Chapter Sixty-Nine: The King of the Clan
A vast number of spirit masters and many hard laborers transported a huge spirit saltpeter convoy through the grasslands of the northern cang, the sky was terriblely low, the wind howled, and soon there were goose feathers and heavy snow drifting up, and then marching in such a harsh environment was a great test of the will of ordinary people.
Shi Xuan and Lin Zixu rode dragon horses back and forth to check back and forth around the team to prevent the invasion of many tribes, and in order to safely transport these important materials out, they changed the road they came, so as not to be cut off by the imperial army.
You have to be very careful when walking in unfamiliar ancient tribal territory, and for historical reasons many tribes have a lot of hatred for the empires of the South.
At this moment, Dai Mengli and Jiang Yuheng are riding the same batch of horses, the state of the senior brother is extremely unstable, and he has been taken care of by Dai Mengli, his sickness has broken out many times, even if he takes many elixirs, it has no effect, if it weren't for Li Dufeng's strong strength and forcibly sealing his center and important acupoints such as the heart gate, the poisonous Gu would have eroded his heart and brain and other important parts.
Everyone put their hopes on the sect, this way Jiang Yuheng relied on his tenacious will to resist the outbreak of the poisonous Gu, he could be said to have tasted all the torture in the world during the year he was captured by the Shadow Moon King, but he never gave in, but this poisonous Gu made him almost completely lost and became the killing machine of the Shadow Moon King.
All the disciples were surprised to see Senior Brother return again, Senior Brother was an insurmountable peak for countless Tianhua Sect disciples, and he had a special meaning to everyone.
"Senior Brother Lin, is it getting late, should we look for a place to set up camp, otherwise it will be difficult for the laborers to withstand the severe cold of the night", Shi Xuan rode a dragon horse and walked closer.
"This place is not a good place, this is the territory of the Aquila King clan, it is a notorious tribe among the many tribes in the Northern Cang, their ancestors have committed a lot of crimes in the land of our Southern Empire, and their strength is also extremely strong, ranking among the top ten royal families in the Northern Cang", Lin Zixu observed the dynamics in the distance, and along the way, they also found that many clans and tribes had quietly followed their team, with bad intentions, but due to the strength of the team, they finally gave up.
"What are the Ten Great Royals?" Shi Xuan asked.
"In the ancient land of Beicang, thousands of years ago there was an extremely powerful character Mengtian Khan, this person is strong, has unified many clans in Beicang in history, established a strong country, and also led the Beicang army to the south to try to unify the southwest continent, countless southern empires have suffered from his invasion, even if many southern empires join hands by his army to fight back", Lin Zixu remembered an ancient legend.
"Montene Khan also wants to unify the continent?"
"At that time, many empires in the south suffered extremely serious natural and man-made disasters, the national strength was extremely weak, the army of the Beicang tribe drove straight into the unstoppable, and for a time thousands of miles of land fell one after another, just when the southern alliance was defeated, a world-famous figure of my Tianhua Sect went out of the mountains to help the alliance, he successfully defeated Mengtian Khan, and since then his army has never walked out of the northern cang", Lin Zixu said.
"Who is this person?" many people wondered.
"Patriarch Li Yue", a powerful spiritual master, when the south was in danger, he led many forces on the continent to form a powerful alliance, combined with many imperial forces, and defeated the invasion of Mengtian Khan in one fell swoop.
After the death of Mengtian Khan, his huge empire no longer has the previous scenery, his ten subordinates have established themselves as kings, the huge Beicang fell apart in an instant, the Southern Alliance took the opportunity to give them a fatal blow to the Northern Expedition, four of the ten royal families completely disappeared in history, and now there are only six major royal families, namely the Aquila royal family, the flying leopard royal family, the mad lion royal family, the wolf royal family, the Tianxiong royal family, and the yak royal family, the ancestors of these six royal families are all powerful tribes that follow the Mengtian Khan, and they have a long and powerful heritage
Listening to Lin Zixu's description, Shi Xuan also had a general understanding of the main forces of the Beicang Tribe, and the territory they were now in was really the territory of the Heavenly Eagle Royal Clan.
The huge convoy still chooses to camp here, and it will become very dangerous on the grassland when it is dark, and it is easy to get lost, and a large number of grassland spirit animals will come out to forage for food, which is very dangerous.
