Unparalleled Evildoer

Chapter 96 Just Let Him Jump Off the Cliff

The towering waves swept up the rubble and mud, covering the sky and the earth, roaring ferociously, pouring down like a mountain pressing down on the top of the head, turning the sky and the earth upside down.

All the Hun cavalry gave up escaping, their souls flew away, and the huge waves were reflected in their pupils. At this moment, there was only despair, waiting for death.

Huyan Lieri was dumbfounded. It was too late for him to think whether it was a natural disaster or a man-made disaster. The ending was the same. He understood why the Tiger Division was destroyed in an instant. Just like at this moment, it was irresistible.

In an instant, the roaring waves swallowed up 40,000 Hun cavalry, leaving no trace. The rolling torrent was like a mad dragon, sweeping away everything on the ground and raging towards the distant wilderness. The sound of the waves shook the sky and the earth roared.

Wuzhan sat upright on his warhorse, with the surging river water rolling and pouring beside him, roaring continuously, the water mist surging, the wind blowing wildly. Looking down the mountain, it had become a vast ocean. Corpses emerged from the water from time to time, and in an instant, they were swept into the waves. Most of them were hit by the pouring rocks and died instantly. Facing such a powerful water, 40,000 cavalrymen were no match for it.

Lingkongzi has returned to Wuzhan. After he investigated the movements of the Huns and Wang Ben, Wuzhan ordered him to bring gunpowder, find this place, place the gunpowder according to the location on the diagram drawn in advance, and blow up the cornerstone, causing the mountain to loosen and the river embankment to burst. Wuzhan had planned all of this long ago. He expected that Wang Ben did not lead his troops here, and this was what he hoped to see. The Wang family and the Meng family will break up from now on, and this is just the beginning.

Seeing the Xiongnu cavalry buried in the flood in an instant, Meng Yi was filled with emotion. He turned his head to look at Wuzhan beside him and said gratefully: "My dear brother, you saved my life again and made great contributions to the Qin Dynasty. My dear brother has such great talent. If you enter the court as an official, you will definitely achieve great things!"

Wuzhan smiled and said, "Brother, you think too highly of me. The Great Qin is full of talented people. I am just a country bumpkin. If I serve as an official in the court, I will only bring disgrace upon myself. Besides, I have a terminal illness and I just want to live in peace."

"Don't worry, my dear brother. After we pacify the Xiongnu, I will definitely cure your illness. This time we annihilated nearly 100,000 Xiongnu cavalrymen. This achievement is all yours. I will report the victory to the court immediately and ask His Majesty to reward you!"

Wuzhan said: "No, my second brother needs this victory to shut up the people in the court."

Meng Yi smiled and said, "Don't worry. As long as His Majesty knows that we have annihilated 100,000 Xiongnu cavalry, he will be very pleased. Those people will naturally not dare to say anything. Since you have recognized me as your second brother, don't refuse. Besides, the Xiongnu army has not retreated yet. I still need you to rush to Yanmen Pass to help me repel the Xiongnu. I wonder if you are willing to go?"

"Your brother is a brave warrior who has fought for many years and has made great achievements. He knows the Xiongnu very well. I have no experience and I won by chance. How can I help your brother?"

"My brother knows the Huns best, and the Huns know my brother best. They know each other well and have been confronting each other for many years. It is difficult for them to win. My brother is resourceful and has unique strategies. If you can give my brother some advice, the Huns will be caught off guard and defeated!"

After hearing this, Wuzhan no longer hesitated, "Since Second Brother values ​​this matter so much, I have no choice but to follow his arrangements."

Meng Yi was overjoyed and said, "You are really my good brother. Let's go back to Shenmu first and make plans later!"

Wuzhan said: "I think the flood is about to reach Shangjun. Shenmu is the lowest in terrain, so maybe we don't need to guard it anymore!"

As they were talking, the breach was being washed away by the rapids, and it kept expanding. The water level dropped slightly, and suddenly, someone shouted, "What is that?"

Only a rusty corner of bronze was exposed in the river. As the water level dropped, a handle that was a hundred feet long and ten feet thick soon appeared, standing like a small mountain in the rapids.

Wuzhan said calmly, "This should be the Mountain and River Tripod cast by Emperor Yu. It is said that this tripod is nine hundred feet high and nine hundred feet wide, with nine legs that extend deep into the underworld. There are nine sides of the tripod, each with a map of the nine provinces of China cast on it. It is as heavy as mountains and rivers."

Meng Yi sighed: "Many people think that the country is the territory, but they don't know that the country is the people!"

Wuzhan smiled slightly and said, "Second brother also knows the meaning of this?"

