Chapter 254: Breaking the Mountain with a Sword
Under the gloomy sky, the rain wet the soil.
On the southwestern border of Zhongzhou and Fengzhou, close to the direction of Yunzhou, in the rolling Shangnan Mountains, lighting tools made of embedded spirit stones continuously release light, illuminating the mountains and forests.
The officials of the Sixianjian were currently in Wangyue Town, thirty miles to the west. Coming with them were also the major aristocratic families that were relatively close to this place.
Such as the Shen family, Liu family, Tang family, Yu family, and Qiu family in Zhongzhou.
Everyone sat together, looking towards the northeast with solemn expressions.
Since the spring of this year, all kinds of strange phenomena have occurred frequently in the world of Qingyun. First, there was heavy rain that lasted for a month, then there was the blood mist above the Xuanhai Sea, and then there was the sudden snowstorm in the north.
Although these visions make people feel uneasy, what is truly terrifying is the evil species that appear afterwards.
The evil species discovered at first were just a few that were washed out by mountain torrents after the heavy rain.
However, because no ruins were opened, the incident still aroused vigilance, so the Sixianjian once again searched and investigated, and as a result, corpse nests were found on the borders of various states.
Corpse den is a newly invented word, implying a place where evil things gather.
The borders between the Nine Provinces are mostly surrounded by mountains. This is not a coincidence, but because in the era of chaos among human countries, they basically used natural barriers as national borders.
It is in these deep mountains and old forests that countless evil species have been wandering around unknowingly.
No one knows how or when they appeared.
The evil species found in the upper southern mountains of Zhongzhou are the most concentrated and numerous.
The Supervisory Department of the Sixian Prison rushed over overnight. At this time, Sima Mujing was in Wangyue Town, discussing with the Zhongzhou families how to deal with the matter.
The evil species will only show their bloodthirstiness when they smell human scent, so at present they are just wandering in the mountains without causing any consequences.
According to the decision of the immortal cultivation families, big and small, in Zhongzhou, this thing must be killed as soon as possible. They will not allow these evil species to have the possibility of entering the city.
But the problem is that if such a large number of evil species are not all killed in a short period of time, some of them will surely rush out of the valley because of their activated ferocity.
There are villages and farmlands all around the Shangnan Mountains, and most of the people will surely be killed or injured by the evil species.
The Immortal Supervisor naturally did not want to see such a scene, and suggested thinking of other ways, but after much thought, many ways were difficult to implement.
In their opinion, if a powerful person could take action and suppress the rebellion directly in the mountains, it would certainly not be so troublesome.
But how could the hidden ancestors in each family be willing to take action easily because of such things?
Of course, these Zhongzhou families would not give them any other choice.
After all, the longer this matter is delayed, the higher the risk may arise.
In fact, these noble families are not omnipotent in Zhongzhou, but they are still registered as immortals, and the Great Xia Dynasty is just a tool in the hands of immortals to rule over mortals. Even if the Sixianjian has the intention to protect the people, it can only obey orders.
"In fact, if there is a way to trap the evil species in the mountain and block the mountain road on the southwest side, we can eliminate them one by one. This method is the safest. Unfortunately, these noble families do not consider the common people."
"My Lord, don't you know that immortals don't care about mortals? Although we are officials of Daxia, in fact, the immortals are the ones who call the shots."
Mu Jing, the Supervisory Department chief, remained silent after hearing this, and then continued, "Before the operation begins, send people to seal off the outer perimeter of Shangnan Mountain and try not to let too many evil species escape. This is all we can do."
The inspector's officer looked embarrassed when he saw this: "Sir, the Shangnan Mountains are too large and we don't have enough manpower."
"I just said try my best, not for sure, but it would be much better if there were fewer of them..."
After Mu Jing finished speaking, she continued, "I suddenly understand what Brother Kuang meant by what he said before leaving Beijing."
The inspectors looked at each other and asked, "What did Lord Kuang say?"
"He said we are not here to destroy the evil species, but to protect the people under the aristocratic family."
"Sir, the Quantis at the reception desk is young but old-fashioned, which is actually not a good thing."
Here, countless disciples from the immortal sects gathered under the bright moonlight, planning to follow and see the excitement later.
Qiu Hanyue, the daughter of the Qiu family, was also among them, as were several cousins. At the same time, Tang Jingming, who had awakened after being injured in the Tiandao Society, was also there.
After more than half a year of recuperation, Tang Jingming, who already had considerable cultivation, has now recovered as before.
