July, Qiu Sheng. Trees withered and leaves fell all over the ground.

In the past, the bustling and lively Heng Imperial City seemed to have been affected by this aura, and there were few pedestrians on the streets.

All of this had to start with the memorial that had been handed over from Long Zhou to Heng Imperial City.

In May, Li Yulin issued an imperial edict, The two fast horses sent the retracted golden talismans to the Changwu Pass and the Sword Dragon Pass respectively. Their weapons were in full swing, and their minds were full of dissatisfaction with Qiu Fanping and Jiang Zhichen, who had made great contributions to the expansion of the territory. However, they did not dare to disobey the sacred decree and withdrew their troops. However, when they passed through Long Zhou, the two national pillars were left behind.

In fact, the word "obstruct" landed here was extremely improper, but in order to protect the face of the Great Xia Imperial Court, in the external documents, the ritual official used such a word.

But to be more precise, the two pillars were imprisoned.

Cui Guozhu of Long Prefecture took advantage of the night to lead the army to attack Huang Long and brought the two Guozhu into the Cui Clan's big shots for treason. The 500,000 troops in the hands of the two Guozhu had no leaders, and more than 100,000 fled while the rest of the 400,000 troops were detained.

Ever since the Grand Xia Dynasty began, apart from Li Wenjing being shot by Lin Shou and lying sick in bed thirty years ago, and the 80,000-odd chaos of seizing his first wife, it could be said that nothing like this had ever happened.

At this moment, Li Yulin was expressionlessly knocking on the desk in front of him in the Great Yang Palace in the Royal City. There was a memorial on it.

The civil and military officials below the stage seemed to have sensed the anger in the Emperor's heart and lowered their heads in silence.

"Everyone, say something." Li Yulin's voice suddenly sounded at that time. His tone was low and deep, as if he was speaking in the language of a beast in the forest.

When the officials heard this, their bodies trembled, and the scene became even more silent.

Seeing this, Li Yulin suddenly narrowed his eyes and asked again, "Don't you all want to say anything?"

"This minister thinks that the most urgent matter is to figure out what Cui Ting wants to do?" At this moment, Li Moding gritted his teeth and walked out of the crowd, speaking at that time.

"What do you want to do?" However, when Li Yulin heard this, a smile appeared on his face. Then, the emperor suddenly stood up and slapped the table in front of him, "Even my country pillar dares to be detained. What do you think he wants to do? He wants to rebel!!"

Li Yulin's voice was like a magnificent cauldron, and the aftermath echoed throughout the Great Yang Palace.

Everyone was silent, and Li Moding 's face was even more deathly pale.

Only after the last sound landed did someone step out. It was the Great Xia's Grand Tutor, Great Confucian and Taoist Sage Du Pingce.

His expression was calm and he did not panic at all. He bowed respectfully before saying softly, "Cui Ting's actions were truly unexpected, but it can be seen from the fact that he had ignored His Majesty's imperial edict to send troops." "But even though Cui Ting is a martial artist, he has been in the Great Xia City for many years. He is not a reckless man who only cares about his immediate interests. If he dares to act like this, I think there is something fishy behind it."

Either out of respect for Du Ping, the Confucianism and Taoism Immortal, or because he truly felt that the other party's words were reasonable. Hearing this, Li Yulin was not as irritable as before. He asked in a deep voice, "What do you think of Ai Qing?"

Hearing this, Du Pingce shook his head, "It's not a good idea. However, since Cui Ting has done such a disrespectful thing, it's obvious that this is only the beginning. What he will do next, and how much energy he will have, is not something that His Majesty and his ministers can measure by talking about on paper. I think His Majesty should have made plans to destroy the rebellious parties as an example and display my heavenly might." Retreat can consolidate the original defend the yuan, preserve the state, in case of unforeseen circumstances. "

After saying those words, Du Pingce retreated. All the officials were silently looking at the emperor on the platform.

After a long time, a divine light suddenly lit up in Li Yulin's expressionless eyes.

"Send me the imperial edict. The Sacred Sun Army will deploy today to defend the Royal City!"

