New and dark light years

Chapter 518 Immortal Techniques! Immortal Techniques!
Xiaojuan was practicing martial arts just now.

Of the concubine's servants, three survived... actually, they hid in a secret passage with the servants and escaped the calamity.

The deity was teaching Xiao Juan martial arts.

Xiao Juan originally lacked confidence in herself, thinking that learning martial arts would be very difficult for her.

The worshipper also felt that this matter was somewhat unreliable.

What's the point of a maidservant who's almost twenty years old learning martial arts? She's way past the age of honing her physical abilities; there's no future in it.

But what happened next shocked the three elders. Although Xiao Juan's movements were not very standard, the power of her moves far exceeded that of a beginner.

"Little Juan, have you ever practiced martial arts before?" an old retainer asked.

Xiao Juan shook her head: "No."

"That's strange. Are you perhaps an unparalleled genius?!"

Xiao Juan then understood why Lady Zi Feng insisted on practicing martial arts herself.

Although her movements appeared awkward and unsteady when she executed each move, as her strength was about to be exhausted, a faint warm current would flow from her dantian along her meridians, influencing her movements.

She clearly felt that she wasn't very strong, but when she executed her moves, they seemed to be quite powerful.

People are most motivated when they see themselves making progress.

Xiao Juan, who originally practiced martial arts simply to obey orders, now has a strong motivation to practice.

She thought of Hongluan, who had suddenly become very powerful a few years ago, which must have been due to her son-in-law's dual cultivation.

The thought that she would be following the Imperial Concubine and might benefit from her influence made her heart flutter with joy, and she practiced martial arts with even more enthusiasm.

After all, as Lady Zifeng had said, Li Lin clearly preferred women who were more 'muscular'.

What is meant by "tendon strength"?

It refers to a vibrant woman.

Just as she was engrossed in practicing her martial arts, a guard came in to report that a noblewoman outside wanted to see her.

Xiaojuan knew who it was just by intuition.

Because in the capital, the only noblewomen one could think of besides one's own young lady were those who could find a suitable partner.

She wiped the sweat from her brow and hurried out.

Then I saw a familiar figure.

"Miss."

Xiao Juan walked over and gave a slight bow.

"How did you get here?" Huang Ling asked incredulously.

Xiao Juan slowly replied, "This servant was rescued by the eldest son-in-law, and then the Imperial Concubine took a liking to me and brought me here."

"Didn't you tell the Imperial Concubine that you are from our Huang family... no, our Fang family?"

Xiao Juan smiled bitterly, "I was already given to the Di people by my husband. After being rescued by my eldest son-in-law, I became his person. Later, I was favored by the Imperial Concubine and came here."

"You come back with me."

"Xiao Juan will be reprimanded by the Imperial Concubine, and besides, the Fang family... cannot afford to offend the Imperial Concubine."

Huang Ling angrily said, "I don't believe that someone as noble as the Imperial Concubine would care about the whereabouts of a mere maid."

"The Fang family may not care, but the Imperial Concubine does," Xiao Juan said calmly.

This sentence immediately shut Huang Ling up.

Her meaning was clear: your Fang family treated me like trash, but now that the Imperial Concubine has picked me up, the difference in status is obvious.

Huang Ling took a deep breath: "My husband had no choice but to do it."

“I understand, I have never hated him.”

"Then you should come back, your husband will be happy..."

Xiaojuan sighed softly and said, "But Miss, I'll be unhappy."

Ah!
Huang Ling was stunned.

She grew up with Xiao Juan since childhood. The two were not only mistress and servant, but also half sisters, and were very close.

In Huang Ling's consistent memory, Xiao Juan had never refused her request.

But now, she has refused.

Why are you unhappy?

Xiao Juan said directly, "By the side of the Imperial Concubine, I can do many things. Things that I couldn't do in the Huang or Fang residences, I can do now."

"But...we can give you that too..."

“I can’t give it to you,” Xiao Juan said with absolute certainty. Then she knelt down, kowtowed heavily on her head, making a loud noise, and said, “Young Lady Ling, I beg you. Please, for the sake of our more than ten years of master-servant relationship, don’t cut off my path to a better future.”

Looking at Xiao Juan kneeling on the ground and listening to her words, Huang Ling's face turned deathly pale.

Meanwhile, in the backyard of the Yang residence, Consort You Rong, who was resting on her bed, suddenly opened her eyes and chuckled with satisfaction.

