Wife, you didn't really drug me, did you?

The intelligence came yesterday, and Huangzhou Prefecture can only hold out for another three to five days. One day has already passed. If we don't hurry back now, we might really fall behind.

Having figured this out, Chen Jie immediately stood up and asked Changqingzi to prepare a fast horse for him. When the Grand Elder Li Dao saw Chen Jie like this, he asked, "What's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie said, "My family has run into some problems, and I need to go back immediately."

Li Dao: "I'll go back with you."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie said, "Don't you still have some things to take care of in Kunlun?"

Upon hearing this, Li Dao said, "What I need to deal with are all minor matters. The important thing is that your family is in trouble now, and that can't be delayed. As for..."

Li Dao glanced at Chang Qingzi and said, "Prepare two of the fastest horses. Brother Chen and I need to get to Huangzhou Prefecture as quickly as possible."

Upon hearing this, Changqingzi immediately agreed. He was a very intelligent person, and he seemed to have sensed something more in Li Dao's words, something that didn't seem like a bad thing.

Changqingzi immediately said, "Please, gentlemen, I will take you to find the finest steeds!"

Chang Qingzi led Li Dao and Chen Jie towards the back mountain, and soon they arrived at the Kunlun Mountain stables. As soon as they arrived, Chen Jie and Li Dao saw hundreds of horses, each one quite handsome. They never expected that the Kunlun Sect would raise so many fine steeds.

Chen Jie selected a chestnut-colored warhorse. Although the horse did not look particularly remarkable, it was quite handsome. Although Chen Jie did not know much about judging horses, he could clearly feel that the horse in front of him had enough power.

This is the life perception brought about by the "Spring" principle in the Four Seasons Celestial Phenomena Formula.

Just after Chen Jie chose his chestnut warhorse, Li Dao also selected a warhorse, a jet-black black horse that also appeared to be a different breed, with a white lightning bolt-shaped hair between its eyebrows.

Li Dao was very pleased with this fine horse, and even affectionately named it "Lightning."

After looking at Chen Jiexuan's chestnut pony, he said with a conflicted expression, "Your horse doesn't look very fast, Brother Li. I saw a white horse over there, it's handsome and tall, clearly a fine horse. Why don't you switch to that one?"

Chen Jie shook his head and said, "No, I'll choose this one. I feel it can run very fast, extremely fast."

Changqingzi then walked over, looked at Chen Jie's horse, and said, "This is a mare from the Mulan Grassland."

"female?"

Li Dao looked at the horse with a strange expression and said to Chen Jie, "Brother Chen, you should switch to this one. This is a mare."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie looked at Li Dao and said, "So what if it's a mare? I don't care if it's a stallion or a mare, as long as it can run, it's a good horse."

As Chen explained, Li Dao gave a thumbs-up and said, "Perfect!"

Indeed, it was very clear. Chen Jie didn't say anything, but Li Dao looked at Chen Jie and said, "Shall we go?"

Chen Jie nodded, and then he and Li Dao immediately mounted their horses. At this moment, Chang Qingzi cupped his hands and said, "Please take care, you two."

At this moment, Li Dao suddenly pulled on the reins of his horse and said, "Oh right, I almost forgot. From today onwards, Chang Qingzi, you will be the head of Kunlun. In a while, the Immortal Realm will send you a Supreme Elder. Past matters will be forgiven. However, you must be careful in the future and do not do anything that would offend the Immortal Realm."

Upon hearing Li Dao's words, Chang Qingzi immediately replied, "Yes, I will certainly dedicate myself to serving the Immortal Realm."

After Changqingzi finished speaking, he looked up and saw that Li Dao had already run far away, leaving only one sentence: "I don't care what you say, I'll watch what you do!"

As he spoke, Li Dao waved his hand and disappeared into the distance with Chen Jie. Seeing this, Chang Qingzi frowned slightly, then relaxed, and remained silent.

Chen Jie had no interest in what was happening in the Immortal Realm. He was eager to return to Huangzhou Prefecture as soon as possible. Huangzhou Prefecture was in its most dangerous state right now, being besieged by three fourth-level Molten Gods. Such a crisis was extremely rare. If he wasn't careful, Huangzhou Prefecture would fall, and his wife and children would all suffer.

Of course, this is also essential. After all, to compete for the world, you must have enough stakes. And in this high-stakes gamble, you and your family are the stakes. If you win, your whole family will rise to the top.

As for losing, well, that's their fate. There's nothing they can do. They've come this far, step by step, and they've become who they are today. They have nowhere to retreat.

Similarly, the others had nowhere to retreat.

