Chapter 36 The Fight for Life Begins

Qingshanai, the Marshal's Mansion in the city, the hall in the back hall is still empty.

In the silence, the muffled voice suddenly echoed, "Brother, are we just going to wait like this? The initiative is not in our hands, and it is inevitable that something unexpected will happen."

The dazzling sunlight shone in from outside the door, and the hall was bright. Hong Linying sat on the wide chair and shook his bald head that reflected the light.

"This kid is not only cautious, but also a little slippery. In the following few times, he only verified his meaning to us through a few oral messages from Liu Chengyong and the letters he brought. Liu Chengyong's oral messages are often the key words, and the letters never mention the skills and escape. He only said that if there is good wine next time, he will bring the secret pickled meat at home. He is very cautious. He is afraid that the letter will fall into the hands of Ji Wenhe and give him a handle.

The initiative is really in his hands now. We gave him a way to escape last time, but he rejected it.

That is, after he enters the city once, I sent someone to pretend to be an assassin who sneaked into Mengguo to assassinate our important personnel. I didn't want to meet him on the street and recognize him as Ji Wenhe's disciple. Then I killed Chen An and Li Yin on the street first, and then hid him in the secret passage for one or two months. After Ji Wenhe searched for a long time, he was helpless about this matter, so he sent him I will give him the skills and I will quietly send him away from here, but he is adamant that we will not agree to it. This also cuts off our plan to coerce and bribe him after we capture him. "

"Brother, why don't I pretend to be an assassin and capture him directly when he enters the city, and then find an opportunity to take him to the secret room."

"I have also considered your idea, but there are some problems with doing this. After being captured, will he cooperate? Can we give us the skills? Will we torture him? Who can guarantee that he will not feel resentful? If a few places in the skills are changed, it will be irreparable for the practice of internal skills."

"This is not okay, that is not okay, it is really annoying. I don't believe that he can not tell the truth under my hands of splitting tendons and rubbing bones."

"Brother, don't be impatient, or wait for a while. If it doesn't work, we have to do this. "Hong Linying patted his bald head with his hand. ??

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and then the footsteps stopped outside the gate, and then a voice came from outside the gate, "Marshal, Captain Liu is here to see you."

"Oh? He's here, call him in quickly." Hong Linying sat up straight, and after a pause, a strange color flashed in his eyes.

Chen An and Li Yin looked at Li Yan, who was riding a horse in front of them, with shame on their faces, and helplessly slapped their mounts and chased after him with "clang, clang" and "clank, clank".

After entering the city today, Li Yan not only bought some clothes, but was also quite interested in some things in Liu Chengyong's army. In the end, Chen An and Li Yin hung helmets, armor, and military boots on their horses. The most unbearable thing was that there was a big pot and a big spoon hanging on the horse's butt. Chen An covered his face in the eyes of those evil tastes in the military camp, and went to the north gate in a panic with a "clang clang" sound.

After they entered the military advisor's residence, they walked towards the inner valley in a state of astonishment and sighing.

This time, even the horses were brought in. As soon as they entered the valley, a divine sense swept over. When this divine sense swept over the two war horses, it trembled immediately, and then shrank back as if it was ashamed to see people.

Li Yan walked in front, and after feeling that the divine sense was withdrawn, he couldn't help but sneer at the corner of his mouth. Behind him, Chen An and Li Yin lowered their heads and led the horses into the valley, looking like they didn't want to get close to him.

"I asked you to sweep. I brought back more things these few times I came back, so that you can sweep well." Li Yan thought to himself.

Then he turned around and pointed outside his house and said, "Put all the things today there."

After Chen An and Li Yin saw it, they said with a sad face, "Sir, your door is almost blocked." At the door of the stone house where Li Yan lived, there were two or three wooden cabinets. The doors of the wooden cabinets were wide open, but they were filled with farm tools such as plows, rakes, shovels, and stone mortars. There was also a candied haws pole leaning against the door, and many dried candied haws were stuck on it. This was the last time Li Yan entered the city and brought back a candied haws pot.

"What nonsense, just put it up when I told you to. Do you want to put it in the house? How can I sleep then?" Li Yan began to look at the two of them with unfriendly eyes.

"Okay, put it up right away." Chen An and Li Yin shuddered and quickly agreed. Then, with the sound of jingling bells, they unloaded all over the ground, and then Chen An and Li Yin quickly led the horses and covered their faces and left.

From beginning to end, there was no movement in the first stone house or anyone opening the door.

Li Yan nodded with satisfaction, then walked around the things on the ground for a few times, picked up the helmet and armor and gestured with them for a few times. After a while, as if he was not satisfied, he threw them back into the pile of things with a "bang", muttered a few words, and walked into the house.

After entering the house, Li Yan poured a glass of water, drank a sip, and then lay down on the bed, lazily closed his eyes, and looked satisfied. In fact, his heart was already in turmoil.

It has been more than half a month since he made the last decision. Today, he went to the city to find Liu Chengyong and handed him a letter. The letter said that he wanted his uncles to bring the secret pickled meat of Li Yan's ancestral family during the farming season in more than a month. He would go to get the meat at noon. It would take about an hour including the time on the road. He asked Liu Chengyong to prepare the best wine first and drink it together in the wine shop. If the wine was not good, he would take the pickled meat back to enjoy it.

These were also the code words he and Hong Linying agreed on. It meant that "he planned to escape on the day when the farming season started in a month and a half. Hong Linying needed to find a reason to transfer the military division around him for about an hour at noon. Then he would find Liu Chengyong and act. If everything went well, he would give them the skills."

When he really decided on all this, he began to feel nervous. After returning, he lay on the bed and closed his eyes to calm the waves in his heart.

