The Devil's Tribulation

Chapter 455: Retreat 3 Cities Again

In the ancient battlefield of the Dry Bone Realm, Pan Chengfeng had recovered after five days of rest. Shangguan Heng also opened his eyes, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes. Pan Chengfeng noticed this movement, and stood up and walked to Shangguan Heng, smiling and said: "Congratulations, Senior Brother, you have reached the half-step fusion realm~" Everyone was surprised to hear this, because Shangguan Heng had been at the peak of the Refining Void Realm for more than 200 years, and his cultivation had not improved at all. He had only been in the Dry Bone Realm for more than half a year, and his cultivation had actually advanced by a big step!

Shangguan Heng was also very happy, and said with a smile: "Junior brother, you are too kind. I haven't reached the half-step fusion realm yet, but I am not far away." The four Lianxu servants were overjoyed and knelt down to congratulate them: "Congratulations to the young master for his great progress in cultivation~" Shangguan Heng waved his hand and said: "Get up, junior brothers, have you all recovered?" Pan Chengfeng smiled and said: "Yes, how about Senior Brother Yun?" Yun Feiyang on the side said lightly: "My sword is thirsty~" Shangguan Heng looked at the status of the team. Except for the four servants, everyone else had recovered.

Shangguan Heng was in high spirits. He stood up and said, "Well, let's fight back now. They dared to attack our Yu Lei Sect! I will make them pay the price!" Pan Chengfeng also laughed and said, "Okay, a few trash sects dare to provoke us. Senior Sister Qiaoqiao, break the formation~" Pang Qiaoqiao smiled and nodded, walked to the eye of the formation that she had found long ago, formed a seal with one hand, and the eye of the formation was broken. Everyone followed Pang Qiaoqiao out of the formation.

A breeze blew by. Pan Chengfeng looked at the scene in front of him, turned around to look at Hei Kun who was also confused and asked: "Brother Hei, we fought with the people from the three sects here before, right?" Hei Kun looked around and confirmed: "It is here, but why is it so clean now?" The scene in front of him did not look like it had experienced a war at all, it was cleaned up. Yun Feiyang squatted down, grabbed a handful of sand and smelled it, and said: "The smell of blood is still there, it is definitely here."

Shangguan Heng sighed and said, "It seems that he ran away. The Withered Bone Realm is so big that it will be difficult to run into him again." Pan Chengfeng laughed and said, "The monk can run away, but the temple cannot. Let's go out and settle accounts with their sect!" Shangguan Heng glanced at Pan Chengfeng. He knew that Pan Chengfeng had only been in the immortal world for more than ten years and did not understand many rules. However, if he explained it directly, he was afraid that Pan Chengfeng would lose face. So he looked at Hei Kun again, and Hei Kun immediately realized it. He pulled Pan Chengfeng's sleeve and transmitted his voice, "Junior Brother Pan, you don't know that the fighting and hatred in this secret realm are not allowed to be brought to the outside world. Our Yu Lei Sect is originally the first sect, and we have always maintained this rule. If we go out and take the lead in destroying it, the reputation of the Yu Lei Sect will be ruined."

After being reminded by Hei Kun, Pan Chengfeng also remembered. Yu Qian seemed to have said this to him when he first entered the Secret Realm of Yougu. Pan Chengfeng touched his chin and said, "Then can't I go and cause trouble for them myself?" Hei Kun looked Pan Chengfeng up and down, making sure that he was not joking, and asked, "The other party is a medium-sized sect in Dongzhou, with at least 200,000 or 300,000 cultivators. Junior brother, do you really want to cause trouble for them alone?" Pan Chengfeng laughed, patted Hei Kun on the shoulder and said, "I was just talking casually, and you took it seriously?"

Since the person has already run away, it is definitely not a good idea to chase him without thinking. Moreover, the time to enter the Dry Bone Realm is limited. If we waste it on chasing people, it will be too uneconomical. Shangguan Heng did not hesitate for a long time and decided: "Those are smart. Let's continue to break the formation and look for the monster grass." Naturally, everyone had no objection. The main purpose of coming to the ancient battlefield was to find the monster grass.

Pan Chengfeng was desperately looking for opportunities in the world of withered bones, and the world outside was not peaceful either. In the old house of the Zhong family in Fancheng, Da Zhou, Qian'er was dealing with a lot of affairs. Since taking over the Da Zhou Kingdom, Qian'er has been very busy. Recently, she has been even busier, because Da Zhou has already sent troops to the Chu Kingdom, and this time it is almost the whole country's strength! After the Emperor Zhou Zhixiong of Da Zhou dealt with the princelings, no one in the country could stop him. After a small friction on the border, Da Zhou finally had another excuse to send troops. This is how it is between countries, there is only strength and weakness, no right or wrong.

