Yi Qingfeng, Mu Qianqian, Xiang Chen, Wu Renliang and the four of them followed Guan Yan all the way forward, and finally arrived at the land of Yuan Barren after half a month of arduous trekking, only to see that the style of this place is very different from the green mountains and green waters where Chongyue Mountain is located, and the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River of the small bridge and flowing water is very different, the terrain is relatively flat, there are rolling mountains, but the vegetation on the mountain is scarce, mostly shrubs, the residents are generally healthy, and they exude a trace of ruthlessness, which does not look very friendly, and most of the houses they live in are built up with large stones, and the air is relatively dry.

When Yi Qingfeng and the four of them first arrived, they suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, and Mu Qianqian coughed lightly and said, "The air in this place is so dry, my throat can't stand it." ”

Yi Qingfeng hurriedly handed over the water bag and said, "Qianqian, drink some water, it will feel better." ”

Qianqian took the water bag, took a few mouthfuls of water into her throat, and immediately felt much better.

Guan Yan said: "The weather here is dry, you must not be used to it when you first come, it will be much better to stay for a while." ”

Xiang Chen said: "Hall Master, how far is it from the station, if it is still far away, it is better to find a place to rest, I am afraid everyone is a little tired." ”

Guan Yan said: "What Hall Master Xiang said is that there are still a few hours away from the station, so let's take a rest first, there is an inn in front." As he spoke, he led the people forward.

Everyone stepped into the inn, and immediately ordered some drinks and snacks to satisfy their hunger, Wu Renliang said while eating: "Brother Guan, what is the name of this place, but what are the hostile forces?"

Guan Yan said: "This place is called Dongliang City, it is the largest town in the east of the Yuan Barren Land, and it is also the headquarters of our Wuzong School Branch, the biggest hostile force here is the "Black Dragon Sect", and the three demons in charge are the "Black Hand Three Demons" who were famous twenty years ago. ”。

Yi Qingfeng said: "What is the strength of these three people, and what are their housekeeping skills?"

Guan Yan said: "This Guan can't say clearly at a certain time, only if I have personally fought with them, I know how many catties and taels there are, but I have heard that these three people are quite a bit of a city government, and they are easy not to show their true skills." ”

Xiang Chen snorted coldly: "That's not forced to that point, right, if it's a matter of life and death, you can't even use the strength to breastfeed?"

Guan Yan said: "Hall Master Xiang's words are clear, the so-called masters are just relatively speaking, they can hide their moves in front of some people, and I am afraid that they are not even qualified to call the board in front of others." ”

Everyone talked some gossip again, and seeing that it was not early, Guan Yan got up and said, "Everyone, let's take a break for a while, let's work harder and continue to hurry." ”

Yi Qingfeng said: "This road is nothing to us, but we are a little unaccustomed to the climate here, so I feel tired when I walk." As he spoke, he walked towards the door with Mu Qianqian, Xiang Chen, and Wu Renliang.

The group walked forward again, and finally arrived at the branch headquarters at the westward end of the sun. I saw that the houses in a huge city were scattered, the walls were tight, and from time to time there were warriors wearing armor and holding guns and swords shuttling back and forth, as if it was a military aircraft center, Guan Yan took Yi Qingfeng and the four of them through the camp square and walked towards a high-rise building.

A sergeant under his command had already rushed away to report the news to Jiang Chao, who was handling official business in the high-rise hall, Jiang Chao was overjoyed and said: "They are here, let me wait so hard, hurry up and gather all the leaders over, I want to welcome the distinguished guests." The subordinate said respectfully, "Yes, Elder." He hurried away.

After a while, more than a dozen leaders of all sizes gathered outside the main hall, Jiang Chao stood in the middle of the crowd and looked at Yi Qingfeng and the others who came from afar with a smile on his face, Guan Yan stepped forward quickly and said, "Elder Jiang, Master Wen has sent four young and promising disciples with superior strength to help us. ”

Yi Qingfeng, Mu Qianqian, Xiang Chen, and Wu Renliang bowed and said, "The disciple has seen Elder Jiang and the leaders. ”

Jiang Chao laughed and said: "I have long heard Senior Brother Wen say that the four are rare martial arts wonders, and it is better to be famous than to meet. As he spoke, he led the four of them into the main hall and sat down.

