Hidden Blade Chapter 82: Common life as a threat
October 13th.
Beyond the Great Zhou Jianlong Pass, the Antler Plain ushered in the first heavy snow since the beginning of winter.
The black and heavy army stood outside the sword dragon gate like a tide, and the gray snow fell on their armor, as if it had met a scorching fire, and it melted in a flash. Nineteen held the sword and looked at the army with trembling hands, his immature face was full of panic.
"What about uncle" she asked loudly, looking back behind her.
Behind him, Xu Han lay down comfortably on the giant wolf who turned into a whimper, Xuan'er lay in his arms and took a nap, Qin Keqing squatted quietly beside him and supported him. An umbrella, and further away, on the top of Ou's head, Zhou Yuan was thinking hard in his arms with a lot of ancient books, and Ahuang on the side grinned, and he was also holding an oiled paper umbrella for the bad old man.
Hearing the nineteenth’s call for help, Xu Han’s closed eyes opened a gap in his eyes, and he lazily said, "My swordsmanship, what I pay attention to is that I will never move forward and live toward death. You have to learn this way. You must first have the meaning of fearlessness, there are only three thousand soldiers, what is there to be afraid of"
Nineteen heard the words secretly slander "You are a fairy, how can we compare"
But she didn't dare to say this for the sake of face. After all, she was crying and begging Xu Han to teach her swordsmanship. If she missed the timidity at this time, wouldn't it be a waste of her previous efforts? Moreover, she is very clear, Xu Han is not sure. It may be really hopeless.
Thinking of this, Xiao Nineteen bit her pale lips, and mustered the courage to face the army that still rushed to her.
"Ah" Nineteen closed his eyes and waved the long sword in his hands frantically. Of course, this kind of "swordsmanship" is naturally unstructured, not to mention the three thousand Xu Han in front of him. A soldier is an ordinary martial artist, and I am afraid he can easily grab a sword and kill people at this time. What's more, these three thousand Jiashi can be extraordinary things.
After Xu Han and others separated from Ye Hongjian, they rushed to the country of Chen non-stop, and the land of Da Zhou was in depression along the way. It is said that corpses are horizontal and hungry. It is not an exaggeration, but these things It was shocking when I saw it for the first time, and it became numb after seeing more. But when they came to Jianlongguan, everything that happened was even more frightening.
There are not many defenders at Sword Dragon Pass, more than 20,000 people, and there is not much high-end combat power among them, and the strongest are only the three saints.
Of course, such a lineup would not be Xu Han’s opponent. Xu Han simply shot through the door. After finishing the three saints, the 20,000 troops under their command suddenly ran away, as if they had all sent out. Insane, attacking them, Xu Han exhausted his cards, abolished some of the defenders who had killed most of them with his hands and feet, but gradually discovered that something was wrong.
After the saint son is gone, these soldiers are as if they have lost their minds. They stepped on the corpses of the same robe and kept walking forward. Apart from anger and murder, they could not find any fear on their faces. This is of course a very abnormal thing. In order to understand the reason, Xu Han simply took these three thousand soldiers on the way, while serving as a training partner for the nineteenth, while letting Zhou Yuan who is proficient in this way study well Take a look at it.
But these things that were taken for granted did not happen when the soldiers reached nineteen.
When the crazy-looking soldiers were about to swing their swords at the face gate of Nineteenth, Xu Hanhu who was sitting leisurely on Ao Wu flicked his fingers. A wave of sharp sword light flew out at that time, and turned into a sword formation centered on the nineteenth, blocking the armored soldiers.
Xu Han looked up at the sky where gray snowflakes were still floating, reached out and patted Xuan'er's head, and said, "Go and watch, one at a time."
"Meow" Xuan'er made a long call, and at that time she jumped off Xu Han's body very well, and landed on the sword formation. Then it widened its amber eyes and crooked. Sweeping his head among the group of armored soldiers who looked crazy, as if irrational, and kept hitting the sword formation. In the end it spotted one of them, and fell lightly, and with a tap of its sharp claws, the soldier was thrown into the sword formation by it at that time.