He was definitely not planning to escape, but was planning how to kill Master Ji. He had been planning for several months, but to this day, his chances of success were still very slim. Thinking of Master Ji's terrifying martial arts, no, it should be said that it was magic, he had no confidence at all. Although he had never seen magic such as wood thorn magic, fire bomb magic, and wind blade magic, thinking about these names made him feel powerless.

But he could not wait until half a year or a year later. By then, Master Ji would come to find him before he could think of a way. Facing a person who knew magic and was ready to kill him, he really had no chance of winning. Now, if he was caught by surprise, he might still have a chance of survival. At most, he would die. In that case, if he really died in front of him, Master Ji would probably not have the heart to deal with his relatives anymore.

After lying in bed for a long time, Li Yan felt that his mood was calmer. He stood up and walked to the pond outside the house. His current task was to practice, practice, and practice non-stop.

In the time, the catkins had reached the time of flying, the sun was getting warmer, and the valley was already full of flowers. Some trees had shed their dark leaves and replaced them with tender green branches.

Military Division Ji looked into the valley and stroked his forehead with his hand. The valley was really full of flowers. Li Yan transplanted the wild flowers around the valley almost in patches. Now, from the pond to the south to the foot of the mountain, and from the pond to the north to a few feet in front of the stone house, there were colorful wild flowers everywhere, big, small, tall, short, and mixed fragrance in this spring, which was so rich that it made people dizzy. Even if he was in the house, his nose was filled with the fragrance of various flowers.

He shook his head and looked at the pond in the flowers, where Li Yan was practicing with a steady breath. At this time, his breath had already broken through the early stage of the first layer of Qi Condensation.

"Okay, now you can do whatever you want. If you continue to practice like this, you may be able to break through to the late stage or peak of the first stage of Qi Condensation in another year. Whether you have reached the peak of the first stage or not, you have to give it a try. Now it is a problem for me to use more than 30% of my spiritual power. After a year, I can only use 20% of my spiritual power. 20% of my spiritual power is the minimum requirement for dealing with the late stage of Qi Condensation. Otherwise, if it is delayed a little longer, I don't know who can suppress whom." A trace of ferocity appeared on the face of the military division.

Half an hour later, it was around noon in the morning. Li Yan walked out of the pond, went back to the house, changed into a clean black robe, and came to the front of the first stone house.

"Teacher, I want to go to the city today. I haven't brought the silver from last month to my family yet."

"Okay, go ahead." A voice came from the house. The military division was used to Li Yan's behavior of going out of the valley for half a month or a month. Anyway, every time he came back, his cultivation would be improved within a period of time, and his spirit would be stable for a period of time.

Li Yan bowed and planned to go back to the house to get the silver. However, he heard the hesitant voice of Ji Junshi behind him, "Disciple, when you go to the city this time, try to save more silver for your family. Don't waste it on useless things. You bring back big and small bags of things every time, but you don't see how much you spend."

r>  Li Yan was stunned for a moment, smiled knowingly, turned around and said again, "Teacher, don't worry, I won't buy a lot."

"Oh" There was silence in the house.

Not long after, there was a commotion outside the valley, and Chen An and Li Yin led their horses away with shouts.

Time passed little by little, and at noon, in the military advisor's mansion, "Sir, someone in the city came to see you. Marshal Hong needs you to go over there, saying that there is something important to discuss."

"Oh, it's noon now, what's the big deal." Military Advisor Ji was meditating in the house. Since returning from Daqing Mountain half a year ago, he has gone to the army once every few days to once every ten days, or even half a month. He usually meditates in the valley. He just went to the city to discuss the defense of Mengguo Army two days ago. Why did he have to go again today? Could it be that something big happened? Although he didn't want to go, he still needed to use this place for the time being, so he really couldn't ignore it.

Thinking of this, Military Advisor Ji stood up and walked out.

Li Yan looked at the sun, and then smiled at Li Yu and Li Shan who were sitting at the same table. Today, there were only three of them at the table, but he didn't call others. Chen An and Li Yin had to sit alone at a table not far away.

"Li Yu, I've seen your cooking skills improve a lot in the past six months. Now you've gone from being a helper to a chef. I was hoping to eat your dishes, haha."

Li Yu blushed and said, "Brother Yan, I'm still a long way from being a chef. Well, I guess I'll be able to learn after waiting for another year or so. I'll cook whatever you want."

"Okay, Brother Yan, you must come to eat then." At this point, Li Yan's face showed a little bit of loneliness that was hard to detect.

Li Yu and Li Shan really didn't notice these changes in him. They were half-focused on the delicacies on the table. Every time Li Yan came into the city, he would always invite them to have a good meal, which made them very happy.

Li Yan paused for a moment, then smiled at Li Shan and said, "Li Shan, have you bought the belt I asked you to buy for me last time?"

Li Shan, with a full mouth, raised his head and smiled, and said vaguely, "Yes, yes, it's here." As he spoke, he reached into his arms with one hand, took out a belt and handed it to Li Yan.

Li Yan took it, which was a purple palm-wide belt. He stood up happily, untied the black belt around his waist, and tied the purple belt on. With his black robe, he really looked handsome.

Chen An and Li Yin raised their heads to look over here, then lowered their heads to drink. They were speechless about this gentleman's shopping addiction. He was crazy and wanted to buy everything, but he wouldn't use many of them after buying them.

Li Yan hesitated for a moment, handed the black belt in his hand to Li Shan and said, "Li Shan, give this and the silver I gave you earlier to the uncle who comes to the city next time, and ask them to bring it to my parents." When he said the latter part, his tone was a little low.

Li Shan and Li Yu looked up and looked at each other, thinking that something was wrong with Li Yan today.