Loan Wusheng

Chapter 187 Breaking through the fourth level of Tongqiao, Gao Lishan’s fear!
Lanzhou, Jingyuan County.

After receiving the battle report, Dugu Jing sat in a chair, unable to speak for a long time.

The content of the battle report was very simple. Zheng Jun broke through Hong Shanhe's troops and killed Hong Shanhe in battle. The army chased down the remaining soldiers of Hong Shanhe's troops, defeated the enemy, and wiped out the enemy in Yulian County.

Dugu Jing had already anticipated that Zheng Jun might be able to stand out and become a hero in the north.

But what he didn't expect was that Zheng Jun was so fast.

Dugu Jing didn't even have time to react before he saw Zheng Jun's miraculous move of leading his army to kill his way forward with such force.

Starting from Xu Hou, killing all the way to Hongshan River... Are these guys all made of paper?
How could we lose so quickly?

Originally, Dugu Jing was still thinking about wavering to see whether Zheng Jun was stronger or Fang was stronger, and then sit on the fence after the winner was decided.

He thought Fang's army was more powerful.

Even if Zheng Jun is stronger in the end, it doesn’t matter. Anyway, his nephew is in Zheng Jun’s army, so he has something to say if he loses.

But now, Fang family has not arrived yet, and Zheng Jun has already occupied Ningyuan and Yulian counties. This naturally surprised Dugu Jing.

Under Dugu Jing's seat, a Xianbei general hesitated and said in Beirong language: "Lord Dugu, Qi Mi Tou has been writing to us recently, urging us to submit to the Grand Commander. The same is true for the tribesmen who followed Qi Mi Tou to join Zheng Jun. The kid from Wan Yu's family admires him very much. You see..."

The members of the Northern Rong Xianbei tribe were very interested in joining Zheng Jun.

the reason is simple.

Follow Zheng Jun and you will have meat to eat.

The two thousand Xianbei cavalrymen who followed Qi Mi Tou (Dugu Yuan) always attacked at the right time in every battle, so when they were rewarded, silver bills and land were secondary, and the main thing was elixirs.

For the Xianbei people, nothing could be better than this.

While others were fighting outside, they were defending the city inside.

The Beirong people have an adventurous gene and are eager to fight.

Therefore, after receiving the letter of surrender from the Xianbei cavalry, they could no longer hold back and wanted to persuade Dugu Jingxian to surrender the city.

Looking at the Xianbei general saying this, Dugu Jing sighed deeply.

The Xianbei generals were too impatient; the Xianbei soldiers were too violent.

In this regard, the Xianbei people are indeed no match for the Central Plains people who are disciplined and as firm as a mountain!

However, Dugu Jing's power base came from the Xianbei people under his rule, not the people from the Central Plains.

Now most of his trusted Xianbei people are willing to surrender to Zheng.

If I refuse to surrender, won't I become enemies with my own people?

Dugu Jing sighed deeply.

He actually had an unrealistic ambition.

That is, he took advantage of the war between Fang and Zheng Jun to wait for a good price and see if he could lead the Xianbei warriors to establish a country, a dynasty in the Central Plains, not the khans and tribes of the northern Rong people.

But now, with Zheng Jun, a man-eating tiger, around, Dugu Jing's ambitions obviously no longer exist.

"If this Grand Commander Zheng can establish a country and become king, my Dugu family may also be able to completely clear our name and become a noble family in the Central Plains."

Dugu Jing thought to himself: "After thousands of years, who knows, my descendants will have some new luck and be able to complete my unfinished business!"

With this thought in mind, Dugu Jing took a deep breath and said immediately: "Open the city gate and welcome the Zheng army."

"I, Dugu Jing, am willing to surrender and fight against the traitor Fang family who intends to usurp the foundation of our Great Zhou!"

"..."

Lanzhou, Batang County.

Zhang Wen, the son-in-law of the Fang family who has reached the initial stage of Tongqiao, is now sweating profusely. He is wandering and pacing back and forth in the county magistrate's mansion, looking as if he is facing a formidable enemy.

