Abide by the Immortal Return

Tai'an City is so close to the bloody battlefield, so close that once the battle starts, it only needs a southerly wind to smell the strong smell of blood.But the people in Tai'an City are still as peaceful and happy as its name.There are constant shouts on both sides of the street paved with bluestone slabs.Lively and bustling.

It's just that there are not as many casual cultivators on the street as before, and more Taihang sect disciples wearing black robes with five elements and eight trigrams diagrams.Under the iron and blood rule of the Taihang faction, the small and medium-sized forces in the Taihang territory almost disappeared.Some casual cultivators were also absorbed into the Taihang School.The Taihang faction is unprecedentedly powerful.

The bustling street was suddenly quiet for a moment, and Shangguan Pingyao, who was bargaining with the stall owner, couldn't help but look towards the other side of the street.Her pupils contracted violently, and the hand holding the flute was so violent that even the knuckles of her fingers turned blue and white.

"Get out of the way!" With a shout, the originally crowded street was opened up.There was almost no end to the line, with a group of skinny monks in the middle.The escorting team is estimated to have at least a thousand people, and the number of prisoners being escorted is also quite large.They were ragged, yellow-faced, listless, and shackled hand and foot with long, heavy chains.Many people still had fresh blood stains on their bodies, and the clothes that should have been white were so dirty that the original color could not be seen.The originally beautiful cloud patterns embroidered with silver thread on the clothes became dull.

Shangguan Pingyao clenched his hands tighter and tighter, and the other hand clasped the dagger in his sleeve.

"Hey, Fellow Daoist. Do you still want this clear-tone flute?" The peddler asked impatiently.

Shangguan Pingyao snapped back to his senses, smiled apologetically and took out the spirit stone.

The peddler took the spirit stone, and his complexion immediately improved.Looking at the other side of the street, he said, "How did these people get out of the spirit mine today?"

Shangguan Pingyao showed curiosity on his face, and looked at the peddler with a slight smile, brushing his fingers lightly over his smooth black hair, and asked softly, "Ling Mine? Who are these people? Why do they look so miserable?"

The peddler was stunned, and found that this ordinary-looking female cultivator was so good-looking when she smiled. He looked at Shangguan Pingyao in a daze and said: "The fairy doesn't know, these people are captured by the Taihang faction on the battlefield." The captives who came here. They were all disciples of the Kunlun Sect in the past, hey, the disciples of the Kunlun Sect who looked like human beings will end up like this..."

"What happened to the spiritual mine you just mentioned? Tell me everything you know." Shangguan Pingyao's eyes turned cold, and the bracelet on his wrist shook slightly, making a crisp sound.

The peddler's pupils were dilated, and his eyes were lax. He said: "The Taihang sect sealed off the spirit power of these captives and put them under the Lingshi Mine as coolies. I don't know the rest... I just heard that the lives of these captives are better than those who specialize in mining. It is not as good as the spirit beasts. In two years, many died, some were exhausted, some were starved to death, and some were tortured to death..."

After the peddler finished speaking, he blinked suddenly.The team had already walked in front of his booth, and he lowered his head and sorted out the things in his booth indifferently.He just looked at the spirit stone in his hand and let out a slight snort, when did he sell the Qingyin flute? ...Oh, by the way, an ordinary-looking female cultivator bought it just now.

The captives of the Kunlun faction passed through the city gate through the long street and were lined up in rows.The front row stands right in front of the freshly laid stakes.

"Kneel down!" Taihang sect disciples scolded.

What greeted him were pairs of cold and unyielding eyes.Without the fear he had expected, there was also a cold sarcasm.Hundreds of people looked at him like this at the same time, and he couldn't help taking a step back.However, he reacted in the next moment, and his face flushed immediately.He kicked the captive in front of him on the leg.

With a crisp sound, one of the man's legs twisted in a strange posture.But he shook and didn't fall down, but stood up with the support of the people beside him.

Pairs of blood red eyes stared at him fiercely.The cold gaze of forbearance and restraint.It seemed that if the forbearance and restraint were removed, they would all rush forward and tear him apart.

This Taihang disciple's heart trembled, and he wanted to step forward to kick again.But he was grabbed by a Taihang disciple beside him.

"Are you new here? What's the truth with them? These lunatics are not afraid of death. It's useless to say it, we will take action directly. If you break it like this, you will lose another worker .Brothers, let these guys kneel down." Jiang Chenzhou said lazily.

A group of monks stepped forward, and one of them kicked the knees of the first row of monks.

bang, bang, bang...

There was a dull sound outside the city gate.It's like hitting directly on the heart of a person.Humiliation stings one's eyes.

Shangguan Pingyao bit her lower lip tightly, trembling uncontrollably.The fundus of the eyes is moist.

"Listen up. You guys are here from Kunlun, and we want to use our Elder Xiao to exchange you all back to Kunlun. But is this what you want to change? So we Taihangpai mentioned a little A small request. If they agree, everyone will be happy. If they don’t, have you seen the bamboo pole on this stake? This is for hanging your heads..." Jiang Shenzhou pointed at the two people in front of him. A crossbar on a man-high wooden stake.

