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Chapter 348: Reunion after a long absence (asking for monthly tickets)
A single rider broke through an army of 100,000?!

After Pojun confirmed the battle record, he suddenly laughed out loud, feeling extremely refreshed and happy. Such means and heroism will surely be passed down through the ages. This is what my lord should be like.

Wang Shunchen strode up and heard Pojun laughing, and asked in confusion.

Po Jun informed Wang Shunchen of this information, and Wang Shunchen was also very happy. Po Jun clapped his hands and said, "My lord, your method this time is beyond my expectation. If you don't make use of such a great reputation, wouldn't it be a pity?"

"We need to take advantage of the situation to become famous."

"We should take advantage of this great momentum to seize this vast area of ​​the Western Region!"

A great victory that will go down in history!

In the Western Regions, fame is also a kind of strength!
Charging into the battle line alone, beheading the general and seizing the flag, such bravery is bound to be remembered in this world with incomparable fame. Future warriors, boasting about their own bravery, may all say that they are not inferior to the Qilin of that time.

He has the courage of a unicorn that is unmatched by any number of men.

Po Jun smiled and said, "Perhaps, we can swallow more cities in one go."

"Xiyi City is in chaos, and the Tanguts and all the tribes have done something."

"Isn't this a chance for us to take advantage of the situation?"

………………

Above the sky, the stars are moving and changing, and the seven stars of the White Tiger in the west are shining brightly.

In astrology, this represents the great victory of those born under the White Tiger Stars.

Inside Xiyi City, the silver-haired girl looked up and saw the stars in the sky. The stars brought the news of Li Guanyi's victory. The girl was in the courtyard where the guests of the Duke's Mansion in Xiyi City lived, and no one disturbed her.

She sat by the lotus pond. The autumn atmosphere gradually deepened and the lotus leaves in the pond withered.

Yaoguang picked a fallen leaf, covering the brilliance of the White Tiger Stars.

With the help of magic and formations, she changed the stars to prevent people from speculating that Li Guanyi was in the Western Regions due to the changes in the Seven Stars of the White Tiger. After a little divination, she knew that Li Guanyi had won a great victory, so she felt much more relieved, thought about it, and made a decision.

He got up and left the yard.

She changed into a simple astrologer's hooded outfit and put on the hood, looking like a simple practitioner. She covered her conspicuous silver hair and beautiful face, pulled her collar, and walked out.

She raised her head and looked at Xiyi City.

He keenly sensed the difference in the atmosphere of the entire Xiyi City.

With the Phoenix gone and the Duke gone, some things that had been suppressed and hidden at the bottom naturally surged up.

With Yaoguang's attainments in magic and formations, she could vaguely feel a familiar yet unfamiliar aura. There was a hazy light in the girl's eyes. She used a magic technique to conceal her breath and slowly walked out.

The Xiyi city reflected in her eyes was filled with a hint of inky air.

The girl walked to the West Market, stood in front of a stall, and stretched out two fingers.

The vendor said familiarly: "Oh, customers are here to buy steamed buns again!"

"We have freshly cut noodles and soup noodles. They are available in autumn. We also have good persimmons and good mutton. It's cold in autumn, so eating something hot with soup can warm you up. Would you like to order some today?"

In his eyes, the guest who came here was a tall, thin man, who was cold and taciturn. He always bought only steamed buns to eat. This time was no exception. The guest shook his head and stubbornly asked for only steamed buns.

The vendor took out steamed buns for the customer and put them into the pocket.

Yaoguang stretched out her hand and placed several large coins on the table, then picked up her pocket and left.

She bought a lot of things along the way. In the eyes of different vendors, she was a different person, perhaps a thin man, or an old man, or a fat woman, or perhaps a child buying things for her relatives.

Using magic to conceal his aura, Murong Qiu Shui taught her the Murong family's secret "Jiangnan Misty Rain Twelve-story Tower Magic Skill".

Yaoguang got the hang of it very quickly, and was able to combine it with her own magical skills, making it seem as if she had a thousand different faces and a thousand different people.

She bought steamed buns at the West Market and water bags at the East Market. All these things were packed in her bag. The girl found it a bit strenuous to carry the big bag. It seemed that because she had been with Li Guanyi for more than two years, she had unconsciously neglected her physical strength.

These things exceeded her strength limit.

The girl exhaled and put the full bag down.

Exhale the foul air slowly.

