mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 950 Life is as lonely as snow
Prefect Zhao is very busy.

He needed to review the accumulated official documents, inspect the business of Xinghuo Foreign Trade Company, listen to his subordinates report various problems, and meet with the five-wing steward.

After leaving Yao Jia's house, he worked non-stop without any time to breathe until night fell.

Rebecca Levy and Tang Qunying were at home. Nina was not there, so Tang Qunying, who was not very good at cooking, cooked.

The food was ready, and Rebecca Levy stared at the dishes.

Tang Qunying hated infatuated men and women the most, and frowned and said, "Mo Ci, you don't have to wait for him. Without your care, he has not been cold or hungry."

Rebecca Levy sighed slightly: "I don't know why I became obsessed with him. He became the center of my world. I know I shouldn't be like this, but it's hard to control. I feel happy when I see him."

Tang Qunying gnashed her teeth when she heard this, very impatient: "Are you happy when you see him, or do you want to be happy when you see him? You toss and turn at night, the noise is so loud, it's really annoying. Is it just a matter between men and women, so obsessed with it?"

Rebecca Levy: “…”

She wanted to say, “It’s true.”

But she couldn't say it out loud, after all, a girl should be reserved.

Zhao Chuanxin did not go home.

A body of iron cannot withstand the passing of a woman.

Alcohol is a poison that penetrates the intestines, sex is a sharp knife that scrapes the bones, and money is a ferocious tiger coming down the mountain.

Therefore, Zhao Chuanxin was addicted to wine, sex, money and anger...

He returned to the cabin on the mountainside and asked his puppet servant to cook a bowl of instant noodles, adding a German sausage and two eggs as a luxury.

I had not eaten or drunk anything that day and was extremely hungry and thirsty. I had to cook three instant noodles to fill my stomach.

When the puppet servant brought the noodles over, Zhao Chuanxin was stunned by the presentation of the dish: "This presentation is rather reckless and inappropriate. Don't present it so symmetrically next time."

Two eggs and a German sausage would be uncomfortable if they were placed too symmetrically.

Zhao Chuanxin stirred the big bowl with chopsticks, broke up the dishes, and then started eating.

You can't eat instant noodles all the time, but you'll always miss them if you don't eat them for a long time.

The puppet servant took a rag and carefully cleaned every corner of the cabin on the mountainside, making sure that no dead corners were left, even the floor-to-ceiling windows were not spared.

After cleaning, the dust in the room gradually decreased and the smell of tobacco oil became lighter.

It is a strange phenomenon that many smokers cannot accept the smell of tobacco oil in a confined space.

Zhao Chuanxin threw away his bowl and chopsticks and looked at the bright starry sky from the floor-to-ceiling window.

Whenever you look at the twinkling Milky Way, you will feel very insignificant.

If you watch it for a long time, you will be addicted to it.

After the puppet craftsman washed the pots and pans, Zhao Chuanxin withdrew his gaze and took out the "Code of the Old Gods".

[In the early morning, I was awakened by the sound of shouting and killing. ]

[I go out, cursing the storm's rain that wets my hair.]

[In the rain, the nun from Red Island came with her followers. ]

[She said: Fearless Vanguard, I am here to help you defend the city under the order of the Emperor.]

【I nodded and said nothing.】

[The female monk from Red Island did not leave. She suddenly asked me: Fearless Pioneer, what is the secret of your resurrection? ]

[I put my hands together and said to her: The secret to resurrection from the dead is prayer.]

[The deep gaze of the nun from Red Island became blazing: Which god are you praying to?]

[I thought about it: Pray to the God of Time and Space.]

Zhao Chuanxin, who was staring at the book intently, felt his eyebrows twitching.

God of time and space?

Is this how the Fearless Vanguard sees him?
[Red Island nun asked: Although I have never heard of the God of Time and Space, I think he must be some kind of great existence. Can you tell me what you prayed to him? ]

Zhao Chuanxin suddenly had a strange idea.

But he didn't act rashly.

[I tell you the truth: the spell is very simple. I told the God of Time and Space that I don't want to die.]

[Red Island nun continued to ask: Do you need to prepare some kind of secret medicine? Or summon a creature or offer a sacrifice?]

Zhao Chuanxin slammed the "Code of the Old Gods" shut.

He asked Xingyue: "Remember Andrew Miller who founded the Chamber Pot Cult in New York?"

Xingyue replied: "I remember."

Zhao Chuanxin said excitedly: "I suddenly have a way to widely obtain the power of faith."

Xingyue asked curiously, "What method? Burn, kill, and plunder to make the whole world afraid of you? Or spread rumors?"

Fear is also a kind of belief.

"No!" Zhao Chuanxin grinned: "The method is - Fight-Xixi."

Xingyue: “What?”

