－It's almost early morning, in a forest somewhere－

The sky was gray and there was just a few rays of light. Chen Mo sat on the ground leaning on a large stone. Although he had not slept all night, he was surprisingly not sleepy.

He spent a whole night tidying up his thoughts, but he couldn't find any clue about the so-called [qi]. The only thing that was confirmed was that the Qi attached to his body seemed to be unstable.

Compared to when I was fighting with the Sanhe cavalry yesterday, this black aura seemed to be much weaker, which is likely to be very related to emotions.

Chen Mo remembered that when he killed the last Sanhe cavalry yesterday, the black air was even dense enough to be as dense as fog.

What's going on?

At this time, a slight tremor came from his shoulders. He lowered his head and happened to see Zhang Susu opening his eyes hazyly, looking back at Chen Mo with a few tired eyes. When her eyes met Chen Mo's eyes, she breathed a sigh of relief.

As she said, she was very afraid of Dugu. That night, she almost pulled Chen Mo's arm tightly before she fell asleep. Thanks to her, Chen Mo felt that his left arm was as stiff as if he had lost consciousness.

"Is it okay?" Chen Mo asked.

"Yeah!" Zhang Susu nodded, let go of Chen Mo's arm, and gently patted her face with both hands to make herself more awake. Then she looked at the worry in Chen Mo's eyes and said curiously, "Are you still thinking about being angry?"

"Ah," Chen Mo moved his numb left hand and sighed, "I'm so angry, I don't understand at all..."

Listening to his words, Zhang Susu's eyes showed a little unbearableness and she whispered, "I'm sorry..."

Chen Mo was stunned and recalled what she said last night in his mind.

"Does your life be damaged?"

Zhang Susu's face was stagnant, and she opened her mouth silently, and said quietly, "The elixirs refined by the second uncle Zhang Bao learned from the magical arts recorded in the heavenly books... A few years ago, my uncle got a strange book from somewhere, called "Taiping Yaoshu", which was divided into three volumes "Heavenly Escape", "Early Escape", and "Man Escape", and "Early Escape", and each volume was divided into the upper and lower volumes, and various magical arts were recorded in it: "Heavenly Escape" is "Xuan Pian", which records the magical arts such as traveling clouds and rain, controlling celestial phenomena, and also the saying of observing [Qiyun]. According to my uncle, people without great wisdom cannot learn this book at all; and "Early Escape" is "Tao Pian",

The drawings of the world's exquisite military techniques, formations, and various siege equipment are recorded. If anyone can learn all kinds of magical techniques in this book, he will definitely be invincible and invincible in the battle. "Man Escape" is "Strange Chapter", which records all kinds of unknown magical techniques, condense the essence and strengthen the energy, strengthen the body, and the elixir refined by the second uncle is to learn this book... These three volumes of magical techniques, "Heaven" and "Man" are all in the hands of my uncle, and "The Earth" is in the hands of my father. I thought I could overthrow the violent man with all kinds of strange books in the heavenly book, but I didn't expect that my uncle would not be ill after learning the magical technique of the heavenly book..."

"I can't afford to be sick?"

"Well, when I visited my uncle before, my uncle said that it was because he had not had enough blessings. The strange man who once gave the book warned him that the "Heaven" volume was too mysterious and not something that ordinary people could master. However, my uncle did not believe in evil and studied "Xuan Pian" day and night. When he learned the one or two records in the book, he also got seriously ill... That day, I was there, and my uncle shouted "[The fortune of the Han Dynasty was not over], and then fell ill and fell into a coma for three days and three nights before waking up. Now the Yellow Turbans are almost all relying on the command of the second uncle, father, and Sifang Qushang everywhere. If my uncle's body can recover, I think the second uncle would not be so anxious, and Bo Shuai would not..." As she said that, she looked at Chen Mo apologetically.

