it's over!
On the bank of the stream, when the body of the "iron catcher" fell straight down, causing a wave of earth, Yu Yu's chest rose and fell violently, giving rise to the illusion of "surviving the disaster".
She turned to look at Ji Ping'an, only to see the latter standing not far away with a calm expression. With a hook of his finger, he pinched off the chain condensed with platinum starlight, with an easy and carefree movement.
The contrast is strong.
"Hmph, if these things hadn't misled me and made me think that I was a brainless fool, I wouldn't have been attacked by him," Yu Yu said proudly and forcefully:
"And I still have a trump card."
Ah, yes, yes... Ji Ping'an said "yes" and looked at her with half-smiling eyes:
"How about you suppress your love poison first?"
Yu Yu's face turned red. Remembering the momentary loss of composure that had just aroused his emotions, he couldn't help but stamp his feet in annoyance. He kneaded his hands and recited the "Pure Heart Mantra" silently to clear away the remaining emotions.
After Fang Fu finished, he heard a loud shout in the distance.
After fighting with his opponent for dozens of rounds, Pei Qian finally used a sword technique from Pei's martial arts to cut off the head of the weakest agent with a slash.
Then he fell flat on the river beach, gasping for air, nervous and excited, and laughed:
"I did it!"
"..." Yu Yuran sighed, walked to Ji Ping'an, and found that he was squatting on the ground, inspecting the sealed "Iron Catcher".
"What did you find? Speaking of which, there is something wrong with this thing." Yu Yu muttered.
Ji Ping'an gently tapped the copper-colored skin of the catcher's head, making a clanging sound, and said:
"Obviously, he has already advanced to the Bronze Corpse level. If it is two days later, he may have to transform into a Silver Corpse. And this village alone is obviously not enough to support his transformation."
He pinched the blackened arm with his fingers and sighed:
"So, this thing is the key."
Yu Yu frowned: "What is this?"
Ji Ping'an's eyes were complicated: "The broken body of the magician."
Yu Yu raised his head in shock, his eyes widened, his mouth formed an O shape, in disbelief:
"The Patriarch of the Demonic Way? The ancient powerful man believed in by the Four Holy Sects? Are you sure?"
Nonsense... I cut off this arm with my own hands back then, and the burnt blackness on it was caused by the fire of the Pure Yang Sun being burned by me using the "Lihuo Sword Technique"... Ji Ping'an complained silently.
There are very few people in this world who can recognize a magician with just one arm, and it just so happens that he is one.
Ji Ping'an looked solemn:
"Everything is connected in series. I finally know the purpose of the Four Holy Religions and how to achieve it."
Yu Yu looked silly and sweet: "What the hell?"
Ji Ping'an sighed and explained:
"Do you still remember the incident where the bodyguards were massacred when we first arrived in Yuhang? Later, we traced the source and found out that the body escorted by the pair of bodyguards was the remains of the magician, but I didn't expect to have such a big arm."
Now sort it out:
In order to extend the life of the crazy Pei Wuju, the Pei family searched all over Jiuzhou for many years, and finally obtained a part of the "mage remnant body". They originally planned to use it as medicine, but because of the "curse to kill Sanren", the Pei family's eldest son was taken away, resulting in the Pei family head being stabbed in the back. ,Missing……
Li Xiangjun hired a team of bodyguards from Yuhang to escort the magician's body in order to avoid the eyes of others and avoid the eyes of the second and third bedrooms.
As a result, the Cursed Killers colluded with the Four Saints and were suspected of leaking this information, causing the mage's body to be intercepted by the Four Saints.
"At that time, I was not very clear about the real purpose of the Four Holy Sect's search for the remains of the magician. I only knew that it might be to resurrect him. Now it seems that this incident that has involved the entire Sanhuang County is the last incident. Follow-up." Ji Ping'an said.
Yu Yu blinked his big eyes and suddenly realized:
"You mean, they are engaging in this big event not only to cultivate demon seeds, obtain tools to control the world, and mass-produce 'iron corpses' to increase their strength, but the deeper purpose is to resurrect the founder of the demonic path?"
