108: The Ninth Mountain General Chen Yuan (asking for a monthly ticket)

After Chen Yuan entered the passage,

Thousands of miles away,

“Li!”

An eagle’s cry pierced the sky and stopped the clouds.

At this moment, the world was blurry.

The wind raged like a mountain being uprooted, and the rain poured like a river dam bursting.

A silver light, shattering the rain curtain, streaked like a meteor directly into the distance.

Upon closer inspection, it was a gigantic silver falcon with a wingspan of four zhang (about 13 meters). Its silver, fluttering feathers were like sharp blades, cutting through the pouring rain and creating streaks of white rain lines.

With each flap of its wings, a gust of wind swirled, instantly covering a hundred meters.

Standing on the silver giant falcon was a figure, with the wind and rain of the sky isolated half a chi (about 16 cm) from his body. In his hand, he held a green jade seal, and his sharp eyes, like the falcon beneath him, gazed at a huge black city shrouded in the distant, heavy rain.

It was several times larger than Baidi City. In the vast rain curtain of the world, this city sprawled across the wilderness, like a giant beast hidden in a deep abyss.

Jinguancheng, the first city of Jiannan Road, a majestic city, dominating tens of thousands of miles of the Ba and Shu regions.

At this moment, from the twenty-seven (3x9) gate openings of that massive city, fast horses were thundering out of the city.

“Jia!”

“Jia!”

“Jia!”

“...”

Shouts broke through the rain curtain, startling the sky.

Behind each figure in cold, iron armor, three black, gold-edged command flags were Inserted. The dark iron armor gleamed with a chilling light, and the fluttering banners, despite the fierce wind and rain, still swayed, forming streams of black torrents that broke through the rain curtain, making the ground rumble.

Standing on the silver giant falcon, the man who had come from Baidi City with orders, his pupils suddenly contracted.

“Fa Shan Army!”

These were the troops directly under the Sky Patrol Division of Jiannan Road, patrolling the thirty-six prefectures of Jiannan Road. When this army moved out, it would fell mountains, destroy temples, and flatten everything.

However, this army usually guarded Jinguancheng, and its deployment typically meant that a major disaster had occurred in a certain prefecture, requiring this army to suppress the rebellion.

But at this moment, watching the torrents of iron-clad soldiers rapidly rushing through the water, transforming into swift currents heading in various directions across the wilderness,

It was clearly not just one prefecture.

The man took a deep breath.

“Something has happened!”

At this time, within Jinguancheng, the rain curtain hung like a veil from the sky, and the air was filled with an endless Kill (grimness).

In the city, there was a majestic, thousand-ren (about 3000 meters) Yunding Mountain.

On Yunding Mountain, pavilions, terraces, and towers, with flying eaves and upturned corners, in a predominantly black architectural style, blurred into a single mass in the rain.

The Jiannan Road Sky Patrol Division was located here.

At this moment, on the mountain, urgent orders were being transmitted, echoing throughout Yunding Mountain.

“Transmit the General’s order!”

“The Zhonglang General of the Third Mountain, mobilize the Sword Pavilion Army, Bow Heaven Division, and Demon Subduing Division, three divisions of troops, and march to Jiange Pass!”

“Understood!”

“The Zhonglang General of the Fourth Mountain, mobilize the Geji Division and Organ Division, two divisions of troops, and march to Tianxiong Pass.”

“Understood!”

“...”

Orders were rapidly transmitted, deploying troops and assigning generals.

At this time, inside a grand hall.

Figures with formidable Auras, clad in armor and bearing weapons, stood majestically on both sides.

Each of them had a surging Heavenly Gate Aura within their bodies, their Aura was powerful, and their eyes gleamed with bright light.

As an order was given,

A figure in armor stepped out from the ranks, cupped his hands to receive the order, and turned to leave the hall.

Soon, on Yunding Mountain, troops were stirring, shouts echoed in unison, and rolling torrents rushed down the mountain.

Just then,

“Report!”

“Commander!”

A figure in armor stood outside the main hall, kneeling on one knee, cupping his hands in a report.

“A Commandant under Xiang Zhonglang of Baidi City has arrived with his tiger tally and personal letter!”

“He says he has important matters to report!”

