In the council hall, the atmosphere was a little weird.

The guys who were cold eyebrows and impassioned before are now all attracted to two things.

Several tall guards brought in a large wooden tray with an octopus tentacle thick at the front and thin at the back.

The antennae are more than three meters long, the rear end is about a foot in diameter, and it is covered with red suction cups.

Then there's a delicate mahogany box with an egg-sized yellow bead inside.

The person who sent these two things was a captain of the Southern Barbarian Army, and he took several deep breaths in succession, calmed down his excitement to meet the emperor, and said: "Your Majesty, this tentacle was personally cut off from the giant octopus by Marquis Wu Ying, and he specially asked the humble officials to bring it for His Majesty and the ministers to appreciate. ”

The emperor's eyes widened and he asked, "With such a big tentacle, the giant octopus must be also very big." ”

The captain nodded and said, "It is indeed very large, because the weight that the flying wing can carry is limited, Wu Yinghou can only choose this relatively small tentacle, the longest is more than fifteen meters, and the diameter of the root is more than two meters thick! The largest suction cup is more than three feet in diameter, which is very amazing." ”

All the officials were shocked, including Li Fuchen.

"After killing the giant octopus, General Yin ordered us to spread out its corpse, covering a total area of 1,600 square meters!" the lieutenant continued, "After counting, the octopus has a total of 1,080 tentacles, of varying lengths. ”

The emperor took a deep breath: "There is such a big monster, no wonder it can destroy a small town in an instant, how did Marquis Wu Yinghou lure it into a trap?"

The lieutenant gave a detailed account of the buffalo.

The prince smiled and said, "Yun Yang is still the same as before, he is thoughtful, and he can always find clues from the chaotic evidence, and he can come up with a water buffalo to lure the sea beast into taking the bait." ”

Seeing that the emperor and the crown prince were so happy, Li Fuchen couldn't help but get nervous in his heart, in order to completely bring down Ye Yunyang, he made full preparations, not only called his henchmen, but also used his connections and money to buy a group of officials who usually had a neutral attitude.

I thought it was an ironclad thing, but who wants to have a critical time.

He was not convinced, the life of the kid surnamed Ye was too good, how could he be so lucky to hunt a sea beast, if this matter spread, the people of the Han Dynasty would definitely worship him as a god.

He and Zhang Ziping glanced at each other, and the latter was also full of helplessness.

Zhang Ziping thought that Ye Yunyang appeared in Nanban Mansion City to find Yin Falcon for refuge, but he didn't expect that he was to hunt and kill sea beasts.

He hated that he hadn't thought of this, otherwise he would definitely advise Li Fuchen to hurry up instead of waiting until today to do it.

The prince pointed to the wooden box and asked, "What's the matter with that bead?"

The emperor also wanted to know the answer, and looked at the lieutenant with interest.

The captain replied, "Your Highness, it was dug out of the head of the sea beast, and after the death of the sea beast, the Brahma master and others saw the back of its head trembling slightly, so they cut it with a sharp axe and dug out this bead. According to Wu Yinghou's analysis, it contains powerful and pure energy, which should be able to help martial artists improve their cultivation. ”

"Really?" the Emperor immediately commanded, "bring it to me and show me." ”

The prince stood up, waved away the eunuch who was about to come forward, and said, "This prince is here to get it." ”

He walked over, reached out and picked up the beads, took a cursory look at them, and then re-ascended the Danqi and handed it to the emperor, saying, "Warm and moist, you can feel the energy fluctuations inside." ”

The Emperor took it, nodded and said, "That's true." ”

The captain hugged his fists and said: "Before leaving, Marquis Wu Yinghou specially instructed us to inform the high priest of the temple about this matter, so that he could hurry up and look through the ancient books to determine whether this bead could be used by the martial artists." The companions who had come with the lowly priests had already rushed to the temple after they had lowered their wings. ”

As soon as the words fell, the guards outside shouted loudly: "Huo Hong, the high priest of the Holy Temple, and Qin Wei, the Taixue Priest, ask to see Your Majesty." ”

The emperor smiled and said, "It came so quickly, it shows that they have found the answer in the ancient books." ”

The crown prince nodded: "High Priest Huo Hong and Qin Wei are both capable talents, and they are loyal to His Majesty and the Great Han, so let's announce them in." ”

"Exactly. The emperor said in a deep voice.

The eunuch standing on the side immediately shouted at a sharp voice: "The two adults of Xuan Huohong High Priest and Qin Wei Sacrificial Wine are here." ”

Li Fuchen's face turned ugly, and the prince was speaking for Huo Hong, because of their attack on the Taimiao just now.

The two entered the hall and first saluted the emperor's father and son, and then were attracted by the octopus tentacles.

Huo Hong circled around the tentacles and said, "Sure enough, just like the records in ancient books, the body of the demonized octopus is swollen, because it is a cold-blooded animal, it does not have a single bone in its body, and it can be silent when it travels, even the masters of the Bright Sky Realm cannot detect its existence." ”

Qin Wei stretched out his hand, pressed the part next to the suction cup with one finger, and said, "Although it is a soft tissue, it is extremely tough, and the wound will heal in an instant." ”

The prince opened his mouth and said: "Two, it seems that you have found relevant information in the ancient books, you might as well tell it for your father and the hundred officials." ”

Huo Hong clenched his fists and said: "Obey! After my junior brother and I received the message from the junior brother, we immediately flipped through the ancient books and found information related to the giant octopus. According to records, this sea beast can grow to a maximum diameter of more than fifty meters, and the longest tentacles are nearly thirty meters long!"

