stjorthotic 047 Ambush at the Bone Refining Realm
047 Ambush at the Bone Refining Realm
Yugu County Government Office.
Yun Changsong, Li Qijue, and Ning Kui sat together, their faces filled with sorrow.
We had money, but not enough food.
Every day when they open their eyes, there are hundreds of thousands of mouths craving food. Even the lowly families in the northern city, who were not severely affected by the disaster, try every day to freeload.
The relief grain sent by Prime Minister Wang can only last for three more days at most.
"We need to buy grain, and we have to go to other prefectures to buy it."
All ten counties of Jing'an Prefecture are potentially vulnerable to attack. The less trouble we cause Prime Minister Wang, the better.
Magistrate Yun spoke first, his gaze falling on Li Qijue and Ning Kui.
This task is not simple; countless eyes are watching them from the shadows.
Let's leave the Zhu and Lin families aside for now.
The Bai family, Yuan family, Tie family, and Wan Du Long Sect, whose successors were beaten to death, may have new factions lurking nearby.
We're just waiting for Li Qijue to roll back to Yujing City.
Li Qijue of Xiangdi County is now the pillar of stability in Yugu County.
With him present, all evil is silenced and all is calm.
He left, and the bloodshed and violence returned.
Ning Kui leaned back in his chair with a swagger: "I should have told that Silver Badge Suppression Envoy to leave later."
Li Qijue, you too, why did you slap him?
Li Qijue glanced at Ning Kui speechlessly, having never seen anyone so shameless.
Just as he was about to say something, Ning Kui stood up: "I'll go. The others can't even leave the county town."
I'll take the waterway; it'll be more discreet.
……
There are four counties surrounding Kunze Lake.
Uotani Prefecture is simply the one with the longest lake shoreline.
Ning Kui's figure appeared silently in an inland river in the neighboring Pinghu County.
A gold-threaded pouch engraved with seven stars hung from his waist.
"This is great stuff, I wish it were mine."
He touched the bag no less than two hundred times along the way.
With a thought, two golden pills engraved with mysterious runes appeared in his hand, spinning with a "gurgling" sound.
He pretended to be a spoiled rich kid, stopped a passerby to ask for directions, and headed straight for the horse market.
Traveling hundreds of miles on foot would be exhausting.
At that moment, in a deep mountain outside Yugu County, an old man with white hair and beard suddenly opened his eyes.
His sharp eyes shone brightly, with a strange, dark light swirling within them.
"A little mouse escaped? Too bad, it couldn't escape the secret techniques of the Yuan family."
Before his death, Yuan Hongwang inscribed the Flying Star Seal on Li Qijue's body. Once Li Qijue left Jing'an Prefecture, his family elders would find the mark and avenge him.
Similarly, the two golden pills also had the Flying Star Seal on them.
The reason why the Flying Star Technique can simulate the characteristic of supernatural powers locking onto targets is because of this Flying Star Seal.
The Flying Star Seal, perfected through generations of effort by the Yuan family, is naturally extraordinary.
The old man sneered: "The little guy is quite cunning, he even has the trick of sneaking around."
Unfortunately, the foundation of a thousand-year-old family is beyond your ability to guard against.
The old man sensed that Li Qijue was still in the city, and his main goal was to guard him.
After pondering for a moment, he said to the two disciples guarding behind him, "Ehu and Jingyou, you two have each received the true teachings of my Tiger Demon Blade and Death Arrow."
With a combined attack from afar and close range, they had virtually no weaknesses. However, a little mouse secretly slipped out of Yugu County.
He was one of the murderers who killed the young master, and he possessed the young master's magical artifact.
Go and remove his head.
If I do a good job, perhaps I can ask the patriarch for a powerful elixir to break through to the Blood Refining Realm.
Upon hearing this, Song Ehu and Liu Jingyou's eyes lit up with intense joy.
The two hurriedly kowtowed in gratitude, saying, "Thank you, Master! We will definitely take that scoundrel's head off to comfort your spirit in heaven!"
……
After the money and goods were exchanged, Ning Kui didn't even haggle over the price before mounting a large black horse and galloping towards Black Mountain City.
Under the scorching sun, he created a high-speed flow of water mist to continuously wash over the black horse's body.
It can be considered liquid refrigeration.
Once you leave the county town, the outside world becomes much more desolate, with often several miles without seeing a single village.
Occasionally, there are a few abandoned villages covered with ivy and other vegetation, from which the barking of rabid dogs can be heard.
"Tsk, even though Beicheng is poor, at least it still has order. But in this desolate village, it's completely devoid of any human dignity."
He galloped wildly along the country road, completely unaware that two enormous black-feathered eagles were darting through the clouds.
On the back of each of the massive eagles stood a young man, one with a face full of fat, his muscles bulging as if they were bursting out of shape, making his clothes look round.
