"I don't know why Lord Si Chen came to Qingzhou for important matters."
Liu Mo asked carefully.
Because there was no notification from above that Chen Mu, Si Chen, would come to Qingzhou, Chen Mu appeared completely suddenly. Normally, Chen Mu should still be in Youzhou at this time.
Chen Mu shook his head and said: "Nothing, I just came to see my sister."
Said.
Chen Mu looked at Chen Yao and said in an easy-going manner: "Let's go to where you live and talk to me about your experiences in the past few months. It seems that you have used the Taoist talisman I gave you?"
Chen Yao nodded, saluted Liu Mo and said, "Your Excellency, I will take my leave first."
"go Go."
Liu Mo waved his hands with a smile.
Not long after Chen Mu and Chen Yao left here, Si Tiantai Si Li Lu Zheng, wearing a blue Taoist talisman, appeared in the yard. He quickly rushed over after hearing the news of Chen Mu's appearance.
He had been monitoring the movements of monsters in Luofeng Valley, but his magician level was only fifth level. Therefore, seventeen grandmasters gathered to attack Luofeng Valley, but he did not follow them.
"Where is Master Sichen?"
After Lu Zheng greeted Liu Mo, he asked Liu Mo.
Liu Mo said: "I went to Chen Yao's place. Lord Si Chen really took care of his sister. He came all the way from Youzhou and brought a Qingyou fruit to Chen Yao. Fortunately, after what happened last time, I sent her
He was transferred to my side for training and care."
Lu Zheng nodded.
For a moment, he showed a little helplessness.
When he was in Kyoto, when Chen Mu went to Si Tiantai, he glanced at Chen Mu from a distance. At that time, he only thought that Chen Mu was a fifth-level magician like him, so he didn't go out of his way to visit.
Unexpectedly, Chen Mu did not know whether it was due to chance or whether he had hidden his realm from the beginning, but he suddenly became a fourth-level magician and became Si Chen of Si Tiantai.
If I had known this, I should have paid a visit at that time.
After all, the gap between a fourth-grade magician and a fifth-grade magician is huge, both in terms of strength and status. As Si Tiantai Si Li, he has a special status. He can neither be humble nor arrogant when facing a third-grade martial arts master.
But when facing Si Chen, who is of a higher rank, he has to remain respectful.
So after hearing the news that Chen Mu appeared in Fengyang County, he hurried over immediately.
Liu Mo said: "If Sir Si Chen had come earlier and invited Sir Si Chen to accompany the masters, it would have been harder for the monsters in Luofeng Valley to escape."
With a fourth-grade magician in charge, and with the cooperation of seventeen grand masters, the monsters in Luofeng Valley will be unable to fly, and no one can even think of escaping.
Lu Zheng shook his head and said: "Seventeen grandmasters are enough to pacify Luofeng Valley. Besides, Lord Sichen has no duty to guard Qingzhou, so he shouldn't trouble Chen Sichen."
"Um."
Liu Mo nodded and said, "They should be back soon."
As the words fell.
A dragnet scout appeared in the courtyard, his voice urgent.
"Two adults, something happened in Luofeng Valley..."
…
County government.
Sitting at the top were two grandmasters, one of whom obviously still had blood stains on his mouth, and the other's clothes were torn in large parts, and there was also a serious wound on his body, but the injury had been suppressed.
Standing in front of the two grand masters was Si Li Lu Zheng, and behind him was a large group of fourth-level warriors, including the governor Liu Mo and others.
at this time.
The entire hall was eerily quiet, and the atmosphere was depressing.
Lu Zheng's forehead was obviously covered with cold sweat, his face was extremely ugly, and more importantly, he was in disbelief.
Luo Feng Valley turned out to be a trap!
There is no Nirvana transformation at all. It is a trap set by a human-level demon that has already completed its transformation, in order to lure the Qingzhou Grandmasters to attack and kill them all in one fell swoop!
Seventeen grandmasters gathered to attack Luofeng Valley. In just one hour, twelve grandmasters fell. Only five grandmasters escaped, and all of them were seriously injured!
Lu Zheng couldn't believe this fact.
When he explored Luofeng Valley, the big demon was clearly still in the process of Nirvana transformation!
Now a total of twelve grandmasters have died, three grandmasters have fled, and only two grandmasters, Xu and Lin, have returned to the county, and both of them were seriously injured.
If such a tragic battle occurs, let alone Qingzhou, the whole world will be shaken by it!
