Peace Order
Chapter 389 - 166: Cunning Hero, Hero, Turning the Tide!_2

Chapter 389: Chapter 166: Cunning Hero, Hero, Turning the Tide!_2

"My strategy has already extinguished Tuyuhun of the Western Regions, and the Turkic will also be estranged, Chen Country must now be weakened, standing in front is my mortal enemy."

Yue Pengwu was still able to control his emotions.

When he was young, he was stubborn and hot-tempered, uncontrollable when angered, but having commanded an army for long, he had been tempered. The youth of those years had long since donned armor and grown a beard, able to read military texts and write fine poetry, his eyes deep as he said:

"Unification of the World, but how long will such a unification last? Will there not arise new overlords? They too will continue to follow your so-called [weaken one country, strengthen another, disrupt the world]."

"Illegitimately gained power will not endure; your so-called unification of the world is merely turning the culture of Central Earth into nothing but sinister ploys!"

Tantai Xianming said, "Lords of chaos are the root of troubled times, it is your so-called nobility and righteousness that has caused the people to suffer through three hundred years of endless chaos!"

Yue Pengwu could no longer contain himself, he laughed a few times in great anger:

"The common people?!"

The nearby Poison Blood Pool stirred, chains rattling:

"With a single word from you, warriors must fight to the death, charging with heads held high."

"The term ’common people’ in your mouth, is that just a mere number? Is it just the so-called grand trend, Prime Minister has been in office too long, looked at too many files, already forgetting what people are, trading 60 years of flesh and blood for unification of the world?"

"In your eyes, are the common people reduced to mere words? Are there individuals left?! Do you know that when a city falls, men are beheaded, women enslaved?"

"Do you know the enemy generals fly kites over the city walls, using spears to hoist children, pulling out their intestines to use as strings? Do you know how barefoot scavenging came to be?!"

"You parade righteousness, for a peaceful world, sipping tea in the Prime Minister’s Mansion, thinking suffering is grandeur, such profound enmity, pain as if swords cut through bones, the cost of your strategy, yet borne only by the people of the Central Plains! Today you claim it’s for the unification of the world, yet you plunge the country into chaos."

"And if in the future there’s a corrupt emperor, will you do this again?"

"After all, since it won’t cost you anything, it’s only others who bleed."

"Are you selling out the people of Jiangnan just to become a dog for the Emperor of Ying Country?"

Yue Pengwu clenched his fists, the chains clattered, he was still young, his blood still fierce, and blurted out in a curse:

"Eternal damnation, will you bear it?"

"Even an old traitor like you can’t bear the weight of a single human life."

Tantai Xianming did not answer, only softly said:

"For one general’s success, thousands perish."

"Your wars, the dead and wounded commoners are no fewer than those caused by my strategy."

"Three hundred years of chaos, what has it brought? I no longer want to say anything, Tantai Xianming is destined to bear eternal damnation, all I want, is only one thing now, unification of the world, what I want, is the ultimate victory."

"Yue Pengwu, do you really think, your so-called righteousness is more important than victory?"

Tantai Xianming said: "Both the Taiping Army and Yue Family Army have not harmed a single commoner, this saying of mine was unnecessary, you don’t need to muster your power anymore, I know, you want to kill me here, but the chaos in Chen Country is like a runaway horse, unstoppable."

"This poison is the most extreme in the world; your power ranks among the top ten Divine Generals, almost the same age and power as the Taiping Duke of years past, but this deadly poison has corroded for so long, your power probably only remains enough to protect your vital channels right?"

"I am unwilling to kill you, in your condition, it would be hard for you to stir up trouble, just leave here."

Tantai Xianming lowered his eyes, he handed over a letter, the letter floating up in the air, it was a family letter, with immature handwriting from Yue Pengwu’s child, who was just over four years old, Tantai Xianming said softly, "Pretend to be dead and go live with your wife and son."

"You’ve been battling far and wide, have you forgotten what your son even looks like? Let go of the chaos of the world."

"After you leave, do not come back."

Yue Pengwu looked at the elderly man in front of him, Tantai Xianming sensed the genuine murderous intent, the old man gazing at Yue Pengwu, Tantai Xianming with a complex expression sighed, seeing the framed general close his eyes, Yue Pengwu seemed to drop his hands.

He thought of his wife and children, whom he had barely seen since the birth of his child.

The family letter fell into the toxic blood of the Poison Blood Pool, Yue Pengwu thought of his family and homeland, the heart of the thirty-something general felt torn apart, then he opened his eyes, the blood in the Poison Blood Pool surged, drenching the letter, Tantai Xianming’s expression slightly tensed.

An imposing blade force rose the moment he handed over the letter.

The chains were stretched to their limits.

The material of the mystical weapon showed cracks, then in an instant burst apart, twisting, time seemed to pause, Yue Pengwu seemed always to have been waiting for Tantai Xianming to come close enough, waiting for this opportunity.

His right hand suddenly turned, the chain whistling as it wrapped around his fist.

Then he smashed it down fiercely.

Boom!!!

On Tantai Xianming’s body, Vast Righteous Qi and Qi Fortune surged, fiercely withstanding the punch.

Tantai Xianming’s gaze remained calm: "With this poison in you, what use are you?"

"Your wife and children are still waiting for you."

The no-longer-young famed general replied:

"It’s not only Yue Pengwu who has children in this world."

Yue Pengwu looked into the eyes of Tantai Xianming, understanding now, Tantai Xianming was deliberately provoking him, wanting him to have a rush of poison to his heart, and die here, indeed the poison had already entered his heart channels, Yue Pengwu eyed the cold strategist in front of him, the deadly poison flooding his body, his vision slightly blurred.