Martial Arts Crossover: It All Started with Hijacking Li Canghai

Qin Han took the bamboo tube, and with a gentle rub of his thumb, the sealing wax on the opening cracked open.

He emptied the roll inside and unfolded it to take a look.

The secret report was written in the handwriting of the head manager of the Sihai Trading Company in Jinan. The handwriting was very hurried, and it mainly mentioned two matters.

The first incident was the aftermath of the Battle of Sanfeng Valley, where 100,000 Eight Banners and Green Standard Army troops were completely wiped out. Commander-in-Chief Tuhai, Deputy Commanders Nalandar, Sabusu, and Yue Leming all perished in Shandong.

This catastrophic disaster cannot be concealed.

The fleeing Qing soldiers carried the news out, and the Qing envoys in Shandong reacted extremely quickly, immediately dispatching the highest-ranking Red Feather Messengers on an 800-li express route, sending them in two separate groups rushing north.

One route headed straight for the Forbidden City in Yanjing, while the other went to Shengjing outside the Great Wall.

At present, all the official roads and waterways north of Jinan Prefecture have been blocked by the local Qing army garrison, and the checks are extremely strict. Even if a pigeon flies by in the sky, it will be hit by two arrows.

Qin Han scoffed. Only now do they think of closing the roads and shutting down the gates? Too late!

Their own net was now being spread either by word of mouth or by hawks. How could these Qing soldiers possibly notice it from thousands of meters in the air?

His gaze shifted downwards and landed on the second matter.

Two days ago, a young couple suddenly appeared outside Linzi City in Qingzhou Prefecture. The man carried a crescent-shaped scimitar, and the woman was dressed in green and was gentle and charming.

The two built a hut in the bamboo forest outside the city and lived there, appearing to be living in seclusion and avoiding the world.

Unexpectedly, last night, the Azure Dragon Society somehow gathered a hundred top experts and surrounded the bamboo forest under the cover of darkness.

As a result, the encirclement and attack lasted for less than three breaths.

According to reports from scouts keeping watch in the distance, only a crescent-shaped flash of light appeared in the bamboo forest.

Just one cut!

The hundred top experts of the Azure Dragon Society were neatly cut in two, armor and all, with smooth blades. Even after the bodies fell to the ground, the bamboo in the forest slid down in neat fashion, half a beat later.

The sword intent was sinister and domineering. The merchant's scouts only glanced at it from two miles away, and when they returned, they developed a high fever, bloodshot eyes, and kept talking nonsense.

A crescent-shaped scimitar, and a woman in green?

Qin Han paused for a moment while holding the letter, but quickly guessed who the couple was.

"Ding Peng, the Demon Blade? And his wife Qingqing?"

The thought crossed his mind, and he quickly figured out the key to it.

As Wanwan just mentioned, Shangguan Xiaoxian integrated the two factions of the Demonic Sect and the Six Paths in the Western Regions with ruthless methods, even scaring away that old demon Qiao Beiming.

Ding Peng practices the "Divine Blade Slash" of the Demonic Sect, and the crescent-shaped blade in his hand is also a sacred object of the Demonic Sect.

Given this kid's arrogant and aloof nature, he certainly wouldn't be willing to submit to Shangguan Xiaoxian and be manipulated by others. He probably took advantage of the change of dynasties in the Demonic Sect to sneak back to the Central Plains with his wife.

But even after returning to the Central Plains, things didn't seem peaceful. Those rats from the Azure Dragon Society had really outreached themselves, daring to provoke even a jinx like Ding Peng. It was like an old man hanging himself, tired of living.

"My lord, should we send more agents from the Luo Wang (Net of Heaven) to keep an eye on Qingzhou?"

Lin Pingzhi knelt on one knee, his cold, hard voice emanating from beneath the ghost mask.

Qin Han casually channeled a wisp of true energy, and the secret report in his hand turned into a wad of scraps of paper, which drifted away with the mountain wind.

"No need. Withdraw all your men and get them away from that bamboo grove," Qin Han ordered calmly.

Ding Peng's swordsmanship is extremely unorthodox; one wrong move and he could fall into demonic possession. However, with the divine swordsmanship that allows him to become one with his sword, he can probably reach the threshold of the Celestial Realm. Ordinary people would be doomed no matter how many times they tried.

