As Zhu Sheng’s voice rang out.
Xu Qingnian had also completely awakened.
A saint, was an existence of a super grade.
To describe it in terms of the Second Grade and the First Grade, the Second Grade was not worth mentioning in front of the First Grade.
And between the Super Grade and the First Grade, it was even more terrifying.
Naturally, if the Vermilion Saints were really behind this, would they still need to engage in so much intrigue and trickery?
But if it wasn’t the two Saints behind the scenes, then who exactly was it?
Xu Qingnian was deep in thought.
Amongst the Confucian Way, it was not a saint, yet he could control the Confucian Way and set up such a sophisticated trap.
It was almost as if it was not a saint.
But who exactly was it, Xu Qingnian had no thoughts.
“Zhu Sheng, could there be someone who has become a saint and is hiding in the shadows?”
Xu Qingnian asked a very useless question.
As soon as the words were spoken, Xu Qingnian immediately shook his head and said.
“If there really was a new saint, there would be even less need to hide around.”
Xu Qingnian replied to himself.
And Zhu Sheng also knew that Xu Qingnian was now facing great pressure.
Therefore, he slowly spoke.
“Shouren, you need not be anxious, given the situation today, they are not saints and will only get my corpse if they last until they die.”
“There is a role, but it won’t be too great, otherwise, they would have struck long ago.”
“Since they designed it, it proves that they don’t dare to show themselves, right now there is actually a way to break the situation.”
Zhu Sheng spoke up, comforting Xu Qingnian.
“Please enlighten me, Sage.”
Xu Qingnian opened his mouth and asked Zhu Sheng.
Xu Qingnian was curious as to what other method of breaking the situation was available at the moment.
“Become a saint.”
Zhu Sheng opened his mouth, and with a single sentence, he caused Xu Qingnian to faintly stare.
Soon, Xu Qingnian was somewhat helpless, he had thought that Zhu Sheng could tell him what a good solution was, but he did not expect it to be becoming a saint.
“Zhu Sheng, if I could become a saint, would the student still need to do so?”
“Dare I ask if the saint has another way?”
Xu Qingnian was a little helpless.
Who didn’t know that becoming a saint could be the solution, but the question was how to become a saint?
That was the key question.
However, since Saint Zhu had mentioned this, perhaps there was a solution, otherwise it would not be so.
As Xu Qingnian asked the question.
Zhu Sheng nodded his head and slowly said.
“Since ancient times, only a few people have become saints, and the main reason for this is that they have to know Heaven’s destiny, and they have to set their ambitions. Shouren, you are now a sub-saint, and you are still one step away from being a true saint.”
“Only, this step is a heavenly difference, I can’t make you cross one step, but I can pa*s on a holy method to help you cross the last half step.”
Zhu Sheng replied.
Crossing the last half step?
Xu Qingnian couldn’t help but be curious, not understanding what this meant?
“When I was half a step away from the Saint realm, I borrowed from the heavens for hundreds of years in order to seek the Holy Will, and in doing so, I became a Saint.”
“But there are two big problems with this move, so if you want to use it, you must think it through.”
Vermilion Saint spoke up and informed himself of the method of becoming a saint.
Borrow another hundred years from the heavens.
Steal the heavenly opportunity and become a saint early.
“What are the questions?”
Xu Qingnian inquired.
“One, if you borrow a hundred years, you will enter a state of nirvana, heaven and earth will not let you become a saint directly, but will give you the chance to become a saint, you only have twelve hours, if once the twelve hours are up, if you can comprehend the holy intent, you will become a saint, otherwise, you will definitely die.”
“Secondly, before you can cast this technique, you must step into the Saint realm, according to your current situation, if you cast this technique, you will basically die for sure, so you still need to improve yourself.”
“Shouren, think clearly before you choose.”
Zhu Sheng spoke out and said so.
Learning of these two conditions, Xu Qingnian’s did go a little silent.
Borrowing a hundred years from the sky, and not necessarily becoming a saint, just saying that he would give himself a chance, a chance to become a saint.
This was undoubtedly a gamble.