Looking at the guilt in Zhang Susu's eyes, Chen Mo sighed slightly, changed the topic and said, "Is there really magic in the world?" To be honest, he was a little weird. After all, the existence of qi was already mysterious enough. I didn't expect that there would be any other way to master the celestial phenomena.

"Some!" Zhang Susu nodded, then seemed to remember something, and stuck out her tongue and said mischievously, "Hehe, I have actually seen all the three volumes of "Hehe", "Earth", and "Man"..."

"Have you seen it?" Chen Mo widened his eyes in shock.

"Yeah!" Zhang Susu smiled and recalled, "When I was visiting my uncle, I secretly took it out of my uncle's study. I still remember that when I finished reading the "Man" volume, I was about to read the "Sky" volume, my uncle, who was seriously ill in bed, suddenly woke up. I didn't know when it appeared behind me. It was so scary..."

"Are you scolded?" Chen Mo said with a chuckling.

"No!" Zhang Susu looked at Chen Mo with a angrily voice and said with a smile, "Actually, I was also very scared at that time. Uncle stared at me for a long time, and showed a very surprised expression on his face. He actually put the snatched "Sky" volume into my hand and said to me, [You only have half an hour, remember as much as you can]..."

"Half an hour?"

"Well, my uncle said, my fortune is more blessed than him, and I can read the "Heaven" volume, but it was only half an hour. At that time, I was very scared at that time, so I was very anxious to memorize the book word by word. Then my uncle looked at me and sighed a long time, took the "Heaven" volume back, and then asked someone to take the "Heaven" volume from my father to read it..." As he said, Zhang Susu stuck out his tongue and said with a smile, "I memorized it, but unfortunately the words are words and sentences are sentences, and the meaning is not understood at all..."

Looking at Zhang Susu's naughty look, Chen Mo smiled slightly. No wonder he, who had just arrived here for a while, could not understand the power of the three heavenly books.

Seeing Chen Mo chuckling, Zhang Susu thought it was him who made fun of him and said dissatisfiedly, "Although I don't understand at all, I remember everything. I remember more than my uncle's favorite disciple!"

"The most beloved disciple?" Chen Mo was stunned.

"Well, my name is Zhang Baiqi. I'm two years older than me. If my uncle hadn't picked him up, he would have starved to death on the side of the road. Then he followed his uncle's surname and was half of his adopted son. At that time, my uncle showed him the "Sky" volume for a stick of time. Hee, I didn't expect that the stupid man only remembered a few pages, and hee so angry that his uncle used willow branches to beat him, hee!"

Looking at Zhang Susu's smile while covering her mouth, Chen Mo shook his head speechlessly.

Seeing that Chen Mo did not meet, Zhang Susu pouted boredly, then seemed to remember something, and asked worriedly, "Do you bring those pills with you?"

"Well, what's wrong?"

"Lost it," Zhang Susu grabbed Chen Mo's arm, looked at the expression on his face, and said solemnly, "Uncle said that there is nothing in the world that can be obtained without effort! Xiao Mo, the anger in your body is exchanged for your life. The power obtained by this way is ultimately not as good as your hard practice... You must not eat it anymore, otherwise, you will really... die!"

Looking at Zhang Susu's serious expression, Chen Mo couldn't help feeling a little warm, but when he recalled Sun Jian's terrible power, he couldn't help feeling lingering fear.

He was angry through the side of the sect and left, and felt more and more powerful that guy was. When he thought of going through Sun Jian's pursuit, Chen Mo had no confidence in his heart. He even had some doubts that Sun Jian, who had fought with Bo Cai, probably did not use all his strength.

The gap between the warriors of generations and ordinary people is definitely a world-class gap, and a boundary that cannot be crossed!

"I see……"

Chen Mo could only say this, but he did not give Zhang Susu any real guarantee because he did not have that confidence.

"Really?" Zhang Susu sat up from Chen Mo's arms and looked at him with some doubt. Just as she was about to say something, she saw him stand up and walk towards the war horse tied not far away.

