Yamafu Military Affairs

Chapter 117 Planning
Under the bright moon and starlight, a large gray-white eagle suddenly flapped its wings and flew over from a very high altitude above the post station.

From an eagle's eye perspective, every blade of grass and every tree in Fu'an Posthouse was in sight of a middle-aged man more than ten miles away.

Looking at the bloodstains left in the yard and the black smoke rising, Gray Eagle turned his head and flew away.

Next to the headless corpse, a middle-aged man dressed as a hunter suddenly opened his eyes and spoke hurriedly.

"The bloody flowers in the yard were cleaned up by that Taoist. This group of people are very cautious. I'm afraid that the backup plan we arranged will not be useful this time."

Next to the middle-aged man sat a bald man with greasy hands. The man did not respond at all, as if he had not heard anything at all. He was still pulling his cheeks and concentrating on finishing the huge pork elbow in his hand.

After hearing the man's information, the old man sitting in the wheelchair stroked the rosary in his hand and coughed heavily twice.

"Since this is impossible, let's retreat first. When the eunuch arrives in Qinghua, we will make other plans. Although it's a pity that Bai Shou died in this test, it's also a good thing that we have figured out the methods of these people."

In the wilderness, under a huge shadow, three people were silently staring at the dead Taoist priest with a hundred heads.

The beast disciple Li Cai, the reckless monk Zhi Yu, the hundred-headed Taoist Tai Shu, and the ghost master Apang.

These four people were the extraordinary men carefully selected by the Annan chieftain from among his many retainers and sent to take revenge on the military supervisor Ma Qi.

Beastmaster Li Cai is a family-born child of the Thanh Hua Li nationality. He has been able to understand the language of animals since he was a child. When he was young, he met a white ape while practicing martial arts in the mountains. With the help of the white ape, he developed a magical skill of taming animals.

Monk Mang was originally a monk in Jiaozhou Prefecture, but for some unknown reason he violated the precept of killing and committed a massacre of the whole village. After being discovered by the government, he was wanted by all fifteen prefectures in Jiaozhi. With nowhere to go, he had to seek shelter from the wealthy and powerful and sell his bravery.

Ghost Master A Pang, apart from a face and a name, has no background. All we know is that he has raised many ghosts and monsters, and is also proficient in Feng Shui and divination. In his early years, he colluded with Bai Shou Taoist. One of them took the pure blood and flesh of infants to practice evil magic, and the other used the soul of Zhishan to refine the evil ghosts. It was really a clever and seamless cooperation.

"Then retreat first. Anyway, without Bai Shou's blood flower, you can't set up your ghost formation."

The beastman Li Cai also nodded, stood up and whistled, and the huge black shadow suddenly became half the size.

With the help of the moonlight, the black shadow revealed its true face. It turned out to be a magical white elephant that was more than two meters tall and had skin as white as jade.

"Monk, take Baihua's body with you. This body of flesh and soul is very nutritious. Don't let it be used by the wolves and tigers in the mountains."

Without any movement from the ghost master Apang, the wheelchair floated up and landed on the very broad back of the white elephant.

Monk Mang used his cheeks to push hard, bit his steel teeth, and bit the elbow in half and swallowed it into his stomach. Then, without further delay, he carried the corpse of Taoist Baihua and climbed onto the huge white elephant.

With a roar and a neigh, the strange beast carried the three people at a speed as fast as a galloping horse to Qinghua Prefecture, which was a hundred miles away.

At Fu'an Inn, where the lights were gradually going out, Qin Huai sat quietly in his room, leaning against the wooden bed and the earthen wall, looking at the bright moonlight and sparse stars outside the window.

After killing Baihua Taoist, Qin Huai's event progress and purchase authority evaluation have been improved to a certain extent, and some changes have also occurred.

The event requirements are as follows:

1. Obtain a Yama token that also has the power of Pixiu (1/???)
2. Kill at least ten demons, monsters, goblins, and other non-human creatures (4/???)
3. Kill at least one evil demon (2/???)
4. Prevent the conflict between the local witches, Buddhists and Taoists

5. Eliminate the evil waves between the Jade Mountain and the Jade Water

Although the Yanfu incident had officially begun after the killing of Taoist Scorpion, to this day, Qin Huai still had no idea where to start with the two ultimate goals of this incident.

Judging from the information Qin Huai has currently obtained, there does not seem to be any signs of conflict between the three factions of witches, Buddhas and Taoists. The official documents sent from Yushan also describe a calm situation, without any signs of storms or waves at all.

Somewhat strange.

Since the Yanbu incident is not a lie, it only means that the information on our side is not enough.

Qin Huai thought about it, and decided not to think too much, leaning against the wall and falling asleep. In the early morning, Qin Huai just woke up and heard the military leader outside giving orders.

"According to the order of the military supervisor, the reward for those who died last night is 100 taels of silver, the reward for those who were injured is 50 taels, and those who helped to ward off evil will each receive 20 taels!"

"In addition, according to the order of Qingwei Gaogong, each person is given three pieces of evil-breaking talismans, diamond talismans, and protective amulets!"

When the military leader saw Qin Huai coming out, he hurriedly walked up to Qin Huai with a red lacquered tray with ten gold ingots on it.

"The small flag Qinhuai has strong defense. The Taoist who killed the evil demon hundred heads in the battle will be rewarded with fifty taels."

Qin Huai took the tray and looked at the Pi Xiu gold ingot on it. He became more and more curious about the military supervisor.

"Thank you, Captain."

"Don't dare."

The military leader, who was obviously stronger than the other soldiers, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Qin Huai accept it calmly. He bowed and was about to leave.

"You have absorbed a small amount of Pixiu's aura of wealth, and your physical condition has been slightly improved."

Qin Huai stretched his muscles and wanted to try again to see if he could summon up the rudiments of weather.

“It’s still a little bit off.”

The red and white qi dissipated, and Qin Huai had just opened his eyes when the postman brought him the meal.

"Mr. Qin, did you have a good rest last night?"

"It's OK. Thank you for your concern, Taoist Priest."

The young Taoist in a gray Taoist robe was still holding the silver talisman. He glanced at the gold ingots on the tray and sat on the bench to Qin Huai's right.

"We will be able to reach Qinghua before tonight. Are you looking forward to Qinghua Liangjiang, Mr. Qin?"

Guangyu carefully put away the silver talisman in his hand, and looked at the young Xiaoqi who killed the evil monster with amazing spear skills last night, and his words seemed to hint at something.

The lobby of the inn was bustling with people, but no one came to disturb the two of them at this time.

"Apart from military and missions, there aren't many places I've been to. It's a rare opportunity to see the scenery of the Blue Mountains, so I'm naturally looking forward to it."

As early as when Qin Huai received the night-time mission from Shen Zhong, he had some guesses in his mind. When he met the young Taoist later, and thought about the information the young Taoist had revealed to him, Qin Huai was sure that the young Taoist had another purpose in going to Qinghua, and it must be related to the goal of the eunuch who supervised the army upstairs.

The Qinghua nobles, the chieftains of Liangjiang?

Qin Huai thought of the words he had heard from the diners in the tavern before, and felt that the Qinghua Mansion was indeed a little uneasy recently.

Seeing that the Taoist remained silent for a long time, Qin Huai suddenly asked.

"Master Guangyu, I heard that there are many talented people in Qinghua Prefecture recently. Will this affect the plan of the military supervisor?"

"I am accompanying you this time just to see the methods of these monsters. As for this military supervisor?"

The Taoist shook his head, stared at Qin Huai, and spoke slowly.

"not my business."

(End of this chapter)