The Chu Kingdom had been weak for a long time, and the country was corrupt. The emperor was young and powerless. If the Ji family of the Chu Kingdom military had not always supported the Chu Emperor, the Chu Emperor would not have been able to hold on to his position. This time, the Great Zhou Kingdom suddenly launched an attack, and the Grand Marshal Sun Erleng led 100,000 elite troops to attack Yingming City. The one million defenders were caught off guard and the city was lost in an instant. If it were not for the Chu Kingdom Marshal Qi Hong's decisive abandonment of Yingming City and retreating three cities to stabilize the situation, otherwise it would have been possible for the enemy to attack the imperial city directly.

Qian'er looked at the information in her hand and sighed helplessly. Qing'er saw that her sister looked worried and asked with concern: "Sister, what trouble has happened again?" Qian'er held the letter in her hand and said: "Sect Master Leng sent a message saying that the Seven Mysterious Sects of Chu State, Tiangang Sect, and Xuejian Sect have all issued a warning to us, asking the Great Zhou to withdraw its troops immediately, otherwise they will be rude to us." Qing'er smiled and said: "Sister, are you worried about this? Just let Renjie go. There are only five cultivators in the early stage of refining emptiness and one cultivator in the middle stage of refining emptiness in those three sects. They can't pose any threat to us."

Qian'er glanced at her sister, chuckled and shook her head, saying, "If only it were that simple, the main thing is that the Blood Evil Sect of Yue Kingdom is also making some moves. If the Blood Evil Sect also wants to get involved, things will be troublesome." "Blood Evil Sect? The sect with an ancestor in the late stage of Refining Void?" Qian'er nodded and said, "Yes, if Tianci hadn't been injured, we would still have the strength to fight, but Tianci is in this situation now, if the Blood Evil Sect gets involved, our strength will not be enough." Qing'er's eyes turned and said, "Why don't we ask Senior Brother Mou for help?" "No!" Qian'er changed her tone and said, "You dead girl, I warn you, don't bother Senior Brother Mou with these things. He is a disciple of the Yu Lei Sect and cannot get involved in these things casually!" "What should I do? My brother-in-law is not here..." Qian'er thought for a while and said, "Don't worry about these things, I will make my own arrangements."

Late at night, in Lianying City of Chu State. Qi Hong looked at the map without saying a word. He had been standing there for two hours. He kept this posture motionless, and the guards did not dare to disturb him. The room was terribly quiet. Qi Hong suddenly sighed and said, "Is there any news from the front?" The guards quickly replied, "Reporting to the Marshal, it has been preliminarily found that the leader of the Great Zhou is Sun Erleng, and the army that attacked us was led by Sun Erleng with 100,000 elite soldiers. The troops that attacked the city that night were the body forging warriors secretly trained by Sun Erleng, and each of them can fight ten people at once."

The Great Zhou had a very powerful army, and this was something that could no longer be concealed. Qi Hong continued to ask, "Do you know the number of this army?" The personal soldier quickly replied, "The exact number is still unknown, but we only know that the number of people who attacked the city that night was about 5,000." After the question and answer, Qi Hong walked to his desk and sat down. He was silent for a long time, and suddenly asked, "How long will it take for the reinforcements from the country to arrive?" The personal soldier panicked and hesitated for a long time without saying a word.

Qi Hong knew the situation in the country, and sighed, "Tell me, I won't vent my anger on you." After hearing this, the personal soldier was relieved and quickly replied, "I received news this morning that the country has just assembled two million troops, but the money and food..." "Bang!" The general's plan was shattered. Qi Hong hadn't been so angry for a long time. When the Great Zhou attacked Yingming City, he led the living troops to fight and retreat, and sent a letter back to the country for help as soon as possible. It has been half a year now, and two million troops have been assembled, and even the money and food are not ready. How can this war be fought!

Qi Hong suppressed his anger and murmured, "Confucian scholars are ruining the country!" Why did Qi Hong say that? Military officials and civil officials are born in opposition, there is nothing much to say about that. In the country of Da Chu, there are many civil official parties. There are four prime ministers in the court, which are divided into four factions. They are fighting for power every day. Every morning court is like a vegetable market. Everyone's mind is on party struggles, and no one is really working for the country. Fortunately, there is Ji Guozhu in the military, and no civil servant dares to reach out. But Ji Guozhu has no way to stop these things. Is he going to kill them all? Then there are probably not many civil servants left in the entire court.

Qi Hong took a deep breath. Before he got to this position, he didn't know all these things. Now that he got to this position and knew these things, he admired his father-in-law even more. He could actually deal with the Great Zhou for so many years under such circumstances. Qi Hong suddenly stood up and said, "Order the three armies to retreat three more cities and stretch the supply lines of the Zhou army!" Although he was unwilling, the battle still had to be fought. After giving the order, Qi Hong wanted to write a letter to his father-in-law, only to find that he had just smashed the commander's desk, and now he didn't even have a desk to write on.