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Chapter 178 The situation in Nagasawa! Take stock of combat power! (Two-in-one please subscribe!)

Looking at the Black Mountain demons and Xu Ji, Zhang Tianzheng and other Dragon Bird troops moving quickly, Chen Yan raised his head and looked to the horizon in the distance, which was the direction of Changze Fucheng.

His eyes were deep and shimmering, and Chen Yan's mind recalled the situation in Changze County introduced to him by the great scholar Li Taibai...

"So that the governor knows that although Changze County is not a large county in Xiangzhou, the situation in Changze is still extremely chaotic."

Li Taibai bowed his head respectfully and continued:

"In general, Changze County is still controlled by Laoshan Road, but the gate of Laoshan Road is far away in Xiangxi County after all. Therefore, Laoshan Road controls Changze County mainly through wealthy families."

"A wealthy family?"

Chen Yan was confused.

Li Taibai nodded: "Yes, the county is a wealthy family."

"Oh? Please tell me."

Chen Yan's eyes were deep and he nodded slightly.

From Huaiqing's remaining memories, Chen Yan finally 'saw' the 'Uncle Black Mountain' who had not been seen for a long time.

"No, in fact, the only ones who have truly taken refuge in Laoshan Dao are the Tian family. It is said that one of Tian Xuelin's brothers has joined the Laoshan Dao Corpse Dao, and even holds a high position in it. Because of this, Tian Xuelin can rely on his younger brother Because of his relationship, he became the Lord of Nagasawa County."

As expected by Chen Yan, this mysterious 'Uncle Black Mountain' is none other than the Ghost Governor of Qianzhong County, a strong man who has reached the realm of the King of Gods and Ghosts by refining energy!

There is no doubt that this ghost governor of Qianzhong County is also a restless master.

"Qianzhong County?"

"Other backers?"

It was precisely because of the fear of the ghost governor of Qianzhong County that Laoshan Road acquiesced in allowing Deng Yuanpeng, the head of the Deng family, to take the position of county captain.

Not to mention that there are other forces outside Xiangzhou around.

It's true when you think about it.

If the prefect is in charge of the government affairs of a county, then the county lieutenant is in charge of the military affairs of a county.

As the saying goes, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers.

If Laoshan Dao takes action against the ghost prefect of Qianzhong County, I am afraid that the backhand of Baima Temple will attack with thunder and destroy Laoshan Dao.

Since Chen Yan refined Huaiqing's Yimu spirit body into his own incarnation and did not use [Thousand People and Thousand Faces] to devour Huaiqing, Chen Yan did not inherit Huaiqing's memory, but because he refined Yimu The spirit body, therefore also saw some residual memories.

Li Taibai nodded: "Yes, it is said that the Deng family is related to the 'Ghost Governor' in Qianzhong County."

Generally speaking, the overall strength of Laoshan Road is definitely higher.

"So both Tian and Deng are from Laoshan Road?"

The two complement and restrict each other.

The fact that the Deng family of Changze County was able to occupy the position of a county lieutenant no less than that of a prince of the government must have been supported by the ghost governor of Qianzhong County.

Hearing this, Chen Yan asked:

Li Taibai lowered his head even further and replied respectfully:

"There are mainly two wealthy families in Changze County, namely the Tian family and the Deng family."

"The Deng family is not from Laoshan Road? Will Laoshan Road allow people who are not their own to serve as county captains?"

Therefore, even though the strength of Laoshan Dao is much greater than that of the ghost governor of Qianzhong County, Laoshan Dao has always acquiesced in the control of this "ghost governor" of Qianzhong County.

After Chen Yan finished speaking, Li Taibai unexpectedly shook his head:

It seems that they are not living in harmony as rumored.

He thought of the individual scenes he saw from Yimu's spiritual body.

Hearing this, Chen Yan's heart moved slightly.

Chen Yan's eyes moved, as if he suddenly thought of something, he opened his mouth and uttered three words:

Otherwise, with Laoshan Dao's temperament, it would be impossible to tolerate a family power with no background sitting in the key position of county captain.

