The entire Ancient Loulan Kingdom had experienced the destruction of the mechanical giant. From the Loulan Palace to the Loulan Square to all kinds of buildings, it had been reduced to ruins.
Now that Yan Dan and Xiang Shaoyu had fled in defeat, and Master Gen and the other members of the Eight Petites had died at the hands of Li Wu and Granny Kun, everything returned to normal.
Great Si Ming and Young Si Ming supported each other as they walked to stand behind Ying Zheng, standing beside Bai Qi and Lu Bu. Ge Nie's eyes were filled with fighting spirit as he stood behind Ying Zheng as well.
During this trip to Loulan, Ying Zheng had hatched two Insect leaders who were at the peak of the Flower Condensation Realm, and he himself had broken through to the middle stage of the Connate Realm. His strength had made a qualitative leap.
Ge Nia was only at the peak of the Xiantian Realm, and his master, Guigu 'zi, was probably only at the Flower Condensation Realm. How many people in this world were at Guigu' zi's level? Thus, the God of Death Baiqi and the God of War Lu Bu were not weak.
Moreover, Ying Zheng had also obtained the dragon souls, treasures, and everything else from Loulan, and ruined the reputation of Yan Dan and the Xiang Clan.
At present, there were only a few hundred people left in Loulan. No matter if they were afraid or not, they were all kneeling down in front of Ying Zheng under the lead of the High Priest.
The next day, the mechanical boat set sail again. The hundreds of Great Qin soldiers brought by Gongshu Chou and Ying Zheng were also revived by Granny Kun's medicine. Great Si Ming, Young Si Ming, and the others had also recovered quite a bit after a night of recuperation.
The Black Dragon Flag of Great Qin was raised and fluttered above the mechanical boat. Ying Zheng, who had returned with a full load, brought a group of Loulan people, who were full of confusion about the future, back to Great Qin.
In the blink of an eye, a month passed.
Over the past month, Great Si Ming, Young Si Ming, Ge Nie, and the others had been busy adjusting their breathing and recuperating due to their injuries in Loulan. Moreover, they had even entered closed-door cultivation in the past few days. Perhaps, they had suffered too much from Ying Zheng, Lu Bu, and Baiqi in Loulan.
With Li Si helping him deal with some complicated state affairs, Ying Zheng's life was quite relaxed. He enjoyed the flowers, played chess, and planned for the future. It was also a unique experience.
However, for Yan Dan and the Xiang Clan of Chu, this month was as difficult as a few centuries. Every day, every night, every minute, and every second was torture for them. It was a nightmare and cruelty.
Xiang Shaoyu and Long Qie had never expected that Yan Dan, who had activated the mechanical giant, would not be able to defeat Ying Zheng. And this was also the beginning of their nightmare.
Xiang Shaoyu and Long Qie had led hundreds of Chu elites to Loulan to seize the dragon soul, but they were completely annihilated. Only the two of them had escaped in a sorry state.
As a result, the other generals in the Chu army were very dissatisfied with Xiang Shaoyu and Long Qie, the two defeated generals. Xiang Shaoyu's father had no choice but to order Long Qie and Xiang Shaoyu to be punished.
However, just as Long Qie and Xiang Shaoyu were about to receive their punishment, news that made them even more desperate came.
Ancient Loulan was not a legend. It was real. The people of Loulan lived happily and peacefully in Loulan, guarding everything left behind by the ancient god Chi You.
However, not long ago, the Xiang Clan of Chu and Prince Dan of Yan suddenly led a large group of soldiers and the Eight Petites Assassins to invade the Ancient Loulan Kingdom and massacre the people of Loulan, reducing the tens of thousands of Loulan people to only a few hundred.
In the end, the massacred Loulan people were saved by the King of Qin. The kind-hearted King of Qin even set up a small city in Great Qin for them to live in, allowing the pitiful Loulan people to continue living in Great Qin.
This matter was also spread by the hundreds of surviving Loulan citizens. When Xiang Shaoyu and Long Qie received the news, it had already spread to the whole world.
