Yan Che's fist slammed into Zhao Yige's head, and Zhao Yige twisted his body and fell to the ground to avoid the attack. The rockery behind him was instantly shattered by a punch, and he rolled twice on the ground before getting back to his feet.

Yan Che's punch was unexpected, but Zhao Yige was also on guard. If Yan Che showed his true level, Zhao Yige would not be able to dodge this blow. This is no ordinary test anymore, and every fight is a game to the death.

Zhao Yige pulled out the Chiyang Sword, and although he knew that he was not an opponent, he still politely said, "I'm on!" He learned the Red Tiger Slash from Yan Qinghou, and then swung it towards Yan Che. Yan Che was undaunted, and split the Chiyang Sword in two with a single palm. Zhao Yige had already guessed the result, but he was not afraid, he threw the broken sword in his hand at Yan Che's face, Yan Che flashed, dodging the hilt of the thrown sword, but his vision also left Zhao Yige. At this time, Zhao Yige grabbed the sword blade in the air with his bare hands, and did not hesitate because of the blood and pain shed when his left hand grabbed the sword blade, he grabbed the sword blade and plunged it into Yan Che's face. Just when the blade was about to pierce Yan Che's face, Zhao Yige blinked, came back to his senses, and returned to the scene where Yan Che called himself to the courtyard, the rockery behind him was intact, and his sword was still in the scabbard and not broken.

Everything is Yan Che's magic eye, and the scene just now happened in the spirit world. However, although the imaginary battle was over, Zhao Yige speculated that he was still the losing side from the picture that had just ended. He recalled that when the blade was plunged into Yan Che, Yan Che's right palm had already spread out, and he would be sent flying by the palm qi at any time.

"How did you know my movements?" Yan Che asked.

"Within a few days of treatment, I could feel something special around my body, and I could feel it even though I couldn't touch or see it. The moths are flapping their wings, I can feel the vibrations in the air, and when you raise your hand, I feel a wave of energy condensing. ”

"Yes, qi is a product of nature. People live in nature, but very few people can perceive qi. Swordsmanship is just a more complex action, and learning to use qi will be truly powerful. ”

"Why are you making me stronger?"

Hearing this, Yan Che couldn't help but laugh: "Haha, because I think you kid can become my opponent one day in the future." If ordinary people knew that someone could compete with them in the future, they would strangle the other party in the cradle first. But I wish there was a human being who could come out and fight against everything. You know, if in the future everyone thinks there is no hope, that's the most terrible thing. ”

The current Zhao Yige naturally didn't understand Yan Che's intentions, and actually deliberately cultivated a future opponent. But he was also well aware of the gap between himself and the other party, and he felt the sword pinned to his waist, not knowing when he would be truly strong.

While he was still thinking, Yan Che called him back to his study. At this time, Yan Qinghou was introducing the situation of the rest of the countries with the other demons, and also informed Yan Che of a piece of Lai's territory on the map of Qi Kingdom.

"According to you, this place has a very powerful swordsman, and you must have his leadership to go to Laiguo, right?" Yan Tiege asked.

Yan Qinghou nodded: "Laiguo is an island country, and it is said that there are sharks of the Deep Sea Clan in the sea area to Laiguo, if there is no one to lead them, everyone will sink to the bottom of the sea." ”

"Shark?" Yan Che asked curiously.

"Yes, mermaids are human beings who live at the bottom of the sea. They will attack passing ships, but the Lai people seem to have a special way of avoiding them. Most of our troops are water-ignorant, and if the boat capsizes, few of them will make it ashore alive. ”

"In that case, let this lad come with me and bring this man here. Yan Qinghou looked at the direction of Yan Che's finger and found that it was Zhao Yige who was asked to go with him, and he immediately objected.

"No, he's too young to be involved in this kind of thing......"

The angry green wolf grabbed Yan Qinghou's neck, lifted him high, and lifted his feet off the ground. Yan Qinghou struggled to grab the hand of the green wolf and not let himself suffocate. The green wolf said with a hateful face: "What the young master says is what it is, when will it be your turn to object?"

"Put him down," Yan Che scolded the green wolf, and the green wolf also put his hand down, and Yan Qinghou gasped after landing on the ground. "If I say anything that no one dares to say, it's no different from a dictatorship. I think that's what you humans fear the most, right? When the ruler says the same, no one will object even if he goes further and further down the wrong path. In that case, why should I go to such lengths to conquer country by country? But your worries are really unnecessary, you are worried that this young man will go with me, and even become different when he returns? A sapling planted in a greenhouse will never know that there is a blue sky outside the roof, which will limit its growth. It's like in the dark places of the Demon Realm, where trees only grow aimlessly. If you really want him to be well, let him go out and practice, and he won't grow up with it in your hands. When you're old, will you still be able to protect him?"

