Spring is about to pass, summer is not coming.

Within the Imperial City of Zhongzhou, there are sparsely populated areas in the high walls and deep courtyards. In addition, the southern expedition is not good, and blood stains the palaces happen, which makes it look clearer and less warm than the outside world.

Outside the heavy iron gate of the ghost prison, there were two people talking in a side room where officials of the Criminal Department used to rest, one of whom was Xu Zhenyan.

With the support of the Jiang family and the secret efforts of the powerful Wen Shoufu, Xu Zhenyan had a certain voice in the Criminal Department, and had also begun to make some friends and some confidants in the palace.

Nian Qingchen, an official from the Lisi who was talking to him at this moment, was one of them.

"Are you sure Lin Xi has appeared in Yanlai Town?"

"The palace maid who served in the imperial study that day was my person. She heard some conversations between the emperor and the great worshiper with her own ears." Nian Qingchen, a student of the Xu family, looked at Xu Zhenyan younger than him, but made him feel a little scared, and tried to calmly say: "The news cannot be wrong."

Xu Zhenyan said coldly: "Will the Lord say anything?"

"The emperor was in a very bad mood, but he shouldn't do anything under the advice of the great worshipper." Nian Qingchen said: "Because Lin Xi was heading to the south border gate."

"Go to the south at this time?"

Xu Zhenyan's eyes narrowed slightly, revealing some cold light like needle tips, and sneered: "I want to find Wenren Cang Yue, Xu Qiubai to take revenge? Has his body and cultivation been restored? Even if Qingluan Academy provides him with various spiritual medicines, it can only be at the best of the Taoist rank. Even Xu Qiubai is already a practitioner at the peak of the great master. If he wants to take revenge, he is simply seeking death by himself. No wonder the emperor will let him go."

...

Lin Xi has been missing for a whole autumn and winter, plus a spring that is about to pass away.

However, because he faintly became the bottom line of the breakup between Qingluan Academy and Zhongzhou Imperial City, at least in Yunqin, any major force would have forgotten him.

Just as Xu Zhenyan and Nian Qingchen, an official from the palace ritual department, talked about Lin Xi on the day when he talked about Lin Xi, three extremely majestic black gold carriages gathered again at the intersection where they gathered last time.

"Lin Xi appeared."

"This is a normal thing."

"But Qingluan Academy is still dormant, which is an abnormal thing."

The old men in the three majestic black golden carriages began to talk again.

"This is indeed an abnormal signal."

"The news that Vice President Xia is in poor health seems to be true."

"So... In Gu Xinyin Town, outside Lin Xi Town, the world outside Qingluan Academy, is it necessary to hand over the world outside Lin Xi?"

"It seems impossible... but from all the signs right now, it's exactly what it is."

"so?"

"No matter what the reason is, since Vice President Xia and Xiao Mingxuan choose this, there must be their reasons, so I will not interfere."

"I won't interfere either."

"I agree."

Silence was restored to the three majestic black and golden carriages, and then the sound of wheels as heavy as giants walking sounded. The three carriages that could determine many things in this world separated and left.

From the news of the failure of the southern Yunqin expedition to the Aojiao Mountain in the Longshe Border to the appearance of Lin Xi to the imperial city of Zhongzhou, many things have happened in the entire Yunqin Empire these days.

Emperor Yunqin issued a conscription order, and a large number of conscriptions were initiated throughout the empire.

A large number of old ministers of Yun Qin, who had already held important positions since the time of the early emperor, wrote a letter to resign because of the retirement of the Huang family and the death of Liu Zaoze, the chief minister of the Lisi, failed to give in.

The garrisons from all over the country received orders to rush to the southern border. The failure of Hu Piyi's command was not held accountable, and Hu Piyi still allowed him to command the army. This is probably where most officials in Yunqin rarely maintain agreement with Emperor Yunqin.

Because Damang Imperial City has clearly given an order to recover Qianxia Mountain.

During this period, the more than 100,000 Damang army commanded by Wenren Cangyue had launched no less than twenty battles of all sizes, and the Yunqin army could not stand firm. The Damang Central Army had recovered and crossed the Demon Mandala. As expected by Zhantai Qiantang, when the central army commanded by Hu Piyi was incomplete and could not compete head-on with the Damang army, the remaining more than 100,000 troops that Yunqin entered the northern border of Damang, and the casualties had exceeded 50,000.

Even though Yun Qin had some successor troops joined, the number and combat power of the reinforcements and combat power of the Damang army to destroy Yun Qin was simply incomparable to the number and combat power of the Damang army to destroy Yun Qin. Therefore, at this moment, the battle situation in the northern border of Damang has reached the battle situation of blocking and defending some small troops in exchange for the battle of most of Yun Qin escaped and retreating to Qianxia Mountain.

There is no good news on the battlefield of the Southern Expedition, only bad news is constantly being passed back to Yun Qin.

As day by day passed, many forces lost their specific traces of Lin Xi again.

Because Qingluan Academy seemed to remain silent about Lin Xi's appearance, Lin Xi was walking south alone without using any power.

To discover a person's trace, it is naturally a matter of human beings. If this person is like a lone wolf or a bandit, and does not contact people, it will be difficult for even the most powerful force to grasp his specific trajectory.

