#1049 - Border City
Jun Wuxie keenly sensed the emotional changes of his Eldest Brother and Second Eldest Sister.
“Little Brother, can you explain why she would do this?”
They couldn't think of a reason for her to do this, and couldn't explain it.
“Just as Second Eldest Sister said, I did reach some kind of agreement with Princess Anning. If we want the sect to develop well in the future, we can't just kill Prince Ning. Not only is Prince Ning targeting Qingyun, but so is the Emperor, so we need to use other methods. As for what those methods are, Eldest Brother and Second Eldest Sister, don't ask now. You will understand in the future.”
Hearing this, the two pondered for a moment and didn't say anything more.
They believed that there must be an objective necessity for Little Brother to do this.
Thinking of this, Yun Shu couldn't help but smile and said, “Little Brother, your sister sees that Princess Anning seems very concerned about you. Her feelings for you are not ordinary.”
“Second Eldest Sister, you're overthinking it.”
Jun Wuxie smiled helplessly. At this time, Eldest Brother Nan Jin sighed and said, “This is not necessarily a good thing…”
He knew that no matter what plans Little Brother had, he would definitely not forget the hatred of the previous generations of senior brothers and sisters of the True Martial Peak.
“Okay, let's not talk about this. I have something for you.”
Jun Wuxie took out an ancient box. After opening it, a crimson and translucent bloody light bloomed, and an extremely rich life essence permeated the air.
Nan Jin and Yun Shu looked at the elixir inside the box in shock.
They were crimson and translucent, shining like blood-colored gems.
The overflowing life essence, just by breathing it in, made people feel that every inch of flesh in their body was active, and every pore was open.
“This is the True Martial Blood Pill, left by the founder.”
Jun Wuxie said.
“This… there are so many True Martial Blood Pills!”
They were shocked. They originally thought there was only one True Martial Blood Pill, but they didn't expect there to be a full ten.
Jun Wuxie took out five and said, “Each of you, Master, senior brothers and sisters, gets one. Now that you have broken through to the Saint King realm, you can barely refine and absorb the life essence inside, but you need to be careful and cautious, and only absorb it strand by strand, otherwise your physical bodies will not be able to withstand it.”
“As for Third Eldest Sister and Fourth Eldest Brother, we'll give it to them when they break through to the Saint King realm. Don't forget to tell them to absorb it cautiously. As for Master, he is about to break through to the Great Saint realm. He can use it during the tribulation when breaking through, so that he can quickly stabilize his realm and better resist the heavenly tribulation.”
“Ah, okay, okay.”
Yun Shu was a little dazed, and took the five True Martial Blood Pills blankly.
This was a special elixir left by the founder. Although they didn't know what its effect was, they could infer that the effect must be amazing just from the feeling that the overflowing essence brought to them.
Before this, they had never thought that they would be able to obtain the True Martial Blood Pill.
They thought there was only one True Martial Blood Pill, and that Little Brother had already refined it.
“By the way, there are also these things, which will be used as cultivation resources for True Martial Peak in the future.”
Jun Wuxie put a massive amount of first-grade, second-grade, and third-grade elixirs and holy medicines into the spatial rings. Fortunately, he had an amazing number of spatial rings on him, and he filled dozens of them.
“What are these?”
Yun Shu put away the True Martial Blood Pills and looked at the dozens of spatial rings floating in front of her, her heart beating faster.
Nan Jin was the same.
Because Little Brother said that these were cultivation resources.
What kind of resources would require dozens of spatial rings to hold?
They took the spatial rings and probed into them with their divine senses. Immediately, they were dumbfounded, their lips trembling, and they were so frightened that they couldn't speak.
They were really scared!
When had they ever seen so many resources? They couldn't even imagine it!
The resources of True Martial Peak have always been very tight. They have been using inferior elixirs for the past ten or twenty years.
But now, resources filling dozens of spatial rings were right in front of them.
Inside, there were colorful lights, and various elixirs and holy medicines piled up like mountains. There were even suspected third-grade holy medicines!
You must know that resources of this grade, even the sect's treasure vault, didn't have many.
They were too rare and too expensive, and could only be obtained by chance.
It was precisely because resources of this grade were extremely scarce that Qingyun had not produced a Great Saint realm expert for many years.
