Mang Shusheng's Ink Painting Practice

Chapter 230 Primitive War
The Northern Expedition went smoothly at first, but gradually things went wrong.

A sudden heavy rain or a sudden thick fog can make the war unpredictable.

Although the front battlefield remained safe because Zhou Su was in charge, problems arose frequently on the surrounding battlefields.

It is obvious from this situation that there must be forces from the cultivation world interfering.

However, for now, the problem should not be too serious. With Zhou Su in charge of the front battlefield, the enemy is basically immune to all evil.

At this time, Zhao Yifu hesitated whether to take action to stop it, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was not necessary for the time being.

This was just a minor incident, and since he himself had also engaged in cheating, he did not intervene.

If the other party really shows his true ability and uses the means of the cultivation world to influence the overall situation, then it will not be too late for him to take action... This is called procedural justice.

And the opportunity he had been waiting for soon arrived.

Under the city of Luoyang, the Northern Expedition Army was about to break into the city.

At some point, a large white tiger flag was quietly erected on the top of the city wall. The flag was carried on the shoulders of a strong man like an iron tower and raised high above the city wall.

Immediately afterwards, a light white mist spread out from the big flag, and then the defenders in the entire Luoyang city, who had originally had low morale, suddenly became excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

"The situation is not right. Let the army temporarily suspend the siege."

Zhou Su realized that something was wrong and immediately ordered a rearrangement.

Then he called Zhao Yifu and asked, "Look, how do we solve this problem?"

It’s as if Zhao Yifu can handle anything.

Zhao Yifu took a look and said, "Let me take a look first."

Neither side took any rash action. At night, Zhao Yifu's spirit left his body and wanted to find out the principle behind the white tiger flag.

However, just as he was thinking of moving his Yang Shen towards Luoyang, he suddenly bumped into a protective shield filled with sharp golden energy.

"Boom!"

It seemed as if a breeze blew across the White Tiger flag, causing it to flutter for a moment.

However, Zhao Yifu's Yang Shen was bounced far away, circling in the air for a long distance, and then fell back into his body uncontrollably.

This was something he had never encountered before, and he quickly felt his Yang Shen state...

The result made him feel a little panic.

That is, there are strands of light white threads in his yang spirit that lock him up like chains.

At this moment, he couldn't even muster a trace of spiritual power!

WTF?

Zhao Yifu was a little panicked and wanted to ask the ancestor in the divine map for help.

However, he forgot that his Yang Spirit was sealed and he couldn't use even a trace of divine consciousness. For a while, he couldn't even find the map to summon the gods.

Fortunately, he was quick-witted and shouted into his sleeve, "Yiyi, quickly help me get the deity-inviting picture and the incense."

There was a commotion inside his sleeves, and Yiyi finally managed to get out with the summoning picture in her mouth.

Zhao Yifu breathed a sigh of relief, unfolded the map for summoning the gods and lit the incense to worship the gods.

His soul is now restricted and he can't use any magic at all, which is extremely inconvenient.

As the incense for worshipping the gods rose, the two ancestors who were supposed to appear immediately did not move.

Zhao Yi Fu understood instantly that it was because he had communicated with the master through his spiritual thoughts before that the master appeared only when he sensed his spiritual thoughts.

But he couldn't release his divine consciousness now...

He thought for a moment, then said to Yiyi, "Yiyi, come here and help me call the two ancestors over."

Yiyi was a little confused, but she still performed the "bow" action in a very formal manner.

Afterwards, Emperor Fuyou came out first.

He looked hesitantly at the cat below, which was worshipping him, and asked speechlessly, "Why did you let your cat come to me?"

"Wait, why is your spirit sealed?"

As expected of Master Fuyou, he saw the problem at a glance.

Zhao Yifu quickly explained, "Master, today I saw a white tiger flag on the battlefield. A sharp aura emanated from the flag, and it boosted the morale of the Liao soldiers."

"So, I wanted to investigate at night, but I was struck by the sharp energy from the flag, and ended up like this."

After hearing this, Master Fuyou suddenly realized, "I was wondering why Wen Heng went to Xitianmen to fight White Tiger. So this is what happened."

