For more than a month, the demon tide has not yet settled.
The Qi mausoleum along the roadside pass suffered the same calamity as the Shang Qi, even worse than the Shang Qi. After all, except for a few border passers who suffered disaster, the Shang Qi only had Suizhou City trapped. Fortunately, the demonic tide retreated early. Of course, The soldiers were lost, but the damage was far from the territory within the border pass, and there were not many disasters. The demon tide went straight south for some unknown reason, followed the border pass to the less inhabited area, and attacked Qiling.
Although the soldiers and horses of Qiling are not inferior to those of the upper Qi, they have been recuperating and recuperating from the cessation of the war to now, but they can no longer withstand such a hard battle. The demon tide almost poured into the border gates three or two times. The people outside Qiling The damage was very serious. Even if Yun Zhong and his party were four people, two people from all four realms, they could still run until now, all the way from Beiyanze Border Pass to the south. There was really no time to rest, but they knew the number of the demonic tide. It's very heavy and completely invincible. After all, it is not as solid as Jiang Banlang Yun Yiliang and other four realms. As a result, it will be hindered a lot.
But in this situation, it is really helpless. Beiyanze must be guarded by experts to prevent the demon tide from rising again. If there is a demon tide like this, or a more powerful demon tide, once again presses on Beiyanze, I am afraid that the whole world will be unbearable. At that time, if the borders of various places are compromised, at least countless soldiers and horses in the country will be lost, attracting covetousness from other places, and the world will be in turmoil; at worst, the demon tide will take enough blood and food, causing the death and injury of more than ten people at every turn. Ten thousand, and the human world can no longer sustain such heavy losses.
Therefore, except for Jiang Banlang, almost all the other cultivators withdrew to the northern Yanze city gate. Even though they knew that if such a powerful wave of demons came south again, they might not be able to protect the world, but they still You should sit in front of the pass and watch the ups and downs of Beiyanze.
Although the incident in Beiyanze has caused quite a stir and is almost known to everyone in the world, and documents from Lord Qingping have been sent to various places in all directions, either to state-run companies or to immortal families in the mountains, but no matter what, there are still very few people who know about this matter. There are few, and Beiyanze Border is an isolated city, and now there are no guards left. Most of them are fighting for this monster. They died before the pass, and they are no longer able to support the far-reaching Beiyanze simple border.
When he came out of Shangqi Border Pass, Yun Zhong still had some internal energy left. Although he did not have a sword, he and Liu Dan often borrowed one of Lu Gong's divine arms, used the sword against the sword, and attacked and killed small groups with swordsmanship alone. The demon tide caused Pipa Ke and Liu Dan to warm and nourish their inner Qi, leaving it for emergencies. Yun Zhong, Chu and Xin had killed countless groups of monsters in the past few days. They took advantage of the wave of monsters to attack Qiling Border Gate and almost wiped out the small groups of monsters that were wandering around. Liu Dan and Pipa The guests have been warming up their internal energy all day long, but they have also accumulated a lot of internal energy, enough to be able to kill the southern wall. When the time comes, they each get on their horses, use their four internal energy, seize the road and rush to the outside of Qiling Border Gate City, borrowing the city head The crossbow machine rolled the wood to cover it up, and killed several of them. The most difficult part was the south wall, and then they left quickly. ..
For more than half a month, the garrison at the top of Qiling City had obviously not exchanged any letters or information with the four ragged men outside the city. However, the two of them cooperated with each other very well.
Whenever Yun Zhong and Chu Xin were killing small groups of wandering monsters, they would often do nothing at the top of the city. Instead, they would point their crossbows behind the two of them to prevent subsequent monsters from helping each other. When the two Pipa guests rushed into the city and attacked the south wall, they would often roll wood and fire oil in all directions, pouring it tirelessly into the city. And often they have to stop the arrow-feathered ballista for fear of hurting the two mountain men.
According to the ordinary state of the four realms, the two of them do not need to rush into the monsters, they can be far apart and escape with one blow. However, now that their inner energy is exhausted and they cannot directly break through such a number of monsters, in the end They had no choice but to use this method to charge hundreds of steps to kill them. When they were less than a hundred steps away from the south wall, they would then use their tyrannical power to kill them forcefully, and then use the city head offensive to slowly withdraw.
However, everyone is tacitly aware that this demon tide is different from the past. It has become somewhat familiar with the art of war in the world. Knowing that these four people have extraordinary skills and are very trapped by it, there are always several heads on the south wall to protect them. All around, demon tides tried their best to ascend the city, which also made Yunzhong and his party very distressed, and they often had no choice but to go alone. Lure the monster into pursuit, so that the two pipa guests Liu Dan can take advantage of it. Therefore, even though it was Qiling Border Pass, the defenders suffered a lot of casualties all day long. Fortunately, the border gate city was strong and there were crossbows and stone chariots that worked almost day and night, but the number of monsters gradually decreased. By the time the moon turns, there are only tens of thousands of monsters left outside the city, especially the
The south wall suffered the most damage. Both Pipa Ke and Liu Dan were practitioners in the four realms after all. The two of them joined forces to fight to the death of the south wall. If things go on like this, they will certainly gain some merit.
