Chapter Eleven: Returning to Beijing, Clash at the City Gate
Huang Wuji couldn't wait to open one of the brocade boxes. A flash of red light shot out from the box as he opened it. The red light exuded a fiery feeling.
The box was completely opened, and a red bead appeared in front of Huang Wuji's eyes. The red bead was like a flashing fireball, and the whole body exuded a burning feeling, distorting the air, and it was like red flames beating in the air.
"Earth Fire Spirit Bead!" Huang Wuji saw the characteristics of the red bead and immediately thought of the records in an ancient book. The Earth Fire Spirit Bead is the purification and condensation of earth fire. It has the effect of increasing the fire spiritual power, and is also used to create fire.
The best material for weapons, and also immune to fire spiritual power.
Although the Earth Fire Ganoderma is still immune to all fires, the Earth Fire Lingzhi is basically immune to the flames under the Earth Fire. In addition, the flames above the Earth Fire are also immune to a certain extent.
immunity.
"Yes, the Earth Fire Spirit Pearl. Just like this, it is worth a hundred years of luck. What are the remaining two items? I am really looking forward to it!" Huang Wuji saw the first brocade box, which was a heart-warming Earth Fire Pearl.
Lingzhu looked at the remaining two brocade boxes and his eyes lit up.
Huang Wuji opened the remaining two brocade boxes one after another, and the contents inside did not disappoint him. The Zi Qing Jade Pendant and a bottle of elixir, although he did not know what the elixir was for the time being. However, Huang Wuji still knew about the Zi Qing Jade Pendant, and a bottle of elixir.
It is a unique product of the wilderness. It is jade that has been condensed bit by bit through the continuous weathering of thousands of years of stone ice. It has been carved by experts and added with the arrangement of the Zi Qing Qing Xin Ming Xin Array.
Let jade become a rare treasure that can calm the mind and not be disturbed by external demons. In the entire Middle-earth continent, there are not many people who have Ziqing jade pendants. They are generally items that are thousands of years old, and there are very few that are more than ten thousand years old.
However, the piece in Huang Wuji's hand has a history of at least 100,000 years, which shows how precious it is. In addition to its basic functions, the 100,000-year-old Ziqing Jade Pendant also has the function of warming and continuously strengthening various parts of the body.
There are also many other small effects, such as keeping warm in winter and cool in summer, etc., to keep your spirit in the best condition.
After seeing the treasures in the first stone chamber, Huang Wuji had expectations for the other stone chambers. There are treasures like this in the Hundred Years Luck Stone Gate, and needless to say in other stone gates, they must be rare.
treasure.
However, one should use a little bit of luck and a little bit less. Five hundred years of luck is indeed a bit too much. Huang Wuji is not the kind of person who can squander it at will. If his luck is not replenished, he should use a little bit less. The cost of maintaining the Cave Heaven Paradise is too high.
, it is better to use less.
For the sake of convenience, Huang Wuji gave the mysterious cave this blessed land a name, Honglian Cave, which was easy to remember. Huang Wuji didn’t know that he had stayed in Honglian Cave for a few days. He only knew that the time was not short.
The guards outside must be anxious to death.
With a thought, Huang Wuji's body instantly disappeared from the Honglian Cave and appeared at the foot of a barren mountain. Huang Wuji took a closer look and saw that it was not the place where he had just come. The white mist was gone, and the surrounding scenery suddenly broadened.
Not far from the foot of the barren mountain, there was a group of thirty guards. They were all sallow and skinny and had been hungry for several days. Their eyes were full of anxiety. Among them, a middle-aged man who seemed to be the leader kept going back and forth.
Stepping forward, looking up into the distance from time to time.
"Hey! What is that!" The middle-aged man saw a black shadow appearing from a distance and shouted involuntarily.
When the other guards heard the middle-aged man's voice, they all stood up and looked into the distance. The black shadow slowly walked in, looking at the familiar faces and clothes. The guards became excited one by one. Fortunately, the middle-aged man
The man was very authoritative, suppressed the turmoil, and ran quickly towards the black shadow.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, you are back!" Yes, the middle-aged man is Huang Wuji's bodyguard commander Li Chong. When Li Chong saw Huang Wuji's appearance, he fell to his knees on the ground with a worried look on his face.
Huang Wuji looked at Li Chong with a smile, knowing the loyalty of his guard. Since things went very smoothly this time, Huang Wuji couldn't help but show a look of excitement on his face.
Seeing that Huang Wuji was safe and sound, Li Chong recovered from his uneasiness. The thirty guards on the side also walked quickly to Huang Wuji and greeted each one of them.
