Chapter 898: Seven Fortune Wheel

Their trip to Bai Sha Port had the most important task of escorting Lu Xun, but Fu Shanlie was aiming at He Lingchuan.

"Unscathed." Liu Tiao pursed her lips backward, "Coming over."

He Lingchuan looked and saw Lu Xun walking steadily and moving nimbly, not looking like he was injured at all.

He breathed a sigh of relief. If this ancestor of the Lu family had been injured under his protection, Panlongcheng's face would have been thrown into the river.

"What about the water bandits?"

"Just as the battle started, Mr. Lu brought out a treasure to kill the enemy. The water bandits were killed or fled, and have already scattered." Liu Tiao pointed to the opposite bank, "Door Panel and Hu Min led the crowd to pursue."

A cloud of smoke and dust on the opposite bank was indeed the posture of the enemy chasing and me fleeing.

This battle ended very quickly; from the bridge explosion, He Lingchuan falling into the water, to the retreat of the crowd, it was only thirty-odd breaths before and after.

But He Lingchuan had been in a high-intensity battle underwater the whole time, and this relaxation felt like a lifetime away.

His back was wet, and it was unclear whether it was water or sweat.

Fu Shanlie's cunning and ferocity left a deep impression on him.

Probably, Fu Shanlie's impression of him was the same.

"Cross the river first and meet up with them." He Lingchuan gave an order, and three sorcerers walked out of the guard team, choosing the narrowest part of the two banks, pressing their hands on the ground and whispering.

Lu Xun knew they were going to set up a land bridge, so he said to his attendant: "You go help too."

"Yes." This person walked up, also pressed his hands on the sand, and cast spells together with the Jade Balance City sorcerers.

This piece of riverbank slowly extended and approached the opposite bank.

It took two quarters of an hour before the land bridge was built.

Everyone hurriedly passed on horseback.

This was just a temporary passage, and there were already cracks when the last few people passed. The bridge that could truly be used for merchants would have to wait for the Thousand Gold Stronghold to come and repair it.

However, the Jade Balance Army had already fired signal flares as an order, and the nearby posts saw it and soon sent people to investigate and build a bridge.

During the construction of the land bridge, Alo was not idle either, picked up the medicine box and came to treat He Lingchuan's wounds.

He Lingchuan was heroic in battle and didn't even frown, but when Alo treated his wounds, he grinned in pain.

"Hold it!" Alo complained, "He dug out your Zhongfu acupoint, and there is poison on the claws! This poison is fierce; if you don't scrape it off quickly, you will turn into a corpse later!"

He Lingchuan looked down and saw a big hole in his right shoulder socket that could at least fit four fingers, bloody, but the edges had already turned black.

"Did you use less anesthesia?" Every time the blade scraped off a piece of flesh, it was excruciatingly painful!

"Not less." Alo shook his head, "The *Ba* poison itself can suppress the effect of anesthesia, making the prey suffer clearly."

He Lingchuan couldn't help but roll his eyes. *Damn it*, how could he forget this is the ancestral sinister routine of the Fushan family.

*Sigh*, Fu Shanyue, good brother, don't blame me when I slaughter your father later.

Lu Xun also walked over to visit: "How is Commander He's injury?"

When Alo was busy treating wounds, he was always concise: "Can be cured, the arm won't be wasted."

"What monster in the water injured Commander He?"

"Fu Shanlie." He Lingchuan endured the pain, "Courtesy demands reciprocity, I also removed one of his arms."

Lu Xun was a bit surprised: "Does *Ba* also like underwater combat? I only heard that they are proficient in Earth Escape."

Fu Shanlie is a rising demon general of Beijia in recent years, but this young commander of Jade Balance City could fight him to a standstill under the premise of being ambushed.

He looked at He Lingchuan with admiration.

"This *Ba* is a bit special." He Lingchuan had never seen Fu Shanyue have any outstanding performance in the water; was he hiding his clumsiness, or was the ability of Water Escape only mastered by his father? Alo's method of treating wounds was too rough, so He Lingchuan found another topic to divert his attention: "By the way, Mr. Lu's magic weapon for defending against the enemy was very eye-catching."

"That is a magic weapon borrowed from someone else. Once I encounter trouble, I can ask it to take action." Lu Xun laughed, "Otherwise, just relying on my ability, I can't drive it at all."

He Lingchuan only felt it was interesting: "Can it be borrowed like this?"

They had all witnessed the violence of the flying wheel, which had already exceeded the category of existing magic weapons.

"This set of Seven Fortune Wheels was refined, and there were seven in total, but only three were left after the ancient Immortal-Demon War. This is one of them, and the other two are still with their master."

Liu Tiao was surprised: "So it's an ancient treasure!"

No wonder it killed so neatly.

"I'm just borrowing it. Once I encounter an accident, the treasure will return to its master on its own, and others can't use it at all."

He Lingchuan gave a long "Oh." No wonder Lu Xun used the Seven Fortune Wheel so generously and admitted it was an ancient treasure so generously, because others couldn't have designs on it anyway.

Lu Xun laughed again: "This treasure is good, but it can't be used for too long each time. It takes three to five months of spiritual energy to come out for such a moment."

The more powerful the magic weapon, the more amazing the energy consumption; it's already quite good that these ancient magic weapons can still be used today.

During the conversation, the land bridge was built, and everyone passed through one after another.

Liu Tiao shot a few more signal arrows into the sky.

A quarter of an hour later, Door Panel, Hu Min, and others returned upon the order, capturing over a dozen prisoners, while the remaining water bandits scattered and fled.

Taking stock of this ambush battle, both sides had deaths and injuries.

