Chapter 1252: Seven Killers Arrive
Xiqi Royal City.

The courtyard closest to the palace.

The style of the courtyard is not gorgeous and looks just like an ordinary person's home.

but,

Just from the geographical location, you can tell that this is definitely not an ordinary family.

This is the place closest to the royal city.

The interior of the courtyard is also not decorated with anything magnificent, but in a minimalist style.

The doors and windows in the yard all have very ordinary patterns and styles, without any fancy embellishments.

On the flat ground outside,

The ground is very flat, paved with square bluestone slabs, and there is a set of simple-style stone tables and chairs in the central area.

Now there are two figures sitting opposite each other at the table, talking calmly.

Both of them have gray hair, but the difference is that one has an old face, cracked and white lips, and obviously looks like he will not live long. However, he exudes a kind of nobility and domineering aura that is hard to ignore.

Although the other person had silver hair, his face looked very young, with a rosy complexion, and he exuded a natural and peaceful aura.

"Sir, this tea tastes really good and is very memorable."

"If you like it, take it!"

"How can you take away someone's favor? This is inappropriate."

"It's okay. I still have a lot of this stuff."

"Thank you very much, sir." The old man with dry hair thanked him and continued.

"Sir, the last ten hexagrams of the Book of Changes are not yet completed. I, Ji Chang, will definitely complete them in the next few months. Don't worry."

"Thank you for your hard work, my king."

These two people were Wang Ming and Ji Chang.

Ji Chang was supposed to die in the 20th year after King Zhou, allowing Ji Fa to successfully succeed to the throne.

Because the "Book of Changes" was not completed, Wang Ming forced it to continue its life for two years.

"Sir, what you said is too serious. You have helped Xiqi many times. The only way for Xiqi to repay your kindness is to hand over the "Book of Changes" to you as soon as possible." Ji Chang said sincerely.

Wang Ming's official position in Xiqi was Grand Tutor.

Ji Chang only called Jiang Ziya "Grand Master" during the period when he felt that Jiang Ziya was completely superior to Wang Ming. At other times, he called him "Sir" to show respect and not let Wang Ming feel the king's arrogance.

"This time, Faer and the Prime Minister were able to capture [Sishui Pass], [Jiepai Pass], [Chuanyun Pass], [Tong Pass] and [Lintong Pass] so smoothly, all because of your magic weapon. Otherwise, even if the Prime Minister had extraordinary strategies, he still would not have been able to capture the five passes so quickly." Although Ji Chang was ninety-eight years old, his mind was still not confused and his thinking was extremely clear.

"No, no!!! My role is very small, it's up to the Prime Minister and the Young Master to command. Even if there is no magic weapon of mine, the Prime Minister's school will also take out the same magic weapon.

So it doesn't matter to me whether he has it or not." Wang Ming did not accept Ji Chang's compliments at all. Generally speaking, complimenting someone and praising his abilities usually leads to trouble.

Ji Chang started to flatter Wang Ming in various ways again, trying to make him feel proud and fall into the trap unknowingly.

But after a lot of talking, Wang Ming was like a non-stick pan and was completely unaffected by his words, which made Ji Chang feel extremely aggrieved.

How come the art of ruling people that I learned since I was young is so useless when it comes to the person in front of me!

The reason why Ji Chang was so eager to fool Wang Ming was because he had told fortunes last night and found out that Ji Fa and Jiang Ziya would suffer a bloody disaster.

Ji Chang immediately sent someone to inform Ji Fa not to continue advancing and to slow down.

But Ji Fa and Jiang Ziya were not listening to Ji Chang's words at this time. Ji Fa was successful at a young age, in charge of the entire Xiqi, and he could feel the increasing power of "Huangji Jingshijiang" at any time, which made him extremely obsessed.

Cultivation is an extremely comfortable and happy thing. You can feel yourself getting stronger at any time, which is a hundred times happier than playing with women, so a large number of cultivators are single.

Jiang Ziya was also feeling a bit overwhelmed at this time.

He wasted half his life in Kunlun Mountain. He spent forty years being cautious, enduring contempt and ridicule. He endured it all for the sake of achieving immortality, but in the end, he was persuaded by his master to quit.

If it weren't for his sworn brother Song Yiren, he would have been unable to survive in the mortal world.

He married a wife, but she kept nagging him every day, complaining about his uselessness, which made him feel aggrieved and depressed.

Even when he was appointed prime minister in Xiqi, he still felt guilty and uneasy, because he could feel that Ji Chang and Ji Fa did not completely rely on him.

Now he is no longer afraid of these things. He is confident that at this pace, he will be able to go to Chaoge to cook cattle and sheep, and offer sacrifices to heaven and consecrate gods in three months at most.

After accomplishing such an achievement, who would dare to say that he is not a hero!
Jiang Ziya and Ji Fa's loss of control immediately made Ji Chang realize that something was wrong. He had now completely delegated power and had no way of calling them back.

So, he dragged his weak body and came to Wang Ming early in the morning.

Although Ji Chang's "The Book of Changes" was also derived from the innate Tai Chi and innate Bagua, its operating principles were completely connected to the Way of Heaven. It was more of an integration of rules.

The sixty-four hexagrams are like the sixty-four formulas in mathematics.

Therefore, even though the world is in the midst of a catastrophe right now, all the bigwigs in the world can only calculate what has happened in the past and what is happening, and they must also be closely related to themselves.

It is completely impossible to predict the future.

But Ji Chang was able to calculate it accurately.

Just as Wang Ming and Ji Chang were still arguing, soldiers' calls were heard outside the courtyard gate.

"My lord, there is urgent military information at the front line."

Upon hearing this, Ji Chang's face suddenly changed and he had a bad feeling. He immediately took the border report and read the content. He felt dizzy and fell to the ground, unconscious.

Wang Ming, who had been sitting on the Diaoyutai and extremely calm, could no longer sit still. He immediately stood up to supply blood and energy to Ji Chang and threw all kinds of life-sustaining methods at him.

After a lot of hard work, his breathing was finally stabilized.

Finally, Wang Ming picked up the border newspaper on the ground and took a look. He immediately knew why he looked like that.

The previous battle of Ji Fa and his men made them arrogant, and then they suffered a major setback in Mianchi City.

Zhang Kui, the defender of Mianchi City, and his wife were extremely powerful and entered the unparalleled mode.

Zhang Kui, a ruthless man of few words, killed Nangong Shi, the highest military commander of Xiqi, and then killed Huang Feihu and his family who had just joined him.

This made Huang Tianhua, a disciple of the Chan sect, immediately furious. With red eyes, he went to seek revenge, but was ambushed by Zhang Kui's wife Gao Lanying. He fell off the Jade Unicorn on the spot and was captured alive by Zhang Kui.

Han Dulong and Xue Ehu who came to rescue were beaten to death on the spot.

Then he pursued the Xiqi army relentlessly, killing Zhang Kui and his wife like crazy, almost slaughtering all the high-ranking generals of Xiqi, and even killed Jiang Ziya fiercely.

Finally, Ji Fa, who was furious, could not bear it any longer and took action himself to resist Zhang Kui and his wife.

But the defeat was disastrous, and his soldiers were slaughtered crazily by the Shang army.

Fortunately, Yang Jian, Jin Zha, Mu Zha, Nezha and Wei Hu arrived in time.

Originally they were just thrown here by their master to get some credit, but they ended up being a big help.

If they had not come, even if Jifa would not have been besieged and killed, this battle would have completely destroyed Xiqi's qualification to compete for hegemony.

(End of this chapter)