In and around Li City at night, calm finally returned to it, but everyone knew that such a calm could only be temporary. Tomorrow, perhaps an even more tragic scene will be played.

On the battlefield, there were mountains of corpses and blood, stumps and broken bones, collapsed city platforms, destroyed pavilions, burned houses, and displaced people. This is where the cruelty of war lies, and it is also the endless calamity that war has brought to the people of the world.

After this battle, Ling Xingnan seemed to be revered as a god by the 100,000 soldiers and civilians in Licheng, if it wasn't for him blocking the invasion of the evil gangsters and armies invited by Nanzhao, I am afraid that Licheng at this moment has been breached, thousands of soldiers have been killed, and countless people have been enslaved......

It is said that after the evil king led all the evil masters to leave, the army of Nanzhao also retreated to ten miles away and set up camp. The next thing is naturally that the Xichuan defenders rebuilt the city tower, strengthened the city wall, prepared the corresponding materials and equipment to defend the city, and made enough efforts for the arrival of the more wars after dawn.

After Princess Pinglan and Gao Qibai, the defender of Licheng, arranged the follow-up work properly, they invited the generals and masters who defended the city to gather in the meeting hall to discuss the next good strategy for defending the city, and naturally Ling Xingnan, Yu'er, Miss Zhuo and others were among them.

After everyone entered the council hall, they were divided into the official positions of the guest of honor, the guest of honor, and the staff seated, and so on, and the council hall was full.

Naturally, the central seats are Princess Pinglan, Gao Qibai, Emei Chief, Ling Xingnan, beggar Feng Shuai, Yu'er Valley Lord, Miss Zhuo and some highly respected Licheng celebrities and high-ranking guards, and then distributed in the peripheral seats are some Emei disciples, beggars and people, as well as many martial arts heroes and deputy generals and counselors in the army who came to help.

After everyone was seated, the whole chamber fell silent.

Soon, I heard Gao Dabai say loudly: "Today, my Licheng can be temporarily preserved, and I am here to thank you for your cooperation in defending the city on behalf of my father and the 100,000 soldiers and civilians of Licheng! Especially all the friends on the Wulin Road, if there is no help from you today, the consequences are really unimaginable!"

When Gao Qibai said this, he really gave a heavy salute to Ling Xingnan, the beggar Feng Shuai, the head of Emei and others to show their gratitude.

Later, he was heard to continue: "But...... Everyone should know very well that although the Nanzhao army was temporarily repelled by us tonight, when their follow-up reinforcements arrived, the two sides would be an even more brutal battle! Therefore, I was ordered by the princess to gather everyone to discuss the best strategy for tomorrow's resistance, and now I ask Her Royal Highness the princess to show ......."

At this time, Princess Pinglan really stood up, bowed slightly to everyone in the hall, and said, "This palace asked General Gao to invite you to come tonight, it is indeed for tomorrow's war. General Gao was right just now, although we have your great assistance in defending the city tonight, we have temporarily repelled the Nanzhao army...... However, as soon as the follow-up reinforcements of the Southern Zhao Kingdom arrive tomorrow, I am afraid that the real big war and the vicious battle are still to come! Therefore, I invite you to come here to tell you not to be discouraged, and after going down, you must recuperate and make sufficient preparations to deal with tomorrow's crucial battle...... Now that we have so many martial arts colleagues to help us and tens of thousands of people as our backing, I believe that the soldiers and soldiers guarding Licheng will have the determination to sacrifice their lives to defend the country, and we will definitely win this war!

After listening to Princess Pinglan's words, most of the people in the council hall were in high spirits and shouted one after another.

Next, under the collegial discussion of everyone, many good strategies for defending the city were discussed, and Gao Qibai even readjusted the deployment of the defense of soldiers and horses.

After everything was arranged, everyone dispersed, and each found a place to rest without mentioning.

In the middle of the night, the inside and outside of Li Cheng finally calmed down a little.

The fire of war in the city has not yet been completely extinguished, and there are still bits and pieces of fire flickering on the hills outside the city, and from time to time there is a cry of nightingales and the howl of wild wolves in the night, which makes all this accompany such a night, and it seems a little discordant.

Ling Xingnan and his entourage also lived in the barracks of the Licheng defenders' camp under Gao Qibai's arrangement. After Ling Xingnan's battle with the Evil Monarch, it seemed that he was not injured on the surface, but only he knew the current situation...... After some True Qi operation and pranayama, the surging True Qi in his body was temporarily controlled, and the cultivation realm that originally required gradual progress was forcibly broken through by him when he was in a crisis. It's like a person who can only eat one bowl of rice and suddenly eats two bowls of rice.

However, the Evil Monarch is different from him, the Evil Monarch's cultivation of the Evil God Magic has already reached the bottleneck area of the middle stage of the Qi Path, and it is really difficult to break through with his own cultivation, but he took advantage of the competition with a top master on a par with him, and after falling into a state of danger, he stimulated all his potential to break through in an instant, although there is a certain danger in the criticality of the breakthrough, but the Evil Monarch has always been fully prepared, and the possibility of success within his grasp is still very great...... Therefore he dares, and he is sure that he can do it! This is also because of his strong momentum, as if he had been hiding his strength.

