Destiny is ashes

Chapter 449: The Light of the Star (13)

Even though they had won a great victory, the area around Broken Blade Mountain was tense because of the impending war.

Some people left, but most stayed. Since the frost disaster, the beast tide, and even the Linlang Chamber of Commerce could not make them leave their hometown, the Tieli Iron Cavalry could not do it either.

While all those who stayed behind were busy with pre-war armaments and construction of fortifications, many people from other places came from all directions seeking military merit and other opportunities.

Or they may be warriors who want to join the vanguard or militia to gain military merit and obtain further supplies; or they may be poor people who want to risk their lives to earn the most generous rewards in the most dangerous work.

This naturally includes the True Demon Sect.

The construction around Linjiang City is in full swing. Taking advantage of the fact that there are few people in the city and the number of Yankui is increasing, An Jing has made a huge change to the construction plan of the entire city. He optimized some of the ground nodes, but more importantly, it was to prevent the forces behind the Linlang Chamber of Commerce from easily sneaking into the city with the help of the original city formation plan.

The only ones who could participate in this part of the work were the original Hanlang Escort Agency, Mingjing Sect guards, and Bai Qinghan's men, while Yan Kui took on most of the physical work, leaving many people with ulterior motives helpless.

But the True Demon Cult's spies' target was not the city... but the depths of Broken Blade Mountain.

A middle-aged man who looked ordinary but had thick calluses on his hands from working in the mountains was lurking in the group of herb collectors heading to Broken Blade Mountain. He was silent and had an accent from another place when he spoke, but this did not arouse anyone's suspicion, because most of the people who dared to come to the area around Broken Blade Mountain to engage in herb collecting work were outsiders who came for the generous rewards from Linjiang City.

"Your mission is to collect the following spiritual herbs: Ginseng, Vitality Grass, Golden Edge Grass, Polygonatum, Red Leaf Juice... Remember, only collect these spiritual herbs. We will not collect other herbs, no matter how precious they are. If they are spiritual plants that are required to be protected by the higher-ups, if you dare to pick a leaf, the higher-ups will chop off your heads!"

The team leader did not give a long speech, but directly stated his requirements and restrictions.

Everyone present was somewhat confused. No one could understand why they would collect these spiritual materials that even the poorest people could occasionally pick one or two in the mountains, and why they would offer a relatively high price for them.

But who cares? In this world, there are not many places in the northern border that offer a price instead of forced labor. The master of Linjiang City can do whatever he wants as long as he can make money.

The middle-aged man followed the group into the forest along the established route, and then disappeared silently among the tangled roots and shadows during the subsequent free movement.

"It's really well done..."

Running quickly in the mountains and forests, the middle-aged man was wrapped in a cloud of mist, and the constantly swirling wind pushed him forward. It was the magical [Body in the Mist].

He recalled the Linjiang City he had seen before. Even though he had sold his life to the demon long ago, he couldn't help but sigh: "I said that this world is difficult because there are too many people. Look at the shortage of people. Any teenager can make a city look good and anyone can make money... Your Excellency is right. All the troubles are caused by the large number of people. If we kill 70% to 80% of them, hey, wouldn't the world become a paradise?"

He was the illegitimate son of a marginal member of a large family. His parents had a hard life, and he himself had always been discriminated against and oppressed as a free laborer. His father died young, and other branches of the family came to take advantage of him... Talking about his hardships, it would take days and nights to describe them all. Fortunately, there are demons in this world. Even if the large families are evil, can the demons be more evil?
Since then, he has devoted himself to serving the True Demon Cult, and is not afraid of even the most difficult infiltration missions.

——I am doing a good thing. If I kill more people, won't the survivors feel relieved? If I die, there will be one less person to eat in this world.

With this mentality, he accepted the mission of "Exploring the Spiritual Land in Broken Blade Mountain".

This task seemed simple but was actually difficult. The frost disaster turned the sky and the earth pale and wiped out all life. This was certainly a good thing, but it also made infiltration difficult. Before him, many spies had been caught and killed by some iron kite. At present, the only way to enter the mountain was from the inside.

