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Mongke trembled as he stammered, "No, no, I don't know. I beg the Wolf God to enlighten me!"

"Hmph, I can't be bothered to talk to you." The man in white waved his hand, presumably pointing at Ma Guangzuo: "Go ask my messenger in the mortal realm!"

After he finished speaking, a cry rang out, and the man in white and the divine eagle disappeared into the night in a few leaps.

"Who is the envoy?" Möngke was completely bewildered.

"Ah!" Just as one wave subsided, another arose. Ma Guangzuo threw away his scimitar, clutched his head, and rolled around, making shouting noises. His eyes bulged out, and he looked terrifying.

"Warrior, what's wrong with you?" Mongko was getting more and more dizzy, his hands were tied together, and he didn't know whether to help him up or not.

"Awooo!" The surrounding wolves joined in the commotion, their howls nearly scaring Meng Ge so much that he wet his pants.

He plopped down on the ground, cautiously looking around. He then realized that the wolves hadn't attacked him; instead, they were all lying prone on the ground. Their eyes, gleaming with a ghastly green light, were fixed on the rolling Ma Guangzuo, whose body trembled and who was whimpering softly.

"What's going on?" Mongke tried to stand up, but his legs kept going weak, as if he had no legs at all.

After a while, Ma Guangzuo stopped howling and gradually stopped rolling around in the night. He brushed the dust off his clothes and stood up, leaning forward and backward, his face blank.

After swaying for a while, his gaze slowly swept over the wolf pack, finally settling on the disheveled Mongke sitting on the ground.

"Great Khan, it's alright now." Although the voice was still buzzing, it had become much more imposing, containing a mysterious power within it.

"Ah, ah ah..." Mengge didn't know how to answer. He struggled to stand up, but in the end, he just squatted down on his bottom.

Ma Guangzuo suppressed his laughter, put on a stern face, took two steps to Möngke's side, and pulled up the terrified Daqi.

Then he waved to the wolves and roared, "Get home, all of you! I, the messenger, will personally enlighten the Great Khan. Rest assured, my god will not blame you."

Strangely enough, the wolf pack seemed to understand, and quickly receded like a tide.

Chapter 101: The Plan Succeeds [Third Update]

With Lin Yaoxie's secret help, Ma Guangzuo successfully drove away the wolf pack.

He even used the title of Wolf God's Messenger to intimidate Möngke.

Upon returning to Dadu, Mongke eagerly asked Ma Guangzuo what message the Wolf God wanted him to convey.

"Great Khan, the Wolf God is already displeased because of your repeated setbacks in the south. However, considering that there are indeed experts in the Southern Song Dynasty and that you have not given up the war, he has been holding back and has not made a move."

Lin Yaoxie had already imprinted these words into Ma Guangzuo's memory using his secret telepathic ability, and not a single word was wrong.

"Unexpectedly, after the passing of the Golden Wheel Grand Preceptor, the Great Khan actually diverted soldiers to the construction of the capital, showing a strong tendency to cease hostilities. This angered the Wolf God, who even personally performed a miracle in hopes of strengthening your resolve. However, several days have passed, and you remain unmoved. Therefore, he summoned the wolf formation during your hunt and appointed me as his envoy."

After saying all that in one breath, Ma Guangzuo finally spoke in his own voice: "Great Khan, the will of Heaven is hard to defy, and the will of the gods is hard to resist. I think it would be better to..."

Möngke paced back and forth in the main tent, his expression uncertain.

“Warrior, no, I should say envoy.” Mongke also revealed his own predicament: “Envoy, do you really think I want to stop the war? Several of my brothers, including some distant relatives stationed in the west, have already made quite a name for themselves on that continent called Europe, where white-faced people live. But I can’t even get past the small city of Xiangyang, and I even lost the Golden Wheel Monk.”

Mongke clenched his fist tightly: "When the Golden Wheel Monk went to Xiangyang, you, the envoy, also went. Didn't you say at the time that there was a prince among the Han people who was the leader of the alliance, named Lin Yaoxie? As long as Lin Yaoxie was there, Xiangyang City would be as solid as a rock and would never be breached?"

Ma Guangzuo blushed and waved his hand dismissively: "Times have changed. That Lin Yaoxie is indeed incredibly skilled, but if Lin Yaoxie is no longer in Xiangyang City, what do we have to fear?"

"Lin Yaoxie has left Xiangyang?" Mongke was overjoyed.

Ma Guangzuo said mysteriously, "I only learned about Lin Yaoxie and Guo Jing's falling out under the Wolf God's instructions. I even heard the Wolf God say that Guo Jing seems to have lost his martial arts skills. Without Lin Yaoxie and Guo Jing, what is Xiangyang City?"

"Is that really so?" Möngke paced back and forth several times. "The Wolf God himself has appeared, so the matter of Xiangyang must be true. In that case, it really is a blessing for our Great Mongol Empire."