"Well, things went very smoothly, and nothing like this will happen again!" Huang Wuji changed his tone and spoke with a majestic tone, possessing an awe-inspiring majesty of an emperor, exuding the majesty of heaven in every word and every move.
Thirty guards, including Li Chong, did not even dare to raise their heads under Huang Wuji's majesty. They knelt on the ground and kowtowed "yes" one by one.
Huang Wuji looked at Li Chong and others with satisfaction, and said in an order: "You will all rot in my stomach about what happened today. If anyone dares to leak it, be careful with the heads of the three of you. If one person leaks it, it will be the same as the others."
Die!".
After Huang Wuji finished speaking, his evil spirit was revealed, and endless killing intent filled the hearts of the guards. In a daze, the guards seemed to see a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood behind Huang Wuji. Countless corpses covered the entire earth, and the clear river water also changed.
It turned blood red and exuded a strong smell of blood.
"I don't dare to wait!" Li Chong had a good spirit and will, and he could still maintain some sanity under Huang Wuji's strong pressure.
"It's okay if you don't dare, let's go back!" Huang Wuji withdrew his pressure, and the guards' expressions became a little better. However, the eyes that looked at Huang Wuji had a little more fear, but more of admiration and admiration.
The horses of the guards were relatively far away and were not affected by Huang Wuji's momentum. They were gnawing the grass on the ground leisurely, completely unaware of the terrible thing that had just happened.
Li Chong led the way, and the other guards closely guarded Huang Wuji in the middle. The place where the horses were stored soon arrived, and a red dragon horse in the distance, like a cloud of fire, opened its rope and ran towards Huang Wuji.
After passing by, even though it was the only one running, its momentum was comparable to that of thousands of horses galloping.
From movement to stillness, it was clearly demonstrated on the Red Dragon Colt. The Red Dragon Colt, which was running wildly, stopped when it was only an inch away from Huang Wuji, without any shaking of its body. It seemed like it should have been like this.
Huang Wuji touched the neck of the Red Dragon Colt, and couldn't help but think of what happened to the Red Dragon Colt. When Huang Wuji gradually became the strongest force in the human race in Middle-earth, with a more powerful mount, he had already defeated the Red Dragon Colt.
I completely forgot about it, and I don't even know if the red dragon colt is still there.
Seeing the familiar red dragon colt, Huang Wuji's calm state of mind felt a little different. Huang Wuji got on his horse and waved his hand. The other guards also mounted their horses. More than thirty good horses started running, covering the ground around them.
It was all shaken, and some stones danced on the ground.
Without stopping, Huang Wuji and others took three hours to reach the outside of Kyoto, where they saw the black shadow of the city wall like a giant beast from a distance.
"Drive? Drive?!" The guard guarding the city gate heard roars in the distance and felt the ground shaking, as if tens of thousands of cavalry were rushing towards them.
The guards in Kyoto are basically elite troops, but the rush of thousands of cavalry still made the guards at the city gate nervous. They couldn't help but clenched the spears in their hands, and their bodies looked like they were ready to attack at any time.
In the distance, more than thirty fast horses loomed side by side on the horizon. The dust raised made it difficult to see how many people there were. The guards at the city gate beat the bronze drums, and the guards came out from both sides of the city gate one by one.
There were hundreds of people lined up in front of the city gate, and each of them looked at the cavalry in the dust with murderous intent.
"Who is coming? You haven't dismounted in front of the capital of the Tang Dynasty!" A man in the guard wearing a general's uniform shouted, his left hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist. If there was any mistake, he would immediately fight back and hit all the people who came.
kill.
"Stop!" A clear and melodious shout came from the dust, but there was an indescribable pressure in the shout, which made people feel a burst of pressure and the feeling of surrender.
"Neigh? Neighbor! Neighbor!" All the horses stopped and stood quietly on the spot. Only the occasional roar of the horses could be heard.
"Who are you and why are you setting up a formation in front of the city gate? Do some thieves dare to attack Kyoto!" The person who spoke was Huang Wuji. Seeing the guards' faces as if they were facing a formidable enemy, he felt a little confused.
However, what happened below made Huang Wuji a little bit dumbfounded. The city gate guard looked at him with eyes full of hostility. While he was a little dumbfounded, he also figured out what was going on.
"Bold, I am the Nineteenth Highness, don't you back down!" Although Huang Wuji knew that these guards had a good intention, the majesty of the emperor could not be blasphemed.
Later Huang Wuji had long developed a self-respecting attitude in the world. He dared to get involved in Fangwai sects that others did not dare to touch. You can imagine how confident and conceited he was.
Although the city gate guards had never seen Huang Wuji, they still knew about the prince's clothes. Seeing that the motionless cavalry next to them were also wearing guard uniforms, they understood in their hearts, which made the dark and majestic face of the guard general change.
