Chapter 2720: Three Souls Slaughtering the Spirit

"Who is hosting the Shepherd Country envoy, if not me?" Zhongshan We-sun asked.

Jiang Li-meng smiled gently:

"It just so happens to be me. But Bian girl has been hosting the Yellow River competition these past few days, so she spends more time indoors than outside. I haven't had a chance to disturb her yet."

It seemed that Bian Qiong's visit to Sheng Country wasn't for in-depth cooperation negotiations.

Thinking about it, this woman hadn't been in Min He Temple for long... Such a major matter shouldn't be handed to her.

Or perhaps, Sheng Country had been sharpening this knife for so long, they still didn't have the courage to openly display it.

So, isn't now a good opportunity?

Zhongshan We-sun thought so.

Chen Suan had just died.

Chen Suan's death wouldn't be without meaning.

With Chen Suan's wisdom, he must have stumbled upon something, which was why he met his death. And the other side, in order to cover up this discovery, and even to resolve the trouble caused by "killing Chen Suan," would inevitably do things that weren't originally necessary.

Flaws would appear at such a time.

If they alerted the snake by beating the grass in this kind of situation, it was possible to hit directly into the snake's nest!

"Speaking of the same graduating class, where is Brother Sheng Xue-huai Sheng?" Zhongshan We-sun smiled as he poured wine for Jiang Li-meng:

"Why not invite him to drink together?"

Jiang Li-meng's attitude was always very good:

"Brother Zhongshan, you invited him, I'm just relaying the message. Big Brother Sheng is elegant and romantic, just like you, a knowledgeable person."

"Speaking of which," Zhongshan We-sun smiled, "why didn't Big Brother Sheng lead the team to the Yellow River meeting this time? Meng Xiang should also get some rest."

Jiang Li-meng laughed:

"Big Brother Sheng is naturally lazy and prefers to be unrestrained. He only enjoys drinking wine, painting, and writing poetry. He's not patient enough to lead people. Meng Xiang is the capable one who takes on multiple tasks."

Zhongshan We-sun savored the taste of the wine:

"Indeed. Although he is older than you and me, he hasn't held a major political position for long. Talking directly with the Great Shepherd King husband might not be serious enough."

Jiang Li-meng's eyes narrowed slightly, but her polite smile didn't change:

"View River Platform is also a time for diplomacy among various countries. Not only does Meng Xiang need to exchange with the leading teams of various countries, but even our central emperor might want to have a casual chat with the Sons of Heaven of various overlord countries!"

Bian Qiong's mission to Sheng Country was indeed just a ritual exchange between great nations.

A grand display, talking about insignificant matters.

The real major matters would be handled by the Shepherd Country's Minister of Rituals, who was the current King husband. He would go to View River Platform and secretly talk with Meng Wu-ya!

If she had only had a few suspicions at first, by now Zhongshan We-sun was completely confirmed.

He casually summoned a long knife and placed it horizontally on the table.

"Brother Zhongshan, what is the meaning of this?" Although Jiang Li-meng was shocked, she was not afraid. In this Wei Capital, no matter how much background Zhongshan We-sun had, he couldn't do much to her.

"Then let's use the long table as a chopping board, the chopsticks as fish, and please behold this knife!" Zhongshan We-sun casually drew the knife, picked up a chopstick, and cut and chopped it into five segments before stopping.

His knife skills were beautiful in themselves.

But the miraculous part was that this chopstick actually bounced a few times like a real live fish, and the steel knife, after being thrown open, was already curled at the edge. This wine table, however, showed dense, old knife marks, as if it were a real chopping board used for many years!

Everyone knew that Zhongshan We-sun's two divine powers were South Ming Li Fire and Classic Prison.

Where did the scene before their eyes come from?

But the true meaning here had already made Jiang Li-meng understand, this young master of Eagle Yang Manor, she didn't know when, had already quietly revealed his true nature.

She watched quietly, thinking about why Zhongshan We-sun wanted to display his military strength here.

"They all say fish and meat are pitiful, isn't this knife and chopping board equally pitiful?" Zhongshan We-sun said:

"A chopping board used to receive a knife is not noble enough. This knife is also the same. If it's rusty, it gets sharpened. If it's sharp, the blade curls. It's not a pity to use it, but you see the rust spots if you abandon it!"

He raised his voice and asked:

"Where in the world is there a Tai A, held inversely by another person? Even used in the kitchen, stained with fishy smells and dirt, confined in a storage room, ultimately with no heroic ambition!"

