Distant Mountain Battle Song

Chapter 231 There's Always a Way to Defeat the Enemy
Yun Ce walked between Shen Tingyu and Xiaoman and said, "We've only been apart for four days, why are you acting like we're strangers?"

Shen Tingyu said, "You killed me twice, didn't you?"

Yun Ce nodded and said, "That's right, this will be the third time."

Shen Tingyu chuckled and said, "Do you know that the past four days have been the quietest days of my life?"

Yun Ce smiled and said, "Sometimes, the issues between brothers are the most difficult to handle."

Shen Tingyu looked at Xiaoman, who had already run away, and a tender look appeared in his eyes. He said to Yun Ce, "Only among the Han people can there be such a beautiful and talented woman."

Yun Ce said in surprise, "Her appearance is far inferior to Shen Lexi's, and even inferior to Liu Ruyan's."

Shen Tingyu said with some disdain, "You used up more than twenty large fish bladders on Shen Lexi just because she's pretty?"

Yun Ce shook his head and said, "That's not true. I made it up to deceive you, brother. Shen Lexi should be in Chang'an with Liu Changsheng right now."

Shen Tingyu said regretfully, "Actually, you should try Shen Lexi. I mean, love Shen Lexi as a normal man, instead of using her as a tool for sexual gratification."

If you consumed over twenty large fish bladders out of intense love for Shen Lexi, I would be happy to see it happen.

Because the former is animalistic, while the latter is humanistic.

For thousands of years, the Guifang clan has tried to eliminate the bestial nature within their bodies. However, not only have they failed to do so, but due to years of concealment and oppression, this bestial nature has become deeply ingrained and is now difficult to eradicate.

For many years, I have diligently cultivated myself, hoping to transcend, but in the end, I am still in this wretched state. I cannot transcend, and I have even made myself neither human nor ghost, losing even the appearance of a ghost.

Oh, this kind of behavior, in your Han Chinese eyes, seems to be called—"Imitating the way people walk in Handan"?

As Yun Ce watched Xiao Man and the others helping each other leave the battlefield, a smile appeared on his face. He bowed to Shen Tingyu and said, "You are the kindest Gui Fang person I have ever met."

Shen Tingyu shook his head and said, "I thought they were about to die, so I was extra lenient with them. However, after I kill you, I think I will still have time to catch up with them and kill them one by one."

"Why were you in such a hurry to kill before, and now you're so eager?"

Shen Tingyu picked up the giant axe on the ground and said softly, "The noisy voice that had been in my mind suddenly disappeared. I suddenly realized that being a Guifang person is actually quite good."

Yun Ce asked, "Are you triplets from the same mother?"

Shen Tingyu nodded and said, "One mother with triplets is nothing unusual in the Ghost Kingdom. The problem is that although there are three of us, we share one head. Even though we are thousands of miles apart, I can still hear their screams before they die."

Yun Ce felt that Shen Tingyu was a very honest person. No matter what he was asked, he would answer truthfully. To be honest, such a person was the first he had ever seen, whether on Earth or in the Han Dynasty.

"You don't have any brothers anymore, do you?" Yun Ce then asked.

Shen Tingyu laughed and said, "You killed them and removed a major threat to my heart. I am so grateful to you that I would never lie to you."

"You are brothers, how did they become your biggest worry?"

While tidying up the threads on the giant axe, Shen Tingyu said, "Everyone should have their own secrets and privacy that they don't want others to know."

You know what? I didn't, never. When I was very young, I had some bad thoughts, and my younger brothers told our mother about them..."

Yun Ce laughed loudly, "This is nothing. I tried to hide my bedwetting a long time ago, but my mother found out anyway. She put my wet bedding out in the sun and told many people about it."

Shen Tingyu then laughed and said, "What if your secret is that you poisoned your father?"

Yun Ce was stunned for a moment and said, "Why did you kill your father? Wasn't he a good man?"

Shen Tingyu smiled and said, "He is very good. He is a rare learned man among the Guifang people. I just really dislike how he torments my mother every night."

Yun Ce gasped, "The torture you're talking about..."

Shen Tingyu picked up the axe, stood up, and nodded, saying, "That's right, it's the kind of torture you're thinking of."

Yun Ce asked, puzzled, "That's human relations, it's a perfectly normal thing. How did it provoke you? Don't make a move yet, tell me your story first. Did you really kill your father later?"

Shen Tingyu swung his giant axe, and Yun Ce felt the entire space tremble.

“I killed him. I used the most potent poison of the centipede. After my father was poisoned, he relied on his profound inner strength to endure for a full day and night, vomiting blood continuously until he had vomited a whole bucket of blood. In the end, he pointed at me and died.” Yun Ce looked at Shen Tingyu, who was gradually becoming more and more violent, and shook his head with pity. “Sharing a head with two younger brothers can indeed drive a person crazy. You may not know, but I also have a noisy ghost in my head.”

"You're a twin too?"

Yun Ce shook his chain mace, then realized he was too close to Shen Tingyu and couldn't use the chain mace's length advantage, so he took a few steps back. Then, brandishing one of the chain maces, he asked Shen Tingyu, "Who exactly are you?"

