Shen Xiang returned to Yuquan Temple on Fengming Mountain.
Lei Zongliang was leading his men to dismember two strange beasts.
Zhou Mingrui is taking care of his father.
A group of constables and runners carried the snake corpse onto the cart. A doctor accompanied them performed simple bandaging to stabilize the injury. Everything went in an orderly manner.
Everyone is busy.
Except Cao Jinxing.
"killed?"
Cao Jinxing is barbecuing for everyone.
The essence of the Flame-Winged Eagle and the Golden Flame Snake lies in their blood and snake gall, but the eagle meat and snake meat also have the effect of nourishing the body. He and Shen Xiang couldn't finish them, so they simply shared them with everyone.
Save waste.
Xuanyuan Fourteen, who was standing next to him, was drooling with greed, staring at the skewers with his round eyes.
After following Cao Jinxing for such a long time, it has become accustomed to cooked food and does not like to eat raw food. Most of the meat that Cao Jinxing grilled went into its stomach.
"killed."
Shen Xiang sat down, picked up a skewer of grilled meat and tasted it: "I met thirty shamanic soldiers on the road and killed them all. I didn't expect that the great shaman passed on his skills to Mingzhu. It's a pity... there's no seasoning, it's a bit bland. "
"Where can I find seasoning in this desolate mountain?"
Cao Jinxing rolled his eyes and continued, "...What's the use of just having internal strength? Mingzhu is so absorbed in tinkering with her golden flame snake and studying evil ways that she knows nothing about martial arts. It's useless to teach her. I guess he wants to wait for her to digest it slowly."
"Um."
"Anyway, the matter here has been settled. It's none of my business." Cao Jinxing smiled relaxedly, not disguising his gloating: "It's your job to investigate the case. I'll leave this mess to you."
He stood up and stretched himself.
“…”
Shen Xiang didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"But before that..." Cao Jinxing took out the two blood beads and asked him, "Do you want them?"
Shen Xiang shook his head: "No."
"I'm just asking. Don't be nice~"
"You kid!"
Shen Xiang pretended to be angry: "You are getting more and more in trouble!"
"Ha ha."
Cao Jinxing said: "Then I can give it to Fourteen. This thing is of the fire element, which conflicts with me, so I guess the effect will be discounted... But it matches Fourteen's attribute very well."
"Do you need a guardian?"
"No, you can handle the follow-up here."
Cao Jinxing touched Fourteen's head and said, "I'll help Fourteen first. Once it digests it, I guess most innate beings won't be its match. It will be more than enough to protect me."
"Okay, be careful."
"Well, let's meet at the inn."
Cao Jinxing used his lightness skills to leave Yuquan Temple.
Regulus followed closely behind.
After leaving Fengming Mountain, Cao Jinxing found a cave in a nearby valley and took out a blood bead and gave it to Fourteen.
The higher the energy of this thing, the more careful he has to be.
He has a lot of ice-type internal energy. If he swallowed it rashly, a large amount of fire-type true energy would be produced in his body. The two would cancel each other out. Not only would his skills be improved, but his existing internal energy would probably be greatly reduced, and his realm would be lowered. He could only take it slowly and transform and absorb it bit by bit.
Xuanyuan 14 doesn't have so many concerns.
It bit the blood bead into pieces and swallowed it into its stomach.
Teng!
A fiery aura suddenly erupted from its body surface, and its internal energy "Tumo Samadhi" started to operate spontaneously, desperately absorbing the energy of the "Phoenix Blood" and converting it into its own internal energy.
Its body grows again!
Rub, rub, rub!
In the blink of an eye, it grew from 90 centimeters to 1.3 meters! From a lynx to a snow leopard!
Its enlarged size, fluffy white fur, and strong limbs make it look even more majestic, and its lethality increases again!
“Ouch~”
Strength is greatly increased, and the body and mind feel relaxed.
Xuanyuan Shisi roared towards the sky, and the aura on his body rose. The majestic voice was mixed with the roars of lions and tigers, which scared away night owls in the surroundings for miles!
Then, it turned its attention to Cao Jinxing.
With ill intentions.
"What? You still want to devour the master..."
Before Cao Jinxing could finish his words, the big cat in front of him suddenly pounced towards him. He was so stunned that he couldn't dodge and was knocked to the ground. The cat licked him all over the head.
“Oh my god!”
Cats have thorns on their tongues, so Cao Jinxing quickly pushed its big head away: "Enough, enough! Stop it! Fourteen! You licked my face!"
“…”
Regulus then licked his lips with satisfaction and sat back down. He blinked and crouched on the ground as usual, looking elegant and dignified.
"you……"
Cao Jinxing sat up and wiped his face, which was covered with saliva. He wanted to get angry, but seeing the expression on this guy's face that said "I did something wrong", he couldn't get angry.
"Stay there and be on guard!" Cao Jinxing said sternly, "If you dare to rush over again, I won't take you with me next time!"
