Chapter 172: Wait for the frog to be boiled in warm water and watch the chaos in Raojiang!
An unforgettable scene suddenly appeared in Li Ying's mind. At that time, he was only a teenager. At that time, he had already followed Yuan Tiangang to venture into the martial arts world. He once regarded Yuan Tiangang as his father. But after he was taken to the Cangbing Valley by Yuan Tiangang, the inhuman training soon made him realize the reality. This legendary bad commander was like an emotionless spy machine...

But even so, Li Ying spent the happiest time of his life in Cangbing Valley. After he followed Yuan Tiangang to Qingcheng Mountain, everything was different. Yuan Tiangang arranged for him to secretly observe the every move of that person, Li Xingyun, his lifelong shadow, and the person he always wanted to be...

"Boss, who is he?" Young Li Ying asked Yuan Tiangang curiously.

"He is the last hope of the Tang Dynasty, and the person you will follow and imitate for the rest of your life." Yuan Tiangang's voice was so flat that almost no emotion could be heard, just like when he first met Fan Qiaoer. However, there will never be a second Fan Qiaoer in this world, and Yuan Tiangang is no longer the Yuan Tiangang of more than two hundred years ago.

"Why is he the last hope of the Tang Dynasty?" The young Li Ying was still a bit rebellious, but Yuan Tiangang's next words immediately dealt him a heavy blow.

"Just because he is a direct descendant of the Li Tang dynasty, so, do you want to be him?"

Yuan Tiangang's voice seemed to have magic, causing Li Ying to nod unconsciously...

Then, Li Ying appeared on a round stone altar, and a bad guy dressed as an actor appeared in front of him.

"General, although this method is vicious, it can ensure that your appearance will be 80% to 90% similar to your Highness in the future. Even without disguise, it can achieve a lifelike effect."

"Okay, let's get started..."

……

Wow!

Li Ying jumped out of the bathtub, wrapped the clothes beside her around her body, and then turned her hands into sharp claws and grabbed the Mirror Heart Demon's neck.

Whoosh!
A cold wind blew up Mirror Heart Demon's hair.

Li Ying's whole body was filled with internal energy, and his white aura had already arrived in front of the Mirror Heart Demon.

"The Marshal is dead, and the bad guys are leaderless."

With these words, Li Ying's claws suddenly stopped in front of the Mirror Heart Demon's neck.

"What does that have to do with me? Doesn't your master still have Li Xingyun?"

Li Ying said disdainfully.

"Does Li Xingyun know me?" Mirror Heart Demon's tone was still calm, but this made Li Ying narrow her eyes slightly. Li Ying asked inexplicably, "What do you mean?"

Mirror Heart Demon put his hands in his sleeves and looked at Li Ying with a slight smile, saying: "Without the great Marshal Li Xingyun, I am nothing. I should also think about my future, right?"

"Considering it? Haha, interesting, really interesting." Li Ying put away his hands, put his hands behind his back and walked in front of Jing Xin Mo and said, "With your ability, since you came to me, you naturally have a reason to convince me not to kill you. Come on, start your performance."

"You have no roots in Jin State. Even if you defeat Li Xingyun and become emperor in Jin State, you will only be a puppet emperor. In the end, you will surely die. What do you think, yes or no?" Jing Xinmo looked at Li Ying's eyes calmly. Li Ying slightly sidelong glanced and did not meet his gaze. Of course, silence also represented Li Ying's approval of what Jing Xinmo said.

Li Xingyun was nothing without the Bad Commander, and the same was true for Li Ying. Now he was just a pawn used by Jin Wang Li Keyong.

"Go on." Li Ying turned around, the corner of Jing Xin Mo's mouth slightly raised, and continued: "Cooperate with me, Chang'an Bad People will not be under my control, but I still have the final say over the Bad People in Jin State. I have been operating in Jin State for decades, and there are my hidden players everywhere in the Jin State court. You don't have a foundation in Jin State, so I will give it to you!"

Li Ying's body trembled. It was obvious that Jing Xinmo's words moved his heart, and it was the kind of heartbeat that he could not refuse.

The Mirror Heart Demon looked at Li Ying's back and said, "Go and step on the blood and bones to ascend to the supreme throne. Tell the commander-in-chief that you are the hope of the Tang Dynasty!"

Li Ying was slightly startled, then his eyes slowly became firm. He turned around and looked at Mirror Heart Demon's face and stretched out his right hand. He pinched Mirror Heart Demon's face and pulled it left and right, "Hahaha, I didn't expect that I would actually have the day to cooperate with you!"

Mirror Heart Demon allowed Li Ying to rub his cheeks without changing his expression. Instead, he bowed slightly and said respectfully, "Mirror Heart Demon, I greet your highness."

