The Deepest Affection in Qin's Time

"Heaven has forsaken me..."

After Cao Yuan left, Cheng knelt on the ground, looking at the waning moon in the night sky with a face full of resentment.

He hates!

I hate Lü Buwei!

I hate Lord Changping!

I hate his elder brother!

I also hate Cao Yuan!

"Target...Wei Yong..."

Xuan Jian's eyes were bloodshot, his voice hoarse as he growled, filled with killing intent and hatred!

"I am not Wei Yong!!!"

Cheng knew he was doomed, and roared out his pent-up anger.

"Hehehe..."

A hoarse laugh echoed through the mountains and forests, sounding eerie and sinister.

He looked around in fear.

"Who goes there? Are you here to rescue me?"

A glimmer of hope appeared in his eyes.

But it quickly turned into despair.

“I am Yanri, the leader of the Net.”

Yan Ri stepped out, her iron boots treading the sun.

He chuckled deeply: "You are indeed not Wei Yong, you are Chang'an Jun Cheng, but there is no difference. In Xuan Jian's eyes, you are a damned enemy."

Cheng's heart sank to the bottom.

He slumped to the ground, but his expression calmed down.

"Kill me if you want."

Yan Ri glanced in the direction Cao Yuan's donkey cart had left.

"Hehe, congratulations on not dying tonight."

Cheng was taken aback. "What do you mean?"

Yan Ri smiled sinisterly: "Making use of waste, dying in the right place."

Xuan Jian suddenly sprang to his feet, shouting, "Wei Yong, die!"

Yan Ri abruptly blocked Xuan Jian's sword, activated a secret technique, and whispered, "He is not Wei Yong. Wei Yong is gone..."

"He is not Wei Yong... Wei Yong is gone..."

Xuan Jian kept repeating Yan Ri's words, his gaze gradually becoming unfocused and dull.

Yan Ri smiled with satisfaction, walked up to Cheng, and knocked him unconscious.

What Yan Ri couldn't see was that a clear light flashed in Xuan Jian's eyes as he calmly watched Yan Ri's back, a hint of killing intent flickering within them.

……

As dawn broke, Cao Yuan drove his donkey cart to the outskirts of Handan.

After a month of continuous travel, he planned to rest for two days in Handan before heading to South Korea.

While we're at it, let's gather some intelligence and buy some medicinal herbs that are immune to all poisons.

Cao Yuan, accompanied by Jing Ni, Li Wu, and Xiao Meng Jiang, went directly to the best restaurant in Handan.

With several stacks of gold notes in his hand, he's certainly not short of money now!

"Let's go shopping, let's buy more oil this time."

Cao Yuan chuckled and whispered in Li Wu's ear.

He had already used up all the clove oil, and he hadn't opened Li Wu's back door for a long time.

Li Wu rolled her eyes at Cao Yuan and said with a charming and beautiful expression, "I'm not going."

Unfortunately, Li Wu was only saying it; after Cao Yuan rubbed her a few times, her mouth immediately softened.

"Okay, okay, I'll go, alright?"

Li Wu slumped in Cao Yuan's arms, slightly out of breath.

On the road.

Cao Yuan whispered with a smile in Li Wu's ear, "Do you still remember what you said about dancing a striptease for me? It's been several months already."

Li Wu snorted: "Why didn't you mention this when we were in Sancho?"

Cao Yuan chuckled awkwardly, "I've been busy cultivating."

At that time, he was either soaking in medicinal baths or consolidating his strength, comprehending the second level of the Saint King's Heart Sutra, hoping to break through to the Grandmaster realm before heading to Korea.

Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. Every time I felt I was about to break through, I was just a little short of the right opportunity.

Perhaps he did not grasp the true meaning of investigating things to acquire knowledge.

To truly understand the principle of investigating things and acquiring knowledge, one cannot work in isolation; rather, one needs to immerse oneself in the world and personally investigate things, events, and people.

But the most crucial thing is to be true to oneself.

Simply put, it means determining the path you want to cultivate.

He had a vague idea, but hesitated to make a final decision.

Because this is not only related to his cultivation, but also to the future of the world.

Cao Yuan and Li Wu found out about the best herbal medicine shop in Handan City.

Compared to the Yan Kingdom, the same medicinal materials were priced at least 50% higher.

As for why, it's naturally because Handan was the most prosperous capital among the seven kingdoms at that time.

Because of its location in the heart of the Central Plains, Handan was a transit point for both northern wolf tribes and caravans from various countries.

As a result, prices in Handan have remained high.

Of course, this was Cao Yuan's own guess.

"Shopkeeper, do you have that kind of oil?"

The shopkeeper narrowed his eyes slightly. "Oil? What oil? We don't sell oil here."

"However, there is a kind of medicine that our guests may want, which is very popular among the aristocratic circles in Handan."

Cao Yuan gave a knowing smile.

"Okay, give me three bottles of medicine first."

Cash on delivery, no insider dealings.

Li Wu stood not far away, a slight smile playing on her lips, and muttered to herself, "You want me to do a striptease? You want to use my back door? Dream on."

Outside Handan city.

With his hands behind his back, Yan Ri asked, "Have you found out?"

A Luo Wang assassin knelt on one knee, wearing glasses made of some unknown material.

"Reporting to the leader, Cao Yuan, Jing Ni, and the others have entered the city and are staying in a restaurant in the center of Handan."

After Shen Leping finished reporting, he added, "I have already made a set of clothes identical to Cao Yuan's as requested by the leader, and it will be ready first thing tomorrow morning."

Yan Ri glanced at Cheng, who had fainted on the ground, and felt great.

"very nice."

He thought that after dealing with Cheng, he would still need to investigate and hunt down Jing Ni, but unexpectedly, Jing Ni and Cao Yuan delivered themselves to his doorstep.

Now, he no longer needs to worry about the negative impact of killing Cheng, and he can also successfully frame Cao Yuan, who has a past grudge against Cheng.

Good things come in pairs, allowing him to kill two birds with one stone.

After dealing with Cheng's matter, he and Xuan Jian dealt with the traitor Jing Ni.

Then I can return to Xianyang, change my name, and serve Zhao Ji at Ganquan Palace.

Perhaps they could seize the opportunity to control Zhao Ji and gain the support of the Zhao faction.

It is not impossible for him to seize the throne of Qin.

After all, he was also from the Qin royal family, even if he was just a member of a collateral branch.

Thinking of this, Yan Ri's gaze became fervent.

Shen Leping kept his head down, but his eyes involuntarily drifted to Xuan Jian, who was leaning against a big tree like a puppet.

Shen Leping felt a mix of emotions as he watched Xuan Jian, his former leader, fall to this state.

At least when he worked for Xuan Jian and was responsible for gathering intelligence for Xuan Jian, Xuan Jian treated him well.

By the time Cao Yuan and Li Wu returned to the restaurant, it was already getting dark.

Xiao Mengjiang and Jingni shared a room.

Cao Yuan and Li Wu stayed in another room.

After months of getting to know each other, they could almost understand each other's intentions with just a glance.

Just like now, Cao Yuan put his arm around Li Wu and went into the house, then closed the door.

Like thunder from heaven striking fire from the earth.

"Young master, what kind of striptease would you like to see your sister perform?"

Li Wu put down the medicinal herbs, and with a seductive, mysterious gait, she swayed her exaggerated waist and hips, walking gracefully to Cao Yuan, her eyes alluring and her breath sweet as orchids.

Cao Yuan chuckled, put his arm around Li Wu's waist, and whispered a few words in her ear.

Li Wu's eyes widened in shock, her beautiful, wet eyes filled with astonishment.