“For a large sect like ours, if you want to survive in the cracks like a bandit, they won’t give you a chance at all.
Seeing that you are a threat, they will definitely come up and beat you to death.
But bandits are good. Bandits are like mosquito meat. People don’t want to eat them, but you often fly around them.
If people are busy with other things, they won't have time to talk to you, and the bandits can take advantage of this time to develop.
Once it develops, it is out of control.
Have you ever seen many such records in the archives? Historically..."
"Stop, stop, senior brother, are you going to talk about those books you have read again?"
Liu Lang interrupted Liu Xin in time.
Liu Xin could only shake his head with unsatisfied content. He knew that the thing Liu Lang didn't like to do the most was reading, so he closed his mouth, glanced at Xiao Qi who was communicating with Ma Dakui from a distance, and turned around and said:
"Let's go up first and see if we can rescue Dugu Yueyue.
We can just leave a mark for Xiaoqi here. "
As soon as Liulang heard about Dugu Yueyue, he didn't care about his junior brother.
Liu Xin and Liu Lang went up the mountain first, while Xiao Qi and Ma Dakui stared at each other.
"Your Excellency is so young, but you are also a member of the same group???"
Ma Dakui is actually a little wary of Xiao Qi's youth.
Aren't such people disciples of big families and powerful forces?
How could he be a bandit?
But when Xiao Qi introduced his name, Ma Dakui's eyes widened.
"So you are the famous Qi Ye.
I heard about Master Qi's reputation on the way north.
Master Qi is a hero in the bandit world!
I admire you very much!
I didn’t expect you, Master Qi, to be so young! "
Within the territory of Luoshen Villa.
A barren mountaintop, not among the twenty-odd peaks that Luoshen Villa has developed.
Sun Long, the fourth disciple of the leader of the Holy Sect, came to this barren mountain under the personal leadership of Dugu Shidao.
This place is overgrown with weeds, shrubs everywhere, and towering trees cover the entire mountain. As you walk there, your nose is filled with the smell of rotting earth.
Sun Long looked extremely excited when facing such a scenery.
"Little Lord!"
If this simple title of Dugu Shidao spreads out, I don't know how many people's jaws will be shocked, especially the group of people who now know that he has been promoted to the master realm.
A grandmaster, a figure who stands at the pinnacle of the entire world's warriors.
He actually called a young man who was a year younger than him as his young master.
Sun Long was accustomed to it and his expression did not change.
"Senior Dugu, I'm still not used to you calling me Young Master. Just call me by my first name."
Dugu Shidao shook his head, still stubborn:
"Young Master. This place has no value at all.
Luoshen Villa has been here for hundreds of years and has thoroughly explored the mountain top inside and out.
I don’t understand why, young master, you are interested in this place alone? "
Sun Long smiled, and while he was walking, he suddenly squatted down and pinched a handful of the land here.
"This is Shanxi Province, a province rich in coal mines!"
Sun Long murmured to himself.
With the vague memories in his mind, he found the top of the mountain.
In his previous life, he was just an ordinary son of a coal boss who was about to go bankrupt.
Under the title of a coal boss, he lives the life of a subsistence allowance family.
It is said that one can only be rich for three generations. Even if his family owned a mine, they would not be able to escape this fate, and he happened to be the miserable fourth generation.
He shook his head, throwing away these long-past memories.
Sun Long continued to move forward, and Dugu Shidao was not dissatisfied with his sudden sudden stop.
Instead, he was a little confused about what Sun Long seemed to be saying to himself before.
There are indeed many trees here, and it's winter, but turning the trees here into charcoal is a big and thankless project, and the price of charcoal is not high nowadays.
This world worships martial arts, but any passionate man who has sound limbs will exercise his body. Although it is not meant to practice martial arts, after all, a person's quality can be improved.
If it hadn't been for the continuous natural disasters in recent years and the entire world falling into an era of mini-famine, the physical level of the entire Zhengyang people might have improved to a greater level.
"Young Master, after thinking about it, I still can't figure it out. What does the coal you just said mean?
Doesn’t it mean charcoal? "
Dugu Shidao thought for a long time but couldn't figure out the reason, so he asked Sun Long.
He made no secret of the fact that he could hear Sun Long's muttering just now with his master's ear.
Sun Long didn't care either.
He smiled and said:
"Senior Dugu, as expected of you, you found the key point right away.
The coal I am talking about is indeed not charcoal.
Coal is actually everywhere in Shanxi.
This is a treasure! "
"What is the ultimate treasure?" Dugu Shidao asked doubtfully.
"Senior Dugu, do you still remember what I said before?
That's what I'm talking about, the mass production of pseudo-exquisite weapons. "
Dugu Shidao's face changed slightly when he heard this.
If it were his juniors who told him such nonsense.
