Chapter 371: The Four Directions Move

At dusk, the remnants of the sun look like blood.

Xu Qi’an saw that in front of her was a rather sumptuous delicacy, and at the table sat an old woman with a gentle temperament, a young man, a clear-cut woman, and two children of varying ages.

They are Zheng Xinghuai’s family …….. I am now using Zheng Xinghuai as my first point of view, retracing his memories …….. Xu Qi’an, who had empathized once, immediately produced clarity.

He quietly listened to Zheng Xinghuai reprimand his son.

Zheng Xinghuai has two sons, the eldest son took the career, thanks to Zheng Xinghuai’s teaching, official reputation is extremely good, the future is boundless.

The second son is a fop who boils hawks and fights dogs all day long and has nothing to do.

And because Zheng Xinghuai tutelage is very strict, the second son dare not do bullying things, even the playboy is not good.

A worthless piece of shit who has accomplished nothing.

Today, Mr. Zheng, the second son of the Emperor, was drinking at a green house and clashed with an officer, and was severely and violently beaten up by others.

Zheng Xinghuai scolded his second son and snapped.

Zheng Er Gongzi was unconvinced and complained, “Father, I just went to a green house, it was that piker who took the initiative to stir up trouble, not me, what’s wrong with me.”

Yeah, what’s wrong with visiting a green house? Xu Qi’an fought for Eldest Prince Zheng.

“Father, I want to go back to my mother’s house, next month is my father’s 60th birthday.”

At this point, the daughter-in-law spoke up.

Before Zheng Xinghuai could say anything, his second son waved his hand and said, “Are you crazy? Recently, the barbarians outside have been making a lot of noise, and Chuzhou City is so close to the border, so what if you go out of the city indiscriminately and meet barbarian rangers halfway?”

His face showed horror as he reprimanded his unknowing wife.

Zheng Xinghuai said angrily, “Life-hungry thing, how could I have given birth to such a waste like you.”

Xu Qi’an couldn’t see Zheng Xinghuai’s face, but in his empathic state, he could appreciate Zheng Xinghuai’s hateful anger.

He was both disappointed and helpless with this second son, and only felt that the other was worthless, not even a hair of his eldest son’s head.

At this time, a man in light armor ran into the inner hall in a hurry, he was carrying an ox-horn bow on his back and a long sword on his waist, it was Li Han.

Li Han said in a loud voice, “My lord, the army of the guards has suddenly entered the city for some reason, massing the people in a big way, and I don’t know what they’re going to do.”

Zheng Xinghuai was taken aback, and somewhat bewildered, he pursued, “The guards’ army assembled the people? Where are they assembling and who is leading them?”

Gathering the people and massacring them? Xu Qi’an’s heart flinched, and he raised his spirits, then heard Li Han say:

“The people were gathered in the four directions of southeast, west, and north, and the leader of the army is the Commander-in-Chief, Duke of the Protectorate Que Yongxiu. He should be on the south city side now.”

Zheng Xinghuai put down his chopsticks, got up and said, “Prepare the horses, if this official were to take a look. Inform Mr. Zhu, accompany me to go together.”

Immediately, Zheng Xinghuai with the House of the “Secretary”, riding to the south of the city, along the way, I really saw the guards soldiers escorting the people, forming a team, I do not know where to go.

“Stop, what are you doing?” Zheng Xinghuai shouted to stop it.

The cloaked soldiers looked at him coldly, not saying a word.

Zheng Xinghuai drank again, still no one answered.

A sense of foreboding welled up in his heart, and without continuing to tangle with the bottom soldiers, he fiercely jerked his horse’s whip and galloped furiously along the streets toward the southern city.

Following the soldiers along the way, Zheng Xinghuai quickly arrived at his destination, and he saw the black pressurized heads of more than 100,000 people at a rough estimate.

There were city people, merchants, and even officials from the government offices, and this group of people was gathered on a barren land in the southern city, rubbing their shoulders.

Thousands of soldiers clad in hard armor, either carrying hard bows or hanging military crossbows, surrounded the group.

Zheng Xinghuai swept his gaze, locking the high horseback commander Que Yongxiu, as well as his side, more than a dozen wrapped in black robes of secret agents.

Zhenbei King’s Secret Agent …….. Zheng Xinghuai narrowed his eyes and drank in a deep voice, “Lord Protector, what are you doing?”

“Minister Zheng Buzheng, you’ve come at the right time.” Que Yongxiu’s one eye, coldly looked at him and said, “Lord Zheng, the barbarians have repeatedly invaded the border, burned, killed and plundered, do you know why this is?”

