When I was in Qin Dynasty, I really didn't want to make progress

But when we were walking around at noon, we met a group of men, women, old and young, whose clothes were very different from those of Korean people. Among these people, the majority were the elderly, the weak, women and children, and each of them looked extremely weak.

"Are they people from Baiyue?" These people were strangers to Yang Chong and the people of Xinzheng, but they were familiar to Yan Lingji because she had once been one of them.

"So that's how it is. Has the story reached this point?" Yang Chong said to himself.

"What story?" Yan Lingji asked blankly. Yang Chong always said things that made her confused. She was no longer surprised by it, but she was still curious.

"They had to flee to Korea for their livelihood. What do you think the Prince of Baiyue would think when he saw them?" Yang Chong asked Yan Lingji.

"Well, they shouldn't be thinking anything, right? They are refugees, they just want to survive." Yan Lingji whispered. Although there was hesitation on her face, she also knew that Yang Chong would not do anything without a purpose.

"Tianze will kill them." Yang Chong gave the answer directly.

In the original storyline, Tianze and his companions killed all the refugees with the poisonous fog and snakes of the Poison King. The reason was ridiculous. Those who could not survive in their hometown had to flee to Korea. In Tianze's opinion, the Baiyue people's desire to survive was considered a betrayal. He, the prince of a fallen country who could not protect his own people, had to punish these "traitors" with his status as the prince.

Then, a ridiculous scene happened: King An of Han, who destroyed the Baiyue, wanted to rescue these refugees and let them live, but the prince they once served wanted to kill them.

"It shouldn't be, right? Although he is bloodthirsty, he has no reason to kill these refugees. These refugees are not his enemies." Yan Lingji couldn't believe it. If these words came from someone else's mouth, she would never believe it because it was completely illogical. But these words came from Yang Chong's mouth. Yan Lingji didn't think that Yang Chong would deceive her, but what about the logic behind it? How did Yang Chong come to such a judgment.

"If you are willing to save these people, you will see that scene." Yang Chong said.

Yang Chong considers himself not a good person. Many people died at his hands, and many even died tragically because of his energy-absorbing magic. However, Yang Chong always killed with a purpose, and never attacked the elderly, the weak, women, and children who posed no threat. But people like Tianze are different. Under his magical thinking, the people who became refugees because of his incompetence turned out to be traitors and tools for him to show off his power?

It is precisely because of this that Yang Chong hates Tianze so much, and it is not just because of Yan Lingji.

"I save them?" Yan Lingji asked doubtfully. Although she would no longer kill innocent people because of Yang Chong's influence, she could not be said to be very loving.

"Are you willing?" Yang Chong asked.

"If I don't take action, will they really die?" Yan Lingji asked uncertainly.

"He will definitely die." Yang Chong said affirmatively.

"If I didn't know, they would have died. But now that I know, if I remain indifferent, can it be said that I indirectly contributed to their deaths?" Yan Lingji was a little conflicted.

“Not really, but you may not be able to get over the hurdle in your heart.” Yang Chong said.

"But I'm not a good person. If I were still following Tianze, I would kill one of them." Yan Lingji hesitated.

"That's just if. The one in front of me now is only Yan Lingji from the Yang family." Yang Chong said.

"Then I'd better help them. It's all your fault. Why did you tell me all this?" Yan Lingji said helplessly. She was afraid of all the troubles except Yang Chong.

"Because they may have once represented your childhood." Yang Chong said. Yan Lingji as a demon girl is certainly more attractive, but Yang Chong prefers Yan Lingji as an ordinary person. She should have her own joys and sorrows, her own kindness, and her own malice.

“You are right. If I can, I can help them. Those are lives. They can die, but they should not die at the hands of their crown prince. Baiyue is already a tragedy. I can't let them become a joke anymore, because I am also a Baiyue person.” Yan Lingji said, with a firm look on her face.

"That's perfect. This way we can let Tianze go a second time. By then, the debt between us and Tianze will be completely settled, and you will truly belong to me." Yang Chong said with a smile. He didn't have much desire to save people, but he was very interested in torturing Tianze again, because in the end, he wanted to kill Tianze.