Jiang Li-meng was silent for a long time, finally saying:

"Forgive my ignorance, I don't understand what Senior Brother Zhongshan wants to say."

Zhongshan We-sun finished his wine cup, looked at the woman opposite him, and showed a slight hint of drunkenness:

"Junior Sister Jiang. Heaven helps those who help themselves, and those who have the Way receive much help! I certainly didn't come here idly today - if Sheng Country has the will to strengthen itself, Eagle Yang Manor is willing to promote Jing Country's support for Sheng Country."

This voice was like a stone breaking the sky!

Jiang Li-meng covered her shocked expression by drinking wine.

With her current level, she only vaguely knew about the Great Shepherd's new emperor's grand plans through her father, the Great Sheng famous general Jiang Ru-yong. He probably wanted to eliminate old hatred, tie jade silk, put aside the many years of war between Shepherd and Sheng, and support Sheng Country in expanding its discourse rights within the Dao Gate.

Of course, the specific terms of cooperation, and what the final negotiation would result in, still depended on the final outcome - and indeed, State Minister Meng Wu-ya was personally responsible for this matter and was indeed contacting the Great Shepherd King husband at View River Platform.

And was Zhongshan We-sun's statement weighty enough?

More than enough!

He could completely represent Eagle Yang Manor. And he indeed had the power to promote the military court's resolution.

Jiang Li-meng lifted her beautiful eyes:

"Then, what are the conditions?"

"You will know." Zhongshan We-sun smiled and wiped the table, and the knife marks and broken chopsticks all disappeared.

He stood up:

"Now is not the time to talk about proper matters. Let me first alleviate the bitterness of lovesickness. How about it?"

Jiang Li-meng raised her cup and praised:

"Only great heroes can retain their true colors, and true scholars are naturally romantic! Brother Zhongshan is a natural person, which makes this junior sister greatly admire you! How can I not help a person pursue beauty?"

In the eastern suburbs of Wei Capital, there was a separate courtyard called "Regret Moon Garden." Legend has it that Penglai Palm Teach Ji Zuo, before reaching the peak, once lived idly here for a period of time.

Because of this legend, the price was a hundred times higher. It was now part of the Jiang family's property. Bian Qiong, who was on a mission representing Shepherd Country, was invited by Jiang Li-meng to come here to enjoy the scenery and read poetry.

"I know that elder sister is still hosting the Yellow River meeting and it's not good to distract you. I thought that the outer ceremony hall, with so many foreign envoys coming and going, would make it difficult to find peace. It's better to invite elder sister to the garden to relax... When the competition ends, it will be just right to play."

Jiang Li-meng explained as she walked, being very considerate.

In the critical moment of the Kui Ming race, Zuo Guang-shu and Wu Yu had already fought to the final wind, the two truly equal, causing the sun and moon to rise together on the platform.

Bian Qiong could understand two points, but pretended not to understand at all, just focused on accompanying and explaining. She saw opportunities in Hu Yan Jing-xuan's precise commentary, inserting comments where appropriate, reporting with appropriate surprise, cheers, and tension.

Of course, she wasn't willing to come to some damn "Regret Moon Garden" and read some poetry - Sheng Country literati had written no less than a thousand poems praising Penglai Palm Teach, and they had never seen Ji Palm Teach show any reaction.

But since she was doing this ritual official duty and representing Shepherd Country here, of course she wouldn't offend the local powerful.

In addition to the tense explanations, she also spared some attention to display her exquisite figure in front of Jiang Li-meng.

"Younger sister is really thoughtful!" She smiled generously and brightly:

"Although the outer ceremony hall is good, it is always a place for guests to stay. With younger sister returning home, only then do I feel that I have landed in Sheng Country. My heart... is very warm."

Saying too many pretty words, sometimes you'll get bored yourself.

But Bian Qiong was different from others in that every single pretty word she spoke was full of emotion.

She liked beauty. She was very willing to decorate this not-so-pretty world. Her praise and intimacy often came from her true heart.

Saying pretty words was like eating a meal, you would naturally speak when you were hungry.

"Younger sister, next time you're free, go to the grassland, elder sister will give you..." She instinctively got carried away and stopped here.

She used her beauty to bloom a flower called "surprise."

"Young Master Zhongshan!" She looked at the person who suddenly appeared from behind the rockery, her face full of expression, as if she was so happy she didn't know what to say:

"You, why did you come?"

Her beautiful eyes overflowed with emotion, hazy like rain:

"Didn't you say... three days later, we would meet on the grassland?"

