Distant Mountain Battle Song

Chapter 324 Things are getting increasingly difficult to understand.
Yun Ce seemed to have done a lot, but in reality, it was all done in the blink of an eye.

From the sudden attack to the white-clad man being reduced to minced meat, until Yun Ce jumped onto the horned horse and ran away, the people around him had not yet recovered from their shock.

It wasn't until a thousand-man warrior threw his spear at the fleeing Yun Ce that the onlookers suddenly erupted in cheers.

"Master Mingyue!"

A long-bearded commander of a thousand men let out a mournful cry, abandoning his ox, and set off on foot in the direction where Yun Ce had disappeared. Immediately after him, more men followed, and then, in large groups, entire cavalry units swept through the night.

A black carriage arrived at the scene, and an unremarkable middle-aged man stepped out. After looking at the pile of minced meat for a long time, he said to Nana, who was kneeling on the ground and had not gotten up, "Do you know the murderer?"

Nana placed her hands on her forehead and touched the ground, her voice trembling as she said, "Youqi Lin Yuluo."

The middle-aged man shook his head and said, "The murderer couldn't possibly be just a ranger, or rather, the ranger group can't produce a Grandmaster."

During the day, investigate.

As soon as the middle-aged man finished speaking, a warrior dressed in black armor hurriedly left.

The middle-aged man helped Nana up, wiped away her tears, and said, "I have known your grandfather, Ma Mingde, for a long time. He once entrusted you to me. Now, come with me."

Nana trembled as she said, "Lin Yuluo coveted my beauty and tried to seduce me several times. I never expected him to suddenly kill me."

The middle-aged man sighed and said, "He wanted to kill me, but Mingyue saved me from that fate."

Nana asked in a trembling voice, "Master Lingyu, will Lin Yuluo come back?"

Lingyu shook his head and said, "No, that kind of person will flee far away if he misses his first attack. He will never come back."

Nana bit her lip and said, "Why would he, a member of the Guifang people, slaughter his own people?"

Lingyu laughed and said, "Grandmasters are no longer human; they only fight for themselves."

"But there is also a grandmaster like you who is wholeheartedly planning for the future of the people of Guifang..."

Lingyu chuckled softly, no longer answering Nana's question, and turned to the assembled generals, saying, "Tonight, let's not get separated, nor gather together. Let's enter the camp in ordinary armor."

An old general bowed and asked, "Could you recall the pursuing troops?"

Lingyu nodded and said, "Recall them. Only a Grandmaster can deal with a Grandmaster. The rest are just stepping stones."

The old man continued, "Master Yu Sang died tragically, Master Ming Yue died tragically, Master Ban Shan disappeared without a trace, Da Xue Beng was ambushed and his fate is uncertain, and Master Ting Yu is also suffering from the 'radioactive source'..."

Lingyu laughed and said, "The Guifang Southern Expedition is the will of all Guifang people. The absence of a few Grandmasters to assist will not affect the execution of this will."

Fang Shi, even a Grandmaster like you can kill Mingyue, but you can't wipe out my Guifang clan. Otherwise, Huo Qubing would have destroyed my Guifang long ago.

The veteran general Fang Shi cupped his hands and said, "In that case, let's advance on Iron Enclosure Pass!"

Lingyu laughed and said, "There are still a few remaining loyal soldiers of the Han Dynasty inside the Iron Enclosure Pass. Once the Iron Enclosure Pass is destroyed, the Han Dynasty's hard shell will be broken open, and we can eat the juicy flesh inside."

After speaking, Lingyu reached out and took Nana's small hand, then boarded the carriage. As for the scattered pieces of Master Mingyue's body on the ground, Lingyu didn't even bother to glance at them.

A grandmaster was killed instantly in a surprise attack. This cannot be described by the word "incompetence." It can only be said that Mingyue's reputation as a grandmaster was far too undeserved.

Yun Ce led his pursuers around a sharp bend on the Black Stone Plain, where the surging Qinghe River came into view. He stopped, turned around, and looked at the relentless pursuers with a smile on his face.

He really couldn't understand how those hundred-man and thousand-man generals behind him dared to chase after someone who had just killed a Grandmaster after shaking off the main force.

Aren't they afraid of dying?
Yun Ce found a clean, large rock and sat down. He watched as the warriors, who had formed a semi-circle around him, slowly gathered into a small arrowhead formation and, led by the bearded warrior at the head, slowly approached Yun Ce.

Thinking that these people were about to launch an attack, Yun Ce even prepared his meteor hammer, but then he saw the bearded warrior at the head of the group jump off his horse, kneel on one knee in front of Yun Ce, and clasp his hands together, saying, "Welcome back to the camp, Grandmaster."

Upon hearing this, Yun Ce laughed and said, "I just killed a Grandmaster."

The bearded warrior swallowed hard and said respectfully, "That's a feud between a Grandmaster and Grandmaster Mingyue. I only know that all Grandmasters are our lords." Yun Ce thought about it for a moment and felt that what the bearded man said made a lot of sense. In the Ghost Fang, the Grandmaster was the highest leader, and the feud between Grandmasters was indeed not something that ordinary warriors like them could interfere with.

I have the opportunity to make use of this Grandmaster status.

