Yuzhou, Ziwu County, Qingyang Prefecture, 120 miles east, Xueyin Mine.
Snow silver is not silver, it is a metal. Adding a little bit to fine iron can make fine iron weapons more tough and not easily broken. It is a very important strategic material.
However, the excavation of Snow Silver is very demanding, because the Snow Silver ore is wrapped in a thick layer of Qingshan Stone, and every time the Qingshan Stone is struck, there will be a counter-shock force. A young and strong man can strike at most a hundred times a day, otherwise his internal organs will be damaged.
In order to obtain snow silver, a great scholar from the Weiwu Mansion specially developed the "Luo Shiwen". Using this article, the force of the counter-shock will be resisted by the power of awe-inspiring righteousness in the scripture, greatly improving the efficiency of snow silver mining. But as a result, the cost of mining has skyrocketed.
The most common method nowadays is to use monsters or barbarians as miners to mine.
It's not that they will destroy demons and barbarians to death, but they are born with strong physical bodies. Each chisel is better than ten chisels from the human race, and their blood is strong and can have the effect of "falling stone inscriptions". It has no impact.
The Xueyin Mine in Ziwu County is a mine where monsters are used as miners. Most of the miners are monsters who were captured for invading human territory.
More than half a year ago, the Southern Wilderness bloodline surged, and the wolf clan took the opportunity to cause chaos. As Bai Ze, the current Duke of An Guo, Chen Zhuguo, showed fearless courage and supreme wisdom, leading the demons to destroy the wolf clan. Afterwards, all the wolf demons who were responsible for the blood debt of the human race and whose heads could shine three feet of blood were sent to Daxuan to be convicted and sentenced.
In addition to being executed on the spot, most of them were sent to places like the Snow Silver Mine, where they were sentenced to hard labor. After completing their sentences, they would be released to the Southern Wilderness.
As Yuzhou, which is close to the Southern Wilderness, is naturally assigned a large number of criminal wolves, and this Snow Silver Mine is no exception.
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It was midnight, and the bright moon was in the sky.
Two Confucian scholars who were keeping watch at night were sitting on a high observation deck, cooking wine and chatting.
"A few days ago, this bright moon was still dim, but now the moonlight is so gorgeous. Duke An Guo is really a god." A Confucian scholar raised his wine glass, looked at the moon in the sky, and sighed.
The Confucian scholar sitting opposite him also nodded: "Yes, it is certainly not an ordinary person's method to make the bright moon regain sight."
After saying that, he smiled again: "Speaking of which, dear brother, you have been admitted to Dongcang Military Academy, and you may be able to meet An Guogong himself in the future... Remember to say a word of shame to me as a scholar in person!"
The Confucian scholar who was called Xiandi smiled and said, "I don't dare to say whether I can see him, but I definitely wouldn't dare to say this in person."
Hearing this, the two laughed again.
After laughing, the Confucian scholar opposite sighed: "My father told me that there are a hundred people in Yuzhou who are eligible to apply for the military academy this time, but there are more than 50,000 people who applied. It's really true that my dear brother can win in one fell swoop." The future is bright!”
"When you came to the mine, we knew that your good brother was definitely not a thing in the pond!"
"Don't know when to set off?"
The Confucian scholar poured a glass of wine and said, "To be honest, brother, today is my last night here."
"I'm leaving tomorrow!"
The older Confucian scholar nodded, and looked at the other person with a hint of expectation in his eyes. He raised his glass and said, "Then act as a virtuous brother first!"
"The mountains are high and the rivers are long. When we meet again one day, don't forget our old friends!"
The young Confucian scholar also raised his wine glass and said, "My deep friendship is something I dare not forget. When I come back from my studies, we can have fun over wine again!"
The two of them were holding wine glasses together. At this moment, a wolf howl suddenly came from the mine.
Immediately afterwards, there were more wolf howls, one after another.
The older scholar frowned slightly and glanced at the residence in the mine below.
The human race is reasonable. Since these criminal demons have been sentenced to punishment, they will be dealt with according to the punishment. In addition to requiring them to work every day, they will never be harshly punished for normal diet and rest.
According to past practice, these wolf demons have been deprived of their blood and should be asleep at this time. Why are they howling in the middle of the night?
He casually took an iron rod and said, "You sit down first and I'll go check on the situation."
The young Confucian scholar frowned slightly, with an ominous premonition in his heart, and said, "Brother and I will come together!"
