Bearing the blue sky

Chapter 193 Ding Ding of the Mo Family

To prevent our demon race from shedding blood and sacrificing themselves again?

Are you bragging?

Zhu Ge was almost dumbfounded, but in an instant she realized that the Riftwind Purple Eagle was just putting on an act for the demon race!

"No, Rending Wind Purple Eagle!" an old pig cried, tears streaming down its face. "How could you lower your proud head!"

"I'm willing to fight to the death!" One of the bear demons' eyes turned red.

Then the ape beside him hurriedly dragged him away: "No, no, you can't fight to the death, otherwise Riftwind Purple Eagle's surrender will be meaningless!"

The demons watched this scene, their minds racing.

"Um, what are they doing?"

"I don't know either."

"Hey! Why did you hit me?"

"Shut up. If you don't speak, no one will think you're a wild beast. Aren't you a rat demon? You should be quite clever."

"Yes, yes, yes, run! Run!"

"Run! The Rending Wind Purple Eagle has been defeated!"

The demons fled.

This battle came quickly and went quickly.

However, they all left within an hour.

The Purple Wind Eagle also flapped its wings and flew away, glancing at Zhu Ge before leaving with an inscrutable expression.

Zhu Ge met her gaze and let her leave.

With just one glance, a tacit understanding of maturity arose between them.

They're all such drama queens!

There's no doubt that the Riftwind Purple Eagle belongs to his side.

Then look at the surrounding woods.

The monster tide receded even faster than it had arrived.

In less than a quarter of an hour, all the monsters that had roamed the mountains and fields vanished completely, leaving only corpses and bloodstains on the ground.

Those demonic beasts that were still hesitating about whether to run away ran even faster than rabbits when they saw that the Riftwind Purple Eagle had flown away.

On the battlefield, only the soldiers of the Six Paths Palace remained.

Zhu Ge stood there, watching the figure of the Riftwind Purple Eagle disappear into the clouds on the mountaintop, a slight smile playing on her lips.

Although she's a drama queen.

However, she's a clever drama queen.

"Master, that eagle—" Liu Jianjian leaned closer, her face still showing some confusion: "It just left like that? Aren't you going to tame it?"

"What else?" Zhu Ge put away the Purgatory Star Staff. "It can't beat me, but at least keeping it will prevent the situation in Eagle City from getting too bad."

"But it clearly has so many subordinates—" Liu Jianjian muttered.

"Are those subordinates even useful?" Zhu Ge smiled. "They can't beat me. If those subordinates come up here, they'll just be throwing their lives away. Rather than dying in vain, it's better to retreat gracefully. That's called assessing the situation."

"Besides, it's a drama queen! It didn't want to fight in the first place, and this is a perfect opportunity for it to stay out of it. Even if the Plague Sparrow asks, it has a reason to say something."

"I've learned something—" Liu Jianjian nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

Zhu Ge didn't explain further and turned to look at the team behind her.

More than 600 people, covered in blood, stood ramrod straight.

The initial fear and confusion were gone from their eyes, replaced by a sense of relief and determination after surviving a catastrophe.

"Take stock of the casualties and clean up the battlefield," Zhu Ge ordered. "Wounded brothers, bandage them on the spot; fallen brothers, bury them on the spot."

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"yes!"

Zhao Tieshan, Ma Sandao, Li Qingquan, and others led the soldiers to get busy.

Half an hour later, the battlefield was cleaned up.

Zhao Tieshan reported: "Palace Master Zhu, among the remaining people, there are 67 seriously injured and more than 200 slightly injured."

Zhu Ge nodded.

Of the 2,400 people who set out, fewer than 600 are still capable of fighting.

But the remaining six hundred people are all outstanding.

"Let's go." Zhu Ge mounted his horse. "Eagle City is just ahead."

More than 600 people slowly walked towards Eagle City.

