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Times change.

The same thing will be handled differently if it happens at different times.

Although it was only a few hours late, when Geng Xuan was waiting in the Tiejian Mountain Villa, facing the second attack of the sand bandits, he already had many more cards in his hand than the first time.

The first time, they faced an attack by more than 300 sand bandits including Yue Yan and Kang Jun.

There were only more than ninety people in the Black Wind Group, and the centripetal force and cohesion within it were far from what they are now.

Therefore, Geng Xuan chose to let them collide with each other head-on to achieve the effect of "tempering" each other.

Plus the blessing of good luck that follows closely behind.

Although more than one hundred people were killed, they managed to gather a barely serviceable team of more than three hundred people.

The size and strength of the bandit gang that attacked for the second time was nearly double that of the first time.

But Geng Xuan had more cards to play in his hand.

In addition, the timing chosen by the opponent was naturally favorable for laying out the network, so Geng Xuan chose a bolder strategy.

In the end, he achieved the goal of no casualties on either side, and he captured the second batch of 654 invading sand bandits, without missing a single one.

When forty-five elite members of the Wild Wolf Camp drove a convoy to the doorstep to complete the final harvest, the team, which had already made preparations for departure, did not delay for a quarter of an hour and immediately left the Tiejian Mountain Villa and headed towards the Wild Wolf Gorge.

The reason why they were so anxious and eager to set off without formally recruiting these captured bandits was, of course, because they were in a hurry.

Although, Geng Xuan had made all the Canglan horses run at their best without overdrawing their horsepower.

Including the rest period in between.

It would take at least ten hours for the team to reach Wild Wolf Gorge, six hundred miles away.

The other reason only existed in Geng Xuan's heart, and people like Cao Ao would never think of it even if they died.

He wanted to take advantage of the gap between the successful "disaster elimination" and the new disaster not yet occurring to stay away from the Tiejianshan Villa as much as possible.

In this way, according to the basic principles of "black luck is close rather than far away" and "naturally tends to explode in the shortest link",

The bad luck that arises after recruiting this group of new members will not affect the more than 200 ordinary sand people in the Tiejianshan villa.

In the villa, Geng Xuan did not show any partial concern for these sand people either in words or actions.

At most, they strictly ordered the members of the Black Wind Group not to rob or kill them without permission. If they were to be asked to do something, they could not force them to do it, but had to pay them.

Apart from that, he didn't say anything more to them, nor did he do anything more.

But in fact, he always regarded "trying not to let the aftermath of the disaster affect them" as an important consideration in his action plan.

Before this, the next action plan had been made clear, but everyone was ordered to continue to rest and wait in the villa instead of heading north to Wild Wolf Gorge earlier.

One of the purposes is to wait until the "old disaster" is resolved and try to leave a "clean and refreshing" villa before setting off again.

……

There were originally nearly four hundred Canglan horses raised in the villa.

Get rid of those who are too old, too young, and too weak to be controlled.

Cao Ao and others picked out 310 horses from them, and with the "contribution" from the subsequent two waves of attacking sand bandits, the number of Canglan horses available for use in the team now reaches 1380.

In terms of transportation capacity, it can not only meet the needs of the Black Wind Group, but also have a huge surplus.

At the suggestion of Cao Ao and others, this time they went north, in addition to people and horses, they also carried a lot of supplies.

The main supplies were more than a thousand stones of grain confiscated from the public treasury of the other courtyard, and nearly a thousand sheep that were slaughtered just before the team set out.

——Originally, there were nearly 1,500 long-wool and short-wool sheep in the villa. According to the original idea of Cao Ao and others, all of them were to be slaughtered and taken away.

But in the end, at Geng Xuan's request, only adult and elderly sheep, totaling more than 900 heads, were slaughtered.

After skinning and removing the internal organs, only the clean meat with bones is loaded onto trucks and transported away, and all the sheepskins, internal organs, sheep blood, etc. are left to the sand people for disposal.

The remaining nearly 500 lambs and young sheep with growth potential were also left to them.

"That's all I can do... I wish you good luck."

Thinking this in his mind, Geng Xuan withdrew his thoughts.

Cao Ao and others conducted a rough inventory before organizing the loading, and the total weight of meat with bones was more than 480 kilograms, between 500 and dan.

There are enough carriages, grain, meat, a proper amount of fodder, and goods seized from the Wild Wolf Camp. The total amount of supplies is less than two thousand shi, which will not have much impact on the long-distance march of the Canglan horses.

……

A carriage pulled by two Canglan horses was moving slowly across the desert at a "snail's pace" of less than 30 kilometers per hour.

Geng Xuan sat casually on the roof of the carriage, stretched out his hand to hold the Xuan Qinghai sand sculpture that fell in his hand, and interacted with it through the master's "Flying Eagle Technique".

The situation is different this time. It is impossible for him to leave the team with two people.

In order to minimize the time wasted, Geng Xuan decided to focus on cultivation.