After sitting down, Jiang Chao introduced his leaders and the four of them to each other, and then briefly described the general situation of the entire branch hall. After listening to Jiang Chao's story, Yi Qingfeng said: "Elder Jiang, before we left, the head of the sect carefully explained and asked us to fully cooperate with the elders. There is only one thing, the situation in the Wanchen Continent is now changeable, and it is not certain that one day the demons of the Demon Domain and the enemy army of the Beast Clan will attack in a big way, so I hope to quickly clear the enemy troops in the Yuan Desolate Land. ”

Jiang Chao said with a smile: "Elder Yi is really anxious, your mood Jiang can understand, but you are new to the city and the journey is tiring, it is better to take care of your spirits first, Jiang has ordered someone to prepare wine and food, and we will talk while eating." As he spoke, he led the crowd towards the dining room.

Three days later, except for Guan Yan and more than 100 soldiers who stayed at the station, the rest of the soldiers and horses were personally commanded by Jiang Chao to go towards Gaoling Mountain in the north of the city, preparing to fire the first shot of the decisive battle between good and evil in the land of Yuan Desolate. After half a day's march, the army arrived at a wilderness only a few kilometers away from Gaoling Mountain, and Jiang Chao ordered to set up camp and make a fire to cook.

All the soldiers were obviously well-trained, and they immediately took action, each performing his duties, and not being in order, Yi Qingfeng saw it in his eyes and sighed secretly: "Elder Jiang really governs the army strictly, so many soldiers do not show any chaos in their actions, this skill is indeed admirable." ”

Xiang Chen, who felt the same way, asked, "Elder Jiang, these soldiers under your command have all been trained by you with good strength, so it must have taken a lot of painstaking work, right?"

Jiang Chao said with a smile: "That's natural, these soldiers of mine are all carefully selected, they are all good men full of righteous power, and they follow me from birth to death without fear." ”

Wu Renliang said: "With such a heroic army, why can't you sweep away the enemy army?"

Jiang Chao said: "With the auspicious words of the master of the witch hall, I hope to win today." As he spoke, he led the people into the tent to eat.

After finishing the meal, Jiang Chao began to dispatch troops to attack the lair of the "Black Dragon Sect", and the three hall masters Han Lei, Qin Youcheng, and Tang Hong each led a thousand soldiers and horses to divide into three roads and prepared to attack the three gates of the Black Dragon Sect cottage, Han Lei attacked the main gate located in the south direction, and Qin Youcheng and Tang Hong attacked the side gates located on the east and west sides respectively.

Seeing the enemy attacking, Zhou Shao, the leader of the "Black Dragon Sect", who had already received the news before, said with a pale face: "Second brother, third brother, Jiang Chao's guy has eaten the gall of the bear's heart and leopard, and he dares to lead the troops to attack, we have to give them a good taste." ”

Zhu Shixiong, the second master, said: "Don't worry, big brother, and let the younger brother go to meet those dog thieves first." ”

Zhou Shao said: "Okay, the eldest brother is here to wait for the second brother to triumph." Zhou Shao didn't say a word, put on his clothes, picked up his weapons, and led a team of soldiers and horses away.

It turned out that Chao Lei, who came from three ways, was the first to arrive at the main city gate to call for battle, only to see him riding a jujube red war horse, holding a sharp spear, standing proudly under the city gate and scolding: "You pigs and dogs are not as good as fools, the master of the hall was ordered to take the life of the dogs, and the acquaintance quickly opened the city gate and left you a whole corpse, otherwise the master of the hall will be blamed for stepping on your bird city, so that you will have no place to die." ”

Han Lei scolded for a while, and suddenly the huge city gate slowly opened, and then a team of soldiers and horses rushed out from inside, the leader had a wide face, a tiger's back, and his eyes were open, looking murderous. This person is Zhu Shixiong, the second leader of the "Black Dragon Sect", he looked at Han Lei angrily and said: "Who is my Dao who is making a big fuss here, it turns out that it is your turtle grandson, where is Jiang Chao's house, let him come out to see me quickly." ”

Han Lei snorted coldly: "If you want to see Elder Jiang, first ask me if the spear in my hand will agree." Saying that, he slapped the horse forward, and at the same time stabbed Zhu Shixiong with the spear in his hand, only to see a cold light flying out quickly, Zhu Shixiong was not to be outdone, a black iron hammer in his hand suddenly had a cold light, and it instantly swelled several times to meet it, and a roar came, and Han Lei's full force returned in vain.