Eagle City is built against the mountain, adjacent to Eagle Mountain, and is a city built in the mountains and underground.

The entire city resembled an underground city, with only one mechanical gate on the surface.

Standing at the city gate to greet them was a woman clad in blue armor.

He was around twenty years old, with a slender face, his long black hair tied in a high ponytail and secured with a silver hairpin, neat and tidy, with a calm and steady demeanor like a rock, and a heroic air between his brows.

Three Realms, the Mechanical Path of the Mohists?

Seeing this, Zhu Ge was quite surprised.

The city lord looks quite young; it's unclear whether he's an old monster like the Annihilation True Monarch, who appears young but is actually hundreds of years old.

"I am Ding Ding, the city lord of Eagle City." The woman clasped her hands in a fist salute, her voice not loud, yet clearly reaching everyone's ears: "May I ask if you are Zhu Ge, the master of the Six Paths Palace?"

Zhu Ge was not at all surprised that Ding Ding knew his name.

After the siege of Jianshui was lifted, many people should have become aware of his existence.

He had been fighting there for quite a while, which is why Ding Ding came out to greet him.

Zhu Ge dismounted and returned the greeting with clasped hands: "Indeed. Lord Ding, I have long admired you."

"You're too kind, Palace Master." Ding Ding stepped aside to make way, "Please, everyone, enter the city."

The mechanism behind Ding Ding was entirely silver-white, appearing from a distance as if it were cast from silver. It consisted of a combination of cubes and cuboids of varying sizes, giving it a mysterious and profound feel.

"Click click"

At this moment, each of these metal blocks made a sound, turning like gears, and in an instant, the darkness behind them was revealed.

It's probably another formation.

Zhu Ge didn't stand on ceremony and led the group in single file.

Upon entering, the scenery changes, with a silver metal statue standing every few steps.

There are wolves, tigers, eagles, and bears, each with a different shape and lifelike appearance.

"Are these all tin iron?" Zhu Ge asked curiously.

Ding Ding and Zhu Ge entered together, and Ding Ding laughed and said, "That's right. There are many iron and tin mines under Eagle City, so there are many Mo Family workshops in the city. In addition, the Riftwind Purple Eagle and we keep to ourselves, so we are able to defend the city."

"I see." Zhu Ge nodded.

Ding Ding was quite frank, directly stating his relationship with Liefeng Ziying without hiding anything.

He glanced at the tin and iron statues a few more times, secretly marveling at them.

In fact, even if the Riftwind Purple Eagle came, there would be no way to stop it. Two of these statues have obscure auras and should be more than just puppets of the second realm.

"Those are mechanical puppets." Ding Ding explained when he saw Zhu Ge focusing on the statues, "The Mohist mechanical arts use metal, stone, earth and wood as materials, and mechanical mechanisms as the core. The puppets they create can defend cities and attack enemies. These are all my works."

"Lord Ding is truly amazing," Zhu Ge exclaimed.

Ding Ding shook his head: "Palace Master Zhu is truly remarkable. Starting from Jianshui City, her first stop is my Eagle City. Is it to exterminate the demon race and save the city?"

"Although I am the city lord and I am concerned about the cities in other parts of Honghe Prefecture, I have no courage to leave the city. After seeing this today, I am ashamed of my inferiority."

Ding Ding shook his head and sighed, frankly admitting that he dared not leave the city.

However, Zhu Ge knew that Ding Ding was quite capable of such mental calculations.

"Lord Ding, there's no need to worry. I will personally go and rescue the cities of Honghe Prefecture one by one," Zhu Ge said earnestly. "But I need to strengthen my power."

Zhu Ge glanced back.

His team consisted of people at the second realm, the first realm, and ordinary people.

Upon hearing this, Ding Ding's expression turned solemn: "I will do everything in my power to assist Palace Master Zhu!"

"We hope that the Palace Master can soon rescue the people of Honghe Prefecture from their suffering!"