Chapter 191: The Emperor Looking East Does Not See Home
The flames of war burned across the territory of the Song Dynasty, and all the defenders on the border were wiped out within three days, and the three border counties fell without any news.
It stands to reason that the strength of the three border counties of the Song Dynasty is not weak, but they were all captured within one day, and seemed to be coordinated internally and externally, causing all the sects in the three counties to be caught off guard.
Relying on the traction of the immortal and demon body in the distant Yongle County, Su Fan led the old man forward at full speed, but also escaped the attack of the demon soldiers.
The task assigned by the Holy Lord was to kill His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. Although Su Fan did not want to be manipulated by others, since the Holy Lord would arrange it, it meant that he threatened Su Fan's support.
Although he had only seen it twice, Su Fan could conclude that the Holy Lord was not an extraordinary person. There must be a terrifying existence hidden under the same body as the Ghost King Moming.[
Fortunately, the war had just begun, so there was no need to worry about wasting the opportunity, and with his current strength, Su Fan didn't think he could go to the imperial capital where there were so many masters, and kill His Majesty the Emperor in the palace that was filled with hidden weapons.
Moreover, since he is the king of the Song Dynasty, his cultivation level must not be low. With his current cultivation level in the early stage of Yuanying, it may be difficult for him to even enter the imperial capital.
After some thought, Su Fan decided to take the injured old man to Yongle Sect, although the old man was injured before, so his movement speed was relatively slow.
Recently, the old man's injuries have become serious, so the speed of action has been accelerated a lot. Moreover, the old man seems to be very familiar with the map of the Song Dynasty, and he can know many shortcuts.
And his cultivation level is top-notch. Su Fan observed him coming back late at night several times, and he would bring back many demon elixirs for demon soldiers. You must know that the cultivation level of demon soldiers that can produce demon elixirs must be at least in the early stage of Nascent Soul.
The Heavenly Demon clan is different from the monks. The monks' golden elixir only needs to be condensed in the Golden Elixir stage, while the Heavenly Demons need to reach the Nascent Soul Stage to have the Golden Elixir. For the Heavenly Demons, it is the Demonic Elixir.
The old man took the demon pill and swallowed it alive. Even Su Fan shuddered at this almost demonic behavior, because swallowing the demon pill alive would cause so much pain.
The demon pill accumulates the cultivation of the sky demon throughout his life. After swallowing it, it will inevitably cause a surge of spiritual energy. How will the meridians in the body withstand it? Su Fan has to carefully observe this.
The strange thing is that the old man seems to have no adverse reaction to swallowing the demon pill, and it is very effective in restoring his cultivation. The spiritual energy output by Su Fan can only heal injuries, but cannot restore his cultivation.
Restoring one's cultivation level requires a large amount of elixir spiritual energy, but there was not much spiritual energy in Su Fan's storage bag, so he did not give it to the old man.
Now that the old man swallowed the demon pill to restore his cultivation, Su Fan couldn't help but feel excited. If he had such an ability, if he lacked spiritual energy or was injured when fighting against the enemy, he could swallow the demon pill to make up for the loss.
For several days, the old man never spoke to Su Fan. I don't know whether he was defensive or had something to hide. In short, he just followed Su Fan, traveling late at night every night to bring back the demon pill and devour it himself.
Recently, I would bring some elixirs from time to time, but after throwing them to Su Fan, he would sit down and meditate alone.
Su Fan was not surprised by this. A defeated general would be like this. Why should he happily talk to others all day long, let alone talk about how stupid the people in the dynasty were, because they were
loyalty.
The war has passed for many days, and the people in the court have reinforced and made countermeasures. This is enough to show what kind of people those in the imperial capital are, but the old man has always looked at it calmly.
It was windy today. When he walked out of the dilapidated house where he was staying temporarily and took a look at the bright sky, Su Fan felt very relaxed. Since he returned to the Song Dynasty, all the previous stress seemed to have disappeared.
Although I worry about Fan Ruoyu's safety from time to time, as well as some friends who may have arrived in the imperial capital and are preparing to participate in the thirty-six county drills, in general, I no longer worry about the safety of my own life.
"If you don't see it, the great rivers and mountains will be blown away by the wind, and from now on the world will be my own to roam." Su Fan spoke with a smile on his face, looking up to the sky, expressing his feelings.
Su Fan has indeed been too restrained in these years. He has always been forced to practice. He is either an enemy or a danger. He has never had the most fun. These few days may be his truly happy time.[
However, the old man didn't seem to like hearing these words. He frowned, a chill flashed through his face, and said in a cold voice: "When the country is about to perish, how can you talk about leisurely things? As a citizen of the Song Dynasty, you said such words, which really makes me
Heartbroken."
Su Fan was not angered by his words. Instead, he looked at the old man with a faint smile. He had rarely said a word in the past few days, but today he said a very long sentence.
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"Perhaps there is someone else who makes you feel chilly. You are stationed at the gate outside the territory. Your status in the imperial capital is not trivial, so you must know that the four major families in the imperial capital have three bad intentions." Su Fan said calmly.
The old man's expression became more and more ugly as Su Fan spoke, and he gradually became miserable. After a moment of silence, he said coldly: "Who are you? Not only do you know about the gates outside the territory, but you also know about the affairs of the three major families."
"Who is your Excellency?" Su Fan asked.
