yuwen Hongdu's turn to suffer heavy losses.

"There's a severe shortage of Spirit Crystal lately. I heard Yuwen Hongdu is incredibly wealthy; he spent over a hundred million Spirit Crystal in Dubian Town over a month to buy a special phone number. Maybe we should ask him for ten billion Spirit Crystal?"

"Hmm... never mind, 10 billion is too much, 1 billion will do. That way we can buy some Divine Abilities and Spells to sell in the market. It's about time to let everyone see the power of Daoist Magic, isn't it?"

"Oh dear, I'm such an idiot, how could I be distracted at such a crucial moment? Zhou-meimei is waiting for me..."

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The Qin Army was far superior to the Yan Army in both troop strength and combat capability. In the course of the siege, the Qin Army almost captured the city wall strongholds several times, but in the end, the Yan Army managed to hold them off by sheer numbers and sacrifices, barely managing to Protect against the Qin Army's attack.

"Waaah~~"

As night fell, the Qin Army sounded the horns to retreat. Yuwen Hongdu, who was standing on the city wall, finally breathed a sigh of relief, casually tossed aside his bronze sword, which was already full of nicks, and walked down the city wall step by step.

Although Yuwen Hongdu was in good physical condition, he was exhausted Hilbert. Not to mention the ordinary soldiers and civilians, who were all slumped on the ground, panting heavily. The sounds of groans echoed all around, and there were mutilated limbs with dark red blood flowing everywhere on the ground.

How can the word "miserable" possibly express it?

"Showy but impractical, empty and useless." Yuwen Hongdu inexplicably recalled a line from Han Feizi. The combined number of soldiers and civilians in Yandu was more than three times that of the Qin Army, and the quality of their weapons was almost the same. Moreover, the Qin Army was the one attacking the city, giving the Yan Army a natural advantage. However, in this battle, the Yan Army suffered at least five times the losses of the Qin Army.

In other words, one Qin Army soldier could kill five Yan soldiers.

"Alas!" Yuwen Hongdu sighed, returned to the palace, wrote a letter, waved for the head guard to come closer, and said, "Go to the Qin Army camp and give this to General Wang Jian."

"Yes, sir!" the head guard replied and left.

Yuwen Hongdu ultimately chose to agree to Ma Feifei's conditions because he could not afford to lose.

The Emperor's Aura might not be that important to others, but it was extremely important to Yuwen Hongdu, so important that he was willing to give up everything else.

"Look, the Prime Minister has written a letter to the shopkeeper!" said the cultivator outside.

"Could it be that the Prime Minister also guessed that Wang Jian was the shop owner, and then thought of asking the shop owner for help?" a cultivator asked doubtfully.

"That's very likely."

"May I ask what this old man thinks about this matter?" a cultivator asked the old man who had previously Analytic that Wang Jian was Ma Feifei.

The old man didn't refuse, but hesitated for a moment before saying, "According to my speculation, the shopkeeper probably wanted to help the Prime Minister complete this story mission. This can be seen from the fact that the shopkeeper sent a letter to the Prime Minister at the beginning, but the Prime Minister did not agree at that time, but refused instead. Therefore, the shopkeeper had no choice but to send troops to attack Yandu to put pressure on the Prime Minister, and also used Divine Abilities and Spells to dispel the Prime Minister's doubts."

"So you mean the Prime Minister's reply to the shopkeeper means he trusts the shopkeeper?" a cultivator asked suspiciously.

"That's right, but whether the shopkeeper will still choose to help the Prime Minister at this point remains to be seen." The old man smiled and pointed to the projection.

Everyone turned to look, and the projection's view had now switched to the Qin Army camp.

Ma Feifei took the brocade pouch handed to her by the guard, opened it, took out the cloth inside, spread it out, and openly looked at it without being afraid of being seen.

It's truly remarkable that they can understand the language of this other world.

There are two pieces of cloth. One piece contains the content, which is similar to what Ma Feifei had in mind. Yuwen Hongdu agreed to Ma Feifei's request and obtained Ma Feifei's support by paying Spirit Crystal, thereby helping him Protect Yandu.

Perhaps fearing unforeseen circumstances, Yuwen Hongdu actually offered a condition: two billion Spirit Crystal in exchange for assistance with this mission.

"Tsk tsk, this Prime Minister is really rich! I wonder how many years he's been embezzling." Ma Feifei marveled at the price Yuwen Hongdu offered; it was double the profit he had hoped for.

It would take the Mysterious Bookstore a certain amount of time to earn two billion Spirit Crystal, but this Yan State just gave them to them without warning.

Yuwen Hongdu even knew that Ma Feifei would not be able to resist this Captivate, so the other piece of cloth had an IOU written on it, an IOU for two billion Spirit Crystal, with Yuwen Hongdu's handwritten signature on it. After leaving, Ma Feifei could use this IOU to go to Yuwen Hongdu to exchange for two billion Spirit Crystal.

"System, can I take this IOU out with me?" Ma Feifei asked the system in his mind. He wasn't afraid that Yuwen Hongdu pay him, he was just afraid that he wouldn't be able to take the IOU out.

"Okay." Ma Feifei was very satisfied with the system's answer, and immediately wrote a letter and had a guard deliver it to Yuwen Hongdu.

Then, starting on that day, four days of torrential rain fell outside the capital of Yan. At that time, there was no cement ground; it was all yellow dust. After being washed by the torrential rain, it became a swamp. The muddy roads greatly affected the Qin Army's offensive, making it impossible for them to advance.

It's Divine Abilities and Spells again!

On this very day, the projection dimmed, a golden light shot out, and Yuwen Hongdu appeared beside the long table. The Yellow Quality book "Han Feizi" slowly descended and lay flat on the table.

Yuwen Hongdu remained motionless with his eyes closed, and everyone in the Bookstore stared at him intently.

After a long while, Yuwen Hongdu slowly opened his eyes, showing no fear in the face of the gazes of the many cultivators. He roared to the sky, "Hahaha, I have finally comprehended it! I have finally comprehended it!"

"Excuse me, loud noises are prohibited in the Bookstore. Since you have seriously violated the Bookstore rules, you will be fined one million Spirit Crystal and Punishment from entering the Mysterious Bookstore for six months. Please, Your Excellency the Prime Minister," Zhang Yunji said solemnly as he approached Yuwen Hongdu.

Yuwen Hongdu's laughter stopped abruptly. He gave Zhang Yunji a deep look, nodded, and took out a spatial bag from his spatial ring, placing it on the long table. "Inside are two million Spirit Crystal, as a token of my apology to the Mysterious Bookstore."

Without waiting for Zhang Yunji's reply, Yuwen Hongdu walked directly out of the Bookstore.

"Excuse me, Your Excellency, here is another IOU for you. It costs two billion Spirit Crystal. Please settle the account. Thank you." Zhang Yunji's voice came from behind.

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