Chapter 2738: Wind and Snow Return Home

Wind and snow are not the problem; what makes Hu Yanjingxuan's top true person physique unable to withstand is the divine power mixed with wind and snow inside these vast white traces.

In He Lian Yiyun's "Eye of Heaven," every drop is the blood of that majestic divine body!

What has fallen here is already considered thin. The closer one gets to the eye of the fierce night wind, the thicker the divine blood and the stronger the divine power become.

Cang Tu God has been losing blood since very early on. Only today is it so unconcealed—or perhaps it can no longer be concealed.

The earliest instance can probably be traced back to the time of Emperor Mu Wei, He Lian Renrui.

The De Kuo Er Palace, meaning "Son of God" in the divine system language, was destroyed in a great fire that illuminated the grassland. The newly built Great Mu Imperial Palace, selecting words from the grassland language, was finally named "Tu Ming Sai," meaning "Place of Justice."

Who still remembers that great fire, which dispersed such terrifying white-haired wind?

Born and raised in the Tu Ming Sai Palace, also known as the "Sacred Balance Palace," He Lian Yiyun sees the blood marks of her ancestors in its bricks and tiles.

The royal blood of the He Lian clan fattened the pasture grass and nourished the cattle and sheep.

The wails of this ten thousand *li* grassland should also be washed clean with divine blood!

"Your Highness!"

From within the continuous military camps and fluttering wind and snow, a fully armored man rushed out. Holding a large iron spear in one hand, dragging it on the snow-covered ground, his face closely resembled his father's. Hidden under the iron helmet, his whole body emitted heat, and his voice was muffled with great effort: "Your minister is willing to die for Your Highness! Your minister requests—"

"Jin Ge!" He Lian Yiyun pointed her whip at him, cutting off his remaining words in the wind and snow: "I pardon you!"

With that, she flicked her horse whip, splitting the wind and snow open, and left the Tie Fu Tu great camp.

From beginning to end, she did not look back.

Standing in their positions, hers and Jin Tan Du's, today is already considered a frank exchange of political attitudes. Everyone's bottom lines are very clear; no one will make concessions anymore.

They couldn't talk it through, but it wasn't entirely in vain. At least Tie Fu Tu will not side with He Lian Zhao Tu.

In comparison, Jin Ge is indeed very simple.

She pardons Jin Ge's improper thought, but only for today, and only this once.

This is not a woman rejecting her admirer.

But a superior granting limited tolerance to a subordinate.

The ten thousand *li* grassland is vast and broad, yet before her, the wind and snow are also vast, seemingly leaving no way forward.

Truly no way?

He Lian Yiyun thinks there is still a choice. One that no one would think of.

With the royal family neutral, Cang Tu God Church neutral, Wang Zhang Cavalry absolutely neutral, and Jin Tan Du and his Tie Fu Tu also acting as spectators, there is still one army in the current grassland that can help her change the situation—

"U Lu Tu"!

Yes, precisely He Lian Zhao Tu's queen, Wan Yan Qing Shuang's maternal clan, the cavalry of the Wan Yan clan!

No matter how you look at it, this army should be a supporting force for He Lian Zhao Tu.

But in fact, due to the power struggle between Wan Yan Qing Shuang and Wan Yan Du, this army's attitude will be very ambiguous.

There is also a very important point—as Jin Tan Du just worried, the two things that happened one after another, Tu Hu killing E Ke Lie and He Lian Zhao Tu saving Hu Yanjingxuan, once linked, can easily be understood as Tu Hu's support for He Lian Zhao Tu.

However, Tu Hu and the Wan Yan family have old grudges.

In the past, there was a heavenly pride named "Wan Yan Qing Ping" who was plotted against by others and defected to the Jing Shi Tai.

After investigating this matter, Tu Hu used a plan within a plan, using her as bait to catch many big fish from Jing Guo. After exhausting this person's life value, he arranged for her to die in the border wilderness, designed her to become a Chang demon, thereby plotting against the Huan Mo Zhu.

"Wan Yan Qing Ping" herself had faults; any disposal would be reasonable.

