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Chapter 203: Ten Thousand Demon Infants Formation

Inside the Beiliang Imperial Palace.

The King of Beiliang sat majestically on the dragon throne, his eyes sweeping over his Highness and his ministers. He asked, "My dear ministers, do you have any good ideas for a counterattack against the Great Zhou?"

The ministers looked at each other, shook their heads, and passed the buck to each other. No one dared to speak first.

"Report...urgent news from eight hundred miles away..." At this moment, an urgent voice accompanied by hurried footsteps came.

A soldier rushed into the hall in a panic, knelt down with a thud, and reported: "Your Majesty... Zhang Tianshi... he died in battle..."

After swallowing, he said with difficulty, "The Great Zhou army is advancing straight ahead and is already approaching Beixiong Pass."

The originally calm expression of the King of Beiliang froze in an instant, his eyes full of disbelief, as if he had heard the most absurd joke in the world.

Since his great-grandfather's generation, Zhang Tianshi has been assisting and teaching the Beiliang royal family. In his heart, he is like a celestial being.

"What did you say?!" The King of Beiliang was furious. He turned to the guards beside him and shouted, "Come here, drag this fellow out who is falsely reporting military intelligence and disrupting the morale of the army. Behead him!"

The hall suddenly fell into dead silence. The ministers looked at each other, each of their faces filled with anxiety.

Even the mysterious and powerful Zhang Tianshi died in battle, and Beiliang is probably in a precarious situation.

At this time, Huang Jinshui stood up and said with a face full of sorrow, "Your Majesty, the old Heavenly Master has died in battle. Now I'm afraid we can only rely on them. Otherwise, if Beixiong Pass is breached, the imperial capital will be flooded with blood."

Everyone knows that the "they" Huang Jinshui mentioned are those so-called immortal masters.

The King of Beiliang looked dejected. He sat back heavily on the dragon throne, looking at his ministers dejectedly, with a mixture of emotions in his heart.

It is ironic to think that I was once a hero, full of great talents and strategies, but now I have ended up with no one to use my talents.

"We can help Your Majesty resist the Great Zhou, but..." At this moment, an indifferent voice was heard, and the person who came was Qiu Zimo.

When the King of Beiliang heard that someone could help him, he felt like he had grabbed a life-saving straw.

But when he heard the word "but", his expression instantly darkened, knowing that the price was probably too much for him to bear.

"Please be frank, Your Excellency." The King of Beiliang was even unwilling to call Qiu Zimo "Master" at this moment.

Qiu Zimo didn't care, and said calmly: "We need the King of Beiliang to cooperate with us and use the luck of the entire Beiliang to help my monarch set up the formation."

"Impossible!" Huang Jinshui immediately stood up to refute, saying, "This is gambling with the entire Beiliang!"

Qiu Zimo smiled calmly, "It's alright, I can wait. I just don't know if you can afford to wait! Once the Northern Liang capital is captured, what good will it be for Northern Liang's destiny?"

The King of Beiliang had a gloomy expression. He took a deep breath and after a long while, he finally squeezed out a single word from his throat: "Okay."

the other side.

"Why does it feel so dead here?" Quitting Smoking said solemnly.

As a monk, he is particularly sensitive to evil things.

As soon as everyone approached, they felt a cold air rushing straight to the top of their heads.

"Something's wrong." Ye Beixuan looked up at Beixiong Pass in the distance, only to feel a sense of oppression coming over him, making it difficult for him to breathe.

He then turned to Hua Wuyan beside him and said in a gentle tone, "Young Master Hua, can you use your clairvoyance to see what's happening inside Beixiong Pass?"

The others frowned, and even seemed to hear the shrill cries of thousands of ghosts.

Hua Wuyan nodded, took out his clairvoyance and put it on his eyes. He saw that the depths of the pass were shrouded in a black mist, and he could not see anything clearly.

Looking up at the sky again, the dark clouds were rolling, as if hiding a peerless monster that could break out at any time.

Just when Hua Wuyan wanted to continue checking, a baby with a pitch-black body, twisted figure, blue-gray skin, and bulging veins on the forehead suddenly opened its bloody mouth at him, as if it were right in front of him.

"Ah..." Hua Wuyan was so scared that he staggered and took a step back.

"What's wrong?" Ye Beixuan asked hurriedly.