Although Zhang Wen is over eighty years old, he looks like he is in his twenties or thirties. He is holding a fan and does not have the calmness of a gentleman when he used to talk about love and romance.

"The Zheng bandit army is approaching, and they have defeated Generals Xu, Hong, and Fang. Yu Lian, Ning Yuan, and Jing Yuan are probably all dead. I am a person of little ability, but I have to face the Zheng bandit head-on. What should I do?"

Zhang Wen was sweating all over and was extremely anxious.

No one can understand Zhang Wen’s current mood.

The reinforcements were delayed in arriving, and there was only Zhao Donglai, who had ulterior motives, behind him. This naturally made Zhang Wen so anxious that he could hardly describe his current feelings in words. Deep in his heart, he even had the urge to abandon the city and flee.

But thinking of his father-in-law and his wife in the state capital who always looked down on him, Zhang Wen could only grit his teeth and pray to heaven that Zheng Jun would not launch an attack.

However, Zhang Wen suddenly had an idea, his eyes flickered, he gritted his teeth, immediately returned to the desk, picked up the pen and dipped it in ink, secretly writing the letter.

While writing the letter, Zhang Wen also spread his true energy throughout the study to prevent anyone from rashly breaking in and discovering his secret behavior of writing the letter.

"I, your humble servant, have long heard of you, Your Excellency..."

……

In Ningyuan County, Zheng Jun sat cross-legged on a cushion with his eyes closed and regulating his breathing.

In front of him were densely packed war reports.

First, the interior of Bozhou.

After seeing Zheng Jun win three battles and severely defeat the Lanzhou army, the Guangyi County Magistrate Meng Yixian, the Qijiang County Magistrate Qi Hong and the Wuguang County Magistrate all began to send troops to attack.

Among them, Guangyi County sent 10,000 troops, Qijiang County sent 15,000 troops, and the governor of Wuguang County actually personally led an army of 40,000 to rush to the rescue!

Zheng Jun was quite surprised by this.

Guangyi County and Qijiang County, which were closest to the front line, were worried that they would be retaliationed later, so they sent troops, but they did not send out all their troops.

And Wuguang County actually led a large army out in full force.

Forty thousand men could be said to be all the troops that Wuguang County could mobilize, not to mention that they were all powerful warriors. The county governor led the troops himself one after another, which made Zheng Jun very confused.

Wuguang County is close to Yunzhou.

Even if we lose this battle, it will have nothing to do with Wuguang County in the short term.

"What is Lu Xu going to do? Why did he bring a team here? Is there any conflict of interest?"

Zheng Jun fell into deep thought, but he soon figured out Lu Xu's purpose.

The reason he came here this time was because he had nowhere else to go.

Lu Xu is a branch descendant of the Lu family, one of the top families in the south.

This side branch is a true side branch, and it goes to all corners of the world. Apart from the fact that they all have the surname Lu, they may not have many similarities. The reason why he was recognized by the Lu family may be because he broke through the Tongqiao and gained the identity of a "Tongqiao warrior".

However, before he could reap the benefits of the top-notch Lu family, he was struck by lightning.

The Lu family plotted rebellion and was severely defeated by the Shenwu Emperor!
He was originally an advisor to Prince of Yan, Li Gao. After he got involved in the Lu family's rebellion, Prince of Yan simply abandoned him. In order to survive, he slid down on his knees and defected to the Crown Prince.

That is, the current Emperor Yongchang.

This move is a desperate attempt to find a cure.

After all, if Emperor Shenwu sets the tone, no one can reverse it, including the crown prince.

But Lu Xu's luck was also very good. Before Emperor Shenwu had time to deal with the remnants of the Lu family, he passed away.

After Emperor Yongchang ascended the throne, for the sake of maintaining stability in various places, he naturally did not deal with the incident, so it was forgotten.

In Emperor Yongchang's camp, Lu Xu was not a very eye-catching figure.

