Chapter 51 Returning to the city (for further reading)
Chapter 51 Return to the city (please read)
In fact, the matter of returning to the city is easy to deal with.
There was only one problem that Fang Dushu couldn't solve for the time being.
He summoned the Spring Silkworm Cauldron and disintegrated it into more than two thousand cauldrons.
Several of the tripods were in a blurry state. No matter how hard he tried to warm them up, he could not help these tripods return to their original state.
Back when he was fighting Hou Huaiyi on the magma river, this man once said that even if he couldn't break the bells and tripods, he could still destroy a batch of bells and tripods.
At that time, Fang Dushu thought the man was bluffing.
Only now did Fang Dushu understand that this person's threats were actually true.
Before this person died, he stained spring silk with three poisonous inscriptions.
To say that this person was already on the verge of death when he cast the spell, he could not release much power from the relics. The key is that these relics contain corrosive toxicity.
When Fang Dushu used oracle bones to make a poisonous palm, he took out the three inscriptions from the Spring Silkworm Cauldron and found that several of the inscriptions on the Spring Silkworm Cauldron were damaged.
Although the damage was relatively minor, Fang Dushu still couldn't find a way to repair it.
During the seclusion period, he racked his brains but could not restore the several injured tripods to normal.
Fortunately, these tripod inscriptions can be disassembled from the Spring Silkworm Cauldron. Apart from sealing a batch of silk and making it unusable, it does not affect Fang Dushu's overall control of the Spring Silkworm Cauldron.
Of course, he will not put aside several tripod seals all the time. The bell tripod is his most cherished spiritual object. After returning to Wuyuan City, he will slowly find out how to repair the bell tripod.
"Sir, the cave has been tidied up."
"You hide in the Bone Transformation Bracelet and let's set off!"
With this worry in mind, Fang Dushu rushed towards Wuyuan City according to the route he came from.
It was noon at this time.
He summoned the windy demon horse hired by Fu Jigong and rode on.
Hengyan Valley was only a few dozen miles away from the Earth Fire Palace, and he rushed into the territory after burning an incense stick.
When he left, the general altar asked all the disciples to withdraw into the city, which resulted in the place being empty. Now that he came back, it was still empty.
However, an old figure has been stationed here for several months, just waiting for him to appear.
"Xiao Fang, you are finally back!"
Fang Dushu was riding through the mountains when he suddenly heard Fu Jigong calling him. When he turned around to look for someone, Fu Jigong had already fled across the mountain.
He stepped forward and pulled the horse's rope, and said with relief: "I thought something happened to you. Just come back. It'll be fine."
"Stepfather, you are injured, and you still have to worry so much. I really feel sorry for you, this junior."
Fang Dushu saw that Fu Jigong had a haggard look on his face and was covered in dust. He must have gone out to look for him. He was so concerned and concerned about him, and it was nothing more than a relative.
Fang Dushu turned over and was about to dismount, but was stopped by Fu Jigong: "The battle in Xiling is not over yet. Don't stay. Let's go back to the city together. We can talk on the way if we have anything to say."
Fang Dushu listened to his arrangement.
He also got on his mount.
As he walked, he said: "My injury has healed a few months ago, and there has been no news from you during this period. I have applied to leave the city. I originally wanted to go out to look for you, but I don't know where you will go, so I can only stay here."
Wait."
Fang Dushu felt that his waiting time would not be short. It might have been several months, but Fang Dushu had no choice. He could not reveal the truth to the other party.
"I originally wanted to go back to the city, but I encountered a group of monks fighting on the way. I was so scared that I ran away. However, I was not familiar with the nearby terrain, so I got lost while running."
"I also guessed that you were affected by the fighting method. I have been worried about your safety for the past few days, for fear that I would never see you again."
In fact, Fu Jigong was most worried that Fang Dushu secretly went to Xiling City to join the war.
Although Fang Dushu has always kept secret about his life experience, it is not difficult to infer from Fang Dushu's march that Fang Dushu fled from Liang State to Li State.
Throughout Li Kingdom, there are countless exiled monks like Fang Dushu, living in every city. They are often willing to join the ranks of reclusive families and participate in the attack on Xiling City in order to find a foothold after the war.
The only thing that Fu Jigong couldn't figure out was whether Fang Dushu came from the casual cultivator community of Liang Kingdom or from an exiled family of Liang Kingdom.
"It has been four or five months. Is there still a war in Xiling City?" Fang Dushu also wanted to know if the Fang family had participated in the war.
"This kind of war has always been a tug-of-war, and it won't end this year." Fu Jigong said, "However, both warring parties have suffered a heavy reduction in personnel."
The important task of the Xiling War is not only to win the city territory, but also to annihilate the opponent's monks to the greatest extent possible.
As long as the opponent's clan members are killed with heavy losses, their vitality is severely damaged, and they no longer have the strength to control the city, then decline and destruction will be inevitable.
Spies from Wuyuan City went to Xiling City to watch the battle, and they brought back the latest battle reports almost every day.
Fu Jigong also knew most of the situation: "In the past nearly half a year, the two sides have engaged in fifteen large-scale battles with more than a hundred people in Xiling City."
Fang Dushu thought to himself, fifteen battles involving more than a hundred people, wouldn't that mean there would be a battle every ten days?
You must know that a mortal can decide life or death in a fight in half a day at most.
The monks have extraordinary stamina and a variety of magical powers. The time required to fight is unparalleled by ordinary people. If it is a melee between hundreds of people, the battle may last for more than ten days.
In other words, the two warring parties in Xiling City were fighting almost without interruption from the day the war began.
Fang Dushu had experienced this kind of war in the Liang Kingdom. It was a battle to destroy a family. In the end, the losing side's family would be completely bloodbathed.
He asked: "Ji Gong, how many monks died in Xiling City?"
Fu Jigong sighed: "Nearly half of the Shi family's disciples in the qi training period have been lost. Almost four hundred people have been killed in the battle. Nearly a hundred of the Shi family's hired monks who offered heavy bounties have also died."
It was because the battle was too intense that if Fang Dushu went to join the battle, Fu Jigong felt that with Fang Dushu's cultivation, Xin Surun's chances would not be high.
Fang Dushu asked again: "Are there no foundation-building monks participating in the battle?"
"How not!"
Fu Jigong revealed to him: "There are eleven foundation-building monks in the Shi family, and they only control one 'docking clock.' The reclusive family that started the war, they jointly dispatched only nine foundation-building monks, but they controlled four clocks."
tripod.
At present, three foundation-building monks of the Shi family have died, and only one has died in the hermit family. The number of foundation-building monks on both sides has been equal. If the damage to the foundation-building monks of the Shi family is still so serious in the future, there will be no way to recover. They
Defeat is certain."
When the top combat strengths of both warring parties are similar, whichever side controls more bells and cauldrons has a higher probability of winning.
The top combat power of Xiling City is the foundation building period. This group of monks is rare in number, but it is the key to determining the direction of the war.
After getting an overview of the war situation, Fang Dushu asked the news he wanted to know most: "How many reclusive families participated in this attack on Xiling City?"
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