"This truth is eternal, but how many emperors can do it?"

Wuzhan frowned slightly and said, "Now it seems that my prediction was wrong. This Mountain River Cauldron is not buried between these two mountains, but under the mountain opposite us, and the ridge in the middle is the original mountain range. If this is the case, the situation will be even more serious. At first, I just wanted to blast a gap in the cauldron. When the water level reaches the cauldron, it will stop. Maybe there will be a chance to remedy it in the future. But now the blasting position is wrong. The breach is not on the cauldron, but on the side of the cauldron, causing this loose mountain range to be washed away by the flood, and the gap will become larger and larger, and eventually all the water will flow through it."

After hearing this, Meng Yi exclaimed: "Could it be that the Deshui River will overflow forever because of this? This is a great sin!"

Suddenly, the sound of a flute was heard on the river surface. It was clearly audible amid the sound of the rushing water. The sound of the flute was clear and beautiful, which made people feel fascinating.

Looking in the direction of the sound, I saw a solitary boat floating downstream upstream. The river was roaring, but the boat was able to move steadily. At the bow of the boat stood a woman, who was wearing a green robe, a bamboo hat, and a veil covering her face. She was playing a bamboo flute horizontally, and her long sleeves fluttered in the wind. Her figure was like a green cloud passing by, and the poetic and picturesque scene was vividly displayed on the river.

Meng Yi carefully observed the people on the boat and said doubtfully, "Bixia Yuanjun, how could she be here?" Meng Yi accompanied the First Emperor on his eastern tour to Mount Tai for the Fengshan ceremony. He had met Bixia Yuanjun once and was deeply impressed by her, so he could recognize her even though they were far apart.

Wuzhan had heard Master Zitan mention that Bixia Yuanjun had already become an immortal, Yang Yingjie had praised her beauty, and Wanjiao had gone to Mount Tai to steal the "Golden Fragrant Jade". He was already familiar with Bixia Yuanjun's name. When Meng Yi recognized her, he couldn't help but look at her a few more times, thinking: "This person is really extraordinary!"

In a moment, the boat was almost at the bottom of the cliff. Meng Yi bowed and said in a clear voice: "Meng Yi greets Yuan Jun. I'm sorry that I can't come down the mountain to pay my respects. Yuan Jun, be careful, the river bank ahead has burst!"

Hearing Meng Yi's greeting on the cliff, the boat suddenly stopped on the river. The beautiful figure looked up at Meng Yi and said, "General Meng, there is no need to be so polite. I wonder how the river embankment in front of us broke?" Her voice was crisp and pleasant.

Meng Yi said ashamedly: "It was I who ordered the people to blow up the river bank!"

"Why?"

"I am trapped here by the Hun army, so I resorted to this desperate measure!"

The beautiful figure looked at the river flowing down in front of her, and after thinking for a moment, she said, "General, have you ever thought about how many lives will be lost and how much sin will be left behind if the riverbank bursts?"

"I know I have committed many sins, but the Xiongnu are brutal and cruel, burning, killing, looting, and committing all kinds of evil. If we don't defeat them, there will never be peace on this frontier!"

"But the general's actions are even more brutal than those of the Xiongnu. The people downstream will never have peace."

Meng Yi knew that Bixia Yuanjun cared about the people and presented the dragon scale jade to the First Emperor in the hope that the world could be unified and the people could be spared from the suffering of war. Because of this jade, the First Emperor was not harmed in many assassination attempts. Therefore, at the Fengshan ceremony, he knelt to receive the crown and worshipped Bixia Yuanjun as a god, not daring to blaspheme. Now hearing Yuanjun's blame, he hurriedly knelt on the ground, "Meng Yi swears that he will do everything he can to block the breach and make up for the great sin he committed today."

Bixia sighed softly, then turned to look at the giant tripod that had been revealed, and asked, "General, do you know who made it and why it was buried here?"

Meng Yi said: "It was made by Emperor Yu to connect the broken parts of the mountain range and protect the river bank forever."

Bixia said leisurely: "The mountains here are interrupted, and there are deep rivers and ravines underground. It is the section where the Yellow River turns over, and the water is the most violent. Emperor Yu gathered all the copper in the world and cast a tripod here to ensure that the mountains and rivers would not fall. The general's move is undoubtedly digging the cornerstone of the country. With such a long river bank, how did the general find this place?" Wuzhan had to bow and admit: "I did as Yuanjun said, and I guessed it. It's my fault!"

A cold light shot out from the veil, as if it could see into Wuzhai's bones, and he asked coldly: "What do you want?"