With the left hand, he lifted the sleeve of his right arm a little, and with the right hand, he lifted the sleeve of his left arm a little, revealing his fair wrist and palm. He rotated the mouth of the bag several times, twisting it into a twist, and held it with both hands. He took a deep breath and exerted force.

pull!
The girl's cheeks were slightly red and she couldn't lift them.

one two three……

call!
The package fell heavily to the ground again.

Yaoguang panted softly and frowned.

When he was about to think of other ways, he moved slightly, and a trace of doubt appeared on his expressionless face. He turned his head to look at an extremely high-end and luxurious restaurant. After thinking for a while, he put the pocket here and cast a magic spell to cover it up.

Then she walked into the restaurant. This time, it was her own magic that made others see her as if she were air. She walked in slowly and arrived at the door of a room. She listened to the noise inside:

"So, the old man is out?!"

"Tsk, I didn't expect that my 'Second Brother' and that Tianger are really capable of such great abilities. They were able to get out of such a dangerous situation!"

"It's a good thing that the old man is back. At least my family's wealth and prosperity will continue. It's a pity that I'm still the third son and can't be the third master of Xiyi City."

The silver-haired girl pondered and discerned.

He clenched his left fist and tapped the palm of his right hand lightly, with no expression on his face.

I remembered.

She remembered that the owner of the domineering voice was the third son of the Duke's Mansion. Hearing the noise, it was obvious that there was something wrong with this person. Yaoguang thought about it, took out a piece of ordinary jade, and according to the method of Master Siming, left a magical spell on the jade.

Then quietly take advantage of the opportunity when others are delivering food and walk in.

By performing magic, all the sounds inside will be recorded.

The third young master, Li Yuanchang, was sitting here, holding a cute and lovely girl in his arms. She was not only beautiful, but also extremely graceful. Li Yuanchang no longer looked incompetent in front of his father and brothers, and there was a hint of gloom in his eyes.

A woman laughed and said, "Sir, what you said is not in line with the filial piety of the Central Plains. Who in the world would want their father to be trapped and die in the city?"

Li Yuanchang just said: "This is what my father did to me."

He laughed at himself, picked up the wine glass, and said lightly:

"Big brother is being trained as an heir. Everyone in the world knows that the young master of the Duke's Mansion in Xiyi City is a top-notch choice in character, literary talent, and martial arts. As for 'Second Brother', she has an extraordinary demeanor and a vision that is beyond the ordinary, even better than Big Brother."

"I am just a stepping stone between the two of them, used by father to balance the relationship between them. After the eldest brother takes the throne, I am also a chess piece and a sword in the hands of the eldest brother to fight against the 'second brother' in order to maintain the balance of Xiyi City."

"A son who is like a duke should be trained like a duke, and a hero who is like a god should have the character of a god. I am the only one, not the eldest son, and not heroic enough, so I will only provide some gold and silver objects and let me grow up freely."

"If my father didn't raise me according to their standards and didn't treat me as a real son, then I can't be blamed."

Another gentle woman said with a compassionate look:

"Third Young Master, you have suffered a lot."

Li Yuanchang laughed at himself and said, "Everyone says I'm ridiculous, but if I wasn't, I would have become a pawn long ago, involved in the balance of power in Xiyi City, and could only act recklessly and act like a fool in front of my eldest brother and 'second brother'."

"Only in this way can you have a long and happy life."

He paused, put his arm around the woman's waist, and said calmly:
"This time I will provide information to your clan leader, and Second Brother will go there in person. If Second Brother fails, then Father will die and Second Brother will be guilty. If the court blames him, then the eldest brother will bear the blame."

"If everything goes well, the title of Duke will probably be reduced to Marquis, but I should inherit the title of Marquis!"

"Even if Your Majesty is unwilling to abide by my family's promise to rule the Western Regions forever."

"It would be a great relief to see my calm elder brother and my high-spirited 'second elder brother' sink into the dust like me. It would be a great pleasure to see them sink into the dust like me!"

"It's just a pity that even a hundred thousand troops can't stop him?"

At that time, the information had not been passed on yet, and he didn't know about the eight hundred black armored soldiers charging into the battle formation, nor about Li Guanyi's deeds of single-handedly killing the generals. He just acted like a playboy, sitting in the magnificent city of Xiyi, with the courage to overlook the world.

He seemed drunk, and he lowered his head and took a deep breath on the neck of the gentle beauty. The beauty moaned softly, her face flushed, and she pushed him, but seemed shy again, and bit the golden wine cup with her mouth to give him wine.

