The air is particularly humid by the Kunming Lake in the early morning.
The smell of soil, mixed with the fragrance of wild grass, makes people feel refreshed instantly after just one sniff.
Looking around the ten-mile hunting ground, there were flags fluttering in the wind everywhere; they were the tens of thousands of imperial guards led by Wang Duo, who were like the iron walls of an arena, tightly besieging this place.
The more than 20 hunting teams trapped in it, like gladiators trapped in the arena, not only had to fight between life and death, but also had to guard against the arrows of the imperial guards.
As long as someone got a little closer to the encirclement of the Imperial Guards, the other side would launch a hail of arrows without hesitation, not even giving the person a chance to talk, let alone rush out.
Unable to break out, they even lost the mood to hunt, and the hunting teams all hid quietly.
Near a low-lying pit, there is a group of "remnant soldiers and defeated generals" stationed; perhaps they have not lost the battle, but their current mental state is almost the same as that of remnant soldiers and defeated generals.
From the common soldiers to the generals leading the team, everyone's expression was extremely gloomy and obscure.
"We are fighting each other to the death here, but they come to pick peaches. These eunuchs really deserve to die." A deep and burly man said angrily with a sinister look on his face.
"Of course the eunuchs deserve to die, but my senior sister was killed by General Gai Songtao of Henan, and I have to avenge her." A woman who looks innocent but is actually very slutty said with gritted teeth with a cruel look on her face.
Aren’t these people Master Li and his entourage
After being surrounded by the imperial guards, this group of people obviously had no intention of hunting and hid here to recuperate.
The man who started shouting was none other than the Yangzhou general Tian Yu; and the seemingly innocent woman was none other than the jade girl Meng Xiaohun.
After these two people started the conversation, the others immediately started shouting; some cursed the eunuchs for not having a good death, and of course, there were also people clamoring for revenge on Heshuo and his group. The scene instantly became boiling.
In this noisy market-like atmosphere, there were three people who remained calm from beginning to end; these three people were naturally Li Fazhu, Li Kuangba, and Shen Guang.
The hunting expedition of various vassal states in the world under the name of spring search was originally initiated by Yang Sixu at the instigation of Li Fazhu.
Now, the hunting teams of various vassal states were surrounded by the imperial guards. All signs showed that everything was proceeding according to the established plan, so he naturally would not panic.
Li Fazhu, the main general, was not panicked, and Li Kuangba and Shen Guang, the assistant generals, naturally would not be panicked either.
What no one expected was that when they were scolding Liu Xingshen and Yang Sigong, they didn't know that the real mastermind behind the scenes was right in front of them.
However, the shouting and scolding from the crowd was not without effect; after hearing so much foul language, even Master Li, who was thick-skinned and black-hearted, had his eyes twitching and his face looking unsightly.
Once a person has done something wrong, even if he is a peerless hero or a shadow god of later generations, it is impossible for him to act like an ordinary person.
Li Fazhu, who was feeling frustrated, turned his eyes to a general in armored uniform who looked like a giant monkey and said coldly, "General Cunxiao, since you have been in the army since you were a child, do you know the meaning of the four words 'obey orders and prohibit them'?"
Li Cunxiao suffered severe injuries in yesterday's battle. Although he has recovered a lot after a night of recuperation, he still looks very weak.
Facing the sudden questioning from Master Li, Li Cunxiao was confused and said indifferently, "I naturally know the meaning of 'obeying orders and prohibiting prohibitions'. There is no need for you to teach me, General Master."
Master Li was obviously looking for trouble on purpose, but he was not looking for trouble randomly, his goal was very clear.
There are a total of four hunting teams in the alliance. The other three teams still have combat effectiveness, except for the Hedong team. The two natural realm masters, Li Cunxiao and Mu Chen, were both severely injured and extremely weak.
In Master Li's opinion, the other party had already lost their value; not only that, if he took them with him, he would have to take the trouble to take care of them, which was simply not worth it.
This is a hunting game of life and death. Any burden may lead to the annihilation of the entire army. Master Li has already begun to think about abandoning the Hedong hunting team.
Perhaps some people would say that Li Fazhu was a great hero of his time, so he would not be so short-sighted
But according to his idea, it should be correct.
Under the current situation, if they lose the care of Li Fazhu and others, the possibility of Li Cunxiao and others being able to survive until the end of the hunting competition is very small.
We must never forget that Hedong and Heshuo are also mortal enemies. If Li Cunxiao and others who are left alone encounter those people from the Heshuo Alliance, they will definitely be helpless.
The hunting ground is so small, and the possibility of an encounter is very high. For someone who is sure to die, what is there for Master Li to worry about
Moreover, Li Cunxiao
He had long been fed up with Li Cunxiao's arrogance; when he was intact, Li Cunxiao was the bravest among the three armies and famous throughout the world, so Li Fazhu could still barely tolerate it.