“Zhu Sheng, the student should learn it first, no matter if it will be used or not, in case it is really needed, it can be used.”
Xu Qingnian replied.
Let’s learn it first.
Only when this was said, the latter could not help but shake his head.
“Fine.”
“In that case, I will then pa*s on what I have learned over the years to you.”
“Shouren, the future is in your hands.”
Zhu Sheng said these words before turning into a blazing beam of incomparable light and entering Xu Qingnian’s body.
In an instant, Xu Qingnian was like falling into a sea of books.
Every single book flooded into Xu Qingnian’s mind.
Zhu Sheng imparted all of his life’s insights to Xu Qingnian, thus helping Xu Qingnian to become a saint as soon as possible.
“Zhu Sheng, what exactly is the path to sainthood?”
Xu Qingnian comprehended the books and at the same time raised questions.
What Zhu Sheng had imparted to him was only the method of becoming a saint, but that was the key step, and he himself did not even know, until now, what the saint realm was.
How could one step into the Saint realm.
“Shouren, the Saint realm needs to be comprehended by yourself, you need to step out of your own way, if you can’t even touch the Saint realm, you won’t be able to become a saint by borrowing five hundred years.”
Zhu Sheng’s voice rang out.
It left Xu Qingnian silent.
He understood what Zhu Sheng had said and understood these words, so he took a deep breath and began to dive into reading these books.
These were not just Zhu Sheng’s insights, there were also many books that Zhu Sheng had read.
Xu Qingnian quieted his mind as he put everything aside and began to read in earnest.
Anyway, the ferocious beasts within the valley had all been arranged, the Dan God’s Ancient Scripture for refining pills, the ferocious beasts for mining as well as condensing formations, all these things had already been accounted for.
That was all.
In the blink of an eye, another seven days had pa*sed.
In these ten days, the borders of Great Wei were extremely turbulent, with the Sudden Evil Dynasty and the Primordial Yuan Dynasty stirring, giving the impression that war would be declared at any moment.
This sense of oppression was unbearable for all of Wei, and some people even wished that they could have gone to war earlier to avoid such oppression.
However, after a*sembling their armies, the Primordial Yuan Dynasty and the Sudden Evil Dynasty did not declare war at the first opportunity, and the reason was simple.
The reason was to give Wei enough time to evacuate the people at the border.
In dynastic wars, the easiest thing to intensify is the slaughter of the people, and once the two dynasties had made a direct raid, it would naturally involve the innocent people.
If it was a real fight, then kill them, it’s not your own dynasty anyway.
But the problem was that the Sudden Evil Dynasty and the First Yuan Dynasty didn’t want to tear themselves apart from Great Wei at all.
They still wanted the Divine Martial Cannon.
But giving the third grade Divine Martial Cannon, the two dynasties would not accept it, and now it was through this way that they were pressuring the Great Wei Dynasty.
However, it was on the seventh day.
With a burst of charging sounds, on the border of Great Wei, 300,000 sudden evil armies came to kill.
And on the southern border of Great Wei, at the same moment, the Primordial Yuan Dynasty also killed 300,000 troops.
These were the vanguard armies.
The two great dynasties had not yet declared war, except that they were beginning to exert real pressure.
A great war was about to break out.
Information from the border was sent to the capital of Great Wei at the first opportunity.
The Ministry of War of Great Wei.
A piece of news came in quickly.
“Report.”
“The 300,000 strong army of the Sudden Evil Dynasty has invaded the border of Great Wei, and is brave enough to take the border city in just one hour.”
“Report.”
“Chu Yuan Dynasty has invaded our Great Wei border, half an hour, the first city on the border has been broken.”
Two separate voices came out, causing the entire military department to be silent.
They knew that the Primordial Yuan Dynasty and the Sudden Evil Dynasty would inevitably declare war on Great Wei.
Today’s sudden attack did not shock them, what really shocked them was that in one hour, the northern side was badly hit and the southern side even fell directly to a capital city.
This could not be.