These disciples of the immortal sects actually all have the desire to take action, especially since the events of the Tiandao Society have far-reaching impacts, making them feel like they can do it themselves.
However, the evil species are not standing stakes for people to chop down. Two years ago, when a large number of evil species poured out of the ruins, it seems like yesterday in many people's eyes. The slightest recollection will make people feel terrified.
Therefore, these noble children would not go deep into the mountains, and their only interest was to clear out some of the edges.
While everyone was chatting, a group of disciples from Tianshu Academy dressed in white arrived.
Leading the group was Liu Qichen, a descendant of the Liu family in Zhongzhou. They were invited by the Sixian Supervisory Commission to come and clean up the evil spirits. After they arrived at the venue, they attracted a lot of attention.
The person he was looking at at this time was Tang Minghao from the Tang family, and Tang Minghao was also looking at him.
Although Liu Qichen was born in Zhongzhou and was related to many people here, he was not actually familiar with Tang Minghao.
However, it was not surprising that he looked into Tang Minghao's eyes when he arrived here, because they had both lost to the same person.
In the Tiandaohui preliminaries, Liu Qichen, wearing the Rongdao realm robes, was defeated by Ji You with three swords, while Tang Minghao was seriously injured by Ji You.
"It is said that some time ago, people began to come out of the Holy Land of the Ancient Sages one after another, and some of them broke through to the next realm as soon as they came out."
"I also heard that Chen Luo from the Chen Immortal Clan has entered the Yingtian Realm. He is truly worthy of being a direct descendant of the Immortal Clan."
"Have you heard about Ji You's situation?"
"Of course I know. Those who returned from the Holy Land of Sages spread the news, saying that Ji You had been in the Holy Land of Sages for more than half a year, but he was still in the Tongxuan realm and had not made any progress at all."
"I didn't expect it to be like this. It's really strange. The Way of Heaven is so powerful..."
"Maybe it's due to the limitation of talent. I will eventually reach a bottleneck."
"Is Ji You coming out now?"
"Others have come out, but he hasn't. He probably wants to wait until Rong Dao comes out. If it were me, I would probably make the same choice."
In the dim blue light of the night, the children of noble families who were waiting to join in the fun were talking to each other.
A lot of things have happened in Qingyun Tianxia over the past six months, which diverted everyone's attention. However, as geniuses emerged from the Holy Land of Sages, many eyes turned back again.
The Chen family members were the first to walk out of the holy land of the sages. It was also amazing that Chen Luo broke through and entered Yingtian.
Although Chen Luo was the youngest among all the disciples, he entered Yingtian at a fast speed.
However, the news that Ji You was still in Tongxuan realm was not spread by him. In fact, after the Chen siblings came out, they did not mention anything about Ji You. After returning to the sect, they read many records about body refining.
The ones who actually spread the news that Ji You was still in Tongxuan were the people who came out later.
In fact, this matter is questionable because many people do not believe it.
At that time, Ji You's sword was unstoppable. In the eyes of everyone, such a performance should have allowed him to enter the state of integration even if he was outside, not to mention that he had been in the holy land of sages for eight or nine months.
But every subsequent report says so, so it must not be fabricated.
So, some people started to bring up the issue of talent limitations.
The practice of Taoism is extremely mysterious. Many people who practice very quickly in the early stages will be lost in the crowd once they reach the stage of enlightenment. This is not uncommon.
Tang Minghao actually knew about this matter, and felt a little sarcastic in his heart.
Because in his opinion, Ji You simply wasted an opportunity to enter the Holy Land of Sages. If it were him, he would have entered the Holy Land of Sages to practice Taoism for more than half a year and would at least be able to reach the middle level of Taoism.
Amid the discussions, some people also looked at Qiu Hanyue, the daughter of the Qiu family.
Everyone knew that Qiu Hanyue was originally going to marry Ji You. Although it came to an abrupt end, in everyone's mind, she was still related to Ji You.
Qiu Hanyue noticed that everyone was looking at him, and he seemed to know why, but he did not say anything.
In fact, after returning from the Tiandao Association, she was silent for a long time because Ji You was unstoppable and took the top spot in the Tongxuan Realm.
The woman always admired the strong. She had seen that man suppress the entire area with her own eyes. It would be a lie to say that she had never had any admiration for him.
At that time, her family arranged for her to meet other young talents. Even though those people came from good families, she lost interest in them.
Fortunately, she didn't expect her husband to be very strong. She just hoped that she could marry into a stable family. So this emotion only lasted for a few months before it was digested in her self-comfort.
