In the deep mountains and old forests, a bald man was sitting by the pond, holding a chain and fishing.

Yes, this bald man is Li Fan. He shaved off his hair again and disguised himself as Master Fake. After all, there was no need to reveal his other disguises in front of the Black Lotus monk.

Oh, speaking of that Black Lotus Sect Wang Hong, he is now a bait tied to a chain...

"Are you full?" Li Fan raised his hand, the chain splashed with water, and he directly brought out Wang Hong, who was tied to the chain.

Wang Hong was downcast and disheveled, "Let me die..."

Seeing him like this, Li Fan scratched his head helplessly.

In fact, Li Fan was not shaking, but if he didn't tie this guy up, he would either try to pretend to be dead or wait for an opportunity to escape. When he rescued him, he slapped Li Fan, but the force of the rebounded palm shattered his hands.

He wailed and struggled with his arm for a long time, and Li Fan had to help him connect it. It was really not worry-free at all.

Seeing Wang Hong's ability, Li Fan was also speechless. He also wanted to see what the Northern Demonic Way was capable of so that he could imitate it and learn from it. The result was this...

To be honest, whether it is the Black Lotus Sect or the Luo Sect, I feel that their strength is really weak. Although their cultivation level is there, their skills are not even as good as the garbage in the Immortal Palace. They have almost no magical powers. No wonder those few

Dozens of gods and enlightenments have been wiped out by the three major sects...

"Fellow Taoist, don't be so unreasonable. It's better to do this. If you really don't want to give me the task, just tell me where the Black Lotus Sect's main altar is and I'll go find it myself."

Wang Hong still cried and said, "I said I don't remember! If you want to kill me, then kill me. If you don't, just let me go!"

Li Fan shook his head repeatedly, "I can't let you go like this. Not to mention that the Black Lotus Sect has a blood feud with my master. I also know a little bit about your Taoism. It is different from Huang Tiandao. It is a real magic power.

If you practice blindly and randomly, something will really happen. You must not let it get lost.

Don't you have a deep understanding of it yourself? If you don't want others to go astray like you, then don't hide it and tell the truth about the location of the Black Lotus Sect, and I will give you a way out."

As a result, Wang Hong lowered his head and stopped talking.

Encountering such a boring gourd, Li Fan had no choice but to think about it long term and spend a few more days with him. If it didn't work out, just find a place to throw it away. There was no need to kill someone just to feel good.

So after he filled his stomach with water, Li Fan swung the chain around Wang Hong's neck, tied it into a rice dumpling, slapped a charm on it to immobilize the soul, and put it back in his sleeve.

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He stood up and took a look at Si Nan. Based on the information he had obtained from two locals, Liu Zhuo and Li Wugou, he estimated that he was almost at the territory of the Hengye Army.

During the Ten Festivals of Hebei Province, the forces were intertwined. There were also powerful clans from the Taoist, Buddhist, and Demonic Sects, and warlords were constantly fighting each other, annexing each other, and changing flags. The separatist map was very complicated, and the locals may not necessarily know the details of the period, or what?

It wasn't until Huang Tiandao asked about the geography that Li Fan clearly understood that Genzhou now consists of Henghai, Hengye, Jinglue, Weiwei, and Tianbing from south to north.

These ten armies are Qingyi, Kelan, Beiping, Jingsai, and Shuofang.

When it comes to military strength, the military strength of each ministry is different, but the financial resources are not strong, so they usually maintain their military strength and are not prone to violent attacks. Therefore, the weaker Jiedu envoys have only 40,000 to 50,000 men under their command, while the stronger ones have

More than 100,000. And below the Tenth Army, there are forty-eight vassal towns like Dizhou. Each town can also raise tens of thousands of soldiers to provide support to the military commanders of the festival.

And everything has two sides. Although Huang Tiandao was surrounded and beaten by the feudal army all day long, he gritted his teeth and hated these people deeply. But there must be a reason for the existence of some systems.

The people Li Fan saw in Dizhou City, with simple folk customs, were not actually Henghai vassal soldiers. Most of them lost their vassal towns and went south alone, temporarily staying in Henghai, preparing to cross south to the Central Plains to work.

, a mercenary Jianghu who licks blood with his knife head to earn a living.

As for the real soldiers raised by the vassal town, they are all trained according to the ancient immortal palace guards. They have been practicing martial arts since they were young. They have passed down physical training from their families. They have prepared their own armor, weapons and swords. They are good at riding and shooting, and they can kill people with ease.

The elite sergeants, even their daily supplies, are high-quality polished rice and meat specially provided by the military town. They practice martial arts or roll iron every day. To be selected for battle, they must at least have perfect foundation building and a solid hegemonic body cultivation.

From the generals to the leaders, they are all voted by the vassal soldiers themselves. Those who can be convinced and lead the army, or famous generals who are both wise and courageous and have outstanding achievements. What's more, when local compatriots team up to fight, front and back

The left and right are all brothers from their fathers. Once the war goes unfavorably, if you run away and break the formation, you will not only hurt your fellow villagers, but you will also stab the neighbors in the back even if you run back. Therefore, unless there is a situation where the immortal is cheating, most of the time these vassal soldiers are really responsible.

