The Bad Guys: Playing the Fake Li Xingyun at the Beginning

In the palace, Su Ming slowly walked towards the Qinyan Hall where Yelu Zhiwu was.

There were incense burning in the hall and luxurious carpets on the floor. Yelu Zhiwu was barefoot, dancing with the maids around her. Her graceful figure, slender waist and colorful skirt were so beautiful.

"Your Majesty, you are here?" Seeing Su Ming, Yelu Zhi's dancing became chaotic and he didn't care about dancing anymore. He ran straight to him with surprise written all over his face.

Su Ming showed a warm smile on his face and waved his hand to signal the palace maids to leave.

The others were already used to it, and they bowed and left one after another. After a few breaths, they were the only two left in the hall.

Su Ming took her hand and walked to the phoenix couch and sat down. "Auntie Ao, today, I have something to tell you. After you listen, don't be afraid and don't make a sound. I will explain it to you slowly."

Yelu Zhiwu looked shy with her big watery eyes, thinking he was going to do something strange again.

"Actually, I'm not the real Li Xingyun." After saying that, without waiting for her to react, he reached out and removed the disguise on his face, revealing a face full of scars.

At first, Yelu Zhiwu didn't react, but when she saw his face, her expression suddenly became terrified. She shrank to the end of the bed. Just as she was about to speak, she heard Su Ming's gentle voice again.

"I'll tell you about this slowly."

Afterwards, Su Ming told Yelu Zhiwu about his life story and origins. At first, she was very confused and looked at him with a bit of fear.

As he slowly spoke, Yelu Zhiwu's expression gradually relaxed, and she no longer looked at him with such fear. She had already felt that although the man in front of her looked different, he was indeed the one in her heart.

While speaking, Su Ming moved closer to her little by little. After he finished speaking, he grabbed her hand, placed it on his chest, and said sincerely, "Auntie, Yuan Tiangang is coming to Luoyang."

"He came here this time to let the real Li Xingyun take the throne. By then, I will definitely die. I hope you can help me."

Feeling the warmth of his palm, Yelu Zhiwu smiled softly, "You are my husband. If I don't help you, who else can I help?"

"Even if Li Xingyun comes back, I will not recognize him. I, Yelu Zhiwu, have only ever had one husband." As she said this, she held Su Ming's hand with her backhand and smiled sweetly.

Hearing this, Su Ming let out a long breath, stretched out his hand to hold her in his arms, sniffed her black hair, and said, "Thank you."

Sure enough, as the empress said, everything will be different after having an intimate relationship with a woman. Although grassland women are carefree, they also value chastity. The more noble the woman is, the more loyal she is to marriage and love.

Fortunately, he met the innocent Yelu Zhiwu, otherwise she would not be so easy to talk to.

Chapter 199: Taking Drugs and Practicing Kung Fu

A hint of coldness flashed across Yelu Zhiwu's eyes. "You are my husband. It is not easy for the bad commander to kill you. You want to change someone else to be the emperor. What do you think of me, Yelu Zhiwu?"

Even though she was simple-minded, she was angered by the idea of ​​the bad commander. Marry a chicken, follow the chicken; marry a dog, follow the dog. She, Yelu Zhiwu, is a Khitan princess, and her status is no worse than Li Xingyun. You can't change her just because you want to.

As a princess, Yelu Zhiwu was doted on by Yelu Abaoji since she was a child, and she was proud of herself. To her, what was Li Xingyun? You can't be my husband just because you want to.

At this moment, the anger in her heart prompted her to stand together with Su Ming and share the same hatred for the enemy.

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"It will probably take some time for Yuan Tiangang to come. We can't lose our composure. We have to go to court and work as usual. We can't let others, especially Li Siyuan, see any flaws." Li Wentong said solemnly.

Compared with Yuan Tiangang, Li Siyuan is also a big trouble, but there is no doubt that Yuan Tiangang's coming to Luoyang will definitely give him the opportunity to stir up trouble.

"Yes, I understand." The empress obviously realized this and nodded in agreement.

Li Wentong continued, "These are actually just minor details. In this game, the most important thing is strength. As long as he can withstand Yuan Tiangang's attack and survive, we can slowly make plans."

"What the future outcome will be depends on how the emperor deals with Yuan Tiangang. He has bargaining chips, but it depends on whether he has the courage to risk them all." After saying this, he looked at the empress deeply.

Not everyone can risk their life when facing an old monster who has lived for three hundred years. Li Wentong is currently watching the battle. He will only continue with the subsequent actions if Su Ming can survive Yuan Tiangang.

If not, don't blame him for turning against us and trying to please Yuan Tiangang.

You are dead, do you still expect me to be buried with you?

Impossible, this is not realistic.

