Starting from the Greyhound, seventy-two changes.

A huge change overnight!
Chen Ku, Qin Yuxian, and Shan Lingguan each carried a person with them. When they climbed over the city wall, they all saw that the Baojiao city wall, which was thirty or forty feet high, was now full of corpses of the Baojiao County Yamen’s city guards...

The flames burned on the top of the city.

Team after team of Heian Road soldiers took over the various fortresses on the city wall that were easy to defend and difficult to attack.

"Master, Senior Brother, do you think Ping An Dao can hold on to the county town after it captures it?"

The three of them each carried an injured and unconscious person and jumped off the city wall. After Chen Ku got off the city wall, he asked the two of them:
"We won't go through so much trouble to take down the city wall, only to be easily crushed by the suppression troops sent by the imperial court."

"Hard to say."

Qin Yu first looked back at the city wall that had been basically occupied by Ping An Dao, and said worriedly:
"Since ancient times, any uprising or rebellion was either because the people were too hungry to bear it and could not hold on any longer. Such rebellions were just bandits and were not to be feared. However, the other kind was different. They were like the Pyeongan Province, which had been prepared for a long time and broke out overnight. They had already considered many situations. Even though the leader of Pyeongan Province was injured by our joint efforts, his last words revealed too much information..."

"Brother, are you talking about the 'Great Sacrifice of the God of Yellow Sky'..." Chen Ku was slightly solemn: "Could it be that the God of Yellow Sky can really come?"

Qin Yu shook his head first.

Shan Lingguan interrupted at this time and asked, "Don't talk about that. When it comes to cult rebellion, the people who need to worry the most are the imperial court. We don't need to think too much. Let's talk about why you came here tonight..."

Upon hearing this, Chen Ku briefly recounted what he had heard tonight about Li Yutang planning to come to Yaowang Hall to kill them. He also mentioned that Yaowang Hall had been sent out of the city in advance, and then he was about to come and inform Qin Yu of the information first. Unexpectedly, he happened to run into the leader of Ping An Dao who attacked Qin Yu first.

"I see." Shan Lingguan looked at Chen Ku with admiration and said, "However, the attack you used to injure the leader of Ping An Dao just now had some tricks. Where did you learn it from?"

Although the leader of Ping An Dao, who was at the seventh level of the realm of possession, was hit by the 'Five Thunder Jue' of the seventh level of his Hun Tian Ba ​​Ti first, which gave Chen Ku the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, but as an old man who was almost 200 years old and had experienced a lot in the martial arts world and had seen a lot, he could see at a glance that Chen Ku's method of blowing air was a natural ability to restrain the 'soul'.

Chen Ku was vague and said that he had a brother, Chen Xin, who practiced Qimen magic...

He pushed the blame on his elder brother who was far away in Yuan State.

Shan Lingguan did not delve into it upon hearing this. Unlike other martial arts sects, the Hun Tian Ba ​​Ti that his sect practiced was called a martial art, but in fact it was very similar to the methods of cultivating immortals and practicing Qi in other countries. Both required spiritual roots and the absorption of spiritual objects from nature in order to practice, so the degree of acceptance was very high.

Just seeing that Chen Ku was able to think of coming to find them tonight in such a dangerous situation shows the character of a good disciple. There is no need to ask anything else.

Besides, there are only three people in Huangjue Sect now, and he is the one who sets the rules. If he doesn't mind, no one will mind.

"Since you have asked Yaowangtang to leave the city ahead of time, I believe you have a place to meet up. It's just right..."

Shan Lingguan said softly:
"Take Xiao Qin and I to the meeting point of your Medicine King Hall to spend the night. We will decide what to do next based on the situation tomorrow morning."

"it is good!"

Chen Ku did not refuse and began to lead the two towards the meeting point of Yaowang Hall.

As the overlord of Baojiao County, Yaowangtang has branches in various towns and villages outside the city. The meeting point they agreed to meet is the Yaowangtang branch in Sheyu Town, Chen Ku’s hometown.

On the way to the Yaowangtang branch in Sheyu Town.

Chen Ku's eyes would unconsciously glance at Guan Hongluan who was carried on his shoulders.

It seemed that the other party was just having his qi and blood locked up by some unknown 'acupoint pressing method' used by Dan Lingguan. His breathing was still very even, as if he was asleep.

"I am roughly aware of Guan Hongluan's methods. She had just broken through the fifth realm and possessed the peerless martial arts of the Dragon-Subduing Divine Sword. Yet, she was abducted by my master without even a trace of resistance."

It was only tonight that Chen Ku realized how profound the martial arts levels of his master Shan Lingguan and his senior brother Qin Yuxian were, which were completely unfathomable.

Just look at the fact that the leader of Ping An Dao did not dare to fight Qin Yu on the ground first, and the masked man from Han Shouhou Mansion had to be restrained by the leader of Ping An Dao before he dared to rob Tan Chongrui. It is clear that this great master really has no rivals in Qiulong Mansion.

And his master, Shan Lingguan, is even more extraordinary.

Chen Ku also saw tonight why his master Shan Lingguan called himself the "inside man" of Huangjue Sect and specialized in doing the dirty work...

