We Agreed On Experiencing Life, So Why Did You Immortals Become Real?

Chapter 378: Red Wedding Attire and White Funeral Attire, Both in the Same Month, Not Bad

After Jin Province fell, Jin Kingdomʼs army had already attacked to Huai Province.

If Huai Province fell again, it would mean Qin Kingdomʼs Guanzhong region would have its gates wide open, and even Qin Kingdomʼs imperial capital would face the danger of falling.

At that time, Xiao Mo would have to withdraw his troops and return to Qin Kingdom but the trouble would be even greater after withdrawing.

After all, if Xiao Mo withdrew his troops, Chu Kingdom would breathe a great sigh of relief, and the territory previously swallowed might have to be spat back out.

Chu Kingdom might even counterattack after regrouping.

At that time, with the battle lines contracting and the three kingdomsʼ armies all gathered in Qin Kingdomʼs Guanzhong, Qin Kingdom would be in serious trouble.

Jin Kingdomʼs commanding general Yan Liuyun naturally knew this.

So Yan Liuyun wanted to capture this Huaishan Pass as quickly as possible, then advance into Huai Province and directly enter the Qin capital!

However, when Yan Liuyun arrived at Huaishan Pass, the First Prince Qin Jingsu had already rushed there.

The First Prince had already assembled Qin Kingdomʼs remaining five hundred fifty thousand troops.
This was all the military force Qin Kingdom could currently mobilize. Even the Iron Tiger Army and Forbidden Army guarding Qin Kingdomʼs capital had been transferred out by seventy percent!

Qin Jingsu was extremely clear about his objective, which was to defend Huaishan Pass to the best of his ability and trust that the Frost Prince Xiao Mo and the Western Pacification Prince could create enough advantage before coming to help him.

Moreover, although some in the old Zhei Kingdom territory wanted to take advantage of the chaos, the Northern Pacification Prince was already dealing with it as quickly as possible. After handling it, the Northern Pacification Prince could also immediately come to support.

Qin Jingsu climbed the city walls and looked at Jin Kingdomʼs million-strong army below the city, especially seeing his second brother at the front of the military formation. Qin Jingsuʼs brows furrowed tightly.

”Second brother, you and I are brothers, how has it come to this?”

Qin Jingsu used spiritual energy to amplify his voice.

”Do you know that after Mother Empress learned of your rebellion, she has been unable to eat or drink, growing thinner day by day? And do you know how Third Sister clutched my sleeve in tears when she learned of your rebellion?”

After Qin Jingsu finished these words, Jin Kingdomʼs generals all looked at Qin Jingyuan, wanting to see what kind of reaction he would have.

”How has it come to this? In terms of political talent, learning, and cultivation aptitude, how would I lose to you, elder brother! This position of Crown Prince should have been mine, yet it has fallen into elder brotherʼs hands. Why?

Is it simply because elder brother was born a few years earlier than me?”

Qin Jingyuan tightly gripped his reins, glaring at his elder brother.

Hearing his younger brotherʼs questioning, Qin Jingsu sighed, sorrow showing in his eyes, ”For second brother, is this imperial throne really so important? If I had known second brother would come to this point today, I would rather not have this Qin Kingdom throne!”

”Hahaha,” Qin Jingyuan laughed loudly, ”You speak so magnanimously, isnʼt it just because the situation is already set? Because I have no way back?”

”Jingyuan! You and I are blood brothers!” Qin Jingsu said angrily.

”In the imperial family, the most disgusting thing is brothers!” Qin Jingyuan looked at his elder brother with a calm expression and shook his head, ”Qin Jingsu, words are useless. Let us fight!”

After speaking, Qin Jingyuan bowed to Marquis Hu Yan Liuyun, ”Please help me attack the city, General. If I become Qin Kingdomʼs ruler, I will maintain eternal friendship between Qin and Jin, and I am willing to offer three provinces of Qin Kingdom to the General!”

”Good!” Yan Liuyun waved his large hand, his voice spreading throughout the army, ”All troops listen to orders! Attack the city!”

As Yan Liuyunʼs words fell, Jin Kingdomʼs army all surged forward to attack but Huaishan Pass was one of Qin Kingdomʼs most important defensive lines, easy to defend and difficult to attack. How could it possibly be breached so easily?

Not to mention that the First Prince Qin Jingsu was no ordinary person. He had led troops in battle before and with the First Prince personally on the battlefield, Qin Kingdomʼs soldiersʼ morale was even higher!

In the blink of an eye, a full four months passed.

Jin Kingdom used every means, but there was no progress whatsoever.

In comparison, on Chu Kingdomʼs side, Xiao Mo and Xiahou Nan advanced into Chu Kingdom on two routes, and Chu Kingdomʼs situation became increasingly tense.

In these four months, countless cities in Chu Kingdom had been captured.

The situation on Yan Kingdomʼs battlefield was also very unfavorable.

The Western Pacification Prince heavily employed a young general named Bai Qi. Rumor had it this general had the style of the former Frost Prince, was extremely thoughtful in commanding troops and battles, and often acted unexpectedly.

