Chapter 542: Gods Fighting

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He XinliangFeng Huo Xi Zhu Hou

As Xu Fengnian walked towards the palace gate with his spear, the armored guards at the foot of the steps clearly breathed more rapidly. Fortunately, the mistress of the Dragon King's Residence, Queen Yu Rourou, did not let them march to their deaths. She smiled charmingly and said, "Since the King of Beiliang wishes to enter the palace, I, your servant, shall make way for him."

More than a dozen jianghu enforcers, including Mao Bishan, carefully protected the Queen, willingly clearing a path into the palace. Xu Fengnian ascended the steps, stepping directly over the threshold. Yu Rourou looked at the handsome man's retreating back and smiled sweetly. The palace square was paved with dark blue flagstones, and two rows of low-lying peach trees were planted at the foot of the walls. It was unknown what variety they were, but their blooming season was surprisingly much earlier than in Jiangnan. The trees were small but bore large flowers. Their color was not the common pink seen in the Central Plains; their filaments were flecked with gold and tinged with purple, and their branches were robed in red, forming a stark contrast with the dark blue bricks and stones. Faintly visible, many sword scabbards hung at varying heights on the peach trees. When Xu Fengnian entered the square, the "Mother of Qingcang," Her Majesty the Queen, was seated on the threshold, leaning against a pillar, her long skirt trailing on the ground. She turned her head and smiled at the naive-looking new King of Beiliang. Mao Bishan and Gu Feiqing looked at the Queen's demeanor with some surprise; they couldn't believe the Dragon King's Residence would simply yield to Beiliang like this. Although both were highly respected guest officials in the Dragon King's Residence, they rarely had access to confidential matters. This was not surprising, as even Mao and Gu themselves considered it perfectly natural. A family head buys a dog to guard the house, not to meddle in household affairs.

Xu Fengnian walked to a large stone in the center of the square and tapped the flagstones with the butt of his iron spear, producing a clear, resounding clang. From the "Golden Luan Palace," only a tall elder wearing a sheepskin cloak and a wolf fur hat emerged. Xu Fengnian still couldn't see Cai Junchen. He looked up at the old man, whose hands were empty, and said, "Tang Huaguan, one of Liyang's top Zhao Gou spies, proficient in Qi cultivation and sword formations. I heard Ruan Shandong died by your hand." The elder, his hidden identity exposed, looked at Xu Fengnian from a distance and said in a loud, clear voice, "Ruan Shandong was merely a spy planted in Qingcang by Li Yishan, King Beiliang's strategist. His death was well-deserved."

A cluster of vibrant peach blossoms shook violently, and a person fell heavily from a tree. This disheveled, burly man sat cross-legged on the ground. During his fall, he accidentally pulled off a sword scabbard, which he then used to scratch his head. He grumbled in a half-baked vagrant dialect, "Tang Huaguan, what's all the fuss about? I hate it when you lot ramble on before killing someone, acting like old lovers. If you're going to fight, just get on with it!"

Xu Fengnian glanced at the middle-aged man and frowned. It wasn't hard for the man to recognize Xu Fengnian, but Beiliang's intelligence network had never managed to obtain precise information about him. Yet, Xu Fengnian still guessed his identity, which made him feel truly tricky. During his journey to Beimang, Tuoba Chunshun had given Xu Fengnian a hard time, but the most memorable encounter wasn't with Tuoba Pusa's youngest son. Instead, it was with a noble young man named Zhong Tan. At that time, a woman from Princess Tomb, disguised as his personal maid, was by his side, and Xu Fengnian had experienced her powerful and sweeping calligraphy style. Zhong Tan's father was Zhong Shentong, one of Beimang's twelve Grand Generals, and his uncle was Zhong Liang, whose true strength was second only to Luoyang among Beimang's Ten Great Demonic Masters. Zhong Shentong would not give up his position as a Grand General for a minor skirmish in Qingcang City. Therefore, it could only be Zhong Liang, the demonic master whose ranking in Beimang's jianghu fluctuated "according to his mood." Zhong Liang was a famous carefree figure in Beimang, uninhibited and unrestrained. In martial arts, he could easily defeat top masters among the Ten Great Demonic Masters, yet he also dared to casually lose to some "soft persimmons" ranked lower. The great demonic master before him bore a seventy to eighty percent resemblance to Zhong Gui, the younger nephew killed by Xu Fengnian, but he was even more akin to his elder nephew, Zhong Tan. Luoyang herself had once said that among the nine demonic masters behind her, only Zhong Liang truly caught her eye.

