Advance Cultivation: From a Miscellaneous Servant in a Chaotic World to a Lawful Martial Saint

Wu He frowned slightly, but before he could think further, he saw one of the two men twitch his nostrils as if he had smelled something, and then his gaze pierced through the layers of shadows and landed precisely on him.

Was discovered.

He felt a chill run down his spine and immediately drew his Plum Blossom Blade. The two men exchanged a glance and then disappeared into the rugged forest, one on the left and one on the right.

The next instant, a cold arrow whistled through the air!

Ding Ding!

Wu He drew his sword and blocked all the arrows, his deep eyes precisely locking onto the source of the arrows.

He immediately plunged the knife into the ground, drew his bow and nocked an arrow, and in an instant, his body instinctively raised the arrow slightly.

call out!

He fired an arrow purely on instinct, and after it disappeared like lightning, a barely perceptible hum came from afar.

My prediction came true!

[Progress completed (without Return Arrow): 4/200]

Wu He drew his sword and swiftly soared into the air to give chase. Bloodstains covered the ground, the traces clear, and a staggering figure flashed past.

He charged straight out, his blade flashing and slicing through the air, the fierce blade cleaving several large trees in half.

"ah--!"

A scream followed, and a pair of legs rolled out.

It turned out that the Khitan soldier's legs had been severed at the knees, exposing the white bones, and an arrow that hadn't been broken was stuck in his shoulder.

When he turned around in terror after his crushing defeat, Wu He was already standing in front of him with a knife in hand.

Whoosh!

However, instead of striking the man with his long sword, he suddenly twisted his waist and swung it horizontally!

The other person, who had just silently crept over, was immediately terrified and instinctively raised his curved knife to block in front of him.

Click~

However, it was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot. In front of Wu He, whose Collapsing Dragon Force had already reached its peak, Wu He ruthlessly cut him and his sword in two with just one slash.

[Progress completed (Blade Splashing Technique maxed out): 200/500]

Its upper body, along with its intestines and internal organs, flew up to a tree, while its lower body remained standing in place, as if it hadn't yet reacted.

Blood was splattered all over the ground.

The Khitan soldier whose legs had been severed gasped in shock, his jaw trembling.

His comrade, who was at the mid-stage of the Body Refinement realm, was actually cut in two with a single strike, as fragile as a block of tofu.

Then the person in front of you can only be... at least in the late stage of the Body Refinement Realm!

"You look familiar. Haven't we met somewhere before?"

Wu He stood before him, holding a blood-dripping knife, and looking at that face, he felt a sense of familiarity.

Where have I seen this before...?

Post station!

After a moment's thought, he realized that not long ago, when he tied his horse at the post station, he had seen several hunters drinking and resting in the hall.

One of them looked quite similar to the person in front of him.

Post station.

Recalling what he had seen and heard, Wu He suddenly felt a bad feeling.

"What happened? Tell me."

"Otherwise, you will die."

Wu He placed the cold knife against his neck, while the latter raised his head, a sneer on his face: "Just because I said so, does that mean I'll live?"

With both legs severed and bleeding profusely, even if Wu He didn't intervene, he would bleed to death within fifteen minutes.

"They'll die anyway."

"But you can choose to die a painful death or to have your head chopped off quickly."

Wu He spoke indifferently, then took out the Heartbreak Grass from his waist and placed it in front of him.

"I haven't studied interrogation techniques, but this blade of grass should make you wish you were dead."

"You should know what this is, right?"

The man's body suddenly trembled, his eyes staring intently, and he subconsciously leaned back.

Upon seeing this, Wu He immediately pried open his mouth and tried to stuff it inside.

"Waaah... I'll talk... I'll talk!"

The man struggled desperately, finally managing to say with a distorted face, "It was...it was the officer who ordered us to hide at the Baicaoshan post station and wait..."

It turned out that this group of Khitans had also heard about Guo Guiyuan's urgent need for century-old blood ginseng yesterday, and they expected that many people would go to Baicao Mountain to search for the medicine.

Therefore, they attacked the officials at the post station in advance and had their own men disguise themselves so that when the garrison troops arrived, they could lure them into an ambush under the pretext that the locals knew the way, and then kill them.

