The gods began by supporting Guo Jing to become emperor

Chapter 138 Dugu Sword Tomb, Guo Jing Leads the Army to Battle

Xiangyang controls Tongbai and Dahong in the east, Wudang and Jingshan in the west, and is surrounded by the Han River. Its strategic position is extraordinary, as it is the back of the world. If the Central Plains possesses it, it can annex the southeast; if the Southeast possesses it, it can also plan for the northwest.

In the fourth year of Shaoxing, after Yue Fei recovered Xiangyang, he wrote to the court and vigorously renovated the two cities of Xiang and Fan, making them important military strongholds supporting half of the Southern Song Dynasty and the main support points of the Han River defense system.

In other words, the mountains around Xiangyang are not just one or two, but one after another, continuous.

The two hunters kept clearing the way ahead. The forest was cold and dry. In the cold winter, the grass on the ground had withered. They kept beating the grass with bamboo sticks and cutting off the vines on the road with hatchets. "Sir, the place where we encountered the snake is not far ahead."

Su Ming glanced at the surrounding mountains and forests and nodded, "Thank you for your hard work, both of you."

The three walked for another half an hour. They could hear the sound of gurgling water in the forest. Suddenly, one of the hunters tensed up and stared at the bushes not far away. "I saw a strange snake!"

"Where?" The voice was panicked and a little frightened.

Su Ming heard a subtle sound in the grass and looked carefully. He saw a small snake with golden spots all over its body curled up in the grass. It had a triangular head and a bulge on the top that looked like a horn of meat. It was looking at Su Ming and the other two, spitting out its tongue anxiously.

With such a strange appearance, it is indeed a Bosuqu snake. As long as we find it, the eagle will not be far away.

"I saw it, you guys go back." Su Ming's eyes showed some joy, he took out two silver ingots from his sleeves and threw them to the hunters respectively, then he ignored them.

The two hunters received the silver and showed joy as if a burden had been lifted off a burden on their faces. Before leaving, they reminded Su Ming, "Young master, be careful. This snake is ferocious and seems to be highly poisonous. We will take our leave first." After saying that, they left in a hurry.

At this time, the Bosuqu snake seemed to realize that the danger had decreased. It twisted its body and crawled out from the grass. It stared at him with its small black eyes, then twisted its body and left.

Su Ming followed behind it with light steps until they came to a valley where there was a stream running through. The valley was very warm, and in this grim winter, there was lush green.

No wonder hibernating snakes appear in this season. Although the Bosuqu snake is an outlier among snakes, it cannot escape its nature.

This snake is a rare treasure among the Condor Heroes. Its role to Guo Jing is like that of the giant viper to Guo Jing and the fairy peach in the Kunlun Valley to Zhang Wuji. Fortunately, it did not fall into Ouyang Feng's hands, otherwise who knows what kind of things he would have done to him.

The essence of snakes is all in the snake gall. After taking the snake gall, one will feel refreshed and have greatly increased strength. If it weren't for this thing, Yang Guo would not have been able to achieve great martial arts after sixteen years. With a broken arm and practicing martial arts under the waterfall every day, he would have been exhausted to death without the nourishment of snake gall.

At this time, a cry of eagles came from the valley, the sound was hoarse, exciting and desolate.

Su Ming stepped lightly and followed the sound. Half a minute later, he arrived at the depths of the valley and saw an ugly eagle. The eagle was huge, more than three meters tall, with sparse hair on its head with tumors, and dense feathers all over its body, looking very mighty.

At this moment, it was facing off against a giant python with a triangular head as thick as a bowl hanging upside down from a tree opposite. The python pounced at the eagle. The eagle did not retreat, but rushed forward, suddenly stretched out its beak, and pecked out the poisonous python's right eye.

Is this the giant python that fought with the eagle in The Return of the Condor Heroes?
Su Ming took a closer look and found that, as expected, this giant python was also a Bosuqu snake. Its scales were shining with golden light, and the fleshy crest on its head looked like a single horn, just like a dragon. It did not retreat after its eyes were pecked by the eagle, but instead became more ferocious.

Instead of retreating, it advanced and attacked the eagle brazenly. Its snake body tensed and then it shot out and bit the eagle's tumor.

Birds such as eagles are natural enemies of snakes, but this eagle can no longer fly. Its feathers are too dense, and its huge feet from years of walking have become a hindrance to its flying. Therefore, when facing the giant python, it cannot crush it as its natural enemy.

The eagle flapped its wings, and a strong wind swept over, making the giant python dizzy. When it flapped its wings, Su Ming keenly noticed that the eagle had a very good grasp of the timing of its attacks, and each time it attacked in the blind spot of the giant python's vision.

