Chapter 64: Siege of Luojing

In the dark underground secret realm, Lorraine Hill concubine Zhu talked for a long time, and it was already noon the next day when she came out.

The road leading to this secret stone forest was once again strengthened by this girl. In addition, Lorraine Hill added a layer to the original ban. According to her estimation, even if Concubine Zhu really wanted to go, it would probably be difficult. After all, space-related abilities are not something you just want to have, let alone set up through the moon crown.

Although the crown is now broken and unable to exert powerful abilities, it is still very simple to seal a witch.

After doing all this, the girl left with peace of mind.

When walking on the stairway leading to the upper level of the abyss, Lorraine Hill occasionally wondered if he was a bit bad. He obviously learned a lot from Concubine Zhu, but when he left, he locked her up even tighter.

‘I’m sorry, Senior Concubine Zhu, but now is not the time to let you out. ’ she whispered in her heart.

At the end of the conversation, Lorraine Hill also asked Concubine Zhu why she had been staying here all these years. According to her strength, it is actually not difficult to leave.

"I didn't know that Suqin was so unbearable that she died at the hands of mortals." At that time, Concubine Zhu glanced at Lorraine Hill angrily.

"Although it is not difficult to leave, it is always troublesome when I think of facing them. Besides, staying here is not too boring."

Speaking of this, Lorraine Hill had the heart to look at the whole picture of the secret realm, and seeing Lorraine Hill's turning eyes, the witch also chuckled, and then a few white beetles fell from the sky above the secret realm and fell towards Lorraine Hill, trying to scare the new generation of witch descendants.

Fortunately, according to the girl's perception, when such an insect fell in the air, she had already noticed it, and then turned into a little bit of fire, burning into powder ash.

It turned out that apart from the blood-colored silks and satins exposed in the light, there were also many beetles hiding in the corners in this secret realm.

These beetles are shriveled and pale in color, resembling human bones. According to Fei Zhu, these beetles only eat bones, and they were raised by her to dispose of some garbage.

In the early years, there were quite a few mortals who went deep into this abyss to dig ores, and some of them stumbled and fell. Their souls would not dissipate normally, but turned into ghosts under the strong special magic power in the ground. She would collect these ghosts and peek at the broken memories in them, so as to know what happened outside and pass the boring time.

This situation lasted for a long time, but with the accumulation of time, the underground corpses have also accumulated, many of which have turned into bones, but they have not dissipated for a long time. Although as a witch, Concubine Zhu is not afraid of such things, but she still feels very disgusted, as if she piled up garbage in front of her house.

So the witch did everything possible to find and breed these beetles in the ground, specially to eat bones and make the environment cleaner. This is why there were not many corpses found when the vortex disappeared and Youcheng entered the ground.

After listening to her story, Lorraine Hill also couldn't laugh or cry, but felt that this witch also had a life-like side.

However, judging from the conversation between the two, Lorraine Hill felt that it would be better to lock up Concubine Zhu first. She is not strong enough now. If Concubine Zhu goes out and does not obey the rules, wandering around in various ways, it will be very difficult for her to arrest her.

It cannot be said that because of a bit of intolerance and kindness in her heart, she irresponsibly allowed bad things to happen. To be truly kind actually requires a lot of strength. With her current ability, she can't do this, so she can only let Concubine Zhu go out after entering the ninth level and initially repairing the sun crown.

At that time, even if Concubine Zhu wanted to mess around, she could sense it very quickly and catch it back.

After making up his mind, Lorraine Hill asked Concubine Zhu about the past of the Wufeng era, as well as the appearance of the dragon veins in ancient times, and then retreated from the secret territory.

Processing the old news of the past two days and certain truths of the past in his mind, Lorraine Hill walked lightly on the long steps surrounding the abyss, and occasionally met a few low-level disciples who saw Youcheng on the way. Seeing that Lorraine Hill seemed to be thinking about something, they didn't step forward to disturb him, but continued to walk away lightly after saluting from a distance.

In this way, it was not until the afternoon that Lorraine Hill walked to the middle and lower layers of the abyss, and the surrounding environment gradually became noisy, which made her wake up from her memories.

On one side of the stairs is the academy surrounded by stone walls. Inside, there are white walls and blue tiles, and some purple vines grow on the stone walls. The leaves are shaped like five-pointed stars, and they are all facing the sky. It looks like a quiet beauty of flowers and plants.

