Chapter 631: Fighting Out of Luoyang

It was the Commandant's Office.

To be honest, Li Yan didn't feel surprised at all.

Outside the Longmen Inn, Earth Dragon was killed by these people.

Someone must have participated, and perhaps the entire Commandant's Office had already fallen; this was also why Li Yan, even though he had a considerable reputation in the Commandant's Office and the Enforcement Hall, didn't seek them out after arriving in Luoyang.

He didn't expect them to take the initiative to find them.

Hearing Li Yan call out their roots, the man didn't talk nonsense; he dragged his long horizontal saber backward, lowered his body, formed a seal with his hand, and Yin wind swirled under his feet, kicking up dust, while a green glow flickered on the blade.

Martial Law?!

Li Yan was somewhat surprised.

The Chang Family Saber originated in Zhoukou and was very popular in Yu Prefecture, with many practitioners.

But to know Martial Law, he was definitely an inner-lineage disciple.

This move was likely the famous "Dragging Saber" opening, holding Yang within Yin, softness containing hardness, and with the addition of Martial Law, no wonder Earth Dragon couldn't react at all.

Li Yan's thoughts flashed, but the other party had already struck.

Clang!

The sound of the strike was like a dragon's roar.

As soon as the sound rose, the saber light had already arrived.

And the other party had disappeared from the spot, instantly crossing a distance of over ten steps, the saber light like a snowy white ribbon, stabbing straight at Li Yan's heart.

But at the same time, there was a loud boom from behind, as Wu Ba also struck simultaneously; the mud under his feet exploded, and his massive body instantly arrived in front of Li Yan.

He turned his body sideways, stomped his feet violently, and swung his fist down.

The punch was like a bow exploding with thunder, yet his body remained as steady as Mount Tai.

This punch was perfectly timed, smashing right onto the other party's blade.

Feeling Wu Ba's peerless strength, the man from the Commandant's Office changed expression slightly; he stomped his left heel, braked his body flying in the air, and simultaneously rotated, drawing his saber with his right hand.

His reaction was considered swift, but it was still too late.

Only a crisp sound of "ding" was heard, the other party's blade snapped directly, his wrist was lifted by the immense force transmitted from the saber, his wrist bone fractured, and the half-length horizontal saber plunged violently into the ground.

Wu Ba chuckled and raised his palm.

On his hand, he didn't know when he had put on a pair of iron fist gloves.

These gloves were forged from mysterious iron, with four prism-shaped spikes protruding from the knuckles, each spine inlaid with dark gold patterns, three circles of red copper rings embedded at the wrist joints, and a relief of a gluttonous beast swallowing its mouth cast on the back.

The wrist connection was wrapped with eighteen strands of cooked cowhide twisted into a spiral pattern.

Wu Ba clenched his five fingers, and the gloves immediately creaked.

This was a Dharma artifact specifically crafted for Wu Ba by the team.

Wu Ba's previous big board axe had decent materials, but it was brought from the Man-Demon tribe and was very crudely made, having already been damaged in battle.

As an important output of the team, he naturally couldn't be empty-handed.

These iron fist gloves were re-melted and forged from his previous axe, combined with spiritual materials bought at the Mount Qingcheng Opening Cellar Assembly, with their greatest feature being toughness.

Even a strike from a Dharma artifact could only leave a shallow mark.

Combined with Wu Ba's immense strength and the Eight Trigrams Baji Fist, he could be called a human-shaped fierce beast.

There was also the Tiger-Crouching Cannon, which had been specially modified with a handle and a shock-absorbing pad, making it more suitable for handheld use.

With these two treasures, Wu Ba's combat power could be fully unleashed.

The Mount Qingcheng Opening Cellar Assembly also had another benefit: many master refiners would also come to participate, and if they encountered treasures they liked, they would buy them immediately, and even if they didn't use them, they could store them.

With Master Lingyun's introduction, Li Yan and the others hired two people to work through the night, and before they went down the mountain, all their weapons had been completely crafted.

Of course, except for those flintlock fire guns.

