Chapter 141: The Witch's Scheming, Reunion with an Old Friend
Three days later.
Ni Kun rode Nightmare, an experienced horse, back to the valley where they started.
After seeing Zhu Yuyan and others who had been waiting for him for several days, Ni Kun ignored Kanan's questions, Bai Qing'er's greetings, Shi Feixuan's hesitation to speak, and the two young men and women dressed in Turkic costumes who came forward to greet him, and walked straight into the tent, pulling Zhu Yuyan and Wen Caiting.
"Children should not eavesdrop when adults are talking. Stay away."
After saying this rudely, he pulled Zhu Yuyan and Wen Caiting into the tent.
Soon, some strange noises were heard in the tent.
Kanan and Bai Qing'er, who were not surprised by the situation, walked away as if nothing had happened.
Shi Feixuan's pretty face turned red, and she ran away with her head down.
The two Turkic men and women looked at each other for a while. The young Turkic man with a narrow face but a wild charm suddenly picked up the Turkic woman and, ignoring her punches and kicks, carried her to the grove on the other side of the hillside.
Until dark, Ni Kun and the other two did not come out of the tent.
midnight.
Ni Kun rested his head on his hands, stared at the dome of the tent with his eyes wide open.
Zhu Yuyan and Wen Caiting snuggled up to him on either side, with their four slender, plump, white python-like legs lazily resting on him.
"Sir, are you worried?"
Zhu Yuyan stroked his sturdy chest with her slender hands, raised her beautiful face, which became even more delicate and tender after being moisturized, and asked softly.
With her keen eyesight and her understanding of Ni Kun, she had already noticed that Ni Kun was worried.
Just now, he used all the Yingui Sect's special skills to serve and please Ni Kun.
Although she was also very tired at this moment, she was not as useless as her junior sister Wen Caiting, who fell into a deep sleep after her soul flew away. She still forced herself to stay awake and have a heart-to-heart talk with Ni Kun.
"Ah, a little."
Ni Kun said calmly.
"Sir, you were in the north and saw something bad?"
"Well, very bad stuff."
"But I don't understand. You have dealt with the strange ghosts and wights that were enough to overwhelm the world. Is there anything else in the world that can stump you?"
"Oh, I am not yet an omnipotent Heavenly Lord. There are many things that can stump me..."
"If you don't mind, I am willing to listen. Even though my ability is limited and I can't share your worries, I can still help you relieve your mood a little."
Ni Kun smiled but did not tell anyone what he saw when he went north.
The things he saw were so overwhelming that even Zhu Yuyan, Drunken Swordsman, and Shi Zhixuan would probably be helpless.
What's the point of saying it out?
It just made Zhu Yuyan feel upset.
"I don't want to say anything today. I just want to indulge myself for a night..."
He said lazily.
Zhu Yuyan smiled sweetly, kissed him lightly on the chest, and then like a beautiful snake, she clung to his body and slid down...
Ni Kun indulged himself for a night and vented the heavy pressure.
Early the next morning, he cheered himself up again, went out in high spirits, and performed the Bull Demon and Tiger Demon Fists in a methodical manner, starting his morning exercise.
The body refining realm needs to be suppressed, and you cannot break through the door of the Martial Saint for the time being, but it is still possible to exercise your muscles, bones, and flesh.
After practicing boxing, Wen Caiting came over with a seductive look, carefully wiped his sweat, and teased him from time to time, but was spanked twice on the butt by Ni Kun without any mercy.
After washing and changing into dry clothes, Shi Feixuan finally came over and asked for her leave with a blushing face.
Shi Feixuan had a very torturous time in the days after Ni Kun left.
How could she, the successor of Cihang Jingzhai, feel good when she was caught between Yin Hou's senior sisters and her two disciples?
Even though the Yingui Sect no longer had any intention of fighting with Cihang Jingzhai , and even their concern for the world had faded a lot, long-standing inertia still made it impossible for both sides to truly put aside their hostility and live in harmony.
Even if they didn't come to blows, the psychological discomfort still made Shi Feixuan feel like she was living a year in a day.
If Ni Kun had not come back and it would have been too rude to leave without saying goodbye, she would have left alone long ago.
Now that Ni Kun is finally back, she can finally say goodbye to him in person.
"Feixuan, are you leaving?" Ni Kun wanted to say, we are leaving too, why don't we leave together?
However, looking at the smiling Kankan and Bai Qing'er standing aside and watching the fun, Ni Kun almost understood Shi Feixuan's thoughts. He just smiled and said:
"That's fine. Mountains are high and rivers are long. If we are destined to meet again in the future, we will meet again in the arena."
