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Chapter 161: Cold Window Chat, Preparations for Returning West

Because they had made sufficient preparations in advance, with the escort of more than 90 Xuanyou Iron Cavalry including Fan Hongsheng and Wei Wanzong along the way, and the exceptionally "friendly" environment, they did not encounter any accidents along the way.

On November 22, more than 92,000 people set out from Wujiafang, met halfway, and arrived at Liuyunfang, more than 200 miles away, late at night to rest and stay overnight.

Everything went as planned.

Geng Xuan appeared with a group of Xuanyou cavalry and imposed his will on Yueluyuan, just like smashing a huge rock into the lake.

With Wanpingji as the core, violent ripples began to spread in all directions.

In the end, the entire Yueluyuan was in turmoil and unrest because of this.

As time passed, the turmoil he had stirred up in the entire Yuelu Plain not only did not stop, but became more and more violent.

But since the 22nd, Wanpingji, the "place of origin", has become quiet.

This is even more true for Geng Xuan.

After spending a day studying the Grandmaster's "Star Fixation Technique" and realizing the "Pigeon Training Technique", this day can be said to be quite fruitful.

At night, fast horses kept delivering news of the westward migration to Wanpingji, and the news reached Hong Quan.

Geng Xuan ignored all this and went to bed on time.

The next day, November 23rd.

After a good night's rest, Geng Xuan, feeling refreshed, sat cross-legged on the bed and began to carefully review the results of his body tempering over the past few days.

Nine days have passed since the focus of cultivation shifted from refining bones to refining blood.

Although Geng Xuan was busy with various chores during this period, his cultivation was not affected.

Among them, the biggest change is naturally the change in blood refining.

The blood refining level increased from "7.9%" to "9.5%", a full 1.6% increase.

You must know that the further you go in tempering your body, the more difficult it will be.

The improvement from "10% blood refining" to "20% blood refining" and the improvement from "80% blood refining" to "90% blood refining" both seem to be an improvement of 10%.

But the difficulty is completely incomparable.

The reason why the blood refining achievement can still maintain such a high growth is due to the "Tidal Breathing Method" at the perfect level.

However, when his blood refining achievement reached "9.5%", the help that the "Tidal Breathing Method" of the Perfect Realm could provide him basically stopped there.

In addition to the rapid improvement of blood refining achievements.

With the help of the "bone shrinking method" in the perfect state, the bone refining achievement also increased by 0.5%, from "bone refining 7.9%" to "bone refining 8.4%".

At the same time, with the help of the master's "Wanjun Jin".

The achievement of marrow refining also increased by 0.5%, from "marrow refining 5.8%" to "marrow refining 6.3%".

At this point, the help that the master's "Wanjun Jin" can bring to the marrow refining level has gradually disappeared.

[Refining skin to 83%, refining flesh to 95%, refining blood to 95%, refining bones to 84%, refining marrow to 63%]

Geng Xuan consumed sixty-four points of luck and raised his "Wanjun Jin" of the master realm to the level of a grandmaster.

After confirming his current achievements in body tempering, Geng Xuan naturally shifted the focus of his training for the next period of time to marrow refining.

However, I made this decision in my heart.

Geng Xuan's gaze remained on the achievement of "skin refining" for a long time.

"Wanjun Jin" has a very special characteristic, that is, the height it can ultimately reach depends on the lowest of the other four body tempering achievements.

In other words, if the "skin refining" still stays at the "83%" position and no longer moves forward.

Then, even if he raised the "Wanjun Power" one step further and reached the perfect level.

The ultimate achievement of marrow refining will stop at "83%".

On the other hand, according to the prevailing standards of this world.

[Late stage of marrow refining] refers to practitioners who, in addition to marrow refining, have achieved more than 90% in at least two body tempering skills, the remaining body tempering skills are not less than 85%, and the marrow refining skills are not less than 80%.

[Peak of Marrow Refining] means that all body tempering achievements, including marrow refining, have exceeded 95%.

If we use this standard to look at it, Geng Xuan's current condition is very strange.

Both body tempering achievements have reached the standard line of "Marrow Refining Peak". I dare not say that he has reached the complete Marrow Refining Peak, but at least he is a strong man with "two-fifths" of the Marrow Refining Peak realm.

