nashuaworldcup #347 - Face the secrets of ancient gods and demons! New Luofu will speak for the people of Earth!
#347 - Face the secrets of ancient gods and demons! New Luofu will speak for the people of Earth!
Looking Zhao Ji up and down, Luo Fu perfunctorily cupped his fist in salute, saying, "Confucian Luo Fu greets the Empress Dowager."
"Luo Fu?" Although Luo Fu's reputation had been rising rapidly across the land recently, Zhao Ji didn't care about such things. Her mind was filled only with Lao Ai and her two children. She didn't even care about Ying Zheng, her eldest son with whom she had shared hardships in Zhao, let alone the recently rising Luo Fu.
Zhao Ji didn't even have the slightest impression of Luo Fu's name.
"You... you were sent by Zheng'er?" Zhao Ji seemed to believe Luo Fu's identity, and perhaps because of something she thought of, Zhao Ji suddenly felt as if all the bones in her body had been removed.
She collapsed weakly to the ground, utterly powerless.
"I knew it, I knew I shouldn't have supported Lao Ai." After a moment of panic, Zhao Ji seemed to finally remember that she still had two children.
Forcing herself to stand up, she looked at Luo Fu and said, "Since you were sent by Zheng'er, then I am Zheng'er's mother. I order you to leave those two children."
It was not strange that Zhao Ji referred to herself as 'Zhen'.
Although in the future, the self-reference 'Zhen' would only belong to the supreme emperor, that was a rule set after Ying Zheng ascended the throne.
Currently, 'Zhen' was a self-reference with a wider scope of application.
Of course, under normal circumstances, only people of prominent status had the right to refer to themselves as 'Zhen'. The common people clearly did not have this qualification.
Zhao Ji used 'Zhen' in order to use her status to control Luo Fu, hoping that Luo Fu would spare her and Lao Ai's two children for the sake of her status.
But this time, Luo Fu had accepted Ying Zheng's request, and his purpose was to prevent Zhao Ji from seeing the fate of these two children.
How could he possibly grant Zhao Ji's wish?
He completely ignored Zhao Ji's sternly worded command.
Luo Fu said, "By the King's order, please proceed to Xianyang Palace, Empress Dowager."
"No... I... I won't go! I want to stay here, I want to see Zheng'er!" Zhao Ji said loudly, her emotions extremely agitated.
"Please don't make things difficult for me, Empress Dowager," Luo Fu said, stepping towards Zhao Ji.
Seeing Luo Fu's actions, Zhao Ji's eyes instantly lit up, but her expression remained fearful and stern.
As Luo Fu distanced himself from the two children and gradually approached her,
Zhao Ji's eyes suddenly turned fierce, and her delicate hands, carrying terrifying power, directly attacked Luo Fu.
Don't underestimate Zhao Ji's origins as a dancer, for she possessed considerable martial arts cultivation.
This was not surprising. Even Xue Nu, as a dancer, was able to become a leader after joining the Mo family. Zhao Ji, as a dancer whom Lu Buwei had spent great effort cultivating, was certainly not just a simple and weak woman.
If she didn't have pure martial arts true energy, Zhao Ji wouldn't have been able to maintain such a charming and moving appearance despite being nearly fifty years old.
Unfortunately, Zhao Ji's martial arts were more focused on body flexibility and delaying aging.
In a real fight, Zhao Ji would probably not be able to exert the power of her martial arts true energy.
Facing Zhao Ji's attack, Luo Fu didn't dodge or evade. The instant her delicate hands struck him, Luo Fu's figure instantly turned into a shower of sparks.
Zhao Ji was immediately startled.
Before she could recover, she felt the scene before her change instantly, as if the stars had shifted.
One moment, she was still in the palace of Yongcheng, but the next, she appeared in the somewhat familiar Xianyang Palace.
"This... where is this...?"
Zhao Ji looked around in horror.
"This is Xianyang Palace," a dignified female voice said.
With a jolt, Zhao Ji suddenly looked towards the voice. When she saw the figure with a full head of white hair, Zhao Ji knelt on the ground with a thud. Trembling, she said, "Greetings... greetings, Empress Mother."