It was one of the five Sanhe cavalry war horses. When the five Sanhe cavalry were killed, Chen Mo took Zhang Susu back on the road. He wanted to help Zhou Cang, Pei Yuanshao and others with one arm, but he didn't expect that after he arrived by the river, he did not see three people, only the bodies of three enemy soldiers.

Chen Mo guessed that Zhou Cang and the other two might have taken the other party's war horse and broke through and fled.

At that time, several war horses were left there, so Chen Mo led one for him. Although he had been traveling for a long distance by himself, it was not guaranteed that Zhang Susu could bear it. After all, she was just a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl.

"Go away, Susu!"

"Well, are you going to Xihua?"

"Ah, Brother Zhou said that Peng Tuotun, the Xiaoqu coach of the Yellow Turban of Yingchuan, is stationed near Xihua. He has about 5,000 troops under his command. He should be able to draw some people to send you to Guangzong..."

"What about... what about you? Are you with me?"

"Me?" Chen Mo was stunned for a moment, holding the reins, stretching out his right hand to Zhang Susu, and said in surprise, "Of course, what's wrong?"

"Yes!" Zhang Susu smiled, got on the horse with Chen Mo's help, and said in an inexplicable tone, "Yes, you promised me that you would never leave me alone, right?"

"Ha, yes!" With a slight smile, Chen Mo turned over the horse, and the touch of the chest pressing against Zhang Susu's back made him laugh, but there was no way, after all, she had never ridden a horse.

The war horse sitting behind Zhang Susu felt as if she was hugging her. The strange touch made Chen Mo feel a little embarrassed. "Go!"

In fact, Chen Mo can't ride a horse either.

－Two days later－

It took two days for Chen Mo to take Zhang Susu to the vicinity of Xihua. Thanks to this journey, he finally mastered the key to controlling the war horse. Gradually, the war horse under his crotch also released its speed and galloped.

Along the way, the flush on Zhang Susu's face seemed to have not retreated. After all, while running, due to the vibration on the horse's back, she was inevitably shocked to Chen Mo. Especially when the horse was running under her crotch, she almost always kept huddled in Chen Mo's arms.

On the way, neither of them spoke because they were in a very awkward situation.

"Well!"

When he walked through a forest along the path in the forest, Chen Mo suddenly stopped the war horse.

The sudden slowdown made Zhang Susu, who had her eyes closed in her arms, flushed with a look of inexplicable panic.

"What...what happened?"

"Shh, don't talk!" Chen Mo made a ban on voice and then said with a slight ear, "Listen!"

A hint of blush appeared on Zhang Susu's face inexplicably, and then calmed down and listened carefully. He was shocked to hear a sound of fighting in the distance.

"Is Xihua in front?" Chen Mo asked with a frown.

"Okay...it should be!" Zhang Susu replied inconclusively.

"If so, then it's troublesome!" Chen Mo turned over and dismounted Zhang Susu, who didn't know how to dismount, then tied the horse to a tree and walked through the forest to the west.

Chen Mo's guess was correct. Sun Jian, who had taken three thousand light cavalry, rushed on the road for days and nights. Before the news of Bocai's defeat reached Peng Tu's ears, he suddenly attacked the Yellow Turbans that were stationed in Xihua.

You should know that Xihua is just a small county and does not have any solid urban defenses, only a mud wall two or three meters high as a defense.

Moreover, the Yellow Turbans guarding the city were still optimistic. They would not have thought that all the 80,000 troops of Bocai were ruined in Changshe, and they would have thought that Sun Jian came to attack Xihua for two days. Sun Jian successfully attacked him and seized a city gate.

Cavalry sieges are the most helpless way, but if they are captured by cavalry and attacked into the city, the situation of the defender will become extremely awkward, especially the Yellow Turbans, which lack crossbow equipment. Some infantry can't stop the cavalry from galloping in the city.

