Chapter 127: Destroy Xujiabao
"Yes, Master Zuo." Yu Yan responded quickly, then stepped forward to fight with Bao Yingjun.
Yu Yan is a veteran martial artist of Hantie academy, and he is quite powerful.
As a result, when the two men faced each other, Bao Yingjun fought with him for more than ten moves before he was defeated by a palm strike on the chest.
"Well, Bao Yingjun, not bad, not bad!" Zuo Le showed a delighted smile on his face, and praised repeatedly, "Come with me, from today on you are an inner courtyard disciple, I will teach you the following cultivation methods, and you can always come to me if you have any questions in the future."
After saying that, Zuo Le patted Bao Yingjun's shoulder again before turning around and leaving.
Bao Yingjun bowed slightly to Qin Ziling, then hurriedly chased after him.
"I never thought that Bao Yingjun is not only so talented in martial arts, but also such a grateful person. Ziling, you are so lucky this time." Lu Taiqiang walked to Qin Ziling, watched Bao Yingjun's back as he left, and felt full of regret.
Lu Taiqiang's talent in martial arts is above average. He just reached the Iron Plate level a few days ago. Whether he has the hope of becoming a powerful martial artist in the future depends on his own efforts and the support of his family.
Therefore, he needs to win over more people with potential, so that the family will pay more attention to him.
Years ago, he tried to win over Nangong Yue, but Nangong Yue was arrogant and heartless by nature. He looked down on him and didn't care about the friendship between fellow disciples.
Now, a Bao Yingjun unexpectedly appears, and he is such a loyal person. As a result, because he looked down on him before, he missed the best investment opportunity.
"Haha, there's no such thing as good luck or bad luck. The key is to have your own abilities. Speaking of which, Brother Lu, I haven't congratulated you on your breakthrough yet!" Qin Ziling bowed to Lu Taiqiang.
"It's okay, it's okay. It's not like I don't know you. You're running around outside all day. It just so happens that you're here today and Bao Yingjun has also made a breakthrough. Let's celebrate together in the evening." Lu Taiqiang said with a smile.
"I'm sorry, Senior Brother Lu, I have something important to do tonight and can't get away. You guys go." Qin Ziling said with an apologetic look on his face.
Last night, the Xiao family had to find an excuse to negotiate with the Yu and Lu families and the Guangou Mansion about attacking Xujiabao, reach an agreement on the distribution of benefits, and then secretly arrange men and horses. They definitely didn't have enough time to attack Xujiabao.
But the matter of Xujiabao cannot be delayed any longer. The Xiao, Yu, and Lu families and the Guangou Mansion will surely launch a sudden attack while the Xu and Lin families are still tracking down the troops from the two families who have not returned yet and before they know that they have been killed.
Qin Ziling guessed that the three families and Guangou Mansion would launch an attack tonight.
Although he told Xiao Qing that he would not interfere in their affairs, how could Qin Ziling really stay out of such a big thing? He must pay attention to it secretly, maybe he can find something missing.
"The world has been a bit chaotic lately, so you'd better be careful. If it really doesn't work out, I can introduce you to the Lu family. It's like making a living outside." Lu Taiqiang said.
"Thank you, Senior Brother Lu. I will be careful." Qin Ziling bowed.
"We are all brothers. There's no need to be so polite." Lu Taiqiang patted Qin Ziling's shoulder and said.
Mu Xuan, who was a few steps away, listened to their conversation with a strange expression on her face.
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Night, Nangong Yue's house.
Wu Cheng and others finally waited for Nangong Yue.
"What's going on with you?" Nangong Yue asked with a gloomy face when he saw Wu Cheng and his companions with bruised faces and noses, looking like stray dogs.
"He was beaten by Bao Yingjun!" Wu Cheng replied.
"Being beaten by Bao Yingjun? Are you kidding me?"
"Bao Yingjun has reached the level of a bully. Moreover, this kid had been hiding his incompetence before, but today he suddenly went berserk and beat us all up.
Now he is already an inner court disciple, and everyone says he is more talented than you, and the headmaster values him very much. Senior Brother Nangong, you have to go back quickly and suppress this kid's arrogance, otherwise..." Wu Cheng said.
"Okay, let's talk about this in a few days." Nangong Yue was stunned for a long time after hearing this, then he said with a gloomy face.
"Why, Senior Brother Nangong, you don't know how proud that kid is, and he is extremely attentive to Qin Ziling, always waiting at his beck and call. I think he does it on purpose to show you." Wu Cheng added fuel to the fire.
"Humph, I will settle this matter with him later! But not now. Young Master Lin went on a mission last night and has not returned yet. The Lin family has sent people to search outside the East City.
Zuo Le and I have already fallen out. After all, Zuo Le is a powerful martial artist. Without Lin Zhengji's support, I can't challenge him." Nangong Yue said with a cold face.
"Lin Zhengji is one of the six great young masters. It is said that his strength is almost as strong as that of a Hua Jin martial artist. It is impossible for him to get into trouble, right?" Wu Cheng and others were shocked when they heard this.
"Logically, nothing should go wrong, and Lin Jingyue is also acting together. But precisely because of this, this matter is very unusual." Nangong Yue said with a serious expression.
Outside the West City, the night is quiet.
Xujiabao is like a giant beast crouching on the ground in the dark night.
The lights hanging on the castle are like a pair of glowing animal eyes in the dark night.
