Zhu Tian: A journey of spiritual practice starting from Joy of Life

Chapter 255 The Clone in Action

"It's him!"

Leng Feibai recognized the drunkard in front of him at a glance. After all, he had lived in Jicheng for more than ten years and knew several of the retainers under Prince Dan of Yan, especially the one in front of him.

Jing Ke, one of the four great assassins of the Warring States period, is known for his controversial reputation due to his assassination attempt on Ying Zheng.

At this moment, another aura that could barely be considered that of a master also appeared in Leng Feibai's perception.

Before Leng Feibai could turn around and see who was behind him, Jing Ke's somewhat irritating tone had already reached him.

"Hey, isn't this Fei Bai? Why are you wandering around the streets so late at night instead of going home?"

Leng Feibai's lips twitched upon hearing this, and he immediately retorted, "Oh, isn't this Jing the Drunkard? It's rare that you're not completely drunk today. Where were you lying on that dirt mound, throwing up like a baby?"

Jing Ke was taken aback, then changed to a serious tone and said, "Hurry home, I have a life-or-death battle to fight someone later. If your brother, who can't stand any injustice, finds out, you'll get scolded too. You might even get punished."

A knight-errant uses his martial arts to break the law!
Ji Yan has always despised the wandering knights and warriors of the martial arts world. These guys, relying on their few rudimentary skills, challenge and cause trouble everywhere, seriously vandalizing hotels and inns, and causing huge chaos.

Upon hearing this, Leng Feibai took the opportunity to turn around and look back.

The person behind him was nearly forty years old, dressed in a long blue robe, with a thin, curved sword wrapped around his waist.

"Nine-Bend Sword - Return to Xin!"

As he approached, Jing Ke said calmly, "If you want to fight me, you can, but this kid has nothing to do with this. Let him leave first!"

Leng Feibai narrowed his eyes upon hearing this. He had heard Ji Yan mention this middle-aged man before when they were chatting.

Gui Xin was one of the top three swordsmen in the Wei Kingdom. His soft swordsmanship was superb, and his strongest sword strike had nine curves and eighteen bends, capable of piercing down thirty-six flying birds in an instant.

Hearing Jing Ke's words, Gui Xin said irritably, "I have no interest in killing a brat, but having him as a witness would be nice."

Upon hearing this, Jing Ke hesitated for a moment. It wasn't that he didn't want Leng Feibai to stay and be a witness.

But if Ji Yan finds out about this, he'll probably storm into Prince Dan's mansion and berate me for ages.

It wasn't that Jing Ke was afraid of Ji Yan, but rather that Ji Yan's martial arts skills were indeed among the best in the martial arts world.

He was a disciple of the Taoist Tianzong, and his mastery of the Ten Thousand Rivers Autumn Water technique and the Taoist ultimate skill, the Lord's Sword Style, was already consummate.

In a one-on-one situation, I'd guess only that guy Gai Nie could put him in a good position.

If he hadn't returned to the Yan Kingdom and received a title, he would probably be the youngest elder in the history of the Heavenly Sect by now.

Seeing the two exchanging words, Leng Feibai's voice rang out softly, "Gentlemen, I advise you not to cause trouble for the time being. Just now at Feixue Pavilion, Lord Yanchun and General Yan Yi were assassinated. One of the assassins was seriously wounded and died in the street, and was taken to the palace by my brother. By the way, I glanced at it at the time. There was a spider tattoo on the neck of that corpse!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions on both of their faces darkened.

Although they are both martial artists, it doesn't mean they are brainless.

The assassins from Luo Wang killed the most senior prince and the national general in the capital of Yan. At this time, anyone who dared to cause trouble would definitely become a punching bag for the King of Yan.

Thinking of this, Gui Xin immediately said, "Jing Ke, since that's the case, let's have a contest in the woods five miles outside the city three days from now."

"Okay!"

Jing Ke said provocatively, "When the time comes, don't be too afraid to come!"

"Humph"

Gui Xin snorted coldly and turned to leave. Seeing Gui Xin leave, Jing Ke quickly said to Leng Feibai, "Brother Feibai, you said there was an assassination attempt at Feixue Pavilion. Is Gao Jianli alright?"

"The assassins' targets were only Lord Yanchun and Yan Yi, and of course, Lord Yanchun's guards, most of whom are dead!"

Hearing Leng Feibai's words, Jing Ke couldn't help but worry about Gao Jianli. He raised his hand and patted Leng Feibai's shoulder, "Thanks, I'll treat you to a drink in a few days... Never mind, if I take you out for drinks, your brother might just come at me with a sword!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jing Ke used his lightness skill to fly towards Fei Xue Pavilion.

Upon seeing this, Leng Feibai's lips curled up slightly, and he turned and walked back towards his home.