The old man looked angry and glared at Su Fan. His fingers were trembling, as if he wanted to kill the young man. However, he seemed to be thinking of saving his life, so he put away his anger and said with a wry smile: "That's all, that's all. Since you are
If you don’t want to say it, forget it.”
As he spoke, the old man raised his head and looked deeply into the distance, which was the direction of the imperial capital. Su Fan could feel his sadness and anger, and he must have felt as if he was looking eastward and could not see home even though the emperor was there.
"I wonder how the Song Dynasty was reduced to this situation when General Lan was alive. Now that the treacherous officials are in the court, I wonder if the Imperial Advisor can know the situation here, but looking at this situation, I am afraid that the Imperial Advisor will be in trouble.
"The old man didn't realize that tears were staining his lapel.
For soldiers and monks, shedding tears represents great sorrow. Perhaps there will be no tears in the face of death. However, in some cases, tears still exist. For example, the death of a relative or the loss of a country.
Su Fan could understand his feelings this time. Mo Nan had the same emotions before, and of course Su Fan also felt the same, but it was more of pity for the imperial capital.
But if Tianyuan County is invaded, Su Fan will definitely take the lead and kill all the invading demon soldiers, making it his duty to defend his homeland.
"Which county are you from?" the old man suddenly asked.
Su Fan looked slightly panicked, not because he was nervous about the old man asking about his life experience, but because the old man's plainness at this moment made him a little scared. The old man was so calm that even when a small group of demon soldiers waved their swords in front of him, he remained motionless.
"Tianyuan County." Su Fan said hurriedly.
As soon as he finished speaking, a small group of about ten demon soldiers had already exploded in his Dantian before they even got close to the old man, and they were taken away from the inner elixir and died.
He didn't see clearly how the old man took action. This was also the first time that Su Fan saw the old man kill someone. The shock in his heart at this moment was beyond description. He originally thought that the other party was just a master of transforming his mind, but now that he thought about it, he might be far beyond this idea.
"Tianyuan County is in the south. I remember there was a big snow mountain there. It was said that the old guy from the Wu tribe used to celebrate plum blossoms somewhere. But I think it's no longer the case now. It's been a long time." The old man continued to describe calmly.
However, Su Fan was already confused. "That old guy from the Wu clan" was obviously the Mr. Zhou he met in Tianyao Pavilion, but how did he know this old man?
"Mr. Zhou?" Su Fan asked softly.
The old man's body was trembling slightly, but his expression remained as usual. At their level of cultivation, they would have long been able to express their emotions and anger, so if Su Fan hadn't been looking at him, it would have been difficult to notice the change in his expression.
"It's strange that you actually know Lao Zhou. After the war between the Wu Clan and the Song Dynasty many years ago, he never appeared again. I guess you weren't even born yet at that time."
The battle between the Wu clan and the Song people happened many years ago. Su Fan was not born yet at that time, so Su Fan just listened silently.[
"Perhaps you have another adventure, but please don't tell others at this time. The Song Dynasty has been estranged from the Wu clan in recent years, and the fact that you have an intersection with Lao Zhou may bring you death.
disaster."
Su Fan also knew about the affairs of the Song Dynasty and the Wu clan, and he understood the consequences of those words. The reason why he told the old man was because he could see that he and Lao Zhou were also friends.
However, these words were sincere, and Su Fan could see it, so he had some respect for this cold old man, and was a little moved by the reason.
"I am Shangguan Yang of the Great Song Dynasty. You know many secret things. You can guess my identity if you think about it. You can also see what is happening now. The imperial capital is definitely not stable now. I want to return to the imperial capital." The old man was silent for a long time before finally
Said in a deep voice.
Su Fan had no doubts about his identity, but he was confused about his reckless decision to return to the Imperial Capital. The Imperial Capital was definitely in danger now, and it was not a wise move to go back.
As if he could tell that Su Fan meant to give advice, Shangguan Yang continued: "My family is in the imperial capital and is looked after by a family of old and young people. Besides, His Majesty the Emperor is stupid. If he listens to the slander, it will be difficult for the Song Dynasty to survive."
"Senior knows that His Majesty the Emperor is fatuous, so he should know that if he goes back he will die, so why bother doing such a useless thing." I didn't want to hit him, but there was nothing I could do.
Shangguan Yang raised the long knife in his hand, touched it gently, and sighed deeply.
"Before, the Imperial Master guessed that such a situation would happen, so he summoned the outstanding disciples from the thirty-six counties to the imperial capital. If these thirty-six counties can be used by me, I can resist the rebellious ministers, and secondly, I can coerce the thirty-six counties to resist together.
The demon soldiers invaded." Shangguan Yang looked cold and said in a cold voice.
Su Fan frowned, completely ignoring his senior status, and said coldly: "This is why I don't care whether the Song Dynasty is destroyed or not, because the Song Dynasty has never shown any affection for the thirty-six counties."
For a moment, there was relative silence.
I didn't want to say such harsh words, but this action really made Su Fan feel angry. Among those disciples were his close friends and people he respected. How could he let them be used by others and go to die.
"If I live, then all the disciples will live. If I die, I will protect the disciples of the thirty-six counties." Shangguan Yang raised his head, looked deeply at Su Fan, and said bitterly.
Such indignant words, spoken in such a tone, but with another feeling, made Su Fan have no choice but to believe his words. After being silent for a long time, he said displeasedly: "I'll believe you for now."
"I have a trump card, but I don't want to use it. I want to leave it to you. Do you dare to take it?" Shangguan Yang suddenly said again.