Li Dao followed behind Chen Jie. He didn't think too much about it. As a friend he met in the fairyland, he felt that he should resolve his matter with Chen Jie. Only by resolving his matter could he and Chen Jie retrieve the Tiger Soul Blade together.

Having figured this out, the two headed straight for Huangzhou Prefecture.

Meanwhile, in Huangzhou Prefecture!

The setting sun, like blood, spilled across the broken walls and ruins, the collapsed houses, the cracked bluestone, and the city walls stained dark red with blood.

At this time, the ground was even redder than the vermilion lacquer on the pillars at the city gate. The drawbridge in front of Huangzhou Prefecture had been broken into two sections, and one of the iron chains that made up the drawbridge had also been broken.

Below was murky river water, with corpses floating in it. Blood had stained the entire river surface red, and countless arrows had fallen into the river.

At this time, the scene outside the city was also extremely tragic. Countless corpses lay scattered on the ground. These corpses were wearing clothes of different colors, and they were clearly not from the same force. That's right, these were the three main armies that attacked Huangzhou Prefecture.

Zhang Shicheng's army in Jiangnan, the Whale Shark Gang army in Fuzhou, and the Tang Clan army in Sichuan.

After four days of attrition, the three armies were also shocked by the fortified city before them. Its defenses were truly terrifying. The three armies had joined forces and launched a fierce attack for four days, yet they still hadn't managed to break through the city.

At this moment, at the headquarters of the Allied Forces, three powerful figures at the fourth level of the Melting God realm sat in the center of the tent.

They are Tong Wei from the Whale Shark Gang, Tang Bao from the Tang Clan, and the Holy Master of Fusang from overseas.

At this moment, there is a map in front of the three people. The map depicts the entire Hubei province. The three knives stuck in the map are like three sharp claws, dividing up the Hubei map in front of them. The entire Hubei province has been almost divided up. Now, only the last piece, which is also the most difficult piece to gnaw on, remains: Huangzhou Prefecture.

The three men stared at the map like three hungry wolves. They had already witnessed the wealth of Hubei Road; the money they had amassed in recent days was in the tens of millions. Although they hadn't fully controlled the area yet, only roughly occupied it, given time to slowly plunder it, the land before them was a goose that could lay golden eggs, an endless source of wealth for them in the future.

If places like Hubei Road are already so prosperous, it's unimaginable how much wealth this most fertile land on Hubei Road could possibly offer.

It was precisely because this place was so wealthy that the three of them had gone to such lengths to conquer it. However, it was much harder to conquer than they had imagined, and if they didn't conquer it, their next steps would be difficult.

They might even be counterattacked by Huangzhou Prefecture if things go wrong, so they need to take Huangzhou Prefecture as much as possible.

They never expected that Yuan Sanjia would be so powerful, setting up the [Small Heavenly Cycle Star Formation] and being able to withstand three of them at the fourth level of the Fusion God realm all by himself, making the entire Huangzhou Prefecture's combat strength incredibly strong.

Four days and four nights have passed, and the relentless attack has lasted for four days and four nights. Not to mention the soldiers, even the three peerless experts at the fourth level of the Fusion God realm felt unprecedented fatigue.

Tong Wei looked at Huangzhou Prefecture and said, "This is really a tough nut to crack!"

"No matter how tough it is, we have to get it done!"

Tang Bao said through gritted teeth.

Only the Holy Lord was in no hurry. He sat there leisurely, having already achieved most of his goal: to occupy Jiangnan, the land of Suzhou and Hangzhou. The land he currently occupied was already twice the size of Fusang Island, which satisfied him.

After all, he wouldn't dare occupy even a large territory, because if he angered the Wudang leader, he would be doomed.

Therefore, the Holy Lord's idea was to maintain the current achievements. He didn't want the land, but he still needed the wealth. He had witnessed the wealth of Huangzhou Prefecture and had calculated that the wealth in Huangzhou Prefecture was likely five or even ten times that of Fusang Island.

The fact that the wealth of one city is comparable to five times that of the entire Japanese island nation is unimaginable; the Holy Lord desperately wants to possess it.

With the wealth of Huangzhou Prefecture, he could relocate the Japanese to the prosperous Jiangnan region. Of course, he would need to establish his own puppet regime there and then control them, thus continuously seizing the wealth of China.

This achieved the perfect result in the Lord's mind.

As for completely conquering China, he wouldn't even dare to dream of it. China is a land of hidden talents and powerful figures. Not to mention anything else, just that one person from Wudang is enough to make him dare not covet China. He can't even establish a colonial regime here. He can only support a local regime and control it himself.

