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Chapter 209 I’ll take you home
When Li Guanyi returned, he saw his usually quiet aunt with red eyes, as if she had just cried. He had some guesses in his mind. When he saw the old man in green who claimed to know only a little swordsmanship, his aunt pulled Li Guanyi over and said, "Li Nu'er."

"Come, this is your great-grandfather."

Li Guanyi quietly looked at the old man in green. The young man who had dared to chopped off the head of the former mayor of Zhenbei City in the downtown area just now seemed to be frozen at this moment. The old man in green stretched out his hand and pressed it on the young man's head, rubbing it gently.

Li Guan heard himself and said, "Great Grandfather."

The old man in blue shirt burst into tears.

Outside the door, old man Siming was sitting there, biting a piece of grass in his mouth, looking at the sky. The old man's eyes were vast and calm. He reached out his hand and patted the black tortoise on the head, saying, "It's great. This old guy finally has his own scabbard again."

"It's really great that I can still see my younger generation at a time like this."

He said it was really good, with his eyes closed, and said:

"But what about us?"

With his eyes closed, he seemed to still be able to see his friends, see the backs of those people, they promised to share life and death, they trusted each other with their lives, but they eventually turned against each other, picked up swords and tore the world apart, and never met again.

Siming laughed at himself and raised a glass of wine to pay tribute to the heaven and earth.

stamp--

Old Siming looked up and saw the silver-haired girl stretching out her hand. There was no expression on the girl's face, but she held a grass wreath with purple morning glories on it. She gently placed it on Old Siming's head, and Old Siming burst into laughter.

Yaoguang sat next to Siming, supporting her chin with both hands.

Siming said: "Why don't you go in and take a look?"

"If I go, the old man might chop me with a sword, but if you go, he won't do anything to you."

The silver-haired girl shook her head and said in a calm voice: "No."

Siming smiled and said, "He's a good kid."

After sword maniac Murong Longtu and Li Guanyi, Murong Qiushui recognized each other, and calmed down and were extremely satisfied with the young man. The old man tried Li Guanyi's martial arts, but felt a headache about the young man's swordsmanship.

That's not using a sword at all.

In the eyes of the sword maniac, Li Guanyi's moves were like long spears and heavy halberds with arms as handles and swords as blades, opening and closing in a domineering and rough manner. The old man was helpless, but the once unruly swordsman just clapped his hands and praised happily:
"My son, you use swordsmanship well."

“It’s really impressive.”

The old man Siming next to him had his eyes twitching wildly.

Is this a sword maniac?

Is this the sword maniac he knew? !
Shouldn't it be, 'You are not worthy of the sword, break it and retreat'?

Where are your principles? Where are your integrity? Where is your sincerity towards the sword?
He suspected that even if Li Guanyi used the sword as a butcher knife, this sword maniac would say, "You are worthy of being my child. This sword can kill pigs so skillfully!"

It's totally unprincipled!
But seeing Jian Kuang's relaxed expression, Siming, as an old friend, also smiled. On this day, Jian Kuang corrected Li Guanyi's sword-holding technique, and then said, "You have already brought out this batch of troops. Naturally, you also have counselors and generals under your command."

"When the time comes, hand these thousands of people over to them, and you can go with me to the martial arts world and take a walk around. How do you think?"

"I will pass on all I have learned to you. The ninety-six mysterious weapons of the Murong family are about to have new masters."

The old man's expression was extremely gentle and expectant.

Li Guanyi could feel Murong Longtu's expectations and appreciation. He did not answer the old man immediately, but said that he would think about it. Then he opened the door of the simple tent and walked out. Outside, there was a bustling scene.

There was an eagerness on people's faces, an eagerness that came from escaping from Zhenbei Pass, and a hint of confusion, but they also had things to do, and they were busy. The seven doctors gathered a group of people to look for all kinds of medicinal herbs in the mountains and forests.

This area already serves as a buffer zone between the borders of the two countries.

Normally, few people dare to collect herbs here, so in the eyes of Shi Dalin and his gang of doctors, the herbs here are simply growing wildly and are everywhere. Shi Dalin, a poor doctor, is so angry that his eyes are red.

Damn, this medicine is everywhere!
Mine! Mine, all mine!

