Chapter 47: Return to the Valley of the Buried Gods
After Qinglian left, Qingshi looked a little worried.
Her sister understands that Qinglian's girl is too simple, if someone really calculates her, it must be Qinglian who suffers.
"Alas," Qingshi sighed and looked up at the night sky, "I just hope that Qinglian can grow up as soon as possible through this experience." β
After all, the Heavenly Martial Realm is already the weak, and only when you are strong can you gain a foothold.
What's more, Qinglian is extremely talented, and Qingshi desperately wants to see her become stronger.
"Bluestone!"
In the night, Liu Ao's face was a little blurred.
Qingshi answered, got up and walked towards Liu Ao.
The two walked to a secluded place, and heard Liu Ao say in a low voice:
"Tomorrow morning, there should be many senior brothers and sisters in the inner courtyard who will go to other lines of defense to kill the demon clan, what are your plans?"
Qingshi shook his head, "I've already told my mentor that I'll go wherever Qinglian's team goes." β
Liu Ao nodded, turned his head to look at Li Hong and the others who were sitting around the campfire drinking in the distance, and reminded:
"Then be careful, I should leave here tomorrow. β
Qingshi knew that Liu Ao needed to kill as many demon clans as possible if he wanted to enter the inner courtyard, so naturally he would not stay here and passively wait for the demon clan to attack.
"Then be careful, too. β
Liu Ao let out a 'hmm', turned around and walked away quickly.
In fact, Liu Ao was planning to leave tonight.
He has important things to do!
At the beginning, Liu Ao was forced by Qiu Long to pursue the demon clan in the Valley of the Burial God, but fainted halfway, and then was slandered and fled.
It was Liu Ao's brothers who desperately brought Liu Ao back to Qingyang City.
Liu Ao is still alive, but some people in the Demon Army who are close to Liu Ao have been implicated.
For example, Zhou Wuya, who had already left the Demon Army, and Li Wu, who was still in the Demon Army.
Because he lost the Black Wind Pass defense point, he was escorted away by Qiu Long in the Valley of the Buried God, and has been locked up in the barracks of the defense line of the Valley of the Buried God since then.
Liu Ao found out from the mouth of the squadron leader Sun Bing that Li Wu seemed to be tortured very badly.
Therefore, Liu Ao must find a way to rescue Li Wu, after all, Li Wu was largely implicated by himself, he still has his own family, and his childhood sweetheart's fiancΓ©e.
And Hongmen Pass is only more than 700 miles away from the defense line of the Burial God Valley, and it only takes four or five days to arrive at full speed.
The moon was dark and the wind was high, Liu Ao found Murong Yue and asked her to tell Elder Wu Mingshan that she planned to act alone.
Murong Yue's persuasion failed, so he could only nod his head.
Then, Liu Ao was alone and disappeared into the night.
What Liu Ao didn't know was that there was another female disciple who quietly left the team without telling anyone, and the destination was also the defense line of the Burial God Valley!
The next day, when Wu Mingshan and the other elders returned to Hongmen Pass with Jin Zhiyuan, and heard Murong Yue say that Liu Ming left alone, he couldn't help frowning.
Before leaving, the Heavenly Sword Tutor specially found Wu Mingshan, saying that there was a disciple named Liu Ming who was extremely talented in swordsmanship, and hoped that the academy would pay attention to it, and it was very certain that Liu Ming would definitely be able to enter the inner courtyard.
"Let him go," Wu Mingshan frowned, "Murong Yue, you are more stable and experienced, next, you will be responsible for the assessment of the disciples who enter the inner courtyard, and I and the other elders have other things to deal with." β
Murong Yue's face was solemn, "Is there any big move from the demon clan?"
Wu Mingshan nodded, a touch of sadness flashed in his eyes, "I don't know how many disciples can return safely after this experience." β
Hongmen Pass, which is more than 700 miles away from the Valley of the Buried Gods, is separated by several tall mountain ranges and two other defense lines of the Demon Army.
Liu Ao avoided the defense line as much as possible along the way, hurried at full speed, and finally approached the Valley of the Burial God on the fourth day.
The Valley of the Buried Gods, thousands of years ago, was originally a rushing river, but for some reason, it became the current canyon, and it left a legend about the fall of the gods and the blood of the gods.
Liu Ao climbed a mountain peak and looked at the Valley of the Burial God lying across the plain in the distance, and there were too many memories in his heart.
Ten years after joining the Demon Suppression Army, from a naΓ―ve child to an adult, Liu Ao has always stayed in the defense line of the Valley of the Buried Gods.
It can be said that Liu Ao's familiarity with the Valley of the Buried Gods even exceeds that of Bai Qi, the general in charge of this defense line.
Where there are caves in the Valley of the Buried Gods, where are suitable for fortification, where are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and where are the easiest to be breached, Liu Ao knows it all well.
Unfortunately, this is not the case.
Liu Ao's eyes dimmed, he had become a wanted deserter of the Demon Suppression Army, and he even had half-demon blood, how ridiculous was this!
Laughing at himself, Liu Ao walked down the mountain, and a few miles further on, there was the defense point he was once responsible for, and he didn't know who took over now.
In order to hide people's eyes, Liu Ao deliberately took off the mask, and after putting it on again, he had already changed his face again.
The dark skin, the rough face that has been exposed to the wind and the sun, the resolute and indifferent eyes, and the smell of gunpowder smoke on the battlefield.
On the right cheek, there is also a finger-length scar, adding a bit of ruggedness and wildness.
Anyone who sees it will subconsciously think that this is a soldier of the Demon Suppression Army.
