Chapter 82: The Eve of the Great War
After Lu Zhengfeng was saved, he flew all the way to the east, and the speed was also extremely fast, and he had already arrived in Yuyang with a stick of incense, and suddenly he felt something in his heart, and then he fell to the ground, and in a small farm yard outside the city, he saw a white-clothed monk in his thirties.
This person has no jade face, his hair is already half white, he looks handsome and abnormal, his expression is indifferent, and he is playing against himself on a chessboard.
"Lu Zhengfeng greeted the Sword Ancestor. ”
It turned out that this person was the sword ancestor of Yushan who was known as 'a sword from the east to the town of a thousand mountains', and a sword immortal from the east.
"No need to be polite, get up. ”
Donglai Zhenren slowly put down a white piece, surrounded a black piece, and saw that the chess game was decided, so he slowly accepted the chess pieces.
Lu Zhengfeng was carrying the corpses of two fellow disciples in his hands at this time, and he blamed himself in his heart, where did he dare to get up.
"Death is dead, and you can't live on your knees, instead of blaming yourself, you can avenge them with your own hands in the future. However, you, Lu Zhengfeng, as an elder of the Yanshan Sword Sect, acted recklessly on weekdays, and after this incident, he went to Wujian Cliff to be confined for a hundred years. ”
Donglai Zhenren seemed to be accustomed to seeing life and death, and the expression on his face did not change in the slightest.
"Yes!"
Lu Zhengfeng got up and began to tell the cause and effect.
It turned out that Lu Zhengfeng took the disciples of the door to Sanzhou in the west a few months ago to experience, originally just to kill a man-eating pig demon, with his Jindan sword cultivator in charge, the two disciples of the door easily surrounded and killed the little pig demon, originally a little unsatisfied, but on the way back to the mountain, I heard that there was a heavy rain in the icy winter in Yuyang, and there was something abnormal, so I reported the matter to the division.
The contemporary sword master of the Yushan Sword Sect ordered an inspection to see if the matter was related to the Demon Evil Dao.
So, Lu Zhengfeng, who had a somewhat reckless personality and was not suitable for hidden exploration, felt that this was an opportunity, and the other two Sword Sect disciples were also eager to try, and they were bound to find out and kill demons.
As a famous and decent family, Lu Zhengfeng was a little reckless, but he couldn't do this kind of thing, and he couldn't do this kind of thing, he burned incense a few times, and no one responded, so he could only give up, but he accidentally learned that the imperial court was preparing to attack the Ulan country.
Ulan and the Dacheng Dynasty have been enemies since ancient times, and there are many fights between cultivators, so Lu Zhengfeng naturally touched the direction of Hantian City.
Lu Zhengfeng found out that there were monks in Hantian City to make trouble, but after all, there was a shortage of manpower, so he did not sneak in rashly, and waited until the battle between the Dingbo Army and the Ulan Iron Cavalry, and saw that the monks on the side of the Ulan Kingdom tried to kill the commander of the Dingbo Army, and only in anger could not help but make a move.
Starting from a series of mistakes, until a flying sword came to the west and killed six Ghost Fang Temple monks in the air and saved his life, Lu Zhengfeng did not hide his mistakes at all, and also told Yunsu what he said word for word.
"This person's cultivation is extremely high, and he said that the real conspiracy of the Ghost Fang Temple is to want to kill the Donglai Zhenren of our Yanshan Sword Sect, let me tell the Sword Ancestor when I go back, if I am not 100,000 sure, it is best to stay away from Hantian City. ”
After Lu Zhengfeng said this, sweat came out, he rarely saw this sword ancestor once in a hundred years, and it was rumored in the door that this sword ancestor had reached the realm of sword forgetfulness, so don't clean up the door without anger.
"Oh?!"
Donglai Zhenren's original Gu Jing Wubo's eyes suddenly lit up, and he groaned slightly:
"The two Jindan ghost cultivators of the Ghost Fang Temple, the six people laid down the Spirit Ghost Devouring Heart Array, and they came from the air, but they slashed it all with one sword......"
"What Zhengfeng said is true, and he doesn't dare to lie half-heartedly. It's just that this person transmits sound with his mind, and he has never seen his real person, and his real body is afraid that it is more than ten miles away. ”
Donglai Zhenren was silent, the flying sword killed people in the air, and the disciples and grandchildren of those disciples in the sword sect who did not make it were able to do it, but if they had to cross more than ten miles, they also had to break through the Spirit Ghost Devouring Heart Array with one sword, and then kill two Jindan ghost cultivators, at least their own little disciple at the peak realm of the Huadan Realm, the contemporary sword master of Yanshan could not do it.
This person's cultivation is high, the Tao is deep, and the clues can be seen under a sword.
There is another point, Donglai Zhenren finds it quite suspicious.