But now, the opponent is as weak as a cat, yet still so arrogant. Master Li is not a punching bag, so how could he continue to endure it
Seeing that Li Cunxiao dared to talk back, Master Li immediately snorted coldly.
"Humph, since General Cunxiao knows about 'obeying orders', then what happened yesterday?"
"Li, as the initiator of the alliance, has not yet ordered an attack. Who told you to show off your prowess? Who told you to challenge?"
"If you were not so arrogant and conceited, how could you have been defeated by a little-known person? If you had not been defeated, how could Lady Tuberose have lost her life in vain?"
"You self-righteous fellow, you have ruined our good momentum in vain; Lady Tuberose's death was also caused by your arrogance."
"If you were a general under my command, I would have killed you hundreds of times. How could I let you live until now!" Facing Li Cunxiao's cold words and angry retorts, Li Fazhu was furious.
As the commander, his anger naturally attracted special attention. Hearing the quarrel between the two, the others shut their mouths involuntarily, and suddenly all looked in this direction.
Among them, the look given by the jade girl Meng Xiaohun was particularly complicated; she really didn't know why her senior sister Ye Lai Xiang cared so much about the number one general in Hedong.
For this, she even lost her life in vain; as far as she could remember, she had never seen her senior sister being so concerned about another man.
Facing the gazes of the crowd, Li Cunxiao, who had been scolded by Li Fazhu, stood up in a flash. He looked at Li Fazhu with bloodshot eyes and roared with gritted teeth: "Lai Xiang's death, I will remember it in my heart even without you telling me."
"To you, she may be just a chess piece; but do you know what she is to me?"
"She is my sister, Li Cunxiao's biological sister!"
When these words were spoken, everyone was stunned. Meng Xiaohun even widened her beautiful eyes and stared at Li Cunxiao, her face full of disbelief.
It is said that men don't shed tears easily, but only when they are heartbroken.
Speaking of Tuberose's death, Li Cunxiao's eyes were filled with tears, and he choked up and said hoarsely: "When I was young, my family was poor. In order to support us children, my parents gave me to my adoptive father. And my sister was also given to someone else, and ended up in Sichuan."
"So many years have passed, and although we have never met again, as soon as we saw each other, Li knew that she was my sister."
"Even Li could recognize me at a glance, so how could I fail to recognize Li?"
"The one who feels the most pain when my younger sister dies in battle is Li. You, a hypocrite crying over the rat, don't need to remind me again and again."
"As for that fellow Gai Songtao from Henan, I will definitely chop off his head to offer a sacrifice to my sister's spirit in heaven. Since I am not welcome here, I will not stay here stubbornly. Goodbye!" As soon as he finished speaking, Li Cunxiao turned around and left without any hesitation.
As he left, Mu Chen and Gao Xingzhou looked at everyone with a sullen look on their faces, and immediately took seven Shatuo soldiers with them to chase after him.
Looking at this sudden scene, the face of Yangzhou general Tian Yu also turned ugly.
Although Li Cunxiao was arrogant, he was not a fool. Perhaps, the opponent was a political idiot like his adoptive father Li Keyong, but Li Cunxiao still had the wisdom in marching and fighting.
As soon as Li Fazhu raised his butt, Li Cunxiao knew what he was up to, which was nothing more than to destroy the bridge after crossing it. He thought that Li Cunxiao was no longer useful and was despised by him.
Given Li Cunxiao's arrogance, he naturally would not tolerate being despised, and turning around and leaving was an inevitable result.
But Master Li's words obviously discouraged others; Tian Yu was no fool, and naturally he saw the strangeness in it.
Even the beautiful girl Meng Xiaohun and the seriously injured Shi Hu had gloomy and ugly expressions. When she learned that Li Cunxiao was Ye Lai Xiang's brother, Meng Xiaohun's resentment towards Li Cunxiao disappeared completely.
In her opinion, how could a senior sister not care when her brother was seriously injured? It was understandable that she died fighting for her brother in a rage.
Although several people saw through Master Li's intention, they did not leave immediately. The Fengxiang hunting team now only had the jade girl Meng Xiaohun, who had full combat power.
If he leaves in anger and encounters the Heshuo people, there will definitely be no good result.
Among the Hangzhou hunting team, only Tian Yu was intact; of course, these were all masters of the Tianxuan realm, and Master Li did not take the others seriously.
Li Cunxiao and Mu Chen suffered serious injuries and were immediately kicked out by Master Li. Why
Isn't it because of the Hedong Hunting Team
Is Tianxuan’s fighting power gone
Not long after Li Cunxiao left, when Li Fazhu was trying to find some topics to ease the relationship between them, several figures appeared in this low-lying area.
There were six uninvited guests in total, all dressed in black robes and ghost masks, which was the standard attire of the Heshuo Ghost Guards.
