Xie Lian said, "General Pei won.
Or did he lose? "
Pei Su said, "He won. He also lost. "
All the troublemakers had died under Pei Ming's sword.
Among them, many were his old subordinates who had been friends with him for more than ten years.
This sword, 'Ming Guang', had always been used alongside these people. But now, it had become a weapon to kill these people.
And when the battle ended, when victory and defeat was decided,
The Xu Li Country Lord,
Also logically used the name of capturing the traitor,
Ordered people to surround Pei Ming, who was bathed in blood and almost unable to move.
Although Pei Ming knew how to fight, if the battlefield wasn't a real battlefield,
He might not be able to win. He was clearly retreating from the enemy to save himself.
But in the end, he was met with a "Kill without mercy!"
Pei Ming held the clay jar.
It wasn't that he didn't hear what they were saying.
He just didn't have the time to care. He said, "I should have known this was your style."
Thinking about it,
It was Rong Guang's resentment that was attached to the broken sword stained with the blood of millions, resonating with it.
Only then could it survive until now. But the voice inside the jar still said coldly, "Your limbs have long died. I'm just a sword. "
Xie Lian knew that he probably wouldn't admit it now. There was no point in asking.
He said, "Forget it.
General Pei. "
Pei Ming nodded and returned the jar to Pei Su.
With this, they had already subdued two troublesome ghosts.
Ignoring everything else, it was a good start. Xie Lian said, "General Pei and I will continue to walk into Bronze Cauldron Mountain. Half-moon, what about you guys? Are you going to find the Lord Rain Master? "
However, Pei Su said, "The Rain Master has already chased after the demon that kidnapped the farmers. He has already gone inside. We are going the same way. We are willing to help General and the Crown Prince. "
Pei Ming came back to his senses and frowned slightly. "Then let's hurry and move. The Lord Rain Master isn't a martial god, but he walks faster than us. I'm afraid there will be danger on the road ahead. "
Xie Lian picked up Hua Cheng, and Half-moon picked up the two jars. The group hurried deeper into the forest.
As they were still in the outer perimeter of Bronze Cauldron Mountain, they did not meet any powerful characters along the way. Most of them were just weeds, and they did not even have the interest to fight them. They simply skipped past them. Some ungrateful people came to challenge them, but they were scared away by the snakes that Half-moon and Pei Su released. After walking for a day, they finally left the forest and entered the second level of Bronze Cauldron Mountain.
At this point, the forest gradually thinned out and the road gradually widened. There were many traces of human habitation. Xie Lian even saw some dilapidated and blackened houses on the side of the road. In this isolated place, it was really too strange. He couldn't help but ask, "Why are there people living in these houses?"
Half-moon and Pei Su shook their heads. Pei Ming also said, "I'm afraid you'll have to ask the Ghost King in your arms."
As soon as Xie Lian finished asking his question, he thought that if Hua Cheng was awake, he would definitely be able to answer his question. Xie Lian lowered his head to take a look. Although Hua Cheng's unusually high body temperature had gradually subsided, his eyes were still tightly shut. He couldn't help but feel deeply worried.
Pei Ming reminded him, "Your Highness, we're about to enter the next level. The things ahead will be even more powerful. Why don't we stop for a while and wait for Master Hua Cheng to wake up? "
At this moment, everyone was at a wide fork in the road. One road led to the east, and the other led to the west. Xie Lian muttered to himself, "It's already late. Let's stay here for the night."
After running around for a day, it was time for them to rest and focus on helping Hua Cheng. Half-moon said, "Okay, Brother Pei Su also needs to rest."
Only then did everyone remember that Pei Su was a mortal right now. He needed to rest and eat, but he hadn't said a word. Xie Lian's body was shackled, so he was no exception. However, because he was worried about Hua Cheng, he completely forgot about these things.
The group immediately set up camp at this fork in the road. Half-moon started a fire, and Pei Su went hunting. Seeing everyone busy with their own things, Xie Lian stared at Hua Cheng's face again. Not long after, his intuition made him suddenly turn his head. Sure enough, Pei Ming was looking at the two of them.
The two looked at each other for a while. Pei Ming laughed dryly and said, "Okay. I'll leave. "
Xie Lian said, "No. Let's not. "
It wasn't like he wanted to do anything shameful, so why did he say it like he was a thief!
At this time, Half-moon carried a jar of food and walked over, saying, "General Hua … …"
Xie Lian and Pei Ming both turned their heads. Xie Lian asked, "What's wrong?"
In the black jar was a frightened pheasant, and it was tied up. Half-moon showed the jar to them and said, "Brother Pei Su made it, so he told me to do it. However, I don't know how to cook."
