How is that possible?
Madam Lu stared blankly at her body and the state of her soul. It was indeed true; at the moment she was crushed into mincemeat, she clearly felt the familiar power of Samsara.
But why am I in a place like this?
Why is he here too?
"Don't you recognize me?" Shen Yiyun asked with a smile.
Why are you here?
"That's an interesting question." Shen Yiyun looked around with amusement. "Although it's newly opened and a bit shabby, it's still my territory. Why can't I be here?"
"Your territory? Yin-Yang Road?" Madam Lu was stunned.
"This is not the Yin-Yang Road." Shen Yiyun's smile vanished as he earnestly corrected the other person, "This is the Underworld of Nanming Prefecture. I'm sorry, but there is no Yin-Yang Road within my lord's jurisdiction!"
"How is that possible?" Madam Lu uttered these words for the second time, stunned.
"Incredible, isn't it? But it really happened." Shen Yiyun took out a black notebook, and with a slight movement of her hand, the notebook automatically turned to a certain page. "Oh, A Luo, right?"
Madam Lu: "."
This name should be unknown to everyone in the world!
This name was given by the King of Qin!
From the time the King of Qin won her over to the time he married her off to Lu Ming, only five people knew her real name back then. And those three shouldn't have revealed it to anyone. As for the King of Qin and Lu Ming, it was even more impossible.
How did he know? How did he find out?
" Earth Dragon Cave, Asura Snake Seed, Second Heir of the Great Snake Kingdom, and now the Duchess of Duke of Qin!"
Madam Lu's face showed even greater shock. "You know about the Great Snake Kingdom?"
"Oh, I actually didn't know," Shen Yiyun shook his head, "It's just what it says. I'm not interested in your background, but the records here are never wrong."
Madam Lu stared blankly at the book in the other person's hand, her eyes filled with a strange expression. What was that? Could it actually read a person's background?
"I'm not interested in your background; I'm more interested in your sins." Shen Yiyun flipped through the booklet, his eyes narrowed into slits, a cold light in them, his tone growing increasingly icy. "They are truly shocking. Tell me, how should I punish you to atone for your sins?"
Madam Lu: "."
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" Ke'er, are you alright?" Chen Ying looked at the little girl whose face had turned ashen, a hint of pity in her eyes.
"It's alright." The little girl stubbornly shook her head. "I want to find my mother."
Seeing this, Chen Ying hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped.
The fact that a girl in her early teens could endure such severe poisoning for so long is an astonishing feat that would put many adult men to shame. The reason for this is the child's concern for her mother's life.
But Chen Ying knew the reputation of the matriarch of the Lu Household; she was the most ruthless woman in the world. The girl's mother had committed the most taboo act against that woman, so how could she possibly have a good ending?
If the little girl were to see the terrible fate that befell her master's family, she would probably collapse instantly!
But he couldn't leave Lu Ming behind, and he couldn't do without this little girl!
Within the barrier, this freezing power is extremely harmful to the body. Lu Ming is a top-level martial artist, so he can naturally force his way through, but he must burn his blood and qi to resist it. And if Chen Qing's prediction is correct, if that fake romantic Lu Ming is not waiting in the restaurant, he must have forced Madam Lu to go find Yun Yu'e.
To find Yun Yu'e, he must use his vital energy to protect the ladies' subordinates, namely the snake demons who fear the cold, so they can travel together.
The energy generated by its burning blood and qi is extremely incompatible with the ice and snow energy in the formation, forming a very special confrontation. However, in the vast Nanming Prefecture, it is almost impossible to detect this energy reaction immediately. The only possibility is that Yun Ke'er, who has a natural Spirit Eye, can detect it.
She was incredibly sensitive to energy, and since morning, under Chen Qing's guidance, she had been observing the anomalies in the formation. She even gave a demonstration herself. It was fortunate that the little girl was able to endure it; even with the poison not completely neutralized, she was still able to muster the energy to persevere until now.
"They've stopped! They've stopped!" Yun Ke'er said, pointing to a location in the southwest.
Upon hearing this, Chen Ying immediately flew into the sky with the little girl. "Where?"
"There, over there, at that white house!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Ying pointed in that direction without hesitation, and a bright light instantly illuminated the sky above the white house. The next instant, a white shadow swiftly rushed towards that direction!
Chen Ying could see it; it was Chen Qing!
"They ran away, over there!" The little girl quickly pointed to a restaurant a hundred feet away.
Without hesitation, Chen Ying pointed again, and as the restaurant lights up, the white shadow in the sky quickly changed direction and disappeared.
Meanwhile, the princess and her entourage, who had come out with her, followed closely, but found that they could not catch up with her for a while.
"This Chen Qing, what incredible speed!" exclaimed the youngest son of the Duke of Wei, his eyes wide.
"That's not speed, that's magic!" Duke of Wei exclaimed, his eyes wide. "This guy, with this kind of ability, is actually a dual cultivator of magic and martial arts? Could he be from the Kingdom of Ancient Desolation?"
The eldest princess sneered upon hearing this, "If the Kingdom of Ancient Desolation had someone like him, your Northern Frontier would have collapsed long ago!"
"What is he running around in mid-air for?" the youngest son of the Duke of Wei couldn't help but ask again.