But judging from the standard of "marrow refining achievement", he is still in the middle stage of marrow refining, and it will take about ten days before he can break through to the late stage of marrow refining.

This is all fine, but due to the characteristic limitations of "Wanjun Jin", the upper limit is just the master-level "Iron Skin Skill", which is too low. After the skin refining exceeds 80%, it is difficult to make a big improvement.

If this problem is not solved, it will be difficult to achieve the complete "peak of marrow refining", let alone fully enter the late stage of marrow refining.

Because of these reasons, it has become urgent to completely solve the problem of low skin refining achievements caused by the low level of "Iron Skin Skill".

Fortunately, Geng Xuan has not just started to consider this issue.

He had been thinking about how to solve this problem a long time ago.

Based on some notes and his own experience, he already had some ideas in mind.

He is not the only one who has similar troubles.

Rather, these are the difficulties faced by many practitioners who come from humble backgrounds, have low starting points, or have gone astray in their early years for other reasons.

Because of my special experience, I am lucky enough to be able to embark on the path of cultivation. I have no right to be picky and choose. I just practice whatever I have.

When the opportunity comes or the enlightenment comes, the cultivation will advance by leaps and bounds.

The choice made at the early stages of refining the skin and flesh becomes a hidden danger when entering a higher level.

After reading a large number of notes, Geng Xuan gradually had a clearer idea in his mind.

When it comes to skin refining, it is the "method of hardness and softness".

How to do it specifically depends on the skin refining technique that the practitioner initially chooses, and whether it is "hard" or "soft" in nature.

There are many skin refining techniques, but in general, they can all be categorized into "hard" and "soft".

The "Iron Skin Kung Fu" that Geng Xuan practiced is a typical skin-refining technique with "hard" attributes.

To solve the problem of low leather refining achievements due to its low upper limit, the most effective way is to choose a leather refining technique with "soft" attributes.

The problem can be solved by combining hardness and softness.

Similarly, if you were originally practicing a skin-refining technique with a "soft" attribute, you can now use a skin-refining technique with a "hard" attribute to solve the problem.

This is the safest, most hassle-free, and most beneficial and harmless way for practitioners.

Of course there are difficulties.

The biggest difficulty is that for a practitioner who has adapted to a certain skin refining technique from the perspective of thinking to physical instinct, it is very difficult to suddenly turn 180 degrees.

Previous experience and achievements will become obstacles to understanding and mastering new skills.

Physically, it will also be very painful.

Whether it is from hard to soft, or from soft to hard, it is all torture like torture.

This is to turn a steel bar into a flexible piece, or vice versa, to shape a flexible piece into an indomitable steel bar. You can imagine how difficult this is.

This is something that is easier said than done.

But for Geng Xuan, this did not present any problem.

He only needs to "know", and "doing" can be left to good luck.

The size of "Xingnan" is nothing more than the amount of good fortune consumed.

To this end, Geng Xuan carefully selected two of the many skin refining techniques in the Giant Bear Gang's inventory as backup.

A film called "The Power of Flowing Water and Waves".

A film called "Giant Snake Coiling on the Mountain".

No matter which one he chooses to study, Geng Xuan is confident that after practicing it to perfection, his skin refining achievements will exceed the threshold of "95%".

The reason why he had not made a decision yet was because he had seen some descriptions of the perfection of body tempering in some notes.

Perfection of body tempering naturally includes perfection of skin refining.

The perfect leather refining includes one characteristic, "combining hardness and softness".

Those who say that this method can make up for the defects of leather refining all emphasize one point.

“The effect is most prominent after the first use.

When choosing the second skin refining technique, be sure to be cautious."

This is the reason why Geng Xuan hesitated and was unable to make a decision.

According to the descriptions in these notes, as well as the various insights Geng Xuan had gained from his practice so far, he gradually had a feeling in his heart.

If one covets the convenience of this "combination of hardness and softness", it will indeed bring about a significant improvement in the level of skin refining in a short period of time.

But in the future, it will indirectly raise the threshold for you to enter "perfection of skin refining".

For other practitioners, this impact is of course negligible.

Because for them, let alone "perfect skin refining", even raising the skin refining achievement to more than 90% is an achievement that can only be dreamed of.

But for Geng Xuan, this is not a luxury, but a future that can be seen with the naked eye.