..

Longzhou Prefecture, Tuowen City.

Cui Dazhu was sitting in Tuowen City's dungeon with his golden saber. Two men dressed in rags and covered in blood were tied to two wooden stakes in front of him. Their appearances were extremely miserable, and it was hard to imagine that the two of them were still the hottest figures in Great Xia before yesterday.

Cui Ting looked at the two for a long time before suddenly stretching out his hand. Two figures walked out from the shadows behind him. They were carrying a big wooden stick. When they arrived in front of the two of them, the wooden bucket was raised high by them. The water in the bucket that emitted a strange smell flowed down the heads of the two of them and drenched their entire bodies.

Clearly, something strange had been put into the clear water. Wherever the clear water flowed, blood flowed out from the wounds of the two that had already formed blood scabs. The enormous pain caused the two to wake up from their coma. They let out another heart-wrenching scream. The howl didn't stop until several tens of breaths later.

"Are you two awake? Did you sleep well?" Cui Ting asked with a smile.

"Cui Ting! You treacherous traitor!"

"The Cui Clan has been loyal for generations, and its reputation has been ruined by you! I'll see how you have the face to meet your ancestors in the spring!"

After recovering from the initial intense pain, the two of them didn't even beg for mercy at all. They stared at Cui Ting with wide eyes and scolded him.

"If this matter were to reach His Majesty's ears, the Sacred Sun Army would probably be on the road to taking your dog's life by now!"

"When the Sacred Sun Army destroys the city, you, Cui Ting, will die a terrible death. Your wife and daughter are prostitutes, and you will be humiliated. Your male servants will be slaves for generations, and you will never be able to turn around!"

These vicious words of the two fell into Cui Ting's ears, but he seemed to have never heard of them before. He leisurely took out his ears and quietly listened to their shouts.

Only after half an hour had passed did the two of them stop.

"Have you two scolded enough?" At this moment, he raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile. Then he stood up and walked to the two of them and said, "Then let's continue talking about the cooperation."

"Bah! You unruly servant and thief, even if my Qiu Clan's loyal generations die, they will definitely not associate with you!"

"That's right! My Jiang Clan has received the Emperor's kindness. How can I be with you, the Fly Dog? If you want to kill me, you can do as you please."

The attitude of the two Guozhu Lords was extremely resolute, causing Cui Ting to frown involuntarily.

"This is not easy." He muttered in distress, "I've always respected you two. I originally wanted you two to conspire with me, but who would have thought that you would be so stubborn? It really makes me feel awkward."

Saying this, he lowered his head and paced back and forth beside the two of them, muttering, "What is this supposed to do?"

Seeing how hypocritical he was, the two of them revealed cold expressions.

"Yes." Suddenly, Cui Ting stopped in his tracks. His eyes lit up as if he had thought of something. He said excitedly, "Then I can only kill two of you."

After saying that, a cold light flashed from Cui Ting's hand and flashed past their necks. As a result, the light in their eyes froze, and a line of blood appeared from their necks. Blood sprayed out, and the light in their eyes quickly disappeared as the blood spilled out. In the blink of an eye, their vitality was completely lost.

"Lord Guozhu, this" Seeing this, a man dressed as a servant behind Cui Ting hurriedly stepped forward and said with an ugly expression. Their plan was not like this. Perhaps the two pillars of power would be of great use to them, but those who died would not only be useless, but would also be a great calamity.

"What are you panicking about?" Cui Ting glanced at the attendant behind him and said unhappily. He suddenly stretched out one of his hands and lightly snapped his fingers.

Immediately, two streams of black gas surged out of his body and entered the two corpses that had long since lost their aura.

At that time, the two corpses were trembling non-stop, and the wounds on their bodies were rapidly repaired at a speed visible to the naked eye. In the blink of an eye, a hundred breaths of time passed, and the two corpses suddenly stopped.

Then their lowered heads suddenly lifted up, their pitch-black eyes infecting their entire eyeballs. They looked at Cui Ting and opened their lips, saying, "Master."