……

Before the Yuyang Pass, the pungent smell of blood permeated an area of ​​almost a hundred miles.

Countless vibrant bodies on the ground quickly grew cold.

The blood first pooled into streams, and then slowly turned into solidified black streaks.

Standing on the high ground, Li Lin watched as the densely packed rebel army of the Great Shun surrendered. His expression showed little joy, a stark contrast to the excited atmosphere around him.

"What is our battle loss situation? Have you compiled the statistics yet?"

"The count is almost complete, with over 5,300 dead and wounded." The staff officer in charge of data integration said excitedly, "The enemy has suffered at least 60,000 killed and seriously wounded, which is a great victory."

This casualty ratio is so high that it can hardly be described as a great victory.

It was almost a miracle.

But that's reasonable.

Li Lin's army, though only numbering over 30,000, was fully armored, including 300 infantrymen. These were formidable infantry combat weapons, the kind that would almost never lose once they appeared.

Ninety-nine percent of the enemy's soldiers only had inferior iron weapons; those with cotton armor were considered elite troops.

The fact that a ragtag army could inflict over 5,000 casualties on the Jin County government troops shows that the Da Shun rebels were actually quite formidable.

"Have you found Zhang Fei?" Li Lin asked.

The people next to him shook their heads vigorously.

They checked the prisoners' situation and indeed found no trace of Zhang Zouzhi.

Or rather, no prisoners of war identified them.

Li Lin pondered for a moment and said, "Then let's leave him alone for now. Divide all the prisoners of war into ten areas and manage them. Each person will only be given one large flatbread a day. Let them go hungry for now. Don't give them the strength to resist."

"As ordered."

"If anyone dares to resist or disobey, just kill them without asking any questions."

The surrounding captains nodded repeatedly.

In Li Lin's view, although these rebels of the Great Shun Dynasty had surrendered at this time, their ferocity was still in their bones, and they would jump up again to devour people given the opportunity.

Therefore, starving them is the best option.

"You guys go ahead and handle things, I'm going to rest for a bit."

After saying that, Li Lin returned to his tent.

The surrounding captains didn't think anything was wrong, after all... Li Lin had been standing on the mountain for a whole day and night.

Although the soldiers below were also fighting day and night, their work was even more arduous.

But what is the status of the military governor? What is their status? Can they be the same?

Li Lin entered the tent, then looked to the side and whispered, "Come out."

Zi Feng's figure gradually appeared.

She asked, somewhat puzzled, "How can you sense me?"

In fact, after refining Zi Feng's Yin Qi, Li Lin could vaguely sense Zi Feng's current location.

However, he did not reveal this matter, but instead asked, "What brings Lady Zifeng here?"

“Just call me Zifeng.” Consort Yourong stepped forward and said, “You have won a battle, so naturally I have to come and congratulate you.”

"Thank you very much, Zifeng..." Zifeng was very satisfied with Li Lin's form of address, and then said, "I also know about your deal with the officials."

How do you know?
Li Lin was somewhat surprised, as there was no third party present at the time.

Seemingly noticing Li Lin's confusion, Zi Feng smiled and said, "As a 'phoenix,' I always have some special abilities."

Li Lin nodded slightly; he didn't care that the other party was unwilling to talk about it.

Zi Feng took another step forward, and the two were now very close.

Li Lin reached out and put his arm around the other person's waist, pulling him into his embrace, and asked, "Is there anything else?"

"You little brat, how dare you defy your superiors!" Zi Feng said, feigning anger.

Li Lin laughed: "I think you like it!"

Zi Feng took a deep breath and said, "You possess dragon energy and have taken my primordial yin energy. There are many things you can do if you want to."

"for example!"

"Dynastic change".

Li Lin looked at her in surprise: "The Zhu family, after all, should be your descendants, right?"

"The current emperor is right. Being too concerned with ethics and moral principles will prevent you from going far. If I were too concerned, I wouldn't have had that kind of thing happen between us."

Li Lin thought for a moment and said, "Isn't it time yet?"

"Not yet?"

Li Lin nodded: "My troops are too few, and I have too few people to use. Even if I manage to seize the throne, I will not have enough power to control it. Not many other counties will listen to me. In that case, it will only cause chaos in the world and cause more suffering to the people."

Zi Feng pressed herself against Li Lin and whispered, "Do you need my help?"

"Can you help me with this?"

"Let's give it a try." Zi Feng smiled and said, "Aren't you going to serve me in bed?"

