Not long after the purple-robed man finished his explanation, there were two escaping lights from the southern horizon. At the same time, there were also two escaping lights from the east, approaching from far away. In an instant, they were both in front of everyone.
Wang Shuluo was surprised. He thought his military camp was impregnable, but he didn't expect that so many people had sneaked in, but he still didn't know it at all.
He looked around and saw two men coming from the south. One of them was dressed in gray robes and had a tall and straight figure; the other was a white-faced scholar with an elegant temperament.
But there were two women coming from the east. One of them was a beautiful middle-aged woman, wearing a palace dress, with a calm aura; the other was a young girl, wearing a dragon and tiger Taoist uniform, carrying a long sheathed sword on her back.
, looks quite heroic.
"Everyone is here, it seems that the matter has been settled." The man in purple robe said with a smile.
"Not bad!" The girl in Taoist uniform nodded, and like a magic trick, a man was pushed out from behind. This man was tall, wearing a battle helmet, and looked extraordinary.
However, his whole body was tied tightly with iron chains. He was kneeling on the ground and had become a prisoner under the stairs.
"Gongshu Mao!"
Wang Shuluo recognized this person at a glance, because he was his mortal enemy, the commander-in-chief of the three armies of the Wei Kingdom!
"You're here, why don't you recruit people from the real situation? Tell me! Who ordered you to attack Daxia?" the Taoist woman behind her shouted sternly.
"I said, I said!"
Gongshu Mao seemed to be extremely frightened and shouted in a panic: "It's all the immortal envoys of Huangquan Palace who are forcing us, otherwise how could we dare to let the army march in? Now we don't have much military power in the country. If other countries take advantage of the situation, we, the Wei Dynasty, will take advantage of the situation."
The country is also about to perish. If someone else hadn’t put a knife to their neck, who would do such a thankless task?”
"Huangquan Palace?" Wang Shuluo was stunned for a moment, and then said with a sad smile: "It turns out that the person behind the scenes is actually Huangquan Palace, one of the nine major sects. It is natural for a cultivation force of this level to interfere with secular political power.
?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the man in gray who came last reached out and patted the green gourd on his waist. With a flash of light, three figures fell to the ground.
The three of them were all tied up with special ropes. They looked panicked and looked around, looking suspicious.
"I searched around the area and found that the only ones secretly watching were these three monks, so I grabbed them all," the man in gray said slowly.
Among the three people who were arrested, there was a tall, thin young man with a sallow complexion. At this time, he shouted with anger:
"Who are you? How dare you be so rude? You must know that we are the disciples of the old ghost with long eyebrows in Huangquan Palace. I advise you not to meddle in your own business and let me go quickly, otherwise the master will come to find you.
, you can’t escape even if you have wings!”
"Old ghost with long eyebrows? One of the seven ghosts of Huangquan?" The beautiful woman in palace clothes laughed and said: "As far as I know, your master is only in the late stage of Jindan. Even if he comes in person, he would not dare to be so crazy in front of me.
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Seeing that she was confident, the tall and thin man realized that he had met a ruthless person. His face was immediately filled with despair. He no longer dared to say any threatening words and just kowtowed and begged for mercy.
When Wang Shuluo saw that everyone in Huangquan Palace was captured, he couldn't help being shocked and asked quickly: "Wang is blind, dare I ask who these people are? Are they also from the nine major sects?"
"Nine major sects?" The purple-robed man smiled sarcastically and said lightly: "We are from Wushuang City!"
"Unparalleled City!"
Wang Shuluo's expression changed, and he hurriedly knelt down on the ground, kowtowed to several people and saluted: "Wang Shuluo is paying homage to several immortals. I don't know if it is the immortals from Wushuang City who are here. I have been rude in many ways before, so please forgive me, the immortal!"
"
"General Wang, there is no need to pay such a courtesy! You are the pillar of the Great Xia Kingdom. You have run the army with strict discipline over the years, and you have done nothing wrong in the dawn and autumn of the people. Fang Mou admires you very much in his heart!"
The man in purple robe laughed, stretched out his hand to help Wang Shuluo up from the ground, and then introduced several companions around him to him.
After his introduction, Wang Shuluo knew that the two people in front of him were Fang Li and Buwen Jushi, and the other four were Song Ru, Li Xiran, Liang Yan and Ji Lai.
Judging from the attitudes of these six people, the leader should be Song Ru.
"General Wang, you were ordered to mine spiritual minerals for my Wushuang City. Why has there been no response in the past year?"
Fang Liren spoke slowly. Although his tone was soft, it carried a sense of majesty that made Wang Shuluo break into a cold sweat.