He certainly did not want to create greater obstacles for the more critical step ahead for the sake of current convenience.

As a result, the most effective and convenient "hard and soft method" was put aside by Geng Xuan himself.

If this approach doesn't work, then we can only think of a way to add "hardness" to "hardness".

But this brings up new problems.

Not to mention the slow effects and half the effort with twice the results.

For Geng Xuan, this was just a matter of wasting some of his good luck.

More importantly, if different "hard" attribute skin refining techniques are not compatible enough, it is easy to cause internal conflicts, and eventually form fatal flaws in some unexpected places.

One set of skins, two sets of operating logic.

It is entirely conceivable that such a result would occur.

In more professional terms, it is the "fatal point" or "vital point".

What Geng Xuan needs to consider is to try to choose a skin refining technique that is more compatible with the "Iron Skin Skill" and has the "vital point" position as hidden as possible so that it will not become his fatal flaw.

For this reason, Geng Xuan was still hesitating between the three skin refining techniques.

The intentions of these three techniques are completely different.

But in Geng Xuan's eyes, the biggest difference between them was that after he rehearsed the three exercises in his mind, he judged based on his experience that their "vital points" were under the armpits, behind the ears, and under the crotch respectively.

Geng Xuan was hesitating about which one to choose.

Now, he has a new direction.

Geng Xuan reached to the pillow and took out a notebook titled "Cold Window Chat".

This is a notebook copied from the home of the owner of Tainingji Grand Hall.

Unlike Hong Quan and others whose focus was almost entirely on the secret manuals of martial arts, Geng Xuan preferred notes that discussed everything from ancient times to the present.

This is even an important way for him to increase his knowledge.

Hong Quan and others naturally knew about Geng Xuan's hobby.

Therefore, every time he copied various classics, after roughly classifying and organizing them, he would send these "storybooks" to Geng Xuan for him to read and entertain himself when he was free.

This book "Cold Window Chat" is such a "storybook".

The author should be someone who has traveled to many places, has extremely high cultivation, good communication skills, and a strong curiosity.

In my later years, I recalled the past and wrote this notebook under the cold window and lonely lamp.

The notes have no clear purpose, I just write whatever comes to mind.

There is no connection between the front and back parts.

Among them, what caught Geng Xuan's attention was a passage of text.

"Three hundred and seventy years after the Yuan Emperor's death, Meng Tiexin rose to prominence in Dongling, Yuanzhou, and at the age of forty-seven, founded the Chixin Gang.

...Because his family was poor when he was young, he could only use the Iron Skin Skill to temper his body and skin.

...abandoning the 'hard and soft method', he took a different approach, combining Iron Sand Palm, Iron Arm Kung Fu, Iron Leg Kung Fu, and his own Iron Back Leaning and Meng's Iron Head Kung Fu, which together became the 'Unparalleled Iron Wall'.

...he achieved the three perfect states of 'perfection in skin refining', 'perfection in flesh refining' and 'perfection in bone refining' and died at the age of ninety-seven without any illness.

What a pity!

What a pity!

If he had not mistakenly learned the secret method of eliminating blood in his early years, resulting in a deficiency of blood and obstruction of marrow, he would never have been able to "perfectly refine blood" and "perfectly refine marrow" in his entire life.

With his talent, aptitude, intelligence and understanding, he will be able to complete the five realms before the age of sixty, reaching the state of perfection without any flaws and completing the acquired realm.

For the rest of my life, I have great confidence that I can glimpse the unparalleled innate portal that the Overlord opened with his own strength!
……

The Chixin Gang, which he founded, has always adhered to his legacy of "helping the weak and suppressing the strong, punishing evil and promoting good", and has traveled throughout the world.

However, things that are too bright are easily stained, and things that are too hard are easily broken.

Thirty-one years later, it was four hundred and fifty-one years after Emperor Yuan's death.

The Red Heart Gang, established 81 years ago, was destroyed overnight.

All the bloodline of the Yang family, whether legitimate or illegitimate, male or female, were killed.

Among the many forces involved in burying the Red Heart Gang, the most noteworthy one is none other than the Wuyou Palace.

Wuyou Palace also became famous because of this battle, stepping on the ruins of the Chixin Gang and becoming one of the decisive forces dominating the fate of Yuanzhou.