"No need!" The other party waved his hand, and with a flick of his hand, a jade slip formation talisman flew out, "The wolf monsters here have been deprived of their blood, and they are only eighth or ninth grade. You stay here. If there is any abnormality, activate the big formation." Can!"
The Snow Silver Mine is divided into thirty-six districts, and the two of them are only on duty in one of them. A large protective formation has been set up here, and it will not be a problem to deal with hundreds of low-level monsters in the area.
Hearing this, the young Confucian scholar accepted the formation talisman and nodded: "If there are any problems, brother, don't worry, just return directly."
The older Confucian scholar patted the other party's shoulder, jumped down from the observation deck, and walked towards the wooden house where the howling of wolves was the loudest...
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Prince Jing's Mansion.
The middle-aged King Jing, who was putting on weight, felt a little uneasy for some reason. He walked out of the bedroom with his hands behind his back and wandered in the garden of the mansion. A third-grade general on duty followed closely behind King Jing.
King Jing was sitting in the pavilion, and saw the general standing outside the hall, and waved: "Xiao Li, come in!"
General Li hurriedly walked in, cupped his hands and said, "What are your orders, Your Majesty?"
"I don't have any instructions. I want you to sit down and have a rest." Prince Jing pointed to the stone chair opposite and said, "This is Prince Jing's Mansion. My father is in charge. Who dares to assassinate me."
General Li shook his head: "My humble position is that of the prince's personal guard. I must protect the prince at all times and everywhere!"
King Jing did not dwell on this issue and said casually: "Where is that little monkey named Li? I haven't seen him come to pay my respects to my king in a few days."
"I'm afraid there won't be much fighting in Southern Wilderness now. I'm thinking of letting him hang out with Dafu for a few years..."
Hearing the talk about his child, General Li also had a smile on his face: "I found him annoyed by his humble position, so I sent him down below to practice!"
"I went to the Xueyin Mine in Ziwu County three months ago. The brat even wrote me a letter complaining that it was boring! I said at the time that if you had the skills, you could go to Dongcang Military Academy. I didn't expect that this brat actually took the exam. On!"
King Jing's eyes lit up: "Oh? Really?"
After saying that, he looked at General Li again: "You didn't help, did you?"
Facing his son's honor, General Li said solemnly: "Your Majesty, the soldiers you lead will not engage in public affairs for personal gain. If your humble position interferes, you will chop off my head now!"
"Besides, this is an exam jointly organized by the Military Academy and Wenchang Pavilion. I don't have the ability."
After listening to General Li's words, King Jing smiled faintly: "Hey, young man, when I say one thing, you answer three words. Are you the prince or am I the prince?"
"When are you leaving? I will let him practice it!"
"I won't bother you, Your Majesty." General Li shook his head, "He will set off directly from Ziwu County early tomorrow morning, and even I, the old man, won't be able to see him."
"Okay, you write a letter to Xiao Li and ask him to go to the military academy and study hard. If he studies well, I will make him a general. From now on, I will take care of you!"
General Li was smiling broadly. King Jing raised his finger and pointed at him. Just as he was about to say something, his expression suddenly changed. He flipped his wrist and a king's seal appeared in his hand. King Jing sensed the message from the king's seal and looked at General Li again with a solemn expression.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong?" General Li also stopped smiling.
"Xiao Li, organize the army!" King Jing stood up, "The target is Ziwu County!"
"There's something going on there..."
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Time rewinds two moments ago.
Li Yan watched Zhou Wen jump off the observation deck with an iron bar, and his heart tightened for no reason.
He has been following the prince's butt since he was a child, and has benefited from it, so his senses are sharper than ordinary people.
He always felt like something big was going to happen.
At the same time, the messenger jade talisman in his sleeve was also vibrating. It was the new number passed by the guards in other districts to each other. Li Yan glanced at it, and they all said that the wolves in their respective districts were roaring into the sky. To prevent any changes, the mining area guards have been notified!
Li Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the mining guards. This snow silver mine is the property of the Zhennan Army, and the mining area guard is naturally an army. There are three hundred guards, and the captains are all brave and capable fourth-grade captains. Cooperating with the mining area's large formation, there should be no danger.
But the next moment, a bloody wolf smoke visible to the naked eye suddenly rose into the sky in the mining area where Li Yan was located. The bloody wolf smoke transformed into the shadow of a giant wolf, roaring at the bright moon.
