Alienated Martial Arts.

Chapter 269 Guru
A palace deep in the Great Zhou Palace, the atmosphere is dignified and dull.

Even the most favored and trusted eunuch on weekdays was cautious and did not dare to make any noise.

I was afraid of making noises that shouldn't be there, which would alarm the old eunuch Feng who was guarding outside the imperial study, and even His Majesty the Emperor who was sick and reviewing the memorial inside.

The sky is getting dark, and the cold wind is blowing again.

The imperial dining room brought a sumptuous table of noodles, but soon after, it was served intact, only a bowl of bird's nest porridge was left behind.

Until the midday of the moon, approaching midnight, the imperial study room was still brightly lit, and there were violent coughing sounds from it from time to time, which made the eunuchs and maids waiting nearby feel cold all over, not daring to show any negligence.

Suddenly, the old eunuch Feng who was guarding the door suddenly opened his eyes and glanced at the night outside.

Immediately after that, the eyes look at the nose, the nose looks at the mouth, and the mouth looks at the heart, and start to wander outside the object.

After a while, light footsteps sounded.

Come closer from far to near.

A figure quietly appeared in front of the imperial study room.

"With Father-in-Law Feng guarding me tonight, the old man will be relieved immediately."

The Shang priest glanced into the imperial study room, "Your Majesty hasn't rested yet?"

The old eunuch shook his head slowly, "The war in Mozhou is unfavorable, and the chaos in southern Xinjiang has resumed. In addition, there are some military governors who disobey and obey orders. Your Majesty has not been in a good mood these two days."

The merchant priest sighed, "I heard that the rebellion in Mozhou had a lot to do with the Qinglian demon sect. I never thought that after the vigorous suppression more than 20 years ago, this gang of demons would actually revive."

"There is no way. There was a severe drought in Mozhou last year. His Majesty issued an order to other states to mobilize food and fodder to support them. Several festival envoys procrastinated and acted slowly. In addition, the distant water was difficult to quench their thirst. The hearts of the people changed. living space."

The old eunuch Feng also sighed when he said this, "There are also various ethnic groups in southern Xinjiang. His Majesty Emperor Wu opened up the territory a hundred years ago and included this place in the territory of the dynasty. It seems that there were still fewer kills back then."

Just as Shang Gongfeng was about to say something, he suddenly fell silent.

Together with the old eunuch Feng, he turned his head and looked into the depths of the darkness.

A figure was rushing towards him from a distance, and his clothes fluttered violently, rattling in the night wind, giving people an inexplicably tense atmosphere.

The man quickly came to the front, "The frontier customs urgently reported that there are signs of a large-scale mobilization of soldiers and horses from the northern barbarians, and their final destination is unknown!"

"Are you sure what you said is true? Is there any follow-up accurate news?"

The old eunuch Feng's face suddenly became even more ugly, "If His Majesty is disturbed, you know the consequences!"

"Returning to the father-in-law, according to the secret report, the old king of the Northern Wilderness is dead, and the new king has ascended the throne, and all the ministries have sworn allegiance to him.

It's just that this news is extremely tightly blocked, and our spies have worked hard to transmit the information, and a long time has passed. "

Mr. Feng's face was sinking like water, digesting what he just heard, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly asked, "How's the weather in Beihuang recently? Some time ago, it was said that they suffered a large-scale white disaster. Is it now that the wind has stopped and the snow has stopped and it has improved? ?”

"Returning to my father-in-law, according to the news from the border, the Northern Wilderness Disaster has stopped for less than ten days and then resumed, even more serious than before."

The old eunuch Feng was silent for a long time, "So, now that the new king of the Northern Wilderness Royal Court is enthroned, coupled with the invasion of the White Calamity, it is very likely that he will go south again and invade the territory of this dynasty?"

Speaking of this, he slowly exhaled a turbid breath, "Since the founding of the Taizu of this dynasty, the Great Zhou has confronted the Northern Wilderness several times, until His Majesty Taizong's royal conquest, went deep into the northern land for thousands of miles, and completely defeated the main forces of the wilderness. Dozens of safe borders have been kept.