Li Wentong's words made the empress fall silent. Yes, no matter how much they planned, it would be useless. The key was Su Ming and whether he could survive the first meeting with Yuan Tiangang.

Whether he bowed his head or compromised, the first thing he had to ensure was that he survived.

Those who want to achieve great things should not be fussy about trivial matters. Temporary tolerance can bring about vitality. In this world, what is difficult is never progress, but concession.

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In the room, Su Ming and Yelu Zhiwu were huddled together. He suddenly asked, "Auntie Ao, there are quite a few old ginsengs from Changbai Mountain in your dowry. I remember they are all over a hundred years old. Can eating these things enhance my power?"

Yelu Zhiwu left his arms, thought for a moment, and replied, "A hundred-year-old mountain ginseng is better than nothing for people like me who have great heavenly power. Only herbs that are more than five hundred years old can improve power."

"When I broke through to the Great Heaven Realm, I took a thousand-year-old ginseng and used the power of the medicine to break through the bottleneck. I remember that among the medicinal herbs my father sent me, there were many five-hundred-year-old treasures, such as Polygonum multiflorum, Polygonatum sibiricum, Vermilion Fruit, and Ginseng, all of which have certain effects."

"If you need it, I can send a message to my father and ask him to send some over."

Su Ming thought to himself, as expected, young great masters like the Empress and Yelu Zhiwu, in addition to having high requirements for talent, also have high requirements for resources.

If one of them was not the sister of King Qi and the other was not the daughter of Yelu Abaoji, how could they have broken through to the Great Heavenly Realm before they were twenty years old?

The reason why Zhang Zifan's strength improved so quickly in the later parts of the play was not only because he obtained the real Five Thunders Heart Sutra, but also because he had the Tianshi Mansion behind him and had the resources of the Tianshi Mansion to support him.

Otherwise, he was not like Li Xingyun, who had Yuan Tiangang helping him, so how could he reach the great celestial level in just one or two years.

Think about the thousand-year-old fire Ganoderma lucidum that Li Xingyun encountered when he was just starting out. There was a reason why that thing attracted countless people in the martial arts world to fight for it.

Su Ming smiled and nodded, "Okay, but you don't have to send me any. I'll just buy them directly. I'll buy as many Polygonatum sibiricum, Ginseng, Vermillion Fruit, and Polygonum multiflorum as you can get that are over 500 years old. If you have thousand-year-old herbs, that would be even better."

"Well, I'll write a letter later, husband. I may be able to get 500-year-old herbs, but 1,000-year-old herbs are too precious..."

Although distant water cannot quench immediate thirst, he did this to prepare for the future.

Su Ming smiled softly and patted her little head, his eyes full of doting, "If you have it, that's great, but if you don't, that's fine too. Just buy the herbs when you write the letter, and don't tell your father about my affairs. If he gets involved and offends Yuan Tiangang, no one can save him."

Yelu Abaoji was a heroic and ambitious leader. If he knew about this, he would most likely try to take advantage of the situation and intervene in the matter.

Although Su Ming didn't care about his life or death, he didn't want to cause Yuan Tiangang's displeasure. At any time, traitors were hated, especially traitors who colluded with foreign enemies. They were the most despised and wanted to be killed by everyone.

If a tyrannical ruler like Yuan Tiangang knew that the Khitans were going to interfere with the succession of the Tang emperor, it is not impossible that he would have killed Yelu Abaoji.

Yelu Zhiwu was shocked. She had heard of this person named Buliang Shuai a long time ago. If she really provoked him, the Khitan Kingdom would suffer an unexpected disaster.

She nodded quickly, "Well, don't worry, I won't tell." After that, she turned to look at Su Ming and smiled sweetly, "Husband, you are so nice."

After explaining things to Yelu Zhiwu, Su Ming went directly to the emperor's inner treasury and took out all the rare medicinal herbs that were more than 500 years old.

In the training room, Su Ming sat cross-legged on a cushion. In front of him were several boxes, all of which were filled with five-hundred-year-old medicinal herbs.

Originally, he didn't need to be in such a hurry. He could have asked someone to prepare the medicinal food in advance and take it slowly.

But now, he was in a hurry to improve his skills and couldn't care less.

When the box was opened, a ginseng was seen lying on the red silk cloth, with long ginseng roots tangled together and with patterns on them. It would definitely be a treasure in any herbal medicine shop.

He immediately stuffed the ginseng into his mouth, chewed it slowly, and swallowed it. The ginseng did not taste good, but had a dry and bitter taste.

But the effect was unexpectedly good. After eating it, Su Ming began to practice the Tiangang Jue. After a while, he felt a warmth in his stomach.

The medicinal power of ginseng began to take effect. Lines of essence continuously emanated from the abdomen and spread to the limbs and bones. Before these essences were integrated into the body, they were captured by Su Ming's internal force and completely refined into internal force.