At that time, Xu Han raised his brows and said to the nineteen words who was still waving the sword in his hand, "It's not enough to have the courage. You have to have a brain."
"Open your eyes, look at your opponent, find a way, and kill him."
Xu Han's low voice came, and Nineteen opened her eyes like she was waking up from a dream. She looked at the ferocious armored soldier in front of her, and couldn't help swallowing. She looked back at Xu Han subconsciously, but saw that Xu Han had already lay down again, taking a leisurely nap. Nineteen understood that at this time, it was obvious that no one would help her. For this reason, her expression sank, and finally she mustered up the courage and rushed up to fight with the weird armored warrior.
"Let's go." Although Xu Han still closed his eyes, he still grasped the situation.
"Woo"
Hearing this, he threw up his hair with excitement and let out a long howl. Such an action immediately caused Zhou Yuan who was sitting on top of his head to jump around and almost fell to the ground. And Ah Huang, who also held the umbrella for Zhou Yuan on the side, found the vent of his anger, and punched him in the head.
Well, he was in pain, but he didn't dare to attack Ah Huang, who was the Demon King.
Only aggrieved "Woo" yelled twice, only then took the people forward.
And as Ao Wu moved forward, the sword formation that separated the nineteen and the many strange armors also began to slowly move forward at that time, and the nineteen on it was fighting with that. However, the armored man could not perceive the changes brought about by this movement. As for the group of soldiers who hadn't entered the formation, they followed behind the sword formation like walking corpses, chasing tirelessly.
"My son, I'm only nineteen years old, so is it too eager to be someone" Qin Keqing saw that Nineteen fought a warrior who was several times taller than her in that sword formation, and for a while, it was dangerous. , She couldn't help being unbearable, so after hesitating for a while, she couldn't help but ask.
Squinting Xu Han opened his eyes and glanced at Qin Keqing, and said lightly, "The troubled times are coming, and no one can protect anyone. If you suffer a bit now, you will suffer less in the future." /
Qin Keqing was stunned when he heard what Xu Han said, so he lowered his head.
But after a moment of silence, she gritted her teeth again and asked softly, "My son, sister Hongjian is leaving, is it because of"
Qin Keqing held back this question for a long time, and she inevitably felt guilty about it, and she was ashamed to talk about it. Only today has finally plucked up the courage to speak.
It's just that Xu Han interrupted her before she finished speaking.
"No." Xu Han quickly rejected Qin Keqing's question. Of course, many times such a quick answer does not mean the truth of the answer. On the contrary, it fully manifests the desire to respond to the bottom of my heart.
Qin Keqing lowered her head, and her voice became a little smaller. "If this is the case, the son should have left sister Hongjian. Now the city of Chang'an must be perilous, after she went"
"No one can persuade what she decides. Moreover, as an immortal, although the city of Chang'an is perilous, she may not be able to do anything about her." Xu Han probably saw that Qin Keqing was worried about Ye Hongjian's situation. So he spoke to comfort him.
"Fairy" but Qin Keqing was taken aback at that time, quite surprised.
"Yeah." Xu Han nodded, "When we left Daxia, Hongjian reached a critical period of breaking the boundary, so we only stayed alone."
"Why?" Qin Keqing nodded, the expression on his face couldn't help but become lonely. He whispered softly, "Sister Hongjian is really good, I can share the worries for the son, and I" Qin Keqing couldn't help but think of what the man in black had said to her that day.
"Neither him nor the world can bear the slightest drag now"
"You guys can do it for yourself, and I can do it for yourself"
Xu Han didn’t hear Qin Keqing’s mumbling clearly. He just saw her look drifting away, and thought she was still complaining about Ye Hongjian’s departure, so Xu Han said with relief, “Hongjian has a sense of responsibility. You don’t need to worry."
