Xie Lian asked, “Did General Pei win or lose?”

Pei Su said: "Win. Lose."

All the instigators died under Pei Ming's sword, many of whom were his old subordinates with whom he had been friends for more than ten years.

The sword "Ming Guang" has always been used to fight alongside these people, but now, it has become a weapon to kill them.

When the fight was over and the outcome was decided, Lord Xuli naturally ordered his men to surround Pei Ming, who was covered in blood and almost exhausted and unable to move, in the name of capturing a rebel.

Although Pei Ming is good at fighting, he may not be able to win if the battlefield is not a battlefield with real swords and guns. He was clearly trying to repel the enemy and save the emperor, but in the end, he was shouted "Kill without mercy!"

Pei Ming was holding the pottery jar. It wasn't that he didn't hear what they were saying, but he just didn't have time to care. He said, "I should have thought of it earlier. It's your style."

I think it was Rong Guang's resentment that was attached to the broken sword stained with the blood of millions of people, and resonated with it, so that it could last until now. But the voice in the jar still said coldly: "Your limbs have all died long ago. I am just a sword."

Xie Lian knew that he would not admit it now, so it was useless to ask further, so he said, “Forget it, General Pei.”

Pei Ming nodded and returned the jar to Pei Su.

With this, they have already subdued two rather troublesome ghosts. Ignoring the others, this is a good start. Xie Lian said, "General Pei and I will continue to walk into Tonglu Mountain. Banyue, what about you? Are you going to find Master Yu?"

Pei Su said, "Master Yushi has already gone inside to chase the demon that kidnapped the farmers. We are going the same way, so we are willing to help the general and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and go together."

Pei Ming came back to his senses, frowned slightly and said: "Then let's hurry up and leave. The King of Rain Master is not a war god, but he walks faster than us. We may encounter danger on the road ahead."

So, Xie Lian picked up Hua Cheng, Ban Yue collected the two jars, and the group hurried deeper into the dense forest.

Since they were still in the outer layer of Tonglu Mountain, they didn't encounter any powerful characters on the road, mostly weeds, and they didn't even have the interest to fight, so they just ignored them. Some ignorant people took the initiative to challenge them, but they were scared away by Banyue and Pei Su's snakes. In this way, after walking for a day, they finally left the forest and went deep into the second layer of Tonglu Mountain.

At this point, the forest gradually thinned out, the road gradually widened, and there were many signs of human habitation. Xie Lian even saw some dilapidated and blackened small houses on the roadside. It was really too strange in this isolated place, and he couldn't help but ask, "How can there be houses with people living in them?"

Ban Yue and Pei Su both shook their heads. Pei Ming also said, "I'm afraid you should ask the Ghost King in your arms about this."

Xie Lian was thinking right after he asked this question, if Hua Cheng was awake, he would definitely be able to answer his question, so he lowered his head and took a look. Although Hua Cheng's abnormally hot body temperature gradually subsided, his eyes were still tightly closed, and he couldn't help but feel worried.

Pei Ming reminded: "Your Highness, we are about to go deeper into the next level. The things ahead will be more powerful. Otherwise, stop for a while and wait for City Lord Hua to wake up."

At this time, everyone was at a wide fork in the road. One road led east, and the other led west. Xie Lian thought for a moment and said, "It's late, let's stay here for one night."

After a day of running around, it's time to take a break and carefully assist the Huacheng Guardian. Banyue said, "Okay, Brother Pei Su also needs to take a break."

Everyone then remembered that Pei Su was a mortal and needed to rest and eat, but he hadn't said anything. Xie Lian was in the shackles, so he was no exception, but he completely forgot about it because he was worried about Hua Cheng.

The group immediately set up camp at this fork in the road. Ban Yue made a fire while Pei Su went hunting. Seeing that everyone was busy with their own things, Xie Lian stared at Hua Cheng's face again. After a while, his intuition made him turn his head sharply, and sure enough, Pei Ming was looking at them.

The two looked at each other for a while, Pei Ming laughed dryly and said, "Okay. I'll go away."

Xie Lian said, “No. Better not.”

He didn't intend to do anything shady, why did he talk as if he was a thief!

At this time, Ban Yue came over holding a jar of food and said, "General Hua..."

Xie Lian and Pei Ming both turned their heads. Xie Lian asked, “What’s wrong?”

There was a frightened pheasant in the black jar, tied up. Ban Yue showed them the jar and said, "Brother Pei Su beat it and asked me to do it, but I can't do it."