After a few hits, the eagle seized the opportunity to peck out the python's other eye. The blind python could no longer pose a threat to the eagle and could only keep twisting its tail and sweeping it, hissing.

After a while, the giant python was pecked all over, bleeding, and its breath gradually weakened. The eagle delivered a fatal blow, pecking it hard on the vital point. The giant python fell heavily to the ground, twitched a few times and then fell silent.

After pecking the giant python to death, the eagle excitedly flapped its wings, opened its huge beak and cried out with a loud voice that pierced the clouds and split the rocks.

At this time, Su Ming walked out from the side and looked at the eagle with surprise in his eyes. It was worthy of being the eagle that had been trained by Dugu Qiubai. If it was released into the outside world, it would have no problem dealing with a second-rate warrior.

Seeing Su Ming appear, the eagle tilted its head to look at him, glanced at the sword on his back, lowered its head to cut open the python's belly and swallowed the snake's gall, then jumped away.

Su Ming followed behind it slowly, admiring in his heart. If this eagle could fly, it would be so cool to take it out.

Although the eagle was walking on the ground, it ran very fast. After a while, it ran a long way. It turned around and saw Su Ming following it slowly. A trace of human-like doubt flashed in its huge eyes, and it called out to him, seeming a little dissatisfied.

Su Ming smiled, then sped up suddenly and turned into a shadow and came to its side.

"Wow!"

Noticing that he was running so fast, the eagle shouted excitedly, spread its wings, and ran on the ground with its legs spread out, looking at Su Ming as it ran, as if it wanted to compete with him.

"This bird..."

Seeing its appearance, Su Ming didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he secretly sighed in his heart. For the eagle to be in this state, Dugu Qiubai must be dead, otherwise he wouldn't have shown up after such a long time.

Soon, the man and the bird arrived at the deepest part of the valley. There was a rocky cliff here. About ten feet above, there was a faint cave. The eagle flapped its wings and, with the help of the airflow, jumped up effortlessly. Then it tilted its head to look at Su Ming. The two of them stared at each other.

Su Ming knew that it wanted him to go up, so he jumped up lightly and walked into the cave. The cave was very dry and had no peculiar smell. It was very spacious and had daily necessities such as stone tables and stone benches. In the corner of the cave, there were also piles of stones.

There were faint handwritings on the wall. He walked forward and blew away the dust, revealing the handwritings inside. A sharp breath came towards him, "I have been roaming the world for more than 30 years, killing all enemies and defeating all heroes. There is no rival in the world. I have no choice but to live in seclusion in the deep valley and make eagles my friends. Alas, I have been looking for a rival in my life but have not found one. It is really lonely and embarrassing."

The handwriting is very thin and embedded in the mountain wall, obviously written with a sharp blade. The signature below is "Dugu Qiubai".

After reading it, Su Ming only felt that these words had an invisible sharpness. As long as he looked at them, his eyes could feel a slight sting. He was greatly surprised, "Could this be the sword intent?"

In any martial arts novel, things like sword energy and sword intent appear endlessly, which involve mysterious spiritual will. These words are dead objects, but such will can still remain on them. How powerful was Dugu Qiubai when he was alive?

Even though he knew that Dugu Qiubai was very strong, Su Ming was still shocked when he saw this scene. It is true that he is almost invincible now, but he relies on the martial arts from Xiaoyaoyou. The martial arts of the little boss Jin Guang are basically a dimensionality reduction attack for The Legend of the Condor Heroes. If he is given enough time to accumulate power, he can collapse a mountain with one palm. But this realm is very empty. The borrowed power is always borrowed, not his own. If he isolates himself from the power of heaven and earth, he may not be able to beat the top martial artists of the time. No matter when, it is always right to attribute the great power to oneself. The strength of oneself is the real impeccable strength.

Thinking of this, Su Ming's heart gradually calmed down. Well, he would just stay in seclusion for some time. He had done what he should do. How far they could develop depended on themselves. Su Ming would not personally be Guo Jing's babysitter.

It's not bad to stay in this valley and learn some sword skills. It's always good to have many skills, and they may come in handy in the future.

He looked at the cave, walked to the pile of rocks, and swung his palm to knock away the rocks. There was indeed something hidden underneath. It was the swords used by Dugu Qiubai, and there were three of them in total.

The first one was a gleaming green sword with a line of words written on the back: Sharp and fierce, indestructible, used it to fight against the heroes of Heshuo before I was twenty. Su Ming picked up the Qingfeng sword and nodded at the cold light on the sword edge. It was indeed a precious sword.

