October 13.

Outside the Great Zhou Stegosaurus Pass, the antler plain ushered in the first heavy snow since the beginning of winter.

The black-pressed army stood outside the Stegosaurus Pass like a tide, and the gray snow fell on their armor, as if it had met a scorching fire, and melted away in an instant. Nineteen held the sword and looked at the army with trembling hands, and his immature face was full of panic.

"Uncle, what should I do?" she asked, looking back behind her.

And behind him, on the giant wolf that turned into a whining, Xu Han was lying there comfortably, Xuan'er was lying in his arms to rest, Qin Keqing was quietly squatting beside him, holding up an umbrella for him, and farther away, above his whining head, Zhou Yuan was holding a large number of ancient books and meditating, Ah Huang on the side grinned, full of resentment for the old man also holding an oil-paper umbrella.

Hearing Nineteen's call for help, Xu Han's closed eyes opened a slit in his eyes, and he said lazily: "My sword way, what is important is to be an indomitable one, born to death, if you want to learn this way, you must first have the intention of fearlessness, only three thousand armor soldiers, what are you afraid of?"

Nineteen heard the words and secretly slandered: "You are an immortal, how can we compare?"

But on the face, she didn't dare to say this, after all, she was crying and begging Xu Han to teach her swordsmanship, if she missed cowardice at this time, wouldn't it be a waste of her previous efforts, not to mention that she knew very well that Xu Han couldn't really see death without help.

Thinking of this, Xiao Nineteen bit her pale lip and mustered up the courage to face the army that still rushed to her.

"Ah!!" Nineteen closed his eyes, and waved the long sword in his hand frantically, of course, such a "sword technique" is naturally out of order, don't say that the three thousand armor soldiers that Xu Han tried to draw out in front of him are just ordinary martial artists, and I am afraid that they can easily snatch the sword and kill people at this time. What's more, these 3,000 armor soldiers are not extraordinary.

After Xu Han and the others separated from Ye Hongjian, they rushed all the way to Chen State, and the land of Dazhou was depressed along the way, saying that it was a corpse and a wilderness, and it was not an exaggeration to say that they were starving, but these things were shocking when they first saw them, and they couldn't help but feel numb after seeing more. And then when they came to the Stegosaurus Pass, what happened was even more terrifying.

There are not many defenders on the Stegosaurus Pass, more than 20,000 people, and there are not too many high-end combat power among them, and the strongest ones are only three holy sons.

Such a lineup will naturally not be Xu Han's opponent, Xu Han simply made a shot and broke through the gate, after taking care of the three holy sons, the 20,000 troops under their command suddenly went berserk, as if they were all crazy, attacking them, Xu Han's hole cards were exhausted, and some hands and feet were killed by most of the defenders, but they gradually found out that something was wrong.

After the loss of the Holy Son, these armor warriors seemed to have lost their minds, and they kept stepping on the corpses of their comrades, and there was no fear on their faces except anger and murder. Of course, this is a very abnormal thing, in order to understand the reason, Xu Han simply took these three thousand armor soldiers to move forward together, while serving as the sparring partner of the nineteenth, and at the same time let Zhou Yuan, who is proficient in this way, study it carefully.

But these natural things did not happen when those armorers were killed in front of nineteen.

When those crazy armorers were about to swing the swords in their hands towards the nineteenth face, Xu Han, who was sitting leisurely on Woo's body, flicked his fingers. A series of sharp sword lights flew out at that time, turning into a sword formation centered on nineteen, blocking those armor soldiers.

Xu Han looked up at the sky where gray snowflakes were still floating, stretched out his hand and patted Xuan'er's head, and said, "Go and look at the dots, one at a time." ”

"Meow!" Xuan'er let out a long call, and at that time, it jumped off Xu Han's body very obediently and landed on the sword array, and then it widened its amber eyes, tilted its head and glanced at the group of armorers who looked crazy, as if they had lost their minds, and kept hitting the sword array. Finally, it spotted one of them, and its body fell lightly, and with a flap of its claws, it threw the armorer into the sword formation.

