New and dark light years

Chapter 521 Those without luck cannot achieve great things.
Ji Bo was pushed onto the school platform.

By this time, a large number of soldiers had already surrounded the area.

Some were familiar, but most were unfamiliar.

Ji Bo looked around at the various faces with different expressions and gave a cold laugh.

He used to be affected by the opinions of ordinary people, but not anymore.

After becoming a Gu master, his thinking changed drastically, becoming vastly different from that of ordinary people.

Mu Yi watched him from the side, his eyes full of regret.

"Ji Du... Transport Commissioner Ji, why did you have to go this far?"

Ji Bo was forced to kneel on the ground. He turned his head to look at Mu Yi, and there was a hint of emotion in his eyes.

"Old Mu, among all the soldiers in the army, you and I are the only ones with a good relationship. Let me ask you, why can Li Lin wield his power at will, but I can't?"

Mu Yi first frowned, then shook his head: "I thought you were quite talented, but I didn't expect you to be so blinded by a leaf."

Ji Bo glared at him angrily: "How could I be blinded by a leaf?"

“Li Jiedushi’s power comes from himself.” Mu Yi pointed to the other’s head: “But your power comes from that so-called Gu Immortal! Your power is not your own at all.”

"Isn't Li Lin... him...?"

Ji Bo's cursing suddenly stopped because he realized that Mu Yi was right.

Li Lin was known in the martial arts world as the Paper Prince, and his paper-making skills were so advanced that he had almost established his own school.

Moreover, Li Lin was also the military governor of three prefectures.

Although he was appointed by the imperial court, everyone knows that the court has no real power to control Li Lin.

It's not unreasonable to think that he was a warlord who controlled his own territory.

Ji Bo remained silent.

"I don't understand. You came to our Jin County Army from the Tang Family Army. The Jiedushi didn't care about your background, which is already a great honor for you. I didn't expect you to go against him and now you even... defected to the Gu people and gave up your promising future. What are you thinking?"

Ji Bo sneered and said, "I've already been rejected by him. We're not on the same page. I'm not as cold-blooded as him, watching my fellow clansmen freeze and starve to death without offering a helping hand."

"And then you betrayed our human race, switched sides to the insectoids, and killed even more of your own kind? You've got a screw loose... I thought there was still a chance for you to be saved, but never mind."

Mu Yi snorted and turned to leave.

He originally intended to spare Ji Bo's life out of friendship, even at a great cost, since Li Lin's talisman could cure Gu people in mild transformation.

But now it seems that Ji Bo is not worth saving.

Watching Mu Yi leave, Ji Bo's expression remained unchanged; in fact, he seemed somewhat expectant.

At that moment, an executioner came up carrying a dagger.

The so-called "ghost head knife" is a large knife with ugly ghost faces carved on the blade, and it is generally used for execution.

The executioners believed that by beheading prisoners with this kind of knife, their souls would be taken away by the strange creatures on the blade and would not come back to cause them trouble.

Ji Bo watched the executioner approach with disdain.

He even arrogantly lowered his head and said, "Hurry up, I'm getting impatient."

He seemed completely fearless.

This bizarre scene sent chills down the spines of many soldiers nearby.

At this moment, Guo Yuan was in charge of supervising the execution, and he nodded to the executioner.

The executioner swallowed hard, raised his broadsword high, and then brought it down with a vengeance.

Ji Bo's head fell into the basin that had been prepared beforehand.

But at that moment, everyone gasped in surprise.

Because what spurted from the severed part of Ji Bo's neck was not fresh blood, but a green and white liquid.

"He's definitely not human anymore." Guo Yuan snorted and shouted, "Bring the kerosene and burn the corpse."

Soon, Ji Bo's corpse, which emitted a strange smell, was dragged aside, doused with kerosene, and burned directly in front of everyone.

With so much kerosene spilled, Ji Bo's body quickly turned into charcoal, and soon after, into ashes.

Guo Yuan watched the body burn completely before saying, "Collect its ashes and throw them outside."

Several soldiers did as instructed, collecting the ashes into a wooden box and then disposing of it at the rear of the camp.

The wooden box was crudely made and very thin; it broke after being knocked to the ground.

Ji Bo's ashes were scattered on the ground.

Time passed little by little, and soon it was evening.

