天下影视

Cheng Guang possessed the Tai Chi Diagram, a Different Treasure, so he had some understanding of the concept of time\'s power, allowing him to acutely sense the slightly eerie change in Qin Beifeng, aware that some force was at play behind it.

Cheng Guang observed Qin Beifeng for a moment, feigning concern and delight on his face.

"Mr. Qin, are your injuries healed?"

Qin Beifeng, while donning his armor and slowly straightening his clothes, bore a smile on his heroic face and nodded slightly upon hearing Cheng Guang\'s words.

At the same time, he began to walk toward Cheng Guang at a leisurely pace.

"Princely Heir, my injuries are healed, you needn\'t worry," he said.

As Qin Beifeng approached, the smile on his face started to fade slowly.

Cheng Guang\'s heart tightened; he felt a sense of danger prickling his skin.

It sent a chill down his spine.

Qin Beifeng walked up to Cheng Guang and placed a hand on his shoulder, shaking his head, "However, Princely Heir, you should start worrying about yourself now."

"I had planned to find you after my injuries were healed, but now it seems I can save myself the trouble."

Cheng Guang\'s face showed confusion.

Internally he was cursing, but he maintained a foolish expression on the surface.

"Mr Qin, what are you talking about? What do you need me for?"

Qin Beifeng did not answer. Gone were the usual expressions on his heroic face, replaced by a look of someone completely different, cold and authoritative.

"I have no time left, Princely Heir. Please forgive me," he said.

Without offering any explanation, Qin Beifeng grabbed Cheng Guang, and with one step, they seemed to pass through the void, soundlessly, and in the next moment, they appeared near the city gate.

When Qin Beifeng\'s figure suddenly appeared near the city gate, the soldiers of the Northern Expedition Army who guarded the vicinity were at first stunned, then overjoyed.

"General Qin, your wounds are healed!?"

"Truly worthy of being General Qin. So formidable, to recover from such serious injuries so quickly," they said.

"Come to think of it, that Fire Dragon Devil King must have used some dirty trick, otherwise, how could General Qin have been defeated?"

The many soldiers discussed among themselves.

Qin Beifeng, under the gaze of many soldiers, reacted not at all, simply saying, "Open the city gate."

Upon hearing these words from Qin Beifeng, the assembled soldiers were initially stunned; and as they were about to voice their concerns, they realized several soldiers behind them were already operating the gate mechanisms.

These men were Qin Beifeng\'s trusted followers.

The city gate of North City was slowly being raised.

Aside from Qin Beifeng\'s confidants, all other soldiers watched with incredulous eyes, both towards Qin Beifeng and the soldiers working the city gate.

"What\'s going on here?"

Some still didn\'t grasp the situation.

As some began to catch on and were about to push away Qin Beifeng\'s confidants from the gate mechanism, those confidants, anticipating such reactions, drew their swords in a flinty flash.

Qi surged forth, streaking past the soldier.

Just as that man was about to be beheaded,

a burst of laughter came from the side.

"Old Qin, what are you up to by opening the city gate?"

It was Li Baxun\'s voice.

As his words ended, the sword was restrained, and the confidants of Qin Beifeng who had been operating the city gate stopped, shocked, and quickly turned to look at Li Baxun, who had just appeared.

Li Baxun\'s emaciated hands rested on the shoulders of Qin Beifeng\'s confidants.

Not a word was said.

But Qin Beifeng\'s confidant started to tremble, his face turning pale.

"Li... General Li..."

"Why are you here...?"

Qin Beifeng frowned slightly too, surprised by Li Baxun\'s sudden appearance.

Originally, he had planned to open all the gates of North City simultaneously, but now, his plan had been foiled for reasons unknown to him.

He could only infiltrate his secretly trained confidants into the city\'s defense forces unnoticed.

It was still a good outcome to be able to open one gate.

But he hadn\'t anticipated, at such a critical time, that Li Baxun would not be engaged in battle with the Demon Kings but would appear here instead.

Why?

Qin Beifeng was puzzled.

In silence, he watched Li Baxun without speaking.

Li Baxun, receiving no response from Qin Beifeng, heaved a sigh, looking aggrieved and rubbing his forehead as if it pained him.

