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Chapter 419 This Kind of Guy Must Die
The man and his horse were slammed to the ground like a rag doll.

Lin Hong gripped his knife and tried desperately to stand up, but found that it felt as if a thousand-pound boulder was pressing down on him, making it impossible for him to get up.
At this moment, Lin Hong realized that the martial arts skills of the people who had come after him far exceeded his expectations.

It's impossible for someone at the ninth rank of Xuan Yuan to suppress themselves into this state.

Despite possessing the cultivation level of the eighth rank of the Profound Origin Realm, he was utterly powerless to retaliate.
The opponent is innate.

This discovery filled Lin Hong with utter despair.

The newcomer took the precious sword, capable of cutting through gold and jade, from Lin Hong's hand, waved it a few times, and chuckled, "A fine sword indeed, but a waste of its brilliance. It's mine now."

Upon hearing this, Lin Hong suddenly felt all the pressure disappear, and with his whole body tense, he soared into the air.

Just as it took flight, one of its feet was grabbed and pulled off.

"Who are you?" Lin Hong, who was forced to sit on the ground, shouted.

Even though the tiger is dead, it still stands tall. Even though he is now at the mercy of others, Lin Hong, who has long held a high position, still stands tall with his back straight.

"I am Lu Xiong, the deputy banner chief of the Divine Sect's Sharp Gold Banner!" Li Dachui twirled his precious sword in his hand, smiling as he looked at Lin Hong.

Lin Hong glared angrily at the other man: "You can kill me, but you can't insult me. Ke Wuji is only a ninth-grade Xuan Yuan cultivator, and the little follower behind him is a Xiantian master?"

"Oh my, you know quite a lot!" Li Dachui laughed loudly, "To tell you the truth, I am the leader of the Divine Cult!"

"Just kill me already!" Clearly, Lin Hong felt that Li Dachui was harassing him, which he couldn't tolerate.

Scholars can be killed but not humiliated.

"You want to die that badly?" Li Dachui asked in surprise.

"Do you think I can still live?" Lin Hong asked rhetorically.

Li Dachui thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Indeed, no matter which perspective I take, I can't let you live. By the way, do you have any last words for me?"

"I just want to know who you really are?" Lin Hong sighed. "If I'm not mistaken, this whole thing was orchestrated by you!"

"You flatter me!" Li Dachui shook his head and said, "I wouldn't call it a plan. It was just a matter of chance, and I gave it a little push. The final result was actually taking down the dignified governor of Yong'an County in the Great Chu, which greatly exceeded my expectations."

"So, you're an enemy of the Great Chu!" Lin Hong asked in surprise. "You're not from Tianluo?"

"Can this tiny temple, Tianluo, accommodate a great god like me?" Li Dachui asked.

"That's true!" Lin Hong sighed. "So, are you one of He Zudao's men or Linghu Ye's men?"

"Why do you think that?" Li Dachui asked with great interest.

“He Zudao now controls the eight southern towns and directly confronts our Great Chu. However, Qin is in chaos and He Zudao is struggling to survive. Our Great Chu is trying its best to recruit him. Naturally, he also needs to increase his own influence and create chaos in Yong'an, so he can profit from it.”

"Makes sense!"

“Linghu Ye certainly doesn’t want He Zudao to join the Great Chu. This man wants to be emperor and naturally wants to unify the world. If our Great Chu is in chaos, it will be entirely beneficial to him. The death of someone like me will inevitably cause turmoil in the Great Chu. Moreover, being killed by the inner guards will make it even easier to cause internal strife. Therefore, it makes sense that his people planned this!”

Li Dachui clapped loudly: "You guessed the consequences of things too accurately. That's exactly what I thought, except you guessed one very important thing wrong! I am neither He Zudao's man nor Linghu Ye's man!"

"Then who are you?"

"My name is Li Dachui!" Li Dachui chuckled and said, "Do you know me?"

"Protector of the Northern Protectorate!" Lin Hong's eyes widened. "When you seized Shu a while ago, we all thought your target was the Eight Garrisons in the South. We never expected your target to be our Great Chu?"

“Can’t I?” Li Dachui laughed. “I am also a man with the world in my heart. When it comes to planning for the world, there is nowhere I cannot make a move. Why must I limit myself to the eight southern towns? Lin Hong, your vision is too narrow!”

"Big or small, there's no difference now!" Lin Hong shook his head and said, "How did you get close to Jiang Ping?"

"It was a coincidence!" Li Dachui said, "I didn't expect to meet your little princess. Moreover, this little princess seems to be a nice person. Although she is a bit irritable and likes to throw tantrums, overall she is quite righteous!"

"So you can use her without any restraint?" Lin Hong chuckled. "Then you'd better hurry back to Yongxing."

"why?"

"Because I have a Xuan Yuan Rank 9 expert under my command. While I was leading the army towards Yongxing, he had already infiltrated Yongxing with his men. As soon as your army and expert leave the city, he will kill Jiang Ping. I don't know if you can still see Jiang Ping alive if you rush back now?"

Li Dachui suddenly stood up: "Why did you kill Jiang Ping?"

