Currently, the flag of the Southwest Continent was the Sky Phoenix Pavilion. Its previous pavilion master had mysteriously disappeared.
During the Tiandō League meeting, the Sky Phoenix Pavilion had completely followed Qin City's lead.
Needless to say, Cloud Sky City had completely fallen into the Qin family's control.
In addition, Qin City had used the Tiandō League's name to rope in the Raging Flames Castle and other underground forces.
Actually, Qin City's evil claws had already spread throughout the Southwest and Northwest Continents.
Yang Dingtian had always treated Northwest Qin City as his mortal enemy. However, in Qin Wanchou's eyes, Cloud Sky City was perhaps only a small part of his strategy.
Moreover, Qin Wanchou had an extremely outstanding successor, Qin Huaiyu!
In Yang Dingtian's heart, he had always treated Northwest Qin City as a force of the pugilistic world.
From today onwards, this view had to completely change.
Perhaps Yin-Yang school still treated itself as a force of the pugilistic world. However, Northwest Qin City's development direction had already become a country.
The Southwest and Northwest Continents, the territory controlled by Northwest Qin City was already many times larger than any country on Earth. This was already a superpower. However, its ruling method was still relatively scattered.
"Shen Lang, I'm willing to find myself again. However, I really need time."
Qin Mengli hugged Yang Dingtian and said gently, "Regarding your matter, Qin Huaiyu has already secretly sent someone to warn me.
If I continue to live a shameless and extravagant life, they won't care.
However, if I express that I want to completely break off my relationship with Ye Wuzheng and be with you, they will do their best to stop me. "
"I understand …" Yang Dingtian instantly smiled bitterly.
Yang Dingtian knew that Qin Wanchou's greatest enemy was not Cloud Sky City but Cloud Sky City.
As the number two force of the Northwest Tiandō League and the in-laws of Black Heaven Sect, Cloud Sky City was currently the biggest obstacle for Northwest Qin City to unify the Northwest and Southwest Continents.
Before Cloud Sky City was completely settled, they could only maintain their fake relationship through marriage.
Therefore, Qin Mengli could only be Ye Wuzheng's wife on the surface.
Next, Qin Wanchou would marry his fourth daughter to Ye Feng, the foolish young city lord.
"Shen Lang, we can't rush this matter. We can only take it slow."
Qin Mengli said gently, "Although I love you, I'm also a member of the Qin family. Elder Brother is the person who dotes on me the most in this world. Therefore, I have to consider the interests of the Qin family."
Yang Dingtian slowly closed his eyes and sighed. "I understand. I won't make things difficult for you."
Qin Mengli kissed Yang Dingtian and said, "Alright, then leave the rest to me. You don't have to worry about anything."
Yang Dingtian said solemnly, "A 'Li, I won't make things difficult for you. I'm referring to the fact that I won't force you to separate from Ye Wuzheng, and I won't force you to wander around with me. Also, I won't kill that idiot Ye Feng during the competition.
But don't even think about handing over that Foxman girl! "
"No!" Qin Mengli said, "Is she so beautiful that you can't bear to part with her?"
"She's only 12 years old. This has nothing to do with her beauty. Even if she's very ugly, I'll still have the same attitude." Yang Dingtian said coldly, "You know me. This is what I hate the most about you.
Your life is a life, but other people's lives aren't?
That's a beautiful and innocent life. I won't allow her to die for no reason.
I wander around the world. I'm not interested in power. I'm only interested in the ultimate secret of this world. My dream is to completely save this world. Therefore, I love any life. "
"If you want me to hand over this girl, you can't do it. Unless you kill me." Yang Dingtian said resolutely.
Instantly, Qin Mengli looked at Yang Dingtian quietly.
She didn't know why, but when she saw Yang Dingtian's fiery and determined gaze, her heart was faintly intoxicated and worshipped. She also felt a sense of inferiority.
"Alright, I'll do as you say. However, that Foxman girl can't stay by your side. Send her to me and let her stay by my side." Qin Mengli said.
