Two Realms: I use martial arts to ask for longevity

Chapter 431 Bloodstained Battlefield + Pinghu Crisis
"Have you decided to renovate it?"

In the early morning, the slightly warm orange sunlight shines through the gaps in the fluttering gauze and shines on the couch.

Zhou Ping'an felt the delicate body curled up in his arms, stroked her cloud-like hair, and asked softly.

He knew that Qingnv was actually still awake, or rather, she was not asleep at all.

[Last night the rain was light and the wind was strong... the cherries turned red and the banana leaves turned green!]
Qingnv is in good spirits and even better health.

Zhou Ping'an discussed poetry and prose with her for the entire night. Even with his physical condition, he felt that his ideas were exhausted and he couldn't compose a single word of exquisite writing.

The sun had already come out, but he was still lying on the couch, feeling lazy all over and not wanting to move at all.

"I changed my training. The Forgetful Heavenly Sound technique is a bit unorthodox. It has feelings but forgets them. In the end, it becomes as heartless as the heaven and earth. What fun is there in such a life?"

Qingnv's voice was as soft as a mosquito.

Zhou Ping'an heard a chuckle.

The meaning of this is very interesting.

What this means is that Qingnv herself didn't think so, but the technique made her so proactive.

Wang Qing Tianyin, her love is so deep and strong that she can forget everything. Therefore, she can become so brave, fighting again and again after repeated defeats, and her blood is stained on the battlefield...

"dare you laugh?"

Qingnv stretched out her hand and twisted Zhou Ping'an's waist, but was reluctant to use too much force. When she found that it really had no effect, she simply bared her teeth and made a mark on his chest skin.

She jumped up, revealing her beauty, no longer shy.

He just lifted the quilt, bent over, took out a pair of scissors, busily cut off a piece of the bed knife, and folded it and hid it in the box.

Yes, as Zhou Ping'an saw, although Qingnv spoke like a wolf and a tiger, in fact, she was just a rookie player who had only learned theory but had no practical experience.

She hadn't even learned the idiom "learn from each other's strengths and make up for one's weaknesses", let alone the principle of sharing what one has.

It was Zhou Ping'an who was knowledgeable and experienced. He used his own strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses and taught Qingnv the key points of military strategy in detail, which made her understand what it was like to live in dire straits.

"It's good to change your cultivation. I got the Guanghan Heart Sutra by chance. Although it focuses on the soul, the Tao and the principles are connected. It also has unique points in Qi refining. I believe you have also discovered this."

"That's right. Compared to the true qi cultivated by Wang Qing Tian Yin, after integrating into the Han Yue artistic conception, my qi has become ten times more condensed. It has even condensed into mist, as if it were real."

There was deep love in Qingnv's eyes.

He secretly glanced at Zhou Ping'an and thought to himself that the level of the martial arts he had practiced in the past was not high enough, and his fighting power was far inferior to that of the Third Miss. He gradually fell to the point where he could only play a supporting role and could not help him much at all.

Now, after practicing the Guanghan Heart Sutra, he can condense his qi into sword energy, and his attack power has increased by more than ten times. Just with this cold and sharp qi, there are few people in the same realm who can rival him.

What's more, this Heart Sutra can actually enable people to directly comprehend the Hanyue Sword Intent. It does not require too much accumulation. As long as one continues to practice step by step and wait until the resources are sufficient, breaking through Zhenwu will be a natural result.

What a huge opportunity this is.

I heard that Zhou Ping'an and Lin Huaiyu went to Yunshui Sect to seek Dharma. They worked hard to find and refine medicine, but they were bullied when they got to the mountain and almost lost their lives there.

As for myself, I didn't do anything, but I have already obtained the same level of skills.

Thinking of this, Qingnv felt sweet in her heart.

Why are you still practicing the Forgetful Heavenly Music?

Even if one is lucky enough to get countless opportunities to master this technique, one will become a heartless, loveless, indifferent and cold puppet killer.

That is what the Red Lotus wants.

Rather than hoping...

I believe that Zhou Ping'an doesn't want to become that kind of person.

Therefore, I specially chose this "Guanghan Heart Sutra" for myself to practice.

Of course, after changing the fundamental method, his own signature moves and sound attack methods would not be wasted.

She was surprised to find that the cold moon energy was extremely suitable for playing the piano. The same methods that she could use in the past could be used now, and the power was much greater.

It seems to be tailor-made for me.

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"Xiaoju, Xiaotao, why don't you come over and help the master bathe and change clothes?"

Following Qingnv's order.

