The Dragon roamed the world, running amok!
Northern Yuan, which had once swept across the Central Plains with hundreds of thousands of Iron Cavalry, was now in a gloomy state.
The boundless wind and snow continued. Eighty percent of the livestock on the grassland had been frozen to death. Hundreds of thousands of Iron Cavalry were blocked in front of Yunzhou City, unable to move an inch forward. It was conceivable that if Jin maintained its current situation and completely blocked the grassland, at least half of the people in Northern Yuan would starve to death after this winter. The remaining half would be slaughtered by Jin's army like dogs and chickens.
This was a national war, a war that could destroy a country. There was no reason for countries to fight each other to this extent.
Jin had made it clear that they were going to destroy Northern Yuan!
In addition to blocking the entire border of Northern Yuan, a large number of martial arts masters poured into the grassland, targeting the warriors of various tribes!
Those warriors who did not enter the front line but stayed in their own tribes to protect their own tribes were sniped and killed one after another!
Yes, sniped and killed!
These martial artists of the Great Jin did not give them a chance to have a fair fight. Instead, they set up all kinds of traps and tricks, resorting to every conceivable means. Following behind these martial arts masters were the Jin's wandering cavalrymen. Once the tribe's combat power was killed, the wandering cavalrymen would advance and annihilate the entire tribe. Behind the wandering cavalrymen were the caravans, slave traders, human traffickers, young women, and young boys who were all abducted. The boys who were taller than the wheels of the carriage and the adult men in the tribe were all beheaded. The tribe was burned down, leaving only a few old men struggling at death's door in the wind and snow. They would not be able to breathe for much longer.
This time, Jin clearly came prepared. They were not only here to destroy the country, but also to destroy the tribe!
"This time, Northern Yuan is doomed. The big tribes on the grassland have suffered great losses. The Iron Cavalry under Yunzhou City is no longer a threat. Once the snow melts in spring next year, Jin's army will march in. Then, Northern Yuan will have no chance of surviving!"
In Qinlingjun City, Yunzhou, the flow of people had increased dramatically over the past few months. The inns were full. All kinds of martial artists gathered here, waiting for an opportunity to enter the Great Northern Yuan from Qinlingjun City. They wanted to give the last push to the collapsing building.
Northern Yuan and the hinterland of the Central Plains had confronted each other for tens of thousands of years and had killed countless people. This enmity had long been as deep as the sea. Over the past thousands of years, as the Way of the Sage in the hinterland of the Central Plains spread, the internal attitude towards Northern Yuan had changed. However, these changes only happened to the pedantic scholars and scholars. How could those who had not read books understand the Way of the Sage's mercy?
How could those wandering Jianghu people understand the Way of the Sage?
Over the past tens of thousands of years, Northern Yuan had been plundering the Central Plains. More than a hundred famous treasures had been taken away, not to mention the wealth that Northern Yuan's Iron Cavalry had obtained every time they raided the grasslands and valleys. Which large tribe didn't have rare treasures snatched from the Central Plains? Which large tribe didn't plunder gold, silver, and valuables from the Central Plains?
In the Jin, robbery was against the law. One would become a bandit and be wanted by the imperial court. However, it was not the case in Northern Yuan.
As long as you had the ability and had excellent martial arts, no one would blame you for robbing in Northern Yuan. Instead, they would call you a hero. Only a fool wouldn't do such a thing.
A month ago, the Two Devils of Guanxi rushed to a small tribe and challenged the warriors in the tribe. In the end, they joined hands and killed the grassland warrior with Level Three cultivation. They robbed a pair of Bright Moon Jade Horses from the tribe. They were antiques of the previous dynasty and were worth tens of thousands of gold. When they returned to Qinlingjun City, they caused a sensation.
This pair of Bright Moon Jade Horses was bought by a barbarian merchant for 300,000 gold ingots, which made the Two Devils of Guanxi a lot of money. At the same time, the imperial court canceled the arrest order for this pair of bandits and praised them, saying that they were loyal to the country and were the role models of Jianghu people.