..

"Xiao Han! Extreme! Extreme!" In the Sword Handling Palace, Xu Han, who was discussing with Nangong Jing whether he should hold another Sword Handler Tournament to expand the weak strength of the Sword Handling Pavilion, suddenly heard a panicked shout from outside the palace.

Needless to say, Xu Han immediately recognized the owner of this voice. Naturally, it was Chu Chouli.

Xu Han stopped Nangong Jing's conversation and looked in the direction of the manor. The middle-aged man rushed into the sword-wielding manor anxiously. He ignored the two rows of sword-wielders standing on both sides of the manor and walked straight to Xu Han's side.

After that, he casually found a place to sit down and drank all the teacups on the table. Only then did he seem to recover his strength and said, "Xiao Han, you don't know if there is a big commotion in Crossing Imperial City today, big commotion!"

Xu Han naturally guessed what the big commotion Chu Chouli was talking about, but he still patiently satisfied the middle-aged man's desire to speak. He asked, "What big commotion?"

"A lot of soldiers are standing densely on the city walls. All of them are red armors embroidered with bright sunlight. The rows of armors are different from ordinary armies. What are they called .. what .. Holy Sheep Army?"

"Sigh, you said that the people of the Great Xia are strange, I have heard of the Tiger Leopard Cavalry, the Great Halberd, the Azure Dragon Army just never heard of the Saint Sheep Army, it looks very powerful, but the name is not good, how can this sheep beat the Tiger Leopard? No wonder there was no way to deal with that tiny Chen Kingdom. Do you want to? Both sides arrange their troops. Once they sign up, they say they are tigers and leopards. This means that they are sheep. They lose half of their momentum. How can they fight? "

It was as if Chu Chouli had been opened up, and he was chattering endlessly about his self-taught "military theory". Xu Han was extremely shocked to hear this, and he did not know how to correct Chu Chouli's misunderstanding about the relationship between the Sacred Sun and the Sacred Sheep.

However, Xu Han was not surprised by this. Previously, he had heard such rumors. He was just worried about what this meant. Cui Ting detained the two national pillars and the 400,000 troops in their hands. They turned a blind eye to the documents issued by the court. There was a tendency for them to support themselves. Although the outside world thought that Cui Ting was using eggs to strike stones, Xu Han felt that things would not be so simple.

He was very clear that there was probably a shadow of Dark Asura Palace behind this. Based on his understanding of Dark Asura Palace, they would never do anything risky. Once they did, they would definitely have a thorough plan. At this moment, Xu Han's worries were well confirmed by the fact that he was facing a great enemy in Horizontal Imperial City.

"You guys can talk. I have something to do, so let's go first." Nangong Jing's temperament had always been calm. Naturally, she did not like the fluent Chu Chouli. Seeing the middle-aged man come out to stir up trouble, she simply stood up and said something. Without waiting for Xu Han to respond, she turned around and left with the many swordsmen in the manor.

Xu Han did not stop him. He waited until Nangong Jing was far away before he looked at Chu Chouli and said, "Did Hongjian call you here?"

Hearing this, Chu Chouli's expression instantly changed. He said proudly, "Brother, what are these words? You and I are friends who have lived too long. How could I yield to the threat of that little girl Hongjian and come here to gather information?"

Xu Han couldn't help but laugh at Chu Chouli's righteous words.

Ever since the news of Cui Ting had spread to the Heng Imperial City, it had been four to five days since he had returned to the manor. He was busy dealing with various matters in the Sword Handling Pavilion. After all, no one could say whether Xie Min Yu, who had an evil heart, would take advantage of this chaotic period to rob him. Naturally, he had to discuss this with Nangong Jingduo, which attracted the dissatisfaction of Miss Ye.

"Alright, of course I know what Big Brother Chu is like. The matters of the past few days have come to an end. If Big Brother Chu is free, then accompany me back to the manor." As he spoke, Xu Han stood up. Seeing this, Chu Chouli immediately smiled and nodded repeatedly.