Everyone was busy setting up camp, tents were set up one after another, Lin Zixu commanded and dispatched in an orderly manner, and Shi Xuan and Han Yunyi, brother and sister, patrolled the surrounding area together to prevent the people of the Sky Eagle tribe from coming to sneak attack.
"Where is Brother Han's hometown yet?" Shi Xuan said.
"Mainland rangers are home all over the world, and wherever they go is home", Han Yunyi seemed to remember some unpleasant things, and his face was not very good.
He turned to look at Han Yunxi on the horse, who was also looking at him at the moment.
"In the future, the war in the Danyang Empire will subside, I don't know what you are going to do?" Shi Xuan said.
"How vast the continent is, maybe I will walk on it, I don't want to become a frog at the bottom of the well, I hope to be able to travel all over the world in my lifetime, walk through every corner of the continent, and explore the answer in my heart", Han Yunyi looked into the distance, his eyes swollen and encompassing heaven and earth.
"What about you, Senior Sister Han", Shi Xuan looked at Han Yunxi next to him.
"I will also choose to go far away, and when I get tired one day, I may find a peaceful place to spend the rest of my life", Han Yunxi's eyes were a little tired.
"What about you, where are you coming from?" Han Yunyi asked.
"I've been carrying a puzzle on my back, I hope to be able to find the answer in my lifetime, maybe I may not wait for that day, but I will keep going until I fall completely", Shi Xuan has many missions and life experiences, he is destined to not be able to spend his life as quietly as ordinary people.
"It seems that Senior Brother Shi Xuan is a person with great ambitions, and he is destined to have an extraordinary path in the future," Han Yunyi said.
"Actually, I envy you free rangers, who can do many things they want to do without carrying a lot of heavy burdens," Shi Xuan said.
"Everyone's fate is different, maybe in your eyes our life is comfortable, but in the eyes of our drifters, how can we not envy your life," Han Yunxi said.
Shi Xuan nodded, it is true that everyone's circumstances are different, resulting in a wide variety of life, and what you can't get is always the best.
"It seems that we should each grasp our own destiny, so as not to regret it after we lose," Shi Xuan said.
The snowflakes have already covered a thick layer on the grass, Shi Xuan looks at this beautiful snow scene, it is so pleasant, he lives in a hot area like Hongyan Ridge, and he has never felt the snow scene like this for many years.
Looking at Shi Xuan, who was a little happy, the Han brothers and sisters were a little envious, and they looked at this young man with a smile.
With the construction of the camp, many people have entered the tent to escape the cold, bonfires have been raised everywhere, delicious food is fragrant, and many civilians have been blessed to follow the spirit master, and many of their spirit masters have gone out and hunted a lot of spirit beasts, all of which have become their delicious ingredients.
These refugees have not eaten meat for a long time, since their hometown was captured by the army, they have wandered around as refugees, and they have been captured by the imperial army as hard laborers, and it is a blessing to have survived this year.
At night, the scene on the grassland was very scary, the bonfires around the camp attracted a lot of steppe wolves, these wailing iron wolves were powerful, some spirit masters were difficult to deal with, groups of raids on the camp, Shi Xuan and others had to come out to resist their surprise attack.
"Senior Brother Lin, there are so many wolves, look at the many iron wolves with bright eyes over there", Shi Xuan pointed to those shining eyes.
"This is a very unusual sight, we have not encountered such a large number of wolves in the grassland for so many days, so be careful, I suspect that this is the work of the Sky Eagle tribe," Lin Zixu said.
"These barbarian tribes can drive fierce beasts, so they have to guard against them here," Yin Qianxi said.
"It seems that we have to take the initiative to deploy, otherwise they will definitely take advantage of the situation," Lin Zixu said.
"Senior Brother Lin, do you have any good ideas?" asked Han Yunyi.
"Let the spirit array master arrange the spirit array around, as soon as they come, let them have no return, we secretly hide the spirit master, let them think that we relaxed our vigilance and rushed to come, and caught them off guard", Lin Zixu said.
"It's okay, otherwise don't even think about peace of mind this night," Yin Qianxi said.
Soon, under Lin Zixu's arrangement, many spirit array masters secretly arranged many spirit arrays around the camp, as long as the Sky Eagle Clan came, they would attack immediately. When the spirit array was arranged, all the spirit masters were ambushed and all the patrols were removed.
