Chapter 172: Martial Arts Advancement [Part 1]
When he saw the golden image shining above Zeng Anmin's head.
The entire tent fell into silence.
Even Qin Shoucheng himself felt the same way.
It’s just cleaning out some small monsters.
Having Zeng Anmin, a fifth-rank Confucian scholar, is enough.
Soldiers against soldiers, generals against generals.
After a brief moment of distraction, the eldest princess' eyes flashed with deep admiration.
She looked at Zeng Anmin as if she was admiring a precious object.
"Um."
The princess nodded slowly, and after pondering for a moment, she said:
"In that case, then lead two teams of Yuanyang Army and Li Le from the Xuanzhen Division to search for monsters with the Monster Searching Disk."
After she finished speaking, she slowly stood up, with a hint of coldness in her voice:
"Our army must occupy all of the important roads I just mentioned. So after searching for monsters, no one should escape. We must complete the cleanup within three days."
Zeng Anmin frowned slightly.
Do you want to bring someone with you?
That won’t work.
I have to go alone so I can boldly display my martial arts skills and fight the demons...
Thinking of this, Zeng Anmin was about to speak.
But then he thought again, if he didn't bring anyone with him and went alone, the eldest princess and Qin Shoucheng would never agree.
"I will obey military orders!"
Thinking of this, Zeng Anmin no longer hesitated. His face became serious and he saluted the eldest princess.
"I grant you permission to lead the vanguard, with Li Le and the other two as deputies, and one hundred Yuanyang soldiers accompanying you, to search for the monster!"
Seeing Zeng Anmin agreed so readily, the princess no longer hesitated. She directly pulled out the military order from the table and threw it to the ground.
“Pah.”
This military order is completed.
"yes!"
After receiving the military order, Zeng Anmin lifted his robe lightly and walked out.
He gathered his troops and horses and headed towards the dense forest in the mountains without any hesitation.
The military order only gave him three days.
He had to act quickly.
…………
Baideng Mountains.
The way forward.
This is an extremely narrow mountain road.
It is also the only way to get from the Wan Yao Mountains to the plains in the north.
Between these endless narrow paths.
A group of soldiers from the Great Saint Dynasty were marching slowly.
"Junior Brother Li, how do I display the Monster Search Disk?"
Zeng Anmin was holding a short sword in his hand and walking at the front of the team. He slowly turned his head and looked at Li Le beside him.
As the deputy commander of the Yuanyang Army, he naturally has to act like a deputy commander.
At this moment, Zeng Anmin's eyes were extremely solemn, and his eyebrows were sharp.
Although he is young, the power he exudes from his righteous spirit is extremely great.
The moment he opened his mouth, he exuded an air of majesty without even being angry.
As an outer disciple of the Xuanzhen Division, Li Le wore a black uniform with golden lines on his chest extending from his shoulders to his waist.
At this moment, he was looking solemnly at a black compass in his hand.
The compass was the size of a palm, and a faint green light could be seen on it.
"Buzz, buzz, buzz."
As the green light emerged and then disappeared.
Li Le's eyes flashed with a dark green aura.
After a long time, he slowly took a breath.
After looking up, he replied with a resolute gaze:
"Brother Zeng, there are no demons on this mountain path."
Hearing this, Zeng Anmin felt a little disappointed.
No demon race means no fighting.
How could he break through without fighting?
"Um."
Zeng Anmin pondered for a while.
He slowly raised his head and looked towards the leader of the team:
"Wu Qianfeng."
"I will be here!"
When Wu Qianfeng heard Master Zeng's voice, his expression turned respectful. He came to Zeng Anmin and waited for military orders.
"I order you to lead fifty Mandarin Duck soldiers and wait for the main army to arrive here on the mountain road."
Zeng Anmin's voice was solemn.
"Um?"
Wu Qianfeng looked up in astonishment and subconsciously said, "Didn't His Highness ask me to protect you?"
"Need not."
Zeng Anmin took a deep breath and said with a serious expression:
"Even though we have powerful weapons like the Monster Searching Disk, treasures are dead, but people are alive. Although we haven't found any monsters here, if there are any wandering monsters coming from outside, the fifty mandarin duck soldiers you lead can just stop them."
"Li Le and I will lead our men to search for monsters elsewhere. You must ensure this place is clean and prepare for the army to station here in three days."
When he said this, his face was extremely serious.
"This is a military order."
Wu Qianfeng opened his mouth to say something, but he couldn't refute it.
Zeng Anmin is right.
"I obey your command."
After a while, Wu Qianfeng had no choice but to accept the order.
"Well, you don't need to worry about my safety. Not to mention that I'm a fifth-rank Confucianist or Taoist Dharma Realm, don't I have Junior Brother Li, the little immortal from the Xuanzhen Division, by my side?"