Zhu Shixiong sneered: "Dog thief, how can you compete with the divine weapon of this seat with the broken thing in your hand, and suffer death." Saying that, the body rose from the horse, and then the hammer in his hand was waved wildly in the air, only to see the hammer set off a terrifying terrible whirlwind, as if even the space was distorted, as the hammer fell with all its strength, a terrifying cold light several feet high fell towards Han Lei's head with the momentum of opening the mountain and Zhenyue, Han Lei saw that Zhu Shixiong's attack was so fierce, and the true qi in his body was urged to the extreme at the critical moment, and at the same time, the spear in his hand was raised above his head and spun at high speed like a windmill, only to see a gang qi that was also several feet high roaring to meet it, and a huge earth-shattering sound came, and the attacks made by the two slammed together。

Han Lei only felt a sharp pain coming from the tiger's mouth where he was holding the spear, and he flew out several meters away with a scream, and at the same time the spear in his hand flew out of his hand. Zhu Shixiong took the lead and roared loudly: "Brothers, follow me and kill them." Saying that, he led his soldiers to rush forward to kill, Han Lei had to endure the pain and lead the army to resist, a burst of swords and swords, after you came and went, the two sides were killed and wounded by each other, and Han Lei's side suffered heavy casualties, and he finally left hundreds of soldiers behind and returned defeated. Zhu Shixiong opened the banner victoriously and laughed: "I don't know what to say if such a pusbag dares to come to call for war." As he spoke, he led the troops back.

Zhou Shao was overjoyed when he saw Zhu Shixiong returning victorious: "The second brother is really heroic, come and come, come and drink a glass of celebration wine." Zhu Shixiong took the wine glass and drank it all and said: "Jiang Chao really has no one in his eyes, and he dares to come to call for battle after only sending a hall master, even if he goes out in person, this seat may not be afraid of him." ”

Jiang Cao, the third master, said: "What the second brother said is extremely true, Jiang Chao thinks that he can do whatever he wants in this wasteland with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands, which is really a fool's dream. ”

The three of them talked and laughed for a while, and suddenly one of their subordinates hurriedly entered and said, "Sect Master, the west gate has been fiercely attacked by the enemy, and the guards are a little unable to support it, so they ask for help. ”

Zhou Shao said angrily: "This Jiang Chao really doesn't shed tears when he sees the coffin, third brother, you take a group of soldiers and horses to take a look, this time they will all be annihilated." ”

Jiang Cao got up and said, "Yes, eldest brother, junior brother will go immediately." As he spoke, he put on his armor and walked out of the door.

At this time, Qin Youcheng was leading a large army to attack at the west gate, only to see the soldiers and horses on both sides swinging out and fighting fiercely, the soldiers of the Black Dragon Sect were condescending by virtue of their geographical advantages, and they attacked the enemy group that rushed up, only to see countless sharp arrows whistling out like raindrops, but Qin Youcheng's troops were also prepared, and they were advancing step by step with their shields held high.

Seeing that he was about to attack under the gate, suddenly the gate opened with a bang, and then a group of soldiers in armor and sharp weapons in their hands came out like wolves and tigers. At the head of the pack was Jiang Cao, who rode a black steed and held a silver spear and stabbed several people to the ground in just a few rounds.

Qin Youcheng saw Jiang Cao's succession and shouted angrily: "Dog thief, Hugh is unreasonable, and eat me a trick." Saying that, he flew towards him with a long sword in his hand, only to see a sword shadow flashing, and a sharp cold light that was more than a foot high rushed towards Jiang Cao's face door like lightning, Jiang Cao didn't dare to slack off, and at the same time his body flew backwards, the spear in his hand swept out a violent gang qi to meet it, and a roar came, and the attacks of the two turned into nothing.

Jiang Cao's eyes were fierce and glared at Qin Youcheng angrily and said, "Dog, dare to attack my Black Dragon Sect, you think your life is too long, right?"

