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Chapter 720: The Crowd That Pierces Through the Rain

Murong Yan didn't want to see it, but after thinking about it, the Emperor of Eastern Chu specially sent an envoy and introduced these foreigners from the Principality of Rus very seriously, and he should still take a look. Since these days, there has been a very close relationship between Murong Yan and the Eastern Chu royal family, and there are many common topics between the two emperors.

Eastern Chu was robbed of most of the land by the Great Sui, and Nanyan survived under the pressure of the Great Sui.

Now, Da Sui is sick and has fallen ill. Dong Chu and Nanyan, two countries that could only smile and bow in the face of the Great Sui, began to sharpen their swords. Of course, even so, they still had no way to make up for the sick Da Sui. Maybe they can do their best to bite off a piece of meat on Da Sui's body, but biting this piece of meat will also break off a mouthful of their teeth.

Moreover, their hatred for the Great Sui cannot be resolved with a single bite.

Therefore, Murong Yan believed that the Eastern Chu Emperor would not cheat himself, because only the alliance of the two countries could get back some more face from the Great Sui. Especially Nanyan, needless to say, the huge and powerful Great Sui Empire at the beginning, just Fang Jie's Black Flag Army in Pingshang Road made him pressure enough.

If he hadn't sent troops to invade the Pingshang Road before, he wouldn't have to sit on pins and needles like this now. But at that time, the opportunity was too good, and he firmly believed that no one would give up. Luo Yao led his troops out of Pingshangdao, and joined forces with the Su people, with the little strength in Luo Qiu's hands, he would definitely not be able to stop him.

There is no doubt that his decision was not wrong.

It's just that he was unlucky, and the man named Fang Xie appeared in Pingshang Road with a powerful army for some reason. first defeated his army, then slaughtered hundreds of thousands of people, and relied on bloody killings to snatch back the Pingshang Road. Not only that, but he also designed to trap and kill dozens of Tusi of the Su people, including the Su King Tuhun Duobe, in one fell swoop in Baishui City, so that now the civil strife of the Su people is difficult to control.

In order to compete for the position and territory of the Tusi, now the Su people are killing each other to the point of appalling.

The Su people have always been a disunited people, and there has never been trust between the various tribes. Now that Toast has died so much, the rest of Toast is all busy expanding his territory. Murong Yan had to praise Fang Jie's hand was so beautiful, even he couldn't do better.

Having lost this powerful ally, Murong Yan knew that the Sui people's revenge would definitely come. On the one hand, he sent people to seal the border, closing all the gates of the city and not allowing anyone to enter or leave. On the one hand, he began to send people to frequent contacts with the Eastern Chu State, trying to get support from Eastern Chu.

The Emperor of Eastern Chu hit it off with him, Eastern Chu needed the existence of Southern Yan, and as long as Southern Yan was not destroyed, part of the Sui army would be pinned down in the southwest of Great Sui. For Dong Chu, this is a good thing. Moreover, Dongchu's support for Nanyan was not in vain. Murong Yan paid a lot of price to get the Emperor of Eastern Chu to agree to an alliance between the two sides.

But what Murong Yan didn't expect was that the so-called support of the Eastern Chu Emperor only sent a few high-spirited so-called Rus' nobles, and a team of no more than five hundred. Murong Yan didn't think that such an army could defeat Fang Jie's terrible cavalry. Of course, there are still some people who come secretly, only Murong Yan and a few of his cronies know, because these people are involved in the secrets of Dongchu.

But now that he is here, he is also curious about what powerful things these self-confident and arrogant foreigners have brought.

Murong Yan left the dragon chair and slowly walked down the pedestal.

The Rus' countryman, who called himself Pokov, smiled and turned to walk out. This rude behavior made Murong Yan a little annoyed, and the rude Ross people actually walked in front of him. In Nanyan, no one dares to do this. Even the heads of those families in the south have always maintained enough respect for him on the surface.

Murong shamefully walked out of the Azure Hall and stood at the door of the main hall waiting for Pokov to show the gift he brought.

Pokov, dressed in leggings and riding boots, walked to the square in front of the main hall, first straightened his bow tie, and then asked someone to turn around an object pulled behind the carriage at the door, and he walked to the side of the thing with some triumph, and reached out to lift the red cloth covering it. A black thing appeared in front of Murong Yan, and it looked like a very large thing, as if it were a strangely shaped sculpture.

However, Murong Yan could see that this thing should be made of iron.

Next to it, there was a large wooden box, which contained black iron balls about the size of a coconut, separated by straw and cotton cloth, as if they were precious.

"I know that there are many mages in the Central Plains."

Pokov said: "There are also many such amazingly gifted mages in our Rus' principality, they are respected and rich. Because they have in their hands an unimaginable power that is terrifying. In the Rus' kingdom, the status of mages was even higher than that of the nobility. However, even those mages don't dare to be presumptuous in front of me. ”

"This is the power of technology, and the power of people is starting to become small."