Once this role model was established, the whole Jianghu went crazy.
In Jianghu, who didn't have one or two lives on their hands? Who didn't have some fishy smell? Now, as long as they went to Northern Yuan to kill and set fire, they would be cleared immediately. Even a fool would do such a good thing.
A few days later, even more shocking news came. The Southern Sea Heavenly Leizi had found a ritual implement in a tribe and successfully refined it. With that ritual implement, not only did he kill four grassland warriors who were at the same level as him, but he also killed several of his biggest enemies one by one.
This news further stimulated the whole martial arts world in the Central Plains.
In just half a month, the number of martial arts people who entered Northern Yuan to hunt the grassland experts had doubled.
At this moment, the fate of Northern Yuan was swaying in the wind and rain.
"Northern Yuan is finished!" In the restaurant, rich guests gathered. Everyone was talking about Northern Yuan. Even the big event of Junior Leopard killing a Level Eight expert had faded away. As long as one was not a fool, one could see at a glance that Northern Yuan was completely on its last legs. There was no saving it anymore. More than half of the Jin's everlasting foundation had been built.
As long as they could drag the 100,000 Northern Yuan Iron Cavalry outside Yunzhou, Jin's army and horses could drive straight in without any hindrance.
This was a turbulent era in the world.
Things had come to this point. Even those millennium-old wealthy families and well-known families in the Central Plains couldn't sit still.
They all sent out the experts in their families and rushed to the grassland in a very high-profile manner.
To pursue the glory that belonged to them.
"Northern Yuan can't hold on anymore." In a private room of the Yunlai Restaurant in Qinlingjun City, a middle-aged man was waving a folding fan in his hand with a very satisfied smile on his face. Listening to the discussion outside the private room, he shook his head with a carefree expression. He didn't care that the weather was so cold that he would freeze in the middle of his pee.
If his appearance was seen by someone who knew him, he would be so surprised that he would open his mouth wide. When did Governor Ma Tianchang, who had always been strict and dignified, become so kind? He was like a gentle scholar, which made him feel close to him.
"You can be proud of yourself. This matter is not over yet." Sitting beside him was a beautiful woman in white. She looked like she was in her twenties. She was very beautiful and her eyes flashed with a very intelligent light. "What if that old guy in the north intervenes?"
"Do you think he will intervene?" Ma Tianchang laughed and stopped waving the fan in his hand. "What's more, even if he does, I'm not afraid. Don't you have that thing?"
"That thing is powerful, but when encountering such an old monster …" The woman frowned slightly. "You'd better not have too much hope for it."
"Alright, alright, I was just joking. Would that old monster really dare to interfere in this matter?" Ma Tianchang sneered, "Look, the situation has deteriorated to such a state. Is there any news about him?"
"If you're not worried about him, why don't you lead the army to the north?" The woman's eyes flashed with a trace of banter. "Aren't you waiting for the news? You're also afraid that if you lead the army to the north, that old monster will intervene regardless of everything … "
"Yes, I'm indeed waiting. I'm waiting for the exact news." Ma Tianchang gently raised his chin, revealing a trace of a wry smile. "I'm also afraid of that old monster. I'm afraid that he will intervene regardless of everything and disrupt my plan. But now it seems that I don't have to worry about it."
"Is there any good news?"
"It's not good news. Living Buddha Ba Siba gave up chasing Wang She and went north to the snowfield. It seems that he is going to ask for help."
"Then why aren't you worried?"
"Humph, without Ba Siba, Wang She is completely liberated. Dark Lord Mie Chen won't be able to free himself and come to the front of the two armies. We only need to deal with Kunlun Master. As for the old monster in the snowfield, someone will deal with him."
"Who?"
"Do you really want to know?" Ma Tianchang glanced at his wife, a trace of a smile flashing across his eyes. "Three months ago, Mysterious Turtle Sage achieved Thunder Tribulation Golden Body and went to play chess with that old monster."
