Witch Wind

Chapter 133 Which one do you choose? (Part )

The weaving office is in Dongyun and has a lot of manpower stationed there.

There are special officials who are listed in the secret files of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and there are also peripheral officials who are lackeys at the command of the Weaving Department.

After all, the people of Dongyun are crazy about worshipping Dongguo culture.

There is a very absurd phenomenon that the "katana" skills of the Dongyun people are the best in the world. The "tachi" made by their master craftsmen are superior to the weapons made by the Otama court officials in terms of toughness and sharpness.

However, the fine knives made by Dongyun master craftsmen are often exported to Dayu Dynasty first, where some of Dayu Dynasty's "experts and professors" who hold the title of "royal master craftsman" but may have made no more than ten knives in their lifetime, use their own personal seals to gently engrave a seal somewhere on the fine knives!

This fine knife is worth a hundred times its value.

The "sharp weapon" that could be bought with 100 taels of silver suddenly became a "magic weapon" used by the royal family of the Eastern Kingdom, and it would cost at least 7,000 to 8,000 taels of silver to get it. If you meet a noble who is good at pretending to be cultured, then such a "magic weapon" may be sold at a sky-high price of 30,000 to 50,000 taels of silver!

This is true for knives, silks, satins and other clothing, tea leaves, lacquerware, jade, tortoise shell jewelry...

There were even Dongyun merchants who carefully selected beautiful Dongyun girls and sent them to the East Country when they were thirteen or fourteen years old. They were specifically sent to the homes of famous scholars and talented men. They would hold silver in their hands and beg these scholars and talented men to favor these Dongyun women.

A single sexual encounter would cost about 1,800 taels of silver, depending on the fame of the great scholar or talented man. These great scholars and talented men could get a sum of money from the Dongyun merchants by sleeping with these Dongyun women.

When these Dongyun women become pregnant with the children of these great scholars and talented men, the Dongyun merchants will pay another sum of money, generally ranging from three thousand to five thousand taels of silver, to redeem these pregnant Dongyun women at a high price and buy them back to Dongyun - then, while their bellies are not yet visible, they will sell them to wealthy Dongyun businessmen or even Dongyun nobles at more than ten times the price.

The babies in the arms of these Dongyun women will be raised by wealthy businessmen and nobles as their own sons from an early age.

When they grow up, these wealthy businessmen and nobles will point at their children who are more than a foot taller than the real Dongyun people and boast proudly - "This is my family's unicorn son" or "This is my family's phoenix son"!
The Dongyun people's admiration for the East Country has reached such an obsessive level.

Whether it is knives, tea, silk, satin, jewelry, or even the activities of these "great scholars" and "talented men", who else could be the biggest channel dealer except the weaving department of the Imperial Household Department?
Therefore, the weaving department set up tens of thousands of strongholds on the large and small islands in Dongyun.

There are also hundreds of thousands of Dongyun merchants who are willing to inform the weaving department and work hard for them - making money, isn't that shameful!

If the court of the Dayu Dynasty had not been too absurd and incompetent, if it had not been for some reasons that were too absurd, Black Borneo would never have been swallowed up by the Dongyun people!
In short, the weaving department in Dongyun has many eyes and ears and great powers.

Xing Tianqingshu easily found the residence of Xing Tianren and others, and did not alarm the South Island nobles at all. They landed at the largest port of Sijin Island, and drove straight for hundreds of miles as if they were in an empty land, and directly reached the core area of ​​Sijin City.

"The island nation's dwarf slaves, this race is despicable, but this city is quite interesting."

Beside Xing Tianqingshu, there were two short, shriveled, skinny old men wearing black double-breasted gowns with seven copper-coin braids hanging behind their heads. They put their hands in their sleeves and looked at the City Lord's Mansion of Sijin City with arrogance on their faces.

The city lord's mansion in front of us is of quite magnificent specifications.

The huge mansion was built on a small hill. The winding mountain road went up along the hillside. There were seven layers of fortifications along the way, and a large number of defensive fortifications such as rolling stone slopes, thousand-jin gates, horse traps, and kerosene roads were built.