“How is this possible? Even if the Primordial Yuan army is strong, the southern border is still heavily guarded, and it is still a battle of defending the city, how is it possible that in one hour, it was crushed by the Primordial Yuan army? Is it possible that they used the Heavenly Thunder Cannon?”
“Investigate, investigate thoroughly.”
The voice of the Minister of War, Zhang Jing, rang out.
He felt incredulous, believing that it was impossible for the Primordial Yuan Dynasty to have overrun the capital city within an hour.
Soon, a quarter of an hour later, new information came in.
“Report, Lord Shang Shu, according to the intelligence from the front line, the 300,000-strong army of the Primordial Yuan Dynasty, with 100,000 killed in action, had taken the capital city without using the Heavenly Thunder Cannon.”
As the new intelligence came in.
In an instant, the Ministry of War was abuzz.
“Is this madness? A hundred thousand troops for a capital city?”
“The first battle is certainly important, but exchanging the lives of 100,000 generals for it is no good at all.”
“A capital city is just that, even if Great Wei loses it, it won’t matter much, it can still be recovered later, 100,000 generals dead, that’s really dead, are they crazy?”
“No, they are not crazy, these 100,000 people, they are making a statement, if it goes on any more fiercely, it will really be an all-out war.”
Zhang Jing was even more silent.
He finally knew why the capital city had been breached within an hour.
Taking a hundred thousand lives for a city.
The vanguard army sent by the Primordial Yuan Dynasty was bound to be the elite of the elite, and in a normal siege battle, over ten thousand dead or wounded would have to be withdrawn.
But by giving the lives of 100,000 soldiers, the Primordial Yuan Dynasty was telling Great Wei that they no longer had any patience.
By preparing for seven days, they did not want to kill the people, lest the conflict become intense.
But taking out the lives of 100,000 generals was a warning, letting Great Wei know what the two dynasties’ attitudes really were.
“My lord, how about taking the Divine Martial Cannon over and blasting the F**k out of it?”
Someone suggested that the Divine Martial Cannon be taken over.
But this proposal was instantly vetoed by Zhang Jing.
“Impossible.”
Zhang Jing shook his head, Great Wei did have the Divine Martial Cannon, but if he took out the Divine Martial Cannon to attack the opposite side, that would completely intensify the conflict.
The Divine Martial Artillery was certainly strong and could wipe out millions of troops.
But the problem is, if the two dynasties knew that Wei had the Divine Martial Artillery, would they be stupid enough to stand in front of you and let you blast them to death?
They would try every possible means to invade Great Wei by any means possible.
And it wasn’t just the Primordial Yuan Dynasty as well as the Sudden Evil Dynasty, I’m just afraid that by that time, there was no telling how many forces would flood in and participate in this fight.
“Don’t make any rash moves yet, wait for old me to make a trip to the palace.”
After thinking about it, Zhang Jing had no way out.
He could only choose to go back to the palace and talk to His Majesty.
Two quarters of an hour later.
Zhang Jing brought an urgent military report with him and came straight to the inner palace of Great Wei.
And by now, the hundred officials already knew the news.
The 8,000-mile urgent military report was a top priority, so how could they not know about it?
Inside the Palace of the Nurturing Heart.
All the six ministers were present, and none of the princes and lords were missing.
Everyone was curious as to what choice the empress would make.
“Your Majesty.”
“The two dynasties have invaded, if this battle is fought, it must be dealt with as soon as possible, if not, it must not be delayed, otherwise countless people will be involved.”
“Please make a quick decision, Your Majesty.”
Zhang Jing’s voice rang out.
On the dragon chair.
Ji Ling looked at the military intelligence in her hands, she too was caught in a tangled hesitation.
Xu Qingnian had said that there must be no war.
But if one did not fight, one would have to hand over the Divine Martial Artillery.
This was the foundation of Great Wei, the foundation of its future unification.
If it was really given away, it would be extremely detrimental to Great Wei.
But the two dynasties had fought their way in, even sacrificing 100,000 troops in exchange for a victory in the first battle.
For the Primordial Yuan Dynasty, they were at a loss, 100,000 elites for a city, and a border defending city at that.
