Chapter 46: From This Moment On!

  On the main road, a horse-drawn carriage was moving slowly, with eight knights riding in front and behind it, their faces stern and unyielding. An old coachman with gray hair and narrowed eyes held the reins, his expression somewhat apathetic as he gazed ahead, leaving stretches of road behind him with each crisp crack of the whip. Dust flew everywhere.

  Inside the car, an old man with a clear and thin face sat, slightly furrowing his brow, thinking about something.

  This old man was Du Shiqing, known as the number one divine doctor in the world. This time, he had come from the Great Zhao Empire to the Iron Cloud Nation.

  "Mr. Du, this time you go to Tieyun, your mission is only one. It's to use your heavenly hand to help the dying king of Tieyun country to hold on for a while longer, absolutely must not let him die too early!"

  This was when he arrived at the imperial court, Grand Chancellor Fifth Light personally received him and said a few words with great solemnity.

  Why should the King of Tiexiong live a little longer, Du Shiqing also understood. Now although Tiexiong is governed by the crown prince, the crown prince is not the emperor after all, and in some things, it is still not legitimate to speak out of turn.

  As long as the Lord of Iron Cloud can hold on to his last breath, Iron Cloud will never be a unified whole! Even if Tian Zhong is a genius, he will be powerless against this matter as long as he does not dare to overthrow his father and take the throne for himself.

  Tie Shi Cheng spent a month's worth of energy just to buy the Great Zhao Empire an extra month. It would be best if they could drag it out until everything is ready and war breaks out, at which point the greatest weakness of Tie Yun Guo - 'the crown prince is not the ruler' - will erupt in the most concrete way!

  But this task is how difficult ah.

  Only Du Shiqing knows how difficult it is!

  Du Shiqing sighed and shook his head. In those years, Tie Shicheng was in his prime, fighting against the Great Zhao Empire on the battlefield. At that time, Diwu Qian was just a scholar in the Imperial Academy, serving as a supervisor in the army. However, he secretly hired the world's number one archer to assassinate Tie Shicheng, shooting him with an arrow in the chaos of war!

  The arrow is dipped in even more deadly poison!

  Tie Shicheng was blocked by the guard at that time, and the arrow first pierced the guard's chest before stabbing into Tie Shicheng's body. The killing power had already weakened, but the severe poison almost took Tie Shicheng's life!

  It was the fifth time that Li Jianyao had secretly accepted a large sum of money to treat someone, only to have them use their newfound health for nefarious purposes... In his entire life as a doctor, he had only done one thing that went against his medical ethics: he had cured Tie Shicheng's poisoning, but in doing so, he had also implanted another kind of chronic poison in his body that could not be treated with medicine.

  The highly toxic substance slowly eroded Tiexi Cheng's body, just like how Da Zhao had been gradually eroding the Iron Cloud Nation over the years.

  Hurt him, but don't let him die. Can swallow, but not swallow; these years, relying on the struggle with Tieyun Country, Fifth Lightness has been making contributions, constantly increasing his achievements, constantly increasing his capital, whether in the military or government, Fifth Lightness's merits are always the first! Until today, the number one person under the Emperor of the Empire!

  He has been making contributions and fighting battles all along, but he still allows the Iron Cloud Nation to retain its power of resistance, not allowing it to be exterminated. He treats the Iron Cloud Nation as a base for manufacturing his own merits, until now, he begins to truly clean up the Iron Cloud Nation, because he is already at the peak! With the current power of the Fifth Light, even if it were the Emperor, they would be powerless against him!

  The fifth is the subtle and ingenious use of plots and counterplots, which has reached a level of divine transformation.

  Now, Tie Shi Cheng's body is already beyond salvation. He only has one last breath left. If it weren't for the emergence of a brilliant and handsome Crown Prince who can save the world, perhaps at this time, the Iron Cloud Nation would have already become part of the Great Zhao Empire!

  Nowadays, I have to wrap up things myself after doing them?

  Du Shiqing sighed deeply.

  The long road stretches far and wide.

  Chu Yang stood on the mountain, using the dense forest as cover, quietly watching the horse team slowly approaching in the distance.

