The Ascension Plan of the Ancestral Star of the Shuttles

Chapter 329 Dead End
On Wudang Mountain, Hong Xixiang slowly opened his eyes, and there was a look of enlightenment in his eyes.

The ancient sword hanging under the eaves of the main hall immediately sensed it, and without being controlled by anyone, it broke the binding rope by itself, flew to Hong Xixiang with its sheath, and danced around him.

That scene is like reuniting old friends, joyful and joyful.

Obviously, this is also a spirit sword, but this world does not have a way to unite humans and weapons, so even Hong Xixiang cannot incorporate it into his body.

Seeing Hong Xixiang's eyes open, Wang Chonglou, who had been guarding him all the time, fell to his knees with a plop, kowtowed and said, "Disciple Wang Chonglou, welcome Patriarch."

Wang Xiaoping, who arrived after Wang Chonglou, and other disciples also kowtowed: "I pay homage to Patriarch."

Hong Xixiang quickly helped Wang Chonglou up, and said in his mouth: "Elder brother, what are you doing? Get up quickly, everyone get up."

Wang Chonglou's lips trembled slightly: "You...are you the patriarch, or the younger brother?"

Hong Xixiang smiled slightly, and said: "Lu Dongxuan is me, I am not Lu Dongxuan, Hong Xixiang is Hong Xixiang."

The other disciples were still a little confused, but Wang Chonglou and Wang Xiaoping understood it instantly and nodded with a smile.

After saying that, Hong Xixiang pinched his fingers and murmured: "Today the lottery is released, and I should go to Jiangnan."

As soon as he finished speaking, a clear and clear voice came from the sky: "Bull rider, since you've woken up, don't you hurry up and come to Wudi City? Eldest sister is here."

Wang Chonglou stroked his beard and looked at Hong Xixiang with a smile, but seeing him blushing, he said blushingly: "Eldest senior brother, fifth senior brother, Wudang will have to work hard for you guys."

As soon as he finished talking about going to Jiangnan, someone told him that the person he wanted to see was not in Jiangnan, and his face was slapped loudly.

At this time, he was very embarrassed when he failed to pretend to be coercive.

Wang Chonglou laughed, and said happily: "Go, go! After 700 years of cultivation, the merits and virtues are finally complete."

Hong Xixiang grinned, reached out to grab the saber, carried it on his back, and tied the rope.

A huge yellow crane flew over from the back mountain, landed in front of him, and bowed down respectfully.

Hong Xixiang in a simple Taoist robe patted the dust on his body, then rode on the yellow crane and flew away to the east.

The new head teacher of Wudang, who has never walked out of the "Xuanwu Dangxing" archway since he went up the mountain when he was young, and the young Taoist priest who was scolded by Xu Fengnian as a coward, finally had the courage to go down the mountain.

……

On the Shejiang River, in the cabin of the leading ship in the fleet returning west, Deng Tai'a looked at the small teapot in front of him, speechless for a long time.

After half a month, Li Fei said that he only needs to wait another half month before he can see his cousin Wu Su again, and if he wants to repay his kindness, he can go to her directly, which is why he is willing to follow Xu Fengnian.

He never dreamed that he would still have the opportunity to meet the deceased, which made him a little more in awe of Li Fei's methods.

On the deck, Xu Zhihu had changed into the red dress again, and was sitting beside a low table, making tea leisurely.

When Li Fei yelled that sentence before, she already understood its meaning, so she immediately went back to the cabin and changed into this red dress.

Li Fei, Xu Fengnian, Wen Hua, Xu Weixiong and the others each picked up a cup of fragrant tea poured by Xu Zhihu, took a sip and savored it carefully before swallowing it down.

Xu Fengnian put down his teacup and asked Li Fei, "How long will it take for the bull rider to get here?"

Li Fei said amusedly: "About half an hour! Eldest sister is not in a hurry, why are you in a hurry? Could it be that you still want to bully someone? Now someone can hold you down with a single finger."