"Alright." Yang Dingtian said, "Even if you didn't mention it, I was planning to do so.
However, there are times when I want to learn the Foxman language from her. "
Qin Mengli said, "What's there to learn about the Foxman language? It's just a small Half-Human Race."
Yang Dingtian said, "I'm very interested in any unknown knowledge."
"She'll be by my side. You can see her whenever you want."
Qin Mengli said, "As for the martial arts competition, leave it to me. Don't worry, I won't let you fall into danger. I won't let my lover get hurt."
Yang Dingtian suddenly fell silent. He said, "In fact, I'm preparing for the martial arts competition."
"What?
Why? "Qin Mengli asked.
"I love you and I want to protect you. I don't want to hide behind your back and drag out an ignoble existence." Yang Dingtian said, "Furthermore, I have full confidence that I can defeat Ye Feng."
"Impossible. His cultivation level is much higher than yours," Qin Mengli said.
"In short, I have confidence." Yang Dingtian said, "Furthermore, by agreeing to the martial arts competition with him, I'll be safer.
You have to know that the person who wants to kill me isn't Ye Feng. It's your husband, Ye Wuzheng.
He can't do anything to you, but you can't do anything to him either.
If he really wants to kill me, you can't stop him.
If you think of a way to reject the martial arts competition, then he will think of other ways to kill me. It'll be even harder to guard against him. "
Qin Mengli instantly clenched her jade teeth. Her beautiful face turned icy cold.
Yang Dingtian was right. She, Qin Mengli, was the third most important person in Cloud Sky City. However, all her status came from Qin Wanchou's love.
She had a shocking amount of wealth in her hands, but she had almost no power.
She didn't have a territory and didn't have an army that was completely loyal to her. In a real battle, she didn't have the upper hand in front of Ye Wuzheng.
"After Brother has settled Cloud Sky City, I'll definitely tear Ye Wuzheng into pieces," Qin Mengli said coldly.
Then, her gaze turned gentle again. She said, "I really hope that day will come soon. When that time comes, I can marry you legitimately."
Yang Dingtian hugged Qin Mengli and remained silent. He didn't respond to her words.
Qin Mengli said gently, "Husband, don't you look forward to marrying me?"
"Of course I look forward to it. I dream of marrying you."
Yang Dingtian said, "But you're ultimately different from me. You still love a life of riches, but I like to wander around."
"Do you like womanizing?" Qin Mengli suddenly asked.
Yang Dingtian shook his head and said, "Not at all. All these years, I haven't had many women."
"Then after we get married, you can wander around outside while I wait for you at home. You can come home once every one or two years and stay at home for one or two months to accompany me.
I'm not a woman who can't stand loneliness. In fact, even when I'm indulging myself, I only have one partner in a year. Moreover, the time I spend with him is no more than half a month. Most of the time, I'm alone … "Qin Mengli said gently.
Before she could finish speaking, she noticed that Yang Dingtian was frowning in displeasure.
Qin Mengli chuckled and said gently, "Baby, you're jealous after hearing about my history …"
"Alright, stop talking," Yang Dingtian said impatiently.
"Alright, alright. I was wrong in the past. I didn't keep myself pure for you before you appeared. In the future, I'll use my entire life to compensate you …" Qin Mengli said sweetly.
At this point, the cold war between Yang Dingtian and Qin Mengli had completely ended.
…
At night, Yang Dingtian saw Qin Mengli sleeping soundly in his arms. Her beautiful face was still filled with happiness and sweetness. However, his heart was in a mess.
Yang Dingtian was disgusted and despised this woman in the beginning. However, he was now filled with pity and sympathy.
Initially, he was completely using her. However, there were some changes now.
He already had a plan to obtain the Mystic Flame's map. Therefore, his attitude towards this woman had also changed.
The best ending now was for him to leave as Shen Lang after obtaining the Mystic Flame's map. Nominally, he would continue to wander around. However, in reality, he would never return. This would make Qin Mengli think that her lover had died on the road. Although she would be sad, she might still be filled with happiness. At least in her heart, there was a man who loved her until his death.
