The Weird Way of Immortality: My Taoism Progress in One Day a Year

Chapter 162 Meeting the Enemy
The body of the Prince of Zhou was soon delivered to the palace and placed before King Zhou.

King Zhou's eyes were fixed as he looked at his son, whose body was covered with white cloth, with a trace of sadness on his face.

He took a few steps forward, wanting to reach out and peel off the white cloth, but his outstretched hand suddenly stopped in mid-air and finally he retracted it.

Although he had many children, this son was the only one born to his beloved princess.

The princess was beautiful but had a tragic fate. She became ill after giving birth to the prince.

Even though he consulted many famous doctors, it was of no avail and he eventually died.

Therefore, he was very fond of this son and decided on the position of crown prince early on.

But it was also because of his favoritism and neglect of discipline that the prince eventually developed an arrogant and domineering character.

But no matter how domineering the prince is, he is still the son of him and the princess, so he has always attached great importance to him.

The prince suddenly went out some time ago, saying that someone was preparing a gift for him.

He was relieved at the time, thinking that his son had finally grown up.

However, he did not expect that before he returned, the first news that was reported was his death.

"Your Highness, that Grandmaster actually killed the Crown Prince. I am willing to take his head and bring it back as a sacrifice to the Crown Prince."

A silver-armored general beside King Zhou half-knelt on the ground, with a stern look on his face, and made a request to King Zhou.

"I am also willing to join General Gao in avenging the Crown Prince!"

Several generals around King Zhou were filled with indignation. They knelt on the ground and begged for orders from King Zhou.

In their eyes, King Zhou was destined to ascend the throne in the future, and the Crown Prince would naturally be the future Crown Prince.

Now that he has died at Li Yan's hands, there is certainly no way they can let Li Yan go.

King Zhou's eyes were gloomy, and he ordered: "Send an order, send three thousand soldiers to follow me to attack Jiyang City."

"I want to see with my own eyes the head of the enemy who killed my son!"

No matter what Li Yan's purpose was, since he had killed the prince, he would never let Li Yan go.

Otherwise, not to mention his own hatred, the morale of his soldiers would be severely hit.

Li Yan's blood must be sacrificed to ensure the morale of his soldiers.

The army sets off.

King Zhou led three thousand elite soldiers and several generals and marched quickly towards Ji Yang City.

There was a solemn and murderous atmosphere in the army.

When some forces on the road saw this, they thought that the King of Zhou came for them, and they were all scared to death.

If Xiantian falls into such a huge army formation, he probably won't be able to hold out for a moment. Even a master in the formation has to be careful.

They were relieved only when they saw that King Zhou's army passed right by them with no signs of stopping.

After much inquiries, they quickly figured out the whereabouts of King Zhou's army.

Ji Yang City!
Some well-informed people also learned that King Zhou was in this army formation.

It was naturally not an easy matter for the King of Zhou to go on the expedition with the army.

Many forces have set their sights on this big city in Xingzhou.

Then soon I got the news again.

The Crown Prince of Zhou died in Ji Yang City. Now the King of Zhou is going to the war with the army to avenge the Crown Prince.

When this news came out, there was an uproar in Xingzhou.

Many forces have been mobilized to find out more detailed information.

The whole story soon appeared on the tables of the top leaders of various forces.

"Li Yan?"

"Which faction's Grandmaster is this?"

Various forces have raised questions.

"I've never heard of it before. It seems that there is no power affiliation now."

"Yes, this Grandmaster Li originally wanted to join King Zhou and fight for the Mandate of Heaven for him."

"It was just that the prince was ignorant of etiquette and offended the Grandmaster, which led to his own death." "Quickly send someone to contact Grandmaster Li. If we can recruit him to join our team, the chances of achieving hegemony in the future will be much higher."

"The Crown Prince of Zhou was arrogant and domineering, and now he has reaped the consequences."

"Originally, this Grandmaster should have joined the King of Zhou, but because of the actions of the Crown Prince of Zhou, we got the advantage."

The top leaders of these forces were all secretly delighted.

Those in the Xiantian realm can already be called generals, let alone the Grandmaster?

Every time a master joins, not only will it change the situation of the war, it will definitely make one side's power rise to a higher level.

The Crown Prince of Zhou offended Li Yan and lost his life, but this was great news for them.

……

"King Zhou has led a large army to Jiyang City. Master Li, please follow me to leave Jiyang City and go to Linzhou to seek refuge under King Ji."

A middle-aged warrior in brown came to visit Li Yan.

This is a congenital master.

He was King Ji's secret agent in Xingzhou. After learning the news about Li Yan, he immediately rushed to the Dahe Gang, wanting to invite Li Yan to join King Ji's army.

"King Ji?"

Li Yan's eyes showed a hint of smile: "It is said that Prince Ji was cruel, how did the Crown Prince Zhou die? Don't you know?"

"You dare to ask me to go to Linzhou and join King Ji's army."

"If I really go to Linzhou, it must be to take King Ji's life, and I will not choose him to carry the destiny."

Li Yan had already learned about King Ji's reputation from Jiang Long, and it was not even close to King Zhou's.

Now that she saw that the middle-aged man was actually lobbying for Prince Ji, she naturally would not agree.

The middle-aged man was embarrassed when he heard this, and he forced a smile and said, "Those are just rumors from the outside world. The prince has always been very good to his subordinates."

“They are just his subordinates.”

Li Yan's eyes were calm, and he said slowly: "Tell King Ji that if any bad rumors reach my ears again in the future, I will come to his house personally and take his life."

The middle-aged man's face changed and he didn't dare to continue admonishing Li Yan.

He knew Li Yan's strength and he was not able to stop him.

Moreover, Li Yan even dared to kill the prince of Zhou. If he offended Li Yan, he might not even be able to get out of the Dahe Gang.

"Since Grandmaster Li is unwilling to join, then forget it. King Zhou not only sent 3,000 elite soldiers, but also two Grandmasters with him. It will definitely be difficult to deal with. Grandmaster Li should be careful."

"I'll take my leave."

After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he didn't dare to stay any longer, for fear that Li Yan would dislike him and suddenly attack him.

So he just left.

Since Li Yan was unwilling to join King Ji's army, he could not force him.

Moreover, if Li Yan stayed here to fight against King Zhou, no matter who won or lost, he would be seriously injured.

This was something he was happy to see.

"It would be best if we could kill King Zhou, then I can ask the prince to send troops to occupy Xingzhou and gain the upper hand in this chaotic world!"

He believed that since Li Yan dared to face King Zhou here, he must have some means and perhaps a chance to kill King Zhou.

Li Yan saw the middle-aged man leave and did not stop him.

He stood in the octagonal pavilion in the courtyard, his eyes seemed to penetrate space and look into the distance outside Ji Yang City.

……

Da da da!
The sound of horse hooves was like drumbeats, continuous and coming towards the Dahe Gang.

Except for Li Yan, many members of the Dahe Gang have now retreated into the city.

Only the gang leader Si Linhai and Jiang Long were left to stay in the gang with Li Yan.

"Why don't you go hide in the city?"

Li Yan looked at the two people's nervous expressions and a slight smile appeared on his face.

(End of this chapter)