Immediately afterwards, Zhou Wen, who was covered in blood, was severely knocked out of the wooden house. Zhou Wen fell to the ground and shouted at Li Yan: "Li Yan! Start the formation!"
"Open the formation!"
Before Zhou Wen's shout could end, Li Yan had already crushed the jade slip formation talisman in his hand. The next moment, green light rose from beneath the mining area, forming a blue light curtain that enveloped the mining area. At the same time, a ray of cyan light fell on Zhou Wen, forming a protective shield.
At the same time, other mining areas seemed to have discovered problems, and formations were opened one after another.
"Brother Zhou, get out of the formation." Li Yan shouted loudly.
Zhou Wen nodded and was about to walk out of the formation when suddenly a blood shadow came from behind. Before Li Yan said a word of caution, a blood claw directly shattered the righteousness barrier on Zhou Wen's body...
"Brother Zhou!" Li Yan cried out in pain!
Only then did Zhou Wen lower his head, looking at the bloody wolf claws coming out of his chest, and felt that his life force was quickly disappearing. He raised his head, looked at Li Yan with his last strength, and shouted weakly: "Hurry...run...it's...the Great Sage!"
"Wolf bastard, what the fuck, your mother!" At this time, Li Yan no longer cared about so much, holding a jade slip in his hand. This jade slip was a life-saving thing given to him by his father. It is said that the power of the great scholar is sealed.
He stepped onto the railing and was about to jump down to fight the wolf demon that killed Zhou Wen, when suddenly a hand on his shoulder pulled him.
He turned his head and saw a sergeant in bright light armor looking down coldly.
"Brother Wu!" Li Yan shouted. This is the captain of one of the miners' guards, a fourth-level master!
"Great Sage!" Lieutenant Wu said coldly, "The blood of these wolf cubs is back!"
"Li Yan, hurry up, go to Ziwu County, notify the county magistrate, activate the formation, and contact the palace!"
Just as Li Yang was about to speak, Lieutenant Wu said again: "Not only are you here, there are also great sages of the wolf clan in other mining areas. This protective formation cannot trap them for long!"
"I have already informed the magistrate of Ziwu County, but there are several villages along the way. Go and notify them quickly."
"These wolf cubs have entered a state of bloodthirsty! I don't know how long we can delay this!"
"Don't waste time!"
After saying that, he grabbed Li Yan's shoulders and threw him back suddenly. Only then did Li Yan see the soldiers of the guard below rushing into the formation without hesitation.
"Brother Wu, go on!" Li Yan suddenly threw out the life-saving jade slip, then twisted his body, his figure flashed, and ran towards Ziwu County with all his strength!
Lieutenant Wu stretched out his hand to catch the life-saving jade slip thrown by Li Yan, smiled heroically, jumped down from the observation platform, and rushed directly towards the great sage of the wolf clan who killed Zhou Wen, and said with a long smile -
"You bitch, your Grandpa Wu is here!"
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One hundred and twenty miles, neither far nor close!
Li Yan was full of awe-inspiring righteousness and was desperate to vent. He had just entered the Master Realm this year. "The bamboo stick and mango shoes can beat the horse easily" can only be used for short-distance sprints, but for long distances, he needs to rely on "the silver saddle shines on the white horse, rustling like a shooting star" to summon The white horse appears and rides on.
Tian Tian retreated quickly, and Li Yan relied on his memory to reach the first village. He was not a great scholar, so he couldn't tell the truth, so he could only rush into the village chief's home, quickly explain the whole story, and let the village chief organize everyone to escape to the county seat. Then he went to the next village.
The villages are not in a straight line, which undoubtedly increases the distance Li Yan has to travel. The awe-inspiring righteousness in him was rapidly depleting, but he did not dare to slow down.
The time he has now was bought by those people with their lives.
"No one has died since ancient times, and his loyal heart will be remembered by history!" Li Yan once again recited the poems of Wen Tianxiang, who was now canonized, and in an instant, a visible loyal heart began to beat in his heart.
Loyalty and green blood are ways for Confucian scholars to overdraw themselves in addition to "creating peace."
As soon as his heart came out, Li Yanyou felt a ball of great righteousness emerging from his body. He poured it all into the white horse under his seat without hesitation. The speed of the white horse Shiying was even faster!
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Li Yan finally notified all the villages along the way. Fortunately, martial arts is now popular, and the young and strong in the village have some skills, and they can help the young and old quickly. These people who live outside the city have experience in sneak attacks by monsters. They either hide in the cellar or use the teleportation talismans issued in the city. In short, they quickly prepared a response.
