Volume 11: The First Law Chapter 43 A Different World
Su Yanxiao took a deep breath and didn't ask any nonsense like "What will happen to him if I don't go?" He clenched his fists. He had never encountered such an embarrassing situation in his life, but he could only sigh and said, "I..."
"I'll go on behalf of Daddy!" Su Huaqing suddenly interrupted at this time.
Lu Qingshan frowned and was about to refuse, but Su Huaqing seemed to see what he wanted to say and explained, "In terms of martial arts, I am not as good as my father, but in terms of the mastery of Runling Dao, I am better than my father. Even in the entire Yanbing Sect, no one can beat me."
"Oh?" Lu Qingshan raised his eyebrows, a little surprised, and looked at Su Yanxiao and asked, "Is what she said true?"
Su Yanxiao was silent for a moment and did not immediately respond to Lu Qingshan's words.
This kind of expression made Lu Qingshan immediately understand the truth of what Su Huaqing said.
"If you hadn't told me earlier, I wouldn't have had to go up the mountain," he said depressedly, and then added: "Then come with me."
Lu Qingshan acted decisively and immediately turned around to go down the mountain, but he didn't expect to hear Su Yanxiao's voice behind him.
"Wait a moment!"
Lu Qingshan looked back and saw that Su Yanxiao's sword had been unsheathed.
Su Huaqing panicked and tried to stop him, saying, "Dad, I'm just going to Qin to see the world. It's nothing..."
"Everyone says that you, Lu Qingshan, are a master of martial arts. Of course I believe it. After all, you are the one who compiled the Qingshan Swordsmanship, a peerless sword manual. But the person you want to take away today is my daughter, my only daughter..."
Su Yanxiao tried to remain calm, but beneath his calmness was a deep anger. "If I do nothing, wouldn't I be unworthy of being a father?"
"I just want to see the general's swordsmanship!" Su Yanxiao said.
This is the stubbornness of a father.
Lu Qingshan smiled and said, "Okay."
"General Lu, draw your sword." Su Yanxiao pointed the tip of his sword directly at Lu Qingshan.
Lu Qingshan shook his head, "There's no need to draw the sword in this situation."
Su Yanxiao only felt a burning sensation on her face.
Even though Lu Qingshan was famous, he looked very young. He was not even thirty years old. He was in his fifties, but he was treated like this by a junior...
Could it be that all the martial arts practiced for decades have been turned into a dog?
whoosh whoosh whoosh!
With anger, Su Yanxiao finally drew his sword. The sword was as cold as ice and the sword light was as bright as snow.
The unique skill of Yan Bing Sect, "Ice and Snow Sword Technique".
A very earthy and tacky name.
Lu Qingshan smiled slightly, his eyes staring at Su Yanxiao through the bright sword light.
The sword force spread like a tide.
With a clang, Su Yanxiao's eyes went dark. When she came to her senses, the sword in her hand had fallen off and landed on the ground with a crisp sound.
Everyone opened their eyes wide, unable to understand what Lu Qingshan had just done.
In just a blink of an eye, Su Yanxiao was defeated.
Is this the devil Lu Qingshan?
"Taoism?" Su Yanxiao asked Lu Qingshan in a daze.
"No," Lu Qingshan shook his head, without further explanation, and turned around again, "Let's go."
"Dad..." Su Huaqing looked at Su Yanxiao worriedly, fearing that his father would be hit hard and do something irrational.
Su Yanxiao's eyes were dazed for a moment, then she waved her hand, "Let's go, the world is so big, it's good to go out and see it. If you stay in the mountains all the time, you will become a frog in a well, just like me."
After saying this, Su Yanxiao turned away to hide the loneliness on her face.
Su Huaqing looked at his father's suddenly hunched back, as if he had aged ten years in an instant. He could not help but lower his head sadly, tears streaming down his face.
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After descending the snowy mountain and sending Su Huaqing on a carriage to the State of Qin, Lu Qingshan headed towards his next target.
He has not led troops into battle since a year ago.
One reason is that the Qingshan Army has already become a dominant force, the second is that Gu Tianyan is fully capable of taking charge, and the third is that he has more important things to do.
Something more important than unifying the world.
Save Qin Yitian.
The price of performing the first spell is that the power in the essence and blood will be drained away by the dragon bird, and Qin Yitian will die on the spot. This is the outcome that Qin Yitian's ancestor verified with his own life.
Lu Qingshan must find a way to reverse all this.
Ordinary medical skills naturally cannot be effective.
The person who tied the bell must be the one to untie it.
This backlash comes from Taoism.
In this case, the only way to solve this problem is to start with Taoism.
So Lu Qingshan left Qin and traveled around the world, looking for people with Taoist healing skills. He would rather bring too few than too few back to Qin, thinking that even if he had to take a chance, he would find a solution.