Zhao Yifu was surprised: "The Western White Tiger Lord, one of the four divine beasts?"

Patriarch Fuyou nodded and said, "It can only be Him. I just didn't expect Him to interfere in the mortal world's war...even though He is indeed the main god in charge of conquest."

Zhao Yifu frowned and said, "This isn't right. Isn't it taboo for the White Tiger God to directly intervene in the mortal war?"

Patriarch Fuyou said, "If you hadn't crashed into him head-on, then he would have violated the rules. But you crashed into him, which proves that you, a cultivator, were the first to intervene in the human battlefield, and he was only maintaining the balance of the battlefield."

Zhao Yifu felt a little upset when he heard this, knowing that the other party must be aware of his existence and had set a trap on purpose.

He could only say indignantly: "This is a sting operation!"

Master Fuyou said, "But you've already taken the bait."

Zhao Yifu said angrily, "What should we do? They are clearly using practitioners to cheat!"

Master Fuyou said, "But they haven't been caught in the act."

Zhao Yifu was really furious. Normally, he was the only one who was hypocritical, but he didn't expect that this time it was the other party's turn to be hypocritical... How hateful.

He was really uneasy because of the bad mood.

So he asked, "Master, is there nothing I can do?"

Patriarch Fuyou said, "Of course there is a way. Hasn't Fu Mo already gone to negotiate with Bai Hu?"

Zhao Yifu was not optimistic about this at all.

Sure enough, after a while, Patriarch Wenheng arrived. He said with a gloomy face, "Negotiations have failed. I'm afraid you'll have to follow the White Tiger's rules."

Zhao Yifu asked, "His rules? What are they?"

Master Wenheng said: "Leave the war to the truly brave and courageous. Let the heroes and brave men decide the course of the war."

Zhao Yifu asked, "When will this end? If this continues, the White Tiger Lord's abilities will be too unstoppable, right?"

Patriarch Wenheng said: "That won't happen. When the White Tiger Flag falls, your Yuanshen will be unlocked."

Zhao Yifu nodded to show that he understood.

The ancestors left, but he became more and more angry the more he thought about it.

He is so hypocritical. How can there be such an outrageous thing in this world?
No, I can't bear it anymore.

Zhao Yifu drew his killing knife...

As a result, he quickly put the knife away.

Without his spirit to suppress it, the knife seemed to be out of control.

It's not that it would hurt himself, but he couldn't control it from hurting those around him.

Then he drew out the Pure Yang Demon Subduing Sword...

Forget it, since the White Tiger Lord wants a fair battlefield, he might as well not use these magical weapons.

That night, he ran around the military camp like a headless fly, searching for handy things everywhere, and was very irritable and impatient.

This made the generals in the army who were familiar with him have a bad feeling, because the Zhao Yifu they knew always looked like he was in control of his own wisdom. How could he be so irritable?

This abnormal behavior immediately made everyone feel unsure about the upcoming war.

The next day...

The main force of the Northern Expedition Army was stationed outside the city of Luoyang.

The white tiger flag is still flying high.

Zhou Su felt a little uneasy when he saw the flag, but the arrow was on the string and had to be shot. He looked at the people around him and said, "Who is willing to go to the first battle today?"

All the generals knew that the first battle would be a battle of attrition, and they were reluctant to let their men go, but someone still had to fight...

Just when Wei Kang decided to take the job.

Zhao Yifu stretched out his hand and said, "Fight me first!"

Zhou Su immediately said, "Nonsense, you don't even have any soldiers under you, what can you do?"

Zhao Yifu said: "I'm going to kill them anyway!"

He started to be unreasonable.

Being used to the aspect of his primordial spirit, he suddenly lost it, just like being deaf and blind. He felt extremely uncomfortable and wanted to find an opportunity to go crazy.

Zhou Su said: "Calm down, this is a battlefield, what can you do alone..."

Seeing Zhou Su say this, Zhao Yifu suppressed his impulse.

At this time, Wei Kang asked for a fight: "Sir, let me fight this battle."

Everyone understood his intention to redeem himself from his crime, so no one competed with him for it.

Zhou Su nodded and said, "Okay, I will never forget your contribution."