The "Flying Eagle Technique", which is still at the master level, is his first target.

Right behind Geng Xuan, from the carriages scattered throughout the team, there were continuous sounds of ghosts crying and wolves howling.

There is no doubt that this is a necessary process for the Black Wind Group before recruiting new members.

Except for Cao Ao, Tao Bin and other "startup shareholders" who now number less than ten people, all members of the Black Wind Group, without exception, have experienced this.

The former victims have now become perpetrators, and when they start to attack, they show no sympathy or pity, but instead a determination to "keep improving".

They vowed to come up with better, more sophisticated and more professional means to "entertain" these future new partners.

Among them, the vast majority of the captives knelt down decisively without even enjoying the first round of "entertainment".

But there are also some tough ones.

Especially those elites who came from the Wild Wolf Village.

However, with the surrender of a young man.

From the first round of "entertainment", he shouted loudly, "Do you know who I am?", "Do you know who my father is?", "You'd better let me go quickly."

By the third round of "entertainment", he pleaded weakly, "No, no, no, I will agree to any request you make", "I'll join, I'll join, I'll join".

As the young man who claimed to be the son of the Wild Wolf Village's chief agreed to join the Black Wind Group, the ice covering the hearts of the other elite members of the Wild Wolf Village who were still stubbornly persisting quietly broke.

More people began to succumb.

……

The convoy headed north.

The night gradually passed.

As the morning of the 28th quietly approached, a big red sun jumped out from the eastern horizon.

After rushing for more than five hours, the team finally began to stop and rest.

Geng Xuan raised his hand and let the Xuan Qinghai sand sculpture in his hand fly high into the sky. He felt a closer connection with its energy and could capture its emotional reactions more accurately.

He didn't even need it to follow a certain flight trajectory; he could roughly understand the content and information it wanted to convey through its emotional fluctuations.

This means that the information transmission between him and Xuan Qinghai Sand Sculpture is clearer and more accurate.

Besides--

Watching the Xuanqinghai sand sculpture flying higher and higher, Geng Xuan's pupils kept adjusting and changing accordingly.

Although the distance between the two sides was constantly increasing, the clarity of their feathers seemed to have not changed at all.

"My eagle vision has also become stronger."

All these are the changes brought about after the "Flying Eagle Technique" successfully advanced from a master to a grandmaster.

After experiencing all this, Geng Xuan jumped off the carriage and checked the results of Cao Ao and others' "persuasion" along the way.

Overall, the effect is still very good.

But if you look at it in detail, it doesn't stand up to scrutiny.

After a round of inspection, Geng Xuan's attention was focused on two people.

One was the young man who revealed his identity as the son of the chief of Wild Wolf Village, and the other was a middle-aged man who was revealed by others to be the fourth in command of Wild Wolf Village.

Under the tactics of Cao Ao and others, they have all surrendered verbally and agreed to join the Black Wind Group.

Geng Xuan could see through their duplicity at a glance.

Of course, they are not the only two people who say one thing and do another.

But thinking of their identities, Geng Xuan was willing to spend more time on them and how helpful they would be in subsequent operations if they really joined the Black Wind Group.

Geng Xuan gathered them together and said directly:
"I think you can see that we are on our way to Wild Wolf Gorge. We will reach Wild Wolf Gorge in three hours at most.

Taking advantage of this last chance, you might as well think about it carefully again... Don't rush to reply to me now, I want you to join sincerely, not just casually. "

The two people who had opened their mouths to say something were silenced by his last sentence.

After leaving these "words of advice" to the two, Geng Xuan didn't say anything more to them and continued to patrol the team.

It can be seen that many people actually felt a little regretful about the fact that he defeated the second batch of invading sand bandits without bloodshed.

It's not that they are warlike by nature.

They are just more vulnerable to the blessing of good luck.

After a brief inspection, Geng Xuan wanted to return to the carriage and continue his practice.

But when he caught a glimpse of a one-armed bandit, an idea suddenly came to his mind.

——Among the 248 new bandits, in addition to the one-eyed Yue Yan, there are also some disabled bandits. Because their team is too small, even if they are disabled, they still have to fight in the battlefield. And the last post-war first aid did not include them.

……

Geng Xuan gave up the idea of going back to practice, and instead gathered together the twenty or so people who he felt were the most "eye-catching" during his inspection.

The four leaders of the Wild Wolf Village and the son of the chief were among them.

These people either couldn't stand the special "treatment" and verbally agreed to join the Black Wind Group, but in fact not only did they not agree with it in their hearts, they were also extremely resistant and opposed to it.

Either he is in Cao's camp but his heart is with Han, and his inner identification with another organization far exceeds that with the Black Wind Group. It is impossible for him to really change his camp attributes just because of a verbal identification.

These people are like iron sand or even poison mixed in food.

If time is of the essence, the best solution is to just clean them all up in one go.

This is the simplest and most convenient way.