Most of these people who possessed healing skills were of noble status. Some were children of aristocratic families, some were direct descendants of sects, and some even had royal blood of a country. However, in front of Lu Qingshan, there was not much difference.
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The alarm bells of the thousand-year-old Dacibei Temple rang continuously. One hundred and eight monks, holding sticks, formed an Arhat formation. Lu Qingshan walked leisurely through it and took away a young monk who was said to be the reincarnation of an Arhat and possessed the Dharma of universal salvation.
The scenery of the North is full of snow. Lu Qingshan enters the imperial city alone. With one sword, all beings are equal. There are elite soldiers in the city, and no one dares to speak. From then on, there is no number one miracle doctor in the North.
Although he did not lead troops to fight, Lu Qingshan left behind more legends than before.
His deeds have spread all over the world.
There is no one in Daoyuan Realm who does not know his name.
Two years had passed when he traveled around Daoyuan Realm and prepared to return to Qincheng.
Going north all the way, most of the places we passed were already the territory of Qin State. Wherever we went, whether it was the children at the entrance of the village or the old men at the end of the village, they were all practicing Qingshan swordsmanship.
This is a different era.
When he returned to Qincheng, everyone in the city had already received the news and lined the streets to welcome the general's return.
Yes, there is now an extra big word in front of Lu Qingshan’s title of general.
It was not conferred by Qin Yitian, but was given spontaneously by the people.
Because of Lu Qingshan's existence, Qin State became the most powerful country in Daoyuan Realm.
Because of him, everyone has the opportunity to practice martial arts and everyone has the chance to create a bright future.
Most importantly, because of him, the people lived a good life that they had never dared to imagine before.
At the city gate, Princess Qin Yitian of Qin State personally welcomed the return of General Lu Qingshan.
"General, thank you for your hard work these days." Qin Yitian looked at Lu Qingshan with a smile.
Lu Qingshan waved his hand and said, "I don't know if any of the people I brought back will be useful."
"If it's useful, consider it a pleasant surprise. If it's useless, that's normal too. I've been mentally prepared." Qin Yitian was calm and indifferent to life and death.
"You are mentally prepared, but I am not." Lu Qingshan said.
Qin Yitian was startled, but Lu Qingshan had already changed the subject and asked casually, "How is the construction of Qin State going?"
"According to your idea, once the craftsmen have manufactured those so-called machines, everything will be on track. In addition, with the assets accumulated by the noble families of various countries over the years, the compulsory education you mentioned has also been completely popularized, and swordsmanship has been set as a compulsory course. However, the money needed to build the road is still a big gap..."
Her eyes wandered, and she said softly, "The road runs through the entire Daoyuan Realm. Such a grand undertaking was something that no one else dared to think of before. Even with Qin's current national strength, it would take a hundred years to accomplish."
"There's no rush for this," Lu Qingshan said, "but it has to be done."
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"She is so beautiful. He must be very fond of her, so he traveled all over the world to find a doctor for her."
Su Huaqing also mixed in the welcoming crowd. Looking at Lu Qingshan, whom he had not seen since they parted on the snowy mountain, and Qin Yitian, whose name he had only heard of but never seen since he came to Qincheng, he thought secretly in his heart.
Those of them who were "abducted" to Qin by Lu Qingshan and had the ability to heal themselves did not actually have too many restrictions on their freedom. The only constraint was that they could not leave Qin City.
"Only a woman like this can be worthy of a man like this." Looking at the two people talking very harmoniously, Su Huaqing said again.
But somehow, a faint and extremely subtle feeling of loss and inferiority arose in my heart.
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Imperial study.
Qin Yitian and Lu Qingshan gave a detailed account of the current situation in Qin State.
It had only been six years since the Qin State had carried out reform and opening up and liberated slaves, but half of the vast Daoyuan Realm already belonged to the Qin State.
No one had ever dared to imagine such a speed before, and it is unlikely to happen again in the future.
It's a miracle.
Why was the Qingshan Army expanding its territory so quickly?
To get to the root of it, we can’t do without the four words “the world is united”.
Rulers expand territory in order to make their country stronger.
Lu Qingshan expanded the territory in order to make the human race stronger.
That's the difference.
Therefore, the series of policies after the Qin Dynasty's reform were seen by outsiders as being unhelpful to the country and beneficial to the people.
But those rulers did not understand a simple but powerful truth.
The foundation of a country is its people.
When the people are strong, the country will naturally be strong.
It was precisely because the whole nation was united that the resistance encountered by the Qingshan Army was extremely weak.
As long as they defeat the first batch of armies organized by the various countries, it will be basically impossible for the subsequent monarchs to organize a second batch of armies.
Even during the process of siege and seizure, many cities opened their gates to welcome the arrival of the Qingshan Army.