As long as you don't provoke them, Ding Peng is no different from a block of wood; there's no need to test his blade with the elites of the Luo Wang.

"But the Azure Dragon Society..." Qin Han's eyes turned cold.

The Qing government's 100,000-strong army had just been defeated when the Qinglong Society's assassins launched a large-scale operation in Qingzhou. These guys hiding in the shadows were probably also eyeing Shandong.

Standing a few steps away, Lianxing heard Qin Han and Lin Pingzhi's conversation clearly.

Upon hearing the words "Azure Dragon Society," her fingers tightened. After leaving the "Power Ranking," as the Second Palace Master of Yihua Palace, she would naturally investigate the backgrounds of the powers on the list.

You wouldn't know unless you looked it up, and what you find is astonishing. The Azure Dragon Society's influence in the martial arts world is terrifying, with 365 branches spread all over the world, infiltrating every nook and cranny.

Qin Han caught a glimpse of Lianxing's profile and was about to say something.

Deep within the dantian, the previously suppressed aura of decay suddenly surged.

Qin Han's face remained expressionless, but the dragon pattern on his back radiated a slight warmth, forcefully suppressing the churning gray energy once more.

This is never going to end!

It seems Zeng Rou is a bit too weak on her own. The little bit of power she charged last night didn't even last a day before it started leaking electricity. The battery life is really terrible.

Ajiu and Su Kui were busy in the inner hall counting the spoils of war and replying to the official documents of various rebel armies. Xia Qingqing began to emulate the ancient story of slaying the white snake to start a rebellion, using his dragon transformation to spread his fame. Long'er and Wanwan had just taken a carriage to the White Lotus Sect.

Of the vast Golden Serpent Camp, the only one currently idle seems to be the Second Palace Master of the Yihua Palace. As for He Tieshou and Ren Yingying, He Tieshou is still injured, and Ren Yingying is too precious a woman to be touched right now.

Qin Han exhaled a breath of stale air without making a sound and looked at Lin Pingzhi.

"Go about your business. Push the hidden sentries north of Jinan out another thirty miles. Pay close attention to the reactions between Kangxi and the Three Feudatories. Report to me immediately if there is any disturbance."

"Yes, sir!"

Lin Pingzhi got up and disappeared around the bend in the mountain path in a few leaps.

The area in front of the village gate fell silent, with only the rustling of the leaves in the mountain breeze.

Qin Han turned around and walked up to Lianxing.

Lianxing was still pondering the matter of the Azure Dragon Society and that scimitar-wielding man when suddenly a dark shadow loomed over her, and she instinctively looked up.

Before she could back away, Qin Han had already reached out his right hand and grabbed her left hand, which was hanging by her side.

"Ah..." Lianxing gasped softly.

I tried to pull it back, but found that the other person's hand was like an iron hoop, not moving an inch.

The day before yesterday, he touched me in the carriage to treat my foot injury. What's going on today?

This is the very gate of the Golden Serpent Camp! This is incredibly audacious...

"Your Highness, what...what are you doing?"

"Let go quickly, what will it look like if someone sees this..."

Lianxing blushed slightly, turned her head away, and dared not look him in the eye. Her voice was filled with embarrassment, annoyance, and panic.

Qin Han held her soft, delicate hand tightly, showing no intention of letting go. Instead, he led her into the village.

The Yihua Palace specializes in the Mingyu Gong, which emphasizes ice-like skin and jade-like bones. The deeper one's skill, the cooler one's body temperature becomes.

Holding her slightly cool and smooth little hand in the middle of the day was just the right way to calm the restlessness and irritability caused by the backlash of karma within me.

"On my own turf, if anyone dares to gossip, Zhao Gao will rip out their tongue and feed it to the dogs."

Qin Han walked with a steady gait and spoke as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

Lianxing was led forward by him, her left foot stepping on the flat bluestone slab. Every step she took was very steady, and the sluggish feeling of unevenness that she had experienced in the past twenty years was gone.

This down-to-earth feeling lessened her initial resistance and made her realize that now that she knew so many secrets, she probably couldn't escape them.