Ch 61: Lingyan City After The War
“Martial Uncle, perhaps we should help them,” Shi Ming said to Li Hanzhou at this time.
“How do you plan to help them?” Li Hanzhou looked at Shi Ming and asked.
Shi Ming fell into thought, then said, “Perhaps we could give them some money.”
“The commoners in Lingyan City number more than one million? Where could we possibly afford to give them money?” Li Hanzhou shook his head. “The aftereffects of war are not something one or two people can help eliminate.”
It wasn’t that Li Hanzhou was unwilling to help, but facing the consequences of the war, Li Hanzhou was also powerless at this moment.
“Martial Uncle, why is there war?” Shi Ming said, head lowered. “Regardless of whether it’s Great Zhou or the Divine Palace, they all have their own people, their own land. Couldn’t we just live our own lives? Why must there be war? It causes living beings to suffer, so many people displaced, families ruined, people dead. Why is this?”
“Because people have greed.”
Li Hanzhou patted Shi Ming’s head. “You will understand when you grow up.”
“Let’s go through Lingyan City and go to Great Zhou. The Imperial Court will take care of things on the Divine Palace side,” Li Hanzhou said with a smile.
“Mm.”
Li Hanzhou had said so, so Shi Ming could only nod.
The two of them spent several hours traversing Lingyan City. Along the way, the scenes they saw were things Shi Ming had never seen before.
Even Li Hanzhou’s expression grew increasingly grim.
He could already foresee how tragic this war had been.
Seeing the guarding soldiers, some unable to stand, some without eyes, some with only one arm left, Li Hanzhou felt a chill in his heart.
In his past life, Li Hanzhou’s country had also experienced such a war.
Even more tragic by countless times.
Even though Li Hanzhou hadn’t experienced it, he knew that the harm war brought to the commoners was far more than this.
“Halt! What are you doing?”
Just as Li Hanzhou and Shi Ming wanted to leave Lingyan City from the other side, they were stopped by the guarding soldiers.
“We are leaving the city,” Shi Ming walked forward and said.
“Leaving the city?” The soldier frowned and said, “Lingyan City just experienced a war, and the Great Zhou enemy has just retreated. Leaving the city at this time, it’s easy to encounter enemy troops, it’s dangerous. You should go back first. When things are peaceful outside, you can leave again.”
“Young man, we have urgent business to attend to outside the city,” Li Hanzhou quickly said.
“What business is more important than your lives!” The guarding soldier said impatiently. “Just the two of you, looking helpless, what will you do if you encounter Great Zhou enemy troops?”
“We are going to Great Zhou,” Shi Ming, this honest child, directly stated their purpose.
As soon as these words came out, Li Hanzhou knew he was in trouble.
At this time, the two countries had just fought a bloody battle. The Great Zhou enemy army killed so many people in Lingyan City. Saying they were going to Great Zhou at this time, wasn’t this touching a sensitive nerve?
Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, seven or eight soldiers immediately surrounded them, their long spears pointed at Li Hanzhou and Shi Ming.
“Audacious!”
“You actually want to go to Great Zhou. You must be spies from Great Zhou!”
“Lingyan City was betrayed by an insider this time. Is it related to you?”
Li Hanzhou exclaimed, “Good heavens,” this was a huge accusation.
“We just arrived in Lingyan City and are going to Great Zhou on business. We are not traitors,” Li Hanzhou explained to everyone.
“Bring them here! Interrogate them thoroughly!”
With a command from the leading soldier, the other soldiers rushed forward to arrest Li Hanzhou and Shi Ming.
Li Hanzhou frowned. If he were captured by these fellows, things would be troublesome.
Who knows if they would frame him, saying he was a spy or something, and then use him as a scapegoat?
So when they came forward, Li Hanzhou raised his hand and with a wave, a Qi wave instantly blasted out, directly knocking the seven or eight soldiers who had surrounded them flying away.
“My apologies, but I cannot waste time here with you.”
After speaking, Li Hanzhou kicked the mount under him and rode out of the city.
“Stop him!”
At this moment, someone roared.
“There’s a spy!”
“Don’t let him escape!”
At this moment, a Saber Light suddenly descended from the sky, directly heading towards Li Hanzhou!
The Saber Light was fierce!
The killing intent was shocking!
Before the Saber Light even arrived, Li Hanzhou’s mount was instantly cut in two by the Qi wave.
“Stay!”
A rough voice, like a bell booming.
Immediately afterwards, a man in armor leaped down from the city wall, his horizontal saber slashing towards Li Hanzhou.
“Such a bother.”
Li Hanzhou grabbed Shi Ming beside him, his movement technique activating, his figure instantly turning into smoke, and the next moment he appeared in front of the soldier.
The speed shocked the soldier.
With his Profound Connection Realm cultivation, he hadn’t even noticed when Li Hanzhou had come before him.
Just as he was about to circulate his True Qi, Li Hanzhou had a piece of yellow talisman paper in his hand.
“Spirit Sealing!”
A single Spirit Sealing talisman.
Li Hanzhou pasted the talisman paper onto the General’s back. The General felt as if his True Qi was instantly sealed by something, and he couldn’t circulate it at all.
“Let’s go.”
Li Hanzhou was about to leave with Shi Ming.
However, at this moment, a dangerous aura approached.
The hairs on Li Hanzhou’s body stood on end.
This was the first time Li Hanzhou had felt such danger.
“Swish!”
A piercing sound came.
A bamboo sword arrived in front of Li Hanzhou.
It was merely a very ordinary bamboo sword, but at this moment Li Hanzhou felt that this bamboo sword was comparable to the greatest killing weapon in the world!
It was the Bamboo Sword Immortal!
Li Hanzhou didn’t hesitate at all. In his palm, Lightning Arcs flickered, thunder gathering into a sharp sword, colliding fiercely with the bamboo sword in mid-air!
Bang!
A dull sound.
Li Hanzhou’s thunder sword was shattered, but similarly, the bamboo sword flew back, directly landing on the city wall.
On the city wall, a woman stood there, her indifferent eyes looking at Li Hanzhou, the chill in her gaze almost made people feel as if their bones were freezing.
The woman extended her jade-like hand, grasping the sword hilt.
In an instant, the entire world changed color.
The air was filled with the aura of death.
The woman, with a single sword, was like the master of this world.
“Bamboo Sword Immortal, truly deserving of her reputation,” Li Hanzhou shook his numb hand, he knew the Sword Immortal was strong, even a casual strike almost caused him to suffer a loss.
“Great Celestial Phenomenon Art.”
“You are a Star Luo remnant.”
Su Nianyi’s voice was devoid of emotion, her gaze as if looking at a dead man.
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