The assassination attempt on Yan Yi and Yan Chunjun by the Luo Wang organization would have required Zhao Gao to be completely bored and idle in the salt mountains.

As early as the beginning of the month, when Leng Feibai heard that Feixue Pavilion was going to hold a grand performance for the newly arrived Snow Maiden, he was immediately interested.

While Ji Yan was away from home, two clones were secretly sent to infiltrate Fei Xue Pavilion. If this performance really attracted Yan Yi and Yan Chun Jun, those two old sly foxes, then they would take the opportunity to kill them in front of everyone in the hall, under the guise of the Luo Wang organization.

The assassins of Luo Wang killed two important figures of the Yan state in broad daylight. If this still doesn't arouse Yan's vigilance against the Qin state, then...

Then Leng Feibai should consider secretly killing King Xi of Yan and Crown Prince Dan of Yan, then supporting Ji Yan and others to ascend the throne, and preparing for the arrival of the Qin army.

Therefore, Leng Feibai had already sent two clones to secretly infiltrate Zhao State to monitor the situation.

If King Zhao really intended to kill Li Mu, he would have his clone use the Double-Handed Technique to immediately control King Zhao and kill Guo Kai.

Let's see if Wang Jian can break through Zhao's army head-on if Li Mu isn't transferred away.

Not long after, Leng Feibai returned to the Pingnan Marquis's residence and went straight to his room.

When the maids inside saw Leng Feibai return, they were about to go forward to help him to bed.

But Leng Feibai waved his hand, signaling them to go back and rest.

The two maids exchanged a glance and reluctantly withdrew.

Upon finding no one inside, Leng Feibai created another clone to impersonate him outside, while he himself returned to the Twelve-Story Tower first.

The Gate of All Heavens remained closed, but the writing on it changed once again at this moment.

[Sink the mirage and thwart Xu Fu's ambition to become king overseas!]

Looking at the words that had been there for a long time, Leng Feibai's eyes flashed with a cold light.

Sinking the mirage was not a difficult task for Leng Feibai.

As for the people on the mirage, to put it bluntly, those guys are, in some ways, the ancestors of the Japanese.

Killing them wouldn't make Leng Feibai feel guilty at all.

"Perhaps there's another way!"

Leng Feibai pondered for a moment and said, "For example, could we infiltrate the Yin-Yang School and eliminate Xu Fu beforehand? But even if Xu Fu dies, Ying Zheng will send other alchemists to sea to find the elixir of immortality for him. At that time..."

After careful consideration, Leng Feibai prepared two options in advance. First, if Ji Yan also had ambitions to unify the world.

Then I'll help him unify the world, repaying the kindness of taking care of me for twelve years, and then kill Xu Fu to see if I can complete the mission so I can hurry to the next world.

Secondly, if Ji Yan has no ambition to unify the world, then I will stay with him and guard the Yan Kingdom for a while.

He would take him away before the Yan state was destroyed.

Then, patiently wait for the plot to begin, then head to Sanghai City. Once the mirage leaves Sanghai City, use the talisman to sink the mirage into the sea.

Having made up his mind, Leng Feibai flew to the fourth floor, sat down cross-legged, and continued to study the forty-second War God Diagram. At the same time, inside the room, Leng Feibai's clone was about to go to sleep fully clothed.

Ji Yan walked in looking exhausted. Upon seeing this, Leng Feibai stood up and asked, "Brother, what happened? Did that old guy upset you again?"

"no!"

Ji Yan dealt with it casually, but this did not escape Leng Feibai's notice.

Seeing this, Leng Feibai twitched his fingers slightly, setting up a sound-isolating barrier in the room. He then threw off the covers, stood up, and walked to Ji Yan's side, saying in a voice only the two of them could hear, "What exactly happened? If you don't tell me, I'll disguise myself and sneak into the palace right now. I'll break that old man's limbs!"

Seeing his younger brother's angry expression, Ji Yan couldn't help but twitch his lips and quickly stopped him.

After all, he raised this brat himself, and if the boy got angry, he might actually do what he said.

"Don't worry, my uncle didn't make me suffer!"

Ji Yan quickly comforted him, "However, he did scold me, saying I was slow to react and let the assassin who tried to kill Uncle escape. But he also promoted me, and I have now accepted Yan Yi's position!"

Listening to Ji Yan's words, Leng Feibai didn't say anything more, but frowned and said, "However, in that case, I'm afraid there will be a lot of trouble. It's estimated that starting tomorrow, Prince Dan of Yan, as well as the other nobles in Ji City, will all be in contact with you, and there are even quite a few women who want to..."

"Snapped!"

Ji Yan tapped Leng Feibai on the head and said, "You brat, you're talking nonsense again, you deserve a beating!"

"hiss"

Leng Feibai gasped, then asked, "What about that assassin?"

"What else can I do!"

