Chapter 70: The Garrison's Great Army

  Chen's forehead was sweating profusely as he hastily shook his head: "No, no, this is our family's secret art, how can we pass it on to an outsider like you?"

  "Wait a minute," Xiao Yu's eyes widened as he stared at Chen Jiu, his face filled with suspicion. "If these spells are family secrets, then isn't the 'Painting the Ground as Prison' also a secret?"

  Chen Ji was shocked and fell back, thinking of a good excuse to shirk off there.

  The grand Confucian's majestic and upright energy, his spirit and will are truly extraordinary, he can actually contend with the ancient fierce beast, even though this ancient fierce beast has already suffered heavy injuries, and was also worn down by the Confucian family's righteous energy for a thousand years, its formidable power remains undiminished from back then.

  Outside the city of Qingzhou, military camps stretched for dozens of miles, with surging blood energy rising to the sky, turning the entire camp into a masculine land, a mixture of blood energy and killing energy.

  A middle-aged general, fully armored, held a halberd in his hand and gazed at the surging dark energy within Qingzhou City. His brow furrowed, and with a deep breath, he commanded: "All soldiers, assemble immediately and set out for Qingyang Academy."

  The news spread throughout the large camp of several tens of li, and for a time the sounds of armor clashing and footsteps merged together to form a unique rhythm. However, apart from the sounds of breathing, footsteps, and weapons clashing, no other miscellaneous noises could be heard, let alone voices or speech, which was even more absent. This showed just how strict the laws of this great army were.

  "Headed for Qingyang Academy, the army sets off."

  "Qingyang Academy, the army opens the road."

  "The General has given an order, Qingyang Academy, the army is opening"

  The earth began to tremble under the footsteps of the crowd, a bloody aura rose into the sky, the monks retreated, and the ghosts hid.

  The soldiers guarding the city wall of Qingzhou Prefecture felt the city wall shaking slightly, and then a officer shouted: "The situation has changed, quickly inform the prefecture government, there is a large army coming here, hurry up to close the city gate."

  Black horse, black square heavenly halberd, neat footsteps, except for the sound of colliding weapons, there is no other noise.

  "Who are you, why did you suddenly attack Qingzhou Prefecture?" Under the cover of night, the torches couldn't clearly see the formation of the soldiers on the other side, but looking at the black clouds moving, in short, there were a lot of people.

  "I am the imperial court's personally appointed Grand Marshal of the garrison, now that there is a change within the city, you still don't quickly open the city gate to let us in. If you delay and major things are missed, the people will suffer and their lives will be lost, can you bear the responsibility?"

  The young general defending the city hesitated for a moment, then said sternly: "No way, can't just let you into the city like that. Since you are the commander-in-chief of the prefectural army, please show me your command token."

  The general's eyes burst out with a ray of light upon hearing this, even in the dark night it was still clearly visible: "You're not afraid that I'll kill you, even if I do kill you, you won't have anywhere to appeal to".

  The general's voice was low and cold, a burst of murderous aura rose to the sky, and the soldiers on the distant city wall shivered in unison.

  "No way, even if you kill me, I still want to see the waist card. Please, General, take a look at the waist card." The young general remained stubborn, and his voice had a hint of determination.

  "Alright, alright, since you want my token, I'll give it to you. How about that?" The general's tone changed, and he reached out to remove the token from his waist and flung it towards the top of the city wall.

  The city wall that had gone through countless battles was actually buried to the root by that order, and this scene caused the soldiers behind the general to cheer loudly: "Majestic!" "Majestic!"

  The little general exerted all his might, but still couldn't pull it out. His face turned red as he said, "Go get a tool and chisel it open."

  After great effort, they finally broke through the city wall and retrieved the token. The young general glanced at it in the moonlight, then personally went downstairs: "Open the city gate."

  Looking at the general who was the first to enter the city gate, Xiao Jiang gave a salute and respectfully handed over his token with both hands: "General, I have been rude to you before, please forgive me".

  The general took over the token, looked at the young general and rode into the city.

  Looking far away at the giant explosion ape, the general's gaze changed, and then waved his hand: "Deploy the formation".

  The sound of footsteps drew everyone's attention, and the explosive ape burst out laughing: "I didn't expect there to be reinforcements after all. This aura is pretty good, but unfortunately, it's a pity that your strength isn't enough."

