Lingxiu Mountain is as its name, the mountain is not much towering, but the clouds are dense, the vegetation on the mountain is flourishing, strange flowers and plants can be seen everywhere, in the mountain, the fragrant flowers are refreshing, so that the spirit wanders for it.

From a distance, there is a small lake formed by the convergence of several streams in the north of the mountain, the lake is about ten acres square, the lake water is clear, and there are schools of swimming fish.

Such landscapes can indeed be called beautiful mountains and rivers.

Now that they have all arrived here, Li Xunlian and the three of them are not in a hurry, they stop and go along the way, and play in this beautiful Lingxiu Mountain.

When we reached the halfway point of the mountain, buildings gradually appeared in the mountain, and at the same time, the figures of patrolling guards began to disappear from time to time. This is the place where the imperial court set up a special place for refining medicine for foreign masters, and after the Xuan Qi is frozen, the pill will also become an important reliance on the Xuan Qi, so this place is very important, the number of guards deployed is huge, and it can be seen through the footsteps and breath that these people are not just ordinary warriors.

Because he didn't have time to meet Emperor Qingxiao in person, it was because Li Xunlian did not enter the mountain, and when he reached the outpost around the entire Lingxiu Mountain, he was stopped by guards.

After asking about his identity, the guard was obviously surprised, how famous the innkeeper was, and now everyone in Qingxiao Country knew about it, although he had not seen Li Xunlian, but he did not dare to slack off.

The three of them rested in the sentinel for a while, and the guards hurriedly went up the mountain.

After a while, the guards returned, saying that Chief Wei was busy with an important project and could not see guests for a short time.

The guard looked embarrassed when he said this, obviously afraid that Li Xunlian would be angry, but how could Li Xunlian's qi be so narrow, not to mention that he knew that Manager Wei would be busy with the things in his hands if he didn't treat himself as an outsider, otherwise he would definitely come to greet him in person.

With a smile and a few words of reassurance to the guard, Li Xunlian and the others went up the mountain on their own.

After asking all the way, Li Xunlian finally met Mr. Wei in front of the huge unfinished building on the west side of the mountaintop. At this time, Chief Manager Wei was personally carving a large plaque, and he personally did it, presumably it was the plaque of the future alchemy hall of Lingxiu Mountain.

"I didn't see that Wei Lao was also so good at carpenter's work. Li Xunlian joked that he was just a good person, and he had to take care of whoever he was familiar with, which was a disadvantage, but it was also an advantage in some aspects.

Manager Wei concentrated and didn't pay attention to Li Xunlian, until he put three big characters on the plaque in his hand, then patted the dust off his hands, turned around and smiled: "What's the matter, our craft is still in the past, right?"

At present, there are outsiders present, and Manager Wei still has the status of the imperial court, if there is only Li Xunlian alone, he generally calls himself old.

Looking up, I saw that the plaque was nearly half a zhang long, about two feet wide, although it has not been colored and not inlaid with gold, but the three words of "Yangxin Palace" engraved by Mr. Wei personally are full of wonderful meaning, presumably this person has a lot of experience in the way of calligraphy.

Li Xunlian stroked his palms and chuckled, and praised a few words from the bottom of his heart.

"Why do you have time to come here, don't say that you are worried about our family, our family doesn't believe in that. Manager Wei said with a smile, he knew that Li Xunlian liked to be nonsense, if he didn't seal the words first, he might not be able to point out how many people he was.

"Haha, Wei Laoye, who knows me. Li Xunlian laughed and said, "I can't hide it, I came here this time to ask for something." ”

"Oh, what's the matter?" Manager Wei was a little surprised, theoretically speaking, what he could solve, the big shopkeeper could solve.

"Use the qi of Xuanyin. ”

Li Xunlian smiled and told the story in detail, but Manager Wei did not be dignified after hearing it, but said lightly: "A trivial matter is wrapped up in our family." ”

Hearing this, the three of them were overjoyed, Manager Wei is not the kind of person who is not capable of taking care of everything, since he said so, he has the certainty of nine layers and nine, and presumably this matter can really be solved.

The next thing is to wait for Manager Wei to be empty, and the matter of supervising the construction of the Heart Cultivation Hall is imminent for the imperial court, and the matter of resolving the ghost demon devouring heart seal for Li Xunlian is very easy for Manager Wei, so he first put Li Xunlian and others aside and went to work on his own.