Qin Keqing, who had just recovered from her thoughts, heard that she seemed to have made some determination. She gritted her teeth at that time, but when she raised her head to look at Xu Han, she was actually A smile appeared on his face, "Well, I know."
The heavy snow spreads a thick layer on the ground, and it stops until it gets late.
The advancing team stopped, Xu Han snapped his fingers, and the sword formation suddenly became larger, covering three thousand soldiers, preventing them from advancing or retreating. And Xuan'er also carried out the ashen, nearly exhausted Nineteen. Xuan'er is quite spiritual. After receiving Xu Han's order, the opponent selected for Nineteen is within the range that Nineteen can defeat, but is enough to pose a great threat to him. On this day, nineteenth is down. Although dangerous and embarrassed, in fact, he did not suffer much damage.
"Go and show her." Xu Han said to Qin Keqing beside him, and then jumped off Ouwu's back.
Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuu saw Xuan'er coming, and suddenly became excited. Its figure turned into an ordinary size, and it jumped to Xuan'er's side, wagging its tail towards it. But Zhou Yuan, who was sitting on his head, fell unlucky. His body fell, and the surrounding books were scattered all over the floor, very embarrassed.
He was too late to worry about the injuries on his hands and feet, and hurriedly bowed down and began to pick up the ancient books on the ground. These things are all books Xu Han looted from several strongholds of Senluo Temple along the road. There are many kinds of things recorded in them, and there are many things that touch Senluo Temple. If you lose these things. When Xu Han looked into it, Zhou Yuan could not afford it. After all, Zhou Yuan had quite a clear understanding of his identity.
But when he was picking up the seventh book scattered on the snow, a hand suddenly stretched out at that time and picked up the ancient book on the ground. Zhou Yuan was taken aback and looked up. I saw that the owner of the hand was Xu Han.
He was agitated, stood up subconsciously, his expression bitter. But Xu Han didn't seem to notice his strangeness, and at that time passed the book in his hand. Zhou Yuan hurriedly took over the matter, but his expression was still terrified.
"See what's coming?" Xu Han's voice suddenly sounded.
When Zhou Yuan heard the words, he didn't dare to be half-hearted and hurriedly responded, "I have some clues, but"
"Tell me." Xu Han interrupted Zhou Yuan's words, then stretched out his hand and beckoned behind him, Ah Huang walked over with an expression of irritation, took the book in Zhou Yuan's hand, and then a book One by one, the ancient books that were still on the ground were also picked up one by one.
When Zhou Yuan saw this, he hurriedly cleared his throat, saying, "These soldiers are mostly Shura before the Senluo Temple, and their practice is also the Shura Art created by the Senluo Temple, this technique"
"Key point." Xu Han frowned and interrupted Zhou Yuan again.
"Guru." Zhou Yuan swallowed a mouthful of saliva. Only then did he remember that Xu Han was also born in Senluo Palace, and he naturally knew the Shura Secret Art very well. After thinking slightly, he planned out what Xu Han wanted to know in his mind, and then said again, "The Temple of Sen Luo is eager for quick success and quick profit. He thought of replacing human blood with monster blood, so as to quickly make people skip the cumbersome process of practicing Asura Art. They are half-monsters that they want. But they are different from Shura in that Shura is generally cultivated from a young age, and uses coercion and temptation. Most of them are absolutely loyal to the temple."
"And these half-monsters created are strong in cultivation, and at the same time, most of them are looted children. One or two are still OK. For the enemy, this is not worth the loss for Senluodian."
"For this reason, the so-called holy medicine was developed in the temple. I don’t know the specific formula and efficacy. I only know that after taking this holy medicine, no matter who is absolutely loyal to the Senluodian. And naturally, in the style of Senluodian. , The Shura who had a huge number of them were all arranged to take this holy medicine."
Speaking of this, Zhou Yuan paused, and took a careful look at Xu Han. He saw that his face was full of dissatisfaction. Then he said, "Although there is no formula for holy medicine in the book we got, But there are some accounts about medicinal materials, some of which are huge in number, and no matter which of the stronghold of Senluodian, a large number of these medicinal materials will be collected. It is thought that these medicinal materials should be necessary for the holy medicine."
