The First Marquis of Daxuan

Chapter 170: Death (Please subscribe, please bookmark, please vote for the monthly ticket)
In the Daxing Mountains.

Su Mu looked at the miasma-filled forest ahead with an extremely serious expression.

"How far is it from the destination?"

he asked in a deep voice.

After receiving the message for help, he immediately summoned some elite Taiping commanders to go out of the city to provide support.

Reinforcements are needed to put out a fire, so he has no time to hesitate.

Even though he knew the danger, he had no other choice.

Wan Qing and the others' injuries have not healed yet, and are obviously not suitable to go out of the city to provide support. In the Wuling Taiping Division, only he, the newly promoted Taiping Captain, can lead the team.

"If the direction is correct, it should be another fifty miles."

Zhong Guizheng said in a deep voice.

Fifty miles in the mountains and forests are different from fifty miles outside. Here, fifty miles is a very long distance. If you really walk, you may even walk a hundred miles.

"Su-Captain, don't be impulsive. Since it is a trap set by the monsters, they are likely to surround and attack the reinforcements now."

Zhang Chenchen said on the side.

"I know."

Su Mu said, "So I decided to go check out the situation first."

"Then what do we do?"

Luo Anning asked.

"You support."

Su Mu pondered and said, "I will leave the Nine Dragons True Fire Formation's array to you. You set up the Nine Dragons True Fire Formation. If I encounter monsters, I will lead them into the formation."

Even Zhao Po Nu and Lin Qi Huan fell into the trap, so you can imagine how powerful the monster is.

These Taiping commanders are only at the blood exchange stage, and any random actions they take will have no effect.

"Captain Su, it's too dangerous for you to go alone. I'll go with you."

Zhong Guizheng said, "If necessary, I can delay time for you."

He has reached perfection in the blood exchange realm and has comprehended the Genshan realm, making him one of the strongest among the Taiping commanders.

"No need. I'm just going to find out the situation. I won't do anything. It's more convenient for me to act alone."

Su Mu shook his head and said, "Get ready and wait for my signal."

After saying that, he placed the Nine Dragons True Fire Array's formation plate in Luo An Ning's hand. Then he carried the Five Fires Shocking Sky Bow on his back and nimbly dived into the forest. In a few flashes, he disappeared.

Luo Anning, Zhang Chenchen, Zhong Guizheng and others looked at each other and all prepared themselves with serious expressions.

Everyone knows the seriousness of the matter. If something goes wrong, the Wuling Taiping Division may even be wiped out.

…………

"Who?!"

Su Mu let out a low cry.

Amid the barely perceptible sound of footsteps, a figure appeared within his sight.

"Wuling Supervisory Department, Fourth-rank Supervisor, Wu Yiqi."

The other party walked over expressionlessly and spoke.

"It turns out to be Lord Wu."

Su Mu bowed and looked at Wu Yiqi with some surprise. He had heard of Wu Yiqi's name, but this was the first time he saw him.

Wu Yiqi looked to be about 27 or 28 years old and was quite handsome, but he gave people a feeling of "keep away from strangers".

Wu Yiqi is the second-born true disciple of Shennong Baicao Sect.

However, he is not in the True Yuan Realm, but in the Rebirth Realm.

According to the information Su Mu got from Jinfeng Tower, although Wu Yiqi was in the Transcendence Realm, he could have broken through to the True Essence Realm a long time ago.

Some people get 100 points because they can only get 100 points. Some people get 100 points because the total score is only 100 points.

Wu Yiqi is the latter.

He could have broken through to the Zhenyuan Realm long ago, but in order to awaken his physical supernatural powers in the Turebirth Realm, he had been suppressing himself and not breaking through.

Even though he is not in the Zhenyuan realm, Dai Jin, who is in the Zhenyuan realm, may not be his match if he fights with him.

Su Mu subconsciously grabbed the Five Fires Heaven-shaking Bow with his backhand.

"You don't have to be nervous."

Wu Yiqi noticed his movements and said expressionlessly, "The conflict between the Supervisory Department and the Peace Department is an internal conflict, and the conflict with the monsters is an external conflict. Now we have a common enemy."

"So, let's put aside our conflicts for now and fight the monster together?"

Su Mu said with a strange look on his face.

He felt a little weird that Wu Yiqi was talking to him so seriously about internal and external conflicts.

"Ah."

Wu Yiqi nodded. He was not good at speaking.

"I have investigated and found that there are at least five third-level monsters and more than forty second-level monsters that have trapped Zhao Po Nu and his men."

Wu Yiqi said straight to the point, "You and I need to work together to rescue them."

"wrong."

At this moment, another voice suddenly came from another direction.

Su Mu looked over when he heard the voice, and saw a man squatting on the trunk of a big tree, speaking in a relaxed manner.