“This… Little Brother, am I dreaming?” Yun Shu rubbed her creamy cheeks, “How can you have so many high-grade resources? I'm afraid the treasure vaults of the four sects combined don't have so many second-grade resources, and there are even third-grade ones!”
“Of course you're not dreaming. If Senior Sister doesn't believe it, you can pinch me.”
Jun Wuxie stretched his arm in front of her.
Yun Shu was stunned, and then said, “Second Eldest Sister can't bear to pinch you.”
As soon as she finished speaking, she reached out and pinched Eldest Brother Nan Jin's arm next to her.
Nan Jin grimaced in pain, gasped for air, and said speechlessly, “Little Brother told you to pinch him, but you didn't pinch him. Pinching Eldest Brother is so satisfying. Senior Sister, you're too biased. Am I still your Eldest Brother?”
“It seems that Senior Sister is indeed not dreaming, these are all real…”
Yun Shu's beautiful eyes were smiling like two curved crescent moons, her eyes sparkling.
With her gentle temperament, she smiled very sweetly and brightly at this time, giving people a feeling that was as comfortable as her name.
Nan Jin rubbed his arm with a wry smile on his face, but Jun Wuxie shrugged at him, indicating that he was also very helpless. It wasn't me who asked Second Eldest Sister to do this.
He was actually very speechless. The gentle-tempered Second Eldest Sister would actually do something like pinching someone.
He originally wanted Second Eldest Sister to pinch himself, but Eldest Brother took the blame. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but want to laugh.
“Well, tell Master that we have resources now, don't be afraid to waste them, use them as you please, don't be stingy.”
“Little Brother, are you planning to go to the border city?”
Hearing him say this, Nan Jin and Yun Shu knew that he was leaving the sect.
“The border city is very dangerous now. Be careful when you get there.”
On the way back to the front yard, Nan Jin and Yun Shu exhorted him like this.
“I know.”
Jun Wuxie nodded. At this time, Anning came to their side.
Yun Shu looked at her, then adjusted her mentality, stepped forward and took her hand, and said, “Sister, are you going to the border city with Little Brother?”
“Yes, Sister Yun Shu.”
Anning didn't know that she had already learned her identity. She just felt that the way she looked at herself seemed a little different from before, with a hint of complexity, and she was a little puzzled.
“Then sister, come to True Martial Peak often when you have time.”
“Thank you, Sister Yun Shu.”
Anning nodded and smiled.
“Let's go.” Jun Wuxie turned and left. Anning followed closely behind. Before they had gone far, he looked back at Nan Jin and Yun Shu standing at the entrance of the front yard, watching them leave, and said, “Eldest Brother, Second Eldest Sister. You can tell them about that matter. That way, they might be more accepting.”
“Understood, Little Brother, go to the border city with peace of mind.”
They knew that Little Brother was referring to the matter of Princess Anning.
… …
On the way from Qingyun to the border city, Anning, who had doubts in her heart, couldn't help but ask, “Young Master Yue, why do I feel that after you talked to your senior brothers and sisters alone, their eyes seemed a little strange when they looked at me?”
“Because I told them your identity.”
“Ah?”
Anning was stunned when she heard this. She didn't expect Yue Wuxie to confess to the people of True Martial Peak so quickly. Thinking of the way Yun Shu and Nan Jin looked at her at that time, Anning's heart suddenly calmed down, and a look of joy appeared on her face, and said: “Their eyes were a little complicated at the time, but they didn't seem to have any hatred or rejection towards me.”
“Eldest Brother and Second Eldest Sister are both very kind and reasonable people. They know that you did not participate in the matter against True Martial Peak. It's just because you are Prince Ning's daughter, so their mood will be very complicated, which is human nature. In the future, as long as you are sincere to True Martial Peak, I believe they will slowly accept you.”
“Then… what about what my father did…”
“You are you, Prince Ning is Prince Ning, some grievances are not so easy to resolve, you should understand.”
“I…”
Anning hesitated to speak, and finally sighed secretly, and did not say anything more.
She almost couldn't help but ask him what he would do to her father in the future, but she didn't ask in the end.
She was afraid of getting the answer she didn't want to get.
In this life, she has never avoided anything, but she chose to avoid this matter.
She didn't know what else she could do besides temporarily avoiding it.