His face was a little red, and he cursed himself for making such a fuss, who had the guts to attack Kyoto secretly.
"I didn't know His Highness Nineteenth was here. I'm sorry for not being able to greet you because of my humble duty!" The guard general knelt down, and hundreds of other guards also knelt behind him. The scene was so majestic that it opened the eyes of the people around him.
"Those who don't know are not guilty. Not only are you not guilty, but you have made meritorious deeds. You must maintain this state so that you can protect the capital of the Tang Dynasty. I will report today's events to my father and give you a few words of good and bad!"
Huang Wuji is not an idiot. He only feels joy and resentment towards such a soldier who is loyal to his duty.
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness. The rest will be waived! It's a low-level duty in the first place, so how can it be so meritorious!" The guard general rejected Huang Wuji's proposal, with a sense of dignity in his words.
"Oh!" Huang Wuji became interested in this guard and asked casually: "What's your name!".
"A humble position, Wang Chonghuan!" Wang Chonghuan replied neither humble nor arrogantly.
"Wang Chonghuan, Wang Chonghuan!" Huang Wuji thought for a long time but never thought that he had heard of this person somewhere. Since he had never heard of him, he was an innocent person and was worth cultivating.
The internal situation of the Tang Dynasty was generally in Huang Wuji's mind, and he knew who belonged to which force. The name Wang Chonghuan had not been heard of in his later generations who would inherit the throne of the Tang Dynasty. There should be no ordinary people.
"Wang Chonghuan, are you interested in being a bodyguard when I sit down with this prince?" After Huang Wuji finished speaking, he looked at Wang Chonghuan, his eyes flashing with the same color.
Wang Chonghuan seems to be loyal, but he is also a shrewd person at heart. Huang Wuji has just finished speaking, and he already knows the meaning, which is nothing more than to win over himself. Moreover, there is something in Huang Wuji's words, Wang Chonghuan himself is a hundred-year-old captain.
Letting Wang Chonghuan serve as a bodyguard under Huang Wuji was really a luxury. No other prince had ever had such an example. Huang Wuji seemed to want to recruit Wang Chonghuan, but it was just a pretext.
If Wang Chonghuan agrees, then this person can be used. If he doesn't agree, then it means that this person is different from what he appears to be, a dangerous person, and will always be a disaster if he is around him.
A choice was placed in front of Wang Chonghuan, and it was up to him whether he would choose it. Huang Wuji sat on the red dragon colt, looking down at Wang Chonghuan. A vague pressure spread out, and Wang Chonghuan was also here.
Cold sweat broke out on his forehead due to the pressure.
Wang Chonghuan raised his head and glanced at Huang Wuji. His scattered eyes condensed and his eyes changed. He knew that this was an opportunity. If he couldn't seize it, he would lose it forever.
"Since His Highness has said it, I can only accept the order and am willing to be a bodyguard beside His Highness!" Wang Chonghuan took a deep breath and looked up at Huang Wuji with bright eyes.
However, hundreds of guards at the city gate on the side were shocked after hearing this. Wang Chonghuan was very prestigious among them. With just the support of a prince, a centurion captain who had experienced hundreds of battles was appointed as the commander.
What an insult to be a mere guard in the prince's palace.
The crowd was excited. Huang Wuji saw it, smiled slightly and looked at Wang Chonghuan and said: "You are serious about what you said. If it is true, you have to give up your position as a centurion and let a school captain become a mere bodyguard. Isn't it a bit wronged?
Got it!".
"Don't dare. Your Highness is the son of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. He is the son of a dragon. His status is unattainable. It was Chonghuan who climbed up to him!" Wang Chonghuan seemed to be elevating Huang Wuji's status, but he was also improving his own status.
"Okay, very good. However, I don't dare to let you, a centurion captain, serve as my bodyguard. It's okay to come to my house and chat when you have time!" After Huang Wuji finished speaking, he glanced at Wang Chonghuan. Regarding this,
People who are aware of current affairs still appreciate it somewhat.
"Haha, since His Highness has said it, I will obey your orders and come to His Highness's house when I have time!" A smile appeared on Wang Chonghuan's dark, loyal and honest face.
"Well, that's it! It's getting dark soon, don't delay the people entering the city!".
A main road separated from the hundreds of guards at the city gate. With a wave of his hand, Huang Wuji led thirty guards into Kyoto like a tornado blowing dust.
Wang Chonghuan dismissed the guards at the city gate, and the city gate returned to its original appearance. People lined up one by one to wait for inspection. Wang Chonghuan stood on the city gate, looking at Huang Wuji who had disappeared, with divine light flashing in his dark eyes.