The two little girls walked in with their heads lowered and their faces red. Looking at the way they took small steps, I guess they were afraid of stepping on the ants in the house.

Although it looks like she is embarrassed.

However, the two girls were very bold in their actions.

A hot tub was brought up, and the surface of the water was covered with flower petals. Four little hands were rubbing my back, while others were massaging my shoulders, and their techniques were surprisingly good.

"This……"

It was the first time that Zhou Ping'an enjoyed the treatment of a landlord, and he felt a little uncomfortable.

With Qingnv beside him, Zhou Ping'an didn't want to refuse her kindness, so he enjoyed it and it actually felt pretty good.

Xiaoju was Qingnu's personal maid, so Zhou Ping'an naturally recognized her.

However, Xiaotao has never seen it.

This is a young girl with baby fat on her face, her eyes full of curiosity and timidity, and she is very well-behaved. No one knows where Qingnv was found.

"Xiao Tao was originally the daughter of the previous county magistrate. After Dongshan was conquered by the Red Lotus Cult, she was also sold to Wanfang Courtyard. She is currently being taught the rules and waiting for the right time to be married off.

This girl was quite smart. That day, she actually tricked the old woman who was guarding her and escaped by jumping out of the window.

With a large group of pursuers behind her, she ran to me and asked to be my slave. I saw that she was smart and pretty, so I accepted her.

"Where's Wanfang Tower?"

Zhou Ping'an was somewhat curious about how Qingnv would deal with some local forces in the city.

He never asked about these little things. He only cared about whether the people were farming and whether the people were hungry.

"No, the brothels and gambling houses have all been disbanded. Now, all the old ladies in Wanfanglou have entered the embroidery workshop, fiddling with needles and threads every day, embroidering peonies... Their skills are really good, and they can support themselves."

Qingnv said calmly.

It did not mention how many means were used.

Dongshan City imitates the old example of Qingyang.

No matter whether you are a man or a woman, you are not allowed to do nothing. Even if you have a lot of wealth at home, you still have to work, otherwise you will not even have enough food to eat.

Of course, this kind of fair reshuffle can only be promoted in the three counties of Liyou.

This was because all the wealthy families in these three cities had fled.

Even those who didn't escape had already joined the Red Lotus Cult...Qingnv naturally had no scruples when she started to take action.

Some small merchants and small workshops.

There is no need to seize their property. Just controlling their daily food rations and distributing them according to their work will be enough to control them.

You can leave if you want. The three counties on the right side of Li River will not make things difficult for you.

If you run to other places and suffer from war or demonic disasters, you naturally cannot blame others.

Anyway, there is one thing: as long as you stay in the city, you have to abide by these rules.

“This is double standards.”

Zhou Ping'an glanced around and saw that the furnishings in the house were extremely luxurious. The large garden where he lived was occupied by Qingnv, who had specially left it as the Zhou family's private land. There were at least dozens of servants and servants in the mansion, if not more than a hundred.

There are also maids serving her.

The kitchen is already busy.

During the time he was bathing, Zhou Ping'an had already smelled the fragrance of more than ten dishes.

"what?"

Qingnv obviously didn't understand what double standards meant, and looked confused when she heard it.

"never mind."

Zhou Ping'an laughed and shook his head, closed his eyes and did not explain.

He found that there was really no need for him to promote equality for all in this social environment that was similar to that of ancient times.

Too unrealistic.

Besides, I am not a selfless person at all. I am not that noble.

Isn’t the purpose of hard work to make yourself live a more comfortable life?

Even in modern times, if you ask a hundred people whether they would enjoy life after becoming successful, they will definitely say they would.

Even after the people have been enlightened, modern society still has not solved these problems.

It would be inappropriate to recite it verbatim from ancient times.

"They should be satisfied that they can survive, have enough food and clothes."

Zhou Ping'an sighed and stopped worrying about this issue.

The human heart is endless, like the abyss of the sea.

As for satisfaction, he is definitely not completely satisfied. Even after becoming an emperor, he wants to become an immortal. But as long as he can guarantee the basic living conditions of the people, he will not care about anything else.

Give them a chance to rise, so that they don't become stagnant. If they have a little more conscience, they will be much better than the Dayu Dynasty.

Qingnv slid into the bathtub, picked up the towel, and carefully helped Zhou Ping'an scrub away the dirt without saying a word.

She knew that the man at this moment didn't actually need her to discuss national affairs or the people's livelihood, nor did he need to discuss the future direction. He just needed a pair of gentle hands and a warm home.