Lu Zhengfeng said that the master might have done it more than ten miles away, but in his opinion, this was just the apprentice's guess, if it was ten miles away, exactly the same killing, he could have done it eight hundred years ago.
If it was a hundred miles away, eighty years ago, although it was very reluctant, it could be done with all your might.
But what if it's further afield......
"This person's cultivation may be much higher than you think. The Ghost Fang Temple has always been secretive, and he can detect that the other party wants to design and kill me, which is not something that ordinary monks can do. ”
Donglai Zhenren did not say that he had been busy for decades and traveled more than 100,000 miles in order to investigate the matter of the Ghost Fang Temple, only to learn that this ghost cultivation force had something to do with the Yinshan Dynasty, which was short-lived many years ago and had been inherited for 8,000 years.
But behind all this, what kind of conspiracy is still unclear.
He had also caught two ghost kings of the Ghost Fang Temple, but one of his soul was destroyed, and the other actually used a secret method to escape his soul.
"That ......"
Lu Zhengfeng also felt that the master who secretly helped him was extremely high in cultivation, and he wanted to persuade the Sword Ancestor, but he didn't know how to speak.
"Then let's go! I have not been weaker than others in my life, and the sword path I have cultivated is also courageous, if I retreat this time when I know that there is a catastrophe, it will be difficult to advance in the future, and I am not worthy of being your sword ancestor."
It was the kindness of this person's words and warnings, and I received it from the Yushan Sword Sect. ”
Donglai Zhenren made up his mind lightly.
"But...... Jian Zu, even if you are 100,000 sure, it is better to make more plans in this matter, the disciple and grandson acted recklessly, and even the children of the sect suffered and received no complaints.
However, the Sword Ancestor is the safety of the Yushan Sword Sect, and he is the real mainstay of the Dacheng Dynasty, so please think twice!"
Although Lu Zhengfeng's personality is a little reckless, this time is also the first time in hundreds of years that he has suffered a big loss.
"Pass on my Yushan Sword Order, all the disciples of my Yushan Sword Sect are not allowed to step out of the realm of Dacheng, and by the way, I will also inform the cultivation forces of all parties, guard Dacheng, and don't go to Tiancheng to wade into troubled waters.
As for you, go back to Yushan to report the news first, this matter, the deity has its own plans. ”
"Yes, Sword Ancestor!"
Lu Zhengfeng made the flying sword fly away, but Donglai Zhenren waved his hand and put out an incense burner on the table, and then took out three special incense sticks, lit them and plugged them.
I saw a stream of green smoke, condensed three birds, circled around him a few times, then nodded, and flew in three different directions.
In less than half an hour, a crane roared in the sky, and I saw a white light falling from the sky from far and near, falling in the courtyard, turning into a human figure.
This person has gray hair, his face is pale without a trace of blood, and between the opening and closing of his eyes, there are faintly many swords and swords in it.
"Crane Daoyou came so quickly, I haven't seen him for five hundred years, and the Gengjin sword intent is getting stronger and stronger. ”
Donglai Zhenren bowed his hand and invited him to take a seat.
"You're stronger, too. ”
Donglai Zhenren: "You and I are undecided about life and death, not to talk about victory or defeat." ”
The white-haired sword cultivator was not very good at words, and after taking a seat, he tasted tea alone.
"Brother He, it's been five hundred years, I'm afraid it's the first time you've gone down to Wushan. ”
"It's okay, naturally you don't have to go down. ”
Donglai Zhenren sighed and said, "There are some things, since so long has passed, let's take a look at some things." ”
"You're human, you don't understand. ”
Donglai Zhenren smiled faintly and stopped talking, this guy's temper has not changed.
The two of them drank tea separately, and without even talking, a few hours passed, and another imperial light came from the sky, and fell in the courtyard to turn into an old man.
This person is extremely old, hunched over, at first glance it looks like he has snake stripes all over his face, and only when you look closely can you see that it is some kind of glans head texture.
"Hahaha, Donglai Daoyou, Crane Daoyou, the little old man is the farthest away, and he is one step late. ”
"Gui Daoyou's Yunmengtan is more than 6,000 miles away from here, and he has come all the way to come, but he can't go to the east. ”
After the old man surnamed Gui took his seat, he looked at the remaining empty seat and said in surprise:
"The one from Mirror Lake hasn't arrived yet?"
"The Ichthyosaurus Daoist has always been sleepy, maybe at the critical moment of cultivation, I won't wait for him. ”
Donglai real people waved their hands, indicating that it was okay.
But the old man muttered: "This guy is too afraid of death, he doesn't come every time he fights, and the next time he is beaten to Jinghu's nest, I'll see who helps him."
