It was late at night on the city wall of Fengzhou.
Min Zimo sat cross-legged in a corner of the city wall, a long iron spear across his knees, his eyes closed and regulating his breathing.
The hustle and bustle of the day had long since died down, and the area outside the city was plunged into a dead silence. However, this silence was more eerie than any shouting.
"Lord, Lord! Lord, Lord!"
A burst of hurried footsteps came from afar, and a personal soldier rushed up to the city wall. The collision of armor plates made a crisp echo on the empty city wall.
"There's movement in North City!"
Min Zimo's eyes suddenly opened, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.
With a step of his combat boots, he rushed towards the northern city wall.
A quarter of an hour later...
Xu Yuncheng pointed at the torches all over the mountains outside the city. In the dim firelight, a sudden outline was reflected.
"Butang, look..."
As a third-level warrior, Min Zimo's vision cannot be blocked by the night.
I saw that about two miles north of the city, a platform two or three people high was built on the originally flat wilderness.
Countless figures were still frantically moving earth and rocks, piling the platform higher and higher.
Moreover, the shape of this platform is a bit strange.
It had neither battlements for the defenders to hide in nor slopes for soldiers to climb up.
It is a huge, flat, circular earthen platform with steep walls, like a handleless frying pan upside down on the plain.
Min Zimo frowned, his warrior's intuition told him that there was something wrong with this thing!
"I'll go check it out." He tightened his grip on the spear and said in a deep voice.
"Absolutely not!"
Xu Yuncheng was shocked when he heard this, and quickly stepped forward to stop him.
"My Lord, I have been fighting Peng Lianhu for over two years. There are also three third-rank warriors among the bandit chief's army!"
"If you rashly leave the city, and are caught by the enemy's experts and surrounded by a large army, the consequences will be disastrous!"
Min Zimo remained silent, but did not act impulsively.
He pondered for a while and looked at Xu Yuncheng, "Master Xu, has the enemy army ever built this thing when attacking the city in the past?"
Xu Yuncheng tried his best to look outside the city, but the night was dark and he, a civil servant, could not see clearly at all.
Min Zimo bent down and picked up a broken brick from the ground, and in a few strokes he outlined the general outline of the earthen platform on the bluestone slab under his feet.
Xu Yuncheng came over to take a look, and the confusion on his face became even more serious.
"This... I've never seen this before."
He was considered a knowledgeable military officer, but no matter how hard he racked his brains, he could not figure out any military use for this building.
"Sir, there's no need to worry too much." Xu Yuncheng pondered for a moment and spoke to comfort him.
"That platform is two miles away from the city wall. Even if an archer stood there, his arrows wouldn't be able to reach the top of the city wall."
"If they want to build, let them build. Who knows, after a night of hard work, they might be too weak to attack the city tomorrow."
These words sounded reasonable, but the uneasiness in Min Zimo's heart did not diminish at all.
He stared at the bustling construction site outside the city for a long time without saying a word.
After a long while, he finally instructed a second-rank general beside him, "Zhou Youji, you stay here and keep a close eye on that platform."
"If you find anything, report it to me immediately."
"Yes!" The general looked solemn and clasped his fists to accept the order.
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At this time, Peng Lianhu was standing alone in the middle of the earthen platform.
The construction of the entire platform was shockingly crude, with only manual labor used to tamp the earth and simply pile up a rough outline.
"Immortal..."
He looked at the soldiers working below, a trace of doubt arose in his heart, and he couldn't help asking himself questions in his mind.
"This ascension platform is so simple... can it really... succeed?"
That soft and ethereal voice, with a hint of pity, responded to him in his mind.
"Idiot."
"Do you think that ascending to heaven depends on jade buildings or golden bricks and jade tiles?"
“No matter how exquisite the craftsmanship of mortals is, it is but a castle on sand in the eyes of heaven and earth.”
"The formation I set up only requires form."
Peng Lianhu shuddered all over, and the disrespectful thought disappeared in an instant.
"Yes, yes! I am a dull disciple, but I understand!"
But he didn't know that if the Blood Ancestor wanted to set up the formation, why would he need to build a "platform to ascend to immortality"?
This lump of earth and rock is just to cover up the "blood array" pattern underneath.
Seeing that the earthen platform was almost finished, the big dream that resided in Peng Lianhu's soul was refreshed and urged:
"Blood Ancestor, it's now!!!"
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In Yujing, the night was late, the celebrations finally ended, and this ancient imperial capital returned to peace.
On the top of Jianji Hall, Li Wei and Gu Jinzhi stood side by side, letting the night breeze blow their clothes.
At this moment, a slight rustling sound, accompanied by the sound of tiles, came from the eaves of the temple roof.
They both turned their heads and happened to see Zeng Yi climbing up.
Meeting their gazes, Zeng Yi chuckled and teased, "Why, you two don't want to go down?"
Thinking of the strange atmosphere before, Li Wei's cheeks felt slightly hot, and Gu Jinzhi's ears also turned an unnatural red.
“Ahem!”
She cleared her throat heavily and looked at Gu Jinzhi, her expression becoming extremely serious.
"I won't wait until daybreak. I'll set off for Fengzhou right away."
She paused, her eyes sharp.
"Once the bandits are pacified, I'll search the entire Dajing area. I don't believe I can't find that Bodhisattva!"
Gu Jinzhi took a deep breath and then nodded.
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