Hengmu Liren raised his eyebrows. He thought of something and was no longer as calm and joyful as before. His face was distorted and he was extremely angry, especially when he looked down.
The divine robe he wore was very loose, and he could easily see his own chest when he lowered his head.
Even though he was the son of Haotian, he was still a mortal in the human world. That was why he had two breasts on his chest. But now he seemed to have another one — a black chess piece.
This black chess piece, deeply embedded in his flesh, made him feel very disgusted.
"I'm going to kill you."
Hengmu Liren growled, "I'm going to kill you!"
His clear and sharp voice echoed on the surface of the lake. The cavalrymen of the Divine Halls and a dozen red-robed divine priests knelt down in fear and did not dare to make a sound.
Hengmu Liren was really angry. He thought he should have killed his way into Chang 'an or at least outside the city. Who could have thought that he was still in Qinghe Prefecture! He had powerful subordinates, cavalrymen of the Divine Halls and a hundred thousand soldiers. But he was stopped by the Tangs in the south of the Verdant Canyon!
It was the Verdant Canyon again.
It was just like years ago.
Hengmu Liren once sighed with regret. Jun Mo lost his arm and he could no longer defend the Verdant Canyon alone. He also missed the chance to defeat the most powerful Jun Mo.
Now Jun Mo was in the West Wilderness. Mr. First, Yu Lian, Chen Pipi and Ning Que were not here … But he was still stopped by the south of the Verdant Canyon!
On the fields in the north of Qinghe Prefecture, the Divine Halls Coalition Army of West-Hill and the Southern Army of Tang had been fighting for dozens of days. Both sides had their own victories and defeats. Hengmu finally joined the battle himself but he was ambushed by the Academy and was badly injured!
Those sighs seemed to have become slaps on his face. Every time Hengmu thought of it, he would feel pain on his face and then he would go crazy in extreme pain!
"How could a few ants in the Seethrough State … stop me?"
Hengmu Liren lowered his head and looked at the black chess piece. His slightly twisted eyebrows were full of disgust. His voice came from his teeth and was extremely cold.
He closed his eyes and took another deep breath. The gauze around the divine sedan began to dance crazily. The wind blew and the air above the lake was all sucked into his chest.
His chest rose slightly, and his divine robe fluttered in the wind.
This time, he did not cough.
A power that did not belong to the human world came to the human world and entered his body.
With a muffled thud, the black chess piece embedded in his chest instantly shattered into countless pieces.
He opened his eyes and looked in the direction of the Verdant Canyon. There was only killing intent in his eyes.
His injuries had healed, so it was time for those people to die.
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Ever since the rebellion in Qinghe County, the Verdant Canyon had become the real national gate for the Tang Empire and the Academy. Because the south had all belonged to Taoism, it was a place that had to be guarded.
A few years ago, when the whole world attacked the Tang Empire, the Tang Empire used a trick that had been hidden for hundreds of years. Professor Huang He and the Array Tactical Master of the imperial court worked together to activate the big array in the Verdant Canyon at the cost of their own cultivation, directly burying countless enemies and powerhouses. In the following years, the Tang Empire began to reopen the road in the Verdant Canyon.
Sealing the Verdant Canyon might be a simple way to keep the enemy outside the national gate. But what the Tang Empire wanted to do was to fight their way out of the Verdant Canyon, defeat all the enemies, and recover the lost land.
However, under the pressure of the West-Hill Divine Palace Coalition Army, especially the threat of Hengmu Liren, the Southern Battlefront Army and the Yulin Royal Guards who were guarding the throat of the Tang Empire in the south did not make any arrangements for the south. They silently guarded the Verdant Canyon, using the terrain and distance as weapons to keep the powerful enemies outside the Verdant Canyon.
The Tang Army was a bit tired after fighting for dozens of days. The barracks hidden deep in the canyon became quieter. Only one barracks was a bit special. It was already late at night, but it was still very lively.
Someone was quarreling.
"As I said before, I am definitely the best chess player in the world. Younger Brother, how can you be my opponent? But you just won't admit defeat. You've been playing with me for so many years. Aren't you tired? "
"Senior Brother, if you were talking about something else, I would have tolerated it. However, I definitely won't tolerate this kind of thing. We've clearly played 492 games of chess over the years, and I've won one more than you. Why am I not a match for you?"
"That game is Triplet Disaster! How can I lose? "
"According to the rules I've learned since I was a child, I win and you lose."
"Bah! Anyway, you're not as good as me in chess. "
"Why?"
