Even if he is a foundation-building cultivator, he should now be entering the last period of his life.
Although the old man in front of him was in a strong body that was somewhat inconsistent with his age, he was definitely still a mortal. How could he be acquainted with me
Therefore, before this, Li Yan was only thinking about the mortals he had come into contact with.
But the word "Marshal" from the other party seemed to evoke some memory in Li Yan, and countless images flashed through Li Yan's mind like lightning.
Suddenly, his face changed, and his mind was shaken and trembling! !
"How is it possible? It wasn't just a dream of mine, it was definitely a dream!
What's more... Even if it is true, when I met this person in my dream, he was already over 60 years old, almost 60 years old. How could he be alive now
By calculating the other party's age, he is a foundation-building cultivator who swallowed the elixir and has died at this time. How could this happen?!"
Li Yan was shocked for a moment, and he finally remembered who this person was.
That was the scene that happened after he chose the dark passage between the two passages in the "Fire Palace" on the second floor of the Beiming Demon Suppression Tower.
At that time, he was misled by the bright fire unicorn and gave up the golden passage and chose to enter the dark passage. In the end, he could only "crawl" little by little in the endless dark passage in a weird posture.
Finally, at a certain point, his inner demons took over and he completely fell into a dream, in which Gong Chenying had become his wife and Zhao Min had become the silver-armored general of the Meng Kingdom.
When he went to reinforce "Luoxianpo", there was an old veteran guarding there, named Cui Feng. That man looked exactly like the old man in front of him when he was a few decades younger.
Li Yan would never have dreamed that he would meet this person in this world. Even if he racked his brains, he would never think of it in that dream.
It was not until this moment that a light exclamation came from the side.
"Sure enough, he has hidden his skills. He is actually a master of Qinggong!"
Duke Cui only felt that his palm passed through a shadow, and his fingertips seemed to touch a piece of clothing, but he felt it was an illusion. Then, the young man appeared on the other side.
He was very surprised by this, but his eyes became even brighter. He had only used 60% of his strength just now, which had actually taken into account the fact that the other party possessed other peerless martial arts.
This time, the opponent's strength was indeed measured, which should be at least at the top-notch level. This made Duke Cui, who had not encountered an opponent for a long time, more eager to fight.
On the other side, Li Yan's face was uncertain. He still couldn't believe what was happening in front of him.
This made him feel extremely terrified when he thought about it carefully. Cold sweat was oozing out of his back, and he felt as if there was a pair of big hands behind him controlling all these incredible things.
I had clearly been staying in that endless dark passage the entire time, and everything was just a dream. I was even really about to die, but now it all became real.
He was already hesitant about whether or not to take down the other person and search his soul, but he couldn't do it without hurting the other person.
And the most crucial thing is that if there really is someone with such great supernatural powers manipulating this matter, Li Yan is sure that he will not be able to find anything in the other party's soul.
It is possible that the moment it touches the opponent's soul, the opponent's soul will explode on its own.
Another figure flashed before his eyes, and an even more swift and domineering force swept over him.
"Cui Feng, don't stop!"
Li Yan growled.
Upon hearing this, Duke Cui's eyes became even angrier. The other party was determined to continue pretending.
"At the beginning, I asked you to defend Luoxianpo and I went back to Qingshan Pass to investigate. Do you still remember?"
The internal strength in Cui Feng's palm had already reached Li Yan's back. After hearing what he said, he paused for a moment.
Li Yan's familiar voice echoed in his mind, as if he was back to decades ago, when the domineering and unparalleled "Martial Saint" in the army gave him one order after another.
"The marshal only called me to give the order, so the others should not know about it..."
However, Cui Feng snorted coldly afterwards.
"Now that you've been discovered, you want to use this opportunity to delay time and wait for help? Unfortunately, unless there are heavy troops pressing in, they can't even break into my backyard."
He figured out everything in a flash, even though the marshal only called him over.
But afterwards the marshal disappeared and he himself took over the military power. People who are interested can connect these things together and of course figure out something.
The other party saw that he was found out and wanted to use a delaying tactic, but Li Yan didn't wait for him to make a move and spoke again.
"This is not right. Why did the Meng Kingdom suddenly send several armies together this time? One reason is to lure our army out. The other reason is that there is really a traitor inside, and they are planning to cooperate with the outside forces?"
Then his tone changed again, becoming somewhat similar to Cui Feng's.
"Marshal, Prisoner Kong has been with you for nearly ten years. When you were a centurion in the Wind Hunting Battalion, he was your subordinate. If you say there is something wrong with him, I don't believe it. It is probably a plot by the enemy to alienate him.
If she does this, even if we send the fastest scouts back to investigate, it will take four or five days for each round trip, which will delay the possibility of our army's full-scale pursuit."
Then Li Yan's voice returned to his own.
"I have considered your thoughts before and considered it as a possibility. Why do you think I let Dong Lingmin go in the end..."
Having said that, Li Yan slowly turned sideways. He saw the muscles on Cui Feng's old face twitching constantly. He had put down his hands and was staring at him with disbelief in his eyes.
