Hearing everyoneâs cheers, Zhou Shu frowned.
âQin emperor, what do you mean? Iâm not from your Great Qin. I donât need your conferment!â Zhou Shu said.
What side-by-side king? He came to Great Qin to take revenge!
âYou donât need to be from Great Qin. Great Qin doesnât need you to do anything,â the Qin emperor said. âWhether you accept it or not is your business, but itâs up to me if I want to confer the title upon you.â
âNonsense!â Zhou Shu shouted coldly. âQin emperor, youâre injured now. If I attack you today, Iâll be taking advantage of you.
âIâll wait for you to give me an explanation. If you canât satisfy me, Iâll come back!â
Then clouds appeared under Zhou Shuâs feet. He used the Riding on Cloud and Wind Technique and left.
The first-rank martial artists of Great Qin blocking his path dodged, making way for him.
Seeing Zhou Shu about to disappear into the sky, the Great Qin first-rank experts said in unison, âFarewell, Your Highness!â
Zhou Shu staggered and almost fell from the sky.
He picked up speed, and a moment later, he disappeared from view.
âYour Majestyâ¦â Xu Shi came to the Qin emperor and bowed.
âThank you for your hard work, Xu Shi,â the Qin emperor said.
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Now that Zhou Shu had personally come to Great Qinâs capital, no matter what, Great Qin had lost a lot of face this time.
He was secretly impressed. It was truly a stroke of genius for the emperor to confer Zhou Shu as a side-by-side king.
If it was known that an outsider had fought their way in from Hangu Pass to Great Qinâs capital, Great Qin would become a laughing stock.
But if it was Great Qinâs side-by-side king, it would be interesting.
âItâs not your fault.â The Qin emperor waved his hand. âHowever, you still have to deal with the matters of the Great Xia diplomatic mission. We canât let the side-by-side king come and cause trouble for us again.â
âI understand.â Xu Shi nodded. âDo you have any instructions, Your Majesty?â
âDo as you see fit,â the Qin emperor said indifferently. âMoney is not important. Just make the side-by-side king satisfied.â
â¦
Outside Hangu Pass, where the Great Xia diplomatic missionâs encampmentâ¦.
Everyone was puzzled when they saw the guards of Great Qinâs Hangu Pass constantly carrying chests to the entrance of their camp.
The Great Xia diplomatic mission had been staying outside Hangu Pass for a period of time, and they met the Hangu Pass guards frequently.
But both sides were relatively restrained. As long as the Great Xia diplomatic mission didnât try to break through the pass, Great Qinâs Hangu Pass guards would just pretend not to see them.
Unexpectedly, on this day, they actually crossed the border and placed chests at the entrance of the Great Xia diplomatic mission camp before turning around and returning.
During this period, they didnât say a word. The Great Xia diplomatic mission had no idea what was going on.
Chen Ji came to Meng Baiâs side and whispered, âGreat General?â
They didnât dare move without knowing what was in the chests.
Meng Bai raised his head, and his gaze fell on General Wang Xin in Hangu Pass.
âThis is my Great Qinâs explanation to the side-by-side king,â Wang Xin said.
âSide-by-side king?â Meng Bai frowned.
âDonât ask me. I donât know either.â
With that, Wang Xin rode back to his camp.
The Great Xia diplomatic mission looked at each other.
âOpen them!â Meng Bai said with a sunken voice.
Chen Ji nodded and rode his horse to the chests. With a slash of the Green Dragon Crescent Blade in his hand, a chest was cut into pieces.
Golden light dazzled, and gold spilled onto the ground.
Thisâ¦
Heavy breathing sounded.
Many people stared blankly.
There had to be thousands of taels of gold all over the ground?
This was only one chest. There were several more chests here.
âWho is the side-by-side king? And what explanation?â
Meng Bai and the others were puzzled.
Zhou Shu didnât know that the Great Qin military was faster than he was.
Of course, it was mainly because he wasnât traveling at full speed.
After leaving Great Qinâs capital, he walked unhurriedly toward Hangu Pass. This time, no ignorant people jumped out to block his way, and he lost many opportunities to kill.
When he passed by Hangu Pass, Zhou Shu didnât see Wang Xin.
He wondered if he was deliberately avoiding him or something.
âMarquis!â
âZhou Shu!â
As soon as Zhou Shu appeared, Yin Wuyou and the others rushed out of the camp to welcome him.
âAre you all right?â Yin Wuyou tugged at Zhou Shuâs sleeve and sized him up.
âIâm fine. Not even a scratch.â Zhou Shu smiled.
Only then did Yin Wuyou realize that she had lost her composure. She let go with a blush and hid behind Lu Wenshuang.
âYou Marquis, youâre too impulsive.â Meng Bai smiled wryly.
Zhou Shu had managed to break into Great Qin alone because the Qin emperor was overconfident. If it were any other emperor, Zhou Shu would have probably faced an entire army.
Zhou Shu smiled. Meng Bai said this because he didnât know him.
If they knew him, they would know that the last thing he feared was an army.
With his perfected Golden Bell Shield Technique, even if he couldnât defeat an army, he could still escape.
âYouâre right, Great General.â Zhou Shu smiled. âI couldnât control myself for a moment and got hot-blooded.
âBut fortunately, other than the Qin emperor, the other experts in Great Qin are only so-so.â
Meng Bai: ââ¦â
Are you serious? The experts of Great Qin are only so-so?
Thinking of the achievements of the Great Destroyer Sword in the Yellow-grade Armament Manual, Meng Bai felt that what he said made sense.
Although they were very curious, no one asked Zhou Shu why he was so strong.