"Of course, we're chasing them!" The eldest son patiently explained, "We just don't know what method Chen Qing used to pinpoint their location. If they keep running without fighting, even Above First Rank martial artist will suffer a significant drop in strength in this freezing air within a quarter of an hour. And even if they choose to fight head-on, Chen Qing has a way to avoid the freezing air within this formation, while they don't. If they can't defeat Chen Qing quickly, they'll be at a disadvantage—it's truly a dead end!"
"A dead end?" Duke of Wei laughed immediately, "That depends on whether Chen Qing can hold out for the time you mentioned. Putting aside that vicious woman from the Lu Household, Lu Ming's strength is recognized as being among the top two in the world. Don't think that Chen Qing's displayed abilities are enough to truly defeat Lu Ming. You must know that the gap between those Above First Rank is also very large!"
The eldest son was taken aback and was about to ask a question when the Laoda of the Shen Family, who was running at the front, suddenly stopped.
No one dared to outrun this person's status, yet he was quite audacious, daring to expose his back to the Princess.
"It's stopped," Shen Laoda said, looking up.
Upon hearing this, everyone looked over and saw Chen Qing standing with his hands behind his back, staring expressionlessly at the scene below, hundreds of feet away in mid-air. Clearly, below, a powerful aura was brewing an astonishing momentum.
The princess, too lazy to wait any longer, leaped to a high place and immediately saw the face she hadn't seen for two years.
"Oh, it really is him!"
The remaining few people also leaped onto the roof in an instant, looking down.
At this moment, directly opposite Chen Qing, a group of women in black were huddled together, and right in the middle, gathering their qi and blood, was none other than Lu Ming, who had not yet shown himself!
"I never expected this," the eldest son of the Duke of Wei sighed, "That even a man like him could be forced into such a desperate situation."
Just two years ago, the Lu Household was the most powerful and influential family in the Great Jin Dynasty, whose power could even rival that of the royal family. But in just two short years, the Fengyun has changed dramatically. The former most powerful family is now being chased around like a rabbit, and the worst part is that they can't even escape.
The garrison in the West Sea was completely devoured by the monster Shen Family, and the 300,000 troops brought from the capital were also wiped out by the Princess's scheme. Alone, he even lost his own wife, yet he was still exposed. In such a desperate situation, it truly is the end of a hero's life.
"Forced into a corner?" The princess's cold voice rang out. "That depends on whether that brat has the ability."
She shared the same view as the Duke of Wei: even if Lu Ming had lost power, his own strength was still there. Back then, when she schemed against him and launched a surprise attack, severely injuring him, she didn't dare to fight him to the death, but instead forced him into the Yunzhou District and trapped him. And Chen Qing's current appearance clearly showed that he wanted to personally take down Lu Ming in front of everyone!
This kid is really overconfident!!
"You are Chen Qing?" Lu Ming looked up, exhaled a breath of cold air, and asked loudly.
"Greetings, Duke of Qin." Chen Qing still gave a symbolic bow.
"What a cunning scheme!" The Duke of Qin looked up. "My wife hasn't shown up yet. Has she been taken in by you?"
"It should be." Chen Qing nodded.
What does "should be" mean?
Duke of Qin frowned, but still patiently asked, "I'm very curious, how did you manage to capture her? With the Flying Star Bottle, there shouldn't be anyone in the world who could capture her!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Qing glanced at the other person, a shadow flashing in his eyes.
This Lu Household not only possessed the Flying Star Bottle Flying Star Bottle, but they even knew its name.
However, the Flying Star Bottle was only on paper at the time, and no patches had been uploaded. The key point was that the name Flying Star Bottle was still in his mind at the time, and he clearly remembered that he had never told anyone about it!
What is the nature of this world?
Suppressing his doubts, Chen Qing explained, "I used a little trick to make your wife mistakenly believe that the bottle contained a colder aura than the outside, so she didn't dare to hide inside it."
This is all thanks to that little girl Yun Ke'er. With her Spirit Eye, she can clearly observe even the energy flow inside the Flying Star Bottle. By using compressed ice jade to create cold air, she can determine which channel the other party is using for eating and drinking by observing the energy flow. Then, she can use the Flying Star Bottle in her hand to send the cold air to that location.
This led Madam Lu to mistakenly believe that she had control of the entire space inside the Flying Star Bottle, which can be considered a psychological tactic.
"Is that so?" Lu Ming smiled upon hearing this. "That woman has never been schemed against before, yet she managed to suffer such a heavy defeat at Lord Chen's hands. Lord Chen is indeed extraordinary."
"You flatter me, Your Excellency," Chen Qing replied calmly.
Lu Ming glanced around Chen Qing, then his gaze locked onto Xu Hu, who was standing not far behind Chen Qing. He immediately laughed and said, "So this is Xu Hu, the Battle God who defeated Yuchi Peng?"
Xu Hu cupped his hands in greeting. "Greetings, Your Excellency Duke of Duke of Qin."
"So, Lord Chen intends to use him to take down the Duke of this country?"
"No," Chen Qing shook his head, slowly descending from the sky to a distance of less than fifty meters opposite Lu Ming: " Xu Hu is busy entertaining guests; this junior will personally experience the Duke's methods!"
Everyone: "."
No one, including the eldest princess, expected that Chen Qing would actually challenge Lu Ming to a one-on-one battle.