At that time, Xu Han's eyebrows were raised, and he said to the nineteen words who were still waving the long sword in his hand indiscriminately: "It's not enough to have courage, you also have to have brains." ”

"Open your eyes, look at your opponent, figure out a way, and kill him. ”

Xu Han's deep voice came, and Nineteen opened her eyes as if she had just woken up from a dream, and she couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva when she looked at the hideous armor soldier in front of her. She subconsciously glanced back at Xu Han, but saw that Xu Han had already laid down again and took a leisurely rest. Nineteen realized that at this point, it was obvious that no one would come to her aid, so her face sank, and she finally mustered up the courage to rush forward and fight with the strange armorer.

"Let's go. Although Xu Han still had his eyes closed, he knew everything about the situation.

"Whew!"

Hearing this, he raised his head excitedly and let out a long roar, which suddenly made Zhou Yuan, who was sitting on top of him, jump for a while, and almost fell to the ground. And Ah Huang, who was also holding an umbrella for Zhou Yuan on the side, found an outlet for his anger, and punched him to the whining head.

Whimpered and ate pain, but he didn't dare to attack Ah Huang, who was the demon king.

I could only scream the aggrieved "woo" twice, and then I walked forward with everyone.

And with the whimpering steps, the sword formation that cut the nineteen and many strange armor warriors actually began to move slowly at that time, and the nineteen and the armor warriors who were fighting on it did not notice the changes brought about by this movement at all. As for the group of armor soldiers who had not entered the formation, they followed behind the sword formation like walking corpses, tirelessly chasing after them.

......

"Childe, Nineteen is only so old, is it too eager to get some?" Qin Keqing saw that Nineteen was fighting with a warrior who was several times taller than her in that sword formation, and she couldn't help but feel a little unbearable for a while, so after hesitating for a while, she finally couldn't help but ask.

Xu Han, who was squinting, opened a slit in his eyes, glanced at Qin Keqing, and said lightly: "The troubled times are coming, no one can protect anyone, suffer some hardships now, and suffer less in the future." ”

Qin Keqing was stunned when he heard this, knowing that what Xu Han said was correct, so he lowered his head.

But after a period of silence, she gritted her teeth again and asked softly, "Childe, Sister Hongjian left, is it because..."

Qin Keqing held this question in her heart for a long time, she inevitably felt guilty about it, and she was ashamed to say it, and now she finally mustered up the courage to speak.

It's just that before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by Xu Han.

"It's not. Xu Han quickly vetoed Qin Keqing's question, of course, in many cases, such a quick answer does not represent the authenticity of the answer, but rather shows the desire to respond to the bottom of his heart vividly.

Qin Keqing lowered his head, and his voice became a little quieter: "If this is the case, the son should leave Sister Hongjian, now Chang'an City must be in danger, after she goes..."

"No one can persuade her to decide what she decides, and besides, as an immortal, although Chang'an City is full of dangers, she may not be able to do anything with her. Xu Han probably saw that Qin Keqing was worried about Ye Hongjian's situation, so he comforted him.

"Immortals?" But Qin Keqing was stunned at that time, quite surprised.

"Hmm. Xu Han nodded: "When we left the Great Summer, the red note reached the critical period of breaking the realm, so we stayed alone. ”

"That's it..."Qin Keqing nodded, and the expression on his face couldn't help but feel a little lonely. He muttered softly: "Sister Hongjian is so good, she can share her worries for her son, and I..." Qin Keqing couldn't help but think of what the man in black had said to her that day.

"Neither he nor the world can afford to be dragged down now..."

"If you do it yourself, so will I..."

Xu Han didn't hear Qin Keqing's muttering clearly, but when he saw her expression, he secretly thought that she was still feeling sorry for Ye Hongjian's departure, so Xu Han was relieved: "Hongjian has his own way of doing things, you don't need to worry." ”

Qin Keqing, who had just come back from her thoughts, heard that she gritted her teeth at that time as if she had made up some determination, and when she raised her head to look at Xu Hans, she actually showed a smile on her face: "Well, I know." ”

......