You must know that there are only a few hundred masters in the world!
In the previous demonic chaos, the total number of fallen grandmasters in each state was only four, but now twelve grandmasters have died at once. This is undoubtedly a huge disaster!
"Then...that big demon has really transformed to the human level?"
Lu Zheng spoke in a trembling voice.
At this moment, he faced two grandmasters who were lucky enough to survive, both of whom suppressed their anger. He no longer had the calmness of a magician, and his body and mind were trembling.
Grandmaster Xu looked at Lu Zheng coldly and said, "Lu Sili thinks that the injuries on me and Grandmaster Lin were all faked, and that the twelve grandmasters who died in Luofeng Valley were also faked?"
Originally, he maintained respect for Lu Zheng, the Si Li, but at this time, the anger in his heart was almost uncontrollable, and the pressure belonging to the Grand Master was even released, making the fourth-level warriors in the entire hall feel it.
Breathing was stagnant.
Lu Zheng was a fifth-level magician and could still withstand the pressure of the master, but at this time, his forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he knew that this matter could no longer be false.
In a state of depression.
Grandmaster Lin sitting next to him shook his head and said: "Grandmaster Xu, there is no point in questioning Lu Sili, not to mention that it was a human-level demon. At that time, we could not see through its disguise at close range... and now
This is not the time for accountability."
After hearing this, Master Xu glanced at Lu Zheng coldly, then took a deep breath, slowly suppressed the anger in his heart, and restrained his pressure.
In fact, he also understood that there was no point in questioning Lu Zheng, and it was impossible for Lu Zheng to deliberately harm the masters like them. He must have been deceived by the human-level demon, but he almost died in Luofeng Valley, and there was a sense of anger in his heart.
Vent everywhere.
Grandmaster Lin said in a deep voice: "The monster is cunning and has set up such a trap. Now that I accidentally fell into the trap, I am afraid that the monster chaos in the next few days will no longer be able to be contained."
"We are waiting in Luofeng Valley. Nine grandmasters have joined forces, but we are still defeated by the giant monster at the human level. This kind of monster is beyond the power of our masters. Only the second-level martial arts can suppress it."
"The closest place to Qingzhou is Kyoto. Four of the Seven Pillars of the Martial Temple are stationed in Kyoto. I have ordered people to go quickly to ask for help, but it will take two days at the fastest to come back."
Hear this.
Everyone below looked at each other and saw the difficult look in each other's eyes.
In other words, for at least two days, the entire Qingzhou will have almost no resistance to the monsters causing chaos. Even if those monsters attack the county or even the state capital, they will not be able to resist!
During these two days,
Hundreds of millions of living beings in Qingzhou must resign themselves to their fate!
A fourth-level warrior spoke in a difficult voice: "Luofeng Valley is only six hundred miles away from here. If they attack here in the next two days..."
"Then the only option is to abandon the city and flee."
Grandmaster Xu responded coldly.
He and Lin Bei were both martial arts masters, so they knew that Fengyang County was in danger, but they could only return here, while the other three surviving masters had already fled to other places.
Because even if five people stay in Fengyang County together, it doesn't make any sense.
As long as the monsters attack, Fengyang County will definitely fall!
Hearing Grandmaster Xu's words, everyone else had ugly expressions. Some gritted their teeth and said, "Then do we have to take action now..."
He only said this, but others already understood what he meant.
Fengyang County has tens of millions of people, and it is impossible to move them all out in a short period of time. This means that we can only act now, quietly take away some people, and abandon all the others in the city.
Everyone who understood this, including Grandmaster Xu, looked a little depressed.
These are tens of millions of people!
Although the monsters are really attacking and they can't defend it at all, whoever stays will die, but if they really abandon such a large county and city all at once, those of them who abandon the city will definitely be infamy for the ages!
"If you want to leave, go make arrangements now."
Lin Bei sighed softly and said, "I won't leave."
He is already ninety-four years old, and it is impossible for him to abandon the city and flee. Rather than bear an eternal infamy, he would rather stay and die in Fengyang County together with tens of millions of people.
Grandmaster Xu Li on the side also had a sullen face.
As a third-level martial arts master, even if he abandoned the city and fled, the Yuan court would not really accuse him of anything, but he would definitely live in infamy for the rest of his life.
But he doesn't want to stay in Fengyang County like Lin Bei. He is only fifty-four years old this year, and there is even hope of reaching the second level of martial arts in the future, and he is also expected to climb to the pinnacle of martial arts.