Xu Fengnian raised his head and said: "Does he dare to do anything to me? After getting anxious, I will sleep with my eldest sister every day, and let him stay where he is cool."

"puff"

Wen Hua took a sip of tea and gave him a thumbs up.

Li Fei said convincingly: "You are cruel enough, you are a werewolf."

"Werewolf?" Everyone around looked at him suspiciously.

Li Fei said calmly: "It's a little more than a ruthless person, it's a werewolf."

Everyone was stunned and couldn't help but feel very interesting.

Xu Fengnian has been close to his elder sister since he was a child, and was dragged to sleep with his elder sister when he was fourteen or fifteen years old. Xu Xiao didn't care. People in the palace have long been accustomed to it, so he can really do this.

Time passed minute by minute, and after waiting for another half an hour, a clear cry of cranes finally sounded from the sky.

Everyone looked up, and saw a huge yellow crane with a wingspan of more than ten feet, swooping down from the west, and it reached the top of everyone's heads in a blink of an eye.

Hong Xixiang descended from the sky, like a meteor falling to the ground, but when it landed on the boat, it was as light as nothing, not even a speck of shock.

"Yo, our great fairy is here!"

Li Fei's slightly sarcastic laughing words made the entire land of Shenzhou drive a crane from west to east, and shocked countless land gods to blush.

Li Chungang and Deng Tai'a, who were sizing him up secretly, were a little taken aback. Is this really the reincarnation of Lu Dongxuan?

Hong Xixiang gave a salute to Li Fei and Xu Fengnian with a little embarrassment, and said, "I have met you, Mr. Li."

Xu Fengnian looked at him with a half-smile, and said, "Well, I've seen it, and then?"

Hong Xixiang blushed, lowered his head and raised his eyes to sneak a glance at the red dress, hesitating to speak.

In front of Xu Zhihu, he looked like a big girl.

Xu Zhihu lifted the pot gracefully and poured a cup of tea for several people, and said nonchalantly, "Who are you now?"

The young Taoist priest who had always been expected to carry the Dao of Heaven on his shoulders shyly said, "Hong Xixiang!"

Xu Zhihu said: "What are you doing here?"

After opening and closing his mouth several times, Hong Xixiang finally dared to say: "That year at Lianhua Peak, you said you wanted to ride a crane."

Xu Zhihu finally raised his beautiful eyes to look at him, and said calmly, "So?"

"me……"

Xu Fengnian couldn't help but suddenly got up, clenched his fists, stared at him and said, "Are you a fucking man? Can't even say a word of truth?"

Excited by Xu Fengnian, Hong Xixiang took a deep breath and said loudly: "Xu Zhihu, I like you, believe it or not, I have liked you for 700 years."

"So in this world, no one has liked you longer than me. In the next life, I will still like you."

Smiles appeared on the faces of the onlookers, Xu Fengnian nodded in satisfaction, sat down again, and said gratifiedly: "At last, man."

"Ugh..."

Xu Zhihu finally couldn't maintain that calmness, she covered her mouth and cried and laughed, then grabbed Xu Fengnian, buried her head in his arms and sobbed.

She had waited too long for this day, and she had waited too long for this sentence, but fortunately, she finally heard it in her lifetime.

Li Fei winked at Xu Weixiong, and the two moved sideways together.

After making a gap, he beckoned to take a Maza from the deck, opened it and placed it beside Xu Zhihu, and smiled at Hong Xixiang: "What are you doing in a daze? Come and sit!"

Hong Xixiang hurriedly bowed to Li Fei, and said gratefully, "Thank you."

……

On the shore of the East China Sea, Zhao Kai and Han Shengxuan stood opposite each other.

Zhao Kai looked downcast, and said: "Master, he not only has Li Chungang and Zhao Xuansu by his side, but now he also has Deng Tai'a, there is no one in the world who can kill him."

Han Shengxuan smiled and said: "I know, so I found another way out for you, a way without killing Xu Fengnian."

