Chapter 157 Barbarian Invasion
After a period of misunderstanding, more than a dozen villagers finally learned that the red woman in front of them was not some man-eating monster.
It was just a 'practitioner' who happened to pass by and killed the demon.
As for eating some monsters... that's normal.
The villagers spontaneously found reasons for Shiyi.
Although those monsters look scary, many of them are transformed from animals.
Therefore, eating their meat and hearts and livers is equivalent to eating venison, pork liver and other foods, which is not too unusual.
Even if you eat it like raw hair and drink blood... it may be because immortals have a better spleen and stomach, so you don't have to worry about feeling unwell after eating it.
In short, all the villagers bowed to Shiyi cautiously and expressed their sincere gratitude.
They supported each other, stumbled away from the mountain, and fled back to the village not far from the mountain.
As for Shiyi, after eating and drinking, she found that the blood on her body had dried and solidified, which made her feel quite awkward and uncomfortable.
"In this case...it seems that you should wash it with water."
After reminiscing, Shiyi circled the mountain peak again.
A clear spring was indeed found in the back mountain.
Jump into it and clean all the blood and clothes on your body.
Then he dragged his wet clothes onto the shore.
However, after taking a lot of tonic tonics, Shiyi also felt that her body no longer looked cold and unbearable, but instead felt warm, as hot as a small stove.
It only took a moment for the wet clothes to be dried directly by the body temperature.
Xu Ke, who was far away in Tianhu County, also noticed that Shiyi's strength had improved again.
The body that has been sleeping for a long time is frantically absorbing the essence of the demon, and its strength has been greatly improved.
Not counting the special ability that is hard to guard against.
Even from a purely physical strength perspective, Shiyi's cultivation level has improved from the peak of the three realms to the fourth realm.
According to Xu Ke's estimation, Shiyi can even kill some of the Five Realm practitioners with sneak attacks by using that special ability.
Back in the Bone Temple again, Shi Yisuo patrolled around, originally wanting to see if there were any demons with such delicious taste like the Mountain Lord appearing.
But it seems that Shiyi killed too many people, which caused the area around the Bone Temple, which was originally quite ‘lively’, to be quiet and deserted.
With a sigh, Shiyi had no choice but to rummage around to see if the old mountain master had left any hidden delicacies.
After searching for a long time, Shiyi only found three pages of broken scriptures in the sleeves of the old mountain master.
Although her mind always feels fuzzy and unable to think about anything too complicated, Shiyi has not forgotten about instinctive things.
So although she didn't know why, she was very proficient in identifying the contents of the three pages of the broken scripture.
【Eating poison to feed the Heart Sutra】
"The heart is the master of God, the liver stores the soul, and the soul is the transformation of God. What comes and goes from God is called the soul. The liver is the foundation of the end, and the residence of the soul..."
"The beauty is in the claws, It fills the tendons to generate blood and qi. Its taste is sour and its color is pale. This is the Shaoyang of yang, which leads to spring energy. "
The above content probably says that the heart and liver are the most important things in people. The essence is, if you just swallow it whole, it is just a waste of natural resources.
So if you want to absorb the effects of the heart and liver more effectively, you can only use poison as a supplement to withstand the damage caused by the poison to yourself, so that you can absorb the effects of the heart and liver to a greater extent.
In addition, practicing this method while resisting toxins can also use the power of toxins to temper one's internal organs, which can be called a shortcut to practice.
It's no wonder that this mountain owner is just a goat, not a rare species, but he can occupy a territory on this mountain and make a large number of demons obey him.
However, these three pages of broken scriptures only record the practice method after taking it.
The missing content later is the really important part of this practice method:
How to control the amount of poison to reduce the harm of poison to the human body, and how to proportion the poison to reduce the amount of poison. risk.
There is a lot of discussion later on how to alleviate and eliminate some poisons that cannot be eliminated from the body.
If ordinary people could only obtain these three pages of broken scriptures, they might not be able to achieve positive results. Instead, they would poison themselves to death because they could not grasp the amount of poison well.
And this mountain owner also tried for a long time, relying on eating grass since childhood and developing a certain resistance to poisons, so he could barely survive under this method of practice.
In fact, Shiyi is not very interested in the so-called practice.
I am not interested in studying the food poisoning and feeding the Heart Sutra.
But when she saw this scripture mentioning that the heart and liver contain toxins, it would make the taste more delicious.
Shiyi immediately changed her mind and headed down the mountain, ready to test this method.
