The First Marquis of Daxuan

Chapter 193: Hiding the Sky and the Sea (Please subscribe, please collect, please vote for the monthly ticket and recommend the ticket)
"Shi Ziran, how much do you know about Pure Land Buddhism?"

suddenly.

Su Mu turned to look at Shi Ziran and said in a deep voice.

"Pure Land Buddhism?"

Shi Ziran was stunned for a moment, wondering why Su Mu suddenly asked about the Pure Land Sect, when they were clearly talking about the Demon Court.

However, Shi Ziran still replied, "I dare not say that I know everything, but many people in their sect were traitors back then. I have dealt with them all."

"How much does the Demon Court know about the Pure Land Sect?"

Su Mu continued to ask.

"Or, let me ask it another way. Yao Ting, you can't possibly know all the people in the Pure Land Sect, right?"

Shi Ziran showed a thoughtful look on his face, and said slowly, "My Lord, what you mean is that we disguise ourselves as members of the Pure Land Sect and get away with it?"

"Yes."

Su Mu nodded.

If the demon soldiers of the Demon Court have already surrounded Huju Pass, it would be almost impossible for them to break through the blockade and enter Huju Pass.

If these few people were to be surrounded by the demon soldiers, they would only end up fighting to exhaustion and dying.

"The Demon Court certainly doesn't know all the Pure Land Sect members. If they pretend to be from the Pure Land Sect..."

Shi Ziran thought for a while and said, "I can only say that there is a chance of success."

"Have you ever shown yourself in the Demon Court?"

Su Mu looked at Shi Ziran and said.

Shi Ziran frowned. He had been in the Pure Land Sect's team before, and later assassinated the Pure Land Sect's young master Sha Tongtian. He was not sure whether any monster in the Demon Court could recognize him.

“We are disguised as members of the Pure Land Sect, and you are the assassin who assassinated the high-ranking members of the Pure Land Sect.

We were ordered to arrest you, so we stayed in the wilderness."

Su Mu had a thoughtful look on his face, and he said slowly, "This explains why everyone else left the wilderness while we are still here."

"I think it's feasible."

Shi Ziran thought about it carefully for a while, then looked at Su Mu and said.

There was some surprise in his eyes.

I didn't expect Su Mu to have such a tactful thought.

But think about it, Su Mu's growth from a refugee to a fifth-rank Taiping lieutenant was not just due to brute force.

If he was just a reckless man with military power, he would not have been able to manage East City well.

When he was the Sima of Dongcheng, he had already demonstrated his ability to make things happen at the touch of a button.

It's normal to come up with such a plan.

"Tell us about the basic rules of Pure Land Buddhism."

Su Mu said in a deep voice.

…………

A team of thirty or forty monsters were on their way.

They were from the second to third level, and most of them were naked, with only a few of the leaders wearing strips of cloth that could barely be called clothes.

There is no armor.

The defensive power of ordinary armor is not as good as their fur and skin.

There are weapons, but they are of varying kinds.

There are even quite a few monsters whose weapons are just wooden sticks.

Obviously, the weapons in the Demon Court's hands are not enough to equip a large army.

They themselves have not yet mastered the art of forging weapons. All their weapons were exchanged from traitors, and the quantity must be limited.

But even without weapons, the monster's minions are weapons of great lethality.

"Let's go, let's go quickly! If we waste time, the Imperial Master and the General will not forgive us."

The leader of this group of demon soldiers shouted loudly, speaking in human language, with a very strange and unclear tone.

Those demon soldiers were howling, a few of them could barely utter human words, and the rest were just howling.

Although the Demon Court is vigorously promoting human language, except for the high-level officials of the Demon Court and special professions like the Demon Detective, most of the other monsters still cannot speak.

Among the second- and third-level monsters, those who can learn a few human words are talents, in the words of the national teacher.

The captain of the demon soldiers had a smug look on his face. Was he able to become the captain solely because of his strength?
No, it’s because it can speak more human words!
It is a talent - no, a genius.

If we really talk about strength, the guys next to it are no weaker than it.

But now it is the captain, and these guys can only be vice-captains.

The Imperial Master is right, what the Demon Court lacks most right now is talented demons!
The captain of the demon soldiers thought to himself that this time the demon court was launching a large-scale attack on the human's Tiger Pass, and he must perform well.

The Imperial Master said that if you perform well, you will be promoted. Then, you may even have the chance to meet the Holy Lord.

"Ahhh."

Just at this moment, it suddenly heard a series of wailing sounds.

"Why are you yelling? I've told you so many times to speak human language, speak human language!"