Xianxian said with a smile:
"I think, Shi Feixuan, you'd better come with us. Otherwise, with your bad luck, you might run into some unexpected disaster again."
Shi Feixuan pretended not to hear and just bowed solemnly to Ni Kun:
"Master Ni saved my life twice, Feixuan will definitely repay you in the future!"
Wan Wan interrupted again: "Do you want to pledge yourself to me?"
Ni Kun glared at her hatefully, this witch is ruining my plans again!
Once you said this, how could Shi Feixuan even have the nerve to ask how to repay you?
As expected, Shi Feixuan's cheeks turned red, she glanced at Ni Kun shyly, bowed to him, and then ran away like a flash.
"Oh, Shi Feixuan is too thin-skinned, I'm sorry!" Kanan said with a smile.
Ni Kun's heart moved, and he looked at Kankan suspiciously, wondering if this evil woman did it on purpose.
Did she say these things deliberately to make Shi Feixuan shy and escape, so as to achieve her conspiracy to exclude Shi Feixuan?
The intentions of the evil woman are indeed unpredictable.
It seems that the matter of punishing the witch has to be put on the agenda as soon as possible.
After Shi Feixuan left, the two Turkic men and women came over to pay their respects to Ni Kun again.
Although Ni Kun looked young, seemingly only a teenager of eighteen or nineteen years old, these two Turkic men and women had witnessed him wielding thousands of swords, defeating the wights, killing the white walkers, and wiping out the wight plague in one fell swoop. They did not dare to underestimate him because of his young age.
Even a rebellious person like Ba Fenghan saluted Ni Kun with the etiquette of paying respect to a martial arts elder:
"Ba Fenghan greets Master Ni. Thank you for destroying the corpse ghosts and saving our lives."
Chun Yuwei even knelt on the ground and paid tribute to Ni Kun with the highest etiquette of the Turkic people:
"Chun Yuwei greets Master Ni. Thank you for defeating the corpse ghosts and avenging my master, senior brother, and tribe."
It turned out to be Ba Fenghan and Chun Yu Wei!
Ni Kun glanced at Lao Ba and shook his head:
"You don't need to thank me. I killed the White Walkers and the Wights for the Central Plains and for myself, but definitely not for you Turks."
Although he said so, Chun Yuwei still insisted on completing the ceremony before standing up.
Ba Fenghan said with a smile:
"I'd like to let you know that I am not a Turk. On the contrary, I have a grudge against the Turks."
Ni Kun asked curiously, "Oh? Then what tribe are you from, Lao Ba?"
"I don't know." Ba Fenghan shook his head and said:
“There are countless tribes of all sizes on the grassland, with different roots and ancestors. Most tribes recognize the most powerful tribe as their ancestor and claim to be members of that tribe.
“Just like the Turks, they are nothing more than an alliance of countless large and small tribes. How many of them have truly pure Turkic blood?
"I don't have the hobby of randomly claiming my ancestors. Since I don't know which tribe my extinct little tribe belongs to, I can only say that I don't know which tribe I belong to."
No wonder you are a national nihilist!
Ni Kun felt amused and nodded:
"What Lao Ba said makes sense. What are you going to do next?"
Ba Fenghan pointed at Chun Yuwei:
"She is here to collect the bodies of her people. I promised her master that I would take good care of her, so I have no choice but to accompany her to collect the bodies."
Ni Kun sighed:
"There are countless bodies everywhere... there is no way to clean them all up!"
Ba Fenghan said: "Just collect the bodies of her relatives, I can't take care of others."
Ni Kun nodded, without saying anything more, said goodbye to Zhu Yuyan and others, and left for the Central Plains.
Before leaving, he said to Ba Fenghan:
"There are countless corpses on the grassland, and only a few living people. In this environment, who knows when another terrible monster will appear. You should head south as soon as possible. Of course, don't get involved in the conflict between the Turks and the Central Plains. With the little power left in the Turks, the Central Plains can fight them at will."
Ba Fenghan laughed and said:
"I am not adding insult to injury because I am considering the favor of Martial Honored Bi Xuan. How could I get involved in the conflict between the Turks and the Central Plains? As for Chun Yuwei, if she doesn't listen to me, I will have to beat her until she submits."
Ni Kun gave him a thumbs up, laughed, and set off on his journey home with Zhu Yuyan and others.
A few days later.
North of the Great Wall, on the grassland outside Pianguan.
"Brother, look , there are a lot of dead bodies over there."
A young woman with a slightly dark complexion and a pretty face, riding a tall horse, stopped on a slightly undulating hill and waved behind her.
