Chapter 168: Reinforcements

The Great Qin’s Generalissimo, Wei Gao, led eight hundred thousand Fire Scale Army soldiers toward Dahuang Prefecture.

The Fire Scale Army.

It was a renowned, powerful force within Great Qin, fully capable of standing shoulder to shoulder with the Black Tiger Army.

The difference was this:

The Fire Scale Army was responsible for guarding the Central Plains, while the Black Tiger Army garrisoned Dahuang Prefecture.

Now, with a million Barbarians coming fiercely, the Black Tiger Army, caught off guard, had suffered no small amount of losses. They could temporarily contend with the Barbarians, but to completely exterminate them or drive them out of Dahuang Prefecture was beyond their capabilities.

Dahuang Prefecture.

Nine Desolations City.

Once a crucial city in Dahuang Prefecture, it had now fallen into Barbarian hands, becoming their primary stronghold for confronting Great Qin.

Within the city.

Barbarians patrolled back and forth.

Corpses of villagers could occasionally be seen on the ground, but they didn’t attract the attention of any Barbarians.

The former Yamen had now become the Barbarian headquarters.

Inside the inner hall.

Geishas danced, each one forcing a smile onto their face, though their eyes betrayed a hidden fear.

"Now that our army has been invading Dahuang Prefecture for some time, Great Qin must have made some deployments. How long do you think it will take for the Great Qin reinforcements to arrive?"

A middle-aged man, bare-chested with strange patterns tattooed on his skin, was holding a Geisha, looking at the other Barbarian generals with a smile.

Isaac!

He was the commander of this Barbarian invasion into Dahuang Prefecture. The million-strong Barbarian army was under his command.

The Geisha in his arms forced a gentle smile onto her pretty face, but her delicate body trembled slightly.

Hearing this, a Barbarian general took a swig of wine and said loudly, "Mobilizing troops is not something that can be done in a day or two. In my opinion, even if Great Qin has reinforcements, they won’t arrive for another half a month.

However, the resistance forces in Dahuang Prefecture are also strong. It will be difficult for us to conquer Dahuang Prefecture in half a month."

After his words fell.

Another Barbarian general chimed in.

"The Eternal Life Alliance doesn’t seem to be using much power. If they are willing to cooperate, we still have a chance to succeed."

The Eternal Life Alliance!

Mentioning these three words seemed to freeze the atmosphere slightly.

Each Barbarian general had a deep fear on their face.

"We can’t rely too much on the Eternal Life Alliance. After all, evil demons are not our kind. The demon powers behind the Eternal Life Alliance are strong. If our clan really relies on the Eternal Life Alliance to conquer Great Qin, the result won’t be what we want."

A cold light flashed in Isaac’s eyes.

Cooperating with evil demons was like seeking skin from a tiger.

It was only because the Barbarian situation was dire that they had to do so.

Immediately afterward.

He changed the topic.

"But the Eternal Life Alliance is contributing a lot now. The people from the three Demon Suppression Divisions in Dahuang Prefecture are all tied up. If it weren’t for the people from the Demon Suppression Division being tied up, our army wouldn’t have easily taken nearly half of Dahuang Prefecture."

The Eternal Life Alliance had contributed greatly to the million Barbarians’ easy invasion of Dahuang Prefecture.

The Demon Suppression Division.

It was both Great Qin’s capital to fight against evil demons and an important means of maintaining the stability of Great Qin’s situation.

In the past, when Barbarians entered Dahuang Prefecture to plunder, they often suffered heavy losses at the hands of the Demon Suppression Division.

"Hmph, if the Eternal Life Alliance had really held back the Demon Suppression Division, how could Mierba have been slain!"

A middle-aged Barbarian general looked displeased.

Hearing this.

A murderous intent also appeared on Isaac’s face, but it quickly disappeared, leaving his eyes as sharp as knives.

"According to the news, the person who killed Mierba is called Shen Changqing. He is not from the Dahuang Prefecture Demon Suppression Division, but from the Great Qin capital Demon Suppression Division.

But judging from the previous news, this person should only be an Innate martial artist.

This time, he has appeared, but he is already at the Grandmaster Late Stage.

I suspect that he has been hiding his strength and has not revealed it. It can only be said that Mierba had bad luck and happened to run into him."

"However—"

"So what if he is at the Grandmaster Late Stage? If I run into him, I will personally twist off his head."

Isaac held the Geisha in one hand and lifted a large bowl of wine with the other, drinking it all in one gulp.

Afterward.

The wine bowl was smashed on the ground. The sudden loud noise frightened the Geisha in his arms into another tremor.

The Geishas dancing in the inner hall also stopped for a moment, before resuming.

"Half a month."

"We will wait another half a month. If there is still no news after half a month, then we will temporarily focus on defense, plundering as much resources as possible from Dahuang Prefecture and transporting them back to our clan."

Isaac made a direct decision.

Compared with Great Qin, the Barbarian’s strength was still much weaker.

Now that they could conquer half of Dahuang Prefecture, it was almost the limit for a million Barbarians.

Of course.

If the Barbarians really gave it their all, they would definitely have more than just a million soldiers.

But.

Now was not the time to fully commit all of their strength.

Suddenly.

Someone hurried in from the outside.

