Practicing from the Taoist

Chapter 118 Big Appetite

Xu Jin's impression of this small town in Gujiu was that it was remote and dilapidated. As for the people in Gujiu City, Xu Jin had already formed a rough first impression of them before seeing them. After Jin really saw the people in Gujiu City, he found that these people were not different from what he thought.

In front of Xu Jin, there was a team of about [-] people gathered at this time, most of them were old people, all of them were dressed in shabby clothes, and the eyes they looked at him clearly revealed their panic and uneasiness.

They looked at Xu Jin standing in front of them, each of them dared not speak loudly, and the small number of children were also hugged tightly by their adults, and some even covered the children's mouths, for fear that the children would What sound was made at that time, which caused Xu Jin and others' displeasure.

Looking at these people in front of her, Xu Jin sighed slightly in her heart, then with a smile on her face, she spoke to the people in front of her.

"We are the Daoist soldiers of the Chen Kingdom. Under the leadership of my son of the Chen Kingdom, we recaptured the old city of Gu. Today, we called everyone here to tell you about this. You are the people of our Chen Kingdom. , from now on, my blood owl Taoist soldiers will be stationed here, and there are no other officials from my country of Chen in the city, so most of the things will be handled by me. If you have any difficulties in the future, you can come to us to solve them!"

While Xu Jin was talking, he paid attention to the expressions of the people in front of him. He found that the panic and vigilance in the eyes of the people in front of him didn't diminish even a bit after he finished speaking. Obviously, these people didn't feel that way because of Xu Jin's words. , and immediately had some trust in Xu Jin.

Xu Jin was not too surprised by this situation. Now that the country of Chen is in a time of war, it is normal for these people who have lived a miserable life to be wary of those who have just entered the city.

Fortunately, Xu Jin didn't plan to use these people to do anything. After saying this, she asked everyone if they had any problems to solve. After getting a silent answer from everyone, Xu Jin asked everyone to leave.

And these Gujiu people after they dispersed, when they went back, they had a lively conversation, discussing what Xu Jin said just now.

After meeting the people in the city, Xu Jin called Wang An and asked him to take a few people and leave Gujiu to check the current situation of Yiguo's army.

The two Taoist soldiers from Yi State came to help Chen State. Jing State should respond quickly, and may start fighting again. Although the location of Gu Jiu is relatively remote, it is still in the original territory of Chen State, far away from Yi State. The current position of the army is not too far away, Xu Jin needs to know the current situation.

After Wang An took people out to inquire about the news, Xu Jin called Zheng Hong again and asked him to take the stream Taoist soldiers under his command to roughly clean up the city and clear out an open space. Then he will be stationed here and practice every day Can't stop, this needs a relatively spacious place.

After receiving Xu Jin's order, Zheng Hong didn't do it immediately, but after thinking for a while, he said to Xu Jin: "Master, the soldiers of Jingguo that we captured yesterday are still being imprisoned. I want to let these people out, clean up the things in the city, and let them do it, so that we can save some manpower, and the rest can do other things!"

"Well, let's do it this way!" Hearing this, Xu Jin smiled and nodded at Zheng Hong.

From the time of the battle with Hongye, even if Zheng Hong has completely joined Xu Jin's team, now there are some things that Xu Jin doesn't need to talk about, Zheng Hong can think of doing them himself.

After Zheng Hong also left, Xu Jin returned to the room alone, took out a jade plate from the storage bag, and began to study its contents.

In fact, he has basically seen all the jade plates on Xu Jin's body now, but only a part of them. Because of time, Xu Jin just looked at them hastily and didn't study them carefully. Now he finally has time That's it, Xu Jin will study these contents carefully.

The jade plate in his hand is the "Stream Sutra" obtained from Hongye before. This exercise is slightly inferior to the "Wind Disaster Sutra" that Xu Jin is currently practicing, but the content described in it is more detailed. After Jincao had read it carelessly, he felt quite rewarding.

Now Xu Jin's cultivation is in the middle stage of Heguang Realm, because he has honed his artistic conception through the stream and steel whip before, the mana in his body has improved a lot, but Xu Jin feels that he is still far behind in the practice of Heguang Realm.

After the re-training and upgrading of Taoist Art of War, Xu Jin's cultivation base broke through to the realm of peace and light, and a resonance was formed between her own artistic conception and the corresponding rules of heaven and earth, which made Xu Jin feel the mystery of the rules.

Compared with before, the mana in Xu Jin's body has increased, and her artistic conception has also become stronger, but Xu Jin's understanding of the corresponding rules of heaven and earth is still a little worse.