However, Zhang Shicheng was not suitable for this regime. He was too capable and ambitious. If given the opportunity, he might turn the tables and drive the emperor out of the Central Plains. Therefore, once the emperor had taken Huangzhou Prefecture, he would turn around and eliminate Zhang Shicheng, and then choose a compliant puppet to take the throne.

With this in mind, the Holy Lord had already formulated a complete plan. Now it was time to discuss the allocation of Huangzhou Prefecture.

The Holy Lord looked at the two people in front of him and said, "Tong Jun, Mr. Tang, no matter how strong the defenses of Huangzhou Prefecture are, it is just a piece of meat on our chopping board. It will be breached sooner or later. Even if it is not breached today, it will be breached tomorrow, and it will be breached the day after tomorrow."

"I don't believe that Huangzhou Prefecture can resist for ten days or half a month. Five days, that is, tomorrow, will definitely be their limit. They can't hold on any longer. As long as we launch a fierce attack tomorrow, Huangzhou Prefecture will surely fall. At that time, Huangzhou Prefecture will definitely be our territory."

After hearing the Holy Lord's words, Tong Wei looked at Tang Bao and said, "The Holy Lord is right. Today I think Yuan Sanjia is almost at his limit. If you hadn't ordered the retreat, I might have taken Huangzhou Prefecture today."

Tang Bao then looked at Tong Wei and said, "Don't you understand the principle of a cornered beast fighting back? That's Yuan Sanjia, do you dare to be careless?"

"His esoteric arts are impossible to defend against. If you try to fight him head-on, even though there are three of us, he'll probably take at least one of us. We've come this far, do you want to be taken down, or do I want to be taken down? Or what?"

Tang Bao looked at the Holy Lord, who waved his hand repeatedly and said, "I don't want to be replaced. I think Mr. Tang's actions today are absolutely correct."

Upon hearing this, Tang Bao smiled and said, "You flatter me."

Tong Wei said, "Tomorrow, I think Yuan Sanjia is almost out of breath. Tomorrow, tomorrow we'll cut off his dog's head."

Tang Bao said, "Tomorrow would be a good opportunity, but we should also consider the situation and proceed cautiously, without being rash."

Tong Wei looked at Tang Bao and asked, "When do you think would be a good time?"

"The best time is when we suffer the least damage and the enemy suffers the most damage. By the way, Holy Lord, I saw you hit Yuan Sanjia with a hidden weapon today. Could that hidden weapon have been poisoned?"

Tang Bao looked at the Holy Lord, and Tong Wei, who was standing to the side, immediately lit up when he heard this. At this moment, he looked at the Holy Lord, who chuckled and said, "Nothing can be hidden from Mr. Tang."

"To be honest, it's a bit embarrassing to use a hidden weapon in front of a master like Mr. Tang. It's really like showing off my limited skills before an expert."

The Holy Lord looked at Tang Bao and said.

Upon hearing this, Tang Bao looked at the Holy Lord and said, "Holy Lord, you are too modest. Your Fusang's art of hidden weapons has its merits. I have seen your Fusang hidden weapons before, and they are very ingenious, and the poisoning is also very powerful."

The Holy Lord said, "I'm really showing off my limited skills before an expert, but what Mr. Tang said earlier is quite right. I did indeed poison the hidden weapon."

Upon hearing this, Tang Bao said, "The poison that the Holy Lord can use must be no ordinary poison, right?"

The Holy Lord laughed and said, "Have you ever heard of the Yamata no Orochi of our Fusang?"

Tang Bao narrowed his eyes and said, "I've heard a little about it. It's a very powerful mythical beast from Fusang. But that's just a myth. Why are you talking about it? Could it be that your poison is related to the Yamata no Orochi?"

The Holy Lord said, "We Japanese are very pragmatic and never fabricate anything. The Yamata no Orochi is a real serpent in our history, not just nonsense."

"The poison I used on my hidden weapon came from the Yamata no Orochi, the poison of its fangs. It is a deadly poison passed down through generations of the Koga lineage. Even a powerhouse at the Fusion God Realm would not escape its effects. Although Yuan Sanjia is very strong, he can at most suppress the poison temporarily. It is absolutely impossible for him to be completely unharmed."

Tang Bao said, "That's right. I saw him suppressing the poison today, which is why I called it a day. If, as you say, the poison can't be neutralized, then after this night of fermentation..."

Tang Bao didn't finish his sentence, but it was as if he had. Tong Wei stood up excitedly and laughed, "Hahaha, doesn't that mean that Yuan Sanjia might be poisoned tonight? That's good! If Yuan Sanjia dies, let's see how Huangzhou Prefecture will defend itself!" (End of Chapter)