There is even a high probability that there is only one such person in each sect. Although the ghost governor is just a ghost, in the three-acre area of ​​Qianzhong County where he has been operating for many years, who can guarantee that he can definitely deal with it?

Or even if it can be dealt with, who can guarantee that one's Qi Refining God will not be injured or killed?

If the body dies, it will definitely cause a heavy blow to one's own Tao, and may even be divided and cannibalized by other Tao.

"So that the governor knows that although the Deng family has not taken refuge in Laoshan Road, they are not without other backers."

From this point of view, the relationship between Laoshan Dao and this ghost prefect...

Chen Yan still knew a thing or two about the official system of the Wu Dynasty.

Chen Yan glanced at Li Taibai in surprise and said unexpectedly:

How can you allow others to snore on the side of the bed?

Naturally, White Horse Temple also has powerful people from the Golden Elixir Path who can refine energy and transform into gods.

Hearing this, Chen Yan narrowed his eyes.

You must know that the county lieutenant is in charge of the military affairs of a county and is in charge of the county soldiers of the entire county. Such an important position is no less important than that of the head of a county. If Laoshan Road controls Changze County remotely, there is no reason why it would tolerate such an important position. People who are not from Laoshan Road sit in this position.

"Among them, Tian Xuelin, the current head of the Tian family, serves as the governor of Changze County, while Deng Yuanpeng, the current head of the Deng family, serves as the captain of Changze County."

Among them, the closest one to Xiangzhou is Xizhou Buddhist White Horse.

In this three-acre area of ​​Xiangzhou, both the Laoshan Dao and the ghost governor want to rule the entire Xiangzhou, but they are afraid of each other's existence.

As a Buddhist force as famous as the Lingshan Taoist Sect, the White Horse Temple is not weaker than the Lingshan Taoist Sect. It is the holy land that all monks and monks in the Wu Dynasty yearn for.

But the Laoshan Road itself is not a piece of iron. There are seven roads in Laoshan, and there may be only two or three roads where there are strong people who can refine energy and transform into gods.

Judging from the current situation, the ghost governor of Qianzhong County is no longer satisfied with Qianzhong County and has already extended his hand to Changze County.

Both the Deng family, who held the post of county captain, and Heishan were once part of the arrangement of the ghost governor of Qianzhong County.

However, due to the young man's emergence and strong occupation of Black Mountain, the ghost governor's deployment of Nagasawa County fell short.

Based on this calculation, he had already become enemies with the 'Ghost Governor' of Qianzhong County before he even met him?

Chen Yan raised his eyebrows, believing that the ghost governor would be furious when he learned that he had occupied Montenegro.

But Chen Yan didn't care.

Anyway, both the ghost governor and the Laoshan Dao will be the targets of Chen Yan's eradication in the future.

His thoughts flew back, and Chen Yan looked in front of him with a thoughtful look on his face.

Therefore, if Chen Yan wants to capture Changze County, the first thing he must pay attention to is that he must not let Laoshan Dao and the ghost prefect know that Black Mountain is already under his rule, Chen Yan, especially the Yimu spirit body must not let others know that it is He is the incarnation of Chen Yan.

Otherwise, once he knew that Chen Yan had occupied Changze, Chen Yan could guess with his toes that Laoshan Dao would definitely join forces with the ghost prefect to drive him, the 'court eagle dog', out of Xiangzhou first.

But it's different if Montenegro is used as a buffer.

This will greatly reduce the vigilance of Laoshan Dao and the ghost governor towards Changze County.

Even in the captured Black Mountain, Laoshan Dao and the ghost governor wanted to win over him to deal with another one...

After all, the spirit body of Yimu has survived the thunder tribulation, although Chen Yan is unable to exert the combat power of refining qi and becoming a god.

But Laoshan Dao and Ghost Prefect don’t know!

Especially the ghost governor, he only has one ghost, and he is also a spirit refiner. How can he ensure that he will not be injured in the battle with the spirit body of Yimu? After being injured, wouldn't Laoshan Road take advantage of him?

