"There are seventeen counties along the coast of Qingzhou. Our Yunzhou group is responsible for the two adjacent counties of Haicang and Gaolin," Oikawa explained in a small room while pointing to a map that had just been hung up:
"Among these two counties, Qingyun Palace has marked sixteen targets that may be attacked..."
Following his words, a disciple fired a spell, and sixteen yellow light spots immediately appeared on the map.
"However, there are only thirty-four members in our team. On average, there are two monks per target. This is not good and the strength is a bit weak, so I discussed with Elder Guo and eliminated six less likely targets. This way There are approximately three disciples in each place, which is more appropriate."
As soon as he finished speaking, ten of the sixteen yellow dots turned into more dazzling red dots.
"Our Zhenguo Palace is launching a war this time. The target is not just a few foundation-building cultivators. We must at least seize the opponent's Zifu to be considered victorious! Therefore, your task is to report the situation when the Sangzhou bandit cultivators come to harass. Stop the opponent and force him to call for help!"
"Does everyone understand?"
"clear!"
Seeing that no one had any objections, Guo Changlong took out a volume of documents and began to call names one by one:
"Ye Jiangchuan, Han Jue, Xing Hongxuan, Cunyun Valley in Haicang County!"
"Jiang Wang, Ye Qingyu, Zhao Rucheng, a collection of writers from Haicang County!"
"..."
"Shen Luo, Bai Xiaotian, Nie Caizhu, Cuijin Lake in Gaolin County!"
Within a few breaths, ten targets and thirty monks were allocated one by one. It was obvious that this plan had already been drawn up.
Finally there were four people left.
"The four of you are not my Yunqing Palace disciples. I heard that the old guy Meng Guitian tricked and coaxed you here. Let's do this. I won't embarrass you. You can each choose a place to join."
Two people quickly chose their targets. Zhao Yue'er didn't choose. She looked at Yang Zhen.
Yang Zhen stared at the map and saw ten red dots forming a thick arc. Outside the arc is the sea, and inward is the Qingzhou hinterland.
The six places that glowed with faint yellow light were all behind the arc.
Apparently Oikawa believed that if Sangzhou was plundered, these ten places on the arc would be closer to the ocean and would be more convenient. The other six places were far away and behind him, so it was unlikely.
These ten targets are at the farthest eight or nine hundred miles away from each other. If they start from somewhere in the middle, it will be at least four hundred miles away. It will take Zifu almost two-quarters of an hour to arrive.
It seems that although Zhenguo Palace has mobilized a large number of monks, Qingzhou is too big, and the troops allocated to each place are still somewhat stretched.
I don’t know if Zhenguo Palace has other arrangements, Yang Zhen is confused.
"Palace Master Kan," he pointed to the yellow dots: "Can I choose one of these six places with my senior sister?"
"You want to choose among these?" Wakawakami looked surprised. Then he seemed to understand something and said with a smile: "Please do."
He thought that Yang Zhen chose the yellow light spot because she wanted to avoid war. However, he had a good personal relationship with Zhao Beiqing. Now that his old friend has passed away, he should take care of his descendants.
Little did he know that the first reason why Yang Zhen liked this place was that she wanted to be alone with Zhao Yue'er to facilitate her cultivation. The [Five Elements Mending Heaven Sutra] was so useful that he didn't want to waste a single day.
Another reason is that Yang Zhen has many tricks, many of which are inconvenient to show in public, so it is not surprising that she chooses a place to hide in the back.
Finally, Yang and Zhao chose a target called Black Rock Peak. This place is a little over two hundred miles away from the middle of the arc, so rescue will be more convenient.
After the grouping, the next step was to distribute supplies, including spirit stones, elixirs, third-level defense talismans, and two communication objects, paper kites and flame talismans, and finally the jade slips introducing the destination.
Yang Zhen took the jade slip and browsed the information on Black Rock Peak carefully.
Black Rock Peak is located in Gaolin County. It is eight hundred feet high. The mountain is covered with black rocks. It is rich in a kind of mineral called black iron and fine gold, which is an important raw material for refining water-type magic swords.
Yang Zhen's Qingyue Sword was mixed with black iron and fine gold.
This mine, owned by a Ji-building family named Hou, produces about one thousand kilograms of black iron and fine gold every year. Calculated at twenty spirit stones per kilogram, the output value should be twenty thousand spirit stones.
However, this place was looted by Sangzhou three years ago. At that time, they not only took away hundreds of kilograms of fine gold and thousands of kilograms of raw ore, but also beat to death a foundation builder who was guarding the place.
There are only two Ji Zhu in the Hou family. From then on, the other Ji Ji stayed at home and did not dare to step out of the door. The mine was handed over to the management of several qi-training monks from the family, and the output dropped by several percent.
Sangzhou is unlikely to visit such a place again, but black iron gold is extremely popular in Sangzhou, and the price is several times that of Qingzhou. Therefore, it is difficult to say that they will not become evil again.
…
In the afternoon, a flying boat flew out from Qingyun Palace, flew west for dozens of miles, then turned south and flew towards Haicang County.
Sitting on the spaceship were the monks from Yunzhou's group. And such behavior is also to deceive others.
When they arrived over Haicang County, night had already enveloped the land.
The flying boat followed the arc on the map and began to drop people off one by one.
Half an hour later, I could see the mountains ahead, with many mountains on top of each other. Among them was a towering peak. The top of the mountain seemed to have been flattened by a sharp sword, the terrain was sunken, and there were faint stars flashing.
Yang Zhen read the information and knew that it was Black Rock Peak, and that the place reflecting the starlight was a lake on the top of the mountain.
He and Zhao Yue'er stood up and said goodbye to the two masters and everyone else. Then they jumped off the flying boat, and a flying sword appeared at their feet, carrying them towards the mountain peak.
The two of them passed over the mirror-level lake, fell straight down to the foot of the mountain, and soon arrived near a house.
This is where the three qi-training monks are stationed, and there are dozens of mortal miners, all crowded in this courtyard.
It is said that monks and mortals lived separately in the past. Since the robbery of Sangzhou, these monks have let mortals live in, nominally to protect them.
In fact, it is——
Embolden yourself.
It was already Haishi, when everything was completely silent. It turned out that the two of them did not intend to disturb these people and found another place to live in the mountains.
At this time, the courtyard door creaked open, and a man in ragged clothes and yawning staggered out, came to the corner, loosened his trouser pockets, and then hummed a tune comfortably.
Zhao Yue'er turned her face away in shame, and Yang Zhen also found it funny. When the man returned to the yard humming a song and was about to close the door, he took a quick step, pushed the door open, and suddenly shouted:
"Is your person in charge here?"
The man trembled in fright at the sudden cry and fell to the ground.
There were various chaotic sounds in the room, and someone responded in a panic: "Coming, coming."
After a while, three people came out. The leader was a bald man in his forties, and the two behind them looked younger.
The bald man looked at Yang Zhen and then at Zhao Yue'er behind him. Suddenly his expression changed and he fell to his knees.
