The patches of grass were wet and covered with dew.
"Whoosh!"
A team of war horses galloped through the grass, their legs covered with water drops, and their hooves clattered as they disappeared deep into the mountains.
"Be careful now. Although we have many people and are led by General Langya, you saw those people last night. If they all have that kind of strength, I'm afraid we will also suffer a lot of damage."
Chen Shien's voice suddenly sounded in his ears.
Yang Ji was startled for a moment, then raised his head, touched the black thumb ring in his sleeve, and nodded. The atmosphere was very silent along the way, and no one spoke.
The elite men and horses of the imperial court were clad in iron armor, with a cold light, and their faces were rigid and expressionless. Under the influence of these elite soldiers, even the disciples of various sects felt a lot depressed.
"arrive!--"
Suddenly a voice came from the front, and the captain in the team suddenly turned his head, his face expressionless:
"Ahead is the branch of the Tianyin Sect. Everyone dismounts immediately and moves forward quickly according to the sect's affiliation. The general has orders not to let a single cult member go."
After a while, everyone dismounted one after another. The mountains ahead were endless, and there was nothing visible at first glance. But the people in the court seemed to be sure that this was where it was.
"Yang Ji, be careful now. Among us, you have the lowest cultivation level. If there is danger later, you can hide behind me."
Chen Shien suddenly whispered to Yang Jidao.
"Senior Brother Chen, thank you."
A look of gratitude flashed across Yang Ji's eyes, but he quickly shook his head:
"However, I can protect myself. Senior Brother, please help Senior Brother Jiang and the others."
With the help of the "Poisonous Golden Toad", Yang Ji's current "Blood Furnace" is much more stable. Yang Ji secretly estimated that in a while, he would be able to completely advance to the fourth level of martial arts.
At that time, with the "Netherworld Dharma Ring", your strength will have a qualitative change.
"Yeah. That's fine."
Chen Shi'en remembered that Yang Ji had solved so many Tianyin cultists by himself, and finally nodded.
In order not to cause a surprise, the group of people quickly dispersed and dived through the dense towering ancient trees as quickly as possible toward the mountains ahead.
There was still some distance from the top of the mountain, and everyone's expressions changed slightly.
"What a strong smell of sulfur."
Yang Ji's nose twitched. There was a strong smell of sulfur in the air. In Yang Ji's sleeve, "Xiao Ji" twisted uneasily, seeming a little uncomfortable.
Sulfur is used by the people to repel snakes. As a crowned snake, "Xiao Ji" is not that bad, but obviously he doesn't like the smell of sulfur that much.
"Xiao Ji, if you don't like the smell, just leave. When the task is completed, you can come back to me."
Yang Ji comforted "Xiao Ji" in his sleeve and said softly.
"His!"
Xiao Ji swayed slightly in his sleeves, obviously not wanting to leave Yang Ji at this time. Yang Ji hesitated for a moment. When he saw the eyes of others looking over, he said nothing more.
"It's strange. Why does there smell of sulfur here?"
As Fang Bai walked, he looked at everyone in surprise.
"I don't know. These cults are mysterious and there is always something weird about them."
Jiang Jianqing shook his head and didn't think much about it.
Yang Ji frowned and remained silent. This was not the first time he smelled this smell. But he always felt that this smell was not that simple, but he couldn't remember it for a while.
"We're here, come up quickly."
Chen Shien urged.
"Stop!"
At the same time, in another forest, Li Chen waved his arm and suddenly stopped.
"Junior brother, what's wrong?"
Song Li, senior brother of the Iron Sword Sect, stopped and frowned slightly.
"Senior brother, it's enough for other sects to die. It seems we don't need to be so anxious?"
Li Chen stopped under a tree and smiled.
Song Li was startled for a moment, then pointed at Li Chen and laughed:
"You guy... you are indeed a disciple of our Iron Sword Sect. You went as I thought... You all heard it, right? Rest here."
In last night's battle, Song Li fought against several masters from the Tianyin Sect. Although in the eyes of others, last night's battle was a complete victory, only Song Li knew how powerful those guys were.
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With his cultivation, he tried his best. He didn't get much advantage, and almost suffered a hidden loss.
After coming back, Song Li told them all these things.
"However, now that the newly-appointed General Langya is holding the battle, all the sects are eager to take credit for their performance. Aren't we missing a good opportunity by doing this?"
Song Li paused and said.
"Senior brother is testing me again."
Li Chen shook his head and smiled calmly:
"We're just taking a rest, it's not like we're not going. Once they've fought the first battle, it won't be too late for us to go again..."
As soon as the voice fell, the surrounding Iron Sword Sect disciples all smiled.
After a while, on the top of the mountain.
"Crack!"
With a crisp sound, several disciples of the Tianyin Sect, all dressed in black and on guard on the mountain, fell heavily and fell into the dust.
"Two guards taken out!"
Several disciples of the Jiugong Sect put the two of them down and waved to the people behind them. Perhaps it was still early, or perhaps because it was deep in the mountains and could not be easily discovered, so the security on the mountain was relatively not that tight.
"It seems like this is it."
Yang Ji secretly thought in his heart.
It couldn't be confirmed before, but after seeing these people patrolling, it is basically certain that the Tianyin Sect's branch is here.
"These guys are so fast."
Yang Ji glanced at the people of the Jiugong Sect and thought to himself. Although the Jiugong Sect indulges in pleasure and is extremely famous in the sect world, it is very experienced and unambiguous in its actions.
Yang Ji got out of the woods, took a step forward, climbed to the top of the mountain, and finally saw clearly the scene ahead:
Between the mountains, there is a natural valley, and all the trees have been removed. If you had not been here, you would not have discovered it. There is an artificial valley here.
