Book 47 Chapter 1 – Seven Illusions of the Undead (1/2)
Book 47 Chapter 1 – Seven Illusions of the Undead
Under the banner covering the sky, wang shi+chong, under escort of a group of high-ranking enerals and trusted aides who had been with him for many years – climbed onto the temporary structure to inspect the troops, which was built at the southern end of the large public square between the Imperial City and the Palace City It was a wooden platfortian Gate to be used by the coeneral, to confer soldier tally1 and commander seal
On the public square, the nu-in cere’s personal guards, the core force supporting wang shi+chong to be the e spirit was intense
Civil and military officials separately took their position on the appointed general platforms on either side, the total wasXuanshu eagerly leading hi’s side The threethat under such circu shi+chong
After settling Kou Zhong doang Xuanshu moved to the other side of the commander-in-chief platform to join the ranks of his relatives, ere aze around, Kou Zhong saw that theMengqiu, and the others were ss toward him; those who did not know hi shi+chong’s generals, Kou Zhong was no-one-did-not-know and a highly-valued figure
Zhang Zhenzhou leaned over and whispered in his ear, “After the swearing-in cereht immediately send the army to Cijian, we h there were athered at the public square, it was the crow and peacock make no sound; the atmosphere was stately, soleaze toang shi+chong, sitting quietly on the Dragon Throne on the stage Standing behind hiuards, with the honorable crown prince wang Xuanying standing on his right side “What is wang shi+chong waiting for?” he asked in surprise
Zhang Zhenzhou replied, “He is waiting for the auspicious tiood chen hour [7-9a, frotian Gate came the sound of the bell The officers and soldiers cheered at the saht up into the clear sky above the Palace City
Fully content with his achieveht, raised up his hands, waited for the cheers of the officers and soldiers to gradually subside, and then he loudly presented his oration, saying, “Since the House of Sui collapsed, the Tang rises up in Guanzhong, and the Zheng E, have never had any intention to invade the north Nowadays Li Yuan orders his second son shi+ to destroy our ho us too much Zhen [I (imperial use)] accept abdication and ascend to the throne …” and then he enu praises to his own achieve shook his head Just by listening to wang shi+chong’s opening remarks, it was obvious that he still had the ie the land under heaven their business, he was far inferior
No longer in theGongqing’s ear, asking, “How’s Cijian’s situation?”
Yang Gongqing also responded in low voice, “The situation is critical, Li Clan’s vanguard troops under the co Zhijie already reached Xin’an They linked up with Luo shi+xin’s rebel army and could advance toward Cijian any ether under Li Mi, so working together is just like a fish back in the water Luo shi+xin also has deep understanding of what is true and what is false in our troops; therefore, this hard battle of Cijian is by no rief welled up in Kou Zhong’s heart; the first battle, and he already had to face his own friends Qin Shubao and Cheng Yaojin Certainly Nature [as the s Sainst the Zheng and surrender to the Tang for no reason? At least he ought to wait until the Zheng Kingdom send out the troops under his co; it wouldn’t be too late, would it?”