"You... you... you... can't... it's impossible, isn't it said that you chased after Dong Lingmin and both of you died
And he is still alive... alive... and still so young?"
Duke Cui kept muttering to himself, no longer having the domineering attitude he had just had.
The words spoken by the man opposite him were exactly what the marshal had told him before he left. Whether it was the change in tone or the expression, they were very similar to what he remembered. Although he himself did not remember how he had said it, the content was definitely these. In this world, no one else knew about these conversations except him and himself.
"Of course it's me, Cui Feng. I never thought you'd become a duke now!"
Li Yan spoke softly, and this time his words contained a trace of magic power, and his voice went straight into Duke Cui's mind.
Duke Cui, who was originally a little dazed, suddenly came to his senses, but there was still an incredible look in his eyes.
"You are really Marshal Li, but your appearance..."
"After I was taken away by Dong Lingmin, when I woke up, she told me that my wife and child were not dead. But after she finished speaking, she walked away, so I followed her.
Later, I chased into a boundless forest. It should be a dangerous place somewhere in Daqing Mountain, filled with endless thick fog.
And I have been trapped there since then. I don’t know how many years have passed. I have never been able to find Dong Lingmin, but I can’t get out of there either!
Until recently, I accidentally came out of it. As for the fact that my appearance has not changed, I don’t know why.
When I returned to the dynasty, everything had changed. I came here after hearing about you..."
Li Yan had no choice but to start making up lies. He wanted to clarify what was happening and did not act rashly. He would not take action against mortals if he could avoid it.
Moreover, as he had thought before, if all this was controlled by someone, the possibility of him getting information by searching the soul was really slim.
He had no idea that such a bizarre thing would happen before, so he felt there was no need to change his appearance in front of mortals.
Otherwise, if we knew this, he should be an octogenarian by now anyway.
Sure enough, after hearing this, Duke Cui's eyes began to flicker, and it was obvious that he would not believe these things easily.
Li Yan had no choice but to think about it, then walked to the huge map on the wall, pointed at a place and spoke.
"Luoxianpo, when I came to help, you said that there were only about 300 enemies coming from the west..."
Li Yan told in one breath about Cui Feng's own deployment of troops when he went there, and the aura of Duke Cui was surging.
Only Li Yan, who was the commander-in-chief at the time, knew these details best. Cui Feng would not reveal to his subordinates how he would deal with the enemy.
Even later, even if others could guess the troop deployment of both sides after the war, Cui Feng never told others the details, but Li Yan told them all the details.
Li Yan on the side was also racking his brains to recall what happened in the dream, but he only remembered that he had contact with Cui Feng at "Luoxianpo".
Outside of the dream, he had never had any contact with this person, but he had to pretend that he knew Cui Feng very well and could not let the other party find out that he only knew about "Luoxianpo".
Therefore, this depends on verbal skills. Li Yan pressed forward step by step in a short period of time, leaving Cui Feng no time to think.
Just when Li Yan felt that he was about to be exposed and could no longer say anything else, Duke Cui's eyes finally began to calm down.
"You... you... your appearance can never convince me, so if you have the guts, then follow me!"
Duke Cui had also heard that there were strange places on this continent where medicinal herbs grew that could make people immortal, but he had only heard about it and had never believed that such a thing could exist.
Now, Li Yan said so many things that only he knew, which made General Xue Tu begin to hesitate for a moment. After thinking about it, he made a decision.
"Oh, I'll go with you? Why not!!"
Li Yan didn't even ask where to go and just agreed directly, which surprised Duke Cui.
It was as if he saw the former "Martial Saint" commander who was so capable of maneuvering in the person in front of him.
Afterwards, Duke Cui walked straight to the screen on the side without saying anything, and Li Yan followed behind him not too far away.
This made Duke Cui relax a little, as the "Li Yan" in front of him at least had no intention of launching a sneak attack on him for the time being.
Behind the screen was a large clothes rack with several robes of different colors hanging on it, while the rest was empty.
Duke Cui quickly walked to the clothes rack and stood still, but he reached out and touched the screen behind him.
As he moved, a series of "cracking" sounds of twisting iron chains came from the corner of the wall not far away, and then the floor on the corner of the wall slid, and a hole slowly appeared.
As the cave opened, soft rays of light emanated from below.
"Secret passage!"
Li Yan, who was standing not far away, did not approach immediately, indicating that he was waiting and would not take the opportunity to come forward with other intentions.
It is usually difficult for mortals to detect such secret passages with their spiritual sense, because there are no restrictions on them at all.
Unless your spiritual consciousness is extremely bored, it will walk around the city and explore every corner of every house it sees, and finally, after discovering something unusual deep underground, it will go back to look for the exit.
If a cultivator like that were to walk in the city, it would not take long for his spiritual awareness to be severely damaged.
"Come down with me!"
After the hole was opened enough for one person to pass through, Duke Cui glanced at Li Yan who was still standing there, and took the lead to step onto the stairs.
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PS: It’s time to fill the hole left a long time ago!