Chapter 170 Preparation before Promotion
Chapter 170 Preparation before Promotion
People roared and horses neighed.
Shi Hong rode alone, like an arrow shot from a bow, and rushed forward. Hundreds of riders behind him whistled in unison, and followed with swords and weapons.
Outside the dense forest, Qi Ying held sickles across his body like a moon, and hundreds of riders followed him, with sickles like a forest.
In an instant, the shouts of killing shook the sky.
More than a thousand people from the two major sects engaged in a brutal and fatal battle outside the dense forest on a snowy night.
……
A few miles away, Jing Shuhu urged his horse to move forward, but at a certain moment, he seemed to realize something and stopped.
Xilulu~
The Jiao Ma man stood up and Jing Shuhu glanced at him coldly, only to see a man blocking the way in the night.
The man was dressed in black tights, his body fluttering in the wind, as tall as a spear, with a long-handled sickle held upright in front of him, the more than one-meter-long blade emitting a cold light.
"Xiao Zongyuan, you dare to stop me?!"
The moment Jing Shuhu reined in his horse, there was a sharp explosion and Xiao Zongyuan, who was a hundred feet away, suddenly jumped up.
His clothes were filled with wind, and he took a stride of more than twenty feet. He rose and fell several times, and swept across at an extremely fast speed. His sickle burst out with amazing light:
"kill!"
Without any hesitation or communication, Xiao Zongyuan suddenly moved, and his sickle exuded amazing power.
He took advantage of his rest to attack Jing Shuhu who had been running for several days.
Even though he was dozens of feet away, Jing Shuhu could already feel the biting cold. He immediately responded with a long roar:
"kill!"
Boom~
In an instant, the knife and hammer collided, and the actual air wave spread out like a strong wind and waves, breaking the weeds and dead branches on the side of the road one after another.
The sickle as tall as a person was like a crescent moon, casting cold rays of light, and the hand hammer, which was about a foot long, burst out with dazzling flames.
boom!
boom!
boom!
The wind was howling and the energy was surging.
The terrifying energy force cut the ground, shattered the wind and snow, and turned the grass and trees to ashes. The two men fought fast and hard.
The place of collision expanded from ten feet to a hundred feet, and finally spanned several miles, and eventually reached the battlefield where the Sanyuan Army and the Divine Guard Army were fighting.
"what!"
A powerful force passed by, and the armored soldiers and the horses under them were shattered into pieces.
"Elder!"
Qi Ying, who was in the fierce fight, was shocked: "Jing Shuhu?! How did he come so fast?!"
"How dare you get distracted?!"
Shi Hong sneered, swung his sword and forced Qi Ying to retreat. At the same time, a muffled sound almost drowned out the shouting and the sound of swords clashing on the field.
But a figure flew out from the strong wind, and after landing, he coughed up blood and screamed:
"go!"
"Elder!"
Qi Ying's face changed, and the faces of all the Sanyuanwu masters also changed. The one who was coughing up blood was Xiao Zongyuan.
"go!"
Xiao Zongyuan coughed up blood and staggered. He exerted force on his feet, and his energy surged, turning into a tangible gust of wind around him.
The energetic energy intertwined, enveloping it like a violent ape.
The top secret of Sanyuanwu, the Violent Ape Sword and Scythe Technique!
"Roar!"
When the violent ape roared, a tiger roared in response.
Jing Shuhu took a step forward, with the energy in his whole body intertwined like a ferocious tiger, covering his body and piercing his hammer.
The evil tiger transformed from his internal energy was far more lifelike than Xiao Zongyuan's, and its glance was so awe-inspiring that it could frighten people.
"kill!"
After Xiao Zongyuan reminded him twice, he no longer had time to pay attention to the battle behind him.
With the sound of a tiger's roar, Jing Shuhu pounced upon the enemy.
boom!
Thunder exploded, overwhelming the entire battlefield.
