Chapter 845: Genuine and Authentic

Three-San San San Tou Cha, Underground City, Earth Market.

Lan Qiao Yi finished writing a letter and shouted: "Shang You, go take this letter—"

He held the letter, paused for a moment, and didn't make a sound.

Nian Nian Shangyou had long since gone missing. He had already lost contact at Fallen Que Mountain (Qunying Mountain) and had most likely died in battle.

He put the letter back on the desk, sat silently for a good while, and shouted: "General He!"

He He Jiaqing, who was standing at the door, came in.

Prince Prince Anshun recommended He He Jiaqing as the vanguard general, but Lan Qiao Yi indicated that He He Jiaqing still needed tempering. Prince Prince Anshun was also anxious and sent He He Jiaqing directly to Lan Qiao Yi, indicating that he should be tempered by Lan Qiao Yi's side.

This Prince's intention was very clear: he wanted to promote his own people, and he was asking Lan Qiao Yi whether he would give him face.

It was impossible to give him the vanguard general position. Lan Qiao Yi still didn't trust He He Jiaqing. Since Prince Prince Anshun had sent He He Jiaqing to him, Lan Qiao Yi left him to do odd jobs.

He He Jiaqing could bend and stretch. He truly was willing to do odd jobs—delivering letters, passing orders, sweeping, dining, guarding—he did everything.

He was not quite the same as Nian Nian Shangyou. Nian Nian Shangyou could discuss military and political affairs with Lan Qiao Yi, but He He Jiaqing didn't have this qualification. He could only stand outside the door and listen to instructions to do work.

On this point, Lan Qiao Yi also admired He He Jiaqing quite a bit. Back then, Shu Wanjuan was very loyal to Lan Qiao Yi, but if he had been asked to do this chore,

Shu Wanjuan would never have agreed. But He He Jiaqing not only agreed, he did it with all his heart and soul.

Lan Qiao Yi handed the letter to He He Jiaqing and told him to send it to the vanguard camp.

Looking at He He Jiaqing's back, Lan Qiao Yi was silent for a moment, then suddenly revealed a smile: "Ultimately, you are a thief. Let's see how long you can hide?"

Three-San San San Tou Cha, Sea Market.

Six mud-transporting ships were sailing on the sea. A line of warships ahead intercepted the ships, and a group of naval soldiers boarded to inspect.

These naval soldiers came from the Shang Kingdom's navy. Dan Bada stopped the ships, and together with Chu Shaoqiang, they stood at the bow of the ship like a pair of honest and simple boatmen, standing upright and obediently.

There were quite a few boatmen on the other ships as well, all standing honestly. These boatmen were not living people; they were molded from mud by the Heavenly Maiden.

Chu Shaoqiang looked calm, but his heart was about to jump out of his chest.

Dan Bada looked nervous, but she was very steady in her heart. Until the naval soldiers left the ship, Dan Bada didn't even break a sweat.

Chu Shaoqiang praised: "Are you truly not afraid?"

"What is there to be afraid of?" Dan Bada took an orange, peeled it, and ate a slice, "We aren't stealing; we are selling stolen goods. Selling stolen goods is doing business. I have never been afraid when selling stolen goods. To do business, one must be upright and honorable, so this cannot be hidden!"

Chu Shaoqiang looked at the sea surface and saw quite a few ships in the distance: "The ships going from Change-Soil Island to the port are all for transporting troops. We are the only ship transporting soil. Isn't it a bit too conspicuous for us to dock like this?"

Dan Bada shook her head: "From the day the Earth Market and Sea Market existed in the Underground City, these two places have had the tradition of exchanging soil. Exchanging soil from Change-Soil Island to the Earth Market is a matter of course. As long as Lan Qiao Yi hasn't ordered a ban on exchanging soil, no one will stop us."

Chu Shaoqiang asked: "What if Lan Qiao Yi bans exchanging soil?"

Dan Bada glared at Chu Shaoqiang: "If he had banned exchanging soil, could we have walked to this point? That group of people just now couldn't have let us go!"

The six ships sailed all the way to the port. Chu Er took the opportunity to get off the ship and, under Li Li Banfeng's cover, returned to the Human Market alone.

Yuan Yuan Miaoping and the projector worked together to use an illusion technique, leaving the ships on the sea surface, releasing six carriages from the ships, and continuing to walk toward the Earth Market.

On the way to the Earth Market, there were still inspections. A soldier saw the mud-transporting carriages and was somewhat worried: "Aren't the mud-transporting carriages all used for transporting troops? Why are these carriages being used to transport soil?"

