Wan Cishi explained and reported to Zhao Xun one by one the situation of monsters ravaging Ningzhou in the past six months without sparing any detail, but he burst into tears and was filled with sorrow.
Zhao Xun could tell that he was really sad, not fake.
For a while, Zhao Xun's mood became a little heavy.
As the saying goes, know yourself and the enemy and you will be victorious in any battle.
This applies to both humans and monsters.
Although Zhao Xun had been mentally prepared, when he really heard what Governor Wan said, he still felt as if a knife was cutting his flesh.
Why did the monsters suddenly become rampant? What does this have to do with the Demon Sect?
What is the connection between the demon sect practitioner in Huangzhou who powerfully absorbs the energy of heaven and earth to advance to a higher level and the monsters that are raging along the southeastern coast?
Zhao Xun felt that there were countless questions waiting for him to answer.
After appeasing Wan Jishi, Zhao Xun asked him to retreat first.
After returning to the room, Zhao Xun called several senior fellow students in the academy to discuss countermeasures.
It's not that he doesn't trust Wangcai and Jia Xingwen, it's just that they are powerless in the face of monsters.
Jia Xingwen is only an eighth-grade martial artist, not to mention wealthy, not even a practitioner.
The two of them really didn't have any good methods to deal with the monsters.
But the senior fellow students in the academy are completely different.
They worship at the gate of the mountain chief and are disciples of the academy.
The three senior brothers all have their own areas of expertise and skills. This time Zhao Xun went to the southeast to slay the monsters, and his biggest reliance was on the three senior brothers.
Of course, there is also my mentor Wu Quanyi.
However, Taoist Master Qinglian said that he was very tired from traveling all the time, so he wanted to take a rest first.
Zhao Xun naturally wouldn't say much about this.
After all, his mentor is an elder. When he is almost rested, he will naturally come to find Zhao Xun.
You can’t urge me at this time, I absolutely can’t...
"Third Senior Brother, you are highly respected. Could you please tell us what we should do now?"
Among the four people present, the third senior brother, Long Qingquan, was the oldest and most senior.
It was naturally most appropriate for him to start this topic.
"Well, I also listened to Na Wan's story. In my opinion, the monsters are probably really beasts hiding in the depths of the sea. The Nanman are too far away from here, and it is impossible for the Nanman monsters to climb over the mountains to get here.
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The third senior brother paused for a moment, then continued: "So if we want to find these monsters, we can only search the mountains and seas."
"Searching mountains and seas?"
Upon hearing these four words, Zhao Xun's expression froze instinctively.
The main reason is that these four words are really too famous.
As a liberal arts student with a professional background, Zhao Xun knows history very well.
After the Jingkang Disgrace at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the two emperors Huizong and Qinzong of the Song Dynasty were kidnapped by the Jin people and taken to the Five Kingdoms City. Zhao Xiaojiu, who had no chance of becoming the emperor, and Zhao Gou ascended the throne to Jianzuo in times of crisis.
Unfortunately, not long after Zhao Gou ascended the throne, he encountered Jin Wushu's search for mountains and seas, which frightened Zhao Gou and ran away.
Now that the third senior brother mentioned searching mountains and seas, did he mention it intentionally or accidentally?
Zhao Xun is not sure.
He even had some doubts about whether the third senior brother could be a time traveler.
No, no, no, the third senior brother can’t really be a time traveler, right?
Zhao Xun wanted to try using mind-observation techniques on the third senior brother to see what happened.
But this idea was abandoned by Zhao Xun as soon as it came up.
Are you kidding? After all, the third senior brother is also a second-grade strong man.
Are second-grade practitioners being observed by mind-observation techniques?
Unless you are a powerful Taoist master like Yuan Tiangang, it is absolutely impossible.
Zhao Xun thought it was better to forget it, otherwise it would be really embarrassing to be noticed by the third senior brother.
"What, what's the problem?"
As if sensing Zhao Xun's hesitation, Long Qingquan asked.
"No no…"
Zhao Xun waved his hands repeatedly and said: "I just think that with our existing manpower, can we complete the search for mountains and seas?"
The third senior brother laughed loudly when he heard this and said: "Little junior brother, I thought you were worried about something, but it turns out it is this."
He smiled nonchalantly and said: "What's so difficult about this? You are the imperial envoy. The imperial envoy represents the emperor and the court. In other words, you are the most powerful person on the southeast coast. If you don't have enough manpower, then go and transfer it.
Isn’t it difficult for so many states and counties to raise enough manpower to search mountains and seas?”
The words of the third senior brother directly awakened Zhao Xun.
Yes, he has great power now, and he should indeed use the power in his hands rationally.
"Okay, I'll issue an order right away and mobilize the troops."
The army of the Great Zhou Dynasty was divided into recruited soldiers and government soldiers. The recruited soldiers were mainly concentrated at the border and were controlled by Jiedushi.
In other words, Zhao Xun could not mobilize the soldiers, but could only mobilize the government soldiers.
Compared with recruiting soldiers, the combat effectiveness of government soldiers is much lower, but they are better because they are more numerous and obedient.
Zhao Xun is an imperial envoy and it is reasonable to mobilize troops when necessary.
The censor Yan Guan could not say anything.
As for whether Emperor Xianlong might be murmuring in his heart, Zhao Xun would not consider it.
Even if Emperor Xianlong was unhappy, he couldn't show it.
The emperor also has to keep his face and cannot do whatever he wants unscrupulously.
"Well, junior brother, I think we can work on both sides."
The Sixth Senior Brother answered: "The most urgent task now is to check the Feng Shui of Ningzhou to see what the source of the monsters is."
As a master of Feng Shui in Kanyu, Brother Six attaches great importance to Feng Shui.
Zhao Xun thought about it carefully and felt that there was nothing wrong with doing so, so he nodded and said, "Just do as the Sixth Senior Brother said."
The tenth senior brother who had been silent scratched his head and said: "Uh... what do you need me to do? Make some paper figures to help?"
Senior Brother Ten is such a fool!
Zhao Xun thought.
"That's no need. Good steel must be used on the blade. Senior Brother Ten, you should take a rest first. Xiao Qizhu will naturally tell you when you need to take action."
The tenth senior brother nodded: "This is the best."
At this moment, Zhao Xun suddenly felt a breeze blowing on his face.
Look up and see, who is it if it’s not your mentor Wu Quanyi?
"Master, are you awake?"
"Well, I took a nap for a while. I woke up naturally when I had enough sleep."
"What are you discussing, so enthusiastically?"
Wu Quanyi strode to the room, lifted up his Taoist robe and sat down, then picked up the tea cup and took a sip.
"Well, my mentor is like this..."
Zhao Xun then repeated to Wu Quanyi what he had just discussed with his senior brothers.
"Search the mountains and seas, I can help you as a teacher."
Wu Quanyi stroked his beard and said with a smile: "The Taoist sect is best at flying swords. At this time, the advantages of flying swords are revealed."
After a pause, Wu Quanyi continued: "Oh, by the way, dear disciple, don't you have a white dragon? It will come in handy at times like this."
"To put it bluntly, Bai Jiaolong was originally a close relative of the monster beast, but was later adopted and raised by the mountain chief in the academy and gradually acquired spiritual energy and became a spirit beast. If you get the Canglang Sword Technique taught by the mountain chief himself, Bai Jiaolong is willing to follow you and become you.
The mount. All of this is really fate."
Wu Quanyi talked eloquently: "If you can perform well this time, Bai Jiaolong will be more convinced of you."