Zhao Yifu said, "But Wei Kang is a surrendered general after all, so it's not good for him to be without a military supervisor."

Wei Kang's expression darkened, but he knew that this was a normal situation.

He turned his head to look at the civil servants who came with the army, but saw that they all turned their faces away from him with disgust... Obviously no one was willing to be his military supervisor.

At this time, Zhao Yifu said, "No one is willing to cooperate with General Wei? Then I will do it."

Zhou Su felt something was not right. Was this guy really going to be a military supervisor?

However, Zhao Yifu's actions at this time were reasonable and legal, and Zhou Su had no good reason to dissuade him.

He could only pat Zhao Yifu on the shoulder and said earnestly, "Junxin, I hope you are still the person I can completely trust."

Zhao Yifu nodded seriously and said, "Don't worry, Master Zhou, you know me well."

Zhou Su was relieved at this point, thinking that Zhao Yifu's earlier request to fight in the battlefield was just a momentary impulse.

Now that he is the military supervisor, the most he can do is to urge Wei Kang's men to attack the city at all costs, which is nothing in this war.

"Form a shield formation and advance steadily!"

Wei Kang commanded his men to charge forward with their shields raised.

The ladder was hidden in the shield formation, and the tall well fence was pushed behind it.

Soon, as they entered the range of the arrows on the top of the city wall, a rain of arrows immediately covered the sky and the sun.

Even though Wei Kang's troops formed a shield formation, nearly a hundred lives were still lost in this round of rain of arrows.

Wei Kang's heart was bleeding, knowing that many of his 3,000 men would probably be killed today.

But there was no way, most of his people were surrendered soldiers... they needed to show their loyalty.

Just as he was about to take advantage of the intervals between the rain of arrows to advance steadily a distance, a voice suddenly rang out from the side: "How long are you going to keep dawdling? Go!"

Then his eyes blurred and he saw Zhao Yifu, dressed in a Confucian robe, rushing forward.

"Sir!" he cried out in horror.

The soldiers under his command were also a little stunned when they saw their "military supervisor" charging... It was the first time they saw a military supervisor rushing in front of the soldiers.

Looking at the fluttering Confucian robe, it seems to be quite interesting?
"This guy!"

Zhou Su covered his forehead with his hands, speechless.

The generals around looked at each other, not knowing what to do for a moment.

Zhao Guhe narrowed his eyes slightly, then said, "Sir, perhaps we should launch an all-out attack."

Zhou Su asked, "Why is that? His cultivation has been temporarily broken. If I follow him and go crazy now, it's very likely..."

He sighed and continued, "He is my disciple. Seeing this, I am deeply saddened. However, I cannot equate his life with the lives of the tens of thousands of soldiers present..."

Zhao Guhe nodded solemnly and said, "My lord, what you said is absolutely true. However... even without those mysterious things to protect himself, Junxin is still a peerless master with extraordinary talent!"

"Oh?"

Zhou Su was somewhat moved.

Looking at Zhao Yifu at this time, he was already facing another round of rain of arrows... which was only aimed at him.

As a result, he neither dodged nor blocked, allowing the arrows to fall on him.

Is this the performance of a peerless master?
Zhou Su was a little skeptical.

But then all his doubts disappeared, and he couldn't wait to order the drums to be beaten and the entire army to attack!
Because those arrows can't break through the defense at all!
This time, in order to avoid being caught by the White Tiger Flag, Zhao Yi Fu even changed into an ordinary Confucian robe instead of the Haoran robe when he ran out.

He felt that he could charge forward relying solely on his physical strength. Shouldn't this meet the requirements of your White Tiger Flag?
His shirt was tattered and torn into strips by arrows.

But he himself was not hurt at all. At this moment, the Danqing Sect's magical method, the 'Shou Ren Method', seemed to be born for this kind of situation on the battlefield.

Zhao Yifu was extremely fast. After enduring this round of rain of arrows, he had already arrived at the foot of the city wall, and then he jumped up to rush up the city.

Luoyang is a magnificent city in the world. After several renovations, the city wall is 12 meters high. Zhao Yifu reached the halfway point in no time.