A soldier beside him didn't feel there was anything unusual: "Don't you need to eat? The Underground City will be our place in the future. If we don't exchange soil, we won't be able to grow food. Without food, we'll have to eat coal blocks."

"Eating coal blocks isn't impossible; that stuff keeps you from being hungry!"

"We eat coal blocks at home, and we eat coal blocks when we come to Puluo Continent. Then why go through so much trouble to fight a war?"

"I'm just worried about their carriages—"

"Lord Lan Qiao never said we couldn't transport soil. A while ago, many troops came, so we used ships and carriages to transport troops first. Now that there are fewer troops, we can spare some ships and carriages to transport soil. Isn't this all normal? Why are you worried about this?"

The six carriages were sent to the fields together. Dan Bada personally unloaded the soil from the carriages.

Six carriages of soil occupied several thousand acres of land!

Although the Earth Market was vast, piling so much new soil on the fields, with many soil piles being over a zhang high, would inevitably arouse suspicion.

Chu Shaoqiang's face turned pale: "With so much soil, how can it be hidden?"

Dan Bada wasn't worried at all. She found the temple among the tall soil piles. Li Li Banfeng was sitting in the center of the temple, and ten thousand Dao-Labor Ghosts had burrowed into the mud.

Dan Bada said to Li Li Banfeng: "We have already arrived at the Earth Market. Call that cheap woman out to cover for us."

Li Li Banfeng called out the Heavenly Maiden and Yuan Yuan Miaoping.

Dan Bada stuck out her tongue: "You only need to call Yuan Yuan Miaoping out. Who said I wanted to find her—"

Yuan Yuan Miaoping looked at the boundless mud and activated her antenna: "Fortunately, this is the Earth Market. If it were any other place, I wouldn't be able to cover it up."

"It's fine, I'll help you." The Heavenly Maiden brushed her hair, drew a bucket of clear water, mixed it with some mud, and piled up a small house.

Li Li Banfeng knew there were Residential Cultivation methods here, but this house was too perfunctory: "Can this be used as a residence?"

The Heavenly Maiden looked at the mud house and didn't know how to answer for a moment: "It can, and it can't. If we count from the present, this house has no foundation and insufficient spirituality, so it definitely can't be used as a residence.

But as time goes on, if we supplement its spirituality, it will naturally have a foundation, and slowly it will look like a residence. It might even give birth to a residential spirit."

The Heavenly Maiden quickly performed the technique. Li Li Banfeng thought she was going to create a boundary, so he hurriedly stopped her: "The time hasn't come yet."

The Heavenly Maiden didn't create a boundary: "I will listen to your instructions for this battle. When you set the time, I will create the boundary. When I receive your order, I will trigger the boundary.

The technique I just used is called 'Disdain,' which was originally a talent of our Daoist sect. After improving the methods, it became a Cloud-Above technique."

Li Li Banfeng was a Cloud-Six Residential cultivator, so he naturally understood the Heavenly Maiden's meaning. The mechanism of this Cloud-Above technique was very similar to the talent of Residential cultivators that was easily overlooked. Residential cultivators could make themselves overlooked, and they could also make the people and things around them overlooked.

The Heavenly Maiden used her talent to the limit, making certain things within a regional range overlooked.

It wasn't that this piece of mud wouldn't be seen, but that people passing by would feel that it was very normal for the Earth Market to have soil and not worth paying attention to.

Li Li Banfeng was very interested in this. He looked around and felt that there was no substantial change in the surrounding mud, but the terrifying thing about the technique was that there was no change.

If Li Li Banfeng were just passing by this field on a country road, if he weren't coming for the purpose of scouting, he truly wouldn't feel there was any abnormal situation here.

"Teach me this technique another day."

The Heavenly Maiden nodded: "I can teach you if you want to learn, but the use of this technique is limited. To use the technique of 'Disdain,' it must be used reasonably and appropriately.

The reason these piles of soil can be hidden is because the Earth Market should have soil, so the mud is easy to cover up. But if we moved an entire mountain directly, it would definitely reveal flaws.

Not to mention an entire mountain, even moving a pile of mountain rocks might not be covered up, and some mountain rocks that couldn't be covered would still require Yuan Yuan Miaoping to take action."

The Heavenly Maiden carried Yuan Yuan Miaoping and shuttled back and forth between the fields. When encountering mountain rocks that couldn't be covered, she would have Chu Shaoqiang grind the stone surface flat directly,

and then use the stone surface as a screen, leaving a projection on the screen.

