Bai Yifei suddenly said, "The Qin Envoy is coming."
Tian Ze glanced at Bai Yifei, doubt creeping into his voice. "Qin... the ruthless Qin that fellow said would one day destroy the Six Kingdoms and unite the world?"
Bai Yifei brushed his fingertips over the Map of the Seven Kingdoms spread across the table and chuckled. "Hard to imagine, isn't it? A small state founded in a barbaric land, once scorned by every feudal lord, has now grown powerful enough to threaten the Six Kingdoms and break the stalemate of the Warring States."
Looking at the governments of the Seven Kingdoms, although the powerful minister Lü Buwei controlled Qin's court, the current King of Qin was steadily consolidating his strength and stripping authority from Lü Buwei's hands. Within a few years, he would likely take complete control of Qin.
With its fearsome armies, Qin could mobilize a million soldiers. By comparison, Han could field only one or two hundred thousand, making it the weakest of the Seven Kingdoms.
Moreover, the other five kingdoms were ruled either by incompetent monarchs or domineering ministers. Their internal struggles severely drained their strength, in stark contrast to Qin's growing power.
Unless another Su Qin emerged to unite the declining Six Eastern Kingdoms, Qin would eventually devour them all, piece by piece.
Yet of the current Guigu Disciples, one was far away in Qin, serving as the King of Qin's Chief Swordmaster, while the other had joined Han Fei here in Han.
Although both men were undoubtedly learned, their talents fell short of their predecessors'. The Vertical and Horizontal Alliances were therefore little more than a joke.
"So what's our objective?" Unwilling to become too deeply involved with Bai Yifei, Tian Ze went straight to the point.
Bai Yifei said, "Assassinate the Qin Envoy once