Qin Shi Huang: Swordsmanship begins with picking up Xiao Meng

Chapter 113 Jiang Yu Wants to Build an Unprecedented Country

In the deep sea, the situation has reversed dramatically!
Yan Lingji stood there dumbfounded, while Jiang Yu, who had been sleeping, stretched her limbs and woke up.

Then, looking at the sleeping beauty before him, he laughed and said:

"I told you to be careful not to burn yourself."

Because Jiang Yu has been using water to condense soldiers and conducting various control training, and perhaps because he is a transmigrator, his mental strength far exceeds that of ordinary people.

Therefore, among the countless ways to attack Jiang Yu, using illusion magic on her would undoubtedly be the most foolish one.

Especially with Yan Lingji's strength, even if Jiang Yu voluntarily lets down her guard, she cannot completely control Jiang Yu's mind and make Jiang Yu completely fall into her trap.

This kept Jiang Yu conscious the whole time, allowing her to quietly observe how Yan Lingji used her fire charm technique, and finally...

"Buzz!"

Jiang Yu stretched out her finger, and a flame leaped up from between her fingers.

Looking around at the deep sea, flames blaze at the edge of the water, water and fire intertwining to form this illusory world.

"Is this the Fire Charm Technique?"

That's right, Jiang Yu has already mastered Yan Lingji's Fire Charm Technique.

This is what makes Jiang Yu's comprehension so terrifying. Perhaps Jiang Yu's innate talent is not as good as Xiao Meng's, but her comprehension is definitely superior to Xiao Meng's.

Taoism values ​​comprehension most, which is why Bei Mingzi proposed to take on the role of a master in accepting disciples, hoping to bring Jiang Yu into the Tianzong sect.

Of course, Jiang Yu's ability to master the Fire Charm Technique so quickly is also related to her relatively low rank.

After becoming completely familiar with her, Jiang Yu's gaze once again fell on Yan Lingji:
"When I have time later, I'll help you improve it."

Then Jiang Yu snapped her fingers.

"Buzz..."

The illusion before her eyes changed immediately. When Yan Lingji opened her eyes again, she found herself in a deep tunnel, and Jiang Yu's figure had disappeared.

"Owner?"

Yan Lingji tentatively called out, her voice echoing again and again in the silent passageway, but she received no response from Jiang Yu.

"Master, please stop playing around, okay? I know I was wrong, alright?"

"Considering that this person has done the master a great favor, please forgive them this time, okay?"

……

Unfortunately, no matter how much Ren Yanlingji tried to charm and be cute, she couldn't get a single response from Jiang Yu.

"Hmph, you bad master!"

Yan Lingji stomped her foot in annoyance, then looked at both ends of the channel and chose a direction to walk in.

She wanted to see what her bad owner was up to.

"Tap..."

Yan Lingji's footsteps echoed through the passageway, and soon she arrived at a frozen bronze door.

Since her bad master wouldn't harm her anyway, Yan Lingji stepped forward without hesitation and pushed open the frozen door.

Behind the door was a pitch-black world, except for a spotlight that seemed to illuminate something.

The hazy outline made Yan Lingji's beautiful eyes tremble, and she couldn't help but take steps forward.

At the same time, a voice echoed in Yan Lingji's ears.

"Sister, I will always keep what you made for me."

Upon getting closer, Yan Lingji finally saw clearly that it was a small wooden puppet.

Looking at the puppet, Yan Lingji's originally relaxed expression gradually turned into unprecedented sorrow, and tears uncontrollably streamed down her face.

As Yan Lingji shed tears, the raging fire burned away the surrounding darkness, and what sustained the flames was a village, beneath which could be heard various cries of agony.

"No way, this isn't me!"

Yan Lingji stared at her hands, her body trembling uncontrollably.

In the real world, Yan Lingji's delicate body went limp, and she collapsed helplessly.

Fortunately, Jiang Yu reached out and caught her, then picked up Yan Lingji's limp body and carried her back to her room, placing her on the bed.

The weeping Yan Lingji huddled in the corner of the bed, her arms wrapped around her knees, her body trembling, her red lips murmuring:

"Why? Why did you make me see all this?" Jiang Yu said softly upon hearing this.