But in the line of Prince Yan, Lu Xu was somewhat of an eyesore.

After all, in the eyes of the Yan Wang faction, Lu Xu is a real traitor!
Moreover, Wuguang County in Bozhou is an important hub leading to Yunzhou. Therefore, one can gradually feel that Yunzhou's Longxiong Army is approaching the border, claiming to be "suppressing bandits."

The aura of General Chu Qiuchun of the Longxiong Guard also often appeared in Wuguang County.

In this environment, Lu Xu was very worried that he would die at the hands of the "thieves" one day. When he was panicking, he saw Zheng Jun himself. Naturally, he would hold on to him tightly and regard him as a life-saving straw.

"That's fine too."

After thinking about the situation, Zheng Jun nodded slightly: "If the King of Yunzhou Yan goes south, the Cai family will support him, so it won't be my turn. Lu Xu and his 40,000 troops are also very important to me now."

Besides...

The name of General Chu Qiuchun of the Longxiong Guard seemed familiar.

In this Ningyuan County, Yuan Shuyu, the noble lady from the capital who was once rescued by him, seemed to have mentioned this existence, and said that if she was in trouble, she could seek help from the general of Longxiong Guard.

In this way, we can also have some communication with the Yan Wang faction.

After shaking his head, Zheng Jun focused on the current front line again.

Dugu Jing opened the city gate and completely sided with his side, which was within Zheng Jun's expectations.

After all, for him, this is the only way.

Jingyuan County has been completely surrounded by himself and has become an isolated city. Dugu Jing is not a loyal dog of the Fang family, so it is normal for him to choose to surrender.

As for Zhang Wen...

I did write a letter.

Zheng Jun just took a look and immediately revealed a strange look.

"Zhang Wen is a wonderful person."

Zheng Jun sighed.

The content of the letter was extremely respectful. Zhang Wen portrayed himself as an admirer and follower of Zheng Jun, and was willing to use silver, food, and military equipment in exchange for Zheng Jun's suspension of the siege.

"Fifty thousand sets of armor, two million taels of silver, and no need for food and fodder. Exchange them all for Blood-Yin Pills. I want thirty thousand Blood-Yin Pills."

Zheng Jun did not hesitate and replied to his subordinates: "All three should be prepared within ten days. Within three months, our army will not attack the city!"

Zheng Jun had no intention of continuing to attack the city.

After all, the results of the battle were too great, and it would take some time to consume them. How could they continue to attack the city?

However, since Zhang Wen was offering to give him money, Zheng Jun could only refuse it.

After that, Zheng Jun added: "Let the Cang Dao Army advance a hundred miles to create an atmosphere of attacking the city and scare Zhang Wen!"

"promise."

Upon hearing this, Wei Quan accepted the order and agreed.

Wei Quan has now reached the third level of outer Gang cultivation, and his cultivation speed is definitely not slow.

But compared with Zheng Jun, it was so depressing. Because Wei Quan and Zheng Jun broke through on the same day.

The only difference is that Zheng Jun broke through the Tongqiao, while Wei Quan broke through the Waigang.

Now Zheng Jun is preparing to break through to the fourth level of Tongqiao, while Wei Quan has just broken through to the third level of Waigang.

At the same time, Zheng Jun's breakthrough speed in the Tongqiao realm was even faster than Wei Quan's breakthrough speed in the Waigang realm!
This made Wei Quan sigh deeply.

The Grand Commander is a direct descendant of the Wei royal family, there is no doubt about it.

Otherwise, how could the breakthrough be so rapid?
Wei Quan believed it firmly.

After Wei Quan left, Zheng Jun dealt with some military affairs, went out to inspect the military equipment, and after making another imprint on Dugu Yuan, he returned to the retreat room to prepare for a breakthrough.

This breakthrough took a long time.

Therefore, only after everything was ready did Zheng Jun dare to enter the breakthrough time to avoid any major mistakes.