Li Lin smiled and said, "Yes, Your Highness."

"Call me Empress."

"The empress is someone else."

"Tsk!"

…………

The Jin County government troops searched among the prisoners for two days, even resorting to some torture, but still could not find Zhang Zouzhi.

Li Lin then gave up.

He threw tens of thousands of prisoners out of the capital city gates and sent messengers to tell the city guards that the prisoners were to be handed over to the capital for disposal, as Jin County did not have enough food to feed them.

Then they left.

The whole capital was so frightened that it almost fainted.

Tens of thousands of rebel prisoners are left there at the gate. What if they break in again?
However, the authorities in the capital discovered that the rebel prisoners were not moving. When they sent people to investigate, they found that the prisoners were so weak from hunger that they would die if left unattended.

Then... the people in the capital took action.

It would be better if they starved to death. As long as we take them home and train them properly for a while, they'll be excellent servants and henchmen.

They have a well-established training mechanism.

These tens of thousands of prisoners were originally a major problem for Li Lin, but they seemed insignificant compared to the population of over a million in the capital.

In less than three days, it was all divided up by each household.

Those who acted too late shouted and cursed, filled with regret.

Looking at it this way, it seems that Li Lin came to the capital to serve the emperor but gained nothing, only a thousand taels of gold, a useless imperial edict, and the so-called title of Duke of the Founding Kingdom.

No use at all.

But in reality... all the gold, silver, and grain that the Di people had plundered from the capital were seized by Li Lin.

All the ancient calligraphy and paintings, grain, and gold that the Da Shun rebels had seized were now in Li Lin's hands.

How wealthy were these two combined? ... It was roughly equivalent to the total tax revenue of the three prefectures of Tianjin, Guangxi, and Yuezhou over ten years.

Even more.

People in the capital are really rich.

So on the way back, the wooden wheels of the carts were all stuck in the mud and dust because of the heavy loads they carried.

All the soldiers were smiling, even those who were crippled and confined to their beds.

Because they knew that, given Li Lin's personality, they, the soldiers, would receive a lot of money from this harvest.

The only regret is that the military governor failed to transform into a dragon.

But it doesn't matter, the military governor is still young, only in his early twenties, he has plenty of time.

After all, the founding emperor of the Great Qi Dynasty started his rebellion at the age of thirty and only ascended the throne when he was nearly fifty.

There's no need to rush this.

Li Lin, however, had other considerations.

The Jin County army had an easy time fighting the Di people, but it actually suffered considerable losses when fighting the Da Shun rebels.

A loss of nearly 20 percent is almost the limit for a unit's morale to collapse.

In this situation, the army needs rest and recuperation, not to continue attacking cities.

Most importantly, the emperor also possessed a spell that could kill thousands of people at once.

He would not attack the palace until he found a way to break this spell.

At this moment, Li Lin was riding his warhorse, holding a booklet with gold trim in his hand.

Its cover has three large characters written on it:

The Art of Cloud and Mist

Simply put, it's a spell that summons clouds and mist, but its range is small, only about ten feet in radius.

If you master the skill, you can use it to summon rain.

The area is not large, only a few feet in radius.

All I can say is that it is indeed a 'fun method' of the immortals, meant for playing around.

This technique was sent by Emperor Zhu Jing a few days ago, but it was of no use to him.

Only large-scale clouds and rain spells would have strategic significance.

But in Li Lin's eyes, this was a good thing.

[Celestial Technique +1] [Celestial Technique +1]

The notification refreshes quite quickly.

This was the first time Li Lin had ever "brushed" out such a prefix.

This is true immortal magic, not some martial art, martial arts, or sorcery.

It is a magical technique.

Even though Li Lin was a calm and composed person, his body was still trembling slightly at this moment.

He had clearly reached the Foundation Establishment stage, but all his cultivation techniques were still mortal arts, lacking any immortal foundation.

But things are different now.

He finally possessed the magic of immortality.

Although it's not an offensive skill, as long as it can boost 'ability', it's a good skill.

Thinking of this, Li Lin wanted to burst out laughing.

But in the end, he managed to hold back, though the corners of his mouth still couldn't help but curl up in a crooked way, forming a hook-like shape.

Xiao Chunzhu popped up from the side and asked, "My lord, what makes you so happy?"

Li Lin shook his head: "It's nothing."

He then placed the booklet on his chest and focused on riding his horse.

He also missed his four wives at home and the three Liu sisters.

(End of this chapter)