"Duke of the State must have anticipated this, instructing me to keep a closer eye on you," he said.

"I was oblivious to what was happening until I saw you bring the Princely Heir over here, claiming to open the gate."

"Mr. Qin, given your status and position, you wouldn\'t stoop to colluding with Demon Beasts, would you?"

"Why the unnecessary agony?"

Upon hearing Li Baxun\'s words, Qin Beifeng felt somewhat disappointed, but even more shocked.

"Did the Duke foresee this?"

How could this be possible?

Qin Beifeng considered himself well-hidden, having concealed his true identity ever since he joined the Northern Expedition Army.

To gain the trust of the Duke of the State, he married and had children in North City; he even sent his own daughter to be raised by the Duke from a young age.

Logically, even if his recent battle with the Fire Dragon Demon King hinted at a suspect defeat, it shouldn\'t have been enough to raise the Duke\'s suspicion, right?

Qin Beifeng didn\'t understand!

Qin Beifeng was puzzled!

Qin Beifeng took a deep breath, then, looking at Li Baxun, he said with a smile, "The unnecessary agony?"

"It\'s too bitter."

"The generals of Great Chu were crushed by the Duke of the State alone, the Imperial Palace of Great Chu was overthrown by him alone, the lands of Great Chu were defeated by him alone."

"Even if the nation is destroyed, the spirit of Great Chu\'s generals lives on; even if the nation is destroyed, the people remain."

"To avenge the destruction of our country and homeland, even if it means I have to shatter to pieces, I\'m willing to do so."

"My years of patient hiding were all for today."

"With me alive, the spirit of Great Chu\'s generals lives on; Great Chu hasn\'t perished yet."

Qin Beifeng spoke these words.

Li Baxun fell silent.

Clearly, he had not expected Qin Beifeng to be one of the Great Chu generals from the past.

Back then, the Great Chu generals, leading less than ten thousand soldiers, defended the surroundings of the Imperial Palace against a million-strong Northern Expedition Army, and never retreated until their last drop of blood was spilled.

They died standing up.

Even as enemies, Li Baxun held a measure of respect for them.

Li Baxun had not anticipated that any of the Great Chu generals, nearly completely wiped out, would still be alive.

How had Qin Beifeng survived?

Li Baxun knew how Qin Beifeng had joined the Northern Expedition Army.

Without a scratch on him.

But in such a battle, with the nature of the Great Chu generals, they would never do anything to cling to life in disgrace.

So, Qin Beifeng was a survivor?

It was said that Great Chu once had a prodigy who, not yet thirty years old, attained the rank of a seventh-grade officer and was about to assume the post of The Great Wind General among the Imperial Guard generals.

The Northern Expedition Army overran the Imperial Palace of Great Chu when it was time for the old to give way to the new.

Li Baxun thought of something and looked at Qin Beifeng, stroking his chin, "So, Mr. Qin, you were The Great Wind General among the Great Chu generals back then?"

Qin Beifeng let out a forced laugh, his laughter growing louder, seemingly with tears in his eyes.

"The Great Wind General…"

"Before I could take my post, the nation was gone."

"What Great Wind General am I…"

Qin Beifeng\'s laughter was tinged with desolation.

It seemed like self-mockery, and also like grief.

Cheng Guang, subdued by Qin Beifeng, found Qin Beifeng\'s words incredibly odd.

He truly felt like it was all screwed up.

He hadn\'t expected Qin Beifeng to be from Great Chu.

And as for himself, he should still be considered the Crown Prince of Great Chu, right?

Isn\'t this like a flood washing over the Dragon King Temple?

Considering the situation, even if Cheng Guang said he was the Crown Prince of Great Chu,

Qin Beifeng wouldn\'t believe him.

Let alone Qin Beifeng, even Cheng Guang himself couldn\'t believe this fantastical turn of events.

Cheng Guang sighed, truly feeling miserable.

You say…

What an incident this is.

Originally, Cheng Guang had planned to simply trick Qin Beifeng to death.

But upon hearing that Qin Beifeng was actually from Great Chu, and that he was targeting the Northern Expedition Army as a Spy Code to avenge Great Chu,

He suddenly found it hard to proceed with his plan.

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