The advantage Yan Kingdomʼs army originally had was gradually erased, and Qin Kingdomʼs army even gradually gained the upper hand.

”Your Highness, your one hundred fifty thousand troops have barely participated in attacking the city, just watching our Jin Kingdom soldiers die on the city walls. Is this appropriate?”

In the military tent, a man named Jiang Ganling said to Qin Jingyuan, his tone full of anger accumulated over these days.

And Qin Jingyuan merely glanced at him indifferently and spoke, ”Although I have one hundred fifty thousand soldiers following me, no matter what, they all come from Qin Kingdom, all share the same ancestry as the soldiers on the city walls. If they fight on the walls, how much combat power can they display?

Moreover, without me, you wouldnʼt even be able to reach the gates of this Huaishan Pass, let alone enter my Qin Kingdomʼs borders!”

”You!” Deputy General Jiang Ganling was about to step forward, looking as if he wanted to reason with Qin Jingyuan with his fists. However, Yan Liuyun pulled Jiang Ganling back in time, ”Enough, everyone say less. General Jiang has an impatient temperament. Being anxious after four months of attacking the city without any progress is normal. I hope Your Highness will be understanding.”

Actually, Yan Liuyun was also very dissatisfied inside.

After all, during this time, it had mostly been their Jin Kingdom soldiers charging at the front. Whenever he wanted Qin Jingyuan to contribute more, Qin Jingyuan would find ways to decline.

In fact, Yan Liuyun was also clear that Qin Jingyuan did this simply to preserve his own forces. He thought that when they broke through Qin Kingdomʼs capital, he would have higher bargaining chips but Yan Liuyun ultimately held back.

Breaking the façade now was of no benefit to him. When Qin Kingdom was completely conquered and it came time to divide Qin among the three families, he would see what Qin Jingyuan could do!

”Speaking of which, our current stalemate is truly not a solution. I wonder if Your Highness has any brilliant plan?” Yan Liuyun asked Qin Jingyuan.

He didnʼt believe that if they couldnʼt breach Qin Kingdomʼs capital, Qin Jingyuan himself wouldnʼt be anxious!

”I wouldnʼt call it a brilliant plan, but I do have a method. I just donʼt know if the General dares to act on it.” Qin Jingyuan said with a cold laugh.

”Prince Jing, please speak freely,” Yan Liuyun asked with a smile.

Qin Jingyuan stepped forward and drew a line on the sand table, ”Marching through the Black Beast Forest, we can directly bypass Huaishan Pass and attack Huaishan City from behind.”

”What are you saying? Do you take us for fools?”

Deputy General Gai Jing stepped forward and said angrily.

”The Black Beast Forestʼs miasma is extremely terrifying. Only Dragon Gate realm cultivators can pass through by continuously maintaining spiritual energy. I ask you, how many Dragon Gate realm cultivators are in our army? If we pass through the Black Beast Forest, how many of Jin Kingdomʼs troops will remain? Even if we pass through the Black Beast Forest, so what? Would we be Qin Kingdomʼs match?”

Qin Jingyuan looked at Gai Jing as if looking at a fool and continued, ”Itʼs true the Black Beast Forestʼs miasma is severe, but during this time in my fief, I made many friends. When drinking with a passing medical cultivator, he happily told me that using Dragon Roar Grass and Phoenix Blood Flower as the main ingredients in a medicinal pill can resist miasma for five hours!

Originally he wanted to present this prescription to my father, but I intercepted it instead.

As for that medical cultivator, I also killed him to silence him. Heʼs probably already reincarnated by now.

Five hours, we can definitely pass through the Black Beast Forest.

After passing through the Black Beast Forest, weʼll be behind Huaishan City.

Huaishan Cityʼs rear defenses are extremely weak with almost no troops garrisoned. Thus we can catch them completely off guard.

Otherwise, why would you think you could easily capture Huaishan Pass?

If you trust me, use my method.

If you donʼt trust me, attack the city on your own.

Now that Iʼve rebelled, Iʼm tied to the same boat as you. I couldnʼt possibly cut off my own future.”

”...”

Qin Jingyuanʼs words made all the generals in the tent suspicious.

Yan Liuyun and the others couldnʼt completely trust Qin Jingyuan but just as Qin Jingyuan said, he had already rebelled. Where was there a way back?

As for pretending to rebel, that was also impossible!

Because Jin Kingdom had actively sought out Qin Jingyuan, not the other way around.

Not to mention that according to court analysis of Qin Jingyuanʼs life, they had determined that the throne was as important to him as his own life.

Yan Liuyun didnʼt believe he was truly willing to be just a prince, didnʼt believe he had no designs on that position.

”Bring the pill formula for us to see,” Yan Liuyun said after thinking.

Qin Jingyuan didnʼt hesitate and produced the pill formula.

Finally, after Yan Liuyun examined the formula, he handed it to a deputy general beside him, ”Take the formula to Elder Hu in the army and have him check if there are any problems with it. If there are no problems, refine it as quickly as possible.”

