Chapter 454: Inside Qingshui Pass
Qingshui Pass is a city gate on the border of Wu State, and it is heavily guarded.
However, the people in the city are quite idle on weekdays, and they don’t seem to worry much about the attack of Liang State.
This is all thanks to the battle two hundred years ago.
In that battle, the original general defending the city of Qingshui Pass died in battle, and Hongwu, as the deputy general, was ordered to take over the general’s duties to defend the city.
At that time, Hongfu was only in the fifth realm of the real world.
The commander of the Liang State who attacked the city was a powerful man in the seventh realm of the real world.
No one thought that this battle could be won.
Even in the hearts of the people of Qingshui Pass at that time, this city gate was destined to be breached.
But the final result shocked the world.
Hongwu succeeded!
He didn't know what means he used, but he actually repelled the seventh realm of the real world of Liang State and defended this city gate.
It was also in that battle that the reputation of Qingshui Pass was established.
Since then, Liang State has never invaded Qingshui again.
Even though Hongwu was no longer in Qingshui Pass, Liang State would deliberately avoid this place when harassing the border of Wu State.
Therefore, Qingshui Pass has not experienced even a single war in the past two hundred years.
It has become a good job to come to Qingshui Pass as a garrison general.
Almost everyone believes that such a peaceful and peaceful life can last for a long, long time.
After all, for the strong in the real world, a mere two hundred years is just a snap of the fingers.
In such a short time, Hongwu's power in that battle should not be forgotten.
However, there is a person in Qingshui Pass who has always been vigilant and treats every day as a war preparation time, as if the Liang army will attack the city tomorrow.
His name is Liu Shanji, and he is the chief historian of the general's mansion. He was promoted by Hongwu himself after he became the general.
Although he is only at the third level of the real world, he is very good at managing the affairs in the city and handles everything in an orderly manner.
Therefore, even though Hongwu is no longer in Qingshui Pass, Liu Shanji is still trusted and valued by the general who defends the city.
As the actual manager of Qingshui Pass, he goes up to the city gate every day to observe the environment outside, check the subtle changes in the laws of the great way, and the power of the national seal and the power of the formation on the wall.
Day after day, year after year, without interruption.
It was as if the Liang army was really preparing to attack.
Many people advised him, including the generals defending the city -
saying that the Liang army had been frightened by the Hongwu generals of the year, and would definitely not attack here rashly, and there was no need to be so nervous every day.
It was scary.
But Liu Shanji could convince those who advised him every time, and over time no one cared about him, and instead thought it was good to have such a person to be on guard against.
Others could enjoy themselves more at ease.
...
After Cui Heng arrived above Qingshui Pass, he did not go down directly.
Instead, he first looked down at the entire city from the air.
Then he noticed Liu Shanji at a glance.
“His path of cultivation is different from that of ordinary warriors.” Cui Heng was suspended in the air, looking at Liu Shanji, and thought
to himself, “There is actually some flavor of magic power, although it is very faint and thin, but it is indeed the flavor of magic power of immortal cultivators. “This is not obtained through immortal cultivation techniques, but more like the result of some kind of transformation of one’s own martial arts after comprehending the magic tools of immortal cultivators… and the source of this flavor of magic power is surprisingly similar to the magic power I had during the Qi Refining Stage. "
After discovering this, a guess emerged in his mind.
Could it be that Hong Fugui had already comprehended the magic secret contained in the Hongwu Sword, and through the comprehended secret, he conceptualized the martial arts he learned, making his martial arts possess the flavor of magic?
"If so, the martial arts practiced by this person should have been taught by Fugui'er." Cui Heng stared at Liu Shanji in the city, feeling a little unbelievable in his heart, "But if it is really as I guessed, Fugui'er's talent is too outrageous. "
After all, the sword he gave to Hong Fugui only contained the magic power of the seventh level of Qi refining.
Now Liu Shanji is already in the third realm of the real world, and Hong Fugui himself had entered the fifth realm of the real world two hundred years ago.
The most outrageous thing is that when they reached such a realm, the power of martial arts still retained the flavor of magic power.
What does this mean?
This means that Hong Fugui is very likely to have improved his martial arts practice to the level of the fifth realm of the real world by comprehending the magic power of the seventh level of Qi refining.
"What is a martial arts genius? "Cui Heng couldn't help but marvel at this.
This guess shocked himself.
However, guesses are just guesses after all. He would have to wait until he met Hong Fugui himself and asked him about the specific situation.
The most important thing at the moment is to find out the whereabouts of Hong Fugui through this person.
...
Liu Shanji looked like a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing a scholar's shirt, a beard, a jade crown and tied his hair, and he was gentle and refined.
At this time, he had just finished inspecting the city wall for the day and was about to return to the general's mansion to handle government affairs. Suddenly, his eyes fixed on a young man walking on the street.
"Outsider?!" Liu Shanji was terrified, "How did this person get in? "
Although there are a lot of people in Qingshui Pass, he knows the identity and appearance of each person by heart, and he also knows clearly the circumstances of each person entering and leaving the city.
Therefore, he could tell at a glance that this person was not a citizen of Qingshui Pass, and had never appeared in Qingshui Pass, nor had he entered from any city gate.
Liu Shanji's first reaction after seeing this kind of person was that this person must be a spy from the enemy country, and he was definitely here to gather information.
But in an instant he realized that Qingshui Pass was a large border city of the Wu Kingdom. How could a stranger enter before the city was broken?
There is the power of the national seal and the protection of the city defense array. It is impossible for him to fly over the city wall, dig a tunnel, or sneak in.
How did this person appear?
Liu Shanji's heart was full of doubts.
However, in order not to alert the enemy, he did not take the initiative to look for the young man, but continued to walk towards the general's mansion without changing his expression, intending to report this to the general when he arrived at the mansion.
After all, the general guarding the city was a powerful man in the seventh realm of the real world. Whether it was arresting or questioning this person, it would be much easier than for a person like himself in the third realm of the real world.
However, when Liu Shanji returned to his chief secretary's room in the general's mansion, he was surprised to find that the young man had followed him and was standing beside him.
He didn't even notice that he followed in, and no one in the general's mansion noticed him!
What kind of cultivation is this?
Liu Shanji was in doubt.
At this time, the young man smiled and said, "Don't worry, my name is Cui Qing, and I'm here to ask you about the news of Hongwu."
This chapter is relatively short, there will be another chapter in the early morning, everyone can read it tomorrow morning~
(End of this chapter)