Zheng Xinghuai did not understand why he asked this question and frowned, “What does this have to do with you gathering the people?”

Que Yongxiu pointed his lance in his hand at the hundred thousand or so people and laughed:

“Of course there is a relationship. As a citizen of the Great Feng, I should bow and die for the stability of the Great Feng’s borders. Throw your head down and spill your blood for the continuity of the Great Feng Kingdom. Zheng Buzheng thinks that what my lord said can be justified?”

“Inexplicably ……..”

Zheng Xinghuai was about to reprimand, when he suddenly saw Que Yongxiu clasping the belly of his horse and charging towards the people.

“Pfft!”

His spear stabbed into the chest of one of the people, picking him up high, blood splashed out, and the man on the tip of the spear struggled in pain for a few moments before his limbs sagged helplessly.

The scene was instantly chaotic, with the people around them shrieking in horror, while those further away were bewildered not to have seen the bloody scene.

Zheng Xinghuai was in a rage, “Que Yongxiu, you dare to kill civilians indiscriminately, are you crazy?”

The slaughter of the city is going to start ……… Xu Qi an already knows the next plot, and he deeply understands Zheng Xinghuai s dismay and shock at this time through empathy.

“Don’t be in a hurry, Lord Zheng, it’s your turn soon.” Que Yongxiu shook his hand to shake off the corpse at the tip of his gun and waved his hand, “Release the arrows!”

Thousands of armored men bent their bows together, aiming them at the assembled innocent people.

“Shoo shoo shoo …….”

Arrows shot out from the sky, as dense as locusts, as torrential rain.

Every arrow took a life, and one by one, the people fell to the ground with arrows and cried out in despair, their lives as if they were grass. This includes the elderly and children.

Those who were lucky enough to escape the first wave of arrows started to flee the place, but waiting for them were the butcher knives of the elite soldiers, who, as soldiers of the Da Bong, cut down and killed the people of the Da Bong with no mercy.

“Help, help …….”

“Don’t kill me, don’t kill me.”

The people panicked and fell to their knees in fear, begging for mercy, they couldn’t figure out why Da Feng’s army wanted to kill them. Why did these generals guarding the border not go to kill the barbarians, but instead wielded the butcher’s knife at them.

Pfft …….

Butcher’s knives fall, people fall to the ground, blood splatters.

The soldiers did not show any mercy because they begged for mercy and knelt.

“Assholes, what are you doing? I am a scholar of the Prefectural Academy, a Xiu Cai merit, you and others slaughter innocent people, a great crime ……..”

A scholar in a green Confucian shirt blanched, but bravely stepped forward and stood in front of the people, loudly scolding the soldiers.

Not far away, a sergeant drew his sword with a “clang” and viciously stabbed into the scholar’s chest.

Warm blood flowed along the blade as the scholar stared at him, dead on ……..

Xu Qi’an felt his soul trembling, not knowing if it originated from himself or Zheng Xinghuai, probably both.

“Kill everyone and leave no survivors.” Que Yongxiu raised his spear and shouted.

No survivors were left behind, including, of course, Zheng Buzheng, who was present.

Several secret agents drew their blades and aggressively killed towards Minister Zheng Buzheng.

The guest secretary surnamed Zhu sank his waist and lowered his hips, his fist ignited with transparent flame-like qi, distorting the air and striking out.

A black-robed secret agent does not retreat, five fingers like claws, deterred the whistling fist power, fierce tear, “Huo” fist power collapsed into a hurricane.

“My lord, come on.”

The guest secretary surnamed Zhu stayed behind to break the back, while the rest of the guards fled towards Zheng Mansion with Zheng Xinghuai.

As the horses galloped away, Zheng Xinghuai finally turned back and saw thousands of soldiers bending their bows and shooting vigorously, with arrows piercing through the bodies of the people; saw soldiers waving their sabers and beheading a mother who was fleeing with her child in her arms; and saw Que Yongxiu standing high on the back of his horse, looking at all of this indifferently with a single eye.

Life is like grass.

Bastard …….. Xu Qi an heard the voice of the heart, and he could not tell whether it was his own, Li Miaozhen, or Zheng Xinghuai s.

The soldiers along the way ignored them, mechanically and numbly repeating the job of escorting the people, driving them toward their designated spots.

Knowing what kind of end these people would face, Zheng Xinghuai ordered his guards to rescue them several times, but the guards refused and escorted Zheng Xinghuai all the way back to his mansion.

