25: Chapter 25 You are truly despicable and shameless

Looking at her, Ye Qingyan was dressed in a white gown, with a faint air of imperial authority surrounding her, making people awe-struck.

"It is Father who has failed you, Qingyan. It is Father's incompetence!"

"Father, you are not wrong. Born into the imperial family, Qingyan has no choice but to choose this path."

Emperor Ye Shimin of Great Qin, lying on his sickbed, slowly closed his eyes. Tears of an old man instantly streamed down his face as he forced himself to endure the intense pain in his body and spoke:

"Since it has come to this, then you must go. I will have Eunuch Wei and the Duke of England accompany you." The old man's aged face was full of weariness. He sighed and waved his hand, "Do not refuse Father. This is the last thing Father can do for you."

"Father, there is no need. Just let Duke Ye accompany me!" Ye Qingyan grabbed Emperor Ye Shimin's right hand and said resolutely.

"Child, you have truly suffered. Father is incompetent, placing the burden of an entire nation on your shoulders..."

Emperor Ye Shimin looked at his only remaining blood relative and could not help but shed tears of an old man, a sense of helplessness welling up deep from his heart.

"Father, I do not suffer. As long as I am still alive, there is hope for everything." Ye Qingxian took one last look at Emperor Ye Shimin, put on a golden mask, and then walked out of the palace gate.

"Sigh, Brother Ye, back then you sent that child Ye Xuan to the Cangqiong Holy Land. It has been six or seven years; it is time for him to return, right?"

Emperor Ye Shimin lay at the head of the bed, thinking with a worried face of the little child who had been full of confidence before leaving.

"Old friend, do you think that child will arrive safely?" Emperor Ye Shimin closed his eyes and asked the air to his left.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. The Princess's cultivation has now reached the seventh level of the True Profound Realm, so there will be no danger. Furthermore, with Duke Ye guarding her side, it is even safer." A eunuch dressed in palace attire suddenly appeared and then knelt directly on the ground to speak.

"Sigh, I hope the child Qingyan can succeed." Emperor Ye Shimin prayed in his heart. The daily accumulating government affairs made him feel exhausted to the extreme, even crushing his body. Now that his lifespan was nearing its end, he had left such a mess for his daughter.

Great Qin Dynasty, Hangu Pass.

At this moment, the city walls were filled with Great Qin soldiers.

Dressed in bridal makeup, Ye Qingyan stood strikingly upon it.

Hangu Pass must absolutely not fall. This was the only lifeline for the Great Qin Dynasty's eastward expansion. If this natural barrier were lost, thousands of miles of Great Qin territory would be completely exposed to the iron cavalry of Great Chu. By then, I fear the Great Qin Dynasty would perish.

"Woo—woo—woo—" Sounds of ancient horns roared across the battlefield. Outside Hangu Pass...

"Your Highness, in order to win this martial arts marriage battle, Great Chu has dispatched five cultivators at the sixth level of the True Profound Realm, four experts at the ninth level of the True Profound Realm, one powerhouse at the Spirit Profound Realm, and an army of one hundred thousand."

Duke Ye, Ye Qingshan, dressed in black battle armor, looked with worry at Princess Ye Qingyan, who was the same age as his own son.

In recent years, to stabilize the livelihoods of the people, the Great Qin Dynasty had exhausted the strength of the entire nation and only had sixty thousand available soldiers. The gap between the two was immense.

"As long as we can defeat those ten people, the hundred-thousand-strong army will naturally retreat!" A flash of cold light darted beneath Ye Qingyan's phoenix eyes.

"Hahaha, Your Highness, aren't you being a bit too arrogant? Defeat the ten of us?"

Below Hangu Pass, the Crown Prince of Great Chu, Mi Hua, led those nine people and ascended the city wall without any fear. This action caused the spirits of Ye Qingyan's soldiers to tremble greatly.

"Why doesn't Your Highness simply marry this Crown Prince? As for this Great Qin, our Great Chu can guarantee that we will not invade within a hundred years! How about it?"

