Ming River Slices Evil, Steals Lifespan; Artifacts Rise, A New City, All Things Renewed

Before Li Si could finish speaking, he stopped.

Jianlongzi was both a man beyond the secular world and had already been expelled from the Sword Hut. The punishment of "exterminating three clans" would likely be difficult to carry out.

The moment he heard he was to be torn apart by chariots, Jianlongzi panicked. Clutching Zhao Cheng's trouser leg, he cried, "Lord Wuwei, you said you'd give me a quick death!"

Hearing this, Ying Zheng looked to Zhao Cheng. Seeing that Zhao Cheng did not object, he said, "Since Lord Wuwei gave his word, grant him a quick death. Drag him away and behead him."

Zhao Cheng nodded at this. "Your Majesty, allow me to execute him personally."

Ying Zheng nodded. "Granted."

Zhao Cheng carried Jianlongzi down on the wind and set him on the bank of the Ming River. With a sweep of his Great Halberd, Jianlongzi's head instantly rolled into the Ming River, and his body fell in after it.

[You have slain a cultivator at the initial Golden Core stage. Lifespan seized: 583 years]

[Current remaining lifespan: 600 years]

At the system prompt, Zhao Cheng's eyes lit up.

Just as he had thought!

Cultivators possessed longer lifespans, and the lifespan seized from them far surpassed that of ordinary soldiers.

Unfortunately, cultivators were too few. Talents like Jianlongzi were fewer still.

As for those old fellows of the Sword Hut, after cultivating for so many years, they likely did not have much lifespan left by now.

All things considered, killing enemies was still more efficient.

It seemed he needed to speed up the unification of the remaining four states.

Before that, however, he should settle matters here in Wu'an City first and establish the broad direction. Then it could operate on its own.

Moreover, in the coming