Now, if we take the "collapse of Emperor Yuan" as a symbol, it has been 563 years since the collapse of Emperor Yuan.

In other words, it has been prosperous for 112 years since Wuyou Palace destroyed the Chixin Gang.

Of course, Geng Xuan’s focus at the moment is not the rise of Wuyou Palace, nor the style of the Chixin Gang founded by Meng Tiexin.

But it was that seemingly random paragraph.

[Abandoning the "hard and soft method", he found a new way, blending Iron Sand Palm, Iron Arm Kung Fu, Iron Leg Kung Fu, and created his own Iron Back Lean, Meng's Iron Head Kung Fu, and Iron Row Kung Fu, which together became the "Unparalleled Iron Wall"]

Just a few dozen words gave Geng Xuan a lot of inspiration and endless imagination.

He was no longer troubled by the issue of leather refining.

Because of this matter, he already had a clear answer in his mind.

That's right, Geng Xuan has made up his mind to follow this path that has been verified by Meng Tiexin and can lead to "perfection in skin refining".

As for the fact that I may not have the same talent, understanding, and experience as others...

Geng Xuan never thought that this would be a problem.

He has talent and I have skills.

He has the understanding and I have the skills.

He has experience, I still have...

Geng Xuan suddenly realized that there was no one in this world more suitable for this path than himself!
Geng Xuan approached Hong Quan, who had just dismissed another wave of market representatives who had come to pay their respects and surrender, and asked:
"How's the inventory of the skills seized this time going?"

Upon hearing this, Hong Quan's expression froze, and then he said with a look of shame: "Boss, I've only counted out a small part. I... I'll go get it right away."

As he said this, he was about to leave quickly.

Geng Xuan saw this and quickly stopped them, saying, "No, no, go ahead and do your thing. It won't be too late to count them when we get back."

With that said, he turned and left.

It was rare that Geng Xuan felt some shame in his heart.

Hong Quan, like himself, also has only twelve hours in a day, not a minute more.

When I am busy, he naturally has no time to rest and must follow me.

Even when he had some free time, Hong Quan was also busy.

Because Geng Xuan became a hands-off boss, Hong Quan had to do many things personally, both inside and outside the company.

I get very little sleep every day.

As far as Geng Xuan knew, Hong Quan had to take several tranquilizer pills every day to maintain his condition.

But no matter how good the tranquilizing pills are, they can never replace real sleep.

This is still a strong hold.

Over time, problems can easily arise.

It was because of this that Geng Xuan was able to suppress the impulse in his heart.

I decided to consider these things after leaving Yueluyuan and returning to Chiwu Mountain.

After returning to the room, Geng Xuan was a little distracted from practicing for a while.

Thinking that this trip to Yueluyuan was basically coming to an end, if Wuyou Palace did not jump out, he would not kill people on a large scale again, and naturally there would be no good luck.

Geng Xuan then calmed down and made a comprehensive review of the good and bad luck he had gained since entering Fengzefang on the evening of the 19th.

It can be said that no matter whether it was good luck or bad luck, the harvest from the large-scale killing in Yueluyuan in just two nights far exceeded the total of the previous months of struggle in Chiwu Mountain.

The first large-scale killing took place in Fengzefang.

The "Seven Men of Young Master Qin", including two high-ranking women from Wuyou Palace, and the fifty-four guards who accompanied them, all died at the hands of him and Hong Quan and others.

In addition, he also picked up the "remaining energy" of a senior executive of Fengzefang.

The total amount of good luck was 1,908 points, and the total amount of bad luck was 39 points.

After this comes Wanpingji.

As soon as they arrived, Geng Xuan used flying knives to kill 28 ambushers who were hiding on the high walls and trying to use huge rocks, huge trees, boiling gold juice and other means to stop the cavalry's actions.

Afterwards, Geng Xuan personally killed the four strongest men, and the cavalry charge of Hong Quan and others also caused casualties of fifty or sixty people.

Not to mention those who died.

Without waiting for Geng Xuan's orders, Hong Quan "took the initiative" to kill the wounded and led his men to finish them off very efficiently.

Then, thirty-eight people from Wuyou Palace jumped out on their own initiative, and forty-two people were killed by ten of them.

