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The refugees were a major problem of the time. If Li Chang'an had not seized money and food from Wu Lingsu, Wang Ying, and Wang Linquan, he would not have been able to help these people.
But since they have the ability, Li Chang'an doesn't mind helping them.
"Alright, you can all get up now."
"Next spring, I will send someone to deliver seeds, and you can cultivate them in Qingcang."
"I can assure you that I will never allow the Northern Liang soldiers to harass you again!"
Li Chang'an's promise once again won the refugees' gratitude and kowtows.
In previous years, their farming was often destroyed by the Northern Liang.
The Northern Liang didn't want them to grow stronger, but they also couldn't let them starve to death.
But now that Li Chang'an has arrived, and Shazhou is his base, of course he must let them live.
Li Chang'an returned to the Prince's residence, only to receive unexpected news.
Sweet Potato hurriedly said, "Your Highness, Xue Songguan has left the Prince's residence."
Xue Songguan and Li Chang'an had been living together for more than two months and had long since become husband and wife.
Hongshu handed an envelope to Li Chang'an, indicating that Xue Songguan may have regained his memory.
Li Chang'an opened the envelope, inside which were only a few words: "No gratitude, no resentment, let's part ways peacefully."
A slight smile played on his lips. This woman was getting all coy.
After looking at it, Sweet Potato said, "Your Highness, Sister Xue has regained her memories."
Li Chang'an said, "Yes, but she is unwilling to face the feelings and facts of her amnesia."
"I guess she's had her memory restored for a few days now, and she wants to kill me but can't bring herself to do it."
"By the way, is that Northern Barbarian Demonic Cult's force about to arrive in Shazhou as well?"
Sweet Potato replied, "That's right, they're gathering at the border of the sandbar, but I estimate the troops haven't all arrived yet."
Shazhou bordered both Beiliang and Beimang, and both sides wanted to seize this land for themselves.
Xu Xiao was hesitant to act because of Xu Fengnian, but the Northern Barbarians had no such concerns.
This remote border region was also infiltrated by the Northern Barbarian forces.
This group of Northern Barbarian demons, who were relatively close by, were there specifically to assassinate Li Chang'an.
"You've got the Embroidered Uniform Guard keeping an eye on them. Take advantage of this opportunity to wipe them all out in one fell swoop."
A few days later, Li Chang'an received news that Li Cunxiao had recovered Gantai County.
Murong Fuyun offered almost no resistance, claiming that he was willing to return Gantai County and make permanent peace with Li Chang'an.
Li Chang'an ignored him. If you had 150,000 troops, you might be able to make peace with me.
Murong Fuyun is now in a precarious situation, facing attacks from Waleng and Yalong. Who would want to make peace with him?
Xue Songguan wandered around the sandbar for several days. She was extremely skilled in light-footed martial arts and could hide wherever she wanted.
But my feelings were complicated; I was both depressed and down, yet I still held onto some inexplicable hope.
The third most powerful demon in Northern Mang, the number one assassin in the world, she never imagined that she would become a concubine of a prince of the Li Yang Dynasty.
During the two months of amnesia, she was very happy, forgetting all the feuds and grudges in the martial arts world.
Therefore, after regaining her memories, she was even unwilling to wake up from such a dream.
Because of her deep and inseparable relationship with Li Chang'an, she simply couldn't bring herself to kill him and complete the assassination mission.
According to her own principles, she could no longer continue as an assassin.
Then she should retire from the world of martial arts, but where should she go?
In the end, she left the sandbar, leaving behind a happiness that was never meant for her.
She walked aimlessly northward, returning to her hometown of Beimang.
A few days later, she arrived at the border of Daqingshan, Shazhou and Beimang.
To Xue Songguan's surprise, she had just leaped to the top of Daqing Mountain when she sensed a powerful aura lurking in the shadows.
"You coward hiding your head and tail, come out!"
She gave a clear shout, and more than a dozen people leaped out of the mountains and forests.
This was something Xue Songguan hadn't expected; she had just left Shazhou when she ran into her enemy.
Many of her acquaintances are among them.
