When Chen Lan saw the body of the general, he knew something had happened in the camp at the foot of the mountain.
He rushed to the edge of the cliff and saw only a ruined scene. The soldiers also looked down with blank expressions. The camp at the foot of the mountain was lost, which meant that Tianzhu Peak was left alone. The core of the Qianshan defense line is this sandbar, which plays the role of blood transfusion to the top of the mountain. No matter how much military rations there are at the foot of the mountain, they can't be transported up.
"You destroyed my camp and you dared to write a letter to persuade me to surrender!" Chen Lan read Song Xin's letter and clenched her hands in anger. "Give this useless thing to me!"
Chen Lan roared angrily and poured out all his anger on the dead body of the general.
Mei Cheng had a grimace on his face. What he was most worried about had happened, but there was nothing he could do about it.
"Report——!!" At the same time, a scout shouted and rushed into Zhang Liao's army tent.
Zhang Liao, Zhang He, Niu Gai and others were all waiting for news. Zhang Liao saw the scouts looking panicked and thought it was Song Xin's failure, but this did not surprise him.
"Is there any news?" Zhang Liao asked casually.
"Captain Song sent a message that he has... breached the Shazhou Camp!"
"What!?"
Zhang Liao, Zhang He, and Niu Gai stood up almost at the same time, "You say that again!?"
"Captain Song, Colonel Song has achieved a great victory. The camp on the sandbank has been destroyed, and the enemy at Tianzhu Peak has become a lone army!" The scout was almost stuttering with excitement.
"Bah!" Zhang Liao slammed the table, "Okay! Okay! Okay!"
He didn't have high hopes at first, but Song Xin gave him a big surprise.
At this time, another scout rushed in, "Report!"
"Speak quickly!" Zhang He asked impatiently.
"Several thick smoke ignited from the enemy camp in the northern mountains, and the enemy troops abandoned the camp and collapsed! They captured rations, horses, and countless ordnance!!"
Zhang Liao couldn't hide his excitement and asked, "Who did this?"
"It was done by Captain Song's men!"
Zhang Liao suddenly burst into laughter, "Break camp immediately and go to camp five miles below Tianzhu Peak! Attack the mountain early tomorrow morning!"
After Song Xin captured the sandbank camp, he immediately began to set up camp high on the shore, burned pontoons and boats, and completely isolated the enemy troops on the peak. At the same time, he began to count the seizures. In this battle, Song Yu seized tens of thousands of dendrobium grains. He sent all the grains to Shanshui Lingze, and several empty granaries in the town under the cliff were almost filled.
As for the captured war horses, Song Xin selected the strongest ones and fed them in the mountains and rivers. They ate water and grass and absorbed spiritual energy. Within a few months, they could be transformed into rare horses that could reach thousands of miles.
As for countless weapons, armor, and hundreds of thousands of copper coins, he distributed them all to his soldiers.
The soldiers under his command were originally poorly armored and less than half of them were armored. After this battle, they were all armed to the teeth. They also received a lot of reward money, and everyone was extremely happy.
Zhang Liao ordered the army to rest temporarily for ten days. Song Xin left all the training of soldiers to Zhang Hu and others, while he took the time to practice and prepare to go to the secret place of Qianshan.
Late that night, Song Xin came to Shanshui Lingze to practice for a few days, and then walked to the edge of the cliff. While watching the horses grazing leisurely at the foot of the mountain, he also looked at the small town at the foot of the mountain where Huangpi Bangu and the others were retreating.
"I wonder if they have broken through, how is Xiaoyu..."
"Perhaps Youjing hasn't shown up for a long time. I wonder what she is doing?"
Thinking of Xiaoyu and Youjing whom she hadn't seen for a long time, Song Xin wanted to share the joy of victory with her. However, Xiaoyu is helping Huangpi Half-Bone to practice, and Youjing has been in seclusion for a long time.
At this time, there was a burst of waves in the pool under the waterfall, and then a huge head poked out in a flash of lightning. When Lei Mang saw it was Song Xin, he excitedly emerged from the pool and surrounded Song Xin. Then its body quickly shrank and wrapped around Song Xin's arm obediently.
Song Shi followed closely behind and stood in front of Song Xin very respectfully.
Song Xin raised her fingers and gently touched its little head, and said with an affectionate expression: "It seems that Song Shi has fed you well."
Lei Mang raised his head proudly, then looked towards
He killed the frightened horses.
Song Xin instantly understood what it meant, and pretended to be slightly stunned and said, "You can't eat them, I'm still useful."
Lei Mang obviously understood what Song Xin meant and turned his head away like a child in anger.
Song Xin stroked it, "Haha, why aren't those soul-locking bees enough for you?"
Lei Mang immediately shook his head, opened his mouth, and pointed at his throat with the snake's tail.
Song Shi immediately said: "Lei Mang's body is growing very fast, and there are not enough soul-locking bees for it to eat. I'm afraid we have to capture some other monsters to feed it."
Song Xin nodded, "How many soul-locking bees are left?"
"Now we have four hives, each with about a thousand bees. I raised another queen yesterday. She will be mature next month and she will be able to lay eggs by then."
"According to Young Master's instructions, one of the beehives will be left to Young Master for you to use to attack the enemy and find a way."
"There is another one that pollinates Song Wu's medicine garden and orchard."
"The remaining two are feeding Lei Mang, but they are almost eaten up by it now. After Li Hansu transforms again in the future, he will also need to be fed by Soul Seeking Bees. That way, there will definitely not be enough for them to eat."
Song Xin smiled, shook her head and nodded, "Well, I'll wait for the war outside to end, and then I'll find a way to catch some low-level monsters and bring them back."
Song Xin changed the subject and asked, "By the way, you just said you could breed a queen bee?" He only caught one hive and didn't ask anything about it during this period. Unexpectedly, Song Shi cultivated three more hives.
Song Shi nodded, "Reporting to the young master, there will be a queen bee for every five thousand soul-locking bees. Just separate her and build another nest for her to start laying eggs."
songs There will be a new hive soon."
"Song Shi understands."
"But please keep an eye on those war horses, don't let Lei Mang eat them."
Song Shi quickly said: "This is natural. These mortal beasts cannot be fed to spiritual beasts, as they will stain their bloodline."
"Okay, little guy, if you wait patiently for a few more days, I will definitely catch some monsters for you." Song Xin looked at Lei Mang and gently stroked its head with her fingers.
Little Lei Mang raised his head and stretched out his tail, as if he wanted to hook up with Song Xin. Song Xin smiled, stretched out her little finger, and hooked Lei Mang's tail. The little beast was satisfied and climbed onto Song Shi's body and got into his clothes.
After sending Song Shi away, Song Xin calmed down and swallowed a few grapes. He sat on the top of the cliff and entered a state of cultivation.
After a moment, his spirit and body seemed to be integrated with the world.
Song Xin took a deep breath of profound energy and let it fight repeatedly with the true energy in his meridians.
During the fighting over and over again, Song Xin's meridians gradually swelled, and there were even some minor damages. However, he was immediately noticed by Mu Lingyun Shengzhu, who released the wood spirit energy to repair the damage.
"Twelve times..."
"Twenty-four times..."
"Thirty-six times..."
"Forty-two"
Song Xin felt that his body was about to burst from the manic profound energy, and the pain was everywhere, even more painful than being cut into pieces with a thousand cuts.
"Four... forty-six times..."
Song Xin was already covered in black at this time, and the sweat mixed with the impurities discharged from his body, as if being squeezed out by a huge force, leaving little black stains on his clothes, and his whole body was also covered in black stains.
"Forty-eight times..."
Song Xin already felt like he had a splitting headache, and his body felt like it was about to be torn apart. At this time, he had used all his energy to fight against the mysterious energy. It was as if the body had been sent into an environment with a hundred times the gravity, as if every hair weighed a thousand kilograms.
"the last time!"
Song Xin endured the pain and completed the forty-eighth tempering. The pain in his body was slightly relieved, and the true energy in his body took over.
He took a slight breath, but he still didn't send the true energy into his spiritual core. He was going to take the opportunity to temper it forty-nine times, reaching the number of Xiao Zhoutian.
"The Theory of Zhoutian Circulation" says that forty-nine times of tempering means that the mysterious energy has to fight the true energy within the meridians for forty-nine times, and each time it will bring huge pressure to the body.
Song Xin could only endure the forty-seventh tempering before. When he was hit forty-eight times, he couldn't help the pain and had to vent his energy to protect his body.
"Come on!" Song Xin made up his mind and sent the tempered profound energy into his meridians again.
"Ah!" His expression was instantly painful and ferocious. Every time the mysterious energy passed through an acupuncture point, it was like someone poured a bucket of hot oil on his head.
The true energy and the mysterious energy are fighting to the death within the twelve regular meridians and the eight extraordinary meridians in the body, as if they are fighting an extremely brutal street fight. The body felt like it had been thrown into a boiling pan of oil.
Song Xin still endured it silently, until after passing through the last meridian, the time finally came when the pain was over and the joy was over.
When he sent the fused zhenqi into the spiritual core, it was like throwing a seed into the desert. Then it began to take root and sprout, instantly turning into an oasis and spreading, covering the entire desert.
"Huh!" Song Xin breathed a long sigh of relief and opened his eyes.
"Xiao Zhoutian, it's done!"
At this time, the pain on his body disappeared. He clenched his fist lightly and felt that his whole body was filled with spiritual energy, and the muscles in his arms instantly became like steel.
"As expected, it's Xiao Zhoutian. Although my spiritual core has not broken through, this practice has made my spiritual core seem to be twice as full!"
Song Xin felt it and was immediately ecstatic.
Tempering a Little Zhoutian cannot directly improve his cultivation level and allow him to achieve breakthroughs, but it can greatly increase the practitioner's absorption efficiency of profound energy, and at the same time, the efficiency of tempering his spiritual core, meridians, and body can also be increased several times. .
This is like the energy utilization efficiency, which is not as high as that of Xiao Zhoutian. It is like an ancient steam engine that can only convert and utilize less than 30% of the energy. The level of Xiao Zhoutian is equivalent to increasing the conversion efficiency to 40%. Even fifty percent!
In this way, practicing can get twice the result with half the effort.
Song Xin was extremely happy and jumped up and cheered happily. His excited shouts could be heard in the deserted world.
"Although I didn't make a breakthrough, I feel like I'm close!"