"You still remember I'm your Empress Mother? Is this how you act as the Empress Dowager of Great Qin?" The Empress Dowager Huayang, leaning on a cane, glared at Zhao Ji.
"I... I..." Zhao Ji was clearly terrified of Empress Dowager Huayang to the core.
"Do you still remember what I said?" Empress Dowager Huayang said, disappointed. "As an Empress Dowager, you and I have similar experiences. I understand that you can't stand the loneliness, but you shouldn't have, you shouldn't have given birth to children with a mere plaything. You are trampling on the honor of my Great Qin, trampling on Zheng'er's honor."
Facing Empress Dowager Huayang, Zhao Ji was so terrified that she couldn't even speak.
After glaring at Zhao Ji resentfully, Empress Dowager Huayang instructed the eunuchs and maids beside her, "Send Empress Dowager Zhao back to the palace to rest."
"No." Zhao Ji suddenly didn't know where she got the courage, and instantly stood up, saying, "Where are my children? Where are my children?"
Watching the eunuchs and maids take Zhao Ji away,
Empress Dowager Huayang then looked in Luo Fu's direction, saying, "Are you the Confucian scholar Luo Zi, whose reputation has been rising recently?"
"Greetings, Empress Dowager Huayang!" Luo Fu nodded slightly.
"I apologize for making you laugh, Mr. Luo. Thank you for your trouble." After thanking him, Empress Dowager Huayang changed the subject and said, "Mr. Luo, how is the situation in Yongcheng now?"
Luo Fu had not participated in the affairs of Yongcheng at all.
After all, how could the ruffians and rogues that Lao Ai gathered compare to the elite of Great Qin?
Although Lao Ai did have considerable martial arts cultivation.
But as the saying goes, in this world, whether it is martial arts true energy, Yin-Yang techniques, or mechanical creations, none can compare to the power of the masses.
Under the military formation, any master would only have one ending: to die on the spot.
Three hundred elite Qin soldiers almost killed Gai Nie.
When the number expands again, the destructive power exerted by the military formation will only become greater.
While Empress Dowager Huayang was inquiring about Luo Fu,
In Yongcheng,
Lao Ai, who thought he could launch a mutiny, kill Ying Zheng, and even have his own child replace him, was quickly slapped in the face by reality.
The retainers that Lao Ai had gathered were indeed very powerful in individual combat.
But when faced with the military formation, the elite Qin soldiers only needed one volley to kill seventy or eighty percent of these retainers with good martial arts.
The remaining retainers were either seriously injured or almost scared out of their wits.
And these two or thirty percent of the retainers who were lucky enough to survive were officially declared annihilated in the next wave of Qin army charges.
As the chief culprit of everything, Lao Ai was captured alive and personally escorted by Wang Jian to Ying Zheng, who had just completed his coming-of-age ceremony.
At this moment, Lao Ai no longer had the arrogance of calling himself Ying Zheng's fake father.
"Ying Zheng... ah no, Zheng... Zheng'er..."
Ying Zheng's eyes narrowed, and his gaze was full of murderous intent as he looked at Lao Ai.
In an instant, Lao Ai swallowed the words he was about to say.
Lao Ai trembled, forcibly pretending to be brave, and said, "King Qin, I am the Empress Dowager's man, how dare you kill me?"
Too lazy to waste words with Lao Ai, Ying Zheng glanced directly at Wang Jian and said concisely, "Tear him apart by chariot! Exterminate his three clans."
"No! No!" Lao Ai completely panicked. Helpless, he shouted loudly, "Ying Zheng, I am your fake father, how dare you kill me? Aren't you afraid of the Empress Dowager's blame?"
Amidst Lao Ai's almost frantic shouting, Zhao Gao quietly walked quickly to Ying Zheng's side, lowered his voice, and whispered a few words to Ying Zheng.
Visibly, Ying Zheng's face turned as black as ink.
Taking a deep breath, Ying Zheng said, "Bring those two bastards over and beat them to death in front of Lao Ai. Don't stop unless I say so."