Hua Wuyan took off his clairvoyance, shook his head, and said weakly, "I didn't see anything clearly. I only saw a black aura and a ghost baby."

"Ghost baby?" Ye Beixuan was stunned at first, then he thought of a terrible thing. Hou Fangting had previously killed a large number of pregnant women. Could this be related to this matter?

"Could this be some kind of formation?" Ao Qin, who was standing beside him, pinched his chin and said seriously, "My father once encountered a similar formation."

"Array?"

After Ao Qin reminded them, the others immediately thought of this possibility. If it was really a formation, then everything would make sense.

Quitting Smoking said seriously, "If that's the case, this formation is probably not simple! I suggest we investigate it first before making any plans."

Hua Wuyan nodded and said affirmatively: "Not bad! I didn't expect that a monk like you can be reliable sometimes."

When he was ridiculed for quitting smoking, he immediately flew into a rage: "I've always been very reliable, okay!"

"You? Are you reliable?" Hua Wuyan sneered, "If you were reliable, would you dare to help Mr. Ye investigate?"

Quitting was provoked and immediately jumped up, saying disdainfully: "Why not? Why don't we go together and compete?"

"Alas!" Ye Beixuan hurriedly tried to smooth things over: "You two, let me go check it out first!"

"No." Hua Wuyan said, "Mr. Ye, you have to stay in the army. The enemy is in the dark and we are in the light. If someone attacks us from the dark, I'm afraid we will be powerless to turn the tide. You have to take command of the overall situation."

In fact, he was just unhappy with quitting smoking, and he provoked him so much just to let him take the lead.

Ye Beixuan thought for a moment and felt that what Hua Wuyan said made sense, so he said, "In that case, thank you both very much."

"You're welcome."

"It is my blessing to be able to work for you, big brother!" Quitting Smoking quickly flattered him.

After saying that, the two of them bowed to Ye Beixuan, and then left, pushing and shoving each other.

"Are these two people really okay?" Ao Qin asked doubtfully.

"Don't worry!" Ye Beixuan smiled faintly and said, "Although they quarrel all the time, they have a very good relationship!"

In front of the Beixiongguan city wall.

Jieyan and Hua Wuyan walked towards the city gate one after another, looking at the wisps of black air coming out of the crack of the door with puzzled looks on their faces.

The city gates here are tightly closed, lifeless, with no sign of the army defending the city. There is only an empty and quiet place, just like the ghost city of Fengdu.

"Monk, are you afraid?" Hua Wuyan mocked, "If you don't dare, just stay here and wait for me. I'll go first."

After saying that, he flew to the top of the city wall first, stood on the observation deck, and looked at Quitting Smoking with mocking eyes.

Quitting Smoking was so angry at the ridicule that he stomped his feet and flew after him.

The two stood side by side on the city wall, looking inside the pass.

There were only barricades everywhere inside the pass, and military flags fluttering slightly in the wind. Everything seemed to be in order, but there was no one there.

"Why is there no one here, but the air is filled with gloomy energy?" Jieyan frowned, looked inside the pass, and said in a heavy tone.

Hua Wuyan snorted coldly and said mockingly, "Are you scared? You just said you wanted to fight me."

Quitting was immediately furious: "Afraid of you? I'm just reminding you that it's very dangerous here. Don't get scared to the point of peeing your pants, or I'll have to save you."

He didn't understand. He was usually carefree and could remain rational in front of anyone, but he couldn't stand Hua Wuyan's provocation.

"Stop talking nonsense and quickly find the nodes and the center of the formation." Hua Wuyan was too lazy to pay attention to him. His clairvoyance emitted golden light, trying to find the flaws.

However, what he saw was still endless black air, and he even felt that countless pairs of eyes were staring at him from the opposite direction.

Suddenly, a sharp and shrill cry came from all directions. The sound was accompanied by waves of sound waves, which made the city walls tremble slightly. The two men staggered and hurriedly covered their ears. Their souls were almost shaken out of their bodies.

"Not good!" Jieyan's face suddenly changed, and a golden light shone all over his body. He kept muttering: "Amitabha."

A sound of Buddhist chanting in Sanskrit, the lion's roar of Buddhism, instantly dispelled the roar.

Hua Wuyan finally managed to steady himself, and looked towards the depths of the pass with a look of fear on his face.