"That's right, that's right. It's been a long time, so I should have a good rest." That anxious look fell in Xu Han's eyes, he couldn't help but secretly think, reckon these days Chu Chouli not less by Ye Hongjian coercion and temptation.

..

Returning to the manor, Xu Han did not see Ye Hongjian, who had not seen him for several days, whether he was playing with a petty temper or for some other reason.

In the large main room, only Fang Ziyu was bored and sitting in the room drinking tea. The rest of the people were nowhere to be seen.

Seeing Xu Han arrive, Young Miss Fang dodged and stood up. She quickly walked over and said, "Xu, are you back?"

Miss Fang's enthusiasm greatly exceeded Xu Han's expectations. Xu Han couldn't help but be stunned and ask, "Where are they?"

Fang Ziyu's face immediately revealed a troubled expression. He said unhappily, "Yan Zhan left with Xue Ning. He said that he was going back to the sect. He was so mysterious that he didn't know what to do. Nineteen pulled Little Mu'an and he was still practicing martial arts. The two kids didn't know what to do. Hongjian was busy cultivating and no one was playing with me!"

Fang Ziyu muttered. Then, a light shone in his eyes as he looked at Xu Han, "Fortunately, you're back. Otherwise, I would be bored to death!"

Hearing this, Xu Han couldn't help but burst into laughter. This Fang Ziyu was always the child's temperament, so he couldn't change it.

"You! Aren't you afraid that Second Martial Niang will come to you one day and ask you about your cultivation? You won't be able to pay your dues." Xu Han smiled and said, but he didn't have much intention of being harsh.

However, Fang Ziyu's expression changed when he mentioned Ghost Subhuti. However, she waved her hand calmly and said, "That old witch, aunt doesn't care about her because of his age. Do you really think I'm afraid of her?"

Hearing this, Xu Han naturally wouldn't expose Fang Ziyu's lies. He smiled and was about to say something.

"Oh, I haven't seen you for a few days. My kid's fish cultivation hasn't improved, so his mouth has a little bit of the warmth of Little Xu." At this moment, an ice-cold voice suddenly sounded from the corner of the room.

The moment that voice came out, Xu Han and the others' expressions changed. However, before they could react, a purple figure landed in front of Fang Ziyu. A tender white jade-like hand stretched out, grabbing, pinching, and twisting.

Afterwards, Miss Fang's painful cries rose up from the manor, enduring for a long time..

Ten breaths later, Fang Ziyu stood at the side in grievance. He tilted his head and continuously rubbed his burning ears. However, his eyes were staring straight at Xu Han. He said unhappily, "surnamed Xu, did the Buddha open your mouth?"

Xu Han smiled bitterly. He looked at Fang Ziyu apologetically, then turned to look at the purple-eyed girl who was sitting in the chair calmly and leisurely. A smile immediately appeared on her face as she said, "Second Martial Niang didn't say a word. We weren't prepared for this at all."

"What I said." The purple-eyed girl, who looked the same age as Fang Ziyu, took a sip of the tea cup in front of the table and then raised her head to stare at Xu Han, "Then can't you hear what you said about me?"

Hearing this, Xu Han was dumbfounded and didn't dare to entangle himself with Ghost Subhuti on this topic.

"I wonder why Second Martial Niang is here this time?" He hurriedly changed the subject and asked at that time.

"What's the matter? Aren't you all little bastards? I'm so worried about you!" Unexpectedly, not only did this topic not ease the atmosphere on the field, but it also made Gui Puti even more unhappy.

"Meng Liang that kid also don't know where to hide, I searched for more than half a month is unable to find his tracks. What about you? I told you to leave this place as soon as you're done. You didn't listen to me, and you even became the Sword Handling Pavilion's Pavilion Master. What? For the sake of Miss Nangong's life! And you! How many times have I told you to cultivate? What about you? "I knew you were idle. With your talent, if you were half as diligent as Little Xu Zi, why would you still be spinning around in the Realm of Flame Dust?" Gui Puti said with an aged expression. His tone was filled with anger that slowly grew out of hatred for steel.