If she got an answer she didn't want to get, what could she do?
Did she still want to forcibly change this man's decision?
She knew that she couldn't do it. The only thing she could do was to try her best to gain the forgiveness of the people of True Martial Peak. This was the only way to change this man's decision in the future.
The border city is far from Qingyun.
On the way, Princess Anning received talisman letters from Fan Xichong and the two female powerhouses beside her.
They were still alive, and she was finally relieved.
According to what was said in the talisman letter, they had been searching for her in the vast mountains some time ago, until they received her talisman letter.
Now they are on their way back to Qingyun.
Later, Anning received another talisman letter, which was sent by her maid about the latest news from the border city.
The war in the border city is still in a stalemate.
However, due to the lack of support troops, the number of soldiers in the border city is constantly decreasing as the war continues.
Now, of the three million border troops, more than one million have died or been wounded.
On the other hand, the Wu'an Dynasty, although the casualties have also reached more than one million, has not damaged its vitality because they have gathered nearly ten million troops.
In addition, many unfamiliar cultivators have appeared in the border city area, and their strength is not weak.
According to speculation, those people should have come from Pingzhou and Yuzhou, which are near Qingzhou. Perhaps they received news of the ancient tomb and came specifically for it.
The talisman also mentioned creatures from the aquatic regions.
Cultivators from the waters around the East Sea have appeared in the border city. According to the judgment of Ning Wang's estate, those creatures should be from the Hai River near the East Sea. They are very strong, with many young powerhouses who have just entered the Great Saint Realm.
Anning's expression turned grave after reading the talisman.
She handed the talisman to Jun Wuxie.
"This ancient tomb is truly a sweet pastry; it has even attracted cultivators from other states and the Hai River."
Jun Wuxie was somewhat surprised. It seemed that this trip would be more complicated than he had imagined.
How did people from the other two states know about the ancient tomb from so far away?
From this, it could be seen that someone from another state was lying dormant in Qingzhou. Otherwise, if the news spread naturally, it would not have reached Pingzhou and Yuzhou in just a few years.
As for the creatures in the Hai River, it seemed that although they lived in the water, they had been paying attention to the affairs on land.
Perhaps this era was undergoing a major change, and the golden age was beginning. The creatures in the water also knew this, so they were paying attention to the land, not wanting to miss the opportunity for a stroke of luck.
……
The border city is located on the northern border of the Da Gan Dynasty, and the overall layout of Qingzhou is such that Da Gan and Wu'an occupy the southern and northern parts of Qingzhou respectively.
The border city is located right on the dividing line between the north and south.
This city does not sound like a remote small town, as its name suggests.
Although the scale of the city is not particularly large, it is not small either, and is similar in size to Qingyun City.
The difference is that the city walls of the border city are taller and more solid than those of Qingyun City, and more defensive runes are engraved on them.
It stands on the border, in front of it is a vast area filled with traces of war and mottled bloodstains. In front of the open space is a huge mountain range with a hundred-meter-wide break in the horizontal direction.
That mountain range belongs to a branch of the Hengduan Mountains. The trend of the mountain range is winding like a dragon, and both ends are connected to the eastern Hengduan Mountains and the northern Hengduan Mountains.
It is precisely because of such a mountain range, and only a hundred-meter gap, coupled with the not-too-large area of the open ground inside the gap, that this place cannot accommodate too many troops. When the Wu'an Dynasty attacked the border city, the number of people that could be mobilized for each siege was limited, making the border city an important town in the Da Gan border.
Jun Wuxie stopped in the mountains behind the city.
He activated his Primordial True Eyes and carefully observed the entire city and the battlefield outside the city.
The military and civilians in the city were in harmony, and everything seemed to be maintaining an orderly order, but it was shrouded in an atmosphere of tension and repression.
The city is now being attacked by the Wu'an army, and the border troops defending the city have suffered a million casualties.
Faced with such a situation, how could the people living in the border city not be nervous?
"Aren't we entering the city?"
"Not for now. Let's find a place to cultivate. I need to break through my realm."
Jun Wuxie said after observing for a moment.
Now, many young cultivators who have just entered the Great Saint Realm have come to the border city.
These people look peaceful now, but they are destined not to remain peaceful forever.
Because their purpose here is for the ancient tomb.
