Chapter 65: The Cloak of the Sky (two chapters in one)
Night, Hejiazhuang.
Xu Tong and his party rode horses along the path.
This Hejiazhuang was originally a military garrison, but after it was abandoned, it was repaired by the local people and became a village, but it was also sparsely populated with not many people living there.
Recently, the village has been even more restless.
Villagers always encounter some unclean things. For example, a villager went to burn incense at his ancestral grave, only to see his grandfather, who had been dead for 28 years, crawling out of the grave.
Some villagers, while collecting firewood, saw the dark shadow standing there on the mountain, and they were almost frightened to death on the spot.
The most terrifying thing is Yizhuang at the east end of the village. Every night there is a strong wind, and wild cats and dogs gather there to guard the place. At night, the eyes glow green.
Who can bear this? He quickly reported it to the government, but the government walked around and left in despair, and then nothing happened.
After going back and forth, the villagers became more courageous as time went by, and found that these dirty things were everywhere, but in the end they did not harm anyone or any animal, and even when the New Year was approaching, they even killed some wild boars that were causing harm to the village.
Instead, it's more like protecting the village.
So much so that some people feel that their ancestors are showing up and protecting their village.
And it spreads more and more, and now every seventh and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, the villagers go to the Yizhuang to bring some offerings and burn a few sticks of incense to pray for peace.
"This Lao Gao made such a big fuss that I asked General Wang to write two letters to the Yangzhou Prefect before suppressing the matter. Otherwise, the court would have regarded him as a demon and evil deed."
Gu Xibai started to complain as he walked.
Xu Tong also shook his head and said, "Why did he remember to stay in this ghost place in Yizhuang? Didn't I introduce him to Yangzhou Prison? What did he do when he ran out?"
"He said that the corpses in Yangzhou Prison are all registered by the government and cannot be stolen. The environment is so bad that it is not as comfortable as Yizhuang."
While the two were talking, they had already arrived at the gate of Yizhuang on horseback.
Xu Tong took a closer look and saw that the sky above Yizhuang was filled with evil spirits. He had turned the good Yizhuang into a filthy place where evil spirits gathered.
Fortunately, Gao Zhuo had some conscience and laid boundary stakes around the area, isolating all evil spirits inside Yizhuang.
Otherwise, if so many evil spirits dispersed, this village would probably have long been turned into a Shura field.
"You guys stay here and don't let anyone in, and you don't want to go in either!"
Xu Tong turned his head and gave instructions to Ge Zhuo and the other personal guards who were following him.
It’s not that I can’t trust them, but this place is so sinister that it’s comparable to the Hangzhou Heavenly Prison. Ordinary people would definitely not be able to bear it, even if Ge Zhuo and the others have mastered the Five Tigers Kung Fu and are as powerful as a master.
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After Ge Zhuo and others accepted the order, they stood obediently not far away and blocked the route into Yizhuang.
Then Xu Tong and Gu Xibai walked into Yizhuang.
As soon as the two of them entered Yizhuang, the evil spirit around them boiled as if they had been stimulated.
However, before the evil spirit could get closer, a roar of tiger roared out from Xu Tong's head, and the tiger's energy dispersed, forcing all these evil spirits back.
The Yin Tiger drives away all evil spirits, and these evil spirits cannot get close at all.
"Lao Gao!"
Xu Tong called Gao Zhuo.
After a while, the coffin in the righteous village creaked and creaked, and then a coffin lid slid open. Gao Zhuo poked his head out of the coffin and waved to Xu Tong: "This way!!"
Xu Tong and Gu Xibai walked over and took a look, and found that there was a mystery hidden inside the coffin. The bottom of the seemingly small coffin was actually bottomless.
After Gao Zhuo signaled the two of them to wait for him, he plunged into the coffin again.
After about ten minutes, Gao Zhuo climbed out of the coffin.
"You hollowed out the bottom??"
Xu Tong took one look at the coffin and couldn't help but move forward to examine it curiously.