"No, this is your real purpose, right?" Yan Lingji looked at Yang Chong suspiciously. She was sure that Yang Chong had always had bad intentions towards Tianze. Although she had no evidence, she had the intuition of a woman. When a woman looks at her man, even if there is no evidence, she can see the truth through intuition alone.

"Do you have any evidence? You can't wrongly accuse a good person without evidence." Yang Chong said innocently.

"Are you a good person? If you are a good person, we should still be in a cooperative relationship now, not..." Yan Lingji instinctively wanted to refute Yang Chong, but she couldn't continue.

"Instead of what?" Yang Chong would not let Yan Lingji go, because he had already guessed what Yan Lingji was going to say, and now he just wanted to hear Yan Lingji say the half sentence that she had never said.

"Instead of now, you tricked me into bed. I didn't realize before that you had bad intentions towards me from the beginning." Yan Lingji choked, trying to use her strength to cover up the blush on her face.

"So you just discovered it now!" Just when Yan Lingji thought Yang Chong would make excuses, Yang Chong directly admitted it.

"I knew it, I knew it. You had bad intentions towards me from the very beginning. I was fooled by you." Yan Lingji said in annoyance.

"There's nothing I can do. Who made you so stupid?" Yang Chong shrugged, looking like someone who had gotten an advantage.

"You still say that." Yan Lingji was completely angry now. Having learned a new skill, she had already stretched her hand towards Yang Chong's waist.

Men are really annoying animals. They say nice things when they don't have what they want, but after they get it, they are too lazy to even deal with it.

"Okay, okay, I won't say anything." Yang Chong surrendered quickly. The skills that women have engraved in their genes are extremely lethal to men.

"Hmph, I knew it. With my beauty, how could you be indifferent to me? It turns out you have had ill intentions towards me since the first time we met." Yan Lingji's embarrassment disappeared, replaced by pride.

"No, you are wrong." Yang Chong's words put an end to Yan Lingji's pride.

"What? I was wrong again? Then when did you have other intentions towards me?" Yan Lingji was stunned and angry. It seemed that she could never grasp Yang Chong's thoughts.

"It's very early, a time you would never imagine." Yang Chong said with inexplicable meaning.

"Very early? I don't believe it. We met for the first time in Dalong Mountain. The earliest time could only be that time. If it was earlier, could it be in the previous life? I say, we are a family now. If you say such words to fool a woman again, I will not be as moved as before." Yan Lingji said with disgust. She had long been resistant to Yang Chong's sweet words. She was not like before, always easily moved by Yang Chong, and then agreed to many of Yang Chong's excessive requests in a confused manner.

"Why can't it be in the previous life?" Facing Yan Lingji's disdain and sneer, Yang Chong was solemn and serious. Yan Lingji would never know how long Yang Chong had been thinking about her.

Meeting Yang Chong's gaze, Yan Lingji's heart trembled. Her cognition told her that Yang Chong's words were just fooling people, but her intuition told her that what Yang Chong said was true, without any reason. But she just felt that it was true and believed it without any reason.

"I don't believe it. Let's go, let's go. Aren't we going to save those refugees? Let's follow them and find out their background first." Yan Lingji suppressed the throbbing in her heart and pulled Yang Chong towards the direction where the Baiyue refugees left.

“That should be a very interesting place.” Yang Chong said with a smile. The old man who could take in the King of Hundred Poisons on his own initiative showed precious kindness in this chaotic world.

Chapter 126 Second Life

In the end, the Baiyue refugees were settled in an abandoned military camp outside the city of Xinzheng. No matter how desolate this place was, and no matter what Han Wangan's intentions were in doing this, it was a good thing for the Baiyue refugees. After a long period of exile, they finally had their own place to settle down.

"The king is a good man!" In front of the campfire, an old man stirred the mixture of fish and wild vegetables in a clay pot with an expression of genuine satisfaction. The long period of exile had reduced his hope for life to an extremely low standard. Although the place where he was staying was dilapidated and the food in the clay pot was simple, he was already very satisfied. Not only he, but everyone here, had a similar mood.

"Yes, we finally don't have to be in exile anymore, but I don't know what happened to those people who stayed in our hometown." Another old man sighed, still with a worried look on his face. They can survive now, but what about those people who stayed in their hometown?

