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Chapter 362 Stupid Apprentice

One thing is rather strange. Arda escaped from the conflict, so he shouldn't have been lost alone in the Forest of Ten Thousand Souls. Did all his colleagues die in the conflict?

Generally speaking, this would not happen. Both sides would stop when they see that they are ahead, especially after casualties occur. Therefore, the empress felt that there was a big problem.

So she spoke again, which surprised Alda and Qin Lang at the table.

"Izolaia, Haika..."

Su Yupan actually knows Beili language.

And he spoke it fluently. Arda himself spoke the Great Zhou language, which he learned during military exchanges with the northern garrison at the border.

Qin Lang was surprised at first, but he soon figured it out. A king of a country can learn much more than ordinary people, so it is not surprising that he can speak Beili language.

After hearing Su Yupan's Beili language, Alda was somewhat "shocked".

It’s not that Beiliyu is some kind of martial arts secret book. It’s just that out of instinct, limited by his personal identity, when he hears an emperor communicating with him in his native dialect, he can’t help but feel a sense of awe that he’s being seen through.

"Uturaya..."

"Staha..."

The two of them communicated in Beili language for a while. Qin Lang didn't understand and could only wait. After a while, the empress said, "Let's go." Then Alda, who was still lying on the ground, jumped up suddenly with a look of surprise, and didn't care that his hands were tied behind his back, and ran away like a flash.

"Baby!"

As soon as he left, Qin Lang suddenly appeared from under the table:
"Baby baby!"

"Bold thief!"

Su Yinping spoke up for her sister:

"Call His Majesty!"

"Your Majesty the Baby!"

"..."

classic.

The two sisters were speechless at the same time, and Qin Lang continued shamelessly:
"What were you talking about just now?"

"It's nothing."

The empress returned to the table and sat down. Qin Lang immediately followed and poured a cup of yellow wine warmed in the campfire. The empress took two sips and said slowly:
"I just asked him about the circumstances leading to his disappearance in the Forest of Ten Thousand Souls."

"How to say?"

"It's a long story."

"It's okay."

Anyway, today was the day for the ministers to go hunting, and only Lord Jin came back early. It was still early, and they had nothing to do anyway, so Qin Lang, the scoundrel minister, was of course happy to sit in the fragrant tent and drink and chat with the beautiful empress and the princess.

Of course, it would be best if Gu Jin could come, but unfortunately her boyfriend’s tenderness made her sleep so soundly yesterday. Qin Lang guessed that she was sleeping like a lazy cat at this moment.

"That Arda had a conflict with the Northern Army in the east of the Forest of Ten Thousand Souls, near the Northern Royal Palace garrison. But there were two things that were different from usual, very..."

The empress paused:
“…very unusual.”

"unusual?"

"Hmm...silver bottle."

The empress patted her side and asked her sister to sit over.

Qin Lang immediately poured some wine for Su Yinping as well, so that the two sisters could stay close to each other warmly.

"The first unusual thing is that one of Beili's barbarians showed signs of physical abnormality during the conflict. From his description, I think he was possessed by some kind of martial arts."

Qin Lang didn't understand this very well:
"Beili also has martial arts skills?"

"The martial arts of Beili are naturally not as good as those of Zhongyuan, but there are some good martial arts, especially some powerful external skills. Because the threshold is low, the popularity rate among ordinary people is higher than that of Dazhou."

It is not impossible that Beili people have become obsessed with martial arts practice, but the key point is that there is one point that makes the empress puzzled.

That is, Beili’s martial arts system does not include internal strength.

But according to Alda's description, the behavior of the man who was possessed was very similar to that of someone who was possessed by someone while practicing internal energy.

……

Internal strength is not so easy to practice.

Even in the Great Zhou, among the many martial artists who practiced internal skills, they were actually a minority compared to the total number of citizens.

For example, in the army of the Great Zhou, a soldier who knows some basic internal skills, just enough to slightly improve his physical strength, can be an ignored leader. In Beili, this is called [Punian Bojilie].

Those who are more powerful, such as the soldiers at the level of ordinary disciples of the Twelve Sects in the martial arts world, can become centurions, and in Beili they are called [Mouke Bojilie].

