When Lan returned to Shangchuan City, it was already the next day. The city began to be cleared in an orderly manner. The originally bustling small merchants and hawkers all packed up and left, and the children kicking the sandbags had long disappeared.
Lan Jie asked an old man who was walking a little slower. It turned out that You Youzi was preparing to attack the city by force. Shangchuan Wen asked the civilians to pack their luggage and take refuge in the two barracks in the city.
"A young man like you should go find Lord Shangchuan Xiuying! He's organizing the skirmishers in the city. We have to do our best for Shangchuan!”The old man said earnestly.
In the city, it was indeed a good idea for a skirmish team to fight as a guerrilla. In order to ensure production, Shangchuan City adopted a recruitment system. Blue estimated that if half of the young farmers in Shangchuan City participated, there would be more than 10,000 people here in an instant. Shangchuan had been preparing for a rebellion for a long time, so the military could naturally be armed.
However, Uegawa's preparation was even further than Lan's. He had been building the militia training in Uegawa for five years and even mobilized all the young men to participate in the militia training. During the Heian period, local nobles often hired warriors to protect their territories. Shangchuan Wen trained a large number of militia, which saved some money for the nobles to hire warriors. As a result, the nobles did not reduce their taxes and earned a lot of money. However, the influence of Shangchuan Wen grew stronger and stronger, which was why they rebelled.
Since they were going to attack the city, they could not stay in Shangchuan City. Blue used life sensing yao arts to find the non-human Xia among the thousands of humans. Xia still lived in that abandoned cottage.
Blue returned to the cottage and wanted to take Xia away, but Xia refused to leave.
"Since the war is coming, there will definitely be many babies whose parents have died. They need me." Xia said firmly.
Blue understood. After all, this was the nature of the bird, just like how humans wanted to eat when they were hungry. However, war was chaotic after all. Monsters and humans needed to keep a distance. So Lan tried to persuade him again and again, but Xia was very stubborn.
Lan sighed and parted ways with Xia. Since Xia had his own plans, Lan could do her best to find the monster.
Then, she left Shangchuan and walked into the mountains again. She vaguely sensed a huge demonic aura in the mountain, and she had a vague impression of this demonic aura.
By the time Lan returned to the cottage in the mountains, the civet cat had already left. However, there was a guy who had been waiting here for a long time.
"Yo! Do you still remember me?" Sitting in the room was a guy with horns on his head. Blue was stunned for a moment, and then the demonic power in her entire body surged.
You are Yi Chuigui?" Eight Clouds Blue was unprecedentedly furious. She felt as if her lungs were about to explode.
"Aiya, you still remember me! I heard that you changed your name and even followed Eight Clouds Purple. I'm sorry about what happened back then!" Ibuki Suka laughed loudly.
"That's not something that can be resolved with just an apology.”A beard began to grow on Eight Cloud Blue's face, his eyes turned deep red, and his nine tails spread out like a peacock's tail.
"Of course I know!" Suika even took a sip of wine." I'm not here to fight you…"
However, Blue did not listen to him. Her deep-rooted hatred made her lose her rationality. Her nine tails hit Suika with all their might. Suika grabbed the lantern demon and jumped out.
The entire house, as well as everything within a 30-meter radius, was smashed into pieces by Blue's tail. The air was filled with smoke and dust, causing Cui Xiang to choke and cough.
"Are you going to kill this lantern demon as well?”Suika roared.
However, Blue's attacks did not care about the consequences. Countless air current slashes and flames covered the sky and covered the earth as they attacked Suika. Suika smiled slightly. She casually threw the lantern demon to a safe place far away, but she herself was drowned in the fierce yao arts.
However, Blue did not slack off at all. She kept using her demonic power to sense her surroundings. However, she felt that something was wrong. Why did Yi Chui Gui seem to be everywhere?
"What a bad temper!" At Blue's feet stood a super-small Cuixiang." Can we talk for a while?"”
Blue crushed her into pieces without hesitation, not even her bones could be seen. But immediately, another Little Suixiang appeared.
"Don't step on it, stop the war, stop the war!”
However, Lan still resolutely crushed Suixiang into pieces.
However, Yi Chuigui did not seem to care. After a while, another super small fragrance appeared.
The moment Lan stepped on it, a strange force fell from the sky and pressed her to the ground. Lan couldn't break free, but she still couldn't stop struggling.
"You can't move!" The Ichui ghost laughed loudly, its eyes narrowing into a bridge.
Blue's eyes were red. Her divine arts were useless. She was sure that this Ichui ghost did not use its full strength when it fought with her last time. This time, it was tightly controlled by her in just one exchange.
He should have been flying in the sky when they met, Blue thought to herself.
"You're here to find a monster, right?" Suika released her grip, but she used Ghost Bind on Blue instead. This Ghost Bind was not a yao art, but pure strength. The more the power struggled, the tighter it became. If it did not struggle, it would be fine.