But now there is time, so Geng Xuan decided to try a new "solution".

Moreover, looking at it from another angle, these people are certainly difficult to digest.

But if they can really be "digested", the benefits will be enormous.

In Geng Xuan's hands, this benefit is even greater.

In this case, why not try some new things?

With this thought in mind, Geng Xuan communicated with the twenty-nine people one by one.

It was called communication, but in fact he just casually threw out a few questions that seemed to have no specific direction.

Then wait for the other party to respond.

After that, there is no more.

Everyone else was confused, but Geng Xuan just kept asking one by one.

Soon, he stood in front of the seventeenth person.

Question: "How many years have you been a bandit?"

“…Five years.”

"What were you doing before you became a bandit?"

"…to serve as a guard for a caravan."

"Really?"

"real."

Then Geng Xuan just looked at him like this without saying anything else.

The other person's expression was respectful, yet with a hint of timid sincerity.

But Geng Xuan was not looking at these at all.

A moment later, just as the other party's inner emotions and the "ripples" were about to stabilize, he suddenly asked:
"How does Dong Guan ensure the loyalty of your informants?"

Boom!
For a moment, Geng Xuan, who was looking directly at the other party's emotional colors and "ripples" changes, seemed to hear the sound of a broken string.

After hearing his sudden question, the other party's facial expression froze for a moment, then he looked shocked and said in panic:

"Captain, have you misunderstood something? What relationship can a small person like me have with Dong Guan?"

Geng Xuan said nothing more, but put his hand on his forehead.

In an instant, the man closed his eyes quietly as if he was sleeping.

The red name above the man's head was like a kite with a broken string, sinking into Geng Xuan's brow.

This sudden change shocked all 28 people, including the fourth leader of the Wild Wolf Village and the son of the village chief.

And nearby, Cao Ao had already set up a simple tent according to Geng Xuan's instructions.

Geng Xuan, holding the man he had killed with his own hands, walked towards the simple tent.

Before he reached the door, he suddenly stopped, turned around and said to the twenty-eight people standing there, "You all come in too."

The twenty-eight people looked at each other, feeling nervous, fearful, suspicious...all kinds of messy thoughts surged into their minds.

No one moved.

However, soon, with their strength restrained, they all entered the tent under the "escort" of Cao Ao, Zheng Liangcai and others.

The interior of the tent is very spacious.

There were only two tables in the middle.

In front of one of the tables stood a man with one eye blind.

Some people can even call out his name, One-eyed Yue Yan.

He has a team of dozens of bandits under his command, and is not an unknown figure in the bandit circle.

The other bandits who were in the same business had all heard of him to some extent.

Beside the one-eyed Yue Yan, there were two other armless bandits, one without his left arm, and the other without his right arm.

There was another one, whose right lower body was empty and he used a polished iron rod fixed to his right knee to keep his body balanced.

Next to another table, Geng Xuan placed the man, who had now turned into a living corpse, on it.

Geng Xuan said to Yue Yan, "Lie down."

The one-eyed Yue Yan glanced at the twenty-eight people with his only eye, nodded slightly, and lay down on the table behind him.

Geng Xuan stepped forward and gently stroked his forehead, causing him to fall into a stable sleep.

Then he came to the table where the body was placed.

Soon, an eye, two arms, and a leg were removed neatly and neatly and placed one by one on a wooden plate.

Originally, when they first entered the tent, the twenty-eight people standing not far behind Geng Xuan were looking at everything in the tent with doubtful expressions.

At every moment, everyone has a mess of complicated thoughts flashing through their mind.

Now, everyone's mind has become extremely pure.

Geng Xuan ignored them. After quickly getting the ingredients, he went straight to another table.

Tao Bin followed behind him, holding a wooden tray with various "parts" on it steadily.

After stopping the bleeding in the surgical area, and performing the "circumcision technique" and "life-collecting technique".

He inserted his fingers like a knife directly into the sleeping Yue Yan's waste eye, took out the waste eye that had long shrunk into a ball, and threw it onto another wooden plate.

He held the other living eyeball in his palm and placed it into Yue Yan's eye socket.

About a cup of tea later, Geng Xuan reached out and gently stroked Yue Yan's forehead again.

Under the gazes of people with pale faces and terrified eyes, Yue Yan, who had been lying on the table like a corpse, had two round beads moving flexibly under his tightly closed eyes.

Including his eye, which had gone blind and had just been replaced with a dead eye.

Then, Yue Yan opened his eyes.

Yue Yan, who had just opened his eyes, seemed a little dazed. He didn't react and stared blankly at the ceiling of the tent.

Geng Xuan reminded: "Get up when you wake up."

Yue Yan immediately turned over and sat up. After landing, he looked at the twenty-eight people again.

At this moment, everyone reacted as if in response to a stress response and activated the scene before Yue Yan lay down.

At that time, he also glanced at them.

The difference was that he was one-eyed at the time.

