Chapter 423 Old Dream

Zhang Yanzhi rested his head on Qiongqi's warm hair and fell asleep soundly, breathing softly like a kitten. Li Fan raised his head and looked at Xu Yue, covering her with the deep purple moonlight with his wings.

He wanted to find a village to put Sarilang down, but after flying for a whole day, he saw seven or eight tribal camps, but he didn't see a single living person.

Some were eaten up by monsters, some were massacred by horse bandits, and some entire villages and people froze to death and starved to death. According to Zhang Yanzhi, this was a common sight in the Hokuriku.

The northern part of Kan country is already poor, and there cannot be that many people living on the grasslands. Even if there is no feudal army coming to plow the grass and valleys, and there is no group to plunder the south, they will never survive the winter. And this year's winter is particularly difficult.

Years ago, in order to deal with the vassal armies of various towns in Hebei, the Great Chanyu mobilized the army of the Nine Banners and the Seventy-two Divisions, which had exhausted its reserves for the winter. However, in the end, due to some well-known reasons, Shuofang was defeated and the Great Chanyu

With his death, the Xianbei Royal Court's hegemony finally came to nothing.

With the death of the Great Chan, the grassland once again lost its common leader, and no one could unify this chaotic and barbaric world.

Those demon gods and demon kings lost their restraints and started to cause chaos. They unscrupulously looted the herdsmen of various tribes and captured their cattle and horses to satisfy their hunger. They wreaked havoc on the entire ice sheet. The Seventy-two Divisions of Hokuriku were the first to bear the brunt and suffered a brutal blow from this demon rebellion. Just now

Already seen it.

At least half a dozen of the Khan chiefs of the Nine Banners and Seventy-two tribes died. Those who survived fell into civil strife fighting for the title of slave sister-in-law of the Grassland tribe, and transformed into beings more cruel and terrifying than monsters. After all, monsters usually

They only kill people to fill their stomachs or practice martial arts. And the khan kings may only kill people because they are drunk and want to have fun.

What's even more terrible is that even the divine religion that rules Beiting behind the scenes has fallen into division.

Among the three major sects, in a system like the Divine Religion, once a decision is made by the highest level, there will rarely be divisions and internal strife. However, once there is a line dispute among the decision-makers, the divisions will often become more extreme.

When the Great Chanyu was here, he was not only the khan of the kings, but also the former Dharma King, and also a strong man who understood Taoism. To the north of Yinshan Mountain, he was the strongest, the highest realm, and the most outstanding meritorious deeds. Naturally, the followers of the divine sect

Be convinced of him wholeheartedly and fight to the death with all your strength.

However, after the death of the Great Chan Yu, the newly elected Dharma King and the Northern Law Enforcement Master had serious strategic differences regarding the corresponding strategies to control the Seventy-two Departments of the Nine Banners.

After all, after losing the war, resources are very limited. Whichever tribe you support as a new chanyu will survive. Without absolute strength to convince others, even the divine religion cannot easily reach a consensus.

In terms of results, the Beiting Divine Sect has now been divided into two. The king of the east is managing the remaining Xianbei tribe and is migrating to the southeast of Genzhou. He is happy to join the Heavenly Army Jiedushi. He is not willing to surrender to the Hulu tribes of the vassal army.

Under the protection of the Lord Law Enforcer, he avoided the siege of demons from all sides and migrated long distance to the west along the foothills of Yinshan Mountain, bypassing Duizhou, and went to Tianshan Mountain to seek refuge with the Dharma King of Light.

Zhang Yanzhi followed Lord Law Enforcement to move westward. The tribes along the way either joined or were wiped out. Their cattle and sheep were plundered and turned into slaves. In short, all the living people had long since escaped. But now that Zhang Yanzhi has been captured by Lord Law Enforcement

After being 'sacrificially sacrificed', naturally she can no longer go back to be her Caotou Saint. Nor can she go all the way across the Yin Mountains to beg for help from the Heavenly Soldiers. So if she wants to survive, she probably can only go all the way south to the territory of Dui Kingdom.

Only then can we see the crowds.

Yes, if we go further south, we will reach Duiguo, one of the twelve kingdoms in the world.

Duiguo is known as the capital of the Five Liangs, the capital of Hexi, the strategic center of the world, and the guardian of the country.

In fact, broadly speaking, from Xisu Weitun to the west, the vast area now occupied by the divine religion, known as Kunlun and Tianshan, was previously considered the jurisdiction of Duizhou.

Compared to the Hulu in the north, the Spirit Tribe in the East China Sea, and the demon tribe Mountain Ghost in the south, the Inhumans in the Western Region are not only weaker and easier to fight, but also have a large population and wealth to plunder, and they don’t even have the natural problems of poisonous miasma in the sea, ice, dense forests, etc.