Which master is so upright as to rob a lady from a wealthy family in the middle of the night?
Although I complained in my heart.

But I couldn't help but secretly thought:

"I don't know what happened to the five-colored peacock incarnation. It should have slipped away when it saw the master appear, fearing that it would be crushed to death like a chicken. But I don't know what the masked man's reaction would be when he returned after kidnapping Tan Chongrui and found that his little princess was also kidnapped."

The inner city of Baojiao County.

After the masked man placed Tan Chongrui in a secret place, he looked at the smoke in the city tonight and said to himself:

"The old master's order has been completed. With Tan Chongrui in hand, whether he is dead or alive, the reform trend involving the high-ranking officials in the court and the local princes can be strangled in the bud. As for the Ping An Dao, I know that they are helping me this time and we both get what we need. But I don't know what the old master thinks of the rebels in Baojiao County? Will he let Baojiao County fall?"

Thinking in this way, I seemed to have a vague grasp of what the old man was thinking.

Raising an enemy...

The Hanshou Marquisate was originally conferred the title of Marquis because of its military merits. If there is another war, it does not seem to be a bad thing for the Marquisate.

It’s just a small Baojiao County.

Perhaps the old master was expecting that Ping An Province would have some ability to withstand the rebellion suppression troops from the capital city. By then...

The imperial court had no choice but to ask Han Shouhou to put on his arms again and personally suppress the rebellion.

By then, wouldn’t it be another great achievement?
The masked man, who felt that he had figured out some of his old master's thoughts, slowly returned to the garden. There was an uprising in Baojiao County tonight, and he took advantage of the chaos to kidnap Tan Chongrui. It was also a sudden act. Now the commotion has become a big deal. For the safety of the little princess, it would be better to take the little princess and Tan Chongrui back to the marquis' mansion first.

However, when he walked into the garden, he was shocked to see that the two maids from the marquis's mansion who were serving at the princess' door were both unconscious on the ground.

The masked man named Tang's face changed drastically:
"The princess!"

He rushed past and broke through the door directly. With the sound of the door frame breaking, after entering the house, he was shocked to see an empty bed.

"what?"

In an instant, the masked man's eyes went dark:

"Who did it?"

From the unconscious maid and the empty bed, how could he not guess that the princess had been kidnapped...

The key point is that with Princess Hongluan's ability, even an ordinary sixth-level warrior cannot get the upper hand against her. Who in Baojiao County has such ability?
The masked man was in a state of confusion:
"How can I report this to my old master?"

Tan Chongrui was rescued, but the princess was lost.

The other end.

Not long after the leader of Heian Dao transformed into a soul and escaped, he met Ma Tianlin and three guardian gods who came to inquire about the matter.

"Fellow Daoist Xu En!"

Missionary Piao Gao's divine eyes saw a soul that seemed to be wandering like a lonely ghost. He immediately noticed the halo behind the soul and his face changed drastically:

"How could Qin Yuxian have such a skill? He was able to shatter your four layers of incense halo in a row."

"Not only Qin Yuxian, but also an old man and a younger generation..."

Xu En came to Ping An and the others in the form of a spirit, and said weakly, "That old man's power is higher than Qin Yuxian's, and he can perform 'Thunder Method'. I was struck by his thunder twice, and three layers of the incense halo were shattered. The other layer was shattered by a kid using some kind of 'strike to the soul' method. If I hadn't given up that physical body in the end, it's hard to say whether I could come back."

"An old man who is more powerful than Qin Yuxian? And a younger boy?" Ma Tianlin said in disbelief: "Is there something wrong with our intelligence? Is there such a person around Qin Yuxian?"

"What kind of kid can actually shatter your incense halo?" Piao Gao was incredulous.

The halo of incense was the peerless magic technique taught by the God of Yellow Sky himself to the leader of Ping An Dao, Xu En, and it was called "Nine Heavens Divine Mantra".

There are nine levels in total, which are the incarnations of gods condensed by incense and faith. Each level has different functions. After the ninth level is completed, nine-color halos will hang behind it, which can condense into a "dharma body".

If it was destroyed by someone with greater power than Qin Yuxian using thunder magic, it would be understandable, after all, ghosts are most afraid of the masculine power of thunder and fire.

But this kid could actually break one of the levels of the Nine Heavens Divine Spell.

"Although that young man is only at the fifth level, his skills are amazing. The white light that comes out of his nose is not inferior to the thunder method in terms of controlling the soul." The leader of Ping An Dao said in a deep voice: "Before I left, I heard a few words from them. Qin Yu first called him Junior Brother."

"Qin Yuxian's junior brother?" Ma Tianlin suddenly thought of something: "According to our intelligence, Qin Yuxian has no junior brother. If there is one, it is during the martial arts test not long ago. Qin Yuxian once said that he would accept a boy named 'Chen Ku' from this county as his junior brother on behalf of his master. Could it be him?"

"Where is Master Zhenkong?" The leader of Heian Dao then noticed that Master Zhenkong was not with the others.