A hundred years later, the Northern Wilderness went south again in a big way. Fortunately, Emperor Wu of this dynasty was born out of nowhere. . "

"Then 40 years ago, the Desolate tribe succeeded in raiding the pass, spreading the flames of war across Qizhou, Mozhou, Lingzhou, Yuanzhou and several other state roads, causing the people to die and the people to live in dire straits. Are we going to repeat the past again now?"

Eunuch Feng's face sank like water, he turned and went into the imperial study, "Our family is going to meet His Majesty right now, don't go anywhere, just wait here for His Majesty's call for questioning."

Outside the door, Priest Shang looked up at the thick clouds above, feeling a little depressed for a while.

Two days later.

Everyone in Yuandao refused to persuade Prince Cheng to stay, packed their bags and returned north.

Wei Tao originally planned to stay in the capital for a longer time, to see if he had the chance to find out about the "Book of Shocking World".

But when he suddenly heard the news of the changes in the Northern Wilderness, he immediately lost his mind, and even postponed his plan to go to Mozhou for the time being.

The accident came suddenly and was so serious that the few people left as soon as they said they would go, and they galloped towards the north at full speed.

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On the ground in Qizhou, the snow has lasted for nearly half a month.

From time to time, a cold wind whizzed past, rolling up a layer of floating snow from the ground, and mixed with the snowflakes falling from the sky, and there was a vast expanse of whiteness everywhere.

A caravan with flags marched hard on the snowy and slippery dirt road.

The size of the team is not small, there are more than 100 carts of various types, plus more than [-] guards and buddies, stretching a long distance from the beginning to the end.

The leader of the tour was a fat middle-aged man, always smiling, even if the trip was delayed due to the snowy and muddy road, there was no trace of anxiety or anger.

However, in the evening of this day, he no longer smiled, and his face was full of worry.

All the large and small vehicles in the caravan stopped, not daring to take another step forward.

All the guards and the shop assistants drew out their weapons, staring nervously at the sparse forest in front of them.

The shadowy knight is hidden in it.

Just half a quarter of an hour ago, the leader of the firm thought that he had encountered a horse bandit who was blocking the road and looting, so he asked a well-mannered and astute guard to negotiate.

Let's talk about the other party's background first. If it is a copycat bandit that has been in contact with before, then it is easy to say anything, but just leave a little tribute money, and the whole team can let it go directly.

Even if you meet a new face, you can spend money and eliminate disasters. At most, the cost is slightly higher, and you won't have a bloody battle here. After all, no matter which side actually wants to see such a situation.

However, the negotiating guard who went to negotiate had just walked more than a dozen steps away, and before he could even say anything about the scene, he was pierced through the throat by an arrow and died tragically on the spot.

With just one arrow, everyone's hearts sank to the bottom of the valley.

The leader of the firm has traveled all over the world for so many years, but he has never encountered such a situation.

Whether it is horse thieves who come and go like the wind, or bandits in the grassy mountains and forests, when encountering large-scale caravans, they have always been seeking money instead of killing people.

As long as you negotiate the passing money, or get into a relationship, the couple will leave peacefully.

Even in the worst case, they will not meet each other until the talks are completely broken.
There has never been such a situation where people were shot and killed without even saying a word.

The caravan guys kept silent, not knowing what the murderer hidden in the darkness was planning.

Until the sun is about to set, the last ray of afterglow shines on the earth.

Escort Zeng, who was guarding the caravan, suddenly saw a flag and raised it high in the distance.

His pupils shrank suddenly, and his complexion turned pale in an instant.

"Shopkeeper Qin, something is wrong..."

The fat white man suddenly got excited, and turned to look at this old man who had cooperated with the caravan many times.

He subconsciously asked, "With the strength of head escort Zeng, even if he encounters a vicious horse thief..."

Chief Zeng interrupted him, his voice was trembling, "They are not horse thieves, but the northern wilderness, these are the cavalry of the northern wilderness!"

