Lord of the Desert

Chapter 377 Lingbo City

In April of the 30th year of Zhenghe, people in Yunlan City were no longer free to come and go as before.

The postman, dressed in tight clothes and with a pennant on his waist, went through three careful procedures at the city gate and put his fingerprint on a letter of guarantee stating the date of return before he could set off on horseback.

The official road goes smoothly northward, constantly passing by the Yao River flowing southward.

The scattered villages beside the road were steaming in the light summer heat. The postman squinted his eyes as he passed by, and the villages were three points less crowded than last time.

The second half of the road is rolling hills.

Half-buried bones were everywhere, and in the rubble lay the rotting blue corpse of an animal whose head had been killed by an arrow - it was probably a mule, judging from its long ears and thick hooves.

The postman was followed by three gray wolves for more than ten miles and then encountered the Tianfeng Army who were searching for firewood.

They were wearing iron-studded leather armor and reined in their horses on the slope, with several ragged captives whose genders were difficult to identify tied to their backs with ropes.

The leading knight looked coldly at the pennant on the postman's waist and did not trouble him.

The postman galloped past, guessing that the dead mule must belong to one of the captives.

On April 20th, he arrived at Duanli City in heavy rain.

After handing over the scroll wrapped in a thick cowhide bag, the postman completed the last task assigned to him by the royal court, and then led his horse to the Baisheng Army camp outside the city to join the army.

The city lord's office, half an hour later.

The scroll was unfolded on the table by Qiu Yuankui.

The paper was very thick, with golden wind and cloud patterns on both sides and the royal seal on the lower left corner.

Duan Tiannan, Hong Fan and others came forward to watch.

Leaving aside the flashy and pretentious rhetoric, the content is very simple.

Feng Tianqing invited Hong Fan to fight, and the location was set in Lingbo City, the second largest city in Huaiyang State, and the time was May 5th.

This battle is a fight to the death, with no one to decide life or death. It will be refereed by Leng Luoli, the immortal of the Leng family who is also known as "Heaven is frozen and Earth is closed."

If Feng Tianqing wins, Hong Fan must leave Huaiyang State and never return; if Hong Fan wins, the royal court will release 200 rebel prisoners.

From the day Hong Fan accepted the challenge until three days after the duel, all parties will temporarily cease fighting; the royal court will not make any obstacles to the Baisheng Army.

Please bear witness to all of the above.

"It's the same as the announcements received elsewhere. This is serious."

Qiu Yuankui stroked his beard.

"You want to use two magnets at once. That's a big deal, Feng Tianqing."

"Are you going to accept the challenge?"

He looked at Hong Fan.

No one worried about the authenticity of the promises made in the notice.

The human race reveres the Ancestral Dragon, and if they break their word on such a matter, they would be cut off from the Nine Provinces.

"Of course I want to go."

Hong Fan laughed.

"If you lose, you will just have to leave Huaiyang State and return to Xijing to be my Tiqi. Why don't you go?"

"Besides, I don't think I'll lose."

He clenched his fists.

"I never thought that I would have to join forces with the treacherous Tang in this life."

Duan Tiannan stroked the delicate texture of the scroll with his fingers.

"I used to think he was cunning, but I didn't expect he could be so ruthless."

"I also have to thank Miss Tang for coming to report the news."

Add a new sentence with ancient ideas.

"Otherwise you will be in danger this time..."

He spoke seriously, with a hint of fear on his face.

Under the cover of the sound of rain, the four people plus Xu Yuntao hastily planned everything.

Afterwards, Hong Fan took a bamboo hat and went to the courtyard where Tang Xingqing stayed, but found that she had already left and did not leave any words. She must have returned to Xun County early in the morning.

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The Ancestral Dragon is witnessing from above, and the gods are in the middle, judging.

The messengers went back and forth, and the battle between Hong Fan and Feng Tianqing was successfully concluded. For the Lingbo City group, safety was no longer a problem for the Baisheng Army, but considering the needs of appearance and diplomacy, they decided to form a medium-sized delegation.

The battle between the two geniuses on the list was a rare grand occasion in Huaiyang State. In addition, Hong Fan's prestige in the rebel army was gradually increasing, and a large number of people volunteered to accompany him as guards. In the end, only thirty people with outstanding martial arts were selected.

On the first day of May, the sun shines brightly in Longqiu Town.

