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However, the situation in Xiyuan County has become more and more difficult recently. We are worried that if the defense line is broken, the loss of personnel will be huge.But if they withdraw now, the previous efforts will be in vain.

Sir, what is your opinion on this matter? "

Chapter 306 Fearless

Although Zhang Yan did not participate in the miscellaneous studies, he knew a lot about it.He also has a general understanding of the temperament of those pedants in the miscellaneous studies, so Zhang Yan is not surprised at all by Luo Changshan's words.These people, especially those who have been surrounded and suppressed by mainstream schools of thought, are even more vulnerable to fright. The first thing that comes to mind is to protect themselves.

However, today is different from the past, and Luo Changshan is also very aware of this, otherwise the people from Xiyuan County would have run away long ago, and he would never have thought of asking Zhang Yan for his opinion.

"Senior Luo, is the situation in Xiyuan County so bad? Didn't you say that the line of defense has been stabilized? Why? From what you said just now, it seems that you are about to lose your grip?" Zhang Yan was even more curious about the situation in Xiyuan County.Some time ago, he also heard from Zhou Cang that Lin Zengdong led the Eight Diagrams Formation to garrison troops in Xiyuan County, scattered the soldiers into chess pieces, and played chess on a chessboard step by step. The most eye-catching result since the clan started the war.

But hearing what Luo Changshan said, it seems that this is not the case.

"Mr. Zhang, the situation in Xiyuan County is far more critical than the rumors from the outside world. Those monster races seem to be crazy. Knowing that the vertical wall in front of them has been cleared, they still rush towards Baishi City. However, under the violent attack of the monster clan, it is still inevitable to retreat steadily.

Now the front southwest of Xiyuan County can be said to be a piece of red land, not to mention living people, and there is not even a mouse.It is said that even the corpses were used by the Yaozu as dry food.The dozen or so people we sent to improve the ordnance also retreated all the way to the vicinity of Baishi City.And the Yaozu camp is less than a hundred miles away from Baishi City.

In fact, if His Majesty hadn't sent [-] forbidden troops before, and the first [-] vanguard troops had arrived at Baishi City to garrison, otherwise, the West Route Army would have continued to retreat and build a line of defense instead of defending.

So the situation is already at stake. "

Zhang Yan frowned. The word "defend to the death" is enough to explain the current situation in Xiyuan County.And once the imperial army arrived, there was absolutely no reason to retreat easily.

What Zhang Yan thought of was his days and nights in Yubei Mountain Fortress.It's not a joke that the Yaozu went crazy, it was really filling in desperately.

"Senior Luo, although the situation is critical, it is still an opportunity. In the army, we are talking about the friendship of robes and zealots. Only those who have lived and died together can be called brothers and sisters. Only then can they be accepted by most people instead of being treated as a simple errand. So The younger generation thinks it is better to stay than to leave."

Luo Changshan sighed, and said: "Mr. Zhang's words are no different from what those people in the army said. This is a desperate fight."

"Senior, to put it in a bad word. As long as you are on the front line, how can you be safe and secure? If you want to blend in, if you want to change the situation of the miscellaneous studies, how can you succeed without taking some risks? It's like seniors pushing No one can tell if the Academy of Miscellaneous Studies will be overthrown one day, and seniors have never taken a step back? Do seniors think it is reasonable?"

"I'm old, sometimes I always look forward and look backward without making a decision. It seems that it is indeed as Mr. said that it is time to let go to the young people."

After Luo Changshan laughed at himself a few words, he didn't talk to Zhang Yan any more. He was also worried about the matter in Xiyuan County, not because he didn't understand the reason.Now Zhang Yan also suggested to fight, and he was comforted a lot psychologically.

After all, the situation in Xiyuan County and Langyuan City is different.There is a scene of Zhang Yan Township in Langyuan City, but no one can hold back the monster clan facing Xiyuan County.

On the way back, Wang Nian asked Zhang Yanru: "Teacher, I just looked at Grandpa Luo as if he was afraid. Why? Didn't the book say that the brave are fearless? Isn't Grandpa Luo a brave man?"

Smart children always think of problems unexpectedly.Wang Nian can be called the best of the three children in the area of ​​observing words and observing colors.It was all exercised when being mischievous and beaten.At this moment, he felt Luo Changshan's emotions.At the same time, I also wonder why such an old pedant who has learned a lot is afraid of things.

Isn't the higher the knowledge, the more fearless it is?