However, looking at the mere twelve hundred-man and thousand-man generals before him, Yun Ce, at Gouzi's urging, felt it would be better to kill them. After all, Gouzi's reserves of internal energy had been completely depleted during the last encounter with Qinglong.

So Yun Ce made his move again.

Only those who become Grandmasters know how terrifying a Grandmaster is. In the past, Yun Ce would have had to put in a lot of effort to kill twelve centurions or thousand-man generals. Now, these people are really like chickens and dogs in his eyes.

After the dog cruelly drained the life force of these people, Yun Ce threw their corpses into the Qinghe River. The reason he didn't let them be completely destroyed this time was to see if their bodies could float downstream and alert the people there.

After dealing with the beginning and the end, Yun Ce was somewhat disheartened, realizing that he had ultimately killed the wrong person.

The one who died was the Moon Priest, ranked twelfth among the Ghost Fang, not the Priest of the Imprisonment, ranked second. This explains why this Grandmaster was so easy to kill.

Priest Mingyue was the leader of the Guifang scholars. He was a lifelong learner and once studied at Mingxin Academy in Luoyang for ten years. His poem "Ode to the Bright Moon" made him famous in Luoyang. Even though he was a Guifang person, Han scholars still regarded him as the Guifang person who was least like a Guifang person, and also called him the Guifang person who was most like a Han person in three thousand years.

This comment sounds awkward, but in reality, it's the highest praise those old-fashioned people with their obsession with barbarians could give him.

This awkward comment reveals the complex psychology behind those old-fashioned people's words.

This person came to Han China to study at the age of fifteen with the permission of the Han government. At the age of twenty-five, he returned to Guifang with honors. At the age of thirty, he founded the Mingyue Dao. At the age of sixty-five, he entered the Dao through the Mingyue Dao and became the leading figure in the Guifang literary world.

Now, at the age of eighty-six, he was smashed to pieces by Yun Ce, his flesh and bones flying everywhere, truly fulfilling his famous saying, "Under the bright moonlight, I may die."

Yun Ce had no choice but to kill Master Mingyue. He had suddenly spotted a Grandmaster among the Gui Fang people, and most importantly, this Grandmaster had a penchant for lecturing others and seemed foolish and easily deceived.

He had only used the first hammer to test the waters. If this guy used more than 90% of his strength to fight back and knocked the first meteor hammer away, then he would definitely not have a chance to use the second hammer.

However, in order to reward the younger generation, he only gently pushed away the first blow, showing that he did not want to hurt Yun Ce. Yun Ce, who always insisted on taking advantage of the situation, was not willing to let him off the hook. So, under the good intentions of the Priestess Mingyue, he used two-tenths of his power, while Yun Ce, who was also a Grandmaster, used twelve-tenths of his power for the second blow.

With one side gaining at the expense of the other, and the other acting with ulterior motives, the fall of the Priestess of the Bright Moon became a natural consequence.

Yun Ce pondered for a long time by the Qinghe River. Seeing no pursuers, he knew he no longer had the chance to assassinate Master Lingyu. He had gained enough this time, especially witnessing Qinglong's strength. There was no need for him to stay here any longer. He needed to return as soon as possible to prepare for the approaching Ghost Fang army.

Having made up his mind, Yun Ce turned around and jumped into the rolling waves of the Qinghe River.

The dog caught six giant-mouthed fish, each over two meters long, in the Qinghe River. As the name suggests, these fish have huge mouths filled with sharp teeth, supposedly capable of gnawing on gold and iron. However, after testing them, the dog discovered it was just a folk tale. He shoved a knife into the giant-mouthed fish's mouth and broke off many of its teeth.

However, the fact that this fish dares to bite even a knife shows just how tyrannical it is.

As an artificial intelligence, Gouzi was utterly devoid of humanity. Its six tentacles firmly bound six enormous giant-mouthed fish, while two tentacles were tied to Yun Ce's waist. Driven by the six electric tentacles, the six giant-mouthed fish dragged Yun Ce through the Qinghe River, truly achieving the generous feat of 'returning to Jiangling in a single day'.

Yun Ce climbed ashore from the backwater of Qinghe River and once again came to the place where Cao Kun collected 'radioactive sources'. The paparazzi explored for a long time and found that the radiation level here was no different from other places in Qinghe.

“This is really not right,” Yun Ce said to the dog, grabbing a handful of soil from near the 'radioactive source'.

“Something is very wrong. Nuclear contamination is the most difficult type of contamination to clean up. It’s impossible for it to decay to a safe level in just two years. The values ​​I’ve found here are distorted.”

Yun Ce shook his head and said, "I also didn't notice anything wrong. Shehuo didn't even react. I suspect that the 'radioactive source' here is not naturally generated."

Dog said, "Although nuclear materials in nature can also harm people, naturally formed materials are of very low quality. To achieve radiation conditions like a 'radioactive source,' it is necessary to extract them from a great many uranium mines. Moreover, the extraction conditions are extremely demanding and cannot be achieved by the industrial conditions here in the Great Han."

Yun Ce said, "So..."

The dog said directly, "This is from outside."

Yun Ce scratched his head in frustration, picked up the dog from the ground and threw it into the Dragon Ball, roaring, "I don't care anymore, I'm going home to sleep."

(End of this chapter)