However, the lawless Miss Fang and the ruthless Butcher Xu in the eyes of outsiders were as if they had done something wrong in the face of this girl's reprimand. They lowered their heads and remained silent.

Gui Puti kept on talking for a long time. Seeing that the two of them kept their heads down and didn't reply, she probably felt that Xu Han and the other two had a good attitude towards admitting their mistakes. Her anger also dissipated by more than half. It was convenient for her to say, "Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. Now hurry up and pack up your things and leave with me!"

"Huh?" Xu Han's expression changed.

"Why?" Fang Ziyu asked loudly.

'"Something big is about to happen in Heng Imperial City. Didn't you see that the Imperial Army of the Emperor's elder son was dispatched? The Saint Yang Army? That was Li Wenjing's trump card that he hadn't even taken out until his death. Now that Li Yulin has revealed it, do you really think this is a trivial matter?" Gui Puti said in a calm voice.

'"But" Fang Ziyu was obviously unable to accept the sudden arrival of the truth. He was about to say something, but before he could say anything, he was interrupted.

"Shut up, Xiao Xuzi. You're the most sensible one. Hurry up and pack your things." Gui Puti said at that time.

Standing at the side, Xu Han's expression changed as if he was weighing something. After hearing Gui Puti's words, he pondered for a while before saying, "I know that Master Niang is doing this for our own good, but I forgive Xu Han for not obeying my orders."

Ghost Subhuti was instantly enraged. She glared at Xu Han and said, "Do you know what will happen in Heng Imperial City?"

"Xu" Xu Han was about to respond to Gui Puti's words, but before he could say anything, Gui Puti grabbed Xu Han's clothes. Then, a violent True Essence surged out of Gui Puti's body. She rushed out of the courtyard with Xu Han's body in her hand, and then she suddenly stood tall. Xu Han was twisted like a chicken by Ghost Subhuti as he continued to soar into the sky amidst the cries of Chu Chouli and Fang Ziyu.

After a brief moment of daze, Xu Han reacted. Although he was both surprised and surprised by Ghost Subhuti's actions, he also believed that Ghost Subhuti's plan had no chance of harming him, so he quickly suppressed the shock in his heart.

Ghost Subhuti's cultivation was unfathomable. At this moment, she seemed to be a little angry. The true essence in her body was activated by him, and her speed could be said to be extremely fast. Even with Xu Han's Undying Realm fleshly body, it was slightly uncomfortable at this speed. As she moved quickly, the air currents that cut through the air caused Xu Han's entire body to feel bursts of tearing pain.

The Subhuti seemed to have sensed this as well. Her face darkened as a purple True Essence enveloped Xu Han. Only then did it relieve Xu Han's intense pain.

"Second Martial Niang, where are you taking me?" Seeing her like this, Xu Han thought that the other party's anger had dissipated a lot, so he boldly asked.

However, Ghost Subhuti ignored him and continued to pull him into the air.

Fifteen minutes later, Xu Han had already reached a height of ten thousand feet that he had never reached before. Only then did Ghost Subhuti stop. She pointed at her feet with a cold expression, "Look!"

Xu Han was stunned, but he still looked down as he said. Xu Han, who had already reached a height of 10,000 feet, said, The Crossing Imperial City beneath his feet had already turned into a square that wasn't the size of a palm. Above this square, A True Dragon that was as dense as blood was sitting on it. Blood red auras constantly spread out from his body into the distance and linked into red lines in midair. Xu Han looked along the red lines and saw that the red auras that had dissipated were actually rushing towards the south that was extremely far from Crossing Imperial City and towards Long Zhou, where Cui Ting was located!

Above Long Zhou, a dragon form had already formed. His appearance was fierce, his eyes were completely red, and above the giant dragon head, there were two horns that were as ferocious as barbs.

Xu Han's eyes suddenly widened. What all this meant was self-evident, but these weren't the reasons why Xu Han was so surprised. The real reason was because..

This dragon's appearance was neither yellow nor green, nor red nor purple.

Instead, his entire body was like an endless abyss, to the extreme..

Black!

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