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Chapter 708 Letting Out a Breath
Little Blackie lightly raised its four hooves and went straight to Zhou Zhi, who was standing in the center of the battlefield carrying a knife.

Li Dachui dismounted and walked joyfully to Zhou Zhi, "Godfather, I'm back!"

Zhou Zhi glanced at him, then at Xiao Changche, who was still sitting on Xiao Hei's back. The joy in his eyes vanished instantly, his face fell, and he looked around.

"Godfather, what are you looking at?" Li Dachui asked.

Zhou Zhizuo took a step forward, bent down and picked up a spear with a broken blade from the ground. Without saying a word, he swung the spear at Li Dachui. Li Dachui staggered back more than ten steps, and the blow missed.

"Godfather, what are you doing?"

"What am I going to do? I'm going to teach you a lesson!" Zhou Zhi charged at Li Dachui, brandishing a large stick.

Li Dachui turned and ran.

"Li Dachui, how dare you run away?"

“I dare not refuse the gift from an elder, but godfather, I can only take the small stick, not the big one. I can’t take this stick!” Li Dachui shouted as he ran.

With a flick of his wrist, Zhou Zhi snapped the broken spear shaft in his hand into a dozen or so strips about the thickness of a little finger. He pulled one out and tucked the rest into his waistband.

"Come on, now I'm your servant, you'd better take this. I'm going to get revenge for Ningyu!" Zhou Zhi roared.

Seeing all this, Li Dachui ran even faster.

On the battlefield, from high-ranking generals to lowly soldiers, everyone stopped what they were doing and burst into laughter.

The heroic deeds of their own Protector-General had already spread throughout the entire Northern Court in recent times.

Who doesn't know that Protector Li is resourceful, decisive, and dashing?

He went into the pass, killed Kou Zhong and Wei Zhengdao, and seized the land of abundance, Shu. Then he went south of the Yangtze River, cleverly used a scheme to cause internal strife in the Qin's mortal enemy, Chu, leading to endless fighting between them. He also killed He Zudao and seized the eight towns south of the Yangtze River.

Of course, what everyone talks about the most is that Li Dachui took in Jiang Qian, the Empress Dowager of Southern Chu.

It is said that the Empress Dowager of Southern Chu was only in her early twenties, a few years younger than her own Protector-General, but she was as beautiful as a fairy.

The stories circulating in the taverns and teahouses under the rule of Beiting all say that the Empress Dowager of Southern Chu was captivated by our Protector-General Li the moment she saw him, and her legs wouldn't move, so she immediately obeyed his every word.

This kind of thing has spread like wildfire throughout the military, and everyone feels the same way!
Of course, everyone is well aware that General Xiao Biaoqi, the military commander of the Beiting Protectorate, and his wife, the Protector-General Li, are notoriously arrogant and domineering.

Li Duhu is a very capable fighter!

But Xiao Biaoqi is even more capable in battle!

When a man cheats on his wife, we're all men, so we can all relate. But this is something that should never be known to the woman in the house. If she finds out, there will definitely be a big fight.

But Li Duhu's romantic escapades this time have become common knowledge, and there's no way to hide them now.

Everyone burst into knowing laughter as they watched Lord Zhou chase after Protector Li all over the place.

Despite Lord Zhou's fierce appearance, he actually cares about Protector Li. If he fights here, it will be difficult for Commander Xiao to cause trouble for Protector Li later.

high!
It’s really high!

Watching the two chase and flee, disappearing from the battlefield in the blink of an eye, the laughter of the crowd grew even louder.

The cheerful laughter diluted the bloody smell of the battlefield, as well as the pervasive killing intent and ferocity on the battlefield.

What an intelligent man Xiao Changche was!
How could one not understand Zhou Zhi's intentions!

Seeing Old Man Zhou's clumsy acting and Li Dachui's exaggerated performance, Xiao Changche snorted coldly, pulled on the reins, and spurred his horse into the city.

"Alright, old man, Ningyu can't see anymore, stop chasing her!" Standing on a hilltop, looking back at Zhou Zhi, Li Dachui stopped with a smile and said.

Zhou Zhi snorted, walked up to Li Dachui, and whipped him again. This time, Li Dachui didn't dodge, but took the hit.

"Tell me in detail, what exactly happened?"

"At first, I really didn't expect things to evolve to this point!" Li Dachui briefly recounted his trip to Jiangnan to Zhou Zhi.

Of course, he did not reveal the medical ship on Cloud Mist Mountain, nor his deepest secrets about Qingfeng and himself.

"You actually absorbed all of Jiang Qian's cultivation?" Zhou Zhi was stunned for a long time.

"Back then, Qingfeng split the universe into the Phoenix Fire and the Moonlight Weak Water. I'm afraid his intention was just this."

"Wait until someone masters her skills so she can absorb their power?" Zhou Zhi said, "But at that time, Qingfeng's cultivation level had already surpassed the Innate Realm and reached the Divine Travel Realm. What would she need to absorb these people's power for?"

Li Dachui remained silent for a long time, then sighed as he recalled Qingfeng's last records.

"There must be higher levels beyond the realm of spiritual travel. She probably wants to reach that level to see if she can go home?"

"There's something beyond the realm of spiritual travel?" Zhou Zhi asked in astonishment. "What could that be?"

"Qingfeng was also vague, but in some of her last notes she said that if she could climb to a higher level, she might be able to find her way home."

"The way home?" Zhou Zhi was shocked: "So Qingfeng isn't from our world? No wonder the Qi of Heaven and Earth is so powerful! Even the Phoenix Fire and Moonlight Water that were separated from it are top-tier martial arts."

"She ultimately failed!" Li Dachui sighed. "Human strength has its limits."

"We can't even get close to the realm of spiritual travel, let alone think about anything higher!" Zhou Zhi shook his head vigorously, trying to shake these thoughts out of his mind. "Have you thought about what to do with Jiang Qian? This is no small matter! I know Ning Yu's personality, and although I haven't met Jiang Qian, a woman capable of such a big thing is no ordinary person. You've gained a huge benefit, but you've also sown the seeds of a great hidden danger!"

"It's not even close to being settled yet!" Li Dachui said. "Those two are in the south and the north respectively, and they won't be able to meet for a while. Let's just take it one step at a time!"

"What did Ningyu say? She doesn't seem to care much?"

“If she really cared, this matter would be easier to resolve!” Li Dachui sighed and relayed Xiao Changche’s words to Zhou Zhi: “But it’s precisely this noncommittal attitude that leaves me somewhat helpless!”

Zhou Zhi nodded, "I hope this beating I gave you today will give her some venting! We'll have to deal with the rest later."

"We'll talk about it later!" Li Dachui said. "There's still a lot to do! This winter, let's take over Boling County first, so as not to delay next year's spring planting!"

“Li Guohua will not easily give up Boling County. If we lose Boling County, Shanggu and Yuyang will be wide open and difficult to defend. If we retreat further, we will reach the Hetao region. Li Guohua will definitely have a fierce battle with us in Boling! This is also why Linghu Ye left Linghu Zhishu to manage Boling County when he entered the pass.”

"The Cui family is in Boling!" Li Dachui laughed. "Now we'll see if the seed I planted can take root and sprout!"

(End of this chapter)