Zheng Jun sat upright in the retreat room, holding the inner elixir of the Black Turtle Demon King in the Yuandan realm in his hand, and slowly began to transfer the true essence into it. The surface of the inky elixir body began to show the patterns of the North Sea cold wave.

The moment the true energy was transferred in, the temperature in the retreat room dropped sharply, frost formed on the bluestone walls, and there was even the sound of ice crystals falling with every breath!

Seeing this, Zheng Jun sighed and said, "You are worthy of being the Demon King of the Yuandan Realm." He immediately swallowed the demon pill into his stomach. At the same time, he tried his best to condense his true essence and prepare to refine the pill.

The moment the demon pill entered his mouth, frosty cold air gushed out of Zheng Jun's seven orifices, and his internal organs froze instantly!
A cold feeling filled Zheng Jun's surroundings. At this moment, Zheng Jun felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave!

However, just when Zheng Jun felt his whole body was cold and he was nearly frozen to death, the cyan gold true essence in his dantian turned into a furnace and began to melt it, allowing Zheng Jun's body to gradually regain consciousness and rush straight to his sky with the majestic demonic power of the Yuandan realm!

At this moment, a ten-thousand-foot-tall black tortoise suddenly appeared in Zheng Jun's sea of consciousness. Its shell was covered with ancient inscriptions. Its scarlet eyes stared at the soul. It opened its mouth and let out a roar that shook the soul: "It's been two thousand years, and you ants actually want to refine this king's Yuandan?!"

The remaining thoughts of the black tortoise created a huge wave, and Zheng Jun's soul was like a small boat about to capsize!
Even if a demon king in the Yuandan realm dies, a trace of his soul will remain in the demon pill.

If you want to refine the demon pill, you must completely destroy the remaining soul of the demon king in your consciousness!

“A remnant of souls, are you qualified to block my path?!”

Zheng Jun sneered, and saw his Niwan Palace suddenly light up with the color of the sun, and the sun turned into a giant axe that split the sea of consciousness. At the same time, he shouted in a low voice: "If the Yuandan Demon King came in person, I would of course avoid him. You two thousand years old residual soul, you still want to show off?!"

Before Zheng Jun finished speaking, a blazing golden light suddenly burst out from the Niwan Palace!

The axe blade condensed by the light of the sun actually split into thousands in the sea of consciousness, and turned into real dragons, raising their heads and roaring ferociously!
Each of these true dragon phantoms, with the power to burn the sky and boil the sea, rushed towards the remaining soul of the black turtle!
The inscriptions on the black tortoise's body flashed, and the cold current from the North Sea rushed out from the cracks in the tortoise shell.

"boom!"

The moment the two forces collided, the sea of consciousness and the heaven and earth trembled violently, and the explosion of ice and fire made Zheng Jun bleed from his mouth and nose.

But Zheng Jun still clenched his teeth tightly, and the cyan gold furnace in his dantian suddenly expanded three feet, completely swallowing the demon pill into the core of the furnace!
At the same time, the ink-colored jade seal, the long sword of Lushui, the stars in the sky, the golden eye between the eyebrows, the aura of swallowing mountains and rivers all appeared, and together with the golden dragon transformed by the shining sun, they wrapped up the remaining soul of the black tortoise!

"How can a mere ant possess Cao Che's ink-colored jade seal, and how can he possess the will of the Sun?!"

The remaining soul of the black tortoise roared in shock and anger, and cracks appeared on its shell as it burned: "You...you are the descendant of Cao Che?!"

"What Cao Che?"

Zheng Jun sneered, seized this momentary flaw, formed seals with his hands, and thirty-six blue-gold lights lit up at the same time in the acupoints all over his body. This was the sign that the "Taixu Ningyu Chapter" had broken through to the fourth level!
"Boom!"

A crisp sound like shattering glass came from the furnace, and the tremendous demonic power turned into a blue torrent and poured into the meridians.

A strange image of a black tortoise swallowing the sea appeared behind Zheng Jun, but the frosty white cold air was completely assimilated by the blue gold true essence!
At the same time, the outside world suddenly changed. The clouds above Ningyuan County turned into a blue vortex, and heavy rain and hail poured down!