Beyond the outer fortifications, you can see that the entire hill is planted with cherry blossoms of various colors. It is spring, and the cherry blossoms are stacked like clouds. A few white-walled, blue-glazed tile roofs, and a very Tounom-style castle stand proudly under the cherry blossoms. In the middle, the castle tower built on the top of the mountain is more than 20 meters high, with brackets and eaves above and below, and is extremely gorgeously decorated.

Such an aura-filled mansion, if placed in Dongyun, would be ranked among the top ten "magnificent architectural complexes" in the entire Dongyun, except for the Black Dragon Terrace Imperial City and the ancestral homes of the Beihe and Nanshan families.

But in the eyes of the two old people, it was just a small house that was barely passable.

Not to mention the princes and nobles of the Dayu Dynasty, even some local wealthy people, such as some salt merchants in Jiangdong Province, had built ancestral temples in the suburbs, as well as summer villas attached to the ancestral temples, which were dozens of times more magnificent than the city lord's mansion in front of them.

If you've seen it too much, you won't be surprised.

The sound of dull footsteps was heard, and the ground was shaking slightly, as if a giant was striding towards them.

Xing Tianqingshu's expression changed slightly.

The two old men's faces also turned pale suddenly - judging from the noise, there might be dozens of giant elephants moving around?
The main gate of the city lord's mansion in front, which was several meters wide, opened with a bang, and a large group of Dongyun elite soldiers wearing large armor and with colorful flags on their backs ran out in a line.

The giant turtle that Xing Tianren had subdued, which had lived for a thousand years, walked out slowly, carrying Xing Tianren and a dozen of Xing Tianren's brothers on its back.

"Oh my god!" Xing Tianqingshu was horrified and subconsciously took several steps back. He bumped into a master from the weaving department who was wearing tight clothes behind him, and then he barely stopped.

This giant turtle is getting bigger and bigger.

His physique was already extremely impressive before. After signing the contract with Xing Tianren, he received the nourishment of Xing Tianren's essence, blood, and aura, as well as the Taichu Qi infused by Xing Tianli to nourish his body. This old turtle actually underwent a secondary development, and his body expanded rapidly. Now, his carapace alone is more than 50 feet long and nearly 30 feet wide!

He stood on his four big and thick legs and stopped steadily in front of the city lord's mansion. His head was held high, and the top of his head was higher than two stories!
After signing the contract with Xing Tianren, the old turtle and Xing Tianren had a certain "telepathy" and could faintly feel Xing Tianren's attitude towards Xing Tianqingshu. Therefore, he lowered his head slightly, hummed, and two groups of cold and thick air blew out of his nostrils, heavily hitting the two skinny old men.

The two old men did not expect that the giant turtle would attack without hesitation as soon as they met.

In this Dharma Ending Age, no matter how high one's cultivation level is, everyone keeps it to themselves and uses all sorts of methods to seal themselves. If they can avoid taking action, they will do so. They save every drop of essence and blood, every bit of magic power, and every bit of energy. Only in this way can they live longer!
Who would have thought that this old turtle has no moral principles?

As soon as they met, two breaths of strong air came out. The two old men were caught off guard and were hit by his breath.

The old turtle has the dual nature of water and earth.

The Water One's breath was extremely cold, and two white mists were like dragons. Countless thumb-sized multi-faceted ice crystals mixed in the cold air and spurted out rapidly, like countless flywheels rubbing and strangling each other. Even a half-foot thick steel plate would be smashed into pieces by these ice crystals that were harder than fine steel.

Earth, the old turtle's breath is extremely heavy and thick. The white breath looks like fog, but in fact it is as thick and viscous as magma. A breath that is as thick as a thumb and three feet long weighs a thousand pounds with the blessing of earth. If an ordinary person touches it lightly, he will either be frozen into an ice sculpture by the cold air or crushed into a pile of slag.

The breath sprayed on the two arrogant and defenseless old men. The clothes on the front of them made a "bang" sound. They were first frozen stiff and brittle by the cold air, and then pressed by gravity, and immediately broke into pieces!
What they wore were ordinary silk and satin, not the purple ribbon Taoist robes that Xing Tianli wore, which had no defense at all. In the Dharma Ending Age, how many people could have such a family background to walk around wearing Taoist robes, Dharma robes, and body-protecting immortal robes?
The two old men felt a chill all over their bodies, their shriveled and skinny bodies were exposed in broad daylight.