Hearing her call, a young man with copper-colored skin, a stern face and a serious expression came up on his horse, and looking around, he saw that the depression was indeed filled with corpses lying in all directions.
There were ordinary people wearing herdsmen robes, Turkic cavalry wearing leather armor and holding scimitars, as well as livestock such as cattle, sheep, and horses.
"What living dead? It's really an exaggeration."
Looking at the corpses from a distance, the man said coldly:
"There is clearly a plague on the grassland, causing the death of both humans and animals..."
At this point, he reminded the dark-skinned woman:
"Junior sister, be careful, don't get too close to these corpses, or you'll be infected with the plague."
The woman nodded slightly:
"I know, we won't get closer. Senior brother, we have been deep into the grassland for more than a hundred miles, and we haven't seen a single living person along the way. It is almost certain that the grassland has been plagued. There is no need to continue to explore deeper, right?"
The man groaned for a while and said, "Go ahead and explore a hundred miles, then go back and report to Duke Tang."
The two men then continued riding forward and headed north to investigate.
Just after walking a dozen miles, the young man was suddenly startled:
"Junior sister, am I seeing things? Why do there seem to be several people coming up ahead?"
"Well, Senior Brother, you are not mistaken. There are indeed several people, one man and four women, all dressed in Central Plains style... Oh, that man is so handsome!"
"Junior sister, you're itching, aren't you?"
"Hey, don't be angry, Senior Brother. I was just saying that. Is there any man in the world who is more handsome than you?"
"Speak nicely, don't be so coquettish with me..."
"Hey, Senior Brother, do you feel that that handsome young man looks familiar to you?"
"Hmm... I think I've seen him somewhere..."
Just as they were trying to recall where they had seen that young man dressed in splendid clothes, who looked like a nobleman, they saw him waving at them and saying with a smile:
"Brother Chen, Sister Mei, long time no see, I hope you are well!"
Hearing the greeting, the two looked at each other and thought at the same time:
"It's Ni Kun!"
"Little brother of the Ni family!"
Well, this young man and woman are none other than Chen Xuanfeng and Mei Chaofeng.
When they followed Li Xiuning in Chang'an, they originally planned to rely on the golden thigh of the future "Princess Pingyang Zhao" who was loved by Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, harmless to people and animals and would never be hurt by anyone, and safely get through the brotherly struggles between Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng, and then get the identity of a founding hero of the Tang Dynasty and enjoy wealth and glory.
However, they did not expect that the situation would change suddenly. The Qin Emperor returned, and the Qin Terracotta Army appeared out of nowhere. They captured Chang'an at lightning speed and seized the foundation of the empire that should have belonged to the Li family.
Chen Mei and the others were a bit confused now - the history that their master had taught them had never mentioned such a thing! This kind of change that disrupted history had come again. The little historical knowledge that they had worked so hard to memorize was now useless!
With no other choice, they had to follow Li Xiuning north to Taiyuan.
There were many high officials in Chang'an City, and no one would care about a weak girl like Li Xiuning.
Therefore, the journey from Chang'an to Beitou and Taiyuan went smoothly.
However, Li Xiuning's fiancé Chai Shao, who came from a family of military generals and had served as a Qianniu attendant to Yang Guang's deceased eldest son "Prince Yuande", was recommended to Qin Shihuang by a general who had a conflict with the Chai family.
As a result, Chai Shao failed to escape in time and was forced to stay in Chang'an, where he became a palace attendant unwillingly...
After arriving in Taiyuan, Li Xiuning was entrusted with important tasks by Li Yuan because of his intelligence and ability, and he often did tasks such as raising food and fodder and transporting military supplies.
The couple Chen Xuanfeng and Mei Chaofeng also became officials because of their excellent martial arts and loyalty.
Chen Xuanfeng was a fifth-rank Yingyang Langjiang, and Mei Chaofeng also held the position of a fifth-rank Yingyang Deputy Langjiang.
However, although their master Huang Yaoshi was proficient in military strategies, the two of them had never taken cultural courses seriously.
I only memorized that little bit of historical knowledge in order to make a living.
As for the art of war, it is like opening up six of the seven orifices.
Therefore, it was impossible for him to lead the troops, so he could only continue to serve as Li Xiuning's personal general with the official rank of fifth rank or junior fifth rank.
This time, he was sent to the grassland to gather intelligence on the Turks and see what the situation was on the grassland.
I didn't expect that when I came to the grassland, there would be no living dead.
All I saw were dead bodies of people and animals everywhere. It was clearly a plague!