Just as the two were discussing state affairs, a guard suddenly came to report: "Reporting to the Great Khan, Prince Ariq Böke has led 100,000 cavalry from the capital Kharbrin and is on his way to Dadu. He is less than ten miles away from Dadu."

"What? Ariq Böke's father has arrived?" Möngke's expression changed rapidly.

Ma Guangzuo stood up and roared, "Great Khan, there's something I'm not sure if I should say?"

Möngke, whose mind was in turmoil, quickly asked in a friendly manner, "Envoy, please speak freely. You just saved my life, there is nothing between us that cannot be said."

"Since that's the case, I'll say it then."

Ma Guangzuo is really into character now; with his protruding belly, he looks exactly like the messenger of the wolf god descending.

"Actually, I already learned this from the Wolf God. The reason why you, Great Khan, did not attack Xiangyang, besides the evil Lin, is that you are afraid that Prince Kublai Khan will take advantage of your southward expedition to personally supervise the battle and seize Dadu."

"Uh..." Having his thoughts laid bare, Mongke no longer tried to hide anything.

He sighed and said, "The envoy is right. You don't know, but in recent months spies have reported that my brother Kublai Khan has been secretly maneuvering, amassing troops and buying horses. If I were to attack Xiangyang now, most of the capital would lack capable generals, and I, the Khan, would have to personally lead the campaign. If Kublai Khan truly harbors rebellious intentions now, I..."

Mongke couldn't continue speaking.

Ma Guangzuo threw his head back and laughed, then suddenly stopped: "Great Khan, tell me the truth, between the two princes Kublai Khan and Ariq Böke, who do you trust more?"

This is a very sharp question. If someone else had asked it, Möngke would have been furious.

At this time and place, Ma Guangzuo was not only his most trusted confidant, but also the messenger of the wolf god Sharaba. In terms of faith, the status of the wolf god's messenger was not much lower than that of Möngke Khan himself.

Since things had come to this point, Mongke laid all his cards on the table.

"Let me put it this way. Ariq Böke is my youngest brother and the 'Anda' I trust the most. If I didn't trust him, I wouldn't have let him guard Halbrin."

Upon hearing this, Ma Guangzu slapped his chest loudly: "Since you say so, Great Khan, I will stand up for you on behalf of the Wolf God. I will immediately make up my mind to personally lead the expedition against Xiangyang. The reason why Prince Ariq Böke has led his troops here is because he was instructed by the Wolf God to come and defend the city for you."

Mongke listened, stunned, his trembling eyes slowly hardening. He suddenly clenched his fist and swung it downwards.

"Very well, since the Wolf God is protecting me, I will surely achieve a great victory this time. Give the order to open the city gates to welcome my lord, and at the same time, make preparations for war. I, the Khan, will soon lead my troops south, take Xiangyang, sweep across the Southern Song Dynasty, and unify China."

...

The situation in the north was completely under Lin Yaoxie's control. He rode the divine eagle all the way south.

This northward expedition not only accomplished its intended mission and successfully lured out the Mongol army, but also brought out the rather difficult-to-control Möngke Khan.

And the extra rewards are also plentiful.

Having subdued the Wolf God, Sharaba, Lin Yaoxie knew that Sharaba was even more powerful than the Divine Eagle. If the giant python wasn't currently in the process of transforming into a dragon, he would really like to see who was stronger, the Wolf God or the giant python.

Duke Vincent was expelled: Although it is unclear why the system did not allow him to kill the bats directly, he obtained a zombie wolf army of about 500 through Vincent's Embrace skill, Forest Demon.

In the previous world, Lin Yaoxie also obtained a lot of wandering corpses and bronze-armored corpses, but due to the nature of his cultivation technique, the corpse poison that could spread and reproduce was removed.

This time, through Vincent's Embrace, Lin Yaoxie gained several hundred sources capable of spreading the virus, which was of great significance to him.

And after that scare, he successfully intimidated the vampires. Regardless of what happens in the future, at least for the next hundred years, the vampires will not have any designs on the East.

Chapter 102: The Black Dragon [Fourth Update]

As for recruiting Ariq Böke, it was because Lin Yaoxie had already made up his mind to kill Möngke, not for any other reason than that Möngke had said something he did not want to hear.

If you touch my sore spot, I will make sure you never escape this fate.

Why cultivate Ariq Böke instead of Kublai Khan? This was also Lin Yaoxie's selfish motive.

Even those who know little about Chinese history know the name Kublai Khan. It's fair to say that Kublai Khan deserves a large part of the credit for the Yuan Dynasty becoming a superpower spanning Eurasia and boasting the largest territory in history.

Genghis Khan was indeed great, but he was already old and could not live to see the full moon. And from Ögedei Khan to Möngke Khan, although they were all elites, their abilities were still limited.

