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Chapter 552 An unexpected encounter

The river god White Dragon King did not commit dereliction of duty.

They ran at full speed while on the way, and after arriving at the scene, they did not waste time and immediately formed an army to fight against the water ape.

After the water ape was captured, he cleaned up the flood in the city very efficiently and skillfully.

But even though the river god was so dedicated, more than 20,000 people died in Lingguan County.

The entire county, including the suburbs, had only more than 10,000 households and a population of less than 60,000. More than 24,000 people were directly drowned.

When the flood receded, the wet and muddy ground was littered with corpses and debris.

There were human corpses, as well as corpses of pigs, horses, cows and sheep.

There were pots and pans washed away from people's homes, and beams, door panels,

Xiaoyu stood on the city wall and looked inside and outside the city. He saw large groups of dead souls trapped in the mud and crying miserably.

They were water ghosts, and now that the water had receded, they remained where they were, with half of their legs stuck in the mud and their bodies floating outside, crying in confusion and pain.

Both tragic and creepy.

"General Zhou, is your county magistrate still alive?" Xiao Yu asked.

Before the water ape retreated, there were still dozens of soldiers on the city wall putting up a stubborn resistance.

Now that the aquatic ape has been captured and the flood has receded, they naturally have to provide disaster relief on the scene.

"General Zhou" was the highest-ranking officer among the surviving soldiers, a dusi.

"Alas, Lord Luo's family and the entire county government office were destroyed by the flood that fell from the sky. Now there is only an empty lot left of the government office." General Zhou said with a sad look on his face.

"Who has the highest official position in the county now? Let him come out and organize the people. Divide them into two teams, one to rescue people and the other to clean up the bodies inside and outside the city.

The bodies were placed in an open area in the south of the city, and I performed a ritual for them to pray for their souls to be reborn.

Someone claimed it and let their family take it away.

No one claimed it, so it was buried on the spot.

Even though it's March now, the weather is still cold.

Too many people have died, and the resentment is too great. If we delay for two days, it will inevitably lead to an epidemic, and more people will die." Xiao Yu said.

The plague in this world is not entirely within the scope of "biology and pathology", it is also very fantastic.

Wasn’t the Five Blessings Plague King who was killed by Xiaoyu back then the one who controlled the power of plague?
If the souls of the dead are not liberated, their resentment will accumulate and, combined with the "disease air" from the rotting corpse, it will easily generate "epidemic air".

General Zhou hesitated and said, "It seems that the Marquis of Qinghe is still in the city. With the Marquis's strength, he should not be drowned by the flood."

"Who is the Marquis of Qinghe? What is his relationship with the Prince of Qinghe?" Xiao Yu asked curiously.

As soon as the words fell, a vicissitudes of life voice came from the stairs, "Xiao Fengxian, it's me~~"

The person who came up was an "old man" with white hair and a sallow complexion.

He looked to be in his forties or fifties, wearing a tattered dark green samurai uniform, with a "broken sword" hanging around his waist, looking very shabby.

At this time, he had suffered severe internal and external injuries. His face was pale and he was gasping for breath when he walked.

He looked at her carefully with his dim eyes that seemed familiar to Xiaoyu.

"Hey, I haven't seen you for six years. You've grown up. You're really beautiful and elegant. You don't look much like the Concubine Li back then. Your temperament is different, and your appearance is a little different too."

"Who are you? I think you look familiar." Xiaoyu said.

The "old man" smiled strangely, a smile that was bitter but also mixed with a little pride, "Look at me again."

As soon as he finished speaking, he was still the same person, but his temperament and aura had changed completely.

From a down-and-out warrior ravaged by the years, he transformed into a gentle, heroic, and dignified "ugly nobleman".

The temperament has changed, but the appearance has not changed much.

"This is my "Village Girl Sword", combined with the disguise technique. Oh, Prince Xianzhi, it's you!"

Xiao Yu suddenly realized, with a look of both joy and surprise on her face, "You have really impressed me that you have been able to practice the "Village Girl Sword" to this level.

When I first taught you the sword technique, I thought you would never be able to be 'ordinary' in your life!"

"Greetings to the Marquis of Qinghe!"

General Zhou took a step forward and saluted respectfully, but there was obvious resentment on his face and in his eyes.

There is even a hint of hatred hidden in the resentment.

Six years ago, Li Xianzhi would definitely not have shown that kind of hatred.

Today, six years later, he has reached the pinnacle of "The Village Husband Sword" and can easily distinguish the micro-expressions of most people and guess what they are thinking.

"I just heard it, so I'll do as Xiao Fengxian and Yu Xianzi said.

Pass on my order, gather the young and strong men in the city, don't worry about the property and houses, just clean up the bodies first."

He was very calm, neither angry nor explaining anything.

After Zhou Dusi left, Li Xianzhi walked up to Xiaoyu and looked her up and down again, with undisguised admiration and envy in his eyes.