Seeing Wu Ba's ferocity, the man didn't dare to come forward again, but quickly retreated a few steps, joined his companions who came to support, and raised their crossbows to aim at them.

Li Yan didn't pay any attention at all, but looked coldly into the distance.

He knew the methods of the Commandant's Office very well.

These people in front were just a smokescreen.

The real threat was the gunman over a hundred paces away.

The other party used formation flags to cover their Qi, and from the moment they came out, they had been aiming.

But as soon as he raised his murderous intent, he was discovered.

Looking at Li Yan's icy gaze, even though they were a hundred meters apart, the gunman felt a chill down his spine, as if a fierce beast was staring at his neck, ready to bite down at any moment.

After battle after battle, Li Yan was no longer what he used to be.

The cultivation of the Fourth Floor, the half-step Dan energy, and the tempered murderous aura allowed him to exert substantial pressure when facing these low-level sorcerers.

This method was also realized from Cheng Jianxian.

The other party was at the end of his rope, his cultivation destroyed, yet he could still break Lu Sheng's sorcery, which made Li Yan attach even more importance to the power of the spirit; fist intent, saber intent, using a strong soul to integrate with his own Hunyuan.

"What are you waiting for?!"

The gunman was lost in a trance, but the man from the Commandant's Office holding the Chang Family Saber was anxious.

An angry shout also brought the gunman back to his senses.

"Damn it, saw a ghost..."

He muttered, and was about to pull the trigger.

Fire guns were not invincible.

The spiritual perception of experts is generally very strong, and using scattershot at this distance wouldn't be a one-hit kill, so someone must cooperate to attract attention and let the other party reveal a flaw.

But in this situation, he could only pull the trigger and hope for luck.

But what he didn't discover was that a strange-looking little insect had fallen silently at some point and drilled into his ear hole.

The gunman, who was about to pull the trigger, discovered in terror that his whole body was stiff, and he couldn't even bend his finger, and even his consciousness was gradually becoming dazed.

Behind Li Yan, Long Yan'er formed a seal with her fingers, and the gunman's eyes became vacant, slowly moving the fire gun to aim at those people from the Commandant's Office.

Ptooey!

Sha Lifei spat on the ground and cursed, "You guys are far from using guns."

They hadn't just been looking at the scenery along the way; they often conducted drills.

In this situation, they had plenty of ways to deal with it.

Li Yan also glanced coldly and looked at the people from the Commandant's Office, "Gentlemen, do you still want to make a move?"

The Ghost Market was crowded and noisy, and in broad daylight, he really didn't want to slaughter the people of the Commandant's Office on a large scale; after all, once some things were done, no matter the reason, the Yu Prefecture Commandant's Office would come to find him for trouble.

These people clearly knew his identity and hesitated for a moment.

Li Yan smiled slightly and was about to speak.

These people knew the inside story and were one of the breakthroughs for this matter.

But just then, a whistle suddenly rang out from the crowd of onlookers.

The whistle was strange, like the howl of some night owl.

Hearing this, the many people from the Commandant's Office changed expression drastically and raised their crossbows to shoot.

"Strike!"

Li Yan gave a low shout, and his ankles suddenly exerted force.

Swish!

His figure disappeared.

When he reappeared, he was already beside several men from the Commandant's Office, and simultaneously, the Dust-Severing Saber left its scabbard with a "clang," slashing left and right.

Only two "poof" sounds were heard, and two heads had already flown up.

Since they were going to fight, Li Yan wouldn't show mercy.

After beheading the two, he didn't even look, continued to exert force under his feet, leaped up, jumped onto a wooden house, and with two leaps, rushed toward the crowd that had made the whistling sound.

The one who whistled inside was the key.

And the remaining people from the Commandant's Office couldn't care about pursuing.

Boom!

A loud noise came from behind, and smoke scattered.

Two men from the Commandant's Office, one in front and one behind, were directly cut in half by the Divine Fire Gun.

At the same time, Sha Lifei and Lu San guarded Wang Fu, simultaneously brandishing their bone maces and Guan Mountain sabers, deflecting the incoming crossbow bolts.

"Roar!"

With a roar, Wu Ba leaped out violently.