As for why the Zhen Guan Army was killed, this person said it was the order of the Great Shaman who was hiding in Xiongzhou, who wanted many warrior corpses to be used as sacrifices for alchemy.

Furthermore, the identities of these martial artists are significant. Most of them have already succeeded in their schemes over the past few days, except for the soldiers. Therefore, they used this opportunity to set a trap and kill them.

Wu He felt a chill run down his spine upon hearing this.

The fact that these Khitans dared to act in such a way, only sixty li away from Waqiao Camp, is truly astonishing.

Although it was difficult to discern the truth from this person's words, Wu He still managed to understand some things through this incident.

A few days ago, Zhao Guangyi and those two disciples from the Celestial Master's Mansion arrived and caused a lot of commotion. They even captured several Khitan shamans. Wu He even heard that they really came for the Central Plains Dragon Vein.

After Shi Jingtang ceded the Sixteen Prefectures, the Khitan people began to destroy the earth's dragon veins, attempting to completely sever the fate of the Central Plains dynasty.

The location of Xiongzhou is a crucial one, which is why the emperor was willing to suffer heavy losses and be on the verge of death during his northern expedition, in order to conquer and defend this land.

Over the years, the Khitan people have never given up on this idea. The many strange things that have happened recently, including the minor earthquakes that have been occurring frequently, are all related to the dragon vein.

The intervention of Zhao Guangyi and others must have already thrown them into a state of panic, so they took a risk and planned this ambush.

Those thirty-odd people from before, if they hadn't been vigilant enough, would probably have met with dire consequences.

"What use is something you forged from the flesh and blood of martial artists?" Wu He then asked.

The man quickly shook his head: "I don't know either. Only the shaman would know."

Are there shamans on Baicao Mountain?

"……have."

"Where?"

"We've agreed that we'll meet at 5:15 PM today on the mudflats south of the mountain."

He confessed honestly, the poisonous herb in front of his mouth making him swallow hard in fear.

Shannan mudflats.

Wu He slowly rose to his feet and casually swung his knife, separating the man's head from his body.

[Progress completed (Blade Splashing Technique maxed out): 215/500]

He slowly wiped the blood off the knife, then leaped up and headed towards the mudflats south of Baicao Mountain.

There was still about half an hour before the hour of You (5-7 PM). With the full force of his Wild Goose Flight Technique, Wu He finally arrived at the southern waist of Baicao Mountain before that time.

Looking out over the vast expanse of land, I could indeed see figures moving about on a U-shaped riverbank at the far end of my field of vision.

There were probably a dozen or so people, not all of them had gathered yet, and they were dragging one corpse after another onto the carriage.

They were all garrison soldiers in full armor. Wu He carefully observed them, a chill running through him.

They have already successfully killed ten people.

The fighting is probably not over in other places yet, and it's unknown how many people will die.

……

Meanwhile, on the riverbank.

"Sir, the Sirius team is probably still engaged in a standoff. Should we leave first, or...?"

A Khitan soldier removed his felt hat, revealing a strange bald head, and respectfully asked a young man a question.

The latter, with a purple mark between his brows and an arrogant expression, coldly said, "The Great Shaman said there should be at least twenty people, we're still far from enough."

"But it's getting late, and there will be garrison soldiers patrolling here at night. If we delay, it might cause more trouble."

"So what are you people doing?"

Bali raised his voice and scolded, "Why aren't you going to help the Sky Wolf Team? The flesh and blood of soldiers and warriors contain the killing intent of military strategists, which is the key to the sacred medicine. Not even a trace of it can be missing!"

"Yes, yes, yes!"

The man nodded repeatedly, then quickly gathered his men to go and provide support. Before leaving, he left two soldiers with Bali Juyu.

"My lord, let them protect your safety. Lord Yelü tragically died in the incident at Xiaoheishan last time. You cannot afford to have anything happen to you again."

"I know, stop nagging, just go!"

Bali waved his hand impatiently.

"Today's divination revealed that the Eternal Heaven has issued a divine decree that I will be safe and sound. Just focus on doing your job well."