"It's not five level three monsters, it's six. And one of them was hidden so well that you, Wu Lao Er, didn't even find it."

The man had an ordinary face, the kind that you wouldn't be able to find if thrown into a crowd.

"Xue Shan."

Wu Yiqi uttered two words, his face still expressionless.

Su Mu looked at Xue Shan with some curiosity.

Xue Shan, the young master of Jinfeng Tower.

It is said that the first thing Wu Yiqi did after taking office was to hunt down Xue Shan. Now it seems that Wu Yiqi has failed.

"Don't look at it, this face is fake."

Xue Shan noticed Su Mu's gaze, laughed, pointed at his face and said.

"I say, Wu Lao Er, it's wishful thinking for you two to save people.

How about you consider hiring me?"

Xue Shan smiled and said, "As long as I get enough money, I can not only kill people, but also save people."

"I have no money."

Wu Yiqi said this expressionlessly, his voice devoid of any emotion.

"Aren't you being too modest, Wu Lao Er? Everyone knows that the Wu family is rich enough to rival a country. If you can't make it in Shennong Baicao Sect, you have to go home and inherit the family property. Who would believe that you have no money?"

Xue Shan curled his lips.

Su Mu looked at Xue Shan, then at Wu Yiqi, and felt that he had gained more strange knowledge.

"If he doesn't give it to me, I will."

Su Mu suddenly said, "Name a price."

"Little brother is open-minded!"

Xue Shan gave a thumbs up and laughed, "One life for ten thousand taels of silver, that's pretty cheap, right?"

"Very cheap."

Su Mu nodded.

The price for killing someone in Jinfeng Tower is one hundred thousand taels, even if it means exchanging blood.

Now Xue Shan only charges 10,000 taels, which can be considered a bargain.

But speaking of it, there are quite a few people who have fallen into the trap, and if they can be rescued, it will be a considerable sum of money.

Xue Shan's strategy is to make small profits but quick turnover.

"make a deal."

Su Mu said, "I'll pay you after the job is done, is that okay?"

"no problem."

Xue Shan clapped his hands and said, "No one dares to owe us money from Jinfeng Tower and not pay it back, even if you are the Taiping Captain."

Xue Shan's tone was full of confidence.

Jinfeng Tower has been suppressed by the imperial court countless times, but it can still exist today. Naturally, they have their own confidence.

If it were an ordinary killer organization, the mere charge of daring to assassinate the Inspector would be enough to bring them to eternal damnation.

"Don't worry, the Taiping Division never owes any debts." Su Mu said.

"Do you have any way to save people?"

Su Mu asked.

There were six third-level monsters and more than forty second-level monsters. If they fought head-on, the three of them would not be their match.

Six third-level monsters are equivalent to six True Yuan Realm warriors.

The three of them are only at the stage of rebirth.

Even though Wu Yiqi and Xue Shan were not ordinary people in the realm of rebirth, it was good enough that they could barely stop a third-level monster.

"I'm good at killing people, but saving people is up to you."

Xue Shan shrugged and said, "You are my employer, I will do whatever you tell me to do.

Let me tell you first, I can only deal with a third-level monster at best."

"I can hold both ends in check."

Su Mu looked at Wu Yiqi.

Wu Yiqi said calmly.

Xue Shan curled his lips and rolled his eyes, "You are the only one who can do this!"
"There are six third-level monsters. You can restrain three of them. I will take care of the remaining three."

Su Mu pondered and said, "Without the suppression of the third-level monster, Lord Zhao and the others should be able to rush out."

Zhao Po Nu and the others are all in the Rebirth Realm, and there are quite a few of them. It shouldn't be a big problem for them to deal with more than forty second-level monsters.

Hearing Su Mu say that he could restrain three third-level monsters, Xue Shan and Wu Yiqi subconsciously looked at the Five Fires Shocking Sky Bow on his back, and then relief appeared in their eyes.

That’s right, the Five Fires Sky-shaking Bow had previously been used to kill three third-level monsters.

“We can’t hold back a third-level monster for too long, so Zhao Po Nu and the others must cooperate with us in timing our attack.

Can you contact Zhao Po Nu?"

Xue Shan said.

Su Mu showed a thoughtful look on his face.

He tried to use the Taiping Division's badge to contact Zhao Po Nu and others, but failed.

It was obvious that the place where Zhao Po Nu and his men were trapped isolated the Taiping Division waist badge.

If you want to contact them, you have to send someone to break in.

After thinking for a moment, Su Mu nodded and said, "Leave the matter of contacting them to me."

"Choose your position, wait for my signal, and then take action."

Wu Yiqi and Xue Shan nodded.