After Pei Su finished hunting, he went to the front to scout the road. However, Pei Ming didn't seem to be satisfied with Half-moon no matter how he looked at her. He confidently said, "You're a girl, fighting and killing all day. It's fine if you don't know how to dress up, but how come you don't even know how to cook?"
Xie Lian and Half-moon were both speechless. Half-moon wasn't a pampered girl from an ordinary family. She simply couldn't understand Pei Ming's aesthetics. Towards his words, she was also very confused and baffled. However, Xie Lian had more or less figured it out. When it came to women, Pei Ming couldn't explain it in a few words. He said, "Half-moon, put it down. I'll teach you."
Half-moon originally trusted him a lot, so naturally she happily agreed. After the time it takes to burn a stick of incense. Xie Lian plucked at the pheasant's multicolored feathers. Pei Ming raised his blood-stained palm and sighed, "A general killing a pheasant, and the crown prince plucking its feathers. This is a famous scene."
Xie Lian watched as he killed the pheasant with his bare hands. He said, "General Pei, can't you use a knife or a sword or something like that? It's a bit cleaner. "
Pei Ming said, "Is there?"
As soon as he said that, the two of them couldn't help but look at the two jars on the ground. Inside the jar, Rong Guang seemed to sense these two strange gazes. The body of the jar trembled and shouted, "Hurry up and scram! The further the better! Be careful that I smear poison on the blade and poison you to death! "
The two of them hurriedly walked away. After walking to a place where the jar couldn't hear them, Pei Ming shook his head and said to Xie Lian, "You still insist on saying no. He's always been like this. It would be strange if he wasn't. "
Xie Lian had also heard how Rong Guang scolded him. He had long since developed a subtle sympathy for him. He said, "I understand you. I have a younger cousin who is a bit like General Rong. He's even better at scolding than him, but he doesn't know how to do things. "
In any case, Rong Guang could help Pei Ming fight a battle. If Qi Rong helped Xie Lian fight a battle, before Xie Lian was killed by the enemy first, he would definitely be killed by Qi Rong. Pei Ming seemed to imagine what a Rong Guang who only knew how to scold people but didn't know how to fight a battle would be like. He sincerely said, "That really is too scary."
Xie Lian threw the pheasant back into the jar. He filled it with water and threw it over the fire to cook. From time to time, he would throw in some wild fruits and herbs to adjust the flavor. Bao Yue also learned from him. She did her best to stuff everything she could find that seemed edible into the jar. Pei Ming didn't seem to understand what they were doing. However, because he had never been in the kitchen before, he didn't see any problems. He helped add some firewood and said, "Your Highness, this Pei has always wanted to ask you a question. However, because we aren't familiar, it's not good to rashly ask."
It was true that they weren't familiar. In the past, Xie Lian's impression of Pei Ming was that he was a pretty good fighter, but his heart wasn't in the right place. They had even opposed each other a few times. Now that they had interacted a few times, his impression of Pei Ming had unknowingly changed. They could be considered somewhat familiar. He said, "General Pei, please ask."
Pei Ming said, "You've been demoted twice. You have two curses on your body. After your third ascension, you can ask the emperor to help you remove them. However, why didn't you remove them? "
Xie Lian stared blankly at Bao Yue. After racking his brains for a while, he suddenly saw the light and took out several long purplish red scorpion snakes. He directly put them into the boiling soup jar. His expression was normal as he said, "Then, General Pei, I also have a question I want to ask you."
Pei Ming said, "Please ask."
Xie Lian said, "Why didn't you forge a new sword after you broke Ming Guang to use as a talisman?"
Pei Ming raised his eyebrows and said, "That really is an unpleasant question."
Xie Lian's expression was exactly the same as his. He said, "Same to you."
The two of them laughed. Suddenly, Pei Ming said, "I never thought that was a good story."
Xie Lian said, "I understand."
He was about to open his mouth when he heard a strange movement coming from behind him. His heart moved, he turned around and said, "San Lang?"
Sure enough, it was Hua Cheng sitting up!
Xie Lian was pleasantly surprised. He hurriedly went over to support his shoulder and said, "San Lang! You're awake! You … … seem to have gotten bigger? "
Indeed, before, Hua Cheng looked like he was only ten years old. Now, he looked like he was thirteen or fourteen years old. Moreover, when he opened his mouth, his voice changed from a child's to a slightly raspy youth's voice. "Yes, thank you very much for helping me relieve my pain."
Pei Ming said, "This is truly worthy of celebration."
Xie Lian said, "There's nothing to thank me for, I … …" Only after he finished speaking did he notice the word "relieve". His smile froze as he thought to himself, "It can't be what I think it is, right?"
