[Chapter 3: The Assassins]
The Xiqin Plateau, known as the spine of the Great Qian, is the highest altitude in the territory of the Great Qianguo, including the borders of the neighboring countries.
The entire plateau, running from north to south, is like a solid backbone, so that the sunset of the Great Qianguo always comes earlier than that of other countries.
On the Xiqin Plateau, the Yanling Mountains are like the backbone of the plateau, dividing the plateau into two places: Qinxi and Qindong.
In Qinxi, there is a small country called Qinding, which is a very inconspicuous one among the many vassal states of the Great Qianguo, but now this small remote country has been occupied by the allied forces of the Great Xuan State and the Black Sea Qiang State, and has become a strategic point of war with the Great Qianguo.
The armies of both sides were held by the Lingyue fortress, which was located in the east and west across the Yanling Mountains.
This Lingyue Fortress, as the most beaten fortress in the west of the Great Qian Kingdom, still stood firm in the fierce battles between the two sides in the previous few times, and the troops of the Great Qian Dynasty were still stationed here with high morale.
The alliance forces of the Great Xuan Kingdom and the Black Sea Qiang Kingdom set up their headquarters in a small city called Mei Ke to the west of the Lingyue Fortress, and camped in each military camp as a unit, with an overall phalanx, waiting for the fighters.
As the second person in charge of the advanced combat mechanism of the first front of the Alliance Army, Du Chang, the master of the Tengbeast Gate, is sitting here.
During this time, because of the orders from above, the alliance army did not move, and Du Chang's small life was also very leisurely, and he knew that the Nebula Sword Sect did not seem to be comfortable recently, so he didn't have to worry about the bad luck of those masters who would come to him.
Moreover, although this Meike City is small, as the first fulcrum for the Alliance Army to pry open the gate of the Great Qianguo, the Alliance Army attaches great importance to it, and naturally it will not be just a Yuan cultivator of the Condensation Realm like Du Chang here.
Du Chang is just a person who connects the previous and the next. One is a Yuan cultivator who can better convey the will of the Xuan Demon Aori Sect, and the other can protect and control the basic safety of the royal family members of the Black Sea Qiang Kingdom.
Yes, today's Black Sea Qiang State has completely become the vanguard of the Alliance Army, and Che Ting, the eldest prince of the Black Sea Qiang Kingdom, is now in this small city of Meike.
This Che Ting is still Du Chang's apprentice, and he worshiped after the Gu Master of Soul Flying Valley was killed, and Du Chang also became the new national teacher of the Black Sea Qiang Kingdom. On weekdays, Che Ting will come to Du Chang for the first time to say goodbye. But today, Du Chang waited left and right, but he didn't see him come to ask for peace, and he was surprised and planned to go out to have a look.
"Oh no...... The master of the door is not good......" A man in his forties rushed in in a hurry, and was lightly raised by Du Chang's one hand, and the surging mana released stabilized his body: "Such a big person, why are you so frizzy?
"The Great Prince...... It's the eldest prince who has an accident!"
Du Chang was suddenly startled, and grabbed the visitor: "What's wrong?"
The person who came replied: "Someone has been killed!" just when he was about to come to greet the master of the door and leave the palace......
"What?" Du Chang was furious: "What kind of person, such a bold man, what about the assassins, have you been caught?"
"No...... This matter is evil, I heard that even the guards and maids around the eldest prince did not see a human figure, and the eldest prince was split in half by a blood-colored sword qi that shot out from the ground!"
Du Chang let go of his hand, his expression was stunned: "I didn't see any figures, and the blood-colored sword qi shot out from the ground ......"
"Yes......" the messenger was about to say something, and with a swish, his body suddenly trembled, and a stream of blood rushed out of his head, shooting through a horizontal groove on the solid top of the room.
In the next moment, the lips that had begun to be cracked by the messenger were still opening and closing, and his body was pulled apart from them, and the blood that burst out in the middle was shocking.
Du Chang was startled by the sudden burst of murderous aura, and his body suddenly rose up, breaking through the dome of the house, and flew out.
But in a burst of light and darkness, Du Chang's heart tightened, and his eyes still locked on the person who blocked the scorching sun on the plateau for him.
It was a young man dressed in a black gold-rimmed dragon robe, with sword eyebrows and a wide face, and there was a smell of ruthlessness and murder when he looked down at him.
"You...... Who is it!?" Du Chang is not a person who has never seen the world, but in the face of this amazingly young man in front of him, there is a chill in his heart.
The young man raised his eyebrows lightly: "Lu will not give up!"
