Speed ​​Pass starts with choosing a hunter

Chapter 169 Sir
When Bai Yuan arrived in Xinglong, the shop doors were closed and it looked like no one had left.

Just as he was about to go forward and knock on the door, Lu Yu pushed the door open.

"How dare you come here?"

There was a hint of teasing in his smile.

Thanks to his father, the general, the relationship between Shenfumen and Lingzhou Army is not very good now. He originally thought that Bai Yuan would avoid suspicion because of this, but he didn't expect that he would actually come.

Bai Yuan shrugged.

Lu Yu couldn't beat him, so of course he wasn't afraid.

"I'm leaving."

The smile on Lu Yu's face suddenly disappeared.

Bai Yuan: "Not looking for the Divine Palace anymore?"

Lu Yu rolled his eyes: "I've been looking for half a year, and there's still no point!"

As soon as he heard the word "Shenfu", he got angry.

After searching for more than half a year, he didn't even see a trace of the Divine Palace. Staying there would only delay his future in martial arts.

The choice between the illusory divine palace and martial arts is a simple one.

His father, the general, is now in a state of distress due to the Demon Sect in the northern border, so he has no time to covet the Divine Palace.

As for the Lingzhou Army in Huanglongfu, they certainly have other intentions.

However, his father, the general, would not tell him these secrets. After all, he was just an illegitimate child, at most a more respected illegitimate child.

He suddenly laughed again: "When I come to Huanglong Mansion again, don't die."

After spending some time together, the two found that they had similar personalities.

Don't be fooled by his cheerful appearance and the fact that he has friends all over Lingzhou, but there are not many people who are truly recognized by him. Fatty Huang is one, Bai Yuan is one, and there are no more.

Bai Yuan: "Next up is General Lu?"

Lu Yu suddenly felt a sense of pride: "At least he is a general!"

Those who are familiar with him know that he has always been very low-key and has no interest in making big statements. He only reveals his true feelings in front of Bai Yuan, who knows his hidden strength.

"Don't die."

Bai Yuan's expression turned serious.

Lu Yu is a good person, but once he returns to Lingzhou Army and goes to the battlefield, his life and death will be decided by God. He also doesn't want Lu Yu to die so early.

"Don't worry, I won't die."

Lu Yu laughed, turned around and walked towards the street corner leading to the outside of Huanglongfu City. He raised his right hand and waved as he walked.

"By the way, my name is actually Lu Yu, you can also call me Brother Yu."

Lu Yu Lu Xiaoyu.
The corners of Bai Yuan's mouth raised slightly.

The last person named Xiaoyu was one of the two most outstanding heroes in the story.

Outside Huanglong Mansion, there is the Lingzhou military camp.

General Zhaowu Ji Chang was sitting on a tiger-skin chair with his horse and sword in hand, and a soldier in full armor was kneeling in front of him.

"General, the leader of the Divine Mansion Sect, Murong Tian, ​​is in seclusion and there is no movement for the time being."

"Understood, let's go down."

Ji Chang waved his hand, and the soldier nodded and left the camp.

He has been in Huanglong Mansion for ten days, but still has not seen the leader of Shenfu Sect.

Retreat?

Ji Chang sneered, this was clearly a blatant defiance of the imperial court's order.

What is the court's will?
In Lingzhou, the general represents the attitude of the imperial court. As a general from a military family, Ji Chang hates disobedient sects like the Shenfu Sect the most.

Emperor Taizu should not have said anything about co-governance with the clans, otherwise there would not be so many disgusting fleas in Lingzhou.

The Shenfu Gate of Huanglong Mansion is the largest one.

Ji Chang had been unhappy with the Shenfu Sect for a long time.

Of course, he would not act rashly. After all, in addition to Murong Tian, ​​the leader of Shenfu Sect who has passed the tenth anniversary of Zhigan, there is now another Dong Wanjun.

The master of Wanjun Peak is now a favorite of General Zhenbei.

The general and the prefect sent him here just to leave a way out for Lingzhou.

It is said that the war situation in Dingzhou is not optimistic. General Zhenbei is already weighing whether to abandon Dingzhou and retreat thousands of miles to Lingzhou, which will create a large buffer zone.