Ji Pingan nodded:
"It's possible. Of course, it may not be for resurrection. A more practical plan may be to create a powerful enough 'Corpse King'."
He pointed to the bronze corpse on the ground and said:
"Do you still remember what I said before? It is very difficult to borrow corpses to raise poison, especially if you want to create iron corpses in a short time and on a large scale, you need something strong enough to serve as a medium. The broken body of the magician is the key to this incident. If I say The information is good, there are experts in the Four Saints Sect who are skilled in this way, they concocted this arm using the method of corpse refining, and put it into the stream of Qidun Mountain."
"This arm is the source of this batch of Gu worms. It polluted the entire water vein and sent the original Gu worms to the villages and towns along the way. As long as the people drink the stream water, they will be invaded by the Gu worms... and everything was born from this All the iron corpses will be attracted by the arm of the source. This is why, when we entered the village, we encountered so many iron corpses lingering around."
Ji Ping'an said in a deep voice:
"I am afraid that this government official came here to investigate and was controlled by the parasite. In a short period of time, he turned into a bronze corpse and hid in the stream and never left. I am afraid that after digesting, transforming, and trying to become stronger, Or wait for more and more iron corpses in Sanhuang County to reach a large scale before they are born. By then, whether they swallow other iron corpses and continue to evolve to become a 'golden corpse', or become a 'king' who rules all iron corpses, This is what the Four Holy Religions are happy to see.”
Yu Yu was stunned for a while when he heard this, and suddenly clapped his little hand:
"So, the reason why they chose the location in Sanhuang County is to use the martial arts warriors from the Central Plains as nourishment for cultivating the Corpse King?"
Hey, you can actually draw inferences from one instance... Ji Ping'an said happily:
"It's very possible. It's already difficult for a bronze corpse to be promoted to a silver corpse. If you want to go one step further, swallowing the flesh and blood of mortals is of little use, but the martial arts monks are very suitable. Through this, the martial arts people in the Central Plains martial arts are forced to disperse and go to various places to quell the chaos. .
And once the corpse parasitized by the mage's broken body comes out of the mountain and begins to lead the army of iron corpses to hunt everywhere, those Jianghu people will become the targets of hunting. "
Yu Yu took a breath and was shocked by this guess:
"So, the Wulin Alliance called on the heroes to prepare to wipe out the Four Holy Sects. But the latter, in turn, used the opportunity of the Wulin Alliance to gather people from the Jianghu to set up a trap to raise poison?"
As a flower in the greenhouse, the saint only felt a chill running down her spine.
It can only be said that for the old guys who have returned from history, there is no such thing as a moral bottom line.
Ji Ping'an sighed:
"Although it's just a guess, it's probably close to the truth."
Yu Yu was scared at first, then looked at him in amazement:
"So, you came here because of the revelation from astrology? So let's burn this thing with fire to save it from causing chaos."
As she spoke, the saint began to rub fire balls, as if she was enforcing heaven's will.
Ji Ping'an said speechlessly:
"It would be nice if the magician's broken body was really easy to destroy."
He pointed at the chest of the "Iron Catcher" and saw that in the time he spoke, the damaged internal organs and skin had almost recovered, and the sealing talisman on his forehead was also flickering.
"If you want to suppress the remnant body of the magician, you must at least be in the realm of observing the sky. With our current abilities, we cannot destroy it. It will not take long before it breaks through the seal."
Ji Pingan’s calm analysis:
"Moreover, the existence of this thing will continue to attract nearby iron corpses."
Yu Yutou was as big as a bucket and was dumbfounded:
"Then what should we do?"
Facing an invincible copper lump with unlimited recovery, the Saint suddenly found it difficult.
Ji Ping'an smiled:
"There is no need to be pessimistic. This thing is both a trouble and an opportunity. It is indeed difficult to solve, but once it can be truly suppressed, because it is the origin of the poisonous insects in the entire Sanhuang County, as long as it is solved, the crisis in the entire Sanhuang County will be over. Solved easily."
Yu Yu held his head in distress and said:
"But neither of us has the strength to observe the sky, not even sitting in a well."
Ji Pingan said:
"We are not, but the supervisor is."
