The big job Kong Xianglong mentioned was a secret order given to him by his field office.
Other departments were not allowed to participate in the original secret mission.
But Kong Xianglong thought that Xu Qing needed military merit, and other friends also needed it, so after much hard work, he got this opportunity and asked other sword holders to participate as assisters.
And he was willing to provide guarantee for this matter.
In addition to some sword-wielders from the field office, the participants included Xu Qing, Shan Hezi, Wang Chen and Ye Ling.
As for the mission…
"This is an accepted mission."
Late at night, in the field office of the Sword Holding Palace, Xu Qing and others arrived one after another. A total of seventeen sword holders gathered here and looked at Kong Xianglong, who looked solemn in the middle.
"Let's set off first. I'll explain some of the mission procedures to you in detail on the way, but according to the rules, any jade slips you have on your body that transmit information to the outside world must be sealed."
"Until the mission is completed and we return, during this period you will not be able to communicate with the outside world through jade slips. Only I, as the person in charge of this mission, can."
Kong Xianglong's expression was serious. After he finished speaking, he waved his hand. Immediately, a sword bearer from the field office who was responsible for this matter came out. After cupping his fists at everyone, he stepped forward to seal the seal.
The method of sealing is very simple, use the forbidden method to remove the seal.
Following this person's hand seal, a series of restrictions fell on everyone.
Xu Qing looked at the others and found that no one had any objections. At the same time, he also knew that this was a necessary thing for the mission, so after carefully checking the restrictions, he acquiesced that his jade slip for external communication would lose its effect.
This restriction indeed only has this function and nothing else.
Before he came here, he sent a message to Immortal Zixuan to inform him that he might be going out. At the same time, he also asked for leave from the Prison Department.
At this moment, the prohibition seal was completed. With Kong Xianglong's wave, everyone set off to the Teleportation Hall of the Sword Holding Palace. They stepped in one after another and teleported together.
As the formation's light shone, the seventeen of them disappeared.
When he appeared, he was already in a place very far away from the county capital, which was the boundary between the county capital and Tianyun Prefecture.
"Three days later, we will reach another transmission point, but from now on, we must hide our traces along the way. Everyone, please change the sword holder's clothes and let's set off."
Under the dark night sky, Kong Xianglong looked at the people around him and spoke in a low voice.
Xu Qing's expression was solemn. He could see that this mission was unusual. After all, with his rich military exploits, it was naturally risky, so he changed into the sword holder's Taoist robe.
No one in the group spoke. After finishing the work quickly, they were led by Kong Xianglong and galloped through the night.
"Now let me tell you about the mission."
"This time's mission is to pick up an assassin lurking in the Shenglan Clan in the Sword-bearing Palace!"
"This Anzi has been lurking in the Shenglan tribe for many years. He has recently returned. Our task is to meet him at the border and protect him all the way back to the Sword Palace."
Kong Xianglong ran quickly and spoke to the people around him.
"As for whether he has exposed his identity, whether he has found any unusual clues, and why he cannot pass them on by other means and has to escape in person, you may have all these thoughts in your mind, but I tell you clearly,
Don’t think about it, this is not something we should know.”…
Kong Xianglong looked at Xu Qing, Shanhezi and the others. These words were obviously not addressed to the sword holders in the field office, but to remind Xu Qing and the others.
Xu Qing nodded. As an old murderer, he naturally understood this.
Shanhezi and others also expressed their understanding.
"But one thing I firmly believe is that this dark man who is willing to lurk in the Shenglan tribe will not have any problems with his identity, and it is absolutely impossible for him to betray the sword holder."
"In addition, my personal analysis is that the return of this dark man should also have its own cover-up. The person we are trying to deal with may not be him, and it may just be a failure."
"There is a high probability that other teams are also executing this mission, but the direction should be different from ours."
"There must be strong people in the palace, but they are not here, I don't know." Kong Xianglong looked at Xu Qing and others and whispered.
"Brother Kong, why do you need to be so detailed this time?" Shanhezi glanced at Xu Qing.
Ye Ling frowned and glanced at Xu Qing.
In fact, they were somewhat repulsed by Xu Qing's invitation to participate this time. It was not that they were bored, but that they were not used to it.
After all, as a team, they have never joined anyone else.
Xu Qing is the only one in these years.
Wang Chen looked indifferent and sat on the coffin sighing.
Xu Qing looked as usual and said nothing.
"Xu Qing is participating in a mission with us for the first time. If there are any misunderstandings, we should clarify them in advance." Kong Xianglong said with a smile.
