Starting from the martial arts world, Gan became a true master of martial arts.

Chapter 420: Forest and news from the Imperial Army

Three days later.

Fang Xuan walked slowly along a mountain road in Zhongzhou. The sky suddenly darkened and soon, raindrops as big as beads began to fall.

In the heavy rain, Fang Xuan released his strong energy, and the dense rain could not avoid it, forming a spherical light shield around his body.

After a while, a mountain temple appeared in front of him. Fang Xuan walked in and tied the white horse to a cypress tree at the door.

The mountain god temple is not big, and the outer wall is in ruins, but the inside of the temple is still intact and is a good place to shelter from the rain.

After the beginning of autumn, the rain became more frequent and the temperature became a little cooler.

It was not yet dark, and some voices were heard on the distant mountain road.

Fang Xuan was looking at the raindrops outside the eaves boredly, but he suddenly became energetic when he heard it.

A little further up the mountain path, a group of nine people were walking on the path with brisk steps. They also seemed to be martial artists.

They also had strong energy radiating from their bodies, so the rain could not wet them.

Walking in the front was a young man carrying a sword on his back. He was about 1.8 meters tall and had a well-proportioned body, especially his pair of bright and lively eyes.

He looked ahead, pointed in the distance and spoke to his companions.

"There is a mountain temple ahead. Let's go there to rest and gather our strength. We can go into the mountain later when the heavy rain is over."

"Okay, we can wait until the rain is over. I heard that beast only goes out late at night."

A woman in a tight-fitting outfit with her wrists and ankles tied tightly.

"This is such terrible weather. The monsters won't come out to look for food after the rain. This is really ridiculous."

The woman looked around and laughed at herself in annoyance.

A burly man behind her carried an iron rod on his shoulder and smiled:
"Hehe, Junior Sister Feng, the weather in the mountains has become weirder since autumn. The sun was clearly high in the sky before we went up the mountain. Without the cultivation of the fourth level, who can control the weather in an area?"

"Stop arguing, remember our mission this time, if anyone fails to deliver, don't blame me for disregarding our friendship!"

The deserted mountain temple was surrounded by trees with some unknown dead grass. The sky gradually darkened, making the area look a bit eerie.

"Gu~gu~"

The chirping of a few unknown birds seemed even more appropriate to the scene.

The woman quickened her pace, walked among the eight people, and looked around in panic.

"Why is this forest so gloomy? Could there be ghosts?"

The man with the knife smiled and said, "You are all warriors at the third level, are you afraid of ghosts, Sister Feng?"

The woman glared back at him, shrank her neck, and said, "It's all about the gods and ghosts that Master used to tell us about."

"Hahahaha!"

A burst of rapid laughter was heard among the crowd.

A few people walked around outside the temple before entering the mountain god temple, and then they saw Fang Xuan standing quietly beside the shabby bed.

"A passerby?"

"Hey, are you alone here? It's not safe in this forest at night!"

The man holding the long stick roared at Fang Xuan. Fang Xuan was wearing a bamboo hat and there was no energy emanating from his body.

"Yeah, just me."

Fang Xuan nodded.

A group of people formed a circle in an open space in the temple, found some firewood, and one of the men pointed his finger, and a beam of fire shot out, and soon the temperature in the temple rose.

They didn't talk much, and several of them stared at Fang Xuan. After a while, the man with the stick shouted at Fang Xuan, "There is a fifth-level Azure Dragon Tiger in this mountain. How dare you come to the mountain alone?"

Fang Xuan smiled faintly. Within the range of his spiritual awareness, there was indeed a tiger demon at the fifth level of the heaven, but it seemed to have suffered serious injuries.

"Are you here for this Blue Sky Dragon Tiger?" Fang Xuan hesitated for a moment, but still asked curiously.

"That's not true. This tiger demon was previously..."

