Chapter 219

The return journey was smooth; approaching Ningxi County, it was already a thousand miles of white land, uninhabited, with no people and no Shaman tribe.

After returning to the domain, Little Wei Yuan did not stop for a moment, took the immortal silver, and headed back to the Bianning county seat. This time he brought Xu Wenwu and gave him the Azure Colt to ride. Before they even reached the Bianning county seat, Little Wei Yuan saw that the grain transport team was already on the road.

Shipping the goods before the immortal silver was in hand—it seems Sun Chaoen has been doing well in these few months, and Yue Qilin trusts him quite a bit.

Handing the immortal silver to Sun Chaoen, Little Wei Yuan didn't even drink a sip of water and set off on the return journey again. Xu Wenwu, who had thought he could eat a banquet, watch some singing and dancing, and then stay the night, was immediately disappointed.

He had thought his master had finally started to bring him into the officialdom, and the starting point was a Vice Prefect, which could be considered quite high-end. Within a county, the Vice Prefect is second only to the Prefect; although he doesn't hold much real power, his status is important. Once something happens to the Prefect, the Vice Prefect has to take over all the power.

Who knew Little Wei Yuan wouldn't even say two words, put down the immortal silver, and leave. Xu Wenwu hadn't even had time to see the specific furnishings of the study, whether there were beauties to add fragrance, and if there were, which door the beauty would enter from—whether she would walk through the back door or crawl out directly from behind the bookshelf.

The return journey was another several thousand miles.

After the Azure Colt was blessed by luck, it was completely in the form of a spirit horse, its four hooves carrying cloud Qi, leaving behind patches of azure radiance. Its speed was also extremely fast, its four hooves not touching the ground at all, walking on the clouds like that; in the time of one night, the four of them returned from the Bianning county seat to the domain.

Wang Yu and Xu Yi, both Heaven-rank foundations, felt very exhausted, and Xu Wenwu was naturally as tired as a dead dog, only supporting himself in the latter half by being stuck to the horse's back with Dao power.

Going back and forth four times in less than two days, with a journey of over ten thousand miles, made the aristocratic young lady Xu Yi complain endlessly, the insides of her thighs rubbed into large patches of redness and swelling. But with such extreme running, both could clearly feel that their cultivation had improved. Although the improvement was somewhat unreasonable, they had no reason to complain. As for Xu Wenwu, he had long been sleeping soundly and didn't know how much his cultivation had increased.

Next, in order to welcome the grain transport team, Little Wei Yuan carefully selected two teams. One was a team of several hundred Body Forging cultivators, responsible for guarding the carts and transporting, while the other was an all-elite force composed of three hundred Dao Foundation cultivators, led by Cui Yu, lying in ambush far away.

If the Western Jin army set a trap, or if Yue Jinshan sensed something was wrong and led troops to pursue, there would be a huge surprise.

It was just that a small accident occurred when receiving the grain.

The grain transport team had fully a thousand soldiers, led by four captains; Song Chao was just one of them, and not the leader. At that time, the grain transport team had traveled to a place only ten or so miles away from the military stronghold, and they could already see the flags on the walls of the military stronghold from afar.

The crowd of soldiers showed joy, one after another quickening their pace, but several captains had strange expressions, all waiting for something.

Suddenly, the wilderness was silent, even the wind stopped, and then rider after rider wearing masks appeared from all directions—a mere few dozen riders, yet they actually had the momentum of encircling a thousand people!

Many government soldiers had fear on their faces, beginning to look around for a retreat. They hadn't been in the Western Regions for long, but they had already heard many rumors about the Heaven-Slashing Gang. It was said that this group of people was lawless and extremely fierce, and the leader was a monster of mixed Shaman and human blood, who liked to eat human flesh raw and was infinitely strong, having once crushed a Dharma Form cultivator to death with one hand.

Even if the various rumors were absurd and unbelievable, the four thousand "bare-pig" soldiers were real. With a few dozen riders continuously launching surprise attacks on multiple military strongholds guarded by over a thousand people, the results were not just like a hot knife through butter; they didn't even lose many people in the process of occupying the entire military stronghold, clearly having strength to spare.

At this moment, surrounded by the fifty great bandits, although the military stronghold was only ten miles away, these soldiers didn't feel they could hold out until reinforcements arrived.

Among the captains, one person with an ordinary build and plain appearance, but whose expression revealed determination, was not afraid. He drew his sword and shouted, "Great Jin Captain Song Chao is here! You dare to hijack military grain; this is a crime that will lead to the extermination of your clan! Retreat quickly now, and you can temporarily keep your lives."

A rider wearing a jade mask laughed in a low voice and said, "Why don't you all retreat quickly, and we can avoid hurting the harmony, how about that?"

Song Chao laughed loudly and shouted, "Mere grass bandits dare to speak such wild words, daring to bargain with the Great Jin official army! This general wants to see today what skills you have to be able to make such a big name for yourselves!"

The Heaven-Slashing Gang rider said no more, just waved his hand, and the dozens of riders no longer concealed their momentum, slowly moving forward.

Song Chao's Dao power rose, just about to fight, when suddenly the other three captains didn't say a word and whipped their horses to flee!

The main general had run away, so the soldiers under their command naturally wouldn't stay, and this wasn't the first or second time this had happened; everyone was very skilled, and there was no need to look left or right—just follow the main general and run.

In the blink of an eye, only Song Chao and the hundred soldiers under his command remained on the spot.

Song Chao was actually not afraid, instead shouting to fight heartily. The hundred soldiers following him were also all fighting to the death, regardless of life or death.