He suddenly raised his head, looked northwest, and said:
"As long as I can take this thing with me and return to Yuhang, it will be fine."
Yu Yu was shocked, jumped up and said:
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go quickly."
Ji Ping'an shook his head and said:
"I can do the escorting myself. You have a more important task. Go to the Dadong Military Mansion and ask for reinforcements. We must make two preparations. Since the Four Saints are planning to use Jianghu people as nourishment, they may have a future. For example, arrange for the masters of the Four Saints to intercept and kill the Wulin Alliance...
Ha, these gangsters can fight a smooth battle, but if they are really in danger, they will not fight tooth and nail, but the imperial court is different...
Your status as a 'saint' is enough to make the imperial court send troops to suppress the spread of iron corpses... Only you can do this, because you can represent the state religion and have the right to bypass the orders of the 'Ministry of War' in emergencies. To mobilize troops...
Otherwise, even if the military government learns the news, it will not easily send troops due to the military laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty. "
In any dynasty, troop deployment is an extremely sensitive matter.
Even the "divine general" who is in charge of the military government will inevitably be impeached and jealous of the emperor once he mobilizes more than a certain number of troops.
Yu Yu asked anxiously: "Then can you suppress this ghost by yourself?"
Ji Pingan smiled confidently: "Am I someone who fights an unprepared battle?"
Yu Yu was put to sleep. Although he always felt that something was not right, he could not think of a rebuttal, so he could only nod vigorously:
"Okay. Then I'll set off right away and lead my troops to support you."
"Bring Pei Qian with you, I'm afraid I won't have the energy to take care of this guy." Ji Ping'an said.
At this time, Pei Qian, who came over after taking a breath in the puddle, looked confused:
"What? Where to go?"
He felt that he had missed an episode while following the show and could no longer follow the plot.
Yu Yu picked him up impatiently and left:
"Shut up! This saint is going to do something important to save the people... Why did I bring you as a burden when I came out?"
Pei Qian was too aggrieved to say anything.
Although the saint is a silly and sweet drama queen, she is never ambiguous when faced with major events and acts resolutely.
After the agreement was completed, he quickly left the village and rode towards the Dadong Military Mansion.
…
Ji Ping'an stayed where he was, watching him go away, his eyes suddenly becoming dark.
To transfer the Holy Lady and Pei Qian away, on the one hand, it is indeed necessary to have a person with enough weight who can mobilize the court's troops.
But there are other reasons, such as some revelations from the "astrology" results: If you continue to take the Saint with you, you may miss out on some "harvests."
Another example...
"There has been no movement for so long since we came out of Qixia Town. Now that the saint has been transferred away, the shark hiding in the dark should finally come out."
Ji Ping'an's eyes were cold and his face was gentle, revealing a faint murderous intent.
He raised his head and glanced at the dark sky. He first took out the Dao Sutra, and with a slight shake, he summoned the weapon spirit Jiang Jiang and the sword attendant Huang Ying.
As a result, the two "humanoid creatures" who had not dealt with each other last time actually walked out hand in hand, looking unhappy at being disturbed, and saying in unison: "What are you doing?"
This rapid development of friendship... Ji Ping'an exhaled gently, first pointed to the body on the ground, and said to Jiang Jiang:
"I need to use the power of Dao Sutra to temporarily suppress this thing."
He turned to look at the round-faced woman wearing a yellow skirt who was carrying a guzheng on her back:
"I need your help."
…
…
To the northwest of Qidun Mountain, on a small road that avoids official roads.
Ji Pingan, wearing a bamboo hat and coir raincoat, rode alone on horseback.
The sky is getting darker and darker, and rain is falling from the gray sky, making the mountains and rivers wet and blurred.
"Da da."
The sound of horse hooves was dull, and a drop of rain slowly fell with the wind.
Avoiding the bamboo hat, the simple and square black sword scabbard passed by Ji Ping'an's waist. Finally, with a "snap", it exploded on a guzheng on his back with mottled paint and traces of time, making a very slight sound. .
Rain, barren mountains, ancient roads, galloping horses, people carrying swords and guzhengs...
The world seems to have become a large ink painting, and Ji Ping'an is the knight walking in the rivers and lakes in the painting.