All the grass and trees in the city were covered with frost, and the moat even flowed backwards to form a waterspout.

"what's the situation?"

"A natural phenomenon?!"

"..."

The ordinary soldiers were terrified, but Xu Hou, Wei Tu, Gao Lishan in the city and Dugu Jing who came to pay a visit knew what this meant!
Inside the mansion, the teacup in Gao Lishan's hand exploded with a bang. The old eunuch stood up abruptly, his eyes trembling with shock, his fingertips digging deeply into the wooden table: "This Zheng Jun, Zheng Sanlang, is actually... actually going to break through again?!"

The last time he came, Gao Lishan saw with his own eyes that Zheng Jun had broken through the third level of Tongqiao.

How many days has it been?

Less than a month later, another breakthrough? !
What kind of monster is this? !

Gao Lishan was so shocked that he didn't know what to say.

What made Gao Lishan feel even more horrified was that during the last breakthrough, the strange phenomena in heaven and earth were the emergence of cyan gold essence and immortal energy.

This time, the breakthrough caused a strange phenomenon in the heaven and earth, which was actually frost falling. The ordinary soldiers did not understand the ferocity of it, but Gao Lishan could clearly see that in this frost, there was a faint feeling of snow waves in the north.

"Could it be..."

Gao Lishan's heart skipped a beat, he thought of the flag that was seized by Zheng Jun on the battlefield, the Xuanyin Jusha Flag!

Others may not know, but as the Grand Chamberlain, how could Gao Lishan not know?

On the top of the Xuanyin Jusha Flag, there is a Yuandan Realm Demon King's inner elixir. The Demon King came from the North Sea. It was the inner elixir of the Yuandan Demon King that Hong Tianci obtained after chasing him for three thousand miles in the North Sea. There is no mistake about it.

The possibility of changing the phenomena of heaven and earth during such a breakthrough can only be due to the fact that the person making the breakthrough has abundant spiritual energy from external objects!

The last time Zheng Jun broke through, it was with great fanfare. It must have been because he took an extremely powerful pill.

This time, he probably directly swallowed the inner elixir of the Yuandan realm demon king!
Directly swallow the demon king’s inner elixir?

A solemn look flashed across Gao Lishan's eyes.

In the past five thousand years, there have been only a handful of people who have been able to refine the inner elixir of demons, only a dozen or so.

As expected, these dozen people all had the surname Jiang.

Jiang is the surname of the former Yu State.

The first person to absorb the demon pill to improve his cultivation was Yu Taizu Jiang Yu!
The second one is Emperor Hui of Yu!
The third, the fourth, the fifth... until the last one, Emperor Yu Huai. Of course, this Emperor Yu Huai was not recognized by the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty. In the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he was only called Jiang Yang, the former King of Yu Tang!

All of these people are former members of the Yu royal family, and they are the best among the former Yu royal family!
According to the "spiritual awakening", Yu Taizu's spirituality has not yet reached the time of formation. The spirituality that is determined today can only be the spirituality of Wei Gaozu Cao Che.

Zheng Jun actually knows Qian Yu’s secret method of refining demon pills?
Could it be that he is...

A member of the former Yu royal family? !
Thinking of this, Gao Lishan's heart couldn't help but pound.

If so...

Gao Lishan now has only one idea.

Leave this place, return to His Majesty, and report this matter immediately!

The former Yu royal family is more terrifying than the King of Wei and the King of Han!
However, Wei Tu and Xu Hou were both extremely surprised.

They were not aware of the speed of Zheng Jun's breakthrough, so they were not as surprised as Gao Lishan. They just felt that the strength of General Zheng was so terrifying that he could break through the realm after just a little retreat.

Wei Tu couldn't help but sigh: "He really deserves to be the number one pride in the Northern Frontier for thousands of years. He is really inferior to me."

Xu Hou on the side did not say anything, but he felt that his surrender this time seemed good.