He is also here for the ancient tomb, and at the same time wants to see if he can help the border troops.
But in such a large-scale war, even with his current strength, it is still very dangerous.
He can go to the battlefield with the army to kill the enemy. When the army disperses the opponent's formation, he can harvest the small-scale Wu'an army one by one, but if he encounters a Great Saint Realm general in the Wu'an army, it will be difficult to resist, not to mention that there are still Great Saint Realm assassins hidden in the Wu'an army, unless Lan Lan or the Blood-Maned Lion-Dog Beast King is exposed.
Judging from the current situation, the war in the border city has lasted for several months and resulted in a million casualties. The remaining soldiers, even without reinforcements, can last for at least half a year.
And it doesn't take him that long to break through to the Saint King Realm.
He took Anning to open up a cave under a mountain peak, sealed it with a barrier, and prepared to cultivate here.
"I have some things here that can help you quickly improve your realm and the intensity of your talent growth."
Jun Wuxie took out many rare resources. Although the grade was not high, they were all things with special origins inside.
Princess Anning saw their extraordinary nature and couldn't help but be stunned.
Thunder Tribulation Liquid, Divine Beast Essence Blood, Hundred Rui Fruit, and so on.
She was quite shocked and couldn't help but exclaim in her heart.
As expected of a proud son of heaven from a large place, he has too many rare treasures on his body, just like a mobile treasure trove.
"You should also seize the time to cultivate and improve your strength. Strive to reach the Great Saint Realm as soon as possible and step into the realm of ancient legends."
Princess Anning looked at him blankly. She knew that Yue Wuxie would not give her these things for nothing. He must have his plans in doing so.
But she didn't ask. She also knew that even if she asked, he would still not say what he didn't want to say, so why waste her breath.
"Let's begin."
Jun Wuxie secretly set up a barrier on the stone wall inside the cave to avoid the energy fluctuations during cultivation being too strong and impacting the stone wall, causing the mountain to shake and collapse inside.
He went to the corner and sat down, closed his eyes, and quickly entered into cultivation.
At the same time, the Primordial Incarnation that he had secretly summoned before entering the cave was lurking on the top of the mountain, paying attention to the situation in the border city while guarding this place.
Inside the cave, Princess Anning also entered a state of cultivation.
Time passed day by day.
On this day, the morale of the military and civilians in the border city was high, because Ning Wang had arrived, and he personally came to this important border town.
Inside the city, above the main hall of the city lord, Ning Wang sat on the throne, his eyes majestically scanning all the civil and military officials below.
Listening to the latest battle reports from the generals, Ning Wang's expression was solemn, and he said: "Now, due to the Crown Prince's affairs, it will be difficult for reinforcements from all sides to come to the border city to support us in a short time. You soldiers must hold on here. I hope you will understand my difficulties. It is not that I am not sending troops to help, but all the reinforcements have been blocked on the road by the Crown Prince's army."
"Your Majesty, we swear to defend the border city to the death! Protecting the country is the duty and honor of a soldier!" The commander of the border army said loudly: "As long as one of the three million border soldiers is still alive, we will never let the Wu'an army break through the border city!"
"I have never doubted the determination and will of the soldiers of the border army, but the casualties in this battle will be very heavy. I cannot mobilize reinforcements to come, and I feel guilty."
"Your Majesty, you don't have to be like this. Dying on the battlefield is the fate of us soldiers. As long as we can kill the enemy and defend our territory, what does it matter if we die in battle! I only hope that the families of the soldiers can be properly taken care of."
"Don't worry about this, I will definitely take care of it properly and give them generous pensions."
Ning Wang made a promise, and at this moment, someone rushed in and knelt down and said: "Reporting to Ning Wang, a creature from the Hai River heard that you have come to the border city and wants to see you. They are waiting outside the city lord's mansion now."
"A creature from the Hai River?" A hint of surprise flashed in Ning Wang's eyes. What is the purpose of the Hai River creature wanting to see him? He immediately said: "Let him in."
"Yes!"
The man hurriedly retreated and soon brought three young men from the Hai River to the hall.
The young man walking in the front was very burly, wearing earth-brown armor, and the surface of the armor was covered with rune marks.
Those rune marks did not seem to be engraved on it, but more like they were formed naturally.
