If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 686: Fighting for Destiny
Xiaoyu almost couldn't maintain Gulihun's silly expression, and a look of shock appeared on his face.

In fact, she could no longer hide the shock deep in her eyes.

The Huns certainly wouldn't just sing and dance when they sent off their sacrificed soldiers and offered sacrifices to the Eternal Heaven.

They also prepared sacrifices.

The sacrifices included living people as well as cattle and horses.

He responded to the Huns' "Changshengtian" and also enjoyed part of the sacrifices.

It’s not that he came down to earth directly to enjoy human flesh, beef and horse flesh.

Only a part of the pure power of faith (power of incense and vows) was absorbed by the descending will.

In addition to the first breath that was suspected to be that of the Emperor of Heaven, three more wills appeared in succession.

They are not as noble and ethereal as the Emperor of Heaven, but they are equally extremely sacred and great, and must be the "super gods" of Heaven.

He is a righteous God, not an evil God!

Xiaoyu was not sure whether they communicated directly with the priests performing the shaman dance below to pass on an "oracle" or something.

But she was very sure that the priests performing the shaman dance, like her, must have realized that "Changshengtian" had heard their cries and was "paying attention" to them.

This attitude of "Changshengtian" made the priests extremely excited.

They danced more happily, and their dance postures and steps gradually entered a state of harmony with the Tao and unity of man and nature.

Just like earlier at Fengqi Cliff, Jiang Xiao used singing to communicate with heaven and earth, causing white clouds to change, birds to sing in harmony, and waves of pine trees to surge.

The surrounding Hun warriors were also deeply infected.

The warriors' eyes became more fanatical, and their faith in Eternal Heaven became more devout and purer.

This kind of spiritual cleansing and change is definitely a large-scale public "heart method" practice.

In short, the Hun warriors who participated in the worship of Changshengtian, their "heart", one of the five elements of immortal martial arts, was rapidly improved imperceptibly.

Xiaoyu was not surprised by this method of cultivating the "heart".

In Taoism and Buddhism, there are many idol worships, such as reading scriptures, chanting Buddha's name, worshipping saints, observing fasts and receiving precepts, which can improve one's state of mind and cultivation.

For example, the deceased dog-meat Taoist priest did not even have internal strength, but his "heart" was stronger and purer than Xiaoyu's before the incident in Yingxiang Mansion.

Some immortal martial arts "mental methods" even involve visualizing the image of the devil in the mind.

The old monk Chijura liked to visualize the Buddha Dipamkara in his mind the most, so much so that illusions of the twenty-four heavens appeared in his mind.

Compared with those unorthodox methods of cultivating the mind, the Huns' worship of Changshengtian can be called "the orthodox Xuanmen."

Especially "Changshengtian" really responded to them.

It was not an evil god pretending to be "God" and deceiving the Huns' faith, but the Emperor of Heaven and several great gods formed the "Changshengtian".

Even if we don't know the identities of the other great gods, just the Emperor of Heaven, the leader of all the gods in heaven, the righteous among the righteous gods, the orthodox among the orthodox, who can say that the Huns are evil?
Different from the excitement and fanaticism of the Hun priests and warriors.

After realizing the will of the "super god" in the sky had arrived, Xiaoyu felt only shocked and a little confused.

——Did the Qin Dynasty lose its Mandate of Heaven, so the Heaven must destroy the Qin Dynasty, or did the Huns originally have the Mandate of Heaven?

After the shock came confusion.

When in Western Shu, Xiao Yu had learned from the Divine Mace Master that the "border troubles" of the Qin Dynasty were related to the demon tribe.

If the Huns rise up and it is the demon leader who is behind this, will the Emperor of Heaven show favor to them?
Even if the Emperor of Heaven only glanced at him, and did not leave any "oracle", let alone bestow divine power, he was the Emperor of Heaven, and a glance was equivalent to recognition, and recognition was favor!

Xiao Yu did not take it for granted that the Heaven and the Emperor of Heaven were only the Heaven and the Emperor of Heaven of the upper nation of China.

The Emperor of Heaven is the master of the three realms.

In theory, anyone in the four continents should offer sacrifices to the Emperor of Heaven and be blessed by heaven.

But at this moment, the Huns were in conflict with the Qin Dynasty!

If he bestows favor upon us at this time, would people "mistakenly believe" that the Emperor of Heaven is expressing his opinion?
While Xiaoyu was daydreaming, the ceremony of offering sacrifices to Changshengtian had already ended.

The pit was filled with soil, and the Hun warriors took the initiative to step forward and use stones to form a circle around the grave of their acquaintance.

Before lunch started, Gulihun was taken back by a group of golden eagle guards.