Just like what the outside world says, an individual's strength is ultimately not as good as that of a powerful family.
She also heard a few days ago that Ji You entered the holy land of sages but failed to break through.
For her, this was a good thing. At least he didn't become that strong, so she wouldn't have the same mood swings.
At this moment, a team of inspectors with long swords on their waists came hurriedly in the night.
Upon seeing this, many family heads and officials from the Supervisory Office turned to look at them.
"Have you found out how many evil species there are in the mountains?"
"We estimate that there are more than a hundred of them, but the valley is so secluded that we can't see clearly at night. We are also afraid that their presence will arouse their ferocity, so we dare not get too close. We can only make an estimate."
"With so many of them, it looks like it will be a fierce battle..."
Under the bright silver light, a group from the Sixian Supervisory Office, in cooperation with the Zhongzhou family, led a small team mobilized from the Zhenbei Army into the mountains.
The vegetation in the Shangnan Mountains is dense and the air is extremely humid.
As more than a hundred people entered the forest, the murderous aura in the darkness gradually began to condense, and an icy mountain wind was blown up invisibly.
In fact, their nerves were a little tense at the moment, especially the young men, who couldn't help but slow down their pace after entering the forest.
The evil species do not have minds, but their bodies are very strong. Once their ferocity is aroused, their speed and agility far exceed those of humans.
The most important thing is that these dead creatures are not afraid of death. Their only purpose is to eat people. They will not stop fighting even if they are injured, which makes it even more terrifying.
After going deep into the Shangnan Mountains, everyone decided to start clearing out these evil species along the ridge. On the one hand, they could use the terrain to limit the range of movement of these evil species, and on the other hand, they hoped that no large number of evil species would take advantage of the chaos to escape from the Shangnan Mountains.
However, things often do not go as smoothly as expected. As the smell of blood wafted over, a whistling sound suddenly appeared in the valley.
Before the people entering the mountain could prepare, the quiet mountains of Shangnan suddenly became restless.
The people who were planning to go up the mountain were suddenly shaken in their hearts and immediately drew their swords. In their sight, they saw the figure of an evil being running wildly, and the murderous aura on his body instantly filled the entire mountain path.
The sudden impact caused everyone's face to change drastically.
The first to react were the squad from the Zhenbei Army, who had already drawn their swords the moment the evil spirit rushed out.
"What happened?"
"woodcutter……"
“?!”
"The evil spirit has been aroused and is rushing out of the mountain."
The immortal cultivators sent by the Zhongzhou families reacted quite quickly. They took action the moment they saw something was wrong. Some of them with higher cultivation levels had already been involved in the fight.
The most panicked were the young men who had wanted to come and watch the fun, especially the rich young ladies who were only thinking of getting married. All they wanted in their hearts was to watch, but when they saw the evil species suddenly appear in front of them, their faces turned pale instantly.
sonorous!
An iron knife chopped down and collided with the dry flesh, sparks flew everywhere.
But on the other side, another dry hand as black as a dead branch came through the wind and pierced through the chest of a soldier from the Zhenbei Army.
As soon as they met, the smell of blood began to spread everywhere.
As their skirts fluttered, Qiu Hanyue and the sisters around her looked pale. They had completely lost the desire to join in the fun and began to dodge in panic. However, as they were fleeing, an evil creature swooped down from the hillside.
These young ladies from aristocratic families, who did not have very high cultivation levels, had no ability to deal with risks, and they screamed the moment they saw this scene.
Fortunately, she was very close to the people from Tianshuyuan. With the quick moves of Liu Qichen and others, the evil creature was chopped in half in an instant.
But what shocked everyone was that the sharp swords of the Tianshu Academy disciples were unable to actually cut through the body of the evil creature.
After the evil creature was chopped off and fell to the ground, it immediately pounced towards him again. Its ferocious face made Qiu Hanyue pale.
Fortunately, the elders sent by those families were no pushovers. They had fought against the Zhenbei Army for many years and it was not for nothing that they gained their reputation. They hacked and killed their way through and instantly blocked the charge of the evil species.
But the problem is that the evil seeds are still emerging.
The exploration team sent by the Supervisory Office said that there were an estimated hundred of them in the mountain, but the exact number was unknown. The key point was that the skin and bones of these things were extremely hard and they could not be killed in an instant.
Then very soon, these difficult-to-kill evil species will flood the entire mountain path.
Now that everyone is crowded in the mountain path, they are the ones facing being gathered and strangled.
