Chapter 40: The Thunderbolt
Hu Sanniang is such a person, although she originally planned to retire to live a small life, but now that Xu Xianling is now, how can she be willing to leave like this, a pair of pretty eyes blinked, her chest was straight, and she said slyly: "The old lady is not leaving, what are you going to do!"
"You guy Tian is shameless, this Xu Xianling is obviously a Grandmaster Xu Yi from the Green Forest, leaving me and other heroes of the Green Forest. You are already a disciple of Qingcheng, and you still have to rob us. Could it be that he wants to betray his master and re-enter the wall of the door founded by Grandmaster Xu Yi?"
Bai Ya looked at her with round eyes, and was so blocked that she couldn't speak for a while, so she simply ignored her and waited quietly for someone from Fuling.
"It's coming!" After about half an hour, Bai Ya's eyes suddenly flashed, and he stood up, and dozens of figures had appeared at the end of the field in the distance.
When they came to him, Bai Ya found that these people were indeed strong martial artists.
There were two of them in the lead, one of them was wearing a hunting suit and carrying a bull horn bow, the black-faced man made him feel a little familiar, he should have seen it when he was in Qu Mansion, and it seemed to be one of the leaders of the Qu family's courtyard.
Another fat middle-aged man with a big belly and a kind face, but Bai Ya saw it for the first time. He was carrying a huge black iron abacus behind his back, his fat face was covered with beads of sweat, and he seemed to be tired from the journey.
"Qu Nan has seen Bai Shao!" The black-faced man saw Bai Ya and immediately bowed respectfully.
Qu Nan is a family warrior trained by the Qu family themselves, originally an orphan, who began to cultivate since he was a child, and when he grew up, he was given the surname Qu, and he was loyal to the Qu family. Most of the warriors he led were from the Qu family's lineage, or distant relatives and other side lines, and they already belonged to the core force of the Qu family's private army.
This is also for the sake of Bai Ya's face, if someone comes to ask for help, Old Taijun Fang will not send them out, these people are no better than those martial artists hired from outside, it is not easy to make up for the more they die.
The advantage is that these people have been cultivating together since childhood, cooperate tacitly, and will not deliberately stay strong to protect themselves when fighting with the enemy.
"Wang Hai has seen Senior Brother Bai!" Another middle-aged fat man with a sweaty face also relieved himself at this time and saluted towards Bai Ya.
"Oh, Senior Brother Wang doesn't have to be polite!" Bai Ya glanced at the fat man curiously, and returned the salute with a smile.
This person should be the outer martial artist sent to Fuling by Qingcheng, serving as the leader of the peripheral intelligence spies.
In fact, unless there is a special situation like Baiya, or the master attaches great importance to it, the martial disciples of the outer sect of Qingcheng will be sent out for training for a certain period of time.
This kind of experience includes both the short-term tasks that Bai Ya is currently performing, and the medium- and long-term tasks that Wang Hai is currently performing, mainly depending on personal choice.
At the beginning, after the White Cliff burned Jingque Peak and returned from the Emei disaster, didn't Jingluo Zhenren be moved and wanted him to join the secret agent organization of Shu Kingdom and cultivate his patience and overall situation.
Therefore, don't look at Wang Hai as just a peripheral intelligence spy, Bai Ya still won't look down on him, because this person may be one of his real brothers in the future.
"What is the strength of the people you brought?" Bai Ya looked at Qu Nan and Wang Hai and said seriously.
Bai Shao rest assured, he brought a team of twenty people this time, all of whom were martial artists above the level of the Qi Realm, and there were three artistic conceptions to be enshrined, and there were a total of four artistic conceptions even below. Qu Nan said confidently.
"There are not many people in Fuling, and the junior brother only brought three people, all of whom are in the Qi realm. However, they had all seen blood outside, and their fighting experience was no worse than those of those green forest figures. Fat man Wang Hai said politely.
Bai Ya nodded, Qingcheng's intelligence base in Fuling is a cloth shop, and this fat man Wang Hai is the shopkeeper of the cloth shop. Seeing that he was sweating profusely after driving for a few miles, it is estimated that he is not diligent in his cultivation at ordinary times, and it would be good to be willing to bring people over, and he couldn't expect too much.
Bai Ya calculated and excluded Hu Sanniang, not counting himself and Bai Tong, a total of twenty-one aura realms and four artistic conception martial artists. Although I don't know the strength of the group of chasers just now, this force should have the strength to fight.
What's more, those people have been fighting for a long time, and their internal strength and physical strength have been greatly consumed, and it is hard to believe that they can still climb to the sky.
"Bai Shao, why did you invite me to come this time?" Qu Nan looked at Bai Ya with some doubts.
"You don't know?" Bai Ya raised his eyebrows and looked towards Wang Hai.
"Senior Brother Bai, this matter is related to the task of the master, and the junior brother does not dare to say more. When I went to Qu's house to ask for help, I only said that you were in distress, and I didn't explain much to the old lady!" Wang Hai explained with a wry smile.
As an intelligence spy in Qingcheng, of course he knew about Xu Xianling. But this fat man was cautious and didn't dare to reveal the truth to the Qu family, this time he used Baiya as a shield.
Bai Ya understood, but he didn't care too much about revealing the news of Xu Xianling. The news of this thing has spread all over Yizhou, and a large number of green forest characters are competing for it, and it is nothing to tell the Qu family, they dare not dare to swallow it privately.
At that moment, Bai Ya told Qu Nan about Xu Xianling, and promised that the Qu family had helped him, and after he got the things, he would definitely report to Qingdu Guan and let the master compensate the Qu family properly.