Qingnv, you really know how to do it.

After living in "Daoxiangyuan" in Dongshan City for a while, Zhou Ping'an found that he almost didn't want to leave.

No matter what kind of food you want to eat or what kind of food you want to play, before you even open your mouth, Qingnu has already thought of it and will serve you comfortably.

If Zhou Ping'an had not been thinking about refining the star bones, practicing the Fenhai Yidao and Xiaoyaoyou every day, and preparing for some possible dangers that might be approaching, he would have completely relaxed.

"It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality."

"Sure enough, humanity's greatest enemy is actually humanity itself."

With a strong will, Zhou Ping'an pulled himself out of the land of comfort and still set aside four hours every day to practice Star Bone.

He spent another four hours burning his willpower and comprehending sword and body techniques, arranging his time very tightly.

Even the time for listening to the daily battle reports from the front line was compressed to less than half an hour.

It can be said that he is very hardworking.

He was almost madly squeezing his own spiritual will.

Don't stop until your mind goes blank and it becomes difficult to think.

Of course, this kind of hard work is worth it. With his hard work, the spine was completely refined. Among the twenty-nine skulls, only the parietal bone had not been refined.

This bone is relatively large.

Zhou Ping'an estimated that even if he devoted himself to seclusion, it would take two days to complete the task in one go.

At this point, he felt relieved and began to care about the outside world.

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Chapter 436: Pinghu Crisis

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"In the past ten days, General Tang and General Zhan have gathered more than 200,000 people across the river. They have been settled in Dongshan and Pinghu, and have been given food and land..."

"In the area of ​​Huling, General Tang and the county soldiers under Li Feihu fought two small battles and did not lose.

According to a letter from General Zhan, a group of red-eyed black-armored cavalry appeared in the Guangyun army. There are about 800 of them. They are not afraid of casualties, have strong combat power, and are difficult to deal with. "

Qingnv read the message bit by bit.

He knew that Zhou Ping'an did not have much time to spare to take care of government and military affairs, so he was brief and to the point, only talking about what he thought was extremely important.

Zhou Ping'an put down the teacup, rubbed his eyebrows, and forced himself to attract the starlight. It was too exhausting. He felt mentally exhausted after being so busy for days.

Listening to the news from all sides at this time can be considered relaxing. Fortunately, the thread of wish power that enters my mind every day has not decreased, but has increased little by little, so it doesn't matter.

"Senior Sister Zhan has a strong temper and can easily lose her temper in a fight. Send a letter and tell her to delay the fight. There is no need to fight head-on. If we really run into danger, we should retreat back to the east coast."

"Yes."

Qingnv nodded in agreement, poured Zhou Ping'an another cup of tea, and took out a small cloth bag from the side, took out the jade bottle, and said with a smile: "Sister Huaiyu has good news...

This time, the Black Mountain herb-collecting team found three Tongtian Jiyi grasses, used them as the main medicine, refined two furnaces of Jiyi pills, and sent two bottles over. Yes, they also sent one Jiyi grass. "

"That's really good news."

Zhou Ping'an took the two jade bottles, put them on the table, opened them and took a look. He saw that each bottle contained nine white and shiny pills. He leaned in and took a sip, and he felt refreshed.

Any slight feeling of fatigue was immediately swept away.

At the same time, the Broken Army Sword Intention in his mind seemed to react, and a faint sound of a sword was heard.

"Top-grade elixirs. Even the Ultimate Intentions Pill has been refined to top grade. Has Elder Qing broken through the martial intention level?"

Zhou Ping'an's eyes lit up.

All the core members under his command took advantage of this trend and made rapid progress in their cultivation.

Mr. Qing is no exception.

His Dan Gang Qi should have also been integrated with martial spirit. I just don't know what kind of martial spirit it was integrated with, could it be a Dan furnace?

Zhou Ping'an was naturally happy when he thought that Elder Qing might have also made a breakthrough.

An old person in the family is like a treasure...

The elixirs delivered this time are extremely rare. In some ways, they are even more precious than the Huangya Pill that accelerates the cultivation of true Qi.

That day in Yunshui Sect, Zhou Ping'an copied down some pill recipes and also received a bottle of Huangya Pill from Su Lianxue, but he did not get the Jiyi Pill.

This kind of elixir is very effective in improving one's will and refining martial spirit. However, since the main ingredient is hard to find, every time an internal mission of the sect appears, it will be snatched up by people.