Tang Jingming has already killed three evil corpses here, but his hand bones have begun to ache slightly.
"It's hard to kill them all. I estimate that if there are more, there will definitely be casualties. Retreat quickly!"
"The evil nature of the evil species has been aroused. If we withdraw this time, the evil species will definitely rush out of the Shangnan Mountains."
Although they are here together to strangle the evil, their positions are different, so their decisions on this matter are bound to be different.
The people in the Immortal Supervisor still wanted to give it a try. Even if they could not strangle the evil species in the mountain, they had to prevent them from escaping from Shangnan Mountain.
The biggest negative factor affecting combat effectiveness is actually the lack of unity among the people.
These Zhongzhou families plan to evacuate first and make plans later, so it would be completely meaningless for only the Sixianjian and Zhenbei Army to stay.
However, in this chaotic fight, as one mummies after another fell to the ground, the number of evil creatures rushing over suddenly decreased.
After taking a rough look at the bodies, there were only about twenty of them on the ground.
Mu Jing suddenly put away the knife and couldn't help looking forward along the mountain path. Suddenly, she felt a vigorous momentum pouring out from the mountain, pressing down the weeds in the forest.
At this moment, a sword energy condensed in the air suddenly rose up, brighter than the moonlight.
All the immortal cultivators gathered on the mountain path felt a vast sense of oppression, as if a tide was roaring down the mountain path.
The next moment, the sword energy that rose from the deep mountains came down in front of everyone with a loud bang. The extremely sharp aura made everyone feel suffocated, and even the divine thoughts released subconsciously felt a needle-like pain.
Boom!
The moment the sword fell, the mountains seemed to tremble.
Those souls that had not been withdrawn in time also trembled, as if they had been hit by a blow on the head.
Then there was a strong tremor, accompanied by a huge roar of collapse, which made even the gravel under everyone's feet jump.
Everyone instantly circulated their spiritual energy to block the waves of dust that surged out of the forest in front of them.
After a long period of silence, the roars of evil creatures could still be heard in the night from the forest, but no evil creatures rushed out along the mountain path again.
Everyone was stunned for a long time, and couldn't help but look at each other, with a hint of astonishment in their eyes.
“Is there a powerful person in the mountains who can help?!”
"It must be..."
"But... there seems to be some evil species ahead."
After standing there for a long time and confirming that no evil creatures had suddenly appeared, the people from the Supervisory Office began to move towards the hillside.
No matter which expert comes to help, they should take this opportunity to find out the situation in the mountain.
The immortal cultivators in Zhongzhou could not help but follow, and also followed up the mountain with those children of noble families who had been frightened before.
They no longer had any curiosity, but the reason they didn't leave was that they were so scared that they didn't have the courage to return from the dark forest alone.
Along the road were a large number of evil creatures' corpses that had been cut in half, more than a dozen of them.
The cut was smooth, and the sharp sword energy still remained.
There was a Zhongzhou family that was good at using swords. At this moment, he looked at the cuts on the bodies and said, "It was cut by a sword. What a sharp sword energy."
"One sword?"
"All the evil species have only one sword, and this is a sword master."
Amidst the discussion, everyone continued to climb the slope. When they reached the top, they suddenly saw a cut-off mountain range.
It was a low peak located on the south side. The broken top of the mountain fell into the valley, blocking the entire mountain road.
All the evil creatures in the valley were trapped inside, looking ferocious and screaming, but with no way out.
In fact, this was the plan that the Sixianjian had thought of before, to block the Nanshan Road, trap all these evil species in the mountain, and then destroy them.
There is not much significance in doing this, it just prevents the evil species from escaping from the mountains and harming the people.
However, most of the people who cared about these were from the Sixianjian, while the eyes of others were focused on the flattened hill.
There was a figure standing under the broken mountain and the silver moon. It was a young man, breathing slightly in the moonlight. The long sword in his hand was still clanging, and the blood in his body seemed to be boiling.
Liu Qichen opened his mouth slightly: "Ji You..."
When they saw the man's appearance clearly in the moonlight, everyone on the hillside was stunned for a moment, as if they were frozen in time, unable to come back to their senses for a long time.
With one sword, he cut down half of the mountain, directly cutting off the entire mountain path and trapping all the evil species.
Everyone thought that a powerful person would come to help, but no one expected that it would be him in the mountain.
In fact, even if they saw it with their own eyes, they would still be reluctant to recognize it, because it was hard for them to believe that the oppressive feeling came from him.
(End of this chapter)
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