"Are you an immortal?"

Xiao Yu smiled and said, "My weather is not so easy to observe."

To practice "The Sword of the Village Girl", one must learn the art of reading qi, because "The Sword of the Village Girl" is not a disguise technique, but a way to change one's own breath, facial features, and even outward fortune.

But she is the creator of "The Village Girl Sword", so how could she possibly reveal her "aura" directly to the outside world?
Li Xianzhi said: "I am not just looking at your aura. I have seen immortals, and you give me the same feeling as them, especially..."

He looked down at her right hand.

The ahui ape is still in the little water ball!
Anyone who can display such terrifying magical powers is at least better than an immortal, even if he is not one.

Xiao Yu also glanced at the water ape in his hand and said with a smile: "In the past few years, I have practiced a few Taoist magics. But I am still far from becoming an immortal, and I haven't even condensed the Yuandan."

Li Xianzhi was silent for a while, and then said, "You don't condense the Yuandan because you want to pursue the great path of the Heavenly Immortal. It's not that you can't condense the Dan immediately."

Xiao Yu also looked at him for a while, frowned and said: "Have you given up the immortal path?"

He has already condensed the Yuan Dan, the Human Immortal Yuan Dan. One Death Dan will ruin his immortal path.

During the chaos of the Thirty-Six Kingdoms, the situation was so dangerous, but he was able to endure it. He resolutely refused to form a pill to improve his strength, and he insisted on fighting against several enemy immortals in the "True Yuan Realm".

Later, when he was fighting ghosts in Guaizi Mountain, even his closest cousin was killed in the battle, but it still did not break his determination to pursue the Tao.

Now he didn't know with whom or what predicament he had compromised.

"My father passed away half a year ago, and the title of 'Prince of Qinghe' was downgraded to 'Marquis of Qinghe'.

The current 'Marquis of Qinghe' is me. Half a month after burying him, I condensed the Human Immortal Yuandan.

In fact, it wasn’t that long ago, just last year.”

Li Xianzhi turned his head and looked at the wet and desolate land outside, and there was a hint of sadness and helplessness in his vicissitudes of life voice, "I can practice the "Village Sword" not because I like this sword technique so much.

But if I hadn't mastered this sword technique, I would have died long ago. For example, this time, the 'Water Ape Great Sage' came to Lingguan County to hunt me down.

I failed in my attempt to assassinate the Water Ape Great Sage and fled thousands of miles away. I relied on the 'Villager Sword' to change my aura and avoid being tracked.

In the past, I was able to successfully assassinate great demons, mostly relying on the "Village Sword" to disguise my identity and aura.

Oh, you had a good idea back then.

If there is no help from ghosts and gods, and if the demon cicada does not dare to directly destroy Tianmen Town and Yingxiang Mansion, the "Village Girl Sword" plus wandering in the market can indeed help you avoid the pursuit of the demon cicada.

I failed this time because I seriously underestimated the strength of the Water Ape Great Sage.

I thought he was just an ordinary big demon, not even as good as Chi Lingzi back then.

But he is stronger than Tiger Lord.

Obviously, all rivers and lakes in Western Shu have water gods, and the Gan River also has a river god, but he can still stir up huge waves hundreds of feet high and flood the county."

Xiao Yu said, "It seems that the river god was killed, so the White Dragon King came here personally."

Li Xianzhi nodded gently and sighed, "I saw it, and at that time I joined forces with the county's warriors to surround and kill the water ape.

Among hundreds of warriors, only three survived except me. "

Xiao Yu asked, "Master Xuan Yin has left?"

Li Xianzhi said: "He is still in Yingxiang Prefecture, but he only stays in the prefecture and does not care about the monster troubles in other parts of West Shu.

As the Grand Commander of the Demon Suppression Division, I have to travel everywhere. Wherever there are demons harming people, I will go there. "

After a pause, he continued: "The situation in the entire Xisha region is very complicated now, and Master Xuanyin also has his own difficulties.

If he attacks everywhere, it will disrupt a certain balance and attract a stronger 'Demon King'."

Xiao Yu asked: "What happened in Xisha Region?"

Li Xianzhi looked at her deeply, raised three fingers, and said, "Three changes. First, Yaochan was killed by you six years ago.

Without his suppression and coordination, the Xisha region became even more chaotic.

This is a good thing for Xishu. The Eight Immortals of the West will no longer trouble us, but the demonic troubles have suddenly increased."

"Is there anyone who has replaced Yaochan?" Xiaoyu asked.

Li Xianzhi hesitated and said, "I have similar guesses, but I can't be sure and I haven't found any obvious traces.

Didn't the demon cicada hide for more than ten years before its identity was revealed by you due to an accident?

If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have known about the existence of the cicada until now.

If someone really replaces Yaochan, he will definitely be more cautious than Yaochan. "

Then he continued: "The more important reason for the unrest in Xisha region is Lord Dongfang Shuo.