"The founder of Zhenkong has passed away. He died while suppressing the young man named Chen Ku in Yaowang Hall." Piao Gao said incredulously, "Could it be that this person named Chen Ku not only killed Zhenkong, but also shattered your incense halo, Daoist Fellow Xuen?"

at this time.

Suddenly, a man from Ping An Road came to report urgently:

"Report! Three quarters of an hour ago, everyone in Yaowang Hall escaped by climbing over the wall from the north gate."

Ma Tianlin was almost certain that the person must be Chen Ku.

"This Chen Ku first killed the Zhenkong Patriarch, and then shattered your incense halo... At such a young age, he has such abilities. He may become a great enemy of our Ping An Dao!"

Unexpectedly, the leader of Ping An Dao took a deep breath and said, "This boy's potential is indeed terrifying, but for now we just need to act according to the plan. Now that Baojiao County has been basically captured, the next step is to prepare for the Huangtian Festival..."

"Respect the law!"

Everyone obeyed the order.

Everyone knows that taking down Baojiao County is nothing. The key to whether Baojiao County can be defended lies in whether the Huangtian Grand Sacrifice can be successful.

…………

In Sheyu Town, at the branch shop of Yaowangtang, the owner of the branch shop never imagined that the shopkeepers and masters of the main store in the city, and even the apprentices and waiters, all came to his small branch shop in the middle of the night.

He was forced to vacate dozens of beds and a dozen empty rooms.

As a result, most of the apprentices and servants of Yaowangtang could only sleep on the floor in the backyard of this branch shop.

"Master Shang, when will my second uncle be able to reunite with us?" Sister-in-law asked nervously and worriedly with Hu Zi.

Shang Yunfang kept silent and kept her head down, feeling extremely anxious.

Suddenly, several people jumped in from outside, and it was Chen Ku.

“Chen Ku!” Shang Yunfang was surprised, but then he saw Qin Yuxian and Shan Lingguan behind Chen Ku. He didn’t know Shan Lingguan, but he knew the Grandmaster Qin Yuxian, and he couldn’t help but be surprised: “Grandmaster Qin… Chen Ku… this…”

Chen Ku said: "Baojiao County has been lost. Master Qin came with me out of the city, so I brought him here. As for the one behind..."

He looked at Shan Lingguan and was thinking about how to introduce him.

Shan Lingguan has already said: "I am the old cook in the Grandmaster's Mansion."

Qin Yuxian said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bother you. It was just that Ping An Dao suddenly launched a rebellion and we were all caught off guard. Two of my disciples were injured. I happened to run into Chen Ku, and he invited me to stay here for a night. I wonder if that's possible..."

"Master Qin?"

Qin Sifan was surprised when he heard this. He heard the conversation between several people and said quickly:
"If Grandmaster could be here tonight, we would be more than happy to have him."

What kind of person is Qin Yuxian?
His character is noble and his strength is strong, and his name alone is enough to make them trust him unconditionally.

"Thank you." Qin Yu bowed first.

Chen Ku arranged for people to take Qin Fang and Feng Buping in to treat their injuries.

Finally, he looked at Guan Hongluan, came to Shan Lingguan, and asked in a low voice:

"Master, what should we do with this princess?"

"You keep an eye on it for me first." Shan Lingguan yawned and said, "Ask the people in your store to make room for me. I'm going to sleep first."

Chen Ku saw that the old master didn't seem to take anything that happened tonight to heart at all, and watched him leave.

He looked at Guan Hongluan again and felt a little overwhelmed.

He had no choice but to bite the bullet and carry Guan Hongluan to another room. Even though he knew that she had been subjected to a more powerful method by Dan Lingguan, he still pressed a few acupoints on Guan Hongluan again, and then sat cross-legged not far from her and began to meditate...

"This night..."

It took Chen Ku half a cup of tea to digest all the turbulent emotions of the evening. After calming down, he began to sort out his gains.

The evil spirit of the fish, dragon and soldiers killed will not be counted.

His biggest gain was nothing more than the evil spirit of Li Yutang, the evil spirit of Master Zhenkong, and the circle of incense evil spirit behind the head of the leader of Ping An Dao that he had shattered.

"Try it, you can turn anything into something."

The originally peaceful night was suddenly changed drastically. Chen Ku no longer had the energy to accumulate evil spirits. With a strong sense of crisis, he needed to convert his gains into something that could increase his strength as quickly as possible.

【Li Yutang's transformation and change of form】

[Shape-changing part: Fish-dragon sword (mastery)]

It was the unique sword technique of the Yulong Society that Li Yutang used to fight against him.

"A master-level sword technique."

Chen Ku felt as if a hundred perfect sword techniques suddenly appeared in his mind.

Simultaneously.

After he inherited Li Yutang's Fish-Dragon Sword, he almost instinctively felt that all the sword techniques he had learned so far could be integrated with each other and added to the experience of the Subduing Dragon Sword he had secretly learned from Guan Hongluan.

"A talent of a dragon that is even more powerful than a viper dragon's talent?"

Chen Ku immediately realized that this was the effect of the 'Jiaolong Transformation'. (End of this chapter)