This is exactly the scene that Lu Qingshan wanted to see.
Otherwise, although it would be easy to unify the world by force, it would inevitably lead to massacres and the loss of lives, which would be completely contrary to his idea of strengthening the human race to fight against the White Walkers.
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It's a good time of year again.
Outside Qincheng, on a freight truck, a young man sat on the cargo and looked around curiously.
The avenue, wide enough to accommodate eight horses, was artificially divided into two sides with two yellow lines in the middle. Vehicles in both directions drove on each side without interfering with each other and in an orderly manner.
"You look like you're here for the first time in Qincheng?" The driver said as he was driving the horses pulling the goods, "You've never seen such a long road before."
The young man nodded and said, "I have never seen such a thing. Although there is a road near my home, it is not as spacious and grand as this one."
"Your road is called a two-lane road, and our road is called an eight-lane road. Of course, there is a big difference." The driver explained, with pride in his tone.
"Eight lanes...?"
"It was named by the general," said the driver.
The young man showed an expression of "I see," and a look of longing flashed in his eyes.
Although the driver did not mention the name, everyone in Daoyuan Realm knew that there were many generals , but only one great general.
"What are you doing in Qincheng, young man?" the driver asked again.
The young man pulled out a neatly folded paper roll from his bosom. "I saw the conscription application in the People's Daily. It said that the general was going to lead the army to completely wipe out the White Walkers in the next few years. He needed to recruit a group of high-quality soldiers to join the army, so I hurried here from my hometown."
"Oh, you are quite confident young man," the driver raised his eyebrows, "How far have you learned Qingshan Sword Technique?"
"I've learned level 6." The young man showed a proud expression on his face.
"That's really good," the driver was a little surprised, "even in Qincheng, it's extremely rare to find someone who can learn the Qingshan sword technique to level 6."
The young man straightened his chest and said, "In my village, I have the highest talent for swordsmanship. It was my sword teacher who asked me to join the army and serve my country."
"It's good to join the army. If one person joins the army, the whole family will be honored..." said the driver with a smile.
Just then, the young man suddenly heard a burst of hurried horse hooves sounds coming from behind him.
He turned his head and saw a truck coming quickly from the left lane. The driver was wearing a black suit, had a sturdy figure and a long breath. It was obvious that he was a martial artist.
The truck was moving very fast and disappeared from the young man's sight in a short while.
"It must be some urgent matter. He's driving so fast, aren't he afraid of an accident?" He couldn't help but exclaimed.
"It's not an urgent matter," the driver said with an expression as if he was surprised. "He's a courier, specializing in delivering goods. "Qintong Express, can reach the surrounding cities of Qincheng within one day."
Moreover, they are on a special fast lane and do not interfere with us. ”
The young man was speechless.
Although the world is now unified, the writing system, weights and measures, laws, etc. have long been unified.
However, Qincheng, as the capital of the Qin State and the most prosperous city in Daoyuan Realm, still has many things that cannot be seen in other places, making him feel like Granny Liu entering Guanyuan Garden.
As the truck continued to move forward, the scenery on the roadside was also changing.
One after another, things that looked like half tree trunks were surrounded by curtains, "lying" on the plains on both sides of the road. From time to time, someone could be seen walking out of them carrying a basket of green vegetables, which made the young people's eyes stare.
"What is that? A warehouse? How come there are fresh vegetables at this time of year?"
"Greenhouse cultivation," the driver said casually, "You don't know what it is, right? I don't know either. It has only appeared in the last one or two years. You just need to know that since it has been around, the people of Qincheng can buy fresh vegetables at any time of the year."
As he spoke, the driver took a sip of the wine bag he carried with him, and said happily: "Life is getting better and better. Children born nowadays can't get what they wanted. What kind of life did we live more than ten years ago! At that time, we couldn't even get enough food to eat. You don't have to worry about food now, and you have books to read and martial arts to learn..."
"It's all thanks to the general!"
The young man felt that the driver who was now chattering non-stop was a bit like his nagging old father.
Another half hour passed.
The outline of the majestic Qincheng can already be seen.
The young man noticed that there seemed to be a strange black shadow in the sky above the outline of Qincheng.
"What is that?" he wondered.
After a while, as he got closer to Qin Cheng, he finally saw the true appearance of the strange black shadow.
"Oh my God!" Even though he had seen many incredible things along the way, this was the first time he lost his composure and exclaimed.
Two spherical objects of astonishing size were floating in the air, with a basket hanging below each. However, the basket was extremely large and could hold several people.
What is eye-catching is that there is a long red canvas hanging at the bottom of the basket with a few big words written on it.
On the left is: "Recruit high-quality soldiers to consolidate the iron city of Qin."
On the right is——"Qincheng welcomes you!"