"The Immortal doesn't know something."
Wang Shuluo sighed, not daring to hide anything and told the truth about what happened here.
It turns out that just a year ago, the neighboring country Wei Dynasty suddenly invaded in large numbers. Originally, the two countries were similar in strength, and they fought each other for nearly half a year with no outcome, but this time there were some "strange people and strangers" in the other side's army.
, can overturn rivers and seas, and set fire to forests. He is obviously not an ordinary person.
Most of the soldiers controlled by the Daxia Kingdom were equivalent to warriors at the eighth or ninth level of Qi training. How could they withstand this kind of offensive? They were quickly defeated.
Wang Shuluo knew that this matter was unusual. You must know that Antarctic Immortal Continent has an unwritten rule. Cultivation sects cannot interfere in secular power struggles at will. The army can only recruit some casual cultivators, but the number of casual cultivators is impossible.
There are so many, someone must be behind it to add fuel to the flames and bribe a large number of casual cultivators to join the Wei army.
He reported the matter to the imperial court, which quickly responded and decided to send a messenger to Wushuang City for help.
However, they sent twelve messengers in a row, but none of them returned. Wang Shuluo guessed that these messengers were robbed and killed on the way, and the news could not reach Wushuang City at all. Later, after many inquiries, he learned that the entire Wushuang Domain was because of
The matter of "Six Finger Bones" has become a hot topic, and Wushuang City is too busy to take care of itself. Even if it knew about it, it probably wouldn't have the energy to take care of it.
The Xia Kingdom fell into isolation, and the emperor decided to lead the expedition himself. Members of the royal family, all of whom were accomplished monks, rushed to the battlefield and decided to fight to the death with the Wei Kingdom.
With the addition of members of the royal family, Xia's military morale was greatly boosted, and the war situation between the two countries changed from one-sided to evenly matched, and the war lasted for a year.
However, not long ago, a group of mysterious people suddenly came and actually kidnapped the emperor of Xia Kingdom. They also used weird magic to trap the entire vanguard of the Iron Lion Army in a mountain. No one has escaped yet.
The visitor left a letter, asking them to surrender to the Great Wei State. From today on, they must hand over all the mined spiritual stones to the Great Wei State, otherwise they will be prepared to give them to the Emperor of Xia and the three thousand vanguard troops.
Collect the corpse.
Wang Shuluo is in a dilemma. Personally, he would rather die in battle than surrender to another country. But now the leader of a country has been kidnapped, and his three thousand brothers have also been trapped by evil spells.
Even if he wanted to die, he couldn't watch these people die in vain.
"It's so pitiful that the immortal envoy from Wushuang City has finally arrived!"
Old Wang Shuluo burst into tears and shouted: "Our king of Daxia is benevolent and virtuous, and the people in the country live and work in peace and contentment. He also pays tribute to Wushuang City every year and never dares to slack off. I didn't expect to be in such a situation now. Several people
The Immortal Envoy must make the decision for our Great Xia Kingdom."
Fang Liren knew that what he said was the truth, so he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, General Wang. I'm here to help your Xia Kingdom. Do you know where those mysterious people are? We're here."
Go and rescue the king of your country."
"This" Wang Shuluo showed a hint of embarrassment on his face, and after a long while he said: "This group of people has extremely high cultivation levels, and their traces are erratic. With Lao Chen's little cultivation level, he can't find their location.
"
Fang Liren was not too surprised by this. Hearing this, he turned his eyes and looked at the captured people.
"I would like to advise you, if you know something, tell it as soon as possible, otherwise when we search your soul and find something fishy, your life will be worse than death!" Fang Liren said in a solemn tone.
Plop! Plop!
Whether it was the general Gong Sumao of the Great Wei State or the three captured monks, they all knelt on the ground and kowtowed together.
"Senior, please forgive me! I am just a casual cultivator who barely reached the Juyuan Realm. I knew that there was no hope for immortality in this life, so I got an official position in a secular country. How could I know the many calculations behind this? What's more, I am the same.
Acting on orders, I'm afraid even our king of Wei doesn't know where those mysterious people are now?" Gongsumao said tremblingly.
"Senior, spare your life! We don't know either. We are just the three lowest ranked disciples among the eighteen disciples of Master Changmei. We are only responsible for keeping tabs on this trip and don't know anything about other things."
These people rushed to express their opinions, fearing that if they were not careful, they would be killed by the purple-robed monk in front of them.
Fang Liren frowned and looked at his companion.
"These people don't look like they can lie. Judging from their cultivation level, they really don't have access to anything. Besides, we promised Senior Ning that we wouldn't go on a killing spree here." Ji Lai said via voice transmission.