From the side, a noble playboy from South Island sneered under his armor: "My God, it's March, the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, but we didn't enjoy the beauties under the double cherry blossoms, but saw these two old bodies... My eyes must be full of pinholes!"

These Dongyun nobles are all proficient in the official language of the East Country.

The dandy's complaints could be heard clearly from far and near. Many Dongyun dandies wearing large armor laughed in unison, while the two old men who had made a fool of themselves had red faces - they were of royal blood and of high seniority, and were the ancestors of the current emperor for more than five generations. A surge of evil rage rushed from their hearts to their foreheads.

With two "crackling" sounds, the jade pendants hanging around the waists of the two elders broke apart when the old turtle's breath touched their skin, freezing their epidermis. Two hazy rays of light enveloped their bodies. Although they failed to protect the clothes of the two elders, they protected their bodies from the cold breath.

Only two palm-sized areas of the two men's bodies were frozen. The skin and flesh turned blue and black, and then gradually turned into tiny ice chips and fell off, revealing the bloody skin and flesh underneath.

The two old men were furious and let out a long roar. They pointed their fingers and a bone knife and a black jade knife flew out from their fingertips. With a sway in the wind, the two objects turned into three-foot long and short swords, bringing with them sharp beast roars and eagle cries, and pierced the old turtle who was lowering his head and still spewing white air from his mouth and nostrils.

The methods used by these two are quite evil.

Their bone knives and jade knives are a mixture of witchcraft, Taoism, and even some tricks of the nature-worshiping shamanism of the mountain tribes in the primitive mountains and forests of Northeast China, who were descended from the Jade Clan, the royal family of the Dayu Dynasty.

On the bone knife, the shadow of a green wolf can be vaguely seen.

On the jade knife, there was a phantom of a gecko with a wingspan of about ten feet, flapping its wings and chirping loudly, bringing up a gust of evil wind.

The two knives were as fast as lightning and flashed past.

The old turtle snorted, and shamelessly retracted its head and limbs into its huge shell. This old turtle had lived for a thousand years, and it had its own magical powers. Thick, prismatic decks grew on the top of its head and at the joints of its limbs. After it retracted into its shell, these decks blocked the gaps in its shell tightly, turning itself into a golden city, seamlessly integrated without any gaps.

"Clang, clang, clang," the dense sound of collisions continued to ring in the ears.

The two flying knives created countless flames on the old turtle's shell, and each strike was like the roar of a huge bell, exploding with a terrible sound. But the old turtle's shell was as smooth as new, without even a scratch left!

After all, he is an old guy who has survived since before the Dharma-Ending Age and lived for more than a thousand years.

Even Xing Tianli was a little confused about how far this old turtle had reached in his cultivation before the Dharma Ending Age. In the Dharma Ending Age, the old turtle's cultivation declined, and the spirituality of the tortoise shell also dissipated for the most part, but its hard essence remained.

With the nourishment of Xing Tianli's Taichu Qi and the feedback of Xing Tianren's life essence and blood, the old turtle's cultivation has recovered a lot. The spirituality of his tortoise shell has skyrocketed, and its defense power alone is so strong that it is outrageous.

The two old men chopped at it, but the old turtle was not hurt at all.

One of the Dongyun playboys nearby spoke up without knowing whether to live or die: "These two shameless people, if they want to kill someone, why don't they put on some clothes first? Exposing your body and fighting with others on the battlefield, is this the current fashion in the East Country?"

Another dandy who was standing slightly to the side and had an angle that just happened to see the back of the two elders' heads exclaimed in amazement, "Incredible, they have seven braids. Seven braids, are they from the royal family of the East? Ah, what a bold new fashion, do we have to learn from them and take off all our clothes before going to the battlefield?"

The two elders have lived for more than a hundred years. They were born into royal families and have high status. They live a life of luxury on a daily basis. How could they have ever been ridiculed like this?

They suddenly looked down and saw their naked bodies. Their faces flushed red for a moment. They subconsciously covered their vital parts and turned to walk away. As they walked, they shouted: "Kill them all, leaving only the few children of the Xingtian family!"

Xing Tianren and his brothers behind him heard it clearly and their pupils suddenly shrank.

They knew that Xing Tianqingshu had come to Sijin Island for no apparent reason, and that he must have had bad intentions. Hearing the two old guys giving orders, Xing Tianren sneered, "Okay, Xing Tianqingshu, you're here to cause trouble!"