The cleanup of Qin Hexuan's mansion by Hong Quan and his men, as well as sporadic killings like that of Liang Mingrui, resulted in another twenty or thirty lives.

In addition, there is another point worth mentioning separately.

That is, six members of the Giant Bear Gang also died, and they also brought a lot of good luck to Geng Xuan.

All in all, there were 207 lives lost in Wanpingji alone, contributing 5,147 points of good luck and 199 points of bad luck to Geng Xuan.

Among them, most of the bad luck is obtained when killing a prisoner once in ten draws.

Immediately after receiving the message from Xu Hao, the right deputy envoy of Wuyou Palace, the nearby Wuyou Palace mobilized six support troops to rush to Wanpingji as quickly as possible.

The six support troops have varying numbers of people, totaling 405.

In total, it brought Geng Xuan 10,532 points of good luck and 312 points of bad luck.

Among them, the vast majority of bad luck came from those reinforcements who were not from the Wuyou Palace's direct lineage, but from those temporary recruits from all over the country. Next up was the "luckiest" Tainingji.

Because the core figures were too concentrated, they were all gathered in Taining Pavilion when Geng Xuan launched the surprise attack.

This allowed Geng Xuan to take control of the situation in Tainingji as quickly as possible.

But it was precisely for this reason that only fifty-five people died from the time they entered Tainingji to the time they left Tainingji.

It brought Geng Xuan 1,425 points of good luck and 106 points of bad luck.

Because the Taining group did not organize a large-scale resistance, Geng Xuan naturally did not carry out the harsh "one out of ten" policy on them.

However, my luck was not so good at the next two markets.

Because when Geng Xuan arrived and broke in, the market leaders were all in their homes.

When seeing unusual movements, the first reaction is naturally to organize people to resist.

This gave Geng Xuan an excuse to "select one out of ten".

However, Geng Xuan did not deliberately slow down the pace of controlling the two markets.

——It is true that he wanted to take the opportunity to kill more people, but he would not do it in this way.

The two unprepared markets ultimately lost far fewer people than Wanping Market.

A total of 285 people died in these two markets at the hands of Geng Xuan himself and Hong Quan and others.

In total, it brought Geng Xuan 8,147 points of good luck and 354 points of bad luck.

In addition, the Xu family member from Yuanjing was turned into a pool of blood by him in public with the Yinfeng Huagu Palm.

You don’t know if you don’t play, but you will be shocked when you play.

After such a detailed review, Geng Xuan was shocked to find that more than a thousand people had died at the hands of him and the Xuanyou Iron Cavalry he led on this trip to Yueluyuan.

If the deaths of the six members of the Giant Bear Gang are also counted.

A total of 1,015 people died directly or indirectly at his hands.

This brought him a total of 25,279 points of good luck and 1,091 points of bad luck.

Adding the remaining 2,225 points of good luck and 648 points of bad luck.

Now, in Geng Xuan's hands, both good luck and bad luck have reached an unprecedented height.

【Lucky: 27504
Black Luck: 1739】

……

After carefully sorting out the most important gains of Yue Luyuan and his group, Geng Xuan's mood calmed down again.

Refocus your thoughts on cultivation.

Geng Xuan just had a thought in his mind, and then he heard a burst of fluttering sounds coming from the shade of a tree on one side.

Twenty-six carrier pigeons flew out and circled around Geng Xuan.

Some of these carrier pigeons were harvested from this Wuyou Palace stronghold.

A part of it also came from the six support armies.

As Geng Xuan gradually absorbed the experience and insights of the "pigeon training technique" of the minor realm, these homing pigeons used as "experimental subjects" also established relatively stable connections with Geng Xuan one by one.

After Geng Xuan established a stable "vital energy connection" with these homing pigeons, he naturally gained a lot more knowledge about them.

For example, its message delivery has another mode besides "resident mode" and "mobile mode".

Geng Xuan calls it the "master-seeking mode."

The effect is that Geng Xuan, who has established a "life energy connection" with them, can make them temporarily change lanes and fly to his side while executing the first two investment modes.

Geng Xuan, who established a "life energy connection" with them, also sensed that these pigeons also had a "life energy connection" with another being.

In other words, they are now in a state of "one bird serving two masters".

Geng Xuan tried to cut off this connection, but found that the "life energy connection" that the other party had established with these pigeons was more advanced and reliable than his.

