Chapter 241: Four Parties Come to Surrender, the Defeat Is Strange, Fight Against the Blood Clan Duke, and Avenge His Father-in-Law!

On the way to the border.

The desolate cry of the vulture echoed in the sky, circling in the distant sky.

Lu Mingyuan, who had galloped a hundred miles away, held the sword-shaped jade pendant tightly in his hand, and never recovered.

In the army, the old soldiers drooped their heads, their morale was low, they were bored, and cursed, their voices were fragmented: "I don't know when we can go back after rushing to help Beiguan this time."

Wu Anhou, who couldn't bear it, was furious and cursed: "Look at you now, you look like a waste whose wife was slept with a wild man. Show your momentum. Don't let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince look down on you."

However, these words did not make the situation better.

Lu Mingyuan put away the jade pendant, ranked in the middle army, and looked into the distance, and found that most of the soldiers were like this.

A man in a Confucian robe with long hair and a slightly lazy posture beside him said to Lu Mingyuan:

"Your Highness, the tens of thousands of people we are leading now look bright and beautiful on the surface, but in fact they are old, weak and sick. It is difficult to achieve anything in this battle."

There was a bit of worry in his tone.

These are old soldiers who have exhausted their spirits. What big things can we expect them to do?

Not to mention defeating the Holy Nether Army, it is difficult to protect themselves.

Lu Mingyuan has been a general all his life, so he can naturally see the clues.

The emperor agreed readily on the surface, but in fact he counted a lot of old and weak people, just because he didn't want him to do anything.

He went out with great momentum and came back with a dusty face.

He shook his head and said, "Our main purpose this time is to recover the coffin for Mr. Qi, not to start a war."

He didn't want to rely too much on the power of the army.

It's better to rely on yourself than to rely on others.

"If we win this battle, do you know what it means? We will be remembered in history! This is a good opportunity to be remembered in history!"

Marquis Wu'an tried his best to boost morale and encourage most officers to fight. Not to mention encouraging all soldiers, the lieutenants and centurions should at least have the courage to pick up their swords.

"But even Qi Xingyan died in the battle, what can we do?" A captain beside him whispered.

As soon as the captain finished speaking, the morale that had just improved a little collapsed instantly, and he didn't speak for a long time.

Yes, can they win?

In the eyes of these soldiers who went to the battle, people like Qi Xingyan are often out of reach, and some people have never even heard of him.

But it doesn't prevent them from knowing that a big man in the court has died at the border recently.

Such a big man died on the front line, how can a small character like them win.

Could it be that they have to rely on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?

In their perception, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had never led troops before. This time he was only the nominal commander. In fact, they all regarded Wu'an Hou as the commander.

Although Wu'an Hou was deeply affected by the mutiny of the Third Prince, he was at least a Wu Hou who had made great contributions to the Great Yan Dynasty.

But Qi Xingyan's death was a heavy blow to the soldiers of the Great Yan Dynasty.

It was the kind that directly defeated the scholars.

"Swoosh!"

Suddenly, a rainbow light passed through the sky, stopped steadily in the air, and a flying sword fell.

All the soldiers were as if they were facing a great enemy.

But when the figure was revealed, the neat figure of a woman in a red robe emerged, and then they heard the woman say loudly:

"I am Li Exi, a true disciple of Taihao Sword Sect."

"Come to serve His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

The soldiers around slowly breathed a sigh of relief, as if relieved of a heavy burden.

"She is a Qigong practitioner from Taihao Sword Sect."

"Who is Fairy Exi?"

"You don't even know her? She is quite famous, ranked 81st in the Great Yan Mountain and River Ranking."

"She seems to be very powerful to be able to fly with a sword."

The soldiers were talking to each other. The lower class had a poor concept of the level of cultivation, or even knew nothing about it. In their eyes, the fifth-grade cultivators all looked the same, all of them were gods with great magical powers.

They could go up to the sky and into the earth, step on thunder and control fire, and do everything.

Li Exi landed her flying sword and came in front of Lu Mingyuan

There was a little surprise in her eyes when she looked at Lu Mingyuan.

This Great Yan prince had handsome and delicate features. He did not give people a feeling of femininity or handsomeness, but a noble temperament like a god, and his own handsomeness was like jade.

His eyebrows were indifferent, and there was an indelible sadness between his eyebrows.

Li Exi bowed and said respectfully:

"I have heard that Mr. Qi is a man of great righteousness. He was willing to sacrifice his life for the people of a city and resist the army of the Holy Dark. Now, your highness has taken the initiative to go to Tianxuan to see him off. As one of the many monks who participated in the war, Exi should do her part."

Lu Mingyuan nodded, knowing roughly what she was here for.

After Qi Xingyan's death, the defense line of Tianxuanzhou almost collapsed, and monks from all over the country fought on their own.

It was purely the local monks who resisted desperately.

Now, he is going to Tianxuan on behalf of the Great Yan court, and naturally many monks will come to join him.

Li Exi's barely perceptible sense swept over Lu Mingyuan, but she could not sense the depth of Lu Mingyuan's strength.