Now Li Xunlian and the three of them are refreshed, in the afternoon they touched the fish in the lake in the north of the mountain for an afternoon, and in the evening they visited every pleasant corner of Lingxiu Mountain, until the night was a little thicker, and Mr. Wei finally had to be free.

The process of helping Li Xunlian dissolve the innate demon qi did not last long, and it was even several times simpler than imagined, but there was also a trace of imperfection, according to what Mr. Wei said, he could only use the Xuanyin Qi to temporarily seal the Demon Devouring Heart Seal, with the enhancement of the innate demonic qi, this kind of imprisonment will be broken at any time, but it doesn't matter, anyway, Li Xunlian himself has mastered the cultivation method of the Xuanyin Qi, and when it is broken, he will repair it by himself.

Manager Wei had a smile on his face when he said this, and that smile had a kind of meaning of taking advantage of the fire to rob, Li Xunlian knew that he was forcing himself to step up his cultivation of Xuanyin Qi, and it was estimated that if he wanted to completely seal the demon root, Manager Wei was not impossible.

But that's fine, after all, the innate demonic qi has the special effect of corrosive Xuan Qi protection, and on the premise of not harming his own body, Li Xunlian not only does not reject it, but even has the heart to strengthen it.

Then Mr. Wei told Li Xunlian about the past about the innate demonic qi and the Xuanyin qi, it can be said that these two special Xuanqi are the existence of old enemies, but at the same time, they are "sympathetic", if the method is appropriate, it can even play a complementary role, but that method is not easy to figure out.

Of course, the innate demonic qi and the Xuanyin qi do not represent the head of Wei and the red devil, these two breaths are sympathetic to each other, but the two of them are real mortal enemies, hearing that Li Xunlian asked the imperial court to release the red devil, the head of Wei even expressed his displeasure.

But this is also a helpless thing, since you promise others, you have to do it, otherwise it is dishonesty, dishonesty is injustice, this is for the people in the inn, injustice is no different from the people of the imperial court disobeying the imperial power.

Manager Wei understands and appreciates Li Xunlian, and he can only compromise on this matter in the end, if Li Xunlian reneges on his promise to the Red Devil because he wants to please himself, then he will really look down on Li Xunlian from now on.

Besides, whether or not to let go of the Red Devil has to be a matter for the imperial court, even if Li Xunlian does his best, the decision is not something he can control.

Later, the two didn't talk deeply about this matter, and seeing that midnight was approaching, Manager Wei tested Li Xunlian's Xuanyin Qi again, and then went back to rest.

Due to the civil engineering in the mountains, the number of medicine refining masters is not only extremely large but also continues to increase, so the number of wing rooms is in short supply, and the manager Wei originally intended to wronged Li Xunlian, let him and Hu Wan live in the same room, and clean up a place for Gu Panxi to live alone, but the time is really not early, because they came suddenly, and they really couldn't make an empty house for a while, so they had no choice but to squeeze the three of them into one room to deal with one night.

This is a little embarrassing, Gu Panxi is at a good age, how can he live with two boys. But to be honest, if there is only Li Xunlian, she really doesn't resist, but there is one more Hu Wan, but it's not like that.

The wing room is not small, the bed is also very large, this is built according to the best specifications, in addition to the bed there is also a pear wood hard table, and the pick-up is enough for one person to sleep.

Everyone has been together for so long, and there is no need to pretend, according to Li Xunlian and Gu Panxi, Gu Panxi sleeps on the hard table, Li Xunlian and Hu Wan sleep on the bed, but Hu Wan is in a good mood, so he starts to pull the calf again.

"Don't, don't, you two go to bed. If it really doesn't work, I can go out and sleep, and it's not cold now, not to mention that even if it's cold, for the beauty of adults, we Lao Hu can insist. ”

"Don't stop talking, it's okay, you don't have to feel guilty, who called us good brothers. ”

"This beautiful scenery, this beautiful woman, tsk, envy the old Hu!"

In Hu Wan's chatter, the final result was that Gu Panxi slept on the bed, Hu Wan slept hard, and Li Xunlian slept on the ground with a quilt......

......

