"A few days?"

Linzi, the capital of the State of Qi, is located in the palace of the King of Qi.

Qi Wangjian looked gloomy and asked in a low voice.

It was already night at this time, but the lights in King Qi's palace were brightly lit, and the bright candlelight reflected King Qi's shadow on the wall, making it look very long.

An inconspicuous figure walked out of the shadow and said, "It's been five days."

"Five days!"

Qi Wangjian read the time repeatedly and asked, "What did he do in these five days?"

"According to our observations, he sparred with Fu Nian and Yan Lu three times a day. Other than that, he stayed in the guest room and never went out."

"Huh! I've never gone out. I'm afraid I did, but you losers didn't notice it!"

"Your Majesty, forgive me."

"That's all. That person was able to make great contributions in the battle to destroy Yan. He must be extraordinary. This matter is not your fault."

King Qi said calmly: "Shadow, what do you think is his purpose of living in Xiaoshengxian Manor? Is it really just to wait for Xunzi's return?"

"This...I'm afraid not."

Qi Wangjian said coldly: "I think what he is waiting for is not Xunzi, but Confucianism!"

The shadow fell silent.

Confucianism.

It originated from the land of Qilu and flourished in the land of Qilu. Now, although it has transformed into eight branches, its strongest force is still located in the land of Qilu.

Especially the Little Saint’s Village, with its peaches and plums all over the world and its numerous disciples. The people of Qi are close to the water, so many people will choose to worship in the Little Saint’s Village.

After these people grow up, they will all become officials in Qi State unless there are special reasons.

To put it bluntly, probably half of the officials in the imperial court of Qi are from Xiaoshengxianzhuang, and most of them belong to Confucianism.

It's just that although the King of Qi was not a wise monarch, he still knew the way of checks and balances. He would hand over many important positions to people from other sects, so that the Confucian power would not be dominated by one family.

In normal times, Confucianism would have been a thorn in King Qi's heart, let alone now.

The Qin State destroyed Han, Zhao, Yan, and Wei in succession, ceded territory to pay compensation, and dedicated dozens of cities, but it could only gain short-term peace.

In these turbulent times, internal stability is even more needed.

If there is internal chaos, Qin will see an opportunity, and Qi may be the next one to be attacked.

With the strength of Confucianism in Qi State, if it surrenders to Qin State, it is probably not even necessary for Qin State to attack, and this land will become Qin State's.

"Confucianism is powerful and cannot be disturbed at this moment. However, Confucianism must also show its own attitude. It is time to choose whether it is Qi or Qin."

Little Sage Village.

"Where did that guy Xunzi go?"

Zhou Ming sat cross-legged in the room, frowning slightly.

In the past few days, apart from competing with Fu Nian and brushing up on his skills, he spent most of his time flying around, looking for Xunzi.

But this old guy is really good at hiding it. It can be said that Zhou Ming searched most of the seven countries and still couldn't find it.

"Now it seems that Xunzi has never been found, and there are only two possibilities. First, he ran too far, but this possibility is unlikely.

Second, he can hide his anger..."

Zhou Ming mainly relied on his ability to observe qi through the "Emperor's Qi Watching Technique" when looking for people. As a great master, Xunzi's qi was naturally different from ordinary people's.

But the world of Qin Shi Mingyue, talking about martial arts, has all kinds of wonderful martial arts, even compared with some low-level fairy worlds, it is not inferior.

The zombie world where Uncle Jiu lives may not be as good as Qin Shi Mingyue.

Both Taoists and Yin-Yangists have means of observing the secrets of heaven. It is not surprising that they can see "qi".

If you can see Qi, you may be able to influence it, thereby hiding it or even disguising it.

Of course, after all, the level is low, so this kind of method is definitely not available to ordinary people.

But Xunzi is not an ordinary person!

"If you really can't find it, forget it."

What I gain is my fortune, and what I lose is my life. Zhou Ming is very open-minded about this aspect.

Bang bang bang!

There was a dull knock on the door, and Zhou Ming raised his eyebrows, feeling a little strange in his heart.

His mental power had already detected the arrival of someone, and it was none other than Yan Lu.

The two people from Xiaoshengxian Village would never come to Zhou Ming on their own initiative. It was Zhou Ming who came to discuss matters with them.

But at this time, Yan Lu came to find him.

Especially now that it's still night time.

It seems even more strange.

Zhou Ming waved his hand to open the door and said, "Mr. Yan Lu, please come in."

Yan Lu said: "There's no need to come in. I'm here late at night. I want to ask you, sir, to come with me."

"Oh? Where are you going? What are you doing?"

"Sir, come with me. When you get to the place, you will know."

Zhou Ming had no doubt that he was there, and followed Yan Lu away to a bamboo forest behind Xiaoshengxian Manor.

He knew that this place had many disciples and was quite noisy on weekdays, but this bamboo forest was very quiet.

Xunzi's residence is in this bamboo forest.

"Could it be that Xunzi is back?"

Zhou Ming's heart moved, but it seemed impossible. He used the Emperor's Qi-gazing Technique to see that there was no sage aura in the bamboo forest, but instead there was a deep murderous aura.

These murderous intentions came from dozens of people, who were hidden in the bamboo forest and formed a siege.

But in the middle of this siege, there is a righteous and high-spirited one.

That Zhengqi is none other than Fu Nian.

"This siege...is you trying to deal with me?"

Zhou Ming had some suspicions in his mind, but pretended not to know and followed Yan Lu into the center of the siege.

"Mr. Li."

Fu Nian saluted and said, "I lured you here this time for no other reason than to kill you."

Zhou Ming smiled lightly and said: "Kill me? By your fellow apprentices? Or by those people hiding next to you?"

Fu Nian was stunned: "It turns out that sir has already noticed it. In that case, I don't need to say anything else. Sir, he works for the State of Qin, and the Little Saint Xian Village is located in the State of Qi. The country is here, I'm sorry."

"What nonsense are you talking about? Let's do it!"

A loud shout rang out, and dozens of figures jumped out from all directions in the bamboo forest, including men and women, most of them holding swords, and a few of them holding knives.

The sword light slashed, the sword energy swept across, and dozens of attacks appeared at the same time, killing Zhou Ming.

But it is a pity that with so many attacks, Zhou Ming did not hear a single bug trigger.

In terms of strength, these people are probably on the same level as those masters who took refuge in Yan Dan in Prince Yan's palace.

Five colors of brilliance flashed across Zhou Ming's body, and then gathered into a stream of gray energy, like an ancient ferocious beast, Taotie, which opened its mouth and swallowed, neutralizing all attacks.

Then he stretched out his hand and a sword energy penetrated into the bamboo forest.

The next moment, countless wooden sword energy burst out from the bamboo.

Most of the dozens of masters were directly killed by these sword energy before they could react.

The remaining ones were slightly stronger and escaped the first sword energy, but the sword energy that followed was endless, and they were just lucky to live for two or three more seconds.

In the blink of an eye, no one among these masters was alive.

Fu Nian held the Tai'a sword in his hand and was stunned for a moment.

He seemed to want to take action, but as soon as he pulled out the sword in his hand, all the masters surrounding him turned into corpses.

The situation changed so quickly that he couldn't cope with it.

"Senior brother..."

Yan Lu shouted in a low voice, but said nothing more.

But Fu Nian already understood what he meant.

"I originally thought that the disaster Uncle Xun mentioned was referring to the Qin State behind you, but I didn't expect that this so-called disaster was you.

It seems that I really made a wrong decision."

Fu Nian said, putting the Tai'a sword back into its scabbard.
To be continued...