Does this prince have no cultivation?

Or is it that his strength is above hers, so she can't sense a trace of his breath.

No matter what, Li Exi became serious in her heart.

Lu Mingyuan calmed himself down and said softly, "You said that you were one of the monks who participated in the war. If that's the case, then tell me what happened, from the beginning of your expedition, to what happened to Mr., and at whose hands he died."

Li Exi nodded and said, "In fact, many things have come to my senses now. It's not that Da Yan is no match for Sheng Ming, but that there is a spy among the human race. If the blood clan army had not bypassed Yuyang Pass, perhaps Mr. Qi would not have been stabbed in the back, and would not have been threatened by many blood clan monks."

Lu Mingyuan asked, "The troops that killed Mr. Qi were not the ones of the Queen of Da Ming?"

Li Exi shook her head: "No, the Queen of Da Ming has always been in the front, and the other city gates are guarded by other Great Wall guards of the court. Yuyang Pass, which the blood clan broke through, is a very inconspicuous small pass with a weak strength. The side battlefield is controlled by the blood clan tribe of the underworld."

"Your Highness, you may not know that the Shengming world is ostensibly dominated by the Da Ming court, but in fact, it is dominated by the monks of the ten clans of the underworld. The ten clans fight each other and have their own distribution system."

Lu Mingyuan is clear about this.

In his second life, he once participated in the war between the two worlds.

The Great Ming court is only the leader. The specific situation of the war depends on whether the princes of the ten clans are willing to contribute.

Even if it is the Lord of the Great Ming, it is impossible to directly command the armies of the ten clans and cooperate with them.

The Demon Kingdom has its own army. If it wants to control the army under the ten clans, it can only go through the princes of the ten clans, rather than directly commanding all races.

This makes it easy to delay military affairs. The Great Ming has always been like this. There are many princes who have good military forces, but have their own ideas and can benefit their own races.

Next.

Li Exi told how Qi Xingyan divided his troops after the expedition and built a solid defense line to resist as much time as possible and test the true route of the main force of the Demon Kingdom.

The ten clans fought separately, and the situation of each section of the Great Wall was different, and the corresponding distribution of troops in the Great Yan was also different.

Although the process was a bit bumpy, the purpose has been achieved. The location of the main force of the Great Ming Queen was found, waiting in advance, sitting in the Tianxuanfu City, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and delaying enough time.

It has been said that the Dao League came to help.

The Origin Lady and the Five Thunders Immortal, two fourteenth realm masters, took action.

They fought a draw with the God of the Demon Kingdom.

They drew enough troops to defend other battlefields. In the middle of the retreat, they were ambushed by the blood clan in the western battlefield. They were trapped in a city. Qi Xingyan fought to the death to protect the people of the city and retreated until he died in battle. In the end, he died at the hands of the Duke of the Zangzi tribe of the blood clan.

The blood clan, the blood clan again.

Lu Mingyuan's face was uncertain.

The opponent was a blood clan duke, which meant that he was at least a twelfth realm.

The middle five grades correspond to duke, marquis, earl, viscount, and man respectively.

The twelfth realm is the title of duke.

When the hatred gradually subsided, Lu Mingyuan re-examined the battle and indeed found something wrong as Li Exi said.

It was really strange that the blood clan knew the route of Qi Xingyan's withdrawal.

Could it be that there was really a spy among the human race?

What was the back-up plan mentioned by the father-in-law in the hairpin?

As his thoughts fluctuated, Lu Mingyuan took a deep breath: "Why hasn't Mr. Qi's coffin arrived in the capital yet?"

Li Exi looked at the army with low morale and said slowly: "The blood clan claimed that the corpse of the saint was priceless, so they intercepted Mr. Qi's coffin on the way and it is now in Tianshui City."

"Too much bullying!"

Lu Mingyuan was furious and punched the handrail of the sedan chair, making a bang.

Blood debts must be paid with blood. No matter how powerful this blood clan duke is, or how many monks he brought, he must die this time.

"In this case, go directly to Tianshui City!"

At Lu Mingyuan's command, the army rushed towards Tianshui City.

Along the way.

Many more monks came, including warriors, qigong practitioners, Confucian scholars, and monks.

Most of them were like Li Exi. They heard that Lu Mingyuan was going to Tianshui City to retrieve Qi Xingyan's corpse, so they came to serve.

In terms of strength, they were far behind, and there were few cultivators above the eleventh realm.

Starting from the military town along the way, with the speed of the army, it didn't take long to reach the vicinity of Tianshui City.

Tianshui City is close to a body of water, where there is the largest lake in Da Yan, Tianshui Lake.

The water is vast, like an ancient ocean. The lake seems to come from the sky, vast and boundless, as mysterious as ever. The spatial structure is extremely complex, and even the stars floating in it seem very small.

White mist floats on the water, layer by layer, blocking the view. Even with strong eyesight, it is difficult to see the scene in the depths of the water.

When the army arrived here, two more cultivators came to join them soon.

"The leader of Linglong Fudi, Yu Linglong."

"The sword-wielding disciple of Fuyao Sword Palace, Yao Guang."