Because of Ying Zheng's order, Lao Ai, who had just been escorted away, was brought back again.
Only this time, there were obviously fewer people around.
Apart from Gai Nie, Zhao Gao, and Wang Jian, who was responsible for escorting Lao Ai, the others avoided this area from afar.
Mengzhe, one of the Six Swordsmen, blindfolded, carried a child in each hand and quickly came to Ying Zheng's side, gently placing the two children, who were clearly just waking up, in front of Ying Zheng.
Ying Zheng strode to Lao Ai and said, "Watch carefully!"
Taking a deep breath, Ying Zheng suppressed the violence in his heart and said in a deep voice, "Execute!"
Zhengang, Duanshui, Luanshen and Wangliang of the Six Swordsmen, who were already prepared, then raised the unsheathed long swords in their hands.
Using the scabbards, they kept hitting the two children in front of Lao Ai.
In Xianyang Palace, Zhao Ji, as if seized by a sudden impulse, looked sadly and indignantly in the direction of Yongcheng.
"My children."
Everything that happened in Yongcheng, although indeed tragic,
But it had little to do with Luo Fu anymore.
After bidding farewell to Empress Dowager Huayang, Luo Fu had just returned to his residence.
When he learned from Dongjun that Donghuang Taiyi had been waiting for a long time.
This time, Donghuang Taiyi did not come empty-handed.
Who knows what price he paid, but he actually commissioned the Gongshu family to build a desert ark.
Relying on the wind, this ship was actually faster in the desert than at sea.
Not only that, Donghuang Taiyi also brought all the Yin-Yang family's records about Loulan.
Unfortunately, although there were many of these records, there were very few records about Loulan, or more of them were hearsay, or they were misinterpreted, or even many were simply irrelevant myths.
Seeing Luo Fu, Donghuang Taiyi quickly stepped forward to salute, saying, "Sir, my Yin-Yang family is ready. I wonder when we will go to the Western Regions desert to find the legendary ancient kingdom of Loulan?"
Yes, even in this era, Loulan was still an ancient kingdom.
After all, Loulan, a country that exists in a special alien space, has continued from the ancient Battle of Zhuolu to the present.
Its history is long, spanning thousands of years from the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties.
"This matter still needs to be reported to the King."
Luo Fu was very clear that the upcoming Xianyang would inevitably be a time of turbulent undercurrents.
Lao Ai's death would become Ying Zheng's excuse to attack Lu Buwei.
Luo Fu did not intend to interfere with Lu Buwei's downfall.
From the moment he helped Ying Zheng obtain the so-called aura of an emperor back in Xinzheng, Luo Fu had placed his bet on Ying Zheng.
Of course, he wouldn't be indecisive.
Moreover, Ying Zheng was destined to unify the world, and all Luo Fu had to do was promote his own academic ideals. On this point, he and Ying Zheng were aligned.
Beyond that, what Luo Fu wanted even more was to unlock the mysteries of the ancient gods and demons' power.
While the Yin-Yang School and Luo Fu's side had made all the preparations for the journey to the West.
Ying Zheng, having completed his coming-of-age ceremony, returned from Yongcheng, exuding a chillingly tyrannical aura.
In Yongcheng, Ying Zheng not only forced Lao Ai to watch as the two children Zhao Ji had given birth to were brutally beaten to death, but even to vent his hatred, Ying Zheng didn't stop until the two children had been pounded into mincemeat.
Not only that, but Ying Zheng then forced Lao Ai to watch as his three generations of relatives were subjected to the 'Five Punishments' one by one, before finally having Lao Ai torn apart by chariots.
The so-called 'Five Punishments' were a combination of five types of corporal punishment.
Although not comparable to the chilling Ten Great Tortures, it was still a punishment that was enough to strike fear into people's hearts.
Inflicting such brutal methods on Lao Ai and his three generations of relatives had a significant impact on Ying Zheng's state of mind.
At the very least, even Gai Nie couldn't help but feel a sense of fear when he saw Ying Zheng now.