After a long time, the camp became quiet, as if everyone had fallen asleep.
In the distance in the snow, a few fierce barbarian scouts hid in the snow to observe the camp's defenses.
"Chief, their patrol can't stand the cold anymore and go back to sleep, we can move", the scout came to an Aquila ambush.
"Send a war eagle to patrol and investigate carefully, you must be careful, these Central Plains people are proficient in the military formation, and they have to be guarded", the leader rode a huge iron wolf, at least a third-order spirit beast, but at this moment he was willing to become his mount.
A huge war eagle flew up from behind him and swept past Shi Xuan's camp, and at this moment they were all hidden in the tent, and the war eagle found nothing.
Looking at the instructions that flew back to the warhawks, "It seems that they are indeed defenseless, all the Aquila warriors, kill me, tell me that these disgusting imperial bugs are killed", the leader led thousands of warriors and a large herd of iron wolves and warhawks to raid the camp.
The terrifying Iron Wolf wailed and led the charge, and a large number of Aquila warriors rode the wolf with a giant axe and scimitar in their hands.
"Senior brother can close the net", looking at the warriors of the arrogant Sky Eagle Tribe who entered the ambush circle, Shi Xuan said, he was hiding in the shadows at the moment and observing the battle situation.
"The Spirit Array Master urges the magic array," Lin Zixu shouted.
As the huge brilliance rose, the countless charging Skyhawk Warriors were instantly trapped in the enchantment of the spirit array.
"All the spirit masters kill me". Lin Zixu shouted.
The spirits hiding in the tents swarmed out and killed, and the lone warriors and wolves were all encircled and strangled, and because they were trapped in the spirit array, these barbarians could only watch their subordinates being besieged to death.
When the spirit array opened one, it was immediately surrounded and strangled by the tide of spirit masters, and after the killing, the other one was opened, and soon the Aquila warriors were lost.
"Chief, they are not ordinary imperial convoys, they are powerful spirit master troops, this is miserable", the subordinate said anxiously.
"Help me open the gap and let the Warhawk go to the Horde for support." The leader led several powerful warriors to destroy the spirit circle with all their might, trying to release the war eagle to ask for reinforcements.
Thanks to their tenacious efforts, the spirit circle was finally destroyed by them, and a huge war eagle flew into the distance, and at this time, a large group of spirit masters surrounded them.
"You're the one who attacked my camp with these barbarians?" Lin Zixu pointed his sword at the commander.
"Humble Nanban, your ancestors have been conquered by our great Mengtian Khan, and you are only worthy to be our slaves," said the commander condescendingly.
"I finally understand why you barbarians will never be able to form a strong nation, and you are all uncivilized barbarians, vulnerable to our united forces," Yin Qianxi said.
"Our great king will soon send a great army to crush you hateful worms," said the Commander.
"We're waiting for them to die, now you can shut your stinky mouth and take him down for me," Lin Zixu shouted.
The spirits swarmed up, they were brutally beaten like pigs, without human form, and the Commander was captured by them.
"The Heavenly Eagle Royal Clan is expected to retaliate against us, and we are looking to the sect for support," Dai Mengli said.
Li Dufeng said: "This place is thousands of miles away from Tianhua Sect, far water can't quench the thirst of the near, our reinforcements don't come back so quickly, before that, we have to rely on ourselves to deal with it, hundreds of miles ahead is the Goshawk Mountain Range, where the environment is more suitable for our spirit master to fight and ambush, their warriors are not good to play there, we must hurry to the Goshawk Mountain Range quickly."
"Let's find a way to pry something out of his mouth and see what is going on with the Aquila royal family", Yin Qianxi pointed to the pig-headed leader.
"If you know each other, tell me about the situation around you, otherwise you will become a dead pig," Lin Zixu said with the commander in charge.
But this guy doesn't eat soft and hard, and the dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, just when Lin Zixu was about to drag him out and kill him, Shi Xuan came out and said, "I'll try."
Shi Xuan released a powerful soul power to oppress him, and the huge soul power made him terrified, "Tell us, otherwise you will be in hell forever", Shi Xuan released a trace of the Nightmare King's breath out, and the terrifying aura made him defenseless.