Li Li Banfeng couldn't rest easy, so he swapped A-Yu over from Gourd Village.

A-Yu marked out some obvious flaws and had Yuan Yuan Miaoping repair them.

Li Li Banfeng found Green Flower in a cave.

As the ancestor of the disease cultivators, Green Flower had his own forces on Dao Dao Guiling. He led more than twenty thousand Dao-Labor Ghosts, and these Dao-Labor Ghosts could all fight, but the deal between Green Flower and Li Li Banfeng hadn't been settled yet.

"Old Seven, you pay three cents, I put in three cents of effort. You pay seven cents, I put in seven cents of effort. We always follow this rule when doing business." The battle could be fought, but different fighting methods had different price tags. Green Flower refused to bargain.

Li Li Banfeng frowned: "But your price tag is too high!"

"High? I don't think it's high!" Green Flower brewed for a moment, his eyes red, with a face full of bitterness and sorrow, and said to Li Li Banfeng: "Let's not talk about the distant past, let's talk about Cui Cui Tike!

Cui Cui Tike was a sensible child. He had good talent and was diligent in his cultivation. I used the pus formed from my blood to cultivate him to the Cloud-Above level mouthful by mouthful. You saw the efficacy of this with your own eyes!

How precious is this pus? And now, for your sake, how much do I have to consume? Calculate it yourself. Is my price high?"

Li Li Banfeng still felt this business wasn't worth it: "Pus is not all the same. The essence you gave Cui Cui Tike to drink was the real deal, but what you're using this time might not necessarily be the authentic stuff!"

"Don't you know what it is? Didn't I demonstrate it to you!" Green Flower stretched out his arm, found a ripe abscess,

squeezed out a ball of white pus, and said to Li Li Banfeng: "Come, have a taste and see if it's the real deal."

Li Li Banfeng kicked Green Flower: "Why would I taste this? Keep your pus, don't mess around. The quantity isn't enough as it is."

Green Flower laughed: "Is the deal settled?"

Li Li Banfeng shook his head: "Not settled. Let's settle it when the fighting starts!"

Green Flower said impatiently: "You are not straightforward. When the Peddler did business with me, he always made a decision on the spot!"

No matter what he said, Li Li Banfeng just wouldn't respond.

Over these past few days, Li Li Banfeng had realized a problem: many situations the Peddler faced simply had no solution.

A-Yu helped the Heavenly Maiden and Yuan Yuan Miaoping cover up the loose Dao Dao Guiling, and then went to the Earth Market with Li Li Banfeng and Zhao Zhao Xiaowan to check the layout of every camp.

This was the final scouting before the battle, and the three of them didn't dare to be the slightest bit careless.

At 8:00 in the evening, the three returned to the loose Dao Dao Guiling to prepare for the sortie.

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan stood in the middle of the earth mountain and spat out a large loudspeaker. Steam kept spraying from the speaker, but not a sound could be heard.

Sound Cultivation Cloud-Above technique, Great Sound Has No Voice.

This sound had a direction; those who should hear it could hear it, and they would hear it deafeningly, while those who shouldn't hear it wouldn't hear anything at all, unless the other party was an extremely powerful Peering cultivator.

Before long, the mud on the ground surged and rolled, and more than ten thousand Dao-Labor Ghosts burrowed out of the mud.

They formed a circle, quietly looking at the Dao-Labor God of War.

Li Li Banfeng wore a black suit, a black shirt, and a black top hat, holding a feather duster in his hand, and danced a war dance to the sound of the ancient war song of the Niangzi.

A-Yu still didn't quite understand: "Can the Dao-Labor Ghosts understand Zhao Zhao Xiaowan's war song?"

The Heavenly Maiden felt it was no problem: "Art is interconnected. I can feel the courage and belief in this song."

A-Yu looked at the projector and turned to say to the Heavenly Maiden: "Don't learn to speak like that movie machine in the future; he films everything and is very shameless."

After the dance was finished, Li Li Banfeng nodded toward the Heavenly Maiden.

Now it was time to prepare the boundary.

The Heavenly Maiden closed her eyes tightly and stood straight. Before long, her body slowly floated into the air.

Cold winds blew in bursts, and the Heavenly Maiden's long hair fluttered. She was slowly perceiving the boundary of the Earth Market.

A-Yu flew to the Heavenly Maiden's side to help her. Making a boundary along the border required not only powerful strength but also precise control.

After a few hours, the Heavenly Maiden opened her eyes and nodded slightly toward Li Li Banfeng: "The boundary is made; it can be triggered at any time."

It wasn't time to trigger the boundary yet, but it couldn't be delayed for too long.