Oh, it's interesting enough for people to be friends of the crane, trapped by love, and they haven't gone to the mountain for five hundred years, and their mother-in-law didn't go to see it for hundreds of miles, but every time they fought, they were never late. ”
As soon as these words came out, the Taoist friend surnamed He, whose face was originally bloodless, turned red all of a sudden, and the sword in his eyes erupted more than two feet away, which was a sign of anger.
"Ahem, Gui Daoyou, you can't say that, don't mention that fish and dragon fellow, at least you and I have been fighting side by side for two thousand years. ”
Seeing that this was about to start a fight, Donglai Zhenren hurriedly changed the topic, saying that he went to the Divine Mountain in Yanchen Prefecture a few days ago, and found that there seemed to be some changes there, and he also learned that the Thousand Spirits Sect had changed its leader, and the Thousand Spirits True Monarch at the peak of the Huadan Realm was missing.
"That shit eats people, the old turtle doesn't dare to go, two thousand years ago, it just stepped into one foot, and it disappeared in an instant, and it took a thousand years to grow back. ”
"Mount Kinabalu, don't enter. ”
Sure enough, the two who were about to fight were not angry, and the real person from the east saw that the fish and dragon Taoist from Mirror Lake really couldn't come, so it explained the reason for summoning the two.
"The two Taoist friends also know that the Ghost Fang Temple has a great history, and this time they tear off their faces and meddle in the war between mortals, maybe they want to restore the legendary Yinshan Dynasty.
I am going to the Heavenly City, I will definitely go all out, success or failure is not important, but I can't lose the luck of Dacheng and make the creatures on this territory suffer.
Therefore, I also ask two Taoist friends to press for me. ”
"Donglai Daoist friends are invincible in swordsmanship, and they are naturally not afraid of those demons and evil ways when they fight alone, if they want to bully more and less, the old man doesn't dare to say anything else, fighting may not be as good as Crane Daoyou, and it is still okay to help you block hundreds of times at critical moments. ”
The Taoist surnamed Gui was the first to pat his chest and agree, and the crane Taoist friend also nodded and said, "He will definitely go all out." ”
"Okay, then we'll leave tomorrow and head to Hantian City. ”
Donglai Zhenren secretly thought in his heart, with the help of these two people, he no longer had any worries.
However, after living for a long time, I naturally won't be blindly optimistic about what I think, and I also think that if the situation changes, the whole Dacheng will be empty, and I don't know if the mysterious person will make a move.
"This person should have a lot of connections with Dacheng, but I don't know who the master is. ”
Wanli Dacheng is a full outstanding person in the eyes of mortals, but Donglai Zhenren knows that for cultivators, this is just a poor and remote area, and there are only a few masters in total, counting the old carp who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and always sleeps under the mirror lake, there are only four people in total.
The three of them hadn't seen each other for hundreds of years, so they chatted about some strange things one after another.
"A few days ago, I didn't know what happened to the purple gas from the east, and I slept for half a month in one breath of the old turtle, but I didn't think that it would come out again today, and I couldn't sleep lazy. ”
"This purple qi from the east is the essence of heaven and earth, extremely mysterious, you and I look at it every day in the morning to cultivate enlightenment, it seems to see it every day, but in fact it is like the sun and the moon, can only be viewed from a distance, it is difficult to estimate. ”
"It's a bit weird!"
"Oh, Crane Daoyou, what's weird? Since the purple qi from the east is the essence of heaven and earth, maybe it is a psychic artifact, maybe he ran away with long feet, or it is possible to run to your Wushan Sword Palace."
Let me say, it's good to run, this is the same as a little bit every day, yelling at us to get up and cultivate, if we don't cultivate, my heart is itchy, I always feel that I have suffered a loss, let's cultivate, thirty or fifty years may not have much gain, and I can't sleep lazy, it's really uncomfortable.
In the past thousand years, the old man has only slept for more than ten days in a row, and he seems to sleep every day on weekdays, but every time he reaches that point, he has to be half asleep and half awake, and he has to make up a number of hours of cultivation, so that his heart can be at peace. ”
As soon as the Gui Dao people said it, Donglai Zhenren also felt that this matter was indeed a little strange.
"I've searched all the ancient books, and there's really no record of this thing going missing. ”
"Alas, the old man is not surprised, he didn't run before, didn't he run away a few days ago? Let me say, maybe he will run away again in a few days, and he won't come back for a year and a half. ”
"Gui Daoyou, this unprecedented thing, it seems to be a trivial matter, but it is actually the number of changes in the qi of heaven and earth, can you still say that you run and run? ”
Donglai Daoist didn't think too much, but he felt that the war was approaching, so he found some topics to change the atmosphere, and the three of them were also reminiscing.
......
Yun Su naturally didn't know the arrangements and plans of this real person from the east, and at dawn today, when the scene of heaven and earth with purple qi from the east appeared again above the nine heavens, he noticed that something was wrong with Zixia.