This sentence was like a thunderbolt, immediately exploding in Wuzhan's heart and making him break out in a cold sweat.

Meng Yi said: "It is my order, it has nothing to do with me."

"He is your brother?"

"I am your sworn brother."

Bixia's cold eyes were fixed on Wuzhe, never leaving for a moment, "If you jump off the cliff, I will ask you a question!" Her voice was as loud as an iceberg in the twelfth lunar month.

When everyone on the cliff heard this, they all thought: "If we jump off this hundred-foot cliff, we will be smashed to pieces. Could it be that Bixia Yuanjun wants Wuzhan to commit suicide by jumping off the cliff?" The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Meng Yi hurriedly said, "I wonder what you want to ask, Lord Yuan. How can a mortal jump off this cliff?"

"I just want to know whether he will jump or not!" The voice was as firm as a rock.

Meng Yi thought to himself: "Bixia never kills easily, why does she want to take my life today? If it was because of the dam burst, I should be the one to die, how can I blame my brother? My brother risked his life to save me, how can I let him die for me again!" Thinking of this, he said sternly: "The fault of the dam burst is mine, I deserve it if I jump off this cliff!" He stood up and wanted to walk to the edge of the cliff.

Wuzhan stopped him and said, "Second brother, it's useless for you to jump down."

Bixia said: "He is right, I just asked him to jump off this cliff!"

Wuzhan asked knowingly, "I have never met Yuan Jun before, I wonder how I have offended him?"

Bixia did not answer but asked, "What's your name?"

"Daohao, no obstacles!"

"Wu Zhan? ..., are you the Wu Zhan who was said to have unlocked the seal of Xing Tian not long ago?"

Wuzhan frowned slightly and said calmly: "It is said that it is me!"

The waves roared, water mist rose from the breach, and the sky was bright. Bixia's gaze could freeze the water mist in an instant. Wuzhan knew why Bixia asked him to jump off the cliff. She had seen that the disaster of the dam burst was arranged by him, and Meng Yi was unaware of it in the valley.

Just imagine, if a person like him, who is meticulous and willing to take human lives to achieve his goals, were in the court, how could the world be peaceful? Wuzhe had made thousands of plans, but he did not expect that he would meet Bixia Yuanjun, an immortal who cares about the people.

Wuzhan sighed to himself: "I've embarked on this path, and this day has come to kill me!"

Bixia ordered again: "Jump down by yourself!" with an intimidating tone.

Meng Yi didn't know anything about cultivation, and said indignantly: "I don't know why Yuan Jun wants to kill me. If I have ever offended Yuan Jun, I will atone for him!"

Bixia asked, "Why do you want to atone for his sins?"

Meng Yi cried and said, "My life was saved by my brother at the cost of his own life. It was also with his advice that the 100,000 Xiongnu cavalry were annihilated. Not to mention me, the entire Qin Dynasty owes him. With such a brother, how could I let him jump off this cliff!"

After hearing this, Bixia still said coldly: "Then he should jump down!"

Wuzhan bowed to Meng Yi and said, "Second brother, my life is short, and it is enough for me to experience the brotherhood in my lifetime. Take care, second brother!"

Jin Xingzi and Ling Kongzi grabbed Wuzhan and said, "Little Master, don't jump!" and gestured for them to escape.

Wuzhan shook his head and said, "I am tired of being half a master. You should practice on your own from now on!" He gestured, "Go quickly, don't let her see it!"

Jin Xingzi and Ling Kongzi said, "We won't leave. We want to follow our little master!"

Wuzhan said: "You also know how many days I can live. I have made up my mind. You can go now!" and pushed the two people away.

Meng Yi wiped away his tears, held Wuzhan's hand and said, "Brother, don't pay attention to it, let's go down the mountain and return to Shenmu!"

Wuzhan smiled slightly and said, "With her cultivation level, where can I survive?"

When Meng Yi heard this, he angrily asked Bixia, "Why on earth do you want to take my life?"

Bixia stood with her hands behind her back, her sleeves fluttering, and said in a clear and cold voice: "For the common people!"

Upon hearing this, Wuzhan no longer hesitated, knowing that the road of killing tens of thousands of people was too difficult and he did not want to go on any further. He had already lost all conscience after half a month of suffering. He gently pushed Meng Yi away and said, "I have let down the people!" Suddenly, he leaped with all his might and flew off the cliff. Meng Yi hurriedly shouted, "No!" and tried to stop him, but it was too late.

Wuzhan’s thin figure floated down from the cliff. The sky was blue and the clouds were white. Wuzhan felt more relaxed than ever before, so relieved and so free.

(End of this chapter)