Zhao Chuanxin ignored Xingyue.

What are the characteristics of Pin-Xixi? First, it relies on small favors to "infect" users, giving them false hope, and then grows like a snowball.

Second, it collects user information.

At a certain period, Europeans came to China and were shocked after studying Pinxixi.

I'm shocked. How come this APP that illegally collects privacy has not been blocked?
Do you dare to think about it?

Although freedom is an illusion in any country in the world.

But at least it saves face and makes people feel psychologically balanced.

This is great. Pin-Pinxi comes so blatantly, and people can actually tolerate its existence!
Whenever someone asked Zhao Chuanxin for help to "cut a knife".

No matter who it is, Zhao Chuanxin will always say kindly: "Get lost!"

Zhao Chuanxin opened the "Old God Code" and wrote:
[I told the Red Island nun: believers of the God of Time and Space need the purest faith, and must pray morning and night, and always have a place for the God of Time and Space in their hearts. If you want to be blessed by the God of Time and Space, the sacrifice must be a True Vision Crystal, and you need to take the True Vision Crystal to the Pioneer Partner Safe Haven for a pilgrimage, and receive the blessing of the God of Time and Space, so that you can solve your problems.]

The God of Time and Space, Zhao Chuanxin, already has a complete plan in mind.

He who has the power of faith will rule the world.

[The Red Island nun had obvious distrust on her face and asked me: If I pray to the God of Time and Space, will he bring people back to life?]

Zhao Chuanxin knew that she had been obsessed with resurrecting her daughter.

So write:
[I told her seriously: That depends on whether you are sincere and whether your faith is firm.]

It depends on how much faith you contribute. If you can really contribute a lot, then just ignore what I said.

It's impossible to resurrect your daughter anyway.

You don’t have the ability, you know?

[The female monk from Red Island did not comment.]

[I climbed up to the top of the city wall, raised my hand and shot a cursed creature in the head.]

[Wherever the emergency occurs, I will shoot explosive arrows in that direction. 】

[The nun from Hongdao led the believers to wander around the city walls to help. ]

[Her knife, inlaid with a heat source gem, has a red blade, and when it cuts through the body of a cursed creature, it is always accompanied by a burning smell.]

[The female monk from Red Island came to my side and asked: Have you seen the old emperor? ]

[I shook my head: I didn’t see any, only cursed creatures.]

[The veil of the nun from Red Island was stained with blood, and the rain soaked her gauze dress, which stuck to her body, revealing her mature and curvy body.]

【The raindrops fell on her knife and were immediately burned and evaporated into steam.】

[She said: I have a bad feeling.]

[As soon as she finished speaking, screams were heard from the city behind us.]

[The female monk from Hongdao suddenly turned her head and looked towards the city. She said: Something happened.]

[I looked at the city below and then inside, and said to her: You take the believers back to help, and I will take care of this place.]

[The female monk from Hongdao gave me a deep look and turned away.]

[At this moment, puppet soldiers suddenly appeared under the city.]

[The old emperor's voice appears: Fearless Vanguard, I will take back everything I lost today.]

Zhao Chuanxin bared his teeth and smiled.

The old emperor was referring to the old sacred altar.

Among all of Zhao Chuanxin's trump cards, the altar of the Old God is irreplaceable.

The altar of the old god was won for him by Sang Ling at the cost of his life. The old emperor had been arrogant and domineering for a long time and was careless, allowing Zhao Chuanxin to take advantage of the opportunity. It was bad luck for him.

[Seeing that I didn't say anything, the old emperor's voice sounded again: Fearless Vanguard, do you dare to come down and fight me? ]

Zhao Chuanxin was afraid that the fearless pioneer would act rashly and fall into the trap, so he hurriedly wrote:
[I said: I dare not.]

【Old Emperor: ……】

[The puppet soldiers below the city started running, using the stacked cursed creatures as steps, attempting to leap onto the city wall.]

[Someone came to report: Fearless Vanguard, an undead army is pouring out of the city's sewers. The Lord of the Underworld has returned.]

The old emperor and the lord of the underground are father and son, and they were originally enemies.

Now the father and son have reconciled, it's a collaboration between inside and outside, right?
Zhao Chuanxin opened the holy light channel and entered it.

He didn't believe in the Fearless Vanguard's combat capabilities.

The puppet soldiers have already reached the top of the city wall.

Zhao Chuanxin took out the few remaining grenades and broke up the cursed biological ladder, cutting off the puppet soldiers' reinforcements. With the Ares M1907 in his left hand and the Eight-edged Light Sword in his right hand, he rushed into the puppet soldiers.

chug chu...

Suppress with submachine gun fire, turn around and whip the sword to increase momentum.

laugh……

The puppet soldier who covered his eyes with his hands lost his vision and was cut in half by Zhao Chuanxin's sword.