In the valley, there are numerous bones, many of which look very fresh. They are scattered and piled in the valley. In the center of the valley, a newly built huge bone altar stands.
The altar is more than ten meters high and more than twenty meters in diameter. In the center of the altar, a dark statue seven or eight people tall exudes a dark, evil, and strange aura, standing motionless in the morning light.
In front of the statue, a bunch of sacrificial bonfires have been extinguished. Only curls of green smoke are left rising into the sky. It is not very obvious at dawn.
However, what Yang Ji noticed was not this obvious altar, but the eight huge copper tripods surrounding the altar. The copper tripods were filled with liquid and were all scarlet.
"His!"
Yang Ji took a breath, and a thought flashed through his mind: "——Human blood!"
Both the bones on the ground and the human blood in the bronze cauldron looked extremely fresh. Yang Ji clearly remembered that when he killed the Bone Maker, they were only searching for the bones of the dead, but now...
"These guys have already started sacrificing people!!"
A thought flashed through Yang Ji's mind, and his eyes gradually became sharp. He actually did not agree with this action.
The new General Langya was obviously cold, arrogant, and arbitrary. He obviously treated them as spearmen. And the punishment he gave was very harsh.
But now, Yang Ji began to agree with his actions.
It is impossible for the cult's actions to target those wealthy people and powerful warriors. Although he has not witnessed it, Yang Ji is almost certain that these human bones and blood must come from those poor ordinary people.
Yi Xiantian Gu Ran didn't take human life seriously. But these days the Tianyin Sect treats people as "animals"! Only those who have struggled at the bottom can understand the infinity and despair of these people.
Yang Ji asked himself that he was not a righteous knight, but he could not remain indifferent to these cruel and tyrannical cults.
Whoosh!
With a cold light flashing in his eyes, Yang Ji suddenly pulled out the "strong bow" from his back.
"Junior brother, what's wrong?"
Jiang Jianqing whispered, noticing Yang Ji's abnormality.
Yang Ji shook his head and said nothing. He just held three armor-piercing arrows in his hand. He was originally very cautious about this action and was not prepared to proceed.
But now, Yang Ji suddenly changed his attention.
"It looks like human blood!"
"These lunatics!"
…
People from other sects obviously also noticed the human bones and blood at the foot of the mountain, and everyone felt their scalps numb. However, compared to this, more people noticed another thing.
"Senior brother, there don't seem to be many people here. There are only four or five people sleeping there."
A sect disciple whispered.
"Well. There are only ** guards outside. There are a little more in the cave, about twenty or so. If that's the case, so many of us can definitely eat it. - It seems that last night we
There won’t be many masters killed.”
The strong man from the sect who was asked nodded.
The biggest concern for everyone in this operation is that top experts like last night, Tianyin, will teach too much. As for the average person, they don't care that much.
"Let's go! This operation has the new general of Yinhuo Yangfu guarding the formation, and the captain supervising the army. This is a rare opportunity for our Beishan faction to stand out and make meritorious deeds."
Unexpectedly, the first one to rush out was the "Beishan faction".
The Beishan sect is located in a remote area, always far away from Langya County, and its importance in the court is far less than that of the Tieguan sect and Tongyi sect.
This time when a new general takes office, it is difficult for the Beishan Sect to establish a sectarian image and give the new general an opportunity to deeply impress him.
As for potential dangers, the Beishan Sect doesn't really care.
"Azuo, you stay here first. When we arrive, you can go over."
"Senior Brother Luo" of the Beishan sect pointed at the North Sea Giant who was eager to attack, said these words without any doubt, and then jumped down the hillside.
"Damn it!"
As soon as the Beishan Sect moved, the "Silver Blood Sect" didn't know their plan. The senior brother of the Silver Blood Sect "Wang Ziru" threw away a grass stem he pulled out of his mouth and led the disciples of the Silver Blood Sect with a swish.
Then he jumped out.
Where there is the first, there is the second..., but when everyone acts together, the danger and fear are all forgotten.
Almost all those who participated in the imperial court's recruitment mission were people with cultivation levels above the "Blood Furnace Realm". Everyone used their full strength, and in an instant, they were dozens of feet apart.
collapse!
Contrary to expectations, these people were not the first to take action.
On the top of the mountain, Yang Ji held an arrow in his hand, and the feeling of shooting the "poisonous golden toad" under the poisonous pool came to mind, and his expression was cold.
"collapse!"
When the sound of the bowstring sounded, it shot out from the top of the mountain in an instant, passed through multiple spaces, and shot towards the bottom of the valley.
Bang bang bang!
There was a flash of blood, and the three Tianyin Sect guards facing the crowd in the valley didn't even say a word before they were punched through their heads and fell down one by one like wooden stakes.
"scare!"
Seeing Yang Ji take action, not only Fang Bai, who had never seen Yang Ji take action before, Jiang Jianqing was startled. Even the Silver Blood Sect and Beishan Sect disciples on the hillside were startled.
The distance of this arrow was astonishing, but its accuracy was impeccable, and it was from three different Tianyin Sect disciples in three directions.
"What an amazing archery skill!"
Even the senior brother of the Silver Blood Sect, Wang Ziru, couldn't help but feel secretly afraid. With such archery skills, even he would feel a lot of danger if he was unprepared.
"kill!--"
Seeing that they were approaching the valley, the Beishan sect's men roared and charged out suddenly.
Whoosh!
On the top of the mountain, at the moment when three long arrows were shot, Yang Ji jumped suddenly and jumped out of the mountain almost instantly... (To be continued...)