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Chapter 94: None of them are anything.

pain!
My whole body aches!

Tiele struggled to open his eyes.

My hands and feet no longer seemed to belong to me.

He heard the crackling sound of burning flames, and with a forced turn of his head, he saw a familiar figure. His heart immediately settled back into his stomach.

If it's the old nanny who's here, then you won't die!
"Granny, have you killed those two scoundrels?" Tiele asked.

Duanmu Miaomiao glanced back at Tiele and said, "The moment you open your eyes, you don't care about your own injuries, but you're thinking about killing those two people. You lot are all cut from the same cloth."

"With Granny here, I can't die even if I want to!" Tiele wanted to laugh, but the slightest movement caused him excruciating pain all over his body. "Those two are important figures with influence outside the Great Wall. If they were dead, it would be great for our Great Yuan. I really asked unnecessary questions. Since Granny took action, those two certainly couldn't survive."

Duanmu Miaomiao snorted and said, "I'm afraid you'll be disappointed. Those two people are still alive and well!"

"Huh?" Tiele was very surprised: "Granny, they beat me like this, and you still let them live?"

“I owe one of the elders a favor that I’d have to repay with my life!” Duanmu Miaomiao said. “I’m not like you people. I always keep my promises to others, no matter what.”

Tiele was silent for a moment before saying, "I see. Then I have nothing more to say! Granny, when will my injuries heal?"

“That girl was quite ruthless, but luckily, Granny managed to get a Rejuvenating Pill from them, otherwise you wouldn’t have been able to save your cultivation.” Duanmu Miaomiao took down the meat soup, stirred it slowly with a wooden stick, and said, “Now, if you can move freely, it will take a few months, and to fully recover your cultivation, it will take at least a year!”

"The one who hurt me wasn't a girl. That person is called Xiao Changche, a man with feminine features, but extremely ruthless, and a mortal enemy of our Great Yuan. The other one is called Li Dachui, a powerful bandit from beyond the Great Wall." Tiele corrected, "Which elder does Granny owe a favor to?"

Hearing Tiele's words, Duanmu Miaomiao chuckled, "What do you mean by a boy with a girl's appearance? He's a girl. As for me, I owe that boy's family elders a favor. Is his name Li Dachui? That's an extremely ugly name."

"A woman? Xiao Changche is a woman?" Tiele's eyes widened. If he weren't completely paralyzed, he probably would have jumped up. Even now, his mouth was wide open enough to fit a goose egg, and he couldn't close it for a moment, staring at Duanmu Miaomiao with a gurgling sound.

Duanmu Miaomiao raised her hand and snapped her jaw back together with a click. "Of course it's a woman."

"If this gets out, the morale of the army outside the pass will be thrown into chaos, which would be a great thing for us!" Tiele's eyes gleamed. "No, no, no, not now. This news must be kept secret."

Duanmu Miaomiao asked, somewhat puzzled, "Why are you keeping it a secret again?"

“Granny, my trip this time was extremely secretive, and very few people know about it. However, I have reported this to my father, so the only people who know about it are those closest to him.” Tiele spoke in a deep breath, but his analysis was clear and logical: “The one who leaked the information must be one of them.”

Duanmu Miaomiao nodded: "Just like the Qin Kingdom, the Yuan Kingdom's royal family is also extremely filthy. Fathers and sons are suspicious of each other, brothers kill each other, there isn't a single good person among them!"

Tiele laughed: "Granny, don't forget, your Duanmu family used to be royalty."

“They’re all bad news!” Duanmu Miaomiao concluded.

Tiele blinked and decided not to argue about the matter.

“Granny, I’m seriously injured this time, and there’s no way to hide it. The court will definitely transfer me back, and the person who wants me dead will certainly pull strings to get me back to Yandu as a nobody. And he might even be trying to take my place. Once he arrives, to show everyone he’s stronger than me, he’ll definitely launch a military campaign against the border, probably under the guise of avenging me. If I reveal that Xiao Changche is a woman at this time, causing unrest among the Qin soldiers outside the border and resulting in a crushing defeat, wouldn’t that make him look very powerful and me very incompetent? In that case, it will be difficult for me to regain military power! This matter must be kept a secret! Granny, please don’t let this matter out of your sight, not even to my mother!”

"You don't even trust your own mother?" Duanmu Miaomiao said angrily.

"It's not that I don't trust my mother, but her circle of friends isn't clean either. What if something gets out?" Tiele quickly said.

"That Li Dachui must know as well!"

"Don't worry, Granny, this person is in cahoots with Xiao Changche and will definitely keep it a secret for him!" Tiele said. "It won't be too late to release this news when I return and am ready to fight them. Before that, I might even be able to use this news to make a deal with them."