The battle started at the fifth day, that is, the daytime day, almost three or five o'clock in the morning. Under the gray sky, the Yellow Turban soldiers guarding the city did not expect Sun Jian to attack the city at this time. When the dilapidated wooden city gate was shattered by Sun Jian, the Xihua Yellow Turbans were doomed to defeat.

When Chen Mo and Zhang Susu arrived, the Yellow Turbans in the city had basically no strength to resist. Most of the five thousand Yellow Turbans were killed. The morale of the army was in chaos and the morale was greatly devastated. Everyone wanted to retreat. The chief general Peng Tuo and his subordinates fought out of the city, but they were surrounded by Sun Jian's deputy general Cheng Pu and could not break through.

When it was dawn, only Peng Tuo was left at Xihua City. The rest of the Yellow Turbans were either killed or fled. Peng Tuo was a nine-foot-tall-tall-backed and bear-backed general. He was said to be extremely powerful and good at using a huge long-handled axe. His martial arts were even stronger than Bo Cai. Unfortunately, he was just a reckless man who did not know military tactics and did not know the strategy, so he could not become the commander of the Daqu Commander. However, his reputation among the Yellow Turbans was not low, otherwise he would not become Bo Cai's deputy, and he was stationed in Xihua to protect Bo Cai's rear.

Looking at Peng Tuo who was surrounded by the city, he was alone and killed left and right. Sun Jian, who was sitting on the war horse, frowned and murmured, "It seems that Zhang Bao escaped to the southeast. He was counting that I would attack Xihua, so he threw the road to the Runan Yellow Turbans halfway? "As he said, he sighed in anger and shouted loudly, "Peng Tuo, if you surrender at this time, abandon the darkness and turn to the light, I can spare your life and atone for your sins!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Peng Tuo stopped fighting and spat and cursed, "A real man will die if he dies, why are you afraid?"

Sun Jian smiled faintly. In fact, he knew very well that Peng Tuo would not surrender, but just wanted to try it with the only glimmer of hope. After all, although Peng Tuo was not a enemy of ten thousand people, he was indeed an extremely powerful warrior. Even the Sanhe cavalry surrounding him had no choice but to deal with him.

A hatch and a man and a horse were split into two. Even the well-trained Sanhe cavalry would be afraid of the terrifying wrist power and could only shoot from a distance with a crossbow. Unfortunately, the crossbow is indeed extremely powerful for ordinary soldiers, but it is not enough for those warriors who have mastered their energy.

Not to mention that those crossbow arrows were blocked by Peng Tuo's energy outside his body. Even if they were barely shot, they would not fall too deep for a strong person like Peng Tuo. It would be irrelevant to the pain. Unless they kept shooting the crossbow, they could be exhausted to death.

"Stupid!" Sun Jian hummed lightly, saying so, but his eyes showed a look of admiration and appreciation.

Whether it was the dead Bocai or the current Peng Tuo, these heroes left an extremely deep and good impression on Sun Jian.

"Then Sun will give you a decent way to die!" As he said that, Sun Jian waved his right hand and shouted loudly, "Get back!"

The Sanhe cavalry surrounding Peng Tuo were stunned, as if they were secretly relieved, retreated, but surrounded Peng Tuo from afar.

"Hmm?" Peng Tuo frowned, looked at Sun Jian in confusion, and said, "Would you like to fight me alone?"

"What's wrong?" Sun Jian smiled faintly and slowly stepped forward.

Suddenly, Sun Jian seemed to have noticed something, subconsciously turned his head and looked at the forest in the distance.

An airy reaction...

Sun Jian narrowed his eyes and vaguely saw two figures in the forest in the distance. A woman in white was holding a man's hand and running away into the forest...

"Is it the boy who saved Bo Cai? How could he be here?"

And...when did you master the qi? Shouldn't you be an ordinary soldier?
To be continued...