February 20th, Wu time (19:00-21:00).

Lu Yi set up camp near a city called Handan.

As the name "Handan City" suggests, there is a thousand-mile-long lake outside the city. In summer, you can see lotus flowers blooming all over the lake, and the scenery is truly unique.

Lu Yi's camp was right by the lake, and less than two miles away was Zhuge Li's camp.

There are both imperial guards and city defense troops stationed in Handan City.

Both armies opened their baggage warehouses and transported food, fodder, wine and meat to supply the troops stationed outside the city.

Lu Yi led a large group of people and patrolled around his own camp. He arranged three times more sentries than in the previous days, and came to a small mound between the two army camps, looking at Zhuge Li's camp.

There was also a team marching around Zhuge Li's camp.

From a distance, Lu Yi heard a familiar voice.

Out of curiosity, he moved closer with his personal guards, and saw that Bai Lang's shirt had been stripped off, with an arrow piercing each shoulder, and two sticks piercing through his armpits. Several soldiers were carrying him and walking slowly around the camp.

"Parading the camp with arrows stuck in the body" is a kind of punishment in the army that does not cause much harm but is extremely insulting.

Bai Lang screamed in pain, but his shouts were drowned out by the roar of a military judge in front of him who was holding a gong and beating it as he walked.

"Disrespecting military discipline and delaying military operations, this is the result!" The military judge walked while shouting loudly: "All soldiers, be careful and take this as a warning, otherwise the next time someone pierces the camp with an arrow, it will be you!"

Bai Lang did not say what mistake he made.

There is no mention of what damage he caused.

Anyway, Bai Lang's shoulder was pierced by an arrow, and he was carried in such a humiliating way, bleeding all the way, as he kept walking around the camp.

Lu Yi and his men came over.

When Bai Lang saw Lu Yi, his eyes suddenly turned red, and he struggled, yelling and cursing at Lu Yi.

Lu Yi spread his hands and shook his head helplessly.

Bai Lang seemed to have concentrated all the hatred on himself.

But as for the grievances between him and the Bai family, is Lu Yi wrong?

Bai Lang cursed harshly, and Lu Yi's subordinates were filled with indignation. Several generals were about to rush up and beat Bai Lang.

Lu Yi stopped the impulse of these generals, pointed at Bai Lang, and then led his troops to leave.

Nightfall.

Lu Yi's central military tent was surrounded by heavy troops on all sides.

Lu Yi took out the Guixu bottle and shook it gently.

Taking out a jade bowl, Lu Yi poured out the Guixu bottle. A tiny drop of Xuanyuan divine water the size of a soybean spurted out a faint spiritual light and fell from the Guixu bottle into the jade bowl with a "ding" sound.

This drop of Xuanyuan Divine Water is extremely small, approximately only one third of the volume of a normal drop of Xuanyuan Divine Water.

Just this little bit of Xuanyuan Divine Water, in this environment where the spiritual power of heaven and earth is collapsing, is already the amount that the Guixu Bottle has been continuously condensing for a whole day.

Moreover, the condensed Xuanyuan Divine Water is far less powerful than the original version of Xuanyuan Divine Water as conveyed to Lu Yi by the Guixu Bottle.

The actual effectiveness is probably only less than one ten-thousandth of the original version of Xuanyuan Divine Water?

However, these days, Lu Yi and Ah Hu have been taking Xuanyuan Divine Water continuously and have gained great benefits.

Lu Yi took out a small jade knife, divided the drop of Xuanyuan divine water into four parts, and threw one part to Ah Hu.

The two of them didn't say much and each took a portion of Xuanyuan Divine Water.

The tremendous energy surges through the body, the body's functions continue to improve, and the level of cultivation gradually rises.

In Lu Yi's Tanzhong acupoint, the drop of Guixu Immortal Essence has become the size of an egg, and the black spiritual light is pulsating and beating, nourishing the whole body at all times.

'Gu'.

When Lu Yi finished his exercise and stood up, the big parrot flew down from the bird stand hanging under the tent and landed on Lu Yi's shoulder.

Lu Yi took out an almond and handed it to the big parrot, then stroked its fat belly with a smile: "I'm keeping your share for you. When things are done, you'll definitely get your share."

The big parrot pecked the almonds clean in a few bites, rubbed its head against Lu Yi's palm, spread its wings and flew into the air.

Ah Hu took a long breath, and the red lotus patterns on his body slowly converged. He opened his eyes and looked at Lu Yi: "Brother Yi, are you going to do it?"

Lu Yi looked at Ah Hu and asked, "Has the medicinal power been completely absorbed?"

Lu Yi did not tell Ah Hu what the Xuanyuan Divine Water was. He only said that it was an extremely precious medicinal ingredient that aided in cultivation.

Ah Hu nodded and shook his body slightly, and a dull rumbling sound of bones came from his whole body.

Ah Hu originally practiced the Henglian technique, and his physical endowment was much stronger than Lu Yu's. In addition, his Red Lotus Immortal Body was strong, domineering, brave and diligent. As long as he could endure the pain, he could quickly improve his cultivation.

With the help of Xuanyuan Divine Water, Ah Hu possessed nearly the strength of nine oxen in a short period of time.

Lu Yi nodded, lifted the door curtain of the central military tent, and strode out.
The brothers Lu Jun and Lu Yi had been waiting outside the big tent. When they saw Lu Yi coming out, their attention was immediately attracted by the big parrot that flew out.

"What a beautiful bird. Wow, it can even track the enemy." Lu Jun clapped his hands in admiration.

"This dog and this cat are both very good." Lu Yi was looking at the big yellow cat and the caracal that jumped out from the dark corner outside the big tent.