When the moonlight shone on these ashes, the sticky dust actually clumped together and eventually turned into a fist-sized worm.

And on the head of this insect, there was a human face, which was none other than Ji Bo.

Hiss hiss hiss hiss!
The insects made strange noises towards the camp, while the people on the ground wore mocking expressions.

Then, it spread its four pairs of transparent insect wings, and just as it was about to take flight, it was caught by a small purple paper figure.

Then, more and more little paper figures rushed out from nearby and hugged the fist-sized worm.

The insects hissed sharply, struggled frantically, and even tore apart several of the little paper figures.

Unfortunately, there were just too many paper figures, and they wrapped them up layer by layer, quickly forming a paper sphere the size of a washbasin.

The sphere remained in place, occasionally twitching slightly, clearly indicating that an insect was struggling frantically inside.

Finally, a few paper figures, in pairs, walked over carrying yellow talismans on their heads.

There was a faint glow flowing on these talisman papers.

Next, the paper figures pasted the talismans onto the sphere.

Finally, the paper figures that could still move knelt down together, making a gesture of a young girl praying.

A few breaths later, dozens of purple bolts of electricity swept back and forth in the area for nearly half an incense stick's time.

Such an unusual phenomenon naturally attracted the attention of everyone in the camp.

"It's the Jiedushi's lightning strike technique."

"Are there enemies over there?"

“Those already in armor, come here.”

At least a thousand people rushed out of the camp and came to the place where lightning was raging.

Then they saw Li Lin standing next to a patch of scorched earth, looking inside.

Guo Yuan breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing that Li Lin was unharmed. He walked over, clasped his hands in greeting, and asked, "Governor, what happened?"

“There was a little thing trying to escape, but I spotted it,” Li Lin said with a smile. “Now that everything is alright, let everyone go back.” Guo Yuan nodded.

He knew very well that things involving strange creatures and Gu people were not something ordinary people like them could get involved in.

He immediately led his men back to the main camp.

Li Lin observed the scorched earth and the surrounding area for a while, and only left after confirming that Ji Bo was truly dead.

at the same time.

Chuting County, Yue Prefecture.

A woman with two tear streaks at the corners of her eyes and a small stubble on her forehead was eating when she suddenly vomited.

He vomited up everything he had eaten, and even so, his whole body was still trembling, and his muscles were shaking uncontrollably.

This terrified the maids nearby, some of them patting her back, others applying sesame oil to her forehead.

After working for quite a while, the woman finally seemed much more relaxed.

She took off her clothes, revealing streaks of bluish chitinous skin on her body.

Despite this, she still looks slim and beautiful.

At that moment, a burly man rushed in.

He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the woman, who he suspected was a sorcerer, was unharmed. Then he came over and asked, "What happened?"

"The seventh Heart Gu was destroyed by Li Lin."

The man frowned: "He ruined it again? Does this guy know how to deal with you Gu people?"

The woman shook her head bitterly: "I don't know either. Logically speaking, the effects and uses of various heart-cursing insects are different, and their methods of concealment are not entirely similar, but they all seem to be hard to escape his eyes. I thought I could escape this time, but he still found me and used magic to refine me to death."

The man sighed and said, "Then let's not bother him. Let's find someone else."

"Who else?" the woman said with a bitter smile. "There are only a handful of people in the world with great fortune. Besides the dog emperor, Li Lin, and the leader of the Immortal Execution Society, who else is there? Who else can we turn to!"

The man said, "I don't need any so-called luck to help you find a way to survive."

“Those without good fortune cannot accomplish great things smoothly.” The insect-like woman nestled in the man’s arms: “You should have noticed it by now, right? Since becoming the Prince of Yue County, everything has gone wrong for you. This is clearly a sign that your virtue is not commensurate with your position. The so-called virtue is good fortune.”

The man snorted, "So what if I don't believe it?"

"For my sake, please believe me, okay? I won't hurt you."

“But you’re hurting yourself,” the man said angrily. “Look how many times you’ve been injured, and most of the time it’s related to that Li Lin.”

The woman laughed and said, "It's alright. I still have seventeen Heart Gu. Li Lin can break four of my Gu, but I don't believe he can break all seventeen of my Heart Gu. If that's the case, I'll accept my defeat."

