Guarding the border: I am sanctified in the flesh

Chapter 140 Since it doesn't make sense, let's fight until you are convinced!
Lu Fan saw a person.

He is not tall, with an average appearance, a skinny face, a sparse gray beard, and even a little thinning hair.

At first glance, he was just an ordinary old man.

But Lu Fan could feel the spiritual fluctuations in this person, as vast as the sea.

Unfathomable!

His name was on the verge of coming out.

"You may have heard of me."

The old man took the initiative and said: "My name is Yunxuan, I came to you to discuss something."

Sure enough it was him!

Lu Fan was a little surprised by the other party's attitude, and said in a daze, "Didn't you come to kill me?"

"We have no grievances and no enmity, why should I kill you?"

Yun Xuan put his hands behind his back, faced Jin Yucheng, and sighed: "You have to know that killing is never the best solution."

"Oh?"

Knowing what the other party meant, Lu Fan asked casually, "Then what do you think is the best solution?"

"It varies from person to person, and from situation to situation."

Yun Xuan shook his head lightly, "Looking at the current situation, a strike is undoubtedly the best way out."

"So you're a lobbyist."

Lu Fan understood.

"That's it."

Yun Xuan said: "But it is also of great benefit to you."

"tell me the story?"

Seeing that the other party didn't intend to make a move, Lu Fan naturally wouldn't take the initiative.

Anyway, his task for tonight has been completed.

Killing four innate powerhouses is considered a great harvest.

"First of all, you can achieve your goal of leading an army to invade Chu without bloodshed."

Yun Xuan said: "From now on, without worrying about the future, you can lead your army back to aid the Great Zhou capital, defeat the Qin and Qi allied forces in one fell swoop, and then send troops northward to relieve the danger in the northern border."

"There's no need to waste time here."

"If you delay here for too long, you won't be able to say anything about the loss of soldiers, and it will be bad if you delay the best time for you to return to the rescue."

"You also know that the northern border may be breached at any time."

"When Xia, Wei, Yan and the Three Kingdoms move their troops south, the capital of Great Zhou will not last long."

"If the capital of Dazhou is captured, wouldn't Dazhou be about to perish?"

"At that time, even if you captured my Great Chu, so what?"

Speaking of this, Yun Xuan glanced at Lu Fan, "Do you want to be the emperor yourself?"

"Ok?"

Lu Fan froze for a moment.

Of course he will not be emperor.

Are you tired of dealing with so many people and things every day?
Factional disputes, clan disputes, and all kinds of intrigues will make him burn out.

It didn't suit his temperament at all.

Mostly, he doesn't like it.

However, based on this alone, how could it be possible to persuade him to give up attacking Chu?

Thinking of this, he said: "I will conquer Chu State first, and then go back to aid the capital. It's the same."

"you are wrong."

Yun Xuan frowned slightly, "I think there should be some leeway in everything, and it's the same with Chu Chu. If Chu State is really destroyed, it won't do you any good."

"You should have heard that when the bird is gone, the bow is hidden, and the rabbit is dead."

"The existence of the state of Chu will make the emperor of Zhou reuse you."

"But if the state of Chu perishes, your usefulness may not be so great."

"If you destroy Wei State, Qin State, Qi State, etc."

"In the future, help Da Zhou rule the world."

Speaking of this, Yun Xuan asked: "At that time, Da Zhou will have no opponent, what will you do?"

"I will retire and practice with peace of mind."

In fact, Lu Fan had already thought about it.

"Retire?"

Yun Xuan smiled, "Even if you really want to retire, others may not think so."

"Great master!"

"With your current reputation, everyone responds to everyone."

"In the future, your reputation will be unmatched."

"Do you think the emperor of Zhou is so worried about you?"

"He will regard you as a threat to the imperial power."

"I put this sentence aside."

Yun Xuan said: "You don't have to believe it, but I still want to advise you, if you really destroy Chu State, you will definitely suffer backlash in the future."

"It is absolutely impossible for the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty to allow someone as powerful as you to threaten the imperial power."

"Wei He, decades ago, is the best example."

