When Lao Jiu said the truth, the surrounding martial artists suddenly understood.
As expected, Zou Xiongliang was not a good guy to begin with. It was normal for him to be killed when he wanted to snatch the Qingling Diamond.
Under such circumstances, Zou Xiongliang's death would be in vain. The most important thing is that the mountain ghost was a subordinate of General Huo Yuanbai.
Naturally, there would be no problem with the character of a young man favored by General Huo Yuanbai!
"Since you've told the truth, there's nothing wrong with that."
When Huo Yuanbai heard what Lao Jiu said, he immediately smiled and said, "From today on, you will stay with me temporarily and organize the weapon refining materials for me. No matter who wants to touch you, they must get my permission."
With these words, Huo Yuanbai had kept his promise to protect Lao Jiu from being retaliated by the Zou family.
Long Yu hid in Huo Yuanbai's wooden house and watched how Huo Yuanbai handled the whole matter. He couldn't help but sigh that this general really had rich experience in dealing with things and he solved this difficult matter in no time.
Next, there is no need for Long Yu and Huo Yuanbai to take any action. The news that Zou Xiongliang was killed while attempting robbery will spread throughout the entire Demon Nightmare Mountains and will be known by all the martial artists in the Demon Nightmare Legion. After all, this is no trivial matter.
In this way, Long Yu and Huo Yuanbai firmly grasped the word "reason". Even if the deputy commander of the imperial guards far away in Shura Valley wanted to avenge his son, he had to consider the weight of Huo Yuanbai and the entire Demon Nightmare Legion!
"Thank you, General Huo. I will do my best to live up to your expectations!"
When Lao Jiu heard that Huo Yuanbai asked him to follow him, his face was filled with excitement and his heart was filled with excitement.
General Huo Yuanbai can be said to be the military god of the entire Shura County in the past few decades. Countless people revere and worship him. Is it an opportunity that everyone can have to follow Huo Yuanbai
Even though he was just helping to sort out the materials for refining weapons, even if Huo Yuanbai gave him some advice on martial arts in his spare time, he would definitely benefit a lot and might be able to break through the bottleneck in martial arts.
"No need to waste time. Well, over there is my weapon refining platform. There are a lot of weapon refining materials in the backyard of the platform. Go and sort them out for me. After you are done, come back here to meet me."
Huo Yuanbai smiled, pointed to the wooden house where he was training his soldiers, and asked Lao Jiu to run over there.
Lao Jiu ran over happily. Although it was hard labor, he was willing to do it. It was much better than working hard mining with that guy Zou Xiongliang!
Then, Huo Yuanbai glanced at Lao Jiu's departing back, then turned and went into the house.
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Long Yu and Huo Yuanbai faced each other.
"General Huo, I didn't expect you to handle things so efficiently and effectively."
Long Yu couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
"If I hadn't acted decisively, those bastards from Guixie County would have attacked us long ago."
Huo Yuanbai smiled and shook his head: "Little Long, you don't have to thank me. This deputy general Zou Li, relying on being a member of the Zou family, has always coveted my position as the general of the Demon Nightmare Corps. Although it's not that I can't give up this position, it's really that Zou Li doesn't have much courage. If I hand the Demon Nightmare Corps over to him, I'm afraid it will be attacked by the bastards of Ghost Evil County soon."
"Um."
Long Yu nodded, and he understood what Huo Yuanbai meant.
No wonder the deputy general Zou Li was so disrespectful to Huo Yuanbai. It turned out that he was thinking about seizing the throne. This means that the entire Zou family is not a good family. They have all fallen into the vortex of power.
"If there is a suitable successor, I would like to leave here and live a peaceful life for a while, or follow the prince to see if I can break through to the kingly secret realm in my lifetime."
As Huo Yuanbai was talking, he sighed, looking quite melancholy.
Long Yu smiled as soon as he saw it: "General, the path of martial arts requires the momentum of moving forward. Although I am just at the Human Tribulation Realm, I also know that if I worry about gains and losses when breaking through the bottleneck of martial arts, the possibility of failure is very high."
When Huo Yuanbai heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Boy, you're right."
Huo Yuanbai's eyes suddenly sparkled. "On the road of martial arts, breaking through bottlenecks is mostly a matter of mentality. Now that I think I'm old, I'm just trying to face the bottleneck. How can I succeed? Haha, haha!"
Suddenly, Huo Yuanbai seemed to become more energetic.
Originally, Huo Yuanbai's spirit and demeanor all came from being the general of the Demon Nightmare Legion, and not from being a martial arts expert.
But Long Yu's simple words made Huo Yuanbai suddenly realize that there was something wrong with his mentality.
If you have no confidence in breaking through the bottleneck of martial arts, how can you truly succeed
The heavy responsibility of the entire Demon Nightmare Mountains fell on Huo Yuanbai, and he had to lead the entire Demon Nightmare Legion. He had been focusing on this for too long, so long that he almost forgot that he was a martial arts expert.
"I didn't expect the princess would bring me such a talent, haha."