Xingyue suddenly gave a danger warning on his glasses, and Zhao Chuanxin used the move of Qianlong Sucking Water to dodge the light swords handed over by the two puppet soldiers.

The puppet soldiers have great power.

Zhao Chuanxin's body was held up by Xingyue underneath. He exerted strength from his waist and abdomen, and kicked his legs hard, hitting the bodies of the two puppet soldiers.

The puppet soldier never expected that Zhao Chuanxin had such a strange trick, and was kicked in the chest and flew backwards.

It is impossible for ordinary people to do it. Even the old emperor who is about to become a sword saint can't do it. The main reason is that others don't have the support of Xingyue.

Zhao Chuanxin was in mid-air, his body spinning, and using the force of his arms to swing the lightsaber out, inserting it into the chest of a puppet soldier.

The other three puppet soldiers jumped high, passed over several sand soldiers and tried to chop Zhao Chuanxin from above.

Zhao Chuanxin threw away his lightsaber and had an explosive arrow in his hand. He didn't need a bow and just threw the arrow out casually.

The explosive arrow's tip is heavy but its foot is light, so throwing it like a flying knife is like throwing a flying knife. The heavy tip of the explosive arrow hits a puppet soldier's body, causing a violent explosion.

boom……

At the moment of the explosion, Zhao Chuanxin appeared.

Appearing twenty meters away, Zhao Chuanxin somersaulted like a dragon, corrected his posture, turned around and rushed forward.

He rushed to the front of the puppet soldier who was stabbed in the chest, pulled out the eight-edged lightsaber, slid, and used the sword to perform the "White Ape Holding a Peach" move, splitting the other puppet soldier into two halves from bottom to top.

At this moment, the cursed creatures below the city set up the ladder again, and a black and white figure leaped onto the top of the city.

It’s the old emperor.

Before Zhao Chuanxin could react, a tube popped out from the old emperor's shoulder.

As far as Zhao Chuanxin knew, the Old Emperor's trump cards were nothing more than the four runes of Solidity, True Sight, Central Control, and Light Blade. There was also originally an altar of the Old God, but it was taken away by Zhao Chuanxin.

But at this moment, the tube on the old emperor's shoulder shot out a light blade. The speed of the light blade was slower than the bullet, but there seemed to be no energy attenuation, and it went straight to Zhao Chuanxin 30 meters away.

If it had happened in the past, Zhao Chuanxin would have definitely fallen into the trap, because even Xingyue had not expected this situation to occur.

But at this time, after Zhao Chuanxin and Fearless Pioneer took the Six Senses Potion, their control over their bodies had reached perfection.

Xingyue pushed him first, and Zhao Chuanxin twisted his waist and abdomen at the critical moment, and slightly rotated his upper body, barely avoiding the light blade.

Zhao Chuanxin instinctively felt that the danger was not over, so he dodged it and flashed away immediately.

Hee hee hee hee hee...

A series of light blades shot at the place where Zhao Chuanxin had been before, and the city wall was easily shot with a row of tiny holes as if it were a shoddy construction.

A few sand soldiers were unlucky and were pierced through the body by the light blades. The wounds burned and expanded, and they died beyond all possibility of death.

Although Zhao Chuanxin could overcome the bug of dying and coming back to life, he still broke out in a cold sweat.

He threw out an explosive arrow.

boom……

With the help of firelight and smoke, he flashed twice in succession and appeared behind the old emperor.

Unexpectedly, the old emperor reacted so quickly that his puppet body seemed to have been strengthened and he turned around as fast as lightning.

Hee hee hee hee hee...

Zhao Chuanxin was forced to flash and move his position again.

Zhao Chuanxin flashed around the Old Emperor. The tubes on the Old Emperor's shoulders continuously shot out light blades, always able to accurately sense Zhao Chuanxin's presence. After all, the Old Emperor had possessed the Old God's Holy Altar for many years and knew it like the back of his hand.

In the eyes of others, there was only the red light of the light blade and the afterimages of the two people, and the movements were extremely fast.

When Zhao Chuanxin tried to flash closer again, the tube on the old emperor's shoulder shot out a light blade, and a normal light blade also passed by him.

Zhao Chuanxin dodged the incoming light blade by leaning sideways, holding the Eight-edged Light Sword and pointing the way to the immortal, which intersected with another light blade.

The puppet body of the old emperor laughed loudly: "Fearless Vanguard, look around."

Zhao Chuanxin was concentrating on finding an opportunity to assassinate the old emperor and did not pay attention to his surroundings. He retreated and watched, and found that many sand soldiers had been sucked to death by the soul rotors of the cursed body.

As demons danced wildly below the city, the storm grew more intense, and a figure emerged in the center of the storm.

It was a human figure.

The cursed body seemed to be expending a huge amount of energy to open a channel and summon some powerful creature.