Now, he is the eyes.

The eye that was taken out of the dead man's body and then installed on his body in front of them all was also vivid and full of spirit.

But perhaps it was an illusion. Everyone felt that this eye had a creepy and strange aura that chilled people to the bone.

Deep within those pupils, there seemed to be buried the screaming soul of a dead person.

After curing Yue Yan, Geng Xuan did not stop.

Another bandit with a broken right arm lay on the table at his request.

About a cup of tea later, he lay down again as a disabled bandit with one arm missing.

When he regained consciousness, he stood up and left the table, with both his arms intact.

The arm taken from the deceased was able to swing, raise the elbow, turn the wrist, clench the fist, and flex and extend the fingers with ease as he tried.

This means that such replacement and connection are not just for show.

Afterwards, Geng Xuan transplanted the dead man's left arm and right leg to two other disabled bandits who were in urgent need.

The 28 people who had their heads held down and witnessed the entire incident experienced a state of mind ranging from fear, to despair, to numbness.

After completing the last operation, Geng Xuan turned around and looked at them, only to see pairs of motionless, lifeless eyes.

"Don't be optimistic. You only have two choices now."

He said this first, then pointed to the table where Yue Yan and the other three disabled bandits were lying, and said, "Or, you can lie here."

As he spoke, he pointed to another table.

"Or, lie here."

Guided by his fingers, those pairs of stunned eyes once again looked at the corpse which was missing an eye, two hands and a leg, and had become horrible.

The pupils began to expand and contract violently uncontrollably again.

The reality that is difficult to face cannot be avoided by self-isolation.

At this moment, he rushed towards each of them fiercely with an inescapable bloody and tragic aura.

"Before we reach Wild Wolf Gorge, you should all make your own choices."

After that, Geng Xuan didn't say anything more and left all the follow-up matters to Cao Ao, Tao Bin and others to handle.

……

About an hour later, the team set off again.

It was another "long" journey of nearly five hours.

Geng Xuan took advantage of this time to advance both "Crane Controlling Hand" and "Heart-Frightening Roar" a step further, advancing from minor success to major success.

After completing these two practices, Geng Xuan did not continue with any other practices.

The carriage below him moved slowly forward, and Geng Xuan, sitting on the roof, looked around.

Finally, the end of the sight is no longer the unchanging gravel, but light yellow dead grass.

At this moment, three Xuanqinghai sand sculptures that were originally circling in the sky suddenly fell from the sky.

Disappeared in the dry grass ahead.

After a while, they flapped their wings again with extreme joy.

As they rose into the air, a body was struggling and twisting.

Although it was still several miles away, Geng Xuan knew what it was immediately with his sharp eyesight.

It was a wolf with a dry and yellow body, almost the same color as the earth.

Just like they had hunted black goats for him in Baling before.

One black Qinghai sand sculpture used a pair of iron claws to tightly grasp the wolf's neck, while the other black Qinghai sand sculpture tightly grasped its buttocks.

No matter how it struggled, it could not escape the iron hoop held by the two birds' four claws.

They rose to dozens of meters above the ground and flew quickly towards Geng Xuan.

The third black green sea sand sculpture flew beside them.

And below them, the grass moved like waves, moving quickly in their tracks.

Geng Xuan looked carefully and discovered that there were five or six wolves chasing him wildly on the ground.

From time to time, he bared his teeth at the sky, looking very ferocious.

But their actions only highlight their futility and powerlessness.

"The one who was caught, could it be their leader?"

Geng Xuan thought so in his heart.

The three Xuanqinghai sand sculptures, with joy and the desire to take credit, "airlifted" the struggling sand wolf to the sky above Geng Xuan.

As its four claws loosened, the sand wolf let out a miserable howl and fell from a height of dozens of meters.

When it was still several meters from the ground, Geng Xuan suddenly reached out and grabbed it with the "Crane Controlling Hand" to prevent it from falling to the ground and dying.

The sand wolf, which was originally falling rapidly, was hovering in the air several meters above the ground.

Then, it floated in front of Geng Xuan.

The sand wolf had no choice but to show its ferocious face to the human in front of it who was reaching out to touch it. It could not do anything else.

"It should be ok."

Geng Xuan thought so in his heart as he reached out to press the sand wolf.

Soon, when his palm pressed firmly, the "Dog Running Technique" of the Perfect Realm was activated.

Geng Xuan clearly felt that the "ripples" emitted by the sand wolf in his hand were more difficult to touch and grasp than those of other dogs he had come into contact with before.

The "dog-running technique" does not completely match the sand wolf in the palm.

But there is at least a 95% fit.

The remaining gap was forcibly filled by Geng Xuan with his sufficient skills and experience.

Soon, he successfully completed the Qi binding with the sand wolf in his palm.

"Success!" Geng Xuan chuckled in his heart.

And at this moment, the sand wolf in the palm of the hand, which had a fierce look in the eyes and a ferocious face, gradually softened its eyes and its face became docile.

