Chapter 416: The Beginning of Drastic Change
Just as Jiang Chen and Yu Yongyuan learned from their conversation that the royal ancestor of Qi State was indeed dying.
Not far away in the county seat of Nanxi County, a drastic change was brewing in the county governor's mansion.
Tian Cuifeng, the ancestor of the royal family of Qi State, closed his eyes tightly.
The whole person just sat there cross-legged, while Zhu Hongwu beside him used his internal energy from time to time.
He placed his hands on Tian Cuifeng's back and injected his internal energy into her body from time to time.
After a long time, Zhu Hongwu slowly opened his eyes.
He withdrew his hands and stopped injecting qi into Tian Cuifeng's body.
As Zhu Hongwu withdrew his hand, Tian Cuifeng also opened her eyes.
"Brother Tian, I'm afraid you can't hold on for much longer in your current state."
Zhu Hongwu looked at Tian Cuifeng, who looked even older than before, and said lightly.
As the saying goes, there are five signs of decay in heaven, even for Tian Cuifeng, who has reached the pinnacle of the acquired master level.
At this age, death is inevitable.
After hearing what Zhu Hongwu said, Tian Cuifeng started coughing violently.
“Cough cough cough…”
His face turned even paler, and Tian Cuifeng's hand, which was covering her mouth, was stained with blood.
"It seems that my plan has to start ahead of time."
"I didn't expect that in the end, I would have to come to this point..."
As Tian Cuifeng spoke, a hint of pity flashed across her eyes.
Seeing Tian Cuifeng looking hesitant, Zhu Hongwu hurriedly tried to comfort her.
"Brother Tian, it's already this time, don't worry about these things."
"You only lost this one descendant, but you still have so many royal families in Qi."
"When the time comes, we can just pick one of them to inherit the throne."
Under Zhu Hongwu's persuasion, the last trace of reluctance in Tian Cuifeng's eyes disappeared.
"Brother Zhu, you are right. As long as I live, I will be fine."
"I can protect Qi for one day, but without me, Qi will have no future!"
When he said this, a cold light flashed in Tian Cuifeng's eyes.
Seeing that Tian Cuifeng no longer hesitated, Zhu Hongwu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
It turned out that the reason why Zhu Hongwu and Tian Cuifeng helped Tian Min break through before.
He was planning to use Tian Min's energy and spirit to help Tian Cuifeng prolong her life!
This method of prolonging life was secretly brought out by Tian Cuifeng from his own sect in the ancient holy land.
The reason why he didn't use it in the ancient holy land was because once his sect discovered that he had stolen this secret method.
Then, the fate that awaits him will be worse than death!
"Brother Zhu, since I have made up my mind."
"There's no time to waste, let's do it tonight!"
After making the decision, a hint of decisiveness and murderousness rose from Tian Cuifeng's body.
However, this decisive killing will soon be used on his descendants!
…
As night fell, a group of masked assassins in black suddenly appeared outside Tian Min's room.
As soon as these assassins appeared, they rushed towards Tian Min's room with a clear purpose.
The imperial guards guarding outside Tian Min's room didn't even have time to scream.
They were all cut in the throat by these masked warriors and fell in a pool of blood.
Several masked assassins looked at the corpse on the ground with cold eyes.
He walked to Tian Min's door calmly and opened the window paper.
He lit the incense and blew it into the room through the small hole he had poked.
After waiting for a while, the masked assassins realized that the incense should have taken effect.
He opened Tian Min's door and rushed in with a dagger in hand.
But when they rushed into Tian Min's room, they found that the entire room was empty!
"Oh no, we've been discovered, retreat!"
The leading masked warrior looked at this scene and immediately felt something was wrong.
But before the masked assassins could rush out of the room, Tian Min's voice was heard outside the door.
"Tsk tsk tsk, this really opens my eyes!"
"As a 'shadow guard' who only obeys the royal family of Qi, I didn't expect you to come and assassinate me!"
"Do you really think that I, the emperor, am just a decoration?"
As Tian Min's voice fell, the courtyard outside the room instantly became brightly lit.
Tian Min walked out slowly under the protection of a group of imperial guards.
Looking at the imperial guards around Tian Min, the leading masked soldier knew .
I'm afraid that these people of mine won't be able to leave alive tonight.
"Shadow Guards, listen up! Even if you die, you must take a few more people with you!"
Seeing that there was no hope of escape, the leading masked soldier flashed away.
He turned into a meteor and rushed towards Tian Min with a dagger in his hand!
Looking at these masked warriors who were determined to die, a trace of pity flashed in Tian Min's eyes.
"What a shame! It's a waste of all the resources my Tian family has used to train shadow guards."
"Today I will kill you here with my own hands..."
Tian Min said this and waved his hand.
Seeing this, the imperial guards who had been prepared behind him shot their bows and arrows at the masked warriors.
Accompanied by the sound of "whoosh" breaking through the air, the group of masked assassins had not yet approached Tian Min.
They were shot by arrows one after another and fell to the ground.
Looking at the corpses of masked assassins all over the ground, Tian Min said calmly.
"Pass the order down and let those priests take action!"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
After receiving Tian Min's order, a commander of the imperial guards behind Tian Min retreated.
At the same time, outside the room where Tian Cuifeng and Zhu Hongwu were.
Four figures in gray robes appeared here.
"Great Priest, I didn't expect that even you were invited by His Majesty!"
Looking at the figure in the lead, the other three figures couldn't help but be surprised.
“Haha, after all, we are facing two old bastards at the peak of post-natal master level.”
"If it's just the three of you, you're no match for them."
The leading figure said this and took out his weapon from his back - a long sickle.
The other three heard this and did not refute anything.
Instead, they took out their weapons and followed the figure holding the sickle.
"Tsk tsk tsk, it seems that boy has noticed it."
"But does he think that he can deal with me with the help of you four bastards who are at the late stage of the acquired grandmaster level?"
Just as they were about to approach the door, Tian Cuifeng's voice came from inside the room.
After hearing what Tian Cuifeng said, the leader said with some disdain.
"Tian Cuifeng, do you think we didn't prepare in advance?"
"As early as the moment you arrived in Nanxi County, you were already poisoned by the poison that His Majesty prepared for you!"
After the figure finished speaking, he raised the sickle in his hand and chopped the door open.
After hearing the figure's words, Tian Cuifeng couldn't help but be slightly startled.
He then immediately circulated his Qi and felt the condition inside his body.
