After the light snow, another heavy snow fell in Zhongzhou City.
Near the end of the year.
In the imperial study room, on the ground in front of Emperor Yunqin's dragon chair, dozens of officials were kneeling.
Emperor Yun Qin slowly closed a secret note and looked at the dignitaries kneeling on the cold bricks. His cold and mocking gaze fell on Feng Qianhan, the second-ranking figure in the military who had just reported.
"Do you think it's a good thing that only some people in various places are making trouble and there are no rebellions in the army?"
He sneered: "I ordered a hundred thousand troops to attack Qingluan College... The army on the Nanling front line can't get enough food and pay, but it is guaranteed that the one hundred thousand troops can appear at the foot of the Dengtian Mountains with ample food and grass. Do you think Yun Qin
Are all soldiers idiots? People are making troubles, so they won’t be angry and make troubles?"
Feng Qianhan lowered his head, feeling slightly cold in his heart. He didn't understand the emperor's intentions and didn't dare to make any sound.
"Avalanches can only seal a mountain for a while, not forever."
Emperor Yunqin looked at Feng Qianhan coldly and said: "The one I can rely on to deal with Qingluan Academy is always this empire and its army. They naturally understand that if they want to be my enemy, they must always
Face my army."
"So being too calm will be dangerous. Underestimating the enemy too much is asking for death."
Emperor Yun Qin slowly raised his head and said expressionlessly: "The power of Qingluan Academy lies not only in the practitioners on the surface, but they just don't want to use the power hidden in the dark, and they don't want to damage some in vain.
Power, wait until it becomes real
When we are about to launch, it is completely unknown how many traitors will appear in my armies. So what you have to do is not to be lucky, but to try to clear out the hidden power of Qingluan Academy for me, as much as possible
Take control of my army."
"Xu Zhenyan." Emperor Yunqin's eyes fell on Xu Zhenyan, who was on one side. "The position of Commander Di Choufei is vacant. From today on, you will be transferred to Zhengwu Division to assist Feng Qianhan and do what you should do."
matter."
"As for corvee and taxation being greatly hindered among the people..." Emperor Yunqin's eyes fell on Leng Zhennan again, "Anger is like drinking, it comes and goes quickly, especially these ordinary people
, a moment of anger is often drowned in firewood, rice, oil and salt."
"There are foreign enemies who share the same hatred and food to eat, and these people will still live their lives. They think I am wrong, so I will admit it. I will issue a sin-self edict for me, and all the expenses of each department will be more frugal for me.
, and reduce some taxes... I am willing to admit my mistake, do they still want to kick me off this dragon throne? "
Emperor Yun Qin smiled coldly and powerfully: "I can also act."
There was a bitter taste in Feng Qianhan's mouth. He looked at the legs of the golden dragon chair and thought that this chair might indeed be a monster that could completely change a person.
…
The Longshe Mountain Range and Dahuangze also ushered in the coldest time of the year.
This is also the time of year when the dragon and snake frontier troops are most dangerous and vigilant.
Several reconnaissance guards walked through the early morning mist like ghosts, with the Dragon Snake Mountains in front of them, and a horse team transporting grain far behind them.
Suddenly, the scouts who had been observing vigilantly with brass eagle eyes all froze.
In an open depression, they saw large tracts of frozen corpses.
These scouts used the reflection of bronze mirrors to stop the advance of the rear cavalry. When they quickly marched into the depression covered with thorns, standing in this sea of corpses, these scouts were shocked for a moment.
No sound is made.
They could see that these dead people wearing thin cotton-padded clothes were all soldiers.
There is no large-scale snowfall in the Longshe Mountain Range during these days, so normally, even if you wear relatively light clothes, with the physique of a soldier, it is impossible for a large number of people to freeze to death here.
At a glance, at least five thousand soldiers died here, making this place seem like a huge battlefield.
However, there were no traces of battle, so there was only one possibility. When these soldiers marched here, their physical strength had already reached its limit.
Several shocked Dragon Snake reconnaissance guards began to disperse and inspect the corpses and traces of marching. They quickly determined that this was a Da Mang army, and there should be more Da Mang soldiers marching elsewhere.
However, these low-ranking sergeants still couldn't understand why there was such a huge army, traveling thousands of miles to come here as if to die.
They don't know that this Da Mang army is related to an agreement between Lin Xi and General Gu Yunjing. They don't know that this Da Mang army came to the Dragon Snake Mountains not to die, but to live.
In many caves in Aojiao Mountain, charcoal fires are lit to cook food.
