The First Marquis of Daxuan

Chapter 192 Wilderness (Please subscribe, collect, and recommend)
Liangzhou, a strategic location.

This is a majestic city that is much larger than Wuling City.

Unlike Wuling City, the entire Huju Pass was filled with a murderous atmosphere, and the people coming and going on the streets were much more sturdy than those of Wuling.

Huju Pass is constantly at war with wild monsters. Almost everyone here is a warrior, and there are countless strong ones.

It is rare to see warriors in the Zhenyuan realm in Wuling. Although I can’t say that they can be found everywhere here, it is not a problem to encounter one every once in a while.

Although it is a city full of the spirit of martial arts, there is also a lot of feasting and revelry behind the scenes.

In a vast mansion in the city, the lights are still on after nightfall, and the sounds of orchestral music echo in the courtyard.

"Supervisor Wu, Shao treated you with good intentions, but you did this. Isn't it a bit too much?"

A young man in his twenties said this coldly with a blank expression on his face.

In front of him, a middle-aged man was in dishevel and looked terrified.

Next to the middle-aged man, a woman, almost naked, was sobbing with her face covered.

"Sir Shao, Sir Shao, I was greedy for wine at the time. Please forgive me this time as it was an unintentional mistake."

Wu Qiuyuan said in panic.

He received a transfer order and came from Wuling to Hujuguan, serving as the fifth-rank inspector of the Hujuguan Inspection Office.

After arriving at Huju Pass, Shao Tongtian, the fourth-rank inspector of the Huju Pass Inspection Office, received him very warmly.

He was entertained at banquets in his mansion for several days and was treated as a guest of honor.

Wu Qiuyuan was also very proud.

Although Shao Santong holds a higher official position and is more powerful than him, he is only from a small family, while Wu Qiuyuan has the Wu family behind him.

It is understandable that Shao Santong flattered him everywhere.

Even though Wu Qiuyuan is only a fifth-rank inspector now, it won't be long before he is promoted above Shao Santong as long as he makes some achievements in Huju Pass.

Today, Shao Santong held a banquet in his house again, and his words were full of compliments. He was so happy that he drank a few more glasses.

When he left the table to take a break, he happened to see a woman, and then -

Wu Qiuyuan didn't know what was wrong with him and was obsessed with lust.

Just when he was about to do something good, Shao Santong rushed in with his men.

"Inspector Wu, I respect you because you are from the Wu family, but you are going too far!
You raped Shao's wife in Shao's home. You made Shao a cuckold!"

Shao Santong's face was full of anger and he raised his hand to slap.

There was a click.

The table was smashed to pieces by him.

Wu Qiuyuan secretly groaned in his heart, and was frightened out of his wits by Shao Santong's aura.

"Master Shao, calm down!"

Wu Qiuyuan said quickly, "I really didn't know she was Lord Shao's wife. I just went in..."

"What do you mean? Are you blaming Shao for disturbing your fun?"

Shao Santong snorted coldly, "Do you want me to stand guard outside the door and let Supervisor Wu have fun?"

A strong murderous intent emanated from him, and the aura of a True Yuan Realm warrior was released without reservation.

Judging from his appearance, he could slap Wu Qiuyuan to death at any time.

Wu Qiuyuan secretly groaned in his heart. His wife was being fucked by another man. No man could endure such humiliation.

Shao Santong is a warrior at the Zhenyuan realm, and I definitely cannot beat him.

What's more, this is his territory.

clap clap!

Wu Qiuyuan slapped himself twice. He couldn't understand why he couldn't control himself when he saw this woman, since he was not a lustful man.
It’s really a waste of time to drink.

After a few slaps, Wu Qiuyuan's face became visibly swollen and he became much more sober.

"Sir Shao, I was blinded by lust. I was wrong. I am willing to make amends."

Wu Qiuyuan didn't care about the embarrassment and begged, "I have some savings, and I also have a good weapon..."

"Inspector Wu, are you humiliating Shao?"

Shao Santong said angrily, "Although I come from a humble background, I am not inferior to your little tricks.

No matter how shameless Shao is, he can't do such a thing as using his wife to exchange for money!"

"Sir Shao, I really didn't mean that. I just wanted to make amends."

Wu Qiuyuan begged desperately.

"You insulted my wife, this can only be washed away with blood!
Supervisor Wu, draw your sword. I'll give you a chance to fight!"

Shao Santong said coldly.

Wu Qiuyuan wanted to cry but had no tears. Why did he draw his sword?

He is just a martial artist in the Transformation Realm. Why should he fight against Shao Santong who is in the True Essence Realm?
Is it because he is stubborn?

