Comprehensive Martial Arts: Relying on Pili Martial Arts to Achieve Dimensionality Reduction Attack

Chapter 254 Let's go our separate ways

Miaojiang is actually a rather general term, mainly referring to the area south of Xiwulin.

There were originally hundreds of scattered tribes living here, which had been constantly fighting against each other over the past few hundred years, causing great chaos.

However, more than a hundred years ago, a very powerful figure emerged from this place.

That man led his tribe, conquered the surrounding tribes, large and small, and established a powerful regime, which is now the Guming Dynasty.

In other words, the Guming Dynasty was a regime formed by the union of tribes with similar personal cultures.

Until now, those tribes still maintain their own customs and cultures, so from time to time, frictions of one kind or another occur with neighboring tribes or even the Guming Dynasty itself.

This also meant that the Guming Dynasty needed to send troops from time to time to deal with tribal rebellions and other vicious incidents.

The fundamental reason for this phenomenon is that the Guming Dynasty was established too quickly, and its development time up to now is too short, less than a hundred years in total, and the national integration has not been well completed.

The territory of the Guming Dynasty is only about half of that of the Suzaku Dynasty.

The royal palace was located in the center, the Iron Army Guards were stationed on the north, west and east sides, and the rest of the place was inhabited by various tribes.

Lu Ping and others' destination this time was slightly closer to the southwest.

At this time, the autumn wind was bleak, the ground was covered with dead branches, and fallen leaves were drifting. The cries of a few crows could be heard from the sky, which made people feel a little irritated.

Following the clues obtained by Bai Ri Wu Ji, Lu Ping and his group of six came to the dense forest where the criminals and villagers disappeared.

There was a thick purple-black fog in the dense forest, and one could tell at a glance that something was not simple inside.

Any normal person, upon seeing this situation, would immediately know that they should take a detour.

"I originally thought that since they did something so outrageous, they would set up their base in a remote corner of Miao territory and conduct their operations covertly."

"I didn't expect them to set up their base in such a central place, and to arrange it so blatantly..."

"Is this a provocation to the Guming Dynasty?"

Lu Ping's words elicited a complaint from Feng Xiaoyao.

"You've said a lot of similar things along the way. It's time to stop."

"The people who robbed the prisoners and refined the corpses this time are indeed destroying the stability of Miaojiang, but not everything needs to rise to the level of provoking the Guming Dynasty."

"Just now, you almost tripped over a falling branch, but that definitely doesn't count!"

Lu Ping was indignant: "It doesn't count? How could it not count? That's a government road! Would there be such a thick branch lying on a normal government road? It must be a trap set by the enemy!"

"But nothing happened afterwards?"

"That means I'm lucky. I just happened to encounter the enemy's trap that has aged."

Feng Xiaoyao's mouth twitched and he did not continue to argue.

After coming out of the Baisheng Camp, Lu Ping and Feng Xiaoyao chatted non-stop.

When seeing beautiful mountains and rivers, they would praise them. When passing by markets or villages, they would chat with each other. When hearing crows calling, they would comment on them. From time to time, they would also discuss some things about swordsmanship and martial arts.

The friendship between the two gradually heated up at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It wasn't because they hit it off right away, it was mainly because among the six people in the team, Dehang was the only one who couldn't talk, Qu Yun was thinking about how to solve the problem of the poisonous corpse, and Lu Xiaofeng found Gongsun Lan, and they fell far behind the main group, chatting and laughing all the way, like a young couple out traveling.

So Lu Ping and Feng Xiaoyao were left alone to chat and pass the time.

Fortunately, we have finally arrived at our destination.

"If you want to understand the situation, you must investigate..."

Looking at the poisonous forest in front of him, Feng Xiaoyao thought for a moment, then turned to look at Qu Yun: "Master Qu Yun, is there any way to deal with the poison barrier in front of us?"

"some!"

Qu Yun looked at the poisonous gas in the forest, then took out a ceramic bottle that he had prepared long ago from his pocket and poured out a few brown pills from it.

"This is the Five Poison Sect's anti-poison pill. After taking it, it should ensure that we will not be affected after entering the forest."

"That's good……"

Feng Xiaoyao stepped forward, took a pill, and swallowed it in one gulp.

Just as he was about to turn around and go into the woods to investigate, he suddenly stopped, then turned around and stared at Qu Yun, who was not even as tall as his waist, with wide eyes.

"Wait! Did you just say 'should'??"

Qu Yun looked away, and replied with a guilty conscience: "I'm not sure about the composition of the poison in the forest..."

"Then this anti-poison pill..."

"This poison-repellent pill is the crystallization of the wisdom of the Five Immortals Sect's ancestors. After more than a hundred years of updates and iterations, it can be immune to hundreds of different types of poison gas and miasma."

"But I'm not 100% sure it's effective against the miasma in this forest."

Pills like "Anti-Poison Pills" are not uncommon in the martial arts world, but the ingredients of each "Anti-Poison Pill" are different, so the range of poison gases they can deal with is different.

