The First Marquis of Daxuan

Several stoves were lined up.

The flames in the furnace were blazing, making crackling sounds, and the entire yard was illuminated with a fiery red glow.

More than a month has passed since the Demon Court withdrew its troops.

Shi Binbin went to Hulao Pass and never came back, but news kept coming back.

Chen Beixuan never returned, and there has been no news from the Demon Lord of the Demon Court.

Daxuan and Yaoting were caught in a strange balance.

Both sides temporarily ceased fighting, waiting for the Demon Lord and Chen Beixuan to show up.

According to the news brought back by Shi Binbin, Emperor Xuan was still at Hulao Pass and had not returned to the capital.

During this crisis, Emperor Xuan showed unprecedented toughness.

He even personally took action in front of Hulao Pass to fight against Liang Jinglue, the national master of the Demon Court, and won the battle in one go, shocking the world.

Before this, no one knew that Emperor Xuan actually had the strength of the fusion realm.

The first time he displayed his strength in public, he directly defeated the Demon Court's Imperial Master.

This battle directly reversed the image of Emperor Xuan, from being mediocre and incompetent to becoming the hope for the revival of Great Xuan.

Even Su Mu was a little surprised.

But Su Mu was not worried.

Although he killed General Gao Ming of the Shenwu Army, the matter has been concluded that the person who died outside Wuling City was an imposter.

The real General Gao Ming of the Shenwu Army fought a long battle with the Demon Court army at Hulao Pass and sacrificed his life for his country.

Emperor Xuan had no leverage to use against him.

In fact, Su Mu led Huju Pass to a great victory this time and helped Chen Beixuan break through to the fusion realm. These are all huge contributions.

Even if Emperor Xuan hated Su Mu, he couldn't do anything to him.

Even if Emperor Xuan really wanted to take action against Su Mu, he had to consider Chen Beixuan's reaction.

Su Mu played an indispensable role in Chen Beixuan's breakthrough to the fusion realm.

With such a golden medal of immunity from death, Su Mu didn't think much about Emperor Xuan.

He was in the tiger's nest, building a furnace and forging weapons.

The monsters killed outside the Tiger Pass have now been dismantled into piles of materials.

The bones and furs of monsters are excellent materials for casting weapons.

Su Mu wanted to cast them into weapons to make up for the weapons lost in the series of wars.

The last time he put so much effort into forging weapons was when he was inside the purple gold beam across the sea.

That time he forged ordinary weapons, this time, he forged mysterious weapons.

After the Tiangong weapon refining method was perfected, Su Mu came back to forge Xuanbing, which was a dimensionality reduction attack.

Piles of weapon-casting materials were thrown into the casting furnace, and then with Su Mu's dazzling operations, one piece of mysterious weapon after another took shape.

Dongfang Liuyun, Mo Xuesong, Zhang Wangyue and others were responsible for distributing the mysterious soldiers forged by Su Mu to everyone in Huju Pass.

At first they didn't feel anything, but later on, they felt like they couldn't distribute it in time.

Xuan soldiers are not ordinary soldiers and it is impossible to distribute them casually.

If one wants to make the mysterious weapon return to its rightful owner, one must have the cultivation level to be at least above the True Yuan Realm.

Although there are many strong men in Huju Pass, there are actually not that many whose cultivation has reached the Zhenyuan realm or above.

After each of the Zhenyuan Realm warriors was equipped with a Xuan weapon, Dongfang Liuyun and others began to select warriors from the Tuotai Realm.

Gradually, even warriors at the Transcendence Realm were equipped with a mysterious weapon.

So they started to have trouble.

You can't send Xuanbing even to those in the Body Tempering Realm, right?

They can afford it, but it may not be a good thing for warriors in the Body Tempering Realm.

A common man is not guilty of carrying a jade.

A warrior in the Tempering Body Realm holding a mysterious weapon may not be in any trouble in the current Huju Pass, but once he leaves Huju Pass, he will become a hot commodity in the eyes of countless people.

I don’t know how many people will try every means to seize the mysterious weapons in their hands.

Thinking back to the time, the king of the Great Xuan country was so shameless as to attack Su Mu for a magic weapon.

Su Mu is the commander of the Taiping Division and a genius of the time.

Even Su Mu couldn't intimidate Emperor Xuan, so it was even more impossible for these powerful people in the Tempering Body Realm to protect the Xuan soldiers in their hands.

Finally, after discussion, everyone decided to keep the Xuanbing for the time being, and give them the Xuanbing after someone breaks through to the Zhenyuan realm.

The most direct impact of Su Mu's wasteful behavior was that his reputation in Huju Pass reached a peak.

It is no exaggeration to say that nowadays, everyone in Huju Pass only knows the commander Su Mu, but not Emperor Xuan.

Su Mu told them to die, and they wouldn't even blink.

For Su Mu, he just wanted to make use of the corpses of these monsters, and didn't think too much about it.

Anyway, he had already gained points when forging the Xuanbing. There was no use for him to keep so many Xuanbing, so he might as well distribute them to these warriors.