When he learned from Luo Fu that he planned to join forces with the Yin-Yang School and the Gongshu family to travel to the Western Regions desert to find the legendary Loulan ancient kingdom.
Ying Zheng agreed almost without hesitation.
Ever since Lu Buwei had specifically sought out Luo Fu before heading to Yongcheng, Ying Zheng had been wary of the possibility that Luo Fu would cooperate with Lu Buwei.
Even knowing that this possibility was extremely slim, Ying Zheng still wanted to avoid it as much as possible.
The reason was simple: Lu Buwei was the Prime Minister of Great Qin, and Luo Fu was a rising star of the Confucian school with a great reputation. If the two were to truly cooperate, even if Ying Zheng completed his coming-of-age ceremony, he might not be able to rule in his own right for a long time.
Lu Buwei and Luo Fu would complete a perfect handover.
Ying Zheng did need Luo Fu, but he wanted even more to be able to control Luo Fu, rather than have him become a threat.
Now was the key moment for Ying Zheng to deal with Lu Buwei. If Luo Fu left at this time, by the time he returned, everything would have been settled.
Of course, Ying Zheng would be happy to see it happen.
To appease Luo Fu, Ying Zheng even sent a Qin army to assist Luo Fu and others in their search for the ancient Loulan kingdom in the desert.
After receiving Ying Zheng's support, Luo Fu and others directly boarded the desert ship and headed straight for the vast Western Regions.
After traveling through the desert for several weeks, Luo Fu and others finally determined the location of Loulan.
With Luo Fu's ability to easily break through space.
The desert ship directly broke through the barrier and rushed into the ancient kingdom of Loulan.
In the Qin Dynasty world, Luo Fu finally entered the desert Loulan, about to face the secrets of the ancient gods and demons.
Dragon Ball World, Earth.
Above the vast and boundless sea, on a small, isolated island.
Bearing a turtle shell on his back, holding a cane in his hand, with white hair and beard, and wearing sunglasses on his face, the Turtle Hermit looked troubled at the young man wearing a Turtle School martial arts uniform.
"Luo Fu," the Turtle Hermit said with a helpless tone, "I think you really might not be suitable for martial arts. Why don't you just go to the mainland and find a job? If you can't find one, I can introduce you. Anyway, you still shouldn't practice martial arts. Your martial arts not only torture yourself, but I, the old man, can't stand it either."
Luo Fu, who had just returned from the shared space, heard the Turtle Hermit's message of preparing to part ways amicably.
With a jolt, he stood up and said, "Master Roshi, I'm different now. I've undergone a complete transformation. Please believe me, from now on, please teach me, the genius."
The Turtle Hermit's mouth twitched, revealing a look of horror.
"You… is your brain okay?"
Luo Fu's face couldn't help but darken.
In this world, it is indeed quite unfriendly to ordinary Earth humans.
Not to mention anything else, in terms of energy, even if Earthlings desperately cultivate, they can't compare to the casual efforts of aliens.
Before entering the shared space, Luo Fu had thought more than once whether he could use the power of the Dragon Balls to change his bloodline.
Who told him that the Earth's bloodline was too weak?
Just like Krillin, he was also able to develop such powerful energy techniques as the Destructo Disc. At the beginning, his martial arts progress was even similar to Goku's.
But as the version was upgraded, Krillin completely became a supporting character.
That once-powerful Destructo Disc, which could even cut off a Namekian's arm, no longer had any presence.
But this was Luo Fu's idea before entering the shared space.
And now, Luo Fu wants to speak for Earthlings.
Before, as just an ordinary Earthling, he was indeed envious of the powerful bloodlines of the Namekians, Saiyans, and so on.
Now, it's time for those people to envy the Earthlings.
Although he shared the abilities of himself from other worlds in the shared space, Luo Fu in this world, perhaps because of the world itself, or perhaps because of his nature, at least, in terms of personality, his performance was quite uninhibited.
And the consequence of becoming a disciple of the Turtle Hermit was that on this small island, Luo Fu perfectly inherited the Turtle Hermit's shortcomings.
