In the early morning, the faint sunlight stretched the shadows of the three of them into a slender one, and when they dragged their tired bodies back to Yiyang Village, they happened to see many villagers gathered outside the ancestral hall, and people were talking about it, and it was very noisy.

"The villagers should have found the broken snake...... Ji Zheng said dejectedly.

Zhang Xun stretched out his head and looked in the direction of the crowd, seeming to be very interested, "Let's go, let's go and have a look, maybe there will be something to discover." ”

"I'm not going."

"Let's take a look, I think it's quite lively."

"What's so interesting about that? You're just making a lot of fun! Ji Zheng reproached.

Zhang Xun smiled disapprerovingly: "Hehe, anyway, I'm going to take a look, I didn't see it clearly yesterday, but today I want to see how big the snake is!" ”

"Humph! Go and do it yourself! ”

Ji Zheng pursed his lips and turned his head to ignore Zhang Xun, who was running to the crowd at a trot, while Gong Wanran just paced slowly, smiling and shaking his head.

Zhang Xun came to the outside of the ancestral hall, and across the crowd of people on the inner and outer three floors, he saw Elder Wang standing next to a thick broken snake, speaking to the villagers with a smile on his face.

"You don't know! Yesterday there were three gentlemen in our village! They have vast magical powers, even the art of yin and yang, the gentlemen said, those yin soldiers or something are fooling people, as long as the gentlemen come out, they can be surrendered in three or two strokes! ”

When the villagers heard this, they were in an uproar.

At this time, Elder Wang suddenly saw Zhang Xun in the crowd, he excitedly picked up the crowd, stepped forward to grab Zhang Xun, and introduced to the villagers: "Folks! This is Mr. Zhang! They're back! Ha ha! ”

"Mr. Zhang!" The villagers saluted Zhang Xun one after another.

Zhang Xun suddenly felt embarrassed, scratched his head and greeted everyone.

Elder Wang hurriedly asked, "Mr. Zhang, have you already subdued the Yin soldiers?" ”

"This ...... This Yin Soldier...... They...... Well...... "Zhang Xunzhi didn't know how to answer.

Suddenly, Ji Zheng stepped forward and saluted everyone: "Fellow villagers, under Ji Zheng, we didn't surrender the Yin soldiers last night!" I'm so sorry! ”

"Huh? Why? Elder Wang looked puzzled, and the other villagers also showed panicked expressions.

"Because ......"

Ji Zheng was about to answer, but was pressed on the shoulder.

Gong Wanran stepped forward and saluted everyone: "In Xia Gong Wanran, I wonder if the villagers heard the sound of our confrontation with the Yin soldiers last night?" ”

As soon as the words fell, the crowd was in an uproar.

"Huh? Sound? Looks like there is, yes! There did seem to be some noise outside yesterday. ”

"Yes, yes, yes! It turned out that the gentlemen were fighting with the Yin soldiers! ”

"Gentlemen are not easy!"

Gong Wanran continued: "Last night, our three brothers broke the evil spell of the Yin soldiers, and later learned that those Yin soldiers were just bandits who protected their bodies with evil spells, although they let them go this time, but the villagers don't have to be afraid, when they reappear next month, there will be no evil arts!" When the time comes, as long as everyone is united, they will definitely be defeated! ”

"Huh? But...... But we people in the village are all farmers and hunters, and none of us know martial arts, so how can we defeat them? "Elder Wang has no faith at all.

"Please rest assured! The three of us will be with you! ”

Gong Wanran's words obviously gave the villagers great courage, but Ji Zheng's heart was very uncomfortable, he just lowered his head and stared at the broken snake on the ground.

Subsequently, the three returned to Mr. Yan's house, and Mr. Yan was also waiting for the three to return.

Seeing Mr. Juan, Ji Zheng was very ashamed, and saluted deeply: "Mr. Juan...... I...... We didn't surrender the Yin soldiers......"

"Hehe, it's okay, it's okay, the children have worked hard!" Mr. Yan waved his hand and said.

"However, this time we are sure of one thing, those Yin soldiers must be living people pretending to be ghosts!"

"As long as you can return safely, I will be very happy."

"We're going to use this month to prepare, and by the time we get to the next month, we're going to wipe out all these guys who are pretending to be ghosts!"

"Okay, okay, let's talk about any plans tomorrow, the children haven't rested all night, let's go sleep first!"

Subsequently, Mr. Yan arranged for the three of them to return to the East Wing to rest.

Ji Zheng lay on the bed, closed his eyes, but all kinds of emotions rushed to his face, resentment, shame, anxiety, unwillingness, these emotions violently disturbed his nerves, tormented him repeatedly, and in his uneasy dreams, countless fragmented pictures were projected. He reluctantly connected those images, only to find that it was his illusion of becoming famous in the first battle and the disillusionment of unreality.

I don't know how long he wandered in such a sea of suffering, when the noon sun shone on his face through the window, Ji Zhengcai finally woke up from the intersection of dreams and reality, although he was exhausted, he was relieved. He sat on the edge of the bed, shaking his head vigorously, trying to suppress the intense headache, but it didn't seem to work, his wandering eyes flickered, only to see Zhang Xun rolling up the quilt, lying on the bed on all fours, snoring and sleeping, while the public bed was only neatly stacked on the bed.

