After returning from the Netherworld, Wu Jie talked to Ouyang Yun and put aside the matter of welcoming the bride for the time being, determined to continue practicing quietly and strive to achieve the Return of the Elixir as soon as possible.
As long as he can reach the ninth level of Dan, no one in the world can stop him. Even if he wants to go to heaven and earth to steal his bride, it is definitely not a wishful thinking.
But when he was about to retreat, he felt a call from the human world. It was the incense he left to the Wu family in Zhaoyang County, and told them to light it only when the family was in danger of destruction. If the incense burned,
If there is no response from him within a moment, the entire Qingyang Temple will be notified in his name, asking fellow disciples to take care of him.
Wu Jie did not dare to be negligent. His figure flashed and turned into a beam of fire and soared into the sky. In a moment, he crossed thousands of mountains and rivers and rushed back to Zhifeizhai in Wuhou Mansion.
As soon as he landed on the ground, he saw that everything in the house was deserted and full of sadness, and his heart suddenly thumped, and an ominous premonition arose.
"That's not the case... Qiao Feng and Lin Xiao are both here. Even if something big happens, they will be in charge..." Wu Jie muttered, shrinking his feet to an inch, and arrived at the hall of Wuhou Mansion in two or three steps.
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In the hall, more than ten Wu family members were all dressed in mourning clothes. Under the leadership of an elderly man, they were offering incense in front of Wu Jie's portrait.
Wu Jie's eyes flashed and he looked at the old man carefully. He felt that he looked familiar.
Although this old man is senile and almost dishonest, his frame is quite large and strong. The posture of his feet shows that he has practiced martial arts for many years. He also has an aura of a tiger's death, which is by no means ordinary.
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What's more important is that he is actually qualified to stand in front of all the Wu family members. Even if the contemporary Wu Marquis is not around, this status is really no small matter.
His figure flashed and he was already in front of the old man, reaching out to help him up.
"Old man, get up quickly." Wu Jie's voice stopped suddenly when he saw the other person's face clearly, his eyes widened and his body trembled slightly.
At this moment, he couldn't believe his eyes
Although this man is extremely old, he still has the demeanor and appearance between his brows, that ray of awe-inspiring righteousness, that familiar expression and the little energy left in his body...
"A Feng? How did you become like this? With your cultivation...who did this?" An uncontrollable roar came from Wu Jie's mouth. In an instant, his anger condensed into a huge fire cloud in the sky, enough to cover the entire
Anfeng County.
This old man who seemed likely to die at any time turned out to be Wu Jie's eldest disciple Qiao Feng
When Qiao Feng saw Wu Jie appear, a smile appeared on his old face and he sighed deeply.
"The disciple is incompetent and failed to protect the Wu family for his master."
"Now is not the time to talk about this kind of thing." Wu Jie interrupted him, and without hesitation, he continuously transformed the life-related true energy into true energy and transmitted it to him, and even used the magical power of Master Ning Yuan to
Relying on the ability to exhaust all the laws of the world, he forcibly restored his cultivation.
He cast spells in one breath for half a quarter of an hour, and the true energy output was almost equal to the entire accumulation of ordinary energy in the early stage of condensation. However, Qiao Feng's body's Dantian Qi sea could not hold any true energy at all. No matter how much was input, it would be in the body.
In a short period of time, it dispersed into the limbs and bones, and not a drop remained.
Wu Jie's only achievement was to use his own cultivation to forcibly restore the aged and dying Qiao Feng to the appearance of an ordinary old man.
This is the limit, he can't do more.
Qiao Feng's body has aged to the extreme. Unless he recovers his cultivation, no matter how powerful his magical powers are, his lifespan cannot be increased.
But this was good for Qiao Feng. When he turned around, everyone in the Wu family saw that in just half a quarter of an hour, he had transformed from an old and dying man back to an ordinary white-haired man.
Full of confidence in Wu Jie.
Although Ji Shihou's reputation is well known to everyone, the last time Wu Jie took action in Zhaoyang County was decades ago. These younger generations have almost never had the opportunity to see his magical powers.
In their impression, the two ancestors, Qiao and Lin, are already the most powerful people in the world. Even the ancestors of Ji Shihou are not necessarily much stronger than these two. Now these two can't control the scene.
, even if the ancestors come back, what can they do?
But it turns out that they really underestimated their ancestors’ magical powers.
After a while, Wu Jie understood the dilemma facing the Wu family from Qiao Feng's narration and everyone's supplements.
Last year, the third Chu-Han War broke out. The King of Chu had long been mentally prepared for this. He issued an imperial edict in advance and strictly ordered the Du and Wu families to respectively guard Dongshan County and Zhaoyang County and not leave. Then he led the imperial army loyal to the royal family and marched forward.
to fight against the Han army.
That battle was fought very fiercely. Even though the Chu people unleashed their incomparable fighting power despite the emperor's personal conquest, they were still defeated in the end.
How could 20,000 imperial troops defeat a hundred thousand elite Han soldiers?
Almost all the Imperial Guards of Chu, from the emperor down, died in the battle, and even those who were injured and unconscious chose to die for their country after waking up. In accordance with the edict left by the King of Chu, the ministers, led by the elders of the clan, surrendered to Kaicheng.
