Ming Dynasty: pacifying the rebellion and defending the border, dominating the world

Chapter 251 Exposure, Celestials Arrive

Outside the Prince of Ruyang's residence in Dadu.

Two uninvited guests appeared quietly.

"Gone?"

Li Changsheng looked around and discovered that Zhao Min, whom he had placed under the influence of the Celestial Being, had 'disappeared' without any warning.

"Mr. Li..."

"It seems that the Heavenly Sword and the He Shi Bi are more mysterious than we imagined."

Mo Yi and Li Changsheng exchanged a glance, both seeing the seriousness in each other's eyes.

They noticed something was wrong around the same time and rushed over immediately, only to find nothing there.

A single thought between heaven and man can travel a thousand miles in an instant.

The capital of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty was only so big, yet Zhao Min was able to leave easily right under their noses and erase all traces. This clearly couldn't have been her own skill.

In the shadows, a figure silently watched Li Changsheng and Mo Yi's retreating figures, muttering, "I thought I was hiding well, so why was I suddenly exposed?"

"Of course it's because you're too 'dazzling'!"

A clear, ethereal voice boomed in Zhao Min's ears like a thunderclap, making her tremble and instantly tense up into a fighting stance.

Two figures appeared behind Zhao Min in the distance, seemingly out of nowhere.

Li Changsheng laughed even louder and added insult to injury: "Hahaha, among a group of soldiers who are at most at the Vajra Realm, isn't it like a crane standing out from the chickens, with a terrestrial immortal hiding in the shadows?"

"There's nothing wrong with that, but your methods are indeed skillful, managing to disappear from our divine senses."

"However, you underestimated the intuition of the Celestials."

"Once you look into my eyes, no matter how well you hide, you will never be able to disappear again."

"That's why you were exposed."

Zhao Min's disguise and concealment skills were excellent. She blended in with the crowd and hid in the city. This was the best concealment technique. However, in the eyes of celestial beings like Li Changsheng and Mo Yi, a terrestrial immortal hiding among a group of Mongol soldiers was as dazzling as a sun appearing in the middle of the night.

"I see."

"Is being too perfect sometimes the biggest flaw?"

Zhao Min nodded thoughtfully, looked at the two uninvited guests in front of her, and smiled sweetly, "You two have also come for the Heavenly Sword? Or... for the secrets within the First Emperor's Mausoleum?"

"I only ask to borrow the Heavenly Sword." A look of longing appeared on Mo Yi's calm face. If the Northern Li and the overseas countries knew that this Penglai Immortal had such an expression, they would be shocked.

Zhao Min remained silent, gazing intently at Li Changsheng.

She could tell the two were in cahoots, and...

"Is he not a celestial being who has come here in his true form?" A bold idea flashed through Zhao Min's mind.

"Stop rolling your eyes." Li Changsheng, who considered himself a banished immortal and had lived for nearly two hundred years, naturally saw through the little girl's intentions at a glance. He could only say that she was skilled and bold. He couldn't help but laugh and said, "Although we are only here in the mind of celestial beings and our true forms have not yet arrived, we are not something that you, a mere terrestrial immortal, can resist."

"Even if you have some backup plan, our true forms will come at any time."

"So, tell us first, is it true that the Heavenly Sword can bring the dead back to life? If it is true, we'll borrow it for a few days and then return it. If it's false, we'll turn around and leave."

"We are not interested in the secrets of the First Emperor's Mausoleum."

Zhao Min's reaction was indifferent. After the Heavenly Sword was born, the Nine Provinces trembled, the countries went crazy, and even the immortals on land were caught up in this huge vortex. She did not believe a word of what Li Changsheng and Mo Yi said about not being interested.

Li Changsheng shook his head. He knew that Zhao Min wouldn't believe his and Mo Yi's story, but he was too lazy to explain further. He said seriously, "Young lady, you are very intelligent. You should know that those who know when to yield are the heroes."

"indeed."

Zhao Min suddenly laughed, a bright and cheerful laugh, as if she had thought of something happy: "With two celestial beings face to face, even a wisp of their thought can turn this capital upside down in an instant. Although I am a terrestrial immortal, I am powerless against a celestial being." Upon hearing this, Li Changsheng almost subconsciously showed an expression of 'that's more like it.'

But Zhao Min suddenly smiled strangely: "But I don't believe in such superstitions. I want to see if the so-called peerless mortal realm of the mortal world can really... make me hand over the Heavenly Sword."

"Stubborn."

Li Changsheng shook his head and did not make a move.

But Mo Yi moved. Under Zhao Min's incredulous gaze, an overwhelming sense of oppression, as if the sky were collapsing and the world were crumbling, pressed down on her.

Her proud cultivation as a terrestrial immortal was now unable to mobilize much of the power of heaven and earth. She wanted to escape, but was horrified to find that the whole world seemed to have turned into a huge quagmire, and she was trapped in it. The air became viscous, and everything in the world seemed to slow down.

Li Changsheng, fond of teaching, patiently explained to Zhao Min...

"Why are celestial beings considered the pinnacle of humanity?"

"It is because of the unity of heaven and man that one can completely control the heavenly way as a force, making heaven and earth as one's own arm, mobilizing all things, and controlling everything. This is something that terrestrial immortals can hardly imagine."

"Although we, as celestial beings, have reached this place, the difference between us and those who have actually arrived here is the same as that between us and other celestial beings."

"To the immortals on land, they remain as unshakable as the ancient heavens."

As Li Changsheng finished speaking, he pointed to the sky above.

A single thought between a celestial being and a human can travel thousands or tens of thousands of miles in an instant.

Such methods are beyond the comprehension of even terrestrial immortals.

"Ok?"

"Heaven?"

Just when Zhao Min thought there was no way to turn the tide, Li Changsheng and Mo Yi noticed something was wrong. They turned around and looked in one direction almost simultaneously, and then turned their gaze to another place.

"Two celestial beings on land?"

Li Changsheng was finally moved. He looked at Mo Yi and gestured for him to take the Heavenly Sword directly.

"boom!"

Before Mo Yi's power of heaven and man could even get close to Zhao Min, he was forced back by a powerful sword intent that made her expression change drastically, and his power of heaven and man was almost destroyed.

"This is..." Mo Yi looked at his torn sleeves and wounded palms, his face showing unprecedented solemnity. He was a celestial being in spirit form, existing between reality and illusion, and the so-called sleeves were nothing more than a manifestation of his thoughts.

Even so, they were all shattered.

It even left sword marks on his divine consciousness.

This was something that Mo Yi could never have imagined in the past.

Li Changsheng instantly appeared beside Mo Yi, brushing his sleeve across Mo Yi's injured area. His expression was also grave: "Even I can't heal it?"

"Heavenly Sword."

The two men looked at Zhao Min simultaneously, their gazes burning with passion.

"May the Heavenly Venerable grant you boundless blessings, you two, how have you been?" A middle-aged man dressed in a simple Taoist robe walked through the air, covering several miles in a single step, as if shrinking the earth to an inch. When his voice rang out, he was still dozens of miles away from Dadu, but before his voice had even faded, he had already appeared in front of Zhao Min, Li Changsheng, and Mo Yi.

Another figure, dressed in purple brocade robes, appeared as if stepping through the void, in the alley outside the Ruyang Prince's Mansion.

She greeted Li Changsheng with a smile, "It's been a long time, Xiao Ji!"

"It's you?" Li Changsheng's expression changed, and he exclaimed in disbelief, "Didn't you shatter and ascend to the upper realm?"

(End of this chapter)