Only, she was at that time the legitimate daughter of the Wan Yan family head and the biological sister of the contemporary head, Wan Yan Xiong Lue. As for the feelings between Wan Yan Xiong Lue and his sister, one can somewhat see just by his naming his daughter Wan Yan Qing Shuang.

And from beginning to end, in this matter, Tu Hu only notified the then Wan Yan family head. He did not give the Wan Yan family the opportunity to save her.

This matter directly led to the then Wan Yan family head angrily going to the border wilderness, forcibly charging the absolute peak, and ultimately dying in battle.

As Tu Hu's status gradually rose, even today being second only to one person, the Wan Yan clan naturally dare not harbor grudges.

But today, Tu Hu again stands on He Lian Zhao Tu's side, not only gaining the Son of Heaven's trust in this century but also laying out for the next century... this is precisely the future the Wan Yan clan obtained by marrying out their legitimate daughter! What can the Wan Yan clan be thinking?

Today they have hatred they dare not harbor; tomorrow they will have resentment they still cannot speak. Then what exactly was their investment for?

If she can grasp Wan Yan Du's eagerness for power and the Wan Yan clan's complex feelings towards Tu Hu, and give substantial promises and support, then it's not impossible to make "U Lu Tu" defect.

He Lian Yiyun already has pieces laid within the Wan Yan clan. This time, going to their door is not entirely a gamble.

If this trip succeeds, the spear from the wife's clan will deliver a sudden strike to He Lian Zhao Tu!

The word "sudden" is precisely the reason why she, who should be presiding over the overall situation in Yi Yang Palace and organizing counterattacks, did not even mobilize the Yan Zhi Qi to avoid alerting the enemy, directly giving up the struggle in the supreme royal court and rushing out alone at night!

She has already been caught off guard by He Lian Zhao Tu; she absolutely cannot act within He Lian Zhao Tu's chess game. She must jump out of the board and return with an unexpected strike.

Only by hitting chaos within chaos is there a possibility of a comeback victory.

She is not reacting after He Lian Zhao Tu's soldiers surround Yi Yang Palace, but left the palace when she detected He Lian Zhao Tu was about to make a move. On one hand, she created the illusion that she is still in Yi Yang Palace, already alerted, mobilizing people to wait for a desperate fight. On the other hand, she left alone to seek the winning move outside the supreme royal court.

Tonight's wind and snow are sudden; her time is not much.

Even going to the Wan Yan clan to take risks, she must chase the stars and moon to do so.

The white-haired wind mixed with Cang Tu God's divine power is like confronting steel needles. He Lian Yiyun flies higher and higher, sticking to the Yun Jie to travel.

The Yun Jie was specially built during the time of Emperor Mu Lie, He Lian Wen Hong, as a super channel, similar to Chu Country's Zhang Hua Xin Lu, but unlike Zhang Hua Xin Lu which relies on Zhang Hua Tai. Instead, with Yun Jie platforms built in various key places on the grassland as the core, it not only serves as a channel but also can transport soldiers at critical times.

Because the Cang Yu Xun Cha Ya Men is restricted by the joint elders group, and the Cang Tu God Church belongs to the divine selection, the channel system exclusively belonging to the He Lian royal clan is very important—the reason for the earliest birth of Yun Jie is precisely this.

Of course, under the unprecedented white-haired wind, the increasingly complete Yun Jie is also cut into pieces.

He Lian Yiyun sticks to the Yun Jie to travel, not stepping into it, mainly to borrow it to conceal her tracks. The fragmented everything she sees also inevitably makes her heartbroken.

At this moment, she hears a light sigh—

"Yun Yun."

He Lian Yiyun instantly grips her horse whip tightly. In the suddenly howling wind and snow, she lifts her eyes to look—

Only shallow marks of the Yun Jie. At this time, a passage has opened. The semi-transparent Yun Jie corridor is hidden in the flying snow like goose feathers.

Her elder brother, He Lian Zhao Tu, is standing in such a corridor, waving to her: "Come chat."

What fierce wind and snow! The black mass undulates like angry waves. Only this one section of the Yun Jie corridor shakes in the snow as if about to fall.

