Legend of Mir 2: Seeking the Truth in Marfa

Brook had just arrived at the south gate of Yongning. Bayin, Wenren Muyue, and Wenren Muyun were waiting on the platform. Seeing Brook, the three of them were visibly relieved.

"You're finally back! If you hadn't come back, they would have forced me to go downstairs to find you." Wenren Muyun spoke first.

Bayin and Muyue were at rank 6 and couldn't use the divine weapon fragments to enter the Marfa Continent, but Wenren Muyun was at rank 5 and could.

"Something unexpected happened. It timed out and I couldn't use the return stone. Actually, I have a spare fallen divine weapon, but I forgot to tell you." Brook explained, and nodded to Bayin and Muyue, indicating that everything was fine.

"I told you you'd have a backup plan. I'm glad you're alright! I'll leave them to you. I'm leaving now." Wenren Muyun said, turning and walking towards the tower. He still had official business to attend to, so he couldn't leave the tower for long.

"You scared me to death! I thought you went down there and would never come back." Wenren Muyue said angrily.

"It's my fault for not telling you in advance."

"Do you want to take a break?" Bayin asked.

"Need not."

"Then let's go to Wushuang City quickly. My eldest brother and the others have returned and have been waiting for you for more than two hours."

"Okay, let's go."

The three of them arrived at Wushuang City. Wenren Muyue led the way into a tavern, heading straight into a large room at the back. Several exquisite dishes were laid out on a large round table, and four people were already seated nearby.

The eldest son of the Linghu family, the 6th-level Taoist Linghu Zhong; the second son of the Linghu family, the 6th-level warrior Linghu Song; the senior guest of the Wenren family, the 6th-level mage Qin Ziyu; and finally, the eldest son of the Wenren family, the 6th-level warrior Wenren Mufeng.

"Oh my! Mu Yue, Brook, we're finally here! If you hadn't come, we'd all be drunk." Linghu Song was the first to see Brook and the others. He stood up and said, "Mu Feng and Zi Yu said you were already at Rank 6, but I didn't believe it. The last time I saw you, you were still at Rank 6. It's only been half a year, and you've all reached Rank ! This upgrade speed is even catching up with the one from Wolong Villa."

Everyone around knew that the person from Wolong Villa that Linghu Song was referring to was the current owner of Wolong Villa, Xiao Renfeng.

"Brook greets Brother Linghu and everyone else!" Brook saluted with a fist.

Linghu Song had met him before at Wuying Palace. He had also met Linghu Zhong at the Wolong Villa auction house. Qin Ziyu, who he had worked with on a team with, was no exception. Only Wenren Mufeng was meeting him for the first time.

Looking carefully, I saw that this man had a calm temperament and was full of heroic spirit; his jaw was as sharp as a knife, with clear edges and corners; his brow bones were deep, and his eyes were like stars; his thick sword-like eyebrows slanted into his temples, and he had a stern and majestic aura when he looked down at me.

Wenren Mufeng had also been observing Brook. Although they had never met, he knew everything about Brook's life in the Wenren family.

The two looked at each other from a distance, nodded and smiled.

"We're all family, no need to be polite. Brooke, Bayin, come, sit down and talk." Qin Ziyu smiled and invited Brooke and the other two to sit down. She had met Bayin before.

Brook and the other two sat down.

"This tavern is owned by the Linghu family." Wenren Muyue whispered in Brook's ear.

Brooke nodded.

A maid from a nearby tavern brought wine glasses, bowls and chopsticks to the three people and poured them amber wine.

Linghu Zhong, who was sitting in the main seat, raised his wine glass. "Although my Linghu family and the Wenren family have been friends for generations, it's rare for us to meet in Wushuang City. In honor of today's meeting, please drink this cup together!"

Brook almost never drank. But a few drinks were fine. As his level and strength increased, alcohol no longer intoxicated him.

Everyone drank it all.

Well! This wine has a mellow taste, yet it also has a sweet, fruity aroma. It's very easy to drink. It warms you up first, then makes you feel clear-headed. Not only does it not make you feel dizzy, but it also makes you feel refreshed!

"Good wine! I can never get enough of your Amber Honey!" Wenren Mufeng praised.

"Haha, Mu Feng, even if you say so, I won't tell you the secret recipe. Amber Honey Whisper contains many precious herbs, but it has no medicinal taste. Instead, it tastes sweet, refreshing, nourishing, and prolonging life. It's okay to drink too much! I can tell you the origin of the steamed bun bag, but I can never tell you the recipe of Amber Honey Whisper!" Linghu Zhong said with a smile.

"It's better if you don't tell me! Otherwise I'll have to find the ingredients myself. If you don't tell me, I can just ask you for it when I want to drink it!"