This grass can stop diarrhea, pick it! This flower can relieve heat? Pick it!

Collect them in large frames.

It’s nothing, I’m just used to living in poverty.

Shi Dalin was sorting the herbs when he saw Li Guanyi coming. The doctor raised the herbs in his hand, and the wrinkles on his face were smoothed out. He said, "General, look, such good medicines are rare in the past. There are so many outside the border."

"Let's collect these things together. If we encounter any problems in the future, we won't have to use those precious medicines that are old."

The old doctor quickly said, "Of course I'm not talking about waste."

"It's just that good steel should be used on the blade, and those medicinal herbs are best used to make elixirs for cultivation. For ordinary warming, this is enough."

Li Guan nodded and said, "Where are Lei Laomeng and the others?"

Shi Dalin smiled and said, "Ah, Lei Laomeng, after setting up camp, he took some brothers up the mountain, saying that he wanted to get some meat back. You think he did the same thing? He was reluctant to throw away those crossbows and tied them to the bear's body. If it wasn't for the Divine Beast Villa, who would do such a thing?"

The old doctor asked seriously: "But where should we go next?"

Li Guanyi looked at him. The doctor, who was not young at all, grinned and said naturally: "General, we are out, but we have no home anymore. Where can we go next?"

Someone nearby laughed and said, "Why are you asking this? The general must have an idea!"

"Haha, that's right!"

Li Guan paused, he looked at the faces around him. These Kirin soldiers who were so famous outside were not as heroic as rumored. All of them had faces of suffering. Many brothers had heatstroke because they were not used to walking in heavy armor.

Then one of the seven 'old ghosts' pried open his mouth and poured a bowl of medicine into his mouth.

Lift it up and place it in a cool place.

They looked very embarrassed, but they just looked at Li Guanyi with smiles and curiosity on their faces.

Li Guanyi looked at these faces, was silent for a long time, then replied with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm thinking about it." That day, Lei Laomeng and his men came back from hunting a lot of things, eating a lot of meat and rice, and there was light in everyone's eyes.

Li Guanyi ate with them, and when he returned to the tent, Pang Shuiyun was holding a newly drawn map and discussing future strategies with Ling Pingyang and Changsun Wuchou. The old man said, "This place is outside the Zhenbei Pass, and it conflicts with the Xiongguan Pass of Ying State. There is a large buffer area between the two countries, which is a large river."

"Neither country will pay special attention to these places. There are just some fortresses and defense lines. We will bypass these places and find a suitable place among the mountains to set up camp. Then, General Ling Pingyang and I will stay here to train this group of people."

"Hidden in the mountains and forests, neither Ying State nor Chen State will spend too much effort to find us. This place is hard, but it can also sharpen the will of warriors. When there is a big change in the world, these people will be a surprise force."

"As for the young master, just leave with Senior Murong."

"Leave this place to us."

Li Guanyi listened to their conversation. The young man remained silent for a long time. He drank the cooling water prepared by Shi Dalin. The bitter taste mixed with the taste of dandelion water went into his throat. He thought about those faces and remained silent.

Ling Pingyang seemed to notice the boy's silence and said with a smile:
"General Li, any ideas?"

Ling Pingyang, Murong Longtu, Pang Shuiyun, and Changsun Wuchou all looked at the silent young general. The latter raised his eyes, drank the cooling water in the wooden cup, then strode over, looked at the feng shui map, and stretched out his finger.

Heavy point a place.

Eighteen states of Jiangnan!
The young man exhaled and said, "I want to go here!"

Pang Shuiyun's expression changed slightly, and he said, "The Eighteen Prefectures of Jiangnan are located in the heart of the Jiangnan area, and we are in the northern part of Chen State. After leaving Zhenbei Pass, we are in the mountains. If we want to go on, we can only march slowly along the mountains and rivers, which is more than 10,000 miles."

"Even with the power of a warrior, it will probably take more than half a year."

"Besides, the Chen and Ying countries along the way may not necessarily stop us!"

Ling Pingyang also said in a deep voice: "This requires a lot of morale from the soldiers, which is not something that an ordinary army can do."

Li Guanyi looked at Pang Shuiyun, took out a seal from his arms and threw it over.