This was a boundary made in a short time. It had to maintain power while also maintaining precision. For the Heavenly Maiden, regardless of whether the boundary was triggered or not, it was constantly consuming her strength.

Li Li Banfeng used the technique of "Shadows Hanging Together," first summoning twelve Earthly Branch shadows, each shadow bringing ten Residential Cultivation shadows, leading a thousand Dao-Labor Ghosts, each acting on their own.

Li Banfeng Zi led a thousand Dao-Labor Ghosts, walked more than twenty li, and vaguely saw a camp of Totem Soldiers. The camp wasn't very large. According to the markings on the map, this military camp should have had more than five thousand people.

Li Banfeng Zi immediately divided the thousand Dao-Labor Ghosts into ten small teams, attacking the enemy camp separately.

The ten teams each had different routes and different tasks, all of which were planned in advance by Zhao Zhao Xiaowan.

Li Banfeng Zi led more than a hundred Dao-Labor Ghost elites, taking the lead in approaching the enemy camp. Three li away from the enemy camp, Li Banfeng Zi couldn't walk any further.

His Residential Cultivation talent was very good, and he could take care of the people around him, but this was an enemy camp, with patrols, sentries, and watchtowers everywhere. With Li Banfeng Zi's ability, it was impossible to bring these hundred Dao-Labor Ghosts into the camp safely.

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan had made tactical preparations in advance, and more than a hundred Dao-Labor Ghosts all burrowed underground.

Li Banfeng Zi waited quietly against the ground. Before long, there was movement inside the camp.

Li Banfeng Yi was responsible for luring the enemy. He led more than a hundred Traveling Cultivation shadows, rushed into the enemy camp, killed two Totem Soldiers, and turned to run.

With "Path-Breaking Opening" and "Unimpeded Travel," it was truly not easy for the Totem Soldiers to block the Traveling Cultivation shadows if they wanted to leave.

Li Banfeng Yi ran toward Li Banfeng Zi's side. Hundreds of Totem Soldiers chased closely behind.

After running to the location, Li Banfeng Yi didn't stop for a moment, taking the shadows and running to the next camp.

Li Banfeng Zi let out a long whistle, and more than a hundred Dao-Labor Ghosts broke out of the ground, engaging in a fierce battle with the Totem Soldiers.

In terms of individual combat power, Dao-Labor Ghosts were far inferior to Totem Soldiers, but Dao-Labor Ghosts had strong physiques and held out against the Totem Soldiers for a long time.

The Totem Soldiers in the camp hurriedly sent troops to support, and the Dao-Labor Ghosts lurking around appeared one after another, constantly ambushing the reinforcements.

The Totem Soldiers sent out more than three thousand people from the camp, and after fighting for more than half an hour, the thousand Dao-Labor Ghosts who came to launch the surprise attack were almost completely wiped out.

The Totem Soldiers lost over a hundred people, and the rest of the soldiers only suffered some minor injuries. With the physiques of the Totem Soldiers, these minor flesh wounds weren't worth mentioning. After returning to the camp, the camp officer wrote a battle report and reported the situation to Lan Qiao Yi.

The twelve Earthly Branch shadows, leading twelve groups of people, attacked twelve Totem Soldier camps separately. Each camp was divided into ten small teams to take action. More than a hundred small teams all had different tactics, all of which were formulated one by one by Zhao Zhao Xiaowan.

The tactics were indeed well-formulated, and after the surprise attack ended, there were very few of the more than ten thousand Dao-Labor Ghosts left, but the Totem Soldiers didn't suffer much loss. This battle seemed to have been fought at a loss.

But when Lan Qiao Yi received the battle reports from various camps, he realized that something big was wrong.

"Why would Dao-Labor Ghosts appear in Three-San San San Tou Cha? Why would they appear in the Earth Market? Who let them in!" Lan Qiao Yi sternly questioned He He Jiaqing.

He He Jiaqing looked blank, indicating that he didn't know the situation.

He was a handyman for Lan Qiao Yi, not for the entire army. Scouts and sentries didn't fall under his jurisdiction, so this matter truly couldn't be blamed on He He Jiaqing.

Lan Qiao Yi ordered He He Jiaqing to go to various camps to investigate the situation. He He Jiaqing left Lan Qiao Yi's residence and instructed his subordinates to go to various camps to investigate.

He He Jiaqing truly didn't know the cause of this matter, but he knew the consequences.

Being wounded by Dao-Labor Ghosts wasn't just a simple matter of being wounded. He would absolutely not go near the camps that had been ambushed by Dao-Labor Ghosts.