Yang Gongqing replied helplessly, “Why else but for wang shi+chong’s paranoia repeatedly wearing hi treated Luo shi+xin extreh-ranking er paid attention to Luo shi+xin, he even ordered Luo shi+xin to return to Luoyang, an obvious sign that he was going to send other high-rankingXin’an Thereupon Luo shi+xin surrendered to the Tang in anger, resulting in Cijian being caught in critical situation”
This enerals of wang Clan, the Zheng ar will prevail!” Their shouts drowned the two men’s conversation
The i military authority and functions has finally arrived
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Xu Ziling finally understood what the ‘without-any-flaw shi+ Zhixuan’ really look like Moreover, he directly experienced shi+ Feixuan’s painstaking effort in thousand ways, a hundred plans to prevent shi+ Zhixuan’s ‘full recovery’
In the shi+ Zhixuan of the past, his shenfa remained a shenfa, his Bu Si Yin only cared about his Bu Si Yin, only both aspects orking together seamlessly However, in the shi+ Zhixuan now, the two different gong fa [skill/powerfifteen-year period, finally converged again, forer had the least bit of hole or flaw
shi+ Zhixuan laughed involuntarily He appeared to be co his face; he said, “I wonder if Ziling knew that Bu Si Yin is merely one kind of brilliant illusion technique”
Xu Ziling groaned inwardly, he secretly mused that if I, someone who has had h his illusion technique, other people would not be able to see it even ’ shi+ Zhixuan was still standing in a relaxedaway fro’s fist would blast a big hole on his face, yet he was co to ency
shi+ Zhixuan seemed to be there, but he did not see in and out between existences, where stillness contained withinwas corasp his next step
The ‘without-any-flaw shi+ Zhixuan’ ought to be like this
He no longer dared to continue his punch; pulling his fist back, he converted it into a pal forward to ether to forers trembled like a wave, like a newly-blooe posture that could release some kind of abstruse mysterious inner essence
In itself, this kind of alive lotus flower, simulated with both hands – was also flawless, it could si’s style of No Attack
Highly interested, shi+ Zhixuan looked closely at Xu Ziling’s lotus flower hand ie, which true or false was difficult to tell; eht that this method can deal with Ol’ shi+’s Bu Si Yin, but it also ht really succeed Ziling, don’t bla ruthless, I have no other choice”
His left hand stretched out forward, with a rapid-beyond-human-comprehension technique he continuously drew nearly ten circles in front of his chest, big and se to the extreme point Im’s mind entered the Moon in the Well realm, his pair of eyes was fixed to shi+ Zhixuan’sat all, he did not dare to inning Xie wang [dehtforward, won’t we need to waste so hed calmly He pulled the power from his left hand as if he wanted to put it behind his back, while at the saether to becoe trajectory, like a spirit snake bored through a hole, accurately passing through the center of each qi ring that he had just drawn in the air, with divine energy so marvelous that it was difficult to believe
Such an aht about, not even in his drea-with-destructive-power qi rings, all were ‘hanging’ by shi+ Zhixuan’s wrist The edge of his right pale, the target was the stamen at the center of the flower
This was the strongest point, but was also the weakest point
Xu Ziling had full confidence that he could take shi+ Zhixuan’s palm strike head-on, but he ell aware that he could not cope with the -with-destructive-power qi rings attack that would follow; therefore, the strongest point iest weak point
No one understood how for; he has had ainst hi with shi+ Feixuan and Zhu Yuyan’s joint attack But that was still the shi+ Zhixuan with the flahere the Bu Si Yin and the Huan Mo Shenfa had not ht now
Xu Ziling’s hands separated, but were swiftly closing together again By the time the distance between the hollow of the palht palether to becoe of shi+ Zhixuan’s stabbing-over palm head-on
He was forced to launch this counterattack under no-strategy-left-to-try situation
‘Bang! Bang!’
The sound of clashi+ng qi power lingered on faintly The qi power fro three steps back first, and then each qi ring jolted Xu Ziling one step back, while Xu Ziling continuously releasedspheres of qi, and by the ti!’ His back hit the western wall of the hall His throat tasted salty, he suddenly spurted out a ly, shi+ Zhixuan did not follow up a victory and press hohter and said, “Good! You used circles to defeat circles; fancy that you have this kind of ability Since I woke up frorated all the skills I learnedthe complicated into simple seven styles, which I call ‘Bu Si Qi Huan’ [seven illusions/fantasy of the not dead] This was the first huanfa [fantasy/illusione countless changes without attaching any importance to reality You are able to only suffer injury without dying, it is extre drew out aout blood, the pressure of his internal injury was greatly lessened; also by relying on the Long-Life-Qi’sfighting power shi+ Zhixuan’s re his ear, he knew that not only shi+ Zhixuan has recovered his original state before suffering the split-personality disorder, he eventhe marvelous skill of ‘Bu Si Qi Huan’