The next time the demon army comes, they will be able to kill a few more monsters.

As for the fact that everyone has completely returned to him because of these mysterious soldiers, that can only be said to be an unexpected gain.

"If it were someone else, using Xuanbing to win people's hearts would only make the emperor more wary."

Zhuge Jin Gang looked at the dozen or so remaining mysterious weapons in front of him with a complicated expression on his face.

For a magic weapon, General Gao Ming died and Emperor Xuan lost face.

I'm afraid they would never imagine that the things they regard as treasures are not that important to Su Mu at all.

If they didn't use that kind of means and got along well with Su Mu, would Su Mu be reluctant to give up a mere magic weapon?

For example, now, with so many Xuan soldiers, Su Mu gave them away casually.

Su Mu also gave the purple gold beam that spans the sea to Chen Beixuan.

Unfortunately, Emperor Xuan and Gao Ming took the magic weapons too seriously. They judged others by their own standards and ended up bringing disgrace upon themselves.

"So what if I'm afraid?"

Dongfang Liuyun smiled and said, "Even if he doesn't like us, he can't get rid of us.

Jingzhou, plus Huju Pass, means Su Mu doesn't have that idea. If he wants, these two places will follow him and rise up at any time.

Zhuge Jingang, do you think that with Daxuan's current strength, he can resist it?"

"There are fewer people in Jingzhou and Hujuguan, but—"

Zhuge Jin Gang smiled bitterly.

Jingzhou, even with Huju Pass, are just two very small places in Daxuan.

However, it is impossible for every soldier to have a mysterious weapon. Even the Great Xuan Dragon Army, which is known for its best equipment, cannot do so.

With Su Mu, a weapon-casting master, around, it might be possible to conquer the world with just one state.

What's more, Chen Beixuan, the strongest person in Daxuan now, who is above the fusion realm, still owes Su Mu a huge favor.

Zhuge Jingang only now realized that Su Mu had reached this height without realizing it.

In terms of strength, Su Mu is not the best among warriors, but he is the best at forging weapons.

And he is definitely the most popular one.

Even if others had the same weapon-casting skills as him, they would definitely not be willing to give away so many mysterious weapons.

Those mysterious soldiers did not belong to Zhuge Jingang, and Zhuge Jingang felt extremely distressed.

He couldn't understand why Su Mu was so generous.

Logically speaking, since he was born a refugee and has good things, shouldn't he care about them more closely than anyone else?
Just as Dongfang Liuyun was talking to Zhuge Jingang and others, there was suddenly a commotion outside.

They looked at each other, stood up and walked out.

As soon as I arrived outside the gate, I saw two warriors escorting someone towards me.

They knew the two warriors. They were both powerful martial artists who came to support Huju Pass. They had the cultivation level of Zhenyuan Realm. Each of them had been given a mysterious weapon a few days ago.

From then on, they took the initiative to patrol the strategically important Guanzhong area and proclaimed themselves as lackeys of Su Mu, the commander of the Taiping Division.

"Zhang San, Zhao Si, what are you two doing? Who is he?"

Dongfang Liuyun spoke.

"Master Dongfang, this man is a spy." Zhang San said loudly, "When we were patrolling, we found him sneaking around. He couldn't produce the household registration of Huju Pass, and he couldn't explain where he came from. So we arrested him and handed him over to the commander for disposal."

"Spy?"

Dongfang Liuyun's gaze fell on the man whose arm was twisted by Zhang San and Zhao Si.

"My Lord, I am innocent. I am not a spy."

The man shouted, "I am the servant of Prince Gong Li Chuan."

"The servant of Prince Gong Li Chuan?"

Dongfang Liuyun showed a puzzled look on his face, "Servant of Prince Gong Li Chuan, what are you doing here?
Isn't Prince Gong Li Chuan in Xiangzhou?"

Prince Gong Li Chuan and Dongfang Liuyun are very familiar with each other, as they had even suppressed a rebellion together in the past.

When he was fighting desperately with the army of Prince Su Li Shu, Li Chuan was enjoying himself in the arms of a beautiful woman.

That guy's strength isn't that great, but his level of wandering around like a flower is beyond compare.

"I can't say."

The man looked a little flustered, looked around, and said, "I have to see Master Su Mu before I can tell you."

"Su Mu?"

Dongfang Liuyun frowned, "How do you prove that you are the servant of Prince Gong Li Chuan?"

"I have the prince's badge."

The man struggled for a while, but failed to break free from Zhang San and Zhao Si's hands.

"Let him go."

Dongfang Liuyun waved his hand.

With him and Zhuge Jingang present, this person couldn't make any waves.

Zhang San and Zhao Si let go of their hands, cursing.

"Behave yourself, or I'll chop off your dog's head!"

Zhang San cursed.

The man ignored Zhang San and Zhao Si and took out a gilded waist badge from his arms.

Dongfang Liuyun took the badge and threw it to Zhuge Jingang.

Zhuge Jingang examined it carefully.

“The badge is real.”

Zhuge Jingang looked at it and said.