The horse team set out early in the morning, crossed Yisan Lake, and galloped freely towards the northeast.

After traveling a hundred miles a day, he slept well for a night. On the second day, when the horse's hooves had left behind the Tingshan that had followed it all the way, Hong Fan saw the vast plain.

This is the best land in Huaiyang State.

The neat and fertile fields spread out like a picture, and the horizon at the end is as straight as a crop.

Everyone stood on the stirrups to take a look, and saw a scar a hundred feet long dug diagonally into the ground. The soil was still moist, probably from a recent storm.

On the third day of May, the team entered Jingming County.

A big city appeared behind the gentle slope.

Originally it was a small bump on the horizon, separated from the horse team by a vast wilderness like a dash. Then the bump slowly expanded, revealing more and more details under the pouring sunlight, until it became dazzling and light as if it seemed to fly.

Lingbo City lives up to its name.

In the evening, Hong Fan and his party arrived at the city gate and were received by the Leng family - perhaps because they did not want to upset the royal court, only two young men came.

In terms of scale, Lingbo City is only slightly larger than Duanli City, but because it has not been affected by the war and has only paid full taxes to the royal court without being restricted in the past twenty years, it is far more prosperous than Duanli City.

Feng Tianqing and his party arrived two days earlier and stayed in the royal palace beside the river bend.

Baishengjun chose the largest inn in the city, "Wanghewan", as their place to stay.

On the night Hong Fan arrived, dozens of leaders from different rebel armies came to visit him one after another. The dinner lasted for two hours, and they toasted each other for countless rounds.

Fortunately, warriors are not afraid of alcohol.

After these wealthy people from various regions of Huaiyang State had finished reminiscing about the past, the topic naturally turned to the decisive battle the day after tomorrow.

During the banquet, the warriors talked about all the Xiaoyaoyin and Tiangang Shenfengjing power realm moves they had encountered - reading the wind, wind attracting iron, wind rolling sand, chaotic wind steps, wind roaring, wind crossing technique, etc. - it was almost like a meeting to dismantle killing methods.

In short, the style of Feng family warriors in the power realm focuses on harassment and control, the main point is to destroy the balance of vision, hearing and movement.

As a person in sync with heaven and man, Feng Tianqing also has to be on guard against his gliding skills.

And their killing moves are basically hidden weapons.

One type uses the changes in true Qi to reduce wind resistance, allowing the hidden weapon to fly silently and with a variety of trajectories to avoid the opponent's perception.

One type is to create the sound of high-speed airflow, simulating a large number of blind spot attacks, making it impossible for the opponent to cope.

To Hong Fan, it sounded like a modern stealth fighter or electronic warfare pod - the former had no planes on the radar, while the latter had the radar filled with planes.

After knowing the enemy, we will have a basis for customizing our own tactics.

Compress the space, focus more on consumption, and chase less.

Although the other party has abundant true energy as the heir of the dragon, he also practices both Hongfan martial arts and has a dragon soul fruit that can be used as a cheat, which is equivalent to two lives.

As for hidden weapons, the Desert Armor is least afraid of them.

After the meal, Hong Fan thought he had a 90% chance of winning.

The fourth day of May.

The Leng family held a grand banquet to welcome Tang Shaoyou and Gong Zhengping who arrived with their outstanding younger generations.

At this time, in Lingbo City, including Feng Manyun who arrived earliest, there were a total of five Yuanci and one Tianren, and almost all the young heroes of the three counties of Huaiyang had gathered.

The inn is full of guests, the dock is full of boats, and anyone who doesn't come will be left behind.

This is the best time for business operations, but the operation of the city becomes lazy and sluggish, caught in the anxiety and commotion of long waiting.

In the afternoon, Duan Tiannan and Qiu Yuankui went to visit the top management of the Leng family privately.

Hong Fan received old acquaintances Wu Yuan, Wen Kaige and his party.

Wanghewan was filled with people, both men and women, locals and outsiders, all coming to Chisha to catch a glimpse of his outstanding demeanor.

Hong Fan did not avoid it either. He sat down by the window on the second floor with Gu Yixin and chatted with several knights.

At first, everyone could still control themselves.

But after two quarters of an hour, a young man who could no longer hold his temper stepped forward and loudly announced his name, wanting to demonstrate martial arts on the spot and invite the two geniuses to appreciate it.

(End of this chapter)