Yun Xuan suddenly raised his voice, "Can't you see through it?"

"Ok?"

Lu Fan was stunned, he remembered who Wei He was.

The genius boy back then was admired by the world as a great Zhou hero.

When Da Zhou was in danger, he tried his best to turn the tide.

But he disappeared mysteriously, and his whereabouts are still unknown. Could it be...

Thinking of a possibility, Lu Fan was shocked, "You mean, Wei He died at the hands of the Great Zhou royal family?"

"It must have something to do with the Great Zhou royal family."

Yun Xuan said coldly: "Otherwise, who would deal with him?"

"You have to know that Wei He's reputation back then was even higher than yours now."

"If he doesn't die, the throne of the Great Zhou Emperor will not be stable at all."

"At that time, the new emperor had just ascended the throne not long ago."

"As long as he says a word, the Great Zhou Emperor can be abolished."

Yun Xuan asked: "If you were the emperor, would you keep him?"

Lu Fan had to admit that the other party's words made sense, but he still had doubts, "But, with Wei He's strength back then, who can kill him?"

"Of course there are people who can kill him."

Yun Xuan thought for a while, and said: "With the background of the Great Zhou royal family, it is still possible to do it."

"Oh."

Lu Fan felt more vigilant, Yun Xuan's words really reminded him.

His current situation is very similar to that of Wei He back then.

The reason why Li Tianrun reused him was because he was useful now.

In case one day in the future, he is useless to Da Zhou, and even becomes a threat to the royal family of Da Zhou.

At that time, will Li Tianrun deal with him?

It's really possible.

Of course, with the current situation in Great Zhou, it was still very early.

He remembered this matter in his heart, and he would naturally pay attention to it in the future.

But for now, let's talk about it.

"Although what you said makes sense, it doesn't affect me from destroying Chu."

Lu Fan said: "I don't need to attack Qin, Qi, or even Yan, Xia, just destroy Chu and Wei."

"Because the war was initiated by your two countries first, you must pay the corresponding price."

Lu Fan said in a cold voice, "Am I such an easy-to-compromise person?"

"Isn't the price paid by Chu State not enough?"

Yun Xuan sighed: "You have attacked under Jinyu City and killed so many people, many of them are innate realm experts, even the great hatred should be wiped out, right?"

"Besides, what's the point of conquering Chu State?"

"You can't divide your troops to garrison now."

"After you leave, the state of Chu will still return to the people of Great Chu."

"You're just killing more people."

Yun Xuan persuaded: "It's better to stop fighting here and leave some leeway. Anyway, your goal has been achieved, and Chu State can no longer threaten you."

"Not necessarily."

Lu Fan shook his head lightly, "Once we withdraw our troops, what if the Chu State regrets it? When I go to support the capital of Dazhou, the Chu army will attack Zhennan Pass from behind. Shouldn't I have to retreat to Zhennan Pass?"

"Will not."

Yun Xuan said: "I dare to promise you, as long as I'm here, Chu State will never attack Da Zhou."

"Oh?"

Lu Fan was stunned: "Can I trust you?"

"You don't have to believe me, but you should always believe in yourself, right?"

Yun Xuan smiled and said: "With your talent, within a few years, your strength will be far superior to mine. Wouldn't it be easy to kill me? How could I use my life to deceive you?"

Lu Fan fell silent.

This is not without reason.

The reason why Yun Xuan was willing to let go of his identity and take the initiative to come to him was not his current strength, but his future potential.

"what about now?"

Lu Fan tentatively asked: "You can kill me now, and the crisis in Chu State will be solved naturally. Why do you have to persuade me so earnestly?"

"I said that killing is not the best way to solve the problem."

Yun Xuan shook his head, "What's more, your talent is so rare, it would be a pity if you die. I also want to see your future achievements, how far can you grow?"

"Maybe you can really find another way and explore a different path of cultivation."

"Of course, the main reason is that I'm not sure I can kill you."

Speaking of this, Yun Xuan smiled, "I won't hide it from you, in fact, I thought about it, but I finally gave up."

"Your body is stronger than mine. I'm afraid it won't be that easy to kill you."