In the sense of war, it was definitely not as important as the lives of 100,000 elites.
She understood that this was the attitude of the Primordial Yuan Dynasty.
It was also the attitude of the Sudden Evil Dynasty.
More so, it was the attitude of the world’s powers.
“Truce!”
“Ten days.”
“Give me another ten days.”
“After ten days, whether it’s war or peace, I will definitely give a clear answer.”
“Tell them that after ten days, Great Wei will give an explanation.”
In the end, the empress spoke, she still wanted to stall for time, stall until Xu Qingnian returned.
Three months and a month were out of the question.
Ten days.
The patience of the two great dynasties was only ten days, and Ji Ling had taken it very well.
When this was said, the court was silent.
They could not decide on this matter.
Soon, the Cabinet began to prepare a decree, which was reviewed by the Ministry of Rites and pa*sed as quickly as possible to be publicised to the world, and the Ministry of Rites also immediately sent an envoy to spread the news to the two dynasties.
Everything was done as quickly as possible.
In less than two hours, the two dynasties received the news.
In a moment, both dynasties began to discuss the matter.
The Primordial Yuan Dynasty was different from the Sudden Evil Dynasty.
The Sudden Evil Dynasty asked for a reply within three days, which was too long a delay.
But the First Yuan Dynasty did not care whether it was three or ten days.
As long as it wasn’t too long, the difference between ten days and three days was not significant, they had the Heavenly Thunder Cannon and knew that it was pointless for Wei to delay.
It was just that they couldn’t bear to do so.
They would not have agreed to it if they were in a different position.
But when the Tusi Dynasty insisted on reducing the time to three days, there was nothing the Primordial Dynasty could do.
After sending the message back to Wei.
The Empress gave the most direct answer.
Ten days is ten days.
Otherwise, war would be declared now.
This was the bottom line of Great Wei, not that they were afraid of them, but that they did not want to cause chaos in the world.
Great Wei’s strong and forceful answer made the Tusi Dynasty somewhat angry, and at a crucial moment, the Primordial Yuan Dynasty came out to mediate.
At the critical moment, the Chor-Yuan Dynasty came out to mediate.
Although still unhappy, the Tusi Dynasty eventually agreed.
The following day, the two dynasties wished to make peace and work together to maintain peace in the Central Continent, so they took the initiative to retreat and return the capital city to Great Wei.
This gesture was a way of telling Great Wei that they did not want war either, and that everything would be fine as long as they handed over the Divine Martial Artillery.
Of course subconsciously it was also telling Great Wei that since they dared to return it to you, I could still take it down.
Faced with the confidence and arrogance of the two dynasties.
Great Wei appeared silent.
If not for Xu Qingnian’s explanation that there was to be no war, Great Wei would have declared war long ago.
However, as time pa*sed little by little.
There were also some contradictions across Great Wei.
The whole country was unhappy with the Empress’ approach.
The people of Great Wei were so strong and powerful that they had been bullied at their doorstep, and yet Great Wei still did not declare war, which was a disgrace to the bloodthirsty people.
There were many voices of debate in the country.
Even if the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of War suppressed them, they were unable to silence the world.
But in the courtroom, the courtiers knew why the empress had chosen to do so.
After all, they were waiting for Xu Qingnian to appear.
Only.
The seventh day.
Xu Qingnian did not appear.
The eighth day.
The ninth day.
Still no movement at all.
The Chor Yuen Dynasty and the Sudden Evil Dynasty were ready for anything.
The tenth day.
Finally, it came to this day.
Xu Qingnian had not yet appeared.
And the two dynasties had already been impatient to send people to inquire at midnight.
But the final time, was delayed until the morning court resolution.
This was the last thing Ji Ling waited for.
But it was not until the morning court.
The princes of the two dynasties had come early to wait in the hall.
The courtiers were silent, and when the time came, Xu Qingnian was still nowhere to be seen.
It caused many sighs.
The next moment.
The Empress appeared, and she did not continue to delay any longer.
In these ten days, she had also made a choice.