If the General Zhenbei really does this, Lingzhou will become the main battlefield.

By then, Lingzhou City, located in the northernmost part of Lingzhou, could be breached at any time.

That's why the prefect and the general chose Huanglongfu as their retreat route. After all, Huanglongfu had the Shenfu Gate and its military strength far exceeded that of the other prefectures.

As for whether the two third-rank officials had any intention of knocking on the door of the Divine Palace, no one knew.

But Ji Chang is a soldier.

He just obeyed the order, and if he really received the tiger talisman to destroy the Shenfu Sect, he would not hesitate at all.

In the whole Lingzhou, he is the best at exterminating entire families.

Half of the women in Lingzhou City’s Jiaofang Bureau were due to his efforts.

"Brother Yuan, I am living well in Linzhou, and my master has taken good care of me. Don't worry, my name is Qiao Niang."

Bai Yuan looked at the letter that Qiaojie had sent from Linzhou, thousands of miles away, and could no longer suppress his smile.

There has been no news of Qiaojie since she was taken out of Lingzhou by Zhou Siming.

Now I finally received a reply from Qiaojie.

Lingzhou is in the north and Linzhou is in the south, which are tens of thousands of miles apart. The speed of delivering letters by Xuanyang Post Station is naturally not too fast.

Of course, this is also related to Qiaojie's tortuous process of becoming an apprentice.

Her master seemed to have a bad temper. Although Qiaojie did not mention it much in the letter, it was still obvious that she suffered a lot in order to become his apprentice.

But if you practice martial arts, you will inevitably suffer.

Even though Bai Yuan is cheating, he still needs to be careful.

Fortunately, he has now successfully become an apprentice, and the letter even says that he has become a monster hunter.

Seeing this news, Bai Yuan was happy for Qiaojie from the bottom of his heart.

Linzhou is located in the southern border of Xuanyang. It has not been affected by the southward advance of the Demon Sect and everything is peaceful.

That's good.

Bai Yuan folded the letter and put it in the cabinet. The tenderness in his eyes was soon replaced by determination.

He stood up and opened the door.

It's time to practice swordplay.
"Young Master, are you going out again?"

Liu Qing, who was watering the flowers in the courtyard, saw Bai Yuan and asked softly. Bai Yuan was not in the courtyard of Wanjun Peak most of the time, but everything in the courtyard was taken care of in an orderly manner, and the flowers and plants in the courtyard were particularly lush, which made people feel peaceful.

All of this is inseparable from Liu Qing's careful care.

In comparison, Jiang Fei, who is three years younger than Liu Qing, does not have such a good temper and is more erratic.

"Ah."

Bai Yuan nodded.

Liu Qing suddenly stopped talking.

"Go ahead."

Bai Yuan noticed something strange in Liu Qing's expression. The Painter of Skin is not just a disguise, he also has the ability to read people's minds.

Liu Qing's expression could not be hidden from his eyes at all.

Liu Qing took a deep breath, as if mustering up her courage: "Young Master, there is a younger brother in my family who has good comprehension and above average aptitude. I wonder if he can join Wanjun Peak."

"That's it?"

"Yes, that's it. Sir, I was greedy."

"Just tell Senior Brother Ma about this."

Liu Qing suddenly raised her head, which had been lowered, and her big eyes were full of surprise. She had been tossing and turning for several nights because of this matter.

I didn't expect Bai Yuan to agree so easily.

Although this was just a small matter for Bai Yuan, Liu Qing was still extremely grateful.

Her younger brother had a very good relationship with him, but she hadn't seen him again after she entered the Divine Mansion. When she learned that her younger brother had the aptitude to practice martial arts, she was extremely happy.

In this world, it’s good for women to have someone they can rely on, but there are even fewer choices for women like her.

Apart from Bai Yuan, the only one she could count on was her younger brother.

When they are old and ugly, at least they still have the opportunity to return to their family. This is the best way out for women like them.

"Thank you, sir."

Liu Qing quickly bowed to Bai Yuanyingying.