Zhou Ping'an owns the resource-rich Black Mountain. Every day he sends hundreds or even thousands of herbalists to wander around the mountain searching for the herb. After such a long time, he only found the Tongtian Jiyi Grass once. It's really not fair to say that he had bad luck.

Truly precious medicinal herbs are so hard to come by that you can only encounter them by chance.

Unless you grow it yourself.

This is also the reason why Lin Huaiyu sent over a plant of Tongtian Jiyi Grass but did not use all of it to make pills.

Although she didn't know that Zhou Ping'an had space and land that could accelerate the growth of herbs.

However, every time Zhou Ping'an took out some herbs, he did not hide them.

Even if she was just guessing, she could still guess what was going on.

"Where's Xiaojiu? Didn't he bring anything?"

“I really did.”

Qingnv picked up a piece of silk cloth with a smile.

Handed it over.

When Zhou Ping'an took it and looked at it, he saw an embroidered image of a mighty little monkey holding a golden stick and gazing into the distance, which looked very vivid.

"Did she embroider this? Come on, come on, it's about 70% similar. She even embroidered that rebellious vibe. This child is very intelligent."

Zhou Ping'an couldn't stop smiling.

I looked at the colorful silk for a while and thought that Xiaojiuer's birthday would be in a month, and I would have to prepare a more novel gift for her by then.

However, in this era, it is enough to learn embroidery, etiquette and the like. When I go back next time, I will start teaching her martial arts.

With Xiao Jiuer's fortune and spirituality, her future achievements will probably not be worse than her sister's.

"This bottle is for you."

Zhou Ping'an picked up a bottle of Jiyi Dan, put it in his arms (space), and handed one bottle to Qingnv.

She had just changed her martial arts technique and was making rapid progress. As long as her martial arts spirit improved a little more, she would immediately become the fourth best in her group. Unless she encountered a master-level opponent at the level of spiritual connection, she would basically be invincible.

With such combat power, there is nothing to worry about sitting in the rear.

After all, it is rare to find two masters at the level of celestial connection even in a state. They are really not common people.

On the contrary, the masters in the Zhenwu realm have to guard against those old monsters who live in seclusion, and their number is greater.

However, these old monsters are proud of their status as local bosses and powerful weapons, so they will not take the initiative to attack over trivial matters.

You can't meet Qingnv either.

"Give me?"

Qingnv had a difficult look on her face.

Although she also needed this kind of elixir that could speed up her cultivation of martial arts, she understood better than anyone that good steel must be used on the blade.

Today, the three counties of Liyou are as stable as a rock, all thanks to Zhou Pingan's support. The stronger he is, the safer their side will be.

Instead of letting everyone improve, it is better to put all the resources on one person.

"It's okay. After a while, we won't be short of this kind of medicine. I have a way."

What restricted Zhou Ping'an's practice was never resources or elixirs, but rather territory and population.

As long as you can gather great momentum, accumulate good fortune, and loosen the bottleneck in your practice, you can immediately make rapid progress.

With this shortcut in front of you, wouldn’t it be stupid not to take it?

He sensed the increasingly dense astral mist inside his body, and thought to himself, "It will be soon. We will be able to expand our territory soon. As for Guangyun County, let them run rampant for a while..."

Zhou Ping'an slightly frowned and said seriously: "If I ask you to accept it, then accept it. When you become stronger, I can feel more at ease when I am not around."

Qingnv's heartstrings moved slightly, her eyes slightly reddened, she accepted the bottle of medicine with a smile, and said: "The rest of the things have been dealt with, and now there is no trace of the water monster on the Li River.

Either they were all killed, or they went downstream and escaped from this section of the river."

"So good."

Zhou Ping'an nodded and was about to finish today's government affairs and go back to practice his swordsmanship.

He felt that he was not far from mastering the art of splitting the sea with one sword.

The knife was moving faster and faster, almost catching up with the normal speed.

When you go further and use this special move, you won't need to charge up energy so obviously.

At that time, you can directly integrate it into your own tactics.

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At this moment, a faint sound of flapping wings was heard in the sky.

They both looked up at the same time.

Then I saw a white dove flapping its wings and landing.

"It's Pinghu County..."

The green girl's face changed slightly.

She controls an intelligence force, and the Qinglin Army is now slowly becoming elite, and the bird breeding and training business is also beginning to expand.

This kind of white pigeon specifically flies along the Pinghu line, flying fast and steadily.

I recognized it at first sight.

When the pigeon landed, Qingnv took out the note and handed it to Zhou Ping'an, then took out the food and let the pigeon eat on its own. She looked over with a slight worry between her brows.