The Han army entered Changning City in a mighty manner. Although they encountered some sporadic resistance and setbacks, they finally successfully occupied the entire capital and lowered the flag of Chu on the Tiantai of the Imperial Palace.
Until this moment, the Chu Kingdom, which had lasted for nearly four hundred years, finally perished.
The King of Chu had already made arrangements. Some of the princes went to Dongshan County and some to Zhaoyang County. His Royal Highness Taipizi took a large number of people to the southern border. Once the news of the defeat of the Forbidden Army came, they followed the instructions
The previous preparations were to defect to the Du family or the Wu family. His Royal Highness Taipizi even led a large number of people to defect to the Yue Kingdom, which had already been discussed with the King of Chu and prepared.
After the Han army occupied Changning City, they took inventory of the treasury and found that the treasury of the huge Chu State was so empty that a mouse could starve to death. The traces of transportation were clearly visible, indicating that it had just been emptied out not long ago.
The commander-in-chief of the Han army, Zhong Zhushi, was furious and ordered an investigation. It was found that a group of corrupt officials took advantage of the last minute to make this huge purchase and sale.
Each of these corrupt officials had a profound background and strong connections in the Chu State. Their social relations with each other were so intricate that they could not be touched even when the King of Chu was still alive. But Zhong Zhushi didn’t care. He only knew that even the Chu State’s 20,000 imperial guards and
Several innate masters have been killed by him, so what does a bunch of corrupt officials mean?
With an order, the search and tracing operation lasted for more than two months. At first, he was just tracking down those officials involved in the matter. Later, Zhong Zhushi thought that killing one person was also killing, and killing a group was also killing.
All the corrupt officials who were found to be angry and wealthy were killed.
Back and forth, he killed more than 20 families and chopped off more than 600 heads who had been so arrogant not long ago.
Through these two months of large-scale manhunts, Zhong Zhushi obtained a huge amount of wealth that shocked him and could not believe his eyes. Although he was not greedy for money, he was not ignorant of the world and knew the importance of this money.
He hurriedly led his elite troops to transport this incredible wealth back to the Han Dynasty and delivered it with his own hands.
After careful calculation, the wealth that the Han Dynasty gained this time was equivalent to at least fifty years of national income. Even the treasury of Chang'an City was overflowing, and there was so much gold and silver that it couldn't be piled up.
"The majestic Chu Kingdom has been eaten away by these moths." The Emperor of the Han Dynasty sighed, and ordered that the entire Dongchu region be exempted from taxes for ten years, and sent consolation envoys to various places to spread money to win people's hearts.
It has to be said that this method is very effective. The people of Da Chu have been resenting those corrupt officials for many years. General Zhong cut the knot with a sharp knife and beheaded all these people who were extremely angry. It was really very satisfying for the envoys who came later.
The money and food distributed made them feel the warmth from the bottom of their hearts. Although most of the money was actually collected from them, the people were originally very easy to be satisfied.
As a result, the originally fluctuating people's hearts quickly settled down. As the officials sent by the Han Dynasty, who were at least incorruptible even if they were not capable of doing so, were stationed one after another, production in various places quickly resumed, and the people finally accepted the new country.
This situation was really beyond the expectations of the Zhaoyang and Dongshan armies. They expected that although the capital of the Chu Kingdom had fallen, the hundreds of years of management still had a solid foundation among the people. The Han army could seize the country with swords, but it failed.
We can't rule the country with swords. We should still have a chance here, but we didn't expect that those corrupt officials used their heads and accumulated wealth for many years to win over the hearts of the Han Dynasty...
The opportunity seems to be disappearing
Under this situation, the Zhaoyang and Dongshan armies could no longer bear it and launched a joint attack, hoping to save everything and at least save some people.
But this time, they were not able to turn the tide like last time.
The army was defeated, and all the soldiers died in battle. Only a few remaining defeated soldiers were trapped in a valley, fighting hard and unable to escape.
Qiao Feng and Lin Xiao tried to help them out of the siege, but ended up being surrounded by Han worshipers. These worshipers knew their true identity and prepared extremely targeted measures. Lin Xiao was captured by mistake, and Qiao Feng
Then he tried his best to destroy his foundation, forcefully activate his potential, break out of the siege and return to Zhaoyang County, igniting a letter asking for help from his master.
"What methods were used for those offerings?" Wu Jie frowned and asked.
"The swordsmanship and their swordsmanship are so powerful that they can be said to be unpredictable. Junior Brother Lin is also a master of swordsmanship, but he can barely resist one. Later, they formed a sword formation, and we were defeated in an instant."
A deep gloom flashed in Wu Jie's eyes. He had carefully examined Qiao Feng's injuries just now, and found that the sword intent remaining on the wounds was clearly from Baidi Pavilion.
Among all the sects in the world, the disciples of Baidi Pavilion often cooperate with the courts and officials of various countries because they often need to slay demons. Some disciples who do not pursue the path of immortality have become the enshrinements of various countries. In addition, the Han Dynasty has been
There have always been eminent monks from Bailiantang stationed in Chang'an... It must not be difficult to assemble a lineup that can deal with Qiao Feng and Lin Xiao.
Wu Jie was silent for a moment and then set off.
Perhaps those people had no intention of killing Qiao Feng and Lin Xiao, but it is an indisputable fact that Qiao Feng's Taoist base was destroyed and Lin Xiao was captured.