Su Mu was about to leave when Wu Yiqi suddenly said, "It's not that I don't want to pay, I just really don't have any."

…………

In a dim cave, thirty or forty people were sitting in groups of three or five.

They were all covered in wounds and looked a little frightened.

Among these people, there were the Taiping Captain dressed in brocade and black shirt, as well as some wandering knights and disciples of the sect.

They all came here for the rare treasures, but ended up being trapped in this cave.

The entrance to the cave was guarded by a third-level monster equivalent to a Zhenyuan realm warrior. They tried to break out several times but failed each time.

"Zhao Zhenfushi, everyone tried their best to send that Taiping school lieutenant away. Can he bring reinforcements?"

A warrior couldn't help but speak.

It has been so many days and no reinforcements have arrived. The food and water they brought with them are almost used up. Without reinforcements, they will starve to death or die of thirst even if the monsters outside do not attack.

"So many days have passed, and the monsters outside have been surrounding us without attacking. Don't you know what they are planning?

Zhao would rather not have reinforcements."

Zhao Po Nu said in a deep voice.

He was very clear about the strength of Wuling City.

Except for Su Mu who was holding the Five Fires Heaven Shocking Bow and could fight against the third-level monster, no one else had the strength to contend with the third-level monster.

Even if it was Su Mu, facing so many third-level monsters and second-level monsters, he would definitely not stand a chance of winning.

If he came, not only would he fail to save these people, but he would get himself involved.

"Everyone."

Zhao Po Nu said slowly, "We have run out of food and water. Rather than being used as bait by these monsters, we should fight hard while we still have strength.

Even if I can't escape in the end, it's worth it to kill two more monsters."

Everyone fell into silence.

They were not stupid, so they had naturally figured out why the monsters surrounded but did not attack.

But they are really no match for the third-level monsters.

Most of the warriors trapped here are only at the Transmigration Stage.

"Zhao Zhenfushi is right. We're going to die anyway, so we might as well give him a vote!"

A warrior said through gritting his teeth.

"Damn it! How could these monsters be so cunning? They actually spread false information and deliberately set traps to deal with us!"

There was another silence, and then a warrior punched the stone wall, causing stone chips to fall down with a clatter. He said angrily.

"The intelligence of high-level monsters is no less than that of humans."

Zhao Po Nu said in a deep voice, "You may not know, but we at the Taiping Division know that among the monsters there is a genius that is rare in a thousand years. It has established a monster court in the wilderness and calls itself the Lord of the Monster Court.

The two marquises of my Taiping Division died at its hands.

This time the monster set a trap, and the Demon Court was probably behind it."

Beyond the Great Xuan, there is boundless wilderness and demons are rampant.

The 800-li Daxing Mountains connect to the wilderness.

"Damn it, these demons have really become spirits, and they have even established a country!"

Except for the Taiping captains, the other warriors were hearing the news for the first time and they all cursed.

Zhao Po Nu didn't say anything more. The Demon Court had been established for many years, but it was not very successful before, so Da Xuan didn't notice it.

Who would have thought that after keeping a low profile for so many years, they suddenly took action and directly caused the deaths of two marquises of the Taiping Division.

Now that the Demon Court has become powerful, it has begun to take action against Daxuan. It's a pity that those bigwigs in the court are still fighting for power and are unaware of the crisis!
Zhao Po Nu sighed. He was just a pacification envoy and could not influence the situation in the court. He only hoped that this time, Wuling Taiping Division could use his blood to make those important figures in the court open their eyes!

Zhao Po Nu stood up slowly, a look of fighting spirit on his face.

Suddenly, footsteps sounded.

Zhao Po Nu suddenly drew out his knife and looked towards the dark passage with burning eyes.

"kill!"

Just as he was about to draw his knife, his eyes suddenly lit up, and the knife, which had already been swung out, suddenly stopped in the air.

"Su Mu?"

He saw an unexpected face.

"Master Zhao."

Su Mu bowed.

He was wearing a blood-red robe, which looked a little strange.

However, Zhao Po Nu and others did not think much about it.

"How did you come?"

Zhao Po Nu said anxiously, Su Mu is the hope of Wuling Taiping Division.

The Taiping Division can do without them, but it cannot do without Su Mu.

"Now is not the time to talk about this, Lord Zhao. I have asked for two helpers. We will contain the third-level monster outside. You can take this opportunity to break out. After you get out, head west. There will be someone to pick you up fifty miles away."

Su Mu said quickly.

After saying that, he turned and walked out.

Zhao Po Nu chased for two steps, but found that Su Mu had disappeared.

He almost thought it was just an illusion.

At this moment, a long howl suddenly came from outside the cave.

"It's really him."

Zhao Po Nu's eyes gleamed, and he swung his sword, "Everyone, kill them!"

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