"Sir Shao, let's talk it over. After all, I am a fifth-rank inspector. If you kill me, you will be punished.

Considering that it was an unintentional mistake on my part, please give me another chance.

I will do whatever you tell me to do, as long as I can compensate Master Shao, I will not hesitate."

Wu Qiuyuan pleaded, "Master Shao, if you want to be promoted to the third rank, I can also help you smooth things over..."

He really didn't want to die.

Especially because of a woman.

It would be too pathetic if he died.

Wu Qiuyuan still wants to do something big.

A cold light flashed in the depths of Shao Santong's eyes, and he said coldly, "Are you sure you are willing to do anything?"

"As long as you can calm down, Lord Shao, I will do anything for you."

Wu Qiuyuan said.

"In that case, as long as you help me do one thing, I can pretend that what happened today never happened."

Shao Santong said coldly, "Otherwise, even if the incident reaches the capital, I will make sure that everyone in the world knows the true face of your Wu family.

Shao treated me with courtesy, but you, a member of the Wu family, raped my wife in front of me. This is simply too much!"

Wu Qiuyuan felt cold all over.

If things really get to that point, he would be the sinner of the Wu family.

"Master Shao, I will obey your orders."

Wu Qiuyuan said quickly.

Shao Santong lowered his voice and whispered something.

Wu Qiuyuan's face changed drastically and he shook his head repeatedly, "No, this is absolutely not possible!"

"Well, I will now announce the actions of the Wu family to the world and let the people of the world judge. Can the Wu family really do whatever they want?"

Shao Santong sneered.

In an instant, Wu Qiuyuan turned pale and collapsed to the ground powerlessly.

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Su Mu and his group of eight people came out of the forest one after another.

Standing at the edge of the forest, everyone looked into the distance.

Within the field of vision, there is a continuous range of hills, and further away, there is a Gobi desert that stretches as far as the eye can see.

With the naked eye, one can see all kinds of foul and sinister air in the distance.

That is the breath that humans collectively call demonic energy.

Humans living in this kind of environment will be attacked by demonic spirits, which is harmful to the body and the ultimate result is possession and death.

However, demons can use this aura to practice.

But even so, the demons do not like to live in such a harsh environment, so the demons in the wilderness have always wanted to invade the Great Xuan Dynasty. "How big is the wilderness?"

Xu Chongyuan sighed.

"No one can really tell how big the wilderness is."

Stone Natural Road.

Along the way, he ate all the elixirs he had seized from the monsters in the Demon Court.

Without sparing any effort, his injuries were almost healed.

After all, Shi Ziran was a warrior in the Zhenyuan Realm. Although he looked miserable before, flesh wounds were actually the easiest to recover from for a warrior in the Zhenyuan Realm.

However, his old internal injuries had never fully healed.

But even so, he can now barely exert the strength of the initial stage of the True Yuan Realm.

At least I don't have to be carried on someone's back while traveling anymore.

"As far as I know, the area controlled by the Demon Court alone is already larger than that of the Great Xuan Dynasty."

Shi Ziran said.

"It seems that the Taiping Division has always underestimated the Demon Court."

Xu Chongyuan sighed.

"It's not necessarily that we underestimate the Demon Court. It's just that our Taiping Division is more than enough to protect itself, and we have no power to take care of things in the wilderness."

Su Mu said.

The Taiping Division is already very strong, but it is not without worries.

Before, only two marquises had died, and the Daxuan people had been targeting the Taiping Division.

In this situation, it is already good enough for the Taiping Division to guard the interior of Daxuan. How can it have the power to manage the demon court outside Daxuan?
"That's true."

Xu Chongyuan sighed, "It's a pity that the demon court is already in a state of decline now."

"Even if there is no demon court, there are still demon waves that may erupt at any time. Daxuan cannot rest easy."

Shi Ziran said.

"It is not our turn to worry about the world's major events. Do you think the Marquis can't see what we can see?"

Su Mu asked, "Shi Ziran, which direction is Huju Pass?"

"On the south side."

Shi Ziran said, "As long as we go south along the Daxing Mountains, we will see Huju Pass. However, there is a large army of monsters from the Demon Court on this road. If we want to get through, we need to go around the wilderness."

Previously, in order to assassinate Sha Tongtian, he followed Sha Tongtian all the way from Huju Pass to the wilderness.

"I was in Sha Tongtian's team before, so I didn't encounter any monster attacks along the way."