Standing on the arrow tower outside the fortress, several archers looked down from above and scanned the surroundings vigilantly.
On the city wall, soldiers would patrol with swords and guns every once in a while, but the frequency of patrols and the number of troops dispatched were much less than when the relationship between Xujiabao and the Lin family was tense some time ago.
Inside the castle, the lord’s mansion.
"No news yet?" Xu Kunpeng paced back and forth in the hall like a trapped beast, feeling very anxious. From yesterday till now, Xu Yuanwu and the other two have not returned yet. He always felt uneasy, as if something big was about to happen.
"No. But don't worry, brother. In Fangqiao City, unless Yu Hongshan or Pang Qiwei takes action personally, who can stop Yuan Wu and the others?
They must have been delayed or lost their way. Didn’t the people who came back say that the enemy fled all the way to Wuyang Mountain. Once they entered the mountains, it was normal for them to get lost! "said a tall and thin middle-aged man.
"What's the news from the Lin family?" Xu Pengkun asked.
"Lin Jingyue and Lin Zhengji haven't returned yet either. They have sent people out to look for them." said the tall and thin man.
“Is it possible that this is just a cover-up, and it’s actually the Lin family who are…” said an old man with gray hair, a hunched back, and dressed like a farmer, with a sinister and cunning look in his eyes.
"This is unlikely. Since Xujiabao has secretly surrendered to the Lin family and helped them guard the Xiao family's retreat route. Once they force us to rebel, what benefit will it bring to them if we surrender to the Xiao family?" Xu Pengkun frowned.
"Today we can say we are submitting to the Lin family, and tomorrow we can also say we are joining the Xiao family. Why would the Lin family trust us? The best way is to directly occupy Xujiabao.
The Young Lord, the Fourth Lord and Yan'e are all the pillars of our Xujiabao. Especially the Young Lord, he is the strongest person in our Xujiabao except you, and he also represents the future of Xujiabao.
If something happens to them, Xujiabao will be seriously damaged. Then they will take advantage of the fact that we think we have reached an agreement with the Lin family and relax our vigilance, and suddenly..." the old man sneered.
Before the old man could finish his next words, suddenly, flames shot up into the sky from the direction of the military camp outside the house.
"There's a fire! There's a fire!" Then panicked cries pierced the night sky.
"Not good!" Everyone in the hall seemed to have thought of a possibility, and their faces changed drastically.
Outside Xujiabao, the archers on the arrow tower saw the fire in the castle and subconsciously turned back to look. At this moment, in the rice field below the arrow tower, on the yellow earth pile, and in the pool specially used to block enemy attacks, suddenly, a series of figures appeared out of thin air, like ghosts.
Then, rays of light flashed across the darkness.
The archers on the arrow tower fell down silently one by one.
As the archers on the arrow tower fell quietly, those figures strangely blended into the surrounding environment and continued to approach the city.
"Kill!" A majestic and stern shout suddenly rang out from the woods beyond the range of the arrow tower.
Then the earth shook, and dozens of cavalrymen wearing armor, with their faces covered so tightly that only their eyes were exposed, rushed out, followed by teams of infantry. They were a black mass and rushed towards Xujiabao like a mountain torrent.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
The alarm bells are ringing.
Patrolmen and archers hurriedly climbed up the city wall, ready to hide behind the battlements and shoot the enemy.
But just as they climbed onto the city wall, a little light broke through the night sky and killed them. Not far away, the army, without the archers and crossbowmen in the arrow tower to stop them, marched straight in.
Before the army reached the moat, the city gate rumbled open from the inside and the drawbridge fell down.
There were more than ten powerful martial artists guarding the city gate. The soldiers of Xujiabao discovered them and rushed over, but they were all killed by the powerful martial artists.
In just a short while, the army rushed into the city gate.
Soon, shouts, cries, screams, and the sound of iron hooves trampling the ground rang out from all over the castle...
"Xu Pengkun! You colluded with the Blood Demon Sect's evil leader Gong Yangmu, kidnapped young boys and girls, and used them to make elixirs and medicine for the Blood Demon Sect. You also plundered some villages outside the West City and amassed their property, deliberately making it appear that it was done by bandits. You are guilty of a heinous crime and should be executed!"
Inside the castle, in a place that had been reduced to ruins, Xiao family's head Xiao Wenchen, together with masters from the Yu family, the Lu family, and the Guan Gou Mansion, surrounded Xu Pengkun. Xiao Wenchen sternly accused him with righteous words.
There were many corpses lying around Xu Pengkun.
"The victor is the king and the loser is the bandit, so why bother with so much nonsense! It's just hateful that I didn't expect Gong Yangmu to deceive me, nor did I expect that your family is ultimately birds of a feather. It's hateful that I still believed in that bastard Lin Jinghan!" Xu Pengkun wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said with a sad and angry look.
"It turned out that you colluded with Gong Yangmu to kill Lord Guan Gou!" A middle-aged man in a Taoist robe shouted loudly, and a golden light broke through the air and stabbed towards Xu Pengkun.
"Kill!" The people from the Yu family and the Lu family looked at each other, and pounced on Xu Pengkun like an eagle pouncing on a rabbit.
"What a wise guy! He actually mentioned Gong Yangmu and Lin Jinghan on his own initiative!"
In the dark night, Xiao Wenchen's lips curled up into a sneer of success, and then he raised the Green Dragon Claw and pounced forward.
