Immortal Dao Fruits, Cards to Help Me

Chapter 105 Wulong Mountain

The battle raged from afternoon until midnight.

In the end, the City God paid a price, personally taking action to severely injure the eight-armed killing Arhat avatar of the Yang family—a thousand armored ghost riders gathered into a river of the dead in mid-air, treading through the air to impact the Arhat avatar.

The eight-armed Arhat's body of killing was directly transformed into the two-armed Arhat's body.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Master Shouming severed Yang Fu's arm with a sword. Then, Ma Tian rode up on his horse and used his halberd to pierce through Yang Fu, lifting him into the air and splitting him in two!
Ma Tianyi was a military general, and without his Dharma body to counter him, the Yang family could not hold out.

In an instant, the bloodstains scattered all over the Yang family mansion turned into white lotus flowers as they fell to the ground.

However, the strange phenomenon disappeared in just two or three breaths.

The Yang family was unlucky; normally they shouldn't have died!

Unfortunately, three experts at the Gang Sha Realm were lying in ambush for him, and the City God of Shencheng also stole his hand. What bad luck!

Li Longhua was then shattered by Shouming Daoist's sword, and together with his junior brother Shouyang Daoist, they captured him alive.

The battle, involving five Gang Sha Realm experts and one Qi Refining Peak expert, has come to an end.

Chen Xiuxian and his group watched the spectacle unfold for the entire afternoon.

They almost set up a small table so they could eat sunflower seeds and drink tea.

Looking at Li Longhua, who was being held captive by his magic, he hesitated for a moment before asking Cao Bianjiao beside him, "Shouldn't we just cut off his head?"

In Chen Xiuxian's view, such a wanted criminal should not be allowed to live; the longer it goes on, the more trouble he might cause!

If we cut them down immediately, how could the enemy possibly come back to life?
However, people have different ideas.

The thoughts of ordinary people and the governor of Liaodong are certainly very different.

How can a dead man's head compare to the merits of a living person!

Escort this son of a Maitreya sect traitor to the capital, have him tried by the three judicial authorities, and execute him in a public and just manner, chopping him up with a single stroke at Caishikou.

That would maximize the impact!
At that time, the arrogance of both the Maitreya Sect and the White Lotus Sect will be dealt a blow.

How could the emperor not reward him handsomely?

Moreover, he could take the opportunity to escort the important criminal back to the capital. Heaven knows how hard Governor Yang Hao endured in the bitter cold of Liaodong!

For a scholar who had passed the imperial examination, being far from the court in this desolate land beyond the Great Wall, filled with military men, was utterly humiliating!

Now, taking advantage of the opportunity to escort the wanted criminal Li Longhua to Beijing for a report on his duties, and by pulling some strings, he can stay in the capital.

Only the officials in the capital city are the most important officials.

In one's official career, a moment's delay leads to a series of setbacks. Returning to the capital as soon as possible would be ideal.

Chen Xiuxian did not approach Li Longhua.

This kid is a ticking time bomb. Who knows if there are still Maitreya or White Lotus sect followers lurking in Liaodong?

Don't cause trouble and drag yourself down with you.

Besides, I didn't do anything myself, I just watched the show.

There were no benefits either—Li Longhua's belongings had all been divided among those three Gang Sha Realm experts, so he couldn't possibly approach them.

Keep a low profile, keeping a low profile is the key!
Watching this fierce battle between the powerful cultivators at the Gang Sha Realm today has truly broadened Chen Xiuxian's horizons.

Previously in the Calabash Brothers instance, the demon kings on Wuyou's side were also at the Gangsha Realm.

But there are differences between the various types of Qi and Sha!

Those demons were all wild demons with no real background. Although they had reached a certain level, they were all penniless, with only a weapon and a skin to wear.

That spell was the most rudimentary innate spell, with no fundamental techniques to learn; it was purely developed through time.

If the methods are too few, too direct, or too rudimentary, then the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

This doesn't look like a major battle at all!

The area within two miles around looks like it's been bombed!

They used so many secret techniques and magical treasures; it was truly an eye-opener!

Now that the threat posed by Li Longhua has been eliminated, it's time to put the opening of the pseudo-emperor's treasure on the agenda.

