Ying Yi no longer held back and suddenly unleashed his power. The leader of the Northern Frontier was no match for him and was struck in the chest by Ying Yi's palm, spitting blood and flying to the ground.
Xiao Zhixing coldly said, "Kill them all."
There's no need to leave any survivors. Only the leader here is a true Heavenly Rank cultivator; the other five are fake Heavenly Rank cultivators created by drugs.
The leader opened his mouth as if to say something, but Ying swung his sword and beheaded him.
The other battles also came to a conclusion: five thousand people from the Northern Frontier were wiped out, and the fake Heavenly Rank cultivator was naturally no match for Shi Jiaowu and the others.
Wait until everyone cleans up the battlefield.
Bai Zhixian had just woken up, drank a few sips of water, and said with a wry smile, "Thank you for saving my life, Your Highness."
He didn't ask Xiao Zhixing whether this trip was a coincidence or intentional; it was already a stroke of luck that they were able to repel the enemy attack in the northern border region.
Xiao Zhixing explained briefly, "When Mengzhou Changyukou was attacked by the enemy, I had some doubts after receiving the news, so I came to Yixiantian to take a look. It was just luck that I found out they were indeed launching a sneak attack here."
Bai Zhixian nodded, not daring to ask any further questions. There was definitely more to the story than that, but he didn't need to delve any deeper.
Soon, several eagles took off. Two went west to chase Mu Wanhe to Xining Pass, one went to Shengjing, and one went to Ningzhou Prefecture.
Bai Fengchang was the first to receive the news. He was leisurely listening to music when his deputy reported it, at which point he smashed the cup in his hand.
"Heaven is going to kill me! Quick! Quick! Prepare the fast horses! Call the eldest and second eldest brothers, let's go to the Narrow Gorge!!"
They made such a mistake, and it just so happened that Prince Yuansheng happened to be there, but he was the one who saved them from danger.
Thinking of Liu Yufeng's fate next door, he felt like crying—Liu Yufeng's life was saved, but he handed over the military power of Mengzhou in disgrace and was eventually reduced to a guard general in charge of maintaining order in various places.
They have to live at the mercy of Xiao Jiajun's every whim; it's pathetic.
Why is it so difficult to retire in Ningzhou?
The deputy ran alongside him, saying, "General, General, slow down! Let's go find that young master Nian and ask him to plead for Xiang Qiu on your behalf!"
"who?"
"Oh, this is Young Master Nian, who was sent by His Majesty to manage Ningzhou. He has only been in Ningzhou for two days and sent you his visiting card yesterday. Have you forgotten? He and Prince Yuansheng were classmates at the Gentleman's Academy."
Bai Feng slammed on the brakes. "Yes, yes, hurry! I will personally visit Young Master Nian."
The second person to receive the message was Mu Wan.
Seeing that the northern border had indeed launched a surprise attack, she was anxious, but she couldn't rush to Xining Pass immediately.
She had to walk slowly and carefully along the way, inspecting the border troops of Ningzhou and Xiazhou, and secretly conducting inspections on behalf of Xiao Zhixing.
Xining Customs was the third to receive the news.
Mu An went to the backyard to report to Mu Liangyi, "No wonder the 100,000 troops stationed in the northern border are not moving, only occasionally attacking cities. They are planning to attack from Ningzhou."
There are also experts at the Heavenly Rank inside. If they catch us off guard, Xining Pass will be in danger.
Mu Liangyi had a blanket covering his feet, his face still looked sickly, and his gray eyebrows furrowed. "How do you plan to deal with this?"
I'm afraid the other side sent more than just these people.
"My Mu family army's crossbow formations are not to be underestimated."
Now that they are prepared, the Mu family's giant crossbow formation, renowned throughout the world for its ability to kill even Heavenly-ranked enemies, will ensure that they never return.
"My son plans to use this as a pretext, maintaining a relaxed exterior while keeping a tight grip on the interior, dealing with the main battlefront while leaving an opening for the attackers to launch a sneak attack."
"Yes, go ahead and do it. Take this opportunity to demoralize the people of the Northern Frontier and let Yelü Ge know that my Mu family army is not to be trifled with."
Mu An should be right.
Mu Liangyi then asked, "Where is Wan'er?"
Mu An smiled, "We'll be entering Xia Prefecture in a few days."
A smile flashed across Mu Liangyi's lips. "I never expected that she would achieve the Heavenly Rank in such a short time following Prince Yuansheng. You are all no match for my Wan'er."
Mu An smiled happily, "Yes, Wan'er is the one who resembles her father the most... But is it really alright for her to be with Prince Yuansheng?"
Mu Liangyi narrowed his eyes, "This is the affection between these young girls, what can I, as their grandfather, do about it?"
Wasn't this the very excuse Li Xiao used to fob off the emperor?
Mu An sighed helplessly, "Just spoil her then. When she comes to Xiazhou, she'll want to expand her women's army and ask us for people, land, and money. If you don't give them to her, let's see if your beard will still be intact."
Mu Liangyi subconsciously covered his chin and said sullenly, "Get out."
Mu An suppressed a laugh, stood up, and took her leave.
Then he heard his father muttering behind him, "Hmm, how much of my secret stash do I have left? Is it too little? Maybe I should delay the weddings of my grandsons?"
Mu An: Should we tell our mother?
In Shengjing, Zhao Yunqi abandoned the Flying Eagle communicator and said to the Emperor System, "You still can't contact 170?"
The Emperor System said, "After it sent the last message, it completely lost contact. I sent people to search for that Snow Sand Valley, and there is indeed such a place."
He gritted his teeth, "Lovi has the guts! He secretly cultivated Heavenly Rank cultivators and, by using his position as an intermediary, controlled the hosts of three other subsystems for his own use."
Its system has been burning out again and again these past few days, which is infuriating.
What angered it even more was that the three subsystems also showed signs of being reverse-controlled.
It originally intended to command them to perish together with the host, but found that they were suppressed and unable to activate their self-destruct mechanisms.
In other words, Lowe, the middleman, replaced its true master and became the master of those three, issuing orders.
Reversing the Heavenly Stems.
Unfortunately, it had no way to express its suffering, because it hadn't informed Zhao Yunqi about the existence of those subsystem hosts beforehand, so it couldn't send people over to deal with them in time, and now it was too late.
Xiao Zhixing: Perfect timing. She immediately cut off the connection between Feng Lizhen and the main system, continuing to make Luo Wei take the blame.
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