This gave rise to many speculations in Geng Xuan's mind.

This also gave him a sense of urgency.

He dared not let the pigeons out of his sight, for fear that they would "rebel" if they were too far away.

That afternoon, with Geng Xuan's full effort, he finally managed to digest all the gains he had made from the minor success in "pigeon training".

Without any delay, he once again used up 12 points of luck to raise his "pigeon training technique" to another level.

The art of pigeon training has reached perfection.

More experiences, insights, and various knowledge related to pigeons flooded into Geng Xuan's mind.

When everything calmed down again, Geng Xuan suddenly had an idea.

A carrier pigeon that had been circling nearby landed on his outstretched palm.

Then, through Geng Xuan's understanding, he suddenly discovered that the other "life energy connection" with the carrier pigeon, which had previously seemed complicated and difficult to him, suddenly became easy to understand.

Although it is not easy, Geng Xuan is confident that he can completely untie this "connection".

Five minutes later, the pigeon flew back into the sky.

Immediately afterwards, another carrier pigeon landed in Geng Xuan's palm.

About three minutes later, the carrier pigeon also flew into the sky.

At the same time, another carrier pigeon took its place in Geng Xuan's palm.

About a minute later, the carrier pigeon also flew into the sky.

After that, carrier pigeons landed in Geng Xuan's hands one after another and then flew away one after another.

The time interval is about one minute.

It took Geng Xuan half an hour to untie the "connection" between the twenty-six carrier pigeons and another existence.

He called Cheng Hui and Xie Hang and said to them:
"Now, I'll give you two a task."

As he spoke, he handed the pigeon cage containing twenty carrier pigeons to Xie Hang and said:

"Now pick ten familiar and trustworthy gang members.

Ride the Xuanyou horse and return west to Kangleji as soon as possible while ensuring safety.

However, before returning west to Kangleji, you must first go to Liuyunfang, leave two gang members behind, and give them three carrier pigeons.

When passing by the nomadic settlements of the two leaders Xu Dazhi and Zhang Yao, check out the situation there. If there is no problem, leave two gang members behind and give them three carrier pigeons.

Then comes the three-way gathering. We still follow the previous method, leaving two gang members behind and giving them three carrier pigeons.

After completing these three tasks, return west to Kangle Village and reunite with Luo Qing and the others."

Geng Xuan thought for a moment and added:
“After leaving them behind, you will take the Xuanyou horses and the complete set of armor with you.

You can contact Liu Yueji who is at Liuyunfang and leave some high-quality Yuanzhou horses for them to travel.

There aren't many Xuanyou horses to begin with, so they only become valuable if they're gathered together."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Hui and Xie Hang both nodded solemnly.

Xie Hang picked up the pigeon cage in his hand and said, "Boss, shall we set off now?!"

Geng Xuan said, "Why are you so anxious? I haven't finished speaking yet."

As he spoke, he handed the book "Pigeon Training Notes" to the two of them and said:
“Take a look at this, and let everyone else take a look at it, and make a few more copies if you have time.

If you're just using carrier pigeons to send and receive simple messages, the method is very simple. You only need to take a quick look and you'll basically get the hang of it."

"Now I'm going to teach you how to blow a pigeon whistle."

As he spoke, Geng Xuan put his fingers to his mouth and blew out a sharp, strange whistle.

The way this whistle was blown sounded no different from those from Wuyou Palace.

But if you listen to both whistles at the same time, you will find a clear difference.

This was naturally what Geng Xuan did on purpose.

The purpose is very simple, which is to prevent these carrier pigeons from being deceived by people from Wuyou Palace using "pigeon whistles".

Therefore, he adjusted the timbre and pitch to produce a "pigeon whistle" that is unique to him.

From then on, only this kind of "pigeon whistle" could be used to lure carrier pigeons from the sky into one's hands.

For Cheng Hui and Xie Hang, playing the "pigeon whistle" is very simple and easy to learn.

"Every time you arrive at a place, after you have settled the people and the carrier pigeons, have them send a message to me immediately."

After testing, Geng Xuan found that the flying speed of these homing pigeons can reach 200 kilometers per hour.

Not only is its speed far faster than running, but more importantly, the pigeons flying in the sky move in a straight line.

