389: Prepare for war and act prudently (ask for monthly ticket)

Cloud Skyborn and the others felt that familiar majesty and bowed to the golden phantom before them, as if the This General himself had arrived!

Gongsun Yang stood tall, his brows stern. “This old man is here by the This General’s order, an urgent message from Chuanzhong Pass, eight hundred li away. I have military duties and must not be delayed.”

Cloud Skyborn and the other three stood up straight. Hearing Gongsun Yang’s purpose, their hearts immediately settled.

There was news from the This General!

“Mr. Gongyang, please come in. We had already guessed yesterday that you might have news from the This General and sent a messenger officer to the Sichuan Army, but unexpectedly, that monster… caused us to be surprised!”

Cloud Skyborn narrated the coincidence.

Gongsun Yang snorted coldly,

“This Prodigy dared to seize the This General’s secret letter at the Pass. If this old man hadn’t received the This General’s message and returned in time, who knows what would have happened. It must be killed!”

Saying that, Gongsun Yang’s face showed respect. He drew a half-circle in front of him with both hands, bowed to the golden phantom, his gray-white brows stood up, and his voice rang out clearly:

“Your subordinate, Gongsun Yang, requests the This General to lend his Divine Ability!”

“This General’s Dharma Body, open your eyes!”

Towards the end, his tone suddenly rose.

As soon as these words fell, a strong wind suddenly rose from the ground, the mountaintop trembled, and the golden light suddenly intensified.

The golden phantom grew larger with the wind, stretching open the snowy sky, followed by a thunderous clang.

A dazzling golden slit appeared in the brow of the golden phantom, which had grown tens of zhang in size, and with the clang, it opened wide.

The brilliant golden vertical eye opened, piercing through the wind and snow, looking down at the Ninth Mountain. It was as if a Heavenly Monarch had awakened, looking down upon the human world.

“Buzz buzz”

The mountaintop trembled, and the wind and snow howled.

That giant golden vertical eye slowly rotated, clanging continuously. Its Divine Might was many times stronger than the golden light shot by the South City Guard.

After two or three breaths, suddenly, the golden vertical eye fixed instantly. With a “chi” sound, a golden light broke through the snow mist and blasted towards a certain spot on the west side of the mountainside!

And in a courtyard on the west mountainside, there were troops temporarily stationed there.

These troops were the more than a thousand Sichuan Fu Gate soldiers that Lian Nishang had brought from Qingshan County, escorting the Devil’s flesh and blood together.

The Ninth Mountain did not mistreat these troops, but only restricted their activity area until accurate news from the This General was received.

And in a back kitchen of this courtyard, a soldier in Fu Gate standard armor came to hand over supplies.

As soon as he entered, he brought a hint of fawning smile, “Trouble for the brothers of Ninth Mountain!”

Those who delivered their daily supplies were naturally the Ninth Mountain Army.

However, the person who entered the room didn’t see anyone. Just as he was wondering, the next second, with a bang, the Fu Gate soldier only felt a pain in the back of his head, and then his vision went black, and he fell unconscious.

With a “thud,” the person fell to the ground, and then the door closed by itself without wind.

Immediately following, two black tentacles actually stretched out from the darkness beneath the tall cabinet in the corner, quickly dragging the unconscious soldier into the darkness beneath the cabinet.

After a while, the door opened, and the Fu Gate soldier from before actually walked out unharmed, as if everything that had just happened was merely an illusion.

However, this person’s mouth was curled in an arrogant smile, with an unconcealable smugness and a hint of wickedness.

“This person” was precisely the one who had broken in from outside the mountain last night!

He had possessed one soldier after another, moving step by step from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside, and now, he had finally found the clue he wanted.

Through soul control, he learned that this group of soldiers was the very troop that had escorted Devil corpses to Jinguan City the day before yesterday. They had participated in a major Devil battle according to the Ninth Mountain Zhonglang General’s order.

What was interesting was that the Ninth Mountain Zhonglang General, who had lost contact, was captured by an incredibly powerful Devil along with a boat into a spatial passage.

Wouldn’t that Zhonglang General be in great peril?

Heh, this is even more interesting!

Presumably, the Saintess would be happy!

Then he probably wouldn’t need to be so cautious and hide anymore!

However, he also confirmed what the Saintess had instructed him to do on this trip!

This was the most important thing!

At that time, along with hundreds of Heavenly Gate Devil corpses, a sedan chair was also escorted back to Jinguan City, and there was a person sitting inside the sedan chair.

This was what the Saintess wanted him to investigate this time!

Who was sitting in the sedan chair?

Was it the person the Saintess was looking for?

“Hehe, I guess it will only take a little more time to know the answer!”

“This person” smiled sinisterly, raised his head, looked at the vast white snow on the mountain, his eyes like a poisonous snake hiding in a dark corner, chuckled, then shook his head and walked out with big strides.

But suddenly, he sensed a slight tremor in the ground beneath his feet, and then a powerful Qi surged back to life above his head, a heart-pounding Qi rapidly approaching his location.

He stopped in his tracks, suddenly looked up, and saw the clouds above his head being torn open, and a golden light descended abruptly with the force of thunder.

A chilling Qi instantly enveloped his body!

“How could this be…”

“This person’s” face changed drastically. In an instant, his shadow beneath his feet turned pitch black and rapidly drilled into the ground.

But after a breath, the golden light rapidly arrived, enveloping “this person,” along with the shadow that was wriggling like sticky liquid.

“Gurgle gurgle”

Even the black liquid that had drilled into the ground was forced out, making gurgling sounds.

The human body was fixed after being enveloped by the golden light, but this black monster, although much slower, was like a poisonous snake covered in a jar, trying to collide with the golden light wall.