"I've been hiding in Tibet for half a month, and I'm the one behind to open the way. I don't have much money for wine in my arms. What's more, at this juncture, almost half of the world is poisoned by monsters. Who can be free to make wine without anyone? Selling wine, your gourd in Yun Zhong can hold enough good wine for half a small lake. You just drink it by yourself all day long, and you don't give us any?" Fifty miles outside the city, several south walls pass through the mountains. Lin, after expelling a few people for dozens of miles, returned slowly. It was rare for a few people to find some breathing space. Liu Dan was so full of clothes that he couldn't even cover his shame. Fortunately, he had a person who could be transformed into a jade stone. The armor barely covered his body, but now he wiped two handfuls of mud on his face and sat down under the trees in the mountains to hide from the rain.
The autumn rain and cold bones are the most hurtful things in history. Therefore, even if Liu Dan is very strong, he still dare not take it lightly. What's more, nowadays, everyone's internal energy is exhausted. With Lu Gong's divine arms and hands, The knife cut down many large-leaf branches and overlapping them layer by layer, and actually built such a sheltered hut. They lit a fire, but they did not dare to make the smoke too clear, for fear that the smoke would follow the south wall again. He really deserves to be a beggar who has been in Xia Song for many years.
"You are very discerning. I thought you would hide some of them so that you can drink them when the day comes. It will be an advantage for you." Yun Zhong didn't hide anything. He rolled up the dead leaves and tied up cup-like objects for everyone and handed them to everyone. Pipa Guest and Liu Dan, who had been closing their eyes since just now, did not give Chu Xin any attention. They glared at Chu Xin and the latter laughed and scolded, "You are drinking at such a young age. It is better to stabilize your state. Don't hurt your body." Talk about drinking."
After the autumn rain in the mountains, there was a thick fog. However, the rain did not seem to cover up the thick fog. Instead, drizzle floated in the sky. For a long time, there was no sign of the clouds opening, but the fog became thicker. Outside the shed, the rain is hanging on the leaves, scattered and falling, but you can't see the scene ten steps away, it is almost all white.
Yun Zhong's clothes are also in tatters, but fortunately, most of them are setting up battles for Liu Dan and the two of them, so they don't need to step into the siege of monsters. As for dealing with small waves of monsters, he can barely cope with them just by relying on swordsmanship. It's a pity. The problem is that I still don't have a sword on hand. I borrow swords all day long, but I always feel that the swords are different and I can't use them freely. There was a letter from Shanlan City in the front line. It seems that because the city is too remote, luckily no monsters made trouble. Jiang Baigui finally used all the methods that had been dormant for many years to shake out, and successively forced several families who controlled the lifeblood of the city. Now, actually Fully half of the smart blacksmiths in the city have already joined his sect. Just as the current situation was shaking, the demon tide crossed Bei Yanze and took in several huge business deals, handing out profits to others, almost overturning the structure of the city.
From the beginning, the word "profit" was probably the most effective weapon used by this long-dormant businessman to deal with everyone in Shanlan City. Now the three families of Zhang Wang and Li are trying to attract money and plan to start a new business, and Jiang Baigui has chosen this This critical moment happened to be the moment when these three families could not give up their interests to others, so the people's will was what they wanted, so the three families argued endlessly all day long and fell into a dilemma, which was completely in line with Jiang Baigui's state of mind.
But if Yun Zhong had not shown his sword outside the city, it would not only have been impossible to find Wang Ting's business, not to mention fighting against these three families almost single-handedly, many secret and shady methods would have been used long ago. , but now it is different from the past. The three families were forced to put down their so-called status and sit on this chessboard. They faced Jiang Baigui's almost endless methods, but they still had no ability to resist.
On the other hand, the old man who forged the sword was often crazy recently, but fortunately, having such a sword-making incident in front of him made him feel more at ease, Jiang Baigui said in his letter. The old man seemed to be remembering some old things he had forgotten when he was young. He often murmured to himself, sometimes with compassion on his face, and sometimes with a ferocious look on his face. Fortunately, the sword-forging process had not been left behind. It would probably be ready soon after the weather turned to winter.
Although the world is in turmoil and almost nothing good happens, you can always try your best to find some excuses and reasons to persuade yourself, and you are far from reaching the point where you are at the end of your rope.
"This fog seems to be different than usual."
It was the well-dressed pipa player beside him who frowned and opened his mouth, which made Yun Zhong, who had closed his eyes and rested and meditated, come back to his senses for a moment. When he raised his head again, everything was sound outside the tent.
It was so quiet that there was not even the sound of rain hitting the fallen leaves, so I frowned and walked out of the shack. The scenery around me was completely different from before. There were no mountain roads, no rocks, and no towering trees. There were only a few trees. Old stone sculptures of heads stand around the road.
The road is a damaged bluestone road, with weeds listlessly peeking out from the gaps, just like fish floating in the water after the rain. There are tall and low trees beside the road, scattered but not in groups. Among the low shrubs, snakes and insects have not escaped. People are quietly dormant among the trees, dead and silent, everything is silent, like falling into a void.
Withered roads and empty alleys, withered grass and withered poplars, spider silks hanging all over the shrine, the messy red has gone away, autumn colors are rippled, and branches are covered with flying frost.