Yan Che's words made Yan Qinghou ashamed, and he didn't know what to do. Yan Che saw that Yan Qinghou acquiesced, and first punished the green wolf, saying that he had violated the creed by taking action against humans, and asked him to go out and run a hundred kilometers. Then he instructed the others: "Proceed with the action, this battle is a warning to the other nations, and the best is that they are all intimidated and choose to surrender, and at worst they will be killed." I'm worried about the second one, so you're going to sneak into each country and find out what's going on. It is best to subdue them without a single soldier by means of infiltration. Then everyone was arranged by Yan Che: the green wolf and the ghost Shili went to the Liang country in the north, Hua Yao and Hua Rui went to the Yong country, Ji Wumei and Yin went to the cloud country, and the shark broke the evil to investigate the merman in the sea. Yan Tiege was arranged to stay in charge of the newly taken over Qi State. Qi Guo is still unclear about the situation, there are still many problems to be solved, and a big man like Yan Tiege needs to be in charge. Yan Qinghou also wanted to go with Yan Che, but Yan Che refused, saying that he would not be able to let go of Zhao Yige if he was there, and people's emotions would restrict their development.

After everyone got the order, they dispersed one by one, and Yan Che also prepared to go back to the room. On the way, he told Zhao Yige to get up early tomorrow, and Zhao Yige left after knowing about it. On Zhao Yige's way back, Yan Qinghou stopped him halfway. Yan Qinghou obviously had a lot to say, but at this time, there seemed to be something blocked in his throat, and he couldn't speak. After the two looked at each other for a while, Yan Qinghou just told him to be careful, no matter what happened, saving his life was the most important thing.

When Yan Che returned to the door of the room, he did not enter the door. He whistled to the sky, and soon a behemoth jumped into the courtyard. This beast was the beast-transformed green wolf, and he was about to run the hundred kilometers that Yan Che had punished him. Yan Che said: "You give you a few things, and you must get them ready and delivered tomorrow morning." Then he approached the wolf and whispered, and the green wolf nodded and jumped out of the yard.

Yan Che opened the door and entered the house, and found Fu Qinggu sitting on the edge of the bed, not yet asleep. Yan Che asked why he hadn't slept since it was late at night. Fu Qinggu only said that her husband had not returned and did not dare to sleep. Yan Che naturally doesn't like some red tape and etiquette in the world, and only thinks that most of the etiquette is unfair to women. He said that there was no need to wait for him in the future, and he didn't need to sleep often. Fu Qinggu nodded and served him to undress.

Yan Che was about to fall asleep after lying in bed, but Fu Qinggu was leaning against the head of the bed, as if he had doubts. Finally, Fu Qinggu couldn't help but ask: "Why do people always say that the demon race is heinous, why do we regard you as an enemy, and you can still speak from the standpoint of human beings without reservation?"

Yan Che knew that Fu Qinggu had always had a knot in his heart, but this was not something that could be explained in a few words, so he told him the story of the ancient times that Yan Tiege had told him before:

"At that time, after Pangu opened the heavens, his primordial gods were scattered in the universe, and several of them were born in this land, namely the god of water, the king of Hades, Nuwa and the god of fire. Everywhere the water god goes, there is a vast ocean, and the most primitive life is born from the water, and soon the sea is full of life. Nuwa felt that only the water was alive, but the continent was lifeless, so she used loess to create human beings. But human beings are fragile and short-lived, and Nuwa cannot always create humans. Hades gave souls to humans and allowed them to learn to reproduce, so that they would not have to be created by Nuwa all the time. Later, there were fierce beasts on the earth, and humans were weak and unable to compete with them, and at the same time, it was difficult to survive because of cold and hunger. The god of fire gave fire to humans, and when humans had fire, they began to live freely on the earth. However, when human beings were careless and the mountains, forests and land were all set on fire, the water god led the sea water to extinguish the fire, but inadvertently drowned a large number of humans. In a fit of rage, the god of fire fights the god of water, but the god of water uses the advantage of the sea to drag the god into the sea, and the god of fire is unable to exert his divine powers in the water. Nuwa tried to dissuade the two, but was inadvertently injured by the water god. The god of fire was demonized because of Nuwa's injury, and the black flame that could be used in the water would not be extinguished seriously injured the god of water. The god of water is dying and decides to direct the sea to the sky and submerge the whole world. In the end, Nuwa used her body to make up for the holes in the sky and prevent the sea from flooding the earth. The people who survived in the world were named "demons" by the fire of sin handed down by the god of fire, and no longer believed in the god of fire. The god of fire lost his faith and turned into a fierce beast and demon race in the world with his angry body, so the human race became the enemy of the demon man, and he was unable to melt for the rest of his life. “