Before long, his subordinates sent news one after another that soldiers in various camps were suffering from symptoms such as vomiting, dizziness, and festering wounds.

After reporting the news to Lan Qiao Yi, Lan Qiao Yi didn't hesitate for a moment and asked He He Jiaqing directly: "What is the situation in the Bandit-Quelling Camp?"

This Bandit-Quelling Camp referred to the new Bandit-Quelling Camp, which was composed of the trained Quenching Camp and Totem Soldier elites.

Unlike the scattered Totem Soldier camps, the Bandit-Quelling Camp was located in the center of the Earth Market, heavily guarded, and never went out of the camp to fight without Lan Qiao Yi's order.

He He Jiaqing answered briefly: "The Bandit-Quelling Camp has not been attacked by enemy troops, and the soldiers in the camp have not developed any symptoms."

Upon hearing the news, Lan Qiao Yi immediately instructed He He Jiaqing: "Pass the order to the Bandit-Quelling Camp to gather troops and head to the port, and evacuate the Earth Market immediately."

He didn't want the Totem Soldiers anymore; Lan Qiao Yi only wanted to save the Bandit-Quelling Camp now.

He He Jiaqing went, but Lan Qiao Yi couldn't rest easy and sent more than a dozen people to the Bandit-Quelling Camp to pass the order.

Some people felt that Lan Qiao Yi was being overly cautious; sending so many people to pass an order wasn't necessary.

He He Jiaqing didn't think so. The Dao-Labor Ghosts had brought the epidemic to the Earth Market, and now any rush was reasonable.

Back then, Cui Cui Tike led the Dao-Labor Ghosts and wiped out the Thousand-Liang Workshop overnight, and not long after, he wiped out De De Songya.

If Lan Qiao Yi's actions were slightly slower, the Bandit-Quelling Camp could be gone at any time. Fortunately, the Bandit-Quelling Army was well-trained and gathered in less than half an hour.

Lan Qiao Yi called He He Jiaqing again: "Pass the order to the other camps to stand by where they are and not to leave their posts without authorization."

This was letting the other soldiers stay in the camp to wait for death and not to come out to ruin things.

Lan Qiao Yi led the Bandit-Quelling Camp to set off immediately, heading to the port.

The navy was allocating ships at the port. Learning that Lan Qiao Yi had arrived, Navy General Lu Lu Tangsheng hurriedly got off the ship to welcome him. After walking no more than two steps on the shore, Lu Lu Tangsheng suddenly stopped his steps.

Not far in front of him, the mud and sand on the ground seemed to have changed. Among the mud and sand was a patch of dust, extending to both sides along the coastline.

Lan Qiao Yi also noticed that the situation was wrong. He ordered the Arrow Cultivators to shoot arrows to test it. The feathered arrows flew out for more than a hundred steps, turned into a cloud of smoke and dust, and disappeared.

"Boundary!" Lu Lu Tangsheng was shocked and wanted to explain, but didn't dare to take another half-step forward, only able to stand in place and shout: "My lord, this subordinate has been guarding the port all night and had indeed not discovered any abnormality before!"

Lu Lu Tangsheng had indeed not discovered any abnormality because the boundary had just been triggered.

Li Li Banfeng was watching from the side, waiting for Lan Qiao Yi's next move.

Lan Qiao Yi was silent for a long time. He had already deduced that the entire Earth Market was surrounded by the boundary.

But Lan Qiao Yi wasn't panicked and immediately ordered the army to return to Three-Mile Shop, turning the army's direction and walking toward the Earth Market again.

Lu Lu Tangsheng stood on the shore, not knowing what to do next.

Ahead was the boundary; he couldn't follow them to the Earth Market and could only stay at the port, continuing to allocate ships.

Looking at the army heading to Three-Mile Shop, Li Li Banfeng knew what Lan Qiao Yi was going to do. There was a water well there, and inside the well was a passage, a passage that could leave the Earth Market.

Li Li Banfeng took out his simple telephone and first contacted Chu Er: "Tell Old Train to prepare to come to the port and take the Inner Province navy."

Chu Er hurriedly sent the message. Li Li Banfeng swapped Yuan Yuan Miaoping out from the Leaving Suishenju: "Tell Green Flower to go to Three-Mile Shop, notify everyone, and set an ambush at Three-Mile Shop."