But before the two of them had time to catch their breath, the shrill roar came from far away and closer, and they saw the shadows of countless ghost babies approaching in the distance.

Hua Wuyan suddenly felt something was wrong, and with a wave of the Flower Sword in his hand, thousands of flowers bloomed, and the sword energy overflowed, full of vitality.

However, this sword energy, full of life, was instantly swallowed up as soon as it came into contact with the ghost baby shadows in the distance.

"How weird!" Hua Wuyan whispered, "We have to leave quickly and inform Mr. Ye to make plans early! This formation is not something you and I can break."

Quitting Smoking nodded, and the two of them rarely agreed on the same thing, without arguing.

Just as they were about to retreat, suddenly, a ghost baby with an extremely large head and a gray face attacked them from behind with its bloody mouth wide open.

The two men had strong cultivation bases and reacted instantly, jumping away to avoid the attack at the same time.

But the ghost baby was like an arrow, jumping up and down, chasing and attacking the two people.

Looking at this extremely ugly ghost baby, Jie Yan was shocked. This ghost baby was exactly the same as the ghost baby that Ye Beixuan had saved in the yellow smoke formation. It seemed that this was indeed some kind of unscrupulous formation of the devil.

Thinking of this, Jieyan put his hands together, a golden light flashed on his body, and the ghost baby was instantly destroyed.

But before the two of them could be happy, ghost babies with huge heads began to emerge from the land inside Beixiong Pass like mushrooms after a rain.

Dense ghost shadows instantly surrounded the two of them.

"It's over, I can't leave now even if I want to!" Quitting Smoking gritted his teeth and said, "Sissy, go back and get some help first, I'll hold them off!"

Hua Wuyan was stunned for a moment, then immediately shouted angrily, "What nonsense! These ghosts are already quite powerful, and there are so many of them, how can you stop them?"

Jieyan said with a determined face, not afraid of life or death: "I have the immortal body of Bodhi, and the protection of the brocade cassock. These ghosts can't do anything to me for a while. If you don't go and get help, we will all die here!"

Hua Wuyan gritted his teeth and said in a heavy tone, "Okay, I'll go get some help. You must hold on. Don't die before I give you a good beating."

"Stop talking nonsense, I'll cover you, retreat quickly." Jieyan took a deep breath, and the colorful cassock on his body flew into the air, emitting a dazzling golden light, enveloping the ghost baby.

Then, with a lion's roar, he successfully opened a path. "Take care." After saying that, Hua Wuyan, without even looking back, sped away, following the opportunity created by quitting smoking.

Only Jie Yan was left, who was wearing a cassock, sitting on the ground, chanting Sanskrit Buddhist mantras to drive away the ghost baby.

As the number of ghost babies grew, Quit Smoking was eventually overwhelmed by them.

In the Great Zhou military camp.

Ye Beixuan was studying maps and reading ancient books, trying to find a way to break the formation.

At this moment, a person with disordered breathing, pale face and unsteady steps rushed in. It was Hua Wuyan.

"Mr. Ye, hurry up and go save Quitting!" Hua Wuyan said, and almost fainted on the ground.

Upon hearing this, Ye Beixuan's face changed drastically. He immediately supported him and slapped Hua Wuyan on the back with one palm to supply him with spiritual power.

He asked anxiously, "What's going on?"

Blessed with spiritual power, Hua Wuyan took a breath and roughly recounted what had happened.

Ye Beixuan frowned and said in a deep voice, "So Hou Fangting is arresting pregnant women in order to set up such a vicious formation."

At this time, the three great monks also came over. Jie Se was the first to speak: "Mr. Ye, there is no time to lose. Let's go out and rescue Jie Yan first. We can think about breaking the formation later."

The method of breaking the formation can indeed be slowly pondered, but Quitting Smoking is in danger, and the most urgent task is to rescue him first. Ye Beixuan nodded and said, "There is no time to lose. Mr. Hua stay and recuperate, and we will set off quickly."

In front of Beixiong Pass.

Standing in front of the huge city gate, everyone immediately realized that this place was unusual. It seemed that this formation was specially prepared for them.

Ye Beixuan flashed into the formation. Holding the Immortal Slaying Sword, he looked like a banished immortal, a stark contrast to the ghostly aura within the formation.

The other three monks also used their own methods to enter the formation.