“I’ll gather the guards of the mansion, you guys quickly go and inform the madam and the young masters, now get out of the city immediately, we’ll kill our way out.” Li Han, who was carrying a bullhorn bow, yelled.

Soon, the mansion guards assembled in the front yard, and apart from weapons and armor, they carried no finery.

“Father, father …… what is the matter, are the barbarians fighting in.”

The second son of Zheng ran out with his female family, his face pale and fear flowing from his eyes.

“The soldiers in the city have mutinied and massacred the people, we are among them, get out of the city quickly.” Zheng Xinghuai made a long story short.

Until this time, Zheng Xinghuai was confused, he didn’t know why Que Yongxiu and the King of Zhenbei had to gather the people to slaughter and for what purpose to do such atrocities.

But half a lifetime of officialdom, he knows that this moment is not the time to explore the truth, the plan for today is to first leave Chuzhou City, out of danger.

Mr. Zheng’s body swayed, almost unable to stand still, and it was actually his daughter-in-law who assisted him.

Everyone has long been accustomed to Zheng Er Gongzi’s wimpy behavior, including Zheng Xinghuai himself.

Under the protection of the guards, the women and children entered the carriage, and all of them rode on horseback, galloping furiously toward the city gates.

“They’re coming after us.” Li Han, who was carrying a bullhorn bow, yelled.

Several black-robed secret agents came after them, they ran far faster than the horses, Li Han twisted back and pulled out a powerful full bow, boom, the arrow whistled away.

The secret agents were not weak hands, dodging an arrow and killing in an instant, they swung their long swords from the sky and chopped at the carriage.

“Protect the lady.”

The purple-robed Wei Youlong’s machete ruffled against the backdrop, blocking the secret agent’s blade, and with a blast of qi, the carriage made a cackling sound on the verge of falling apart.

Both sides fought and ran, arriving at the city gates in a short time.

Ahead, hundreds of cloaked soldiers waited early, and on the walls, more soldiers waited.

The Commander of all Commanders, Duke of the Protectorate Que Yongxiu was high up on the back of his horse, looking at the crowd trying to escape from the city with a cold smile on his face: ”Lord Zheng, you won’t be able to escape.

“Not only are there elite soldiers on the city walls, but there are also Heavenly Character level experts that the King of Zhenbei has carefully cultivated, no one can escape.”

Can t run out, once the city gate is closed, and there are large armies and experts guarding from above, the barbarian army may not even be able to attack ……… Xu Qi An s heart sank.

He was in the scene, and his heart was incomparably tormented and anxious. Reason told him that these people from the Zheng family, they can t escape ……..

Minister Zheng Buzheng reined in his horse and bellowed, “Que Yongxiu, what exactly do you want to do, are you going to rebel?”

Que Yongxiu laughed fiercely, “Why is it necessary to rebel to kill you ants?”

His one eye blossomed with a ferocious light, he was cruel and indifferent, he raised his spear and drank, “Kill!”

There were wolves in front and tigers behind, the situation instantly became critical. The guards tried their best to protect Zheng Buzheng and his family, but between life and death, they themselves will fight to the best of their ability, how can they also take into account so many helpless ordinary people.

After a round of charging and killing, the carriage tipped over, the women were hacked to death by random knives, and Que Yongxiu handed over his long spear, picked up Zheng Xinghuai’s little grandson, and laughed wildly:

“Lord Zheng, you pride yourself on being a famous Qing official with no sand in your eyes, and the year before last, you disregarded King Huai’s face and severely investigated the military field case, killing three of my capable subordinates for encroaching on the military field, did you ever think that you would see this day?

“I killed your children and grandchildren as a courtesy, take it.”

With a shake of his hand, he flung the child’s body at the Zheng Bucheng, but it was a front, and in the negligence of Zheng Xinghuai subconsciously reaching out to catch it, Que Yongxiu threw his lance.

The lance ran through the body and pinned the man to the ground.

But it wasn’t Zheng Xinghuai who died, it was the fop who was harboring a fear of death.

Zheng Er Gongzi, the dude who was afraid of death, raised his pale face and choked, “Father, I’m in pain, I’m, I’m so scared ……..”

He’s still the same useless dude who has long since started a family and still cries to his father.

But this useless waste who was greedy for life and afraid of death pushed his father away in a critical situation and blocked the lance with his own body without blinking an eye.

He feared his father, he was obsequious, but in his mind, his father should be a piece of heaven above his head, more than anything else.