" How did you know?!" Lan was shocked.
"The goblin knows almost everything, and she happened to tell me about it.”Suixiang picked up the wine pot and drank heartily.
"Why are you looking for me?" Lan frowned.”
Suika took a deep breath." I heard from the monster that you're Purple Eight Clouds 'Spirit-branded Retainer. Coincidentally, you came to Shangchuan, and I'm also in Shangchuan. That's why I came to look for you. I came to see the big monster, Eight Clouds Purple.”
"This has nothing to do with you!" Lan Xin flew into a rage.
"After all, I've also encountered some trouble. Let me guess, why did you come to Shangchuan to find the sleeping monster? I'm guessing that Purple Eight Clouds lost a lot of people because of Fantasy Village and Boli Barrier, so they want to expand their combat power. Don't you think I can become your friend?”
Lan snorted and said fiercely," Because of Saixing Temple's Yiqing, Suwa God, and you, I lost four limbs and six tails. In order to survive, I used my chin to escape two mountains inch by inch. In the end, it was fortunate that he met Lord Zi and managed to survive.”
"My Miss Lan!" Suika smiled." Back then, Suwa God could sense the smell of blood when you escaped. Even without Master Westbound's beast path, God Suwa and I still had our own methods. If I really want to kill you, I won't let you go far.”
Lan was stunned. She couldn't guess if Yi Chuigui was lying to her.
"And Miss Lan is a nine-tailed fox. Our ghost clan once went abroad for an inspection. We went there when it was still the Great Tang Empire. We know very well what the Nine-Tailed Fox is capable of. We ghosts only have strength, but the nine-tailed fox is not just that.”Suika was straightforward." Blue's current level is not good enough. Her understanding of the mysteries of nature is not deep enough.”
Blue used all her strength. She could feel that the Ghost Bind Spell was on the verge of being opened, but she could no longer use the little bit of strength that was missing.
"How is it? You still need some strength to struggle free, right?”Suika laughed heartily as she sat on Blue's back." You can come and find me again when you're almost as good as you are. I'm really looking forward to fighting you!”
"You want to join Lord Zi's camp through me with this attitude?" Lan grimaced.”
Suika grinned." I've heard that demon foxes are as calculative as merchants. I came prepared."”
She took out a book and held it tightly in her hand."This is a good book from Song Country. I think Miss Lan can use it.”
Blue turned her head and barely managed to take a look. The book was called " All Laws Scroll."
At that time, Yi Chuigui had wanted to ask Jue Yao to do something for her, and this book was the reward. Unfortunately, Jue Yao didn't agree, so Yi Chuigui wanted to use this as a stepping stone to the Eight Clouds Purple Faction.
Eight Cloud Blue calmed down," You mean to say, you want me to help you obtain the support of the eight clouds by using this plaything from who knows where?”
Suixiang immediately put away the book." This thing is no joke. It was once written by Li Chunfeng, an ancient man of the Song Kingdom. There is only one such book in the world." We ghosts don't lie."
Eight Cloudblue believed this. The ghost race would never lie. This was not because of their noble moral character, but because of their unique physiological structure that made them unable to lie to people, just like how humans could not fly because of their physiological structure. Of course, they would choose whether to answer the question or not, but once they answered, it would be the truth.
"But, what exactly is the reason that made you want to join Lord Zi's side?”Lan asked.
Suika was silent for a while, and her bold and unconstrained attitude was immediately restrained. She only replied indifferently,""Every family has their own difficulties."
Blue thought about it carefully." I can't do a deal like this without knowing your purpose. However, I'm guessing that there's an 80% chance that there's a factional struggle in your ghost clan. Your faction wants to get Lord Zi's help, right?”
Suika's expression froze. When the ghost clan refused to answer her question, her expression did not look too good.
Blue's brain worked quickly. Seven days from now, at night, we will meet at the Ukiyo Square in the capital. I will give you an answer then.”
"Seven days is too long. I can't wait."”
Lan Xiao said," Lord Zi is living in seclusion now. No second demon knows where she lives. Even if you mobilize the entire ghost clan to search for Lord Zi in seven days, it's impossible to find her." Moreover, seven days was only a short period of time. As long as he waited patiently, it would pass quickly.”
There was an innate craftiness in the fox's smile, and this craftiness made Suika very uncomfortable, as if everything was being calculated by this fox. However, there was nothing she could do about this matter. The guy Suika begged had an irreconcilable hatred for her. Even if she was tricked, Suika was mentally prepared. When it came to begging for help, the initiative was originally in the other party's hands. This was something that could not be helped.
After that, the demon and the ghost discussed the details of what would happen seven days later. The two of them transformed into men and each gave a name similar to a human. After everything was settled, Suika realized that Ukiyo Square was just across from Xixing Temple.
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