Chapter 44 Forty-four

Five, undercurrent On September 20th, the ninety-third year of the Cangliu calendar, wars broke out on the Yunhuang Continent, and people from all walks of life fought against each other. ... They all joined the battle group one after another, and the entire continent was full of flames of war, and almost no place was spared. Since this period of time, the battle situation on Yunhuang has been stalemate. The Cangliu Empire was passive at the beginning, not only had fierce internal conflicts, but was also attacked by several forces from the outside: Kongsang, Haiguo, Xihuang, Dongze, and even the front of the Kongji camp. Aristocratic forces... These originally scattered forces were gathered together and twisted into an unprecedentedly powerful rope, strangling the throat of the newly born Cangliu Empire.

All these caught the Ice people, who had just experienced the tragic civil strife and greatly weakened their national power, by surprise for a while, and retreated step by step on the entire continent.If Garuda Garuda hadn't personally attacked several times and left the imperial capital to quell rebellions everywhere, the new empire might soon be destroyed.However, with the re-stabilization of the political situation in the imperial capital and the re-emergence of a new generation of aristocrats, everything has undergone subtle changes. Under the leadership of Po Jun, the Cangliu people have brought back the situation step by step.

Both ends of the balance are shaking subtly, however, with every swing, countless blood will be spilled. Next to the Nightmare Forest in the Land of Ze, another fierce battle has just ended. Facing the fourth siege of the Zhenye Legion, the team composed of Zhongzhou civilians and local rebels won a difficult victory under the leadership of Xijing, and finally launched a counterattack after more than ten days of stalemate. Cangliu's army was defeated and broke out. Days of bloody battles, killing battles and clouds, the plains were covered with bones for a while, the formerly prosperous Dongze became desolate, only the emerald green water still flows quietly - but even this stream has changed in such troubled times: the water is not No matter how clear it is, the fish are no longer jumping happily, and the still green water is lifeless, as deep as ghost eyes, exuding an ominous atmosphere.

Beside the stream, there is a pile of rot as high as a hill, exuding a pungent smell, making everyone avoid it.Those wet algae salvaged from the water are still wriggling slightly, and there are grains of red things on the leaves, like human eyes, which open and close slightly from time to time. "It's disgusting!" The Miao girl turned her head to the side, resisting the urge to vomit. "Don't get too close, the spores will get on your skin." The middle-aged man next to her pulled her away and threw the torch in his hand into the algae pile--a soft chirping sound, and a puff of black smoke rose. The whole pile of algae began to twist violently as if alive, and the fire spread rapidly.However, those fires were blue in color and gave off a strange burnt smell.

The algae waved like human arms, protruding from the sea of ​​fire, trying to climb the surrounding trees, and the red spores rolled around like pairs of eyes.The man drew out his long sword and slashed. The light of the sword flashed like a horse. The protruding algae broke off one after another and were thrown back into the fire. None of them escaped. "Oh my god... are they alive?" Na Sheng blurted out in surprise. "Yeah." Xijing carefully looked at the wriggling fire to prevent anything from escaping, "The ghost red beetle is a monster between plants and animals... it not only moves, but also is highly poisonous, and can eat human."

He poked at the pile of burning algae with his sword, and there were dense white bones entangled everywhere: some were human, and some were merman. ——A few days ago, Bi led the Restoration Army to fight with him, and after a arduous struggle, he finally captured Beiyue County and wiped out the 50,000 Cang Liu Jingye Army stationed here.However, they also paid a heavy price - not only the army on land lost more than half, but the National Reconstruction Army fighting in the water was attacked by the ghost red beetle, and many merman warriors were swallowed by this kind of demon in the water , only the bones remain.

"Is this the thing that turned the whole green water into red water?" Na Sheng murmured, showing hatred, "That Yun Huan is really a bad guy...he will definitely have retribution!" Xijing sighed, thinking of his fellow apprentice, and shook his head slightly: "Okay, the ghost red beetles in the waters here are finished, let's go, Murong Xiu is still waiting for us to go back." Na Sheng watched the soldiers pull the fire with their swords and let the fire burn deeper. The highly poisonous algae howled in the fire, emitting a pungent smell. She couldn't help frowning and turned her head away, following behind Xijing , walked towards the official road.

——This is Beiyue County, which borders Jiuyi County. There has just been a battle, and corpses are everywhere. The Miao girl followed Xijing, carefully avoiding the corpses and bloodstains on the ground—for the past few months, she was unwilling to stay idle under the Mirror Lake, so she made a fuss and came to Zezhi Kingdom to meet Xijing Murongxiu and the others.She tried her best to do some work within her power, but she also saw an unprecedented scene of death. What did you see when you went out?The bones cover the plain.The fierceness of Yunhuang's military disaster has already been comparable to that of Zhongzhou!

Countless corpses fell on the ground where the battle had just ended, most of them were fighters from both sides, and there were also local civilians who were innocently involved.Flocks of crows fly down, eating human flesh - at night, I am afraid that a large number of bird spirits will follow the smell of death and devour the newly dead souls. Na Sheng stopped in his tracks, dipped his toes in blood, drew a spell on the ground, muttered a few words, and finally stomped his feet lightly—in just a blink of an eye, the ground cracked open, and the corpses The soldiers on the ground buried the loess and closed it again.She stopped and prayed silently with her palms together on this brand new tomb.

"Not bad, I haven't seen you for a few months, but your spells have improved so much." After she finished praying, Xijing nodded beside her, and said a rare compliment, "It seems that you really have roots of wisdom." "Of course!" Na Sheng triumphantly jumped and followed behind him, "You said that every time I learn a spell, I teach Yanxi a sword technique—now I have written the book "A First Look at the Magic Technique" Now that you have learned the eighty-one kinds of techniques in the book, shouldn’t you teach him all the sword techniques of the Sword Master’s sect?”

Xijing turned her head in astonishment, she didn't expect this little girl to be so serious and intelligent. "Why, do you want to regret it?" Seeing his expression, Na Sheng couldn't help being anxious, and grabbed his skirt, "You are a sword master, so you can't count your words!" "Okay," Xijing laughed, and raised his hand to touch her head, "I'm a big kid, so I only want to look after your wishful man." Na Sheng's face was full of displeasure: "I'm almost twenty years old, don't touch people's heads! Do you teach or not?" "Of course, when will I not count my words?" Xijing put down his hands and smiled, "When the battle situation calms down, I will take time to go to the Jinghu camp and learn all the sword skills written in "Nine Questions of Fighting the Sword" Pass it on to the Restoration Army." "Wow," Na Sheng exclaimed, "Uncle Drunkard, you are so generous!"