Before the man with the stick could finish his words, he was glared at by the young man with phoenix eyes and was shut up. Then he clasped his fists towards Fang Xuan and said with a smile:
"Young man, are you going to Tianshui County? We can go down the mountain together after the rain stops."

Outside this mountain is Tianshui County, and the purpose of Fang Xuan's trip is Tianshui County.

He looked at the young man, smiled and said, "Thank you very much. More people means more safety."

The young man with phoenix eyes stopped talking. The man holding the stick was more honest and asked with a smile, "I see that you are very imposing and have an extraordinary bearing. Are you also a warrior?"

"I've practiced some basic moves before." Fang Xuan said with a smile.

Hearing this, the man didn't care too much.

Taking advantage of the firelight, they took out some bottles and jars, as well as some binding magic arrays. Although they were all relatively basic, there were quite a few types.

They discussed in low voices for a while.

Then the woman took out some fruits and distributed them to everyone, and asked the man with a stick to bring a few to Fang Xuan.

The man handed a few oranges to Fang Xuan and asked with a smile, "What's your name, young man?"

"Long Jing." Fang Xuan responded with a smile.

The man peeled open a sweet orange, put the sweet and delicious flesh into his mouth, and asked curiously:
"Why would you go to Tianshui County during this chaotic time?"

Fang Xuan thought for a moment and replied, "Is there anything wrong?"

Seeing Fang Xuan's clear eyes, the man shook his head and said:

"There's nothing wrong with that. It's just that Tianshui County has been unstable recently. Many powerful people from Kyushu have gathered here. Some of them have hot tempers, so it's inevitable that they will cause some trouble."

Fang Xuan showed a puzzled look on his face and asked, "I heard that the Zhongzhou Imperial Army is stationed in Tianshui County to protect the safety of Shangjing City. How could it be unstable?"

The woman was obviously also listening to the conversation between Fang Xuan and the man, and continued to explain:
"I heard that Shangjing City was sealed by a powerful person. Now the 300,000 imperial court troops in Zhongzhou have become a target of competition among the rebels in Jiuzhou. The Red Eyebrow Army in Yanzhou had a battle with the Dragon Whale Army in the north of Tianshui County before, and it was quite a big fight."

"The Emperor of Dayang is such a loser. The 300,000 soldiers of Dayang's imperial court don't even obey his command. If I were the Emperor, I would just kill myself."

Fang Xuan acted as a perfect listener. When the girl talked about the 300,000 imperial army, he asked in confusion, "It's rare that the imperial army doesn't obey the emperor's call."

The girl nodded and continued, "It's not rare. The commander of the Imperial Court Army, An Zhe, is a descendant of the An family in Zhongzhou. They have been the commanders of this Imperial Court Army for hundreds of years. And I heard that the founding emperor of Dayang was worried about rebellion in the future, so he issued an edict that the Imperial Court Army could only be mobilized by the imperial seal."

"If you ask me, the young emperor definitely doesn't have the Great Sun Jade Seal, otherwise, with the face of General Gu Chengxuan, how could he not mobilize the Imperial Army!"

Fang Xuan was slightly silent after hearing this.

This time Fang Xuan went to Tianshui County to find an opportunity to recover the 300,000 imperial court troops.

The ancestor of the Wulin Alliance, Zhao Chuanxiong, left Fang Xuan a jade pendant. From the tone of his voice, it might have some effect.

"What are you doing up the mountain?"

The two sides chatted a lot, and the sense of strangeness was eliminated a lot. Fang Xuan asked them a question.

Perhaps Fang Xuan was very much to the taste of the man with the stick, so he replied:
"We are here for the Azure Sky Dragon Tiger. He failed to break through the barrier and is at his weakest. His inner elixir can allow a warrior to break through the third barrier to the fourth barrier. That Anzhe..."

He was about to continue, but stopped again.

Fang Xuan could roughly guess it, and sighed helplessly in his heart: "The Qingtian Dragon Tiger that can break through the fifth level, even if it fails, how can a warrior at the third level deal with it!"

(End of this chapter)