Chapter 174 Speculations after the Great Victory
Chapter 174 Speculations after the Great Victory
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There were thunder and lightning in the rain.
In the city wall, Shi Hong was wiping his long sword. Perhaps because he moved too roughly, several wounds on his body broke open and blood oozed out.
Qi Ying's martial arts skills were not inferior to his. He was seriously injured in that battle. After coming to Yunjing County, he fought several more bloody battles and his injuries were even more serious.
"Worship God and practice the Fa."
Shi Hong sheathed his sword and looked out at the rain. After a moment, he looked away and looked at the blood oozing from his chest. His eyes gradually turned cold:
"Master, my blood can't be shed in vain, right?!"
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Yunjing County covers a large area. It is located on the bank of the canal, with continuous mountains on one side. It was originally a garrison pass.
On a rainy night, soldiers were patrolling the city walls on all four sides, and every household had a crossbow ready to go.
A small banquet was also held on the east city wall and in the tower.
Long Sheng was wearing armor, and sitting opposite him was a dignified old man, who was quite old, with half-white hair, but a very cold look in his eyes.
It was none other than Long Yin, the commander-in-chief of the Jia Battalion of the Divine Guard Army. He was the fourth of the same generation as Han Chuijun and had a very high prestige in the Divine Guard Army.
Listening to the sound of rain, Long Sheng poured wine for his uncle and sighed in his heart: "Senior Brother Shi, he, ah..."
When his uncle hosted a banquet, he personally went to invite Shi Hong, but...
"Shi Hong is a man of understanding, and he is more decisive than Ba Wanli and Qiu Changying. He is qualified to be the young valley master, but unfortunately he lacks magnanimity."
Long Yin opened his mouth with a voice like metal and stone:
"You have been at his service for many years, but you have not changed your mind yet. He is no longer in a good mood. You are really not tolerant enough to handle this important task."
"Brother Shi, he has shed blood for the sect, so it is inevitable that he feels unwilling to accept it."
Long Sheng understood a little.
Shi Hong has been the young valley master for ten years. He has always dared to fight and kill, and took the interests of the sect as his own responsibility. This time, he wiped out Qianjun Cave and killed two true disciples.
He returned to support Zhelong Mansion and captured and killed Qi Ying of Sanyuanwu. His merits were so great that no one in modern times could compare to him.
How can I be willing to see my status shaken just because a talented craftsman emerged in the sect?
"Who hasn't shed blood for the sect?"
Long Yin sneered: "In the past sixty years, I have fought hundreds of battles and shed ten or twenty times more blood than him. What else can I say?"
Long Sheng smiled bitterly, knowing that Shi Hong's decision not to attend the banquet would really offend his uncle.
He didn't have this attitude a few days ago.
"As the young valley master, he should be tolerant. Not to mention that Li Yuan has not yet competed with him for the position of young valley master, even if he did, what would it matter? The Divine Weapon Valley is not a valley for one family or one surname!"
Long Yin glanced at the rain curtain:
"Brother Jing, are you very satisfied with what I said?"
Swish!
In the rain, lightning flashed, and Jing Shuhu walked in slowly, without a single drop of rain on his body:
"What does it have to do with me who becomes the young valley master?"
You are so stubborn!
Long Sheng bowed, but Long Yin was a little speechless. However, he also knew Jing Shuhu's temper and was too lazy to argue with him, so he asked:
"How is Duanmu's injury?"
"Wan Ya has succeeded in refining his internal organs. Although I acted in time, I didn't gain any advantage. Duan Mu's injuries are serious. If it weren't for the 'Cun Shen Da Huan Dan', I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to get out of bed for half a year."
When Jing Shuhu took off his bamboo hat, Long Sheng was shocked: "Great Elder, your injury..."
"It's just a minor injury."
Jing Shuhu touched his neck and found it was still bleeding. He had almost been beheaded by someone.
