"What? Which dynasty are you planning to destroy?" Bai Yujing asked, noticing Yu Huatian's dark expression.
Yu Huatian made no attempt to hide it. "Indeed. I intend to move against the Qing court, drive the foreign Manchus out of the Central Lands, and restore the lands of our Huaxia lineage!"
He really was?
Bai Yujing paused briefly, then shook his head. "Although the Qing court was founded by foreigners, its national fortune is even stronger than your Ming's. You cannot succeed. Forget it!"
Bai Yujing continued explaining, "The workings of fortune are Profound Mystery beyond Profound Mystery. It does not manifest directly in some particular incident or person. Rather, when you try to act against it, all manner of inexplicable things you cannot understand will happen, causing your efforts to fail."
"Take the time I broke into the Ming Palace at night. Back then, your Ming did not have a single Heavenly Being guarding it. With my strength, I had no reason to fear anyone and could come and go as I pleased."
"But the moment I entered the Imperial Palace, before I could do anything, Zheng He noticed me. We exchanged several moves, and I already had the upper hand. Who could have known that my True Qi would suddenly go out of control? Zheng He seized the opportunity to injure me, and I nearly died at his hands."
"Afterward, I fled with my injuries, but before I could escape the Imperial Palace, your Ming's crossbowmen shot me."
"With my strength, ordinary crossbow bolts should never have been able to pierce my defenses. Yet at that very moment, I suddenly could not mobilize my True Qi, and I nearly died again at the hands of those ordinary crossbowmen."
"Only after I left the Ming Palace did that uncanny feeling