Qu Nan was suspicious, so he patted his chest and agreed, he was actually afraid that Bai Ya would let them do something illegal, and finally make it difficult for the Qu family to end.
Xu Xianling has no need for this kind of thing, and the Qu family has no demand at all. They are backed by the Qingdu Temple, if the children of the family want to devote themselves to martial arts, they can naturally go to Qingcheng to take the exam, why do they need to join a small sect founded by the Grandmaster of the Green Forest.
"They are more than a mile away, although they can't see clearly through the grove, but Bai Tong is staring at them, they should still be in place, let's rush there!" After briefly explaining the situation, Bai Ya immediately rushed with everyone.
The place where the Three-Eyed Pixiu Meng Fang fought with the pursuers was in a small forest about half a mile away from the official road.
When the crowd arrived there, they found that the situation around them was extremely miserable. The clearing in the woods was a mess, and there were four or five strange charred black masses on the ground, surrounded by blood, corpses, and steaming human viscera, as if they had been blown up by cannonballs.
At this time, the number of both sides who were still fighting had been reduced by more than half, and there were only more than ten pursuers left. On the side of the mighty old man Meng Fang, only he and another black-clothed subordinate were left to survive.
However, the dozen or so warriors who were chasing them seemed to be afraid of a kind of black bead that Meng Fang was holding in his hand, and only dared to fight around to consume them, but they didn't dare to pounce directly.
"Is this a thunderbolt, or is it a thunderbolt in the palm of your hand? The Three-Eyed Pixiu actually has such a thing, no wonder it can hold out until we arrive. Qu Nan gasped, his eyes showing jealousy.
Although he was not a figure in the rivers and lakes, he often guarded the caravan from south to north, and he was well-informed, and immediately recognized the black bead in Meng Fang's hand.
"Is the thunderbolt a magic weapon?" Bai Ya looked at Qu Nan curiously.
"No, the thunderbolt is not a magic weapon, this thing was originally the residue of Taoist alchemy, and later found that it would explode when it encountered an open flame, and it was very powerful, so it was slowly improved into gunpowder that opened up the mountain. ”
Qu Nan said briefly, "In modern times, this thing has been made into a one-time secret weapon by some sects, which is extremely powerful, and is even used in secular armies.
The most famous of the Xianwu sects and martial arts families that used this kind of thing on a large scale were the Jiangnan Thunderbolt Hall, the Lei Family, and the Agni Hall in Bingzhou. Another kind of palm thunder is also something similar, and it does not refer to the Xuandao Thunder Method of the Hidden World Dao Gate. ”
"How powerful is the thunderbolt, how big is it?" asked White Cliff with interest.
When Bai Ya first entered Qingcheng, he had checked many classics and knew that gunpowder had been formed in the Wenxing era.
At that time, the great fission of heaven and earth was stable, and the human settlements were fragmented, and they were completely surrounded by the barbaric domain into isolated islands. In order to open up foreign relations and trade, the Terrans began to build underground post roads on a large scale, and gunpowder was the most commonly used consumable at that time.
However, the laws of physics and chemistry in this world are very unique, and thermal weapons have not been able to form a climate in the end, and there is no possibility of a situation where "no matter how high the kung fu is, one shot will knock it down", so White Cliff has never paid attention to gunpowder.
"The Thunderbolts produced by the Thunderbolt Hall are the most famous among the gunpowder hidden weapons, and it is rumored that the highest quality Thunderbolts have injured Powerful Realm warriors in actual combat. However, the cost of that kind of thing is extremely high, the success rate of manufacturing is extremely low, and the price is no less than that of high-grade treasures......"
Bai Ya was stunned to hear it, his Raccoon Jin Hand was just a medium-grade treasure, how could he be willing to throw it out as a consumable.
It is estimated that there will not be too many thunderbolts, otherwise let alone a small thunderbolt hall, even a big sect like Qingcheng can't afford it.
"The second-level Thunderbolt can break through the Artistic Conception's protective internal qi, however, the Artistic Conception Martial Artist can control the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi, so in most cases, the Thunderbolt can't get close, and it's difficult to kill or severely damage them directly. ”
Qu Nan said with a cautious face, "So what this thing can really deal with is the Qi Realm Martial Artist, once it explodes in close proximity, and the Martial Artist does not have hard skills to protect the body, then it will either die or be disabled, so the Thunderbolt and similar palm thunder are also called 'Qi Realm Killing'." ”
"So ferocious!" Bai Ya was startled, now he understood why the dozen or so pursuers were so jealous of the exhausted Meng Fang, no one wanted to be the bottom cannon fodder at this last moment!
"However, at this point, there should not be a few thunderbolts in Meng Fang's hands, and at most there are one or two left. Looking at the situation in the field, Qu Nan's face turned ruthless, "Bai Shao, you lead the qi realm in the team to help us sweep the formation, and I will bring three worshippers to get that Laoshizi Xu Immortal Order for you!"
"No, let's take a look first!" Bai Ya glanced at Qu Nan, but shook his head with a smile.
Qu Nan let him sweep the formation is just a nice statement, but in fact, he is afraid that he will have any damage and will not be able to explain to Old Taijun Fang.
However, there is a bronze corpse as hard as iron by Bai Ya's side, which happens to be the nemesis of Thunderbolt, where is there any need for Qu Nan to take risks.
Just as Bai Ya and Qu Nan were discussing, more than a dozen people in the audience also saw their arrival.
To Bai Ya's surprise, the pursuers not only did not stop, but instead accelerated their movements, and in an instant, the original stalemate ushered in a drastic change.