As soon as he entered the formation, Ye Beixuan discovered that he seemed to be unaffected by the Yin energy in the formation. The black energy automatically separated from him. It must be because of his immune body.

"Find a place to quit smoking first." Ye Beixuan said in a deep voice.

However, under the military flag inside the pass, several great monks were overwhelmed by the ghost babies who poured in like a tide before they could find a way to quit smoking.

"Retreat first." Jiesese and the others gradually felt powerless and soon suffered injuries, their lungs invaded by the Yin Qi. He said urgently, "We'll come back to break the formation when we find a way."

Seeing that everyone was trapped, Ye Beixuan nodded helplessly and cut a path with his sword.

His heart sank suddenly. It was undoubtedly a pipe dream for them to break the formation by themselves. It seemed that they had to ask for help.

Moreover, time is running out. The longer we delay, the more dangerous it will be. We must act as soon as possible.

Several people quickly returned to the Great Zhou military camp.

Ye Beixuan did not dare to delay for a moment and hurriedly wrote a letter.

After writing it, he said to Ao Qin beside him, "Send this letter to the Great Zhou Palace and ask Xiang Fei to come and break the formation. Also ask her to invite Jin Quan of the Xuanxin Sect to come with her. This formation cannot be broken without the power of two swords."

Fragrant Concubine? Ao Qin's face instantly changed several expressions, and finally squeezed out an extremely sweet smile and said: "This Fragrant Concubine..."

"Just as you thought." Ye Beixuan said anxiously, "It's too late, my princess, you should leave immediately. When I come back, I will definitely break their formation."

Ao Qin's face suddenly fell and he asked, "What about you?"

"Me?" Ye Beixuan shook his head and said, "To break this formation, I have to find someone first."

"Who?"

"The master of poison."

After saying that, Ye Beixuan left the military camp and headed straight for the outskirts of Beixiong Pass.

He had already deduced that this formation was the Ghost Infant Formation, similar to the Ghost Mother and Ghost Infant killed by Huang Yanzhen. This time, in addition to leveraging the power of the two swords, he also had to eliminate the poison master first.

Half a day later.

On top of a towering mountain, in front of a magnificent mountain gate, stood a peerless figure. It was Li Xianglian who was galloping all the way here.

Seeing that the visitor was such a beautiful woman, the gatekeeper immediately said with a friendly face, "May I know who you are looking for, young lady? Please let me know so that we can inform you."

Li Xianglian smiled calmly and said, "Li Xianglian from Tianji Pavilion, please inform me."

When the gatekeeper heard it was someone from the Tianji Pavilion, he didn't dare to neglect it and quickly ran to report. A moment later, he returned and led Li Xianglian to the main hall.

Inside the main hall, Jin Tian was sitting cross-legged, healing from injuries he had apparently sustained during the suppression of the demonic sect. Seeing Li Xianglian enter, he said calmly, "Niece Li, what brings you here at this hour?"

Li Xianglian bowed and then recounted the contents of Ye Beixuan's letter in detail.

Jin Tian frowned upon hearing this, and after a moment's hesitation, he said, "If I'm not mistaken, this formation should be the vicious Ten Thousand Demon Infants Formation. I didn't expect Hou Fangting to be so ruthless. This formation is so powerful that even Mr. Ye can't break it?"

He just said it casually. After all, this formation was extremely vicious and terrifying. Even if the three masters of the formation joined forces, it would not be easy to break the formation.

"Mr. Ye can come and go freely, but he still needs help to break the formation." Li Xianglian bowed and said, "Mr. Ye hopes that Jinquan will go and use the power of the two swords to break the formation."

Jin Tian was stunned when he heard this, and said in surprise: "Mr. Ye is indeed amazing. This formation is extremely strange. Even for me, it is extremely dangerous to enter it."

Dual swords? Jin Quan, this kid, always acts so arrogant in front of outsiders. How could he not know his background? Thinking of this, Jin Tian shook his head and said, "I'm worried that he won't learn the skills well enough and will ruin Mr. Ye's plan."

Just as Li Xianglian was about to respond, a rather charming voice came over: "Master, I am willing to go and assist Mr. Ye."

Li Xianglian looked back and saw a tall figure appear. It was Jin Quan. He was looking at her with an infatuated look in his eyes.

Jin Tian frowned. This kid was exactly like him back then, so he shouted angrily, "Nonsense! It's dangerous even for me to go in. How can you do that?"