Therefore, if he did not want Changze County to fall completely under the control of Laoshan Road, he would definitely choose to win over Chen Yan to jointly fight against Laoshan Road.

Based on this calculation, occupying Changze County in the name of Black Mountain is actually the most suitable strategy for Chen Yan!

A glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and Chen Yan immediately thought about how the battle in Nagasawa should proceed.

There is no doubt that relying solely on the 800 Dragon Bird Army and the 5,000 Black Mountain Miscellaneous Soldiers and Little Demons to break into Changzefu City is nothing short of wishful thinking.

Although Xiangzhou is located in a remote area, the city of Changze was built according to the standard prefecture-level city.

The walls of the city are high, and there may be formations inside to help resist attacks by monsters and monsters. Not to mention the five thousand Black Mountain mixed soldiers, even if there were twice as many, it would be impossible to capture the city of Changze County by force.

And don't forget that there are county soldiers in Changze County.

According to the deployment of county soldiers in Yiling County, Lingzhou, even if Changze County is not as good as Yiling County, it still has at least more than 5,000 soldiers.

With five thousand soldiers stationed in the city and a huge fortified city, it is definitely impossible to attack by force.

Since attacking by force is not possible, we can only resort to outsmarting them.

The only thing that is beneficial to Chen Yan now is that Changze County does not know what happened in Heishan, and has no idea that Chen Yan has any thoughts about Changze County.

In this way, his official position as "Xiangxi County Governor" and his official seal as "Xiangzhou Commander" seem to be able to play a role...

Strictly speaking, as long as the wealthy Tian and Deng families in Changze County are eliminated, the other forces in Changze County will be leaderless and nothing more than local chickens and dogs.

Eliminating the wealthy clan is actually equivalent to annihilating Nagasawa County and occupying Nagasawa.

The only thing that Chen Yan is more concerned about is whether there are strong men from Laoshan Road and Qianzhong County in Changze County?

After thinking about it for a while, Chen Yan felt that there was a high probability.

Otherwise, Laoshan Dao and the ghost governor would not be able to frighten other people in Changze County.

If Laoshan Dao and Ghost Governor arranged for masters to be stationed in Changze County, what kind of strength would they have?

There is no doubt that it should be at least the level of refining Qi.

As for whether it is the early stage, middle stage or late stage of refining Qi, this is unknown.

Chen Yan calculated it and found that without turning on the Divine Strike, his Taoist skills and physical cultivation alone were already comparable to those in the early stages of refining Qi.

If you turn on the second-level divine attack, you can win even in the middle stage of refining Qi.

In the later stage of refining Qi, you probably won't be an opponent.

Of course, this also depends on the specific situation.

Like the thousand-year-old tree spirit who is in the late stage of refining and transforming his energy, due to his karmic obstacles and the fact that Chen Yan used one of the five thunders, 'Demon Thunder', to trigger a thunderstorm, can you say that the death of 'Huaiqing' has nothing to do with Chen Yan?

Of course not, it is even said that Chen Yan directly caused the death of the thousand-year-old tree spirit.

But you want to say that Chen Yan is as good as the late stage of refining qi?

Of course that's impossible.

Refining Qi is already the mainstay of a sect, not to mention the later stage of refining Qi, which can be used as a high-end combat power.

If it weren't for the right time, place, and people, it would not be easy for Chen Yan to destroy the thousand-year-old tree spirit.

Not to mention the incarnation of Yimu spirit body.

Surviving the thunder tribulation and forming the demon elixir is equivalent to the demon king's combat power by refining energy and becoming a god.

Even if the power of Thunder Tribulation still remains in the body, it will not affect Yimu's spiritual body's combat power.

What really restricts Yimu's spirit body's combat power is Chen Yan's soul.

Can his soul be able to control the power of Yimu's spiritual body to refine energy and become a god?