Duanmu Miaodang walked up to Tiele with the meat soup in her hand: "You don't hate them anymore? They beat you up like this?"

“Of course I hate them!” Tiele said, “But hating them won’t get me anything. These two are important figures outside the Great Wall. Since I can’t kill them, I’ll have to bargain with them and make a deal to compensate me a little.” “You people!” Duanmu Miaomiao shook her head repeatedly, “You’re not human! Have some soup.”

"Thank you, Granny!" Tiele opened his mouth and took a sip of meat soup. "Granny, people like us carry the lives of countless people on our shoulders. We must never act based on our own joys and sorrows. We must always consider all aspects."

“In that case, I can give you a tip that might increase your bargaining power in the deal!” Duanmu Miaomiao said after thinking for a moment.

"what news?"

“That Li Dachui is related to you!” Duanmu Miaomiao said.

Tiele scoffed: "What kind of kinship could I possibly have with that bandit?"

The words left her lips, but she suddenly realized what she had said, her eyes and face filled with disbelief: "Granny, you're saying this person is related to the Li family of Qin?"

Duanmu Miaomiao nodded: "He is the son of the former crown prince of Qin. I owe his mother, He Qingqiu, a great debt of gratitude, and the reason I let him go this time is because of this. Speaking of which, you are cousins! Twenty-five years ago, there was a dramatic change in Chang'an, the crown prince and crown princess died suddenly, and tens of thousands of Qin officials were implicated and died. Didn't you also raise an army to the south, only to be defeated?"

It turns out that nothing happens without a reason!

This Li Dachui is no less powerful than I am!
The posthumous son of the former crown prince of Qin! His mother was no ordinary person either!
Countless causes and effects flooded into Tiele's mind, leaving him momentarily confused.

It took Tiele a while to react, and then he burst into laughter.

"Wonderful, wonderful! Oh dear, oh dear!"

Duanmu Miaomiao put down the soup bowl, grasped Tiele's hands, and continuously channeled her inner strength into him, which calmed the somewhat overly excited Tiele down.

Tiele, panting heavily, looked like he had a gleam in his eyes at that moment.

"Granny, this greatly increases my bargaining power. And this bargaining power can be used indefinitely. What will the Qin court do when they find out? What will Linghu Ye do when they find out? I need to think about this carefully after I come down! Cousin? Great, great! Haha, I think once this news gets out, Qin will regard the area outside the pass as a monstrous threat, and Linghu Ye will probably try every means to kill this Li Dachui."

"You should focus on recovering from your injuries first! Don't think that having the Rejuvenation Pill will solve everything. If you're not careful, you'll never be able to even touch the threshold of the Innate Realm in your entire life!" Duanmu Miaomiao said coldly. "Whether it's your cousin Li Dachui or Xiao Changche, they've both broken through to the ninth rank of the Profound Origin Realm. In terms of martial arts cultivation, they far surpass you. You have too many distracting thoughts, which prevents you from making rapid progress in martial arts. If you could step into the Innate Realm, what difficulty would there be in all the things you've painstakingly planned today?"

Tiele swallowed a mouthful of meat soup and said with a wry smile, "Granny, you really think too highly of me. If it were so easy to reach the Innate Realm, would I even have a chance? There are countless martial artists in the world, but how many can actually reach the Innate Realm? Rather than gambling my entire life's energy on something that's completely uncertain and depends on fate, it's better to just let nature take its course. As for worldly matters, with proper planning, there's a great chance of success. My chances of success in this matter are far greater than my chances of cultivating martial arts to the Innate Realm. Besides, Granny, if my wish is truly fulfilled and I become the Emperor of the Great Yuan Dynasty, the things I can do will far exceed what an Innate Realm martial artist can do."

After a pause, Tiele continued, "No matter how strong a Xiantian martial artist is, it is still just the success of a lone individual. But if I succeed, it will be the success of thousands upon thousands of Yuan people. There is no comparison between the two. A person's life is limited, and I don't want to waste my limited time on something with little hope."

Duanmu Miaomiao was silent for a moment, then nodded.

She was a martial artist with innate abilities, but it seemed that the only thing she could change was herself.

Faced with the general trend of the world, we are powerless to change it.

Even if she were to reach the Innate Realm now, would she be able to go to Chang'an and kill the Qin Emperor?
impossible.

Although the innate talent is scarce, both the Qin and Yuan dynasties possess it.

In the darkness, is there still a spirit that wanders?

Duanmu Miaomiao didn't know.

Back then, He Qingqiu was already a prodigy at a young age, and those who later attacked her and killed her were probably also prodigies.

These non-human beings are extremely rare, but they do exist.

After drinking a few sips of meat soup, Tiele seemed to regain some energy. He stared wide-eyed at the roaring fire, his eyes darting around as if he were plotting something.
(End of this chapter)