Zeng Anmin smiled slightly and patted Wu Qianfeng's shoulder gently.
Then he sent fifty soldiers to stay in this mountain road.
He took the remaining fifty soldiers and Li Le and set out towards the new mountain road.
There were not many soldiers and horses, so they moved very quickly.
The fifty Mandarin Duck Army soldiers had also undergone rigorous training and were marching rapidly all the way.
Finally, we were almost at the next mountain road.
Zeng Anmin raised his head and looked at Li Le with a smile.
"Junior Brother Li, as a Confucian and Taoist practitioner, can I possibly use this demon-hunting disk?"
Li Le didn't understand, but he didn't suspect anything.
He chuckled and said, "Senior Brother Zeng, this demon-hunting disk was made by our master. Before leaving, my disciple gave it to me. It is a combination of the strengths of hundreds of schools, so it can accommodate the auras of all of them."
"oh?"
Zeng Anmin's eyes lit up, he looked at Li Le, his face showing excitement and said:
"Can I give it a try?"
Li Le felt a little amused at the eager expression.
He nodded with a smile and handed the monster-hunting disk to Zeng Anmin:
"Hold your breath and concentrate, then inject your righteous energy into the monster-hunting disk."
"If the demon disk shows black air, it means there are demons here."
"Okay!"
Zeng Anmin excitedly took the monster-hunting disk in his hand.
As soon as I picked it up, I felt a weight in my hand.
His eyes showed curiosity.
This monster-hunting plate doesn't look heavy, but I didn't expect it to be so heavy.
After he took the monster-hunting disk, his eyes flashed with brilliance:
"Can the black energy reveal the number and strength of the demon race?"
Li Le said with a smile: "Of course it can. The amount of black energy is proportional to the number of demons. The stronger the energy, the stronger the demons are."
"Okay!"
After Zeng Anmin took the monster-hunting plate, he carefully touched its texture.
Then he narrowed his eyes slightly.
The stone that had been prepared in his hand appeared silently.
“Bang!”
He secretly fired the stone, which bounced to the side at an extremely fast speed and hit a tree in the dense forest in the distance, causing the tree and leaves to shake.
"What's that sound?!"
This voice appeared at that moment.
Li Le and the fifty soldiers instantly became alert.
Look towards the source of the sound.
Zeng Anmin said solemnly, "Junior Brother Li, go investigate. I'll stay here to provide cover."
"Um."
Li Le did not hesitate. He took out a carving pen from the bag on his waist, carved a few formations on his body, and then rushed towards the source of the sound at a high speed.
After he leaves.
Zeng Anmin narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the demon-hunting plate in his hand.
With a slight movement of his mind, the golden righteous energy slowly flowed into the demon-hunting disk.
"Buzz."
Following a flash of green light in front of him.
Zeng Anmin's eyes showed a hint of joy.
Black energy!!
Three balls of black air!
There are demons here!
Moreover, according to Li Le's description, the density of these three black clouds was not very high.
The corresponding martial arts realm should be... the strength of a demon general!
It just happens to fit perfectly with the battle target that I want to choose!
"Brother Zeng, there is no unusual movement."
Li Le returned with a bewildered look on his face. He came to Zeng Anmin and pointed in the direction of the voice.
"It's really strange... I went there and used my Qi to observe, but I didn't find anything..."
"It might be a bird flying in the forest. We were so nervous all the way here that we were like frightened birds at the slightest movement."
Zeng Anmin restrained his righteous spirit in time.
The Monster Hunting Pan returned to peace.
He gently handed the monster-hunting disk to Li Le and said, "Oh, right, I just tried the monster-hunting disk. There are no monsters here that need to be eliminated. Let's hurry to the next mountain path. Time is running out."
Zeng Anmin took a deep breath.
Li Le didn't doubt him and nodded quickly, his eyes becoming solemn. "If that's the case, then hurry up and get going. Don't delay and get blamed by Her Royal Highness the Princess."
"Um."
Zeng Anmin stood up, raised his arm, and waved at the fifty Yuanyang soldiers:
"Keep marching!"
"yes."
…………
Another half day passed, and it was already completely dark.
In the dark mountains and forests.
In addition to mosquitoes, snakes and ants, there are also some dangers lurking in the dark.
This place is very far away from the Great Saint Dynasty, and the power of Confucian and Taoist monks can hardly reach here.
Therefore, there will be some ghosts or evil spirits in the mountains.
However, these are unlikely to cause fatal effects on ordinary people, let alone soldiers.
The evil spirits carried by the troops can scare away these evil spirits.
Finally, the team led by Zeng Anmin arrived at the third mountain path.