There were some voices of reading and teaching in the academy, and occasionally some young people sat in the courtyard and talked loudly.

"It is said that the army from Beifu Mountain has approached the city of Luojing. Now that little emperor is guarding the city, he dare not go out to fight."

"It's also easy to understand. Those who attacked Luojing in the west of Beifu Mountain were all elite cavalry. If they fought on the wild plains, Luojing's red-scaled halberd guards would not be able to resist. Even if there is evidence, the dragon army is hard to say that they have an advantage. It is best to defend the city until the Beifu army runs out of food and grass."

"With the Red Sparrow Dragonriders parading in Luojing, the logistics of the Beifu Army couldn't keep up. Those fire dragons roared past, leaving behind a sea of ​​flames. All the food was being burned on the way. How could it be transported to the front line?"

"Oh, why bother, in fact, they were all soldiers of the dynasty, but now they are killing each other."

"You and I think so, but those big men above won't compromise like this, haha." While speaking, someone sneered at the former King Dai.

"Isn't that the same for King Dai?

Zicooperated, regardless of the floods and animal disasters in Tanzhou, and finally defeated Luojing, the hearts of the people were lost. "

"Although everyone knew that King Dai was not clear, but they always hope that if King Dai can rule the world and restore peace, it will be considered a great achievement, and everyone will bear it. After all, who is the emperor is not the emperor. At least King Dai has been in the southwestern continents for many years, and most of his servants are from the southwestern.

Listening to the chatter of several people in the courtyard, Lorraine Hill stopped, looked at the tall gate of the academy, and then realized that this is the famous 'Fangyou Academy' in Jianyou City.

According to the people of the southwestern continents, this academy "sitting in the well and looking at the sky" is free from external dust and troubles, and can concentrate on studying and learning the Tao. It is most suitable for those who need to study quietly.

After seeing this academy, Lorraine Hill suddenly remembered something. Although there are currently many masters in the four sects, even the top existence of Sequence 8 can gather a lot, but there are not many talents related to government affairs.

If there is enough time, Lorraine Hill can also open a school to train a group, but the world is in chaos, and it is necessary to restore stability as soon as possible, and to prepare for the future phantom of chaos, there is not enough time and energy.

It would be a good way to make use of talents from academies around the world, but the question is whether the ideas of these people are suitable. Some things must be set in the early stage, otherwise it will be difficult to change later.

Thinking of this, Lorraine Hill decided to stay here for a few more days and visit the Wangyou Academy.

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When the southwestern continents gradually restored stability, wars broke out all over the world.

First of all, what attracts the world's attention most is that Beifu Mountain has one enemy and two, and the east and west sides go out at the same time to deal with the new king and Huainan King. Even the mighty Beifu Mountain army has made many onlookers sweat.

As the only giant city in the world, Beifu Mountain City is the only one known as a military town. Over the past hundred years, one after another famous generals and brave troops have emerged. Since the world was settled and unified, although there were troops stationed in various prefectures and counties, they rarely heard of wars. Beifu Mountain City has been fighting against alien races, as well as the beast hordes outside the pass.

So much so that later, the Beifu Army became the largest faction of the dynasty's military, and several consecutive generals came from the Beifu Army. The Beifu army not only includes the elite frontier army stationed in the mountain city of Beifu, but also subordinate troops recruited by some foreign tribes outside the customs, and finally there are some corvee soldiers and civilians transferred from various states in the world to go to Beifu mountain for rotation.

Among them, the sergeants of the Beifu Mountain Headquarters camp are naturally the most elite and have strict discipline, while the subordinate armies of foreign races are uneven, some are weak, and some are extremely fierce, comparable to the elite of the dynasty.

Now it is the elite cavalry from the Beifu Mountain Headquarters and some fierce subordinate troops who are marching west to Luojing.

Outside Luojing City.

It was almost dusk at sunset at this moment, and on the boundless field, the deep purple and red twilight sky was slowly pressing down, and the whole world seemed to be able to see the fiery red and yellow line at the junction of the sky and the earth.

The line of sight slowly moves down from the horizon, and there is a neat and dark camp, with flags fluttering, stretching until the end that cannot be seen, even if they are so far apart, it can make people feel a depressing atmosphere.

