Chapter Fifty-Eight: Providence Is So
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Dunhuang, the city lord's mansion, now the atmosphere is very solemn.
All the civil officials above the fifth rank and the military attaché above the fourth rank in the Dunhuang Mansion all gathered in the city lord's mansion, and the officials and lords who were calm and relaxed on weekdays were all gloomy at this time, and looked at the corpses on the ground silently.
There were three corpses in the center of the hall, the first two corpses were full of arrows on their backs, and although the third corpse was not hit by arrows, the white fur fur he was wearing had been cut to pieces with a sharp weapon and could not be covered, and the whole white fur was completely stained red with blood.
Li Chengliang, the city lord, said with a calm face: "Li Ming, you are the commander of the pro-guard battalion, and these secret agents are all in your charge, can you tell me what happened yesterday?"
A sturdy officer with a height of seven feet and five inches walked out from behind the city lord, came to the three corpses, and clasped his fists to the city lord, the city guard general, and the civil and military officials, and said, "Lord the city lord, Lord the city guard, the last general, Li Mingxian, will tell you the cause and effect of this incident.
After the city gate was closed this year, the guard battalion hung 32 secret agents from the city wall in accordance with the winter patrol practice, and scattered 30 miles outside the city to serve as secret posts.
According to the regulations of the battalion, these secret sentry agents return to the city every two days to change the guard, yesterday was the time to change the guard, but none of the last batch of secret posts returned to the city, this morning the humble post immediately led people out of the city to search, outside the city in the north, west, south direction of 30 miles were found a small number of horseshoe traces, after careful search, only three bodies were recovered, the rest of the personnel are all missing. ”
Li Ming walked to the first corpse, pulled out a feather arrow from the back of the corpse and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, please see, this is the most common eagle feather cross arrow in the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions, the appearance is very similar to the arrows of the Mengyuan Empire, but the shaft of the arrow is slightly shorter, and the tail feathers of the arrow are mostly eagle feathers or wild goose feathers, and there is a small cross beam at the front third of the arrow, which can allow the arrow to stay in the injured person's body and cause repeated injuries." ”
Li Ming walked to the side of the second corpse again, and also pulled out a feather arrow and said: "This is the wolf tooth carved arrow commonly used by the Mengyuan Empire to explore horses, the arrow cluster is simple in workmanship, mostly with eagle feathers and swan feathers as wings, because the Mongolian people's arm strength is outstanding, the number of stones of the bow is much larger than that of the Western Regions, and the flight distance and stability of the arrow are also stronger than those of the Western Regions, and the killing power is greater." ”
Li Ming walked to the third corpse again, peeled off the fur on the dead body, revealing the knife wounds on his back, and said: "Such a scimitar injury should be the scimitar of the Xifan tribe, the iron-smelting technology of the Xifan tribe is very backward, the steel of the scimitar is not as good as the scimitar of the Western Regions, and it is purely by vigorous slashing to increase the power, so the wound cut by the scimitar of the Xifan is relatively large, but the wound is not deep, there are large lacerations, and the amount of bleeding after the knife is very large, this brother died of excessive blood loss." ”
Fan Yunchao said in a deep voice: "Well, we all know these situations, so you can say the conclusion." ”
Li Ming hesitated for a moment and said: "I guess that the scope of this year's snow disaster is all over the northwest, causing huge losses to the countries of the Western Regions, the Mengyuan Empire and the Three Kingdoms of Western Tibet, so this time the three families have joined forces to prepare to invade our Tang Dynasty, one is to avoid disasters and reduce disasters, eat in other places, and the other is to reduce the burden on the population."
This is a battle related to the survival of the race, whether they win or lose, only by fighting, the royal family of their three countries can continue to maintain their rule, otherwise the hungry people in the country will overthrow their rule first, so they will be reckless in this war!
And Dunhuang Mansion is at the forefront of resisting the attacks of the Three Kingdoms, and it is the stronghold that the Three Kingdoms will inevitably take.