"Hey~ I made an agreement with you last time. I'll give you one jar every year, no more. But today you can drink as much as you want!

"Haha~"

Amidst the conversation, the glasses were refilled and everyone drank again.

After three rounds of drinking, the maids refilled everyone's glasses. Linghu Zhong waved his hand gently, and the maids left the room and closed the door.

Everyone started talking about business.

"Brother Da Zhong, tell us about the steamed bun bag incident. Maybe we can help." Wenren Muyue said. She already knew that Wenren Mufeng and the others had failed again this time.

"Let Mu Feng speak. I have the final say at the dinner table, but on the ancient battlefield, we all have to listen to him." Linghu Zhong said.

Everyone looked at Wenren Mufeng. Wenren Mufeng said slowly:

"Three months ago, Xuanyuan Dasheng, patriarch of the Xuanyuan family, led a direct descendant to Jiayin Pass and returned in less than an hour. Afterward, the direct descendant invited friends to celebrate with drinks here. A maid at the tavern overheard the news: the member had found a bag of steamed buns!"

Brook and the others immediately understood. It was obvious that Xuanyuan Dasheng knew the exact method to obtain the steamed bun bag.

"The steamed bun bag is very important. In high-difficulty battlefields, it's basically impossible to obtain food from treasure chests and jars. Although Taoist priests can heal, even with a level 7 group healing, the health recovery rate is still not fast enough. Especially in a fierce battle with the enemy commander, the steamed bun that can instantly restore 5000 health is indispensable."

"So, we've been researching at Jiayin Pass for the past few months. We've tried many methods, and finally, we discovered a very unique situation: causing the enemy general Ma Chao to enter a state of unparalleled awakening. If we can kill the awakened Ma Chao, we might be able to drop the steamed bun bag. Unfortunately, we haven't been able to kill him. Even when I went back to the family and borrowed the newly acquired paralysis ring, I still couldn't deal with Ma Chao in his awakened state. Ziyu and Dasong were even killed by it once."

Wenren Mufeng looked at Brook and said, "I heard from Muyue that you passed the 4-star difficult ancient battlefield. You even killed the awakened commander. How did you do it?"

"We completed a few pre-tasks at the time and were lucky enough to gain recognition from our own generals and be given a temporary item, the Awakening Seal. When fighting the enemy's main general, we first deplete his health, then awaken him, and finally kill him." Brook replied.

"We also obtained the Awakening Seal, but it can only last for 3 minutes. It's too short to defeat Ma Chao."

"So, we need to deplete the opponent's health first. We have the artifact Teleport Ring, so depleting the opponent's health shouldn't be difficult."

"Oh!" Wenren Mufeng, Linghu Zhong and others finally understood.

"Let's do this, let's fight again. Let's try to kill the awakened Ma Chao and see if the steamed bun bag can really drop." Brook said.

"Okay. I hope the Jiayin Pass battlefield hasn't been opened yet. Da Zhong, save this jar of wine for now and drink it when you get back!"

Everyone immediately stood up, left the tavern, and found the elders of Wushuang City. Fortunately, although two hours had passed, no one had entered Jiayin Pass in advance to open it.

Brook and the other two joined Wenren Mufeng's group. They then opened the ancient battlefield, arrived at the underground cave, and walked into the teleportation light gate.

Jiayin Pass is a three-star normal difficulty ancient battlefield.

Liu Bei's army captured Yizhou and stationed at Jiayin Pass in Guangyuan County. Zhang Lu sent a large army to attack. Ma Chao, Zhang Lu's newly recruited general, led the attack as a vanguard. Liu Bei's army's goal was to defeat Ma Chao and, at the same time, to defeat Zhang Lu, the enemy commander in the rear.

"According to the normal plot of this battle, Ma Chao would have reached Jiayin Pass half a day later. Liu Bei chose to remain in seclusion, but Zhang Fei volunteered to fight Ma Chao at Jiayin Pass. The two fought for a day and a night, with no clear winner. Finally, Liu Bei, using Zhuge Liang's strategy, persuaded Ma Chao to retreat with both reason and emotion. Only after Ma Chao withdrew did Liu Bei's full army mobilize, ultimately defeating Zhang Lu and even recruiting Ma Chao."

"But we have to do the opposite. We found that if we break through the enemy's defensive strongholds before Ma Chao is persuaded to retreat, launch an attack on Zhang Lu in the rear, and kill the three enemy generals guarding Zhang Lu: Yang Ren, Yang Ang, and Yang Song. Ma Chao will be furious and will directly enter the awakening state." Wenren Mufeng explained his plan in detail.

"What about the awakening seal?" Brook asked.

