Chapter 365: The True Plot (2/2)
These six people were the true settlement chiefs of the six settlements of the Southern Mountain Range.
As for their names, they had followed the traditions of the six main settlements and followed that of the settlement.
”Yan Ya, how many soldiers did you use to take down the Stable Mountain Pass?” After sweeping his gaze across the six people before him, Shan Ling's gaze finally landed on the body of a rather skinny middle-aged man.
”Your Highness, following your orders, there were a total of eighty thousand soldiers hidden within the Yan Ya Settlement, and three thousand soldiers were used to take down the Stable Mountain Pass. It took four and a half hours.” Yan Ya instantly stood up and respectfully replied Shan Ling.
”Three thousand? Hmm… The defence of the Stable Mountain Pass is indeed stronger than what I had imagined. Even with our people hidden inside, we still had to sacrifice three thousand of our Southern Mountain Range warriors? However, sacrificing three thousand to capture fifty thousand soldiers of the Great Xia is indeed still worth it! Have these fifty thousand people been managed properly?” Shan Ling nodded and gestured Yan Ya to take a seat.
”Based on Your Highness's orders, the fifty thousand troops were split into two groups. One is imprisoned within the Yan Ya Settlement, while the other is imprisoned with the Shi Zun Settlement in case of unforeseen circumstances!” Yan Ya continued after sitting down.
”Alright, Shi Zun, how is the situation at the side of the Great Xia's Crown Prince?” Shan Ling nodded again and shifted his gaze from Yan Ya to a well-built muscular man standing by the side.
That was a man whose skin was a slight shade of green, his body filled with fissure-like illustrations. It wasn't very discernible what the illustration was, however, his shiny bald head was still extremely obvious.
”Don't worry noblelite, the Crown Prince of the Great Xia will never leave our palms. He is already currently trapped within the mountain valley and the sixty thousand soldiers in his hand are simply not able to be of any use.” Shi Zun replied casually.
”Excellent. Now, the only ones that are left are Nangong Hao and the one called Fang Zhengzhi in the Icy Monkey Settlement!” When Shan Ling heard Shi Zun's words, the edges of his mouth curved into a smile.
”Noblelite, one Nangong Hao and one Fang Zhengzhi are simply no causes for concern. The eighty thousand soldiers hidden within my Thunderous Lion Settlement have already been mobilised to the Icy Monkey Settlement. Once the forces inside and outside the settlement are able to collaborate, they will definitely destroy these two random kids!” A man with dense, thick hair stood up at this moment. The purple lion patterns on his body were mysteriously captivating.
”Old Thunder, you should be careful with your words!” Another voice rang out at this moment. That was an elderly man whose hair was somewhat white and whose arms were extremely long. He seemed to be around fifty-over years of age.
”What's the matter? Don't tell me I'm wrong?” When Thunderous Lion heard this voice, his expression changed slightly.
”Nangong Hao has stayed in my Icy Monkey Settlement for almost two months. I understand a little how Nangong Hao's personality is like. I fear that he wouldn't be very easy to defeat. Furthermore, we can't underestimate that Fang Zhengzhi either. After all, both him and Nangong Hao are joint first in this Court Theory Examination. Furthermore, most importantly… what the hell, I don't know what kind of method he used, he actually managed to break my Icy Monkey Settlement's wind valley. It is really frustrating!” When the fifty-over year old elderly man finished his sentence, he swore loudly. His expression seemed somewhat inappropriate for his age.
”No matter whether he is Nangong Hao or Fang Zhengzhi, I don't believe that the combination of a hundred and sixty thousand warriors of the Southern Mountain Range from both inside and outside wouldn't be able to take down the fifty thousand men under them!” When Shan Ling heard this, he waved his hand casually with a lofty expression on his face.
