"Target spotted, please give instructions!" Inside a command vehicle, a Imperial Guard looked at Ling Yi on the monitor and quickly notified the others via walkie-talkie.
On another hilltop, nine people were gathered.
They all wore uniform gold and red suits, with the word "Zheng" written in flying phoenixes on their shoulders, and they looked very cool.
But they are all quite old.
The youngest looked to be over sixty, while the oldest was thin and hunched over, with a wrinkled face and white hair and beard.
But they are cultivators, and cultivators are physically stronger than ordinary people, so their actual age is definitely much older than they look.
One of the elderly men, wearing Old Hua, turned off his walkie-talkie, then glanced at the others and asked, "What are your thoughts?"
"We've been used as pawns in the King Zheng!" the oldest man said in a hoarse voice.
"And you shouldn't ask us what to think, but what to do!"
"Then, what should we do?" the man asked again.
"We're all too old, and our cultivation is unlikely to improve any further. We can no longer create much value for the King Zheng King Zheng, which is why he sent us here to deal with Ling Yi."
The old man continued speaking slowly and deliberately.
"If we succeed, it'll be a waste of resources; if we fail and die, the King Zheng won't care."
"Stop your nonsense. We can see all of this, but do we have a choice? Unlike you, we're all alone. At worst, we can join the New Emperor Faction or the Savior Sect and just wait to die."
"Our families are all in the capital, so please don't say anything about joining other factions or helping them eliminate the King Zheng."
"I'm afraid that as soon as we have this idea, the King Zheng will already know. In that case, our families will be the first to suffer."
The words from the Old Hua instantly dampened the spirits of the others who had initially had some ideas.
"Freedom always comes at a price. This is a choice between two options; there are no other choices."
The old man continued speaking calmly and unhurriedly.
"You've got it wrong. It's not a choice between two options; we don't have a choice. Besides, there are bad people among us," another person said.
A moment of silence fell over everyone.
The old man shook his head and said nothing more. Since everyone's opinions were divided, there was indeed no other choice.
He sighed and swayed as he walked towards Ling Yi, saying as he went, "We've lived long enough. If we hadn't hesitated so much back then, the Great Qian Empire wouldn't have ended up like this."
"I have failed the late Emperor!"
These people had all followed Zhao Hong for a period of time.
That is, the person who suddenly appeared, meaning a time traveler, directly rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, and founded the Great Qian Empire, thus changing history.
Afterwards, no matter how Changes in the court, they all chose to protect themselves and enjoy wealth and honor.
They originally thought that with their merit in supporting the emperor, they could live a life of wealth and honor, but they never expected the Rebellion of the Nine Kings to occur.
Although the Great Qian Empire still bears the surname Zhao, it is actually controlled by the Ninth Prince.
They were even coerced by Situ Zheng his gang by threatening their families, and over the years they have done a lot for Situ Zheng.
While not monstrous crimes, they were close enough.
It can be said that one wrong step led to another, and now there is no turning Jade Emperor.
" Ling Yi is quite powerful. To trap him, sacrifices will be necessary. I am all alone, so I will go to the late emperor to receive my punishment."
The old man's voice grew farther and farther away, and his speed increased. As the last sound faded, he was already a kilometer away.
The others were expressionless, seemingly calm, but their Guangzhi were dull and lifeless, lacking any Spiritual Qi.
The elderly man wearing Old Hua sighed, turned on the walkie-talkie, and said, "On my command, all missiles enter launch preparation. Once the target is locked, launch immediately."
"Please confirm the launch quantity, sir!"
"All of them!" the Old Hua said after a pause.
"Ah, yes!"
Ling Yi had only been in the mountains for a short while when he saw a thin old man blocking his way.
" Ling Yi, I am Xiang Zhong. Shall we die together today, young brother?" the old man said, sizing up Ling Yi.
You will die, but I won't!
"That works too!" Xiang Zhong nodded.
"To let you die in peace, I'll tell you a secret: the child you sent out of the palace all those years ago is still alive and thriving, and has already cultivated immense power."
Xiang Zhong's pupils contracted, and his half-closed eyes suddenly opened. "This old man has no idea what you're talking about."
"I'm just telling you this, that's all. You all have immense Karmic Force, and none of you will survive today. But you are an old man after all, so I'm resolving this knot in your heart so you won't die with regrets."
"Moreover, now that he has gained power, even if his identity is exposed, no one in the world except me can do anything to him."
Previously, Ling Yi was unable to see Zhao Chen's past and future through the Causality Line.
However, as the golden Causality Line gradually thinned and faded, and Ling Yi's Causality Control reached the intermediate level, Zhao Chen would have no secrets from him if Ling Yi wanted to.
Ling Yi had already Simulation the outcome of this trip before coming here.
Since mastering the ability of Virtual Causality Line, it has almost become Ling Yi's instinct.
Ling Yi originally thought that, like before, he would find Number Mountain Village, eradicate the evil within, and then leave.
Little did he expect that a surprise awaited him there.
In their "opened Heavenly Eye " state, all nine of them were engulfed in black Huoyan that reached heights of over ten meters.
Everyone is like that.
These are the nine people with the most " Karmic Force " that Ling Yi has seen so far.
Ling Yi was very curious about what they had done, so he spent a lot of Merit Points to check the Causality Line of the oldest person, Xiang Zhong, over the past twenty years.
