Black Fairy, the master is a female ghost

In a blink of an eye, a month had passed since Lu Xunhuan returned to Dengtianmen.

During this month, he first accompanied Senior Sister Lan to the Lan family's hometown.

Afterwards, he took Senior Sister Lan and Senior Sister Bai to the Nine-Layered Demon Tower and asked them to each hunt down a demon beast's inner core.

After returning to Dengtianmen, he helped the two absorb the demonic energy in the demon beast's inner elixir, allowing them to break through to the Tengyun realm.

Afterwards, he taught the two of them the method of cultivating the Tengyun Realm, allowing them to continue to cultivate.

In addition, he changed his previous idea and decided to teach the female ghost master's method of cultivating immortals to everyone in Dengtianmen.

He doesn't know what the world will be like in the future, but only with strength can he protect himself.

The disciples who stayed after Dengtianmen were all very loyal to him.

He went against the wishes of his female ghost master and passed on the superb method of cultivating immortality to everyone as a way of repaying everyone.

He just left the task of teaching to Senior Sister Lan and Senior Sister Bai.

Last time, when he killed the possible real young master at the Immortal Friends Association, he handed over all the large amount of gold and silver notes he seized to Senior Sister Bai, letting her manage them.

This time, while helping his two senior sisters, he discovered that since the two golden hoops merged into one, the speed of absorbing demonic energy has doubled.

This shows that the golden hoop is also growing.

But how did it come about?

He still has no idea how he got his golden hoop.

So, that young man, who might be the son of the president of the Immortal Friends Association, where did he get the golden hoop?

All of this is a mystery to him.

He had been back in the mountains for a month, but Zhao Yi didn't send anyone to call him.

This shows that in Zhao Yi's heart, it doesn't matter whether he is in the army or not.

Maybe people are just hoping he won't go back.

But today, Senior Sister Bai took two junior sisters out to Changfeng Town to purchase things, and they returned quickly in a hurry.

Normally, they would go in the morning to buy various supplies and come back in the afternoon.

Today, they went in the morning and came back at noon.

After Senior Sister Bai returned, she hurried to the main hall: "Master, Master..."

Lu Xunhuan stopped practicing and stood up at the bottom of the hall.

During this month, apart from spending some time helping everyone, he basically spent the rest of the time practicing diligently.

But upgrading to Huiyang Realm is much more difficult than Tengyun Realm. After working hard for a month, he only advanced one level, from Huiyang Realm 2 to Huiyang Realm 3.

He looked at Senior Sister Bai who was rushing over and asked, "What's the hurry?"

Senior Sister Bai ran up to him and said, "We're staying in the mountains, cut off from news. Something big has happened outside. The Southern Liang army has already occupied Changfeng Town, and they're marching towards Zhongzhou City."

Lu Xunhuan was surprised when he heard this.

The Sixth Prince had previously said that the Southern Liang Kingdom had been somewhat restless recently.

Since Zhou Guo had already noticed the unusual movements in Nanliang State, why didn't it send reinforcements to the border in advance?

At least when he was serving as the commander of the left camp in Zhongzhou, he had never received any order to send reinforcements to the border passes.

He walked out of the hall and looked at the deep blue sky of late autumn. "You and Senior Sister Lan, take good care of everyone and teach them to practice diligently. I'm going back to Zhongzhou City."

Heading north along the road from Changfeng Town to Zhongzhou City, the Southern Liang army was endless and marching rapidly towards Zhongzhou City.

Lu Xunhuan secretly reconnaissance on the way, and then quickened his pace heading north.

When he arrived outside the south gate of Zhongzhou City, he was surprised to find that the 30,000 garrison troops of Zhongzhou City were busy outside the city, all over the mountains and plains.

He put away his magic weapon and landed on the ground. He quickly found Cao Sima and asked, "Why did you pull the army outside the city?"

Sima Cao said, "According to Zhao Yi's suggestion, we should organize layers of defense outside the city to block the enemy and wait for reinforcements."

Lu Xun Huan looked towards the city wall and said, "We only have 30,000 men. If we were to deploy our forces for battle, how could we possibly hold the city if our forces were dispersed? It would be better for us to rely on the solid city wall and hold our ground until reinforcements arrive."

Sima Cao said, "It will be difficult to defend the city if the enemy army marches unhindered and uses catapults to hammer the walls endlessly. Xunhuan, you should return to the city and don't have to worry about defending the position."

