The road to Jianghu started from the martial arts hall

Chapter 210: The land is lost; the population is gone

A quarter of an hour later, Xue Ren had disappeared, leaving Fang Xun alone in deep thought.

He obtained a lot of information from the conversation with the other party, and after careful consideration, he finally agreed to cooperate with Xue Ren.

"This is a great opportunity to break through the divine will. If we miss this critical moment, even if the spiritual energy of heaven and earth recovers, it will take who knows how many years to break through the divine will."

With his background, breaking through to the divine will would not be a problem after his spiritual inspiration was revived, but it would not be something that could be achieved in a short period of time.

The revival of inspiration only reduces the difficulty of breakthrough and shortens decades of hard training to a few years.

However, although he agreed to cooperate, he understood that he and Xue Ren each had their own ulterior motives.

Xue Ren did tell him many details about the seal of the Qinggang Mountain earth veins, and Fang Xun also sensed that the other party was not lying, but only God knew how much he had kept back.

"Oh, I have no good intentions anyway, let's see who will have the last laugh this time!"

After a chilling smile, Fang Xun's figure disappeared into the jungle, leaving only the bodies of Wu Qianshan and the five masters of the art of enlightenment.

Another quarter of an hour later, Old Man Mo also arrived at the scene.

Looking at the devastated jungle, the area where Fang Xun and Xue Ren had fought was completely beaten to a pulp, with the ground collapsing more than a foot.

Old Man Mo's expression suddenly became serious.

"There is a master fighting here, but he only fights a little bit. Who could it be?"

After briefly checking the bodies of Wu Qianshan and several other bandits, he hurriedly left.

From all the traces left at the scene, Old Man Mo quickly reconstructed the general situation in his mind.

First, several bandits in the Enlightenment Realm were killed without any chance of fighting back. When that person was about to kill Wu Qianshan, another master appeared to stop him.

But later, for some unknown reason, the master killed Wu Qianshan again. From the distorted and unbelievable expression on his face before his death, one can roughly guess that it was done by an acquaintance.

Old Man Mo wanted to tell Fang Xun the news. The sudden appearance of two powerful masters near Qingyang City made people think more.

However, when Old Man Mo hurried all the way to the government villa to meet Fang Xun, the other party's first words surprised him.

"What? You're not going to check?"

The bright moon was hanging in the sky. Fang Xun was strolling leisurely in the yard with his hands behind his back. He didn't look like he had just killed someone or fought with a master.

After meeting Old Man Mo, he told him directly that he didn't plan to investigate further.

Seeing his surprised expression, Fang Xun smiled and said, "What I have seen in the mountains these days has confirmed to me that the purpose of the Black Water Abyss is indeed to revive the spiritual power of heaven and earth.

In this case, we can just sit back and enjoy the fruits of our labor. Why should we investigate further? Do you still want to stop them?"

Old Man Mo was stunned for a moment, then realized that this seemed to be the case.

"If I were you, I would immediately prepare the elixir and adjust my body and mind to the best condition, waiting for the moment when my spiritual power is revived. Maybe I could seize the opportunity to break through the Yangshen bottleneck in one fell swoop!"

Old Man Mo was stunned for a moment, but immediately shook his head.

“It’s not that easy to break through the Yang God realm, but you’re right. We must seize the opportunity and make preparations. Even if we can’t break through the Yang God realm, we can still use this opportunity to get one foot over that threshold.

In the next few years, the bottleneck will be loosened. If you practice diligently, you will have plenty of opportunities to break through to the Yang God realm!"

At this point, Old Man Mo's heart also became excited. After chatting with Fang Xun for a few words, he whistled to summon the Iron-winged Cloud Eagle.

"Boy, I am grateful for your kindness this time. If it is really as you said, I will reward you handsomely after my spiritual power is revived. I, an old man, need to hurry up and prepare, so I won't accompany you for long. There was a strange master appearing near Qingyang City just now, so be careful!"

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Accompanied by a loud eagle cry, Old Man Mo flew the eagle eastward and soon turned into a small black dot and disappeared in the sky.

In the villa, Dongfang Que and Yan Ming just walked out of the attic at this time.

Dongfang Que asked curiously, "Xun'er, are you really not going to continue investigating?"

They all heard the conversation between the two people in the courtyard just now. If Fang Xun did not plan to continue exploring deep into the Corridor Mountains, they had no objection. Anyway, whatever Brother Xun said was the final word.

Fang Xun did not answer his question directly, but just instructed: "I will be going on a long journey in the next few days. If things go well, I may be able to break through the divine will. Whoever comes, just say that I am in seclusion to open up the acupoints."

"Brother Xun, don't worry, Qingyang City will be left to us!"

When Dongfang Que and Yan Ming heard that the other party was preparing to break through the divine will, their eyes suddenly lit up and they nodded in response.

Then Fang Xun went back to the attic, changed into the clothes of the Ghost-Faced Man, took the two swords, Prison Moon and Narcissus, and set off again.

In the night sky, the bright moon hangs high.

The lights of thousands of houses in Qingyang City were still on. Fang Xun did not stop and soon left the city without disturbing anyone. He then continued to head towards Qinggang Mountain.