Not only did they understand some secrets, but they also understood the main reason why these nine people had so many black Causality Line on their bodies.
In their youth, they followed Zhao Hong, the founding emperor of the Great Qian Empire, in his campaigns across the land, killing countless people.
Later, he was coerced by Situ Zheng using his family members, and committed many more heinous acts. The number of people he has killed is probably countless.
They all deserved to die, and none of them were good people.
Therefore, since they have encountered this today, they are destined to die.
The disappearance of the Fourth Prince was indeed the work of the Ninth Prince, and the one who carried it out was none other than Xiang Zhong.
Xiang Zhong couldn't bear to see the young prince die at his hands, after all, he had spent most of his life on royal stipends and enjoyed the riches and honors bestowed upon him by the royal family.
They pulled a trick, switching the prince for a cat.
The child from an ordinary family was swapped with the fourth prince, who was also young Zhao Chen.
He secretly put Zhao Chen on a train, and he eventually ended up in the hands of the Nanyang Zhao Family.
"Is that so? Haha, after all, he is a dragon's son, possessing the Golden Dragon Karmic Luck; naturally, he should be extraordinary." Xiang Zhong said with a rare smile.
"Just as you said, knowing these things before death will indeed allow me to die in peace, and I will have something to say when I meet the late emperor."
"If you live an hour or two longer, you'll see him; he's on his way."
Xiang Zhong shook his head and said, "There's no need to see him. It's not a good thing for the prince to know my identity."
"If the prince is stronger than you, then it doesn't matter whether you meet him or not. But if the prince is weaker than you, and he learns about the past, you will inevitably become mortal enemies."
Ling Yi nodded and said, "You seem to understand things quite well. In that case, I'll see you off first."
Regardless of whether this Xiang Zhong was intentional or not, he must pay the price for the mistake he made.
If Xiang Zhong is let go, Ling Yi will find it hard to Obsession.
Ling Yi took out a playing card and threw it towards Xiang Zhong.
The playing card flew out like a Youyou leaf, seemingly without any force, as if it were about to fall to the ground at any moment.
No, to be precise, one corner of the playing card has already landed.
Just then, a gust of wind suddenly blew by, forcefully lifting the playing cards.
However, because one corner of the playing card was on the ground, it was pulled along and began to spin rapidly.
The speed of its rotation was so fast that it even left a fleeting afterimage.
Of course, this wind was not the Illusory Wind Array Pattern cast by Ling Yi; it was simply a series of reactions triggered by the alteration of Karma.
But this is just the beginning.
The first gust of wind came quickly and went quickly, the playing cards spinning rapidly as they drifted away into the distance.
Just as they were about to land again, a second, stronger gust of wind blew in...
In Xiang Zhong's eyes, the playing card was being blown up and down by the wind, and with each rise and fall, a corner of the card would strangely collide with the surrounding objects.
With each impact, the rotation speed increases slightly, and after nine consecutive undulations, the speed reaches its maximum.
"Is this all you've got? I don't believe this playing card can kill me. I am Late Innate Realm cultivator."
Although Xiang Zhong was determined to die, he did not want to be killed by an ordinary playing card.
After all, he still had those old brothers behind him. Although some of them had completely submitted to the King Zheng, they had been born together for so many years and had a deep bond with each other.
Only by killing Ling Yi can they survive.
Xiang Zhong a flick of his right hand at his waist, a soft sword appeared in his hand.
In fact, Ling Yi was also very curious about how this ordinary playing card could kill a master at the Late Innate.
If the playing cards were to strike Xiang Zhong at such speed, it could indeed be fatal.
However, those who become experts Acquired are far superior to ordinary people in terms of both reaction time and eyesight.
If you're prepared, you can even slice through a bullet with a sword.
Seeing the playing cards spinning into a phantom and gradually approaching, Xiang Zhong flicked his right hand, and the soft sword in his hand transformed into a streak of silver light, piercing straight at the playing cards.
Xiang Zhong was confident that his sword would hit its mark, and indeed it did. The slight sensation in his hand told him that the sword had struck the playing card.
But to Xiang Zhong's astonishment, the playing cards almost Ignore Xiang Zhong soft sword and continued flying towards him.
Although Xiang Zhong couldn't connect, his reaction was quick. He instinctively leaned his body to the right, but the next moment, the playing card still pierced Xiang Zhong's throat with perfect accuracy.
The rapidly spinning playing cards, carrying terrifying kinetic energy, are no less powerful than bullets fired at close range.
This attack ended Xiang Zhong's life.
"How is this possible!" These were Xiang Zhong Zhong's last thoughts.
He truly couldn't understand, and died with so many questions in his heart, ultimately dying with his eyes wide open in disbelief.
However, if the camera slows down a thousand times, it will be discovered that when Xiang Zhong's soft sword stabbed the playing card, it struck precisely during the gap in the card's rotation.
But in the instant the tip of the soft sword Rapid Speed back, it just so happened to hit a corner of the playing card.
This slight touch was what Xiang Zhong mistakenly believe he had struck a playing card.
This touch slightly altered the trajectory of the playing cards; instead of flying straight, the cards changed angle.
"The karmic Karma of consuming two thousand Merit Points and inevitably dying is this process. It seems reasonable, but in reality, it is completely unreasonable."
Ling Yi sighed somewhat; the cheat system was indeed powerful.