The other was slender with a wasp waist and long arms, carrying a huge iron bow on his back, and had pitch-black eyes.
"Junior Brother Liu, would you like to go first?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Jingyou calmly took down the large bow, spread his arms, and his slender body made the entire iron bow bulge like a full moon.
"Senior Brother Song, then this junior brother will accept this head!"
He loosened his thumb and forefinger, and the black arrow had already flown a hundred paces away before the hum of the bowstring reached their ears.
The next instant, the man and horse, who had been galloping freely on the ground, fell to the ground by the roadside.
"Haha, junior brother, what excellent archery! But your senior brother will have to be the one to cut off your head!"
Song Ehu laughed wildly and urged the black eagle beneath him to pounce on Ning Kui.
Ultimately, it doesn't matter who killed Ning Kui; what matters is who can bring his head back!
Liu Jingyou's eyes turned slightly cold. His right hand rested on the bowstring, hesitating whether to shoot Song Ehu as well.
After a moment's thought, he released the bowstring again.
He shot an arrow at a horse, having already anticipated his senior brother's attack.
In just a few breaths, Song Ehu had already pounced to the ground, his blood and qi on his tiger-head broadsword condensing into the shape of a roaring tiger.
"Tiger Devour!!!"
The crimson tiger roared and pounced on Ning Kui, its roar like thunder, terrifying to the core.
"roar!!!"
The intense killing intent rushed towards them as if it were a tangible force. If it were an ordinary martial artist, they would not only be killed on the spot, but their limbs would also be stiffened, putting them at a disadvantage.
However, Ning Kui only felt anger.
He didn't haggle over the price of this horse for a single penny, and he'd only ridden it for an hour!
They even maintained their supernatural power to provide water cooling for it!
What's the difference between this and him buying a Porsche outright in his previous life, taking great care of it, and having it smashed by a dump truck after only an hour of driving?
With a flick of his wrist, the Dragon Scale Halberd appeared out of thin air in his hand. He then twisted his body to gather his strength and slashed down with the halberd!
The ice dragon, formed from solidified ice, roared and flew out, colliding fiercely with the blood-blooded tiger.
In an instant, a tiger roared, ice shards flew everywhere, and a violent explosion boomed.
The billowing steam spread out, making it seem as if a thick fog was rising from the flat ground.
"[Mystic Ice Domain], unfold!"
A thin but solid layer of ice spread from his feet and quickly eroded Song Ehu's feet.
Song Ehu frowned as he looked at the black ice that had climbed up his ankle, raised an eyebrow, and scoffed disdainfully, "Acrobatics!"
His late-stage Bone Refining Realm Qi and Blood erupted with full force in an instant, and a surging heat swept through his entire body, but the imagined scene of the ice and snow melting did not occur.
The ice melts extremely slowly, and the chill that penetrates the body requires several rounds of blood and qi to cleanse it and eliminate.
"call out!"
The black arrow pierced through the thin mist and landed a foot away from Ning Kui, before the sound of the bowstring snapping rang out.
Ning Kui glanced at the arrow that had gone astray, calmly looked up, and gave Liu Jingyou the middle finger high in the sky.
He condensed water vapor into several layers of water vapor of different densities in the sky, just like a fisherman spearing a fish. The fish seen from a high place is different from its actual location.
Moreover, the density of his water vapor layer was constantly changing, making it impossible for Liu Jingyou to pinpoint the location accurately.
"call out!"
"call out!"
After missing his target with three consecutive arrows, Liu Jingyou's expression turned grim.
He frowned as he gazed at the icy domain that spanned a full thirty feet, pondering, "It seems I need to lower the altitude a bit more; only when I'm closer will the refraction effect of the water mist in the air disappear."
"Clang! Clang!!"
On the ground, Ning Kui and the berserk Song Ehu clashed fiercely, their dragon scale halberds and tiger-head broadswords exploding with sparks as spectacular as fireworks.
Suddenly, Ning Kui used his Dragon Scale Immortal Robe to block Song Ehu's blade, and was sent flying backward by the immense force of the blow.
However, he revealed a triumphant laugh.
"Hahaha, you cowardly rat hiding your head and tail, you're now in my trap!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Xuanbing Domain expanded rapidly, quickly encompassing Liu Jingyou in the sky.
Liu Jingyou was both shocked and furious: "How dare you lie to me, you brat!"
He had already been cautious and lowered the altitude to about sixty zhang, but he still didn't expect to be tricked by Ning Kui.
The black-feathered eagle beneath his feet let out a mournful cry, and the intense cold froze its wings first.
The enormous black-feathered eagle spiraled down from the sky and crashed with a "boom" next to the carcass of the black horse he had just bought.
"Hey, now we're even."