In the next moment, Hua Cheng grabbed his shoulder and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, listen to me. Right now, there's something rushing over from the east. You have to temporarily avoid it! "
Xie Lian was startled. The two of them looked towards the east. As if they could see through the boundless night, they saw a figure stealthily moving in the darkness. Although Xie Lian didn't feel anything, he still said, "Okay! We'll first avoid it. "
Pei Ming asked, "Avoid where?"
This fork in the road only led to two roads. Xie Lian said, "West!"
Bao Yue grabbed the clay pot that was cooking over the fire. It looked like she was preparing to bring it along with her. She said, "Brother Pei Su still hasn't returned!"
Just as she finished speaking, they saw a black shadow rushing over from the west road. It was Pei Su, who had been scouting out the road. He said, "General! Don't take this road! There's a large number of demons and ghosts heading this way! "
Hua Cheng asked, "How large?"
When Pei Su saw that he was the one asking the question, he froze for a moment before replying, "According to the tremors on the ground, at least five hundred!"
As a Martial God, unless it was absolutely necessary, he wouldn't consider "retreating" this road. Pei Ming asked, "Are we going west or east?"
Hua Cheng decisively said, "West!"
Xie Lian also said, "West."
He didn't know why, but even though there were many ghosts in the west and not a single ghost in the east, Xie Lian's intuition told him that the west was definitely safer than the east. Without saying anything more, the group hurriedly left. Originally, Xie Lian had already prepared to meet a wave of demons and slaughter them. Who knew that after running for six or seven miles, he didn't hear the slightest movement. He couldn't help but feel strange and asked, "Little General Pei, where and when did you hear that five hundred demons and ghosts were approaching?"
Pei Su replied, "It was in the vicinity. At that time, they were five or six miles away from me. Their speed was extremely fast. "
Xie Lian said, "That's very strange!"
Their group ran west, while those five hundred demons and ghosts ran east. Their speed was extremely fast, so they should've quickly bumped into them. Why was it that not only did they not see a single ghost, there wasn't even the slightest movement?
Pei Ming said, "Little Pei can't have heard wrongly. Did they go back the way they came?"
Pei Su replied, "I don't think that's possible. Because their speed was extremely fast, it sounded like they were … … "
Hua Cheng said, "Running for our lives."
Suddenly, Xie Lian stopped in his tracks. Not only him, but everyone in the group also stopped. That was because in front of them was a field of corpses, blocking their path.
Among these corpses, there were humans and beasts, all kinds of strange shapes and sizes. There were also souls that had been scattered, leaving only wisps of black smoke and will-o '-the-wisps floating in the air. The scene was extremely mournful. Xie Lian squatted down to examine for a moment before saying, "They really were running for their lives, but … … they didn't manage to escape."
After Pei Su heard about them, he immediately retreated to inform Xie Lian and the others. Not long after he retreated, something chased after them and caught them all in one fell swoop.
Hua Cheng said, "It was done by one person."
Xie Lian nodded his head. If both sides had the advantage in numbers, it would've been impossible for them to kill so cleanly, and the battle wouldn't have ended so quickly.
In such a short period of time, to kill five hundred demons and ghosts, this person was undoubtedly stronger than the Swift Blade Demon. It seemed like this was the main target they needed to pay attention to.
Half-moon hugged the soup pot and said, "Lord Rain couldn't have chosen this path, right … …"
Pei Su said, "Don't worry, Lord Rain has a guardian mount."
At this moment, Xie Lian heard a strange 'ka ka ka' sound coming from the ground in front of them. Looking over, he saw a skull's upper and lower teeth were chattering. That 'ka ka ka' sound was coming from this place. Seeing that someone had discovered it, it cried out in fear, "Spare me, I won't come back again. I want to go back, I want to go home!"
Xie Lian held it up with both hands and warmly said, "Don't be afraid, we're just passing by. Can you tell us, what happened? "
That skull's teeth chattered as it said, "You, you're just passing by? Don't go any further, there's a very scary one in front … … Including us, he's already killed over a thousand ghosts, but he's still not satisfied. He's still unceasingly, unceasingly … … "
Over a thousand ghosts!
It was actually more than what they had imagined. Xie Lian asked, "Who are you talking about? Do you know his name? Or his nickname? Or what does he look like? "
The skull replied, "I, I don't know. I also couldn't see too clearly. He killed us in less than a few moves. I could only faintly see a man wearing black clothes. He was very young, and his face was very pale … … "
Pei Ming said, "It sounds a bit troublesome. Your Highness the Crown Prince, Master Hua Cheng, are you sure we should go west and not east? "
When that skull heard this, it shrieked, "We can't go east either! Absolutely not!!! "
Xie Lian asked, "What about the east?"