Zhao Kai's eyes lit up, and he asked curiously, "What way?"

Han Sheng said: "Go to Xishu."

Zhao Kai looked at him puzzled, "Xishu?"

Han Sheng said: "Cao Changqing and Princess Xichu have arrived in Shu, and the remnants of Chu are about to move. The court believes that there will be chaos in Shu."

Zhao Kai's eyes flashed, and he said, "Is this an opportunity?"

Han Shengxuan nodded and said, "Exactly, the imperial court needs someone to go to Sichuan to quell the chaos."

Zhao Kai said in astonishment, "Could it be me?"

Han Shengxuan smiled and asked, "Who else?"

Zhao Kai was puzzled and said, "But... Logically speaking, it shouldn't be my turn to do this kind of thing!"

Han Shengxuan smiled a little bit, and said: "Xu Xiao can't go, if Xishu returns to Beiliang, everyone in the world will have the surname Xu."

Zhao Kai said, "Where's Gu Jiantang?"

Han Sheng said: "Your Majesty dare not let this tiger out of the mountain, so Gu Jiantang is very knowledgeable and informed of his illness. The commander of Xishu must be someone your Majesty trusts."

Zhao Kai said: "Then there are several other princes?"

"Hehehe..." Han Shengxuan chuckled a few times, and said with a bit of complacency: "Those few, who is willing to die with Cao Changqing?"

"Hesitation, hesitation, fear, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I have taken this errand of going to Xishu to fight the chaos for you."

Speaking of this, he took out a scroll of imperial decree from his bosom, handed it to Zhao Kai, and said, "This is Your Majesty's secret decree."

Zhao Kai looked at the imperial decree in Han Shengxuan's hand, his face showed disbelief, but his heart was uneasy, and he even had a bit of resentment towards this great master.

If he hadn't insisted on letting him assassinate Xu Fengnian in the first place, how could he be controlled by Li Fei?
If there was no such thing, this would really be regarded as his once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

But now, not to mention just commanding soldiers, even the imperial decree to make him the crown prince can't make him feel the slightest disturbance.

He either becomes emperor or dies, there is no third way to go.

But the play has to go on, otherwise, let alone the throne, I'm afraid he will be wiped out in an instant.

He took the imperial decree with trembling hands and hugged it tightly in his arms, looking excited.

Han Shengxuan understood his emotions very well, so he didn't say anything, but let him digest the good news.

After a while, Zhao Kai forced himself to calm down, and said: "But Cao Zhangqing is not easy to deal with, I'm afraid I don't have the ability to calm the chaos."

Han Shengxuan said calmly: "It's okay, I will accompany you westward, and more importantly, why do you have to be an enemy of Cao Changqing? Let me ask you, what is the ultimate goal of the Chu people?"

Zhao Kai said thoughtfully, "Go home?"

Han Shengxuan nodded and said, "That's right, hiding in Shu is only a stopgap measure. When Cao Changqing and the princess of Western Chu gather up the old troops, they will definitely leave Western Shu and return to Chu."

"At that time, there will be no one in Xishu, and you will be in charge of the military, and it will be justifiable. At that time...you will be the new king of Xishu."

Zhao Kai lowered his head slightly, and said with a look of anxiety on his face, "I'm afraid that if there is an imperial decree, I will take back my military power."

Han Shengxuan narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "Would you accept such a decree?"

Zhao Kai suddenly raised his head when he heard the words, and a smile gradually melted on his face, "Of course not. After I control Shu, the next step is to develop in Nanzhao."

"When Nanzhao and Xishu become one, I will have the foundation to aspire to the Central Plains. At worst, I will be an unshakable king of Shu."

Han Shengxuan said with great comfort: "It is not in vain that I have taught you for so many years to see this step."

Zhao Kai bowed to Han Shengxuan and said, "Thank you, master, for grasping such a good opportunity for me."

Han Shengxuan helped him up, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "No need to say more, we will rush to Xishu immediately."