This Great Mu Crown Prince is actually alone, his features grand, his posture majestic. Even at this moment, his waving smile is brilliant and natural.

He Lian Yiyun suddenly smiles, changing from the fierce posture of leaving the palace tonight. Casually holding her horse whip, she whips open the wind and snow, then leisurely walks towards this corridor.

Even if He Lian Zhao Tu's always majestic uprightness is all fake, being able to deceive everyone to believe, even to deceive this competitor into not doubting, is indeed the talent of a ruler.

He Lian Yiyun, did you lose unjustly?

Not unjustly!

Born of the same mother, this brother and sister naturally had many affectionate years.

To this day, she can still recall the scenes of her elder brother leading her to frolic on the grassland. Reading together, riding horses together, teasing the teacher together, standing punishment together, getting their hands hit...

She always wailed loudly before the bamboo strip even touched her hand, making the bamboo strip always fall lightly. However, her elder brother always stubbornly made no sound, provoking their father to say he was definitely not convinced, did not know his mistake, and would hit even harder and fiercer.

But she understands that her elder brother actually thinks he did wrong and deserves to be hit, so he doesn't want to cry.

What a lovely and stubborn person! It's just that growing up, he became more and more strange.

Many times, she feels that the imperial brother is still that imperial brother. It's the power in his hand that is too sharp, cutting off the connection between them. It's the voices around that are too noisy, making them unable to hear each other's hearts.

She thinks they, brother and sister, are ultimately different. Their struggle is not the same as others; no matter who wins, they will give face to the other. They are competing for "who can become a better Great Mu Emperor," yet not committing fratricide, using every means.

She thinks she was wrong!

As for their father...

Her memories of their father, besides those hand-hitting segments, only leave a cold back.

"Imperial brother, good!" He Lian Yiyun smiled and waved her hand, as she always did when they met in the past.

He Lian Zhao Tu looked at her, also as warmly as in the past, his sword-like eyebrows slightly furrowed: "Such a cold day, why didn't you wear a thick coat before going out?"

He Lian Yiyun laughed: "Isn't that because imperial brother pressed too urgently? I managed to wear boots, that's already remarkable temperament!"

"Yes, ah." He Lian Zhao Tu sighed emotionally: "The little girl who followed behind me running back then has also grown up and is truly capable of standing alone. The step at the Tie Fu Tu great camp is indeed a good move."

"Ah!" He Lian Yiyun also sighed: "Although imperial brother won, there's no need to comment so eagerly with the posture of a victor? This is not like our childhood exams—there is no next round. Do you want to make me more unhappy?"

He Lian Zhao Tu gave a calm gaze: "My family sister is also accustomed to being noble and used to having her word be law, with thousands of people prostrating like grass. Yet she cannot endure others pointing fingers..."

He paused: "This is the reason we gradually drifted apart, and also the root cause of the royal family lacking kinship."

"Perhaps. We have ten thousand kinds of correct nonsense to comfort our own moods." He Lian Yiyun smiled and shook her head, her beautiful eyes turning. Then she asked: "When did you discover I was not in Yi Yang Palace?"

He Lian Zhao Tu looked at her: "If I say, when you were at the Tie Fu Tu great camp, I was already waiting here?"

He Lian Yiyun no longer laughed. She looked at He Lian Zhao Tu, as if to judge how much seriousness was in this sentence. Finally, she said: "Then I indeed seek death—I am inferior to you by more than one move."

He Lian Zhao Tu, however, shook his head: "You, He Lian Yiyun, will not be inferior to anyone. Today, elder brother won by unmartial means. I won on a sister's trust towards her elder brother. I won by clearly guiding a competition order, yet suddenly breaking it. I wove an illusion, stacking all our interactions from childhood to now as chips. This is truly the most despicable thing in the world."

He exhaled deeply: "Just now, when I waited here, I was thinking that if after you discovered you truly had no chance, you chose to quietly leave Mu Country, I would not stop you."

"But the Wan Yan clan..."