Although Song Chao was an Earth-rank foundation, his Dao foundation was the extremely rare sword-shield, capable of both offense and defense. His five personal guards were also well-trained, with rigorous formations. Wang Yu and Xu Yi, two Heaven-rank foundations, led four or five Dao Foundation cultivators to surround and attack, but they couldn't take him down for half a day.

But the rest of the soldiers only had Body Forging cultivation, and facing the other riders, they had no power to fight back at all, suffering heavy casualties in the blink of an eye under the overwhelming Dao spells.

Seeing his soldiers falling one by one, Song Chao's eyes were splitting, and he suddenly raised his head to look into the distance. Those captains who had fled had slowed down their speed, looking back from time to time. On the walls of the military stronghold stood several generals, looking toward this side, one of whom was in bright armor—it was none other than Mobile Corps Commander Wang Kun. Wang Kun narrowed his eyes, watching the fierce battle in the distance.

Seeing that the fifty great bandits all had profound cultivation and endless high-rank Dao spells, the several generals beside him all had ashen faces. They thought that one-on-one, they probably wouldn't be a match for any of the great bandits, let alone the fact that the rider with the jade mask hadn't made a move from beginning to end. Rumor had it that this one had crushed a Dharma Form cultivator to death.

Seeing Song Chao's personal guards falling one by one, and he himself having more and more wounds, his armor stained with blood, yet still struggling to hold on, Wang Kun's eyes were somewhat complex, but eventually turned cold, saying, "Song Chao, oh Song Chao, who told you to repeatedly ruin the Young General's good deeds? Today, having this killing trap, you deserve it."

Seeing that everyone around him had ashen faces, Wang Kun hummed and said, "Look at the cowardly way you all are! I'll tell you the bottom line today: in the future, if you encounter the Heaven-Slashing Gang, report my name or the Young General's name, and you can at least save your dog lives."

The officers' eyes all lit up, feeling as if a new world had opened up before them. A clever one asked, "Then if we encounter trouble, can we ask them for help?"

Wang Kun said, "You have to report the Young General's name; reporting mine is useless."

In an instant, the officers all straightened their backs, each one glowing with health, feeling that they could walk sideways in the Broken Domain again.

At this time, Song Chao was already like a bloody man, his sword had been broken, and he was struggling to hold on with a shield in both hands. At this time, only two riders were surrounding and attacking him; these two used dazzling Dao spells, with powerful force, and they were clearly Heaven-rank cultivators. The officers could all see that they were clearly afraid that Song Chao would want to take someone with him before he died, so they let the ordinary riders retreat.

At this time, all one hundred soldiers led by Song Chao had died in battle, and not a single one had fled or surrendered.

Wang Kun suddenly didn't want to watch anymore and turned to walk down the wall. At this time, a heaven-shaking roar suddenly sounded from behind: "I, Song Chao, die before you gentlemen today, with no shame in my conscience, no shame to my king, and no shame to heaven and earth! If my death can awaken half a sense of honor and shame in you gentlemen in the future, then I have died for a worthy cause!"

After one shout, Song Chao propped himself up with his shield, slapped the top of his head with his backhand, destroyed his own sea of consciousness, blood flowed from his eyes, and his corpse stood tall and did not fall.

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Wang Kun's footsteps were chaotic for a beat.

He looked up at the sky, sighed, and muttered to himself, "The top is already in chaos; how would we people know if what we are doing is right or wrong? Perhaps wrong is right, and right is also wrong."

He shook his head and returned to his tent, his back somewhat lonely.

In the military stronghold, the officers and soldiers still standing on the wall watched helplessly as dozens of riders drove the grain carts, slowly crossing the military stronghold and heading west.

Someone suddenly asked how much money they could share this time, and immediately everyone became interested, one after another joining the discussion. This camp of soldiers, from top to bottom, including the three captains who ran away in the grain transport team and their subordinates, all had a share.

Speaking of this, the soldiers became more and more enthusiastic as they talked, each one showing a red glow on their face, wishing that the grain carts being robbed could be several times more.

In an instant, the warm corpses still lying under the walls of the military stronghold had been completely forgotten.

The grain transport team traveled dozens of miles west, and there were follow-up troops to take over, responsible for transporting them back to the domain. Little Wei Yuan and the fifty riders had to stay for a period of time to prevent pursuers. The riders stood on the spot, watching the grain transport team go further and further away, inexplicably feeling somewhat depressed.

At this time, Little Wei Yuan said, "That Song Chao just said he had no shame in his conscience and no shame to his king; these two sentences are correct, but the third sentence is wrong. He blocked me from robbing grain, which is a shame to heaven and earth. If you understand this sentence, it will be good for your future cultivation."

The riders were startled, and some were thoughtful.

Little Wei Yuan said again, "You have all been through life and death with me so many times, so there are some things I might as well tell you. That is, as long as the domain is established, there are infinite possibilities, and your Dao paths may not necessarily stop here."

Except for Wang Yu and Xu Yi, all the riders had shocked faces, followed by wild joy.

They were all Earth-rank Dao Foundations, and under normal circumstances, they would stop before the Dharma Form. So everyone was willing to fight to the death on the battlefield, knowing that their Dao path was cut off, so it was better to use this life to fight for something real. Even if they couldn't use it themselves, leaving it for their descendants would be good.

But what Little Wei Yuan just said was that the Dao path might not necessarily stop here?

Many people's first reaction was disbelief, but then they remembered how many people who had no hope of a Dao Foundation suddenly forged one. Perhaps there really were immortal traces within the Azure Void? And Little Wei Yuan never spoke empty words; so far, it seemed that all the boasts he had made had come true.

Just at this moment, a red figure flashed and disappeared in the air in front of Little Wei Yuan, and then a piece of jade paper drifted down from the air, falling just right into Little Wei Yuan's hand.

(End of chapter)