Lu Mingyuan's eyes were on the plain-clothed woman in front of him wearing a white hat and veil, and he always felt a little familiar.

He shook his head and asked, "You have been waiting here for a long time, do you have any information about the blood clan?"

The cold-faced man holding the emerald green sword sheath nodded slightly: "We also want to take back Mr. Qi's coffin, but we have not been able to break the Ten Directions Blood Prison Formation set up by the blood clan, so we can only wait for the court army outside the city."

"Prince Dayan, are you looking for me?"

Suddenly, a light voice sounded between heaven and earth.

Lu Mingyuan's mind moved, and he cast his eyes on the top of the city beside the vast Tianshui.

In the thick white fog, a tall figure walked out slowly, with a ferocious smile on his face, and looked at Lu Mingyuan.

"Prince Dayan, I heard you were looking for me?"

This man was nearly three meters tall, with a noble temperament. He had a pair of huge jade blood wings on his back. His eyes were big, like two big lanterns. His nose was sunken, like a gorilla's. His mouth was full of uneven fangs and canines, and he looked extremely ugly.

But the aura he exuded was quite powerful. There were tens of millions of blood-colored silk-like demonic energy faintly visible outside his body. The blood light full of sin was entangled outside his body. It was so thick that it could not be dissolved. It was hard to imagine how many lives he had killed.

"Duke of Blood Burial."

A terrible murderous intent flashed in Yao Guang's eyes.

"Is he the Duke of the Blood Clan?" Lu Mingyuan asked.

"That's right."

Yao Guang's hand on the sword almost couldn't hold back, and he nodded eagerly.

Lu Mingyuan looked at the Duke of Blood Burial.

The other party seemed to have guessed that he would come here.

Lu Mingyuan narrowed his eyes and said, "Did you deliberately lead me to Tianshui City?"

"Yes, all the cultivators in the world know that this old man has a close relationship with you, but he died in my hands. Lu Mingyuan, you should be very angry, don't you want to cut me into pieces? Haha!" The Duke of Blood Zang laughed wantonly.

After a pause, the Duke of Blood Zang continued, "That old man is really stupid, with a heart of a saint, he actually resisted my life-saving magic weapon, the Purgatory Bone Tower, for just tens of thousands of people. However, that old guy is quite powerful, and I didn't die for a whole hour.

But by the way, the blood of this old guy is really good, worthy of being the blood of a saint, pure and powerful. Until he died, he didn't even groan, which really made me very unhappy."

What disappointed the Duke was that after he said so much, Lu Mingyuan did not become furious, and still looked very calm, as if he didn't care about these things at all.

Lu Mingyuan looked at the other party calmly and said indifferently: "Do you have any last words? This is your last chance."

According to the information he has, this Duke is indeed very strong. He has reached the twelfth realm, but he can only be regarded as the bottom of the twelfth realm. He may have a chance.

However, all signs show that this matter does not seem to be that simple.

Duke Xuezang obviously knows that the Great Yan court will send strong human beings here, and he dares to show up on his own initiative, not withdrawing, staying here, and looking fearless, which is undoubtedly very abnormal.

But no matter what conspiracy he has, he is doomed to die.

"Lu Mingyuan, you are the one who should leave a last word, and you don't know it when you are about to die." Duke Xuezang sneered.

Lu Mingyuan said nothing, and looked around indifferently.

Although the other party restrained his breath very well and was influenced by the Tianshui Realm, he still sensed it.

"Rumor has it that the Sixth Prince of Dayan is a notorious dandy. I thought he was a coward, but now it seems that he is loyal and righteous."

A very magnetic voice suddenly sounded.

Two figures, one tall and one short, slowly walked out of the white mist of Tianshui.

The one who spoke just now was a tall and handsome man with phoenix eyes and a high nose bridge. His appearance was more perfect than most women. He was wearing a red dress, his face was white, and he held a jade fan in his hand. He looked elegant and gave people a weird feeling.

This person has a heavy yin energy. Wherever he went, the lake surface was frozen.

The person next to him was relatively short, but very strong, fat and big-eared, with a bare chest, a thick rosary hanging around his neck, and a rosary in his hand. His image was almost the same as a monk.

But the exposed skin was full of strange lines, and the slightly scarlet eyes showed that this person was not a normal monk, but a demon Buddha.

It was an evil Buddha who had gone astray.

"So they were two masters of the ghost clan and the demon clan, Master Xu and the Heart-confused Buddha."

Li Exi swept her eyes over the two and immediately knew their identities.

After seeing the two, Lu Mingyuan instantly understood everything.

The reason why this blood clan duke dared to come to the East Region and head straight to Tianshui was because of the existence of two holy masters.

On the surface, it was to humiliate the human cultivators, but in fact, it was to seduce.

Their target was actually himself.

"With us here, don't even think about attacking His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Get past us first!"

Yao Guang and Yu Linglong, as well as the many cultivators behind Li Exi, lined up and sacrificed their own life magic weapons. They were ready. This was exactly the purpose of their coming here.

Today, I vow to avenge Mr. Qi!