In places where disasters occur, not everyone will flee. Those affected will be divided into two groups. One group will flee and look for a livelihood. Of course, this may lead to death, but doing so is at least a chance to survive. Moreover, their departure can reduce food consumption for the other group of people who stay behind, and also give those who stay behind a chance of survival.

Now, those who escaped can survive, but can those who stayed in their hometown survive?

"Let's just leave it to fate. This is such a damned world." The old man sighed, looking helpless.

After the destruction of the Baiyue people, they all became people of a lost country, and their former lands were occupied by the Chu State. The rulers of the Chu State were not so merciful to the people of a lost country. They imposed high taxes, occupied land, and endless corvee and military service. The end result was that their young and middle-aged people became fewer and fewer, and the amount of food they could harvest became less and less. Finally, in the face of a drought, they completely lost the ability to resist.

"Girl, are you also a Baiyue person?" Just as the two old men were sighing, a figure walked into the dilapidated gate.

The girl walking in front was incredibly beautiful. She looked at the refugees in the camp with a complicated expression. After all, these people came from the same place as her.

"I guess so, but I've been away from there for many years." Yan Lingji replied to the woman next to her.

"It's better to leave, it's better to leave. You can't survive there anymore." The woman looked at Yan Lingji. She was dressed beautifully and had a tattoo unique to the Baiyue people on her exposed wrist. She had a preliminary guess about Yan Lingji's identity: a daughter of Baiyue who married a Korean noble.

This discovery surprised the woman very much. If they could get help from the Korean dignitaries, their hope of survival would be greater.

"That place is just a place to survive, not a place to live." Yan Lingji said. People who don't have their own country have no right to live. They can only struggle to survive.

At this time, the two leading old men also came forward. They had obviously guessed the possible identity of Yan Lingji. For them, any external force could potentially save their lives, so how could they miss it?

Yan Lingji felt somewhat uncomfortable with the enthusiasm of these Baiyue refugees. In essence, she was not very good at dealing with others.

Just when Yan Lingji had gradually adapted to the local accent, another person arrived at the place where refugees gathered, a trembling old man.

"Are you also fleeing here?" The old patriarch greeted the compatriot in front of him who seemed to be even more miserable than them, and his concern was genuine.

"I guess so. I've been fleeing for many years." The King of Poisons said weakly. His weakness was not fake but real. Although he saved his life under the power-absorbing technique, he was completely drained. Tonight, under Tianze's order, he could only come here dragging his weak body.

"When you get here, you're home. Although the conditions here are not good, we can survive." The old patriarch smiled and comforted his fellow tribesmen in front of him.

"Will you survive?" The King of a Hundred Poisons smiled, as if he was happy to be able to survive, but his smile was full of ferocity.

"Yes, we can survive." The old patriarch smiled. In his opinion, the strange smile of the King of Hundred Poisons might just be the sudden hope after enduring many difficulties. He brought the King of Hundred Poisons to the campfire, enthusiastically served a bowl of fish soup and handed it to the King of Hundred Poisons.

"But this is not a place for living people." The King of Poisons held the fish soup and looked around. He saw familiar clothes and familiar voices, but he did not have even a trace of kindness towards these things.

"We can survive here." The old patriarch did not understand the real meaning of the King of Poisons.

"Hehe, that's not what I mean. I mean this is not a place for living people to live." The King of Poisons smiled, and green mist appeared in his hands.

"Snake, snake, snake..." At this time, there were continuous exclamations, and the King of a Hundred Poisons had already taken action.

In an instant, the refugee camp fell into chaos. Amid screams, poisonous snakes appeared from nowhere and swam around, surrounding all the refugees.

"Is it so good for you to live under someone else's roof?" Three figures came outside the gate. The leader was shrouded in black mist, like an evil ghost from hell.

"You, you..." The old patriarch looked at the newcomer with an expression of disbelief in his eyes.

It turned out to be a person who had died long ago.

"They actually came to kill these people?" Yan Lingji, who was staying in another place and was not discovered by the King of Hundred Poisons because she was surrounded by a group of women and children, slowly shifted her gaze from the King of Hundred Poisons to Tianze.

Yang Chong had said before that Tianze would come to kill the Baiyue refugees who had escaped from the State of Chu to the State of Korea after risking their lives. At that time, Yan Lingji was skeptical, but now she could no longer disbelieve it.