Zhang Yan also looked at Wang Nian quite unexpectedly, and said with a smile: "A brave man can indeed be fearless. But he is hindered by the ties around him, and he often cannot help himself.

Just like Senior Luo, he studied heaven and man, and naturally understood the truth without fear.But Senior Luo is not alone, and the school of miscellaneous studies is the bondage of Senior Luo.There is no such thing as "fearless" when people are bound, that's why you can sense from Senior Luo that he is afraid. "

Wang Nian was thoughtful.

But Yang Rui asked again: "Teacher, do you need to cut off all ties if you want to be truly fearless?"

"Cut off all ties?" Zhang Yan didn't expect these words to come from a child of a few years old, and he was taken aback for a moment before replying: "Life is alive, and there are countless ties, not to mention the fact that the heart and flesh are long. Can it be broken?

but.Taoism also has the method of cutting emotions, but it is not recommended for teachers. "

"Teacher, why is this?" Yang Rui asked curiously.

"My teacher said that there are countless entanglements in life, just like the roots of a tree. If you want to cut them all, you can imagine the pain in the middle. There are thousands of roads, and people are among them, why bother to walk this ruthless road?"

"Oh, the student knows." Yang Rui responded obediently.

But Zhang Yan didn't see the look of sincerely listening in the past from Yang Rui's eyes.Suddenly in my heart, I thought to myself that this kid Yang Rui won't really care about the method of killing emotions, right? !

At such a young age, he shouldn't be so indifferent to the emotion of time... right?

Think of Yang Rui as the prince.The growth environment of the royal family made Zhang Yan not sure at once.The royal family has always been cold, and when they were young, they didn't know what they were strong, so they really planted the seeds, and it is not impossible to walk on the road of cutting love in the future.

But before Zhang Yan opened his mouth to persuade him, a crisp girl's voice sounded behind him.

"Actually, it doesn't need to be so troublesome. You just need to make yourself stronger, stronger than anyone else, so you don't have to worry about whether you are bound or not? You won't be afraid."

Zhang Yan turned his head and saw Liu Rui's little red face and serious expression.

Seeing that Zhang Yan stopped and looked at herself, Liu Rui stuck out her tongue and said timidly: "Brother Shitou said that as long as you are the best at fighting, others will not be able to bully you, and you can be afraid of no one. I think the teacher just said This is the truth of the "fearlessness" in the book.

Teacher, am I wrong? "

Zhang Yan opened his mouth, did not speak in the end but still nodded towards Liu Rui.Indeed, when a person is strong enough to a certain level, he can no longer worry about everything. The world is the biggest and I am the biggest, no matter how many entanglements there are, who would dare to touch them?If you dare to move, just step on it.If you can really achieve this level, maybe you can really be called "fearless"?

And I have to say that Liu Rui's idea is more in line with Zhang Yan's idea than Yang Rui's seemingly interested Zhan Qing asked.

Chapter 307 Lianshan

In the whole life of a person, there is always some movement to come out, no matter whether the movement is small or big.

Zhang Yan never felt that his way of practice and perception were the iron law, he felt more that he belonged to Xingjin, and many things did not have reference value.Especially on the level of enlightenment, since he stepped into the wild world, he has almost been passively accepted, and rarely has his own adventures and understanding.

It doesn't matter if it's "average" or "mediocre".

It is also for this reason that Zhang Yan dare not comment on other people's perception and inclination towards the Tao, nor dare to point fingers or raise objections.Because his experience is not enough for him to make a certain positive judgment on the strange path of "seeking the Tao".

There are three thousand roads, I will only take one.What suits you is the most suitable.Zhang Yan was also worried that his misjudgment had sent a good seedling.So even if Yang Rui showed his interest in "cutting love" at a young age, he could only express his own opinion, and he didn't dare to force him not to do so.

Maybe Yang Rui has seen the beauty of the world in the future, knows the preciousness of the emotions of relatives, and experienced love and hatred, maybe Yang Rui will no longer have the idea of ​​cutting love?

Of course, if Yang Rui was still determined to take the path of cutting love at that time, Zhang Yan would not stop him.Everyone has their own way of living, and everyone has their own way.

After more than half a month, the new house was tidied up.Even the servants have been found. In Wang Lanping's thoughts, the life of the Zhang family has changed again.Wang Lanping has completely changed from being a worried and down-and-out old woman more than two years ago to a "rich old lady".

When someone bowed to Wang Lanping respectfully for the first time and said "I have seen the old lady", Wang Lanping was in a daze.It took a long time to come back to realize that someone else was calling her.