The captain of the demon soldiers said angrily, "People, where are the people? How can there be people in the wilderness?"

The yelling monster raised its claws and pointed forward with some grievance, saying, "Human language is so difficult."

The captain of the demon soldiers looked forward along the direction of its claws.

Wow, there really are quite a few people!
Here comes the chance to show off!

"Boys, take them down!"

The captain of the demon soldiers said excitedly.

"Don't do it! Don't do it! We are one family!"

Just when those thirty or forty demon soldiers excitedly launched a charge, the people on the opposite side suddenly shouted loudly.

"and many more."

The captain of the demon soldiers waved his hand to stop his men from charging.

It looked at those people suspiciously, not worried that they would run away.

This is a wild place, where can they run to?
The person just now was talking about one of our own people?
The captain of the demon soldiers thought for a while before he understood what it meant.

Its language level is still not good enough.

"What do you guys do?"

The captain of the demon soldiers shouted.

"We are allies of the Pure Land Sect."

Xu Chongyuan stepped forward with his back bent, and spoke with a flattering smile, playing the role of a rapist vividly.

As expected of Captain Xu who loves listening to music and watching plays, his acting skills are amazing.

Su Mu knew how to use people and gave the task of communicating with the monster to Xu Chongyuan.

He didn't think he could do better than Xu Chongyuan.

If it were him, he might want to draw his sword and kill everyone if they had a disagreement.

"Ally, what does that mean?"

The captain of the demon soldiers looked confused.

It did understand what Pure Land Buddhism meant.

"It means friends."

Xu Chongyuan said, secretly breathing a sigh of relief.

What he feared most was that the monster would not give him a chance to speak and would just beat him up.

Now that the monster has really stopped, everything is settled.

As long as these monsters could really talk, he would be able to trick them.

Junior Brother Su’s plan succeeded.

"My friend, I understand."

The captain of the demon soldiers nodded proudly and said, "Ally, it's not my problem that I don't understand. It's your inaccurate use of words."

"Why are you here?"

The captain of the demon soldiers questioned.

"Is such that."

Xu Chongyuan took two steps forward and approached the captain of the demon soldiers.

At this distance, the demon army captain could attack him with just a wave of his hand.

At the same time, if Xu Chongyuan wanted to take action, this distance was enough.

However, he did not take action, but instead recounted the story of capturing the assassin with gestures and excitement.

The captain of the demon soldiers had limited comprehension, but he was very eager to learn. He kept interrupting Xu Chongyuan and asking questions. After talking for a quarter of an hour, Xu Chongyuan was already sweating profusely. The captain of the demon soldiers on the opposite side finally understood.

It understood, but the monsters behind it all had stupidity in their eyes, and it was obvious that few of them could understand.

"This gentleman is so heroic, he must have a bright future in the Demon Court."

Xu Chongyuan boasted.

The captain of the demon soldiers was a little confused.

"As soon as I saw you, I knew you would become a big shot in the demon court sooner or later."

Xu Chongyuan changed his words and said, "Unlimited" is too difficult for monsters.

Now the captain of the demon soldiers understood and immediately smiled.

"Yes, yes."

The captain of the demon soldiers patted Xu Chongyuan on the shoulder and said.

Just as the captain of the demon soldiers raised his claws, Su Mu's hand had already pressed on the hilt of the knife.

However, seeing that the captain of the demon soldiers had no intention of killing, Su Mu still endured it.

Xu Chongyuan was slapped so hard that his teeth bared, but he still smiled and said, "Sir, we have caught the assassin and are now taking him back to Huju Pass to report.

I'm just lost, could you please give me some pointers?"

As he spoke, he quietly slipped a gold ingot into the monster's hand.

Shi Ziran said that the monsters in the Demon Court also liked these shiny things. When Sha Tongtian from the Pure Land Sect came before, he gave the Demon Court a lot of gold, silver and jewelry.

Sure enough, when the captain of the demon soldiers saw the gold, the smile on his face became even brighter.

It grabbed the gold and said with a big laugh, "You are very sensible. I like you."

The expression on Xu Chongyuan’s face froze. Damn it, is it okay to use the word “like” casually?
"We are going to Huju Pass as well, so you should come with me."

The next sentence from the captain of the demon soldiers made Xu Chongyuan smile again.

This feeling is good.

If you follow the demon soldiers of the Demon Court, you won’t have to worry about encountering other demons.

"Thank you, sir."

Xu Chongyuan said, handing over another ingot of gold.

The captain of the demon soldiers danced with joy.

The Imperial Master said that gold is a good thing, and there are many things in the Demon Court that can be bought with gold.