An hour later, he opened his eyes and smiled with satisfaction.

One ginseng root is almost equivalent to several months of hard work for him. It turns out that the real secret to practicing martial arts is taking drugs. If he had known that taking drugs could enhance his strength, he would have sent people to collect more.

Chapter 200 Li Siyuan is confused

It was not until dawn that Su Ming walked out of the training room with satisfaction. That night, he ate three ginseng roots, which increased his skills by almost half a year.

As the saying goes, a poor scholar is good at literature, but a rich martial artist is. People who practice martial arts need to absorb a lot of nutrition in order to make further progress. Without sufficient nutrition intake, they will probably be sucked dry before they can finish their practice.

In ancient times, only people from wealthy families could practice martial arts.

However, there are exceptions. Some guys who come from poor families are born with strong bones, naturally tall and strong bodies. To put it in another word, they are mutated.

These people have strong innate energy, and can sustain for a long time even if they practice martial arts. They cannot be easily drained like ordinary people. And after gaining martial arts power, it is easy for them to earn money and food. If they can't go to the battlefield, can't they go into the mountains to hunt?

Compared to the nutrition provided by meat, the essence contained in medicinal herbs is of a higher level.

The martial arts have a long history, which can be traced back to Taoism. The Taoist theory of refining essence into qi points directly to the foundation of martial arts. The human body takes in blood and flesh to obtain nutrition, and essence and qi will be born when the nutrition is sufficient.

These essences support the functioning of the human body and, if used in martial arts practice, can be extracted as true qi in a specific way.

What the medicinal herbs contain is not nutrients, but a large amount of natural life essence. The quality of these essences is extremely high. Therefore, since ancient times, there has been a saying that aged ginseng can prolong life.

Even in later generations, when science developed rapidly and it was found that the composition of ginseng and radish was similar, it was still impossible to explain why ginseng had such high nutritional value.

However, artificially cultivated ginseng is far inferior to wild ginseng in terms of effects.

The nutritional value obtained from plants is the lowest, followed by meat, then medicinal materials, and finally various elixirs. The quality level of essence is also lower than that of true qi, because this thing will disappear once it is consumed and cannot be solidified.

Once the true Qi is cultivated, it can be replenished from other places in an endless supply. The gap is too obvious.

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Outside the training room, Yelu Zhiwu's eyes lit up when he saw him coming out, and he stepped forward to ask, "How is it? Is it effective?"

Su Ming smiled and said, "I ate three of them and gained half a year's worth of strength."

If he eats too much in the future, he will definitely develop drug resistance, but now, the stronger he is, the better. He doesn't ask to kill Yuan Tiangang, but at least he can hold on for a few more moves and not be killed.

After hearing this, Yelu Zhiwu felt much more relieved.

Qianqiu Palace, the empress has been waiting for a long time.

Seeing Su Ming walking towards her slowly, she said unhappily, "Why are you here just now?"

"I increased my power by half a year last night, which took quite a while."

"Half a year's practice?" The empress was a little surprised. She knew Su Ming's strength better. Her brother had reached the peak of the Great Heaven Realm a long time ago. Since he could beat his brother like that, there was no need to say much about his skills.

How could she not be surprised that one could increase half a year's strength in one night? "What medicine did you take?" The empress had also taken drugs before, so she asked directly.

"Three six hundred year old ginsengs."

"There are still a lot of aged ginseng in the inventory of Prince Qi's Mansion. I will send it to you in the evening."

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Su Ming shook his head. "I still have a few. If you eat too much of this stuff, you will develop drug resistance and it will be useless. Unless you have thousand-year-old medicinal materials, you can't eat much. Besides, only ginseng that is more than 500 years old is effective."

At this moment, the empress couldn't help but think of the fire ganoderma, and sighed faintly, "It's a pity that the thousand-year-old fire ganoderma was gone. Let's not talk about this for now. My brother said that if you want to survive Yuan Tiangang, you have to risk everything you have."

"Your brother is right. That's exactly what I plan to do. We should retreat when we should and advance when we should. Yuan Tiangang is not someone we can deal with, but his weaknesses are too obvious."

"As long as there is a weakness, we can solve this problem. I understand what your brother means. You can tell him when you go back and tell him that I understand."

The empress looked at him, as if she had thought of something, her eyes lit up, and she seemed to have gained confidence.

Su Ming continued, "Well, during this period of time, I need to concentrate on my training. You need to keep an eye on the court for me. Tomorrow, I will practice in seclusion in the name of praying for the late emperor. You need to keep an eye on Li Siyuan for me."

"If he makes any unusual movements, it could mean that Yuan Tiangang has arrived. Otherwise, given his personality, he would definitely not act rashly. When the time comes, you must notify me in time."