Chapter 18: Crushing
In the minds of the people of the Southern Tang Dynasty, the Ziyun people were all barbarians who grew up in the grassland, with thick waists and round faces, showing fangs, and eating people at every meal.
In fact, because the Purple Cloud Empire is an empire established by nomads, the folk customs are extremely strong, almost everyone practices martial arts, and the number of warriors is much more than that of the Southern Tang Dynasty, but it is in the plain where resources are scarce, and the resources that each warrior can share are pitiful.
The Southern Tang Dynasty next door is rich in land and resources. In order to have resources, the Ziyun people will invade the Southern Tang Dynasty to grab resources in almost every period, although the Southern Tang Dynasty has a large population, but the forces of all parties are mixed, everyone has their own calculations, and they do not work together, and in the battle with the Ziyun people, they lose more and win less.
Over the years, Ziyun has eaten up a lot of territory, and the Ziyun people who have tasted the sweetness are naturally more enthusiastic about invading.
This situation was not curbed until the appearance of King Mu, who used his troops like a god, and led the Zhendong Army to fight bravely and skillfully, and repeatedly repelled Ziyun's attacks for more than ten years, so that the Ziyun Empire did not dare to cross the border by half a step.
In the past two years, the Southern Tang people don't know why they transferred King Mu back and replaced him with an unknown general. ”
"Most of it is for the so-called struggle, the people of the Southern Tang Dynasty are greedy for life and fear of death, arrogant and lascivious, and this great territory will be the empire sooner or later. Yuan Xiang surrounded these Southern Tang people in front of him and thought fiercely.
The group of Southern Tang people in front of him seemed to support a noble person, and if they captured the commander, they would be rewarded.
"Southern Tang people, do you surrender by yourself, or do you have to take action yourself, if you do it, you will suffer. "Yuan Xiang is careless, if the other party thinks that he can fight him by joining forces, it is a big mistake, he has been fighting on the border all the year round, and his strength is much stronger than the Xuan-level martial artists of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
Although it was only the early stage of the Xuan level, it was not easy to deal with the few yellow-level martial artists in front of him.
"I'm sorry little brother, I've got you involved...... Wu Ajiu said apologetically to Xu Xiaodong: "This person is a Xuan-level early stage martial artist, and these people around him are Ziyun's elite Earth Demon Team, and each of them is extraordinary. ”
Xu Xiaodong didn't speak, he could see at a glance the realm of this black-armored man, and the early stage of the Xuan level was really nothing to him.
"Hmph, don't you think, if you want to fight, how can there be so much nonsense. Dong Jiao shouted.
Dong Jiao's angry appearance has a unique charm.
Yuan Xiang's eyes lit up, he hadn't touched a woman for a long time, he didn't expect that there was such a beautiful woman in this group of Southern Tang people, hehe, Yuan Xiang thought of something, and smiled lewdly.
"Brothers, don't hurt this little lady, let's be refreshed by capturing her alive, and the rest of the people will not be left except for the one in the carriage. ”
"Hey, Captain!" the sergeants around him also showed expressions that all men understood.
Dong Jiaoqiao's face sank, "Looking for death!" The expressions of these people, she naturally understood.
The talks between the two sides collapsed, and on Wu Ajiu's side, in addition to the old man with hanging eyebrows, Wu Ajiu, Dong Jiao, and Xu Xiaodong, who had just joined, there were also several guards ranging from the early to the middle of the yellow level, except for Xu Xiaodong, all of whom were full of tiredness.
On the other hand, on Yuanxiang's side, the morale is full, and there is a Xuan-level martial artist sitting in the formation.
"Little brother only has to join forces in front of him, the four of us in the late stage of the yellow level join forces, as long as we kill this Xuan-level thief, the others don't have to worry. Wu Ajiu said hurriedly.
"Hehe, there's no need for such trouble. Xu Xiaodong smiled slightly.