"Meow~"
"Being cute doesn't work!"
“…”
Xuanyuan Fourteen was very cautious, his movements and demeanor were very humble, but in fact he was not worried at all. His master was a man with a sharp tongue but a soft heart. No, he was not even a man with a sharp tongue.
Cao Jinxing thought it realized its mistake, nodded with satisfaction, and picked up another blood bead.
"It seems to be more effective than the Jade Peach last time... One blood bead is half of the body's blood essence... But if I use it, I'm afraid it won't have the same effect as the Jade Peach."
There is no way. Water and fire are incompatible and their properties are incompatible. They cannot be absorbed directly and require an additional step of refining. As a result, loss is inevitable.
"Forget it, I'll just absorb as much as I can. It's always faster than practicing on my own."
He swallowed the blood bead and began to transform it through Qigong.
…
The next day dawned.
Mongolia.
The royal tent of the Chahar tribe.
The Khan called and Sun Zheng hugged Meiji for breakfast. On the table were large pieces of beef and big bowls of kumis. They ate until their mouths were full of oil.
Suddenly, the voice of a soldier asking for a meeting came from outside the tent.
Meiji smiled sweetly and said, "It must be that the princess has brought back goods from the Central Plains. The batch of high-quality porcelain and silk that she brought back half a month ago astonished many people."
"Hahaha!"
Sun Zihao laughed loudly when he called: "Mingzhu is always capable. I wonder what good things he brought back this time. Come in!"
A warrior walked in quickly from outside the door.
His face looked panicked.
"Report...report to the Khan..."
His voice was trembling and his whole body was shaking.
"Um?"
Dalaisun's face changed slightly. Being able to sit on the throne of the Khan of the Chahar Tribe and the nominal Khan of the entire Mongolia, Dalaisun was no good-for-nothing. He saw something was wrong at a glance, and suddenly stood up from behind the table and said in a deep voice, "What's going on? Tell me!"
The soldier shuddered and said, "Yesterday... the great shaman went out urgently after consulting the divination, and brought sixty cavalrymen to protect the religion... only thirty came back this morning, and they brought back..."
"What did you bring back?"
Sun glared at the caller, slammed the table angrily, and said in a trembling voice: "Hurry up and tell me!"
Meiji next to her was startled.
The soldier knelt down immediately and continued, "They also brought back... the body of Her Royal Highness the Princess..."
boom!
When the call came, Sun's eyes went dark.
"How...how could this happen..."
His face was full of disbelief. When he heard the sound of horse hooves outside the tent, he strode down the platform, kicked the soldier away, and walked out of the royal tent. He saw thirty religious cavalrymen and a corpse covered with a white cloth that was stained with bright red blood.
When the call came, Sun's hands trembled.
Gently uncover it and you will see it is the pearl!
She was stabbed by three swords, one cut off her arm, one pierced her chest, and one beheaded her!
When the call came, Sun's body shook.
"Great Khan!"
"Great Khan!"
Seeing this, the other cavalrymen and the king's tent warriors rushed to help, but Da Laisun pushed them away and shouted, "No! This is impossible! Where is Che Gen? Where is Su Ri? Where is the Golden Flame Snake? Didn't the Great Shaman go there too? Where are they all!"
"Great Khan..."
A cavalryman who was protecting the religion knelt on the ground and said sadly: "The spies of Guangning Prefecture sent back news that last night, the Jinyiwei attacked Yuquan Temple and lured out the Flame-Feathered Eagle first. In order to prevent the Flame-Feathered Eagle from escaping, the princess forcibly killed the Phoenix, but the Jinyiwei seized the opportunity and secretly attacked and killed the Snake Mother, as well as Che Gen and Su Ri... When the Great Shaman arrived, he could only rescue the princess, but the Great Shaman was seriously ill and the princess was weak. Before she could escape the search range, the Great Shaman was seriously injured and died. The Central Plains people hunted her down and killed her, and the princess... failed to escape..."
Dead silence!
The Great Shaman is dead.
Mingzhu is dead.
The car is dead.
Su Ri is dead.
Sun's head was buzzing when the call came.
The Great Shaman is the only remaining master of Shamanism. He has always treated her as the national teacher. Mingzhu is his biological sister. Chegen is the best archer in the entire Chahar tribe. Su Ri is a disciple of the Vajra Sect and is promising at a young age...
Actually...
"Jinyiwei...Mingting..."
Sun Hu's eyes were filled with tears. After a long while, he said, "Who killed Mingzhu... Who killed them..."
Cavalry of the Guards of the Church: "It is said that the leaders are the twelfth and thirteenth Taibao of the Embroidered Uniform Guard... One is called Shen Xiang, and the other is called Cao Jinxing..."
“…”
Dalai Sun was silent for a long time, then shouted: "Come here! Tell the envoy of Altan (Altan Khan's real name) that I have accepted the alliance!"
The people around were shocked.