He came from an orthodox military background and knew the authenticity of various badges like the back of his hand.

When he was still following Gao Ming, he had seen many noble badges.

"The badge is real, but it can't prove your identity is real."

Dongfang Liuyun looked at the man and said, "If you have anything to say, you can tell me and I will tell Commander Su."

How could he bring such an unidentified person to Su Mu casually?
"I can only tell Commander Su about this matter."

The man said anxiously, "I am really the prince's servant. If you let me see Lord Su, the truth will come out."

Dongfang Liuyun was about to speak when suddenly another person came running over in a hurry.

"News from Hulao Pass!"

The man shouted as he ran, "There is news about Sect Master Chen Beixuan!"

Dongfang Liuyun and Zhuge Jingang looked at each other, with surprise showing on their faces.

"Zhang San, Zhao Si, you two take him away first and keep an eye on him."

Dongfang Liuyun gave the order and walked into the yamen with the messenger.

Zhang San and Zhao Si responded loudly.

"My Lord, I want to see Lord Su because I have something very important to report. You can't do this. Please let me see Lord Su!"

The man who claimed to be the servant of Prince Su Li Chuan shouted loudly.

Zhang San and Zhao Si ignored him and twisted his arms into a knot and pushed him to the side.

"What kind of monsters and demons dare to come and plot against Lord Su? You are blind!
If you want to hurt Lord Su, you have to get past us brothers first!"

Zhang San and Zhao Si cursed.

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The tiger is perched inside the Taipingsi government office.

Su Mu put down the half-forged Xuan weapon in his hand and turned to look at the messenger.

"Your Excellency the Commander, Shi Zhenfu sent a message that two days ago, Sect Master Chen Beixuan returned to Hulao Pass with injuries. He severely injured the Demon Lord of the Demon Court!"

The messenger said this and handed over the message.

Su Mu took the message, read it twice, and a look of relief appeared on his face.

He had always been worried that there might be problems with Chen Beixuan's breakthrough, and was even more worried that Chen Beixuan would die at the hands of the Demon Lord of the Demon Court. That would be an absolutely irreparable blow to Daxuan.

Now, I can finally rest assured.

Chen Beixuan really broke through to the fusion realm, and also fought with the Demon Lord of the Demon Court, resulting in both sides suffering heavy losses.

This is definitely the best good news in recent days.

It was worth it that he gave the Purple Gold Beam to Chen Beixuan.

"How is Sect Master Chen's injury? Is it serious?"

Su Mu asked.

Chen Beixuan is now the only strong man above the fusion realm in Daxuan. If we want to fight against the Demon Lord of the Demon Court, we have to rely on him.

If anything happened to him, Daxuan would be back to the dangerous situation before.

"do not know."

The messenger shook his head and said, "After returning to Hulao Pass, Sect Leader Chen went straight to see the emperor, and then began to retreat to heal his wounds.

Shi Zhenfu also failed to meet Patriarch Chen."

"Aren't Marquis Jin and Marquis Mingyi also at Hulao Pass? Even they haven't seen Master Chen?"

Su Mu asked.

"The two marquises were seriously injured before. Since the demon army retreated, they have been in seclusion to recover from their injuries."

The messenger said, "We haven't seen the two marquises since we arrived at Hulao Pass with Shi Zhenfu.

I heard from the brothers of the Hulao Pass Taiping Division that it was because the two marquises were unable to fight that His Majesty personally took action to fight against the Demon Court State Master. "

"The two marquises are so seriously injured?"

Su Mu frowned slightly, vaguely feeling that something was wrong.

Given the style of Lord Taiping, he would not leave the front line even with a minor injury. What kind of injury would it take for them to be able to refrain from taking action when Hulao Pass could be lost at any time?
Is the Demon Court Demon Lord really that strong? Fighting one against four, he killed two marquises and injured the other two to the point where they were unable to fight?
Su Mu had never met the Marquis of Jin, but he had met the Marquis of Mingyi.

Based on his understanding of Marquis Mingyi, unless he died, there was absolutely no way he would watch the Demon Court army attack the city without taking action.

Thinking of death, Su Mu's heart suddenly shuddered.

"Go to Hulao Pass right now and tell Shi Binbin that no matter what method he uses, he must let him see the two marquises!"

Su Mu said in a deep voice, "Go quickly and come back quickly!"

The messenger responded and left in a hurry.

"Is there anything wrong?"

Dongfang Liuyun looked at Su Mu and said with some confusion, he didn't know what Su Mu was thinking.

"It's hard to say. I just feel a little uneasy."

Su Mu shook his head and frowned.

"disturbed?"

Dongfang Liuyun was puzzled. The situation was obviously very good now, so what was there to be uneasy about? However, he did not ask any further questions. Seeing Su Mu's expression, he did not want to say more.

"By the way, there was a man outside who claimed to be the servant of Prince Gong Li Chuan and wanted to see you. I didn't know whether he was real or fake, so I had him locked up temporarily."

Dongfang Liuyun asked, "Do you want to see him?" (End of this chapter)