On the other hand, Ling Xingnan was able to reach the realm of achieving the most ruthless slash of the three absolute slashes of the dragon when he fought with the evil monarch, he relied on the factors of heavenly enlightenment and luck, although he gained a lot by forcibly breaking through, but without the gradual accumulation, the power of the ruthless slash could not be exerted to the maximum power at all, and the power of many subtleties in this slashing realm could not be fully exerted, and it would have some negative effects on his mind and future cultivation more or less.

In other words, Ling Xingnan's successful cultivation of the Ruthless Slash was a success in the Dao Dao realm, but there was still a gap between his own internal foundation and the Dao Dao realm [It was precisely because the several strands of true power in his body had not yet been completely fused into one, and in terms of both internal and external cultivation and refinement, Qi and spirit, he could not achieve harmony at all, and the cultivation of the human body itself and the natural operation of the Heavenly Dao could not be balanced. This is the main reason why he has never been able to defeat the evil king!

At this point, Ling Xingnan himself was of course very clear.

Therefore, since he came back from the council hall, he has been concentrating on cultivating his mind in the room, focusing on pranayama in terms of internal breathlessness and adapting to the process of ascending to the realm.

Half an hour later, Ling Xingnan finally opened his eyes slowly, his complexion finally returned to its original state, and his slightly opened eyes flashed with two compelling essences, needless to say that it was because his cultivation realm was improved, and his skill naturally went to the next level.

At this time, Ling Xingnan looked in the direction of the door, and there was also a slight knock on the door.

Then I heard a gentle female voice, and said: "Ling Gongzi, you haven't rested yet, have you?" I am Da Qing, the bodyguard of Her Royal Highness the Princess, and the princess saw that the lights were on in your room, so she guessed that you had not rested, so I specially ordered me to invite you to the flower hall of the inner hall to talk about it......

When Ling Xingnan heard this, he thought for a moment and replied, "You go back to the princess first, and I'll go over immediately." ”

Daqing answered and left first.

Ling Xingnan stood up and straightened his clothes, casually inserted the bladeless Xuandao placed aside into his waist, and walked out of the door and went straight to the flower hall in the inner hall.

At this time, the night was already deep, and the cool breeze was gusting and the cold was blowing. However, the palace of General Li Cheng was still brightly lit, and although many people had already fallen asleep, there were still many people who could not sleep all night, after all, the short peace on the eve of the war could not suppress their hearts surging before the battle.

When Ling Xingnan walked through the garden aisle in the General's Mansion, he met a lot of Xichuan sergeants with strong blades, and when they saw Ling Xingnan, they all began to give way, showing extremely respectful looks.

Seeing this scene, Ling Xingnan also knew that the courage of Lu Dao and the Evil Monarch in the battle had already subdued countless soldiers.

The troubled times were originally an era of striving for power by force, and it is not surprising that the strong are admired.

After a few turns, Ling Xingnan came to the outside of the flower hall in the inner hall.

At this time, there was already Princess Pinglan's guard Xue Yan outside the hall who had been waiting for a long time.

"Young Master Ling, please come with me. Her Royal Highness the Princess is already waiting in the hall......" When Xue Yan saw Ling Xingnan, she immediately stepped forward and said.

Ling Xingnan nodded, and followed Xue Yan into the flower hall.

At this time, in the flower hall, there was Princess Pinglan, who had changed into a goose yellow plain dress.

Ling Xingnan immediately clasped his fists at Princess Pinglan and said, "Ling has seen the princess, I don't know why the princess summoned me late at night?"

When Princess Pinglan saw Ling Xingnan, a flush passed over her face, and under the candlelight in the flower hall, the shyness on her face became even more obvious.

"I invite you to come tonight, mainly to thank you for coming in time to help me defend the city......"

When Ling Xingnan heard this, he replied: "The princess is serious, speaking of which, I was originally from Xichuan, and it is a matter of course to resist foreign invasions. ”

Princess Pinglan listened to Ling Xingnan's answer, and also nodded slightly: "If it weren't for Ling Gongzi's strength to defeat the evil monarch today, and force out the evil people with his extraordinary martial arts powers, most of Li Cheng would be more fierce and less auspicious......!

"The princess can risk her life with her body of ten thousand gold, and she can sacrifice her life with the soldiers and people of Licheng to fight against the Nanzhao army, with this courage and courage and the intention of sacrificing herself to love the people......, she is really a heroine!

"Ling Gongzi has won the prize! By the way, tonight I saw that Ling Gongzi's martial arts cultivation has made great progress, and he can even tie with a generation of evil monarchs and other figures! After this battle tonight, you will definitely become famous all over the world...... What a blessing!" Princess Pinlan smiled.

Hearing this, Ling Xingnan shook his head lightly and sighed, and said leisurely: "Famous all over the world? So what? If a few years ago, I might have been a little excited! But now, I have experienced too many fights and killings, and I am used to seeing the warmth and coldness of people, and I have had enough of deceit, and I have begun to get tired of this kind of life......