In the center of the main hall, a burly man stood. His two whiskers curled upwards, his eyebrows were a faint yellow, and on his head was a red-studded, gold-inlaid hair helmet; he wore a set of armor with connecting beast-faced patterns; and a crimson robe embroidered with clouds and flying strange beasts.

This man was the Deputy Commander of the Jiannan Road Sky Patrol Division. According to the official ranks of the Great Qian Dynasty, he was a fourth-grade official, in the Fourth Heavenly Gate Dao Fruit Realm, with a Commander and a Garrison Commander above him who oversaw the entire Dao Division.

“Let him in!”

“Yes!”

Soon, the Commandant who had rushed from Baidi City entered the main hall.

Seeing so many Fourth Heavenly Gate experts gathered in the hall, he felt that the situation was quite serious, his heart tightened, and he quickly stepped forward to pay his respects.

“Your subordinate, the Patrolling Mountain Commandant under Xiang Zhonglang of Baidi City, greets the Commander!”

“Bring Xiang Zhonglang’s personal letter!” The Commander didn’t waste words and spoke directly.

The other party handed him the letter.

As he unfolded it and read, his eyes first flickered, a glimmer of light flashed, then his faintly yellow eyebrows furrowed, and he couldn’t help but curse angrily,

“Damn it, those human devils from Baidi City also have the Golden Scale of Guidance for the Demon Race Assembly.”

Xiang Qingtian’s letter first stated that one of his Patrolling Mountain Commandants had successfully broken through and needed a Gengjin item. But before he could rejoice for a moment, the letter then said that the situation in Baidi City was terrible, and that in a battle, he had seen the Four Symbols Revered One of the Demonic Path use a golden dragon-scale-like object, which then summoned demons to descend. He asked if the Dao Division knew about this item.

Did he know? Of course he knew. That was the item of guidance for the Demon Race Dao Fruit Assembly.

And this Demon Race Dao Fruit Assembly, held once every sixty years, was now due to open!

In the past, that place was a graveyard for the Yao Race in the Ba and Shu regions. Over time, strange things happened, and Demon Race Dao Fruits could actually grow there. Later, it was sealed by the demons of the Ten Thousand Mountains, opening once every sixty years, and then distributing guidance quotas for people to seek Dao Fruits inside.

But that was in the past, before the Great Qian Dynasty collapsed. These guys could only hide in the deep mountains and do things secretly!

Now, the Yao Race has emerged from the mountains, stirring up demonic disasters everywhere. These guys are using this opportunity to use this item to open a passage and, through this passage, summon powerful demons to attack the various Fu Gates.

The demons in these Ten Thousand Mountains have set this game, just waiting for this opportunity!

The Dao Division is now deploying troops and dispatching forces precisely for this matter!

In this situation, if not handled well, it would lead to being besieged on all sides.

“Transmit my order!”

He shouted, but then quickly paused.

At present, there were almost no troops left to deploy!

His eyes flickered rapidly a few times, he thought of something, and sighed slightly.

“Mobilize the remaining troops of the Ninth Mountain to support Baidi City!”

“There, a Patrolling Mountain Commandant Chen Yuan has broken through to the Fourth Heavenly Gate. I order him to temporarily act as the Ninth Mountain Zhonglang General, and together with the Zhonglang General guarding Baidi City, to deal with the human devil attack!”

“As for the official conferment of the tiger tally, that can only wait until the situation has calmed down a bit!”

“Yes!”

Soon, outside the hall, someone flew onto a horse, carrying a command flag, and arrived at the foot of a peak on Yunding Mountain, where military camps were stationed.

“Transmit the Commander’s order! The Ninth Mountain Army is to immediately mobilize and depart for Baidi City, to fell mountains and eliminate demons. The newly appointed Ninth Mountain Zhonglang General is already there!”

As the order was given, sounds of “Pa! Pa! Pa!” erupted from the military camps at the foot of the mountain.

Figures emerged one by one.

Many were injured, and quite a few were missing arms or legs.

These people showed surprise, and also fatigue.

This was a defeated army.

These troops had just withdrawn from the bitter and cold western front, where they had been fighting the Eight Divisions Demon Kingdom.

And their Zhonglang General, whom they followed, had also died in battle not long ago.

“Yes!”