Xu Qi’an suddenly felt tears blurring his vision, his eyes burning, he subconsciously wanted to reach out and wipe his tears, only then did he think that he was just a bystander, and the person who was really shedding tears was Zheng Xinghuai.

The empathy ended here, the picture fragmented, and the last thing fixed in Xu Qi’an’s eyes was Que Yongxiu’s hideous grinning face.

……….

He woke up with a start and opened his eyes, and in his ears was the sound of Zheng Xinghuai bawling, recalling the scene of his family’s tragic death with such clarity that it caused Zheng Buzheng to break down emotionally, and his empathy ended prematurely.

The cry went from fierce and high pitched to a low wail, and after a long time, Zheng Xinghuai carefully dried his tears with his sleeve, his eyes were red, and he arched his hand:

“This officer is out of order.”

“Sorry.”

Xu Qi’an clasped his fists in return, exhaled a long breath, and said, “What happened afterward?”

Li Han, who carried a hard bow, said in a deep voice, “We sacrificed two Fourth Grade to kill our way out of the city, and since then we’ve been hiding in the east, secretly contacting chivalrous people to try to expose the Zhenbei King’s plot.”

Therefore, in addition to Zheng Xinghuai, all of his family members died in Chuzhou City ………. Xu Qi’an swept a glance at the crowd and whispered, “I’ll go out for a moment of silence.”

The air here was unusually dull, and the carbon dioxide produced by the campfire was extremely uncomfortable, so Xu Qi’an actually felt some chest tightness.

Ignoring the expressions on the faces of the crowd, he turned and walked to the entrance of the cave, pushed aside the obscuring branches, and stepped out.

He stood in the valley, breathing in the slightly cool air, and realized that the chest congestion had nothing to do with the air, it was the depression that was hard to calm down, it was the gas that was hard to exhale, and the intention that was hard to comfort.

Soft footsteps, from behind.

“I’m going to Chuzhou City.” Li Miaozhen whispered.

The great hate was silent, her calm face could not see joy or anger, and her eyes were full of determination.

“It’s to go to Chuzhou City to take a look, anger will only overpower reason, before we go, let’s organize our thoughts and revisit the Blood Slaughter 3,000 miles case.” Xu Qi’an broke off a dead branch, biting it in his mouth, and said:

“King Zhenbei slaughtered the city in order to refine his Essence Blood and impact the Second Grade, but refining Essence Blood takes time, so he chose to massacre the city of Chuzhou to hide it from everyone with the inertia of thinking under the lights.

“I intercepted the Zhenbei King’s secret agent before and recruited my soul to ask about the situation, and that agent didn’t know where the Zhenbei King massacred the people, but from the recollections of Minister Zheng Buzheng, there were a lot of pawns and secret agents involved in the massacre.”

Li Miaozhen frowned, “What you mean is that those soldiers and secret agents, most likely, had their memories modified.”

Xu Qi’an nodded, ”It’s also possible that they don’t realize what they’ve done, and in any case, it’s not something that a martial artist can make. So, the Zhenbei King still has helpers, top-tier powerhouses from other systems helping him.

“That powerful person even has the ability to restore Chuzhou City to its “original state”, but I’m not sure which system. The Northern Realm has been infiltrated by many barbarians who are investigating this matter, so the Zhenbei King must know about it. Either he has terminated the refining of the essence blood, or he is emboldened to do so. In that case, it will be difficult to do anything with our strength.

“Miaozhen, I need you to deliver the message, to the barbarians, to the demon race.”

Li Miaozhen nodded, she was able to fly with her sword, which was very suitable for delivering messages.

Xu Qi’an met her gaze and said, “I’ll protect Lord Zheng here and wait for you to return and head to Chuzhou City together.”

Li Miaozhen sighed in relief, “Make sure you wait for me.”

“It’s not too late, go.”

“Good.”

Li Miaozhen summoned her flying sword and leapt onto the spine of the sword as she floated in the air.

Xu Qi’an returned to the mountain grotto, and as Minister Zheng Buzheng and the others looked over, he said in a deep voice, “Lord Zheng, gentlemen, you’re waiting here for news from me.”

Zheng Buzheng seemed to have sensed something and asked busily, “What are you going to do?”

“Take a trip to Chushu, to investigate the case.”

There was no excuse for this, and Zheng Buzheng and the others nodded slightly.

Xu Qi’an swept his gaze over them and said, ”A few chivalrous warriors have protected Lord Zheng and never left him, I admire that, it’s only when there are great heroes like you in the world that people find it interesting to aspire to.