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“Sure enough, although this thick fog is very dangerous, it cannot completely destroy the imperial court.”
Thirty days after the gray fog blockade, the above The patrol envoys sent arrived in Tianhu County.
The county magistrate Lin Zhongwen came out to greet him and was responsible for taking care of Shangguan.
After the patrol arrived, the first thing they did was to confirm the local security situation to see if there were unresolved incidents involving the deaths of a large number of people, or if there were any fierce evil things entrenched and causing trouble.
These are important items related to the performance evaluation of county officials.
The second priority is whether the people's livelihood is stable and prosperous, and whether the government is clean and honest.
However, according to what the inspector later said, one of the important purposes of his visit was to confirm whether the county magistrate was still sane and whether he had been deceived by any evil methods.
As long as these bottom lines can be ensured, the rule of this county can be maintained in name, and the demons will not seize the city.
Lin Zhongwen also took the opportunity to ask the inspector whether other states and counties in the world were okay facing this gray fog?
But although the inspector sighed inconspicuously, he quickly recovered and pretended to be confident and blew some nonsense.
The world is at peace, the country is peaceful and the people are safe, and a mere fog is not a major disaster. There is no need to worry unfoundedly and deceive the people.
Lin Zhongwen naturally knew the hidden rules of officialdom. When the inspector was invited to dinner, there were only two people left, and he took out the generous gifts that had been prepared.
Finally the words came out of the inspector's mouth.
In many states and counties across the world, about half of the formations are still in good condition.
Although some mist may occasionally leak in, it will not have any fatal effect on the human body.
The remaining half is a formation with huge problems running, unable to respond to various dangers in a timely manner.
Furthermore, the treasury of this dynasty is empty, and it is beset with internal and external difficulties. The court really cannot get much material to carry out large-scale construction and rebuild formations like it did at the founding of the country.
I had no choice but to listen to the cabinet's suggestion and use a special method to sacrifice the blood and soul of the living beings, which could temporarily fill the vacancies in the formation with extremely high efficiency and maintain the county seat from being lost.
Hearing this, Lin Zhongwen was not surprised. There was no other way.
Instead of destroying the whole city, it is indeed worth sacrificing some people as a price.
"By the way...how many people need to be sacrificed?"
The inspector glanced around and suddenly showed an unknown smile:
"By the way, it's expensive The county is really lucky... Judging from the situation in your county, the formation should be maintained very well."
"Not bad, not bad. Based on this alone, your county can get an excellent rating in the last three assessments." "Actually, this envoy came here to confirm the situation in your county. If your county's protection is not good enough, we have no choice but to Daigui County took charge of the overall situation and laid out the method of sacrifice."
Then the inspection envoy explained the number of people who needed to sacrifice.
“It depends on the quality of the sacrifice and the maintenance of the formation.”
“Each city can range from over a hundred to as many as a thousand.”
"But according to our emperor's imperial edict, these people are all serious criminals who have been taken out from the prisons of various counties."
This number is indeed a lot less than a lot.
Compared with the losses of tens of thousands, the death of hundreds or thousands of people does seem to be a bearable loss.
"But... where do all the counties come from with so many prisoners?"
Lin Zhongwen still remembers the most stringent stage of arresting people in Tianhu County over the years. There were only about a hundred people.
"Oh, Magistrate Lin is also a smart man, why are you talking nonsense today?"
"It is a crime to kill people and rebel, but isn't it a crime to be dissatisfied and make arrogant comments about the court?"
< br>"As for how to be dissatisfied...it depends on how many people are needed in each place."
Hearing this, Lin Zhongwen felt that his back was wet with sweat.
Fortunately, Tianhu County remedied it in time, otherwise if it had messed up like other counties, it would have been a disaster if it did not trigger a civil uprising.
However, when the banquet was about to end, the inspector dropped another piece of news.
"There is no one around. I would like to advise your county to make plans early. If there is someone above, it is best to mobilize the relationship as soon as possible and leave on an equal footing... Even if it means moving to the left, it is best to leave Dongjiang Mansion as soon as possible."
As soon as these words came out, Lin Zhongwen was shocked and hurriedly took out a few more banknotes from his arms.
As if because of carelessness, he put it on the table.
Then we waited for the inspector’s next words:
"Is your county still unclear?"
For someone who has served as a magistrate in a county for nearly ten years, the inspector cannot believe it if he says he has no backing.
And if there are people behind the scenes, how come they don’t even know this news yet?
Even if there is no definite news, at least there should be some rumors.