In short, although both countries have corresponding military positions, Beili has no internal skills to practice, but instead practices some unique external skills of their own.

……

“So this inner strength is…”

Qin Lang immediately thought of the foreign masters who suddenly appeared in the southwest who knew the Pure Yang Wuji Kung Fu, and his expression became solemn:
"…Did Beili connect with Zhongyuan at some point?"

The Queen nodded:

"I have my doubts."

"With whom? Is it Wuliang Mountain or Chanzhen Temple this time?"

"Zenzhen Temple."

"?"

Qin Lang could only think of these two at the moment, but he didn't expect the empress to actually use one of them as an answer. "It's... it's really Chanzhen Temple?"

"Speculation."

"why?"

"Women's intuition."

"..."

Qin Lang's eyebrows twitched, and then he saw a hint of mockery in the empress's eyes, and he knew that she was teasing him. In fact, the knowledgeable Su Yupan must have seen some shadows of the Chanzhen Temple from Alda's description, so he made some speculations.

"In short, after that Beili soldier went crazy, the conflict escalated, or rather... it became a one-sided killing, attacking everyone without distinguishing between friend and foe..."

"I see…"

Qin Lang nodded slowly:

"That's why he fled into the Forest of Ten Thousand Souls in a panic and got lost..."

"wrong."

"wrong?"

The empress took a deep breath:

"This is the second unusual thing. Arda said that he had been stationed at the border pass for a long time, so he was very familiar with the nearest pass in the east. If he wanted to escape at that time, he could have easily escaped to the pass in time through a familiar forest path."

"But the reason he didn't have it was because... he was being hunted down by that possessed Beili person?"

"No, Beiliren is dead."

"died?"

Qin Lang was stunned:

"How did you die?"

"Killed."

"Who?"

"Arda didn't know her and had never seen her before. He didn't even see where she came from... a little girl."

"Little girl?"

Qin Lang stood up, because the first person he thought of was a former sect master who should be far away in the southwest.

But the empress simply kicked his calf and made him sit down again.

"Don't think about it. It wasn't the Third Senior Sister. Alda said it was a little girl in white. She suddenly appeared and asked the possessed Beili man a question."

"what is the problem."

"It means [Have you seen my stupid apprentice?]"

"Stupid apprentice?"

Qin Lang was a little confused. A little girl looking for a disciple?
"After the little girl asked, how could the possessed man answer? He just bared his teeth and pounced on the little girl. However, just when he was three feet away, he..."

The empress pondered for a moment:
"The whole person turned into a handful of blood powder..."

"..."

"According to Alda, he didn't see the little girl make a move at all. She didn't even make any movements. It was as if there was something around the little girl that made it impossible to get close to her. When you get close to her, even her blood dries up and turns into blood powder. The whole person disappears like a handful of gravel."

"What kind of martial arts is this?"

"I don't know either."

"What level?"

"I don't know."

"Is there another little girl like Third Senior Sister in the world?"

"I don't know."

Even the empress didn't know the answer to any of the questions, so Qin Lang had no idea who this mysterious little girl was.

The empress also said that she was not omniscient and omnipotent. As a junior sister, she didn't even understand some of the more mysterious things in the Yaochi, let alone the world which is so big and full of wonders.

Anyway, Alda, who was the only survivor, fled in a hurry. He got lost due to exhaustion and was caught by Lord Jin when he woke up.

……

"It seems that there are more variables in this Northern Hunt..."

After hearing all this, Qin Lang sighed and thought of one thing, and reminded the empress:

"Your Majesty, regarding that Arda, he has been to the camp, and even to this tent. Is it inappropriate to just let him go?"

Unexpectedly, when this was mentioned, the empress actually revealed a mysterious smile and then clapped her hands.

clap clap!

A slightly cool and fragrant breeze blew by, and a figure flashed in from outside the tent.

Qin Lang turned around and was surprised to find that it was Miss Jin. She was holding a shining dagger in her hand. On the tip of the dagger, there was a drop of blood reflecting a dazzling luster.

"What Qin Aiqing can think of, can't I think of it?"

"..."

(End of this chapter)