The scene was extremely beautiful.

But it seemed like they had seven or eight ideas in mind towards each other.

Who among those who grew up in such a chaotic world and occupied such a position is easy to get along with?

The silver-haired girl used magic to record the entire scene.

There was no expression on his face.

stare--

All situations were recorded.

Li Yuanchang frowned again and said, "However, your leader said that he wanted me to pay attention to the silver-haired girl next to Tianger. I didn't have the chance to do it. Why are you looking for her?"

The singing girl smiled coquettishly and said, "This is the leader's private matter."

"I don't know."

Li Yuanchang sighed, "What a pity! What a pity! I was planning to find a way to bring that woman to you, but Second Brother's guest has personally arranged for brave men to protect her. She has also been staying in the courtyard lately, so I really can't catch her."

The singer said, "What a pity, what a pity."

"However, even if the army of 100,000 is defeated, our leader has already prepared means to swallow up the luck and fortune. There are many wonderful things that I, with my status, don't know about."

The woman lowered her eyes, knowing that Xiao Yuxue must have some vicious tricks up her sleeve against the man guarding the Night Gate.

Although Baidi was hit by a sword, he still had an incomparable amount of luck.

With this good luck, I can strike from a distance. There will be no more than five people in the world who can stop me!
The leader, Xiao Yuxue, is a woman from the underworld who steps into the disputes of the world.

The advantage of winning is mine.

But she certainly couldn't tell Li Yuanchang about this, so the woman just smiled coquettishly and said, "If you are willing to join my Holy Religion, wouldn't you be able to learn about all the wonderful things?"

Li Yuanchang just smiled without answering, with some coldness and contempt in his eyes.

They are treating these singing girls and this holy religion as knives.

But in the eyes of this gentle and beautiful singer, there was a hint of teasing and contempt for the boy from a noble family.

Li Yuanchang suddenly exerted force with his arms and embraced the beautiful woman in his arms. Their cheeks were pressed against each other, their necks were close to each other, and the silk and colored satin were spinning, just like two colorful poisonous snakes entwined. In the troubled times, the men were cold and the women were vicious, which was also a unique sight.

The silver-haired girl squatted there, holding the jade token high.

Stare again——

She collected all the ugly behaviors and the arrogant and wary eyes.

The girl, who had no emotional fluctuations, was like a deity in the sky, overlooking the many emotions, love, hate, and vengeance in this troubled world. Her eyes were clear and distant, as if she were not a guest in this world.

When the timing was right, the silver-haired girl left in small steps.

Only when he was leaving, he glanced and saw a plate of snacks on the table. For some reason, his gaze froze for a moment, and then he continued to walk out following the waiter who was delivering the food, and went downstairs to find his small package.

After thinking for a while, she saw someone driving a carriage nearby, so she borrowed a carriage. After a lot of effort, she returned to the yard, untied the magic, and looked at all these things.

Yaoguang left a lot of things behind, then put on a hood and knocked on the door of the cabin next door.

Hao Yuanxia saw the astrologer next to Li Guanyi and let down his guard:

"what happened?"

Yaoguang handed him a letter and said, "Leave it here."

Hao Yuanxia was puzzled: "What about you?"

Yaoguang said: "I have something to do and I have to leave for a while."

Hao Yuanxia said: "??? Is this a plan?"

The silver-haired astrologer replied, "No."

It was just a sudden thought.

Hao Yuanxia knew that it was the safest to stay here, so he nodded slowly. He also believed that the benevolent and prestigious Qin Wuhou would not abandon him. The silver-haired girl turned and left, carrying her luggage and bag.

She walked out of the Duke's Mansion, where people were coming and going and everyone was in an anxious mood, and quietly found her horse. She untied the horse's reins and hung the bag on it.

She wore a hood and rode a horse with bells jingling loudly.

She walked into the wind and the desert as she had done in the past.

………………

Li Guanyi actually didn't want to leave any strong sense of oppression on Zhu Xie Ke Di.

He simply finished his meal and planned to get some meat porridge. His immortality skill made him extremely powerful. Combined with the physique that Li Guanyi had tempered and forged since his practice, he was no less powerful than the overlord in the same realm.

During the battle, whether it was strength, defense, or the flow of internal energy, they were all extremely powerful.

But on the other hand, after this great battle, the body's energy consumption to replenish was also very great. Part of this deficit and loss can be restored through breathing exercises, and part through diet and pills.