After listening to Yan Che's story, Fu Qinggu realized that such a thing had happened in ancient times. She also felt that the rumor had always been that three people became tigers, and if she didn't know cause and effect, she couldn't judge good and evil at will.

Yan Che continued, "Monsters are not evil in themselves, but humans are enemies of them everywhere. The living space of the demons became smaller and smaller, and it was not until my father's generation that they rose up to resist. But if you talk about this kind of thing to humans, human beings won't believe it, right? You see which human race is not afraid of the strength of the demons these days, they only have fear in their eyes, and they are afraid that the other party's strength is too strong to control and will harm themselves, so there are humans crusading against the demons. My mother has also saved a lot of demon people before, and she has always treated them equally, but unfortunately sometimes Qingshan is easy to change her nature and difficult to change. ”

Fu Qinggu lay down at this time, originally she shared the same bed with Yan Che, but her body always deliberately avoided it. This time, she took the initiative to hug Yan Che from behind.

"I believe in you, after all, your life is in my hands. ”

Yan Che closed his eyes with a smile after hearing this.

The next day, at dawn, the sun had not yet peeked out from the top of the mountain, and the sky had begun to whiten. Zhao Yige got up from the bed, washed up and prepared to go out, when he opened the door, Yan Che had already stayed there early, still holding some bulky things in his hands.

"Put them on. Yan Che threw the utensils in his hand to Zhao Yige, Zhao Yige had just taken the utensils, but he didn't expect these things to be so heavy, he didn't catch them and fell to the ground, and there was a heavy impact sound on the ground.

These were lead-inlaid bracers, each weighing thirty pounds, and four were one hundred and twenty. Yan Che asked Zhao Yige to put it on, but after Zhao Yige put it on, he only felt weak in his limbs, as if he was tied to a rope by the earth, and it was difficult to lift his arms, and he couldn't even take a step. But Yan Che didn't pay attention to him, only said that he would set off immediately and go to Liu Sheng's place, and then disappeared in front of Zhao Yige. Zhao Yige didn't think much about it, and walked out of the city with one hundred and twenty pounds of protective gear.

The territory of the Qi Kingdom is vast, and the place of Yanagi is a enclosure near the coast, and the distance is about two days, and it is estimated that it will take eight or nine days to walk. Zhao Yige could only move forward with a load, and he didn't dare to take off the protective gear on his body, nor did he dare to delay time because of rest. After walking a hundred miles, he saw Yan Che standing on a tree. His sweat blurred his vision along his forehead, and his body was also bruised, almost prostrating. Eventually, he collapsed under the tree where Yan Che was standing, lying on the ground and panting.

Yan Che didn't seem to intend to stop him, he said, "It's still far from the destination, if you feel that you can't stand it, you can remove the protective gear and return to the same place." ”

Zhao Yige struggled to support himself with both hands, he had spent more than ten years in the cage, how could he give up because of this bit of fatigue. He got up again, but his walk was staggering. His vision was blurry, and he couldn't even see the road ahead. Before his body was destroyed, his spirit was about to be unable to support it. At the moment when he was about to collapse, he felt that his feet did not feel so heavy for a very short time. The sweat-soaked eyes looked down and found that there was a red light next to the protective gear, and the breath was like a pair of invisible hands holding the protective gear. Zhao Yige had already noticed this subtle change, but his attention still had to be focused on the itinerary, and every step under him was like Mount Tai pressing down, leaving him no time to think. After walking about a hundred miles, near a river, he finally got tired and lay down, buried his head in the river, and gulped down water. When he looked up, fatigue swept through his brain, and sweat and river stinged him from opening his eyes. vaguely saw a figure on the other side of the river, and in the end, Zhao Yige couldn't hold on, and fainted from exhaustion before seeing the other party clearly.