"What? There is another village?" Li Yan suddenly became anxious when he learned from the last village chief that there was another village six miles away.
"Yes, they found fertile fields there and moved there." The villager was so anxious that he slapped his thighs.
Li Yan didn't say anything more. He summoned the white horse Shiying again and rode towards the new village.
After only running three miles, Li Yan finally couldn't hold on anymore and fell from his horse, and the white horse's shadow instantly dissipated.
"Damn it..." Li Yan stood up again, and just as he was about to summon the white horse again, a mouthful of blood spurted out.
If the white horse doesn't work, then find something else.
"The bamboo stick and mango shoes beat the horse easily..." Li Yan raised his leg and crossed the distance of ten feet in one step. But the next moment, he felt a splitting headache and fell to the ground. No matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't stand up. .
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"Old man, you're going to die, find a wife and have another child." Li Yan's serious father appeared in his mind, and a tear fell from the corner of his eye.
People from that village, I'm sorry... I might not be able to come.
such a pity!
I don’t regret entering the ghost gate at the age of 18, I just lament that I haven’t seen Dongcang City!
Li Yan slowly closed his eyes...
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Ziwu County.
The magistrate of Ziwu County stood outside the city gate with his official seal in hand, followed by a group of government officials, dozens of Confucian scholars of different grades, and hundreds of young and strong warriors.
"Your Majesty, everyone is here!" the arrester reported to the Ziwu County magistrate.
The magistrate of Ziwu County nodded, glanced at the person behind him, and said quickly: "The riot in the Snow Silver Mine, the bloodline of the wolf demon has revived, and it is coming towards our Ziwu County!"
"There is a great sage of the wolf clan in the resurrected bloodline!"
"Half a cup of tea!" Magistrate Na Ziwu said, "As long as we hold on to half a cup of tea, the royal scholar will arrive!"
"Gentlemen, behind me are my wife, children, children, home and land. They will fight to the death to protect my family today!"
"Protect my hometown!"
"County Lord, here we come!" The catcher pointed into the distance.
Everyone looked up and saw the billowing blood cloud heading towards Ziwu County. Under the blood cloud, countless wolf monsters covered in blood were also running towards Ziwu County!
"Five great sages!" A green light flashed in the eyes of an old Confucian man, "Damn it, there are actually five great sages!"
"How do you survive half a cup of tea?"
Panic quickly spread among the crowd facing the enemy at the city gate. The Ziwu County Honorable took a step forward and shouted like a bell: "Yang Tianguang, the official of Daxuan and the magistrate of Ziwu County, is here!"
"Hahahaha, a mere seventh-grade official dares to block the path of this Great Sage!" From above the blood cloud came the mad laughter of the Great Sage of the Wolf Clan, "Kill this city and replenish your blood!"
Suddenly, wolves howled everywhere, and with a thought in Yang Tianguang's mind, the county seal in his hand flashed with the light of luck, and a luck formation immediately enveloped the entire city.
Afterwards, Yang Tianguang threw the county seal to the county magistrate: "Maintain the formation!"
With that said, Yang Tianguang was about to walk out of the formation. The county magistrate grabbed Yang Tianguang and said, "County magistrate, you..."
"If we don't fight outside, the wolves will attack the formation with all their strength. How can a small town's luck formation resist the cooperation of several great saints?"
"It takes one second to delay!"
Yang Tianguang took off his official hat, placed it on the ground, and then walked out of the formation.
"Since my studies, this county has always fought in the field and never defended!"
"Taiping City, No. 1 in field battles!"
Yang Tianguang stepped out of the formation in one step and faced the overwhelming wolf demon attacking him. A three-inch short blade appeared in his hand.
"I was not present for the battle two years ago. It's a pity."
"Today, we must make up for this regret!"
He turned back again, looked at the people behind him, smiled slightly, and then suddenly inserted the three-inch broken blade into his chest.
"Taiping City student Yang Tianguang is here, the demon clan will die!"
In an instant, Yang Tianguang's aura suddenly rose, and the aura of righteousness in his body was like the majestic river water, rushing endlessly. Then he turned into a ray of green light and rushed directly towards the five great sages of the wolf tribe above the blood cloud.
"Fuck you!" Seeing Yang Tianguang's peace, the hundreds of young men's eyes suddenly turned red. Their bodies were flashing with colorful lights. They drew out the long knives at their waists and rushed out of the range of the formation.
