"Fourth brother."

The old man's gaze was deep: "Can he do it?"

"There is hope."

"Okay, as long as there's hope."

"Master, are you going to make a move? Your lifespan is limited..."

"Just block it a little, it's okay."

“A person who can help the common people cross the river should also have someone help him cross the river.”

"..."

Directly ahead of the barbarian army of over ten thousand advancing.

Suddenly, two figures appeared and blocked the road.

An old man dressed in coarse linen clothes was pushing a disabled scholar in a wheelchair.

"They didn't chase after us?"

Chen Sanshi wondered if he was hallucinating.

More than 10,000 infantrymen, followed by probably 3,000 cavalrymen.

That's it...

Should we let them cross the river?

"boom--"

There was a loud bang.

Chen Sanshi could see from twenty miles away that someone seemed to have been thrown into the air and then fell back down, like beans being scattered!

"boom!"

"Who is Chen Sanshi?!"

There was another loud noise.

As if an earth dragon had turned over, the entire riverbank trembled violently.

A mountain suddenly crashed down, and upon closer inspection, it was revealed to be a general clad in armor and wielding a weapon. Judging from the style of the armor, it was the armor of a general.

"Yes."

Chen Sanshi dismounted, clasped his hands in greeting, and his breathing was somewhat unsteady.

"You're back already? Junior Sister Li, you're worrying unnecessarily. Hurry up and cross the river."

After looking him over, Lü Ji noticed Sun Buqi beside him: "Junior brother, you're here too. How are your injuries?"

Sun Buqi's clothes were already tattered and covered in blood from head to toe. He used his spear as a crutch to support himself, and said without even looking at it, "It's none of your business."

"Well, you're fine."

Lu Ji seemed used to it. He turned to look at the black beans in the distance, his expression suddenly hardening: "Oh no, Master!"

"boom--"

Another jump, and the heavens and earth trembled.

Each time he jumped, he was nearly a hundred feet high, and he would disappear from sight in just a few breaths.

Junior Sister Li?

This person is Sun Li's senior brother, so the master he mentioned...

Governor Sun?

Chen Sanshi looked in the direction where there should have been more than ten thousand pursuers, and his expression became complicated.

One man, holding off more than ten thousand barbarian bandits?

Is that human being?

There's also Sun Li's senior brother.

A single leap can reach hundreds of feet; what level of skill is that?

The Meridian Opening Realm could never produce such a powerful display; that is the Profound Manifestation, more like the legendary Martial Saint.

Poyang County is truly a dry well, offering only a glimpse into a tiny corner of the vast world.

Will all my future opponents be people of this caliber?

Chen Sanshi should think about himself again.

As expected, it was still too weak.

However, one should not aim too high. First, set a small goal: to refine the internal organs to perfection as soon as possible, and then transform the internal energy.

"Puff-"

"Old Bear, Old Bear!"

"The dog left behind!"

"Silly Chun!"

"Wu Da, Wu Da!"

"..."

Finally, they reached the riverbank, and there were no pursuers behind them.

The brothers could no longer hold on and collapsed to the ground with a loud thud.

The initial thousand or so people have already...

Only four hundred people remain!

Most of the four hundred people were exhausted, and many fainted on the spot.

Zhao Kang, covered in blood, cried out, "Sir, all the brothers have fallen! How are we supposed to cross the river...?"

"grown ups!"

"Master Chen!"

"..."

On the vast and magnificent surface of the Hongze River, suddenly, several small boats appeared, followed by dozens, then hundreds, with countless people in coarse linen clothes standing on the boats waving to them.

"Let's cross the river."

Chen Sanshi breathed a sigh of relief.

With the help of hundreds and thousands of people.

Finally, those last four hundred of them could lie down and cross the river.

"Brother Shi!"

Gu Xinlan and Sun Li rowed over.

"Why are you bleeding so much..."

Gu Xinlan bit and tore at the fabric from the sleeves of her dress, intending to use it as a makeshift bandage.

"Small injury."

Chen Sanshi's cloth armor was already tattered beyond recognition, and at this moment his appearance was worse than that of a beggar. Blood mixed with filth covered his surface, making it impossible to tell whether it was the enemy's or his own.

"Madam, Lord Chen alone killed five organ cultivators!"

Zhao Kang remembered it vividly and said, "If it weren't for this, we would all have died at Huangtuling!"

This is too terrible.

He has only been practicing martial arts for a short time.

Among those barbarian generals, at least two had achieved minor mastery of internal organ refinement, yet none of them could withstand a three-way battle.

Keep in mind that this was under heavy siege.

Otherwise, they probably wouldn't even last three rounds!

In other words, Chen Sanshi can now take on five Xiang Tingchuns!

"several?"

"Five!"

Sun Li's face turned pale upon hearing this, and she quickly took out a porcelain bottle from her bosom. Inside was a scar-removing ointment that Chen Sanshi had personally prepared for her. It was very effective in treating external injuries, and she wanted to apply it to him herself.

"Sis, what about me..."

Sun Buqi followed from beginning to end, and was also covered in wounds, but it seemed that no one paid any attention to him.

"Senior sister, I'm really fine."

Chen Sanshi's body was covered in shallow wounds, just a few cuts and a little bleeding. They would heal in a few days, but they looked rather frightening.

Fortunately, he had an iron body and copper skin; if it were an ordinary person, they would have been chopped into mincemeat long ago.

His most serious injury was internal.

Enduring the pain of having one's meridians opened is no joke. Later, he was struck by a heavy weapon, which slightly injured his internal organs.

But it's nothing serious, and they'll be fine after a few days of rest.

"Um……"

After touching the wound, Sun Li recoiled as if she had been electrocuted, and instead handed the ointment to Gu Xinlan: "Let your sister apply the medicine for you."

"Really, no need. Let's talk about it when we get back."

Chen Sanshi lay on the deck, watching the riverbank recede further and further away, and the sounds in the distance gradually subsiding.

"They really stopped them?"

"That's not something I should worry about."

In short, he won.

However, I'm afraid that the other prefectures, counties, villages, and countless other people and soldiers guarding the border in Yunzhou will not be so lucky.

Numerous matters.

Chen Sanshi no longer had the energy to think about it.

"I'm so tired, Sister Lan, I'm going to take a nap."

For the past two months, he has barely had a good night's sleep.

Now, I can finally get some rest.

-

Beijing.

royal palace.

"Snowing!"

"Heavens have sent down auspicious snow!"

"His Majesty is virtuous!"

"Go and deliver the good news!"

"..."

Vermilion walls, gold bricks and gilded tiles.

Snowflakes fell from the sky, blanketing the land in white.

With this year's belated heavy snowfall, the palace and its surroundings were filled with a joyous atmosphere.

"master!"

"Snowing!"

"..."

More than a dozen chief eunuchs from the Directorate of Ceremonial Affairs, wearing thick, warm red cloaks, knelt in unison outside the palace gate. Above their heads, a huge plaque bore the three gilded characters "Wanshou Palace".

Although it is in the palace, there is almost no overt luxury decoration here. From the architecture to the decoration, it is very understated. The layout and arrangement make it look more like a dojo.

Only those in the know can see that every piece of timber here is priceless, and every brick and tile is invaluable. It must have taken an immense amount of time, manpower, and money to build such a palace.

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