This son of Zheng Jun will surely become a great man.

At such a young age, he has already reached the fourth level of Tongqiao, so promotion to Yuandan Martial Saint is an inevitable result.

Even if it is the realm of Zhenwu Dharma...

Xu Hou felt that it might be worth touching Zheng Jun!
"Now that I have met a wise master, the Xu family's reputation may have to start from me!"

There was a hint of determination in Xu Hou's eyes.

When Dugu Jing saw this situation, he was confused and at a loss for a moment.

Zheng Jun’s breakthrough today?

Could it be that he had already calculated that I would enter the city today, so he deliberately made a breakthrough to give me a warning?
If this is the case, then General Zheng Jun is probably too terrifying!
It seems that it is not an insult at all for the Xianbei people to serve him as their master.

"..."

The retreat room has now become an icy cave.

Black tortoise-shell patterns appeared on Zheng Jun's body, and his seventy-two meridians surged like lava.

In Zheng Jun's sea of consciousness, the remnant soul of the black tortoise was churning violently in the sapphire furnace, and the cold wave of the North Sea and the shining light of the sun intertwined into a chaotic vortex!

The ink-colored jade seal in Zheng Jun's Niwan Palace trembled loudly, and the four characters of ancient seal script "Received the Mandate from Heaven" appeared on the bottom of the seal, which actually peeled off the ancient inscription on the black tortoise shell!
The remaining soul of the black turtle's eyes were bloodshot, and fragments of memories from two thousand years ago suddenly flooded into its sea of consciousness.

It once saw Cao Che, Emperor Gaozu of Wei, holding the seal and ordering the dragon tribes of the four seas to submit to him.

Although the power of the Jade Seal is no longer glorious and the Purple Star Emperor's aura is completely lost, it still makes the remaining soul of the Black Turtle feel trembling.

This ink-colored jade seal has a suppressive effect on the remaining soul of the black turtle.

Seeing this situation, Zheng Jun did not hesitate and increased his strength!

The golden dragon bit the black turtle's limbs, and the Lushui long sword turned into a green dragon's reverse scales and cut into the cracks in the turtle's shell. The power of the stars in the sky poured down like the Milky Way, tearing the remaining soul into pieces.

"This king is unwilling to give in!"

The remaining soul of the black tortoise roared for the last time: "How can you, a young man with all the wisdom, make this king..."

"A remnant soul pretending to be some Yuandan Demon King!"

Zheng Jun snorted coldly and began to refine the magic pill quickly.

The azure origin at the core has been swallowed up by the sapphire essence. Suddenly, Zheng Jun heard the sound of rushing tides in his ears. The vast waves of the North Sea actually materialized in his meridians, and the phenomenon of the black tortoise swallowing the sea was completely integrated into his dantian!

"break!"

A mixture of dragon roars and tortoise howls burst out from Zheng Jun's throat, and the mysterious gate of his tongue suddenly opened!

The majestic fiery sapphire true essence rose from the heart palace, and the heart fire energy of the tongue orifice was immediately ignited, and combined with the previous lung metal energy of the nose orifice, spleen earth energy of the mouth orifice, and kidney water energy of the ear orifice, it actually formed a true essence energy vortex around the body!
The five orifices are tongue, eyes, mouth, nose and ears.

These five orifices correspond to the five internal organs of the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys, and also to the five elements of fire, wood, earth, metal, and water.

The five elements condense, the five orifices open, and the five internal organs resonate.

This is the perfection of enlightenment!

Zheng Jun has now successfully taken over the heart fire energy of the tongue orifice, the lung metal energy of the nose orifice, the spleen earth energy of the mouth orifice, and the kidney water energy of the ear orifice!

Only the liver wood energy in the eye orifices remains.

"Whoo~"

Zheng Jun let out a breath and felt that the world was smooth again.

Standing up, Zheng Jun flicked his sleeves lightly, and the ice in the room turned into powder.

The pressure from the four realms of Tongqiao is as deep as the sea!
(End of this chapter)