The night wind was blowing, and the flags on the top of the city made a sound of rolling and whipping, dispelling the heat of the day and bringing some coolness. Occasionally, a few gravels rolled down from the gaps in the city wall and floated towards the dim world reflected by the afterglow.

Several soldiers guarding the city carried heavy firecrackers and walked back and forth on the city wall at dusk, occasionally stopping, standing and looking into the distance, looking at the distant camp with blurred figures.

"Ahem." A few coughs sounded from the city, breaking the silence suddenly, causing some soldiers to tremble uncontrollably before reacting.

"Fuck, your coughing scares people to death. I thought it was a fight." They were patrolling the city these days, and their nerves had already become extremely tense, otherwise they wouldn't have trembled with fright because of this cough.

"Ahem, no, I'm sorry, I must have caught a cold, which frightened everyone." The thin soldier covered his mouth, coughed twice, and then said apologetically.

"Forget it, I think your body is too weak, and you can't stand the wind if you blow it at night."

"It doesn't matter, I will persevere, and I will get used to it in a few days, cough cough."

"Come on, why don't you stand by the brazier for a while to warm up your body? I don't think you have been a soldier for long, and you haven't gotten used to it yet." Saying this, the veteran shook his head.

In the past, they probably would have teased this new recruit, but now that the war is imminent, they don’t have much thought, they just think that they can survive safely, and now those who can go up the city wall to patrol with themselves, maybe one day they will use each other’s strength to kill a way out, so even some veterans are much more friendly.

Luojing is the most prosperous place in the world, so being able to serve as a soldier here is naturally a good job. In the past, soldiers were selected from good families in Luojing, but this year, Luojing fought repeatedly, first to deal with the attack of the army led by King Dai, and now the Beifu army went south. Due to the casualties, some wealthy families who cherished their lives had already let their children leave the barracks.

Nowadays, most of the people patrolling the city are these low-level firearms soldiers. As for the real elite in Luojing, they usually rest well and conserve their energy and strength.

Only when the city is really under siege will they go out to fight.

Just when these few people were talking about their family affairs and when the Beifu army would retreat, a burst of shouts came from the observation tower on the side.

"It's moving, they're moving!" The voice was urgent, even with anxiety and panic.

There was a sound of footsteps on the city wall, and the few people who were talking about their family just now immediately looked away, only to see that the dark camps under the afterglow had been opened at some time, and then the banners waved, and faint cavalry came out in the twilight.

These cavalry first drove out of the camp, formed a line in the field, and then began to accelerate. The sound of the vibrating horseshoes almost resounded through the sky. Even in the deepest part of the palace in Luojing, one could feel the trembling sound of approaching underfoot.

Drums, bells, and shouts sounded on the city wall, and all kinds of smoke-burning beacons were quickly ignited. Soon after, the sound of dragon roars came from the sky behind.

The red sparrow dragon cavalry stationed on Longya came out in full force, and red-scaled fire dragons swooped down from the sky. Amid the almost deafening noise of soldiers on the city wall, they sprayed dazzling flames on the thousands of cavalry advancing in the wilderness below.

The flames turned the night sky red, and the shiny silver iron spears passed through the dazzling flames, piercing the bodies of the swooping dragons from bottom to top with whistling sounds, and the sound of metal piercing into flesh and blood made people feel chills.

The cold and cold Yanyue long knife, heavy and sharp, brought up a large number of broken scales, leaving a long gash on the dragon's body, and under the impact of each elite cavalry, the dragon was severely wounded in just a few tens of seconds, with its wings broken and its limbs broken.

The flames spread across the battlefield, and there were corpses of cavalrymen everywhere, as well as the howling and struggling giant dragon. Behind Luojing City, the sound of artillery firing was heard from time to time, and explosions exploded in the field.

"Boom—"

Dazzling flashes bloomed from the ground, and I saw a flame ball with countless sparks shooting directly from the Beifu military camp, galloping past the ground in an instant, crashing into a corner of the city wall, and bursting into countless scattered flames and debris, leaving long ravines and afterimages of sparks on the ground, and finally in the long-overdue loud noise, a corner of the city wall collapsed slowly, revealing a gap.

"kill--"

Under the command, the soldiers on both sides rushed towards the gap recklessly, and layers of banners advanced forward. In the gap between the swaying figures, the dazzling place was already a sea of ​​swords and flames.