This is a tough choice.
Many of the fourth-grade warriors below also looked hard for a while. For them, the world's attention was not that high. Even if they abandoned the city and fled, not many people would care about them.
But if thousands of people in Fengyang County are abandoned in order to survive at this time, their martial arts hearts will inevitably have irreparable cracks, and it will no longer be possible to peek into the realm of a grandmaster in the future.
It's also a difficult choice.
but.
Just at this time.
Liu Mo, who was standing in the center of the crowd, suddenly thought of something, his eyes brightened slightly, and he said: "To the two masters, there is Lord Si Chen from Si Tiantai, who is now in Fengyang County!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the venue was stunned.
Lin Beizheng was looking out the window in a daze. When he heard Liu Mo's voice, he suddenly came back to his senses. After being stunned, he showed a hint of surprise and said: "Si Chen? Which Si Chen?!"
"It's Chen Mu and Chen Sichen!"
Liu Mo immediately said: "Chen Sichen's sister is currently serving in Yuan Tianwei and is in Qingzhou. Chen Sichen came all the way from Youzhou to visit his sister. She should still be in the city now."
After Xu Li was briefly stunned, he immediately reacted and said in surprise:
"Quick! Go and invite me quickly!"
Si Chen Chen Mu!
Si Tiantai fourth grade magician!
Different from Lu Zheng, a fifth-grade magician, a fourth-grade magician has the ability to control the spiritual terrain and borrow the power of heaven and earth. If he can control the spiritual terrain of Fengyang County, he can even have the ability in a short time.
It has the power to resist the second level of martial arts, and it is also powerful against the powerful monsters of the Yan level!
Unexpectedly, Chen Mu, Si Chen, would happen to come to Qingzhou. This was undoubtedly a beam of light that shone through the dark clouds of despair, bringing a glimmer of life to Fengyang County!
Even if this vitality is still very weak.
But it’s not a dead end with no solution after all!
…
In a small courtyard somewhere.
Quiet room.
This is where Chen Yao usually practices. The whole room is clean and empty. There is only a futon placed in the center of the quiet room, and nothing else.
At this time, Chen Yao was sitting cross-legged on the futon with her eyes closed tightly. A little white cold mist visible to the naked eye was escaping from her body. If she touched her body at this time, she would feel that everything she touched was extremely cold, as if she was touching a piece of her body. Thousands of years of cold jade.
Chen Mu stood in front of Chen Yao, with a slight glimmer in his eyes, observing her changes.
Although the effectiveness of the Qingyou Fruit is much milder than that of the Qingyou Pond, it also has extremely cold characteristics. Even if it is divided into two parts, it can only be barely refined according to Chen Yao's current state.
In order to prevent any accidents, he personally took care of it.
However, it looks like what he expected. The Qingyou Fruit divided into two halves can indeed be refined at Chen Yao's current level. Although it is a bit difficult, it is not a serious problem.
"Um……"
Chen Yao closed her eyes while refining the Qingyou Fruit. A ray of coldness penetrated into her heart, making her frown slightly. She couldn't help but uttered "Huh?" and mobilized all the blood in her body to resolve the ray of coldness.
This scene was naturally clearly seen by Chen Mu. His gaze directly passed through Chen Yao's body and saw the ray of coldness accumulating in the heart.
As the blood energy circulates, it slowly dissolves.
However, a ray of coldness accumulated in the heart, which also made every part of the body become colder. It seemed that the speed of refining would be greatly delayed and prolonged.
certainly.
This is not critical. What is critical is that more cold air escapes from all parts of the body, which also means that a lot of medicinal power will be lost during the refining process.
"Looks like I still need a little help."
After Chen Mu thought for a moment, he pointed at Chen Yao's heart.
The Qingyou Fruit is indeed a bit too high-grade for Chen Yao, a seventh-grade person. Although it can be refined, if it continues at this pace, more than half of the medicinal power will be wasted.
Buzz!
The next moment.
Chen Yao, who was refining the Qingyou Fruit with her eyes closed, suddenly felt a ball of blazing heat and warmth enveloping her whole body, covering every part of her body, causing all the coldness flowing in her body to be locked away. Death cannot be leaked out at all.
The coldness could not escape, which suddenly caused a drastic change in the situation inside her body. The cold energy that could barely be maintained in the refinement began to accumulate rapidly in various parts of her body.
But the cold air didn't wait until it accumulated.
quietly.