"Puff …" The woman in white spat out a mouthful of water, directly into Ma Tianchang's eyes. She screamed, "Three months ago, you knew it three months ago?"
"No, I just knew it this morning." Ma Tianchang said, "So, I came out to relax."
"You're going to do it?"
"Tonight, I'll do it tonight." Ma Tianchang stood up, his eyes shining with a burning light. "Northern Yuan is finished."
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Northern Yuan was finished.
Junior Leopard sighed. Carrying a head, he left the tribe in the wind and snow. Around him were the frightened and resentful eyes of the tribe's old and weak. Junior Leopard didn't like such eyes, but he wouldn't kill people just because they stared at him with hatred.
These Northern Yuan people, who were shivering in the wind and snow, did not have the courage and strength to fight. All their energy was spent on fighting against the snowstorm.
This was the ninth expert of Northern Yuan that he had killed. He entered Northern Yuan directly from Yunzhou and went all the way north. When he encountered a scattered tribe, he would challenge them. In two months, he had challenged 23 large and small tribes and killed nearly 100 warriors who stayed behind to guard the tribes. Among them, there were nine warriors whose cultivation had exceeded Level Three and had reached the Bone-Forging Realm. These people were the leaders of the warriors and the backbone of the tribes. Junior Leopard naturally would not be polite to them and killed them.
However, after killing these people, Junior Leopard didn't have the interest to go deeper into the prairie, because he found that experts below Level Seven couldn't pose any threat to him.
Even if he didn't use the Demon Devil Needles, his Black Iron Hammer, or the Extreme Yang Through Sky Sword, he could easily kill a Level Six expert with only his fists.
He came to the prairie to practice his martial arts, not to kill.
He wanted to hone his martial arts skills to perfection in iron and blood, but he helplessly found that the masters of Northern Yuan could no longer bring him too much pressure. Killing masters was as easy as slaughtering dogs!
There wasn't a trace of pleasure, and it was meaningless.
"Wait a minute!"
Just as Junior Leopard was about to leave with the head of the number one warrior of the tribe, an old voice called out from behind him. Junior Leopard raised his eyebrows slightly because he saw that behind him, an extremely old man had already knelt down in the snow.
"What's the matter?"
Junior Leopard turned around and asked. Although he was in an enemy country and didn't have a good impression of these Northern Yuan people, in fact, he had a bad impression of them, just like how Wang Bo, who was a pure nationalist in his previous life, had a bad impression of the prairie tribes in history. Therefore, he was very much in favor of the Jin's annihilation this time, and he was very willing to join in, coming to Northern Yuan to kill the prairie experts.
However, killing was one thing. He had no interest in these ordinary people who didn't know martial arts. Now, he even felt that killing experts was meaningless, let alone ordinary people, there was no sense of achievement.
"I'm Wu Liji. I beg Your Excellency to save our tribe!" After saying that, he buried his head deep in the snow, his body slightly trembling.
"Did I hear you wrong? I just killed the number one warrior of your tribe, and you want me to save your tribe? " Junior Leopard was very surprised. He already felt that this old man's brain had been frozen by the wind and snow.
"Yes, Buhe was the number one warrior of our tribe, but he was defeated and died. Dying in the hands of a warrior is a worthy death. This is also the fate of us prairie people, we can't blame others!"
"Even if you don't resent me, I don't have to save you!"
"I don't want Your Excellency to save our entire tribe. I only want the warrior to take away the underage children in our tribe. They are the last hope of our tribe!" The old man raised his head from the snow. White snow covered his beard, indescribable desolation and sadness. "They are the last seeds of our tribe. I don't want them to die here too!"
"Underage children?" Junior Leopard sneered. "In this vast wind and snow, do you think I can take these children out of the prairie?"
The old man didn't speak, but just stood up trembling. "There are not many children left in the tribe, including those who were just born. There are only seven of them left. Your Excellency, you don't need to take care of them. You only need to take them out of the prairie and let them live!"
"Seven?!" Junior Leopard's eyes slightly narrowed. Although the scale of this tribe was not large, it was still a tribe of several thousand people. How could there be only seven children left?!
Looking up, more than half of the tents in this tribe had been crushed by the wind and snow. The dead cattle and sheep were not much worse. Those who were lucky enough to survive were also fighting against the cold and hunger. The whole tribe was shrouded in despair. This was a tribe on the verge of destruction. Even if he didn't kill the warriors in the tribe, they wouldn't be able to survive this winter, not to mention the Great Jin's northern army.
Perhaps it was because of this that the old man acted like this?!
This was probably the reason why people would turn to any doctor in a desperate situation.
"My Whitemoon Tribe was once the overlord of the prairie 10,000 years ago. But because we opposed the establishment of the Prairie Alliance more than 10,000 years ago, we were strongly suppressed and declined to today's situation. For more than 10,000 years, my Whitemoon Tribe has been robbed and extorted countless times. The original number one tribe in the prairie has long disappeared, but …!"
When he said the word "but", a strange light flashed through the old man's eyes. "My Whitemoon Tribe still has two secret martial arts manuals from the Central Plains. If Your Excellency agrees to save these poor children, I'm willing to offer them to you!"
"Secret martial arts manuals?!" Junior Leopard laughed and said, "That's strange. If the two Kung Fu Secret Books were really so rare, how could the No.1 warrior of your tribe die so easily?"
"Buhe is not suitable to practice those martial arts!" The old man Wu Liji smiled bitterly. "Your Excellency is a martial arts expert. You naturally understand that practicing martial arts is not something that can make one a peerless expert with just one secret martial arts manual. Buhe is the number one warrior of my Whitemoon Tribe. Unfortunately, there is no teacher, so he can't practice the martial arts in those manuals. He can only choose a relatively simple one to practice!"
"Oh …!" Junior Leopard's heart was slightly moved. When he fought with Buhe just now, he had already felt that the martial arts Buhe used were different from the other prairie warriors he had met. It was just that he had not practiced it well, so Junior Leopard did not care. Now that Wu Liji mentioned it, Junior Leopard was somewhat interested.
"You mean, the set of strange martial arts he used was snatched from the Central Plains?!"
"Yes, not only from the Central Plains Dynasty. The two sets of martial arts that our Whitemoon Tribe has now were snatched from the Imperial Palace of the Central Plains Dynasty!" Speaking of this, the old man's face revealed a rare expression of pride. "Back then, our Whitemoon Tribe swept across the Central Plains and captured the Imperial City of the Central Plains!"
"Yes, even the Imperial City was captured. Unfortunately, now, only seven children are left!" Junior Leopard sneered and interrupted the old man's beautiful memories.
The old man's expression stiffened. He sighed and did not dare to say another word.
"You tell me this, aren't you afraid that I will rob you?!"
"Afraid, of course I am afraid. But now that things have come to this, even if I am afraid, there is no other way!" Wu Liji smiled bitterly. "If Your Excellency does not agree to take these seven children away, then our Whitemoon Tribe can only hold on for another ten days at most before we are exterminated. No matter how powerful those two sets of martial arts are, there is no meaning!"
"So you want to bet on me!"
"You only killed Buhe and a few warriors in the tribe and did not hurt the others!" Wu Liji said. "That is why I bet on this. As for whether I can win or not, it can only depend on fate!"
"Well, now you have won half of the battle. Take out the things for me to see. If they are useful to me, I will take them away!" Junior Leopard said. "I will not agree to any other conditions, so …!"
"I will not mention any other conditions!" The old man said and gently shook his head at a middle-aged woman not far away. The middle-aged woman turned around and entered a tent. After a while, she walked out of the tent with two wooden boxes and respectfully handed them to the old man. The old man took them and handed them to Junior Leopard.
Junior Leopard took the wooden boxes expressionlessly and opened them. Two rays of light suddenly shot out from his eyes!
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After going out for a spot check and running for a day, one word could be used to describe it: tired!
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