“Mister Xu assures you all that he will punish the culprits severely and return justice to the people of Chuzhou.”

Zheng Xinghuai rose and arched his hand, “In that case, this official will die without regret.”

Li Han and the others arched their hands, “There is no regret in dying.”

………….

After the early morning, Xu Qi’an arrived at a small county and sought out the best inn in the area.

Paying the silver and asking the junior for a bucket of water, Xu Qi’an closed the door to her room, pulled out the pieces of the earth book, and with a shake of her hand, the sleeping princess rolled down onto the soft bed.

“Wake up …….”

Xu Qi’an gently patted her face, suddenly remembering that this woman had been doused in ecstasy by herself, he immediately channeled his qi and forcibly awakened her.

Wangfei murmured and opened her eyes, her lax pupils slowly regaining focus, she looked blankly at Xu Qi’an for about a few seconds before her face steeply froze and she shrank to the foot of the bed like a small rabbit.

While examining himself, he turned his head and looked around, screaming, “What have you, you, done to me?!”

Eyes wide and round, making a menacing gesture, but giving the impression of colorfulness.

Xu Qi’an wanted to smile at the sight of her, his insides unconsciously calm, shrugging his shoulders, “I didn’t do anything to you, I just let you sleep.”

“I don’t believe you, you knocked me out, you must have been plotting against me.” She gasped.

You at least to the age of young women, the child s bedroom has not been broken into by thugs themselves will not judge it ……… Xu Qi an heart spit, faintly said:

“I’m going to go out for a while while you check yourself out.”

He waited at the door for a few moments until the young woman Wangfei’s delicate voice came from inside: “Surname Xu?”

Xu Qi’an pushed the door open.

The princess sat at the dresser to comb her hair, turned her head sideways and glared at him with her afterglow, “What are you doing knocking me out for nothing.”

Continue to gaze at yourself in the mirror and concentrate on brushing your hair.

It seemed to have been determined that he was still a whole melon, and the anger in his heart subsided considerably.

Xu Qi’an lifted the wooden bucket and poured water into the copper basin, then blended in a bottle of red potion, he buried his entire face into it and kept rubbing and rubbing.

About a quarter of an hour later, Xu Qi’an’s cheeks burned, and when she lifted her face again, she was a different person.

This man is so handsome that he shocked the party and shamed Louis Koo, and is the only beautiful man in the world ……. Xu Qi’an thinks so.

He pushed the princess away and looked at his familiar face in the mirror, lost in thought.

In the middle of the day, he murmured, “It’s been a long time ……..”

The princess scrutinized him and slowly nodded, “Who are you disguised as? This mediocre appearance is perfect for lurking.”

When she finished speaking, she saw Xu Qi’an slant a murderous glance at herself.

What do you know about handsome? Xu Qi’an didn’t bother to look at the princess who had gone through hell, and faintly said, “I went to investigate the case, and it was inconvenient for me to take you with me, so I came up with this plan.”

After a pause, he said in a deep voice, “What the King of Zhenbei slaughtered was the city of Chuzhou.”

Snap!

The wooden comb fell to the ground, the princess came back to her senses, her face intertwined with shock and mourning, she unconsciously lowered her voice: “Chu, Chuzhou City?”

Whoever heard the news at first glance didn’t believe it.

The Princess is no exception.

Xu Qi’an described Zheng Xinghuai’s matter, briefly.

Wangfei murmured, ”Although I don’t like him, and even more disgusted with the two brothers trading me as goods, however, I still admire him in my heart. He is the number one person in Da Feng’s martial arts path, and he is so eloquent that he has been guarding the border for the people of Da Feng for more than ten years ………

“I was wrong, he is a selfish man. He guarded the border, not for the sake of the people, but simply because Dabong was their family’s, and would not allow outsiders to plunder it.

“Likewise, the people, in their eyes, are objects to be traded, to be sacrificed, and to be sacrificed without hesitation when he needs it.”

She had known that the King of Zhenbei had massacred the people, only that when she heard Xu Qi’an mention the process of the massacre, she could not help herself for a moment.

The Zhenbei King’s atrocities could not be forgiven, and the Protector of the State, Que Yongxiu, deserved death by a thousand cuts, but as he was a third-grade martial artist and the Prince of Dafeng, who could condemn him?

And who can make him plead guilty?

At that moment, she heard Xu Qi’an say, “I’m going to be away for a few days, so stay peacefully in the inn and don’t go anywhere.”