Ji Zheng got dressed and came to the courtyard to practice swordsmanship, which was a compulsory course for him every day, and since the day he picked up the blazing sword, there has never been a day of interruption. After practicing for a while, Ji Zheng felt that his body was hot, and the previous discomfort gradually disappeared.

At this time, Gong Huiran and Mr. Juan were chatting in the hall.

"Although the villagers were mobilized simply today, it is definitely not easy to fight next month, and there are still many aspects that require the support and cooperation of the villagers. Thank you very much below! Gong Wan said it and bowed deeply to Mr. Yan.

"Don't be polite, this is not your obligation, you can stand up and help us, you are already grateful. As for the communication and coordination in the village, you can rest assured, I will arrange it myself! ”

"Hmmm! It's just that the three of us are afraid that we will have to stay in the village for a while these days, and I hope that Mr. Yan will not dislike it. ”

"Huh! Where's the word? The three of you are Yan Lingyu's apprentices, and the old decay should have been hospitable; Besides, you eliminate harm for the villagers, and you can be described as nobles in the village! ”

"In that case, thank you Mr. Juan!"

After that, the three of them lived in the village temporarily, and after Mr. Yan's communication and coordination, the villagers not only completely believed in the theory that the Yin soldiers were not ghosts, but also strengthened their determination to fully cooperate with the three of them, preparing to wipe out the Yin soldiers next month.

Since it is necessary to contend with the Yin soldiers, the first thing to bear the burden is how to form a combat force that can confront them head-on in a short period of time, but there are no people who practice martial arts in the village, and there are few weapons.

"Nine Dry Array" is the formation that the master once used to test Ji Zheng's martial arts, this set of formations is very special, although it is not flexible enough, but it is the toughest, it can even be said that this set of formations is a combination of pure power, and then form a brute force that destroys withering and decaying. If it weren't for a person with very strong martial arts, let alone cracking the formation, it would be very difficult to even survive.

The formation only needs nine people, among the nine people, three people make knives, three people make spears, three people make shields, they stand against each other, only by nine simple movements, change in turn, can form a very powerful lethality and comprehensive defense.

With the help of Elder Wang, Ji Zheng selected nine strong men from the village, and after teaching simple martial arts, he took them to practice the formation every day.

In addition, Ji Zheng also organized the hunters in the village to form an archery team, and also practiced every day.

There was a boy in the archery team named Winter Fang, who was only fifteen years old, the youngest hunter in the village, who had lost his mother at an early age and was dependent on his father, who had gone hunting in the woods to the north just two months earlier and had not been heard from since.

At first, Dongya, like other villagers, felt that his father had been kidnapped by the Yin soldiers, and perhaps he had already died in Huangquan, but now he believed that his father must still be alive, but he was only captured by those bandits who pretended to be Yin soldiers, otherwise how could an old hunter disappear into the familiar forest?

Dongya made up his mind to enter the forest to find his father, he told Ji Zheng his thoughts, Ji Zheng thought that if Dongya led the way, he should go to the forest in advance to investigate, he didn't tell Zhang Xun and Gong Wanran, only took Dongya to disguise himself as a hunter and entered the forest.

The forest is full of ancient trees that shade the sky and the sun, unknown flowers and plants grow beside the huge bluestone, several clear streams trickle endlessly, and the beasts roar from time to time in the dark shadows of the trees.

Ji Zheng and Dongya searched carefully for a morning, but found nothing, just as they were about to go back, they suddenly heard the sound of sawing wood not far away, and the two searched for the sound, and saw several people in the depths of the forest. Those people were trying to cut off an ancient tree, and one of them was the leader of the night, with a pair of long horns growing from the top of his head, and at this time, Ji Zheng could clearly see that it was a pair of helmets. Ji Zheng realized the danger, so he hurriedly left the forest with Winter Tooth.

Sure enough, the lair of the Yin soldiers is in this forest, and they must be doing something shady.

After that, Dongya was like a follower, following Ji Zheng all day long, he very much hoped to learn martial arts from Ji Zheng, and Ji Zheng was also willing to give him two or three instructions, but unfortunately Dongya had no martial arts foundation, and his understanding was relatively poor, although he worked very hard, it was difficult to make any progress in a short period of time. However, Ji Zheng found that Dong Ya's archery skills were very superb, and it could even be said that he was talented, and if he practiced in the future, he believed that Dong Ya would definitely be able to become a marksman.

In addition, Zhang Xun, who was good at engineering, not only made combat materials, but also helped the villagers build water conservancy, and began to build irrigation canals in the west of the village.

Gong Hui Ran is more responsible for communication and coordination, and is responsible for logistics arrangements, personnel management, and financial co-ordination, etc., and Gong Hui Ran is well versed in medical skills, he has set up a medical team, and prepared a variety of medical supplies and herbal medicines.

The three of them had a great time with the villagers, they did their best for the villagers, and the villagers also showed their welcome and respect.