The strongest among them was none other than the demon ranked ahead of her, Zhong Liang!
The first demon of Northern Mang was Luo Yang, who lived for eight hundred years. This Zhong Liang was the second demon, the brother of Zhong Shentong, the great general of Northern Mang.
Zhong Liang is known as a master of all schools of thought and a Celestial Realm expert, making him extremely difficult to deal with.
Xue Songguan had reason to believe that Zhong Liang alone was enough to give her a headache.
At that moment, a sudden voice rang out.
"Miss Xue, have you forgotten this mountain lord?"
How could Xue Songguan forget that it was this mountain lord of Tibing Mountain who had seriously injured her back then?
Of the dozen or so people in front of him, the strongest was Zhong Liang, followed by this Fifth Badger, who was at the peak of the Finger Profound Realm!
The fifth leader was the chieftain of the Rouran cavalry, commanding tens of thousands of cavalry.
With these tens of thousands of iron cavalry, they were enough to sweep away other sects, and even terrestrial immortals could only flee in disgrace.
Moreover, the Lord of Tibing Mountain had the closest relationship with the Northern Mang court. The Fifth He attacked and killed Xue Songguan because she had killed a high-ranking official in the court.
The strength of this Fifth Henchman and Xue Songguan are roughly equal.
"You bastard, you actually got together with Zhong Liang."
Xue Songguan couldn't help but curse, but he was still somewhat anxious.
Besides these two, there are two more at the Finger Profound Realm on the other side, and the remaining ten are all first-rank experts from Northern Wilderness.
If we were to fight today, she would surely die.
Fifth Hare said to Zhong Liang, "Lord Zhong Liang, leave this female demon to me at Tibing Mountain."
"You just watch from the side. After we deal with her, we'll go to Shazhou to deal with her man."
Upon hearing this, Xue Songguan was immediately startled. It turned out that these people had been inquiring about the Western Regions Protectorate all along.
It seems that her entry into the Prince's residence did not escape the notice of these people.
In a flash, Xue Songguan made up his mind: since he was going to escape anyway, he might as well escape back to Shazhou.
She said to herself, "It's not that I can't bear to part with Li Chang'an, it's just that I don't want him to be killed by someone else."
After a period of self-deception, Xue Songguan took off the guqin from his back and launched the first attack.
The music of the zither was vast and boundless, and the gushing true energy rushed towards the fifth scoundrel!
Fifth Hare roared, "Good! I must kill you today so I can explain to His Majesty!"
"Attack together! We can't let this she-devil get away this time!"
In an instant, all six experts from Tibing Mountain mobilized: two at the Finger Profound Realm and four at the Vajra Realm!
The great battle broke out, and the commotion at Daqingshan was no less than that of a battle between thousands of troops!
Countless trees were shattered by the true energy, and countless sand and stones flew everywhere!
The fifth raccoon's longsword surged with true energy, and the other experts began to launch sneak attacks.
Xue Songguan knew that the situation was not in her favor, so she fought and retreated, gradually moving southward.
"laugh!"
Suddenly, several hidden weapons flew in!
Xue Songguan dodged several of them, but was still struck in the lower abdomen by a silver needle.
broken!
The enemy, relying on their superior numbers, even used poisoned hidden weapons!
"mean!"
The other party laughed heartily, "Since it's the demonic path, what's the point of being despicable!"
A trickle of blood seeped from the corner of Xue Songguan's mouth, his true energy grew increasingly weak, and his figure rapidly retreated.
She knew the potency of the poison from Tibing Mountain; even those at the Celestial Realm couldn't quickly detoxify it.
If this continues, things could get really bad!
Sure enough, she hadn't gone more than ten miles before she felt she couldn't muster any more internal energy.
She had to land on the ground, but by then, more than a dozen people from the Northern Wilderness Demonic Path had caught up with her.
Zhong Liang said impatiently, "Fifth raccoon, stop dawdling and kill it already, we have important business to attend to!"
Fifth Hare stepped forward and said in a sinister tone, "Don't try to hold on, you can't cure our poison."