The mechanical bird that was released earlier saw two new gathering points of monsters and barbarians, forming new tribes. After estimation, one had about 8,000 monsters and the other had about 12,000.
Based on the amount of qi and blood, it can be vaguely calculated that the ratio of monster civilians, monster soldiers and monster generals is about two to five to three, and the monster generals are probably only one tenth of the monster civilians.
The number of monsters and barbarians in the outside world is in the shape of a pyramid. The number of monsters is huge, and the number decreases as you go higher.
But most of the people here are captives, so the number of demon soldiers and demon generals is actually larger, and there are fewer demon civilians than demon generals. Most of the demon civilians are relatively young, and a large part of them are descendants of the demons who survived the hunting grounds.
After the first battle, everyone was full of confidence and morale was high. On the way, several middle-aged scholars even told some interesting stories in the army, making everyone laugh.
Only Ji Zhibai remained expressionless.
Ji Zhibai really wanted to find an opportunity to embarrass Fang Yun, but after thinking for a long time, he finally gave up. What if his actions affected the spring hunt, and the Jinshi present really dared to kill him with blood splattered within five steps? The holy power of the hunting ground would only protect the Jinshi from being killed by monsters, but would not protect the Jinshi from fighting each other.
Ji Zhibai now had no intention of assassinating Fang Yun, because he knew that once he killed Fang Yun, not only himself, but also his mentor Liu Shan would be arrested and imprisoned in the ancient prison of the Holy Academy, and even the Ji family would be exterminated.
Previously, the Zong family, the Meng family, and the Lei family dared to frame Fang Yun. Now, let alone the charge of not saving Lei Jiu, as long as Fang Yun had enough reasons, he even had the right to kill Lei Jiu directly.
Ji Zhibai looked at Fang Yun's back. In his eyes, the two big words "Xu Sheng" were floating above Fang Yun's head.
Ji Zhibai remained silent, but the Jinshi in front of him was very talkative. After all, this would be their chance to leave their names in history, and for more than half of them, it might be their only chance.
"Shu has surpassed us in the Spring Hunting Ranking and is now ranked third. We have been pushed down to fourth. The other countries have no hope, at least today."
"That's right. Even if Jingguo had good luck in the Spring Hunt over the years, he never ranked fourth. At most, he stayed in sixth place for two hours."
"We must not let go of the tribe ahead!"
"It's just that... Confucius said: 'If a man does not think about the future, he will have immediate worries.' Today's demon barbarians are acting too strangely, we must be on guard."
"Of course we have to be careful, but if the demon barbarians' behavior really threatens us, the semi-saint will naturally take action. Maybe the semi-saint is deliberately testing us. I remember that three years after the battle of Liangjie Mountain, the semi-saint deliberately let the demon marquis go down the mountain to attack the Spring Hunting Scholar."
"That's true. Unfortunately, except for the Semi-Saints born here, the Deserted City Ancient Land can come and go freely. No one from the outside world who has been canonized as a Saint can enter. Semi-Saints can only let their avatars enter, and their strength is limited."
"Yes, if the Half-Saint of our human race could come in, we would feel more at ease."
"But you said that the demons and barbarians suddenly gathered outside. What's the reason?"
The team fell silent.
Fang Yun said, "During the war, I heard some demons say that they wanted to stop us from going up to the demon mountain. They wanted to wait until the next tribe and leave some demon leaders or generals alive. I was afraid of accidents at that time, so I didn't remind them during the war. Brother Ji, it's up to you to wait until the next tribe."
"Huh? Definitely!" Ji Zhibai was stunned for a moment, then straightened his chest. He felt a little proud. But Ji Zhibai soon realized that his mentality had changed, and he secretly cursed himself for not being well-mannered enough to feel proud just by listening to Fang Yun's words.
"Stop us from going up to the Monster Mountain? Could it be that the monsters are planning something?"
"Are you trying to hunt down the Jinshi from other countries?" Zhang Zhixing laughed, but he couldn't laugh anymore. He added, "Maybe that's really possible!"
"It shouldn't be too dangerous, otherwise the Half Saint would definitely stop it."
"If you can't win, running away is totally fine."
Gao Yong said helplessly: "You are all Jinshi for many years. The talents of those in the Wen Palace range from three inches to ten inches. But the talents of us new Jinshi barely exceed one inch. We are not proficient in the Jinshi running poems. If we are chased by monsters, we may be able to escape for a short time, but we will never be able to travel long distances."
Ma Zhaoming said: "It doesn't matter, we old guys can carry you on our way."
The nine newly promoted Jinshi suddenly felt helpless.
"Fang Xusheng, how much talent do you have?"
Fang Yun thought about it and realized that his talent was growing too fast, completely beyond common sense. He couldn't tell the truth, so he had to say the least: "Five inches."
There were continuous screams of surprise.
Ma Zhaoming smiled bitterly and said, "It was only in my sixth year as a Jinshi that I had developed some talent. Fang Xusheng, on the other hand, has been a Jinshi for less than three months. He is truly a natural genius."
Ji Zhibai lowered his head and said nothing. He had been a Jinshi for more than a year and had entered the sea of learning, far surpassing his peers, but his talent was only three inches.
Zhang Zhixing said, "I am one of the seven Jinshi of the Holy Academy. My talent is barely among the top Jinshi of the human race, but it took me a year and a half to reach the fifth inch of talent. Even the great writer Yi Zhishi probably needs at least ten months to reach the fifth inch of talent."
"It took me seven years." A middle-aged scholar shook his head.
"My three years..."
As everyone reported their numbers one after another, the gap between them and Fang Yun became increasingly clear.
Fang Yun felt embarrassed by the praise and said, "The barbarian tribe of eight thousand is ahead. This time I will severely injure some barbarian commanders and then fight with all my strength!"
"That's good."
Soon, everyone arrived outside the second demon tribe.
Unlike the first tribe, 80% of the monsters here had just migrated from other places and were busy building tents and monster dens.
This was originally a medium-sized tribe. The eight thousand monsters had not yet been integrated. The power of the monster army flag was far less than that of the previous tribe, and everyone was full of confidence.
After a brief discussion, the scholars of Jing State rushed to the camp under the power of "hiding the truth from the sky and the sea".
This battle went much more smoothly than the last one. Fang Yun cut off the limbs of four barbarian commanders and more than twenty barbarian generals, exhausting their talents. Then Ji Zhibai used the techniques of the eclectic school and the strategist to confuse these barbarian commanders and generals.
"I do not know anything… "
"I only heard that it was the order of the Demon Lord, saying that we, the demon barbarians, have been hunted for many years, so why not take this opportunity to fight back and perish together with the human race..."
"The demon barbarians who gave the orders were very confident. From the looks of them, it seemed that they could really kill all the human scholars who entered the hunting grounds."
"They have already set a time and told us not to move too early. Why? They didn't say..."
"They act very covertly, fearing they will be discovered."
"I don't believe they can kill all the human Jinshi..."
"Yes, that is to order us to delay the human Jinshi as much as possible and not let them go to the Monster Mountain."
"Master Demon Lord Lang Gong is very powerful, we all have to listen to him..."
These barbarian generals talked to each other, and the scholars became more and more confused.
When Demon General Man Shuai could not provide any valuable information, He Ludong killed them all, and then everyone found a clean tent to rest and discuss the matter.
"It's obvious that there are experts among the monsters, and they are very likely to launch a counter-hunt against us."
"Not only that, they seem to be accumulating strength, letting the monsters from other places delay us. When the time comes, they will definitely attack with all their strength!"
"Danger!" (To be continued...)