But very quickly, the golden light intensified, and the black eerie shadow, like something that could not stand light, suddenly let out a strange cry that pierced through metal and stone.

One could see that the black sticky liquid was evaporated into nothingness under the intense golden light.

In just one or two breaths, the black eerie shadow was directly scorched into nothingness by the golden light.

“Whoosh”

The golden light retreated, shrinking back into the clouds in the sky, coming and going like lightning.

“Thud”

The Fu Army soldier’s body fell!

Soon, hurried sounds of armor clashing and footsteps came from not far away.

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In the Zhonglang Hall of Ninth Mountain, that golden vertical eye suddenly closed.

The golden phantom also rapidly shrunk, retracting, and in an instant, it transformed into golden characters with a bang and merged into the scroll.

Gongsun Yang waved his sleeve, retrieved the scroll, and his brows became calm.

The phantom opening its eyes just now was not the This General truly manifesting. Rather, it was a Divine Ability of his Storyteller lineage, borrowing the This General’s Luck, employing a three-part Divine Ability to slay Devils and eliminate evil!

Cloud Skyborn and the others watched this scene. They could feel the difference but did not ask further, only asking:

“Mr. Gongyang, you destroyed that monster, but do you know its origin?”

Gongsun Yang raised his hand to stroke his beard, shaking his head, “This old man did not truly slay this fiend precisely because I don’t know its origin. Didn’t you all say this fiend had a scheme? Killing it once would be of no use, and this old man has urgent matters, no time to accompany this fellow.”

Cloud Skyborn and the others were confused, but they understood that he had deliberately let it go, intending to cast a long line to catch a big fish. But how would they find the person after letting them go? This fiend’s methods were strange; it could possess people, and ordinary people would not be able to discover it at all.

But Gongsun Yang stroked his goatee, letting out a meaningful chuckle,

“Don’t worry, once it has tasted the This General’s incense, it won’t be able to escape!”

The meaning of these words was a unique Divine Ability belonging to their lineage.

After speaking, Gongsun Yang stepped forward, “Let’s put these matters aside.”

“The This General has an order, let’s discuss the main business first!”

“Mr. Gongyang is right, please move to the side hall!”

“Let’s go!”

Saying that, the few of them headed towards the side.

Soon after, Cloud Skyborn and the other two, along with Gongsun Yang, appeared in the side hall and took their seats one after another.

The South City Guard, Mo Qianyun, waited outside as he did not belong to the Ninth Mountain.

In the side hall, Gongsun Yang was arranged to sit on a chair at the upper left, Cloud Skyborn sat below, and Liu Qing and Lu Ming sat opposite.

“The This General is currently trapped in the Ten Thousand Mountains!” Gongsun Yang directly revealed Chen Yuan’s whereabouts.

This made Cloud Skyborn and the two Piaoji, who had somewhat guessed, unable to help but twitch their brows upon hearing it.

“I didn’t expect the This General to truly be trapped here! Mr. Gongyang, you must be here for the This General this time. Are there any instructions?” Cloud Skyborn’s voice was low. He furrowed his brows, then raised his eyes, staring at Gongsun Yang.

Liu Qing and the other also stared intently!

Gongsun Yang rested one hand on the armrest of the chair, his body upright, his voice deep: “That’s right!”

“I am here this time to retrieve an item from the Fushi. This item is a geographical distribution map of the Ten Thousand Mountains. This old man inquired with Commander Pei, who is currently guarding Chuanzhong Pass, and a copy of this item is stored in the Fushi Weapon Repository. I was not at ease and came personally. Once I obtain this item, I can timely transmit a message to the This General.”

“Because of the cultivation method I practice, I am able to maintain contact with the This General!”

Cloud Skyborn and the other two exchanged glances upon hearing this, then Liu Qing spoke: “Currently, the Fushi Weapon Repository is jointly guarded by two Councilors. Someone!”

He immediately called out towards the door,

“Quickly go and invite Councilor Gao and Councilor Fan to our Ninth Mountain!”

“Yes!”

“Mr. Gongyang, the This General should have other instructions, right? Is he telling us to send troops?”

Lu Ming was a bit anxious at this moment.

Gongsun Yang glanced at him, “The This General has already informed Commander Pei to arrange deployment at the front line, ordering our Ninth Mountain Army to sharpen their weapons and prepare for battle, ready to deploy at any time.”

At this point, he slowly stood up and called out the names of the three, in the same deep voice,

“By the This General’s oral command!”

“Liu Qing, Cloud Skyborn, Lu Ming!”

“Your subordinates are here!”

Cloud Skyborn and the other two immediately stood up and cupped their hands to receive the order.

“Cloud Skyborn, you are steady by nature and consider the overall situation. The This General orders you to patrol Jinguan…”

“Liu Qing, you are brave and skilled in battle. The This General orders you to station troops at General Mountain, awaiting the signal…”

“Lu Ming, you have the demeanor of Major Achievement. The This General lamented the swift movement of the Devil’s troops, leaving our army no room for advance or retreat. He orders you to raise a force and establish Formations in the dangerous strongholds south of Jinguan City…”

“While I am not here, you three shall act expediently, quickly strengthen your forces, and in times of crisis, you may use my name to mobilize and dispatch troops for our use!”

Gongsun Yang repeated the This General’s instructions to the three, which were largely similar.

Simply put, he instructed his three Piaoji subordinates to each fulfill their duties: one to patrol Jinguan and stabilize the rear, one to train troops and be ready for battle, and one to construct Formations for troop deployment!

In summary, eight characters: sharpen weapons and prepare for battle, act expediently! (End of chapter)