Human life is like grass, blood is like spring water.

The moat of Chujiabao was churning with bloody waves, and countless thin bodies were rolling on the waves. The ferocious carnivorous fish raised in the moat jumped up frantically, tearing the flesh of the miners killed by arrows.

The miners continued to fight fearlessly and at the risk of their lives.

They rushed to the foot of the city wall and stood on the six-foot wide patrol walkway. They piled up on top of each other to form a human ladder and climbed up to the top of the city wall unsteadily.

Thousands of bricks on the wall of Chujiabao were suddenly moved away, revealing a bowl-sized square hole underneath. Sharp pistols were pushed by the mechanism and continuously stabbed out of the square hole. Large groups of miners were pierced through the body and fell from the ladder with screams.

On the city wall, two Chu family priests walked out slowly, surrounded by a large group of heavily armored infantrymen. One of the priests waved his hand, and dozens of water dragons as thick as water tanks in the moat shot up into the sky and quickly condensed into a three-acre lake of water above his head.

Another priest laughed loudly, opened his mouth, and a fire dragon spewed out of his mouth, turning into a dazzling flame and merging into the water.

The flames rolled in the rippling water, and the huge water was boiling in just a cup of tea. The Chu family priest who controlled the water dragon flipped his hand, and the huge water rolled down from the city wall fiercely, and the boiling water scalded the skin and flesh of thousands of miners under the city wall.

Thousands of miners were washed into the moat with screams as the boiling water poured down upon them. A large number of carnivorous fish swarmed over them, as well as some ferocious creatures such as giant crocodiles hiding in the deep water. The miners flipped over a few times in the moat and quickly sank to the bottom, disappearing from sight.

A long horn sounded from the main camp of the Wilderness Relics, and dozens of warriors riding on large leopards quickly rushed to the city wall, waving their arms and shouting loudly. The tens of thousands of miners who were still preparing to cross the moat launched another wave of attacks, and after thousands of people were shot dead by the archers on the top of the city wall, they slowly retreated.

During the retreat, the two Chu priests on the city wall joined forces again, and a pool of boiling water fell from the sky, scalding hundreds of miners to death on the spot. Thousands of miners were scalded by the boiling water and their skin was torn apart. They retreated in a mess, covered in blood.

"There is a deep hatred between these miners and the Chu family!" Chu Tian squatted on a big rock and shook his head vigorously.

"The Chu family is not greedy for food. Most of these miners are from the Manghuang tribe. Many are merchants, laborers, servants, and refugees from Minzhou and Mangzhou." Aque sighed, "Based on what we have discovered in the past three years, there are hundreds of thousands of miners who die suddenly or are beaten to death in the Chu family's mines every year. The hatred is deep."

Chu Tian looked in the direction of Chu Family Castle with a dark face.

In addition to the sources of the miners mentioned by Aque, more miners in Chu's mines were soldiers exiled to the military camps in Qizhou, Minzhou, and Mangzhou.

Located in an area surrounded by ten thousand wildernesses, Yizhou, Minzhou and Mangzhou were the most remote and poorest prefectures in Dajin. Therefore, about 40% of the criminals in various prefectures of Dajin would be exiled to the three prefectures to guard the border.

The Chu family was powerful, and colluded with the commander of the Sanzhou military camp. Every year, they spent a small amount of money to get a large number of criminals from the Sanzhou military camp and throw them into the mines to be miners. These exiled criminals often had good friends or relatives who traveled thousands of miles to visit the three states, and often found their way to the Chu family's mines. Most of these people were captured alive and demoted to miners.

In recent years, Chu has walked the streets at night a lot and often encountered ghosts.

Normally, the Chu family's private army is brave and able to suppress the rebellion. However, today, when the coalition forces attacked the city, the Chu family mobilized the guards at the mine to return to Chu's Castle to garrison. These miners immediately rebelled, and a group of evil spirits escaped. Naturally, they sought revenge on the Chu family first.

Accompanied by mournful cries and curses, tens of thousands of vicious miners entered the Allied camp.

The sun had already set in the west, and the sunset glow on the hilltop had already dimmed. The night had enveloped the earth. Bonfires were lit in the coalition camp, and plumes of smoke rose high. The sound of horns was endless, and pale green lanterns were hung on the walls of Chujiabao. The seemingly dim lights illuminated the area for miles outside the city. Even a flying insect left a clearly visible trace of light in this evil green light.

In the direction of Qizhou City, large groups of laborers and servants shouted slogans and escorted fully loaded carts towards the Allied Forces' camp.

The granary in Qizhou was opened, and mountains of food and grass were continuously delivered to the camp. With Qizhou City as a logistics base, the remnant army under Ying Xiuer's command would not have to worry about running out of food and grass even if they camped here for three to five years.

The night gradually darkened, and at night, several fire dragons marched into the coalition camp.

Ying Xiuer sent out elite troops to raid the various mines of the Chu family, and dozens of miners from large mines were rescued. These mines were far away from the Chu Family Castle, but after a few hours of trekking, miners from nearby mines came to join the coalition.

The size of the coalition camp expanded significantly. After a long period of commotion, the camp finally quieted down.

There was silence in the direction of Chu Family Fort, with only the pale green lanterns swaying in the wind, and a gloomy atmosphere made people feel depressed and uncomfortable.

Agou, Aque and the strong men under Chu Tian's command had already rested. Shu Ye stood on a big rock and looked around vigilantly. Chu Tian sat cross-legged in a gap between the big rock and the mountain, and once again used the "Great Dream Divine Canon".

Extremely thin breezes that ordinary people could not perceive gushed out from Chu Tian's body and flowed around along the ground.

The dog, bird, and hundreds of big men curled up in the grass nest and shivered at the same time, and curled up subconsciously. There was complete silence within a hundred feet of Chu Tian. Except for Master Rat who was still energetic, all other small creatures fell into the deepest sleep.

Chu Tian closed his eyes, and his soul, which was hazy like mist, rushed out violently. A gust of faint wind wrapped around his soul. He walked out of his body, moving quickly around the surroundings with a light body.

The grass around was swaying slightly.

The tip of Rat's tail touched the ground, and it held up his body. He looked around with wide eyes, but even though he tried his best, he still couldn't find anything wrong.

"Interesting, really interesting!" Lord Rat chuckled, "You are really a child that Lord Rat raised with great care, isn't that the way it should be? Chopping people with a sword all day long, how ugly it would be to see blood splashing everywhere? Secret arts, secret arts, secret arts are..."

Master Shu was suddenly stunned: "What is the basis of the secret art? The secret art is the path to what? Eh? I can't remember this part. Am I really confused? But how young am I?"

"How old was Master Shu when he was picked up by that old man from the Chu family, who is also Tian Ge'er's tenth generation ancestor? How old is Master Shu now? Eh? Why do you remember it so vaguely?"

Grandpa Rat wagged his tail gently, lay down on the stone in a sullen manner, and stared blankly at the full moon in the sky with his eyes rolled up.