After Pei Su finished hunting, he went to explore the road ahead. Pei Ming, however, seemed to be dissatisfied with Ban Yue no matter how he looked at her. He said confidently: "As a girl, you fight and kill all day long. It's ok that you can't dress up, but how come you can't even cook?"

Xie Lian and Ban Yue were both speechless. Ban Yue was not an ordinary girl who was brought up in a pampered family. She could not understand Pei Ming's aesthetics at all and was very puzzled by his words. Xie Lian had almost figured it out. Pei Ming was a person who was hard to describe when it came to women. He said, "Put it down, Ban Yue. I will teach you."

Ban Yue was already convinced by him, so she happily agreed. An incense stick later. Xie Lian pulled the colorful feathers on the pheasant. Pei Ming raised his bloody palm and sighed, "The general kills the chicken and the prince pulls the feathers. It's a famous sight."

Xie Lian watched him kill the chicken with his bare hands, leaving a bloody mess, and said, “General Pei, couldn’t you use a knife or a sword? It would be cleaner and more efficient.”

Pei Ming asked: "Is there?"

As soon as the words fell, the two of them couldn't help but look at the two jars on the ground. Rong Guang in the jar seemed to sense the two strange gazes, and the jar trembled with a chill, and shouted: "Get out! The farther the better! Be careful, I will smear poison on the blade and poison you to death!"

The two of them walked away quickly. When they were out of the jar’s reach, Pei Ming shook his head and said to Xie Lian, “You’re still insisting it’s not true. He’s always been like this, it would be strange if it wasn’t true.”

Xie Lian also heard how Rong Guang scolded him, and had long since developed a subtle sympathy for him. He said, “I understand you. I have a cousin who is a bit like General Rong. He can scold better than him, but he’s not as good at getting things done as he is.”

Rong Guang could at least help Pei Ming fight. If Qi Rong was asked to help Xie Lian fight, Xie Lian would definitely be killed by Qi Rong before he was killed by the enemy. Pei Ming seemed to imagine what Rong Guang would be like if he could only curse but not fight, and said sincerely: "That's really terrible."

Xie Lian threw the plucked pheasant back into the pot, filled it with water, threw it on the fire and started to cook, occasionally throwing in some wild fruits and herbs to adjust the taste. Ban Yue also followed his example, trying to stuff every edible thing he could find into the pot. Pei Ming didn't seem to understand what they were doing, but because he had never been in the kitchen, he didn't see what was wrong, so he helped add some firewood and said, "Your Highness, I have always wanted to ask you a question, but since we are not familiar with each other, I can't ask rashly."

It was true that they were not familiar with each other. Before, Xie Lian's impression of Pei Ming was that he was a playboy with good skills but bad intentions, and they had even argued with each other several times. Now that they had dealt with each other several times, his impression of him had changed a little bit, and they were a little familiar with each other. He said, "Excuse me, General Pei."

Pei Ming said: "You were demoted twice, and you have two curses on your body. After the third ascension, you can ask the emperor to help you remove them. But why don't you take them?"

Xie Lian watched as Ban Yue pondered for a while, then suddenly realized something and took out a few long purple-red scorpion snakes and put them directly into the boiling soup pot. He said calmly, “Then, General Pei, I have a question for you too.”

Pei Ming said: "Excuse me."

Xie Lian asked, “Why didn’t you forge a new sword and make a magic weapon after you broke the light?”

Pei Ming raised his eyebrows and said, "This is an unpleasant question."

Xie Lian’s expression was exactly the same as his, and he said, “Same here.”

The two of them laughed twice, and suddenly, Pei Ming said: "I never thought that was a good thing."

Xie Lian said, “I understand.”

He was about to speak when he heard a strange noise behind him. He turned around and asked, "Sanlang?"

Sure enough, it was Huacheng who sat up!

Xie Lian was pleasantly surprised and happy. He hurried over to hold onto his shoulders and said, “San Lang! You’re awake! You… seem to have grown bigger?”

Indeed, Hua Cheng looked only in his early teens before, but now he looked about thirteen or fourteen years old. When he spoke, his voice changed from that of a child to that of a teenager with a slight hoarseness: "Yes. Thank you, brother, for helping me to relieve my stress."

Pei Ming said: "This is really cause for celebration."

Xie Lian said, “There’s nothing to thank me for. I…” He then noticed the word “relief” and his smile froze. He thought to himself, “It’s not what I thought it was, is it?”

The next moment, Hua Cheng grabbed his shoulders and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, listen to me, something is coming from the east. You have to get out of the way for now!"