Suddenly, the front suddenly opened up. It was a flat grassland, with peaks on both sides in front of it, and a gap in the sky.
"Da da da……"
The sound of horse hooves suddenly became louder, heavier and more regular, and the ground seemed to be shaking slightly.
Ji Ping'an tightened the reins of his horse and stopped in the wilderness. The fine horse provided by Pei beneath him stepped uneasily on the ground.
Ji Ping'an calmly raised his eyes and looked at the valley at the end of the ancient road, only to see a faint string of smoke rising from the ground.
Then, a group of heavily armored cavalry appeared at the end of the line of sight, approaching quickly.
The number was not large, only a dozen people, but they actually showed the momentum of thousands of troops.
Jet black armor covered the whole body, and the helmet lowered its visor, revealing only a pair of eyes. The demon blood horses under the seat, whose bones were obviously different from ordinary horses, were also covered with soft armor, tightly wrapped from head to toe.
The leader, both in horse and figure, was extremely tall. The rain hit his armor as he ran, splashing fine mist. He held the horse's reins in one hand and grasped a large gun with the other arm.
It was dark and heavy, exuding a cold feeling.
"Iron Buddha..." These four words appeared in Ji Pingan's mind.
This is the name of the heavy-armored cavalry in the Zhou army. They are best at breaking formations and killing cultivators.
All members are warrior monks, their armors and weapons are all magic weapons, and they are good at attacking in formation.
The leader of each team is the "Pagoda Cavalry Commander", which is not an official position, but is extremely powerful.
Often the positions are taken by warriors who are between breaking six and breaking nine. They have extremely rich killing experience. Facing martial arts warriors of the same level, the situation is almost one-sided.
Due to the scarcity of iron pagodas, there is only a handful in each military mansion.
Although the team in front of them had taken off the markings on their armor, it was obvious that they came from the "Dadong Army Mansion".
While Ji Ping'an was sizing up his opponent, the group of Iron Buddha cavalry was also approaching, but they did not charge directly towards them, but stopped suddenly in front of them.
Follow orders and prohibitions, showing strong obedience.
"despair!"
The leader, General Futu, was wrapped in armor, like a black tower. The horses under him lifted up their iron hooves as big as the mouth of a bowl and stamped hard on the ground.
In an instant, the dozen cavalrymen behind them simultaneously raised their magical weapon crossbows. The sharp crossbow arrows locked onto Ji Pingan in front, but did not fire.
The two sides faced off silently, and a murderous intent gradually spread.
Suddenly, another horse came running from behind the queue, walked around from the edge to the front, and immediately sat a figure wearing a raincoat.
When he raised his head, he revealed an expressionless old man with gray hair.
Under the coir raincoat, the old man is richly dressed, with his sleeves rolled up, looking clean and tidy.
Ji Pingan, who squinted his eyes and looked ahead, suddenly laughed loudly:
"We meet again, Mr. Li, or...should I call you...'Ji Sichen'?"
When he said the last three words, his voice was sharp and crazy.
His eyes were full of expectation.
It seemed that he thought that when he appeared here, he would definitely shock the newly rising genius in front of him.
However he was disappointed.
Ji Ping'an just sighed softly. The face hidden under the bamboo hat was full of expectations and a trace of...disappointment:
"As expected, it's you, so... you are a famous figure in the world, but you have secretly defected to the Imperial Military Department? If the people from the Wulin Alliance knew about it, they would probably be very disappointed... Ding Huan."
Ding Huan!
The representative of the Xinwu sect, "Ding Lao", who is quite prestigious in the Jianghu of the two states of the Central Plains, should have gone to exterminate the iron corpse at this time, or at least Ding Huan, who was sitting in Qixia Town, appeared here.
Ding Huan's face darkened: "Did you guess it was me?"
This was a little different than what he had envisioned.
Ji Pingan's eyes were full of emotion, but there was no vigilance or fear.
He sighed softly, facing a group of iron pagodas, facing the locks of countless magical weapons and crossbows, with deep disappointment in his eyes:
"Originally it was just a guess, but now it's confirmed."
