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Xu Lingyin's eyes were vacant, her expression blank, and drool was dripping from the corner of her mouth, like a landlord's silly daughter.
Xu Qi'an was taken aback: "What's going on? What's going on?"
Lina felt relieved when she saw Xu Qi'an, and bounced Xu Lingyin on her back:
"Okay, stop pretending, we're safe now."
Xu Lingyin's big eyes immediately brightened, and she happily exclaimed, "Big brother~"
She jumped off her master's back and pounced on Xu Qi'an.
This sounds like a story; is it related to arriving two days late?
Xu Qi'an reached out, grabbed her by the neck, and flung her away.
"Pfft!"
Xu Lingyin crashed into the pool.
"You should go and take a shower too."
Xu Qi'an looked at Lina, pointed to the pool, and asked, "Are there any clean clothes stored in the fragments of the Earth Book?"
"There are some."
Lina uttered a sentence, leaped on the rocks, and plunged headfirst into the pool.
"What are you looking at!" Xu Qi'an pressed down on Miao Youfang's head, turning his green-eyed gaze towards him.
The two turned their backs and sat on the large rock.
Miao Youfang said, "He's good-looking and has a good figure, but he's a bit slow-witted. He'll definitely suffer if he tries to make it in the martial arts world alone."
He was referring to this young girl from southern Xinjiang, who was standing openly by the pool taking off her clothes without even glancing back at the man behind her.
They're either incredibly stupid, or they have ulterior motives.
Xu Qi'an smiled but did not explain for Lina.
Half an hour later, the master and apprentice, having washed away the filth, returned wearing clean and tidy clothes.
"Big pot~"
Xu Lingyin rushed over, like a plump yet light little pig.
She leaped among the rocks, her messy hair flying behind her, and then threw herself into Xu Qi'an's arms.
Xu Qi'an held his sister tightly without moving. "Lina, you do her hair."
After Lina haphazardly finished tying the little boy's hair into a topknot, Xu Qi'an asked, "What happened? Why are you so disheveled?"
Upon hearing this, Lina immediately showed a troubled expression: "We keep encountering trouble along the way, with Central Plains people we meet along the way."
They either wanted to sleep with me or they wanted to eat Lingyin, but we chased them away.
Later, an elderly man told me to pretend to be refugees.
Lingyin pretended to be a fool so she wouldn't attract attention.
Lingyin and I did as instructed, and sure enough, we didn't encounter any more trouble.
The group lit a campfire by the Three-Tiered Waterfall, and Xu Qi'an and Miao Youfang hunted a few pheasants.
They set up an iron pot to cook rice and meat, and after eating and drinking their fill, the group continued south, entering the southern border region.
……
When Lina and her companions arrived at the Gu Clan, a white-robed sorcerer also arrived.
Heavenly Gu Division.
In the house with a courtyard, Granny Tian Gu, dressed in a blue cloth robe, sat on a small wooden stool.
They were single-mindedly picking through the larvae that had just been dug out of the ground and looked like cicada pupae.
In the courtyard, there are five more people, from left to right:
The walking corpses controlled by the leader of the Corpse Gu tribe, who wore a cloak and a hood and reeked of decay.
A beautiful woman wearing a colorful robe, holding a scorpion in her palm, wore earrings made of two slender red snakes biting each other's tails, forming a circle.
The middle-aged man, dressed in clothes sewn from animal hides, sat on the ground, single-mindedly taking out various poisons from his cloth bag and eating them with relish.
A charming woman wearing a tube top, white panties, and a light gauze skirt.
Her slender, firm legs, flat stomach, defined abs, and full, perky breasts combine to create a vibrant and alluring body.
Her light blue eyes sparkled and shone.
The last person was a handsome, refined, and gentle man in white. He was very young, possessing the elegance of a scholar and the fortitude of a man.
"Why hasn't Chief Longtu arrived yet?"
The alluring woman, draped in a light, sheer dress, giggled:
Those who plan great things must not be hasty.
I imagine General Ge won't hesitate to satisfy my desires. Tonight I'll be waiting for you in the Love Poison Department.
The man in white's expression stiffened slightly, but he quickly recovered and chuckled:
"Once this great undertaking is accomplished, what difficulty would it be for me to send Chief Luanyu 100,000 strong men?"
He glanced to the east, his eyes lighting up: "Clan Chief Longtu has arrived."
"Esteemed leaders, I am Ge Wenxuan, a native of Yunzhou."
Ge Wenxuan took a deep breath and smiled:
"My teacher entrusted me to persuade you all to send troops to attack Da Feng."
The tribal leaders remained calm, showing neither surprise nor emotion. From beneath the hood of the cloaked zombie, a hoarse, cold voice rang out:
What benefits will we get?
Ge Wenxuan smiled and said:
"You have all heard about the situation of the Great Feng Dynasty to some extent."
With the new empress in power, the imperial treasury was empty, making it difficult to provide disaster relief.
To the south, my Yunzhou army has launched a northern expedition. To the west, armies from various Western Regions kingdoms are gathering.
If the Gu Clan joins us, then the Great Feng will undoubtedly be defeated.
At that time, the vast Central Plains will all belong to us.
Luan Yu was taken aback: "Buddhism has gotten involved too?"
The leaders exchanged glances.
The cloaked zombie sneered:
"Let's get down to business and stop making empty promises."
Upon hearing this, Ge Wenxuan was not displeased by the other party's unfriendly tone; instead, he laughed.
His words just now were actually meant to analyze the enemy's situation for the Gu Clan, giving them hope for victory.
If you want to drag the Gu clan into this mess, the first thing you need to do is not to lure them with benefits, but to make them understand that this is a feasible plan!
"Don't rush, everyone, let me explain slowly."
Ge Wenxuan smiled and spoke in a calm tone:
"The teacher's reward was that, after the matter was accomplished, Yuzhou and half of Qingzhou would be ceded to the Gu Clan, and the Gu Clan would be helped to establish a kingdom in the southern border and gather their fortune."
"You should believe that for a sorcerer, gathering fortune is not a difficult task."
In this way, you, who rule half of the southern frontier and parts of the central plains, will have enough fortune to repair the Confucian sage statue and suppress the Gu god.
The leaders, including Luan Yu, exchanged silent glances, each seeing a spark of attraction in the other's eyes.
Ge Wenxuan added, "The land in Yuzhou and Qingzhou is fertile, and the people are skilled at farming."
After the founding of the nation, the Ligu tribe will no longer have to worry about food.
"Clan Chief Longtu, for the sake of the clan's survival, I'm sure you won't refuse."
Long Tu looked at Granny Tian Gu: "Granny, what do you think?"
Facing the gazes of the crowd, Granny Tiangu spoke calmly:
"The future holds countless possibilities, like rivers that flow across the land, branching into countless streams."
However, it cannot be denied that this is one possibility.
The Heavenly Gu Clan can glimpse a corner of the future.
"My Corpse Gu Department agrees."
The cloaked man said in a hoarse voice, "My father died in the Battle of Shanhai Pass, in Wei Yuan's 'Seven-Day Killing Formation,' and I will avenge this."
Luan Yu sighed: "In the Battle of Shanhai Pass, my Qing Gu tribe also suffered heavy losses. The tribe regards Da Feng and Buddhism as enemies."
The implication was that he agreed.
The middle-aged man, dressed in a robe sewn from animal hides and eating poisonous creatures, swallowed his food and said calmly: