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Chapter 497: Knowing clearly that there are tigers in the mountains, traveling to the tiger mountains instead

After Han Tan and the others took their leave, only He Han and Lin Yunqi remained in the room.

"Your Majesty, the Northern Protectorate has already gained power. It's rare that Li Dachui dares to come here. Perhaps..." Lin Yunqi said.

Jiang Qian raised an eyebrow: "Although Li Dachui is now a Xiantian (innate) being, it's not particularly difficult to keep him alive if we plan it properly. But what good would it do us to keep him alive?"

"The Northern Protectorate will inevitably become our enemy in the future!" Lin Yunqi said resolutely.

“That’s right, they are very likely to be our biggest enemies in the future, but that’s with Li Dachui around. What if Li Dachui isn’t around?” Jiang Qian asked.

He Han chimed in, "If it weren't for Li Dachui, Linghu Ye might have been the one to win this internal strife in Qin!"

"Will Linghu Ye be easier to deal with than Li Dachui?" Jiang Qian asked with a smile.

"They each have their own strengths, don't they?" Lin Yunqi pondered for a moment and said, "Linghu Ye is also quite shrewd and calculating, and with the support of powerful families within the Qin Kingdom, his overall strength is probably slightly stronger than that of the Beiting Protectorate."

He Han thought for a moment and said, "I don't think it's appropriate. Chang Jian, Chen Liang and others under the Beiting Protectorate have close ties with Linghu Ye. Chang Jian has been associated with the Linghu clan for decades, and Chen Liang is also Linghu Ye's old subordinate. Once Li Dachui is gone, these people will probably turn around and join Linghu Ye immediately. Then the two tigers fighting for us will become one dominant force."

“That’s exactly right!” Jiang Qian said, “Killing one person is easy, but creating an atmosphere where they have no choice but to kill each other is much more difficult. So this time, I will still let Li Dachui go.”

"It feels like letting a tiger return to the mountain!" Lin Yunqi said somewhat unwillingly.

Jiang Qian laughed loudly: "Even if we release a tiger back into the mountains, what do I have to fear? Tiger or dragon, if we want to unify the world and achieve great things, we must have the ruthlessness to knowingly walk into the tiger's den. Yunqi, keep an eye on Chang'an during this time. The Wei family can't hold Chang'an and will move towards Hanyang. But I don't think Li Dachui will leave Hanyang to him. I'm curious if he has some backup plan."

"Yes!"

“Furthermore, although Qin’s current emperor, Li Ping, is a puppet, he is a valuable treasure to both the Wei and Linghu families. The Linghu family definitely wants to fight for him.” Jiang Qian paused and said, “But for the Beiting Protectorate, it would be better for him to die than live.”

"what do you mean?"

"If Li Ping dies at the hands of Linghu Dajun, do you think the Beiting Protectorate would have an even more legitimate reason to send troops to attack Linghu Ye?"

“That makes sense!” Lin Yun nodded and said, “The Qin State’s Black Ice Guard has now fallen into Li Dachui’s hands. In Chang’an, the Beiting Protectorate’s power in the shadows is not weak. If we follow Your Majesty’s guess, I’m afraid these people will definitely make a move.”

"Let's wait and see!" Jiang Qian said, "He Han, keep a close eye on our General and the old Prime Minister. Wang Jun's death is inextricably linked to them. Even though the tiger is old, it's still a tiger, it won't turn into a dog."

"Yes!" He Han said, "Empress Dowager, are you still planning to contact Li Dachui?"

“Let’s wait a few days. He hasn’t been back for a long time, and we need to review all those memorials. We can also check on this guy and see what he’s up to,” Jiang Qian said. “He’s obsessed with challenging the Five Tigers’ Broken Gate Saber, but I don’t know why. Could it be that his sect and the Five Tigers’ Broken Gate Saber are actually connected?”

“Once he comes to our door, the mystery will be solved!” He Han said. “What kind of cultivation technique does Li Dachui practice? Has the Empress Dowager still not discovered any clues?”

Jiang Qian shook her head: "I don't know, but when I'm around him, my true energy leaps and bounds whenever I circulate the Phoenix Flame. After advancing to the Innate Realm, I hit a ceiling that I couldn't budge no matter how hard I tried. But around Li Dachui, I can feel that this ceiling seems to be cracking." Lin Yunqi was both surprised and delighted: "Empress Dowager, doesn't this mean you might be advancing to the Divine Travel Realm? If that's the case, we must take down Li Dachui."

"I don't know if this is an illusion or a real feeling!" Jiang Qian shook her head and said, "Yun Qi, you cultivate Moon Essence Weak Water, which originates from the same source as Phoenix Fire. You've appeared next to Li Dachui several times. Do you have this feeling?"

Lin Yunqi shook his head.

"Empress Dowager, Li Dachui is a Xiantian cultivator, and you are also a Xiantian cultivator. Is it only when you reach the Xiantian stage that your cultivation techniques will resonate with each other?" He Han guessed.

“I don’t know!” Jiang Qian said, “So we can’t let something so vague ruin our grand plan. Li Dachui wants to go to Cloud Mist Mountain, so I’ll go with him. I have a feeling that many mysteries will be revealed there.”

“Cloud Mist Mountain is the location of the Divine Cult’s headquarters,” Lin Yunqi said. “Most people turn pale at the mention of the Divine Cult, but Li Dachui insists on going there. Could it be that he has some connection with the Divine Cult?”

“The Divine Cult was purged in Qin State after the He Qingqiu case thirty years ago, and was basically uprooted. Li Dachui was born, raised and made his fortune outside the pass, and has no connection with the Divine Cult at all!” He Han said.

Whether there's any connection or not is not something we can speculate on. There might be some circumstances we're completely unaware of. Let's wait and see!

Li Dachui stood proudly outside the gate of the Five Tigers Breaking the Gate, his feet shoulder-width apart, hands on his waist sword, looking down disdainfully at the dozens of people opposite him.

"I am Li Bao, and I have come to govern beyond the pass. My master once instructed me that if I come to Danyang, I must come and learn from the Five Tigers Breaking the Gate Saber. If I win, I will cut down the Five Tigers Breaking the Gate Saber with one strike!" Li Dachui shouted.

A great commotion erupted on the other side, everyone's face filled with anger. The leader stepped forward and shouted, "I wonder who Master Li's master is, and what grudge he has against my Five Tigers Severing Gate Saber, that he dares to destroy my sect? Master Li, do you know that this is an irreconcilable feud!"

"Mind your own business!" Li Dachui laughed loudly, raised his hand, drew his sword, and casually twirled it. He said sternly, "I won't bully you. If you want to compete in swordsmanship, then compete in swordsmanship; if you want to compete in internal energy, then compete in internal energy. I will make you admit defeat wholeheartedly."

Seeing Li Dachui's starting stance, everyone from the Five Tigers Breaking the Gate Blade team on the other side widened their eyes. They were all too familiar with that move, because they practiced it every day.

It was clearly the Five Tigers Severing Gate Sword Technique.

"Who is your teacher?"

"My master is Stephen Chow!" Li Dachui laughed. "Of the Five Tigers Breaking the Gate Blade, how many still remember him?"

The younger generation looked bewildered, the middle-aged generation racked their brains, as if they had heard of this person somewhere before, but the few elderly people standing at the front all changed color.

"Are you Stephen Chow's disciple?"

"Indeed!" Li Dachui laughed heartily, "Who will take my blow?"

(End of this chapter)