"To be honest, I really can't imagine how these not-so-rare medicinal materials can have such a magical effect to control people's hearts."
"And I carefully checked the condition of those soldiers, so I came up with a conjecture." At this time, Zhou Yuan fell silent again, seeming to hesitate.
"What speculation?" Xu Han narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhou Yuan.
Zhou Yuan gritted his teeth, and finally said, "I think the holy medicine is probably not the key to controlling people's hearts, but more likely just a medium."
Xu Han did not fully understand the meaning of Zhou Yuan’s words, he asked "what medium"
"The medium of chain recipients and applicators." After Zhou Yuan said, he subconsciously looked at Xu Han, only to see that the expression on the other party's face was still confused, and he realized that such a statement is still too vague, for fear Xu Han was dissatisfied and quickly explained again, "If you think about it carefully, those soldiers were almost the same as ordinary people before the saint son died. Why did they suddenly go crazy? I think it is probably because of those saint sons. ."
"I was born in a hidden Sejong Sect. What I practiced in the gate is the technique of refining monsters. In order to be able to imprison monsters, the ancestors of the sect created a method to link the spirits of humans and monsters, artificially The master and the demon are the servants. The servants die and the masters are wounded, and the masters die and the servants perish."
"Although this method has been lost, I see that the relationship between these soldiers and the saint son is very similar to it. Once the saint son died, these soldiers seemed to have lost their souls, only knowing to follow the Shura tactics. The killing instinct that came is no longer a human being. This is likely to be a sequelae caused by the annihilation of these armored souls after the death of the Lord’s Son."
Although Xu Han had never thought of such a thing, the method Zhou Yuan said was not completely unachievable. Therefore, he was also uncommitted and said, "Such speculation is indeed extremely possible, but after all, it is only Inference"
"No, I think that although the truth of the Holy Medicine may be different from it, it is definitely not too different." Perhaps it was related to what he was best at, Zhou Yuan, who had discussed this place, unexpectedly interrupted Xu. Cold words.
Fortunately, Xu Han didn't feel irritated by this~IndoMTL.com~ Instead, he looked at Zhou Yuan and asked "what's the solution"
Zhou Yuan was greatly encouraged and said at that time, "As I said before, even if these medicinal materials are really the key to refining holy medicine, they will never have them together. This miraculous effect can only be achieved unless some extremely complicated refining techniques or some medicines that are not in these herbs can be achieved. The former takes too much time, and the latter can do so. Effective drugs are extremely scarce or even extinct. Therefore, in my opinion, neither of these can satisfy such a large-scale holy medicine refining."
"But if the holy medicines made from these medicinal materials are used as a medium to control people's hearts with secret methods, it would be more practical. Moreover, if this is done, there will be a huge benefit for Senluodian."
Zhou Yuan got up and started buying Guanzi at this time.
But when he turned his head to look at Xu Han, and saw that the other party's face gradually showed unpleasant color, Zhou Yuan only then woke up, and he hurriedly said, "Imagine that these tens of thousands of soldiers are all with the holy son. Connected, when the Son of God died, although these soldiers seemed to be alive, but their souls were gone, how different from death"
"And if the people in Daxia and the entire Dazhou area are to use such a secret method to link the divine soul of the emperor of Da Chu to the entire world, who else would dare to kill her"
When Xu Han heard this, he shuddered immediately. Not to mention that he has fallen into the land of the Three States of Great Xia in the Fallen Chu. There are tens of thousands of living beings in Great Zhou alone. If it is really as Zhou Yuan speculated, Killing the Emperor of Chu is equivalent to destroying the souls of these ten thousand creatures, I am afraid that anyone will secretly weigh before he starts.
I am used to seeing Xu Han, who is accustomed to conspiracies and tricks, and I have to chill at this moment.
Take common people as a threat
This calculation is extremely vicious.