"You wolf cub, suffer death!"
Influenced by the warriors rushing out, the county magistrate threw his official seal to the catcher and rushed out. The catcher also threw his official seal to the chief, and the chief threw his official seal to the minor official...
The scholars and teachers at the County Cheng Academy and the heads of wealthy families were all screaming and rushing out of the range of the formation. Only a small official looked around, but no one took his seal!
"I don't know whether to live or die!" A great sage of the wolf clan snorted coldly, clenched his fist, and was about to punch Yang Tianguang who was charging forward. Suddenly, a sigh sounded in the world.
"I'm still here, why do you need to create peace?"
A cold wind blew into Yang Tianguang's body, instantly dispelling the surging righteousness in Yang Tianguang's body.
Yang Tianguang was stunned when he saw a figure walking out of Ziwu County, crossing several miles in one step, and standing in front of everyone.
"A mere wolf tribe dares to invade our human territory!"
The figure made a cold snort.
"The Prince of Fengdu is the Prince of Ziwu County, Sulian City is here, who will die!"
Su Liancheng, a half-faced scholar, stepped into the blood clouds in the sky and fought against the three great saints alone.
After Su Liancheng, the sound of killings in Ziwu County was loud, and a group of heroic troops rushed out.
Everyone looked at it intently, and their eyes suddenly became moist.
These are all heroic spirits who were made gods not long ago!
They passed through Confucian scholars, through warriors, through officials, through Yang Tianguang, and rushed towards the wolf demon.
Why rest?
If you are well, I will rest in peace!
Wind blows!
The wind is long and fierce, this is the wind of heroic spirits, the wind that is forever in love with the human race.
Yang Tianguang opened his mouth, his throat seemed to be blocked by something.
For a moment, he made a sound with all his strength, and the sound contained only one word——
"kill!"
"Kill!" Everyone immediately shouted, following the footsteps of the heroic spirits, and rushed into the demon formation!
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Zhongjing, Duke Anguo's Mansion.
Chen Luo put down his pen, looked at Li Yan in front of him, frowned and said, "Reviving the bloodline?"
Li Yan nodded: "What happened is exactly what I just said."
"After checking, it was found that the three wolf royal bloodlines that existed in ancient times have all recovered. King Jing asked the bias office to thoroughly investigate the wolf bloodlines distributed in various places and prepare countermeasures in advance."
Chen Luo nodded solemnly.
The sources of these bloodlines have been scattered, how can they be revived?
Could it be that the wolves left a new bloodline source?
Or is the demon clan doing something weird again?
While Chen Luo was thinking, Li Yan reported another piece of news, which brought Chen Luo's thoughts back.
"In order to buy time, Su Liancheng, the emperor of Ziwu County, fought one against five. The heroic spirit was severely damaged and could no longer transform. King Jing asked me to ask Chen Zhuguo if there is any way to save it?"
"The heroic spirit is injured and cannot transform." Chen Luo's heart skipped a beat. To this extent, the essence of the living being was overflowing!
While Chen Luo was deep in thought, he suddenly caught a glimpse of the chapter of "Journey to the West" that he was about to update just now, and a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind.
According to the current situation, maybe I can finish this chapter?
"You tell King Jing for me that the Imperial Temple in Ziwu County must worship every day to preserve Mr. Su's heroic spirit!" Chen Luo said quickly, "I will find a way."
Li Yan nodded and said goodbye.
After he passed out, he was rescued by the villagers of the last village he happened to be passing by. He also told the news to the villagers of the last village, and everyone hid in the cellar. The wolf demon only wanted to massacre the city, so he escaped.
Because he knew the ins and outs of everything, he was sent to the court to report the situation.
Li Yan walked to the door and suddenly stopped, looking back at Chen Luo with hesitation on his face.
"Is there anything else?" Chen Luo asked.
Li Yan nodded and said, "I have an elder brother who died in this disaster. Before he died, he asked me to tell Zhu Guo something."
"Oh? What is it?"
"Yes -" Li Yan smiled, raised his hand and pointed at Chen Luo gently, "The shame of a scholar!"
After saying that, Li Yan immediately rubbed oil on the soles of his feet, and he was fine.
Chen Luo was stunned for a moment, smiled dumbly, and didn't take it to heart.
He looked at the manuscript again and saw the latest title written on it——
"Chapter ninety-seven: Jin Hui is stung by demons, and the ghost appears to save Yuan Yuan!"