"This purple qi from the east is the weather of heaven and earth, just like the rising and setting of the sun, day and night, and it is a kind of natural evolution of the rules of heaven and earth. I fished you last time, but heaven and earth will naturally evolve again, so you can follow me with peace of mind, not to mention anything else, if you have a bite from me, you will have a mouthful. ”
This Zixia couldn't speak, but she couldn't do it in a hurry, and kept changing shape in front of Yunsu, but she was changing and changing, and she didn't know what it was going to change.
It's just habitual, I haven't drunk enough, and even the body language is not well organized.
Yunsu took out a fifty-pound burning knife, and didn't pour wine for it, but threw it directly into it, gurgling, this is a good drink.
Before half a pillar of incense was reached, the jar was empty, and not a drop of wine was gone.
Zixia rose into the air again, staggering, obviously drunk, but she hadn't drunk enough, and kept rubbing towards Yunsu's wine bottle, and in desperation, Yunsu had to give it all the remaining Yuquan brew in the Ruyi bag.
This guy doesn't cry or make trouble, it's like a fluffy hairball, just like the cat he used to have, pestering people endlessly, and he won't stop until he drinks something.
After two bottles of fish spring brewing, Zixia finally drank enough, and changed violently in the air, and finally turned into a person, still holding a long thing in her hand, sitting in the air.
It also tried its best to make a tossing motion, and Yun Su was stunned for a moment, and a not very real thought appeared in his heart.
"Is this too much to drink?"
Yunsu didn't have time to coax it slowly because he had other important matters, so he pretended to understand, nodded a few times, Zixia seemed to be able to understand this action, and jumped in the air excitedly, just like somersaults.
After picking up Zixia, Yunsu took out a wisp of divine sense and went to He Weiming's Chinese army tent to investigate the situation.
In this great victory, the Dingbo army finally eliminated more than 7,000 Ulan iron cavalry, killed nearly 5,000 people, captured more than 1,000 people, and many scattered cavalry ran away, got lost, and were searching everywhere.
And He Liming was most satisfied with the capture of more than 3,000 hot-blooded horses of the Ulan people. The hot-blooded horses on this grassland are the mounts that the cavalry dreams of, and the dead are also good things, and the dinner of the Dingbo army is a full horse feast, and there are too many left, and they are easy to spoil, and they are ordered to be distributed to the people who come to transport supplies, a horse is close to two thousand catties, and more than two thousand injured or just dead Ulan horses have gone to the corners and corners There are millions of catties of horse meat.
There are four states in the rear that are sending supplies and baggage, and the officers and men of the Dingbo Army do not worry about eating at all, and there are plenty of vegetables and meat, but the people who transport supplies are very pitiful, and most of them only take one or two copper coins a day and divide the rated dry food.
Many people took risks to send baggage to the army, in addition to hating the same enemy and contributing to the defense of the country, most of them also wanted to earn some copper money, and at the same time, they could eat a few less meals at home on the road, and they could leave a few more mouthfuls for their mothers-in-law and children.
The food supply of the Dingbo army, even if it is abundant, the people have no right to enjoy it, except for the rated rations, whoever moves other military rations will be beheaded, there is no negotiation, even if they are hungry and panicked, they don't dare to eat it at all, but these horse meat given by Dingbo General He Weiming, the people are really surprised.
The bitter people all feel that this General He is different from ordinary generals, he will not punish everyone for no reason, and he is also considerate of the people's feelings and generous to share meat.
For a time, the Dingbo Army, which had won a big battle, was not as excited as these people, and for a while the people were full of voices, only to see that everyone was carrying horses and camels, and the front feet did not go, and a total of more than 50,000 people who rushed to the front line that day were divided into a large piece, and happily carried home, ready to open meat for the mother-in-law and baby.
Don't look at the battlefield full of wounded and dead horses, these people are coolies, and there are only a handful of people who have eaten horse meat.
"At the same time as the Dingbo army was victorious, the movements of the Ghost Fang Temple did not stop at all. ”
Yunsu saw that He Weiming received a secret report on the military intelligence that some spies sent by the Dingbo Army had discovered that the prince of Wulan had once again completed the encirclement of the Western Expeditionary Army, and from the perspective of time, he should have launched an attack.
The Jinwu general Dai Tianlan has long been deeply demonic, and the national teacher Zhiyang Zhenren, that is, the ancient character disciple of the Ghost Fang Temple, Yin Gufeng, will complete a feat and kill tens of thousands of Ulan iron horsemen in one fell swoop.
Yunsu knew that the next step would be for the ghost marshal Turdo to divide his troops to save the prince of Wulan Kingdom, and then He Weiming would inevitably take the opportunity to recapture Hantian City.
At that time, under Hantian City, it was a decisive battle between the two countries, and it was also time to send the Ghost Fang Temple back to his hometown to see.