With a hissing sound, the green snake slowly poked its head out from Lu Yi's sleeve, and stared deeply at Lu Jun and Lu Yi with its pair of bright eyes.

Lu Jun and Lu Yi shuddered for no apparent reason. They had been guarding Beijie City for several years with Lu Yu. In their spare time, they went out hunting and had hunted all kinds of large pythons and poisonous insects. However, a small snake like the green snake gave them a great sense of threat.

"Brother Wu, is this snake of yours going to become a spirit?" Lu Yi said in horror.

Lu Yi smiled and gently stroked the green snake's smooth and cool body.

Not only the green snake, but also the rhubarb, caracal, alligator snapping turtle, and big parrot, these big guys have also shared the Xuanyuan divine water with Lu Yi these days.

Under the nourishment of the Xuanyuan Divine Water, the bloodlines of the five uncles underwent a mysterious transformation, and each of them became extremely magical. Even Lu Yi was a little unsure of their current specific conditions.

"Let's go." Lu Yi said with a smile, "Give those friends a surprise."

Less than twenty miles away from Lu Yi’s camp, in a grove, a fierce battle had just ended and the clouds and rain had just cleared.

The Paradise Palace is where heaven and earth meet. From the name, you can tell what kind of people this sect is.

The young men and women who had teased Lu Yi twice during the day began to be frank with each other as soon as night fell. Six female disciples and eighteen male disciples partnered with each other, each of them breathing slowly, with pink mist lingering around them, and they practiced wholeheartedly.

Just when Lu Yi and Ah Hu had absorbed all the Xuan Yuan Divine Water and were putting away their skills, the disciples of the Paradise Palace had also completed their daily homework and lazily got up to pack up.

"Alas, just as the leader said, this world is really not suitable for us." A tall and beautiful girl sat cross-legged on a felt mat, with a faint mist between her mouth and nose. She said in a soft voice: "After two hours of hard work, my cultivation has not improved at all. I have only replenished a little bit of the magic power that was lost during the day."

Another young girl stroked her long hair and sighed, "Isn't it? Leaving the mountain gate and entering the secular world, not to mention increasing your cultivation, even maintaining your original cultivation requires a lot of effort."

"If I stay outside the mountain gate for too long, I'm afraid my cultivation will drop by a large level." The girl sighed sadly.

A tall and graceful young man yawned, played with his folding fan, and chuckled, "Sisters, why are you so anxious? Isn't the reason why the leader took us out of the mountains to renew our path?"

"The Bai family is the one chosen by the leader to walk in the human world. My Jile Tian Palace's fight for Dayin's luck and the spiritual power of heaven and earth all depends on them." The young man smiled brightly: "The Bai family has great potential in the Dayin court. The leader said that this time we will escort Bai Lang and others to Anping Prefecture. If the sisters are interested, you might as well give them a little sweet treat."

Several girls sneered at the same time.

"Nine old men are not enough for me to manipulate at once." A young girl who had already finished her martial arts training sneered: "With their cultivation level of Kaijing Realm and Tuomai Realm in secular martial arts? The little energy they have accumulated with great effort, ah..."

The girls giggled and laughed very happily.

A group of male disciples had gathered together. One of them stroked the jade flute and said leisurely, "Well, originally we were talking about the story of trying to lure Lu Yi to come and save the beauty during the day, but he failed and was killed instead. In the end, that guy was cunning and failed."

"We came to provoke him, but he is still a coward at such a young age. Surrounded by a large army, we dare not waste too much mana. If he doesn't fight us, we can only let him go."

"But tonight, he will definitely die." The male disciple chuckled and said, "But who should be put on the blame? After all, he is a duke of Dayin. It would be a bit of a waste for him to die like this."

A young girl who was tying her garters said jokingly, "We can just leave a note in his tent, saying that the murderer is someone from the outer sect of the Vajra Temple, or someone from the world-traveling Red Lotus Temple. We can just pick a thief from the two families who we know and leave his name there."

A group of male disciples applauded at the same time.

"Okay, okay, okay, this time the thieves have the upper hand. They started in Anping Prefecture... Hehe, although we can't fight them in advance, it's good to leave them with a stigma."

A light white mist rose simultaneously from all directions of the woods.

Lu Yi stepped on the flowing wind and landed silently, pushing the white mist closer and closer to the resting place of the disciples of the Paradise Palace.

A large parrot was overhead showing the way.

Dahuang and Manul followed closely behind.

The green snake had slid into the woods, silently and disappeared.

From a distance of several miles, Lu Yi heard the unbridled laughter and scolding of these disciples of the Paradise Palace.

Lu Yi found it absurd.

He can now be considered an outer disciple of the Great Vajra Temple. This group of men and women who appeared out of nowhere actually wanted to assassinate him, and then blame his death on the Great Vajra Temple and a disciple of the Red Lotus Temple?

Lu Yi thought of the so-called secret agreement of the three religions.

After hesitating for a while, he decided to ignore this so-called secret agreement that forbids the disciples of the three religions from attacking each other.

I am not a serious disciple of the Great Vajra Temple, right?

Moreover, it was the other party who took the initiative to come to their door, and they did not abide by the so-called secret agreement of the three religions, right?

so……

Lu Yi whistled softly.

In the woods, a green light flashed by, and a male disciple of the Paradise Palace suddenly groaned. He lowered his head and saw two drops of blood oozing out from his ankle.

"I was bitten by something... oh..."

Before he could finish his sentence, the male disciple's face turned green and he fell to the ground twitching all over.

"Poison...very poisonous..."