While his martial arts talent was a complete mess, he was also a pervert like the Turtle Hermit.
It was precisely because they had the same hobbies that the Turtle Hermit was driven to distraction by Luo Fu's talent every time, and ultimately chose to keep Luo Fu. And this time, obviously, was no exception.
It's just that originally the Turtle Hermit was just going through the motions.
But Luo Fu gave him a surprise.
Seeing Luo Fu suddenly strike a pose of speaking for Earthlings, even calling himself a genius.
The Turtle Hermit said pitifully, "Luo Fu, it's okay, don't put too much pressure on yourself. It's okay if your martial arts talent is poor, at worst I won't drive you away."
"Master Roshi, don't worry, I really am a genius now," Luo Fu said confidently.
After a moment of silence, the Turtle Hermit said, "I think you should calm down first. By the way, have you seen the Sea Turtle these past two days?"
The Sea Turtle?
A flash of inspiration suddenly struck Luo Fu's mind.
Perhaps because he shared the talents, aptitudes, strengths, and so on of himself from all the worlds, Luo Fu's previously blurred memories became clear again.
What did the disappearance of the Sea Turtle on Turtle Island mean?
Although there had been times before when the Sea Turtle had disappeared, this time, Luo Fu had a faint but clear premonition.
This time, the Sea Turtle's disappearance must be the opportunity for Goku and Krillin to land on Turtle Island.
"No, Master Roshi, you know me. My martial arts talent is too poor, so I need to work harder to make up for my lack of talent."
Seeing Luo Fu once again drag the topic to martial arts.
The Turtle Hermit hesitated, but ultimately went back to his room with his cane.
And after waiting for the Turtle Hermit to leave.
Luo Fu finally put down the Turtle School's body-training exercises and hard labor.
The entry to the Turtle School is actually very simple, which is to constantly tap the potential within the body, constantly improve the strength of the body, and ultimately awaken the power within the life form, called "Ki."
In this world, the power of "Ki" is quite similar in definition to the "Qi" of the Different-World.
Both are the essence of life's movement.
But the difference is that the innate "Qi" of the Different-World cannot compare to the powerful destructive power possessed by the "Ki" of the Dragon Ball World.
The difference between the two, if the "Ki" of the Dragon Ball World is as vast and boundless as the sea, then the innate "Qi" of the Different-World is like a spoonful of water scooped out with a spoon the size of an ear pick.
However, precisely because of this, in the Different-World, the Different-World nearly played that limited "Qi" to the fullest, while the Dragon Ball World rushed all the way towards the pursuit of destructive power.
Of course, the Dragon Ball World also has its unique aspects in the application of "Ki." Not to mention anything else, like the Namekians, they used "Ki" to create a Shenron that could fulfill wishes.
In addition, things like precognition and Instant Transmission are also manifestations of the ingenious use of "Ki."
But there is no doubt that in terms of subtlety, the Dragon Ball World cannot compare to the Different-World.
Now, what Luo Fu first needs to figure out is how big the difference is between the "Ki" of the Dragon Ball World and the "Qi" of the Different-World.
If the abilities of the Different-World can really be copied to the Dragon Ball World.
Then Luo Fu would dare to pat his chest and say that he is invincible.
Although he is an Earthling, without the powerful physique of the Namekians and Saiyans, in terms of "Ki" volume, he cannot compare to the innate advantages of these aliens.
But don't forget that Luo Fu has a physique that has been shared.
The improvements brought by the superposition of himself from all the worlds, Luo Fu boasts that he will definitely not be inferior to the Namekians and Saiyans.
At the very least, he has the confidence to improve his strength to the point where he can defeat Super Saiyan.
As for Super Saiyan 2, Super Saiyan 3, Super Saiyan 4… that series of levels, that can only be said after Luo Fu has improved to a certain level in the future.
And the most urgent task at hand is to first familiarize himself with his transformed body after sharing.
Without letting Luo Fu down, the powerful physique shared allowed Luo Fu to easily cross the process of tempering the body, sense the "Ki" within the body, and complete the control of "Ki" at an astonishing speed.