Shaojun riding the sea

Chapter 256: Refining the Clan
"Xiao Mo!"

As soon as this voice was spoken, the figure holding the sword in the snow stopped immediately and turned around. The ice-blue butterfly flying on his shoulder was flashing a strange light under the moon, just as before.

Shi Xuanling could not hide his excitement, he dismounted and galloped towards the young man. The soldiers guarding the city gate with their swords drawn stopped attacking, looked at each other and understood something, and consciously stepped aside to make a way for Shi Xuanling. It was then that they suddenly realized that the "old friend" that the one-armed man who broke into the city gate at night wanted to see was actually their goddess of the divine bow!
Another figure was also riding on a horse, following Shi Xuanling out of the city. He just happened to see her excitedly running towards the young man in black. His eyes moved involuntarily, and he looked thoughtful.

The person on the horse was Yue Wujiu. He had heard Shi Xuanling talk about many things about her clan before. They had long been frank with each other and no longer hid anything. Among them, Shi Xuanling mentioned the "Butterfly Brother" who had the same yin blood flowing in his body as her, was gifted, and had lost an arm because of her.

She said that she wanted to take him home, back to Yunzhou Island, and let Zhizhi make him a偃甲 mechanical arm so that he could be restored to his original state, and the broken butterfly wings could be reattached so that he could fly freely and no longer have to wander outside in the wind and rain.

Whenever Shi Xuanling mentioned the boy named "Xiao Mo", her tone was always filled with a desire to protect him. She loved and cared for him immensely. Yue Wujiu had thought that he was just a weak child, a brother of Shi Xuanling. But now, seeing the tall and handsome figure in the snow, who was even a head taller than Shi Xuanling, he could not help but frown slightly.

A frail child? A young and helpless fellow tribesman...a younger brother?
Shi Xuanling naturally had no idea what Yue Wujiu was thinking at the moment. She just ran to the black cloak, her breathing trembling with joy and excitement: "Xiao Mo, it's you, it's really you!"

The moonlight was bright and the snow was howling. The young man took off the bronze mask on his face, revealing an extremely handsome, beautiful and elegant face. Even the soldiers around him were stunned for a moment. Yue Wujiu on his horse was also startled, and then his brows frowned even deeper.

Ice-blue butterflies fluttered in the snow. The boy's temperament was no longer so androgynous, with less femininity and more of a man's calm and resolute aura. He smiled gently at Shi Xuanling, his voice low but so gentle:
"Sister, I hope you are okay."

The reunion of old friends seemed like a lifetime ago, and when the two looked into each other's eyes, everything was worth more than a thousand words.

It took Shi Xuanling a long while to come back to her senses. She pulled Xiaomo's only remaining hand, tears flashing in her eyes, full of concern and heartache: "Xiaomo, why are you here? Are you hurt? Let me see you. You don't know how much I miss you. The battlefield is dangerous, I am so scared of you..."

Yue Wujiu on the horse coughed twice, deliberately interrupting Shi Xuanling. He spoke quietly and meaningfully: "The moon is cold and the wind is cold. If you have anything to say, you can talk when you get back. Since you are a 'guest' from Youzhou, we will definitely not neglect you."

——There was a charcoal fire burning in the room, and the warm smoke was curling around, making the room warm like spring. But even so, Shi Xuanling couldn't help but touch Xiao Mo's hand and blurted out:
"Are you cold, Xiaomo? Why are your hands so cold? Do you want to add more..."

"That's enough." Yue Wujiu's eyelashes trembled, and he pulled Shi Xuanling over, his tone slightly cold and hard: "He is a martial artist, so he is not that afraid of the cold, so don't worry."

Xiao Mo raised his head and glanced at Yue Wujiu, his eyes also tinged with frost. There was an undercurrent as the two men looked at each other, and both of them had a tacit hostility towards each other, but Shi Xuanling, who was sitting under the lamp, was unaware of it.

She just looked at Xiaomo, then she remembered something, and asked nervously and expectantly: "Xiaomo, did Pei Shixi send you here? Has the Restoration Faction thought it through and is willing to cooperate with us?"

So many "letters of persuasion to return" were sent to Youzhou, using both reason and emotion to persuade them. Could it be that Pei Shixi and his men were finally moved and willing to cooperate with the Allied Forces to fight against the Red Nu people?
Seeing the expectation in Shi Xuanling's eyes, Xiao Mo pursed his lips and shook his head, saying, "No, the master has always been unwilling to cooperate with Dongmu. I came here privately because I want to save the master, save the Restoration Faction, and save... the Feng family."

Xiao Mo looked solemn, and it was obvious that there was something else behind his words. Shi Xuanling suddenly realized something and immediately asked, "Did something happen? Has the situation in Youzhou changed now?"

"No, it's not Youzhou, but Qingli Mountain." Xiao Mo's eyes shone, and he unconsciously clenched his palms. He gritted his teeth and said, "Xi Yuehan is a lunatic. In order to defeat the allied forces you formed, he has already gone crazy and spared no effort. He even wants to... refine his people and turn all the people in Qingli Mountain into his Shura Army!"

Yes, the day that Shi Xuanling and Junior Master You Ming had been worried about finally came, even earlier than they expected. Xi Yuehan revealed his brutal true face in advance and was about to attack the Feng family unscrupulously!

It all started with the alliance between Dongmu and Gumo. Since the two countries formed an alliance, with so many small maritime countries following suit, the strength of the allied forces has become increasingly powerful. Under the leadership of Yue Wujiu and Shi Xuanling, Xi Yuehan's Shura army can no longer hold on!
It is not easy to refine a Shura soldier. Countless Chinu soldiers were killed and wounded in battle after battle. Seeing that the Shura army was about to be "out of supply", the desperate Xi Yuehan actually set his sights on the Feng family!
He first pretended to propose to Pei Shixi that he would send reinforcements to his small Youzhou court to help him fight against the Kuang royal family, but there was a condition. He wanted to send people into the Qingli Mountains to pick and collect some exotic flowers and herbs to use together with the blue flame ore to refine medicine, so as to improve the survival rate and combat effectiveness of the Shura soldiers.

Pei Shixi agreed to Xi Yuehan's request, so the Restoration Party led a team of so-called "Red Slave Military Doctors" into the Qingli Mountains. Unexpectedly, they let a wolf into the house, and the nightmare of the Feng family began -

"After those Chi Nu people entered the mountain, they pretended to pick some Jieyan flowers and other herbs. The tribe also built a special alchemy room for them. They seemed to be busy there every day, but secretly they tipped off others and exposed the location of Qingli Mountain. Not long after, a large number of Chi Nu troops arrived. It was not until then that we knew the real purpose of the Chi Nu people. That madman Xi Yuehan was not interested in the exotic flowers and herbs in Qingli Mountain, but the tribesmen living in the mountains. They absorb the flowers, plants, fruits and trees in the mountains and forests, and are nourished by the spiritual energy in the mountains. They have a healthy and strong physique and are most suitable to be refined into Blue Flame Shura Soldiers!"