The warmth on his face seemed frozen away by the wind and snow, instantly turning ice cold: "You can understand. I cannot allow you to go test the Wan Yan clan."

"Brother as emperor, I as emperor, naturally there is nothing not understood." He Lian Yiyun held the horse whip: "Then—is imperial brother here alone, finally to personally test sister's martial arts?"

Now, only He Lian Zhao Tu stood opposite.

He Lian Zhao Tu is a Dong Zhen; she, He Lian Yiyun, is also a Dong Zhen.

Indeed, He Lian Zhao Tu entered this realm earlier, and his accumulation is more abundant. He already has the momentum to ascend to the absolute peak.

But she was born with a pair of eyes like Taizu's Eye of Heaven and still has the power to fight—true blood descendants of the He Lian family all take cyan eyes as a mark, also called "Eye of Heaven," but only He Lian Yiyun's eyes are the same as Taizu's back then!

This is the manifestation of the awakening of ancestral blood and also her important advantage in competing with He Lian Zhao Tu.

On horseback, fight life and death!

The Great Mu Empire values martial arts, and He Lian Yiyun also does not lack the courage to seek blood from the arrowhead.

But He Lian Zhao Tu did not speak.

Only one armored figure after another fell behind He Lian Zhao Tu, at his side, in front.

Densely packed armored soldiers instantly filled this Yun Jie corridor. Only this one section of the Yun Jie corridor continuously extended, their armor scales reflecting the heavenly light like fish scales!

Outside, the wind and snow had already blurred together, rolling in large clumps, rendering heaven and earth a piece of dimness.

"Martial!!!"

The armored soldiers uniformly stepped forward, their long spears pressing down.

Long spears formed a forest, their tips like stars filling the sky.

In such a powerful military formation, He Lian Zhao Tu's figure was still clear. Standing independently there, like snow in the red sun, still blazing, he did not personally command this army; the armor flowed around him.

Commanding the army was He Lian Zhao Tu's subordinate, the first brave general—Zhu Xie Mu Yu!

This person's eyes are like a hawk, his stature slender, his temperament cold. Holding the knife handle in one hand, the other hand vertical in front, resting the long knife on that hand, with his elbow pit hiding the edge, his eyes stared straight at He Lian Yiyun. Just like that, he strode forward in the military formation forest.

At the beginning of Great Mu's founding, there were twenty-four true blood noble surnames.

Thousands of years of wind and rain have eroded many noble surnames. "Zhu Xie" is one of the still existing surnames, but its momentum is long not what it was at the founding, far inferior to Hu Yan, Wan Yan, and Jin Clan.

Zhu Xie Mu Yu has followed He Lian Zhao Tu for many years, his strength profound and immeasurable.

In the past, when he saw He Lian Yiyun, he had to bow and kneel. Today, however, he draws his knife to welcome her.

He Lian Yiyun also only smiles, understanding her imperial brother's unspoken answer.

Understanding this is the king's answer.

She learned the most important lesson in life, so she also only cracks her horse whip once, forward, forward, forward she goes!

Facing a thousand troops!

Vast wind and snow all bear whip marks.

He Lian Yiyun alone kills into the iron armor military formation, like a cloud drifting into an iron lake.

Stab la!!

At this moment, between heaven and earth, there is an extremely clear tearing sound.

He Lian Zhao Tu, who had already retreated to the rear of the military formation in royal clan ritual clothes, and He Lian Yiyun, who was almost submerged deep in the military formation, simultaneously turned to look—

Vast wind and snow are like a curtain being torn.

A majestic figure like a god descending, carrying a blood-dripping long sword in one hand, lightly lifting the other, pulling open this curtain!

Pulling the curtain to see the beauty.

In the roaring wind and snow everywhere, the shouting and killing iron armor military formation, the husband and wife thus face each other. The cyan Eye of Heaven reflects the peach blossom-like affectionate eyes.

For a time, it felt as if a lifetime had passed.

They didn't know how many soldiers and horses they had killed through, how many blockades they had chopped open, how much fresh blood they had stained, nor how much blood they themselves had shed.

He only said:"I am back."