At this speed, it only takes thirty to forty minutes to convey the news from Liuyunfang.

It would take less than an hour for the message to be delivered to the nomadic settlement where Xu Dazhi and Zhang Yao were.

It takes about two and a half hours for the three-part message to be delivered.

As for the news from Kangleji, it takes about five or six hours.

This is because the pigeons' physical fitness declines due to long-term flying.

Either slow down yourself or replace the carrier pigeon along the way.

No matter which one, it will take more time.

However, even so, for Geng Xuan, this is a leap forward.

Just after Cheng Hui and Xie Hang left with the twenty carrier pigeons, Geng Xuan called Fang Jintang and Qi Mingcheng over.

He said to them:
"I arranged for Cheng Hui and Xie Hang to lead ten riders back west ahead of schedule.

To ensure their safety along the way, you should go back with them.

Oh, and bring your four fellow hosts along too."

After hearing Geng Xuan's words, Fang Jintang and Qi Mingcheng were both stunned.

Qi Mingcheng looked at Geng Xuan with a puzzled look.

Fang Jintang was even more outspoken and said:

"Are you willing to let us go alone now? Aren't you afraid that we might reconcile with Wu Yi privately?"

Geng Xuan shook his head and laughed:

"Reconciliation? It's not that easy.

You said that Wu Youxin’s death had nothing to do with you, and he believed it?
What's more, the arrow is on the string and he has to shoot it.

The same goes for you.

What I am most worried about now is that you have been away from Santongji and Baiyuanji for too long.

If you are not allowed to go back and take charge, these two markets will probably be in chaos first.

It is a good time to let you go back and take charge to calm people's hearts."

Finally, Geng Xuan gave the two of them a "peace of mind pill".

“Besides, I will soon return west with the rest of my troops.

If you have the guts, you can get involved with Wu Yi.

...In fact, I am still looking forward to this situation. "

Sure enough, after hearing what Geng Xuan said, the emotions of Fang Jintang and Qi Mingcheng, the "father-in-law and son-in-law", quickly stabilized.

They couldn't help but complain in their hearts, "You are so impatient, are you trying to kill a few more people?"

Yue Luyuan and his group did not contribute much.

But he followed Geng Xuan from beginning to end and witnessed every killing he presided over.

The biggest feeling is, thank goodness!
"It's incredible that this murderer didn't kill us the first time we met!"

……

The Geng Xuan today is no longer the Geng Xuan from ten days ago.

Even if Fang Jintang, Qi Mingcheng and others really joined forces with Wu Yi, he would not be afraid at all.

There is even an urge to try it out.

Originally, what he was most worried about was not the pressure from Wu Yi, but the fear that the people from Anleji and Baiyuanji would scatter and run away.

Now, Geng Xuan felt that even if Wu Yi discovered the truth, he would actively cooperate with him.

The story full of loopholes that he told together with Fang Jintang, Qi Mingcheng and others was not only for Wu Yi to hear.

It was also told to those people in Anleji and Baiyuanji who felt that "the Wu family is finished, so they might as well run away."

Therefore, as long as Wu Yi still wants to take revenge, even if he finds some flaws, he will take the initiative to help direct the clues to Santongji and Qingyuanji in order to rally people's hearts.

After Cheng Hui, Xie Hang and his group of twelve riders, and Fang Jintang and Qi Mingcheng and their group of six riders had left, Geng Xuan summoned Hong Quan and asked:
"Is Hu Wen'an in Wanpingji now?"

The day before yesterday morning, when Geng Xuan led his team back, Hu Wen'an was also leading the troops from You'anji to transport grain to Wanpingji.

Now, he is "actively and proactively" participating in Liu Yueji's grain transportation plan.

Geng Xuan didn't pay much attention to his current whereabouts, but he felt that if he was not in Wanpingji, he should be in Liuyunfang, or somewhere between the two places.

Hong Quan said:
"He is not in Wanpingji, but is currently in a temporary storage yard about twenty miles away.

Because the markets that transport grain from the east and north have to pass by Wanpingji.

It was not convenient to transport large amounts of grain, so we found an open space 20 miles away as a temporary storage yard for the grain transport teams that were passing by to rest. "

Geng Xuan nodded and said, "You arrange for someone to find them... Try to be low-key and not attract other people's attention."

"Yes."

