"Gather the heroes?" Xue Qingcheng frowned. "With the momentum of the Hidden Sword School, let alone slaying a dragon, even if the four great spirit beasts come out together, I'm afraid they won't need the help of outsiders, right? What exactly does he want to do?"
Ren Ya's face was gloomy, and he said coldly: "Yagyu Muneaki probably wants to catch them all in one fell swoop, using Dragon Yuan as bait to force all the masters of Japan to the stage, and then catch them all in one fell swoop. Those who follow him will prosper, and those who go against him will perish. If he really succeeds, I'm afraid he will even make me the emperor!"
Hearing this, Zhou Yi and Tang Shangxin looked at each other in bewilderment. The two were in the Central Plains and did not know much about the situation in Japan. They were especially interested in the Hidden Sword School, which sounded even more powerful than the Emperor's lineage.
Tang Xinxin asked, "What is the origin of this Hidden Sword School? Why is it so powerful?"
Lian Jingshen on the side looked at the two of them with some surprise, an expression of incredible shock. Now that he is in Japan and doesn't know the three words "Hidden Sword Style", it would probably be considered a fairy tale.
Ren Ya's expression softened, and she sighed softly, saying, "During the reign of my father, Emperor Zhaowu, I was a hostage in Luoyang because he had no children. As my father was getting old, the royal family was afraid that there would be no one to succeed him. The princes of various places were afraid that people would lose their support in the future, so they all turned to the Hidden Sword School, the largest gang that was rising in Japan."
"Although the Hidden Sword School has only been around for a short time, its power and prestige have far surpassed that of the Japanese Emperor. The Iga and Koga ninjas, the Yagyu family, the Ibudo, the Shiden Sect, and most of the sects in Japan have all taken refuge under its tutelage. It has long been a behemoth."
"Not only that!" Xue Qingcheng added, "There are countless masters under the Hidden Sword School, and the seven masters are the most skilled among them. However, these seven people have always been elusive, and we don't know much about them!"
Lian Jingshen heard this and added: "Then why don't you just reject Yagyu Muneaki directly?"
"How can it be so easy?" Ren Ya shook her head. "More than half of the civil and military officials in the court are from the Hidden Sword School. How can I refuse? Now I can only see if there is anyone I can use among those summoned masters!"
After saying that, Ren Ya slowly turned her eyes and scanned everyone's faces, finally fixing her eyes on Zhou Yi's face, her eyes were as bright as water and as charming as autumn waves.
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The snowy wind blew by, and the night under the snowy scene was somewhat lonely and desolate. In the distance, the sound of temple bells could be heard.
The banquet in the distance had basically ended. Looking over there from the attic fence, the firelight seemed to have dimmed a lot. Zhou Yi lay there casually looking at the emperor's residence with swaying lights. In the night, the lights in the rooms and attics were very artistic.
The sound of footsteps came from the stairs. Zhou Yi knew who it was without looking. The soft breath was obviously a woman's. However, Tang Shangxin was usually careless and had the habits of a person from the Tang Clan. His steps were either silent or hurried. However, the footsteps coming from behind him at this moment were elegant and quiet, with a hint of calmness. It was obviously the other person.
Emperor of Japan - Chinatsu Jimmu
Zhou Yi tilted his head and saw the white figure coming from the other side of his field of vision. He only saw a corner of the fox fur coat because there was a pillar next to it. When the figure reached the other side of the pillar, it also stopped and also leaned on the railing to look out.
The two of them stared at each other in silence for a while. If they tilted their heads to look, they could see the girl's beautiful yet still immature profile. Not long after, Ren Ya finally spoke: "Brother Qianbei, long time no see."
"Yes!" Zhou Yi nodded, knowing that the time had come for both of them to come to a showdown. He slowly retracted his gaze, turned his head and looked quietly at the woman beside him.
She was wearing a plain white close-fitting casual dress, with a delicate complexion, without any makeup, her black hair tied up in a bun, and her neck was slender and graceful. Her phoenix eyes slanted into her temples and her body shape was so seductive that it made people daydream. At this moment, she was staring at Zhou Yi with a strange and awe-inspiring look, as if there was a mixture of some surging and suppressed emotions in her eyes.
At this moment, Zhou Yi seemed to have suddenly returned to the days in the capital of the gods. The weak figure in front of him suddenly overlapped with the figure of the empress inexplicably...
Time flies by, and in the blink of an eye, the delicate and weak woman in Liqi Pavilion has already set foot on the road to becoming an empress step by step...
Snowflakes were falling, Ren Ya and Zhou Yi stood on both sides of the pillar, looking at the endless royal buildings. Turning his head, Ren Ya lowered his head slightly, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Brother Qianbei, I like you."
Although he had felt it a long time ago, when Zhou Yi heard the girl in front of him say it so openly, he still couldn't help being surprised and at a loss.
Zhou Yi looked at Ren Ya's expression, then nodded slowly, hesitated for a moment, and then slowly said: "Actually, I..." Zhou Yi was unable to finish expressing his feelings in the end, as Ren Ya slowly walked up and muttered softly: "Brother Qianbei likes Sad Sister, right?"
Zhou Yi stared at Ren Ya blankly, but then lowered his head and hummed softly.
"Yes! A girl who is as beautiful, generous and cheerful as Sad Sister is so likable!" Zhou Yi looked at her. Ren Ya had a complex yet clear smile on her face. She bit her lower lip with her pearly teeth and tried hard to smile to keep tears from falling.
"In fact, I already knew it! I knew it as early as the first time I saw Sad Sister at Yanmen Pass. The joy in Brother Qianbei's eyes, the joy..." Her voice trembled slightly, and she paused, as if she was choking up: "But I can't accept it! I like Brother Qianbei so much, how can I just give up like this! Even if I know I can't win, I still have to fight for it, otherwise... Otherwise, how can I accept it?"
Zhou Yi didn't know what to say. Looking at the beautiful woman in front of him, the guilt in his heart surged like a tide: "I'm sorry... Sadness and I have decided..."
"I remember that Tianjin Bridge was the place where I first met Brother Qianbei. At that time, I was trapped in the bustling capital of God, and everything was dead. You jumped off the bridge and rescued me from the river, just like the light suddenly illuminated the dead Luoyang." Ren Ya suddenly interrupted Zhou Yi, turned around and leaned on the railing at hand to look at the endless night: "I sometimes think about it too!"
"What would have happened if I had met Brother Qianbei first? Maybe the person accompanying Brother Qianbei now would not be Sad Sister but me? Maybe... Maybe..."
"****!"
A loud shout suddenly came from the endless darkness!
Extremely wild, extremely domineering, as fierce as Greedy Wolf! (To be continued)