The warmth and heat covering her body suddenly broke through her skin and directly invaded her body, like a stream of heat flowing to all her organs and meridians.
Wherever this heat flow went, the cold air was quickly suppressed and became peaceful and docile, integrating into every part of her body, strengthening her internal organs and meridians and bones.
This time.
The progress of Chen Yao's refining of the medicinal power has been increased by an unknown number of times, and no trace of the medicinal power is leaking out. Every chill is rubbed into every corner of her body as if being rubbed by the warm current.
Chen Yao can clearly feel that every inch of her skin has become stronger during this tempering, and every part of her internal organs has become thicker due to the coldness.
Just one stick of incense.
Half of the medicinal power of Qingyou Fruit has been completely refined!
The heat that filled the inside and outside of her body also quickly exited her body, and quickly disappeared completely. It seemed that it was just half of a dream, with only a little feeling remaining.
Chen Yao opened her eyes.
At this moment, she could feel that the vitality of her internal organs was at least 30% stronger than before, and the muscles, bones, and skin all over her body were also stronger than before.
Every inch of skin seems to be covered with a layer of white frost. If you touch it with your tentacles, you can feel a hint of coldness, and you can also smell a faint fragrance at a close distance.
This is no longer the physique that a seventh-grade warrior should have.
A seventh-level warrior is still in the stage of cultivating his blood energy. Logically speaking, his blood energy should be strong. Even if he practices some unique techniques and can develop ice muscles and jade bones, he will still have uncontrollable evil energy.
For warriors, often only by reaching the sixth level of Huayun realm and cultivating true essence can they calm down the astringency in their blood, break away from the most primitive stage, and gradually move towards a flawless body.
But now Chen Yao has suddenly jumped out of this stage. She is still in the seventh level, but the blood and energy in her whole body has changed from violent to docile, and she has some characteristics of a flawless body.
no doubt.
This will greatly shorten the time she stays at the seventh level.
Judging from the current level, she will be able to break through the boundaries of the seventh level and jump to the sixth level of martial arts in half a year at most.
Chen Yao did not carefully sense her own state. After feeling it for a while, she looked at Chen Mu and said, "Second brother's soul power is completely different from those ghosts and ghosts."
There was no need to guess at that moment, she knew that Chen Mu must have used his soul power to help her refine the medicine. However, Chen Mu's soul power was completely different from the ghosts and ghosts she had encountered. Not only was it not cold, but it also had a hint of warmth and sunshine.
.
Chen Muping said peacefully: "After a magician reaches the fourth level of the Sun Traveling Realm, his soul is no longer afraid of the sun and can absorb sunlight, so it naturally contains a trace of yang."
Chen Yao put a finger on her chin, looking thoughtful, and said: "I see, no wonder it feels warm and makes my body feel very comfortable."
Chen Mu glanced at her lightly and said, "Want to try something uncomfortable?"
Chen Yao immediately raised her hand and made a gesture of rejection.
Chen Mu ignored her and turned to look outside the house. Then he heard a small knock on the door, followed by a report.
"Sir Si Chen, Grandmaster Xu Li and Grandmaster Lin Bei invite you to go to the county government to discuss important matters."
"okay, I get it."
Chen Mu replied, with no expression on his face.
Chen Yao had already stood up and walked quietly to Chen Mu. She felt keenly that something was not right and asked in a low voice: "Second brother, what happened?"
"It should be that something happened to Hui Gong Luofeng Valley."
Chen Mu converged his gaze, shook his head slightly, and said, "Don't worry, I'll go over and take a look."
Say it.
Chen Mu opened the door, stepped out, and disappeared.
Chen Yao followed behind him and walked out with a look of confusion. When he realized what he was doing, his eyes suddenly showed a little fear and worry.
An accident occurred during the attack on Luofeng Valley?
That’s a total of seventeen third-level martial artists!
Gathering nearly one-sixth of the martial arts masters in the entire Great Yuan Dynasty.
What else could happen?
…
County government.
Many fourth-level warriors, including Liu Mo, stood below with their heads lowered.
Sitting at the top were Chen Mu, as well as the two masters Lin Bei and Xu Li. Chen Mu was listening to what Lin Bei said and glanced at Si Li Lu Zheng who was standing next to him from time to time. His expression was calm and there was no change.
soon.
Chen Mu listened to Lin Bei's story.
"I see... that human-level demon is indeed cunning. It seems that he deliberately laid a trap to lure you there. I thought that Qingzhou should be the best state to deal with this demon chaos in the land, but unexpectedly it happened all of a sudden.