Xishu and Nanzhao are the southwest territory of the land of Shenzhou. They are exactly one south and one north north of Beiliang in the northwest, forming a corner, occupying the west of the entire dynasty, which is one-third of the country.

The southwest is densely covered with mountains, the roads are difficult to walk, and it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. In fact, it has a more geographical advantage than Beiliang.

Northern Liang relies on the sturdy and unparalleled iron cavalry to maintain its status completely by hard power, but the Southwest can resist countless enemies by relying on geographical advantages.

Even the 35 iron cavalry in Beiliang are useless in the southwest mountainous area. They can't even run horses, so they are not as good as infantry.

You only need to send troops to guard the main roads into Shu, and then develop silently within the [-] mountains to accumulate strength. When the soldiers have enough food, they can rush out of the mountains and compete in the Central Plains.

The most important thing is that Xishu does not have to face the threat of the great enemy of Beimang at any time like Beiliang, so it can develop with peace of mind.

All in all, as long as he does not leave Shu, he is the unshakable King of Shu. Once he leaves Shu, it means that his wings are full and his soldiers are strong. Who else should he be afraid of?

Therefore, the Southwest, which is rich in natural resources and easy to defend but difficult to attack, is actually more suitable for the development of power than the barren and desolate Northwest, which is flat and flat.

And if Xishu and Beiliang were allied together, then needless to say, they would be able to fight against Liyang directly, and even overwhelm Liyang, forming a three-legged confrontation.

Han Shengxuan took Zhao Kai and rode westward by land, because Xu Fengnian and his party left by boat, so Han Shengxuan didn't think about this issue at all.

In the original plot, he took Zhao Kai around, and went around many circles, just to get rid of possible surveillance and tracking.

At the same time, he also dispatched a large number of people to keep an eye on Xu Fengnian and his party who were returning west by land, and keep track of their whereabouts at any time, but he has not done so now.

Although Zhao Kai participated in the assassination of Xu Fengnian, he did not show up and was only planning in secret, which Han Shengxuan was very satisfied with.

The so-called gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, in his opinion, Zhao Kai is a person with a destiny, so naturally he cannot put himself in danger.

He thought that Xu Fengnian didn't know the existence of Zhao Kai, so there was no reason for conflict with Xu Fengnian, and Xu Fengnian should not take action against them.

He never dreamed that this apprentice who he wholeheartedly assisted, only to help him ascend to the top position, would be a rebellious boy.

This is a typical "Why did your Majesty rebel?" Going to Xishu seems to be a broad road, but it is actually a dead end.

So when they arrived at a riverside and saw Xu Fengnian drinking tea waiting for them, Han Shengxuan's mind was full of confusion.

He couldn't figure out why this situation happened.

They obviously left by boat, and it stands to reason that they should have entered the river section of the Huzhou border at this moment. How did they cross hundreds of miles without making a sound, and suddenly appear here?

Xu Fengnian's posture at this time was no different from Zhang Julu's posture when he gave Xu Xiao a prestige outside the capital.

On the edge of the flat river beach, a coffee table was placed on the spot, and a heavy armchair was placed beside it.

Xu Fengnian crossed his legs and sat alone on the grand master's chair, drinking tea contentedly.

Not far away, there was a Xuanyuanlou boat parked on the river, and a group of people stood at the bow, watching quietly.

At this time, Hong Xixiang and Xu Zhihu were no longer on the boat, they had already headed to the capital by crane to take Liu Haoshi's life.

Li Fei used a gourd to make a magic weapon to store the soul of the Yuanshen, and passed the method of storing the soul of the Yuanshen to Hong Xixiang.

His mission is to kill Master Liu Hao and retrieve his soul for Wu Su to practice.

Master Liu Hao has been in the Celestial Realm for more than fifty years, but after all he failed to take that step and become a land god.

Hong Xi seemed to want to kill him, but it was just a meeting, so there was nothing to talk about.

(End of this chapter)