Except for a few people including Shi Hong and Qi Ying, most people could no longer see the two.
All one could see were the two giant beasts formed by internal energy, colliding and biting each other violently. Wherever they passed, dirt and rocks flew and grass and trees broke.
"go!"
Qi Ying was unwilling to give in but had no choice but to retreat after forcing Shi Hong away with a single blow of his sword.
"Want to leave!"
Shi Hong sneered, chased after him, and held on tightly. He marched slowly, waiting for this moment.
The head of the eldest disciple of Sanyuanwu is much more valuable than those of the ordinary disciples of Qianjun Cave.
boom!
After a moment, the energy exploded.
At the edge of the dense forest, Jing Shuhu slowly withdrew his hand, his hammer stained with blood. A few feet away, Xiao Zongyuan opened his mouth, and blood surged up:
"What a great fighting hammer!"
If you wait for the opportunity to work hard, you will lose...
The color in his eyes was dim, his bones and muscles made crackling sounds, and when he collapsed on his back, blood oozed from the pores all over his body.
"No wonder I didn't catch anything. This old guy actually wanted to catch me!"
After wiping his hammer, Jing Shuhu swept across the battlefield. With hundreds against a thousand, and his sudden appearance, Sanyuanwu was already badly defeated.
But since we were ambushed first, it can only be said to be a tragic victory.
If he had not happened to hear this news from Su Wanxiong, he would have suffered a crushing defeat or even been completely wiped out.
"call!"
After changing his mind, Jing Shuhu let out a long sigh, but he also felt very tired.
After riding a horse for several days, he was really sleepy. Otherwise, he would not have fought with Xiao Zongyuan for so long.
He was somewhat dissatisfied with this.
Han Chuijun has killed Lian Zang before...
……
Qi Ying was defeated and Shi Hong chased him.
The fight lasted until noon the next day, when Shi Hong returned with Qi Ying's head, and it was finally over.
"Kill more than 320 enemies, 230 killed in battle, 60 wounded, 18 escaped..."
In front of the campfire, Jing Shuhu sat cross-legged. Several disciples came back from counting the battlefield, looking very unhappy.
"Useless!" Jing Shuhu's face twitched, and he was furious: "One thousand against three hundred, and two hundred and thirty died in the battle?!"
Even though he had expected it, Jing Shuhu still felt his heart bleed when he heard this number, because these were all the elite members of the sect.
"Trash!"
Shi Hong, who was carrying the head from a distance, had a dark face.
……
……
Ding! Ding~~
The Chirong Cave was filled with smoke.
Li Yuan was shirtless, and the forging hammer in his hand fell like raindrops, sparks flew, and the impurities in the refined iron separated quickly.
His forging skills had already reached perfection, his weapon-casting skills were also steadily advancing towards small success, and he was already very familiar with blacksmithing.
The steps of forging alloys, quenching and tempering, planing, filing, tempering, grinding... etc. are all performed with great skill.
“The share is almost complete.”
After a long time, Li Yuan put down the forging hammer and relaxed his fingers.
The sect was preparing for war, and every blacksmith in the Weapon Casting Valley was assigned a large number of tasks. He assigned not many, but they were at least the repair and forging of weapons of top-grade sharp blades or above, which was also quite energy-consuming.
Fortunately, he had a strong physique and the support of five forging hammers. After completing his share for the day, it did not affect his forging of the third heavy hammer.
"Junior Brother Li!"
Li Yuan turned around.
Outside the Chirong Cave, Niu Jun brought in various iron materials. Looking at Li Yuan, who looked calm despite being in the high temperature, he was filled with admiration.
The high temperature of the Chirong Cave is unbearable even for a shapeshifting warrior, let alone living in it for a long time.
He simply couldn't imagine how much perseverance this would require.
"Thank you, senior brother."
Li Yuan took over various iron materials and moved the repaired and forged weapons outside.