"This place is hundreds of miles away from the northern border, how could they appear here!?"

Shopkeeper Qin muttered to himself, and couldn't help but think of the rumors he heard from the old man.

Only this group of guys have no taboos about killing people, no matter whether they are resisted or not, they will often kill everyone without leaving any.

Even when there is not enough food and grass to grab, people will be tied together with ropes to make two-legged mutton sheep to supplement consumption.

Escort leader Zeng on the side was filled with fear and despair, and when he saw the somewhat broken beast flag, he even completely gave up the thought of being able to survive.

It is only said that this time the guards went to the darts, it was a bad luck for eight lifetimes, not only did not have the safe return as imagined, but even took their wealth and life in it.

Facing the ferocious and brave alien iron cavalry, with their force, there must be no hope of winning.

Even if he turned his head and fled immediately, he couldn't run away from these guys on horseback.

Taking another [-] steps back, even if they wanted to give up all their belongings to keep them safe, it would not work at all here with the alien race who looked like wild beasts.

Exhaling heavily, Zeng Biaotou wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his body was still trembling slightly.

He gritted his teeth violently and touched the dagger hidden in his sleeve. He had already made up his mind to fight one for enough money, and if he could kill two, he would make a lot of money.

When the situation is unfavorable and the situation collapses, you must not have any hesitation, and you must cut yourself cleanly, so as not to be tied up by the gang of aliens, and then cut him up alive for drinking.

However, at the next moment, when he was thinking about where to cut the knife for the least painful death, he suddenly saw a person appearing in front of the road at some time.

It seems that he is still a frail scholar in a long gown.

Escort Zeng watched him approaching from a distance, and soon arrived at the side of the sparse forest.

Then he just stood there motionless, as if waiting for something

Escort Zeng was about to speak out to remind him, but when he thought that it was a foreign race from the Northern Wilderness hiding in the dark, he immediately dismissed the thought, and tightly closed his opened mouth again.

They are all going to die anyway.

It is better to let him die under the horse's hoof in a daze, than to endure a moment of pain and suffering after knowing the truth.

The ground trembled slightly.

With the last ray of brilliance, the foreign iron cavalry began to charge.

They rushed out of the woods in an instant, the leading man had a ferocious face, brandished a thick-backed saber, and slashed at the man without even looking.

The speed of the war horse is very fast, and the momentum of the knife is also extremely fierce.

It even tore through the air, making piercing whistling screams.

Escort Zeng stared at the leader of the alien cavalry with his eyes wide open, trying to estimate and deduce the opponent's level of strength from the whole process of his attack.

Shopkeeper Qin lowered his head early, not daring to look at the bloody scene that was about to appear.

boom!
The loud sound made people's scalp numb.

Shopkeeper Qin's heart trembled violently. It was the first time he knew that when a person's body was hit by a war horse, it would make such a deafening sound.

A suppressed exclamation sounded in his ear, causing him to raise his head abruptly, and gasped involuntarily.

Shopkeeper Qin stared wide-eyed, opened his mouth, and stared blankly at the frail scholar standing there motionless. He just stretched out his hand and pressed lightly, causing a horse rushing in front of him to be torn apart. The foreign cavalry, also separated from flesh and blood, turned into a rain of blood flying all over the sky.

The next moment, dust was flying beside the forest.

It blocked the sight of everyone in the caravan.

I could only hear people screaming and screaming again and again, mixed in the cooling night wind, and passed from afar.

It took only ten breaths at most, and everything returned to calm, leaving only the smoke and dust, still flying with the wind, slowly drifting away.

Shopkeeper Qin pinched his thigh fiercely, feeling like he was hungover and was having a nightmare related to blood killing.

But before he could recover, a gentle man's voice suddenly sounded in his ear.

The frail scholar had already stood by the car at some point, his body was spotless and not stained with blood.

"I would like to ask everyone, you have come all the way to the south, have you found any traces left by the northern wilderness warriors in other places?"

Shopkeeper Qin's mind went blank.

I don't know what I said at all.