Seeing what Kong Xianglong said, Ye Ling and Shan Hezi stopped talking.
The other sword holders in the field office pretended not to see all this. In fact, they were very familiar with Shan Hezi and others. After all, these three were always present during Kong Xianglong's field mission.
In this way, the group of people galloped through the night, and time passed slowly.
Xu Qing was not the fastest, but he was not the slowest either. As he followed, he was analyzing the mission in his mind, and at the same time he was recalling the history of all races explained by Jun Cheng during the previous secret training.
The Shenglan tribe was a tribe that formed its own after Grand Duke Shenglan rebelled against the human race. As a traitor to the human race, they became a life-and-death enemy.
They attached themselves to the Heitian Clan, and were given blood by the Heitian Clan to integrate into their own people. Over generations, the Shenglan Clan's people had a trace of black blood in their red blood.
Moreover, in the frictions in previous years, the Shenglan tribe was more ferocious than the Heitian tribe in their fights with the human race. It seems that the more cruel they are to the human race, the more they can prove themselves.
At the same time, Fenghai County, the only county in the Shenglan region that has not been unified by it, is also eyeing it.
If he hadn't been concerned about the human imperial territory after all, he would have swallowed up the Fenghai Department long ago.
But the human race understands, and Fenghai County understands even more that there will eventually be a battle between the two sides in the future.
Today's balance is extremely fragile and can be broken by just one incident.
In fact, it was not just Fenghai County that was like this. Xu Qing knew from the secret training that the other six counties were in a similar situation, and some counties had even lost several states.
"The building is about to collapse due to the storm." These were the helpless words spoken by the county magistrate that day in a vicissitudes of voice.
As Xu Qing was thinking, three days passed by in a flash, during which Kong Xianglong even told him about the code name...
Every time we go out on a mission, everyone will not call out their names. They all have a temporary code name.
"Child."
Xu Qing said softly that this was the code name for his mission, and he planned to use this code name forever.
"Okay, this time my name is Brother Long, haha, you can all call me that." Kong Xianglong said with a smile.
Soon, everyone arrived at the second teleportation point and moved to another place. After several days of travel, they finally reached Linlan Prefecture.
This is one of the boundaries between Fenghai County and the Shenglan Tribe.
"With one last teleportation, we can reach the border area."
After arriving here, everyone was extremely vigilant. Although this place is still within the scope of Fenghai County, it borders Shenglan after all.
Even though there are regulations between the two clans, any Nascent Soul cultivator who dares to step even half a step outside their respective boundaries will be immediately obliterated by the forbidden magic weapon, but they still have to guard against it.
Moreover, high-level Tiangong Jindan cultivators are equipped with some more destructive items, and their power is equally astonishing.
It was also late at night, and the moon could not be seen in the sky, which was covered by dark clouds. There were only streaks of lightning and roaring sounds, and the rain was also pouring down at this moment.
In the heavy rain, seventeen figures headed straight for the teleportation array without any pause.
Soon after, when more rain fell, a simple stone fortress appeared in front of them in the distance. Xu Qing's eyes showed a cold light, and he smelled the smell of blood.
At the same time, Shanhezi, Wang Chen and Ye Ling all looked slightly moved.
Kong Xianglong had already narrowed his eyes, and the moment he raised his right hand, everyone immediately stamped their feet and squatted down, their expressions becoming serious.
"The teleportation place did not release a signal that only the sword holder can see at the specified time. There is something wrong inside."
"Child, witch, Yang Ling, and Hedao, the four of you will take three of them each. I can do it alone. We will divide into five directions and step in at the same time. We will kill all foreigners we encounter!"
"If you meet Gao Gong, wait for me." Kong Xianglong was also a decisive person and spoke immediately.
After saying that, he rushed out and went straight to the fortress in front. Xu Qing turned back and looked at the sword holders from the field office. These people were instantly divided into three people from Shanhezi.
It was too late to make the remaining three choices and looked at Xu Qing.
"Three fellow Taoists, don't follow too closely." Xu Qing threw out three pill bottles, which contained special antidote pills.
After Xu Qing joined the Sword Bearers, in order to avoid the recurrence of what happened in the Hall of Knowledge that day, he prepared some antidotes that could easily resolve his own non-toxic poisons.
It's just that his poison was seriously mixed, and although the antidote worked, it still wouldn't work if he inhaled it directly.
But if you stay farther away and wait for most of the poison to dissipate, you can still do it.
Xu Qing then rushed away, and so did everyone else. The three looked at each other and followed Xu Qing.