I saw that the evil spirit below had become so thick that it was like a liquid. Even Xu Tong could not see clearly what was below with his naked eyes.
Immediately he opened his eyes and looked inside, only to see clearly that there were thousands of zombies densely packed below.
These zombies are not ordinary. Their skin is dark green and they look like ghosts. Even if you look closely, you will find that the flesh of these zombies is almost transparent.
"What kind of zombie are you practicing??"
They are both from the Yinmen, and Xu Tong is a descendant of the Meihua lineage. Plus he is with Gao Zhuo every day, so he also has a certain understanding of zombies.
But this was the first time Xu Tong had seen such a weird zombie.
Seeing that Xu Tong didn't recognize them, Gao Zhuo laughed proudly and pulled Xu Tong and Gu Xibai to sit down in the yard.
Then he explained to them the mysteries of these zombies in detail.
Ever since the last time at the Mei family, Mei Du gave the Mei family's corpse refining records to Gao Zhuo, Gao Zhuo has been studying hard.
Later, after receiving some advice from Yan Xiaoqi, he got the idea.
He no longer continues to be obsessed with using the power of zombies to improve his own physical strength. Instead, he is obsessed with studying the combination of zombies and poison, and is unable to extricate himself from the fun of cultivating zombies.
This time Xu Tong sent him to Yangzhou Prison. Although he did not find a suitable corpse or a place for refining the corpse there, he had another unexpected gain.
In the prison, he met a Gu sect poison master named Tang Buren, who was notorious for poisoning three hundred people in one day. After being captured and brought to justice by the court, he was sentenced to Ling Chi.
Before this guy died, he gave Gao Zhuo a very strange side task, poisoning him so that he could leave a whole body and take the body out of the prison.
When Gao Zhuo heard that there was such a good thing, he just gave him a bag of poison and secretly sent the body out of the prison.
However, Gao Zhuo had a good idea on the way and gave this guy a few more cuts.
As a result, this guy was actually not dead. Not only was he not dead, he also wanted to attack Gao Zhuo.
Fortunately, Gao Zhuo reacted quickly, and with the help of zombies and the bloody blade in his hand, he was able to kill the man cleanly. From then on, a method of refining the poison called Shadow Gu was found behind the man's corpse.
This Gu is extremely fast, good at stealth, and can gather evil energy.
When Gao Zhuo took a look, he simply used this Gu to combine with his own zombies. Unexpectedly, the effect of this combination was astonishing.
Zombies rely on Yin evil energy to increase their strength, but this Gu can gather and control Yin evil energy. The two simply complement each other.
As a result, Gao Zhuo simply stopped going back to prison and hid in the Yi Village and began to concentrate on refining corpses.
The zombies that Xu Tong saw were the ones successfully refined by Gao Zhuo. They were not very strong individually, so they could barely fight against Taoist masters for a while.
But now the number of thousands has produced a qualitative change. With the help of his own zombie formation, even if he is the best in the world, he still has a chance to retreat calmly.
When Gao Zhuo said this, Xu Tong immediately became curious and immediately expressed his desire to let Gao Zhuo pull the zombie out.
It just so happens that I can verify how much the two of them have improved in strength over the past three months.
Xu Tong's words obviously spoke to the hearts of the two of them.
The two men's rapid improvement in strength was the result of three months of hard training day and night.
As the team leader and the core of the team, Xu Tong is understandably stronger.
But as the core members of the team and the first people to follow Xu Tong, they would never allow the gap between themselves and Xu Tong to be widened to an irreparable level.
Both of them are trying their best to catch up and will never allow themselves to become a drag on the team.
Therefore, facing Xu Tong's invitation, after the two of them looked at each other, Gao Zhuo suddenly sprinkled a ball of black powder towards Xu Tong, and at the same time, Gu Xibai's fist had already hit Xu Tong.
"Fuck, you guys are playing dirty tricks??"
Xu Tong didn't expect these two people to be so shameless, so he was caught off guard and summoned the Xuanyuan Shield in front of him.
"boom!!!"
A huge muffled sound sounded in Hejiazhuang.