An hour later, Hu Wen'an, wearing a cloak on his head, came to Geng Xuan and greeted him respectfully:
"I've met the gang leader!"

Geng Xuan stared at Hu Wen'an for a while, then placed a birdcage containing three carrier pigeons in front of Hu Wen'an.

When Hu Wen'an saw this, he was stunned for a moment, and then a look of realization appeared in his eyes.

Then, it turned into hesitation.

Geng Xuan saw this and said with a smile, "It seems you already know what I want you to do."

For the Yueluyuan Market, which is sandwiched between Wuyou Palace and him, the most advantageous posture for them is to not get involved with either side and not offend either side.

Now they have basically achieved this goal.

They had already cooperated so hard and actively with Geng Xuan. Even if Geng Xuan wanted to kill people for finding fault, they would not have the idea of continuing to attack them for the time being.

They could cry and complain to Wuyou Palace with innocence and grievance.

“He forced me to do it. He forced me to do it.

I have nothing now, you have to make the decision for me!"

Wuyou Palace, which regarded Yue Luyuan as its own private concubine, would naturally be unhappy with such "unfaithful" behavior of these markets.

But before getting rid of Geng Xuan, nothing will be done about these markets, as that would only make Wuyou Palace appear incompetent.

But if Hu Wen'an took over these carrier pigeons and used them as his spies in Yueluyuan, the nature of the situation would be completely different.

If Wuyou Palace knew about this, they would definitely take ruthless action against him immediately.

But Wuyou Palace is not easy to mess with. Does that mean Geng Xuan is easy to mess with?

Hu Wen'an showed hesitation in his eyes, but he did not explicitly refuse. Instead, he asked:

“Why did you choose me?
...The masters of Wanpingji, Tainingji and Shitanji have all witnessed your elegance with their own eyes.

Those who survived were also intimidated by your majesty.

They should be more suitable than me, right? "

Geng Xuan shook his head and said:
"You are being too self-deprecating. Compared to them, you are the most suitable."

Hu Wen'an's expression became solemn.

No matter whether Geng Xuan's words were sincere or just perfunctory.

Now that he has said it, it means that he has made up his mind and will not allow Hu Wen'an to shirk or refuse.

Finally, under Geng Xuan's gaze, Hu Wen'an reached out and picked up the pigeon cage that had been placed in front of him.

Geng Xuan smiled and nodded, "Now, I'll teach you how to blow the pigeon whistle."

Hu Wen'an, who quickly learned the "pigeon whistle", gave a warning:

“This is actually not safe… Moreover, even if we don’t consider human factors, with natural enemies like eagles and vultures, there are huge risks in using pigeons to send messages.

The situation in Yueluyuan is slightly better, but the closer we get to Chiwu Mountain, the greater the threat will be."

Geng Xuan said, "It's okay, don't put too much pressure on me. I won't ask you to pass on any information related to Wuyou Palace for me.

All you have to do is to tell me about the changes in Yueluyuan's situation every five days."

After hearing Geng Xuan's words, Hu Wen'an's tense expression relaxed a lot.

……

And just when Geng Xuan uncovered another "life energy connection" in the body of the first pigeon.

Yuanjing, thousands of miles away, was only a few dozen miles outside the city.

Inside a heavily guarded Acropolis.

Flocks of pigeons landed in an area of the city with strange whistling sounds.

In the center of this area, there is a small courtyard that looks very simple.

An old man in his sixties was drinking alone in the courtyard when he suddenly felt his qi become disordered.

For a moment, surprise flashed in his eyes.

But soon, this astonishment turned into fear.

The relaxed look on his face had long since vanished.

He immediately jumped up from his chair, not even caring about the overturned cup and ran out of the yard with big strides.

Soon after leaving the courtyard, I saw a group of handsome men and beautiful women laughing and running out of the woods on one side while blowing "pigeon whistles". Hundreds of pigeons were flying in the sky above their heads.

Seeing the old man, their playful expressions suddenly turned serious. They stood still and greeted him respectfully, "Teacher."

The old man ignored them and ran towards the buildings in the center of the Acropolis.

This group of handsome men and beautiful women looked at the old man's hurried figure and looked at each other in bewilderment.

"what happened?"

"Why are you so anxious, teacher?"

(End of this chapter)