Xing Tianqingshu suppressed his inexplicable fear of the huge old turtle, straightened his back fiercely, and shouted in a stern voice: "In compliance with the imperial decree, we must punish the rebellious Xing Tianli. Come on, come on, come on!"

Behind Xing Tianqingshu, hundreds of weaving masters shouted and stomped their feet at the same time. A layer of black air lingered under their skin, and suddenly accompanied by a low roar of beasts, their eyes suddenly scattered, becoming wild and ferocious. Their bodies also swelled suddenly, and thick, long and hard hairs continued to grow under their skin.

In just a few breaths, more than a hundred masters from the weaving department turned into burly men with an average height of over seven feet. They all had some characteristics of wild beasts. They tore off their clothes that were shattered by the expansion of their bodies, waved various heavy weapons, and rushed towards Xing Tianren and his brothers to kill them.

Xing Tianqingshu even jumped up and down and roared: "These guys, Xing Tianren, Xing Tianzhi, they are all the trusted followers of Xing Tianli. In Nanxun Town, Pingyuan Hall, and the branch of Xingtian Clan, these guys are also the leaders of the younger generation!"

Xing Tianqingshu shouted happily: "Catch them, no matter where Xing Tianli hides, he must show up. Also, Xing Tian's property in Nanxun Town, the houses and lands of the side branches, all belong to me!"

Xing Tianqingshu smiled brightly.

The faces of the Xingtian brothers present all changed - they knew that you, Xingtian Qingshu, were nothing, it turns out that you are really nothing.

He brought his men here with the intention of capturing Xing Tianren and others alive, and using them to threaten Xing Tianli, or even to threaten the elders of the Xingtian clan's side branches in Nanxun Town, and extorting the assets of the side branches?

Who gave you the courage?

Xing Tianren wanted to laugh, he and his brothers really wanted to laugh out loud - Grandson, have you figured it out? Do you know how many soldiers and troops our brothers have under our command now?

There is no need to talk about these Dongyun nobles from South Island.

These private armies of the Dongyun nobles are just a bunch of scum.

But under their command, there are also millions of indigenous troops from Black Borneo, who are devout in their faith in Xing Tianli, are fearless and brave, and fight like wild beasts!
With just the hundred or so people you brought with you... oh, and two seemingly 'powerful' old ghosts, um, naked old ghosts, how dare you plan to capture your own brothers alive among the countless elite soldiers and generals?
Xing Tianren waved his hand lightly at the hundreds of experts in the weaving department who seemed to be possessed by ghosts, their bodies transformed into beasts, their strength and agility soared greatly, and their aura became no different from that of wild beasts.

Behind him, in the City Lord's Mansion, nearly a thousand Xingtian brothers wearing heavy armor strode out.

Like a group of tigers discovering a group of chicks, nearly a thousand Xingtian brothers pushed and shoved each other, scrambling to pounce, wielding heavy swords and axes, and attacked the masters of the weaving department head-on.

When Xing Tian, ​​Qing Shu and others arrived, there were dozens of carriages.

The two old ghosts found some change of clothes in a carriage, and after quickly getting dressed, they rushed out in a rage. When they first saw the weaving masters flying over, they couldn't help but smile and nod - this was a secret method passed down from the ancestors of the Jade Clan, which allowed a person's body to combine with the spirits of the monsters in the mountains and forests, turning them into half-beasts, thus possessing extremely strong powers far beyond those of ordinary people.

In the Dharma Ending Age, the power of this secret technique has been weakened by 99%.

The demon souls used by the children in the weaving department today are also the stocks that the royal family of the Dayu Dynasty has managed to preserve in their ancestral land over the years. After experiencing six hundred years of harm in the Dharma Ending Age, these demon souls are now dying, and only one percent of their strength remains.

Even so, the strength and speed of these children are ten or even more than twenty times that of normal people!
Each of them is fully capable of defeating thousands of enemies on the battlefield!
Xing Tianren and the other leading guys were only a dozen feet away from them, so they could easily capture them alive with just a charge. By then, they wouldn't have to worry about their primary target Xing Tianli not showing up!

The two old ghosts were grinning.

With a "puff", one of the Xingtian brothers chopped a weaving department expert in half with an axe, along with his sword.

(End of this chapter)