"Because Hengmu broke into the chess array by mistake a few days ago. It was my black chess piece that hurt him! Not your white chess piece! "
"If it weren't for my white chess piece, how could I trap him?"
"What about the previous years? Don't forget that I was the one who blocked Xiong Chumo! "
"Bah! If it weren't for Third Sister, you would have been dead! "
In the dim barracks, Xu Jialun lowered his head and concentrated on decocting the medicine, as if he did not hear the conversation. He was tired of listening to these people quarreling these days.
The Fifth Brother of the Academy, Song Qian, looked at the stubborn Eighth Brother and could not control his anger. Unexpectedly, there were two more angry voices coming from the side.
Beigong Weiyang raised his bandaged hand, as if he was showing off or demonstrating. He shouted, "If it weren't for me blocking the cavalrymen of Divine Hall, your stupid array would have been broken. How could you trap Hengmu?"
"And me. Don't forget me …" Ximen Buhuo also raised his bandaged hand to remind them. Then he looked at the Fifth Brother and the Eighth Brother and sneered, "Don't forget that this is the second time we've guarded the Verdant Canyon. In terms of rank, you're ahead of us. In terms of contribution, don't even think about being ahead of us."
No one would listen to him, especially when he said it so harshly that it aroused the competitiveness of the Senior Brothers. For a moment, the barracks was filled with spittle and dirty words. It was so noisy.
"Alright, alright. Stop quarreling. Take your medicine first."
Wang Chi walked over and stopped the four from continuing to be childish.
Only when the lights were brighter could they see clearly that the four of them were lying on the bed, their bodies wrapped in bandages. The smell of medicine and blood was everywhere. It was unknown how severe their injuries were, but it was obvious that they no longer had the strength to fight.
After drinking the smelly medicine made by the Junior Brother, the room became much quieter. After a long time, Beigong Weiyang suddenly asked, "Eleventh, can your poison stop Hengmu?"
It was quiet again for a long time.
Wang Chi shook his head.
"I've never heard that a Grand Cultivator who had surpassed the Five States could be poisoned to death."
Song Qian's expression was a little indifferent.
"Hengmu has surpassed the Five States. If he hadn't underestimated us, no one would have been able to stop him with the help of the remaining array intent in the Verdant Canyon."
The atmosphere in the room became much more depressing. The previous excitement and the recent excitement all came from their complacency. They were very complacent. A grand cultivator like Hengmu, who had surpassed the Five States, was defeated by them … However, Hengmu's injury would eventually recover. What should they do next?
The situation of the war had changed. Hengmu could not step into the same river. Who could stop such a powerful cultivator? If they could not stop him, how could the Tang Empire defend this country?
Wang Chi suddenly said softly, "Looking at the days … the things in the north should be over."
Ximen Buhuo frowned and said, "Although Senior Sister had planned this, the Golden Tribe is so powerful. How could they be defeated in such a short time? I don't have much hope. "
"I don't care."
Beigong Weiyang was a little annoyed and said, "Four useless cripples and Eleventh, the Flower Addict. How can we fight them? If Ning Que doesn't come, I won't care anymore. "
Wang Chi was a little unhappy and said, "The Flower Addict is a woman. Senior Brother, don't talk nonsense."
Ximen Buhuo was a little unhappy and said, "How can you throw everything to Youngest Brother?"
Beigong Weiyang covered his head with the quilt and said in a low voice, "I want to throw it to Eldest Brother, Second Brother, and Third Sister, but they have to come! Anyway, I can't beat Hengmu! "
The oil lamp dimmed again because of this sentence.
In the ambush of the Verdant Canyon, the four disciples of the Academy had used all their skills and used the array intent left by their predecessors. They had all the advantages, but they could only hurt Hengmu and were seriously injured.
If Hengmu did not underestimate them, if they did not have those conditions, they could not think of any way to defeat him. Every time they thought of the scene where Hengmu broke the array by force with his majestic power, they would be silent and vigilant. Then they would feel uneasy and fearful.
Xu Jialun finished the second batch of medicine and walked to the bedside. He gently pulled the corner of the quilt. The little attendant had become a real young man with delicate features.
Beigong Weiyang lifted the quilt and was a little annoyed. He said, "What's the use of drinking medicine every day?"
"What's the use of not drinking medicine?"
Xu Jialun looked at him and said seriously, "Young Master said that if nothing works, then do you still do it or not? Of course you still have to do it, because it's only possible if you do it. It's impossible if you don't do it. "
The room suddenly became quiet.