  "This general sneered coldly: 'Fool, what does individual martial power count for on the battlefield? Unless you're an unparalleled strongman, unfortunately, you're not. You're just a monkey.'"

  "How dare you insult me like that! You're asking for death!" The monkey was notorious for having a short temper, and this heaven-defying monkey was no exception.

  Li Hui tightly wrapped around the explosive ape and didn't let go, taking the opportunity to shout at the distant army: "General, get ready first, we're going to have a wheel war."

  "Good" facing this explosion ape, the general did not dare to be careless.

  "General Shang Xuan" let out a loud roar.

  "The sound of 'La' echoed unceasingly, resonating for tens of miles without stopping. Countless birds and beasts fled in panic, monsters stampeded, and ghosts and gods were startled."

  Cheng Huang Fu, Cheng Huang's eyes shot out a sharp beam of light: "The garrison general, still doesn't know if it's as sharp as it was back then".

  Chen Jiu's attention was drawn to the town hall's large army, and his eyes had a hint of daze: "This is the town hall's large army, it's really majestic, powerful".

  On one side, Zhao Xiao Yu temporarily spared Chen Jiu: "This town's army is not just intimidating to look at, when they kill people, their eyes don't even blink".

  "What about the combat strength of this town's garrison?" Chen Jiu asked.

  "The gods and ghosts are afraid" Chao Xiao Yu said lightly.

  Looking at the wailing large rats, Chen Jiu helplessly said: "Rats, rats, do not eat my crops."

  "What's wrong with you, still writing poetry at this hour?" On the other side, Zhao Xiao Yu helplessly rolled her eyes.

  Chen Jiu stroked his chin: "Look at these plump old mice, if I wasn't afraid of getting the plague, I'd really want to take a bite, but never mind".

  "What is plague?" Chao Xiao Yu asked curiously.

  "It's a very deadly disease, it can be transmitted and whoever comes into contact with it will die."

  "How come I've never heard of it?"

  "Haven't you heard of the Sea of Unheard Things? Have you ever heard of the Curse Technique?" Chen Jiu said with a bad tone.

  Xiao Yu subconsciously stuck out his tongue, but soon discovered that this action was inconsistent with his own image, and he quickly glanced at Chen Jiu, only to find that Chen Jiu was intently studying the huge mouse, and then patted his own chest.

  "Heaven has the virtue of good birth, today you have fallen under a curse, I, a humble one, cannot bear to see you suffer such pain, so I will deliver you early, hoping that in your next life you will be reborn into a good family, no need to thank me, I am Lei Feng."

  "Who is Lei Feng? Haha, I'm dead, and they say don't thank them, they hate you to death."

  "Lei Feng, Lei Feng is a good comrade and an idol of young friends."

  After finishing speaking, Chen Jiu's fingers lightly drew a strange symbol, which instantly turned into a fireball and burned the mouse to ashes.

  "Huh, what's this?" Chen Jiu picked up a palm-sized, snow-white jade-like pouch after burning the old man to death.

  "It's just a piece of cloth, what's so special about it? Hurry up and get things done," said Zhao Xiaoyu with dissatisfaction.

  Chen Jiu's eyes rolled around, and this thing was still preserved under his own symbol fire, it must not be an ordinary object.

  Carelessly stuffed the cloth bag into his own pocket, drew a talisman: "Spring returns to the earth".

  "This spell is pretty good, you have to teach me." Chao Xiao Yu looked at the surrounding grass and trees that had instantly regained their vitality, even the ground had returned to its original flatness, and couldn't help but feel envious again.

  Chen Jiufu scowled: "So you're the legendary spell maniac? How can I see a spell and want it, what kind of compensation do you have for me, I'm not going to be taken advantage of like this".

  "Compensate you? You taught me magic, but at that time, the benefits of being a young lady were all taken by you. Even my fingers and tongue were bitten by you... You still want benefits? I'm already being nice to you by not asking for compensation."

  "I wasn't trying to rush you into mastering the spell" Chen Jiubottomed out.

  "You really think I'm a fool, don't you?" As she spoke, her slender hand once again flew towards Chen Jiu's ear.

  Chen Jiu saw that things were taking a turn for the worse and hastily ran towards the crowd.

  On the other side, Bao Yuan suddenly let out a furious roar: "You little brat, you actually killed all of them. I will definitely tear you to pieces."

  Feeling the wrath of Bao Yuan, Chen Jiu made a decision in an instant and threw himself into Zhao Xiao Yu's arms.