Just like now, of course he can't control it. With Chen Yan's current soul power in the late stage of Daoji, he can only exert the combat power of Yi Mu's spiritual body in the late stage of refining Qi.

If you really want to fully unleash the combat power of Yimu's spirit body by refining qi and transforming into a god, you have to wait until Chen Yan breaks through the refining qi himself.

In this way, he and Yimu Spirit Body are equivalent to a mid-stage Qi refining and a late-stage Qi refining.

Chen Yan speculated that the masters arranged by Laoshan Dao and Ghost Governor in Changze County should not be too strong, and should be between the middle and late stages of refining Qi.

As long as he brings the spirit body of Yimu and defeats them one by one with the combined attack of the incarnation and the main body, he can completely eliminate the Tian and Deng families and completely occupy Changze County.

After thinking about it again and again, Chen Yan felt that to be on the safe side, he would add a hundred Dragon Bird troops.

And it has to be the Dragon Bird Army equipped with [Blood Thunder Cursed Bird Gun], a hundred Blood Thunder Cursed Bird Guns, hundreds of guns fired at once. If the Qi Controlling Master in the Qi Refining Stage is careless, it is really possible Killed on the spot.

After thinking for a while, Chen Yan finally made a decision.

The Dragon Bird Army took the lead in sneaking into Nagasawa County with the spirit body of Yimu and a hundred men equipped with blood-thunder cursed bird guns.

Yimu Spirit Body and a hundred Dragon Bird Army were lurking, waiting for Chen Yan's instructions.

As for Chen Yan himself, he could use his status as the "Emissary of the Town of Western Hunan" to get close to the top leaders of the Tian and Deng families and carry out the beheading plan.

What Chen Yan didn't know was that he was thinking about Changze County, but there were also people in the city of Changze County who were thinking about him.

This is an antique, light and elegant wing room.

On two exquisite huanghuali wood chairs, two figures were sitting on one left and one on the right.

The figure on the left looks to be in his forties, with a seven-foot build. He is not tall, but has a slender body, a white face and a short beard. The most attractive thing is his pair of large hanging earlobes, and he is wearing a crimson cloud with gold edges. Yanfu exudes an aura of calmness and authority.

If anyone from Nagasawa County saw this person at this time, they would definitely be surprised. Because this middle-aged man in his forties is none other than the governor of Nagasawa County, Tian Xuelin.

Sitting next to Tian Xuelin was a tall man with a stout, sturdy body and broad shoulders. Under his dark skin, he seemed to have iron-like muscles and bones, and his eyes seemed to shine with tens of thousands of cold rays.

"What did the superiors say?"

Tian Xuelin sat on the huanghuali chair, his brows furrowed deeply into a splay, and there was an indelible sadness deep in his eyes.

Tian Xuelin's voice fell, and the tall man beside him replied in a deep voice:

"Three days."

"The superiors said that if there is no progress in three days, they will send Elder Gao to sneak into Black Mountain to find out the news."

"Three days..."

Tian Xuelin's mouth showed a hint of bitterness, and he immediately asked:

"How many manpower have we lost during this period?"

"Nearly a thousand people."

The tall man silently gave a number, and then added:

"But Montenegro has made some moves in recent days. Maybe we can take the opportunity to inquire more."

Tian Xuelin waved his hand and immediately asked:

"Let's not talk about this for now. Where is the new governor of Xiangxi County? Is there no news about him?"

The tall man shook his head: "Since leaving Taiping Village, this person seems to have disappeared."

Speaking of this, the tall man paused:

"Moreover, people came to report that there was another army active in Xiangzhou during this period."

"Another army?"

Tian Xuelin frowned and said again:

"What did Deng Yuanpeng say?"

"Lieutenant Deng said there is no need to worry, a mere thousand people will not cause any trouble."

Tian Xuelin snorted dissatisfiedly and immediately added:

"Tell Deng Yuanpeng that if he doesn't find out more about Montenegro or find out the whereabouts of the new Xiangxi governor, he won't be able to live well even if he has that person looking after him!"

"Yes!"

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(End of this chapter)