Before he got closer, he saw two figures jumping up in the grass on the ground a hundred feet away, one left and one right, rushing over with long knives, and roaring before they got close:
"What people!"
The two soldiers looked at Liu Ao vigilantly, and if anything was wrong, they would attack.
Liu Ao smiled and raised his right hand, clenched his fist and put it on his left chest and gently hammered it twice.
This is the etiquette among the soldiers of the Demon Suppression Army.
Seeing this, the two soldiers also made the same action, but still frowned and asked:
"Brother, which defense point?"
Liu Ao shook his head, "I left the frontier a few years ago, and now I am a disciple of Jiuding Academy, and this time I came to practice." β
Hearing this, the two soldiers put away their long knives and walked over with a smile.
"I have long heard that Jiuding Academy is going to send disciples to Hongmen Pass to practice, and I guess you should also arrive. β
"What's my brother's name, and why did you come to the Valley of the Buried Gods?"
Liu Ao grinned, "My name is Bu Liuming, most of the disciples of the academy have stayed in Hongmen Pass, even if the demon clan comes, it will not be enough." β
The two soldiers laughed and pointed to the canyon hundreds of feet behind them in a friendly way, "Go inside and say." β
Coming to the bottom of the Valley of the Burial God, Liu Ao walked side by side with the two of them and asked:
"Who's in charge of this defense point?"
"Our captain's name is Qiu Lingfeng, and we have been here for more than half a year. β
Liu Ao's eyes lit up, but he didn't expect that this place would be taken over by the Qiu family.
"I think you're in the wrong place," one soldier said with a smile.
"Since the demon clan attacked here more than half a year ago, no demon clan has come since, not even a demon beast that has gone the wrong way and left alone, if you want to kill the demon, you have to go to other lines of defense. β
"We're bored, too, and the captain is too busy playing with stones. β
Liu Ao looked puzzled, "What stone?"
"You'll know in a moment," said the soldier, pointing to a cave ten feet away, and said with a smile.
"We're going back on duty, you can go in by yourself, the other brothers are inside. β
As he spoke, the soldier shouted into the cave:
"Captain, brothers, a guest has arrived. β
As soon as Liu Ao walked to the entrance of the cave, he saw hundreds of soldiers walking out, and the leader was actually a woman, wearing silver-white slim soft armor, with black hair tied into braids hanging down the back of her head.
She has delicate skin and a fair complexion, which contrasts sharply with the group of rough men behind her.
The delicate and distinct facial features with a keen gaze make her look heroic.
"I'm Qiu Lingfeng," the woman looked directly at Liu Ao in the eyes, looked at Liu Ao a few more times, and suddenly smiled, revealing a mouthful of bright teeth.
"Since it's a veteran, it's a family, come in and sit. β
A moment later, Liu Ao entered the cave.
The cave was lit by firelight, and a row of simple wooden beds were placed along the cave wall, and there was a charcoal fire on the ground in the middle of the cave, on which dry food was roasted.
Liu Ao finally understood what was going on with Qiu Lingfeng's idle play with stones.
It turned out that in this cave, there were thousands of strange-shaped stones, the large ones taller than people, and the small ones were no bigger than fists, and they were all placed everywhere as ornaments.
Perhaps, this is a delicate love that belongs to a woman's family.
After a few glasses of spirits, Liu Ao quickly became familiar with these hundred and ten people.
Knowing that Liu Ao had come to practice, many people asked about Jiuding Academy with interest.
When Liu Ao talked about what happened in Hongmen Pass, everyone, including Qiu Lingfeng, was stunned.
Liu Ao frowned, "You still don't know about this battle?"
Qiu Lingfeng's face was full of anger, and he slapped his thigh suddenly, "The demon clan is so insidious!"
"The Jinshan Legion has suffered huge losses this time, and we haven't even gotten any news to go to support. β
Qiu Lingfeng thought for a moment, frowned and looked at Liu Ao, "Is it that General Jin Zhiyuan didn't send someone to spread the other lines of defense, nor did he report to the headquarters?"
Liu Ao shook his head, "I don't know about this." β
Qiu Lingfeng thought for a moment and suddenly said, "If you want to kill the demon, it is recommended that you rush to the Black Wind Pass now, where there should be a battle soon." β
Liu Ao's face was full of doubts, "How do you know?"
"I just know," Qiu Lingfeng muttered to himself.
Liu Ao let out an "oh", "Captain Qiu... It's the Qiu family, right? I don't know what the relationship with the Qiu Long Gongzi is?"
"Why are you asking about this?"
Qiu Lingfeng narrowed his eyes slightly, his curly eyelashes fluttered, and there was a bit of playfulness in his vigilance.
"It's just a casual thing, when I was still in the Demon Army, I always heard people mention Qiu Longgongzi, and I have admired it for a long time. β
For some reason, Liu Ao obviously felt that Qiu Lingfeng had a trace of undetectable disgust in his eyes when he heard the name Qiu Long.
"I don't know, don't ask me," Qiu Lingfeng said perfunctorily, got up and said to the other soldiers:
"I'm going to look for a stone, don't bother me if it's okay. β
After Qiu Lingfeng left, a soldier approached and whispered to Liu Ao:
"I said, brother, which pot are you not open. β
Liu Ao raised his eyebrows, raised his glass and touched this person, "How do you say this?"
"Our captain is the half-sister of that guy Qiu Long, and he has not had a good relationship since he was a child, otherwise how could the captain be sent to the Valley of the Buried Gods, a place where birds don't. β
"I'll tell you, don't look at our captain's bad temper, but it's actually good for me. β
Liu Ao fell into deep thought, if he wanted to rescue Li Wu, could he start from Qiu Lingfeng?