"I probably won't be back tonight."

Bai Yuan waved his hand, gave a few more instructions, then pushed the door and left.

The old man Dong of Wanjun Peak is certainly an unrivaled existence today, but he is still on the battlefield in the north, so the one who really has the final say is him, the only true disciple of Wanjun Peak.

With great power in his hands, he does not have those ridiculous ideas of promoting talented people over relatives.

After Ma Dingjun, Cheng Li and Li Ting became outer disciples, Bai Yuan replaced all the key positions at Wanjun Peak with his own people.

As long as the people around him are capable, Bai Yuan will lend a helping hand.

Of course, it is more trustworthy to have your own people than to have those whose background you are not aware of.

Just like Ma Dingjun, he is now responsible for recruiting miscellaneous disciples.

There are many menial disciples in the Shenfu Sect, and most of them are managed by the Thirteen Peaks themselves, so this is a lucrative job in the eyes of everyone.

In addition to Ma Dingjun, Cheng Li and Li Ting are also in charge of the most important matters such as distributing monster meat and elixirs.

Although Bai Yuan had no intention of enriching himself, he felt at ease only when the money was in his own hands.

Since Old Man Dong has no intention of managing Wanjun Peak, then he, as his true disciple, naturally has to share his worries.

Descended Wanjun Peak.

Bai Yuan suddenly turned his head and looked towards the woods in the east.

The divine palace seemed to be moving again.

But he only took a look. Now was not the time to investigate. If he went in rashly, he might die.

After leaving Huanglongfu City, he headed north along the official road.

He had killed most of the monsters nearby, so he had to go deeper into the forest.

Along the way he met many refugees hiding in the mountains. Judging from their clothes, they were probably fleeing from the north.

The battle in the northern border of Xuanyang was extremely brutal.

Many people in Dingzhou could not bear the war and left their homes to flee southward.

Although the imperial court allocated a lot of resettlement silver for these refugees, anyone who had been in the government knew that out of 100,000 silvers, only 1,000 taels would be left in a county. The county magistrate would then extort a few hundred taels from them, so in the end, the only silver left for the refugees was pitifully small.

I heard that in many places in Dingzhou, people have been exchanging their children for food, and selling their wives for food is common.

Unable to survive, these people had no choice but to flee into the mountains and forests of Lingzhou.

Families with strong laborers still have the opportunity to settle down in the mountains and become mountain dwellers. Although it is hard and dangerous, at least they can live longer.

For example, those families whose able-bodied laborers died on the way to escape famine could only wait to starve to death.

As for why he hid in the mountains.

This is also thanks to the prefect of Lingzhou, who ordered that refugees were not allowed to enter Lingzhou privately.

Of course, with the Zhenbei Army in Dingzhou, he would not go too far, but this approval requires a lot of knowledge.

Of course, wealthy families could enter Lingzhou openly as long as they paid money, but the poor could only escape into the mountains.

Once these refugees hiding in the mountains were discovered, they would be sent back to Dingzhou at best, or killed on the spot at worst.

Bai Yuan looked at the ragged, shivering refugees hiding in the woods and sighed in his heart.

This world of cannibalism
If he hadn't practiced martial arts, his fate wouldn't have been much better than these people.

The Demon Sect may attack Lingzhou at any time, so he needs to improve his strength as soon as possible.

This is the only way to protect the people he wants to protect.

"Thank you big brother."

A little girl with a dirty face was holding a pancake and looking at Bai Yuan innocently.

"Eat quickly."

Bai Yuan distributed the dry food he had with him to these refugees.

Although he couldn't change anything, at least he tried his best.

The little girl tried many times to bring the pancakes to other people in the family, but was stopped by Bai Yuan.

He could imagine that if the pancake in the little girl's hand was seen by other refugees, she might be killed. At that time, it would not be saving the little girl, but harming him.

This is also the reason why Bai Yuan did not have the desire to save the world.

There's no way to save him.

And it might even cause trouble.

The story of the farmer and the snake has happened many times in this world.

Unless he can become a figure like Emperor Taizu or the founder of the Demon Cult.

(End of this chapter)