Xie Lian was startled, and the two of them looked towards the east, as if they had penetrated the endless darkness and saw a figure stalking in the darkness. Although Xie Lian didn't sense anything, he still said, "Okay! Let's get out of the way first."

Pei Ming asked: "Where to hide?"

This fork in the road only led to two roads. Xie Lian said, “West!”

Ban Yue grabbed the pottery pot that was cooking on the fire, apparently preparing to take it with her, and said, "Brother Pei Su hasn't come back yet!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a dark shadow rushing down the road to the west. It was Pei Su who had come back from exploring the road. He said, "General! Don't take this road! A large number of demons and monsters are heading this way!"

Hua Cheng said: "How much?"

Pei Su was stunned when he saw that it was him who asked the question. He said, "Judging from the vibration of the ground, at least five hundred!"

As a martial god, he would not consider "returning" unless it was absolutely necessary. Pei Ming asked, "Should we go west or east?"

Hua Cheng said decisively: "West!"

Xie Lian also said, “West.”

For some reason, although there were many ghosts in the west and not even a ghost in the east, Xie Lian intuitively believed that the west must be safer than the east. Without saying much, the group left in a hurry. Originally, Xie Lian had been prepared to meet a wave of demons on the road and then start a massacre. Who knew that after running for six or seven miles, he didn't hear any movement. He couldn't help but wonder, "General Pei, where and when did you hear that more than 500 demons and monsters were approaching?"

Pei Su said: "It was nearby. They were five or six miles away from me at that time, and their speed was very fast."

Xie Lian said, “That’s very strange!”

They were running westwards, while the five hundred demons and ghosts were running eastwards. They were both running very fast, so they should have collided head-on very soon. Why was there not only no ghosts to be seen, but also no movement at all?

Pei Ming said: "Xiao Pei must have heard wrongly, did they return the same way?"

Pei Su said: "I think it's unlikely. Because they are running really fast, it sounds like..."

Hua Cheng said: "Run for your life."

Suddenly, Xie Lian stopped in his tracks. Not only him, but everyone in the group stopped in their tracks. Because there were corpses strewn all over the ground ahead, blocking their way.

The corpses included humans, livestock, and all kinds of strange and varied things. There were also scattered souls, leaving only a wisp of black smoke and ghost lights floating in the air. The scene was extremely horrific. Xie Lian squatted down to check for a moment and said, "They really were running for their lives, but... they didn't escape."

After Pei Su found out about them, he immediately withdrew to inform Xie Lian and the others. But not long after he withdrew, something chased them and killed them all.

Hua Cheng said: "It was done by one person."

Xie Lian nodded. If both sides were more numerous and powerful, it would not be possible to do it so cleanly, and the battle would not end so simply.

In such a short period of time, he killed five hundred demons and monsters. He is undoubtedly stronger than the Deadly Sword Demon. It seems that this is also the key target they need to pay attention to.

Ban Yue held the soup pot and said, "Master Yu Shi will not choose this path..."

Pei Su said: "Don't worry, my lord has a mount to protect you."

At this moment, Xie Lian heard a strange "clicking" sound coming from the ground not far ahead. He looked over and saw that the upper and lower teeth of a skull were chattering, and the "clicking" sound was coming from that. Seeing that someone had discovered him, he said in horror: "Please spare me, I will never come again, I want to go back, I want to go home!"

Xie Lian held it up with both hands and said gently, “Don’t be afraid, we are just passing by. Can you tell us what happened?”

The skull's teeth chattered as it said, "You, you are just passing by? Don't go any further, there is a scary one ahead... He has killed more than a thousand ghosts, including us, but he is still not satisfied, and is still killing them non-stop..."

More than a thousand!

There were more than they thought. Xie Lian asked, "Who are you talking about? Do you know his name? Or nickname? Or what he looks like?"

The skull said, "No, I don't know. I couldn't see clearly either. He didn't even use a few strikes to kill us. I only vaguely saw a man in black clothes, very young, with a very pale face..."

Pei Ming said: "It sounds a bit tricky. Your Highness, City Lord Hua, are you sure we should go west instead of east now?"

The skull heard this and screamed, "Going east is not an option! Absolutely not!!!"

Xie Lian asked, “What happened in the east?”

The skull said, "We... just didn't dare to take the road to the east, so we chose the road to the west. Because in the east, there is a young man in white who has killed more than two thousand ghosts in just one day. He is more terrifying than the one in the west..."