The time when Lian rushed to the imperial city to take Lingxiu Mountain and his party was nearly four days, and there was only one day left before the imperial court sent troops.

When he arrived at the imperial city, he rushed directly to the inner city, but since ancient times, there have been major wars, and the imperial court always has to hold a ceremony to worship the sky, although Li Xunlian does not like that kind of occasion, but since the imperial court invites him, he is not easy to refuse.

It was already afternoon after participating in the altar ceremony, and since there was a letter informing Su Qi before leaving Shenjian Peak, the Qianwu guards were also assembled on time, and they were waiting for thirty miles outside the city at the moment.

Fifteen hundred Gu Xuan Realm Xuan cultivators are a force that should not be underestimated, no matter what the considerations, they cannot be allowed to enter the city, this Li Xunlian understands, and he will not be too careful.

Then it is to wait for the auspicious time of tomorrow, and when the auspicious time comes, an army of 100,000 will leave for the south, and the trumpet of this war will finally be sounded.

That night, the three of Huanfeng Kunshan Meiwu also arrived, so far the four sword slaves gathered, Hu Wan Gu Panxi accompanied by him, 1,500 Gu Xuan Xuan Xiu was a lot, and Li Xunlian's team was also fully formed.

In the face of this battle, which can be said to be the most huge battle since Li Xunlian came out of the mountain, whether it was him or the brothers who participated in it, they were all enthusiastic.

The man is alive, and when he is a Bo for nine days, compared to the battle in the rivers and lakes, the blood stained on the battlefield is more pleasant!

There was no word all night, and the next day the army marched out, because the road was far away, so Li Xunlian and Zhu Tong first converged together, and waited until they arrived at the southern border and then rushed to separate camps.

Li Xunlian and Zhu Tong have not seen each other for a long time, and there is an inexplicable sense of familiarity between the two, which should be the so-called sympathy for each other, although there are not many topics and almost only talk about metaphysics, but along the way, they talk about the past and the present, and they express their opinions, and they are all secretly admiring each other's knowledge and vision in the field of metaphysics.

Seventeen days later, across the last majestic mountain range, the Southland border was already under its feet. The abbot Xu isolated a stone tablet that had been weathered for many years, and the vermilion lacquer of the word Nandi on the stone tablet had already fallen off, showing the glory of the years.

This is the border demarcation mark, and after this, it means that the curtain of the conquest of the king has officially opened!

Zhu Tong was dressed in golden armor, with a tall head and a big horse under his crotch, holding the dragon spear, the supreme artifact of the imperial court, and the dragon sword, which was also an artifact, was suspended from his waist.

Although this is not the first time he has gone on an expedition, it is the first time to personally lead an army of such a scale, needless to say, his heart is excited, there is a wind swinging, the imperial court flag is waving in the wind, Zhu Bai's eyebrows are raised lightly, and his spirit is high.

Li Xunlian was with him, and behind him was his own team. They are not used to wearing heavy armor, but these more than 1,500 people also deliberately rushed to make their outfits, all of them are black soft armor made of green dragon vines, although this rattan is a rattan type, but it has a metallic luster, and the toughness is no worse than hard armor. In addition, everyone also wore sterling silver masks, and the majesty was full of mystery, and the mystery contained evil spirits.

In the eyes of many people, evil spirit is injustice, but this is a battlefield, and a team that does not have evil spirit, let alone momentum.

At this point, although the imperial court has an army of 100,000, the Li family's guards are not inferior to the other party in the slightest.

Looking into the distance, at the end of the line of sight, a magnificent city can be faintly seen, which is the first pass in the south, named "Zhennan Pass".

This pass is surrounded by mountains on three sides, the mountain peaks are towering into the clouds, there is a big river formed by the diversion of the Nu River in front of the pass, the width is more than 100 zhang, as for the pass, it is said that there are 30,000 male soldiers, the grain and grass can be guaranteed for ten years, so Xiongguan, in the hearts of the people of the south, is the barrier of the south, known as the first pass in the south!

Retracting his gaze from Zhennan Pass, Zhu Tong took out the map and looked at it in detail, and after a while, he frowned and said: "There are only a few dangerous roads near this pass that can be passed, but they are definitely not suitable for the army to open." The first battle of the war is very important to the momentum, so ......"