The venomous snakes that swarmed from all directions were not cute little animals.

Yan Lingji found Tianze's behavior simply incomprehensible. What kind of person would think that these refugees had betrayed Baiyue?

But the reality did not allow Yan Lingji more time to think. The snakes were already swarming in. If she did not take action, no one here would be able to survive.

Yan Lingji pressed her hands to the ground and used all her strength to activate her flames. Fire dragons instantly spread out and formed a huge flame magic circle on the ground as they intertwined with each other, isolating the snakes from outside.

Tianze, immersed in the pleasure brought by the fear and despair of the refugees, looked at the suddenly appearing flames and suddenly looked towards where Yan Lingji was, but his gaze did not stay on Yan Lingji for too long, because since Yan Lingji appeared, the truly terrifying person might also be here.

"Do you see it now?" Just as Tianze was looking for the figure, Yang Chong's voice appeared behind him.

"Yes, I saw it, but I still find it hard to understand, Tianze, why did you come here to kill people?" Yan Lingji looked at Yang Chong who walked into the gate with a puzzled look on her face.

"Because they are traitors, shouldn't traitors die?" The pressure from Yang Chong made Tianze tense. He didn't know why Yang Chong and Yan Lingji appeared here. It seemed like they were here to save people, but what did Yang Chong and Yan Lingji have to do with these refugees? Why did they save people? Just like Yan Lingji couldn't understand why he killed people, he also couldn't understand why Yang Chong and Yan Lingji wanted to save people.

"Who did they betray?" Yang Chong asked.

"They betrayed Baiyue, they betrayed me, they shouldn't have defected to Han and King Han An." Tianze said sternly. Facing Yang Chong, he had no confidence, all he had was a cowardly appearance.

"Are they your slaves? When you were the Crown Prince of Baiyue, they had to pay taxes to support royal families like you. But when the enemy attacked, you were enjoying the fine clothes and delicious food they provided you, but because of your incompetence, you were unable to protect them, causing them to lose their homes and eventually become refugees. Aren't you the one who feels sorry for them? Now, you, a loser, dare not take revenge on your real enemies, but instead swing the butcher knife towards your former people, towards these weak people." Yang Chong said sarcastically.

In this world, Tianze is the person Yang Chong hates the most. Wei Yong is certainly bad and shameless, but his IQ is not a problem. Everything he does is for his own benefit. But what about Tianze? He is simply stupid and bad, and can be said to be the real garbage in the world.

"They betrayed me." Tianze said coldly. He wanted to use his murderous intent to cover up his cowardice in front of Yang Chong.

"The sadness of the weak is that they dare not face the truly strong, and can only seek that pathetic and shameful self-confidence from those who are weaker than themselves." Yang Chong sneered.

"What do you know? Do you know the torture I have suffered over the years? Why did you stop me? Go to hell." Yang Chong's words directly revealed the side of Tianze that he was most unwilling to face in his heart. In anger and humiliation, he no longer cared about his fear and roared towards Yang Chong.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Yang Chong pushed away the iron chain that Tianze was attacking with, and with a series of clanging sounds, he had already reached in front of him under the attack of the iron chain. He kicked out, and Tianze could only block back, but the huge force still forced Tianze to retreat several steps before he could barely stabilize his body.

Yang Chong was far superior to him in both strength and speed. The martial arts that he was so proud of were completely vulnerable in front of Yang Chong.

"I said I could spare you twice. This is the second time. Get out." Under Tianze's unwilling gaze, Yang Chong walked in front of Yan Lingji.

“Your martial arts are very strong, and I am no match for you, but I promise that I will double the humiliation you have inflicted on me twice.” Tianze’s face was distorted. Yang Chong’s disregard and ridicule made him more angry than killing him directly.

"The threat of the weak." Yang Chong's ability to taunt others seemed to be no less than Wei Zhuang's.

"Let's go." Tianze snorted coldly and left, maintaining his last bit of stubbornness.

Chapter 127 One Man, Two Women

Amid the countless thanks from the Baiyue refugees, Yan Lingji and Yang Chong left the deserted military camp together.

"I thought you would stay." Yang Chong pulled Yan Lingji's little hand while walking in the wilderness.