"In case I can't kill you, it will be the other way around in the future, and it's up to you to hunt me down."

"Ugh!"

Yun Xuan sighed softly, and said: "I don't want to live in fear when I'm old, hiding in XZ all day long, and I don't even want to be chased and killed by a junior. Would I still have the face to live?"

"You are honest."

Lu Fan thought about it, and felt a little moved.

Given the current situation, he really couldn't stay in Chu for too long.

The reason why the cavalry was used for long-distance raids was also to quickly take down Chu.

If Chu cannot be conquered within a short period of time, a strike is still an option.

However, he couldn't easily retreat.

At the very least, you have to earn enough benefits.

If the other party can meet all his requirements, that would be great.

If not, there is still time to fight again.

"I've known you before, and I know you're an honest man."

Yun Xuan said: "So, when facing you, I have to be honest enough."

"Okay, now that you've said that, I'll give you some face."

Lu Fan changed the subject and said, "But I have conditions. As long as Chu State can agree to my conditions, I will withdraw my troops."

"It's what you've been waiting for."

Yun Xuan smiled and said: "If you have any conditions, you can mention them, and I will tell Chu Xuan for you. As long as they are not too harsh, I think he will agree."

"Okay, then I'll be straight."

Lu Fan pondered for a while, and said, "I want Chu to pay [-] million taels of silver, [-] horses, and [-] cattle and sheep."

"One hundred thousand stones of food."

"Fifty cities."

"The state of Chu professes a vassal to our Great Zhou and pays annual tribute every year."

"During the Great Zhou campaign, the Chu State will cooperate with us to send troops, and there must be no less than [-] elite troops."

"In addition, I also need two copies of the Heavenly Grade Kung Fu."

"The last request, the Sixth Prince of Chu Kingdom will go back with me to be the proton."

After finishing speaking, Lu Fan turned his gaze to Yunxuan, "As long as Chu State agrees to these conditions, I will immediately withdraw my troops without ambiguity."

"it is good."

Yun Xuan nodded, "I will tell Chu Xuan, give me a day, and I will give you an answer."

"No, I'll only give you half a day."

Lu Fan waved his hand and refused, "Tomorrow at noon, you have to give me an answer. If the other party disagrees, I will immediately send troops to attack Jinyu City."

"no problem."

Yun Xuan readily agreed, "Tomorrow at noon, I will wait for you at the gate of Jinyu City. No matter what the result is, I will give you an answer."

After finishing speaking, he cupped his fists, "Farewell."

Disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Lu Fan stopped staying and turned back to the barracks.

On the way, he opened the attribute panel and glanced at martial arts.

Starry Sky Sword Art Dacheng (5/30).

not bad.

The battle tonight gave him a lot of experience.

At the same time, his comprehension of the starry sky sword art has increased a bit.

The reason why he didn't add some martial skills was to make himself more comprehensible.

Especially swordsmanship, knife technique and the like.

Extra understanding is required.

Not only did he want to perfect the starry sky sword art and increase the power of his sword moves, but he also wanted to take the opportunity to understand the sword art thoroughly.

In order to increase his kendo talent.

Lay a better foundation for the future.

Even, he will create his own swordsmanship, knife technique, and other martial arts in the future.

There is no need to spend any more effort to seek various martial arts and martial arts.

Only in that way can he maximize his upper limit.

Lu Fan has long been dissatisfied with surpassing the nine innate realms.

Even being extraordinary is not his ultimate goal.

He is going to get stronger!

……

……

The next day, noon.

Lu Fan arrived as scheduled and came outside Jinyu City.

Yun Xuan had already been waiting here, but there was one more person beside him.

He is a middle-aged man with a slightly fatter figure.

"General Lu, I have admired your name for a long time."

The middle-aged man clasped his fists with a smile, "My name is Cai Heng, and I am the Prime Minister of Chu State. I am here to answer General Lu by order of Your Majesty."

"You say it."

Lu Fan guessed the other party's intentions and came to negotiate terms.

"After careful consideration, Your Majesty feels that something is wrong with the conditions offered by General Lu."