Obstacles make it easier to conquer, so General Zhengxi and General Anxi of Ancient Immortal Palace are often the easiest to gain military merit.

Therefore, the warlords who served in the Guard Army at that time liked to preside over the Western Expedition, slaughtering cities and annihilating the country at every turn, and expanding and colonizing the frontiers. In the Protectorate and Guard Stations developed in the Western Regions, there were often generals with the broadest responsibilities and the most powerful troops. They have always been

It is not uncommon for the leader of the Immortal Army to be the first choice to succeed the Three Dukes in the imperial court. He is awarded the title of General due to his meritorious service and becomes the leader of the Immortal Army in the world. It is not uncommon.

However, because of this, the Western Army, as the most powerful force in the Eight Domain Army, was also entrusted with important tasks by the Immortal Palace. It was first transferred back from the Western Regions to crusade against Xuanmen, but suffered a devastating defeat in the battle to suppress Xuannv.

In the later period, he was responsible for suppressing the rising religious sect, but was annihilated by the god for the second time. He finally managed to get a little bit of wealth, and was later taken by the general to fight against Da Sima's Northern Expeditionary Army, and then suppressed Luo Luo everywhere.

The Luo Feng Army of the Black Lotus Sect was exhausted during the uprising. The Suwei Immortal Army faction was thus drained of blood, and was gradually suppressed by the Immortal Clan in the political struggle.

It can be said that the inheritance of the ancient Western Army has been extinct, or that it has been integrated into the Divine Cult Guardian Army in the form of 'Hegemony Kung Fu'. Now in Duizhou, there are only the four major Protectorate's Palaces in Hexi, although they are hoarded by the Immortal Palace.

The place with heavy military defense against the divine religion pitifully accepted the leadership of Xuanmen, and even survived under the lustful power of the religious lords. It guarded the main road from the Western Region to the Central Plains and became the front line to block and defend the divine religion.

The former Xisu Guards, the Eighth Feudal Army, the Old Western Army, and other wind, fire, thunder, and plague fighting units, as well as the remnants of the Northern Expedition, and the remnants of various special forces from past dynasties. Anyway, as long as they lose power, they will be destroyed by the Immortal Palace.

To add fuel to the fire, they have to throw it into the frontier area and send them into exile, blocking the main road that the divine religion leads directly into the hinterland of the Central Plains.

In the last war, the Divine Cult also invaded from the border gate of Duizhou. They penetrated Duizhou in one go and set up a ten-point formation, and almost reached Sanyuan Wangjing. Unfortunately, the Divine Cult leader led the team and fought against Emei Cangyunding.

Bo still failed to do it, and was chased and defeated for thousands of miles. Although it seemed that he was trying to lure Xuanmen to pursue him, the face of the divine sect was not good-looking.

Of course, the worst thing is probably the Western Army. The Xuanmen Immortal can pass by casually, but the miscellaneous soldiers under the Shijue Formation probably won't survive. Maybe they won't be able to find anyone in Duiguo.

…

While he was bathing in the moonlight of the virtual moon and thinking wildly, Zhang Yanzhi suddenly stood up and walked towards the forest with his eyes closed.

What are you doing, trying to hold it in to pee?

Li Fan didn't react for a while, but after waiting for a while, he found that she was walking farther and farther away, and felt something was wrong.

This girl seems to be sleepwalking?

It was sleepwalking, but not entirely. Zhang Yanzhi was still sleeping. He seemed to have heard some call and was pulled by some strange wind, floating like a marionette into the forest.

Huh? Could it be that he was hit by the Yuanshen spell? Did someone from the Divine Cult come to rescue the saint? Or did the sergeant have any additional instructions?

Li Fan didn't use his spiritual consciousness to alert the other party. He still lay down and pretended to sleep. He only called the bloody infant demon doll and secretly sneaked into Zhang Yanzhi's divine court to follow him, but he wanted to see what the divine sect wanted to do.

After following for several miles, Zhang Yanzhi drifted into a mass grave. However, in her divine court, there were many dreams, showing a fantasyland like a peach forest and a sea of ​​colorful flowers.

Zhang Yanzhi was still in a dream, so naturally she couldn't resist the illusion. The blood baby didn't try to disturb her, but just hid away and watched with his big eyes like bright yellow lanterns.

Zhang Yanzhi discovered a winery deep in the peach forest.

Zhang Yanzhi walked through the mass graves and walked into a solitary grave that looked like a mountain.

There are two rows of eight peach trees in the village, surrounding the planting area of ​​the village, with birds singing, flowers fragrant, blue sky and white clouds, just like a paradise.