"So leave it to me. Of course, Li Xunlian knew what Zhu Tong wanted to say, the big army has the advantages of a large army, and the small team has the advantage of a small team.

Zhu Tong nodded and said, "If we can let this pass fall within ten days, I believe that the rebels in the south will be shaken, and we should be able to drive straight into Dragon Bone City directly!"

The dragon bone city is the base camp of the king, named after the trend of the leyline, under the dragon bone city, it is said that it is an abandoned dragon vein that has been destroyed, it is rumored that the dragon vein affects the general trend of the world, even if it has been abandoned, but the city is established here, it can still guarantee the achievement of the princely cause.

I don't know if the statement about this dragon vein is accurate, anyway, the power of the king was cultivated here, and it is absolutely true.

"I'm afraid you're underestimating the soldiers and civilians of the Southland. Li Xunlian shook his head slightly, he naturally knew what it would mean if he could break through the first pass in the south within ten days, but what Zhu Tong said was really too much, according to his pre-war analysis, the military and people's hearts accumulated by King Cheng here would never collapse so easily.

Hearing this, Zhu Tong smiled confidently and said, "Brother Li, I have to say that in the field of metaphysical cultivation, your progress makes me feel amazed, and even thinking about the future, I am afraid that the achievements of you and I in this way will not be at the same level." ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Tong paused for a moment and said, "But, this is war, and war is not a competition." I may not be at the pinnacle of the Xuan Cultivation Realm, but I will eventually reign over the world, this is my life, and it is my ability. ”

Zhu Tong's words are domineering, but they also clearly express a point of view, that is, on war, you are not as good as me.

Li Xunlian doesn't have any feelings about this, people have seen that the main things they have been exposed to since they were young are not only Xuan Xiu, but also the affairs of the soldiers, Zhu Tong has his capital and reason for saying this, and Li Xunlian also believes that if Zhu Tong was born in the forces of the rivers and lakes, and there are no national events to disturb his mind, his cultivation should be improved a lot.

Since the last time Longyou Palace parted, the two had not seen each other for about half a year, when Li Xunlian was in the late stage of Kaixuan, and Zhu Tong was in the early stage of Guxuan. Now that time flies, Li Xunlian has reached the middle stage of Guxuan, and he is about to enter the late stage. And Zhu Tong has just reached the late stage of Guxuan, and the gap is self-evident.

This is where Zhu Tong recognized Li Xunlian, in the field of Xuan Xiu, even though he was also regarded as one of the three geniuses of Qingxiao, but compared to Li Xunlian, he could only be ashamed of himself.

Even, he had faintly seen the shadow of the mirror circle on Li Xunlian's body, the kind of peerless ride, the sense of gap that made people only sigh.

But, as he said, Xuan Xiu's strength is important to him, but it is not the most important thing. As the royal heir, his mission and destiny is to stand on top of the world!

So he must be distracted to learn the art of war and learn the way of governing the country, in this regard, Zhu Tong has self-confidence, whether it is Jingyuan or Li Xunlian, or Cheng Wang, he may not be his opponent.

Li Xunlian was not ready to refute, after all, he had not experienced this kind of war, and the various plans and scenarios he was thinking about now were just untested assumptions. If you want people to recognize you, you have to show convincing deeds.

"Okay, this matter has been agreed, I will strive to make a gap in Zhennanguan within ten days, and if it is realized, we will discuss the follow-up plan. Li Xunlian thought for a while and said.

"Don't worry, if you can open this first gate, it doesn't matter if you don't participate, I have my own way to break the enemy. Zhu Tong was full of confidence, and it seemed that he had already formulated a complete battle plan except for this town of Nanxiong Pass.

nodded, and then Li Xunlian didn't speak again. He has also read the book of war, there is a sentence called "arrogant soldiers will be defeated", at the moment Zhu Tong is this mentality, but Zhu Tong can't look at it with ordinary eyes, and it is impossible for him not to know this.

As for what his strategy and confidence are, Li Xunlian doesn't want to know, he doesn't seek to compete for merit, let alone have the psychology of prestigiousness in the world, all he wants is to be able to destroy the king without accidents.

Then there are many things such as the encampment of the army, in order to play the role of a surprise soldier, Li Xunlian is very careful, the two armies must have a horse and a fine work, Zhu Tong's army must also have this kind of adulteration, for the sake of insurance, Li Xunlian deliberately placed his own team camp at the end of the army, and the first meal is the big fish, big meat and wine constantly, creating a kind of Zhu Tong's army to open the battle, they have nothing to do.

