Huyan Chengji’s ten thousand men were hungry for several days. Hesitant for a moment, as he sensed the army’s slight restlessness, he agreed. Therefore, a great number of delicacies were brought out to entertain them. The leader was a young man, with a vibrant appearance, who politely offered a toast.
After Huyan Chengji and his men had eaten their fill, they were about to inquire about the location of that tribe when suddenly, his vision blurred briefly. Huyan Chengji’s heart faltered, realizing something was amiss, he abruptly drew his sword and exclaimed, "You!!!"
He turned around and saw smoke rising from the tents of his own army.
His heart skipped a beat, knowing something bad had happened. What he didn’t know was that within the camp, over ten thousand valiant men had fallen to the ground; Hou Zhongyu’s [Ten Fragrance Soft Bone Powder] was something these Western Region fellows had never seen before. This content belongs to N()velFire.net
They had no resistance to it, and they were all completely numb.
This strategy was laid out step by step, utilizing the golden curved blade to captivate Huyan Chengji’s anger and vanity, and calculating that they had no more supplies. Finally, by using Xiao Dayin’s head and Changsun Wuchou’s knowledge of Western Region nobles to win their trust.
Then Shi Dalin drugged them, knocking them down all at once on one side.
Li Guanyi is somewhat capable in overall strategy, situational tactics, and leadership, but at this age he hasn’t yet reached the top level in any of these areas, but in the Western Regions, it was still quite useful.
The Great General of Huyan City drew his sword to fight. He still had some strength, the drug’s effect on him was greatly suppressed, and he would regain consciousness in less than half a cup of tea time, but he was directly knocked unconscious by the combined forces of Changsun Wuchou and Fan Qing.
Huyan Chengji looked at Li Guanyi who was sitting there, unwillingly saying:
"Such age, yet so cunning!"
"Not inferior to the son of the Wolf King."
"You, who exactly are you?!"
Li Guanyi said: "If you want to know my name, remember it."
The young man touched the beard on his lips and said:
"Just a passing Central Plains traveling merchant through the Western Regions."
Huyan Chengji, his heart burning with anger, almost spat out a mouthful of blood, and cursed: "Central Plains traveling merchant? Those people who only know how to trade and have no martial arts skills, how could they have such means, and you dare to insult me?!"
Having said that, he mustered his strength, swung the treasure sword, the Inner Qi surged on the blade, extending to three feet of clarity, and with a great shout, he used the Western Region sword technique [Endless Yellow Sand], aiming directly at Li Guanyi!
The young man was just drinking, tilted his head, and the blade light passed by him.
Li Guanyi flicked a finger.
The blade light that could cut through iron armor and rocks directly shattered.
Huyan Chengji unwillingly said: "You, you clearly drank too."
Li Guanyi said: "Oh, didn’t I mention it?"
He took a sip of Monkey Wine brought by Lei Laomeng:
"I am immune to all poisons."
This flat statement was more piercing than a sword blade, Huyan Chengji had already injured his internal organs, anger surged, and he spat out a mouthful of blood, looking up at the sky before collapsing, already fainted. Li Guanyi brushed his sleeves and stood up, saying:
"After a meal and drink, see you off."
People from the Batuer Tribe had long been ready, taking the prepared ropes, they tied up these individuals. Without any bloodshed, they captured these ten thousand cavalry, capturing each strong young man.
All thirty thousand horses were brought into the city, as for the prisoners, they were handed to Fan Qing for disposal.
Although supplies were scarce, there were all kinds of Western style light and heavy armor, weapons packed in woven baskets, continuously transported into the town. These ten thousand soldiers were swallowed up, and Li Guanyi suddenly realized a very serious problem.
There were suddenly over ten thousand extra mouths, consuming food daily. The merit money accumulated by the Demon Sect, obtained from Xiao Dayin, was visibly consumed. Fan Qing organized mobilization, turning these strong young men into laborers for transformation, to reclaim farmland.
Farmer Xu Tiange organized the farming.
These prisoners were unwilling, but they dared not speak.
This barely stopped the financial hemorrhage.
Li Guanyi wondered if Nangong Wumeng’s one sentence had really thrown his fortune away? Only then did he understand the difficulty of Yan Daiqing.
Li Guanyi looked at the Demon Sect statue, which had a strong presence of human Qi fortune.
Li Guanyi placed his palm on the statue, the Nine Provinces Tripod inside him roared continuously, wanting to cleanse it with a pure aura, but there was no way to temper it at the moment.
A large cauldron needed to be cast.
Li Guanyi tried slightly, this place with tens of thousands of people, the human Qi fortune seemed insufficient to cast the Nine Cauldrons, even a small Nine Cauldrons, its weight was too heavy, a national treasure, not something that could be easily cast.
"...The population of tens of thousands is still not enough."
"The Earth Vein Gold Iron is also insufficient."
"Logically, we should recuperate, but time waits for no one..." Li Guanyi was silent for a moment, looking into the distance, the sky vast and far away, Whale Hunter’s speed was incredibly fast, he had already uprooted several small Demon Sect outposts in a matter of days.
Old Siming used the Mystic Turtle Dharma Form and Mystical Skills to send messages to Li Guanyi.
It was roughly this old guy went on a killing spree, demolishing along the way, basically, the Demon Sect disciples in his hands were all killed, those who had practiced martial arts were all crippled, and the outposts were burned with fire, not far from the main city stronghold.
Under Li Guanyi’s strong request, Old Siming followed the furious, rampaging Whale Hunter, picking up the pieces, collecting the statues containing concentrated human Qi fortune from each site, as for the money, gold, and silver.