Such a brutal battle."
Speaking of which.
Chen Mu glanced at Lu Zheng and said: "Lu Sili, the main responsibility for the disastrous defeat in this battle lies with you. I don't think you can shirk it."
Lu Zheng gritted his teeth and said: "I was unwary and was deceived by the monster into a trap, which caused the death of twelve masters and fell into the Phoenix Valley. I am responsible for this, and I will apologize to Si Tiantai..."
"You should apologize to those twelve masters."
Chen Mu shook his head slightly and said: "With the death of twelve masters, Qingzhou martial arts will inevitably be in turmoil. You can figure out how to deal with the aftermath."
Lu Zheng lowered his head, his eyes filled with self-blame.
beside.
Lin Bei sighed and said: "Not only was Lu Sili deceived, we also failed to notice it at the first time, otherwise we would not have fallen into the urn and suffered such heavy casualties."
"But now is not the time to discuss this... It will take at least two days for the Seven Pillars of the Martial Temple to get here. I don't know if Chen Sichen is sure to hold on for two days."
Lin Bei didn't know how to speak for a while.
Although Chen Mu, as a fourth-level magician, can control the spiritual terrain of a county and temporarily resist a human-level demon, such a cross-level confrontation is impossible without paying a price.
And although two days are short, it is still very dangerous. If Chen Mu leaves now, his life and death will not be threatened. But if Chen Mu stays in Fengyang County and waits for the monster to arrive, there will be no way out and he can only rely on
The spiritual terrain of Fengyang County is a battle against the odds.
If you can't resist it.
Chen Mu, Si Chen, will also die here!
Lin Bei didn't have much hope as to whether Chen Mu was willing to garrison Fengyang County. After all, fighting against a human-level demon was still extremely dangerous when the situation was so unfavorable and there wasn't much time to plan.
It's so high that it's impossible to predict.
If all seventeen grandmasters were safe and sound, and Chen Mu, Si Chen, was here to arrange things, then it would probably be more than enough to hold on for two days. But now that the battle had suffered heavy casualties, there were only two martial arts masters left in the county!
Although twelve masters fell in the battle at Luofeng Valley, and the great transformed demons were not without casualties, as three of them were killed, there are still five great transformed demons left.
In other words, what we have to face is probably a human-level demon and five transformed demons!
The situation is so dangerous and unfavorable, even if Chen Mu refuses, it is completely normal.
"Two days..."
Chen Mu seemed to be thinking about something.
Seeing this, Lin Bei added: "Of the five transformed monsters that survived, two were seriously injured and will not be able to return to their full strength in a short time. The other three are also injured, and we are still here.
There are three grandmasters here, and if we can contact them, we can invite them over again."
Although he said this, Lin Bei knew that it would be impossible to invite those three grandmasters whose whereabouts were unknown, so he did not have any confidence in his words.
The atmosphere is also somewhat depressed.
Everyone's eyes were focused on Chen Mu.
Then I saw,
Chen Mu seemed to have finally made a decision and shook his head slightly.
This shaking of the head immediately made everyone's hearts sink. Lin Bei's complexion suddenly became much paler, and there was a hint of bitterness at the corner of his mouth.
However.
Then everyone heard Chen Mu speak.
"That's all, I'll stay here for two days."
Chen Mu shook his head and spoke.
"Well, it's true that Chen Sichen shouldn't be involved anymore..."
Lin Bei spoke in a lonely tone, but halfway through his words, he suddenly froze and came to his senses.
Chen Mu, did you agree?
Noticing the change in everyone's expressions, Chen Mu laughed and said: "This matter concerns tens of millions of people in a county, how could I ignore it? Although my skills are low, but when encountering such a thing, I naturally have to do something if I can do my part." It’s a good thing.”
He shook his head just now not because he was considering whether to stay, but because he was considering whether to go directly to Luofeng Valley now and solve the trouble there directly.
But after careful consideration, I decided to play it safe.
After all, he has never fought against a real human-level demon. Judging the opponent's strength by just listening to Lin Bei's description is always a little inaccurate. Maybe the opponent also hides a lot of strength.
Although the spiritual terrain of Fengyang County is far inferior to that of Kyoto, and it is difficult to suppress a peerless demon king who is comparable to a martial saint even if all of them are mobilized, it is still an additional means.
It just depends on how powerful the hidden methods of that human-level demon are.