"Then the clue is broken, isn't it? Although we are only ordered to recapture the mineral veins, we can't really ignore the death of the Great Xia Kingdom. What's more, if the Xia Kingdom is destroyed, who will mine the spiritual minerals for us?" Fang Liren also said.
Give the message to everyone.
"There is a way."
Liang Yan, who had been silent before, suddenly said: "Didn't General Wang say that there are three thousand vanguard troops trapped in the mountains? As far as I know, a large formation that can trap three thousand Qi Refining Stage warriors
It’s not simple. Unless the person setting up the formation has reached the level of Tongxuan or above, there must be a dedicated monk present to preside over the formation and maintain the operation of the formation."
The few people present were not stupid, and they reacted immediately after hearing this.
Fang Liren's eyes lit up and he blurted out: "You mean, let's break this formation first, capture the monk who presides over it, and then find out where the monarch is being held?"
"Not bad!" Liang Yan nodded.
"This is a great plan!"
Fang Liren laughed and turned to look at Wang Shuluo beside him.
"You should know where your three thousand vanguard troops are trapped, right?"
"I know! I know!"
Wang Shuluo nodded repeatedly. He always loved soldiers as much as his own children. Now when he heard that the other party was going to save his subordinates, his face was already smiling.
"My three thousand vanguard troops are trapped on the Blackwater Ridge in the north, not far from our main camp. Please follow me."
After he finished speaking, he immediately ordered his left and right men to prepare chariots and horses, invited Liang Yan and others into the chariot, ordered eight hundred elite soldiers, and rode lightly all the way north.
It only took half an hour for everyone to arrive outside Heishui Ridge.
Liang Yan and others got out of the car and stopped to look outside the mountain. They saw a sunken valley between the rolling mountains. It was full of dead branches and leaves and looked lifeless.
A thick gray fog obscured the entire valley, making it difficult to see the scene inside.
"On that day when the king was captured, I immediately sent three thousand vanguard troops to investigate. When we passed by this place, a heavy fog suddenly arose, trapping my vanguard troops in this black water ridge. Now a month has passed.
No one can come out of it yet." Wang Shuluo sighed from the side.
"It's the ghostly spring illusion formation!"
Ji Lai stared at Heishui Ridge for a while, his eyes flashed, and he spoke calmly.
"Do you recognize this formation?" Song Ru looked a little surprised.
"My master has dabbled in the illusion of ghosts. The illusion of the quiet spring varies from person to person. Since there are three thousand soldiers trapped, the illusion created should be an endless Shura battlefield. In the past month,
I'm afraid General Wang's three thousand vanguard troops are all engaged in a life-and-death struggle with an unfounded enemy."
"What? After a month of fierce fighting, my three thousand vanguard troops are still going to die from exhaustion?"
Wang Shuluo's expression changed greatly. Although most of these soldiers had the cultivation of warriors at the eighth or ninth level of Qi Refining, they still had not built a Dao foundation and were still mortal bodies. Now that a month has passed, some of them may no longer be able to hold on.
"Several immortals, please step in and save these soldiers of mine. They are all just mortals. They still have mothers, wives and children at home. If they died in battle, it would be fine, but if they all died in an illusory formation, then it would be fine.
This is too cowardly, and I, Wang Shuluo, have no shame in going back to see all my fellow villagers."
He is a native monk of the Great Xia Kingdom and has commanded the three armies for hundreds of years. He has deep feelings for his soldiers and the country, and he can't help but ask for help at this time.
"General, don't worry, it's just a phantom formation of secluded springs, wait for me to break it!"
Ji Lai chuckled lightly, raised his hand and waved his sleeves, and thirty-six Tiangang copper coins flew into the air, each occupying a position above Heishui Ridge. They echoed each other from a distance, like an array of stars in the sky, covering the lower part of the sky.
The thick fog was all suppressed in it.
"If the spirit is not nourished internally, it will become an evil spirit externally. When the five poisonous qi enter the human body, the nine ugly ghosts will quickly retreat!"
After Ji Lai shouted, he played a spell in his hand. The thirty-six Tiangang copper coins on Heishui Ridge shook slightly and fell down at the same time, scattering all the thick gray fog below, and finally turned into a wisp of blue smoke and disappeared.
not see.
The gray fog dissipated, revealing the scene inside. An army of thousands of people was seen hacking away at the dead trees in the forest.
Some people were cut into pieces by their teammates with knives, some were hung on dead branches by ropes, and some were seriously injured. Although they fell in a pool of blood, they still stabbed toward the sky with spears in their hands.