He has the reputation of fighting to the death and never retreating, becoming the strongest soldier in the world, and the reputation of Hebei athletes will last forever.

I'm afraid that the current guards in Sanyuan may not have the strength of the Hebei vassals, but after all, this is also the environment in the north. There is an arms race all day long in the Tenth Festival. Everyone has similar territory. The weak will be annexed. If you don't want to be

If the city is broken, the family is destroyed, and the people are reduced to the level of Huang Tiandao refugees and bandits, then we can only work hard and work together to fight together.

This time, Huang Tiandao in the Henghai navy's encirclement and suppression territory suffered heavy losses. The three mountains of Gushe Kongsang Tianlong that he relied on were also defeated and lost their vitality. The central backbone was wiped out. It is conceivable that in the near future, the northern vassal will definitely be attacked.

In a pincer attack with the southern guards, it is not certain that the vassal vassal will be destroyed by the army.

But that is all a matter for the future, because now Miyuan is fighting to the death with the Shen Cult, and the northern vassals also have a big thing to do, and no one has time to take care of the affairs in the south for a while.

Yes, this major event is preparations for the Northern Expedition in the spring.

This is the rule set by Da Sima to hunt Hulu at the beginning of spring every year, because at the beginning of spring, the horses in Saibei have been hungry all winter and are so fat that they cannot run or rush into formation, and spring is the time of reproduction.

Most of the people and animals of the Hulu tribes in the north were pregnant, so it was difficult for them to move north quickly to escape the attacking soldiers from the Central Plains. As a result, herds of cattle, sheep, horses, people and livestock fell into the hands of the vassals.

And if we don’t take advantage of the spring to beat the barbarians hard, in autumn the water and grass in the north of Saibei will be plentiful, the food will be plentiful, and the horses will be fat and strong, the barbarians will take advantage of the situation to invade south and compete with the feudal towns for soldiers and food. Genzhou is boundless as far as the eye can see.

There is no danger to defend the plains. By then, not only the northern vassals will suffer, but the horse bandits may be able to plunder and flee to the Gen River and invade the navy's territory.

And if the northern vassals are harassed by barbarians and have insufficient food from the autumn harvest, they will have to restart the war with Huang Tiandao, or fight with each other to compete for territory and military rations. The internal friction is too severe, and Miyuan's Beisu Guards are also watching.

Now, maybe he will cross the river to come to you, and there will be a chain reaction.

Therefore, Shijiedu is not stupid. Every spring, they agree to cease war and join forces to go out. Anyway, the Hulu have been beaten for so many years, and there is nothing difficult to defeat. They can also rob cattle, sheep, horses and women, so why not do it?

? And if any force breaks the rules and stabs everyone in the back during the Northern Expedition, then when the soldiers and horses come back, they happen to have a righteous name and join forces to kill him, and the immortal behind them can't say anything.

So now, almost all the unruly people have died, and hunting Hulu at the beginning of spring has become a traditional custom in the ten festivals. It is like celebrating the New Year. Li Fan flew out of the deep mountains and forests and arrived in Weizhou under the Hengye military system.

When we were in town, we happened to see the local Yokoye clan troops reorganizing their troops and heading north out of the city.

I saw a long procession out of the city in the field, with ox-carts and horse-drawn carriages carrying bows, swords and armor. Leading the way was a group of heavy armored cavalry with a hundred riders, all tall and tall, wearing human clothing and vests, bright and shiny, wearing mountain pattern armor and iron rings on their waists.

He immediately carried an iron bow, a sword, a long spear in his hand, a red tassel tied under the gun's head, and a fur cloak tied around his head.

The leader of the team did not hold a gun. He only had an eight-foot-long bamboo pole in his hand. The outside of the pole was covered with copper and the top was inlaid with gold. The top was decorated with nine red feathers. There were two more people behind him.

He raised the banner of "Hengye Army Jiedu Envoy" and spread it in the wind. Hundreds of horses rushed out, as fast as a flying swallow, and went straight to the north without any dust.

That bamboo pole-like thing is probably the ‘section’ used by Jieduzhi to hold the festival. Gan, it looks a little handsome...

Li Fan estimated that following these envoys and cavalry, as well as the army that had gathered all the way to the north during this period, they would be able to reach the Shuofang front line. That would be just in time. There would be no need to worry about getting lost, and there would be no need to go into the city to ask around. Li Wugou was so good anyway.

He's a grown man, and he wasn't kidnapped, so there's nothing to worry about.

So Li Fan followed Si Nan's direction, deviated slightly from the direction, and flew to the southwest for a while. He saw if there were any caves where he could stay, and if there were any side quests and chance magic weapons that he could get by the way, and then he was ready to worship the moon.