Most of the wounded on He Lingchuan's side were injured in the water, those water demons bit too hard.

And the losses of the Xiji puppet army were basically on land, and some were captured alive.

He Lingchuan was quite satisfied.

Before the battle, there were less than forty Jade Balance Army soldiers crossing the bridge.

Encountering an ambush suddenly, forty against two hundred-odd water bandits without falling into a disadvantage, and even annihilating the enemy, shows that the quality of the soldiers, tactics, and martial arts are all more than a notch higher than the enemy.

He Lingchuan can train the Jade Balance Army, Fu Shanlie can train water bandits, but the gap in combat power between the two sides is still so large—of course, the guard team members He Lingchuan chose were the best of the best, and the water bandits from Fu Shanlie were essentially a mob.

But it also shows that the results of the Jade Balance Army's training and fighting for the past half year are significant, and the army's combat power is improving rapidly.

Door Panel and others also reported that there were a few experts mixed in among the land bandits, which was the main reason for the guard team's attrition.

"Those might be Fu Shanlie's own cronies."

He Lingchuan walked further, only to find that the scouts sent out had died in the dense forest, no wonder no warning was sent back. There are countless bridges to pass from south to north along the Longchuan trade route, and some pits are really unavoidable.

If you can't avoid it, you can't avoid it, just break through with strength. On this trade route, whether the Xiji puppet army attacks the Jade Balance Army or the Jade Balance Army surrounds and suppresses the Xiji puppet army, it is not a fresh thing.

The conflict between the two sides has already reached a fever pitch.

"Mr. Lu was frightened." He apologized sincerely to Lu Xun, "It was our guard's negligence."

"Where." Lu Xun waved his hand, "Commander He fought heroically, and the Jade Balance Army was not chaotic when attacked. This battle is also good for me to make an assessment of Panlongcheng."

"Assessment?" He Lingchuan was puzzled, what does he want to assess? ￥￥￥￥￥

The gate of Jade Balance City was in sight, and everyone subconsciously breathed a long sigh of relief.

Finally back.

They were stained with blood, and this journey caused many people to look sideways.

After entering the city gate, He Lingchuan dismissed the guard team as usual, let them go down to rest and treat their wounds, and he himself invited Lu Xun to drink tea at the city station, and he went to the inner room to change into a set of clothes. Otherwise, it would be indecent to bring guests into the city with blood and dirt all over.

He was injured, so changing clothes was slow. At this juncture, Deputy Commander Chao Qian hurried over, and seeing him inconvenient to move, hurriedly stepped forward to help: "Sir, I heard there was some accident on the road?"

He Lingchuan smiled: "Finally let Fu Shanlie find an opportunity to ambush me."

He instigated the internal strife and division of the Longchuan water bandits, and Fu Shanlie hated him to the bone, wanting to kill him several times. But He Lingchuan had been focusing on the military training of the Jade Balance Army recently, busy training these thousands of people to death, and rarely traveled far from the city, so Fu Shanlie never found a suitable opportunity to take action.

He waited so long, and finally waited for the good news of He Lingchuan returning from Bai Sha Port, how could he easily let it go?

Chao Qian's face turned pale: "What about Fu Shanlie?"

The Commander is back, at least it shows Fu Shanlie didn't succeed. But looking at this injury, the battle must have been tragic, right? "Sorry, let him run." He Lingchuan took out a severed arm from the storage ring and handed it to him, "I promised you before, I will definitely avenge Miao Mingming."

Chao Qian was stunned, and slowly reached out to take it.

The severed arm looked no different from an ordinary person's hand at first glance, but the texture was particularly hard, and the nails were long and sharp, like a wolf's claws.

Is this Fu Shanlie's arm?

He didn't know what it was like in his heart, and muttered: "Thank you, Commander!"

Miao Mingming was a relative who defected to him, but was sucked to death by Fu Shanlie. He Lingchuan promised him at the time that he would definitely avenge Miao Mingming.

Chao Qian didn't expect that the busy Commander would always remember this promise and even specifically fulfill it for him.

The clothes were changed, He Lingchuan patted his shoulder: "There will be opportunities for revenge later, just wait."

And then he walked out, leading Lu Xun to the City Guard Office.

Seeing his pale face, Lu Xun worried: "Commander He, your injury should be well rested, I'll just walk there myself."

He Lingchuan's injury had been treated, his right arm was fixed on his chest with a splint, and he had taken painkillers, so he laughed: "It doesn't matter, I can run and jump."

The previous battle, Lu Xun had experienced the danger, seeing him talking and laughing, not taking it to heart, he was also secretly admiring. He had originally heard that the Great Wind Army was unyielding and was a victorious army, and just looking at this Commander He's performance, he knew it was not exaggerated.

Before arriving, someone from the office strode out to greet them.

He Lingchuan looked closely, and it was Zhong Shengquan!

He arrived more than half a day earlier than expected, arriving at Jade Balance City one step earlier than Lu Xun.

Zhong Shengquan was full of smiles as soon as he arrived: "Mr. Lu, you are finally here!"

Lu Xun looked at him carefully: "Could it be Commander Zhong?"

"Exactly."

The two laughed loudly, holding hands and talking happily, without any estrangement, as if they were old friends for many years.

He Lingchuan saw the wrinkles at the corners of Zhong Shengquan's eyes all smiling, knowing that he was happy from the bottom of his heart, not just doing surface work.

Zhong Shengquan welcomed Lu Xun into the office hall, specifically entering a small hall for discussion. After the attendants served tea and snacks, he drove everyone away—

Except for He Lingchuan.

He was qualified to stay.

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 899 =====