It was still too slow. He only had physical strength at this moment, which was ultimately no match for when he had cultivated.

At this moment, an enemy general above his head shouted: "Quick, pour boiling oil!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yifu quickly grabbed the city wall with both hands and moved horizontally.

Although he was not afraid, the feeling of being covered in boiling oil and feeling slippery was definitely not pleasant.

Before he stopped, he smelled a strong and pungent stench.

Another shout came from overhead: "Quick, pour the golden juice!"

Zhao Yifu's face changed drastically, and he quickly moved sideways on the wall again.

Finally, this time what was hitting my head was not golden juice or boiling oil, but a piece of wood.

So what is he afraid of?
He caught the wooden beam that fell from above his head and rushed to the top of the city wall.

He had been irritated the entire night before, unable to find anyone to take on, so he simply used this wooden stick as a weapon, carelessly sweeping across the city walls...

Several Liao defenders were swept out of the city in this way.

He really rushed to the top of the city wall!

Wei Kang was overjoyed when he saw this and quickly said, "Quick, go help!"

Zhao Yifu had already created a gap in the defense of the city wall, and with Wei Kang's knowledge, he naturally knew what to do.

However, Zhao Yifu also encountered some trouble at this time, that is, he encountered a three-headed monster.

Or rather, they are three monsters that appear in their true forms.

A tiger, a lion, and a giant wolf.

I have to say, these wizards are quite good at playing tricks.

Only bravery can be displayed under the White Tiger Banner... In that case, they can just let the demon tribe come!

The demons revealed their true forms and fought with the power of their true forms. Isn't this also a form of personal bravery?
Zhao Yifu has now become somewhat numb to this kind of double standard.

His muscles just suddenly exploded.

With his blood boiling, his body seemed to expand two sizes.

The Confucian robe, which originally consisted of only tattered strips of cloth, suddenly broke open, revealing his muscular body that was filled with fierce aura.

Come on, aren’t they just lions, tigers and wolves?

He is a terrifying upright ape and has nothing to fear!

Let everything return to its original state.

On the top of the city wall, a lion, a tiger, a wolf and a man started a very savage and primitive fight.

Wolves are the fastest and most insidious. They may appear to pounce on you but are actually circling behind you.

The tiger attacked head-on, while the lion attacked from the flank, leaving Zhao Yi Fu with no escape.

The joint siege of these three beasts was obviously well prepared, which made Zhao Yifu embarrassed for a moment.

However, he seemed to have met the tiger that was rushing towards him head-on, but at the moment of contact, he skillfully dissipated its strength, and then pulled the tiger sideways, throwing the tiger's huge body towards the giant wolf that was sneaking up on him and wanted to attack.

Then he faced the lion without hesitation.

He had actually discovered that in terms of strength he was slightly inferior to a tiger, closer to a lion, and stronger than a giant wolf.

But in terms of agility, he is stronger than a tiger, weaker than a giant wolf, but still close to a lion.

It seems that the Lions are very balanced.

However, it couldn't achieve the complete control of its own strength like Zhao Yifu and the crane claw grappling technique that he had cultivated for twenty years!

He grabbed the lion's raised paw with both hands, and the two sides seemed to be deadlocked in wrestling for a moment.

But Zhao Yifu's claws were like iron pliers in an instant, causing the lion to howl. Looking closely, one could even see that both of its front paws had been deformed by Zhao Yifu's pinching!

The next moment, Zhao Yifu used his hands to smooth over the muscles, his ten fingers clasping the muscles, causing them to instantly go limp, and then his tendons and bones were broken...

Click!

The lion's front paws were in an abnormally twisted state, and then its head hit the ground and rolled a long distance on the city wall.

At this time, the tiger pounced again, and the giant wolf under it immediately stood up, waiting for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack.

Zhao Yifu watched as the tiger opened its mouth and bit him.

Without any hesitation, he raised his elbow and hit hard.

The elbow was like a knife, cutting fiercely into the tiger's face, almost breaking half of its face.

Zhao Yifu let out a long sigh, his blood boiling as if some wildness in him had been awakened.

How did humans survive in the ancient times in the wilderness where wild beasts roamed?