"Yang Ren has one. If we can kill him quickly within three minutes of meeting him, there's a high chance that the awakening mark will appear."

Brook nodded and asked, "You said we need to break through the enemy's defensive stronghold? That defensive stronghold has a giant crossbow, which is not easy to deal with. Do we have to break through it?"

"There are three routes to reach Zhang Lu's rear. Each of these routes has defensive strongholds, and you can't reach the rear without taking them down... Oh, you have a teleportation ring. Well, the defensive strongholds aren't the key. The important thing is to kill Yang Ren and the other three generals in the rear."

"Understood. So, the four of you will head towards Ma Chao first. Bayin, Mu Yue, and I will take care of Yang Ren and the other three enemy generals. Finally, we will gather near Ma Chao."

"...Okay!" Wenren Mufeng agreed. He wanted to ask Brook if he was confident, but then he remembered that Brook had already passed the 4-star difficulty battlefield, so killing Yang Ren at the 3-star difficulty level shouldn't be a problem.

Brooke said, and disappeared in a flash.

"Bayin, Muyue. Coordinates." Brook's voice came from the team.

With two whooshes, Bayin and Wenren Muyue disappeared.

Wenren Mufeng, Qin Ziyu, Linghu Zhong, Linghu Song and others looked at each other with envy in their eyes.

"Let's go too. Mount up and set off!" Wenren Mufeng gave the order, and the four of them summoned their war horses. It turned out they all had stirrups.

The four of them rode their warhorses quickly towards the center of the map. Brook's voice of command could be heard from the team.

"Bayin, Muyue, come with me to kill the long-range crossbowmen."

"Alright, the crossbowmen have been cleared. Mu Yue, Daxiang, hold back the other soldiers. Bayin, come with me to kill Yang Ren."

"This Yang Ren actually exploded the Awakening Seal! He's quite lucky."

"Next, Yang Ang. Coordinates..."

20 minutes later, Yang Ren, Yang Ang, and Yang Song were all killed. Brook had already flown to the center of the map, where Ma Chao was.

"Ma Chao has indeed awakened to his unparalleled level! Brother Mu Feng, how far do you have to go?" Brook asked.

"Wait a minute, another 10 minutes," Wenren Mufeng said. The map was huge, and they were already riding warhorses, so their speed was already very fast. It wasn't that they were too slow, but that Brook and the other two were too fast.

"Oh, then let's clean up the soldiers first. Bayin, Muyue, let's get started."

"Now that we've killed the ranged soldiers, you guys continue to clean up the other minions. I'm going to test Ma Chao's strength and drain some of his health."

"This Ma Chao's spearmanship is quite good, he's really quite skilled. Haha, he seems to think I'm really afraid of him..."

"My health is almost up, I'm going straight in!"

Wenren Mufeng was puzzled. Go straight in? What did that mean? Was he going to start a Wushuang awakening duel?!

The four men rode at full speed and finally arrived at the battlefield after 4 minutes.

The first thing that caught my eye was a white elephant, surrounded by soldiers. On top of the elephant were Wenren Muyue and Bayin, who were constantly casting fire walls and meteor showers.

On the other side, two figures radiated golden light. One was Ma Chao, the other was Brook. They engaged in a fierce, face-to-face battle. Both attacked with such speed that their moves were indistinguishable, and they were fighting in utterly static positions.

Wenren Mufeng and Linghu Zhong were both startled. Even though they were warriors, they wouldn't dare to force their attacks. Instead, they would rely on their mobility, trying to dodge the opponent's attacks as much as possible, otherwise they wouldn't be able to keep up with the damage.

The four men whipped their whips, trying to speed up and rush over to help. Suddenly, the golden light dimmed, and then they fell heavily to their knees.

"Done. Brother Mu Feng, your guess is correct. Ma Chao really did explode the steamed bun bag!"

Wenren Mufeng was stunned. Linghu Song was even more careless and subconsciously braked suddenly, almost falling off the horse.

It's only been more than half an hour, and Ma Chao has already killed all the people?

Wenren Mufeng was more calm. He rode his warhorse to Brook's side and saw that there were indeed several items on the ground. One of them was a steamed bun bag!

"You guys pick it up. By the way, do you want to kill the other generals? If not, we can go directly to the enemy's main camp and kill Zhang Lu."

Kill Zhang Lu directly?

Wenren Mufeng and Linghu Zhong both took a deep breath. At Brook's speed, killing Zhang Lu would probably take no more than 15 minutes.

If they really killed Zhang Lu, Jiayin Pass would be over immediately. Isn't this speed faster than Xuanyuan Dayi?

Jiayin Pass, the four of them used to fight for several days each time.

But for Brook and the other two, it was so simple!