Cai Heng said: "Your Majesty is the king of a country after all, and it would really hurt face to be a minister to the Great Zhou."

"What's more, when Shuyue and Yue asked for peace, they didn't mention this matter."

Speaking of this, Cai Heng looked at Lu Fan carefully, "General Lu, please consider this matter carefully."

"The situation you are facing now is not the same as that of Shuyue and Shuyue."

Lu Fan frowned, "The conditions I offered are naturally different. If you ask for peace later, I will change."

"Yes Yes Yes."

Cai Heng smiled and said, "Please, Mr. Lu, take more care of me."

"alright."

Lu Fan waved his hand, "As long as you can agree to other conditions, the matter of becoming a minister will be avoided."

"it is good."

Cai Heng was overjoyed, "Then I will thank General Lu first."

"So, you have agreed to the other conditions?"

Lu Fan was a little surprised.

"According to His Majesty, fifty cities are really too many."

Cai Heng tentatively asked, "How about just twenty cities?"

"No, it must be fifty!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Lu Fan shouted, "Don't even think about it, you have lost more than fifty cities now, right?"

"Yes."

Cai Heng's face darkened, and he gritted his teeth, "Then General Yilu will give you fifty cities."

"As for the other conditions, we were able to promise you."

"It's just that something is wrong now."

"The Seventh Prince Chu Zhaonan is not in Jinyu City, so naturally he can't go back to Dazhou with you."

Cai Heng asked: "General Lu, do you want to change someone?"

"Not here?"

Lu Fan frowned, "Where did he go?"

"no one knows."

Cai Heng shook his head, "I heard that the Seventh Prince had a feud with you before, and he was worried about your revenge, so he left Jinyu City a few days ago, and his whereabouts are unknown."

"Moreover, he also took away all the high-level exercises."

Cai Heng looked a little embarrassed, "So, we really can't produce the heaven-level exercises you want."

"Then what else is there to say?"

Lu Fan turned cold, "Let's see the truth on the battlefield!"

Compared with the heaven-level exercises, it doesn't really matter whether Chu Zhaonan does proton or not.

Even the sum of all the previous conditions is not as important as the Heaven Rank Kungfu.

After all, no matter how many possessions there are, they are all belongings to Lu Fan.

Besides, those belonged to the Great Zhou court.

Only these two books of heavenly exercises were requested by him for himself.

When he led the army to attack Chu State, he had thought that if he had the chance to occupy the Chu State Palace, he would definitely take a few Heaven Rank exercises with him.

Based on his guess, there are at least two heavenly exercises in Chu State, right?

That's why such a condition was issued.

Unexpectedly, the other party found such an outrageous excuse.

That is, I don't want to give it!

It seems that Chu State is still lucky.

Do you really think he can't break through this city of gold and jade?
snort!
Lu Fan has a little more anger in his heart, so he will fight until you are convinced!
"Don't."

Cai Heng panicked and persuaded: "General Lu, don't worry, why don't you change the conditions?"

"No need to say more."

Lu Fan was a little impatient, "Even if you don't want to give it, I'll go get it myself!"

"This……"

Seeing that Cai Heng couldn't persuade him, he could only turn to Yunxuan for help.

"Don't look at me, let's talk about it yourself."

Yun Xuan shook his head lightly, "If we can't reach an agreement, I can't help it."

"Go back."

Lu Fan said coldly: "If you want to negotiate terms with me in the future, first take out two heavenly exercises, or else you won't talk about it."

"Did you hear that?"

Yun Xuan reminded from the side: "I have agreed to so many conditions, and I still need these two books of heavenly exercises? You go back and persuade your emperor, don't lose the big because of small things."

"But……"

Cai Heng wanted to explain a few words, but was interrupted by Yun Xuan, "Okay, I know that Chu Zhaonan took away the exercises, so can't you get them back? As long as you take back the Heaven Rank exercises, even if Chu Zhaonan doesn't Come back, at least you can make sense of it.”

"Yes."

Cai Heng couldn't say anything more, so he bowed and left.

"It seems that I have to stay here for a while."

Yun Xuan sat down cross-legged while talking.