Li Guanyi had already swallowed the elixir he had with him and ate a lot of meat porridge. The internal organs of a grandmaster-level warrior were very strong, and even ordinary poison would be directly digested by Li Guanyi if it fell into his stomach.

In the end, my stomach was filled, but my body didn't feel full.

But Li Guanyi couldn't continue eating. He could recover the loss of vitality in his body through pills and breathing exercises, but the common people didn't have his abilities, and food was still in short supply.

Li Guan took a glance.

Yuchi Xiong devoured the meat porridge in big mouthfuls. The war horse meat was extremely firm and powerful, and difficult to chew, and it just turned into minced meat in his mouth and was swallowed. The more than 300 Black Armor soldiers were divided into two parts.

Some of them followed Li Zhaowen, while the other fierce and troublesome people in the army stayed at Yemen Pass.

Li Guanyi returned to his residence, rubbed his eyebrows, and thought about the current situation.

The dilemma of Xiyi City has been resolved, but correspondingly, the turbulent waves in the entire Western Region have become even more intense.

The next thing to do is to swallow up the forty-two cities promised by Duke Li as quickly as possible. Duke Li is not a mediocre person. His position is different from that of Li Guanyi. Although he promised forty-two cities, he will definitely find a way to take them back afterwards.

After this battle, Li Guanyi suspected that someone would figure out his identity.

The world is so big, it is impossible for a person of this age and with such martial arts skills to suddenly jump out from a crack in the rock. However, speculation is just speculation. Li Guanyi currently only wants to eat the meat in one go before his identity brings about many negative impacts.

Huh? You guessed it?
I don't admit it.

It's great!

The young general sat cross-legged in an empty place, stretched out his fingers, tapped his forehead, and said to himself: "Build high walls, store up food, and slowly become king..."

After all, in this chaotic world, at this moment, fame will only tell everyone how difficult you are. If Helian Jieshan knew that the one charging into the battle was Jiangnan Qilin, Qin Wuhou, who was ranked 47th on the list of famous generals in the world, he would not have been able to deal with him with only 3,000 rear troops.

This requires sitting up and fighting. I'm afraid that he won't care about anything and will directly turn around and attack with his elite troops.

It would be impossible for Li Guanyi to accomplish the feat of charging into the enemy's ranks and killing the generals.

Reputation, when the general trend is already established, is like a raging fire that makes the general trend rise rapidly. However, the effect is so good that if the Wolf King and the Dangxiang knew that Li Guanyi was here, they would change their strategies instantly.

Li Guanyi's three words were enough for them to do so.

Although he realized that his name had grown from a small pharmacist in Huichuntang to a level where he could change the situation in the world, Li Guanyi was still not happy.

Li Guanyi had no interest in fighting to the death with the fourth-ranked general in the world who led an army of hundreds of thousands.

Make a fortune in silence, and when others are fighting each other, go around to develop.

Keep the heart of walking on thin ice and act bravely and diligently.

The newcomers are not afraid, but they are not ostentatious either.

Be aggressive when necessary, and be steady when necessary.

Li Guanyi said to himself:
"Forty-two cities...?"

He had a good memory, and Li Zhaowen had shown him some of the geomancy maps of the Western Regions.

Between the forty-two cities, there are scattered city-states, oases and towns of all sizes from various parts of the Western Regions.

Li Guanyi said to himself: "The general trend of the world is to strive for the first place."

"Before my identity is exposed and the wolf king attacks me, and Jiang Wanxiang is on alert, I have to occupy as much territory as possible in the Western Region... I can't retreat at any step."

"There are thirty-six tribes in the Western Regions, the Tangut state, the remnants of Tuyuhun, the coalition of seven tribes this time, the nine Tiele tribes, and the Qiang people. Apart from these, there are still seventeen tribes that we have never seen. I am afraid that these seventeen tribes have been stopped at the pass by the fifteenth general under the command of the Wolf King, Xiao Wuliang."

Li Guanyi felt a faint sense of urgency.

The coalition of seven armies has such a great reputation; what about the seventeen armies?
Li Guanyi rubbed his brows. He now hoped to immediately obtain the complete map of the Western Regions and the mine array map from Hao Yuanxia, ​​so as to improve his own strength, foundation, and heritage in the shortest possible time.

But at this moment, someone came to visit. It turned out to be the Mohist disciples who had helped Yemenguan guard the city before. When Li Shude and others left, they wanted to take the Mohist disciples with them, but these Mohist disciples said that they only wanted to help these people guard the city.