Feng Xiaoyao looked serious, and after a few seconds of silence, he asked, "How confident are you?" "Hahaha... don't worry, I still have a 90% chance of success."

Qu Yun put his hands on his hips, puffed out his ordinary chest proudly and confidently, and spoke loudly.

The Five Immortals Sect has existed in Miaojiang for hundreds, perhaps even thousands of years. When the people in the sect developed anti-poison pills, they must have started by researching how to deal with the poisonous gases in the surrounding environment.

Even if the poison barrier in the dense forest in front of us was not naturally generated, but was created by Wu Menggui, he must have taken materials from the surrounding environment, so...

Hearing the words "90% sure", Feng Xiaoyao finally breathed a sigh of relief. He then glanced at Qu Yun with resentment, "Can you please stop breathing so heavily when you speak next time? I almost wanted to go home just now..."

"Hey hey hey..."

Hey, you are in your twenties and still pretending to be a loli.

Lu Ping complained inwardly, took a pill and swallowed it, then asked, "How long will the effect last?"

"An hour."

Qu Yun replied, and then poured out all the pills in the bottle: "Just in case, everyone should take three more anti-poison pills."

There weren't many pills in a bottle of anti-poison pills to begin with. Apart from Dehang who didn't need them, the remaining five people shared them and soon the pills were all gone.

Several people nodded and accepted the anti-poison pills. They weighed the time and their own abilities, and each of them had a clear idea of ​​what to do. They turned around and re-examined the dense forest in front of them.

Before setting off, Bai Ri Wu Ji showed them a map of the area.

The dense forest in front of us is three thousand meters deep, and behind it leads to a valley surrounded by mountains. It is not easy to investigate.

"This dense forest is so vast that even if we divide our forces into six groups to search, we may not be able to survey the entire area within an hour."

"Not to mention, we have to be on guard against the enemies inside."

Feng Xiaoyao took a sip of wine and felt that he was destined to be a hard worker.

Lu Ping ignored his complaints and continued, "The enemy's numbers and strength are unknown, and they also have a geographical advantage. Fighting in a dense forest is very disadvantageous to us."

"So our focus on this trip is not to fight the enemy, but to gather intelligence!"

The intelligence that needed to be investigated had been discussed by everyone before, and there were two main ones:
First, the identity, number, and purpose of the enemy;
The second is the status of those criminals and villagers.

If it is true as speculated that these people were refined into poisonous corpses, then it is necessary to investigate where they were made, how they were made into poisonous corpses, where they will be used afterwards, and whether there is a way to turn them back...

"Hmm... If the purpose is to gather intelligence, wouldn't it be better for us to act separately?"

Feng Xiaoyao made a suggestion.

Having been a sergeant for more than ten years, his ability to lead troops and his on-the-spot judgment are the best among all those present. He also understands that when gathering intelligence, he should adopt the strategy of elite troops and advance and retreat quickly.

His proposal was quickly questioned by Lu Ping: "If we act separately in this situation, we will be easily defeated one by one by the enemies lurking in the dark..."

Why don’t we learn from the lessons taught by so many novels and film and television dramas?
Oh, and they haven’t watched movies or TV shows, nor have they read novels.

Feng Xiaoyao was still very modest. He looked at Lu Ping and asked, "Do you have any good suggestions?"

Lu Ping looked up at the dense forest in front of him and said tentatively: "How about I just flatten this place with one palm?"

Everyone: "..."

It is impossible to bulldoze it; this is not a problem that can be solved by violence.

If they just push ahead without thoroughly investigating the situation, once the mastermind escapes, he may make a comeback in the future. And with this lesson, they will be in even more trouble next time.

Of course Lu Ping also knew this.

"Hehehe... Just kidding."

"I think your judgment is correct. Conducting investigations separately is indeed the most efficient way of investigation. I just want to remind you to be careful."

Although he said that it would be easier to be defeated one by one if they went separately, Lu Ping also knew that this strategy was correct.

Because if everyone acts together and gets ambushed, there will be no way to retreat.

Not only that, when taking action, people like myself or Feng Xiaoyao who are strong and fast will most likely have to distract themselves to take care of other people, thus being restricted in various ways.

"In that case, let's split our forces into four groups. The specific divisions are as follows..."

Among the six people, Lu Ping is undoubtedly the strongest, followed by Feng Xiaoyao. As long as they are not affected by the poisonous gas, the two of them can move freely in this forest.

So the two of them acted alone.

Qu Yun and Dehang are immune to most poisons due to their special physiques.

Not only are they the people who are most familiar with poisonous corpses, but Qu Yunxi also has the "Poison Sutra" and can control poisonous insects. De Hang is extremely powerful, and the two of them cooperate well in battle and are excellent partners, so they go their own way.

It’s just that the former’s martial arts skills are mediocre, and the latter is mentally ill, so they may not be able to deal with a real master.

Lu Xiaofeng and Gongsun Lan were left, so they naturally traveled together. Anyway, they had already chatted all day along the way, so they might as well let them stay together for a while longer.

With the strength of both of them, if they join forces they should be able to defeat an opponent of Pian Feng Wu Ji's level.

(End of this chapter)