There are eight dragon-binding ropes in the tomb, surrounded by iron chains, and the barbs are covered with disemboweled corpses. It seems like a hell on earth.

Zhang Yanzhi walked through the peach forest and saw a six-tank mead in front of the village. It was covered with flower petals and surrounded by bees and butterflies. Its sweet smell was intoxicating.

There are six bronze blood cauldrons deep in the tomb. There are green and white human heads pickled in the cauldron. The corpses are covered with flies and insects, and the bloody and rotten stench hits your face.

In the inner hall of the winery lived a handsome and graceful owner of the winery, and beside him sat a fairy with extraordinary beauty in fairy clothes and Xiapei. They were drinking and chatting together.

The owner of the tomb is a giant corpse-like thing, with its hands and feet chained up by iron chains. Judging from the sealing spells around it, what was originally suppressed in the tomb is probably because the sealing place was in disrepair for a long time. The top of the tomb collapsed and was covered by the virtual moon.

After taking the photo, he now has a body of four to five feet, sitting with his legs crossed in the tomb, with a green face, fangs, and a bloody mouth. He looks like a human but not human. He is holding a half-eaten monk in his arms, and there are still some bones on the ground that have not been sucked clean.

, he picked a head casually, put it in the palm of his hand and performed the ritual.

The fairy smiled, relaxed her exquisite arms, and offered a cup of fairy brew.

The giant evil corpse stretched out its sharp claws covered with flesh and blood and grabbed Zhang Yanzhi's head.

However, Zhang Yanzhi did not go to pick up the fairy wine, but walked away with his hands behind his back.

The giant corpse felt empty, and was confused for a moment as he watched Zhang Yanzhi walk around his leg bones and walk behind him.

"Are you calling me again?" Zhang Yanzhi walked to the winery house and looked up at the picture scroll on the wall.

Behind the corpse of the giant evil spirit were the objects buried with him in the tomb, as well as the remains that had been eaten by it over the years. Many magic weapons were scattered among them, and a scroll could be seen unfolding among them.

The painting showed a swordsman in red. The swordsman held a jar of wine in his left hand and a sword in his right hand. He turned his head and looked at the wild geese in the sky, but his true appearance could not be seen.

Zhang Yanzhi stretched out his hand and touched the painting, "Who are you..."

The giant evil corpse stared at the girl next to him, with saliva and blood flowing from his mouth. Half of the monks in his arms no longer smelled good. He wanted to eat something fresh, so he turned over and sat up and grabbed a handful of the girl's head.

The moment the owner of the village was about to touch Zhang Yanzhi with his outstretched hand, a blood-red baby came out from behind the girl and swallowed his hand in one gulp.

The giant evil corpse suddenly became alert and turned its head to stare at its paws.

It's gone, its hands are gone, as if they were torn apart by something.

Suddenly, Sha Zhi realized something. He turned his head and saw a tiger with two wings on its back, lying on top of him, breaking his knees, biting open his thigh bones, and sucking the marrow from the big bones.

Is it a dream?

The owner of the village shook his head, then lowered his head and saw the bloody baby taking out his heart, liver and lungs and stuffing them into his mouth.

Ha, haha, it’s a dream, it’s a dream...

The giant evil corpse opened its eyes, only to see a bloody mouth, biting head-on.

Zhang Yanzhi rubbed his eyes, sat up and found that it was already dawn.

Li Fan squatted by the campfire to roast sparrows and handed a bunch to her.

"Sarilang, you don't sleep well. Are you dreaming?"

"Thank you..." Zhang Yanzhi took the sparrow string and frowned, "I seem to have had a good dream, but I can't remember the details..."

Li Fan chewed the brittle bones one by one and asked vaguely, "By the way, aren't you a saint from the divine religion? I heard that a saint can achieve enlightenment when she awakens. When will you awaken?"

"Awakening? I can't do it. If I could wake up, they would feed me to you." Zhang Yanzhi turned the sparrow around with a lonely look on his face.

"Don't be discouraged. How bold the people are and how productive the land is. Keep up the good work and work hard. Maybe you will wake up and seek revenge from the sergeant?" Li Fan instigated from the side.

Zhang Yanzhi seemed to be playing with a sparrow without much appetite, "You don't understand. Although there are many candidates for saints, only the first one in each generation has cultivated to the realm of Yuanying, and passed the test, and obtained the inheritance of the saints in the main altar.

Only a person can be called a true saint of the divine religion.

Once the true saint is born, the divine sect will not waste resources cultivating other candidates. It will usually kill other candidate saints on a large scale, especially those of us who are in the golden elixir realm and have obtained key memory fragments, so as to help the true saint quickly

Awakening.
To be continued...