Just as the man was about to speak, a messenger ran over, knelt outside the door, and shouted, "Your Majesty, there is an urgent military report from the western border."

"explain."

"The Jin County government troops suddenly dispatched troops to Yunfu County and captured it."

The man was stunned for a moment, then suddenly stood up: "How is that possible! Didn't we have a treaty with Jin County? Li Lin is a man of his word. How could he attack us for no reason?"

The messenger wiped his sweat and said, "The soldiers of Jin County who captured Yunfu County released several captains and asked them to help deliver a message."

"What did you say?"

The general said, "Our military governor said, 'King Yue, keep your dogs in check and don't let them bite people indiscriminately. Otherwise, next time it won't be just a small town that can quell his anger.'"

After speaking, the messenger lowered his body, not daring to look up, for fear of being beaten to death.

A few breaths later, the crisp sound of porcelain being smashed on the ground rang out, more than a dozen times in a row.

It was clear that the King of Yue was beyond furious.

"Good, good, good, good!" After saying "good" four times in a row, King Yue roared, "Li Lin, you brat, do you really think my Qin family is easy to bully? If he wants to fight, then let him fight."

After saying that, he turned to leave.

At this moment, the insect-woman grabbed the King of Yue by the waist and shouted, "Your Majesty, don't fall for the trap! Li Lin is probably trying to provoke you into sending troops. The Jin County troops are currently killing the Di people in the north and then quelling the rebellion. They are riding high on their momentum. It's not worth fighting them."

King Qin Tuo of Yue moved his lips, then sat down again and sighed, "I must be the most aggrieved rebel leader. Even Zhang Zouzhi of the Great Shun Dynasty lives a much more comfortable life than me."

"This is not Your Majesty's fault. If Your Majesty had not been considerate of us barbarians, you would probably have already conquered the Central Plains."

Qin Tuo naturally didn't take these words seriously. Rather, he would say that without the help of the barbarians and the sorcerers and shamans, he, Qin Tuo, would not have been able to reach his current level.

To put it simply, if it weren't for the barbarian sorcerer controlling the barbarian undead and using the swarm of insects to defeat the imperial court's southern expedition, he would have been escorted to the capital long ago, given his personal abilities.

"Your Majesty, it is I who have caused you to lose this land. Li Lin came for me. If I hadn't made things worse, we wouldn't be in this situation. Please punish me."

"You're already like this, what's the point of punishing you?" Qin Tuo's aged face showed a hint of helplessness. He then picked up the insect girl and carried her to the bed. "I'm in a bad mood right now, my beloved consort, please serve me and ease my sorrows. By the way, if you get pregnant, will the child be a human or a bunch of insect eggs?"

"Naturally, it should be a human child. Although I still have the appearance of an insect, I am still half a human."

Qin Tuo smiled and said, "That's good, then I can rest assured."

The next day, Qin Tuo left his room clutching his back. He went to the washroom and looked at his increasingly emaciated reflection in the bronze mirror, his expression unreadable.

After a while, he came out of the washroom and went to the council chamber where official business was conducted.

The air was filled with sycophantic flattery; his sons and trusted officials had all arrived.

Qin Tuo sat down in the main seat, looked around at the people around him, and said, "You must have heard about what happened in Yunfu County."

Everyone nodded.

Qin Tuo continued, "Although Yunfu County is not a major transportation hub for us, its grain production is not low. If we lose Yunfu County, our grain tax will be reduced by at least 10%. Who is willing to lead troops to take it back?"

“I am willing to go.”

"This humble official is willing to go."

"This humble general is willing to reclaim the lost territory for Your Majesty."

In an instant, eight people stepped forward.

Qin Tuo looked at the eight men, nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Li Lin's army is extremely elite, so we must send more soldiers to have any chance of winning. Select four of you to lead 50,000 troops."

Although his bedmate told him last night not to be impulsive and not to clash with Li Lin militarily.

But as a warrior, how could Qin Tuo tolerate such a thing happening?

You can't get something by talking if you can't get it on the battlefield.

If he wants Li Lin to respect him, the only way is to fight him.

This is the general's simple idea.

Besides, Li Lin had caused his wife to vomit blood several times, and he wanted to avenge that.

"Fifty thousand men still doesn't feel safe enough. Should we send more troops...?"

The King of Yue was somewhat uneasy.

(End of this chapter)