Yuan Yuan Miaoping sent the message immediately. Li Li Banfeng swapped the Heavenly Maiden out: "Use the 'Golden House Hides Beauty' technique to mold some mud people, disguise them as messengers, and go to each camp to send messages, saying that Lan Qiao Yi is going to withdraw from Three-Mile Shop! Tell them to bring all the wounded and follow the Bandit-Quelling Camp to evacuate the Earth Market together!"

The Heavenly Maiden calculated the distance of each camp: "Making messengers isn't difficult, but the time isn't abundant. I'm afraid the messengers won't run fast enough."

Li Li Banfeng called over a dozen Traveling Cultivation shadows: "Each of you carry a messenger and run for your lives!"

The Heavenly Maiden made several messengers but didn't feel they were quite right: "The messengers used by Lan Qiao Yi are mostly acquaintances. If I send these strangers over,

I'm afraid they might not be able to deceive them."

"They will be deceived!" Li Li Banfeng was very confident, "These camps are riddled with the epidemic. Those who are alive have one foot already in the gates of hell. Now that someone is giving them a way to survive, how could they not leave?"

Three-Mile Shop was seventy li away from the port. The Bandit-Quelling Army marched extremely fast. After walking for more than an hour, they were less than five li away from Three-Mile Shop.

The vanguard suddenly stopped their steps. There were Peering cultivators in the army, and they discovered new mud on the ground, and in large quantities. From the vanguard to the rear guard, almost everyone had new mud under their feet.

The Heavenly Maiden's heart tightened. The ambush was too hasty; the pits were hidden, but the mud wasn't.

Having new mud meant that someone had dug pits on the ground. Judging by the quantity of the new mud, many pits had been dug on the ground.

Where did so many pits come from?

Lan Qiao Yi knew that Dao-Labor Ghosts had the habit of burrowing underground because the Totem Soldiers also had similar habits.

If the Dao-Labor Ghosts burrowed out from underground now, the entire army could be infected with the epidemic.

Li Li Banfeng was already prepared to let the Dao-Labor Ghosts appear to fight, but suddenly heard Lan Qiao Yi order: "Form the Thousand-Man Strength Formation!"

The Bandit-Quelling Army had extremely high combat literacy and could form very solid formations on most terrains, and a solid formation could withstand the epidemic for a short time.

The Heavenly Maiden shook her head at Li Li Banfeng, signaling him not to be reckless. Under the formation's bonus, if the Dao-Labor Ghosts were released at this time,

it would be no different from sending them to their deaths; it would be impossible to hurt the Bandit-Quelling Army at all.

Lan Qiao Yi's response was timely, but the key problem now was, what could he do after forming the formation?

Just stand here maintaining the formation?

The epidemic was spreading in the Earth Market, and no one knew when it would spread here.

Prince Prince Anshun was anxious: "Lord Lan Qiao, what is the use of forming a formation here? Hurrying to Three-Mile Shop is the right thing to do."

Lan Qiao Yi was also hesitating.

The Thousand-Man Strength Formation had a marching formation, but compared to a stationary formation, the defensive power of the marching formation was much worse. If they marched at this moment, the Dao-Labor Ghosts would burrow out from underground directly, and who knew how many soldiers would be infected with the epidemic.

But not marching was not a solution either.

Li Li Banfeng was standing by the side, watching when the Bandit-Quelling Army would take action. As long as the Bandit-Quelling Army moved, the Dao-Labor Ghosts would immediately appear and release the disease.

After waiting for a moment, Lan Qiao Yi ordered the vanguard to burrow underground to kill the Dao-Labor Ghosts.

This move stunned Prince Prince Anshun and also stunned Li Li Banfeng.

Prince Prince Anshun felt it made no sense. Dao-Labor Ghosts were things one should avoid if possible; why engage them in battle?

The vanguard received the military order and was also somewhat hesitant. Many soldiers had already heard some rumors and didn't want to die.

Lan Qiao Yi passed the military order again: "Those who disobey the order will be killed without mercy!"

Prince Prince Anshun advised: "Lord Lan Qiao, if you force them too hard, I'm afraid the morale of the army will change!"

The Prince's worry was reasonable. The vanguard were all Totem Soldiers. In terms of loyalty, they couldn't be compared with the Quenching Camp. Lan Qiao Yi was also worried about a mutiny.

But he had no choice now.

"Your Highness, the number of Dao-Labor Ghosts is limited."

Hearing this, Prince Prince Anshun understood Lan Qiao Yi's intention. Lan Qiao Yi was sacrificing the vanguard.

Fifty thousand Bandit-Quelling Army soldiers, with more than ten thousand in the vanguard, just let them burrow underground to dig out the Dao-Labor Ghosts and kill them all. These ten thousand people were gone!