"They are very pitiful, but it has nothing to do with me. To be honest, I don't have many feelings for Baiyue. Although it is the place where I was born, it is not the place where I was raised." Yan Lingji looked at the moon in the sky. It was illuminating the land of Baiyue at this moment, but Yan Lingji did not have the slightest nostalgia for that place.

"Not only do I dislike that place, I even hate it. However, if I were asked to kill those innocent people like Tianze did, I wouldn't have done that. I didn't expect Tianze to have... such an idea, to actually kill them." Yan Lingji said disappointedly. Tianze was her benefactor after all, and she had worked for Tianze for many years. She even made a deal with Yang Chong in order to find Tianze. But the Tianze she saw now made Yan Lingji feel very unfamiliar and even disgusted.

"If you can understand his behavior, then you are the same person as him." Yang Chong pressed the soft flesh in Yan Lingji's palm with his thumb. This kind of Yan Lingji is the best. As for the Baiyue Demon Girl, she no longer exists.

"If I hadn't met you, would I have become the same as them?" Yan Lingji thought about her experiences over the past few years and the changes that had taken place because of Yang Chong. This discovery made her think of another possibility: What if she had never met Yang Chong? What would she be like now? Would she slaughter those refugees together with Tianze today?

"There's no need to think about what ifs, because I'm the one holding your hand right now." Yang Chong raised their hands that were held together. From the first time he saw Yan Lingji, he would never let Yan Lingji go down the same path as before.

"Yes, we are the ones who are together now." Yan Lingji smiled slightly. With her bright eyes, she had forgotten all her worries. After all, they were just irrelevant people.

The two walked and talked until the city gate of Xinzheng appeared in their sight.

The lights in Zilanxuan were still bright, and amidst the laughter and joy, the whole of Korea was in a life of decadence and debauchery.

Han Fei and Wei Zhuang gathered together, one of them reclining on a banquet table, sipping his wine glass, thinking about the political situation in Korea and the slightest disturbance in and outside Xinzheng, while Wei Zhuang was wiping his shark-tooth sword. Zi Nu, on the other hand, stood in the position that once belonged to Wei Zhuang, by the window facing the street, looking at the pedestrians on the street through the windowsill, as if expecting something.

"The refugees from Baiyue appeared quite suddenly, but I heard that the refugees who fled to Korea were only a small part of the Baiyue refugees. There were even more refugees who fled into the Qin State. And unlike the refugees we have seen, most of them are the elderly, the weak, women and children. The Baiyue refugees who fled into the Qin State were mostly young and middle-aged people. It seems that they also know that they can get more opportunities in the Qin State." Han Fei said. King Han's decision to take in the Baiyue refugees was also influenced by him.

"They really won't have any chance in Korea. They will either become slaves of the powerful or become thugs in the underworld." Wei Zhuang said, how can the environment in Korea be compared with that of Qin.

Ji Wuye was not as good as the generals of Qin State in terms of military prowess and loyalty, and he was not even good at defending the status quo. Compared with Lu Buwei, the prime minister of Qin State, he was even further behind. As for King Han An? He was even more incomparable to the current King of Qin. More importantly, in front of Qin State, Han State was not only weak in national strength, but also weak from top to bottom, from system to ideology.

"Alas, so we still have a long way to go!" Han Fei smiled bitterly. He wanted to make South Korea strong again, but this was easier said than done. One night, he felt like he had no idea where to start. What was more troublesome was that there might be another nightmare behind the night. South Korea's territory had been eroded to only two counties, but internally, all kinds of forces were intertwined and fighting openly and secretly, which was no simpler than the other major powers.

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Ji Wuye has come to where he is today step by step. It would be ridiculous if his twenty years of business were broken by you so easily." Wei Zhuang said.

"Of course, Ji Wuye is a very good opponent and we will defeat him." Han Fei regained his spirit. He came back from Qi to revitalize Han, so how could he be afraid of a challenge.

"I received news today that several Baiyue masters have sneaked into Xinzheng recently." Wei Zhuang said.

"Masters from the Baiyue? They are a group of people who are good at witchcraft. Their martial arts may not be very high, but their various strange methods are hard to guard against." Han Fei pondered, recalling the records about the Baiyue.