Jin Quan bowed and said righteously, "Master, although my cultivation is shallow, it is my unshirkable duty as a cultivator to eliminate demons and defend the Way."

Come on! You are just seduced by beauty, Jintian cursed in his heart. After a moment of silence, he finally sighed and said, "Forget it, since you insist on going, then go."

Jin Quan was overjoyed and quickly said, "Thank you, Master!"

Li Xianglian also breathed a sigh of relief and said with a bow, "Thank you very much! Without further ado, we'll set off now."

After that, the two prepared to set off.

"Wait." Jin Tian was silent for a long time, then said calmly, "Bring Han Bingpo with you."

"Yes."

On the other side, inside the Great Zhou military camp.

A slender and frail figure secretly ran towards Beixiong Pass.

At the same time, on the top of a mountain outside Beixiong Pass, Ye Beixuan was standing there, overlooking the entire Beixiong Pass.

Looking at the black figures busy at work outside Beixiong Pass, he muttered to himself, "Sure enough, someone is overseeing the formation. I just don't know if this is a smokescreen deliberately set up for me to discover, or if they should just hold their ground for now."

Then, he flashed and explored in the four directions of east, west, south and north. Sure enough, he found people, but he did not find the poison master.

It seems that we have to find a way to force him to show up and fight. To make him show up, we must first break the formation, and to break the formation, we must first rescue Jieyan.

Thinking of this, he decided to return to the barracks first to discuss how to rescue people.

At the same time, inside Beixiong Pass.

The air was filled with black air, and the eerie cries and laughter of ghost babies could be heard one after another.

Jie Yan sat cross-legged with his hands clasped together, his brocade cassock floating in the air, blocking the ghost baby out.

However, there were so many ghost babies that the cassock was about to fall apart.

"Amitabha..." Jieyan's face turned pale, his mind was unstable, and his spirit was on the verge of collapse. Was he really going to die here? If he died here, he would never be able to drink fine wine, eat delicious food, or... see him again...

His mind couldn't help but emerge with the past events of his life, and finally the picture froze on a figure.

He smiled bitterly. This guy might hate him so much that he still wanted to annoy him every day to get his attention.

I'm so tired! I really want to take a nap. Thinking of him while falling asleep might not be a bad idea.

At this moment, the sound of sword energy came from afar.

The Flower Sword swung, and a myriad of flowers bloomed. Sword energy overflowed, brimming with life. Wherever the sword energy reached, ghost infants were annihilated. The person who came was none other than Hua Wuyan.

When Hua Wuyan thought about the pain of quitting smoking, he became anxious and felt as if his heart was being eaten by thousands of ants.

He was worried about Quitting's safety, and was also afraid that others would not be willing to rescue Quitting. After weighing the pros and cons, he had to secretly run to rescue people alone.

Fortunately, I actually found a way to quit smoking.

"Monk, Quit Smoking! Open your eyes for me and don't fucking sleep here!" Hua Wuyan was struggling to deal with countless ghost babies while shouting loudly, trying to wake up Quit Smoking with words.

Quitting Yan struggled to open his eyes, smiled bitterly and said, "Come and help me quickly, I'm almost unconscious."

Hua Wuyan snorted coldly, saying harshly: "I knew that in the end you would still have to count on me."

Jieyan forced himself to get up, but the cassock floating in the air was already shaking, as if it would be broken by the ghost baby in the next second.

Seeing this, Hua Wuyan hurriedly used his sword skills to force the approaching ghost baby back. At the same time, he quickly reached out and supported Jie Yan, lowering his voice and saying, "Go!"

The two fought and retreated, finally reaching a corner. There were relatively few ghost babies here, which made them feel a little relieved.

"I didn't expect that in the end I would still have to rely on you to save my life." Quitting Smoking panted and sighed with a wry smile. "Fortunately, there are not many ghosts here."

"No ghosts?" Hua Wuyan was stunned when he heard this. A thought flashed through his mind: Could it be that... this is...

At this moment, a cold and eerie voice rang out from the darkness: "Wow! Two grown men have such a deep bond. How about I perform a 'minor operation' on one of you?"

The two men's expressions changed instantly. In the thick black air, a figure slowly emerged. It was Qiu Zimo.

In his hand, he held a dagger that emitted a black luster and was obviously stained with a deadly poison.

(End of this chapter)