bestfiction Chapter 1229 Getting better and better at playing the game of tai chi
Chapter 1229 Getting better and better at playing the game of tai chi
Facing the scrutinizing and suspicious gaze of the chess and card Buddha, Lin Zhen simply smiled faintly and put the "Yatagara" token back into his pocket.
“Senior, this is my secret.” He said in a profound and enigmatic tone, “Everyone has their own secrets, doesn’t they?”
"Just like you, who have lived for over a thousand years, don't you also have many secrets that we mortals don't know?"
His words were neither humble nor arrogant, and they were perfectly tactful.
He neither directly answered the question posed by the chess and card game master, nor did he subtly put his opponent in a difficult position.
Looking at his sly and unyielding demeanor, the chess and card master felt both amused and exasperated.
He knew that if he kept asking, he wouldn't get any answers.
This kid is more cunning than anyone else.
If he doesn't want to talk, even if you put a knife to his throat, he won't utter a single word.
"Hmph, you're getting better and better at playing cat and mouse with me." Chess Buddha curled his lip, closed his eyes again, and looked like he couldn't be bothered to pay any more attention to him.
But his heart, which had been dormant for thousands of years, was stirred up by the earth-shattering secrets that Lin Zhen had just revealed!
Xu Fu!
Divine Martial Arts Tournament!
It seems that this tiny country of Japan is far more interesting than he imagined.
He suddenly realized that his decision to go to Japan with these two unruly kids to "flip the table" might actually be the most correct and exciting one he had ever made in the past thousand years.
……
The convoy traveled eastward day and night.
After a long and tedious journey that lasted more than ten days.
Finally, on the morning of the eleventh day, they arrived at Guangzhou, the largest military port of the Great Qian Empire, located on the coast of the East China Sea.
However, they did not enter the heavily guarded military port through the main gate, where there were sentries every three steps and guards every five steps.
Instead, at Lin Zhen's instruction, they went around to the back of the naval port, to a small, extremely secluded fishing village that was little known to most people.
A seemingly unremarkable medium-sized Fujian-style boat had been quietly waiting at the dock in the fishing village for quite some time.
On the bow of the ship, Ghost Shadow's perpetually expressionless face finally revealed a hint of genuine excitement and joy the moment he saw Lin Zhen and Murong Yan step down from the carriage.
"Your subordinate, Ghost Shadow, respectfully welcomes Your Highness! Your Majesty!" He knelt on one knee, his voice not loud but filled with absolute loyalty and reverence.
"Get up." Lin Zhen waved his hand dismissively. "Has everything been taken care of?"
"Your Highness, everything has been taken care of." Ghost Shadow stood up and replied respectfully, "As you instructed, I have informed General Yue and Admiral Elizabeth in advance of your and His Majesty's impending secret arrival."
"They should be on the flagship 'Black Pearl' right now, waiting for your arrival."
"Very good." Lin Zhen nodded in satisfaction.
He turned his head again and glanced at the disheveled old monk who was curiously surveying the unique scene filled with the salty sea breeze and the fishy smell.
"Senior, please."
"Hmm." Chess Buddha responded without saying anything, but he just picked up his precious wine gourd and swaggered onto the Fuzhou ship first.
Lin Zhen carefully supported his wife, whose body was already feeling somewhat heavy, and followed closely behind.
Today, Murong Yan is still wearing the same Phoenix Descent Dress that serves as her only nightgown.
Perhaps it was because she was about to see her massive fleet, which carried all her hopes and ambitions.
She exuded an exceptionally strong and confident aura today.
The extremely dark black Suzhou brocade base material, on this dock filled with salty sea breeze, seemed to have transformed into a black battle flag of death about to embark on a journey to conquer the world!
The giant phoenix embroidered with real gold thread has wide-open eyes and is full of supreme domineering aura!
It was as if I could already see the magnificent scene of myself, along with its master, completely conquering this azure ocean!
As she stepped onto the deck of the Fujian ship, the strong sea breeze instantly lifted her five-zhang-long dark gold brocade train high into the air!
That luxurious disarray, at this moment, is no longer languid, nor is it sorrowful.
Rather, it is an overwhelming desire to conquer and utterly crush all enemies on this vast ocean!
The Fujian-style ship slowly sailed away from the dock.
They silently approached the massive, floating city-like Great Qian Eastern Expeditionary Fleet, which was anchored several nautical miles away.
When their Fujian ship passed through layers of security lines and finally arrived at the flagship "Black Pearl," which was entirely black and exuded an evil and powerful beauty.
Elizabeth and Yue Fei, who had been waiting on the deck for a long time, saw the three figures slowly walking down from the Fujian ship.
They were all completely dumbfounded.
Especially when they saw the one-armed old monk walking at the front, wearing a tattered cassock and carrying a gourd of wine.
Her jaw nearly dropped to the ground in shock!
What... what's going on?!
Didn't Your Highness and His Majesty say they were coming secretly?
How... how did you manage to bring along a crazy monk who looks more like a pirate than a pirate himself, from some obscure corner?
"This humble general is Yue Fei,"
“Elizabeth the Convicted One,”
After a brief moment of shock, Yue Fei and Elizabeth quickly recovered.
They immediately knelt on one knee and bowed loudly in a voice filled with disbelief, shock, and ecstasy.
"Welcome, Your Highness! Welcome, Your Majesty!"
"What do you mean by 'traitor'?" Lin Zhen looked at Elizabeth's still somewhat restrained and uneasy appearance, and waved his hand with a smile. "From the moment you swore allegiance, you have been a meritorious official of my Great Qian, and the first admiral of my Great Qian Royal Navy."
"From now on, you need not perform this grand ceremony in front of me."
"Yes...yes, Your Highness." Upon hearing this, Elizabeth's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally calmed down a little.
She raised her head, and her sapphire-like eyes involuntarily fell on the disheveled old monk who was looking around curiously.
"Your Highness," she asked in a low voice, mustering her courage, "who...this master is?"
"Oh, I forgot to introduce him to you." Lin Zhen slapped his forehead and said with a smile, "This is a 'super advisor' that I specially invited for our eastern expedition."
"You can call him the Chess and Card Buddha Master."
"He is the most crucial figure in whether we can successfully find that silver mine and secure victory in one fell swoop."
Lin Zhen's introduction was full of admiration and profound mystery.
Both Yue Fei and Elizabeth were completely baffled.
They looked at him, and no matter how they looked at him, he seemed like a slovenly old charlatan who was just trying to scam people out of food and drink.
My heart was filled with deep doubt.
Just him?
A one-armed, crazy old monk?
Could that help them find the legendary silver mine?
Could it really secure victory in one fell swoop?
Your Highness... could it be that you've been deceived?