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The next day, around nine o 'clock in the morning.
The two teams left the Crimson Stone Fort and continued their journey to the Northwest Qin City.
In fact, many people saw Yang Dingtian coming out of Qin Mengli's room that morning. However, everyone pretended not to see it.
When they left the Crimson Stone Fort, there was another team besides Qin Mengli and the two teams from White Cloud City. The owner of the Crimson Stone Fort, Qin Zhongtian, led a team of three hundred people and followed them to Qin City. He was also going to attend the birthday banquet of the Qin Clan's Lord.
A few days ago, Yang Dingtian, as the leader of the thousand-man cavalry, had been riding on the horse and putting on an act.
In the following days, he did not put on an act and basically spent most of his time in Qin Mengli's horse carriage.
Anyway, there would not be any risks along the way.
Most of the time, he played chess with Qin Mengli or played cards.
Yang Dingtian also realized that Qin Mengli's needs in that aspect were actually very low. She was even more indifferent than most women. Instead, she liked the feeling of Yang Dingtian accompanying her and doting on her.
This made Yang Dingtian slightly surprised. The more he interacted with her, the more he realized that Qin Mengli was actually more innocent.
In the remaining time, Yang Dingtian was learning the Foxman Race's language and writing from the young girl from the Foxman Race, Ji 'er. In the beginning, Yang Dingtian was the only one learning. Later on, Qin Mengli also joined in the fun. However, she stopped learning out of boredom after learning less than a hundred words.
She did not want to learn but also pestered Yang Dingtian to stop him from learning. She would either act coquettishly or kiss him or do other intimate things. Instead, it made the twelve-year-old Ji 'er blush.
In the beginning, Yang Dingtian and Qin Mengli played Go and Chinese Chess. However, in the end, they played Gomoku the most.
This was out of Yang Dingtian's expectations. As compared to Go, Gomoku was too simple and was not much of a game.
He originally thought that Qin Mengli was very scheming and would definitely love Go more.
In fact, ever since they started playing Gomoku, Qin Mengli almost did not touch Go anymore.
When there were only two of them, they would play Gomoku and Chinese Chess.
In the end, they did not even play Chinese Chess. They were basically playing Gomoku.
When Su Mei was around, the three of them would play Fight the Landlord.
In the end, with the addition of Ji 'er, the four of them started playing Mahjong.
Yang Dingtian was really unwilling to play Mahjong. However, every time he saw Ji 'er Ashina watching pitifully from the side, Yang Dingtian finally could not bear it and played Mahjong. From then on, it got out of hand.
Mahjong was indeed the king of entertainment. Ever since the four of them started to play mahjong, most of the entertainment in the carriage was mahjong. They didn't play Gomoku, Chinese chess, or Go. They didn't even touch Go.
Once they started playing Mahjong, time passed even faster.
However, because of this, when Yang Dingtian occasionally met the West Prefecture City Lord, Ye Wuzheng, the coldness in his eyes intensified.
When Ye Feng saw Yang Dingtian, his gaze was as though he was looking at a dead man.
Just like that, Yang Dingtian played Mahjong and learned the Foxman Race's language.
They traveled during the day and rested at night.
Not to mention encountering any danger, this large group did not even meet a small thief.
Moreover, every time they passed by a city, they would receive sumptuous hospitality.
When they left the next day, the group had increased by tens to hundreds of people.
Five days before Qin Wanchou's fiftieth birthday, Yang Dingtian and the rest finally arrived at the Northwest Qin City, the true core of the Northwest Mainland.
The Young Lord of Qin City, Qin Huaiyu, personally led a group of people fifty miles outside the city to welcome them.
Of course, when Qin Huaiyu came to welcome them, Yang Dingtian was not part of it.
In fact, Qin Mengli had always insisted that he be by her side at all times. However, Yang Dingtian refused, indicating that he had no interest in power at all.
Then, under Qin Huaiyu's lead, a group of close to five thousand people entered Qin City in a grandiose manner!
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