"Lu Bu Wai!" Du Chang was shocked, although he had never seen Lu Bu Wai, but he had heard this name many times in the past few years: "The head of the Dragon Gate who killed Feng Xianrong and Ji Kang?"
Lu Buqi said indifferently: "It is also the grandson of Lu Hongshan, who was forced by you to ruin his family!"
"You killed the eldest prince's car?" Du Chang asked knowingly, but he still had to ask, he wanted to delay time.
The strength of him and Ji Kang is between them, since Lu Buqi can even kill Ji Kang, then it is definitely not difficult to kill him, not to mention the recent matter of Lu Buqi snatching the succubus man bead yarn from the Nebula Sword Sect, he naturally has heard of it, how can he not know that the hairy boy who he didn't pay attention to in the past has now completely surpassed him, reaching the point where he can decide his life and death.
Lu Buqi nodded and said, "He'...... It's just the interest of my Lu family's hatred, and as for you, it's the principal, and you can't escape it no matter what!"
"Who dares to go wild here!" At this moment, a loud shout sounded, and a thin figure shot towards this side with a wisp of chaotic luster.
"Elder Snake Demon save me!" Du Chang's eyes were happy, and his body burst out with the strongest energy, leaping towards the snake demon.
In Du Chang's opinion, the snake demon is the top Yuan cultivator in the Chaoyuan realm, even if Lu Buqi has the ability to kill Ji Kang, if he encounters the snake demon, he can only return in vain, and he may even be killed by the snake demon.
But what frightened Du Chang was that his body, which was approaching the snake demon at high speed, was suddenly imprisoned in the air by a stream of energy that told him to spin, and no matter how he used his flying technique, he couldn't break free from the shackles of that flowing energy.
Then Du Chang found that Lu Buqi had arrived at his side at some point, and then in a flash, he came to him again, with an indifferent look, welcoming the arrival of the snake demon.
The speed of the snake demon is also very fast, a few flashes, and it has come closer.
"Don't come unharmed, old snake!" Lu Buqi's face was full of enthusiasm for seeing his old friend.
Holding a snake staff, his bones were craggy, and he looked up and down Lu Bu with gloomy eyes, looked at Du Chang uncertainly, and then looked back: "Young man, do you know me?"
"Of course, I know, that day, you frustrated the spirit of the Sect of Emotions and shocked the heroes on the Thunder Splitting Stage, but the demeanor is still in my heart. He was quite emotional, thinking that half a year ago, he had to use Xianyou Ding, and it was very difficult to block this person's blow, but now, looking at him again, there is no longer that sense of oppression from the mountains, on the contrary, he has enough confidence in his heart to kill the person in front of him at will.
"You were there that day?" the snake demon was a little stunned.
"Elder Snake Demon, don't listen to him, this son is the person who the Holy Sect will kill, the Danhuang inheritance...... The head of the Dragon Gate will not give up!" Du Chang roared, fortunately, the energy flow that imprisoned him did not imprison him with a sound.
When the snake demon heard this, his brows furrowed, and his eyes became even colder: "You are the stinky boy who used Xianyou Ding to save Manzhusha from me?"
Lu Buqi chuckled: "That's right, old snake head, the dragon is endless, it's me!"
Lu Buqi's fearlessness made the snake demon undoubtedly have some doubts, and judging from Lu Buqi's method of imprisoning Du Chang, he was very sophisticated, and his strength was probably extraordinary: "What are you doing here?"
Lu Buqi met the gaze of the snake demon and said indifferently: "It's just revenge!"
"What revenge?" the snake demon still had no intention of making a move, he ...... Also waiting.
"The revenge of the country and the family!" Lu Buqi smiled lightly: "Maybe the old snake head can be convenient with others?"
The snake demon asked rhetorically, "What does it mean to be convenient with people?"
"It's convenient for you, it's convenient for yourself!" Lu Buqi looked at Du Chang with cold eyes: "My purpose today is just to kill the eldest prince Che Ting and the master of the Teng Beast Sect, Du Chang, I don't want to kill other people for the time being." So, if you don't care about this, I won't trouble you first, this will make it convenient for me, and I will also give you convenience!"
"Joke, with me, who can you kill?" The snake demon is also a very confident person, although he is slightly unable to figure out what Lu Bu's reliance is, but when he senses that another powerful aura is approaching, he doesn't delay time, the snake staff in his hand is a little haphazard, and the five-colored light suddenly condenses, turning into a bean sprout shape, like a light with the thickness of a child's arm, and Lu Bu does not abandon the face door.