Seeing this change, Geng Xuan inexplicably recalled a film he had seen in his previous life, in which intelligent life forms forcibly tamed ferocious beasts to become their companions through some kind of physical connection.

Geng Xuan thought again that the changes that those wild and unruly horses were forced to undergo under the crotch of horse trainers were actually very similar to this.

It’s just that there are differences in efficiency and success rate.

Geng Xuan couldn't help but wonder, "Can we develop a 'secret contract technique' that ignores the species of living things?"

As soon as this thought came to mind, Geng Xuan used his rich theoretical and practical knowledge to quickly make a rational argument in his mind.

This path is feasible. However, it cannot be achieved overnight, and there are still many problems that need to be solved.

Geng Xuan temporarily suppressed this thought and looked at the several sand wolves that were standing in the bushes a few hundred steps away, baring their teeth at him, wanting to shout but not daring to, yet unwilling to leave like this.

Geng Xuan's heart moved, and he said to Sand Wolf, "It's time to test you."

As he spoke, the "Crane Control Hand" captured the sand wolf, made it leave the roof of the car, and landed steadily on the ground.

The sand wolf whined at him a few times, then turned around and rushed towards several other sand wolves in the distance.

Soon, the sand wolves reunited.

After meeting, the sand wolves experienced a communication that only they could understand.

During this period, the Sand Wolves that were forced into a contract by Geng Xuan bullied and abused other Sand Wolves.

Finally, under the pressure, the other six sand wolves howled in fear and grievance while cautiously approaching the carriage where Geng Xuan was.

After a while, these six sand wolves were also successfully contracted by Geng Xuan and became in tune with his mind.

"Go."

After completing the contract, Geng Xuan did not keep the seven sand wolves with him, but let them go.

Soon, as the grass waves moved away, the seven sand wolves disappeared from Geng Xuan's sight.

After doing all this, the team left the desert and entered the edge of the withered yellow grass area.

Cao Ao rode up to Geng Xuan from the rear and said, "Captain, we are almost there... Thirty miles ahead is Yelang Gorge, and Yelang Village is nearby."

Geng Xuan nodded and said, "Then let's suspend the team formation."

Soon, the marching team stopped moving forward.

As soon as the team stopped, each of the figures, who were exhausted and only had basic mobility left, filed out of the carriages one after another under the supervision of pairs of eyes.

Then, under the organization of Cao Ao, Zheng Liangcai, Yue Yan and others, they lined up neatly on the open space surrounded by the convoy.

Outside this array of 653 people, there were 320 members of the Black Wind Group who surrounded them tightly.

Geng Xuan was standing on the shaft of a cart, looking directly at the dazzling crowd of nearly a thousand people.

Even though the 653 people surrounded in the center had already prepared themselves mentally, when this scene actually appeared before their eyes, it still gave them a severe shock.

Being in it, everyone has a sense of trance and dream.

And such feelings were quickly dispelled by their own actions.

Because of the profound "instructions" given by Cao Ao and others along the way, they were very clear about what to do next.

When the first person faced Geng Xuan, he knelt on the ground.

The crowd fell down quickly like wheat straw.

Soon, no one was standing anymore. They all knelt on the ground in the direction of Geng Xuan, prostrating themselves.

"Captain!"

"Captain!"

"..."

The sounds were not uniform, but they were enough to shock people.

The other members of the Black Wind Group were all amazed at the amazing expansion momentum of their own team.

Geng Xuan was watching the changes in the camps of these "newcomers".

When all the shouting stopped, the field became quiet.

In Geng Xuan's eyes, the change of camp from "outsiders" to "insiders" also stopped.

Among them, there were five abnormal people who were immediately exposed to his eyes.

Two of them were the fourth in command of the Wild Wolf Village and the son of the village chief.

Among the remaining three, one was also an elite from the Wild Wolf Village.

In comparison, the identities of the other two people become somewhat interesting.

These five people were all among the twenty-eight people who were singled out and frightened by Geng Xuan before.

This means that the other twenty-three people forced themselves to complete the camp change.

This also convinced Geng Xuan that "camp affiliation" was never given by external forces, but rather was everyone's inner self-identification.

The other twenty-three people, faced with the desperate situation of "either becoming members of the Black Wind Group" or "either becoming materials", forced themselves to break the imprint of their previous camp from the bottom of their hearts and completed the camp change.

This is the battle that happens inside every human being.

But not everyone succeeds in doing this.

Perhaps it is out of his extraordinary loyalty, or perhaps he is just hoping for the best and wants to get away with it by pretending to be a change on the surface.

Geng Xuan singled them out from the crowd.

Without letting Cao Ao and the others take action, he used the "Crane Controlling Hand" at the great perfection stage to grab them out of the crowd one by one.

In the eyes of others, the five people who were mixed in the crowd, kneeling on the ground, no different from the others, suddenly floated up.