Without saying a word, he set up the M1907 and fired a cruise missile.

boom……

He clearly saw that when the cruise missile hit the center of the storm, the human-shaped black shadow jumped out of the explosion range.

The old emperor said: "Fearless Vanguard, this is a Chaos Predator, you will not be able to escape today."

As the old emperor spoke, the Chaos Predator jumped onto the wall. Its speed surpassed that of all creatures Zhao Chuanxin could recognize.

For the first time, he felt he couldn't aim his gun.

Even the predictions of the stars and the moon are not enough.

Zhao Chuanxin gave the black puppet craftsman four Ares M1907 submachine guns, while he himself held the Star-Moon M1909 light machine gun. The five guns fired at the same time, leaving almost no blind spots.

However, the four puppet soldiers acted like a wall to block the bullets for the Chaos Predator.

The old emperor's long-range light blade forced Zhao Chuanxin to avoid its edge.

The sweeping attack was interrupted.

Zhao Chuanxin could only flash back.

The Chaos Raiders, the Old Emperor, and the Puppet Soldiers approached at the same time.

Zhao Chuanxin tried his best but was helpless and had to retreat.

The blood of the killed sand soldiers flowed like a river.

The defeated troops urgently need a strong medicine, otherwise this will be the last battle.

After Zhao Chuanxin flashed for the last time, he exited the state and instantly closed the "Code of the Old Gods".

His chest heaved on the recliner, his mood agitated.

This was definitely the toughest battle he had faced since he acquired the Codex of the Old Gods.

There is something vaguely unclear.

He asked Xingyue: "Do you have a way to break their triangle formation?"

Xingyue was silent for a while, as if he was calculating.

Xingyue said: "At present, there is no solution."

Zhao Chuanxin felt very disappointed.

The Fearless Vanguard does not have to die.

He could have chosen to teleport back to the Vanguard Companions' safe haven, regardless of whether Rune City lived or died.

But in that case, the old emperor would definitely take back the Rune City and then settle both old and new scores with him.

There was probably no place for Zhao Chuanxin to stand in the Cursed Desert, so he had no choice but to travel across the ocean with his brothers and sisters, Dudu and the craftsmen and return to Middle-earth.

Zhao Chuanxin rubbed his chin: "Why did the old emperor suddenly become stronger?"

Xingyue said: "Take out the bodies of the puppet soldiers that were seized before, and I will discover the secret."

Placing the puppet soldier's body on the table, Zhao Chuanxin assisted the black puppet craftsman in "dissecting" the puppet soldier's body.

Soft gold shell, insect silk as power, central control rune fragments, true vision crystal eyes...

It seems that nothing has changed.

Xingyue said, "I think I discovered their secret."

"What is it?" Zhao Chuanxin asked impatiently.

"The density of the rune fragments in the enhanced puppet soldier's central control is high, the spacing of the singularity axiom planning is short, the response speed is faster, and the energy consumption is lower. I can only sense it, but I can't see the details clearly. The black puppet craftsman's true vision crystal eye is not of high enough level."

Zhao Chuanxin threw a handful of true vision crystal fragments on the table. These were the eyes of the puppet soldiers that he had smashed with a gun.

This puppet soldier's eyes are particularly different.

The black puppet craftsman pieced the shattered eyes together and looked at them carefully.

Xingyue said, "I understand. The old emperor must have found a true-vision crystal craftsman to create a lens similar to the earth microscope to finely process all the rune fragments, especially the central control rune fragments."

Zhao Chuanxin tapped his fingers on the table: "Do I have a chance of winning?"

Xingyue said: "First, I observed that the Chaos Predator has wings. Every time it spreads its wings, it will pause for a moment. This is your chance. I will give you a training plan specifically for it.

Second, we have a microscope, which can also be used to finely process and upgrade the central control rune fragments in the soft gold armor to enhance the performance of the soft gold armor.

Third, the old emperor has no base now, I guess he will bring the True Vision Crystal Craftsman with him. As long as we find the True Vision Crystal Craftsman, we will pretend to kill or kidnap him, the old emperor will be anxious, we will turn the passive situation into active, and we will always be able to find a chance to kill the old emperor. "

Zhao Chuanxin scratched his hair.

It seems that high-intensity training is about to begin again.

He said distressedly: "If this continues, who on earth can rival me? Life is really lonely like snow."

Xingyue: “…”

Xingyue poured cold water on him, saying, "In the First World War, perhaps no one could match you. But the intensity of the Second World War is so high that I'm afraid you won't be able to handle it easily. Besides, you should get through this stage first."

Zhao Chuanxin thought it made sense.

As a result, in the two days before the New Year, apart from working, there was only combat exercises, and there was no time to even buy New Year's goods...

(End of this chapter)