Qin Youcheng's face was cold and said: "Evil thief, you can't forgive you for doing many evils, so if you know each other, hurry up and arrest you." ”

Jiang Cao laughed and said: "Dog, do you think you are the Jade Emperor of Heaven or the King of Hell, it is not your turn to make irresponsible remarks if you do evil or not." ”

Qin Youcheng said: "Evil thief, if you don't repent, then the hall master has no choice but to do the right thing for heaven." As he spoke, he swung his sword and pounced. I saw one after another sharp cold light stabbing towards the vital points around Jiang Cao's body, and Jiang Cao shouted angrily: "It's a good time." As he spoke, the spear in his hand waved wildly, only to see a fierce roar of anger roaring out, blasting all the cold light that rushed in.

Blocking a blow, Jiang Cao was unwilling to be beaten passively and fought back, only to see the silver spear in his hand with a cold light, with an angry shout, he brandished the spear and stabbed out one powerful attack after another, Qin Youcheng did not dare to be careless in the face of wave after wave of attacks, he swung his long sword with all his attention and slashed out one cold light after another to resist, both sides have their own skills, you come and go, and in the blink of an eye, dozens of moves will be exchanged.

With the passage of time, Qin Youcheng's strength was slightly inferior and gradually fell into disadvantage, Jiang Cao became more and more courageous and pressed step by step, wanting to put Qin Youcheng to death, only to see the spear in his hand swept out one after another, and one after another cold light was unstoppable towards Qin Youcheng's whole body, Qin Youcheng was horrified, the long sword in his hand slashed out wildly, setting off several waves of qi to resist, and after a burst of explosion, Qin Youcheng was hit by a huge energy and retreated a few steps one after another.

Jiang Cao was overjoyed and said: "Fool, suffer death!" Saying that, his body rose to the sky, and at the same time, the spear in his hand swept out in the air with all his might, as if the air was about to be exploded, only to see a dazzling cold light slashing down on Qin Youcheng's head with an overwhelming momentum, Qin Youcheng's face turned pale with fright, he roared wildly, the long sword in his hand waved wildly, only to see countless sword shadows roaring out and flying out in the air to form a sword formation in front of him, the violent cold light hit the sword formation fiercely, a loud bang came, Qin Youcheng took the long sword in his hand and flew away, and then spit blood from his mouth and retreated several steps again.

Seeing that the situation was not good, he shouted: "Retreat!" As he spoke, he spread out his body and fled towards Tang Hong's unit at the east gate, Jiang Youcheng was unwilling to stop there, he shouted: "Brothers, kill with me!"

At this time, Tang Hong, who was preparing to attack the city gate, saw that the friendly army was defeated, and hurriedly commanded the troops to come to the rescue, and the soldiers and horses on both sides were in close contact with each other and it was a bloody battle, countless screams came, and the corpses on the scene were all over the field and the blood flowed like a river, and finally the two sides each killed and wounded hundreds of soldiers to end the battle.

Jiang Cao's armor was stained with blood and returned to the city, Zhou Shao and Zhu Shixiong stepped forward and said, "Third brother, how is it, are you injured?"

Jiang Cao said: "Eldest brother and second brother, rest assured, the younger brother is not injured, and the enemy army has been repelled by me." ”

Zhou Shao was overjoyed and said: "Today, the second brother and the third brother fought bravely against the enemy, and it was very hard, so let's hurry up and rest early with some wine and food." As he spoke, he ordered the food and wine to be served, and the three of them sat down and immediately began to eat and drink.

Let's say that Han Dang, Qin Youcheng, and Tang Hong returned defeated, Jiang Chao said with a pale face: "I didn't expect Zhou Shao, Zhu Shixiong, and Jiang Cao to be so good, and they lost thousands of soldiers and horses in today's battle, how can this be good?"

All the soldiers in the audience were silent, and after a while, Jiang Chao continued: "It's hateful, I thought that today's battle had a few chances of winning, but I didn't expect to lose in a mess, it seems that I really underestimated the strength of the Black Dragon Sect, so it is difficult to go back home like this." He said with a worried look on his face

Yi Qingfeng got up and said: "Elder Jiang doesn't have to be sad, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, tomorrow Xiang Chen, Qianqian, and Renliang are willing to meet the gang of thieves of the Black Dragon Sect." ”

Jiang Chao's face softened slightly: "Then it's the four of you, you should have rested for a few more days when you first arrived." ”

Yi Qingfeng said: "Elder Jiang doesn't have to be polite, the four of us are here to eliminate the thieves, and if we stand idly by, we will have the teachings of the master." ”

Jiang Chao said: "Well said, then tomorrow will be the four of you to fight." So saying, the people dispersed.