"Because Jiang Ping confiscated my ancestral home in Yongxing, there are many things that must not be known to the Empress Dowager, otherwise, it will be a disaster that wipes out the entire clan!" Lin Hong said frankly.

"You really are a ruthless person! So, to silence them, you even wanted to kill the Empress Dowager's sister. Let me think, you're probably going to take your own brothers and father down with you, right?"

"Naturally, this is the only way to ensure the survival of the Lin family!"

"It's for your own sake too!" Li Dachui shook his head and sighed, "The outcome is no different now."

"Man proposes, God disposes!" Lin Hong said, "Li Dachui, spare me, and I can help you succeed!"

"Help me succeed? You'll have to prove your worth first," Li Dachui laughed. Lin Hong took a deep breath to calm himself down.

A man like Li Dachui is undoubtedly a great leader. If you want to impress him, you must show him your true talent and let him see your unparalleled abilities.

Lin Hong's analysis was very detailed. Li Dachui knew a thing or two about Chu's current strengths, weaknesses, and fatal flaws, but when Lin Hong began to talk about the internal conflicts of Chu, the contradictions and struggles between the royal family, the old guard, the powerful families, the wealthy merchants, and the newly emerging nobles, these were things that Li Dachui was not familiar with.

Some deeper things are truly impossible for outsiders to know.

Once you know these things, you can take targeted actions, which will naturally be of great help in the future.

Lin Hong spoke for the time it takes to brew a cup of tea before finally stopping. He had put in all his effort for that one cup of tea, as his life hung by a thread and one wrong move could cost him his life.

He looked at Li Dachui expectantly.

Li Dachui smiled slightly, and with a flash of cold light from his precious sword, a red line immediately seeped out from Lin Hong's throat, and traces of blood slowly seeped out.

Lin Hong stared at Li Dachui in shock, his eyes filled with disbelief.

How can you be so unreasonable?
How can you be so untrustworthy?
These two questions were the only things swirling in his mind.

He wanted to question Li Dachui, but even with all his might, he could only manage two gurgling sounds before Lin Hong fell backward.

“I don’t actually have very high standards for morality, but you’re so shameless that I really don’t dare to use you.” Li Dachui shook his head and said, “A person like you is better off dead.”

He mounted his horse and galloped towards Yongxing.

There's really no one in Yongxing City who can withstand a master of Xuan Yuan Rank 9 or higher right now. Jiang Ping shouldn't actually be killed by this person.

After a short while, the sound of hooves thundered as He Han led dozens of cavalrymen galloping in.

Call!
He Han reined in his horse, dismounted, and walked to Lin Hong's body. Looking at the corpse lying on its back with its eyes wide open in death, he shook his head silently.

One wrong step, and you'll truly be dead without a burial place!

"Take his body and go back!" He Han waved his hand and said.

Without a doubt, the person who killed Lin Hong was Li Dachui.

But where did that kid go now?

Could it be that they went back to Yongxing?
Looking at Lin Hong's corpse, He Han seemed to be thinking. Perhaps Lin Hong confessed something before he died, which is why Li Dachui rushed back to Yongxing to save the young lady.

This is interesting.

No, no, not at all. If he goes back too early and runs into them, that would be really bad.

Outside Yongxing City, all was peaceful.

Many people who had not yet received their rice and grain were waiting quietly.

This relieved Li Dachui.

They rode into the city and headed straight for the Lin family mansion.

He dismounted and sped into the mansion like lightning, heading straight into the inner courtyard.

Seeing Jiang Ping meticulously preparing seasonings under the blooming forsythia trellis in the backyard, with a variety of ingredients laid out beside her, Li Dachui breathed a sigh of relief.

"That scared me to death!" He walked over, picked up a pot of tea next to him, and drank it straight from his mouth.

"This is my tea!" Jiang Ping shouted, snatching the teapot away.

Li Dachui grinned, "I was thirsty, so I ran all the way back. You know, Lin Hong told me that one of his men, a ninth-rank Xuan Yuan cultivator, had infiltrated Yongxing, intending to kill you and the Lin family to silence you. I was so worried!"

A strange light flashed in Jiang Ping's eyes, and she smiled slightly, "Are you worried about my safety?"

"Of course, I have no relation to the Lin family, why would I worry about them?" Li Dachui rolled his eyes: "If you really run into that ninth-rank Xuan Yuan, with your limited skills, you'll be helpless except to draw your strength and be killed!"

"Thank you so much! You're all sweaty. Here, have some more!" Jiang Ping said with a smile, handing the teapot over again.

"That guy didn't come?" Li Dachui looked around.

"What do you think?" Jiang Ping laughed. "If they come, will you still see me? You'll only see my corpse, won't you?"

"That's true. If that's the case, I'd better run for my life with my tail between my legs!" Li Dachui laughed. "Otherwise, if the Empress Dowager is furious, I'm afraid I'll suffer the consequences!"

“My sister isn’t that unreasonable!” Jiang Ping smiled.

“Your sister can’t be judged by ordinary standards!” Li Dachui shook his head repeatedly: “Jiang Jiang, I’m hungry!”

(End of this chapter)