Even the city guards and city administrators have to pay three-point respect to people. Zhang Yan's "nobility" is self-evident in Langyuan City.As for "rich", just look at the news that Zhang Yan is going to use his sword in the auction, and the admission seats alone can be fired to sky-high prices.

After Wang Lanping, the dullest, began to accept others' humility towards her, it showed that the Zhang family was really different from before.

After working for more than half a month, Zhang Yan was called by an urgent letter from Feiyu from Shen Wujiu to the adjacent big city not far from Langyuan City: Lianshan.

Zhang Yan didn't ride his horse as honestly as before.After experiencing the speed of flying in the imperial sky, the slow carriage and horses were unbearable.After asking where Shen Wujiu was, Zhang Yan immediately transformed into a skylark shuttle, flew into the air, and arrived at Lianshan City after just one meal.

Not every city can be as tall and thick as Langyuan City, and there are differences between cities.Especially in a place like Beijiang.A city without strategic significance does not have what a "city" should look like. It is more like providing a "big market" for the surrounding people to gather and exchange what they need.

Lianshan City is such a place named "city", but actually it is a "big market".There is not even a martial arts school here.Even the city defense is handed over to the local yamen of Lianshan City to concurrently lead the errands.There is no armament at all.

Naturally, such a city cannot be said to be prosperous.The mixed fish and dragons inside are far from comparable to big cities like Xiangkou and Langyuan City.

Zhang Yan had heard of Lianshan City a long time ago.Because it relies on a kind of thick but not towering strange tree, the wood resources in Lianshan City are very abundant.Most of the wood for the Zhangjia Woodenware Shop is purchased from Lianshan City.

But it was the first time to actually come here.

The first eye-catching thing when entering the city is to see a long queue for funerals, which stretches for at least half a mile like a long dragon.This is not the scale of the funeral of a family or two.There should be more than a dozen or even more together to have this kind of battle.

Is this a plague?Otherwise, how could so many people die together by such a coincidence?

Zhang Yan was puzzled, but when he saw the disheveled people queuing up on the road at the entrance of the medical clinic in the city, he realized that this Lianshan City might not be plagued by plague, but related to ghosts.This should be the reason why Shen Wujiu hurried to find him.

The people in the special case department are easy to find, and their iconic red robes are very conspicuous.However, based on Zhang Yan's knowledge, it seems that the Special Case Division has too many people in Lianshan City.There seemed to be more red robes wandering the streets than there were servants in the local yamen of Lianshan City.

Seeing Zhang Yan appearing in front of him, Shen Wujiu was taken aback. He counted the time, and it stands to reason that the Feiyu urgent letter he sent over had only arrived in Zhang Yan's hands today, and even if Zhang Yan hurriedly set off immediately It will take three or four days to arrive at Lianshan City.

"Why did Mr. Zhang come so fast?"

"I flew over, naturally fast."

"what?"

"Tell me? What's the matter? As soon as Lianshan City came in, I felt something was wrong!" Zhang Yan asked straight to the point.Those who died together, and those who lined up at the entrance of the medical center to see a doctor, were obviously not sick but physically weak people caused by the erosion of Yin Qi.Zhang Yan has already had a preliminary impression of Lianshan City in his heart.

Shen Wujiu was already in a state of desperation, and didn't think much about why Zhang Yan was able to come over so quickly, and what Zhang Yan meant by "flying over".

"Mr. Zhang, it's good if you come. The situation in Lianshan City is very difficult. Our people have increased from the first team to the current five teams, and two of the teams are complete elites. But I can't control the situation in Lianshan City at all. During the period, the demon species also came with some people, but they all died on the night I wrote to you.

This is the first time I've seen a demon with swallowing beast killed by the spirit clan.The corpse was rotting in a mess, and the Tun Beast was like mud, its flesh and bones were trampled into the bricks and stones. "

Demon species?Zhang Yan was quite surprised when he heard it.The demon species is obviously different from the people in the Special Cases Division.The biggest difference is the kind of beast that can find and devour ghosts, even if it can't do it, it can run away.How could someone take it all at once?Ghosts with this kind of ability are probably not ordinary in the ghost king.Which big ghost king ran out of the sanctuary again?