Soon, with the help of the magic of the devil, he arrived at the center of Broken Blade Mountain as fast as the wind. However, what he did not expect was that the center of the blessed land, which was supposed to be a "vast spiritual field" in the original intelligence, had changed drastically.

What appeared before his eyes was a huge complex of spiritual plants that was so lush that it was beyond imagination. It was made up of countless different plants, vines, shrubs, trees, grass leaves and fungi intertwined together!
"This, this is..."

Seeing this scene, the middle-aged man was shocked and said, "This is the Great Demonic Spirit of the Sea of ​​Trees in Broken Blade Mountain. Is it going to advance to the Godly Hidden Realm?!"

Without any hesitation, he took out a talisman from his bosom and sent a message. When he finished sending the message and was about to sneak further into the blessed land, a hand that had been waiting and lurking in the shadows reached out from the blind spot, covered his mouth and nose, and dragged him into the shadows.

“Wuwuwu?!”

The middle-aged man sensed something was wrong, and he realized that the reason why he was able to lurk deep into Broken Blade Mountain, see this scene, and even send out the message was all arranged by someone - he intended to activate the devil's trump card in his body to escape, but another fist that was bigger and stronger than the previous hand reached out from the shadows, and with a faint thunder, it hit his head and knocked him unconscious in an instant.

After a while, outside Broken Blade Mountain.

"Not bad, Xiao Cang, your ability to travel into the underworld is simply amazing. Not only can you escape into the underworld by yourself, but you can also take others with you!"

After dealing with the True Demon Cult's spies, An Jing smiled and exchanged punches with Cang Linzu, who was a head shorter than him but had indeed grown a lot taller. "Your strength has improved a lot. It seems that I have suppressed your growth before. Should I let you go out and try your luck?"

The boy who was slightly shorter but considered tall among his peers also grinned and said, "Hey, Brother Jing, what are you talking about? Your thunder technique is really powerful. You knocked out this high-level spy with the Heavenly Demon Secret Technique with one punch and captured him alive. If it were me, I would have to deal with him for a while even if I added drugs and ambush him, and he might escape."

"As for growth... Big Brother, you also know that I like to practice martial arts and fight. The job of a vanguard scout in the army is just right for me. When a person is happy, everything will go smoothly."

"Anyway, seeing you in such good condition, I feel relieved."

An Jing nodded slightly. He was genuinely happy that the granaries were full.

This morning, Cang Linzu arrived at Linjiang City with a batch of military armor, and An Jing was capturing spies from the True Demon Sect. When he saw his brothers coming, he called them to join the action. In addition to this middle-aged man, they also captured a lot of miscellaneous people with ulterior motives, some of them were from Tieli, some were from the Southern Chamber of Commerce, and some probably wanted to hide in the mountains and do smuggling themselves, and a few of them were from the True Demon Sect.

These people will later be sent to the prison and tortured severely. After extracting relevant information, those who are not guilty of the death penalty will be sent back to their original places, and the rest will all be thrown into the fertile fields over there with lush greenery.

An Jing had long known about Cang Linzu's growth through his fate. When he was in Xuanming Manor, he was indeed a martial arts fanatic and had a personality that enjoyed fighting. Thinking about it carefully, the army was indeed the most suitable for him. It was indeed not appropriate to force him to go to the sect with Gu Yeqi.

"I always feel like I've seen this before..."

An Jing felt somewhat familiar with Cang Linzu's current state, but when he thought about it carefully, he realized that this was his previous life. Thinking of this, An Jing suddenly felt that he had many lessons to pass on to his brothers.

[Big brother is really amazing. He has achieved three divine powers without making any noise. I am afraid that the existence of people like us is really a burden to Big Brother.]

However, just at this moment when he wanted to 'teach/confide/communicate', An Jing suddenly realized that his thoughts and Cang Linzu's had suddenly become connected.

It was at this moment that the star representing the [Zhenxing] in the armillary sphere in his sea of ​​consciousness suddenly lit up!
(End of this chapter)