Holding the steel whip in the stream before, although Xu Jin mainly used the meaning in it to hone his artistic conception, but through the familiarity with the meaning in it, Xu Jin also gradually realized the next path of cultivation.

The practice of Heguang Realm is not just about accumulating mana, but also honing artistic conception, deepening the understanding of the corresponding rules of heaven and earth, and further clarifying one's own path.

Holding the jade plate that recorded "The Classic of Streams" in her hand, Xu Jin compared the content of the "Sutra of Wind Disasters" she practiced with each other, and combined with her own understanding of practice, Xu Jin gradually showed a dazed expression on her face, but soon came back again. It turned into a frown and deep thought, and it seemed that he had encountered a new problem.

I don't know how long it has been like this. When Xu Jin came back to her senses, she turned her head and looked out the window, only to find that the sky outside had turned dark.

When people are obsessed with one thing, time tends to pass quickly, Xu Jin is not too surprised by this, but puts away the jade plate, thinking in her heart: "It seems that the next time, We still need to make a plan, and we have to make choices about the content of our cultivation, we must take this opportunity to improve our own strength as much as possible!"

Although Gujiu's side is remote, and with the care of Yiguo, it seems to be relatively stable, but now it is in the midst of a war, and it is difficult for anyone to say for sure how the situation will change in the future. This seems to be stable. Xu Jin actually has no idea how long the place can be stable.

Wang An had already returned to Gujiu at this time, and after Xu Jin walked out of the room, she saw Wang An waiting outside the door.

"Master of War!"

Seeing Xu Jin coming out, Wang An immediately stepped forward and saluted.

"Well, wait for a long time, what danger will you encounter this trip?" Xu Jin looked at Wang An in front of him, nodded to him and asked.

"The subordinate just came back not long ago, and he didn't wait here for a long time, and he didn't encounter any danger when he went out today!" Wang An replied to Xu Jin after hearing the words.

"Then tell me what you saw when you went out today!" Xu Jin continued.

"Yes, after leaving Gujiu today, following the way we came here, we quickly found traces of Yiguo Daobing's activities. The dark path they left behind was very conspicuous, but they did not continue to advance towards Chen Guo. Instead, we went between the two countries. The subordinate checked along that path, and met the interrogation of the Fire Ghost Daobing on the way. After learning the identity of the subordinate and others, they did not embarrass us. From the mouth of the fire ghost, the subordinates and others got some news!"

"Part of Jing Guo's army has returned to aid, but the number is not large. The two sides are negotiating now. It seems that Jing Guo does not want to fight Yi Guo!"

Wang An stopped at this point, apparently that's all the news he got.

After listening to Wang An's words, Xu Jin thought quickly in her heart, and then quickly figured out some problems.

Xu Jin originally thought that Yiguo's army should continue to advance a certain distance into Chen Guo at this time, and make a posture to attack the rear of Jingguo's army, so as to relieve Chen Guo's danger.

But after listening to Wang An's words, Xu Jin knew that the Taoist soldiers of Yiguo were still around here and did not move forward.

However, Chen Zhe made a special trip to Yiguo to ask for help, and paid such a high price. After bringing the reinforcements back, it is impossible for them to contain and deter Jingguo's army from afar at the border. In the current situation, there can only be other reasons reason.

As for this other reason, Xu Jin soon had a possible idea in her mind after thinking about it.

"Could it be that Yiguo is planning to block Jingguo's army in Chenguo's territory, preventing them from returning to Jingguo, but they are planning to take the opportunity to attack Jingguo!"

As soon as this idea came up, Xu Jin felt that she might have guessed right. Yiguo and Jingguo bordered on each other, and they had to get enough benefits from sending troops to help Chenguo this time.

However, there is Jingguo between Yiguo and Chenguo, even if a channel is easily opened, it seems that occupying Jingguo's territory is a better choice than obtaining Chenguo's territory. They can kill two birds with one stone. Not only will they occupy the land of Jing State, but they can also obtain the benefits promised by Chen State.

"Yiguo, you really have a big appetite!"

Xu Jin thought so in her heart.

But think about Yiguo's two Taoist soldiers, Yan Xing and Huogui. There are only [-] Taoist soldiers. If there is such a Taoist army, it is not surprising that they have plans to take advantage of this opportunity to expand their territory.

It's just that Jingguo's reaction now makes Xu Jing somewhat confused. Yiguo's big appetite can be understood by himself. It is also impossible that Jingguo does not have a means of conveying news. The reason why Jingguo is still negotiating with Yiguo is somewhat puzzling.

At the very least, it is impossible for Jing Guo to be weak, because behind him, there are still some powerful vassal states supporting him.

(End of this chapter)