Ding Huan squinted his eyes: "When was I exposed?"
Ji Pingan said:
"In front of the White Tiger Hall, ever since you started targeting me repeatedly, your temperament has been different from the Ding Huan I know. You shouldn't be such an emotional and reckless person. But what really makes me suspicious is that you took advantage of me to receive the White Tiger Hall's method. Something he suddenly asked during a lie detector test."
At that time, Ding Huan suddenly spoke and asked him how to open the underground palace and what was in the underground palace.
Ding Huan was stunned for a moment: "What's the problem?"
Ji Pingan said:
"The biggest problem is that you didn't ask about my identity. Normally, everyone, including you, should be most curious about my true identity at that time, and then the ones in the underground palace. But you asked suddenly, but you only caught Landing in the underground palace without mentioning my identity at all. The only possibility is that you already knew my identity at that time and were not willing to let me be exposed in public, right?"
Ding Huan was silent.
Ji Pingan continued:
"But I'm afraid you didn't know it at first. Well... let me think about it. After I helped Chen Qingsheng and attracted the attention of the entire Qixia Town, someone contacted you and told you that I was from Qintian Prison and asked You cooperate in doing some things, such as testing, or trying to find a way to use the power of the Martial Arts Alliance to capture me... and the one who ordered you to do this is obviously the Dadong Army."
Ding Huan's heart suddenly throbbed and he didn't say anything, because Ji Ping'an was telling the truth.
A few years ago, he had secretly defected to the imperial court... to be precise, he became a pawn of the Dadong Army in the world.
The reason why it has gained so much fame in recent years is partly due to the "cooperation" of the imperial court.
Including the emergence of "new martial arts", there was also the promotion of the imperial court, which tried to increase the internal fighting in the martial arts world and weaken its overall strength.
Just like the emperor's political power, it is nothing more than supporting two factions in the court and fighting each other. In this way, the imperial power can rest easy and be as stable as Mount Tai. The same logic.
The real reason why Ding Huan sided with Xinwu was to act on orders.
It was the same this time. When he received the secret letter from the court, although he was wary of Ji Ping'an's identity, over the years, he had been firmly branded as a member of the Ministry of War.
And a star officer who only heard about his reputation was obviously not enough to make him disobey the military government's orders.
Ji Ping'an said with emotion in his eyes:
"But when Hei Changshi arrived, you should be afraid, worried that you would be involved in some high-level struggle, but it is a pity that you did not choose to withdraw. I actually gave you a chance. When I ordered someone to If your whereabouts were revealed, you could choose not to say anything, but you still sent this information..."
"I have been waiting for you to show up along the way, but there has been no movement. It was not until the saint left that you finally showed up... It was because you were not willing to take action against the saint, which would anger the Taoist clan, so you wanted to wait. Opportunities, or creating opportunities, wait until I am alone before taking action..."
Having said this, he sighed softly and stopped looking at Ding Huan, who was sweating on his forehead.
Instead, he looked at the iron pagoda knight commander who was covered in armor and exuded a powerful aura:
"Until now, you are finally here, but I still want to ask, why are you here?"
Why come!
Even before departure, Ji Ping'an had seen the Iron Buddha in the "future picture" of astrology. It was only at this moment that the picture finally became clear.
After listening to the entire conversation, the cavalry commander holding a big gun finally made a deep voice from his visor:
"He is indeed a genius from Qin Tianjian. He is indeed extraordinary. Then you should also know the consequences of offending us."
Ji Ping'an thought for a while and said:
"Sun Xianzu? Because I injured your Zhonglang General? So Sun Xianzu sent troops to kill me?"
He shook his head and said:
"No. This is not the real answer. Sun Xianzu cannot drive you, let alone go to war over this matter, because he knows very well what it means. Only the generals of the Dadong Army have the authority to send Iron Buddha, and he You also don’t have the guts to deal with me.”
so……
The answer seems to be coming soon.
"Is it you, Yuan Qing?"
Ji Ping'an looked towards the direction of the divine capital, thinking that the descendants of the first generation divine emperor were getting worse and worse after all.
The pagoda cavalry commander listened silently without answering, but just raised the lance in his hand.
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