When he woke up again, Zhao Yige was lying on an unfamiliar bed. He hurriedly got out of bed and walked out of the house. Outside the house was a mother and daughter, the woman was cutting grass to feed the cows, the girl saw Zhao Yige, and greeted her warmly: "Big brother, you're awake! Mother, big brother is awake." The woman immediately put down the hay in her hand and ran to pick up the child: "Xi'er, don't be rude to officials." ”

Zhao Yige asked, "Where is this place, and how long have I been sleeping?"

"Back to the official, this is Kengwei Village, Cangzhou. The official fainted by the river, and when my daughter saw it, she called me, and when she saw that the official could not wake up no matter how much she called, she took the liberty to let the official rest in our broken house, until the official woke up for about an hour. ”

"It's been an hour?" Zhao Yige was very surprised, blaming himself for being delayed on the road for too long, and asked, "How far is this place from Haizhou in the east?"

"There are still seven days to go to Haizhou. The dress of the official must be from Rongwu, and it is really difficult to walk in this heavy armor. I also called a lot of strong men to carry the officials into the house, even the strong men don't believe that the officials are young and weigh beyond ordinary people. If you want to go to Haizhou, it is better to buy a fast horse in Shunfeng City in Cangzhou first. ”

"Dare to ask Auntie, what time is it?"

"At the beginning, the officials haven't eaten yet, the meal has already been prepared, and I will warm it up for the officials. Please forgive me for the coarse tea and light rice. ”

The eldest lady was about to enter the kitchen, but Zhao Yige waved her hand and asked her not to go again.

"No need, it's been three hours since I got here from Pei'an City, and I still have to rush to Haizhou. ”

The eldest lady was shocked and asked in disbelief: "Isn't the official joking, right? It takes six hours to get from Pei'an to this fast horse, and it took the official three hours to arrive just on foot?"

Even Zhao Yige himself didn't believe that he had gone so far, and it was when he was wearing heavy armor. He looked up at his protective gear and saw that his arm didn't feel heavy anymore. At this time, a chicken outside the house suddenly flew up the tree and never came down. The little girl jumped out of her mother's arms and cried out in a hurry under the tree. Seeing this, Zhao Yige jumped hard, even if he was carrying a hundred and twenty pounds of protective gear, he could easily reach the chickens on the tree. Zhao Yige looked at his legs incredulously, and then handed the chicken to the child. The girl took the chicken and held it in her arms, and said to Zhao Yige: "Big brother is so powerful, big brother is not a human being, right?"

The little girl said something inadvertently, so frightened that the woman hurriedly came over and covered the child's mouth, and kept apologizing to Zhao Yige. Zhao Yige was naturally not angry, and explained: "I am a human being, you don't have to worry about this. It's just why you're asking this question?"

The little girl said, "Because a man with horns on his head came to see you." ”

Zhao Yige instantly thought of Yan Che, remembered that he had to rush to Haizhou, and was ready to say goodbye to the mother and daughter. Before leaving, the woman took out a bag of dry food and a pot of water from the kitchen and handed them to Yige, when Zhao Yige was about to pay for it, the woman refused: "The demon man before has already given me a look." I have to go without eating or drinking for twenty years to earn it, and I really deserve it. I know you're a good person, but you don't want to be in the company of demons. ”

Zhao Yige took the food and asked again, "Auntie, do you think that demon man is a heinous villain?"

I don't know how to answer that. I heard that the demon slaughtered tens of thousands of troops of the Qi Kingdom without much effort, and the child's father did not come back. If I have respect for the demons, won't I let my wife die in vain?"

Zhao Yige was silent after hearing this, in fact, the truth is sometimes easier than not. On the road to peace there will be the sacrifice of innocent people. Zhao Yige knows that it is useless for him to say more, only the ending can make the world truly understand, and even he himself is looking for the truth of this world. He said goodbye to his mother and daughter and left Kengwei Village.

On the way to run, Zhao Yige gradually saw that his speed had not slowed down at all because of the weight, and he had fallen behind him on the way. He understood that these four armors played a key role. Walking until dark, Zhao Yige finally came to Shunfeng City in Cangzhou.

When the city guards saw Zhao Yige holding the Yanguo token, they knew his identity and let him into the city. After Zhao Yige entered the city, the two city guards seemed to have made some small moves.

Zhao Yige shuttled through the city and came all the way to the east of the city. It's not too late, but most of the shops in the city are closed, and there are few people walking on the road. As he walked, he suddenly noticed something unusual in a private house on his right. He felt a lot of qi in the room, two of which disappeared in an instant. He stopped, looking at the room, and then at the east gate of the city, which was not far away, and hesitated there.

At this time, there were also two pairs of eyes in that room, watching him in the dark.