With no choice but to send Buddha to the west, the patrol envoy shared the information he obtained with Lin Zhongwen:
"I heard that the war on the border has become urgent, and barbarians from outside the territory have invaded in large numbers. Although the Holy One intends to devote all his national power to defend the border."
"But now everyone with a discerning eye knows that the imperial court, under internal and external difficulties, is powerless, and the border cannot be lost. It’s a matter of time, as fast as one or two years, or as slow as seven or eight years..."
"When the barbarians invade, the neighboring Qinzhou will probably bear the brunt, especially Dongjiang Prefecture, which will immediately cause death. ”
Barbarians?
Lin Zhongwen couldn’t believe that the danger that seemed so far away in the past was now so intuitively placed in front of him?
Xu Ke, who had been silently listening to the conversation between the two at this time, also quickly made up for the extra lessons.
He used to think that the so-called barbarians outside the Pass were at most some fishing, hunting or nomadic people who drank hair and drank blood, or nomadic herding horses.
But only then did he learn that the reason why the barbarians outside the Pass were ‘barbarians’.
It is because most of them have a very high proportion of evil blood in their bodies.
At first, Xu Ke thought that Li Siping's daughter, Xiao Ling'er, might also be considered a barbarian.
After all, she is also half of the snake demon bloodline and fully meets this standard.
But Xu Ke immediately gave up this concern.
It turns out that the demonic bloodline of the barbarians is more than 50%, maybe even around 80% to 90%.
The only thing that resembles a human is that it only has a human shape.
Maybe there is something like an animal head or a dog's claws.
And the most critical thing is that the barbarians have not accepted the education and enlightenment of Guan Nei culture.
There is almost no sense of belonging to the human race, but instead, he is full of extreme hatred and contempt.
There are more evil spirits who think that their bloodline is slightly mixed. They have always been feeding on humans, and their cruelty and atrocities are unbearable to read.
Once they enter the border and seize the city, they are afraid that they will devour all the adults and raise the children in captivity as slaves or food seeds...
"Why is the border suddenly in crisis? , obviously there were good news in the past few years.”
Lin Zhongwen was also anxious. If the barbarians really broke through and entered the city, not to mention the ordinary people would be so miserable.
If he really ran away slowly, he would be eaten alive and cooked immediately.
He had seen descriptions in books of how the barbarians made military rations.
“Capture people and eat them, killing thousands every day. There is a grinding mill village with hundreds of huge clay pots. The people are crushed to pieces, and the bones are combined and eaten, and the poison is like this.”
Although the inspection envoy was a greedy official, he was not a wolf-hearted person, and he felt very sorry for the border issues:
"Alas, it's not just the series of natural disasters that have made people all over the world miserable, even the border troops have been affected."
Fog, strange wisdom, and blood rain all have a great impact on people's condition.
Coupled with the breakdown of order...the military is where order and discipline are most needed.
In the past, it could be said that the frontier army was invincible and had strict military discipline.
Since the natural disaster, it has quickly degenerated into an organization with corrupt military discipline. They hunt down grass and grain, kill good people and take credit for their merits, and support their own troops.
Even when the friendly forces are trapped in the enemy's formation, you can preserve your strength and remain motionless, waiting for the enemy and friendly forces to consume each other.
Although the imperial court rectified military discipline several times, it had no choice but to be mixed with sand from top to bottom, and it was no longer as easy and free as before.
No matter how good the government decree is, it is in vain if it is deliberately distorted.
Contrary to the human race, the barbarians with evil blood are highly resistant to all kinds of pollution and distortion.
The combat effectiveness was not greatly affected. Instead, they used natural disasters to defeat the border troops several times.
Due to the ebb and flow of the situation, the imperial court was still unable to make ends meet even though it mobilized troops and supplies several times to support.
The most terrifying thing is that once the barrier here is broken, the barbarians will be able to march straight in and China will fall.
Unlike the Qi army, the barbarians had no restrictions on food and grass. Once they conquered a place, they could feed on the local people.
The entire Tianhu County will probably turn into a hell on earth.
At this time, Xu Ke could not help but make plans for the future.
Once the barbarians invade, I haven't accumulated enough strength yet. If these barbarians discover my identity, they may even dig out the grave of the corpse.
It is absolutely impossible to improve your strength and expand your power as freely as you are now.
So Xu Ke, who thought of this, consumed half of the currently stored Yin Qi and cast a blessing on the entire Tianhu County.
【Immortality】
(End of this chapter)