Not only that, but the storytellers, who were eager to see the world in chaos, also adapted this incident into dozens of tragic and poignant stories of murder and treasure snatching. They continued to tell stories in inns, under bridges, and in teahouses.
What was even more terrifying was that these storytellers didn't just tell the story.
In the stories of the storytellers, the people of Loulan were so hardworking and kind, and their tragic experiences were so miserable and tragic. It was simply heartbreaking for those who heard it.
All of this made the people who were listening to the books and watching the show cry sadly every time they heard this. They would curse Yan Dan and the others for voicing their grievances for the poor people of Loulan.
And because Ying Zheng had saved the pitiful survivors of the Loulan Kingdom, his kindness and benevolence were widely publicized. For a time, Ying Zheng's reputation of benevolence and love for the people had spread throughout the world, and he was praised and respected by the world. This had also attracted a lot of people and talents to the Qin Kingdom.
After all, the current Ying Zheng was not the Ying Zheng who had unified the six states, and the reputation of the Violent Qin had yet to spread.
Compared to Ying Zheng, who loved the people with benevolence and righteousness, Yan Dan and Xiang Shaoyu, who slaughtered the people of Loulan and robbed them of their treasures, were nothing more than animals in human clothing.
Not only did Yan Dan and the others execute the 'kill, burn, and rob' policy on the Loulan people, but they also took away all the treasures of the Loulan Kingdom and slaughtered the defenseless Loulan people without mercy.
Yan Dan and Xiang Shaoyu's behavior was simply a complete injustice. The listeners were angry and the listeners were cursing. Every time the storyteller talked about how Yan Dan and Xiang Shaoyu slaughtered the people of Loulan, the listeners would scold Yan Dan and Xiang Shaoyu for being beasts in human skin, beasts in human clothes, and despicable villains who deserved to die.
In short, Yan Dan and Xiang Shaoyu's fame had spread throughout the entire Qin Shi World in just a month's time. From the ninety-year-old to the children, everyone was denouncing Yan Dan and Xiang Shaoyu.
There were also countless Confucian scholars who advocated benevolence and criticized Yan Dan and Xiang Shaoyu in writing. They used the power of words to expose their heinous crimes, criticized and publicized their atrocities. This undoubtedly added insult to injury to Yan Dan and Xiang Shaoyu, who were already full of wounds.
For a time, Yan Dan and Xiang Shaoyu, who had been cursed for thousands of years, became the target of everyone's hatred. Countless people pointed at them, cursed, and criticized them. Their reputations were so bad that it was not an exaggeration to say that they would be notorious for thousands of years.
And all of this was not only because of their trip to Loulan, but also because they were all Ying Zheng's enemies.
Perhaps Ying Zheng had done all these things in secret, but he had pushed all the blame onto Yan Dan and Xiang Shaoyu, which was too cruel for them.
Perhaps all of this was forced by Ying Zheng through an open scheme, and it was too unfair for them to let Yan Dan and Xiang Shaoyu bear this eternal infamy.
But don't forget, he was Ying Zheng, an emperor, a Villianist.
As an emperor who had transmigrated, as a supreme being who would unify the world.
Ying Zheng knew better than anyone else how much of a threat these people posed to him. Therefore, he had to let these people live in a nightmare and despair, so that they would not pose any threat to him even if they were still alive. He could even make these people his chess pieces, so that he could better carry out his plan.
Just like Yan Dan before, it would be easy for Ying Zheng to kill him. However, it would be more beneficial for Ying Zheng if Yan Dan was alive than if he was dead, because Ying Zheng's follow-up plan still needed Yan Dan to help him.
Of course, this did not mean that Ying Zheng would let Yan Dan off easily.
The disfigured face, the departure and disappointment of his friends and confidants, the denouncement of the world, the criticism of the Confucians, the scheming of the brothers in the palace, the doubts of his father and the ministers, and so on were enough for Yan Dan to drink a pot of water.
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