"Spare your life, I say", the soul of the commander seemed to be oppressed by the ghosts and gods, and at this moment he broke out in a cold sweat all over his body, and his whole body trembled.
The Commander informed them of the general deployment of the Aquila King's territory, and Shi Xuan had been using his soul power to probe if he was lying.
"With this information, we can avoid many dangers," Li said.
"For the sake of your good performance, I will spare your dog life for the time being, and if you dare to do any tricks, I will immediately turn you into a dead pig", Lin Zixu threatened.
"Tomorrow we must march as soon as possible, otherwise it will become very troublesome to face the siege of the Sky Eagle Tribe, and it doesn't matter if we are spiritual masters, these hard labors will be dangerous," Lin Zixu said.
As the sky was slightly bright, all the people got up early, pulled out the village and left, after a night of heavy snow, the previous messy camp has long been covered by thick snow, as far as the eye can see, the white expanse, the vision has become very poor.
If it weren't for the compass, they wouldn't even be able to make out the direction.
The team marched quickly, carving a path to the south through the vast snow.
Soon the vanguard had been in the camp where they had been stationed, and a group of Aquila barbarians had arrived, and they had found it by searching for scents using hounds.
Looking at the traces in the snow, they found many Sky Eagle warriors buried in the snow, and the blood stains had solidified at this moment.
"They have already begun to set off for the south, inform our shamans to let them quickly pursue south, and do not let them cross the Goshawk Mountains", a commander patrolled the huge camp on a huge iron wolf.
Soon, a large elite of the Sky Eagle followed the imprint of the chariot and horse in the snow and flew south, and they sent the War Eagle to the garrison in front of them for them to send people to intercept it, but because they were selected to obtain the location of the garrison, the army perfectly avoided the interception.
In the pursuit of the Aquila royal clan, a high priest looked at their strange route and said: "They must have obtained the defensive position of our clan, they all avoided the checkpoints we set, we went directly to the Goshawk Mountain Range to intercept", a group of shamans in ancient costumes rode iron wolves and chased forward frantically.
The Goshawk Mountain Range can be said to have cut off the southward road of the Skyhawk royal family, this mountain is steep and complex, it was a battleground for soldiers in history, the Southern Empire and the Northern Cang tribe have fought many times here, it can be said that this mountain range that stretches for thousands of miles has witnessed countless wars and buried many ancient Yin spirits.
Over the years, with the rise of the Southern Empire, the power of the Aquila royal family has retreated to the north, and it has become a borderland, and the other four empires are threatened by the Danyang Empire, and they are unable to send troops to garrison this place.
Shi Xuan and his party shuttled through the snow for two days, the huge wind and snow became the biggest obstacle, their spirit master has good physical fitness, and is not afraid of wind and snow, but most of the ordinary civilians are southerners, and many people are frostbitten in this ice and snow.
Shi Xuan rode a big horse to patrol back and forth in front of the team, investigating the Sky Eagle tribe chasing behind.
At this time, several large sky eagles swept over everyone's heads, and the other party's war eagles detected their location.
"Senior Brother Lin, their war eagle has discovered our location, and it won't be long before they come over," Shi Xuan came to Lin Zixu's side.
"We left a group of elites behind, and the rest continued south," Lin said.
"Their catch-up force can't come quickly, it's just the vanguard force, and we should be able to handle it," Han Yunyi said.
"We will organize three hundred elite disciples to hold them back, and as soon as all the ore enters the Goshawk Mountain Range, we will immediately organize a defense," Lin Zixu said.
"Leave it to us, the transportation of so many people needs to be commanded and dispatched, and now that Senior Brother can't fight, you still need to command here", Shi Xuan took the initiative to ask.
"Let's stay with our brothers and sisters," Han Yunyi said.
"I'll stay too," Yin Qianxi said.
"Then please stop them, I will escort them into the Goshawk Mountain Range in front first, if you are unable to resist, retreat immediately", Lin Zixu did not hesitate, he quickly counted more than three hundred elite disciples and handed them over to a few of them.
"Don't worry, with us, they don't want to move forward half a step," Han Yunyi said.
Lin Zixu escorted the marching army into the snow and mist ahead, and soon the army disappeared from view, and at this time, several fierce war eagles were fattened in the sky.
