Chapter 44
Fenlin Safety City is the closest safety city to the sacred mountain. The area near the sacred mountain is vast and sparsely populated, so the population of Fenlin Safety City is not large. The sudden arrival of so many soldiers made the residents of the city a little nervous and curious.
Yan Liao and Cheng Min, the person in charge of the Central Security City, stood together to discuss the action plan. The soldiers behind them were counting the weapons they brought in an orderly manner.
This was the scene Qin Zunyue and his companions saw when they entered the safe city after being searched.
"Commander Yan." Qin Zunyue greeted him. Yan Ming nodded and introduced him, "This is Commander Cheng from Central Security City."
After a few pleasantries, Yan Liao told them their battle plan.
"According to what you said, our main focus this time is to arrest Gongsun Xuan's men. The soldiers we are sending this time are all battle-hardened. I believe they will be fine."
Liu Huaizhao nodded and said, "Although the turbid monsters have all disappeared, most of Gongsun Xuan's men will not be affected. You still have to be careful."
"Don't worry." Yan Liao said, "We brought all the golden elixirs we had left with us this time, and we also taught our comrades in the Central Security City how to use them."
Liu Huaizhao was relieved.
They decided to let the main force rest tonight and set off early the next morning.
Liu Huaizhao asked Zheng Shu and the others to rest as well, while he and Qin Zunyue went to find out how many people were under Gongsun Xuan's command.
"Just the two of you?" Zheng Shu asked, "Wouldn't it be too dangerous?"
"The fewer people there are, the harder it is to be discovered," said Qin Zunyue.
Liu Huaizhao nodded in agreement, "We will be careful."
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The two did not drive. Qin Zun and Yue Fei were behind Liu Huaizhao, looking at him in his fluttering white clothes, a little dazed.
"Wait a minute." Liu Huaizhao suddenly stopped, dragged Qin Zunyue to the ground, and hid behind a thick tree.
Qin Zunyue came to his senses and saw two men in black sneaking out.
"Why did Lord Gongsun come back so late today?"
"The Lord has his own plans. Why do you care so much?"
"Ah, yes. By the way, whose turn is it to receive Master Gongsun's teachings today?"
"Old Xu, I'm so envious. I wonder when it will be our turn... Who's over there?"
Qin Zunyue grabbed Liu Huaizhao who was about to take action and shook his head at him.
The next second, another man in black walked out, his body trembling a little. He took two steps and his legs went weak and he sat on the ground.
"New here? What are you doing here?"
The man in black nodded and said, "I, I just came out for a walk."
Judging from the voice, he is a young boy.
"Who would believe you? You want to run away! Lord Gongsun has given us a life-saving grace, but not only are you ungrateful, you're also trying to escape? Come on, follow me back."
When the young man heard this, he quickly moved back, "No, no, don't take me back, don't take me back, I don't want to die... Ugh."
"Why are you shouting!" The man in black took out a mask from his pocket and covered the boy's mouth.
Just as the two men were about to capture the person, Liu Huaizhao moved his fingers slightly and a beam of white light shot out.
Just as the boy saw the two men's hands were about to grab him, he saw a white figure walking out from behind the tree, followed by a man in a black turtleneck sweater standing over.
His eyes widened and he kept moving back.
"Take it back?" Qin Zunyue asked.
"Yeah." Liu Huaizhao made a rope with the dead leaves on the ground and tied the man tightly, while Qin Zunyue stepped forward and picked the man up.
"What should we do with these two? We have to send them back safely, otherwise Gongsun Xuan will become suspicious and it will be difficult to deal with them."
"It's okay. When they wake up, they'll forget what just happened and will just think they killed a deserter." Liu Huaizhao didn't even look at them. He lowered his head and asked the young man held by Qin Zunyue, "Where do you all live? Point it out."
The boy raised his finger tremblingly and pointed in a direction.
Liu Huaizhao nodded with satisfaction and said to Qin Zunyue, "I didn't lie."
The two soon arrived at an abandoned school. Qin Zunyue was originally wondering why this group of people always chose the school as their base camp, but he understood after seeing the number of people.
"So many people?" Qin Zunyue frowned as he looked at the crowded playground and the bustling teaching and dormitory buildings.
"Do all of you live here? Including Gongsun Xuan."
The young man nodded and shook his head.
"Fortunately, Yan Ming came as well." Liu Huaizhao felt somewhat relieved, otherwise it would be difficult for them to deal with these people alone, not to mention Gongsun Xuan.
"Let's go." He turned around.
The two men carried the boy back to the safe city. Before entering the safe city, the boy suddenly became excited and kept whimpering with his stuffed mouth.
Qin Zunyue pulled off the mask from his mouth and heard the boy crying.
He didn't ask any more questions and brought the person in front of Yan Ming.
In addition to Yan Ming and Cheng Min, there was another tall man in the command center, who was the person in charge of Fenlin Security City.
"Isn't this Li Jun?" the man exclaimed and looked at him carefully.
"Commander Yang!" The boy sat on the ground with his legs limp, hugging Commander Yang's legs and crying bitterly.
"Hurry up, go call his parents over." Commander Yang ordered the guards around him.
The guard soon came with a middle-aged couple. When they saw their son in a dishevel, they became very emotional and the three of them hugged each other and cried bitterly.