  With a slight exertion of force, the palm of his hand shattered into powder and scattered a note that read: "Iron Cloud Heavy Gold Invitation to the world's number one divine doctor Du Shiqing to come to Iron Cloud City, on the ninth day at dawn, will pass through Evil Tiger Ridge."

  Then he didn't stop at all, his body shot through the woods like a meteor, and plunged down the mountain.

  This was his predetermined path to advancement. Du Shiqing was a crucial link!

  To enter the Iron Cloud Nation, reverse one's fate, it's not just about entering that country. After entering, you must also attract attention. After attracting attention, you must gain trust; after gaining trust, you can grasp power!

  All of this must be completed in a short period of time! At the latest, within two years, complete the path that an ordinary scholar would take in his lifetime! Chu Yang's task cannot be said to be easy.

  But he was determined!

  Du Shiqing said here is just the beginning of Chu Yang's plan!

  "Hirai...!" A loud neigh from the horse, and it stopped in its tracks. In front of the carriage, a young man had already jumped down. Wearing a black robe, with a handsome face and an expression that was calm yet excited, he gazed eagerly at the carriage.

  "Who goes there?!" Eight knights simultaneously reined in their horses and stood still, three swords and five knives simultaneously drawn from their scabbards.

  "Could the one sitting in the carriage be the world's greatest doctor, known as the Benevolent Heart and Sacred Hands, Du Shiqing, Old Man Du?" The black-clad youth's eyes were agitated, filled with genuine gratitude and reverence, looking at the carriage, seemingly oblivious to the gleaming blades surrounding him.

  "What kind of person are you?" The leading knight's eyes were sharp as a hawk, coldly staring at him, not relaxing his vigilance in the slightest. The remaining few, while locking onto the young man with their Qi mechanisms, dispersed unobtrusively and surrounded the horse carriage from all directions, protecting it tightly.

  "Is it?" The young man took another step forward, looking extremely anxious.

  "Does it have anything to do with you?" The lead knight said coldly, "Back off!" He could also see that the young man didn't seem to have any malicious intent, but this matter was of great importance and couldn't be taken lightly.

  "If it's Mr. Du, I'd like to see him come out." The young man said unyieldingly.

  "Despicable!" A loud shout, three gleaming knives simultaneously shot out, slashing towards the young man.

  That black-clad youth seemed to be stunned for a moment, and suddenly his face revealed a hint of anger. His body bent, dodging left and right in the knife light, which was like a waterfall, but he walked safely and freely in the knife light. Suddenly, he made a move, his two hands like eagle claws, swiftly extending out.

  With a clang, the long knife fell to the ground. The leading knight felt his wrist go numb and the knife almost flew out of his hand. He was shocked and quickly dismounted, shouting: "Form a phalanx to meet the enemy!"

  Seven knights simultaneously dismounted their horses, arrayed in a stern formation, with faint gleams of swords, as if about to charge.

  "Hold on!" Du Shiqing shouted softly inside the carriage, then calmly said: "This young master, I am indeed Du Shiqing. What business do you have?"

  After finishing speaking, he lifted up the carriage curtain and revealed his face.

  "Be careful, Mr. Du! This person's origins are unknown and his intentions are suspicious." The two guards immediately drew their swords and stood guard in front of the carriage, ready for battle.

  "It's really Du Shenyi!" The black-clothed youth's face flushed with excitement, and he suddenly ignored the flashing knives and swords in front of him, staring straight at Du Shiyin with an unwavering gaze as he walked step by step towards him.

  He took two steps forward and his body was already against the blade. The leading knight did not intend to withdraw his sword, just holding it like that.

  The young man felt the pain of the knife piercing his skin, looked down and smiled awkwardly, then suddenly bowed deeply to Du Shiqing.

  This strange behavior left everyone bewildered and perplexed.

  "Does Mr. Du still remember eight years ago, when he was practicing medicine to save the world? At that time, it was right under this Evil Tiger Ridge, where two countries were at war; Mr. Du's benevolent heart and sacred hands saved lives and healed wounds; on that occasion, when he came out to collect medicine, he traveled through mountain villages and rescued a couple of mountain villagers?"

  "Huh?" Du Shiqing furrowed his brow, he had treated countless people in his lifetime, how could he possibly remember each and every one of them? But from his memories, he indeed was active in this area eight years ago.