Saying so, Xu Qi’an placed the fragment of the ground book on the table, “You keep it for me for a few days.”

Once Monk Shinshu was allowed to let go of his fists, then all the items on his body were at risk of being left behind, including his clothes.

The fragment of the earth book was a matter of great importance, he was unwilling to let the princess see it, the best plan was to give it to Li Miaozhen, but the princess was still sleeping in it, she was not an object, it was impossible for her to stay in the earth book all the time.

In order not to let the first beauty of Dafeng die without food, he could only come up with this plan. It was good that the crown princess was a silly girl with little insight, and the Earth Book fragment was probably just a small, roughly handcrafted mirror to her.

The princess didn’t bother to look at the small jade mirror and stared at him, “Where are you going?”

At this moment, Xu Qi’an’s mind flashed over the people who fell like grass, over the scholar who had a knife passed through his chest, over the mother who fled with her child in her arms but was killed and her child, over the young child who was picked up by a gun, and over the second son of Zheng who was nailed to the ground ………

“I told you, I’m going to punish the Zhenbei King, he doesn’t deserve that essence blood. I’m going to make him, and Lord Protector Que Yongxiu pay the price.”

Xu Qi’an looked at her calmly, no joy or anger on his face, but his eyes were incomparably determined, “I’m going to Chuzhou.”

When the princess looked into his eyes, she knew that there was no way she could stop this man, she bit her lip and said softly, “You have to come back, you, you promise me.”

“Good.”

Xu Qi’an nodded and got up, heading for the door.

“Xu Qi’an.”

She exclaimed, seemingly uneasy, and in her haste got up and knocked over the stool, chasing it out a few steps and gathering her courage:

“The young man is chivalrous, making friends with the five capitals. Liver and guts, hair shrugged. In the conversation, life and death are the same, and a promise is worth a thousand pieces of gold.”

A promise weighs a lot, so you must come back.

………..

Packtastic Mountain.

The horns “woo-woo”.

Twenty thousand elite cavalrymen of the Qing Yan Clan assembled on the plains at the foot of the mountain, riding on warhorses with one-horned heads covered in scales and wielding curved swords.

At the sound of the trumpet, look out over the lofty palace.

Boom, boom, boom …….

Heavy footsteps came from the distance as a two-foot tall green giant stepped out of the palace, each foot causing a slight tremor in the ground, and he dragged a huge sword in his hand that was unusable by normal people, dragging deep grooves in the ground.

The cavalrymen of the Cyanide clan gazed silently at their leader, and there was silence, except for the sound of heavy footsteps.

The green-colored giant raised his thick giant sword and let out a deep growl, “In Chuzhou City.”

“In Chushu City.”

“In Chushu City.”

The Cyanide cavalrymen raised their scimitars, swung and roared.

……….

A big black mountain in the north with a cloudy valley.

The white-clothed warlock with a blurred face stood at the edge of the cliff, looking down at the valley, which was draped in a perennial fog, with not an inch of grass growing, and the living beings were extinct.

“Candle Nine.”

As the white-robed warlock’s words fell, the fog suddenly boiled, like a woman’s dancing veil.

In the layers of mist, a black shadow swept in at a rapid pace, stopping in front of the white-clothed warlock.

The fog dispersed, and there was a huge serpent’s head, reddish and scale-less, with a single, tightly closed eye on its forehead.

It was as tall as a mountain peak when it raised its body high, and the white-clothed warlock was as small as a mole cricket in front of it.

Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a god and devil who dominated the northern land of extreme cold, with a single eye, scale-less and reddish, with eyes open for day and closed for night.

The leader of the Northern Demon Clan, Candle Nine, is the descendant of that God-Devil.

“In Chuzhou City.” The white-robed warlock laughed.

The vertical eye on the giant snake’s forehead suddenly opened, and a golden light blossomed through the clouds, visible from dozens of miles away.

………

Above the steep cliff, under the old pines with coiled roots, the magnificent and charming woman stretched out her hand, and her sleeve slipped down, revealing her white lotus root arm.

The black eagle circling in the sky swooped down and landed on the woman’s lotus root arm, spitting out human words, “That person has sent a message that he is in Chuzhou City.”

The stunningly beautiful woman with the fluttering white dress said sweetly, “It seems that not only does he want the essence blood, but he also wants the Zhenbei King’s life. Pass on my order, all demon soldiers, attack Chuzhou City.”

………..

PS: Deleted this chapter a couple times, bald head. Will have to refine it a bit more tomorrow.