Kublai Khan, however, not only consolidated the foundation laid by his grandfather, but also revitalized it.

In other words, even if Lin Yaoxie didn't take action and allowed time and space to develop freely, Kublai Khan would eventually sit on the throne of the Great Khan and establish the Yuan Dynasty.

Kublai Khan is too capable and too shrewd. If he were to become uncontrollable, it would be very troublesome.

Lin Yaoxie wasn't afraid of Kublai Khan; to him now, any threat could be eliminated with a single sword strike. But he didn't want to do so, for no other reason than to find it troublesome.

If Kublai Khan were truly killed, Mongolia would inevitably descend into chaos. Who could predict what unforeseen events might unfold?

It's better to have everything under your own control than to encounter unstable factors.

In contrast, it was Ariq Böke, who had no imperial destiny and was ultimately killed by Kublai Khan in history, who came into Lin Yaoxie's sights.

At this moment, he did not return to Xiangyang. Guo Fu was in his space, and Huang Rong was still stuck on the question: what was he doing in Xiangyang?

It's not the right time yet. Let's wait a while, and Xiangyang will fall into chaos. That's when we'll settle accounts with Guo Jing.

So he rode the divine eagle over Xiangyang City and continued south, heading towards his home, the home of the Martial King. That's right, the Martial King's Mansion in Lin'an.

He wanted to go to the Martial King's Mansion to see how the forces he had been secretly cultivating were doing.

. . .

The Prince Wu's mansion was enormous, even in the city of Lin'an where land was incredibly valuable.

Originally, the Wu King's Mansion wasn't this large. But ever since Lin Yaoxie made a name for himself, the current emperor has treated him like an ancestor.

The emperors of the Southern Song Dynasty were all incompetent, but none of them were fools. Most of them were artists with sharp minds. They knew very well that as long as they appeased Lin Yaoxie, they could guarantee the stability of half of the country.

It was based on this idea that the emperor ordered the expansion of the Prince Wu's Palace, increasing its size by nearly five times.

In the rest of the new Prince Wu's residence, all was quiet. But in the very center, thirteen people were gathered. All thirteen were dressed in black robes and armor, their faces obscured by black helmets.

The thirteen people formed a circle in the courtyard, each repeatedly pushing their hands outwards and exhaling and inhaling. Although it had only been five or six days since they were united, the thirteen people were already faintly able to produce the sounds of dragons and elephants resonating with each other.

A dozen meters away from the thirteen people, a pretty young woman kept talking, pointing out the shortcomings in their movements.

After practicing for a full three hours, the girl clapped her hands and said, "Alright, any martial art must be practiced step by step. This Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill is even more so and cannot be rushed. Just take it slow."

The leader of the thirteen people said loudly, "Miss Wushuang is right, let's rest first."

This person is called Black Dragon. He is the Black Dragon whom Lin Yaoxie sent Lu Wushuang to find and teach the Dragon Elephant Skill.

This black dragon is only in his early twenties. Lin Yaoxie found him specifically after he arrived in the world of Condor Heroes.

Over the years, Lin Yaoxie may not have returned to the Martial King's Mansion, but in reality, he would come back to visit whenever he was passing by. However, he would only visit Black Dragon when he returned, without disturbing the hundreds of people in the manor.

Each time he returned, Lin Yaoxie would share his insights and techniques on martial arts cultivation with Black Dragon.

It can be said that, apart from the Sword Immortal lineage, Lin Yaoxie taught all the martial arts he knew to Black Dragon.

But at the same time, he also instructed Black Dragon to keep a low profile, accumulate strength, and show his power when it is most needed.

Therefore, even though Black Dragon already possessed the skills of a top-tier master, there was no news about him in the martial arts world.

This time, Lu Wushuang brought the Dragon Elephant Skill and personally instructed him, and the Black Dragon quickly mastered it. Moreover, because of his exceptional talent, he even grasped the skill faster than Lu Wushuang, reaching the seventh level of the Dragon Elephant Skill in just a few days.

Even the Golden Wheel Monk took twenty years to cultivate the technique from the first to the seventh level, while the Black Dragon only took a few days. The difference is...

When one person attains enlightenment, even their chickens and dogs ascend to heaven. Lin Yaoxie is monstrous enough, and even the shadow assassins he trained are equally monstrous.

Although Black Dragon was a low-key person, he knew he should cultivate some of Lin Yaoxie's own strength. So, using the name of the Martial King's Mansion, he secretly gathered a group of talented young people from all over the world and gave them special training.

With his incredible talent, he could see that the Dragon Elephant Prajna Technique was terrifyingly powerful, but even with his talent, it would probably take him eighty years to reach the thirteenth level by himself.

Black Dragon knew very well that since Lin Yaoxie was in such a hurry to send Lu Wushuang here alone to pass on his skills, he must have something to do in the short term that required manpower.