Sun Dao called: "Twenty years ago, the Ming army killed my father Khan, and twenty years later, the Jinyiwei killed Mingzhu. I will not be a human being if I don't take revenge! Integrate the troops, I will go to Tumochuan, join forces with Altan, and march south!"
…
The sun shines on my face.
Cao Jinxing opened his eyes and a flash of joy flashed across his face.
Seven levels of innateness!
After a night of transformation and refining, he finally absorbed all the essence and blood energy, and even advanced two levels!
After reaching the highest level, it is a big progress, one step at a time.
"It wasn't all in vain."
Cao Jinxing let out a long sigh: "Last time it was the [Mantra Pearl], this time it was the [Phoenix Blood], why is there no ice-type treasure for me to try... Even if it's not ice-type, don't let it be fire-type! Damn!"
You are specifically going against me!
"Meow meow?"
"It's none of your business!"
Cao Jinxing rubbed Fourteen's head fiercely and said, "You have become bigger and heavier this time. The waist bag can't hold you anymore. Go on your own!"
Cao Jinxing stood up and walked out.
Fourteen didn't care about that and immediately shrank and jumped onto his shoulder. A sixty-pound cat jumping onto his shoulder would have hit an ordinary person hard, but Cao Jinxing didn't care and didn't move at all.
"Didn't I tell you to walk on your own? Get off!"
"Meow~"
"Meow shit!"
He used his lightness skills all the way back to Guangning Prefecture and went straight to the inn. A smell of medicine hit him in the face.
"came back?"
Shen Xiang was writing a document in the lobby. Without even looking up, he said, "Innate level seven, not bad, better than I expected. It just so happens that the document is almost finished. Take a look and see if there is anything to add. My eldest brother has been waiting for news, so we can't delay."
Shen Xiang handed over the document.
When Cao Jinxing entered the room, he first glanced around and saw many people making medicine and treating illnesses. Then he took the document, sat on a chair and read it quickly.
Shen Xiang is reliable and everything he writes is true. However, there has been some progress on the matter of the Wanma Gang, which is a bit unexpected.
Cao Jinxing frowned: "This Wanma Gang has a lot of problems."
"yes."
Shen Xiang flexed his wrist and said, "We calculated the accounts overnight, detained all the snake corpses, and selected trusted people from the remaining people. Finally, we found out something... Do you remember that there should be a permanent Jinyiwei in the gang?"
"Remember."
Cao Jinxing thought about it and recalled the news he had received before: "It is said that the gang leader Wang Zhengkai is a descendant of a loyal and honest man. He voluntarily accepted the supervision of the Jinyiwei to prove that he had no intention of colluding with the Tatars or colluding with foreign tribes... Is there something wrong with him?"
"No."
Shen Xiang took a sip of tea and said, "This Gang Leader Wang is indeed loyal and brave, upright and incorruptible, but the other eight horses are not. Deputy Gang Leader Daoli and Yongping Branch Leader Shanzi have exchanged good horses for bad ones and enriched themselves..."
"A good horse for a bad horse..."
Cao Jinxing thought about it and said in surprise: "With the government? Passing inferior goods off as good ones?"
Shen Xiang nodded: "Yes! They bribed a lieutenant general in charge of purchasing horses under the Liaodong general, and the deficit of bribery was hidden in the account. Hua Liu also knew about it, but he should not have participated. When the Jinyiwei arrived, they were very restless! Especially the deputy captain was a person who would not be persuaded by soft or hard means. They were afraid that he would find out, but they could not drive him away openly, so they tried desperate measures and cooperated with the Mongols, hoping to control him with Mingzhu's hand, and preferably make him their own man without making a sound, but they did not expect to be courting disaster and lose themselves..."
"No wonder……"
Cao Jinxing shook his head and sneered, "You are courting death! You can't blame anyone else. Where is that lieutenant general?"
"he……"
Shen Xiang's expression changed slightly: "...You can't move yet."
"hehe."
Cao Jinxing sneered: "Whose high-ranking official is this again, a pawn trying to make money?"
“…”
Shen Xiang smiled bitterly, "You, you are really good at talking. His name is Shi Yi, and he was the confidant of General Qiu Luan when he was the general of Liaodong. The profits between the Wanma Gang and him were split 80-20, with him taking 80% and Dao Li and Shan Zi taking 20%. Do you think that he, a lieutenant general, can achieve this level?"
"no doubt."
Cao Jinxing said coldly: "Qiu Luan's shadow is behind this..."
"good……"
Shen Xiang said: "So, this person is of great importance. Let's not speculate and report everything truthfully. Let the people above worry about the rest."
"Ha ha."
Cao Jinxing smiled: "The general is in his prime, whether to send this thing is really a problem, it will give big brother and the commander a headache. However, I suggest that big brother do something ruthless..."
Shen Xiang asked curiously: "Why?"
Cao Jinxing said leisurely: "A raging fire is like boiling oil, and flowers are blooming in profusion. Everything that rises to the top must decline. In my opinion, the general's play will soon come to an end..."