"You brat, how dare you spout nonsense!" Ye Qingshan's aura surged, and he picked up his blood-colored spear, thrusting it out in a sudden attack, wanting to teach this brat a lesson.

"Boom—" The incoming spear shadow was torn to shreds by several black claw marks.

"Duke Ye, there is no need to be angry. We are naturally willing to fulfill our promise." An old man with a cold appearance beside Mi Hua stepped forward, easily blocking the pressure from Ye Qingshan, and smiled slightly.

"Mi Sheng, is it you? Does your Great Chu not intend to keep its promise?" Ye Qingshan's expression changed slightly, and he snorted coldly: "Mi Si actually sent an old immortal like you to fight? Since that is the case, let us have a go at each other!"

Mi Sheng, the Lord of Chang'an of Great Chu, was a direct relative of the contemporary Great Chu imperial family. He was sixty-five years old, and his cultivation was at the Great Circle of the Spirit Profound Realm. Due to foreign wars in his early years, his body was full of injuries that had not yet recovered to this day.

"Duke Ye is truly straightforward. I am nearly in the grave now; being able to marry a wife for the future crown prince of Great Chu before I die is also a great merit." A trace of relief appeared on the old man Mi Sheng's withered face.

"Come!" The old man Mi Sheng glanced at the arena set up on Hangu Pass, then leaped up and stood with his hands behind his back.

"Let me test just how much strength you, the Lord of Chang'an, still have left."

"Thunder Shadow Spear Technique!" Ye Qingshan initiated the attack first. The Mystic Power around his body instantly transformed into clusters of spear shadows, bombarding forward like a rainstorm.

"Mystic Underworld Palm!" A look of shock appeared on Mi Sheng's aged face. His right palm condensed a Mystic Seal that was cold to the extreme, and he then met the attack head-on.

"Peng, peng, peng—" Mi Sheng's body retreated ten meters, while Ye Qingshan had not moved his feet at all.

"Good spear technique. If you were given a little more time, I fear you could reach the Earth Profound Realm. And I absolutely cannot give you that chance!"

A flash of madness darted across Mi Sheng's eyes. A spiritual pill hidden under his tongue was swallowed into his belly, and suddenly, an explosive wave of Mystic Power shot straight into the sky.

"This is... the Earth Profound Realm? This old thing took a Pill of Breaking Profound, the old bastard!" This time, even Ye Qingshan dared not be overconfident and remained vigilant, fearing the old guy in front of him would launch a surprise attack.

The Pill of Breaking Profound is a third-grade spiritual medicine. Its effect is to break through the barrier between the Spirit Profound Realm and the Earth Profound Realm. The drawback is that the person who takes this spiritual pill will be confined to the Earth Profound Realm for the rest of their life. This spiritual pill is priceless and rare.

"The taste of the Earth Profound Realm is truly wonderful." Mi Sheng licked his fingertips and said with a sinister expression, "It is a pity. I will surely die in this battle, but as for you, Ye Qingshan, our Great Chu will absolutely not leave a scourge like you behind!"

"Kill! Mystic Underworld Wind-Tearing Claw!" Mi Sheng mobilized all his Mystic Power and launched this attack violently. The space was actually distorted.

"Damn it, I cannot dodge. Then I will fight it out!" Gritting his teeth, Ye Qingshan had no choice but to choose to clash head-on: "Thunder Wind Triple Strike!"

Two monstrous forces of Mystic Power collided in an instant. Ye Qingshan was blasted away by this powerful force, his feet stomping heavily on the ground, leaving one crack after another.

"You... how could you be a match for me? I was clearly already at the Earth Profound..." Before Mi Sheng could finish the last few words, he lost his breath. His aged face was full of disbelief as he collapsed onto the arena.

"Hmph, useless old guy. Even after taking the Pill of Breaking Profound, he still couldn't beat Ye Qingshan." Mi Hua cursed this Lord of Chang'an, Mi Sheng, a hundred times in his heart.

"Mi Hua, you are truly despicable and shameless!" Ye Qingyan said coldly.

The lust in Mi Hua's eyes was about to burst out, "As expected of this Crown Prince's future wife, how beautiful!"