Soon, the seventeen sword holders were divided into five directions and approached the fortress.
Xu Qing rushed forward without any pause. The poison-forbidden elixir in his body vibrated, and the poison spread throughout his body. As a layer of protection, he raised his right hand and waved it, and a large amount of poisonous powder suddenly spread out.
.
After doing this, he stepped into the fortress. As soon as he entered, he heard the roar of magic in the distance. At the same time, there was also a cold hum in front of him. In the next moment, a figure was moving very fast, and an ambush was approaching...
The other party was a middle-aged man, wearing a black robe. His appearance was no different from that of a human being, except for a black line between his eyebrows. He was wearing a five-gong golden elixir cultivation level. But before he got close to Xu Qing, his expression changed and his eyes became clear.
He showed shock and spurted out a large mouthful of black blood.
"What kind of poison is this!"
He was not surprised that the poison was poisonous. What surprised him was that the poison was too strong. At this moment, just by taking a breath, he felt that his internal organs were burning and his eyesight turned black.
And the next moment, he no longer had the qualification to continue to be horrified. Xu Qing was too fast. When the moment approached, the dagger given by the captain appeared in Xu Qing's hand. He held the handle wrapped around the shroud and swung away from the middle-aged man.
Pass.
The dagger touched his neck, and his head flew up.
Xu Qing's expression was as usual, and he stepped into the night, changing his position from prey to hunter. He walked in a dark corner all the way. As he galloped forward, he suddenly accelerated and waved his dagger in front of him.
Before a figure could take action, a figure suddenly rushed out, and its head was delivered to Xu Qing. With disbelief, it flew high into the sky. Xu Qing didn't even look at it, and disappeared again in a flash.
Soon, a monk from the Shenglan clan was hiding in the dark, staring around, preparing to wait for someone to arrive and take action. His eyes were looking into the distance, and his expression suddenly changed. He was about to fight back, but it was too late.
Xu Qing's figure appeared strangely behind him, and the dagger swiped across his neck without any pause.
Then Xu Qing frowned, and a whistling sound came from behind. But as the red lightning and the shadow's eyes opened, the body of the person who was sneaking behind Xu Qing was shaken, and the iron stick penetrated directly from the center of his eyebrows.
At this moment, spells roared in the fortress, sounds of fighting continued to be heard, and the low roar of Kong Xianglong rising into the air was heard in the air. Surrounding him were four Shenglan tribesmen with eight battle powers.
With eight palaces of fighting power, it can be seen that these four are not ordinary people in the Shenglan clan. Each of them possesses emperor-level skills.
Their imperial-level skills were clearly standardized. They each transformed into a black monster hand, superimposed on each other to exude astonishing power. They formed a formation with each other, and even used four magic weapon fragments.
All this is not for killing, because it is too difficult to kill Kong Xianglong, so their purpose is just to form a trap to trap Kong Xianglong.
At the same time, the sky was filled with thunder, as if it was being attracted and gathered together, and was about to fall. The target was Kong Xianglong.
Seeing all this, Xu Qing's eyes became even colder, but he did not rush away. Instead, he turned his head and looked into the darkness ahead.
There is a figure there, walking step by step.
"Interesting, the human sword-wielders this time are a little different from what we, the black-clad guards, encounter on a daily basis."
The Shenglan tribe also has a department similar to the Sword-bearing Palace, called the Black Guards.
At this moment, a roar came from behind Xu Qing, and the three sword holders from the field office rushed over. They felt the poison along the way and took a lot of detoxifying pills.
This is because Xu Qing restrained himself after killing the person and partially recovered the poison, otherwise the detoxifying pill would be useless.
Along the way, they even saw the Shenglan tribesmen who had lost their heads and were killed with one blow.
Each one of them has the same five-house combat power as them.
Therefore, Xu Qing was shocked from the bottom of my heart.
They had heard that this batch of new sword wielders were different from the past, and there were a few monsters among them, including Xu Qing, but they had never seen him take action after all.
Now that they saw Xu Qing's terror with their own eyes, they felt deeply.
In fact, they themselves are also good people. Any one of them who performs tasks alone has a great record, but in comparison, they are still inferior.
"Three more are here." At the same time as the three sword-holders from the field office appeared, a figure from the darkness also came out, wearing a black robe with golden flames embroidered on it. It seemed like there was a holy fire burning in the dark night.
Out of the ordinary fluctuations.
Behind the back is a huge black handprint formed by the Ascension Emperor level skill, which supports six heavenly palaces. While the pressure is dispersed, this person's seven palaces' combat power is also revealed.