After the three of them cried enough, Qin Zunyue finally breathed a sigh of relief - he still felt a little embarrassed for dragging someone else's son back like an object.
Li Jun stood between his parents, sobbing as he recounted his recent experiences: a month ago, he and his friends went hunting and encountered a large group of monsters. They only had a smoke gun, which quickly ran out of ammunition. Just when they thought they were doomed, a man in black appeared and helped them kill the monsters. They were so grateful to him that when he told them his friend was injured and needed help carrying him, they agreed without hesitation. But he took them to a school and locked them in a room, where they were constantly muttering about Master Gongsun.
"And..." Li Jun seemed to have thought of some horrifying scene, "I accidentally got lost when I sneaked out today, and saw them skinning people and hanging them there!"
He started crying again, covering his face with his hands. "That's why I was so scared when those two found me."
Liu Huaizhao frowned and asked, "What does the person who tricked you away a month ago look like?"
Li Jun tried hard to recall and said, "He's not tall... and a little fat."
"Then that's not Gongsun Xuan," Liu Huaizhao said. "It seems that the group of people under his command, besides those who followed him voluntarily, also included those deceived and deceived by his 'believers'. As for peeling people's skin... it's probably because there are no turbid demons to help him absorb the turbid air from human flesh and blood, so he has to do it himself."
Qin Zunyue felt a chill when he thought of that scene.
Although the three responsible persons were confused by what they heard, they all thought of an important point at the same time - if there were many people who had been cheated by him, then in order to avoid harming innocent people, they had to try their best to capture them alive.
The difficulty of the task increased instantly.
"Let's persuade them to surrender first." Cheng Min rubbed his brows, "I'll hold a meeting with the soldiers later."
After sending the frightened Li Jun back home, the rest of the people held a small meeting. Qin Zunyue handed them the topographic map they recorded this afternoon to facilitate their formulation of an action plan.
"We will complete the mission," Cheng Min said after carefully examining the topographic map. "But the most difficult task still lies with you."
Liu Huaizhao nodded and said, "We won't have any problems either."
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Soon the next day arrived.
After a night's rest, everyone was in high spirits and ready for the final battle, hoping to completely resolve the troubles that had plagued them for more than ten years today.
Qin Zunyue and others also brought new weapons. Tong Le touched the sniper rifle in Yan Liao's hand and almost drooled.
"A Liao, you have to stay alone at the sniper point today. You must be careful. Send a signal immediately when you encounter danger. Don't be reckless." Qin Zunyue instructed.
"I understand, Brother Qin."
Yan Ming and the others had already set off in batches. Qin Zunyue looked at Qiao Lang, who was already impatient, and said with a smile, "Let's go."
According to the information obtained from Li Jun, Gongsun Xuan would return to school every night and leave before sunrise.
So they decided to go directly to the place where Gongsun Xuan was practicing and guard it.
They chose a location that was not too close to prevent Gongsun Xuan from sensing Liu Huaizhao's presence and alerting the enemy.
"I feel a little nervous suddenly." Qiao Lang said in a low voice while squatting in the grass.
"Are you getting nervous now?" Tong Le plucked at the grass and sighed, "I don't know how Xiao Liao is doing."
"You two are conjoined twins, and you've only been separated for less than an hour."
Tong Le rolled his eyes and ignored him.
Liu Huaizhao looked up at the sun and said, "Be careful, he should be coming soon."
Before he finished speaking, Liu Huaizhao felt a foul air approaching, and he made a gesture - here it comes.
Everyone immediately became alert and dispersed according to the plan prepared in advance.
When Gongsun Xuan appeared in everyone's sight, Liu Huaizhao jumped down and slashed towards Gongsun Xuan with the Lieyang Blade in his hand!
A shrill sound was heard.
The iron whip in Gongsun Xuan's hand instantly turned into a complete long stick, rubbing against the Lieyang Sword, producing streaks of flames.
"Don't you gentlemen disdain sneak attacks the most?" Gongsun Xuan had a sinister smile on his face.
The next second, the originally intact iron rod turned into a long, flexible whip, which rolled towards the Lieyang Sword, as if trying to roll the Lieyang Sword to its side.
Liu Huaizhao was prepared. He dodged to the side and slashed the Lieyang Blade across Gongsun Xuan's waist.
"What's the point of thinking about this knife all the time? You think you're not qualified to touch Kong Yi's things!" Liu Huaizhao taunted, "You're not just thinking about this knife, you're also thinking about the book that Kong Yi left behind. You sent people to grab it more than ten years ago, but why did you fail?"
The mockery in his tone made Gongsun Xuan furious. Why did he fail? Of course, it was because the formations and spells left by Kong Yi were all aimed at him!
The spell that the old lady pasted on the tree had no effect on ordinary people, but once he entered, he would not die, but he would definitely lose a layer of skin.
How ridiculous! He and Kong Yi grew up together and experienced so many hardships together. In the end, all the things Kong Yi left behind were actually meant to kill him!
Looking at Liu Huaizhao's provocative smile, Gongsun Xuan was furious. A force suddenly burst out of his body, and his arms suddenly exploded, turning into black whips that wrapped around Liu Huaizhao, making him unable to move.
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