On March 3rd of this year, it was the Queen Mother's birthday, and a Peach Banquet was held in heaven, and Lord Dongfang Shuo was invited.

He left the world in October last year. Maybe he is drinking wine and eating peaches at the Peach Banquet right now!
This is the second biggest change.”

"Did the news of Dongfang Shuo's participation in the Peach Banquet spread out directly?" Xiao Yu asked in surprise.

"Did you know this a long time ago?" Li Xianzhi was also a little surprised.

Xiao Yu smiled and said, "You forgot that I have a good relationship with the Great Qin Taiyi Sect's Divine Mace Taibao."

"That's right." Li Xianzhi suddenly realized, "I only found out about it two years ago. Lord Dongfang Shuo informed the Li family. Later, the news spread from a certain demon king and became known to everyone."

"If you don't leak the news, how would the Demon King know?" Xiao Yu said.

"Alas, don't forget that there is still fortune-telling in the world." Li Xianzhi said helplessly: "In fact, few people in the Li family know about this matter, let alone spread it outside.

It was because the demon king had great magical powers and was able to tell fortunes, and he calculated the exact time when Dongfang Shuo would leave.

The monsters deliberately spread the news, and soon all the countries and monsters in the Xisha region knew about it."

“Alas, Lord Dongfang Shuo killed seven demon fairies in the Black Water River of Hengyang Valley, shocking the West and frightening the demons and evil spirits outside the countries for many years.

Now that he has left and is certain that he will not be able to return within two years, won't all the demons go crazy? "

Li Xianzhi sighed: "In the past six months, not only Xishu, but also all the countries in the Xisha region have suffered."

"Before Lord Dongfang Shuo left, he only informed you and didn't make any arrangements?" Xiao Yu asked puzzledly.

"Do you still remember the demon-suppressing army formed by the Qin people back then? Lord Dongfang Shuo helped them set up five sets of 'Five Elements Interlocking Formations' and stored food in advance, so that they could rely on the power of magic formations and military formations to resist the Demon King." Li Xianzhi said.

"What else? Have you invited an immortal to take charge of the Xisha region?" Xiaoyu asked.

Li Xianzhi shook his head and said, "I don't know, but I think one immortal alone is not enough.

Immortals are not invincible, and many have been killed."

Seeing Xiao Yu's surprised expression, his sallow face showed a strange look, "You seem to have not paid attention to the outside world in the past six years? Several immortals and military marquises of the Great Qin died on the battlefield, killed by the demon king of Northern Juluzhou!"

"Is Daqin in chaos now?" Xiaoyu looked up at the night sky.

It was close to dawn and the stars were gradually disappearing, but her "magic eyes" were sharp and she could still capture the starlight clearly.

Judging from the astrological signs, the Qin Dynasty has not yet fallen, nor are there any obvious signs of crisis.

"I don't know if the people are in chaos or not. Those immortal generals and marquises all died on the northern battlefield, beaten to death by the Huns and demons. Not only did their commanders die in battle, but the armies they led were also wiped out. It was tragic.

In the past two years, military commanders have come to our west and started recruiting "Loufan Cavalry" on a large scale."

Li Xianzhi pointed at himself and said with a complicated expression: "Even I, the 'Prince of a County', received an invitation letter, promising me to serve as a captain of a thousand men.

If the manpower was not exhausted, how could it be done to this extent? "

"Can anyone become a 'Loufan Cavalry' now? I heard that in those days only human immortals and 'young immortals' who were under 130 years old were eligible to participate in the selection of 'Loufan Cavalry'." Xiao Yu said.

"Gangqi bosses" like Ge Qing can only go to the "Yumen Guard" of the Meng family army in the northwest.

The "Loufan Cavalry" specifically selects "Human Immortals of the Hu Tribe" or peerless geniuses who have the potential to become Human Immortals.

The total number never exceeded 10,000.

Don't think that ten thousand foreign immortals are a lot.

Emperor Ying Zheng of Qin truly achieved “richness throughout the world”, and all the people in the world were his subjects.

Even on the east bank of the Tongtian River, tens of thousands of miles away, a large number of Taoist Miao people were abducted by the "Heavenly Master" of the Qin Dynasty every few years, and many elite civilian warriors like Ge Qing were absorbed into the major legions.

Li Xianzhi shook his head and said, "The conditions for becoming a 'Loufan Cavalry' have been relaxed a lot, and the number has been expanded several times, with a full complement of 40,000 people, but not everyone can get in.

Think about it, Daqin is tens of thousands of miles away from the Xisha region. How much would it cost to bring people to Daqin?
We can't afford to lose money!

Now we still need a veteran master of the Zhenyuan realm, whose internal strength is close to the level of condensing Yuandan.

Daqin promised to provide elixirs and secret techniques to help them condense the human immortal elixir.

If an ordinary True Yuan Realm warrior has elixirs and secret techniques, he will not be able to quickly form a pill."

(End of this chapter)