"They're coming, we're here to stop their movements, we must buy time for Senior Brother Lin and them," Shi Xuan said.
Several Spirit Array Masters began to set up several Spirit Arrays, while others began to hide in the snow.
Soon the vanguard of thousands of men arrived, "Commander, our warhawks have detected their march backwards, so they shouldn't have gone far," said the scout.
"Keep chasing, be sure to hold them back, our large force is coming", the commander commanded the wolf cavalry forward.
Shi Xuan, Han Yunyi and the others had been waiting for them to come for a long time, several spirit arrays lit up instantly, some cavalry fell on the snow on the spot, many fierce beasts became irritable, and the wolves howled angrily, and the sound was terrifying.
"The other party is really a spirit master, the shamans will break the formation for me and kill it", the leader led a group of shamans who used strange spiritual magic to play many ancient secret techniques to destroy the magic circle.
Shi Xuan's more than 300 spirit masters came out, many wolves roared, and a big battle broke out between the two sides.
Most of these wolves are second-order and third-order spirit beasts, which are still acceptable for spirit masters, Shi Xuan and the Han brothers and sisters slaughtered in all directions, and soon a large number of wolves died tragically at their feet, and one spirit array after another was broken by the shaman.
"You are the ones who killed us, go and bury them," said the Commander fiercely.
The rest of the shamans came over one after another, "Everyone be careful, these shamans in Beicang are not bad, you must be careful", Yin Qianxi reminded the rest of the disciples.
The beast trainer commanded many powerful spirit beasts such as the powerful war eagle, iron wolf, and wild lion to fight against Shi Xuan, and many spirit masters were also poisoned.
Shi Xuan saw that several spirit masters were killed by their spirit beasts, "They can control spirit beasts, then I will find a way to break their link, see how you control them", Shi Xuan had an idea.
"Brother Han, I have a way to deal with these beast tamers, but I need your help," Shi Xuan said.
"How can I help you?"
"I want to use my soul power to destroy the soul control between them and turn these beasts against me," Shi Xuan said.
"Is this okay?" Han Yunxi looked at him incredulously.
"How do you know if you don't try it, I just felt that they rely on the power of the soul to control the spirit beast, the power of the soul is my strength, I think it should have an effect, but my aura alone is difficult to support, and I hope that Brother Han and Senior Sister Han will help", Shi Xuan said.
"Okay, I'll believe you once, if it's useless, you can compensate me for a set of spirit armor after you go back", Han Yunxi's face was full of pride.
"Okay, since Senior Sister Han spoke, I won't refuse, please two", Shi Xuan began to urge the power of the soul after repelling the two iron wolves beside him, and the Tianlong Bo Heavenly Decision was also Cui Fa to the extreme, and the Han brothers and sisters successively used their spiritual energy to help him, and the huge soul phantom came out of the body and floated towards several beast tamers who were controlling the spirit beasts.
Shi Xuan's huge soul coercion made several beast tamers, their whole bodies tremble, and the connection between them and the spirit beast was almost directly interrupted, Shi Xuan's soul roared at them in terror, and their spirits became sluggish.
The spirit beast they controlled seemed to be greatly frightened and ran away at once, and the spirit master who was fighting with him took the opportunity to step forward and kill him.
"It's really useful, it seems that Senior Brother Shi Xuan's soul cultivation is really useful," Han Yunyi said as he looked at the scattered spirit beast.
"It seems that I still want to bargain with Senior Brother Shi Xuan, but there is no hope now", Han Yunxi said helplessly.
"As long as Senior Sister Han speaks, what's so difficult about a set of spirit armor, I'll forge a pair for you when I go back," Shi Xuan assured.
"Really, don't lie to me, I don't have any extra money to buy spiritual materials," the little girl said.
"How dare I deceive you in front of Brother Han?" Shi Xuan looked at Han Yunyi, who was protecting his shortcomings.
"Then I'll thank Senior Brother Shi in advance," Han Yunxi said with a grin.
"Seeing that you are happy, can't you be able to buy a pair of Lingjia brothers for you?" Han Yunyi glanced at this younger sister.
"That's different, I heard that Senior Brother Shi's forging technique is well-known in Tianhua Sect, and forging it by his own hands must be more reliable than those spirit forging masters outside," the little girl said.