If he hadn't noticed that the explanation work in Taixu Illusory Realm was still steady, Zhongshan We-sun would have almost doubted himself.

The gentle and elegant young master of Jing Country, with a spring-like face, stood there, holding a carefully decorated ritual box in his hand.

"Not seeing you for a moment is like being separated by three autumns. We don't have to wait for three days!" Zhongshan We-sun said softly:

"I asked Junior Sister Jiang for help to meet you here, just to give you a surprise."

Bian Qiong was also full of tender feelings:

"I'm still explaining in Taixu Illusory Realm, so I can't fully feel it... I have to apologize to you first."

"Shh -" Zhongshan We-sun took a step forward and gently blocked Bian Qiong's red lips with his index finger:

"Never say sorry to me."

At the same time, he placed the ritual box in Bian Qiong's arms:

"This gift for you, I've been preparing for a long time - may your smile never fade, may all your wishes come true."

Jiang Li-meng stood beside them, her eyes full of smiles, sincerely happy for this perfect couple.

For this impromptu poetry meeting, those who were called to make up the numbers, like Qi Ya, had already started heckling.

"Young Master..." Bian Qiong's eyes almost melted. It was not hard to see that her heart had been captured.

A surprise date in a foreign country, thousands of miles away, surpassed the so-called true feelings in tens of thousands of chatter.

"Why don't you open it and see?" Zhongshan We-sun's eyes were very affectionate.

"Okay..." Bian Qiong took the ritual box, shyly and timidly.

In Taixu Illusory Realm, Zuo Guang-shu once again presented the Nine Phoenix spirit body, unleashing thousands of ever-changing Dao techniques, pressing Wu Yu.

Hu Yan Jing-xuan precisely pointed out how Wu Yu's hidden move was cracked in advance by Zuo Guang-shu, so the scene looked as if Wu Yu had made no move at all.

Bian Qiong's surprised voice continued, guiding the audience's enthusiasm. A wave of cheers for Zuo Guang-shu rose from the war seat. Xu San pretended to cover his mouth and coughed, secretly drinking a mouthful of wine.

The weather was sunny and beautiful, and the flowers and willows in Regret Moon Garden were in bloom.

The poetry meeting was crowded. Various young masters, noble ladies, and famous scholars from Sheng Country all came to gather, wanting to see what kind of gift this top-level young master from Jing Country would use to express his love.

What kind of precious thing could show such deep affection!

Then they saw sword light—

Extremely fierce sword light, as if it was raw chewing their sight!

The sword light escaped from the box, then like an evil beast out of a cage, it split into three strands. One strand was nailed in the brow, one strand was nailed in the root of the mountain, and one strand was nailed in the center of the body.

At first glance, it looked like three silver needles had been pierced into Bian Qiong's beautiful face.

And that ritual box also decomposed for the first time, decomposing into a full eighty-eight pieces of fragments, embedded in Bian Qiong's body, wrapping her like she was wearing chain mail!

The sudden change happened in an instant.

Qi Ya and others were all stunned at once - although they always knew that people from Jing Country were very fierce, it shouldn't be this special way of expressing emotion, right?

Even if you were flirting, you shouldn't hit someone to death.

Jiang Li-meng stood there, without any reaction.

Zhongshan We-sun, on the contrary, was not that calm, with some deliberate flippancy in his tone:

"Tsk, you are much weaker than I imagined! It's a pity I prepared so seriously."

He knew that Chen Suan had been investigating demons recently, but he also knew that Chen Suan had always been investigating Three Points Fragrance Building, because he was also doing so - of course, on the surface, with Ye Lan-er's complete withdrawal from the Central Domain, the conflict between Chen Suan and Three Points Fragrance Building had already ended one phase. With Three Points Fragrance Building in Jing Country admitting defeat and lying low, there was no longer any reason for him, Young Master Zhongshan, to bully them.

Of course, if Chen Suan died at the hands of Three Points Fragrance Building, Bian Qiong, as a Heaven Fragrance Beauty of Three Points Fragrance Building, would definitely not be careless because of the surface peace. Even if she felt her identity was secret, she would definitely be wary of him.

So, his letter asking for Bian Qiong's location was to test whether Bian Qiong would suddenly become wary of him and dare not meet him face to face. This also served as a reverse verification of the murderer's identity. Bian Qiong actually passed the test.

But Zhongshan We-sun had already determined that Chen Suan's death, even if not directly led by Three Points Fragrance Building, was necessarily associated with Three Points Fragrance Building.