"Because I want to help you."

"help me?"

Upon hearing this, Yan Lingji looked up at Jiang Yu and shook her head, saying:

"Does Master know what Yan Lingji desires?"

Jiang Yu smiled upon hearing this. Yan Lingji had previously chosen to associate with Tianze, the useless crown prince of Baiyue, and had also witnessed the war in Yan Lingji's illusion just now.

So, is this question really that hard to guess?

Jiang Yu simply uttered two words:
"home!"

"As expected of the master."

Yan Lingji, who was guessed correctly, was first taken aback, then chuckled self-deprecatingly:

"So, when my master said he would help me, he meant to help us Baiyue people restore our kingdom?"

Yan Lingji didn't think she deserved Jiang Yu's help.

"I certainly won't help you restore your country."

Jiang Yu nodded, but before Yan Lingji could speak, Jiang Yu added:
“But I will make the new country that follows a homeland for the Baiyue people, a country for the Baiyue people.”

"The new nation that follows, is the homeland, the nation, of the Baiyue people?"

Upon hearing this, Yan Lingji's beautiful eyes narrowed as she thought of the Baiyue slaves who had been taken in by Jiang Yu in Wangzhuang.

Isn't this the home Jiang Yu was talking about, the home they were given?

As for the country.

Jiang Yu then added:
"This country belongs to the Baiyue people, the Koreans, the Qin people, the Zhao people, and all those who are willing to fight for this country."

Just like the land of China in later generations, people are still divided into people from certain provinces and various ethnic groups, but once they go abroad, they will all have a unified name.

This is the country that Jiang Yu is willing to serve.

Otherwise, why would he, Jiang Yu, a person who has received modern education, work himself to death for the sake of a certain surname or family?

Pooh!
Jiang Yu either does nothing at all, just enjoys a carefree life in the martial world with his wife.

If we're going to do it, we should do it in the best possible way, and make a big splash!
Therefore, not to mention Wei Wuji before, or the recruitment by Liu Sha a few days ago, even if the absolute protagonist of this world, Ying Zheng, personally came to recruit him, Jiang Yu still wouldn't take him seriously.

Jiang Yu already had her own path to walk, although it was a path destined to be very difficult.

Because the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods of today do not have the kind of country that Jiang Yu wants, Jiang Yu only has two choices.

First, choose one of the seven Warring States and transform it into a state like this. This choice has a significant advantage: it minimizes bloodshed for the people.

The second option is for Jiang Yu to build such a country from scratch, but that would not only greatly increase the difficulty, but also cause the nation to shed a great deal of blood.

Therefore, Jiang Yu's current choice is to focus on the first option. Of course, this does not mean that Jiang Yu will give up the second option, but rather that she will simultaneously lay the groundwork for the second option.

Whether the first choice succeeds does not depend on Jiang Yu, but on whether the ruler of the country Jiang Yu chooses is willing to accept the results of Jiang Yu's reforms.

If the other party is unwilling, Jiang Yu will immediately switch to the second option. In short, no matter how difficult the second option is, Jiang Yu will never give up and is confident of success.

Because Jiang Yu now lives in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, an era of contention among a hundred schools of thought.

It can be said that this was the era in Chinese history when, apart from the modern era more than two thousand years later, the Chinese elites were the most open-minded and inclusive.

This was the era in which "the world belongs to all people" was most easily realized in the more than two thousand years that followed.

If we don't fight now, when the imperial power of future generations is deeply rooted in this land, the price we pay to shake it will be many times greater than it is now.

As a person from later generations, Jiang Yu knew this all too well.

Since I am fortunate enough to have come into this world, I should do my best to do something for this nation.

Jiang Yu sat down in front of Yan Lingji, reached out to help her face him, and solemnly asked:

"So, are you now willing to join me in working for this unprecedented country?"

Yan Lingji looked at Jiang Yu in front of her, and nodded her head heavily without hesitation:
"Ok!"

Then, Yan Lingji's fear and sorrow vanished, and her beautiful face blossomed into a smile.

Because he had finally seen his master in person—

At his most handsome!
(End of this chapter)