The common people in Hejiazhuang seemed to have become accustomed to these strange movements. They cursed and said greetings, then turned over and continued to sleep soundly.
The sound of fighting continued until dawn.
I just waited for people to wake up from their sleep, get up and take a look at the Yi Zhuang. They were dumbfounded. They saw that the original Yi Zhuang had been razed to the ground, and there was a huge hole underneath the Yi Zhuang.
Go to the bottomless depths.
There were various theories at the time. Some said it was an earth dragon ascending to heaven, while others said that a Taoist master came last night and killed the evildoers hiding here.
What is even more exaggerated is that it is said that our ancestors ran out of the graves themselves.
In short, everything was possible, but from then on, the strange things in Hejiazhuang never happened again.
But something strange happened in Shenwu Camp.
When the soldiers got up early in the morning to practice, they suddenly discovered that there was a hideous wound on Gu Xibai's chest.
Similarly, Xu Tong also has a big panda eye on his face.
Nie Gao (Gao Zhuo), who originally left the team, also came back. This guy seemed fine at all. He just grinned and always tilted his head when eating. People saw this strangely and took a closer look, only to find that this guy had two big balls.
There is no trace of the front teeth.
It's no one else's fault. This guy was too insignificant. With those You Zong standing in front of him and hiding behind to shoot hidden arrows, Xu Tong could only use the Wrestling Curse and the Dragon Binding Talisman to restrain this guy.
His front teeth were accidentally broken by himself.
However, I have to admit that the Youzong that this guy refined is very weird. Once it moves, it is almost difficult to detect with the naked eye. Xu Tong could only capture the trajectory of these Youzong with his clairvoyance.
They are like a swarm of black locusts. Wherever they pass, they will roll up a huge corpse evil, and the poisonous poison of Gao Zhuo is mixed in it, making it difficult for people to guard against it.
As for Gu Xibai, Xu Tong's big dark circles under his eyes were the best proof. After the three of them fought, Xu Tong specially took them to the space between reality and reality to pick the fruits of their wishing trees.
Although the wishing tree of the two people does not have an incredible title card like Xiao Wang's card, under the careful care of Mr. Mei, everyone got a good title card.
Especially Gu Xibai, this guy got a boxer series title, and another title card in his hand, forming a double bond, doubling the power of boxing skills.
There are two other title cards, one is [Body of Hundred Battles] and the other is [Jue Zhan].
The Body of a Hundred Battles just adds a passive skill, so let’s not mention it.
But the key title card is that [Zhan Jue]
It comes with a title skill. When all active props and skills are in a cooldown state, activating Zhan Jue can randomly reduce the cooldown time of an active skill within three minutes.
In other words, during this period of time, as long as Gu Xibai kept releasing his skills, there would be almost no cooldown.
And this guy's prop card has very few active skills attached to it. As long as he slightly organizes it and leaves some powerful and long-cooling prop cards, his combat effectiveness can be almost doubled.
Gao Zhuo's luck was a little worse, with only two title cards.
This cannot be blamed on Mr. Mei, only because he invested too little. When the seeds were changed, Xu Tong only retained the limited series of retrogrades and a few titles such as [Venerable], and almost all other titles were lost.
wishing Tree.
Gao Zhuo only threw in a small number of rubbish titles, and in exchange for two fairly good title cards, he had already made a huge profit.
Gao Zhuo looked at Gu Xibai's title card and drooled with envy. However, when he learned about the [Little King Card] in Xu Tong's hand, he felt regretful and almost shed tears.
Now only Chang Wugu's wishing tree has not yet been picked. Mr. Mei was quite proud when he mentioned Chang Wugu's wishing tree. He felt that although this wishing tree was inconspicuous, it was the one with the deepest roots.
tree.
The fruits on the tree are still absorbing nutrients.
I don’t know what kind of quality title card will appear when Chang Wuji takes it off.
The three of them continued to wait in Shenwu Camp for about ten days.
In the past ten days or so, after the soldiers of the Shenwu Battalion learned that they were about to leave as an envoy to the Northern Barbarians, they trained even harder every day.