Shi Ziran said seriously, "The monsters in the Demon Court will not attack the people of the Pure Land Sect, but if they find us, they will definitely not let us go."

Leaving the Daxing Mountains does not mean you are safe.

On the contrary, the wilderness is more dangerous than the Daxing Mountains.

The monsters in the Daxing Mountains might still ignore them, but once the monsters in the Demon Court discover the people from the Taiping Division, they will definitely fight to the death.

The appearance of a few Taiping captains in the wilderness was like throwing a few pieces of meat into a pond full of piranhas.

"With our Su Mu, if he is lucky enough not to encounter any monsters, seven or eight days will be enough to get to the outside of Huju Pass."

Stone Natural Road.

"Lead the way."

Su Mu said without hesitation.

Shi Ziran nodded solemnly and led the way forward.

He had been to the wilderness before, so he naturally knew how dangerous this journey was. If something went wrong, they would all die here.

Shi is naturally not afraid of death, but he doesn't want to die either. He still has a great revenge to take, and he can't let go of the young lady's matter.

However, when he was in the Daxing Mountains, he made the decision that he wanted to take a big gamble.

The young lady's feelings for Su Mu are obvious. Even if she does not recognize Su Mu as her master that day, Su Mu will become her master in the future.

In this case, he might as well acknowledge Su Mu as his master first and pave the way for the young lady.

Moreover, he bet that Su Mu would become a big figure in Daxuan in the future.

Shi Ziran's ability is limited, and it is unlikely that he can avenge the leader and the saint with his own strength.

If Su Mu really grows up one day, then he will naturally be a loyal minister to him. By then, perhaps he will get his revenge.

What he was betting on was that Su Mu would not die prematurely.

That's why he was willing to be a slave and risk his life to accompany Su Mu back to the wilderness.

Shi Ziran was in high spirits and walked in front to lead the way.

Xu Chongyuan and others followed closely behind.

After leaving Daxing Mountain, they were completely unfamiliar with the wilderness and could only rely on the natural rocks to lead the way.

Fortunately, Shi Ziran has proved his reliability along the way.

If he really wanted to harm them, he would have had countless opportunities in the Daxing Mountains.

The crowd hurried on in silence and soon walked twenty or thirty miles.

At this time, everyone began to feel the harshness of the wild environment.

The ubiquitous demonic energy is constantly invading their bodies, and they must constantly circulate their qi and blood to resist the invasion of the demonic energy.

This caused their physical strength to be consumed at an extremely fast rate.

In addition to having to constantly resist the evil spirit, the fishy smell lingering in their noses also makes it difficult for them to breathe.

In this environment, if they encounter a monster, it would be good enough if they could exert 80% of their strength.

"Stop!"

Su Mu and Shi Ziran whispered almost at the same time.

Then the two of them swayed and fell behind a sand dune.

Although Xu Chongyuan, Zhong Guizheng and others didn't know what was going on, they didn't hesitate at all and followed the example of Su Mu and Shi Ziran and rushed behind the hill.

They held their breath, imitated Su Mu, slowly climbed to the top of the sand dune, and looked forward.

For a moment, they all held their breath, not daring to make a sound.

Over a hundred feet away, dozens of monsters were passing by in a line.

Those dozens of monsters all stood up and walked on their two thick thighs. If it weren't for their tall stature, they would have looked almost like humans from a distance.

Those monsters were holding a variety of weapons in their hands, including broadswords, spears, halberds, and some were even holding iron rods.

They looked like a mob, yet gave people an inexplicable feeling of shock.

The auras of these dozens of monsters were quite strong, most of them were level two, and the two in the front were definitely level three.

Seeing that Su Mu was eager to try, Shi Ziran desperately winked at him.

If there were only these dozens of monsters, with his and Su Mu's strength, plus the other five Taiping captains, they would have a chance to kill them all.

But this is the wilderness, and the enemy is not a group of guerrillas, but the demon soldiers of the Demon Court.

Once the action is taken, unless they are killed instantly with thunder strike, it will definitely attract more demon soldiers.

Su Mu didn't need Shi Ziran to remind him, he knew that he couldn't earn this achievement.

The most important thing now is to go to Huju Pass and not create any unnecessary trouble here.

They lay quietly behind the hill until those dozens of monsters went away, and then they breathed a sigh of relief.

"My lord, we are in trouble. When I passed by here before, there were no demon soldiers from the Demon Court here. Now it seems that the Demon Court may have already taken action. They may even have surrounded Huju Pass.

We want to get closer to Huju Pass now, but I'm afraid it won't be that easy."

Shi Ziran looked solemn and spoke in a low voice.

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