"What?" Wu Ajiu was stunned.
Xu Xiaodong didn't answer, his eyes narrowed, and a powerful momentum erupted from his body, and with a wave of the long sword, the sword qi rushed into the sky.
"Bang!"
The Ziyun sergeant who originally rushed up was cut in two with his men and horses, and the blood stained the grass red.
Kill more than a dozen yellow-level martial artists with one sword!
This...... This is the Xuan-level realm. In two years, this young man broke through to the Xuan level, and Wu Ajiu's figure who originally rushed forward froze, and looked at Xu Xiaodong who came out of the sword in amazement.
Xuan-level martial artist!
In just two years, this young man has become a Xuan-level martial artist?
"Who is Your Excellency, why do you want to wade into this troubled water?" The black horse under the seat was strangled by its master, and four long hoof marks slid out on the grass.
Yuan Xiang's face froze, as soon as the master made a move, he knew that he was not an opponent as soon as Xu Xiaodong made a move.
At this moment, I couldn't help but regret it in my heart, I originally thought it was a beauty difference that was nine out of ten, why did such a killing star suddenly appear.
"Hey, hey, the person who wants your life!" Xu Xiaodong smiled coldly and moved.
"Not good!" Yuan Xiang's face changed, and he directly turned his horse and retreated, and it was not too late for the gentleman to take revenge for ten years.
"It's late......" Xu Xiaodong's voice sounded in Yuan Xiang's ears.
A handsome face smiled at Yuan Xiang, which was also the last picture of Yuan Xiang's life.
"Click!" Xu Xiaodong put away his sword.
Under the Infinite Phantom, few people can escape.
Wu Ajiu only saw an afterimage flickering, chasing them to the heavens and the Xuan-level martial artists who had no way to go to the ground, and they were killed by Xu Xiaodong's sword like killing a chicken!
When did a Xuan-level martial artist become so weak.
Dong Jiao was the first to react from the shock, this is a person who can easily kill Xuan-level martial artists, it will only be easier to kill them, and immediately arched his hand and said: "We are the personal soldiers of the Luoyang City Lord of Yancheng, and we were ordered to escort the son of the City Lord, and we were hunted down by the Purple Cloud Thieves here, thank you for saving your life, can you tell us the name, our city lord will definitely thank you again in the future!"
Xu Xiaodong smiled slightly, although Dong Jiao was polite, he could naturally hear the wariness of his words.
"The girl is polite, in the name of the next, it is not worth it. Brother Jiu, your troubles are gone, and you won't bother in the future. Xu Xiaodong didn't mean to blame, in other words, he would be nervous in the face of a person who could easily decide his life and death, but this time he was just to repay Wu Ajiu's gift of the scroll, and now he helped him solve the trouble, and he also planned to say goodbye to everyone.
"Little ...... Little brother, are you leaving?" Wu Ajiu finally reacted.
"Your Excellency, don't leave yet, we are willing to pay a thousand spirit stones to invite you, as long as you are willing to escort us back to Rock City, below is the third lady of Luoyang City Lord, a thousand spirit stones, this is much stronger than you going into the mountains to hunt demon beasts." The old man finally reacted, with a look of arrogance on his face.
The spirit stone is a universal thing for the martial artists of the Canglan Continent, and it contains quite a strong spiritual energy, which is very necessary for the formation or cultivation, and a thousand spirit stones are also a great wealth for the Xuan-level martial artists. When the old man saw Xu Xiaodong coming out of the Misty Forest, he thought that Xu Xiaodong was the kind of Xuan-level martial artist who was shy in his pocket, otherwise how could he come to the Misty Forest to hunt demon beasts.
A thousand spirit stones were escorting, and he was already thinking about the ecstatic appearance of this Xuan-level martial artist in his heart.
Xu Xiaodong's eyes narrowed, and he saw the sense of superiority on the face of the old man with hanging eyebrows, and a yellow-level scum dared to pretend to be a big sum in front of him, and his tone suddenly became a little unkind, "Your Excellency thinks that the spirit stone is very good?"