The snow spread a thick layer on the ground, and it didn't stop until it was getting late.

The advancing team stopped, Xu Han flicked his fingers, and the sword array suddenly became larger, enveloping the three thousand armor soldiers, so that they could not advance or retreat. And Xuan'er also recited the gray-faced and almost exhausted nineteen here. Xuan'er is quite spiritual, and has been ordered by Xu Han, and every time the opponent selected for Nineteen is within the range that Nineteen can defeat, but it is enough to pose a great threat to it.

"Go show her. Xu Han said to Qin Keqing beside him, and then jumped off the back of the whining one.

Seeing Xuan'er coming, he suddenly became excited, its body turned into an ordinary size, and it jumped to Xuan'er's side, wagging its tail vigorously at it. But Zhou Yuan, who was sitting on his head, was unlucky, his body fell, and the books around him were scattered all over the ground, very embarrassed.

He didn't have time to worry about the injuries on his hands and feet, so he hurriedly bowed down and began to pick up the ancient books on the ground. These things are all books found by Xu Han who looted several strongholds of the Senluo Hall along the road, and there are many kinds of things recorded in them, and there are many things that touch the secrets of the Senluo Palace, if you lose these things. Xu Han pursued it, Zhou Yuan couldn't afford it, after all, Zhou Yuan's understanding of his identity was quite clear.

But just when he was picking up the seventh book scattered on the snow, a hand suddenly reached over at that time, picking up the ancient books on the ground, Zhou Yuan was stunned, looked up, and saw that the owner of the hand was Xu Han.

He was excited, and subconsciously stood up, his face bitter. But Xu Han didn't seem to notice his abnormality, and handed over the book in his hand at that time. Zhou Yuan hurriedly took the thing, but his expression was still terrified.

"Do you see what's coming?" Xu Han's voice suddenly sounded.

When Zhou Yuan heard this, he didn't dare to be half a little sluggish and hurriedly responded: "There are some clues, but..."

"Tell me. Xu Han interrupted Zhou Yuan's words, then stretched out his hand and beckoned behind him, Ah Huang walked over with a disgruntled face, took the books in Zhou Yuan's hand, and then picked up the ancient books that were still on the ground one by one.

Seeing this, Zhou Yuan hurriedly cleared his throat and said: "Most of these soldiers are Shura before Senluo Palace, and the practice method is also the "Shura Jue" created by Senluo Palace, this exercise..."

"Focus. Xu Han frowned and interrupted Zhou Yuan's words again.

"Gollum. Zhou Yuan swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then remembered that Xu Han was also from the Senluo Palace, and he naturally knew the "Shura Jue" very well. He thought about it slightly, and after planning what Xu Han wanted to know in his mind, he said again: "Senluo Hall is anxious for quick success, and has thought of replacing human blood with demon blood, so as to quickly make people skip the tedious process of cultivating the Shura Jue and create the half-demon they want. But what makes them different from Shura is that Shura is generally cultivated from an early age, and they are coerced and enticed, and most of them are absolutely loyal to the temple. ”

"And these half-demons created are powerful in cultivation, and at the same time, most of them are preded children, one or two are okay, but if they are to be manufactured in large quantities, once these half-demons get out of control and become enemies of Senluo Palace, this will be more than worth the loss for Senluo Palace. ”

"For this reason, the so-called holy medicine has been developed in the temple, and I don't know the specific formula effect, I only know that after eating this holy medicine, no matter who you are, you will be absolutely loyal to the Senluo Temple. And naturally, with the style of Sen Luo Dian's behavior, a huge number of Shura under his command were also arranged to take this holy medicine. ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Yuan paused, glanced at Xu Han cautiously, and saw that there was a look of dissatisfaction on his face, so he said again: "Although there is no recipe for the holy medicine in the book we got here, there are some accounts about medicinal materials, and several of them are huge, and no matter which stronghold of the Senluo Palace, a large number of these medicinal materials will be collected, and it can be imagined that these medicinal materials should be the necessities required for the holy medicine." ”

"To be honest, I really can't imagine how these rare herbs can have such a miraculous effect as controlling people's hearts. ”

"And I carefully checked the condition of those armor soldiers, so I came to a guess..."At this time, Zhou Yuan fell silent again, and seemed to hesitate.