Xu Tong will not treat them badly.
To improve the food for these soldiers, the dragon rice porridge that was originally served every three days became one meal a day.
The most important thing is that Xu Tong asked Gao Zhuo to go to Yangzhou City and spend huge sums of money to purchase a batch of high-quality light armor.
Xu Tong personally took action and used the spirit enchantment technique in Yanshu to enchant each set of armor with spirit blessings.
Although it is light armor, after Xu Tong's blessing, each set of armor has obtained three kinds of talismans.
The Mountain Shield Talisman, the Black Ice Talisman, and the Golden Armor Talisman, these three talismans have greatly improved the defense of the armor. Although it is light armor, its defense is definitely not inferior to those of heavy armor.
Xu Tong didn't even let go of his weapons. Everyone's scimitars were blessed with thunderstorm talismans.
With a lot of money, the combat effectiveness of this team has been raised to another level.
It's all about technology and hard work, no expense spared.
As for the money consumed, Xu Tong didn't worry at all. The happy life of the Northern Barbarian Crown Prince was in his hands. Spending money was just a matter of moving his fingers.
Now the generals in the main camp were really crying.
If they knew that the emperor had allocated 4,000 people to Xu Tong, and there was still a quota of 1,000 people, they might have joined Xu Tong's Shenwu Camp at this time, even if they tried hard to get rid of the general.
Of course, they probably won't know about this.
Because Xu Tong had no plans to expand the Shenwu Camp, the three thousand people in front of him were already well-trained warriors who cooperated extremely well.
If you rush to add a thousand more people, not only will you not be able to keep up with the pace of this team, but it will become a huge drag.
Not two days after these preparations were completed, the imperial edict regarding the mission to the Northern Barbarians arrived.
Xu Tong was ordered to take his troops and go to the gate of Yecheng, Tiangan, to go on an envoy to the Northern Barbarians with his envoy Xu Fan.
After receiving the order, Xu Tong said goodbye to several generals in the main camp, and then headed straight for Yecheng with his troops.
Xu Tong's three thousand men and horses galloped all the way. Without the burden of baggage and those messy trivial matters, the speed was many times faster than when the teacher returned to the court.
It only took less than fifteen days to arrive at Yecheng.
Yecheng is a border fortress, just across the river from Langshan Mountain.
If Xu Tong and others hadn't intervened and forced Wu Jie to destroy the Northern Barbarians, according to the plot of the previous script world, it would have been a forced drag on by the two sides, and it took until winter for both of them to retreat.
Naturally, they did not return in triumph, but were stationed in Yecheng.
After that, they struggled here. After spring, the Northern Barbarians went south again and fought more than ten battles one after another. Only then did the unprecedented decisive battle finally break out. Xu Lai and Xiao Leshan fought the final decisive battle in Yecheng. .
In the last round of players, they avoided the Battle of Langshan and chose to take another river and lake route. As a result, they suffered a huge loss and were chased by the masters of the rivers and lakes, forcing them to flee in embarrassment.
In the end, he rejoined the army as a deserter and was sent to this place to continue fighting hard.
In other words, they are unlucky because they have never been able to get rid of their low status and can only move forward with the development of the general trend.
Can't blame them.
If I didn't get the script, I would probably be in trouble.
After all, we have to face the pursuit of fellow Earth Immortal masters, as well as the overt and covert attacks of people from all walks of life, coupled with the attrition war in Langshan, it will be difficult to build up enough military merit. These problems will greatly waste valuable resources. time.
Even if Xu Tong is very powerful, at best he will only be a little better than the previous round of players. It is almost impossible for him to be like this now.
Throughout their journey, Xu Tong and the others had never seen anyone who dared to attack him.
My reputation as Lord Shenwu not only represents the face of the imperial court, but is also earned through hard-fought battles.
In terms of swordsmanship, Huashan Swordsman was his own defeated general. In terms of strength, he kicked Di Qiu and slapped the crown prince.