"There is no one in the court, so the message is still a little late."

After reading the contents of the note, Zhou Ping'an handed it to Qingnv and said with a sigh.

"Fortunately, Yu Changlie saw the opportunity quickly and retreated immediately after just one fight, without getting caught in the siege. Otherwise, the losses would have been even greater."

The message on the note was about Yu Changlie's defeat at Pingshanling.

This is the news brought by Xiao Chengfeng.

According to Xiao Chengfeng, he received a message from a friend that the imperial general Xiao Yuanfang, who was in charge of suppressing the rebellion, had left Hushan and led his troops south.

The army stationed in Guanshan and wiped out the Honglian in Guanshan County. They immediately marched non-stop and continued to approach Huangze and drink from the Lijiang River.

The brothers Qiu Huaiying and Qiu Huaijie, under Xiao Yuanfang's command, served as the vanguard and had already left the Yunjin ferry and entered Pingshan within ten days.

While defeating the Red Lotus Army in Pingshan County, another troop was dispatched to attack Pingshan Ridge directly.

Judging from their aggressive appearance, they are likely to charge towards Pinghu in one go.

"How could this be?"

Qingnv read the urgent news.

Discoloration of the face.

To be honest, the strength of the imperial court's 50,000 rebel-suppressing troops is certainly extremely powerful, but it is not comparable to the Red Lotus Army.

The imperial court maintains troops for a thousand days and uses them for a moment, and the imperial guards are the elite among the elite. Regardless of whether they have experienced bloody battles, their quality alone is the best in the world.

With sophisticated weapons, armor, and war horses, as well as a supply of money, food, and medicine at all costs, every member of the Imperial Guard is the best selected from the troops in various places. It is said that ordinary soldiers have already entered the stage of blood transfusion.

The main general, Xiao Yuanfang, is one of the Eight Pillars of the State. He has been famous throughout the world for decades. His family heritage is long-standing and he has outstanding military achievements. He has countless big thieves and bandits under his command. You can imagine that he must be very strong.

I just don’t know, how strong is it?
Among the combat power levels of the Zhenwu Realm, which level is it?
The two brothers Qiu, his vanguard generals, were no weaklings either.

It is said that Qiu Huaiying fought with Taoist Cangsong from Huang Ze Honglian Army for seventeen moves in a row, and Cangsong Taoist's Qingmu sword was broken, so he fled in embarrassment.

There is no doubt that the eldest brother of the Qiu family has fighting power comparable to that of a grandmaster, and even has a slight advantage.

As for Qiu Huaijie...

Obviously, he is not an easy person to deal with.

Yu Changlie fought with him, suffered 800 casualties, and retreated to Pinghu.

This is unbeatable.

So, this time the message sent by carrier pigeon was to ask for help.

It's really impossible not to ask for help.

If Qiu Huaijie could get a glimpse of the strength of Pinghu City, he would definitely lead his troops to attack. Perhaps Qiu Huaiying and Yunjin defender Su Ming would also lead their troops to try to swallow up the three counties on the right side of Li River.

In their view, whether it was the Red Lotus Army or the Peace Army, they were all bandits and it didn't matter who they attacked.

"I have to go to Pinghu. In Dongshan, keep an eye on Guangyun's movements. If Cui Guangling makes any movement, send a letter to me immediately."

Zhou Ping'an thought about it and felt that there was actually nothing to remind him of.

Qingnv has a good sense of the overall situation. Needless to say, she will be able to handle these things properly.

Unfortunately, the time is too short and the people under his command have not yet truly grown up.

Can't really stand on its own.

Uncle Master Yu Changsheng has left Pinghu and quietly sneaked into Senior Sister Zhan's army. In order to prevent Guangyun from any accidents, the army suddenly rushed out and prepared a secret move.

Although Pinghu City had an army of 20,000 at this time, among the generals leading the troops, only Yu Changlie and Wu Junsong could be considered masters.

If it is a normal situation, it can naturally be considered a solid defense.

If the imperial army came to attack, they would not be able to hold on by themselves.

"A few days ago, Uncle Wu and the two Patriarchs Chen and Zeng said they would help persuade Yunzhou to submit a petition for surrender. But this time they attacked suddenly. There must have been some changes that I didn't know about."

After all, sending messages by carrier pigeon is not very convenient, so only the most important information is sent.

If you really want to know the details, you have to meet Xiao Chengfeng.

He was the 23rd generation grandson of King Huaitang. During his studies, he made many friends and old acquaintances.

He is very well-informed and must know something.

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(End of this chapter)