"With my horizontal training, even if he strikes me again, what can he do to me?"
You are so stubborn.
Long Sheng was shocked. His head was almost chopped off, but it was still so hard...
"It's for the internal organs."
Long Yin's eyes flickered: "It's really hard to surpass a martial arts master who is one level higher. I don't know how Senior Brother Han killed Lian Zang..."
Even with the two Tongmai masters, and the assistance of a sharpshooter, they were still no match for Lianzang, even a flawed Lianzang.
Long Sheng's expression also became serious. He didn't dare to imagine how Han Chuijun could kill Lian Zang by changing his body shape.
"If I could change as many forms as he did, I would kill a pair of them for every pair I came to refine my internal organs!"
Jing Shuhu had a bad look on his face. This was much more painful than being slapped in the face.
He shouldn't have come to the party.
"Brother Jing, please take a seat."
Long Yin decisively changed the subject, invited him to take a seat, and asked about the recent intelligence inside and outside the sect.
"It's nothing more than the Evil God Cult and Zhenwu Hall."
Jing Shuhu picked up the wine glass, his face not looking very good:
"As far as I know, Meng Zhan secretly followed Su Wanxiong last year to meet the leader of the Huizhou branch of the Evil God Cult, Baili Jingchuan!"
The Evil God Cult has branches all over the world, in every province, state, and prefecture. Baili Jingchuan is the real leader of the Evil God Cult in Huizhou.
"If Baili Jingchuan dares to show up, no matter what Huailong Palace is thinking, they will definitely take action. There is no need to worry about it."
Long Yin put down his wine glass and said, "I just got the information that the gate of Qianjun Cave has been breached, and the Valley Master has done his best!"
"So fast?"
Jing Shuhu's eyes narrowed, and his expression became better: "In this case, if Wan Ya doesn't want to die, he should withdraw his troops!"
The Evil God Cult is clinging to the Divine Weapon Valley for the sake of the Sea-Splitting Black Whale Hammer, but Sanyuanwu, at least on the surface, is not the same.
"It's a pity that there is no evidence that Sanyuanwu is colluding with the Evil God Cult. Otherwise, wouldn't it be great to kill them all together?"
Long Yin felt a little regretful.
Huailong Palace has been suppressing the four major sects for hundreds of years, but if it wants to destroy any of them without sufficient reasons, it will inevitably lead to interference.
More importantly, we cannot and dare not destroy both families in succession...
"Let's take it step by step."
Jing Shuhu drank the wine in the cup and talked with Long Yin. Long Sheng was serving beside him. After a while, footsteps were heard.
Long Sheng became alert, went out to take the secret letter handed to him by a soldier, and then returned to hand it to Long Yin.
"Ok?"
Long Yin didn't care at first, but when he saw it, he was stunned: "The Red Dragon Fish King is born?!"
"Crack!"
The wine glass in Jing Shuhu's hand suddenly shattered. He was startled at first, then he jumped up and cursed wildly, his voice so loud that even thunder could not suppress it:
"Wan Ya, you old beast, you've ruined my catch!"
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"It's also a problem that windfalls can't be seen in public."
In the small courtyard of Hammer Soldiers Hall, Li Yuan was killing a fish. He carefully peeled off the fish skin completely.
He gritted his teeth and bought the red dragon fish caught by Liang Ashui and another inner disciple with a loan, planning to pay it back in the future.
"It can be used to make three sets of inner armor, and the rest can be used to make two pairs of gloves. Well, these are famous gloves. If I sell them, two pairs can easily fetch ten thousand taels of silver..."
Li Yuan thought to himself that the red dragon fish skin was too rare and he definitely couldn't sell it.
However, the creation of fish skin armor also requires the combination of other materials, especially if he wants to make it into a top-quality weapon.
“Still poor!”
Li Yuan sighed. Even with 40,000 or 50,000 taels of silver, he still felt it was not enough.