Then, it floated in the air nearly one meter above the ground, all the way to Geng Xuan, and then fell to the ground again.

What Geng Xuan found interesting was that just as he was grabbing the five men in front of him and throwing them to the ground, the son of the chief of the Wild Wolf Village suddenly changed camp at the last moment.

Before landing, he was still an "outsider", but the moment he hit the ground, he suddenly became an "insider".

He fell to the ground in a panic, but suddenly turned over, knelt on the ground again, and begged in a pitiful voice:

"Captain, don't do it. I'm one of you. I'm one of you!"

"Oh, you are quite clever."

The young man quickly replied: "Captain, you have a sharp gaze. In front of you, I am just a smart-aleck clown."

"Keep your head up."

The young man quickly looked up, with a fawning look on his face.

Geng Xuan gestured to his left and right sides and said:
“They are both from your Wild Wolf Village, right?

You should know more about them and help me enlighten them. "

The young man was stunned for a moment, then quickly turned around and looked at a person on his left. This was an old man with gray hair and looked to be nearly sixty years old.

He opened his mouth and said:

"Uncle Liu, what are you still hesitating about?"

The old man had a face as resolute as if it had been carved by a knife or an axe. He had kept his eyes closed since he was taken out of the crowd.

It was not until this moment that he opened his eyes again and looked at the young man, with a look of heartache flashing in his eyes.

Suddenly, he opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm at the young man, saying, "You really bring shame to your father."

These words seemed to be a spell that froze the young man in place.

Under the old man's gaze, his expression flickered and changed constantly.

In the eyes of Geng Xuan who was watching from the sidelines, he saw a more "interesting" scene.

The white halo above the young man's head began to change uncertainly.

One moment they were “our own people”, the next they became “outsiders”, and the next they became “our own people” again…

It keeps changing like this.

The mind is unstable and capricious.

This seemingly change of camp is actually a painful and difficult "tug of war" between life and death among young people.

Geng Xuan decided to lend him a hand and help him end this schizophrenic struggle.

"In that case, just give him a quick death."

The young man was startled, then took a step back as if bitten by a poisonous snake. He instinctively resisted putting himself in such a "dangerous" situation.

"I……"

He wanted to say that he was powerless to do anything now.

But in the next moment, the strength that was spreading in his body like thin threads and made it impossible for him to gather any strength suddenly dissipated.

Abundant strength returns to the body.

The reason that was on the tip of his tongue could no longer be said.

"Go."

The young man's face showed a look of pain and confusion. Finally, he gritted his teeth and walked up to the old man whom he called "Uncle Liu".

With the old man looking at her in disbelief, he stretched out his palm and pressed it on the top of his head.

Power surged out of his palm, and soon, with a muffled "bang" sound, Liu Bo, with his eyes wide open, spat out a mouthful of blood from the corner of his mouth.

His eyes also turned blood red, with traces of blood seeping out from the cracked corners of his eyes.

"Oh!"

Liu Bo fell to the ground with blood coming out of all his orifices and his eyes open.

"you you……"

The young man, who was originally staring at the scene in a daze, turned around abruptly when he heard such a voice behind him, and his eyes suddenly became extremely fierce.

He stared at the fourth leader of the Wild Wolf Village and gritted his teeth and said:
"It has come to this, and you still don't understand the situation? I have surrendered, what are you still holding on to?!"

"You...you..." The Fourth In Command stared at him, as if he couldn't believe that he would say such a thing.

The young man immediately interrupted with a wave of his hand:
"What do you mean by 'you'? Do you think you are being loyal to the Wild Wolf Village?
Little do you know that your actions are what are truly harming the Wild Wolf Village!"

The fourth leader of the Wild Wolf Village, whose eyes were already wide open to the extreme, widened even more after hearing these words.

"you you……"

The corners of his eyes were almost cracked and his eyeballs were about to pop out of their sockets.

Finally, he chuckled, "What does it mean to save the Wild Wolf Village? Like you?"

When he said this, there was a hint of mockery in his eyes.

As if to say, are you worthy of it?
You are just a cowardly clown who is afraid of death!
The young man was like a cat whose tail was stepped on, and he immediately shouted back:

"Stupid and stubborn!
Do you know that the only way to save the Wild Wolf Village now is to immediately join the Black Wind Group and help the group leader take down the Wild Wolf Village!"

As he said this, he ignored the "Fourth Uncle" behind him, turned around and looked at Geng Xuan, knelt on the ground, and said loudly:
"Captain, speed is of the essence in war, I suggest that we don't stay here too long.

Hurry up and enter the Wild Wolf Village before any party in the Wild Wolf Gorge reacts.

Shortly after the Dicui Beach incident, we arranged for people to rush back.

By now, everyone in the village must have known that we were recruiting people along the way.

As long as I lead the way, we will be able to enter the village easily.

Then, seize all the passes along the way.

By then, the entire Wild Wolf Village will be yours!"