Ji Yan said irritably, "The Luo Wang organization is far away in Qin. With the current strength of Yan, let alone waging war against Qin, it would be extremely difficult to even resist Qin's army! It was Your Majesty who wanted to vent your anger on Fei Xue Ge, but not long after, that fellow Ji Dan entered the palace. He argued with Your Majesty for a long time, forcing him to give up the idea."

Leng Feibai's lips twitched upon hearing this, but he didn't say anything more.

Prince Dan of Yan did this probably to win over the hearts of the people.

After all, in the original story, when Xue Nu and Gao Jianli killed Yan Chunjun and were wanted by the entire Yan Kingdom, it was Yan Dan who saved them and guided them to join the Mohist school. Later, they became the leaders of the Mohist school who were loyal to Yan Dan.

"elder brother!"

Leng Feibai tentatively asked in a low voice, "If neither Your Majesty nor Crown Prince Dan of Yan can lead Yan to strength, then you..."

"shut up!"

Ji Yan scolded in a low voice, "Fei Bai, remember this: I would never do anything to betray the Yan Kingdom. So don't let me find out what you've done that you shouldn't have. If I do, I'll knock you out and send you to the Heavenly Sect immediately."

After saying that, Ji Yan got up and left the room.

Upon seeing this, Leng Feibai couldn't help but sigh.

After this incident, Ji Yan deliberately ignored Leng Feibai for several days.

Therefore, Leng Feibai was too lazy to flatter him and continued to stay in the mansion every day to cultivate swordsmanship and practice martial arts, or to study the remaining War God Manual in the Twelve-Story Tower.

That afternoon, after practicing his sword for three hours, Leng Feibai prepared to go back to his room to rest.

But just then, a whooshing sound rang out and came toward him.

Leng Feibai's earlobe twitched slightly, and with a flick of his wrist, a pebble the size of a fingernail fell into his hand.

"Your kung fu is pretty good!"

Jing Ke's voice rang out, and the next moment, he arrived at the training ground carrying two jugs of wine.

"How courageous!"

Looking at Jing Ke's expression, Leng Feibai said irritably, "What, you dare to trespass into the Pingnan Marquis's residence?"

"Ji Yan has gone out to train troops and will not be back today!"

As Jing Ke spoke, he pulled Leng Feibai to sit down at the edge of the training ground and handed him a flask of wine, saying, "What's wrong? Did you two have a fight?"

"That's it!"

As Leng Feibai spoke, he opened the lid of the wine pot and took a sip, mouth to mouth.

The wine in the flask emitted a rich fruity aroma. Leng Feibai savored the taste in his mouth, a fleeting look of enjoyment flashing across his face. He couldn't help but look down at the wine in his hand.

Then Jing Ke said with a wicked smile, "This wine is called Guanghan Guang, and I got it from Lord Yanchun's residence!"

"You have such nerve..."

Leng Feibai's lips twitched involuntarily, and he said speechlessly, "You really are lawless! If this gets out, even Prince Dan might not be able to protect you!"

"I won't fail!"

As Jing Ke spoke, he took another sip of wine and said, "My duel with Gui Xin is over, you..."

"Stop!"

Leng Feibai looked at Jing Ke and said irritably, "The fact that you, this dead drunkard, can still be jumping around and drinking with me means that it was that unlucky guy Gui Xin who died, right!"

"You guy!"

Jing Ke said helplessly, "It seems you're not a good drinking buddy; I can't even have a chat with you!"

After saying that, Jing Ke took out a scroll of parchment and Gui Xin's sword from his bosom and handed them to Leng Feibai, saying, "Here, take this. It's Gui Xin's sword and manual. Perfect for killing time!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jing Ke handed the items to Leng Feibai, drank the wine in the pot clean, and then flew away from the Pingnan Marquis's residence.

Upon seeing this, Leng Feibai downed the wine in his hand and then began to peruse the parchment book in his hand.

Although the Nine-Bend Sword is renowned, its specific moves and energy flow routes are extremely crude in Leng Feibai's eyes, not as useful as the Heavenly Evil Technique and the Other Shore Returning Heart Sword.

Seeing this, Leng Feibai casually tossed the sword and sword manual back into the Twelve-Story Tower, then turned and went back inside.

Just then, the steward of the manor hurriedly came to him with a letter.

"Master Feibai!"

The steward quickly said, "A messenger from Feixue Pavilion has sent a letter requesting your presence!"

Leng Feibai was stunned upon hearing this. Why would Feixue Pavilion want to see him out of the blue? Could it be that Yan Dan wanted to take this opportunity to win over Ji Yan through him?

Thinking of this, Leng Feibai immediately said, "Have someone go to Feixue Pavilion and tell them that I have no interest!"

After saying that, Leng Feibai waved his hand, shattering the letter in his hand, and went straight back to his room to rest.

(End of this chapter)