"Lord, according to the scouts, there are two hundred thousand troops coming this way, now less than a hundred miles from Nine Desolations City!"

"Who is leading them?"

"Dongyang!"

"Dongyang!" Isaac raised his eyebrows, a sneer appearing on his face: "So it’s him. Good, let me learn about the true strength of the Black Tiger Army!"

After saying that.

He looked at the other generals.

"Pass down my order, everyone prepare for battle immediately!"

As his words fell.

The hand holding the Geisha suddenly tightened.

Crack—

The sound of bones breaking rang out, causing the expression on the Geisha’s face to twist. Before she could even scream, she had already died.

"Ah!!"

The Geishas who were dancing were all frightened and screamed shrilly.

At this moment.

The other Barbarian generals also drew their sabers and directly killed those Geishas.

In a short while.

In the inner hall, many corpses had fallen, and blood flowed all over the ground.

Isaac stood up, not even looking at the corpses on the ground. He simply gave a command and left the place.

"Clean up!"

Accompanied by a stabbing pain in his mind.

Shen Changqing’s mind retreated from the Sea of Consciousness.

"Hoo!"

He had been in the Seclusion Pavilion for ten days.

During these ten days, apart from touching the jade wall on the fifth floor head-on on the first day, he had been silently cultivating for the rest of the time.

The main cultivation was the Hundred Battle True Intent.

It was a pity.

The improvement of the Hundred Battle True Intent was much slower than Shen Changqing had expected.

Until now, he had not broken through to twenty percent of the Hundred Battle True Intent.

"If I continue to improve like this, even if I have another month, I may not be able to break through to twenty percent. As for the True Intent manifestation, that is even more of a luxury."

Now.

Shen Changqing finally understood how difficult the subsequent cultivation of the mental system was.

Just like Dongfang Zhao said.

It was easy to enter the door of the mental system, but it was very difficult to improve further, becoming the opposite extreme of the physical body system.

"However."

"If I can enter the secret room for bitter cultivation, then I should be able to speed up the breakthrough in the mental system."

Shen Changqing thought to himself.

Speaking of which.

Until now, he had not entered the secret room for cultivation.

Anyone in the Martial Pavilion was qualified to enter the secret room for cultivation, once a month, for three days.

If he gave up.

Then it would be a real waste.

Thinking of this.

Shen Changqing didn’t waste time. He left his courtyard directly and walked toward the Martial Pavilion.

The Seclusion Pavilion was very big.

The place where the Martial Pavilion members lived was only a corner of the Seclusion Pavilion.

In front of the Martial Pavilion gate.

The person guarding it had changed from Zhao Bai to Zhong Ning.

"Elder Zhong, why are you here today?"

Seeing Zhong Ning, Shen Changqing was also surprised.

He didn’t expect.

One day, the other party would also be watching the gate here at the Martial Pavilion.

Zhong Ning, who was lying on a lounge chair taking a nap, heard this, opened a slit in his eyes, glanced at him, and replied in an unfriendly manner.

"The Martial Pavilion has regulations that our elders must shoulder the responsibility of guarding the Martial Pavilion. The six elders have to rotate every once in a while. Last time it was Zhao Bai, this time it’s me."

While speaking.

Zhong Ning was also very dissatisfied in his heart.

To be honest.

It was a bit of a drop in price for a dignified Martial Pavilion Elder to be watching the gate here.

But the rules were set by the higher-ups. Although he was a Martial Pavilion Elder, he didn’t have the right to object.

So.

Even though Zhong Ning was dissatisfied in his heart, he could only forcefully suppress it.

Immediately afterward.

He saw that Shen Changqing was still standing there, so he asked.

"Why are you still here? What’s the matter?"

"I want to enter the secret room for cultivation. I don’t know how to do it?"

"Enter the secret room for cultivation?"

Zhong Ning understood, then pointed inside and said.

"You can just go in directly. If there is someone, the sign hanging on the secret room will show that there is someone. If there is no one, it will show that there is no one. But the free cultivation time is only three days.

When three days are up, if you haven’t come out, I’ll personally drag you out."

"I understand."

Shen Changqing nodded.

Zhong Ning closed his eyes again, as if he had fallen into a sound sleep.

Seeing this, he wouldn’t think that the other party was really sleeping.

After breaking through to the Grandmaster.

Shen Changqing finally understood what the difference was between a Grandmaster and a non-Grandmaster martial artist.

To put it another way.

Don’t look at Zhong Ning lying here sleeping now. In fact, the other party’s mind had already spread out. Any movement within ten feet couldn’t be concealed from his perception.

Moreover.

The range of ten feet was just a conclusion that Shen Changqing gave based on himself.

Zhong Ning was definitely not at the beginner level in the mental system. In other words, the other party’s perception range would be even wider.

Cupping his hands, he strode in.

On the first floor of the Martial Pavilion, there were a total of twenty-six secret rooms.

Each secret room had a sign hanging in front of it.

The front was written with someone.

The back was written with no one.

Shen Changqing glanced at it. Only about one-third of the secret rooms actually had someone in them. Most of the remaining secret rooms had signs saying that there was no one.

He randomly picked a secret room and pushed the door open.

Instantly.

A strong and surging inspiration rushed toward him, and his pores were all opened.

End of Chapter