"By the way, your subordinate Liu Zheng came to see you this morning and said that the weapon forging shop has been sold out, and that he will replace it with pills in the next few days."
As Niu Jun was moving the iron materials, he said, "As a true disciple, you don't need to do these small things. You should have given them up and focused on forging iron."
"Senior brother is right."
Li Yuan nodded and asked him about the sect's recent situation.
"What else could happen inside the gate? The Three Yuan Army is hundreds of miles away, can they attack us?"
Niu Jun was not worried, and comforted Li Yuan: "We have to fight those families every ten or twenty years, so you just need to get used to it, Junior Brother."
"Is there any news from the Great Elder?"
Li Yuan asked.
"This, this is not the case."
Niu Jun shook his head and left with various weapons.
"Old Jingtou hasn't come back yet? Nothing happened, right?"
Li Yuan was a little worried. The old man was a little tough in his words, but he had nothing to say to him.
Li Yuan deftly moved various iron materials into the Chirong Cave. Just as he picked up the forging hammer, he heard Lei Jingchuan's steady footsteps.
"Elder."
Li Yuan bowed and saluted. Seeing that he looked good, he was moved: "Is there any news about the Great Elder?"
"Big victory!"
Lei Jingchuan's brows relaxed, and he was in a good mood: "The night before yesterday, most of the elite troops sent by Sanyuanwu to ambush were killed or wounded. Xiao Zongyuan and Qi Ying died on the spot!"
An inner sect elder, a contemporary true disciple, and hundreds of elite soldiers all died in the battle?
"This is indeed a great victory."
Li Yuan was relieved: "Has the Great Elder returned?"
"Go help Duanmu Sheng."
Lei Jingchuan was a little serious: "The strength of Sanyuanwu should not be underestimated. Duanmu deployed defenses in various cities, and half of them have fallen. The war situation is not optimistic."
"However, the Valley Master must also do his best."
Lei Jingchuan then had a smile on his face. As long as they could take down the Qianjun Cave, they would be able to attack or defend.
"Old Han... Ahem, where is my master?"
Li Yuan almost called the wrong name.
During this period, he tried to inquire about the information about Lao Han, but to no avail. He only knew that he took Ba Wanli and Fang Baoluo to Geyun Mansion to stop Liexue Mountain.
"That old guy will be fine."
Lei Jingchuan was very confident and clearly showed that he didn't want to mention anything related to him. He waved his hand and prepared to leave.
Elders, etc."
Li Yuan hurriedly called him and rubbed his hands: "Before I went down the mountain, the Great Elder promised me that..."
"What did he promise?"
Lei Jingchuan was slightly stunned.
"A top-grade longbow and two taels of refined gold."
Li Yuan said, and hurriedly added: "For that longbow, I will help you make three top-grade famous instruments later. I will use the gold to buy it..."
A top-grade famous longbow?
Still pure gold?
"Did he really promise you that?"
Lei Jingchuan's eyelids twitched. Is that old guy so generous?
"Every word is true!"
"Really?"
Lei Jingchuan was very skeptical. After thinking for a while, he said, "Longbows, the Divine Weapon Pavilion had a few before, but now..."
He didn't explain it clearly, but Li Yuan understood it in his heart and guessed that the Divine Weapon Pavilion was empty.
"It's pure gold..."
Lei Jingchuan hesitated a little, but when he thought that what he was giving was also Jing Shuhu's, he nodded:
"Three thousand taels of gold, less than one tael of pure gold. Very few people sell this thing. Its value should be three thousand five hundred taels of gold. Do you have that much money?"
Three thousand five hundred taels of gold, why not go and rob them!
Li Yuan just felt a toothache.
"Even at the price of three thousand taels of gold, can you afford it?"
Lei Jingchuan was speechless. He then remembered that Li Yuan had just become a true disciple for less than a year and was extremely poor.
"This……"
(End of this chapter)