After all, now that his three flowers are in full bloom, his mood limit is as high as 28k, which is really overflowing. He has to make preparations, find a spiritual acupoint to set up the Zuntianmo Dojo, and then cultivate a Taoist body or something to convert so many upper limits into cultivation.

Huang Tiantianshu can also submit a wave of money to the system to see if he can enrich the prize pool and create some messy toys.

Following Si Nan's guidance, Li Fan flew to a forest southwest of Yuzhou City. From a distance, he saw the auras of hundreds of monks gathered here. However, the chance was not great this time, because Li Fan took a cursory look and saw that among this group of people

Surprisingly, there isn't even a Nascent Soul cultivator, they are all golden elixir and foundation-building cultivators.

These people gathered in the forest, and they didn't know what kind of conference it was. Li Fan was free, so he hid his cultivation and sneaked over to observe for a while. He was surprised to find that these people were actually gathering for a sword fight, so he joined them.

Go to the audience and watch the fun.

There were many monks around who seemed to be attracted to watch the show from the city, and some were explaining it, so Li Fan also came over, pretending to be a walking monk, and followed the tour guide's explanation.

It turns out that there are two major cultivating aristocratic families in Yuzhou City. Of course, they are called the largest, that is, they have the 'Nascent Soul Ancestor' and the 'Xuanmen Disciples' sitting in charge, so they can be regarded as the 'eldest family'. Ha, Yuanying Lao

Ancestor...

Well, in short, as for these two great cultivating families, one family is named Zhang, and the ancestor of the Zhang family is a disciple of Wangwushan, and the ancestor of the family is named Gu, and the ancestor of the Gu family is also a disciple of Wangwushan...

Wow, this idler talks enough nonsense that it makes you want to be humiliated.

Li Fan patiently understood the plot after skipping a lot of nonsense. It turns out that although these two families are from the same sect of Wangwushan, Wangwushan has a long history. In addition to the local immortal veins, the entire Xuanmen supported Da Sima's Northern Expedition, and each palace and its veins

They also took advantage of the opportunity in the north to compete in martial arts, and both left behind their own branch inheritance.

If it hadn't been for internal fighting later, maybe Wangwushan would have been able to form the same position as the general helmsman of Taoism like Yuntai Peak is today. It's a pity that it later assisted the Yuan family of Gen State in their southern expedition. Now these local Taoisms in Wangwushan are like other

Each sect has also had many blood feuds, so it is now its own sect, ranking among the nine great mystical sects.

It is precisely because there are many Taoist sects that do not belong to each other, and the management is relatively loose. The relatively old-school Taoist monks like Wangwushan only unite when foreign enemies invade. They do not have the power to monopolize the power of Penglai Manifestation, nor do they have the Hengshan people.

The kind of cohesion that aims at the world, is when a group of people gather in one place to practice, and they are from the same sect. On the contrary, in order to seize the treasure of heaven and earth, hatred will arise.

The Gu family in this picture is a typical local cultivator family. They are both local neighbors. Most of their disciples are serving in the military. They are comrades when encountering wars, but they usually form cliques and often fight with each other. Occasionally, there will be bloodshed.

.It was just because we were both Wangwushan monks that we didn’t do it.

But after all, they are all his own disciples. Wang Wushan doesn't want his two Nascent Soul monks to get into a fight because of family matters, so he has his own coping mechanism. For example, when the two families want to compete for some benefit, they will meet for a sword fight.

Then he issued a letter asking Wangwushan to send an immortal to arbitrate. Unless he is a genius, he will generally not

When it gets to the point of killing someone, it's usually a best-of-three game. Disciples of the same generation from the two families come out and compete to compete for power and face. Wangwushan will naturally send someone to be the referee to prevent the two families from getting serious.

, by the way, if there are good seedlings, they will also have the opportunity to stand out and be selected to be trained within the mountain gate.

For this time, the Hengye Army is going to send troops to the north. Normally, they go to conquer the outside world. Not only can warlords plunder cattle and sheep, but monks can also conquer foreign monsters, collect geniuses and treasures, and obtain various inheritances. Therefore, Gu Zhang

This time, the two families agreed to have a sword fight to compete for the place of worship with the army.

After listening to the explanation, Li Fan felt a little uninterested. What kind of opportunity was this? He was bored and left.

As a result, as soon as he turned around to escape, his spiritual consciousness moved and he noticed someone flying towards him with a sword. He turned around and saw a rare pink sword light falling onto the scene in an instant.

A girl with black eyebrows and a bun, pink clothes and red silk, appeared. She had a golden lotus painted on her eyebrows, her cheeks were like peach blossoms, her lips were like cinnabar, she had a hairpin on her head, gold rings on her hands, and her eyes were like dancing dendrobium beads.

Twinkle and twinkle, extraordinarily agile and cunning.

Huh? Isn't this that person? He's already in the Golden Core realm. He's growing up pretty fast. Sure enough, girls develop earlier... Ahem, so in this competition between the Gu family, he's really as good as Li Fan.
To be continued...