In terms of reputation, hahaha, I'm sorry, I, a remnant of the Xuan Kingdom, avenged the country, made great military exploits, presented my head at the gate of Lin'an City, and took full responsibility for the righteousness of the family and the country.
Even if those Jianghu sects are determined to snatch the innate divine fetus in their hands, I am afraid they still have to weigh whether they are worthy enough.
What's more, the turmoil over the Humen Murder Case is far from over. This shit basin has been placed on the head of the Yuanqi Shen Cult, so that many martial arts masters who are reclusive in the world will not worry about Xu Tong at all, but It is to turn the spearhead and deal with the Yuanqi Divine Sect.
If it weren't for the fact that Xiao Leshan was still in charge of the Northern Barbarians, I'm afraid that the Yuanqi Divine Sect would have already become the target of crusade by people in the world.
My group arrived early, and it was estimated that it would take some time for Xu Fan to arrive, so he ordered the army to station outside Yecheng. Lao Bai stayed in the army, and he took a few personal guards into Yecheng for a walk. look.
Before entering the gate of Yecheng, the prefect of Yecheng had already led his subordinate officials to wait outside the gate.
Even though he was a prefect, he saw Xu Tong and others riding on war horses and had no choice but to bow down and pay homage.
This is why Xu Tong has this weight.
If it were any other general, the governor's official position would be higher than yours, so being able to pick you up would be regarded as a sign of respect for you.
Moreover, it is no longer news that officials favor civil service over military affairs.
Otherwise, why would Wu Zhengong be so resentful of the forbidden martial arts monument?
That is to say, after the Xuan Kingdom was destroyed, the status of generals was slightly improved due to Xu Lai's efforts.
But Xu Tong is different.
The poems he composed on the West Lake have spread all over the country.
It attracted a burst of applause from the literati and poets.
In addition, Yang Hong, played by Xu Tong, originally had a distinguished background in Xuanguo, so in the eyes of many literati, Xu Tong was a man of culture and a Confucian general, not some ignorant guy.
Regardless of whether the ministers in the court like Yang Hong or not, they will never deny this. After all, this is a move to put money on their own faces.
"Cao Jun, the humble governor of Yecheng, pays homage to Marquis Shenwu!"
Cao Jun bowed his hands, but his eyes never moved away from Xu Tong, his eyes filled with admiration.
In ancient times, there were three major romances: a scholar joining the army, a young man wielding a sword, and a widow opening the door in the middle of the night.
There is no doubt that Xu Tong successfully realized two of these ideals.
Cao Jun was fascinated and admired.
Xu Tong still knew the rules and hurriedly dismounted his horse to return the gift, and then entered the city under the reception of Cao Jun.
Cao Jun admired Yang Hong so much that he specially booked a restaurant to entertain Xu Tong.
After three rounds of drinking, Cao Jun handed over his hand and said, "Your Majesty knows that Marquis Shenwu is on an envoy to the northern barbarians this time, and the barbarians in the north will be frightened by the news. However, this is not enough to show my power, so I specially prepared something as a gift." Marquis Shenwu, I hope Marquis Shenwu will accept it."
After speaking, Cao Jun waved his hand and asked someone to bring up the things he had prepared.
Xu Tong had many treasures in his hands, and ordinary things were naturally invisible to the Dharma's eyes, but this thing made his eyes brighten.
I saw Cao Jun step forward and unfold the thing, and it turned out to be a bright red cloak. The cloak was made of an unknown material, as bright as blood, with gold threads on it. When shaking, the shadow of a lion appeared.
Cao Jun put the object under the sun, and suddenly a strange halo appeared. Xu Tong looked at it with his Life Eye Qimen, and found that the object was accompanied by divine light, and a strange aura surrounded it. around the cloak.
Then Cao Jun personally put this thing on Xu Tong's body, and a warm feeling enveloped him.
"To be honest with Marquis Shenwu, my ancestor was once a famous general. This treasure passed down from our ancestors is woven with the fur of Suanni. It has the power of the Big Dipper. It is called...Huntian Cloak."