His face was very ordinary, with a square face, thick eyebrows, and sharp eyes. Even when he saw Ning Wang, he seemed a little arrogant, just nodded slightly and said: "Xie Qian from the Hai River Clan has met Ning Wang."
The two young men behind him were one step behind him and also paid their respects.
The two young men looked a little strange, their eyebrows were very long, and they all grew to the position of their temples. They were also wearing earth-brown armor and also seemed a little slow.
Everyone in the hall was angry at the attitude of the Hai River creatures.
These three are just young people from the Hai River, who have just entered the Great Saint Realm. How dare they be so slow when they see Ning Wang? This is unreasonable.
Ning Wang's expression was very calm. He glanced at the three of them and said: "I don't know what the three cultivators from the Hai River have to do with me?"
"Of course, I am here to solve Ning Wang's worries."
The young man named Xie Qian smiled faintly, with one hand behind his back and a face full of confidence.
"Oh, how do you say this? Please explain more clearly."
Ning Wang's face always showed no emotion and was very calm.
"We have been in the border city for some time and understand the situation of the battle in the border city. Ning Wang's army cannot come to support, and the soldiers here can only defend alone, with heavy casualties. How can they survive the nearly ten million troops of Wu'an? Therefore, our Hai River Clan is willing to help and send a large number of strong men to assist Ning Wang in carrying out a beheading operation against the Wu'an army to disintegrate their morale and retreat the ten million troops of Wu'an!"
"Then what do you Hai River Clan want to get from me?"
Ning Wang was very tempted. If the Hai River Clan's strong men were willing to help, it would be very good, and the beheading operation would be a sure thing.
Because the Hai River Clan is very strong, and the number of strong men is astonishing.
But he knew very well that the Hai River Clan would not take action for nothing, and they must have their purpose.
"Ning Wang has misunderstood. Our Hai River Clan does not want to get anything. Besides, this matter is not the meaning of the entire Hai River Clan, but the meaning of my Xie family. We do not want to get anything from Ning Wang, but want to form an indissoluble marriage with Ning Wang. Ning Wang only needs to marry Princess Anning to me, then our Xie family of the Hai River Clan will always stand with Ning Wang!"
Ning Wang's face, which was not surprised, twitched violently when he heard this.
"Young Master Xie of the Hai River Clan, have you seen my daughter? Why did you think of marrying my daughter? My daughter's appearance is mediocre, and although I am a father, her life's events must be decided by herself."
"Ning Wang, don't rush to refuse. So many soldiers have died at the border. Now, only two million remain, and in a few months, I'm afraid there won't be many left alive," Xie Qian said with great confidence, a faint smile on his face. "The border city is a crucial strategic stronghold of the Great Qian. Once it falls, the iron fist of Wu'an will strike directly at half of the Great Qian Dynasty. And most of the territory of this half of the Great Qian Dynasty belongs to the domain that you, Ning Wang, have painstakingly brought under your control. Ning Wang, with your grand ambitions, do you really want to give up the chance to ascend the throne because of this?"
"I won't see you out!"
Ning Wang's face was unsightly, and he directly issued an order to send the guest away.
"Hahaha, Ning Wang, I am staying at the Border City Inn. At any time, as long as Ning Wang has thought it through, you can send someone to notify me. I will be waiting for Ning Wang."
Xie Qian laughed loudly and left.
"Arrogant!"
Someone in the main hall coldly rebuked in a low voice.
The Xie family of the Haihe tribe actually wanted to marry the Anning Princess, and they specifically chose such a time.
"Ning Wang, I believe that Young Master Xie Qian's proposal can be considered. Why not ask the Princess for her opinion?"
A civil official suggested this.
"Insolent!" Ning Wang suddenly stood up, his eyes flashing with cold light, and stared coldly at the civil official. "If you dare to say another word, this king will chop off your head!"
The civil official was so frightened that he knelt on the ground, trembling with fear, cold sweat streaming down his face.
"Coward, get out of here for this king!"
Ning Wang's face was extremely gloomy. It was the first time in his life that his emotions were so clearly displayed.
He could consider any condition, but this matter was absolutely impossible!
This spineless civil official actually wanted to use his precious daughter as a sacrifice.
If he hadn't considered the current situation of the border city, he would have killed him on the spot.