It is estimated that at this time the person has flown to the tree a hundred meters ahead and hung on it.
Looking at Dugu Shidao's face, Sun Long had already guessed what he was thinking.
However, the latter does not explain much. In the end, the facts have to speak for themselves.
coal!
This is Sun Long's core purpose.
He helped the Duke of Shu capture Luoshen Villa and even gave the entire Shaanxi Province as a gift.
At this moment, a civil strife is breaking out in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province.
Yin Xiong, the commander of the capital of Shaanxi Province, rebelled and captured the city of Xi'an in one day.
Then the war spread to the entire Shaanxi Province.
The entire edge of Shaanxi Province was controlled by the forces of the Duke of Shu and Sun Long.
Hundreds of scouts were intercepted throughout the day.
The scouts who were detouring from the north were blocked by a group of northern barbarians.
Suddenly, Shaanxi Province became a completely closed world.
As the leader behind all this, Sun Long's purpose is just to find the mineral deposits in Shanxi Province.
This way he can execute his next move.
And the blame for all this will eventually fall on the Duke of Shu.
The Duke of Shu knew that this was Sun Long's plan, but he still couldn't bear this huge temptation.
At least the two provinces of Shaanxi and Shanxi were captured without any effort. For the Duke of Shu, he already had the basic capital to draw the land and become the king.
As long as he can successfully capture these two provinces before the imperial court truly makes up its mind to mobilize the forces that attacked Liang Shanshuibo, his plan will be more than half successful.
The Duke of Shu had also obtained information about Shaanxi Province at this time.
Xiaolong's face was still a little pale, and he saw the joy on the face of Duke Shu.
He couldn't help but feel a little worried.
As a Jianghu person, he knows very well that people in Jianghu have sinister hearts.
However, the Duke of Shu now trusts a Jianghu man so much, and he is still a young man in the Jianghu, which does not seem to be a good thing. The origin of the other party is mysterious, but the Duke of Shu does not pay attention at all.
This is definitely a prelude to big losses.
However, the Duke of Shu had different ideas from him. One was to be a politician, military strategist, and a superior.
The other one is a more pure martial artist.
The two people's thinking modes are different.
Therefore, the Duke of Shu did not care about Xiaolong's words, but at the same time he insisted on his own opinion.
As long as we can capture the two major provinces without any effort.
He can already have a place in this troubled world. After all, everyone has their own secrets.
Sun Long was able to get the support of Dugu Shidao, and the Duke of Shu knew that the other party's background was definitely not simple.
But the Duke of Shu also has his own background. As long as he can win these two places, he can let the West make a decision earlier.
And he has the qualifications to raise the price with them and pay back the money all over the sky.
Otherwise, his mere status as a prince would not be enough to communicate with the entire empire.
It can be said that everyone has their own plans and trump cards.
Only Liu Xin still doesn't know that he is already in a huge situation.
When Sun Long and Dugu Shidao walked out of the barren mountain, the sky was already getting dark.
At this time, Liu Xin and others began to climb Tianlong Mountain.
Sun Long took Dugu Shidao to a rugged mountain road at the foot of the mountain.
There are eight precious horses on this mountain road.
Seeing this scene, Dugu Shidao couldn't help but take a deep look at Sun Long.
The latter's background was deeper than he imagined.
So far, Dugu Shidao has not been able to see this young man clearly.
These eight precious horses are not something that ordinary people can obtain.
The imperial army... may not be able to do this.
In addition to these eight precious horses, there were six people with different shapes. Some were squatting on the side of the road, smoking cigarettes.
Some hang on the tree, like a bat.
Some were lying on their horses, leisurely and contented, as if they had fallen asleep.
Some of them stood as tall as pine trees, and they looked like they were from the military.
And these people have one thing in common, that is, their cultivation is profound.
Before, they were both at the senior mid-level Dacheng realm.
Among them, the one smoking a cigarette and hanging on the tree, even Dugu Shidao couldn't really understand their strength.
Their methods of hiding Qi are very clever!
"Where did this kid find these masters...except for Qiu Ping, the Demonic Bat King hanging on the tree, I don't even know who they are!"
Dugu Shidao said to himself.
Bat King Qiu Ping is a master among the older generation of masters of the Demonic Way.
Lone Ranger.
Rumor has it that he found a technique in a valley that made him become stronger quickly, turning him from an ordinary casual cultivator into the powerful and terrifying Bat King he is today.
A magic power can cause a person to lose all their essence and blood and die.
It's really scary.
Before Dugu Shidao was promoted to Grandmaster, he might have been wary of him.
Not at all now.
However, this did not affect his regard for Sun Long.
Because when Sun Long appeared, this group of people, including Bat King, immediately came to Sun Long's side.
But Sun Long just said "Let's go" and everyone followed him and walked obediently.