"Junior Brother Li, it's up to you."
Zeng Anmin looked at Li Le with recognition in his eyes.
At this time, the mountain road in front of the team became even more rugged.
This is the nature of Mount Baideng. The deeper you go, the more rugged it becomes.
Li Le nodded seriously, took out the monster-hunting disk in his arms, narrowed his eyes slightly, muttered a few words, and then a ray of light flashed out from the monster-hunting disk.
"Buzz!"
Black air is swirling.
More than a dozen black auras flashed with a rich aura.
Seeing this, Zeng Anmin thought to himself, as expected.
The deeper the forest, the greater the probability of finding monsters.
"A dozen or so scum from the demon tribe."
Li Le saw the black energy and showed no concern on his face. He took the initiative to ask Zeng Anmin:
"Brother Zeng, I can clean up these scumbags by myself."
"good!"
Zeng Anmin's face was solemn. He pondered for a moment, then looked up at Li Le with a burning gaze and said:
"But I cannot let Junior Brother Li Le fall into danger. You can take these fifty Yuanyang soldiers with you. Junior Brother Li, there is no need to refuse."
He looked at Li Le who wanted to wave his hand to refuse and said seriously:
"I'm just afraid that after this matter is reported back to the Xuanzhen Division, Miss Sai will blame me for not paying enough attention to the disciples of the Xuanzhen Division. Junior Brother Li Le must also understand my difficulties."
When Li Le heard this, an ambiguous smile appeared on his face.
He pretended to nod in realization, raised his eyebrows at Zeng Anmin and said:
"This is nature, haha, this is nature."
The relationship between Zeng Anmin and Sai Chuxue had already been circulated in the Xuanzhen Division as early as when he was taking the imperial examination for the magic array.
Especially after Sai Chuxue did not deny her personal relationship with Zeng Anmin, various rumors about the two began to spread among the disciples of the Xuanzhen Division.
After all, when it comes to gossip, no matter how high your level of cultivation is, you can't help but think about it.
"Well, I'll be here to greet Junior Brother Li."
Zeng Anmin patted Li Le on the shoulder.
"good!"
Li Le had no doubts about it, so he called out to the remaining fifty soldiers and headed deep into the mountain path.
Night has already fallen.
The moon reveals its brilliance.
Zeng Anmin was the only one left in this dense forest.
I saw Li Le and his men slowly disappear.
There was an extremely sharp gleam in Zeng Anmin's eyes.
"Walk!"
Without any delay, he headed back.
For a moment, his steps even left afterimages.
In a few sudden moves.
His figure also disappeared from the spot.
…………
"Bang!"
Zeng Anmin jumped down from a tree.
He looked forward with a serious look.
"It's right here. On the Daytime Demon Searching Plate, the figures of the three fallen demons are near here."
After half an hour of full effort.
Zeng Anmin's journey finally arrived here.
He slowly calmed the anxiety in his body.
After recovering some of his martial arts spirit, he searched the surroundings inch by inch with a burning gaze.
As his thoughts slowly flowed, a sense of righteousness appeared in his eyes.
With the emergence of righteousness.
A strong feeling of disgust emerged in Zeng Anmin's heart.
It was a kind of impatience that made one want to get rid of it as soon as possible.
At the same time, his eyes flashed with a faint golden light.
"Three members of the demon clan, all of them are at the level of demon generals."
There was a gleam in Zeng Anmin's eyes.
And an irrepressible murderous intent.
The righteous energy in the body is also slowly gathering strength.
He walked forward.
Following the sense of righteousness, the disgusting aura was getting closer and closer.
finally……
After passing a corner.
His pupils slowly darkened.
Right in front of him.
Three extremely terrifying monsters were greedily licking the animal corpses in front of them.
“Click, click, click.”
The sound of sharp teeth chewing.
In Zeng Anmin's eyes, each of these three monsters exuded black energy.
It makes people want to kill him.
He even found it difficult to control the violent and righteous energy in his body.
“Buzz!!!”
A breath of destructive energy extended outward from Zeng Anmin's body.
The three monsters that were eating suddenly shook their bodies.
Then he raised his ugly, frightened face and looked in the direction of Zeng Anmin.
When they noticed the strong righteous energy in Zeng Anmin's body.
The three demons were all trembling.
It is a fear that comes from the depths of the soul.
“Ouch!!!”
One of the tiger monsters, which had the word "king" clearly marked on its forehead, had an even more intense look of fear in its eyes.
Without any hesitation, it dropped the food in front of its mouth and fled in the opposite direction like a frightened deer.
The remaining two wolf demons just stared at Zeng Anmin blankly.
For a moment, the atmosphere became extremely weird.
(End of this chapter)
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