”Noblelite is right, now that the Stable Mountain Pass is within our control, we have essentially entered the Great Xia's throat. They will be completely unable to send reinforcements. The defeat of these hundred thousand soldiers is only a matter of time. Furthermore, even if something truly happened to our Icy Monkey Settlement, we still have Princess Shan Yu defending from the outside. Even both of them combined wouldn't be enough to escape our ambush!” At this moment, Yan Ya also stood out and spoke confidently.
”Once the hundred thousand soldiers are captured, I really wish to see what expression the Great Xia's Emperor would show on his face, ha ha ha…” When Shan Ling thought of this, he finally broke out in laughter.
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In the Southern Mountain Range, within the Icy Monkey Settlement and outside the wind valley.
As the military commanders charged into the chaotic battle as if injected with chicken blood, Fang Zhengzhi once again pulled the jade-green Sun Shooting Bow in his hands into a full crescent.
Teng Shisheng had heard that Fang Zhengzhi used a certain kind of archery technique to fend off the great tiger general, General Tai of the Supernatural advanced state's killing blow in front of Princess Shan Yu.
However, at that time, no matter whether it was Teng Shisheng or the other generals in Princess Shan Yu's camp, all of them felt that the technique only came about due to relying on Princess Shan Yu's Fiery Rattan Bow.
However, the scene in front of him as well as the arrow that was shot into the sky not too long ago caused Teng Shisheng to startle in shock. This Fang Zhengzhi in front of him, number one in the theory examination, not only had the extremely horrifying sword on him, but even had a jade-green bow didn't seem inferior to that of Princess Shan Yu's Fiery Rattan Bow.
How did he get so many treasures?!
Is he really Fang Zhengzhi? Why did I hear that Fang Zhengzhi from a poor mountain villager background. Why doesn't it really seem like that is the case?
Teng Shisheng felt somewhat doubtful.
However, what caused him even greater doubt was why Fang Zhengzhi would draw his bow over and over again at this moment. Is he trying to stop these scholars from continuing with their killing?
Does he wish to take advantage of their fatigue and finish off these scholars?
Teng Shisheng couldn't guess. Or, it could he said that even if he could, he didn't dare to confirm it. Because, the longer he stayed by Fang Zhengzhi's side, the more he felt like he was unable to see through Fang Zhengzhi's intentions.
His style of doing things was too different from that of normal people.
Whether Teng Shisheng could guess or not didn't matter. Fang Zhengzhi's arrow quickly left the bow, flying out of the Sun Shooting bow and soaring into the sky like a green meteor.
Then…
It drew a beautiful arc in the sky and shot towards a youth wearing an exquisite jade-green armour and holding a jade flute in his hand.
It wasn't any other person but Wu Feng!
As he stood among the crowd and waited for the surrounding soldiers to surrender, Wu Feng evidently hadn't imagined that Fang Zhengzhi would attack him. Furthermore, he attacked without any notice at all.
This caused Wu Feng to feel somewhat angered.
Because, if it was said that Fang Zhengzhi's shot towards Chen Feiyu was to demonstrate his power as the chief commander by using his actions when dealing with Chen Feiyu's massacre to alert to rest.
Then, having already stopped fighting, there was simply no reason for Fang Zhengzhi to attack him.
”Fang Zhengzhi! What are you trying to do?!” Wu Feng bellowed in anger. He naturally couldn't block Fang Zhengzhi's Million Sword Illustration directly as Chen Feiyu did.
Because...
In his heart, that was a useless act that wasted his energy.
A person who was as intelligent was Wu Feng would dodge to one side, using speed to his advantage to rapidly dodge Fang Zhengzhi's arrow.
”Boom!”
With a loud boom, the spot Wu Feng initially stood at exploded. Dust and debris flew into the air. At the same time, a bloodcurdling cry rang out among the sounds of explosion.
”Ah!”
Fresh blood spurted and a broken sword was tossed into the sky and then landed on the ground. A moment later, the dust settled and a corpse whose clothes were completely torn apart and whose chest was filled with blood appeared.