"What speculation?" Xu Han narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhou Yuan.

Zhou Yuan gritted his teeth, and finally said, "I think that the holy medicine is probably not the key to controlling people's hearts, but more likely just a medium. ”

Xu Han didn't fully understand the meaning of Zhou Yuan's words, he asked, "What medium?"

"The medium that connects the recipient with the appliance. Zhou Yuan said, subconsciously looked at Xu Han, but saw that the expression on the other party's face was still confused, he realized that such a statement was still too vague, lest Xu Han be dissatisfied, he hurriedly explained again: "If you think about it carefully, those armor soldiers were almost no different from ordinary people before the Holy Son died, why did they suddenly go crazy, I think the fundamental reason is likely to be in those Holy Sons." ”

"I was born in a hidden sect, the practice in the door is the art of demon alchemy, in order to be able to make demons, the ancestors of the sect have created a method, the soul of people and demons linked, people are the master, demons are servants. The servant dies, the master is wounded, and the master dies and the servant dies. ”

Although this method has been lost, I see the relationship between these monks and the Son very similarly. As soon as the Holy Son died, these armor warriors seemed to have no soul, and they only knew how to follow the killing instinct brought by the "Shura Jue", and they no longer had the slightest appearance of being human. This is likely to be the sequelae of the annihilation of these armor spirits immediately after the death of the Lord's Son. ”

Although Xu Han had never thought of such a thing, the kind of method that Zhou Yuan said was not completely unrealizable, so he was noncommittal about it, and said: "Such speculation is indeed very likely, but after all, it is only an inference..."

"No, I think the truth of the Elixir may be different from it, but it is definitely not too bad. Perhaps it was related to what he was best at, and Zhou Yuan, who was discussing this, unexpectedly interrupted Xu Han's words.

But fortunately, Xu Han was not half annoyed by this, but looked at Zhou Yuan and asked, "What's the solution?"

Zhou Yuan was greatly encouraged, and at that time he took a breath and said, "As I said before, even if these herbs are really the key to refining the holy medicine, they together will never have such a magical effect, unless some extremely complex refining techniques are used, or there are some medicines that are not in these herbs. The former takes too much time, and the latter... Drugs that can achieve such effects are extremely rare and even extinct. Therefore, in my opinion, neither of these can meet the needs of such a large amount of holy medicine refining. ”

"But if the holy medicine made from these medicinal materials is used as a medium to control people's hearts with secret methods, it is more practical. Besides, if this is done, there will be a great benefit for the Sen Luo Temple..."

Zhou Yuan said that he was so angry that he actually bought the pass at this time.

But when he turned his head to look at Xu Han and saw that the other party's face gradually showed a look of displeasure, Zhou Yuan came to his senses, and he hurriedly said: "Imagine that these tens of thousands of armor soldiers are connected with the soul of the Holy Son, as soon as the Holy Son dies, although these armor soldiers seem to be alive, their souls have been destroyed, how different from death..."

"And if the people of the Great Xia Prefectures and the people of the entire Great Zhou Dynasty all cast such a secret method to link it to the divine soul of the Great Chu Emperor... Who else in the world would dare to kill her?"

Hearing this, Xu Han suddenly shuddered, not to mention the land of the three states of Great Xia that had fallen into the Dead Chu, there were tens of thousands of living beings in the territory of the Great Zhou alone, if it was really as Zhou Yuan speculated, killing the Great Chu Emperor would be equivalent to destroying the souls of these ten thousand living beings, I am afraid that anyone would secretly weigh it before starting.

Rao is Xu Han, who is used to seeing intrigues and tricks, and he has to chill in his heart at this time.

Take the common people as a hostage...

Such a calculation can be described as extremely vicious.