In my judgment, the vanguard of their three-way army has already touched the vicinity of Dunhuang Mansion, and it is estimated that the Chinese army will arrive in five days at most, and they will launch a full-scale attack on Dunhuang Mansion in ten days.
This battle is related to the national fortunes of the four countries, if the Dunhuang Mansion is easily breached, they have a foothold, and then through the Hexi Corridor, the Tang Kingdom is really in danger of subversion, so we can only fight to the death, the longer we hold on, the better, and buy more preparation time for the Tang Dynasty!"
"Boom~~" The venue immediately became noisy, the military attaché looked solemn, the civilian official looked panicked, and the more timid civilian official was directly frightened.
City Lord Li was not particularly flustered, and stood up calmly and said: "Colleagues, don't panic, the matter has come to this, it is useless to be afraid, we have reported the emergency here to the imperial court, and I believe that the imperial court will soon have relevant countermeasures."
If the Dunhuang Mansion is not guaranteed, it is also the will of heaven! I, Li Chengliang, vow to live and die with the Dunhuang Mansion, and I also ask you to be prepared for the ideological preparation of sacrificing your life for the country!
Now I announce the warrant of the lord of Dunhuang City, all civil and military officials obey the order, from this noon, Dunhuang Mansion has entered a state of emergency wartime, the city has implemented a curfew from the hour to the hour of the city every day, all the officers and soldiers on leave have returned to the camp to stand by, day and night patrol from double posts to four posts, mobilize the people to increase the height, strengthen the city wall.
In addition, all veterans between the ages of 22 and 45 in the city will be conscripted to form a temporary city defense force, and the conscription and establishment will be completed within three days, and training will begin immediately onwards, and combat strength will be restored within 10 days. ”
Li Chengliang, the city lord, was originally a generous and benevolent disciple of the clan, but he didn't expect that when he encountered the pressure of the great enemy, he would be so calm and calm, and the awe-inspiring killing aura exuded from his body made the civil and military officials present emboldened!
All the civil and military officials of Dunhuang Mansion received the order in unison, and then quickly left, and the government and military affairs system of Dunhuang Mansion began to operate at a high speed.
Tianhuo's ninety-day retreat plan ended early on the seventy-second day, and Xuanjizi and the four great spiritual artifacts did not dare to let Tianhuo continue the retreat, so they could only let him out of the mountain in advance.
Tianhuo almost reached the eleventh turn of the Qi refining period at a speed of course, and if he continued to practice in retreat like this, I am afraid that he would have succeeded in building the foundation in advance before he participated in the foundation building conference held by the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
Moreover, the Heavenly Fire broke through the pole again and again, which also made Xuanjizi and the four great spiritual weapons tired to deal with, but fortunately, when the Tianhuo broke through the Qi Refining Period, the power of the Heavenly Dao caused by it was not as exaggerated as the first two times, and the formation laid by Xuanjizi and them was finally not destroyed again.
During this period, the four major spiritual weapons and Xuanjizi benefited the most, the Xuanji Sword had reached the strength of the consummation of the Transformation Stage, and the Xuanji Sword, the Jade Pure Bottle and the Qinghua Hall had also reached the strength of the middle level of the Transformation Stage.
Qinghua's Yin Spirit realm has reached the extreme, infinitely close to the machine spirit, once she transforms into the machine spirit, I am afraid that her strength will surpass the Xuanji Sword.
The biggest change in it is the refining furnace, which successfully condenses the Yin Spirit, and the furnace body is strong enough to resist the attacks of the cultivators of the Transformation Period, and the most shameful thing is that he actually regards Tianhuo as his father and brother, and thinks that the reason why he can awaken is due to Tianhuo, so he has to break the contract with Xuanjizi.
Xuanjizi couldn't resist the refining furnace, so she could only agree, and Tianhuo finally got her first contracted spiritual weapon.