His sudden change shocked everyone present.

Not to mention the newcomers who had just joined the Black Wind Group due to the situation, even the old people around like Cao Ao and Tao Bin looked at the young man who suddenly started talking with strange eyes.

Although, interests made them sit on the side of the Black Wind Group.

But emotionally, they all inexplicably empathized with the Wild Wolf Village.

Then, he immediately felt disgusted with the young man's behavior at that moment.

No matter when, no matter where.

The young man's behavior of leading outsiders to stab his family members in the heart is disgusting.

This kind of emotion is so strong and rapid that it can cause people to have an immediate physiological reaction.

But what Geng Xuan saw was a different scene.

The young man's originally fickle camp changes were completely welded into "one of our own".

The frequently changing inner emotions also turned into an almost abnormal persistence and determination.

Looking at the young man who offered such a strategy, Geng Xuan did not respond immediately.

After a while, when all the new and old members of the Black Wind Group understood his suggestion, he asked:

"Is it really that simple?"

The young man nodded decisively:
"It may be difficult for others, but it is really that simple for you, the leader."

Having said this, he paused and said:
“The only possible obstacle is probably my father. He is the only person in our village who has reached the peak of marrow refining.

I don't know how strong you are, Captain, nor do I know how strong my father is.

But I also watched him fight with several people in the village who were in the late stage of marrow refining several times. Although he was able to win, it was not as easy as you.

As long as you can capture my father, the entire Wild Wolf Village will be no obstacle to you!"

The young man said in a decisive tone.

Having said this, he paused and continued:

“Except for my father who is at the peak of marrow refining, there are a total of four people in the late stage of marrow refining, from the second in command to the fifth in command.

However, according to the rules of the village, there is always a person in the late stage of marrow refining stationed in Wild Wolf Gorge all year round.

Therefore, there are only two people in the late stage of marrow refining in the village now.

There are more than a dozen fighters in the village who are in the middle and early stages of marrow refining.

In addition, there are 600 elite cavalrymen, whose strength is similar to that of the dozens of people who have now joined the Black Wind Group.

Excluding the one or two hundred elite soldiers stationed in Wild Wolf Gorge all year round, there are only more than three hundred elite cavalrymen in the village now.

If you are prepared, you can easily win.

In addition, there are more than 800 ordinary cavalrymen in the village. They are mainly responsible for guarding the village on weekdays, and their cultivation is generally low.

Moreover, most of them are family relatives to the elite cavalry.

Occasionally, when there were major operations, he would follow the elite cavalry and mostly serve as an escort assistant.

Unless it is absolutely necessary or the battle is completely one-sided, they will not be allowed to personally participate in front-line combat.

In addition, there are more than 3,000 family members and relatives in the village, or some skilled craftsmen, all of whom are ordinary people without any cultivation."

Good guy.

Either don't vote.

Or invest all.

In one breath, the young man revealed all the secrets of the Wild Wolf Village.

Not a single false word.

Geng Xuan was a little surprised by such a complete transformation.

He stared at the young man for a long time, as if he was getting to know him all over again.

After a while, he asked:
"and then?"

The young man paused for a moment before saying:

"If possible, I hope that after you take down the Wild Wolf Village, the leader will give us a chance... just like he did to us."

As these words came out, the eyes of everyone focused on the young man changed slightly.

Among them, the one who had changed the most was the fourth leader of the Wild Wolf Village, who was closest to the young man.

"Sure." Geng Xuan's simple and clear answer made many people feel much brighter.

"Thank you, Captain." The young man knocked his head heavily to the ground.

"Do you have anything else to say?"

"Gone."

"What's your name?"

"Song Yang."

"Okay, I understand... Ask your fourth uncle again if he is willing to join the Black Wind Group. This is your last chance."

Young Song Yang looked at the middle-aged man next to him again and was about to speak, but the fourth leader of the Wild Wolf Village had already avoided his gaze and faced Geng Xuan, knelt on the ground and said:
"Captain, I would like to join the Black Wind Group... I only have one request."

"Oh, there are conditions?"

"It's not a condition, it's just a humble request from your subordinate."

"tell me the story."

"If you really want to attack the Wild Wolf Village immediately, can you take me with you?"

"You don't want to tip off the police, do you?"

The middle-aged man smiled bitterly:

"Captain, you have eyes as sharp as torches, and you can see straight into people's hearts. Can't you see what I'm thinking?
I just want to minimize the number of deaths.”

"People's minds are fickle, who can tell for sure?"

The middle-aged man did not argue anymore, but just knelt on the ground.

"...You can just stay with me then." Geng Xuan said.

"Thank you, Captain. Thank you, Captain!"

The middle-aged man kowtowed repeatedly with tears of gratitude.

【Get eight points of good luck. 】

As the first person in the late marrow refining stage to join the Black Wind Group, the joining of the middle-aged man brought Geng Xuan considerable good fortune.