”Yes!” The deputy general immediately left with the formula.

The next day, Jinʼs army refined the formula and had a Qi Refinement realm soldier take it and enter the Black Beast Forest.

It was indeed as Qin Jingyuan had said.

The pill really did have the effect of blocking miasma.

Yan Liuyun immediately gathered personnel to collect medicinal materials, secretly refining the pills behind the army and transporting them to the troops in batches.

At the same time, Yan Liuyun continued attacking the city.

Two months later, approximately seven hundred thousand pills had all been delivered to the army.

Yan Liuyun didnʼt hesitate at all and ordered that the next day they would eat at the hour of yin, depart halfway through the hour of yin. As for where they were departing to, aside from high-ranking generals, no one knew.

”General, are we really going to pass through the Black Beast Forest tomorrow?” The night before departure, a deputy general named Liu Ying came to Yan Liuyunʼs tent, ”I keep feeling something is off about this, an indescribable feeling.”

”Donʼt overthink it.” Yan Liuyun stood up and patted Liu Yingʼs shoulder, ”Since weʼve already decided, donʼt question why we decided. And look at the latest battle reports.”

Liu Ying took the latest battle reports from Chu Kingdom and Yan Kingdom, his heart suddenly startled, ”That General Xiang from Chu Kingdom surrendered? Bai Qi soundly defeated Yan Kingdomʼs army, annihilating three hundred thousand?!”

”Thatʼs right...”

Yan Liuyun sighed.

”Right now Qin Kingdomʼs martial virtue is too strong, and itʼs as if Heaven itself favors Qin Kingdom, consecutively producing two young geniuses like the Frost Prince and Bai Qi. Even Xiahou Nan and General Xiang Wen have surrendered to Xiao Mo.

If we continue dragging this out, our situation may become even worse.

We canʼt delay any longer.

Otherwise, if anything unexpected happens, all our efforts will be wasted and weʼll have no choice but to withdraw to Jin but this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

If we can divide up Qin Kingdom, we can achieve unparalleled merit!

If it were you... what would you do?”

Liu Ying lowered his head without speaking because who didnʼt want this military merit?

Even he himself was no exception.

”Alright, go rest. As for that Qin Jingyuan, Iʼll also guard against him. I donʼt believe this fellow truly has a death wish!”

Yan Liuyun clasped his hands behind his back and looked coldly outside the tent with a sneer.

Late at night, in the tent, Ji Yue was already asleep, lying flat on the bed with steady breathing.

Qin Jingyuan rose from bed and, by moonlight, took out brush and ink to write character after character on paper.

After finishing, Qin Jingyuan blew the ink dry and placed it in an envelope.

Raising his head, Qin Jingyuan looked toward his wife not far away, his expression somewhat complex.

”Meeting me in this lifetime, youʼve truly been unlucky.”

Qin Jingyuan smiled and brushed the hair by the womanʼs ear then placed the envelope beside her pillow.

Finally, Qin Jingyuan removed the jade pendant from his neck.

Forming hand seals, the formation within the jade pendant manifested, covering the bed where Ji Yue slept.

This jade pendant was a birthday gift from the Qin Kingdom’s ruler when Qin Jingyuan came of age.

Aside from Qin Jingyuan, even a Jade Purity realm cultivator couldnʼt break it, unless the owner died. However, Qin Jingyuan had modified it slightly. The formation now also had a sleeping effect.

After finishing everything, Qin Jingyuan moved a chair and sat beside the wife he had always berated.

Qin Jingyuan kept looking at her, looking for a very, very long time.

The next day at the hour of yin, Jin Kingdomʼs entire army ate.

Seven hundred thousand soldiers among them took the antidote pills.

At the second quarter of the hour of yin, the entire army departed for the Black Beast Forest.

”Prince Jing can stay here to cover our rear. Thereʼs no need to accompany us,” Yan Liuyun said to Qin Jingyuan with a smile before departure, ”Moreover, the remaining two hundred thousand troops will also assist Prince Jing, in case anything happens that Prince Jing canʼt handle alone.”

”Then many thanks, Your Highness. I wish Your Highness a smooth journey,” Qin Jingyuan said with a smile and a bow.

How could Qin Jingyuan not know that Yan Liuyun didnʼt let him go because he feared he would defect at the critical moment, his one hundred fifty thousand troops throwing the military formation into chaos, or worried he would pull some trick.

And those two hundred thousand troops left behind, though called assistance, were nothing but surveillance.

”Iʼll take Prince Jingʼs auspicious words.” Yan Liuyun mounted his horse, his spiritual energy spreading throughout the army, ”Depart!”

With Yan Liuyunʼs command, the vast army marched toward the Black Beast Forest.

Qin Jingyuan sat on his horse, seeing off the seven hundred thousand troops as they departed.

A summer wind blew past. Qin Jingyuan raised his head, looking at that azure sky:

”July is coming again...”

Involuntarily, Qin Jingyuan thought of his wedding day back then.

”Red wedding attire and white funeral attire, both in the same month. Not bad.”