After killing all the Dao-Labor Ghosts, the remaining thirty thousand-plus people could still be preserved!

This tactic exceeded Li Li Banfeng and Zhao Zhao Xiaowan's expectations.

Totem Soldiers could be recreated if they were gone, but Dao-Labor Ghosts were one less for every one killed. If the Bandit-Quelling Camp couldn't be wiped out, this battle would be a huge loss!

Under the threat of military orders, the vanguard burrowed underground one after another. The center and rear guard stood firm in their military formation, waiting for the Dao-Labor Ghosts to die before marching.

Layers of blood water seeped out from the ground. The combat power of the Dao-Labor Ghosts was inferior to the Totem Soldiers, and in the blink of an eye, they suffered heavy casualties.

At the critical moment, Li Li Banfeng swung open the boundary, took the Leaving Suishenju, and rushed into the center of the Bandit-Quelling Army.

The Leaving Suishenju was going to scatter the military formation and create an opportunity for the Dao-Labor Ghosts to take action.

Li Li Banfeng consecutively performed the "East-Running West-Walking" technique, forcing key soldiers to deviate from their positions.

The Five-Room Girl consecutively swallowed several generals alive.

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan groaned repeatedly, interfering with the communication and coordination between the soldiers.

Hong Ying consecutively used "Trampling Ten Thousand Rivers" to destroy the Bandit-Quelling Army's formation as much as possible.

Jiu'er embedded her own magic array into the Thousand-Man Strength Formation, constantly weakening the enemy's defensive power.

The family was sufficiently tacit, and the methods seemed effective, but they couldn't persist for too long. In front of the Bandit-Quelling Army with a solid formation, they could lose their lives at any time.

The Heavenly Maiden took the opportunity to approach Lan Qiao Yi, preparing to kill Lan Qiao Yi first.

A-Yu stopped the Heavenly Maiden from behind: "There are too many Mind cultivators around Lan Qiao Yi. Your mind is not clear; if you get any closer, you will definitely go crazy."

"Crazy is crazy, I want to avenge him!" The Heavenly Maiden pushed A-Yu away and was about to rush forward, but Yuan Yuan Miaoping took the lead and rushed into the enemy's military formation.

The image in the screen twisted instantly, with hundreds of channels squeezed onto one screen.

Yuan Yuan Miaoping in the center of the screen trembled, her face pale, already on the verge of collapse.

But before long, the twisted and chaotic image was divided into over a hundred small screens, each screen having a program, and each program representing a thought output by a Mind cultivator.

Yuan Yuan Miaoping forcibly sorted out the chaotic thoughts.

"Next is the special midnight program. Welcome, audience friends, to watch!" Yuan Yuan Miaoping bit her ponytail and began to constantly swap the positions of the small screens.

The surrounding Mind cultivators were first sluggish, then their actions became chaotic, and some soldiers even began to attack each other.

Yuan Yuan Miaoping, relying on her own strength, forcibly transferred the output of the Mind cultivators' mental power onto each other.

"Opportunity!" A-Yu reminded, and the Heavenly Maiden immediately rushed to Lan Qiao Yi's side.

The other soldiers couldn't perceive the Heavenly Maiden's existence at all. When the Heavenly Maiden arrived near Lan Qiao Yi, she had a long knife in her hand and swept it toward Lan Qiao Yi's neck.

*Click! *

Lan Qiao Yi's neck didn't break, but a soldier's neck did, and three human heads fell to the ground.

The Heavenly Maiden was stunned, then came to her senses. This was the characteristic of the Thousand-Man Strength Formation.

The Thousand-Man Strength Formation would actively protect the main general. Lan Qiao Yi stood at the core position of the military formation, and the military formation would use the lives of others to preserve Lan Qiao Yi's life.

The Heavenly Maiden scanned the surroundings and saw Lan Qiao Yi appearing at the edge of the rear guard.

Now he wasn't at the core position of the military formation, and the Thousand-Man Strength Formation definitely couldn't protect him.

The Heavenly Maiden arrived near Lan Qiao Yi again. Dozens of long knives were drawn around, wanting to shred Lan Qiao Yi into meat paste.

Under the chaotic knives, quite a few soldiers were indeed chopped into meat paste, but Lan Qiao Yi escaped again.

He He Jiaqing used the Stealing Cultivation technique "Stealing the Beam and Replacing the Pillar" to swap Lan Qiao Yi away.

From seeing the abnormality of the Mind cultivators in the army, He He Jiaqing had increased his precautions. Seeing Lan Qiao Yi suddenly change positions, he knew that an expert was making a move on him.