Huo Yuanbai looked at Long Yu with admiration in his eyes, and then said: "Long Yu, although you killed Zou Xiongliang this time and offended the deputy commander of the Imperial Guards of Shura Valley, you don't need to worry. You are the princess's man, and it won't be easy for the deputy commander of the Imperial Guards to touch you. Of course, it is still possible for him to trip you up in secret, so you have to be careful."
Hearing this, Long Yu smiled bitterly: "This time, I offended someone and was forced into the valley where the Shura Sacred Tree is. Fortunately, I managed to survive for nine days. That's why the princess asked me to hide my identity and sent me here."
"Sacred Shura Tree? Good boy, good boy, you can actually stay there for nine days."
Huo Yuanbai was shocked when he heard this: "It seems that my estimation of your strength is still not accurate enough!"
"Lucky, lucky, I got a broken Great Wilderness-level war weapon. I can hide in it and it's basically safe."
Long Yu smiled.
He had already shown the Ancient Dragon Skeleton Tower to the pair of Heavenly Tribulation Realm martial artists who were chasing him. He believed that it would soon be known to others. In that case, there was no need for him to hide it from Huo Yuanbai. After all, the problem that Huo Yuanbai had just solved for him was not a small one.
If Long Yu were to face Deputy General Zou Li by himself, he would definitely not be able to defeat him with just a little finger.
"That's pretty impressive. Great Wilderness-level combat soldiers. We only have a few of them in the entire Shura County."
Huo Yuanbai patted Long Yu on the shoulder and laughed, "If you don't mind, you can take out that war weapon and let me see it. I have refined a heaven-level war weapon before, and I'd like to see a Great Wilderness-level war weapon. Maybe I can repair it for you?"
After hearing this, Long Yu was no longer stingy. He moved his mind and activated the Nine Nether Dragon Scales, releasing the ancient dragon skeleton tower directly. However, it did not become bigger. It was just like a model of an ancient tower, floating in front of the two of them.
"Is this the Great Wilderness-level warrior?"
Huo Yuanbai took a look and felt a unique aura on it, which made him frown slightly. "It seems to be really powerful, but unfortunately, I have never seen such a war weapon before. I am afraid that I can't repair it. Not only that, the material of this war weapon is something I have never seen before. Its hardness seems to be much stronger than the best material I have seen."
"I just got it by chance."
Long Yu shook his head.
"Well, just put it away."
Huo Yuanbai shook his head: "It seems that the Great Wilderness-level soldiers cannot be refined casually. Not only are the materials rare, but they also require extremely superb skills. Moreover, they also need to be accompanied by the right time and place. It is even more difficult!"
Upon hearing this, Long Yu put away the Ancient Dragon Skeleton Tower without saying anything else.
"By the way, Long Yu, the princess said that she would leave you with me for more than two months. You just got here and you caused trouble. I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to get by next."
As Huo Yuanbai spoke, he thought for a while, then suddenly said: "Oh, right, how about you go to Guixie County and kill some of its martial artists? In this way, you will also be considered to have made a contribution. It would be best if you could ask the county lord to reward you."
"General, please tell me in detail what the purpose of doing this is?"
Long Yu asked with a frown on his face.
"Need I say more? If the merits you have made make the prince notice you, then the Zou family will not dare to do anything to you, even secretly."
Huo Yuanbai laughed: "I have rarely admired others in my life, but our county king is one of them. When he governs Shura County, he pays the most attention to protecting martial arts geniuses. If you are noticed by the county king, your safety will be absolutely worry-free, unless those people want to offend the county king. In the entire Shura County, no one dares to offend the county king!"
"I see."
Hearing this, Long Yu nodded slowly: "However, General, it must not be easy to kill the martial artists from Guixie County, right? What's more, I am only at the Human Tribulation Realm. It is said that the martial artists from Guixie County are all insidious and cunning, and it is not so easy to deal with them."
"That's why I sent you. If you succeed, it will be a great achievement. If there is no danger, why would it attract the attention of the prince?"
Huo Yuanbai looked at Long Yu and smiled softly: "I see that your short blade weapon is of very good quality, even better than the ancient tower you showed me just now... If it is used in conjunction with an assassination martial art, even a martial artist at the Heavenly Tribulation Realm will not be able to stop you."
"Oh? General, can you teach me assassination skills?"
Long Yu's eyes lit up.
He could not have imagined that Huo Yuanbai had gotten to know him so well in such a short time, and he could not have imagined that Huo Yuanbai actually knew that Long Yu was currently lacking an assassination skill!
"The Demon Nightmare Killing Technique is a common assassination technique used by our Demon Nightmare Corps. Although it is only of the upper Xuan grade, it is simple to understand and easy to learn."
Huo Yuanbai smiled slightly: "It only takes an ordinary Tianren Secret Realm martial artist seven days to master the Demon Nightmare Killing Technique. For you, I believe this time will be shorter."
"A Xuan-level upper-grade martial art is enough."
Long Yu's eyes lit up.
The penetrating power of the Void Dragon Blade is already strong enough. What he lacks most now is a technique, a technique to use the Void Dragon Blade.
Even though it was only a top-grade Xuan-level assassination martial art, when performed with the Void Phantom Dragon Blade, its destructive power was definitely countless times stronger than that of anyone else!