There is no guarantee that this strategy will succeed, but Li Xunlian believes that it must be done. In his view, fighting and competing have an essential point in common, that is, always pay attention to details, and details determine success or failure.

......

At the same time, on the towering city wall of Zhennan Pass, King Cheng looked into the distance, beside him was a lieutenant general, and on the left side was a half-kneeling horse, from the news that the horse had just sent back, King Cheng learned that the person who came was not only Zhu Tong, but also Li Xunlian, who he hated.

"Hmph, the vertical son is arrogant, do you think this is the imperial city!" King Cheng sneered contemptuously, his big iron fan-like hands rubbing against the battlements of the sturdy city wall.

It doesn't seem to be very hard, but the battle-hardened stone is a pile of falling residues.

"This is the southern land, it is the battlefield, and it is my Zhu Duo's territory! If you dare to come, I will want you to come and not return!"

After taking a few deep glances at the endless camps in the distance, King Cheng retracted his gaze and instructed the lieutenant general beside him: "The attack on the enemy is not stable, tonight, you will lead five hundred soldiers and horses to rob the camp." ”

"Five hundred, this ......" The deputy general was shocked, the other party was a big battle of 100,000 people, and led 500 people to rob the camp, what is the difference between that and sending them to death.

King Cheng glanced at the deputy general dissatisfied, and said, "You have been with the emperor for so long, don't you understand what the emperor said about robbing the camp?"

The adjutant general reacted for a moment, nodded and said, "The last general is stupid, and this is how he reacts." The prince wants me to select five hundred elite soldiers and fast horses, and go to kill their majesty first, right?"

The 100,000-strong army was unable to move, and the 500 elite soldiers were enough to walk around the opposing camp by surprise, and then retreated.

Of course, this full-body retreat does not mean not losing a single soldier, for this kind of war, the death of one hundred and eighty people is no different from tickling.

"What did you just call this emperor?" King Cheng was dissatisfied again.

The adjutant general was taken aback, and quickly changed his words: "Holy forgiveness!"

After hearing the two words of the saint, King Cheng was satisfied, and then said: "Remember, don't seek to kill the enemy, just make the movement louder." ”

"The last general commanded, but ...... There is also a word that I don't know whether to say or not. The lieutenant general was very afraid of the majesty of the king.

King Cheng raised his eyes to look at him, signaling but saying that it was okay.

"Zhu Tong is familiar with military books, won't he be able to take precautions against robbing the camp?"

Hearing this, King Cheng once again showed dissatisfaction and said: "You are simply a waste, do you have to teach you everything by the emperor himself? This emperor wants you to make some trouble, is it for Zhu Tong to see? Don't say what you make a fuss, even if you let him suffer a defeat, he can't destroy this person's military heart! You are really bullshit!"

"That'...... The meaning of the saint is...... "The deputy general has lived in the south for a long time, and he has not been in contact with King Cheng for a long time before his return.

After all, in the past, when King Cheng was down, although he couldn't be on the right hand, but he was also a strong general, and now things are not people, and King Cheng has already gathered too many fierce generals and strategists, and these old people are a little bit not enough.

Maybe it was out of jealousy, maybe it was something else, but at this moment, the seeds of discontent quietly took root in the general's heart.

King Cheng's scheming is so deep, the feelings that are almost sunk in his heart by the deputy general are actually noticed by him, but now that he is the emperor, not the king, the soft words that soothed people's hearts in the past can no longer be said again!

This is a subtle change in King Cheng's heart since he established himself as emperor, even if he is shrewd, he will inevitably fall into it.

"What this emperor means is that Zhu Tong is familiar with military books, is that Li Xunlian also the one he hates? The person this emperor hates the most is him, and what he wants to do in this camp robbery is to teach him a lesson, let him know that in the war, he is a waste who doesn't understand anything!"

"Do you understand this time?" said Cheng Wang, slowing his tone slightly.

"The Admiral understood. The lieutenant bowed in reply, and then retreated to prepare, although King Cheng slowed down his tone, but after all, he could not stop the seed of dissatisfaction, and gradually germinated......

(End of chapter)

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