He didn't perceive the Heavenly Maiden approaching, nor did he observe the Heavenly Maiden taking action; he just relied on the instinct of a Stealing cultivator to take Lan Qiao Yi and change places first.

This swap, however, changed the distance far away. Lan Qiao Yi was swapped from the rear guard to the vanguard.

The Heavenly Maiden's whereabouts were exposed, and she was besieged by the Bandit-Quelling Army, making it temporarily difficult to assassinate Lan Qiao Yi. However, Lan Qiao Yi's position wasn't very good either; he was too close to the Dao-Labor Ghosts.

Pus and blood kept gushing from the ground. He He Jiaqing took Lan Qiao Yi and dodged with all his might, suddenly hearing Li Li Banfeng let out muffled roars. The Dao-Labor Ghosts lurking underground all jumped out in an instant.

The Mind cultivator military formation was in chaos, coupled with Li Li Banfeng's repeated impacts, the Thousand-Man Strength Formation appeared loose as a whole.

Taking this opportunity, Li Li Banfeng released the Dao-Labor Ghosts, preparing to have a bloody battle with the enemy troops.

Most of the Bandit-Quelling Army still maintained their formation. Releasing the Dao-Labor Ghosts at this time still wouldn't be able to defeat the Bandit-Quelling Army, but Li Li Banfeng still had a card up his sleeve.

Green Flower burrowed out of the soil and suddenly jumped near He He Jiaqing.

The moment the two met, He He Jiaqing had the thought of throwing Lan Qiao Yi here.

After so many days, He He Jiaqing's cultivation had increased quite a bit, but he still didn't want to see Green Lv Lv Shuigong.

"He Jiaqing, how long has it been since we last met?" Green Lv Lv Shuigong threw a handful of pus at He He Jiaqing's face, which counted as a greeting.

He He Jiaqing hurriedly dodged, but Lan Qiao Yi couldn't dodge and was stained with quite a bit of pus.

Li Li Banfeng shouted at Green Lv Lv Shuigong: "Flower, the deal is done! You put in ten percent of your effort, and I'll pay ten percent of the money!"

"Straightforward!" Green Flower laughed loudly. He turned his head to look at the Dao-Labor Ghosts burrowing out of the soil and directly issued the order to charge.

Most of the Bandit-Quelling Army maintained their formation. Only a small portion of soldiers were wounded by the Dao-Labor Ghosts, and the situation seemed unfavorable, but Green Flower was very confident.

He ran near He He Jiaqing again and said with a smile: "Do you know what will happen to people wounded by Dao-Labor Ghosts?"

"They will be infected with the epidemic." He He Jiaqing quickly distanced himself from Green Flower. He didn't know why Green Flower was asking this.

Green Lv Lv Shuigong shook his head: "It's not just being infected with the epidemic."

He He Jiaqing thought for a moment and said: "They will also turn into Dao-Labor Ghosts within three to five days."

Green Flower nodded: "Don't you think three to five days is too long?"

He He Jiaqing was stunned: "What do you mean?"

Green Flower looked at He He Jiaqing with a smile: "Cui Cui Tike is my best student, not only because he has good talent, but also because he likes to study things when he encounters them.

Dao-Labor Ghosts are descendants of the previous dynasty; I knew this long ago. When he studied the curse techniques of the previous dynasty, I also learned quite a bit.

There is other knowledge here, which I can't explain to you clearly now. It's not just curse techniques, but also the witchcraft of the Inner Outer Amikan. Cui Cui Tike's Daoist sect obtained its methods from witchcraft.

You only need to know one thing: three to five days is too long. I think this time is the most suitable!"

Green Flower threw out a piece of pus, which landed on the wounded Bandit-Quelling Army soldiers.

After about two minutes, the bodies of these soldiers swelled and twisted rapidly, their limbs and facial features rapidly degenerated, turning into three-headed Dao-Labor Ghosts that He He Jiaqing had never seen before.

Li Li Banfeng shouted from afar: "Flower, I knew you were a promising kid!"

He He Jiaqing looked at Green Lv Lv Shuigong in shock.

Green Lv Lv Shuigong smiled at He He Jiaqing: "I also think I'm quite promising. Turning into a Dao-Labor Ghost is quite good. Why don't you try it?"

While speaking, Green Water's body floated into the air, shuttling back and forth in the air, and thick pus rained down.

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Thanks to Alliance Leader 20220925000831128, thanks for the strong support for "Master of Puluo." ===== CHAPTER 846 =====