But he did not hesitate. He had to borrow the money. He had already paid so much money, and he would not be satisfied unless he got the hammer.
"After eating so much fish, can I form a dragon? A small dragon will do!"
Li Yuan put the fish away.
A red dragon fish could easily cost a hundred taels of gold, and if it wasn't for the purpose of changing into a dragon form, he wouldn't be willing to eat it. But he couldn't say for sure whether these several hundred kilograms would be of any use.
"If we can catch that red dragon fish king, no, if we can cut a few hundred kilograms of meat from it, that should be enough."
Li Yuan thought of the dragon-like fish king, but he could only think about it.
Han Chuijun and Jing Shuhu have been planning to catch that fish for decades, but have yet to get even a scale.
"Eat more, even if it's just a small dragon form, as long as it's enough for me to control the 'Fundamental Diagram of Ten Thousand Blade Spirit Dragon'."
Li Yuan had been coveting the unique level of horizontal training for a long time, not only for the Chirong Tunnel and the modification of the Thirteen Forms.
But once he has mastered this horizontal training, he will have hope of fully bearing the blessing of the Weapon Control Talisman.
If he really had six fifth-order heavy hammers, not to mention Shi Hong, even Old Han would dare to touch him...
"Forget it, I guess Old Han can't be touched."
After thinking about the battle between Su Wanxiong and Jing Shuhu, Li Yuan gave up the idea. Old Han was even more powerful than this.
"Change your form and kill the internal organs."
After packing up the things in the hut, Li Yuan returned to the Weapon Casting Valley.
After the turmoil that day, the blacksmiths in the Weapon Casting Valley did not go underground for three days, and he did not go down either. Now, it has been the fifth day.
Going down the tunnel, there were many errand disciples still cleaning up the collapsed earth and rocks. The forge was also a bit deserted, with only the sound of hammers being heard sporadically.
"Where's Lao Lei?"
Li Yuan took a quick glance but didn't see Lei Jingchuan. He looked carefully but didn't even see Niu Jun.
His heart moved slightly and he walked towards Chirong Cave. Before he reached the cave entrance, he heard the sound.
The master and disciple are here.
"Master, please give me one more chance. I think I can still hold on..."
Niu Jun's pleading voice was heard.
When Li Yuan walked in, he saw Niu Jun, who was covered in smoke and almost burned to death, and Lao Lei, who was not much better off.
The master and disciple's faces were as black as the bottom of a pot, and all the hair on their bodies was burnt off. They were now soaking in a large vat.
"..."
Li Yuan silently picked up the bag he had just put down and turned back to his cave.
Before he entered, a gray shadow pounced over. Li Yuan grabbed it and saw the little mouse squeaking and showing its teeth and claws.
He actually saw anger in those little green eyes?
"Squeak~"
Li Yuan threw it aside. The little guy was still jumping and hopping around, as if he wanted to express something.
"You mean, I ran away without you?"
Li Yuan touched his chin, half guessing, and he was a little surprised that this little thing was becoming more and more intelligent.
only……
"You're just a field mouse, can't you dig a hole?"
A piece of inferior blood-nourishing pill was not enough to suppress the little guy's anger, so Li Yuan threw two at him.
"Don't push yourself too far."
Li Yuan stared and thought for a while, then he took back the two Blood-Nourishing Pills. The batch of pills that Liu Zheng bought had not yet been tested for poison.
"squeak?"
Seeing Li Yuan taking out a pile of porcelain bottles, the little mouse's anger suddenly turned into fear. He turned around and tried to escape, but was caught. He began to test the medicine without any interest.
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After moving back to the Weapon Casting Valley, Li Yuan began his boring and regular days of hard training.
While forging iron, practicing hammering, and trying to cultivate Qianjun Qigong to change his bones, he was also exploring the method of worshiping God to "let blood and qi enter the brain."
He seldom took medicinal pills, as red dragon fish meat was enough to provide him with nourishment. He would eat twenty kilograms of it every day, and was filled with great energy.
