Chapter 866: Chapter 28: Tethering Silk Concealed, Trapped in Despair
“Qi Ming came to the Northern Barbarians?!”
Sensing that overwhelming resentment, Li Fei’s heart was startled, instantly feeling uneasy.
He didn’t know that the path to Dao for this newly risen ‘Evil Demon’ was completely opposite to Yun Shu’s, requiring the complete downfall of the Da Lan Dynasty.
Previously, he also considered whether Qi Ming would come with the Savage Killing Army to the Northern Barbarians and sabotage the army’s actions.
But worrying about such matters was useless for him; he could only leave it to the court.
Now, sensing Qi Ming’s actions, Li Fei realized:
The Mixed Heaven Compass released at the beginning by Bai Yan was not only to strengthen himself but also to intimidate Qi Ming!
Yun Shu’s Dao rules are analytical, and under the illumination of the Mixed Heaven Compass, if Qi Ming dares to act, Yun Shu might catch his traces, thus locking him down completely!
Qi Ming’s fearsome strength as the True Monarch of Spell lies in his ability to remain hidden in the shadows.
Once he’s locked down and his traces are constantly monitored by the court, his intimidating power would immediately weaken significantly, and he would also be in danger.
At any unexpected moment, the ‘Military God’ Wenren Zheng might lead the Sky Blue Cavalry to hunt him down!
For the peak experts in this world, the Da Lan Dynasty certainly fears them, but it also maintains a proper level of intimidation.
Even someone as strong as The World’s Number One Lin Tianyi might disrespect the Emperor but still adheres to court regulations, as evidenced by the Heavenly Tower joining the Blue Patrol Pavilion.
Just because Lin Tianyi also has people and matters he cares about, things he must protect.
If the two sides were to fall out, Lin Tianyi might survive alone, but everything he cares about would likely be destroyed!
Of course, if it truly comes to that, the Da Lan Dynasty would also have to pay a heavy price!
Therefore, for Lin Tianyi, Tai Yu, the Pavilion Master of Red Dust Pavilion, and others, the court interacts with them with intimidation while also showing courtesy, as long as it doesn’t involve major principled issues, both sides strive to maintain peace.
As for Qi Ming’s precursor, the ‘Three Demons,’ those who blatantly defy court laws with no ties, the court enforces a strong intimidation policy.
The so-called ‘strong intimidation policy’ is ‘if I go all out, I can definitely kill you, so you’d better not cross the line’!
Every individual within Qi Ming’s precursor ‘Three Demons’ has a cruel and bloody history for achieving Dao.
For instance, the infamous Ming River Ancestor, at that time, in order to break through to the ‘True One Realm,’ used Lifebound Magic Items to perform a blood sacrifice on a city of over twenty thousand people!
Such a great demon was naturally hunted by the court, but after all these years, even though the Ming River Ancestor occasionally appeared, the court hasn’t truly sent someone to encircle him.
Of course, over the years of being hunted, the Ming River Ancestor has also been low-key, even killing mostly Jianghu people, and rarely court officials.
He hasn’t committed blood sacrifices of tens of thousands again either.
This forms a tacit understanding between him and the court.
Because he understands if he crosses the line, it forces the court to go all out to kill him.
The court hasn’t truly acted against the ‘Three Demons’ because killing a peak strong person has too great a cost!
Unless necessary, no Monarch is willing to pay the enormous price to eliminate a peak strong person.
This is the ‘way of interaction’ between the Da Lan Dynasty and the world’s peak experts.
Either show them courtesy or impose strong intimidation.
But now, there’s Qi Ming, the president of the New Heaven Association, and he’s clearly unsuitable for either interaction method.
Regarding Qi Ming, once his path to Dao was clarified, the Da Lan Dynasty’s attitude towards him was unequivocal — necessary to kill!
As long as Qi Ming’s location is locked, the court will send people to encircle him regardless of the cost!
Qi Ming himself knows this well, so after his public action, he hasn’t acted since.
Because he understands that acting in this world inevitably leaves traces, and the more traces he leaves, the higher the chance Yun Shu, who has the ability to analyze Dao rules, will lock him down!
This time, as the Savage Killing Army penetrated the wilderness, Qi Ming clearly knows Yun Shu must have prepared measures.
Sure enough, Bai Yan released the Mixed Heaven Compass before the battle began.
Aside from steadily accumulating his winning position, he’s openly warning the potentially hidden Qi Ming:
If you act, you will definitely be locked down!
No matter if Qi Ming truly entered the Northern Barbarians with the Savage Killing Army, as long as this Mixed Heaven Compass remains, it’s the best amulet to eliminate hidden threats.
Qi Ming doesn’t want to be locked down, so even as the Savage Killing Army gradually gained the upper hand, he refrained from acting.
However, he also couldn’t accept the Barbarian King being eliminated, the Northern Barbarians consequently suffering, and the Da Lan Dynasty seizing the chance to augment its national fortune.
So, he secretly contacted the Elder of the Fire Qilin Clan, Nuomu Han:
“You intervene to temporarily disrupt the Mixed Heaven Compass above, I’ll act to turn the situation around for you.”
Nuomu Han, of course, couldn’t trust Qi Ming, this outsider.
Trying to disrupt the Mixed Heaven Compass would inevitably leave distinct flaws, possibly allowing Bai Yan to severely wound him.
And if he’s severely injured, in this round, the Northern Barbarians would essentially lose.
Leaving the Northern Barbarians’ fate to an outsider is something Nuomu Han couldn’t accept.
Therefore, even if Qi Ming gave him a hint right at the start of the battle, Nuomu Han didn’t follow Qi Ming’s advice. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novel·fiɾe·net
However, the subsequent course of events continued to surprise him in succession.
The bottom cards of the Savage Killing Army were unveiled one after another, and Li Fei, in particular, played a significant role, ultimately tilting the situation in favor of the Savage Killing Army.