Destiny is ashes

Chapter 351 Chaos in the Northern Frontier (23)

An Jing and Fu Xie were discussing matters related to the Heavenly Demon and the Demonic Tribulation. To outsiders, it seemed that An Jing was staring intently at the corpse of the monster, observing the details, turning over its intestines from time to time, and pulling open its ribs to check its internal organs.

Although there is nothing strange about it, it is normal for An Jing to be curious about monsters at such a young age.

To be honest, many warriors present liked to catch toads or small insects from their hometowns and play with them when they were young, and they would play with them all night long.

As far as An Jing's strength is concerned, the monster is not much better than the toad, so it is naturally just a plaything in his hands.

But this selfless spirit of research really made them admire him but also feel a little scared.

——How can I talk to you?
Xu Tai was in a very difficult situation at this moment.

An Jing revealed his identity and told him that he wanted to go to Linjiang City. This request was easy to meet because Xu Tai and other escorts from Hanlang Escort Agency were targeting Linjiang City.

But now all the brothers are exhausted, and some are seriously injured. It is obviously impossible to set out immediately. If we really want to set out, we can only split our forces.

As the team leader, Xu Tai must lead the team and show An Jing the way, but if he is not in charge, he is very worried that something might happen to the brothers who stay behind.

——Even things like monsters gathering together to attack the convoy can happen. There is no safe place around Broken Blade Mountain!

Xu Tai originally wanted to ask An Jing if he could give them some time, so that they could set off immediately after their brothers' injuries were healed. However, seeing that An Jing was now muttering to himself in front of the monster's corpse, the famous chief escort was not willing to disturb him.

Just as Xu Tai was struggling, his eyes suddenly flashed, his pupils contracted, and he shouted to An Jing: "Be careful! Behind you!"

An Jing, who seemed to be immersed in analyzing the monster, had already sensed something was wrong when Xu Tai opened his mouth. He turned his head, a divine light flashed in his eyes, and an ice cone that was flying straight towards the back of his head melted in mid-air and turned into a ball of water vapor.

The invisible and intangible fire of essence followed the trajectory and went straight into the corpses of many monsters not far away. Suddenly, a delicate hissing sound was heard, and a small black shadow jumped out from the corpse of the monster. After running a few steps, it fell to the ground, turned into charcoal, and never moved again.

"Are there still some who are not dead?"

Although only the ice cone would break when hit by it, An Jing was still somewhat surprised that he would be ambushed by the monster: "I clearly remember killing it."

He threw away the monster's corpse that had been turned into a mess in his hand and walked towards the small black shadow - it was actually the embryo of a fawn.

Seeing the already formed embryo, An Jing suddenly realized that among the many monsters he had just killed, there was a doe that was the original body and was already pregnant and was about to give birth. Both the mother and her offspring were infected by the evil spirit and turned into monsters.

It was this monster hiding in the mother's body just now. Because its vitality was too weak, it avoided An Jing's perception and launched a sneak attack.

"Interesting. I remember what you said, Fuxie, if the mother is a mortal beast, the monster should not be able to use magic and can only rely on brute force, not to mention the embryo that has not yet been born."

An Jing leaned over with great interest and cut open the demon corpse with the Ba Hai Knife, but still found nothing: "Is this the result of the progress of the demonic infestation over the years?"

"Compared to the evolution of the demons."

Fu Xie said: "I think it is more likely that someone is behind the transformation."

indeed.

An Jing stood up, turned around, and smiled at Xu Tai and the others: "Thanks for the reminder. There is a town not far away, let's rest for a while." "I have been away from Northern Xinjiang for almost three years, and I don't know what the situation is like here recently. I need to trouble you brothers to explain it to me."

"You're welcome. You're welcome." Xu Tai breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that An Jing was easy to talk to. He immediately called the team, picked up the wounded, and led the team towards Shimen Town.

As a village that Xu Tai originally wanted to use as a stronghold for defense and to slay monsters, Shimen Town had quite solid defense measures.

The outermost layer is a wooden barbed fence, followed by a circle of dug thorn pits. The solid stone walls are stained with blood, and there are heads of bandits and monsters hanging on them, which are enough to prove its fierce martial spirit in the past.

But even such a solid town and such martial-minded townspeople had no choice but to move away when they encountered the frost and beast tide. However, they did not intend to abandon the place completely, and many houses were sealed to prove that they were only leaving temporarily.

After arriving at Shimen Town, unknowingly, the person giving orders changed from Xu Tai to An Jing.

An Jing skillfully ordered everyone to light a fire, boil water, clean up the house, find fuel, and treat the wounded. He even visited the injured warrior and gave him a plaster with miraculous effects.

After the plaster was applied to the wound, the pain soon disappeared, leaving only a slight weakness. When the injured warrior walked two steps on the ground in surprise, all the warriors in the Hanlang Escort Agency cheered and praised Young Master Jing for his noble character.

Xu Tai was also among them. When he cheered along with his own escort, he realized that he had naturally become An Jing's deputy, being ordered around by him, but he didn't feel anything was wrong.

Of course, this was nothing. Not to mention that An Jing had saved their lives from many monsters and was so powerful, they should have followed his lead, and An Jing's orders were also very logical.

Smooth and non-contradictory instructions were issued one after another, and the escorts who were still a little panicked because of the monster's sudden attack gradually calmed down in the process of executing the orders.

As the crude camp was built and the crossbows on the city walls were set up, in just three quarters of an hour, the originally panicked crowd became calm and orderly again.

This experienced leadership ability doesn't seem like that of a teenager at all!
"Brother Xu, please take a seat."

At this moment, in the warm house, An Jing was already holding a cup of hot water, and invited Xu Tai to sit down like a host. Although he felt a little uncomfortable, Xu Tai still accepted the invitation and bowed: "People often say that the destiny of gods is different from that of ordinary people. I thought it was an exaggeration, but now I see that I was shallow. A person like you, young master Jing, is really beyond the ordinary."

He first bowed and thanked An Jing for saving the lives of everyone in their escort company and giving them medicine to treat the wounded, and then he sat down.

This seemingly rough chief escort was actually very polite. After he sat down, without An Jing saying much, he took the initiative to introduce the situation around Broken Blade Mountain and informed him of the beast tide and the current difficulties of Linjiang City.

"But at the moment, the situation around Broken Blade Mountain is much worse than I thought."

After drinking the hot water, Xu Tai frowned, "North of Broken Blade Mountain is the base of the Northern Barbarian Army. Although the frost disaster has temporarily stopped, there is no sign of the temperature rising."

"Now there is another group of monsters mixed in with the beast tide... I really don't know why they attacked us. We are obviously just transporting some food and medicine that Linjiang City urgently needs!"

"Where is the Dachen government?"

An Jing seemed to be thinking about something. He asked, and Xu Tai shook his head: "Some time ago, the higher-ups issued an order declaring the area north of Broken Blade Mountain a war zone. Everything was transferred to military control, and many civilian officials were evacuated. Most of the military officers were also transferred to the front line and were no longer stationed in the city."

"So, there are actually not many Dachen officials around Broken Blade Mountain. This place is almost a no-man's land."

"I know that you, Young Master Jing, came to the Northern Frontier to look for your mother, right? If you think your mother is in Linjiang City, then we will set off immediately. There is a shortage of food and medicine over there, and there are no officials to control it. The situation is not optimistic!"

(End of this chapter)