Zhantai Qiantang stood on the top tower of Aojiao, looking to the south.
After losing 20,000 Da Mang soldiers, he finally returned to Aojiao Mountain with 30,000 Da Mang remnants.
The cold air made his temples smeared with white frost, and in just over a month, there were a few wrinkles at the corners of his eyes.
…
Lin Xi also stood alone in the open space in the Zhige Mountains where freshmen first gathered.
He was wearing the black robe of the college.
He also wore a circle of black cloth on his arm.
No one knows the meaning of wearing this circle of black cloth, and there is no such custom in Yunqin, but no one will stop him.
No one in this academy will object to anything he does.
A faint yellow light fell from the sky.
Li Wu, Jiang Xiaoyi, Bian Linghan, Gao Yanan, Qin Xiyue, and Hua Jiyue stepped off the two sacred tree flying cranes that landed one after another.
These young people also returned to the academy and reunited together again.
Seeing Lin Xi's expression and the circle of black cloth on Lin Xi's arm, the young people who stepped off the sacred tree trembled slightly.
"Vice President Xia is gone?" Hua Jiyue asked softly.
Lin Xi nodded, "I left last night."
Gao Yanan and others all fell into silence.
This is a great man with countless legends and glory, covering Qingluan Academy with a giant umbrella, but when he left, he was so calm and indifferent.
"Vice President Xia told me that after he leaves, the headmaster of Purgatory Mountain is likely to enter Yunqin. From now on, we will only be able to rely on us."
Lin Xi looked at Gao Yanan, Jiang Xiaoyi and others, and said softly calmly.
The corners of Jiang Xiaoyi's eyes were slightly astringent. He looked up at the quiet and beautiful college, thinking in his heart that if someone wanted to destroy such a beautiful place, he would definitely fight tooth and nail.
"What are we going to do?" He took a deep breath, exhaled it slowly, looked at Lin Xi and asked.
"Zhang Ping is in Purgatory Mountain."
Lin Xi did not answer the question of her good friend first, but glanced at Hua Jiyue and Qin Xiyue: "Previously we suspected that he went to Da Mang... but we did not expect that he went to a place like Purgatory Mountain."
Lin Xi's eyes made Qin Xiyue's heart tremble, and Hua Jiyue's face turned pale.
"Our Qingluan Academy has been developing an armor. In the absence of a great saint master who can stop the leader of Purgatory Mountain, that armor is the only hope that Vice President Xia thinks." Lin Xi said softly: "But I think maybe
There is still hope."
Everyone heard what Lin Xi meant.
The young people in these academies all know that they will take on the responsibility of completing this armor next.
Just thinking about the legendary power of the leader of Purgatory Mountain, Gao Yanan and others had not yet thought about the other hope that Lin Xi mentioned.
"The Demonic Transformation of Purgatory Mountain."
Lin Xi didn't stop and said: "Zhantai Qiantang knows the method of cultivating the magic transformation. All he needs is the magic transformation medicine from Purgatory Mountain... If I can cultivate the magic transformation from Purgatory Mountain and have the power of the holy level, I may also be able to defeat Purgatory Mountain."
The Mountain Master poses a threat."
"We don't have many opportunities to enter Purgatory Mountain...According to the exact news, only Zhang Ping is left."
"He is the person sent by the academy to perform this task. According to the news he previously reported, he has been able to access the highest-level workshops in Purgatory Mountain."
"But it has been fifteen days since his last return point."
Lin Xi paused slightly and glanced at Gao Yanan and others, "Although there is no information to prove that his identity has been exposed, whether we want to confirm whether he is okay or for this armor, we must do everything possible to contact him
."
…
Just when Lin Xi was thinking about Zhang Ping's safety with a heavy heart, Zhang Ping was still struggling in that hell.
He began to eat things that made him feel sick when he saw them, and climbed up again and again.
His body has recovered somewhat.
His soul power allowed his fingers to finally dig holes in the smooth rock wall, allowing his body to finally break away from the water and climb up.
However, the cave under this human face is too high.
He exhausted his soul power again and again, exhausted all his strength, and climbed to a high place, but he still couldn't see the sky above his head or the exit.
He fell down again and again amidst desperate howls, crashing hard into the water.
The most terrifying thing is not the powerful opponent, but this claustrophobic loneliness and despair.
…
In Purgatory Mountain, in the temple above the highest crater.
Bathed in red light, the leader of Purgatory Mountain is also waiting.
He was waiting for news to come back from the Yunqin Empire, waiting for news about the disciples and slaves from Purgatory Mountain who were sent to the Heavenly Demon Prison.