All I know is that the other party replied a thank you very politely, and then disappeared without warning before my eyes.

"Boss Zeng, we haven't seen a ghost, have we?"

A gust of cold wind blew past, and Shopkeeper Qin shivered, his upper and lower teeth were stumbling while speaking.

Zeng Biaotou looked at the dead body lying on the ground in front of him, smelled the strong smell of blood, and shook his head solemnly, "He is not a ghost, but a truly great disciple who has inherited the Quanzhen internal training method."

Thinking silently for a moment, Escort Zeng continued, "A long time ago, I had the honor to have contact with a master who practiced viscera. This young master gave me the feeling that he was very similar to that senior, so he should also be a similar cultivator. for the hierarchy.

However, he looks so young, yet he has reached the height of Qi and blood rank above six, which is simply unimaginable for warriors like us who practice heretics and broken methods. "

A few young bodyguards at the side listened silently, feeling a little dazed for a while.

Shopkeeper Qin was the first to react, urging, "Hurry up, hurry up, cheer up, hurry up and leave this place south!"

"The faster we go, the farther the danger will be from us. Anyway, I don't dare to hope that when I encounter a foreign cavalry again, I can still have such an expert come to rescue me!"

In the depths of a rocky hill in the wilderness, two campfires were burning.

A few strong men sat around the fire drinking in large bowls, eating meat, and burst into rough laughter from time to time.

On the nearby ground, there were many leftover bones scattered, and from time to time, crows with black jade and red eyes landed and pecked at the few remaining pieces of meat on the bones.

Looking carefully, among the pile of animal bones, there are even some human bones mixed in, shining white light under the light of the fire.

On a rock not far away sat a tall and strong man.

He didn't speak all the time, nor did he eat meat around the pot, he just kept pouring alcohol into his mouth.

A moment later, the strong man suddenly popped a handful of stones, killing all the black-feathered crows that were scrambling for food not far away.

"Give me some restraint, don't make this place too messy, so as not to attract too many crows circling in the air, exposing our tracks.

After all, we went south this time to investigate information, not to kill people and eat meat. If you want to have a good meal, you can wait until you complete the mission and return to Beihuang. "

A man next to the fire spit out a finger and stomped it into the ground with his foot, "Lord Yuanze, after this investigation, the head of the department will be able to make up his mind and move south.

Having seen the fertile land here, I don't want to go back and suffer from that horrible white plague. "

The strong man raised his head, revealing a hideous and terrifying face. "Don't worry, when the master sends all those people on Qinglin Mountain to meet the gods, and save us from worrying about the future, it will be the time when the soldiers will go south."

Having said that, the strong man will tighten the seal of the wine bag, and turn his head to look into the distance.

"The Chagan gang has been out for several hours, even if they got off their horses and crawled in the snow, they should have crawled back."

Suddenly, he focused his eyes and looked in a certain direction.

At the junction of the light of the bonfire and the darkness of the night, an extra person unexpectedly appeared at some point.

He stood there silently, watching them drink and eat meat around the campfire.

this person……

When did it come to me?

How long has he stood here! ?

pat!

The animal skin wine bag slipped from the strong man's hand and fell on the ground full of gravel, making a soft sound.

He stood up slowly, holding the broad saber by his waist.

"Who are you?" the brawny man asked, his voice was cold and stiff, like the howling wind from the north.

Although he spoke the official dialect of Dazhou, it sounded like an inexplicable and strange accent.

Several gazes focused on the past at the same time, and the originally bustling Luanshigang suddenly fell into a dead silence.

"You shouldn't ask this question, but I should ask you." The figure walked slowly, leaving a line of clear footprints on the snow.

As he spoke, he threw the round thing in his hand over, and it just landed next to the campfire.

The strong man looked down, only to see a solitary head, which looked extremely hideous under the light of the fire.

The sounds of Canglanglang are connected together.

All the people around the bonfire raised their weapons, each and every one of them tensed up, as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

The strong man exhaled heavily, staring at the flickering face under the light of the bonfire, all the wine he had just drank turned into cold sweat, and the wind blew his whole body cold.