The old man with hanging eyebrows was excited, and then he remembered that the person in front of him was a person who could easily kill a Xuan-level martial artist, and he pretended to be a big-tailed wolf in front of him, isn't that looking for death.
"Your Excellency is angry, Chief Lan is also a momentary gaffe, although Your Excellency killed our pursuers, but we are still in the Purple Cloud Territory, there will be accidents at any time, if we are chased and killed by the Purple Cloud people again, then Your Excellency has not done a vain effort to rescue us this time? As long as Your Excellency is willing to escort us back, we will definitely tell the city lord, and the city lord will definitely reward your Excellency heavily." Dong Jiao rarely stepped forward to help the old man with hanging eyebrows to relieve the siege, originally she was still a little worried, Xu Xiaodong saved herself and others, which may contain other motives.
But when he saw that Xu Xiaodong was going to leave after saving people, his heart was relieved, and he secretly blamed himself for being suspicious, and now he saw the old man with hanging eyebrows dying, and hurriedly came over to play a round.
"Yes, Mr. Lan is also an unintentional move, little brother, don't be surprised. Little brother, you must have killed a lot of demon beasts in the misty forest in the past two years, Iwacheng is a big trading city on the border of my country, why don't you sell the materials there, and there is an annual auction held in Iwacheng recently, maybe little brother, you can auction something useful to yourself. Wu Ajiu also stepped forward and said.
Xu Xiaodong, who originally wanted to refuse, heard the word auction and asked, "Auction?"
"This auction is organized by the Nalan Chamber of Commerce, one of the big chaebols of our dynasty, Xingchen Sha did appear in the auction last year, but I haven't heard of such a strange thing as the Creation Lotus Seed, but maybe this kind of strange thing will appear in this auction. Wu Ajiu saw that Xu Xiaodong was interested in playing the railway while it was hot.
Xu Xiaodong thought for a while and nodded, "Since that's the case, let's go and take a look." ”
If he can obtain the Creation Lotus Seed and Xingchen Sand, his strength will increase to another level.
Dong Jiao and Wu Ajiu looked at each other and saw the joy in each other's eyes, and on the next road, there was a Xuan-level powerhouse like Xu Xiaodong sitting in the battle, even if the Purple Cloud Empire was chasing and killing, they would have the power to resist.
"But before leaving, does this Chief Lan have to fulfill his promise and give a thousand spirit stones?" Xu Xiaodong did not leave first, but stared at the old man with hanging eyebrows, and said lightly.
"Your Excellency, I'm talking about the city lord giving you, not me. ”
The old man with hanging eyebrows cried and mourned, even if he was the eldest brother of the city lord's concubine, it took several years to get it.
"But I remember what you said?" Xu Xiaodong continued, while casually pulling a sword flower.
"You ......," the old man stiffened.
"What, you want to go back?"
The old man's face changed, looking at Xu Xiaodong's gradually cold face, he was really afraid that the other party would kill him with a sword, and no one could stop this person here.
There was a confrontation of thoughts, but in the end, it was still important to live a small life, and the old man with hanging eyebrows was like a mourner, and threw a cloth bag to Xu Xiaodong.
"Hehe, thank you Lord Steward, Lord Steward is really worth a lot of money, so let's go. After Xu Xiaodong looked at the number, the corners of his mouth rose and said lightly.
This Xuan-level boy still holds a grudge.
Wu Ajiu and Dong Jiao glanced at each other, their hearts were pang, and they didn't say anything.
The old man with hanging eyebrows made them angry along the way, and they were very happy to see him suffer this time. As long as there is no danger to his life, there is no need for them to offend Xu Xiaodong for him.
Several people rode in front, and the old man with hanging eyebrows followed behind, looking at Xu Xiaodong's eyes full of resentment.
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