Together with other gains, the addition of more than 74 newcomers brought a total of points of white luck to Geng Xuan.

Compared with the time when Yue Yan, Kang Jun and 248 others participated, it was only 12 points more.

This means that as the "water" of the Black Wind Group gathers more and more, the per capita contribution is rapidly decreasing.

Geng Xuan looked at the last two people and asked, "What do you two say?"

One of them immediately said, "Captain, please understand. I sincerely want to join the Black Wind Group. I just hope you don't despise my original background."

"What is your origin?"

"I am a spy sent out by the Mountain Fox Group."

"Mountain Fox Group?"

Geng Xuan looked at Cao Ao.

Cao Ao immediately said:
“It’s about the same size as the Wild Wolf Camp, and is also a large group among the sand bandits.

Moreover, the location of the lair is more secretive than that of the Wild Wolf Village."

The man immediately said, "The Mountain Fox Group's lair is actually nearby, less than two hundred miles away."

Geng Xuan nodded, indicating that this person had passed the "assessment".

He looked at the last person again and asked, "What do you say?"

The man looked miserable and said, "I really want to join the Black Wind Group. Why don't you believe me?"

Geng Xuan asked back: "Do you believe it yourself?"

The man immediately became excited and shouted:
“What can I do?
I'm not truly loyal to Dong Guan!

But my father, my mother, my wife, my son, my brother...all my family and friends are in Canglan Mountain.

If I betray them, none of them will survive!
You tell me what to do?
You tell me... eh"

The man became more and more excited as he spoke, and finally he stood up and loudly questioned Geng Xuan.

Geng Xuan felt his pain and finally decided to give him a quick death.

Soon, the man showed a look of relief, as if he had fallen asleep, and slowly fell back into the dry grass behind him.

From then on, the incorporation was completed.

There were 654 bandits who attacked Tiejianshan Villa last time, and three of them died one after another, including two spies under Dong Guan and an old man who was loyal to Yelangzhai.

In the end, 651 people joined the Black Wind Group.

Adding the original 320 members, the current size of the Black Wind Group instantly expanded to 971 members.

Just looking at the marrow refining combat power, there are one in the late stage, seven in the middle stage, and eighteen in the early stage.

There are more than 400 people who are capable of refining bones and blood, nearly half of the total number of people.

With such strength and size, except for the lack of top-level power, they are not inferior to the top bandits.

If he is included...

Forget it, if we compare like this, it’s just bullying.

After completing the recruitment of this group of new recruits, Geng Xuan did not stop there.

Instead, another action was initiated.

Reorganize the team.

The "art of selecting soldiers" that had been buried for a long time was finally dusted off by him and shined again.

Taking into account the different levels of cultivation, the different batches of people joining the Black Wind Group, and the different original gangs they belonged to before joining, Geng Xuan completely broke up the team and reorganized it into small teams with as few as eight or nine people and as many as ten people.

A total of one hundred teams were formed.

Every five teams form a squadron.

A total of twenty squadrons were formed.

From a common sense perspective, this kind of breakup and reorganization is certainly correct, but without a long period of re-adjustment, the overall combat effectiveness will decline significantly.

However, under the magical effect of the master's "Art of Military Selection", Geng Xuan's reorganization brought about completely positive results.

The overall intensity of the battle has only increased, not decreased.

Before this disbanding and reorganization, under the name of the Black Wind Group, there was still a strong tendency of factionalism within the team.

For example, the bandits in Tiejianshan Villa, who were originally under the command of Zheng Liangcai, Shen Shangxian and others, still subconsciously follow their lead.

Dozens of bandits under Yue Yan's command still regarded him as an opinion leader.

Kang Jun, Song Yang, the four leaders of the Wild Wolf Village...all are like this.

And because of the tradition of the sand bandit circle, the long-term superiors and subordinates will naturally leave a subordinate relationship similar to personal dependence in each other's hearts.

It seems that it is natural for the superior to give orders to the inferior and for the inferior to obey the superior.

This kind of relationship is like invisible iron chains, entangled within the black wind group.

What was undermined was the authority of the Black Wind Group headed by Geng Xuan.

If Geng Xuan wants to implement his will, he must not only show indisputable force that is almost as powerful as nuclear deterrence.

We must also show goodwill to Zheng Liangcai, Shen Shangxian and other core members of the faction who hold the "iron chains".

Now, with the successful completion of this thorough reorganization, these "iron chains" have been completely destroyed by him.

This is a release.

The new team, which he put together with his master-level "military technique" based on the principle of best compatibility and complementarity, was undoubtedly a thorough release of combat power.

By getting rid of the old entanglements and fetters, the team's combat effectiveness will be greatly improved.

Even if new "iron chains" are created in the future, they will be built with the Black Wind Group as the core.

After completing the reorganization, Geng Xuan did not delay and the team continued to move forward, heading straight to the Wild Wolf Village. (End of this chapter)