There is a reason why Xuan Jizi agreed to the refining furnace so simply, a monk can sign a contract with a maximum of three innate spirit weapons at the same time, if the number is large, there will be problems in communicating and cooperating with the spirit weapons.
Now that Xuanjizi has a contract with Xuanji Sword, Jade Pure Bottle and Qinghua Palace, Qinghua Hall will be promoted successfully sooner or later, so he can only give up the refining furnace, so he is cheaper than Tianhuo.
The cultivation of the second and third generations of disciples of the Xuanji Sect during this period can be said to have advanced by leaps and bounds, all thanks to the power of the Heavenly Dao that the Heavenly Fire has attracted many times.
Wu idiot and Lu Qiming took the lead in breaking through the pole number of the foundation building period, and even reached the foundation building eleven cloud platforms, and then Jun Mo disturbance and Han Ai also arrived at the foundation building ten cloud platforms, Zhou Yong, Zhou Heng, and Xia Yi reached the foundation building nine cloud platforms, and Cang Er and Yi prisoners arrived at the foundation building eight cloud platforms.
Xuan Jizi was naturally very happy to see that all the disciples of his descendants had reached the standard of advancing to Jindan, and in time, the strength of the sect would definitely increase greatly.
Since the gray kite sincerely returned to the Xuanji faction, he felt that the spirit and spirit had returned to his body, he was the first person among the Xuanji disciples to advance to the Jindan stage of consummation, and with the help of Xuanjizi, the gray kite survived the small thunder tribulation of the promotion in the depths of the Cloud Mountain Range.
Now Grey Kite is actively learning from Cang'er and Yi prisoners every day, wanting to help them take on some of the daily affairs of the sect and the Chamber of Commerce, as if he is a disciple of Xuanji.
Tie Yumo, Su Xing, and Qingniu also went to the depths of the Cloud Mountains to survive the Little Thunder Tribulation and became a mid-level monk in the Jindan period.
The three generations of disciples have all improved to varying degrees, Hu Tianyi has opened forty-five pulses, Liu San has opened forty pulses, Sun Shui has come to the top, and Li Tianer has opened thirty-four pulses, and the other disciples have also opened twenty-five pulses at least.
The little white ape has advanced by leaps and bounds, reaching the seventh layer of the forging body, and the two little white wolves have also reached the sixth layer of the forging body, although their size has not yet grown, but they can go in and out of the mountains and forests to fight with tigers and leopards, which is very fierce.
Tianhuo greedily breathed the slightly cold air in the mountain, and after staying in the rich aura environment of Qinghua Palace for more than two months, Tianhuo felt like a fish that was about to suffocate, in urgent need of normal air, and the slightly cold and damp air in Xuanji Mountain could just nourish his hot lungs.
Not far behind him was followed by a thin man and a big man in green clothes, the two of them just followed him from a distance, they didn't get too close, and they didn't say hello to Tianhuo, but no matter where Tianhuo went, they would always follow persistently.
Tianhuo began to wander around the Xuanji Sect with great interest, carefully inspecting each newly built building, or visiting the senior brothers, or seeing the operation of the Xuanji Chamber of Commerce.
But after half an hour, Tianhuo became interested, because everyone in the Xuanji faction seemed to be very busy now, and most of them just hurriedly said hello to him, and then turned their heads to get busy with the things at hand, and even the little guys saw him and lost the mind to play together.
The biggest idler of the Xuanji faction, Tianhuo was very unhappy, so he began to reflect: "Is it because I'm so good? So now I don't even have friends? Aren't they jealous of me?"
Tianhuo didn't think silently in his heart, he said all these thoughts, and the gray kite and green ox not far away were very embarrassed to hear it.
During the Tianhuo retreat, because of the continuous miracles, the glorious image that he had managed to establish in the hearts of the two of them collapsed in an instant because of these unreliable words.