The reason was very simple - he and Chen Suan had joined forces to deal with Three Points Fragrance Building. Bian Qiong solved him in the way of a gentle village. Then what was the way to solve Chen Suan? The process was unclear, the result was death.

Long Bo Ji's death had to be traced to Three Points Fragrance Building, and Chen Suan's death was also the same. Old hatred and new accounts would be settled together.

In his letter, he appointed to meet Bian Qiong on the grassland three days later, which was indeed to give her a surprise... He wanted to catch her off guard.

For Bian Qiong, being in Sheng Country was actually safer than being on the grassland. Because she was now on a mission, representing the Great Shepherd Empire. Not only would Sheng Country protect her with all its might, but Shepherd Country, such a world overlord country, would also definitely exert effort for her life - provided that her real identity was not exposed.

Having local famous families like Jiang Li-meng invite her out was to further strengthen this sense of security.

All of these were to make this move more stable.

The only problem was that Bian Qiong indeed hid her strength, but it wasn't as exaggerated as he imagined.

It was like leading a thousand cavalry, striking a thatched house, and finding that there was really only thatch inside.

In Taixu Illusory Realm, the "oh heavens, oh heavens" from Bian Qiong on the explanation seat stopped mid-sentence.

Xu San and Hu Yan Jing-xuan looked at each other, both a bit puzzled.

Xu San's eyes were - you Shepherd Country people, give us a situation report.

Hu Yan Jing-xuan's eyes were - kid, save the situation.

"Ah, that." Xu San swallowed his wine:

"Host Bian Qiong has some private matter and has gone to rest first, let's focus on the competition - Zuo Guang-shu's move! Is he going to use his ultimate move? Heavens, what kind of move is this? Simply magnificent! Please, True Monarch Hu Yan, interpret for everyone -"

A sneak attack on a Present World True Person by a god-level cultivator, and in a situation where they were not too guarded... Even if it were Jiang Wang who surrounded and killed Zhuang Gao-xian that year, he should have no way to resist!

"Zhongshan... why?" Bian Qiong was caught off guard and nailed there. She was very clear about her strongest weapon. Instead of continuing to resist, she just showed an expression of both shock and anger, her eyes about to shatter.

"Ah, you are really a pitiful woman." Under the surname 'Zhongshan', Zhongshan We-sun always paid attention to his demeanor. He said warmly:

"Please allow me to introduce this gift to you."

He first pointed to the three strands of sword light embedded in Bian Qiong's face:

"This is the three soul slaughter spirit sword of Great General Jiang Ke-lian of Qinghai Guard."

"I entrusted Jiang Zhao-yuan to steal it out, and I'm testing it with you today."

"One sword for fetal light, one sword for refreshing spirit, one sword for hidden essence."

"You are not in pain now because your three souls haven't reacted yet, and your flesh can't perceive it yet - it will hurt soon."

Qi Ya and others finally realized the problem at this time.

How could the envoy of Shepherd Country have an accident in Sheng Country?

They were about to speak.

Zhongshan We-sun turned around, scholarly and gentle:

"Perhaps all wise men would do well to first go and drink at the banquet. After I finish this little private matter, we can recite poetry and make pairs again."

He smiled:

"Or rather... is there anyone who doesn't want to recite poetry, but only wants to make pairs with me?"

This smile was elegant and graceful, but due to the fierceness of the three soul slaughter spirit sword, killing intent surged!

Everyone avoided him, not daring to make eye contact. But after all, they were in Sheng Country, so they all stayed put.

Jiang Li-meng looked at Zhongshan We-sun:

"The person cannot die. You can be unrestrained, but we must give an account to Shepherd Country."

Zhongshan We-sun nodded.

Jiang Li-meng then waved her hand, and the crowd scattered.

"Alright, now only the two of us are left." Zhongshan We-sun turned back:

"I lied to her just now. You definitely have to die."

In Bian Qiong's frightened eyes, he smiled gently:

"You see, not only do you lie. I am also a cunning bad man - we are really like attracts like, born to be a pair."

An open field was nailed dead by the three souls, finally thoroughly suppressed by the slaughter spirit sword.

The pain finally struck at this moment.

Bian Qiong's expression instantly distorted, she screamed in pain:

"You should at least let me die clearly - why!?"

Standing beside the beautiful rockery in Regret Moon Garden, wearing beautiful clothes, neatly dressed and handsome, Zhongshan We-sun just looked at her with a sad expression.

In this silence, Bian Qiong suddenly bit her lip!

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