According to Shen Wujiu's narration, people in Lianshan City have actually been killed by the spirit clan attacks one after another since a few months ago.It's just that the local yamen didn't pay attention to it at that time, thinking it was just a general accidental death or disappearance, and didn't report it.After all, the number of special case divisions and demon species is very small, and it is difficult to do everything well.Later, mass deaths began to appear in Lianshan City, and the scenes did not seem man-made. The yamen servants also died of several people because of the investigation.Only then did he hurriedly report to the Special Cases Division.

But the special case department came, and even the demon species came, but the situation in Lianshan City still didn't improve, on the contrary, it gradually became more and more uncontrollable.

Shen Wujiu was worried that it would be a complete mess, so he was forced to call Zhang Yan.

Chapter 308 Path

"In the beginning, there were mass deaths in some Zhuangzi outside the city, and then it gradually spread to the city. The cause of death was all the souls that were swallowed up. It is a typical disaster for the spirit race.

It's okay during the day, but the words at night are just scary.If you walk around the city with the bell you got from Mr. Zhang, almost every street will ring.

At the beginning, we didn't think much about it. When the bell rang, we would look for it and hope to wipe out the rebellious Eldar.But the loss of manpower is too great.Only later did we realize that the situation here in Lianshan City is different from other places. The spirit race here is not only extremely numerous, but also very powerful.It's already somewhat beyond the capabilities of our Special Cases Division. "

Zhang Yan did not express his opinion in a hurry.According to Shen Wujiu, Lianshan City is not only "chaotic", but also completely messed up.

"With so many ghosts, it shouldn't be a big problem to sweep Lianshan City?" Zhang Yan thought to himself.With the number of ghosts and their particularity in the wild world, a mere mountain city can't handle them.But the problem is that now the people in the special case department are afraid of being killed, and the people who live here are temporarily killed, but even so, even the mountain city has not been swept away by ghosts, and even if people are panicked, it will not be completely destroyed. Messed up.

What does this mean?

"It seems that the Spirit Race here in Lianshan City didn't want to completely destroy the city, but had other reasons for the current situation." Shen Wujiu put forward his own guess.The reason he came to Zhang Yan is to give the special case department some necessary confidence, because it is impossible to keep casualties here. With Zhang Yan in charge, he has the courage to explore what is wrong with Lianshan City. .

Zhang Yan nodded, his guess was similar to Shen Wujiu's.There must be something special about Lianshan City, otherwise it wouldn't be so strange.

In fact, Shen Wujiu and the others didn't have any clues. So many people were killed or injured, they tried everything, and found something special, but they didn't directly sum it up.For example, the simple map of the surrounding area of ​​Lianshan City that Shen Wujiu asked Zhang Yan to bring over to Zhang Yan, there are some unexplainable but obviously problematic places on it.

"Please look, sir, these red crosses are the locations where tragedies have occurred around Lianshan City, and these tragedies can be tentatively or definitely determined to be the work of the Spirit Race.

"This is..." Zhang Yan quickly understood why Shen Wujiu showed him this map.Because this crude map only outlines some basic outlines of Lianshan City, but it also makes those red forks more prominent.The number of small forks is dozens of, and it seems that the distribution is scattered at first glance, but if you look at the whole picture, you can see that these red forks are actually distributed in several scattered paths, even called The above is "neat distribution".

However, these scattered lines do not intersect, and the center point of the scattering is not in Lianshan City, but some of them pass through the city.

This also seems to confirm why the dead people were all dead Zhuangzi outside the city at the beginning, and then gradually began to spread to the city.It's not even suitable to use "spreading", but Zhuangzi outside the city is unlucky. They spread their paths first, so they die first, and the paths inside the city appear later, so they die later.That's all.

Zhang Yan picked up the pen on the table next to him, and then directly marked the formed scattering lines.There are as many as six in total.Moreover, in the southwest direction, the six scattered lines show obvious signs of gathering in one place.

"Master Shen, you've already made it this far, so you really don't know where his joints are?" Zhang Yan looked at Shen Wujiu curiously.He didn't believe that the other party didn't know how to unfold it after taking out this kind of map.

Sure enough, Shen Wujiu smiled embarrassingly, with a look of shame on his face.He obviously knew what Zhang Yan was referring to.

"Mr. Zhang, to be honest, it's not that I don't know, but I don't dare. It was only in the past few days that I figured out the distribution of these cases. I did think about going to find out. This is what I take the liberty to ask The main reason for Mr. Zhang to come here is also to ask Mr. Zhang to help sit in the township, so that he can have confidence in his heart.