The gray kite and the green cow had no choice but to comfort themselves silently in their hearts, that Tianhuo who had continuously broken through the realm was their master of wisdom and martial arts, and the idiot boy in front of them was just an ignorant and unawakened shell caught in nightmares, so that they would feel better in their hearts.
Suddenly, Tianhuo asked, "Gray Kite, Qingniu, do you feel very aggrieved that you recognize me as a master?"
The two were stunned at the same time, and Qingniu opened his mouth first: "Master, Qingniu doesn't feel wronged." The two of us have made a friendship, and I felt that you are extraordinary when we first met, and with the deepening of my understanding of you, your extraordinary, and your excellence, all of which deeply impressed the disciples.
Although your current strength is a little lower than that of your disciples, I believe that it will not be long before your strength will far surpass ours, so how can we be wronged?"
Skyfire nodded in satisfaction, and looked at the gray kite again.
The gray kite is not as thick-skinned as the green cow: "Master, my gray kite was not a good person before, but if I want to survive in the demon cultivation world, I have to cheat me." Now that the disciple has returned to the Xuanji faction and worshiped you as a teacher, the will of heaven is like this, I will serve the sect and the master wholeheartedly in the future. ”
Tianhuo appreciated the gray kite's humble and arrogant language even more, nodded and said: "Actually, I also want to thank the two of you for your trust, I hope we can grow together in the future, as long as you live up to me, I will definitely not fail you!"
After saying that, Tianhuo stretched out his palms to the two of them, Gray Kite and Qingniu hesitated, stepped forward and stretched out their palms, the three hands were held together, and there was a tacit understanding and moving emotion!
Tianhuo grabbed their hands and shook them twice and said, "Okay, I don't have anything to do here, you two will first follow the third senior brother and the other senior brother, learn some things that you are interested in, and I hope you can quickly become the pillars of the Xuanji faction!"
Okay, let's go get busy, I want to go around alone, this is the mountain behind the Xuanji faction, there will be no danger. ”
Tianhuo sent the two apprentices away, walked to the back mountain alone, stood on the cliff, pressed his hand on his heart, and smiled overlooking the scenery of Xuanji Mountain.
At this time, there was a small sword with a length of inches lying quietly in Tianhuo's heart, which was the natal spirit weapon specially refined by Xuanjizi for Tianhuo - the Heavenly Providence Sword.
"Providence is in the heart, know the world!"
In Xuan Jizi's words, this Heavenly Providence Sword is the most satisfying work that he has condensed all his life's learning and painstaking efforts to create, and perhaps he will never create a more powerful spiritual weapon in his life, because he can't get the materials for refining the Heavenly Providence Sword, let alone the power of the Heavenly Dao!
And the Heavenly Providence Sword, which combines the power of the Heavenly Dao attracted by the Heavenly Fire, is more like a part of the Heavenly Fire's body, rather than a spiritual weapon, which requires the Heavenly Fire to continuously nourish and nurture it with its heart and blood, and its natal vitality, and when it grows up, it can exert its power to destroy the heavens and the earth.
But before the Heavenly Will Sword is fully grown, Tianhuo can't use it yet, because it is too powerful, and every time it is used in advance, it will hurt his body and delay the cultivation of the Heavenly Will Sword.
Tianhuo once asked Master, how powerful is the Heavenly Providence Sword?
Xuanjizi was silent for a long time and said, "Far above the Qinghua Palace." ”
Tianhuo was very satisfied with this answer, if you want to do it, you will be the strongest monk, and if you want to use it, you will use the best spiritual weapon!
Tianhuo looked at the magnificent Xuanji Mountain and suddenly felt full of passion, and shouted to the valley: "The sky, the earth, I am going to reign in this world, are you all ready?"
The sky and the earth did not answer him, but the snow on the distant mountain was shaken by the sound waves and collapsed, causing a large blood collapse, and the echo of the heavenly fire was completely obscured by the huge sound.
It was as if neither the heavens nor the earth wanted to hear such arrogant words.
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