He gritted his teeth and said word by word, "You actually killed Chagan!?"

Wei Tao stepped forward in one step, and came to the bonfire from the place where light and darkness meet.

His eyes swept over the strong man, and then fell on the faces of the people behind.

"I was ordered by my teacher to go down the mountain to look for the traces of the guru who sneaked in from Beihuang, but all I met were trash like you. It's really disappointing."

boom!
The bonfire that had been burning quietly suddenly exploded.

The gang wind howled and exploded, and large and small gravel flew randomly.

It was as if a thunderbolt had exploded in Luanshigang.

The huge shock wave spread in all directions, flattening and destroying everything wherever it went.

There were also chaotic roars, howls, screams, and cries of pain.

After just a few breaths.

All kinds of voices suddenly subsided, leaving only the wind echoing in the wilderness like a ghost crying.

"You are amazing, beyond my imagination."

The strong man struggled to his feet from a pile of rubble, with a desperate expression on his face.

Around it, there are scattered pieces of flesh and blood scattered all over the ground.

The only ones that were complete were a few heads that had been broken off and lined up in a row in front of the strong man, all with eyes wide open and nailed to his body.

Wei Tao walked slowly from the darkness, took a deep breath of the rich burnt smell, and sighed softly.

"The information I got is that you are inquiring about Qinglin Mountain in many ways, so now I, Yuan Daoist, is standing here, but it is difficult to find your so-called master no matter what."

"Do you know where the guru is hiding? If you can lead me to find them, I can spare you.

Although the Taoist emphasizes that you only need to investigate information and not really be an enemy of your guru, I still want to see what is the difference between the guru of the Northern Wilderness tribe and the martial arts master of Dazhou. "

The strong man used both hands and feet, backing away again and again.

Suddenly he jumped up without warning, and plunged into the depths of darkness like lightning.

Wei Tao remained silent and let this person flee desperately.

He stood still and waited for several breaths before following the traces unhurriedly.

Yuanze headed north all the way, and in a short time, he had already traveled tens of miles, until he came to a piece of frozen water.

He stopped here, turned his head and looked back, his ferocious face still had a strong expression of fear.

A gust of wind blows, rolling up flakes of snow.

"Yuanze, why did you come back alone, and where did the other warriors of the clan go?"

A hoarse and dry voice sounded slowly, and an old woman in complicated and different clothes quietly appeared next to the strong man.

Yuan Ze shuddered, and knelt down on the ground suddenly, "If you go back to the master, they, they were all summoned by the gods and went to the Great Brahma."

boom!
Suddenly a large amount of snow fell.

Yuanze's bones creaked, but he still struggled to support himself, not daring to make the slightest movement.

"Do you know who did it?" the old woman asked slowly.

"The man said he was Yuan Daozi."

"The Daoist of Qinglin Mountain?"

She laughed softly, "It's been a long time since I've heard this name, and it made me feel a little uncomfortable for a while."

"I still remember 40 years ago, when I fought against Yuan Yi with my first teacher, I saw with my own eyes how that female Daoist surnamed Yu was heartbreaking, but we could only let us chop her lover into pieces, while I myself I didn’t even dare to turn my head back.”

"Now when I meet Yuan Daozi again, I have already reached the level of my predecessors, but I want to see which little guy is so unlucky that he insists on bumping into my hand and reappearing 40 years ago. old things."

Suddenly, her pendant-covered ears trembled slightly, and she listened attentively.

The next moment, the old woman took a step forward, stood on the barren rock a few steps away, and looked forward.

Boom!
At this moment, the ground shook.

There seems to be a muffled thunder rolling in the distance.

I also saw snowflakes rising high and blooming in the sky.

Boom!
The shock was much closer again.

The old woman's complexion changed slightly, and she narrowed her eyes, "Yuanze, tell me again, that person is just a teacher?"

No response.

She frowned, turned and looked back.

But all he saw was a burly figure running frantically into the distance without even turning his head.

(End of this chapter)