The monsters don’t understand what a monetary system is. They only know that the national teacher said that gold can be used to buy things, and that’s enough.

Seeing that the captain of the demon soldiers agreed, Su Mu and others also breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhong Guizheng and others looked at Su Mu with admiration.

Junior Brother Su’s method really worked.

It must be that Junior Brother Su is so bold that he could come up with such a scheme to deceive the world.

If it were them, even if they thought about it, they wouldn't dare to actually do it.

It would be dangerous if we were found out.

Now it seems that it is not all bad for monsters to start learning human language.

At least if it was in the past, they didn't understand human language, and it would be impossible for them to hide the truth like this.

It is because they have learned human language that they were deceived by them.

Su Mu and his men followed the tied-up Shi Ziran behind the demon soldiers.

Xu Chongyuan walked side by side with the captain of the demon soldiers in the front, following closely behind them.

No one knew what he said, but it made the captain of the demon soldiers burst into thunderous laughter from time to time.

The remaining monsters looked back at Su Mu and the others from time to time, with greed and desire in their eyes...

Human warriors are delicacies to monsters.

Su Mu and his companions were like delicious food that exuded fragrance, placed in front of a group of gluttons.

Those monsters can control their desire to eat, which means they are well-trained.

Su Mu was also secretly surprised. This Demon Court seemed to be quite capable as it could actually train monsters into this state.

The more this happened, the more he felt the terrifying presence of the Demon Court's Lord and the Imperial Master.

As we continued on our way, we encountered several groups of demon soldiers on the road.

This time Xu Chongyuan didn't need to explain, as the captain of the demon soldiers had already explained it for them.

As they got closer to Huju Pass, more and more demon soldiers gathered.

When there were only a little over a hundred miles left to Huju Pass, there were already thousands of monsters marching together with Su Mu and his companions.

Among them, there are as many as forty or fifty third-level monsters.

If they were exposed at this time, they would really be killed without a burial place.

Everyone was worried and became doubly careful.

On the contrary, Xu Chongyuan felt more and more at ease.

The captain of those demon soldiers almost treated him as one of their own.

By accident, Xu Chongyuan's strengths were brought into play.

Just when Su Mu and others thought they had arrived at Huju Pass smoothly.

On this day, the demon soldiers suddenly set up camp, and then Xu Chongyuan returned to Su Mu and others.

"It's not good."

Xu Chongyuan whispered, "The general of the Demon Court wants to see us!"

"The Demon Court General?"

Su Mu and others were stunned for a moment.

"The Demon Court General is the commander-in-chief of the Demon Court who is in charge of attacking Huju Pass this time. He is a fifth-level monster!"

Xu Chongyuan said solemnly, "The military structure of the Demon Court is very simple. Below the general is the general, and below the general are the captains of these demon soldiers."

After all, the Demon Court is the Demon Court, and it does not have an official system as complicated as that of the Great Xuan Dynasty.

"A fifth-level monster?"

Everyone gasped.

A third-level monster was already difficult for them to contend with, and a fourth-level monster was enough to wipe them out.

A fifth-order monster was a powerful existence that they could not even imagine.

"Is it too late to run now?"

A Taiping captain said weakly.

Everyone rolled their eyes at him.

There are at least thousands of monsters around them now. Where can they run?

Once their identities are exposed, with so many monsters, a single spit from them could drown them.

"Why does the general of the Demon Court want to see us?"

Su Mu asked in a deep voice.

"Blame me."

Xu Chongyuan smiled bitterly and said, "I praised those demon soldiers' captains a little too much, and they ran to the demon court general to show off excitedly.

As a result, the general of the Demon Court knew about us and is now summoning us."

"In this case, it doesn't necessarily mean that we are doubting our identity."

Su Mu pondered and asked, "Where is General Yao Ting?"

It is impossible to escape now, so we can only adapt to the situation.

"Ten miles ahead is the demon camp of the Demon Court. Their general is there."

Xu Chongyuan said, "It is said that the Demon Court has assembled 100,000 demon soldiers this time, intending to capture Huju Pass in one fell swoop."

As soon as Xu Chongyuan said this, everyone's face changed drastically.

One hundred thousand demon soldiers, what does this mean?
At that time, thousands of monsters almost broke through Wuling City.

Even if Huju Pass is stronger than Wuling City, can it withstand 100,000 demon soldiers?

What's more, there are traitors in the pass.

For a moment, everyone even forgot about their own safety.

"How can we stop this?"

Zhong Guizheng and several Taiping captains looked ashen and murmured in despair.

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