Even though he was injured on the battlefield yesterday, the Golden Eagle Guard would not lie in the tent to rest all the time.

Moreover, this world has miraculous powers. As long as the internal organs are not damaged and it is not a serious internal injury, it is very easy to recover from simple sword injuries.

I drank the elixir that Xuge brought last night, and many of my skin injuries have healed this morning.

Xiaoyu also calculated the efficacy of the medicine and Gu Lihun's internal strength level, and adjusted the injury on his head.

In the afternoon, we can basically do exercises as usual.

Gulihun was still as daft as ever, but his swordsmanship, archery and horsemanship were not affected at all, and he still won a series of cheers in the training ground.

While training with the Golden Eagle Guards, Xiaoyu also took a general look inside and outside the Huns' camp.

She came to two conclusions: first, unlike the poor and barbaric barbarians in the northern wilderness, the Huns were really rich and highly civilized; second, the Huns, like the Mongolian generals behind Yanmen Pass, were also trying to survive, and their days were quite difficult.

The reason why the Huns were said to be rich was that at all times, there were endless caravans transporting food, cattle and horses from the rear to the military camp along the road.

The Huns also need to eat, and to maintain a long-term confrontation between the two armies, they definitely need logistical transportation of supplies.

Before entering the Hun camp, Xiao Yu thought that the Huns were a whole large tribe that migrated to the nearby area with a large herd of cattle and horses, rather than being like the Qin people who conscripted civilians from all over the country to escort food and fodder.

The Huns' food and fodder were on the grasslands, in the pastures and on the cattle and sheep that grew on them.

Now Xiaoyu found out that he was wrong. There were also roads and towns built by the Qin Dynasty on the grassland.

The level of civilization of the Huns in this world is not lower than that of the Qin Dynasty, or at least not lower than that of Western Shu.

"Could it be that the Qin regime in the north fell and the Huns had enough to eat?" Xiao Yu couldn't find anyone to ask, so he could only guess.

But even though the Huns seized the supplies, population and infrastructure left by the Qin Dynasty in the north, this war was still very difficult for them.

The Huns (actually foreign Hu people) who pushed carts to transport supplies to Yanmen Pass were in the same miserable state as the civilians who were doing corvee labor inside the pass.

Xiaoyu had sharp eyes and could see far. He saw many dead bodies of civilians thrown on the ice and snow on both sides of the road.

There were also Qin Dynasty light cavalry who robbed food along the way.

They were divided into teams of fifty people, coming and going like the wind, and leaving at the slightest touch.

They killed people, burned the grain carts, and ran away immediately, never giving the Hun light cavalry a chance to surround them.

Moreover, the Qin people had occupied the north for more than a hundred years and were very familiar with the roads and terrain in the north.

The cavalry squads that robbed food could even penetrate hundreds of miles into the north. Xiao Yu did not see these with his own eyes, but only heard them from the conversations of the Huns by opening his spiritual eyes.

She had been eavesdropping for a long time since she entered the Xiongnu camp yesterday afternoon and could understand basic Xiongnu language.

There is little useful information.

Most of the time, they only talk about their families and hometowns.

When talking about the Qin army's light cavalry's sneak attack on the grain transport team, they were mainly worried about the brothers in the grain escort team.

Well, they often enlisted together with brothers and fathers and sons, and all the male members of the family served under King Zuoguli.

In the evening, Xiaoyu finally met the main target of this operation - Zhang Yuan.

Gulihun was relatively close to the general's tent. When he saw Xiu Ge coming out in person, he respectfully welcomed Zhang Yuan, whose face was pale, into the tent.

She was so far away that she didn't even have the chance to shout "Ata".

There were guards standing guard, so Gulihun couldn't get too close.

By pretending to be stupid, you can break into places that are not well guarded.

However, Xiu Ge’s tent had three layers inside and three layers outside, and even a circle of fences separated it from nearby tents.

When Gulihun approached, he did not arouse suspicion, but the guards kept driving him away, telling him not to disturb the king.

Xiao Yu could only watch as the dwarf Zhang Yuan entered the commander's tent first, followed by four captains of ten thousand cavalry and thirteen centurions of the human-immortal level. Even the old shaman who presided over the sky-worshiping ceremony in the morning went in.

"It's hateful! If Gulihun was Xiu Ge's son, it would be great. He could just stand guard at the door of the general's tent and shout 'Ata'. Everything could be solved in half a night."

Xiaoyu pricked up his ears in annoyance, listening to the sounds in the general's tent.

She certainly couldn't hear it with her ears alone, so she opened her spiritual eyes.

Then she heard Zhang Yuan recite the "Silence Spell", and the tent suddenly became quiet.