Shen Tingyu struck the two giant axes together, and before the deafening crash subsided, he looked up at the sky and roared, "Liu Chang'an, I am Shen Tingyu, the fourth priest of the Guifang people!"

After waiting for a while and not receiving a reply from Yun Ce, he looked at Yun Ce and found that the guy he thought highly of had actually run away, and ran very fast, leaving only his back view in the blink of an eye.

Shen Tingyu snorted coldly as he watched Yun Ce's retreating figure. Even if this guy ran incredibly fast, he couldn't compare to his mount, Zhu Yun. He raised his hand, let out a loud whistle, and the whistle echoed across the fields.

After waiting for a while without seeing Zhu Yun approach, Shen Tingyu stomped his feet on the ground, his body rising three zhang in height. In mid-air, he looked around and saw his mount Zhu Yun running eastward in the far distance with another Thunder Smoke Beast, affectionately bumping into each other.

“┗|｀O′|┛Ouch~~”

When Yun Ce heard Shen Tingyu's roar, he felt that this guy really should let out a howl to vent his anger. It was already pitiful enough that he had lost two younger brothers in succession recently, but he still confessed to the enemy that he had poisoned his own father to death because of his perverted obsession with his mother. If such a serious leak got out, how could he, who had been pretending to be a gentleman in front of everyone for so long, have the face to show his face to anyone?

The dog's voice suddenly rang in his mind: "You weren't talking about me, were you, the noisy bastard you were just talking about?"

Yun Ce said, "Your moral standards are even higher than mine; you're the one who'll suffer."

"That's more like it. I've recently activated a lot of mini-programs, and my sense of morality has indeed improved a lot. Don't forget, I was the one who taught you to recite Cao Zhi's 'Ballad of the White Horse' word by word."

"By the way, how did you know that Shen Tingyu's Thunder Smoke Beast was in heat?"

"Do I even need to look? Just look at how worthless that chestnut horse looks. At least it can put on an act in front of others, but after luring someone's Thunder Smoke Beast into the bushes, the way it sniffs the mare's butt is just unbearable to watch."

"This Thunder Smoke Beast isn't bound to Shen Tingyu, is it?"

"No, this horse is just like the chestnut horse, it's free. Hmph, this is all due to the confidence of the big shot. The chestnut horse has been thoroughly roasted by the Shehuo, and its whole body carries the aura of Shehuo. And what is Shehuo? It is the god of this land."

The mare thought the chestnut horse was the king of the Thunder Smoke Beasts and had the opportunity to breed with the most powerful Thunder Smoke Beast in the world. In addition, admiring strength is their nature, so it was perfectly normal for Shen Tingyu to lose his Thunder Smoke Beast.

It has to be said that the chestnut horse is quite reliable. It delivered the warhorse to those fools first before going to seduce the mare. Overall, you can treat it like a person from now on.

At least, they weren't blinded by desire; that's a skill only humans possess.

“┗|｀O′|┛Ouch~~”

Another roar came from afar. This time, the emotions conveyed in the roar were very complex: sadness, defeat, and exasperation. It was clear and unmistakable without any conscious analysis.

"Will he go to Chang'an to cause trouble for Liu Changsheng?"

"Liu Changsheng can withstand it, but such a cover-up is ultimately a minor trick. If Liu Changsheng grits his teeth and admits it, you can hide for a longer period of time, but there are too many flaws, and in the end, you will not be able to hide it anymore."

What you have to face eventually will come to you.

Furthermore, judging from the fact that the Ghost Fang Clan has begun to send large numbers of Mad Bull Knights to Iron Enclosure Pass, they are deliberately clearing out the outer perimeter of Iron Enclosure Pass.

Moreover, judging from the fact that you haven't seen a single scout from the Iron Fortress Pass in the past few days, they've basically finished clearing the outer perimeter. Your defenses here... sigh..."

Yun Ce trod across the grass, his figure as fast as a shooting star. To his right, Xiao Man, who was uninjured, was leading six wounded horses on their backs at a galloping pace.

To his right front, a female Thunder Smoke Beast was chasing a stallion in heat with a deep sense of resentment, and they were both moving at a fast pace.

As the full moon rose, a tall figure dressed in white, with two axes strapped to his back, was rapidly approaching Iron Enclosure Pass. The closer he got to the pass, the more scouts he encountered.

When the towering walls of Tiewei Pass came into view, Shen Tingyu was no longer the refined gentleman he once was; his white robes were now soaked in blood.

His handsome face was also covered in blood droplets, and his cold, hawk-like eyes stared intently at Tiewei Pass for a long time. Finally, as the horn was blown at Tiewei Pass, he turned and left.

It is not the time to attack Tiewei Pass yet. However, Shen Tingyu has made up his mind that once the attack begins, he is prepared to personally lead the attack, even if it means turning Tiewei Pass upside down, to find that scoundrel Liu Chang'an. Only by tearing him to pieces can he erase the shame of today.

(End of this chapter)