But now he hesitates.Because those dead demon species died on the way to the place where those paths converged.Discovered by our forward spies. "

While talking, Shen Wujiu brought another map.This time it was no longer a simple map of Lianshan City, but a fine topographic map commonly used in the army, and the map of the entire Beijiang County was clearly marked.

"Sir, please see, this should be Lianshan City, and even related to the raging situation of the spirit race in the entire Beijiang County."

There are also many small red crosses marked on the new map, and the number is as many as hundreds.Much of it is disorganized.But the closer you get to Lianshan City, the more they will gather inexplicably, and eventually they will always converge on the paths around Lianshan City.And even the paths involved in Lianshan City are not all.It's just that there are no cities in the other directions that happen to be stuck on the path like Lianshan City, otherwise it should be similar to the situation of Lianshan City.

The final point is the final junction after these paths converge.

"This place is currently the biggest suspect. Those monsters just wanted to go to investigate, but they died on the road. This is where their bodies were found. In a bush forest, there are not many traces of fighting. It should be nothing. Resistance is all killed."

Shen Wujiu pointed repeatedly on the map.Finally, it stopped at a circle outside the final meeting point where the woods were marked, and that was where the monsters he said died in battle.Looking at the map, it is less than fifty miles away from the intersection circle.

"Could it be the entrance and exit of the Dead Silence Road?" Zhang Yan used his own understanding of ghosts, and the only way to explain this obvious scattering is the Dead Silence Road that connects to the Sanctuary.

"What Mr. said is exactly what I think. But if that is the case, it will be really difficult. We have no way to block the dead silence. If we learn from the monster race, it will probably cause even more trouble. I don't know how to start." Shen Wujiu's face was troubled.

Unlike the Yaozu, it is simply wishful thinking to block the Dead Silence Dao with the strength of the Nanyuan Kingdom alone.But Lianshancheng is in a bad situation because it happens to be stuck on the dead road.

"I don't know how long the Spirit Race will be in such trouble this time." Shen Wujiu sighed, implying that he had lost hope.Just looking forward to the appearance of the spirit race before a little recovery, some self-deception.It also fully demonstrated the helplessness and powerlessness of the Special Cases Division and Nanyuan Kingdom.

"Deadly, I'm interested to find out." Zhang Yan suddenly said with a smile.

Chapter 309 Extreme Yin

Extending from Lianshan City to the southwest, following the gradually gathering path, you will enter a mountain and deep forest that is rarely visited by people.

According to the direction Shen Wujiu said, Zhang Yan first found the location where the special case department found the corpse of the demon species.There were some traces of fighting left in that forest, but as Shen Wujiu said, there were very few traces, so it must not be a fierce fight.The corpses were no longer visible, and the special case department took them away, only sporadic bloodstains could be seen on some tree trunks.

Regarding ghosts, Zhang Yan now honestly doesn't think he has anything to be afraid of.Before he entered the state of returning to the gods, he could almost kill a big ghost king with the thunder rushing technique. Now that returning to the gods has been completed, the thunder method alone can no longer be limited to ordinary thunder, and has greater restraint on ghosts.If it were him now, he would never let that big ghost king escape again.

What Zhang Yan was curious about was the Dead Silence Dao itself.His understanding is that the so-called "Dead Silence Road" should be a special passage connecting another space.And what are the restrictions and strangeness of this passage? Is it the same as those recorded in the classics in the Dragon and Tiger Mountain Gate, such as "Huanyang Road" or "Huangquan Road", etc. If it is different, how much difference is there?

Zhang Yan was the only one who came over.Shen Wujiu wanted to follow, and with a look of death on his face, he could be regarded as a ruthless person.But in the end he was dissuaded by Zhang Yan.The reason is also very simple, Zhang Yan doesn't know what situation will be encountered in the Dead Silence Road, Shen Wujiu can see death as home, but he can't see death without saving, one more person will be more burdensome, he can easily communicate with himself, There can be more opportunities to change when things happen.

The reason why they rushed over so quickly was also the reason for the Yukong Technique. It had already passed more than half of the journey after landing, and it could be regarded as avoiding possible troubles along the way.

After the corpses passed through the bushes where some demon species were buried, Zhang Yan didn't encounter anything strange or worth paying attention to.Not even half a ghost was seen.

"Is it because the yang energy is too strong during the day, so I can't hide it?"

Zhang Yan was worried that he would miss something valuable, so he stopped after walking for half a day.Instead of continuing to move forward, he randomly found a tall tree, jumped up, found a suitable branch and half-lyed down, closed his eyes and took a rest, while waiting for the night to come.