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...

As time goes by, Damang's main army is only five days away from Qianxia Mountain.

In the dusk, a Yunqin army with a three thousand people suddenly blocked the main road of the Damang army.

Three thousand people faced the 70,000 Damang Army, which was not in the same order of magnitude, and there was no hope of winning at all. However, facing the overwhelming Damang Army, this Yunqin army still chose to stick to the challenge in silence.

A elite cavalry of Damang, built with a 5,000-man team, quickly moved to the flank of this Yunqin army and began to attack the Yunqin army that occupied the high terrain next to the main road.

At the same time, Damang had a three thousand men, equipped with the Arrow Army and the vanguard battalion of the Heavy Armor Army, and also started the attack from the front.

Within less than ten stops, the flanks of this Yunqin army could no longer bear the pressure and showed signs of collapse.

However, at this moment, an extremely tall black and red armor appeared in front of the Damang army, and a war horse cast like an iron.

Above the war horse, there was a figure wearing black and red armor and a long indigo blue cloak, like an iron cast.

This figure, which is as cast as iron, gives people an extremely strong feeling, is obviously not satisfied with such a battle situation. Looking at the Yun Qin army that tenaciously delayed the pursuit of the main army of Damang, he snorted heavily.

Amid his cold snorting, a vanguard general in front of him looked slightly pale. With a command, he rushed forward with a three-pointed gun that looked like magma. At the same time, two hundred heavy armored soldiers wearing the armor of the Damang Lord and Night Demon stood up, jumped off the van, and then began to run towards the Yunqin army in front.

The battle quickly turned into a one-sided massacre.

During the first ten stops, the Yunqin army only ushered in the deaths of hundreds of people, and in the next ten stops, the Yunqin army, which was built with a total of three thousand people, had only a few dozen people left.

The dozens of Yun Qin soldiers on the pile of corpses have exhausted their strength. Facing the butcher knives that have been slashed around, these Yun Qin soldiers who are unable to resist just stared at the body of the iron-cast demon god in the Damang army and spat out a mouthful of saliva.

...

At Qianye Pass, Qianxia Mountain, Chen Gong looked at the wasteland below the mountain with a pale complexion.

Of course, he could not see how the Yunqin army, which was blocking the chariot like a mantis arm, ended in front of the Damang lord army, died heroically, but the constant military information made him know that such a thing happened at this moment. He also knew very clearly that the exhausted Yunqin army remnants of Commander Hu Piyi were only one day away from the Damang lord army behind.

Even though the journey of this day was at the expense of many Yunqin soldiers, facing some Damang troops who still have the ability to raid for a long distance, such a distance is still not enough, and many Yunqin soldiers will still fall on the way back to Qianxia Mountain.

Most of the reinforcements from the rear have not arrived yet, but in the past few days, some Yunqin San tribes that have been killed and dispersed have appeared more and more.

At this moment, in Chen Gong's sight, there was a remnant of Yun Qin, a group of nearly a thousand people, retreating towards Qianye Pass.

This is a complete picture of defeat that the Yunqin people could not bear.

Almost every one of the Yun Qin army, which had nearly a thousand people, was injured on almost everyone's body. Almost all the armor was solidified with thick blood. In the entire team, there were only more than a hundred war horses carrying soldiers who were so injured that they could not even straighten their bodies. The physical strength of these people seemed to be close to their limits. During the journey, people fell down from time to time, and some of the soldiers who went up to support them even fell down themselves.

A cavalry that rushed out of Qianye Pass had already faced the remnants of Yunqin and began to pick up all the soldiers of this remnant army.

All the soldiers on Chen Gong and Qianye Pass were in a very heavy mood to look at such a scene. They knew that perhaps a few days later, they would be like this when they saw most of Yun Qin.

The remnants of the army began to enter the pass, and the names and troops of all the soldiers and their subordinates had begun to register one by one.

Chen Gong and several generals had also gone down the city tower and approached the remnant army with even rotten smell on their bodies.

For some reason, a light flashed in his mind, and suddenly felt something was wrong... In this moment, the experienced Qianxia border guard's breathing suddenly stopped. He had already realized that something was wrong!

The army reported by this remnant army has no problems, and its clothes or even wounds look like there is no problem, but the body of this remnant army...the body of most people seems to be stronger than ordinary sergeants!

Just as his breathing suddenly stopped and before he issued any orders, one of the remaining troops straightened his body and raised his head.

This man seemed to be very ruthless before, and was not conspicuous among the remnants of the army. At this time, he just stood up and raised his head, and his body looked extremely tall, heavier and harder than steel. Even the blood stains on his body seemed to have turned into extremely hard armor.

Chen Gong's eyes were uncontrollably concentrated on this person. He saw the person's face, and then he could not believe it. He was so shocked that he opened his mouth, but he could not make a sound for a moment.

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(The third update is given, I will accompany Tiantian to see Lost in Thailand tomorrow, so the pace of the third update tomorrow is slightly slower for one day, and the two updates tomorrow will start. Then the third update will continue the day after tomorrow, and strive to make a big move until the end of the month.)
Chapter completed!