The position of the second sword was empty, with only a piece of stone, but there was also a line of words left here: Ziwei Soft Sword, used before the age of thirty, accidentally injured a righteous man and brought bad luck, so it was abandoned in a deep valley. This sword has been abandoned in a deep valley, so it is not in the sword tomb, and is represented by a stone piece.

The third sword was a dull sword with a dark black body and a faint red glow. It was more than three feet long and buried deep in the ground. It looked very heavy. The edges on both sides were blunt and the tip was round like a hemisphere. There was also a line of words on the back: "Black iron heavy sword, heavy sword without edge, great skill without effort, relied on it to dominate the world before the age of forty."

The fourth sword was a rotten wooden sword with the inscription: After the age of forty, one is not attached to things, grass, wood, bamboo, or stone can all be used as swords.

Four swords, four realms of swordsmanship. Ordinary people will always stay in the first realm throughout their lives, but Dugu Qiubai has reached the realm where everything can be a sword. Behind this, Su Ming guessed that there is a fifth realm of swordsmanship, where no sword is better than a sword, and no moves are better than moves.

I don’t know whether Dugu Qiubai has reached this level.

Su Ming smiled and walked out of the cave with the Qingfeng sword. He was not Yang Guo. Yang Guo had at least learned the Quanzhen sword technique. He had never learned sword at all, and had no foundation at all. It was impossible for him to start from the heavy sword.

Outside the cave, the eagle's eyes suddenly lit up when he saw the Qingfeng sword in his hand. He raised his head and let out a sharp cry, with deep sadness in his voice.

Su Ming knew that it was missing Dugu Qiubai, so he cupped his fists towards it and smiled softly, "Brother Eagle, please take care of me."

……

In the north, the border of the Jin Kingdom.

As early as half a month ago, Mongolia officially declared war on the Jin Dynasty.

This is not the previous petty testing and fighting between the two countries, but a real war between the two countries. For Mongolia, if it loses, the new Mongolian country may no longer exist.

Guo Jing was wearing armor, riding on his little red horse and looking up at the gray sky. Raindrops occasionally fell on his face, feeling cold. "Tuo Lei, send out the cavalry and catch a few tongues. Don't run too far."

"clear."

Tolui, who was following Guo Jing, nodded in response and drove his horse forward. Teams of cavalry left the team and dispersed in all directions.

Thunder rumbled in the sky, as if God was expressing his dissatisfaction. Guo Jing looked at the rain curtain, and in his cold eyes, branches of lightning flashed across the sky. As pioneers, they had the functions of both fighting the enemy and exploring the way.

We just left the camp three days ago, and we didn’t expect it to rain today. Fortunately, the rain was not heavy and did not affect morale.

"boom!"

Another thunder rolled through the clouds. In the gray rain, a group of people rode on horseback and rushed to Guo Jing. "Anda, there are enemies!"

Guo Jing hurriedly rode forward and asked, "Where are the enemies? How many are there?"

Tuolei wiped the rain off his face and said with an excited smile, "The enemy has only one thousand cavalrymen, and they seem to be the pioneers who are exploring the way."

"How long will it take them to get here?"

"It will probably be there in another three quarters of an hour."

The enemy is right under our noses?
Guo Jing frowned. He had been thinking about finding out where the cavalry's base camp was, but now it seemed like he had no chance.

"Anda, do you want to fight?"

"Fight, of course we have to fight!" Guo Jing nodded, then turned and looked at the cavalry formation behind him, "Brothers, the enemy is coming, follow me and charge!"

He gathered all his energy, and the sound echoed in the air along with thunder, clearly reaching everyone's ears. The Mongolian cavalrymen around him did not speak, but silently lowered their bodies and strung their bows.

Then, Guo Jing grasped the hilt of the sword, slowly unsheathed the blade and held it in the air, reflecting the lightning in the sky and emitting a bright white light. Then, the little red horse galloped forward like flying hooves.

At this time, the two thousand cavalrymen behind Guo Jing first moved slowly, then faster and faster. The iron hooves rolled like thunder, and the grass debris was rolled up between the tumbling hooves, making a "rumbling" sound, and rushed to the other side of the grassland.

"kill!"

The running figures were roaring. With the experience from previous battles, Guo Jing formed an arrow-like assault formation with the cavalry around him even when charging in the front, and did not separate from the main force.

Horns blew, and the cavalry drew their bows and arrows and looked up into the sky. The rumbling of horse hooves, mixed with the neighing of horses and the howling of the wind, was an unstoppable black torrent that rushed over like a wave.

The first rider was riding a red horse, wearing black armor, holding a spear, with a sharp look in his eyes. Every time the horse's hooves stepped on the ground, there was a heavy muffled sound, and mud was swirled up.

In a moment they were in contact with the enemy.

(End of this chapter)