Lu Xun Huan turned around and looked for Zhao Yi. "You can't do this. I've estimated the enemy's strength along the way. It's no less than 300,000. We have 30,000 of them against 300,000. If we start a field battle with them, it's like hitting a rock with an egg."

Cao Sima said: "Even if we retreat to the city, it will still be 30,000 against 300,000."

He hurried forward and called to the soldiers, "Hurry, complete the first line of defense as soon as possible."

After giving orders to the soldiers, he said to Lu Xunhuan, "Go back to the city quickly."

Lu Xunhuan had already seen Zhao Yi at this time, so he left Cao Sima and ran towards Zhao Yi: "Brother Zhao."

Zhao Yi turned around and saw him, and asked, "Why? You don't want to come over here during the quiet days in the mountains, and you want to join in the fun?"

Lu Xun Huan said, "I am still a member of the Left Camp after all. How can I stand by and watch the enemy invade?"

Zhao Yi hurried forward and said, "This is none of your business. Go back to the city."

Lu Xun Huan chased him and said, "Brother Zhao, we only have 30,000 soldiers. The enemy has ten times as many as us. We can't just fight them. We'd better go back to the city and defend it with the city walls."

Zhao Yi stopped and said, "Am I the captain, or are you the captain? Are you commanding me? If I retreat to the city, what if the city is broken and the people in the city fall into the hands of the enemy? Will you be responsible?"

Lu Xun Huan said, "But if you do this, it's easy for your entire army to be wiped out. Then who will defend the city? Won't it be breached anyway?"

Zhao Yi hurried forward again: "Don't disturb the morale of the army here. If you continue to talk nonsense, you will be punished according to military law."

Lu Xun Huan held him back and said, "Brother Zhao, go back to defend the city. We have the help of the people in the city. We won't be conquered anytime soon. We can hold out until reinforcements arrive..."

Zhao Yi shook off his hand and said, "Shut up, Lu Xunhuan. You've been dismissed by His Majesty, and you're feeling unhappy, aren't you? You're just giving me bad advice. Just watch how I defended Zhongzhou City. Don't even think about claiming my credit."

Lu Xunhuan stopped and stopped chasing him.

He looked at the soldiers busy all over the mountains and shook his head helplessly.

All the hard work in training soldiers before was wasted if we encountered bad command.

But what can he do now that his words are useless?

He had no choice but to go back to the city.

Zhongzhou City was already in a state of chaos.

A large number of people fled out of the city through the north gate with their families to avoid the war.

Lu Xunhuan returned to the courtyard in the south of the city and called out, "Qingdai, Feihong."

The two women heard his voice and came out quickly: "Sir."

Lu Xunhuan asked, "Are Elder He and his disciples still in Zhongzhou City?"

Qing Dai replied, "After you left, I told Elder He about your situation. He took his disciples back to Feixian Sect the next day. It's been almost a month since he left."

Ye Feihong asked, "Sir, are you going to the battlefield?"

Lu Xun Huan shook his head: "Although I have the position of a captain, I don't have a single soldier under my command, and they deliberately exclude me and don't use me."

Ye Feihong said: "In this case, let's retreat."

Lu Xun Huan asked, "Do you understand the situation? Where are the reinforcements coming from? How many are there? Who is leading them?"

Qing Dai said, "I just went to the branch president this morning. He said that the reinforcements from Kyoto City number 200,000, led by General Bu, and the Eighteenth Prince and the Sixteenth Princess are personally leading the troops."

Lu Xun Huan frowned, "Is fighting a joke? It's fine for regular training, but in this war-torn world, what if something goes wrong with these two young princesses and princes?"

Qing Dai said, "That was arranged by His Majesty, and we can't do anything about it."

Lu Xun Huan pondered for a moment and ordered, "Fei Hong, go back to the captain. According to the situation, if Zhongzhou cannot be defended, have the captain withdraw in time."

Ye Feihong nodded: "Okay."

Lu Xunhuan then said to Qingdai, "You go to the branch and meet Qiao Zheng and the others. You will also observe the situation. If you can't hold on, withdraw in time."

Qing Dai asked, "What about you?"

Lu Xun Huan hurried to his room: "I'm going north now to meet the Sixteenth Princess and the Eighteenth Prince."

A quarter of an hour later, he put on his armor and called to the two women, "Lock the door and go."