Li Ying laughed loudly, retracted his right hand, patted Jing Xinmo on the shoulder and said, "Hahaha, good! With your help, great things can be accomplished!"

The Mirror Heart Demon, with messy makeup, bent over and smiled, "Your Highness, my identity is sensitive, so I will leave first. From now on, the bad people will pass the message between you and me."

Li Ying smiled and said, "Go ahead. When you're done, send me a copy of the intelligence on all the major forces at the moment, especially the news on Li Xingyun. I want all the information about him!"

"Yes!"

Mirror Heart Demon took small steps and slipped out of Li Ying's mansion from the back door. All the bad guys who were ambushing in Li Ying's mansion withdrew immediately. "Sir, what's the matter?" One of the bad guys saw Mirror Heart Demon coming out and asked hurriedly.

"It's done, just wait for the frog to boil in the warm water!" Mirror Heart Demon had a cold expression, turned his head and glanced at Li Ying's mansion, and half of his face hidden in the shadows showed a sneer...

"Send this news to Chang'an. Zhang Zifan has been arrested, Li Ying has surrendered, and Your Highness should also take action."

"Yes, my lord."

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Nanchu, Raojiang!
Although Raojiang is located in the territory of Chu King Ma Yin, due to many factors, such as the complex terrain of Raojiang's Poison Cave and the poisonous insects used by the tribes of Chiyou's descendants, Raojiang became a rare pure land in the chaotic world at the end of the Tang Dynasty more than a decade ago.

However, in recent years, the Ten Thousand Poison Cave has begun various overt and covert struggles. In this struggle between the Witch King and the Gu King, it is obvious that the Witch King is better. The Gu King Chi Li's methods are too gentle, and he is always suppressed by Chi Li. This is also the reason why Chi Li asked Chi Meng to leave and seek help from the Bad Commander. No matter how rampant Chi Li is, he has to kneel down honestly when he sees the Bad Commander.

dong dong dong.

A tall and strong figure knocked on the door of Chi Li, the master of the Ten Thousand Poison Cave.

With a click, a middle-aged man with a very heroic appearance opened the door of the bamboo house. "Brother?" Chi Li opened the door and frowned slightly at the sound and shadow outside the door. "Why, now you won't even let me in?" Chi Li looked at Chi Li in front of him and said lightly.

"How could that be, please, big brother." Chi Li sighed softly and said, "Big brother, you don't have to persuade me anymore. You and I both know how sinister and vicious this technique is. If we allow this technique to come out, I'm afraid our Raojiang will never have peace."

Chi Li snorted softly and said, "Let's not talk about this for now. I'm here to tell you a piece of news that I just learned. After you hear this news, make a decision."

Chi Li was a little surprised and frowned, "What news?"

"The Marshal is dead." Although Chi Li's expression was calm, there was a hint of loneliness and determination in his eyes. Even a figure like the Marshal would die. How could there be stability in this chaotic world? Unless he held powerful strength in his hands, the Ten Thousand Poison Cave would sooner or later be engulfed by the flames of war. Chi Li did not trust anyone, he only believed in the power in his own hands!
"What! Impossible! How could the Marshal die!" Chi Li was obviously a little agitated. Although he had not seen the Bad Marshal for decades, the position of the Bad Marshal in his heart was unmatched by anyone. In terms of the Bad Marshal's strength, he and the current Chi Li combined were no match for the old man.

"Look for yourself." Chi Li threw a secret letter into Chi Li's arms. Chi Li looked at the contents of the secret letter with trembling hands. "How could... how could there be a traitor among the bad guys who could kill him?"

Chi Li patted Chi Li's shoulder and said, "No matter how strong you are, you are still a human being. As a human being, you have weaknesses. Besides, birth, aging, sickness and death are the norm in the world."

Chi Li frowned slightly, the Marshal was dead, and Meng'er was destined to return empty-handed, so what was the solution to this situation in Raojiang?
Oh, by the way, there is also Li Xingyun!

Chi Li's eyes fell on a line of words in the secret letter. Li Xingyun had taken over the Bad People and personally held the funeral for the Marshal.

"Chi Li, I know what you want." Chi Li held the secret letter and looked at Chi Li and said, "But you and I are both bad people. Once we are bad people, we will be bad people for life. Now the bad people are in charge of His Highness. If you and I want to refine the God of War, we must get his approval."

Chi Li narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Chi Li and snorted, "Do you want to drag it on any longer?"

Chi Li stared at Chi Li without giving in and asked, "Is there something wrong with what I said?"

Chi Li felt a little uneasy when he was stared at by Chi Li, so he turned his eyes slightly and said, "Yes, you are right..."