His figure was tall, and logically, his target was also large, but he didn't retreat at all.

Seeing this man hold his chest and pull his back, as if his ten toes were gripping the ground, he twisted his waist and turned his hips sideways, took a stomping step, followed Li Yan into the enemy formation, and raised his massive iron elbow violently.

Boom!

A "Standing Sky-Piercing Cannon" strike; the person hit actually flew six meters high, and his chest bones were shattered in mid-air, losing his life.

And Wu Ba didn't even look, his left hand poked the throat with a "Sky-Piercing Palm," his right side used an "Iron Mountain Lean" to "hit people like a kiss," followed by hugging, pressing, turning back fist, chopping, and the "King of Hell's Three Point Hand" combo.

Like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, Wu Ba was "eyes all over his body, hands all over his body," smashing around with a crackle, and there was no one left standing at the scene; Sha Lifei and the others didn't even have a chance to make a move.

In terms of martial arts talent, Wu Ba could be called the team's number one, even Li Yan couldn't compare.

He was originally gifted with immense strength, and after learning the Opening Baji, he was like a tiger with wings.

"Hey~ leave a live one..."

Sha Lifei was anxious and hurriedly stepped forward to check.

But the only one left alive on the ground was also constantly choking on blood, his eyes gradually losing focus.

The blood color in Wu Ba's eyes dissipated, and he scratched his head awkwardly.

This was his only weakness; once he got addicted to killing, he couldn't control himself.

Sha Lifei couldn't care about talking nonsense and whispered, "Leave first, San'er, go help Little Brother Yan intercept the person!"

He had sharp eyes and had already seen a black shadow running out of the crowd, clearly using an escape technique, moving at high speed, while Li Yan was following closely behind, disappearing without a trace.

Among the group, only Lu San could catch up.

"Mm."

Lu San nodded dully, leaped onto the wooden house, his figure looking like he was dancing a Nuo dance, with wild wind howling around him, and the little white fox jumping around, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

This battle took only a few breaths.

In the blink of an eye, the ground was covered with corpses.

"Murder!"

"Damn it, they used fire weapons, run!"

There were still many ruffians in the Ghost Market selling stolen goods, and seeing this, they exclaimed in alarm, fleeing in a flash, and the Ghost Market was in chaos.

They weren't fools and had also seen that they were people from the Commandant's Office.

The Luoyang Commandant's Office was no soft persimmon; they had just set a trap to frame the Wang Shizi of Luoyang's heir, and even the Wang Shizi of Luoyang didn't dare to provoke them.

Although they didn't know the inside story, there would definitely be big trouble in the Ghost Market later.

"Tsk tsk, I'm afraid Luoyang can't be stayed in anymore..."

Jin Jin Yanfeng also gave a wry smile.

He knew that after this incident, he would definitely have to run.

…………

Taking advantage of the chaos in the Ghost Market, the group left easily.

As soon as they came out of the hole, Sha Lifei saw Li Yan and Lu San dragging someone over.

It was a short man, his clothes torn, and his face had been stung several times by the poisonous bees released by Lu San, already swollen like a bun, groaning and dazed.

What was even stranger was that the wig he was wearing had been pulled off, leaving his head completely bald.

"Sure enough, it's a monk!"

Sha Lifei sneered upon seeing this.

They also roughly knew the situation in Luoyang.

First, it was the struggle between Buddhism and Daoism, with Bai Masi and Shangqing Palace fighting openly and secretly, playing dirty tricks on each other.

And all parties were involved to varying degrees.

For example, the Wang Shizi of Luoyang was incompetent, but always dreamed of longevity and being vigorous, so he naturally had an intimate relationship with Shangqing Palace, which sold pills, and gave them many conveniences.

Bai Masi couldn't directly conflict with Shangqing Palace, so they started from the periphery.

For example, Half-Immortal Wang, who was good at bedroom arts, was arrested and thrown into prison by them using the Paper Doll Case.

The one who took action was the Commandant's Office, and the Wang Shizi of Luoyang's heir was also implicated; although he wasn't locked up, he certainly didn't dare to get involved in the Buddhist-Daoist struggle anymore.