The intelligence gathering went smoothly, and unexpectedly I ran into an acquaintance - the cute little brother Ni Kun.
When the two men first met Ni Kun, Ni Kun was in a state of desolation, with tattered clothes and half-starved. He looked so pitiful that they both felt pity for him. Not only did they save him, they also took him to Xiangyang.
It has been only a year since we last met. When I saw Ni Kun again, how could he still be as miserable and pitiful as he was back then?
He is tall, handsome, elegant, and full of confidence. He is accompanied by four masked women with graceful figures and skin as white as snow.
The style and pomp were comparable to those of the noble young men they had seen in Chang'an City.
No, in terms of temperament, he is much better than those young masters from wealthy families.
Chen and Mei stared at Ni Kun who was coming towards them with a smile, and they were a little hesitant to recognize him for a moment.
"Brother Chen, Sister Mei, it's me, Ni Kun, why don't you recognize me?"
Ni Kun was happy to see these two old acquaintances who helped him when he was in the most difficult time, told him a lot of information and gave him a preliminary understanding of the world. He greeted them with a smile.
After hearing him introduce himself, Chen Mei and the others confirmed that this was indeed Ni Kun.
For a moment, both of them were quite surprised.
Mei Chaofeng jumped off her horse, walked a few steps to Ni Kun, and looked him up and down:
"Brother Ni, is it really you? I haven't seen you for a year. You have changed a lot. I almost didn't recognize you."
Ni Kun smiled and said, "When you haven't seen someone for three days, you should look at them with new eyes. What's more, after a year, isn't Sister Mei more radiant and more beautiful than she was a year ago?"
"You're really good at talking..."
Mei Chaofeng was laughing and was about to compliment him, saying that he had grown taller, stronger, and more handsome, when she heard Chen Xuanfeng cough twice and said in a very unhappy tone:
"Junior sister, don't be so rude."
Mei Chaofeng then came to her senses, stuck out her tongue embarrassedly, and retreated back to Chen Xuanfeng.
Chen Xuanfeng nodded to Ni Kun and said, "Brother Ni, I haven't seen you for a few years. Are you doing well?"
Ni Kun smiled and said, "I am fine. Seeing that you two are in better spirits than ever before, I am relieved. I wonder what Brother Chen and Sister Mei are doing here in this grassland?"
Chen Xuanfeng said, "We are now serving as generals in the Tang Guogong Army. We have been sent to the grassland to investigate the Turkic military situation. Brother Ni, what are you doing..."
"We just came back from the Turkic Khanate." Ni Kun did not hide it from him and said with a smile:
"You two don't need to go any further. There are few living people left in the vast grasslands north of the Great Wall, from Tiele to Eastern Turks. The remaining Turks are only the 200,000 or 300,000 Turks in Mayi and Yanmen, and the Turks in Lingwu."
Chen Xuanfeng and Mei Chaofeng were both shocked: "Are you serious?"
Ni Kun nodded: "Really."
Chen Xuanfeng asked, "What about Wu Zun Bi Xuan?"
"He's dead too."
"What? Wu Zun Bi Xuan is also dead? What kind of plague is so severe that even Wu Zun can die of it?"
Speaking of this, Chen Mei and the others couldn't help but feel nervous.
Although the two of them had been careful not to get too close to the corpse, this plague that wiped out all the people and animals on the grassland and could even kill a martial arts master...
Could it be that the epidemic has already infected them?
When they thought of this, both of them looked a little ugly and their expressions became a little nervous.
"Plague?" Ni Kun pondered for a moment and smiled.
"Yes, there is indeed a very scary corpse plague spreading in the grassland. But Brother Chen and Sister Mei, don't worry, the plague is over. Even if you come into direct contact with those corpses now, there won't be any problems."
Having said that, Chen Xuanfeng and Mei Chaofeng were still a little worried, and their smiles seemed a little forced.
However, Chen Xuanfeng was somewhat relieved when he saw Ni Kun and his party coming back from the depths of the grassland, looking very lively. In order to prevent his junior sister from worrying too much, he forced himself to change the subject: "Brother Ni, who are these four girls?"
"They are all my maids..."
Ni Kun did not give a detailed introduction, but just glossed over it and invited Chen Xuanfeng and Mei Chaofeng to return with him:
"I met Li Shimin, the second son of Duke Tang, a few days ago. It just so happens that I want to visit his house for a few days when I go back this time. Brother Chen, Sister Mei, why don't we go together?"
Chen Xuanfeng and Mei Chaofeng had no intention of going north any further, so they nodded in agreement, turned back on the spot, and returned south with Ni Kun and others.