Liu Jiu stood on the city gate, her jet-black hair tied up high.She heard this and looked at Zhu Gu Zhidao in disbelief: "This is the method you came up with? Kill the prisoners? What about your morality?"

Zhu Gu Zhi's face remained unchanged, and he put his hands on the city wall and said, "As long as the Kunlun faction agrees, I will not kill the prisoners."

"Are you crazy? How could the Kunlun faction agree? It is impossible for them to choose to sacrifice Fang Ke. Don't you understand the people of the Kunlun faction? It is impossible for them to sacrifice anyone in the sect to make this kind of deal!" Liu Jiu He widened his eyes and said angrily.

"Why is it impossible? Isn't it worth exchanging one person for the lives of a thousand people?"

Liu Jiu sneered, and said, "After fighting with them for so long, don't tell me you haven't seen them clearly. Who are they? Look at the Kunlun people standing below."

Liu Jiu waved his hand and pointed to the city gate.

"Look at their eyes."

Zhu Gu Zhi lowered his eyelids and said calmly, "They will compromise."

Jiang Chenzhou was still talking to himself. "Do you want to live? Then pray that the people of your sect will not abandon you. One side is the disciple of the head of the sect, and the other is the life of all of you. How do you say your sect will choose? After all, the disciple of the head of the sect It's more expensive..."

"Bah. If I die, I will die. Kunlun will take revenge on us. If we kill one, we will keep our capital. If we kill two, we will earn one. Haha," a Kunlun monk kneeling on the ground said hoarsely.He even laughed out loud.

When he smiled, hundreds of prisoners actually laughed at the same time.

"Shut up!" Jiang Chenzhou lashed out with a whip. "Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!"

……

The Chinese army's tent in Zuo Shence Battalion was very quiet at this moment.Except for Fang Ke, everyone present here is the leader of Zuo Shence Camp.

Xiao Changqiu held a black letter in his slender and fair hands.This letter has just been circulated.

"What do you think about this matter?" Xiao Changqiu asked, throwing the letter on the table.

Wang Yi'an pondered for a moment and said: "I think this matter is absolutely unacceptable. It is enough to replace Xiao Yunyi alone, and Mr. Fang is added abruptly... Obviously the other party has no sincerity to change prisoners."

"Commander!" Xiao Changqiu's entourage hurried into the camp, sweating profusely and said anxiously: "Commander, the spies are here to report. A wooden stake was laid outside Tai'an City, saying..."

The follower glanced at Fang Ke and said: "If our army does not agree to the request for a prisoner exchange, this evening, the stake will be covered with... five hundred heads! And... a mirage will be sent."

As he spoke, he personally offered a mirage mirror in his hand.Xiao Changqiu injected spiritual power.

It is as clear as the sight in front of your eyes.The tormented Kunlun disciples, two tall wooden stakes.Kneeling in humiliation.

It was getting quieter in the camp.Fang Ke clasped his hands tightly in his sleeves, his eyes darkened.The sword in its sheath hummed.Anger is anything but anger.

"Bang!" A commander jumped up and said angrily, "Too much deceit! Commander, please fight!"

"Subordinates please fight!"

"Subordinates please fight!"

A row of people all bowed and stood in unison.

Fang Ke frowned, put his hands in his sleeves together and thought carefully.Because of this request from the Taihang faction, their plans were completely disrupted.Xiao Yunyi and the others can make a fake one, but they can't make another Fang Ke.However, the persecution of the Taihang School is too ruthless, too tough, and too relentless.

Really leave no room for it.

"That's enough, sit down. If you could hit Tai'an City, you would have fought until now?" Xiao Changqiu looked at them one by one with cold eyes.

Everyone is still standing.

Wang Yi'an said: "Commander, this is unbearable! Can we just sit here and watch? Even if we can't beat him, killing a Taixing is counted as one!"

"Yes! Commander"

"That's right!" Everyone echoed.

"Taihang is really deceiving people too much. Killing prisoners violates morality." Deputy Luo couldn't help gritted his teeth.

Wang Yi'an sneered coldly and said, "morality? What kind of morality can there be in the eyes of those beasts of the Taihang School?"

Saying this, several people have unconsciously looked at Fang Ke.

"Promise them first." Fang Ke suddenly said.Looking at Xiao Changqiu calmly.

Immediately, the rest of the commanders fell silent.

"What they want now is just an answer. There is no loss for us to agree first, isn't it? As for how to change it, let's talk about it." Fang Ke looked at Xiao Changqiu quietly, and said very peacefully.If there is no way to retreat, it is not impossible to really exchange him.He is not happy to sacrifice himself.But he thought and thought, the Taihang faction wanted him because of Tai'ajian after all.And if he is captured alone, the chances of being rescued are much higher.Even if no one can save him, it is not impossible for him to escape himself.After all... Tai Ah White-eyed Wolf will not die.If he doesn't change, he... can't bear so many lives.

Could this be the bad omen for the south that Wei Yu said?Fang Ke thought to himself mockingly.

"That's right! Soldiers never tire of cheating, let's agree first. Let's talk about it later." Deputy Luo said happily.As a result, the rest of the people stared blankly.

Xiao Changqiu frowned and nodded.