The previously oppressive and even somewhat despairing atmosphere was immediately diluted by these words.
With the help of Wang Chi, Beigong Weiyang sat up with difficulty. He took the bowl of medicine and gulped it down. Song Qian and the other two also drank the medicine as fast as they could.
They had to recover as soon as possible.
Even if they could not beat Hengmu, they had to use more strength to make Hengmu use more strength.
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In the early morning, the mist gradually dissipated and the morning light shone on the Verdant Canyon.
A horse came from the north.
In the quiet valley, the sound of hooves was very clear.
The Tang soldiers on duty at night peeped out from behind the seemingly simple but actually strong arrow mounds. They did not draw their bows vigilantly, because they could see clearly that the horse came from the north.
The horse was in black, and the people were also dressed in black.
They were Ning Que and the Big Black Horse.
Ning Que's black Academy uniform was full of dust. The Big Black Horse's fat, which had been raised in the quagmire for several years, quickly disappeared in the galloping of thousands of miles. Now it looked especially strong and tired.
From the City of Wei to the Verdant Canyon, thousands of miles away, he and the Big Black Horse did not really rest. They only took a nap after drinking a pot of porridge when they passed by Yang Erxi's house.
As time went by, the Academy was no longer a mysterious place that connected the world with the outside world. Through the propaganda of the imperial court and the narration of blabbermouths like Beigong in the military camp, the image of Ning Que, his weapons, and his horse were all discussed enthusiastically by the Tangs. At this time, looking at the obviously extraordinary Big Black Horse in the valley and looking at the iron arrows and knives on his body, someone quickly guessed his identity and quickly spread the news.
On both sides of the verdant valley, behind the hidden arrow mounds, more and more Tang soldiers stood up and looked at Ning Que in the valley. Some of them got up in a hurry and kept rubbing their eyes and yawning.
Mr. Thirteen finally arrived.
On the steep cliff, the voices of the Tang army gradually gathered together and turned into excited cheers. Along the way, tens of thousands of the Yulin Royal Guards and the Southern Battlefront Army cheered sincerely, and some brave soldiers greeted loudly.
Ning Que looked up at both sides of the valley and smiled and waved to say hello. So the cheers and cheers in the Verdant Canyon suddenly became louder, as if they were going to break through the morning sky and shake Haotian's Divine Kingdom.
Finally, they reached the exit of the Verdant Canyon.
Ning Que pulled the reins and the Big Black Horse stopped moving forward.
The Verdant Canyon narrowed into a gap that was several feet wide. Looking out from the gorge, one could see the fertile fields in the north of Qinghe Prefecture. It was late spring and early summer, and everything was green as far as the eye could see.
There were many old and fresh traces of war inside and outside the canyon. There were a lot of black blood stains, broken arrows, and dense arrow scratches on the exposed stone walls, indicating the intensity of the battle.
This was the gate of the Tang Empire. The war a few years ago and the war this year, the battlefield that determined the safety of Chang 'an, had always been here, in the Verdant Canyon.
Ning Que had entered the Verdant Canyon several times, and today he came again.
He stood in the canyon and looked out. No one knew what he was thinking.
Wang Jinglue appeared beside him and looked to the south with him. Wang Jinglue looked very serious and did not try to hide the killing intent in his eyes.
"You must kill Hengmu."
Ning Que was silent for a moment and then said, "Of course."
After being driven out of Chang 'an by Master Yan Se and joining the army to follow Xu Shi, Wang Jinglue had lost a lot of weight. Now he was even thinner and looked like a withered branch, which surprised Ning Que.
"You have already broken the threshold of the Knowing destiny State. Why?"
Wang Jinglue thought of the massacre in Qinghe Prefecture that night. He thought of the brave young men from the clans he had worked hard to gather, but before they had time to mature, they became fruits falling from the branches and smashed into pieces. His face became a little ugly, and he said, "Grief makes people mature, and also makes people afraid."
Ning Que turned to look at him and asked, "Are you afraid?"
"Yes." Wang Jinglue was silent for a moment and said, "You have never met Hengmu, so you don't know how powerful he is. I know, so I am very afraid."
Ning Que looked to the south again and said with a smile, "And you want me to kill him?"
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(It has been very hard recently. I will tell you the reason in a few days. I am in good health. It is purely because of work that my butt hurts from sitting. The massage in the afternoon was not very good. I will feel much better after my wife comes to beat me next week. Hahaha, I am so cheap. Anyone who is not satisfied can come and beat me!)
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