After Chi Li finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the door with his hands behind his back. Chi Li breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. He finally fooled him again. It was not that he was afraid of Chi Li, but the main reason was that both sides controlled the power of the entire Ten Thousand Poison Cave. Once a full-scale conflict broke out, the majority of casualties would be ordinary people in the Ten Thousand Poison Cave. This was not the situation Chi Li wanted to see, so he kept dragging Chi Li.

At this moment, Chi Li's eyes suddenly widened. "Cough..." He coughed and suddenly grabbed his heart with his right hand. Boom, boom, boom...

His heart began to beat wildly out of control. Even his inner strength at the peak of the Great Heaven Realm could not suppress the surging poison...

"You... Soul-Locking Poison..."

Chi Li half-knelt on the ground, staring at Chi Li with angry eyes. Just now, Chi Li took advantage of the moment when his faith was shaken and patted his shoulder. The poison was administered at that time.

At this time, Chi Li also slowly turned around. He looked at Chi Li and said coldly: "Li Xingyun? A descendant of Li Tang? You want me to obey the orders of a young boy?"

"How many years have passed? Chi Li, how many years has it been since the Tang Dynasty fell? What descendants of Li Tang? The fate of the Tang Dynasty has long been over. Even the commander-in-chief is dead. Can't you see the situation clearly now?"

Chi Li shouted at Chi Li, "What a pedantic fool! If Li Xingyun is really destined to be the king, then he should come to my Poison Cave and make me submit. Otherwise, why should I obey him?"

"Power is only useful when it is in your own hands. Hand over the insect refining technique. As long as you can refine the God of War, you will know that everything I do is for Rao Jiang."

"You're talking nonsense!" Chi Li held back the pain and cursed at Chi Li: "If this technique is so powerful, why would the people of the Twelve Caves hide away from the world? They were also defeated, defeated by the iron cavalry of the Tang Dynasty!"

Chi Li's eyes were full of wonder. He looked at Chi Li and laughed, "I have never denied how powerful the Tang Dynasty was in the past, but didn't you also say that that was the Tang Dynasty in the past? What about now? Where is the Tang Dynasty in the world now? The Marshal is dead, and I am about to come out of the Ten Thousand Poison Cave. Who dares to say no?"

Now that Leader Buliang is dead, the last burden weighing on Chi Li's heart has been removed, and he is ready to give it a try.

"You...what do you want to do?" Chi Li looked at Chi Li with a painful and puzzled expression and said, "Isn't it good like this now? We, the people of Raojiang, have settled down and are happy, and the outside world cannot affect us. If this is the case, why should we participate in this chaotic world?"

Chi Li said with an unhappy look: "Are we, the descendants of Chi You, destined to live in this mountain wilderness? Think about it carefully. Either cooperate with me to refine the God of War Altar, or hand over the insect refining technique, and I can let you continue to be your Gu King."

"Don't even think about it!" Chi Li knew that once the war started, the Ten Thousand Poison Cave could stop it whenever it wanted. Moreover, what was needed to refine the God of War Altar was not other things but living people. By then, Raojiang, which had mobilized the God of War, would inevitably become a thorn in the eyes of all major forces in the Central Plains. There was no reason for the people of Raojiang to sacrifice their lives for Chi Li's ambition.

"Hmph, you're so stubborn!" Chi Li snorted coldly, shook his sleeves and turned to leave.

At the same time, several elders of the Ten Thousand Poison Cave from the Chi Li lineage were also trapped by Chi Li's men.

"Godfather, aren't we going too far by doing this..." The speaker was a white-haired young man with a handsome face and an elegant temperament. If one had to use an adjective to describe him, it would be that he is as handsome as a nobleman.

"You Chuan, this is not something you should consider. You just need to know that everything I do is for the future of our Ten Thousand Poison Cave." Chi Li said lightly to You Chuan. You Chuan frowned slightly, but could only bow.

"Where is the Saint? It seems like I haven't seen her for a long time." Chi Li's words startled You Chuan. He naturally knew where Chi Meng had gone, but he also concealed her whereabouts for Chi Meng at this time. "I don't know, the Saint is innocent and lively, maybe she went out to play somewhere again."

Chi Li looked at You Chuan meaningfully, then said calmly: "I don't care where the Saint is now, you have to bring her back to me, go ahead."

"Yes, godfather." You Chuan's face changed and he responded.

At this moment, the gate of the bamboo village was suddenly breached by a swarm of insects. Amid screams, a figure appeared in front of Chi Li, "Witch King, where is the Gu King? What did you do to him?"

This man is thin and has a mask with strange insect patterns on his face. He is none other than the high priest of the Ten Thousand Poison Cave, Lao Chong!

"The High Priest..."

Chi Li narrowed his eyes slightly, then looked at the six people chasing after Lao Chong with some dissatisfaction. He released a stream of purple poisonous smoke from the bone staff in his hand and said softly, "High Priest, please have a good rest."

(End of this chapter)