The old man took the seal and saw that it was extremely ancient, with a tiger shape and two characters below it: [Qin Wu]. Pang Shuiyun had been in the academy before and was one of the five masters of that generation. He recognized this thing in an instant: "Is it the title bestowed by Zhongzhou?!"

Pang Shuiyun's eyes lit up, and he cupped his hands and said, "The world is still stable. With Yuwen Tianxian and Yuwen Hua, plus the seal of Zhongzhou, I can guarantee that this small army can travel between the two countries without attracting attacks."

He smiled and said, "With the name of Zhongzhou, we are Qin Wu's army. Ying and Chen attacked us, which was an unprovoked provocation. Although Zhongzhou has long been unworthy of its name, this name is still of great use in this world."

Pang Shuiyun put the seal away. He pressed his finger on the map, pointing to the area of ​​the Eighteen Prefectures of Jiangnan. There was a hint of excitement in his tone, and the old man said slowly:

“And, there is this [name].”

“If you can lead your army to the [Eighteen Provinces of Jiangnan], then you will have cities, land, troops, and generals. Even if your strength is weak and far from enough to compete with the heroes in this world, your weight will be different.”

An ancient name appeared in the minds of everyone in the coach's tent.

As a result, their minds couldn't help but tense up a little.

Princes!

Ling Pingyang held the weapon in his hand, clenched it and then unclenched it, exhaled slowly, and looked at the map. Changsun Wuchou also felt a surge of excitement in his heart for this ancient and majestic name.

New princes have emerged in this world, and that may really be the first step to step into the world.

Second Miss, your vision is a little too good this time.

Compared with the strategy proposed by Pang Shuiyun, this strategy is more intense and domineering.

But the young general did not say anything to the princes, nor did he tell them his true goal and what he wanted to do. In front of these classical counselors and generals, the young man remained silent.

And when they began to perfect such a plan, Li Guanyi had some time alone. He sat there quietly, looking at the map without blinking, as if he was thinking about something.

The promise of sword maniac Murong Longtu, the elegance and pleasure of traveling in the world.

And those honest smiles kept flashing back and forth in his mind.

A pair of hands gently pressed the boy's head.

The touch is soft and delicate.

With his silver hair falling down, Li Guanyi looked at the map without looking back.

Yaoguang looked at him. She knew that Li Guanyi was making a huge decision. The girl reached out her hand, pulled the boy's head, thought for a while, and according to the records in the "First Generation Yaoguang Handbook", she gently exerted force and pulled the boy towards herself.

The young general held Yaoguang's waist and buried his face in her arms. The girl gently pressed her palm on the top of Li Guanyi's head.

The silver-haired girl looked calm and her voice was like flowing water: "It doesn't matter."

she says:

"I will accompany you no matter what you want to do."

On this day, Li Guanyi went to see the captives, especially Yuwen Tianxian. Contrary to Yuwen Tianxian and Yuwen Hua's expectations, Li Guanyi did not mistreat or abuse the captives and gave them enough food. Of course, the amount of meat was not as much as that given to their own people.

But this has already exceeded Yuwen Tianxian's expectations.

When the captives found that they ate the same food as Li Guanyi and his men, Yuwen Tianxian could clearly feel that the rebellious sentiment quickly dissipated in the hearts of these captives. They had no weapons, no armor, and the enemy did not abuse them, and gave them plenty of food.

Only a fool would suddenly rebel at this time.

Yuwen Tianxian was holding a bowl of stew, which was made by Lei Laomeng himself, with the help of the chefs in the group. Lei Laomeng was furious, and with his advanced martial arts level, he waved a big spatula and stirred frantically, finally making the stewed meat slices with perfect taste.

Each huge pot contains a whole wild boar.

Under the leadership of the disciples of the Divine Beast Villa, the wild beasts in these mountains suffered.

Eat what you can, and make the rest into jerky.

Without him!

Poor!

In the past few days, Lei Laomeng saw the stored food and meat being consumed rapidly, and his scalp was numb. As the new logistics officer, cook and leader of the beast group, Lei Laomeng and his four-member team frantically took out the sect's classics and stayed up late to study.

They had only heard vaguely what was said in the sect back then, but now they wanted to get out everything in their heads.