The emperor's eyes widened: "In other words, the octopus hunted by Marquis Wu Yinghou and General Nanban is not the biggest!"

Huo Hong nodded: "It is recorded in ancient books that it likes to eat beef, and it is also said that its weakness is in the eyes, and behind the eyeballs is the brain, and there is only a thin membrane between the two. ”

The prince nodded, thinking that Ye Yunyang's choice of the octopus's eyes as the target of the attack could be regarded as a mistake.

"In the head of the demon beast, a beast core full of energy will be formed. Qin Wei said: "The formation of the beast core is a symbol of the demonization of beasts, and ancient books record that the beast core can be used by warriors and can improve the cultivation of Xuanli." ”

......

In Nanban Mansion City, when the corpse of the giant octopus was brought in, the whole city was boiling.

Yin Falcon ordered that the corpse be placed on display in the square in front of the General's Mansion to boost morale and people's hearts.

Looking at the people who kept cheering, Yin Ying smiled and said, "Yun Yang, you have made meritorious service again!"

Before, everyone was panicked because they didn't know what the monster looked like, and the casualties continued to break out, and the fear in people's hearts increased day by day.

Now that they see that monsters can be killed, their fears vanish.

Ye Yunyang waved his hand: "I don't care if you don't take credit! By the way, Uncle Yin, since we already know the weakness of the monster, we should hurry up and hunt it down." ”

Yin Falcon nodded: "I will arrange for the soldiers who participated in the hunt last night to teach experience to others, cooperate with each other in drills, and then take the buffalo out of the city to continue to expand the results." ”

"Also, the bed crossbow needs to be modified. Ye Yunyang made a suggestion, saying: "First of all, we must change the shooting of ten crossbow guns at a time to one, improve the lethality of the crossbow guns, and if possible, it is best to install aiming equipment." Secondly, the process of loading and winding arrows is simplified, and the rate of fire is accelerated. ”

"Yes, it's necessary, otherwise you won't be able to shoot the octopus in the eye, and you won't be able to put it to death. Yin Falcon said, and then gave the order to go.

The next morning, a total of ten thousand people went in different directions to carry out the task of hunting and killing sea beasts.

After a day of preparation, by the evening a total of six giant octopuses had been brought ashore, and all but one had retreated, and the other five had all fallen into the trap.

Fighting, fighting.

By the morning of the third day, ten teams had returned one after another, bringing back the carcasses of four giant octopuses.

One of them escaped when it was attacked, and the soldiers relied on two legs - they couldn't catch up at all, and could only watch it run away.

Even if only four of them were killed, the people of the city were very excited, and at this rate, it would not be long before all the sea beasts were wiped out, and they would be able to return to their homeland.

Ye Yunyang looked at the soldiers with tired faces and asked Yin Falcon, "What are the casualties on our side?"

Yin Ying smiled bitterly: "More than a thousand people were seriously injured, nearly a thousand died, and countless people were slightly injured. ”

"So serious?" Ye Yunyang's eyes widened, he thought that there would be casualties, but he didn't expect it to be so big.

"Yes, there are only five octopuses, and one has escaped, in fact, there are only four real battlefields!" Yin Falcon said with a distressed face: "There are 4,000 people on the battlefields everywhere, and there are more than 2,000 dead and seriously injured alone, and the rest are all injured." ”

Ye Yunyang said in a deep voice: "We underestimated the strength of the octopus. ”

"This is only one aspect, the main reason is in the soldiers. Yin Falcon sighed: "According to the survivors' recollections, every time the octopus launched a counterattack, our soldiers would panic, causing problems in coordination, unable to stop the octopus's progress, and then causing serious casualties. ”

So it was only a superficial victory, and the cost of more than 2,000 casualties from four giant octopuses was a bit high.

Yin Falcon continued: "Also, the crossbow guns fired by the soldiers are too low, and they need to be trained intensively. ”

"What about fire attack?" Ye Yunyang asked, in his impression, octopuses are very afraid of fire.

Yin Falcon smiled bitterly: "It also needs to be improved, you can see the scorch marks on the octopus corpse, the effect of the fire attack is not ideal." ”

Ye Yunyang turned his head to look, and there were not many scorch marks on the four corpses, indicating that the fire attack did not have the effect it should have.

"Tonight, you and I will personally lead the team out of the city to supervise the soldiers, increase their experience against the enemy, and reduce casualties. He proposed.

Yin Falcon nodded: "Okay, that's it." By the way, the beast core in the monster's head hasn't been dug out yet, so let's do it together. ”

Ye Yunyang thought for a while and said, "I won't go, just dig it out and give me one." ”

Attacking the corpse, it is still such an ugly sea beast, Ye Yunyang will never do it.

A few minutes later, he received two Beast Cores.

The same size, the same color, although it has been determined that the energy contained in it can be used by warriors, but how to use it and how to use it is still an unsolved problem.

He decided to take these two beast cores to the battlefield at night.

And this decision gave him a new discovery.