Seeing that Li Guanyi's troops obeyed orders and did not harm the people, he came to visit him.

Then he explained in detail the strategy for defending the city.

Li Guan nodded in agreement, and during the next few days, he mobilized the captives from the Western Regions to help rebuild the city. This kind of thing was originally extremely time-consuming, but each of these warriors was extremely strong and could use their weapons to cut through hard rocks.

They came to rebuild the city much faster than ordinary people.

With the help of the Mohist School, the city of Yemen Pass was rebuilt in a few days. During this period, Zhangsun Wuchou came once. When many captives from the Western Regions saw that the Dayuan tribe who had escaped were also captured, they completely lost their temper.

But I became more and more in awe of Li Guanyi.

Changsun Wuchou left behind a considerable amount of food and transported 500,000 wolf-tooth arrows to Anxi City. On the way there and back, he opened up a trade route and brought in necessary things to the city.

Li Guanyi felt relieved and re-selected local young and strong men to teach them the strategy of defending the city. He also transferred veteran soldiers from the Anxi Protectorate to serve here as captains and sergeants to rebuild the city defense system.

Li Guanyi said: "It's time to go back to Xiyi City."

He stretched out his hand and clenched his fist. After charging into the battle formation that day, Li Guanyi felt that his martial arts had made some breakthroughs, especially his command ability. He felt as if he was particularly at ease.

Li Guanyi's actual command capacity is 50,000.

He previously commanded 100,000 men, many of whom were just ordinary people.

But at this time, Li Guanyi felt that his command ability should have made a breakthrough. The soldiers respected him from the bottom of their hearts, obeyed his orders and actively cooperated, which saved the commander a lot of energy.

This is why famous generals all have their own teams and armies.

How much command do you have now?

Fifty-one thousand, or fifty-two thousand?

Hmm, I didn’t expect that such a limit could be broken.

I don't know, what level can I reach if combined with the Golden King Seal?
A real army of 100,000 elite soldiers?
Huh...that's impossible.

I must be overthinking it.

Li Guanyi thought about it and looked up at the sky, which was gray.

He had planned to go to Xiyi City immediately, but in autumn, there was a sandstorm around and the road was difficult to see. Without Yaoguang, Li Guanyi could not find the direction accurately in such a western environment.

It is even more difficult to ensure that a resting place with windproof and water source can be found every time during this kind of march.

Li Guanyi felt a little annoyed for some reason. He shook his head and frowned.

"When the sandstorm settles down, we will go back immediately."

"Get the money promised by Duke Li, take Hao Yuanxia with you, pick up Yaoguang, and return immediately. Within a month, take down the forty-two cities before your identity is exposed..."

Li Guanyi suppressed the irritability in his heart and looked through the files left behind at the night gate. Suddenly, someone patted him on the shoulder.

Li Guan said: "Yaoguang, stop making trouble..."

After a pause, the boy realized that the figure who had been by his side for more than two years was no longer there, so he paused and said, "Sorry, I called the wrong person. Who is it that has such thoughts?"

He said as he turned around.

A cool finger poked his face.

Poke, poke.

The young general's smile froze as he looked at the silver-haired girl who quietly came up behind him. He almost thought he was dreaming and for a moment he was in a trance, his eyes widened.

The silver-haired girl looked at Li Guanyi quietly.

The astrologer's attire on her body was covered with dust, and her silver hair was a little dull, but her eyes were still clear. She rode a horse, alone, carrying dry food and a water bag, and came here over a very long distance.

Li Guanyi was stunned for a long time.

The girl said in a peaceful voice, "I think you might need me."

She traveled a long, long way, across mountains and rivers, just to come here and say these words.

The silver-haired girl clasped her hands together, her delicate face that looked like no other human being had no expression, and her voice was calm and without ripples:
"I also brought some steamed buns."

"I thought you might miss me.

The silver-haired girl stood up, thought for a moment, spread her arms, stared at Li Guanyi with clear eyes, and said:

"I'm sorry, I lied."

"I miss you a lot."

Li Guanyi was silent for a long time. The girl tilted her head, her silver hair hanging down at her temples, still covered with fine sand from the desert:
"Would you like a hug..."

Li Guanyi stood up, stretched out his arms, and hugged the girl in his arms.

Soft and ethereal, like a light that disappeared at an unknown moment.

Yaoguang and Li Guanyi Handbook:
【So, we met again】

(End of this chapter)