Elder, I'm sorry, we shouldn't have fallen asleep while studying.

Teach us again!

But the elders were thousands of miles away, so Lei Laomeng cried bitterly and stayed up late to study.

Then practice it immediately the next day.

Eventually Lei Laomeng discovered that what his master wrote might not be correct, and he kept improving it: "This thing can only catch five at a time. If you disperse and dilute the [Beast Attracting Incense], you can attract fifteen at once. It's just that they are not completely paralyzed. All you need to do is dig a trap."

"Fuck, what the hell is this Grandmaster? What the hell did he write?"

So Lei Laomeng was under pressure from thousands of hungry mouths.

I had to open the trap learning skill tree.

It was not until a few days later that Lei Laomeng began to skillfully use the beasts he had tamed to hunt wild animals.

There is no other way. If we don’t do it, we will have no meat to eat.

He gradually began to think about whether life was forced upon him. People do things for two reasons: [being too hungry] and [being too full].

Sitting on the bear's back, he drove the wild beast into the trap. He also selected more than a hundred experienced hunters from the infantry to join Lei Laomeng's army. Lei Laomeng looked at the group of guys behind him who didn't even recognize the words in confusion.

Lei Laomeng howled to the sky and gnashed his teeth: "Aren't we going to retire from the world?"

His brothers pleaded innocence.

Lei Laomeng had no choice but to start teaching the skills and techniques of the Divine Beast Villa separately. Seeing those guys who couldn't think straight, Lei Laomeng often got furious. Suddenly he understood why the outer sect elder who taught him seemed to have aged by ten years in five years.

This unconventional army marched tenaciously across the border between the two countries.

Yuwen Tianxian watched in silence as his troops slowly moved closer to this group of people. At least they could help with slaughtering pigs and cooking. Too many things in this army did not conform to the classical military tactics he had learned, but they had a kind of wild adaptability.

Li Guanyi's voice came: "General Yuwen, how are you doing?"

Yuwen Tianxian looked at him sideways and said, "Li Guanyi."

Pang Shuiyun had used the tactics of a strategist on this famous general, and his internal energy was entangled, making it difficult for him to exert the power of the sixth level. His Dharma image was suppressed by Siming. After solving the dilemma of Murong Qiushui's Dharma image, Siming turned around and threw a weakened version of the seal on Yuwen Tianxian.

Yuwen Tianxian remained silent and said, "It is a strong army, but it is not a long-term solution for you to keep this army here. This is an isolated army. You must make some changes. Otherwise, the isolated army cannot last long and this army will definitely be destroyed."

Li Guanyi said: "I know, so I have made a decision."

Yuwen Tianxian looked at him and suddenly asked, "Are you going to kill us?"

Li Guanyi looked at Yuwen Tianxian and Yuwen Hua, and finally answered: "I definitely can't kill you. We are so weak now. If I kill you, the Yuwen family and Ying State will be furious. Even if there is only a one in ten chance that they will send troops, I dare not take the risk."

"However, in exchange, I want you to teach me the various military formations."

General Xue only taught Li Guanyi strategies, while Ling Pingyang was a cavalry general. Yuwen Tianxian was a general who knew everything and had reached a good level. His military knowledge and abilities were extremely solid, and Li Guanyi hoped to learn something from him.

It's also possible to learn from your enemies.

Yuwen Tianxian frowned, and did not directly agree or refuse, but said in a deep voice:
"We saw everything about your military training."

"I know your military tactics. When we return, aren't you afraid that we will train our troops in the same way and surpass you?"

He stared at Li Guanyi, but saw that the young general was laughing. Li Guanyi looked at the famous general from an aristocratic family and said leisurely:
"You can't learn it. The generals over there are good at acting, but it's just acting. They can't do what I do. They have lost the most important thing. If you really learn my real stuff."

He looked at Yuwen Tianxian and grinned:
"Then you are no longer my enemy!"

Yuwen Tianxian paused slightly and looked at Li Guanyi.

Li Guanyi sat down cross-legged. The young man seemed a little depressed. He said, "I came to this era and saw these things. Naturally, I have to do something. But I have also discovered it from Pang Shuiyun, Ling Pingyang and others. I can't go against the laws of the times."