Until his figure gradually blended into the night and disappeared without a trace.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

On the city walls, inside the city, on the streets, and in the mansions, there was blood and fire, and swords and sabers were everywhere. The flames of war were raging in this small county town located in the territory of Chunyang Prefecture, illuminating the dark night sky.

The shouts of killing were heard everywhere, and among the voices were soldiers from Jiangzhou and members of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Dozens of people died at every moment, and the scene was extremely tragic.

As time went by, the shouting and screaming became quieter and quieter.

Like oil boiling over a raging fire, an extremely terrifying aura erupted from the county government office in the city center and enveloped the surrounding areas.

Boom——

There was another loud bang, and everyone felt as if the ground beneath their feet shook. Then several buildings in the county government collapsed one after another, and the smoke and dust engulfed the flames.

However, after this loud noise, the fighting finally stopped, and two figures slowly walked out of the smoke.

Leading the way was a tall and strong man wearing armor and holding a spear. In the fierce fighting, his armor was not stained with blood, and there was not even a trace of dust under the smoke and dust.

The figure next to him was petite, holding a broad serrated knife that was still dripping with blood.

It was Fang Xun's immediate superior, Yu Jiaolong, and next to him was Jiangzhou's military commander, Sun Donglai.

After the two men left the government office, they saw teams of soldiers cleaning up the battlefield and clearing away corpses and bloodstains on the streets.

Although it looked like they had won a great victory, both of them had depressed and solemn expressions on their faces.

Yu Jiaolong looked confused and spoke absentmindedly.

"General Sun, this is the third county town. Most of the people in the city have disappeared, and a small number of local experts have been brainwashed into becoming Tianli followers. I guess other county towns and prefectural cities will not be spared."

In the past, Yu Jiaolong had no intuitive impression of the Tianli Sect.

But this time, after following the army into the territory of Chunyang Prefecture, the chill in my heart continued to rise and became colder as I looked along the way.

Every time the Tianli Sect started an uprising, they would usually just rush into the city with a large number of cannon fodder, and each time they were easily destroyed by local officers and soldiers. It seemed like they were coming to show their achievements.

But it's not just the imperial court, even other major righteous sects have always attached great importance to the Tianli Sect. As long as they find any trace of it, they will kill it without mercy!
Yu Jiaolong never understood why all parties attached so much importance to Tianli Sect, as it was just an insignificant cult.

But during this period of time, she saw too many famous masters in Chunyang Prefecture, and was brainwashed into a fanatical madman who fought with them fearlessly.

This experience made her fully understand the threat posed by the Tianli Sect. This method of bewitching and brainwashing was enough to make the court take it seriously.

When Chunyang Prefecture fell, not only was the land occupied, but also nearly ten million people were lost!

If this happened every few months, no matter how deep Daxuan's foundation was, it would not be able to withstand such repeated destruction.

At this time, Sun Donglai also sighed: "Yu girl, you should go back to Jinling Prefecture to take charge. If you go deeper into the prefecture, you may encounter the master of Tianli Sect. At that time, I will not be able to take care of you much."

Yu Jiaolong gritted her teeth and directly rejected the other party's kindness.

"No, General Sun, the most urgent task is to completely suppress the Tianli followers here, and then support Fang Xun and send a large army into the mountains to clean up!"

Sun Donglai stopped trying to persuade her after hearing this. He shook his head and said, "Then you better be careful."

The fire in the county town was quickly extinguished. At dawn, the army set out again and headed towards Chunyang Prefecture, leaving only a few hundred soldiers to continue clearing the city.

On the third day, the huge army finally arrived near Chunyang City.

Yu Jiaolong and Sun Donglai immediately noticed a sharp gaze looking at them from the top of the city wall.

Everyone was wearing white robes and white scarves, their faces were fanatical and excited. The whole city looked white, which made people feel depressed.

Before, there was only one Kaiqiao in charge of the county town, and Sun Donglai's army could easily wipe him out.

But the provincial capital is the real tough nut to crack.

But no matter how hard it is, they have to bite it off. Sun Donglai took a deep breath and directly ordered the entire army to press forward.

Woo~
A loud horn sounded, and the tsunami-like shouts of killing echoed between heaven and earth.

The bowstring trembled like thunder, and thousands of arrows were fired like falling rain.

Countless arrows poured towards the top of the city, including ordinary feather arrows and crossbows as thick as a child's arm.

In an instant, blood flowers bloomed on the top of the city wall, and there were constant roars. Members of the Taiping Religion Church were shot into sieves and battlements were smashed by crossbows.

After a wave of arrows, densely packed Jiangzhou soldiers also rushed to the top of the city one after another. The fast and innate masters, surrounded by their personal guards, engaged in close combat with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom believers.

And Sun Donglai also found the master on the top of the city wall.

Arrows, falling rocks, strong energy, blood, and roars.
Various sounds kept colliding with each other, and the cruelty of war was once again nakedly displayed in front of everyone.

At the same time, Fang Xun also took three days to reach the foot of Qinggang Mountain.

(End of this chapter)