"Ok?"

Lu Fan didn't quite understand what the other party meant.

"I want to meditate here and practice, you go."

Yun Xuan nodded slightly at Lu Fan.

Lu Fan understood this time, "Are you going to guard the city gate for Chu?"

"Ugh!"

Yun Xuan sighed softly, "I don't want to either, but I'm from Chu after all, so I can't just watch Chu fall into a desperate situation and ignore it, can I?"

"Do you want to stop my hundred thousand elites from Great Zhou by yourself?"

Lu Fan said coldly: "Be careful to bury yourself in there."

"It's a day if I can stop it. If I can't stop it, I will leave naturally."

Yun Xuan smiled bitterly and said, "I don't want to send my old life here."

"It turned out that you wanted to hold us back."

Lu Fan never expected that the opponent would do this.

With Yunxuan around, it was almost impossible for him to quickly win Jinyu City.

Unless he can beat Yunxuan.

But judging from the current strength, it is undoubtedly impossible.

Even if he practiced the starry sky sword art to perfection, it would still be difficult for him to defeat Yun Xuan.

To win against Yunxuan, there is only one possibility.

add a bit.

Add all the attributes that can be assigned to strength, and crush the opponent with strength.

But he doesn't want to do that.

He didn't want to use those attribute points unless he had to.

He even wanted to add attribute points to his skills, so as to improve his cultivation as soon as possible.

That would improve him even more.

After all, he is only in the second realm of innate right now, and he needs a lot of experience to reach the ninth realm of innateness, or even higher.

Only by adding points can you advance at the fastest speed.

You know, the higher his realm, the greater his promotion.

Not only the improvement of various attributes, but also the understanding of skills, the use of power, and the understanding of martial arts, etc.

That is a comprehensive improvement, much stronger than simply improving attributes.

"This is also my helpless move."

Yun Xuan shook his head, "Actually, that's not my original intention. I want to resolve this war. I hope you can settle the terms as soon as possible, but before that, try not to do anything."

"I won't persuade you to make concessions, but I want to remind you."

"If you can't attack Jinyu City within a month, the northern border of Great Zhou might be defeated first."

"At that time, one can imagine the situation of the Great Zhou capital."

Yun Xuan persuaded: "If you don't return to the rescue in time, maybe Da Zhou will die because of it. This shouldn't be the result you want to see, right?"

"you are wrong!"

Lu Fan understood the meaning of the other party's words, and said coldly: "The Great Zhou is not my own, and I should not bear the rise and fall of it alone."

"I just do my best and have a clear conscience."

"What's more, there is an ancestor of the Liu family in the capital of Dazhou, so why should I worry?"

"I'd better do what's in front of me."

"To tell you the truth, if Chu Xuan doesn't agree to my conditions, I will never give up."

"I will definitely break through Jinyu City and get what I want."

"Even if you stop it, it's useless!"

"Since you want to fight with me, then I will accompany you."

"I just want to see the strength of the innate eighth realm powerhouse."

While speaking, Lu Fan drew out the Kunwu Saber and slashed out.

He thought it over, since he came, he will be safe.

If he compromises on this, it will definitely affect his Dao heart.

In turn, it will affect his future realm improvement.

It's better to use Yunxuan to hone yourself.

Where can I find such an opponent?
"Good boy!"

Yun Xuan gave a compliment, and there was a bit of admiration in his eyes, "Sure enough, you have courage!"

"Shh!"

The light of the knife flashed, and the Kunwu knife instantly appeared above Yun Xuan's head, and it was about to cut him to pieces.

A sword appeared out of thin air, and lightly collided with Kunwu Dao, making a crisp sound.

The violent power entered Lu Fan's body along the blade, and exploded.

As if Lu Fan was hit hard, his body backed up again and again.

After retreating more than ten meters in a row, he let go of that force and stabilized his body.

Really great!

Lu Fan tried out the opponent's strength, and instead of retreating, he became even more determined to fight.

Go forward without fear!

He has found his way.

Even if there are ghosts, gods and demons in front of him, they will all be killed with one blow!

……

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(End of this chapter)