The boy held out his hand: "The limitations of productivity and the times have determined that I can't go far."

"I can't see that future, but now that I've come to this era, there are always things I can do. I will do my best and wait for those who come after me to surpass me and laugh at me for being just an old guy."

"I also hope that you can learn the truth from me. If the person or force that inherits that wish wins in the end, then it doesn't matter whether it's me or not..."

There was a wave of emotion in Yuwen Tianxian's heart.

Li Guanyi paused, then scratched his head and said with an embarrassed smile:
"Although I want to say this, I really can't have such momentum and vision. It is said that a kind army cannot be commanded, but I personally led them and watched them walk step by step to where they are now. They are my soldiers."

The young man spoke softly.

He stood up, turned his back to Yuwen Tianxian and walked away, then stretched out his hand, shook it, and raised it.

"I can't die with them."

"I will definitely make it to the end of this world."

On this day, Fan Qing and others were gathered together by Li Guanyi, but they were not solemn. In fact, they were still having a meal. Pang Shuiyun felt that this was a loss of dignity, but Li Guanyi did not think so.

Li Guanyi took a deep breath, looked at Pang Shuiyun, Ling Pingyang, and the sword maniac Murong Longtu, and spoke, and everyone fell silent. Li Guanyi stretched out his hand, pointed to a distant place, and said loudly:
"Everyone, we have been walking for seven days. Do you still not know where to go? Let me tell you now. The place we are going to is called [Eighteen States of Jiangnan]. We are still in the mountains and forests. We want to travel through these hot summers and mountains."

"It's more than 18,000 miles. Even for a warrior, it would take more than half a year to walk."

“It spans the entire north and south.”

Ling Pingyang looked at this place, and he saw confusion on the faces of these people. More than 10,000 miles is a terrible distance, enough to make people lose all courage. Li Guanyi's palm suddenly clenched, and he said: "I said, I will take you home, but home, no longer exists."

"What is home? It is fields and houses, and family members."

He took a deep breath and said, "Go there, I'll give you some land!"

? ! ! !
Pang Shuiyun's pupils contracted violently. The old man jumped up and tried to hold down the young master, but was stopped by Ling Pingyang. Ling Pingyang was ordered by Li Guanyi to hold Pang Shuiyun back no matter what happened. When this sentence was spoken, everyone froze.

Fan Qing's smile was dull, and the man who was still eating just let the bowl and chopsticks fall to the ground.

These guys who had acted optimistic and heartless before stared at the young man.

What they had lost in the troubled times, a part of their home, Li Guanyi stretched out his arm, what princes, what world, the reason why he wanted to go there was very simple, he did not have such great ambitions as Pang Shuiyun and the others thought.

He said, take them home.

How could he leave them in such a hot place and then run away alone to act like a young hero or a great knight in the martial arts world with his great-grandfather?

Li Guanyi said: "I will walk this road with you!"

"I won't leave you."

The young man pointed in a distant direction, took a deep breath, and looked at those dark, painful faces. The wind blew over, and the nameplates of those who died in the battle on the carriages swayed slightly, and every sound hurt him.

Li Guanyi used all his strength.

He used up all his youthful courage and boiling blood and shouted:

"I will walk this road with you for seven months, eight months, a year. There will be fields there, and houses will be built. By that time, everyone can go back, and they don't have to carry swords anymore."

"At that time, you didn't need to be by my side, but now——"

He shouted, "Come with me!"

"I'll take you home!"

Pang Shuiyun stopped struggling.

Those pawns did not say yes loudly as they had done in the past. Their lips trembled, and those who had just been smiling optimistically suddenly burst into tears. They cried so hard that although they were obviously strong men, they fell to the ground and shook like leaves in the wind.

After this day, this disheveled corps, which was thought to be at the end of the second line, suddenly changed its focus. They did not stay, nor did they set up camp in the mountains and forests. Instead, they led their troops and embarked on a hard journey and expedition.

………………

The sword maniac found Li Guanyi. The old man was not angry because of Li Guanyi's refusal. He just said: "If you don't join the martial arts world now, there is a place. Do you want to lead the army to stop by?"

The old man smiled and said, "I just sent a visiting card."

He pointed at the map.

Yin Yang Rotation Sect!
(End of this chapter)