Chapter 279: Chapter 113: Breaking Through with Force, Helping Senior Sister’s Dream

At this moment, he returned once more, waiting until his thoughts were calm, then focused his attention on all the information provided by the military concerning "previous encounters with immortals" and began his imagination.

He must consider any kind of sudden situation because if this matter succeeds, this group of people could likely become the "agents" of the immortals in Great Yin, enjoying wealth and prosperity.

If they fail, then the immortals and Divine Martial Monarch will contend, and at most, they would have to defend against the Divine Martial Monarch seeking revenge.

Come if you will, be it thousands or tens of thousands of troops, even if you are invincible in a duel, how many boundaries can you break through?

If leading the army to battle, the immortals certainly wouldn’t be happy; when the time comes, if you, Divine Martial Monarch, don’t listen, the immortals will trouble you, Divine Martial Monarch.

Qu Keshan thought carefully for a moment, then lay down to rest.

A beam of golden light twisted from beneath the bed, passing through the thin quilt, enshrouding Qu Keshan, the strategist from Yunzhou, completely, then pulled away to a distance of several miles.

Qu Keshan felt something amiss, startled suddenly, his eyes not yet open, his right hand quickly extending out.

Even when sleeping, he would place the longsword by his pillow.

However, his hand did not grasp the longsword, only a clump of cold soil.

Then, his neck ached, the world before his eyes swiftly blurred, then all became...darkness.

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The mountain wind blew fiercely.

The gray cloak fluttered as well.

Li Xuan’s black hair fluttered like flames, two large tentacles swaying gently like pythons.

Guan Wu in life was a short and stout man, he remained the same after death.

He grasped a notebook, reporting information to Li Xuan one by one.

However, none of the information was what Li Xuan wanted to know.

At this moment, two people stood beside Li Xuan.

One was certainly Guan Wu, the other was a general from the Yunzhou Army.

Li Xuan turned to the general and asked, "Is he Qu Keshan?"

"Master, he is," said the general.

Guan Wu revealed a sinister smile, saying, "Master, according to the brothers, this time Qu Keshan is indeed a great strategist of Yunzhou, perhaps he knows something."

Li Xuan nodded.

In everyone’s eyes, he was in seclusion in the deep mountains, cultivating to break through the Demon Realm.

And in the meantime, he was precisely aiming to nip any threat in the bud.

Throughout these days, he captured many evil spirits, but none of them knew of the "plan against him."

Li Xuan even felt he might have overthought it, or the other side hadn’t had a chance to act yet.

This time, the strategist named Qu Keshan was indeed an important figure.

To catch this person, he needed someone familiar with Qu Keshan to sketch his approximate likeness, then know his whereabouts to locate precisely.

Moments later...

Qu Keshan got up again, respectfully kneeled before Li Xuan, saying, "Master."

Before Li Xuan could ask, the evil spirit Qu Keshan said, "My former self was truly no good."

"Oh?"

Li Xuan smiled, then said, "Go on."

The evil spirit Qu Keshan then divulged the conspiracy clearly one by one.

Li Xuan listened with a sense of alarm.

He was indeed right; the Yunzhou Army truly intended to harm him, thankfully...he was one step ahead.

At this moment, Li Xuan thought for a moment and asked, "Do you have a way to gather all the generals involved in the conspiracy?"

Qu Keshan’s eyes rolled around, sinisterly smiled and said, "I do."

An evil spirit’s strength depends on abilities in life.

After becoming an evil spirit, there can be no further growth.

Whether it’s strength or intelligence, none can grow anymore.

Li Xuan looked at this strategist, quite satisfied, and said, "Handle this matter well, and I’ll let you be the leader of the Longevity Army."

After confirming the crisis, he no longer held back.

However, he was somewhat worried about whether "the evil spirits would be detected by the nine towns of Lingyi Sect."

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Days later...

The high-ranking officers involved in the plan on Yunzhou Dao were all captured in one fell swoop, including Qu Shihu, completely transformed into the evil spirits created by Li Xuan.

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A few more days passed.

Li Xuan returned to the royal city, reunited with family, and then received new pills from Senior Sister Feng, which he gifted to Wei Yao.

At the same time, he learned from Wei Yao that "she might be unable to leave the sect for some time, due to practicing the Seven Stars Sword Array."

Soon after, he met with Zhao She, silently approving Zhao She’s plan to establish a new army.

Zhao She asked him to send a military supervisor, so Li Xuan sent Li Shu, who had long been a steward for the Li family.

After accomplishing these, Li Xuan went to the deep mountains again, under the guise of cultivation, to continue hunting senior figures of the Ministry of War, and whenever possible, went to Bronze Plain to hunt demons.

Besides these, the "wish book" given by Master Jing Miao also needed timely attention to show spiritual presence and maintain incense.

The Rose of the Buddha Mother Hall needed time for companionship.

The little ones behind the Buddha Mother Hall occasionally needed guidance.

The Dharma Protector army of the Yu Sect possibly watched over its formation.

The Li Zhili of the old family was operating the Li family business association.

Commandery Princess Chunyang would occasionally inquire about Mr. Ruihe’s whereabouts, while her son Zhou Jihai, Li Xuan’s sworn brother, achieved the "Three Yuan Dynasty’s first-class" success, now arranged by Zhao She in the Hanlin Academy.

Li Xuan could be said to be thoroughly a busy man, and after a day of work, it was basically done.

On the other hand, the evil spirits transporting gold from Yunzhou and connecting with Bronze Plain weren’t exposed, which again brought Li Xuan relief.

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Time flew, and in the blink of an eye, a full year had passed.

When Li Xuan met with Senior Sister Feng again at the Divine Martial Monarch’s residence, he said nothing...

A heavy black mist dispersed around him, yet did not form a demonic shape outside his body, but rather swirled around him, making him stronger.

He shed the Purple Ice Copper garment, but with extreme attribute limits, he possessed strong self-control abilities.