"Using spells to block out the sound, what kind of shameful secret are you discussing?"

Xiaoyu calmed down and entered a "fake Buddha" state.

The spiritual eye of the heart also has flaws. It must collect "waves", whether they are sound waves or "vibration waves" caused by movement.

There must be ripples projected to the bottom of the sea of ​​​​heart before she can capture it.

If the target is standing still and has its mouth closed, she cannot capture its position or direction.

At this moment, the person in the general's tent did not close his mouth, and sound waves were still generated, but the waves were blocked by Zhang Yuan's Taoism.

Xiaoyu can only sink her "heart" into the deeper "ocean of heart".

She entered a state where her mind was as clear as a mirror and her perception was enhanced to the limit.

Gradually, there were a few ripples in the deep ocean of my heart.

".There is no need to retreat, and we cannot retreat!"

It was Zhang Yuan who was speaking.

“According to the agreement between the king and the King of Donghu, it would be best if our army could break through Yanmen Pass, first plunder the supplies of Yanmen County, and then go to the neighboring Dai County.

They swept Li Xin's grain transport team from the rear, cutting off his retreat.

After defeating Li Xin's 200,000-strong army, the eastern part of the Great Wall's defense line basically collapsed.

The Central Plains are thousands of miles long, and our Xiongnu cavalry will be allowed to come and go as they please and plunder at will.

We, the Xiongnu, plunder the borders of the Qin Empire to feed ourselves. We are getting fatter while the Qin Empire is getting weary. It is no longer a fantasy for us to march south and trample the Central Plains."

Zhang Yuan's voice was passionate and full of fanatical excitement.

Especially when talking about "Horses trampling the Central Plains", he almost shouted out loud.

"How could we not know what Master Zhang said? But now it is difficult to maintain the current stalemate, let alone break through Yanmen Pass." said a captain of ten thousand cavalry named "Zhao Hu".

This person is also a pure Hun.

The reason why his surname is "Zhao" is because Emperor Ren Huang Zheng gave his father the surname "Zhao" in his early years.

In fact, the four commanders of ten thousand cavalry all had surnames from the Central Plains. Two of them were surnamed "Zhao", one was surnamed "Ying", and one was surnamed "Zuo".

Those with the surname "Ying" have given up the surname "Ying" and changed it to the Xiongnu name "Huer Ting".

"What are you afraid of? I have smashed the head of Nun Jiguana, and I have killed one of the Four Friends of Crouching Tiger Mountain. When I recover from my injuries, I will attack Yanmen Pass again. Who can stop them?" Zhang Yuan said confidently.

Xiu Ge said worriedly: "I have received intelligence that the Cockscomb Fairy only injured her body and will recover soon.

Lord Zhongshan, one of the Four Immortals of Wohu Mountain, is indeed dead.

But Lu Lingzi replaced him and could cooperate with the other three immortals to practice the Four Symbols Universe Formation."

Zhang Yuan seemed to be struggling. Xiao Yu couldn't see his expression, but could feel his inner struggle from his voice.

He said, "Your Majesty, send a letter to 'King Bashan' and ask him to help make connections and find a few Taoist friends from the North Sea to come and help."

Xiu Ge asked in confusion: "Didn't Master Zhang always warn the Chanyu to try his best to cut off the connection with the North Sea demons—"

"Cough, cough!" The old shaman coughed twice, interrupting King Zuo Guli's words.

Xiu Ge immediately changed his words and said awkwardly, "Master Zhang has always opposed the royal court having any dealings with the monks of the North Sea. Why did you take the initiative to suggest that I go find King Bashan today?"

Zhang Yuan said in a hoarse voice: "If we want to fight with the Qin Dynasty for destiny, we must not keep flirting with the demons.

Now destiny lies with the human race!
The people of the Central Plains only represent the human race, but they are not equal to the entire human race.

We, the Huns, are also part of the human race.

Now the Huns intend to replace the Chinese Divine Land and become the new "orthodox human race". The first thing they need to do is to eliminate the evil spirits within the tribe.

This time, the great catastrophe of heaven and earth is still a fight for the dragon among the human race.

If it turns into a racial conflict between the Xiongnu, who represent the demon race, and the Qin, who represent the human race, we will undoubtedly lose.

Not only will we fail, but our entire race will also be wiped out!

So I have been working together with my fellow Taoists in the north to help the Chanyu eliminate the evil spirits in the royal court.

But the Central Plains has too profound a foundation.

Now that all the immortals have gathered at the Great Wall defense line, we really cannot defeat them without external help."

His tone was full of bitterness and helplessness. "There are many talented people under the king's command, but I am the only one who can be called a Taoist immortal. Look at Yanmen Pass across the way."

(End of this chapter)