"Old Cao! Let's set off tomorrow at noon! It's best to secure our profits as soon as possible!" Chen Xiuxian said.

Cao Bianjiao nodded repeatedly: "You're right. Things can change in the long run. Besides, the Wild Boar People are so restless right now, there might be a lot of fighting after spring, and we'll need military pay."

The next day, Chen Xiuxian took all the prepared items, along with Lao Niu, Dou Zhongde, Mimi, and Hu Tiedao, and went to find Cao Bianjiao.

Cao Bianjiao also brought four men, two of whom were his personal guards. Chen Xiuxian had seen them before at Wadang Fort.

Standing in the snow by the roadside outside the city, Li Rusong, the martial judge of the City God Temple, wearing a reed-woven straw hat, was accompanied by two pale-faced, hooded, cloaked ghost soldiers who had been waiting for some time.

The three parties then set off!
Following Hu Tiedao's directions—in fact, he had never been there before, he only knew some descriptions.

Chen Xiuxian and his companions had to follow the map and ask the newly deceased souls nearby for directions before finally finding the mountain peak that was known a hundred years ago as Wulong Mountain Jade Pen Peak.

Chen Xiuxian stood on a large rock, gazing at the Jade Pen Peak in the distance; it was indeed beautiful.

Even now, with the weather freezing cold and snow-covered, the mountains still stand straight and elegant, exuding a natural and graceful charm.

Such places are generally inhabited by mythical beasts or possessed by some kind of immortal spirits.

He noticed that several large farmlands and estates had sprung up near the foot of Wulong Mountain.

Judging from the neat and orderly arrangement of the fields, the whole area must belong to one family.

He asked, "Old Cao, whose farm is that?"

Cao Bianjiao glanced around a few times, "Hiss~ Hmm! Looks like the Jia family?!"

Chen Xiuxian glanced at him, "Are there really such wealthy families in Shencheng?"

These guys can be called big landowners!

That vast expanse of land stretched as far as the eye could see. Was it all owned by one family?!
Holy crap! That's outrageous!

Cao Bianjiao said, "Hey! The Jia family isn't from Shencheng in Liaodong."

"A hundred years ago, the Great Shun Dynasty flourished for three generations. Their ancestor led his troops in Jinling to join Emperor Yongshun and made great contributions to the unification of the country. Later, he pursued the false emperor and conquered Liaodong. At that time, two of his brothers were enfeoffed as dukes! They were incredibly powerful and influential!"

"These vast estates were all bestowed upon the Jia family as a reward! This is just one part of it! There are several more further south!"

"However, the Jia family did not become a military family. Later, their descendants were unworthy and seemed to have gotten involved in some trouble, which caused the family to decline considerably."

"Moreover, they don't want to associate with military families, and few of their descendants join the army. Although they still have some influence in the military, there are hardly any left."

Although Cao Bianjiao's family had some influence in Liaodong, it was nothing compared to what others had done!

Even the Liaodong General's Mansion had to give them some leeway. They were truly powerful and aristocratic families.

Cao Bianjiao thought to himself: I've fought the wild boar people to the death more than a dozen times, and I still haven't managed to get any high-ranking official position.

Just thinking about it makes me so jealous!
On the one hand, he thought, "A real man should act like this!"

Meanwhile, Chen Xiuxian and his group of seven or eight people, dressed in various ways, were spying on the high ground outside the manor when they were discovered.

It turns out that the Jia family rose to power through military achievements, and their estates here were originally managed by their personal guards.

Liaodong was not safe either, so over the past hundred years or so, many of the strict military defenses have not been lost.

At least for now, there are still people keeping watch, and they have noticed that Chen Xiuxian and his group of people of unknown origin and miscellaneous backgrounds are spying on the farm from a high place.

Could it be some bandit with a beard coming to scout things out?

From a distance, the sentry couldn't see the faces of the people on this side clearly. Instead, he went to find the head of the estate.

"It seems like a bandit leader from Wuzhuang is here to scout out the area!"

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man in his forties immediately flew into a rage. He jumped up from the heated kang (a traditional heated brick bed): "What kind of blind fool dares to cause trouble in our Black Mountain Village!"

"Go and call men to block them! Take them down!"

(End of this chapter)