You Have Science, I Have Martial Arts-Chapter 426 - 213: The Older the Woman, the Greater the Treasure; The Older by Three Hundred, the Gift of an Immortal Pill (Part 2)
"Hmm?"
Seated atop the Flame Brilliance Beast, Lian Hongyin’s elegant brows suddenly furrowed, her face frosted over, as a mix of surprise and anger surged within her heart: "Why do I have a feeling of being spied upon?"
The Spiritual Cultivation at the Martial Saint Realm, how keen it is!
Even if a strong individual of the same level were spying, it would be difficult to hide from Lian Hongyin’s perception. However, the Celestial Eye Divine Techniques were acquired by Ye Qingzhou through understanding the "Qimen Dunjia."
As one of the Yellow Emperor’s inheritances, the cultivation level surpasses the Celestial Tier, aiming directly at the Dao, making it undetectable even by someone as powerful as Lian Hongyin.
If not for Lian Hongyin honing her warrior instincts, she might not even detect someone secretly spying. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦
"Could it be that a master is hiding in the city? To evade my perception, their realm must be at least the Heaven-Ascending Eighth Layer, with exceedingly high Refining Spirit Cultivation—are they a master from the Kun Race?"
Lian Hongyin’s mind continuously searched the void for enemies, even suspecting members from the Kun Race, particularly those specializing in Thought Ability Martial Dao in the Gu Shu Kingdom.
But in reality, Ye Qingzhou was just passing by and wasn’t any Martial Saint at the Heaven-Ascending Eighth Layer Realm, just an obscure Martial Arts Hidden Dragon in the Blue Star Martial Arts World.
Yet the more Lian Hongyin speculated, the more she believed the Gu Shu Kingdom might be involved. Over millennia, issues of population and resources have led to worsening conflicts within the Kunlun Grotto Heaven.
Despite the Queen Mother of the West’s oversight, the various sealed countries underneath had long been engaged in open and covert power struggles.
The Gu Shu Kingdom, neighboring the Rakshasa Woman Kingdom, often clashed over resources, making their relationship one of deep-seated animosity.
Lian Hongyin narrowed her eyes, with frosty light flashing from her phoenix-like gaze, already contemplating how to draw the snake out of its hole and catch them all in one swoop.
She did not fear external enemies but was extremely vigilant against internal traitors lurking nearby.
Clearly, the Rakshasa Woman Kingdom had suffered from such issues before.
Ye Qingzhou was not aware that due to his presence, Lian Hongyin had quietly devised a fishing plan.
At that moment, standing amidst the crowd, observing the troops accompanying Lian Hongyin out of the city for bandit suppression, Ye Qingzhou was also flabbergasted: "One Martial Saint, four Grandmasters, over fifty Master Level individuals, is such a lineup really only for bandit suppression? Back on Blue Star, this could obliterate a nation!"
"Maybe not against five major countries, but against other nations, definitely enough to sweep through,"
Huang Liwen agreed with a nod.
One could get a glimpse of the strength of Kunlun Grotto Heaven’s high-end combat power by observing the bandit suppression lineup.
With such a powerful lineup, not a single person in Huajian City believed Lian Hongyin would lose, and each began planning to recover their losses after the bandit suppression ended.
However, days later, merchants in Huajian City received shocking news!
During Lian Hongyin’s battle outside the city to defeat the Black Mountain Thieves, she encountered three mysterious Martial Saints’ ambush and was severely injured!
Her City Guard Army suffered heavy casualties; all four Grandmasters were injured, nine Master Level martial artists died, and nearly half of the soldiers were wounded!
When had such losses ever occurred?
For a moment, it seemed as if the sky over Huajian City was about to collapse.
Especially after Lian Hongyin returned with a group of battered troops, the news quickly spread throughout the city, causing many merchants to panic, wondering if they should flee.
The panic soon spread through the Outer City District, even affecting the business at the Divine Blade Pavilion.
Yes, the number of weapon buyers increased.
Ye Qingzhou seized the opportunity to double the prices, earning a fortune with tears of joy.
Outer City District, Ironwork Market.
The doors of the Divine Blade Pavilion were roughly pushed open from the outside as Qiong Jie, with a bandage wrapped around his chest, stepped into the weapons shop.
"You’re injured?"
"Alas, I was ambushed and slashed; had I not fled quickly, I might have lost my life at Black Mountain."
Qiong Jie touched his still bleeding wound, grimacing in pain: "If I had known, I wouldn’t have gone with the City Guard Army looking for an easy gain. In the end, I found no gain and nearly lost my life."
Ye Qingzhou poured him a cup of strong liquor and inquired about the battle situation: "What exactly happened? The City Guard of Huajian City mobilized half of its forces, with Lian Hongyin, a Martial Saint; how could it lose?"
"Ah~"
Qiong Jie drank a large bowl of strong liquor, then wiped his mouth and cursed: "Damn! The Black Mountain Thieves sent out three Martial Saints and ten Grandmasters at once; this battle was clearly a trap. Given the current situation, it looks like a new round of national war is about to start again."
"National war?"
Ye Qingzhou was very curious about this and quickly refilled Qiong Jie’s bowl with strong liquor.
Qiong Jie drank with relish and immediately opened up: "You folks from outside Grotto Heaven wouldn’t know, but it’s normal not to. The so-called national war is the warfare that erupts between sealed countries."
"The Queen Mother of the West would allow such a thing?"
Ye Qingzhou was perplexed: "If sealed countries swallowed each other, wouldn’t the resultant larger country, raised like a Gu, directly threaten the Kunlun Divine Mountain’s rule?"
Qiong Jie sneered at his words: "Why wouldn’t the Queen Mother allow it? This is inherently something she tacitly permits. Emperor Realm powerhouses, Carry the Dao in the Body, and the Dao that the Queen Mother of the West embodies is warfare, overseeing the world’s battles and slaughter."
"I see."
Ye Qingzhou finally understood: "This means, the more warfare breaks out between sealed countries, the stronger the Queen Mother’s power becomes."
"Not just that."
Qiong Jie set down the bowl, gesturing for Ye Qingzhou to pour more liquor, and once Ye Qingzhou refilled it, he grinned and continued: "Kunlun Divine Mountain already has the Queen Mother’s decree; sealed countries can wage war against each other, but extermination of countries is strictly prohibited. The defeated weak nation can at least protect its Royal Capital from falling."