During this period, Lei Jingchuan and Niu Jun came back to Chirong Cave from time to time to try, and then left with smoke coming out of their bodies.
All the guardians and elders from the inner island, including the chief elder of the outer sect, Feng Zhongyi, had been here several times and were all burned in the Chirong Cave.
A few days later, the disciples of Shenbing Valley were surprised to find that all the guardian elders had shaved their heads.
Li Yuan was immersed in boring and hard training. He restrained his impulse to break into the Chirong Tunnel and sped up the process of making the red dragon fish leather armor.
Sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood. He decided to be more fully prepared, otherwise, he felt that Chunchun was abusing herself.
Seven days later, a piece of news came, and even Li Yuan, who was in seclusion, was alarmed.
"The gate of Qianjun Cave was breached, and the cave master and many old soldiers of the sect were all killed by the valley master!"
"A sect that has been passed down for more than a thousand years was destroyed just like that?"
"The disciples of Qianjun Cave suffered heavy casualties, and I don't know how many people are chasing them..."
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Li Yuan came out of the cave to take a breath, and then he heard the boiling voices of the blacksmiths in the forge, and his heart was shocked.
Ever since Lei Jingchuan revealed the secret that day, he had never doubted Gong Yangyu's determination, but he also did not expect that
Qianjun Cave didn’t even last a year before it was destroyed!
"A sect that has been passed down for more than a thousand years..."
Li Yuan was shocked.
The area of a prefecture in Dayun has at least several million households, and at most tens of millions. In the ancient times, it would not be considered a small country.
The destruction of a sect of this level would have a huge impact which goes without saying, and it would not just shock Zhelong Prefecture and Huizhou.
I am afraid that soon the entire Hengshan Dao and even other Daozhou will be shocked.
"Big victory!"
"Big victory!"
There was cheering in the forge, and everyone's face was filled with joy, except for Lei Jingchuan, who was touching his bald head with a heavy expression on his face.
"Old Lei's expression..."
Li Yuan's thoughts turned and his expression tightened slightly. The destruction of Qianjun Cave would inevitably attract the attention of many forces.
Could it be possible that the Evil God Cult would launch its final offensive in advance?
Lei Jingchuan noticed Li Yuan's gaze, shook his head slightly, then quickly left the underground and headed for the sect's main hall.
"Could it be that the Valley Master deliberately spread this news? Is he trying to go fishing?"
Listening to the cheers of the crowd, Li Yuan inquired about the specific information and his heart was moved. This information was too complete.
And it is said that it has spread throughout Zhelong Mansion...
"The mountain gate is empty, and the elite members of the sect who went on the expedition are about to return. If I were the leader of the Evil God Cult, I would have to take action at this time, right?"
Li Yuan's eyelids twitched slightly. Although this was just his guess, he felt it was possible.
"No, maybe the Evil God Cult doesn't care about the Divine Weapon Valley at all?"
After returning to Chirong Cave, Li Yuan was still thinking in his heart. He knew very little information and could only guess at this time.
"If the Evil God Cult is aiming for the Mysterious Whale Sea-Splitting Hammer, then the reason they are holding back is most likely not because they are concerned about the Divine Weapon Valley..."
Li Yuan judged others by his own experience. He felt that sneaking into the Divine Weapon Valley or even the Chirong Cave would not be difficult for the masters of the Evil God Cult.
Finding and obtaining the Tianyun Xuanbing itself may be the biggest difficulty!
"The Evil God Cult is very likely preparing some means to find or even obtain the Black Whale Sea-Splitting Hammer!"
Li Yuan guessed in his heart that he was also facing the dilemma of getting the Sea-Splitting Black Whale Hammer, and he felt it was very likely!
"The most famous method of the Evil God Cult..."
Li Yuan thought of the tombstone he had obtained:
"Blood sacrifice?"
(End of this chapter)