These six people were none other than Zhu Qia, Ji Zhuzi, Budai Monk, Li Gufeng, Wenlan and Yangguang. When they entered the hunting ground, they began to look for the traces of the Heshuo hunting team. Unexpectedly, they found this place.
"Heshuo Ghost Guards!" Li Kuangba, who was in the Shi Ran realm, was the first to discover the six people. As soon as he spotted the ghost guards, he immediately shouted a warning.
All the ghost guards in the world come from Heshuo, and the ghosts in black robes look filthy.
The Ghost Guards are Zhu Li's secret guards, and this is something that all the vassal states in the world know. Wherever the Ghost Guards are active, all the filth and dirtiness will be exposed and revealed.
If only a few ghost guards had broken in here, Li Kuangba might not have been so nervous; however, his intuition told him that there was something wrong with these six ghost guards.
Except for the two short guys, the other four gave him the feeling that they were all very dangerous.
The ghost guard who could give the Release Realm master Li Kuangba a sense of danger was naturally not an ordinary ghost guard, but had to be at least at the commander level; Zhu Qia, Ji Zhuzi, Budai Monk, and Li Gufeng were all masters of the Natural Realm.
Li Kuangba, who was severely injured, would of course feel threatened; not only he felt this threat, but Li Fazhu, Shen Guang, Meng Xiaohun, and Tian Yu also felt it.
As soon as they sensed the extraordinaryness of the leading ghost guard, the five people did not dare to be negligent. They stood up vigilantly and looked at Zhu Qia and others with serious expressions.
Zhu Qia and the others were also very honest. Once they felt that they were discovered by the other party, they immediately revealed their figures and walked straight towards the crowd.
"Hahaha, life is full of encounters. I was able to meet you, Master Li, in Shangjing, and I didn't expect to meet Brother Li here at Chang'an Chunsou. Speaking of which, we are really destined to meet, right, Brother Li?"
Although Master Li Fazhu's nose bridge was broken and he looked like a primitive man with his nose cut off, Zhu Qia still recognized him at a glance.
"Zhu Qia!" Looking at the leading ghost guard who came with a long laugh, Master Li Fa instantly confirmed the other party's identity from the voice.
"Master Zhu Qia, you gave up your duties as the Pavilion Master of Hengliu Pavilion and became the leader of the Ghost Guards of Heshuo. This really surprised me."
Meeting Zhu Qia at this time was obviously beyond Li Fazhu's expectation; however, with the mentality of losing the battle rather than the fight, Li Fazhu immediately retorted.
"A veteran figure of the Shanhai League can become a general. It's not surprising that I, the leader of the pavilion, can become a commander." Facing Li Fazhu's sarcasm, Zhu Qia didn't take it to heart at all.
"It seems that I came at the right time. You all seem to be injured. So, it seems that you can take this opportunity to settle the score for chasing me in Shangjing, right, Brother Li?"
As soon as he said this, Zhu Qia didn't waste any more words. He instantly turned into a gray afterimage and attacked Li Fazhu and Li Kuangba directly.
Zhu Qia was not afraid of Li Kuangba in perfect condition, let alone Li Kuangba who had already suffered serious injuries. When he attacked, it was obvious that he did not take the other party seriously.
Back in the capital, Master Li relied on the presence of many experts to snatch Wang Yueyao away from right under Zhu Qia's nose. Zhu Qia never said anything about this, but he always felt sorry for Zhu Li in his heart.
After all, Wang Yueyao was nominally the second wife of Heshuo. The old Taoist was actually very angry about losing Zhu Li's young wife who had not yet married into the family. Now was the right time to take revenge and complain.
Seeing Zhu Qia taking action, how could Jizhuzi and Budai Monk just sit there and watch? Jizhuzi waved his green bamboo, which emitted thousands of green points and directly enveloped Tianji, the most threatening one.
At the same time, the cloth bag monk was also not vague. He danced a torn cloth bag into thousands of dark clouds in an instant, which flew over to cover the other most threatening character, Meng Xiaohun.
The remaining Shen Guang, Zhu Jin and others naturally belonged to Li Gufeng.
The Flesh Flying Immortal Shen Guang was severely injured by Yi Jiangnan's sword. Now he was so weak that he couldn't even hold the sword steadily. Naturally, Li Gufeng didn't take him seriously. As for the Yangzhou general Zhu Jin, he was a martial artist at the pinnacle of the world. For Li Gufeng, he was still an easy target.
As for the two girls, Wenlan and Yangguang, when they saw there was a fight to be had, they ignored the third senior brother Li Gufeng's orders and rushed out immediately.
These two girls just want to join in the fun.
One of them took out a boning knife, and two dazzling lightning flashed in the air, and he directly killed a group of miscellaneous soldiers; the other person, with a brocade stool spinning hundreds of times, transformed into countless afterimages, chased after the senior sister, and beat up those soldiers, of course, including the seriously injured.