In addition to gathering in groups and using tools, the human body actually has many amazing "weapons".

Flexible fingers are one thing, and elbows as hard as blades are another.

Especially since Zhao Yifu had the Shouren method to protect himself and was invulnerable to swords and spears, this elbow strike seemed particularly powerful.

Looking at the giant wolf again, it had already pounced on the tiger when its head was hit and bit Zhao Yifu's right shoulder with its mouth.

How should I put it, the defense was not broken.

This is the confidence that enables Zhao Yifu to fight these three ferocious beasts in hand-to-hand combat!

Originally, it was a bit difficult for Zhao Yifu to catch the wolf, after all, he was not as fast as the wolf.

But now...

He gathered some strength in his shoulders, then thrust forward suddenly.

His power was specially trained by Master Wenheng, and at this moment, with just a simple shoulder-lifting movement, he unleashed an extremely terrifying force.

But this force exploded in the giant wolf's mouth...

The next moment, the giant wolf's teeth were broken.

At the same time, he raised his head high, looking a little faint.

Seeing this, Zhao Yifu raised his foot and kicked its soft belly.

"Woooooo~"

He kicked the wolf and turned it into a dog, which sobbed and cried inconsolably.

The tiger, whose face was about to be knocked crooked, wanted to attack again, but was frightened by the brave aura of Zhao Yi Fu.

Really, they have never seen such a fierce person.

But soon, the tiger, the king of beasts, seemed to be provoked, and pounced forward again with an angry roar.

But this time it obviously learned its lesson and did not pounce too hard, but Zhao Yifu had already rushed up.

He put his arms around the tiger's neck and circled around it, then deftly rode on the tiger's back, performing a "Wu Song fighting the tiger" pose.

However, he did not use his fists to hit the tiger like Wu Song did, because it was a monster after all.

He just went straight for a rear-naked choke.

He strangled the tiger's neck with both hands, then exerted force suddenly, making the tiger roll its eyes.

The giant wolf obviously wanted to help.

But it was badly injured, its teeth were all broken. Using its claws to scratch Zhao Yifu was no different from tickling him. A powerful demon beast, under the banner of the White Tiger, was unable to do anything to a human.

At this time, the wolf demon was doubting his own destiny. Are all humans so fierce?

The lion also wanted to help, but its front paws were dislocated, making it difficult for it to move, let alone help.

As a result, they and tens of thousands of eyes in and outside the city watched Zhao Yi Fu break the tiger demon's neck.

The battlefield was suddenly silent, even Wei Kang's troops who had charged to the foot of the city wall were silent.

Then the morale of Wei Kang's soldiers suddenly soared.

They have some tough guys here!

This can be seen as a unique "battle of generals", in which Zhao Yifu "fought one against three" and won the battle.

In contrast, the Luoyang defenders, whose morale had been boosted by the White Tiger Flag, were about to collapse.

Now they feel cowardly when they see Zhao Yifu.

How did such a powerful person come out? Could he be a monster?

Zhao Yi Fu casually threw away the limp tiger corpse on the ground, and ignored the lion and the wolf. Instead, he took advantage of the moment when everyone on the city wall was stunned and suddenly rushed towards the flagpole with the white tiger flag hanging high.

The lion and the wolf finally reacted and transformed into human form in a hurry to try to stop it, but they didn't expect that this would trigger the power of the White Tiger Flag, and they were knocked back to their original form as soon as they turned into human form.

Moreover, all his magical powers were sealed, and his condition was even worse than before, making him look extremely miserable.

Zhao Yifu had already arrived under the flagpole.

He casually pushed away a tall and strong flag guard who was guarding the flagpole, then exhaled and shouted, and directly pulled up the flagpole that the man was hugging!
From now on, this white tiger flag belongs to him!
He wanted to see who else dared to challenge him to a duel.
This White Tiger Flag is definitely a treasure.

Zhao Yifu has discovered that although fighting under the influence of the White Tiger Flag will be subject to many restrictions, the cause and effect will also be attributed to the White Tiger!
Good man, as long as the flag is raised, he can enter the field unscrupulously, right?
Then wouldn't this Northern Expedition enter speedrun mode...

(End of this chapter)