Xu Fengnian turned around, looked at the burly man with the thick beard, and asked with a smile, "Zhong Liang?" The man uttered an "Oh?" and didn't deny it. "How do you know me?" The man slapped his head, suddenly enlightened. "So Zhong Gui was actually killed by you when you visited Beimang on your last trip? No wonder I felt something was off about that woman who hadn't yet been married into the family."

While the two were speaking in a language incomprehensible to others, Tang Huaguan—who was both Elder Tang, a revered figure of Qingcang City, and a top Zhao Gou spy of Liyang—silently crouched down, supporting himself with one hand on the ground. Xu Fengnian, deep in thought, ignored Tang Huaguan's movements.

When the land of the vagrants first began to take shape, warlords emerged, primarily forming regimes rapidly based on Beiliang's original family names. This was followed by an extremely chaotic internal struggle, leading to a surge of formidable warriors like Ruan Shandong, the former lord of Qingcang, who possessed powerful skills. Like big fish eating small fish and small fish eating shrimp, scattered forces were consolidated and annexed, transitioning from turmoil to stability. However, they soon encountered an invisible bottleneck, unable to further expand their "territory." To many, these hot-headed fighters like Ruan Shandong, though skilled in martial arts, lacked strategic acumen. Consequently, those adept at political maneuvering and administration, like Cai Junchen, rose to prominence. In terms of combat techniques, Mao Bishan and Gu Feiqing could effortlessly defeat dozens of Cai Junchens. Yet, in the end, it was people like Mao and Gu who ended up dependent on others. However, this isn't to say there were no vagrant leaders who excelled in both martial arts and political schemes. In fact, Ruan Shandong was not as lacking in stratagem as widely believed. It was just that Qingcang was bordered by the Southern Dynasty to the north, Beiliang to the east, and several hostile forces to the west. Situated in such a precarious position, its circumstances were particularly difficult. Apart from other factors, the mere fact that two of the three grand enforcers in the Dragon King's Residence were a Zhao Gou elder and a Beimang demonic master illustrates just how complex and unpredictable Qingcang's situation was. Xu Fengnian was well aware that after his master, Li Yishan, single-handedly created the "Daoist temple in a snail shell" situation for hundreds of thousands of vagrants, he had consistently monitored the evolving situation over the years. This strategist viewed it as a small world within a grand one, observing with detachment how the "ant people" competed for benefits in their "ant nest." The myriad human conditions, the strange and colorful phenomena of the world, were all laid bare before Li Yishan from the top floor of the Listening Tide Pavilion. Regarding the vagrants' movements, Li Yishan had personally authored a book, *Records of Knowing Autumn*, meticulously detailing the rise and fall, gains and losses of various people and events, so that Xu Fengnian, as a scholar, could "know autumn from a single leaf" and discern the larger picture from subtle signs. Among the Spring and Autumn strategists, Li Yishan was always considered slightly inferior to figures like Nalan Youci and Zhao Changling due to his ruthless methods, earning him the nickname "Poisonous Scholar." Many Beiliang veterans even blamed Li Yishan, who took over after Zhao Changling's death, for the Grand General's reluctance to declare himself emperor and rule by dividing the land, attributing it to Li Yishan's supposed short-sightedness. As for the truth, perhaps only Huang Longshi, Yuan Benxi, and Nalan Youci could fully comprehend it and were truly qualified to pass final judgment on Li Yishan.

Xu Fengnian felt a pang of emotion. After the Spring and Autumn period, the elusive Huang Longshi set his sights on Western Chu, while Yuan Benxi, holding all the advantages of timing, geography, and human support, began to strategize for Liangliao. Nalan Youci, with no worries, dealt with the Southern Barbarians, and Li Yishan, besieged on all sides, was "free-ranging" hundreds of thousands of vagrants. Which of these four's strategies was superior would likely not be revealed for many more years.

This was truly a battle of gods!

Zhong Liang spoke, interrupting Xu Fengnian's thoughts. "Hey Xu, be careful. Old Tang is useless in close combat, but if you let him use his 'Heavenly Flowers Falling' sword-controlling technique from ten *zhang* away, even I, let alone a Finger Profound Realm master, would find him difficult to handle." Zhong Liang quickly chuckled, "The only reason I'm telling you this is because I'm afraid you'll die too soon, and then I won't have the nerve to take your head back to Her Majesty the Empress and ask for a reward."

In the battle at the reed marshes outside Xiangfan City, Wei Shuyang of the Nine-Dou Rice Dao once used a Daoist sword formation to break through the Talisman General Red Armor. This unique divine ability was even called an amusing "creation of a new realm" by Patriarch Lu, and naturally, it should not be underestimated.

Xu Fengnian gently exhaled, waiting expectantly.

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