Pokov said: "This thing is called artillery. ”

He stroked the swarthy artillery cannon and said with some emotion: "Sooner or later, the power of science and technology will be so powerful that all human power is beyond the reach of the dust." In the face of technology, no matter how powerful an individual is, he can only have a noble head underground. Of course, it's not that time yet. But...... In my opinion, it is not far off. ”

"A country can use more and more scientific and technological power, then it can get rid of the shackles of relying on manpower before. I know that the Central Plains is a powerful empire, but it is too backward. Their army, no matter how strong, is nothing more than a saber-wielding man. And what you see, Your Majesty, is a murder weapon that appeared specifically for the purpose of war. ”

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The light rain was still falling, and it seemed that the gray sky was very low, and when you looked up at the sky, there was a kind of pressure to be overlooked by something. The raindrops were small but fine, and at first they fell to the ground and quickly disappeared into the ground. But after two hours, the earth began to be filled with rain.

Fang Xie looked at the rain curtain outside in a daze, and he always had a bad premonition in his heart.

This premonition was not just now, but it was already there when I was in Yongzhou. That's why he left Yongzhou first, planning to go to the border city of Nanyan to see it in person. Ever since Luo Yao died in the fire, in fact, this kind of uneasiness has always existed in Fang Jie's heart. Fang Xie thought it was the pressure brought by the black shadow that swallowed Luo Yao's cultivation and soul, but after thinking about it carefully, this uneasiness didn't seem to be just because of this.

Thinking of that black shadow, Fang Jie's brows couldn't help but furrow.

After so many days, Fang Xie could already confirm that the black shadow was not an illusory thing. That kind of look, Fang Xie can still remember it clearly when he closes his eyes. Fang Xie always felt that he had never seen such a look, but after thinking about it for a long time, he didn't find any fragments related to this look from his memory.

Quite simply, the first method used in the solution is the elimination method.

From the people he knew or heard of, he looked for someone who matched the dark shadow that day.

First of all, it is impossible for the Great Wheel Ming King, and neither is it possible for Yang Qi.

These two people were seen by Fang Xie with his own eyes, and that day, under that majestic momentum, King Dalun Ming and Yang Qi came to the end of their lives together. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Fang Xie would have suspected that the black shadow was the Great Wheel Ming King. Because he can easily unlock Luo Yao's Vajra Realm, easily devour Luo Yao's cultivation, and take Luo Yao's soul away, only the Great Wheel Ming King can do this, because the two of them are one person.

Then Fang Jie's first thought was Da Zizi, although Fang Xie had never seen this person, but Fang Xie knew that Da Zizi definitely shouldn't be a guy who could be killed easily. How could a person who dared to attack the Great Wheel Ming King easily admit defeat? Fang Xie had heard rumors about Da Zi from others more than once, and in any of these rumors, Da Zi was portrayed as an absolute genius and a supreme cultivator.

Among the Buddhas, he has no opponents except for King Dalunming.

Some people even say that the great freedom in the Great Wheel Temple is fully qualified to challenge the Great Wheel Ming King. But later, Fang Xie also knew that because the method of cultivating the Great Freedom was controlled by the Great Wheel Ming King, he could not fight the Great Wheel Ming King at all. However, if this layer of relationship is put aside, will the cultivation of Great Freedom be on par with the Great Wheel Ming King, who only has half of his cultivation?

Xiang Qingniu once said that he had no power to fight back in front of Dazi. He said that he saw the Great Wheel Ming King kill Da Zizi, but Fang Xie always felt that things were not so simple. Da Zizi can calculate everything, why can't he calculate that the Great Wheel Ming King will kill him after all?

A wise man would not make such a low-level mistake.

Fang Xie suspected that the black shadow, even Da Zizi, had become the same disgusting thing as the Great Wheel Ming King, a mass of souls floating everywhere, waiting for an opportunity to strike at any time. But if that's the case, shouldn't you be the second goal of Great Freedom? After devouring Luo Yao's cultivation, Da Zizi was fully capable of killing himself, but now, that black shadow still did not appear again.

So Fang Xie felt that it would not be very comfortable.

Of course, Fang Xie also thought of Zhang Yiyang, who happened to arrive in Wudang Mountain in Yongzhou shortly after Luo Yao's death, according to his cultivation, Zhang Yiyang, who had already reached the sky, should not be a problem at that time to break through the Vajra Realm arranged by Luo Yao, who was already struggling to survive. But I have never heard Xiang Qingniu mention it, and the Dao Sect also has such a devouring cultivation method. This seems to be the secret of Buddhism, unless Zhang Yiyang also realizes this method.

If so, then it's clearly not a good thing.

Because Zhang Yiyang is old enough, he also needs a stand-in.

But Zhang Yiyang also did not kill Fang Jie, if it was really him, when he was in Yongzhou, Zhang Yiyang had many opportunities to kidnap Fang Xie and then take the soul.

If it's not Zhang Yiyang, then who else can it be?

Fang Xie knew that there were some old monsters in Tonggu Academy, but those old monsters were killed when the old dean Wan Xingchen went south. If they understand the things of Buddhism, they won't be so old.

Who could it be?

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While Fang Xie was pondering, something was happening. Emperor Murong Yan of Southern Yan was frightened by the loud bang outside the Weiran Palace, and it seemed that something had happened earlier than Fang Xie expected.

Outside the town, dozens of dark shadows loomed in the rain. A hundred meters away from the dark whistle arranged by the Xiao Riding School, these black shadows all stood still. The leader made a few gestures, and the shadows dispersed. The strange thing is that they can melt into the rain curtain as if they have become transparent people.

And the dark whistle of the Xiao Riding School was completely unaware.