After all, after the Sichuan Wang Shizi's Mansion affair, the signs of the imperial court cutting down the feudal lords were becoming increasingly obvious.

From various clues, the Commandant's Office had already joined forces with Bai Masi.

This was also why Li Yan didn't provoke them at the first opportunity.

Clang, clang, clang~

Before Sha Lifei could finish speaking, the sound of a bell came faintly from the night sky.

Jin Jin Yanfeng looked up and exclaimed, "In the direction of the Nanguan, it's the Chenghuangmiao!"

"The Luoyang Chenghuangmiao is in Tiekuo Lane in the Nanguan, adjacent to the Luo River wharf, and not far from here. They will launch a City God patrol of the streets, hurry and leave!"

Li Yan and the others didn't talk nonsense, grabbed the monk, and walked toward the city wall.

They were only two streets away, but the other party had already arrived.

Whoosh~

Suddenly, a wild wind blew on the street, sand and dust howled, frost began to spread on the ground, and dense footprints appeared.

"It's over!"

Jin Jin Yanfeng turned pale and fell to the ground.

As the former Divine Capital, even if Luoyang had declined, the Chenghuangmiao could not be underestimated.

When the Great Xuan Dynasty was founded and the City Gods of the world were enfeoffed, a marshal who died in battle was enfeoffed as the Majestic Spirit Duke, equal in rank to the Ministers of the Six Ministries; with a thousand years of incense, its power was naturally extraordinary.

What was even more terrifying was that Luoyang was adjacent to Mangshan, and the Chenghuangmiao had the duty of guarding, often sending troops to patrol, gathering a large number of social order soldiers and horses, which could be called having many generals and soldiers.

This was also the reason why the Buddhist and Daoist sects in Luoyang were fighting for it.

Whoever controlled the Chenghuangmiao would see their strength increase dramatically.

However, what made him strange was that Sha Lifei and the others were not afraid at all.

But Li Yan took out the official document from his bosom, formed a hand seal, and said coldly, "The Heavenly Official is patrolling, no taboos, retreat!"

Zzz, zzz~

Electric arcs emerged from the official document.

Strangely enough, as soon as Li Yan finished speaking, the wild wind around them dissipated.

The frost, footprints, and the black shadows looming in the wind and sand all retreated rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, they disappeared without a trace.

"You... you..."

Jin Jin Yanfeng looked at Li Yan, dumbfounded.

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and run!"

Sha Lifei grabbed him and ran out.

The Luoyang city wall was tall, but it couldn't stop the group; Li Yan, Sha Lifei, and the others used the Gecko Wall-Climbing Skill and scurried up.

As for the unconscious monk, he was carried on Wu Ba's shoulder; he leaped up, hooked his iron claws into the wall, and leaped onto the city wall with a burst of strength.

Hum~

The soldiers on the city wall had just surrounded them, but they saw Long Yan'er waving her water sleeves, and large patches of Frost Moths flickered with fluorescence in the sky; those soldiers immediately fell into illusions, walking past them with vacant eyes, unable to see them at all.

Just like that, the group left Luoyangcheng easily.

Not long after, a group of people walked onto the street below.

There were monks, a company commander from the Commandant's Office, and peddlers.

"It's the Heavenly Official!"

Their expressions were gloomy as they looked toward the top of the city wall.

"Quick, report to His Majesty, I'm afraid we have to launch it ahead of schedule..."

…………

Half an hour later, in the wilderness on the outskirts of Luoyang.

Firelight blazed, and Jin Jin Yanfeng carefully flipped through the book.

"Found it!"

He opened a page and said excitedly, "This Wang Xuanmo is indeed not an ordinary person; his true identity is the last sect leader of the Northern Wei Mystic Sect 'Yinfu Sect'."

"It is recorded that in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, Mangshan once showed the phenomenon of 'Yin soldiers borrowing the way,' followed by torrential rain, a landslide, and a stone tablet rolling out."

"Four words were carved on the tablet..."

"'Xuanmo returns to Mang!'"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 632 =====