Chapter 207: The battlefield is full of ghosts, Liu Tianning preaches (6K)

In the dim night, Wang Debiao was yawning in a shed next to the melon field. He was the Si Nong in charge of night duty tonight, but he was only a ninth-rank official and was not responsible for defending against the enemy.

The person responsible for guarding against the enemy was an eighth-rank priest in the shack next door.

The weather in the southern wilderness is changeable. Wang Debiao's job is to keep an eye on the growth progress of the "Wuyuan melon" at night to prevent these delicate Wuyuan melon seedlings from being destroyed.

"Huh~" The oil lamp on the table suddenly shook. But Wang Debiao didn't notice anything unusual.

In the shed on the other side, the eighth-rank priest Lin Yuan suddenly opened his eyes and looked outside the shed in confusion.

He walked out of the shed and activated his eyes to check the Wuyuan melon field, but saw nothing.

Little did he know that on the ridge of the Wuyuan melon field, there was already a team of ghost warriors.

However, the magic of Morik and Qi Yuanzi was quite advanced and beyond Lin Yuan's detection range.

Lin Yuan only saw a straw man standing in the melon field, like a dead object.

"I don't know what the purpose of this straw man, Lord Zhao, is. It looks creepy." Lin Yuan thought that the uneasiness in his heart came from this straw man.

So he planned to go back to the shanty town.

Sudden--

"Shu~"

The motionless Soul-Binding Grass Man suddenly stretched out his right hand, with a vortex in his palm, and stabbed forward.

"Woo~" There was only air in front of me, but a wailing sound was heard.

No one else could hear this sound, and Wang Debiao was unaware of it, but Lin Yuan heard it.

Because it's the cry of a ghost!
"what?!"

Lin Yuan's heart was pounding, he decisively slid it into his palm, then closed his eyes and wiped it.

"The universe sweeps the world, and the Yin-Yang True Eye opens!"

The priest's true eye technique!

Consume your heart and soul to perform the True Eye Technique to enhance your insight into ghosts!
However, this method cannot last long. Once the blood dries, the temporary improvement effect will disappear.

After using the True Eye Technique, Lin Yuan finally saw where the abnormality came from.

"What? It's a hidden soul?!"

Lin Yuan saw a team of unique ghosts, ten in number. Their forms were extremely illusory. Just like there were unique sword cultivators among warriors, there were also ghosts who were good at hiding. Lin Yuan called them 'hidden souls'.

They are so difficult to detect that they are almost invisible.

But what surprised Lin Yuan even more was that at this moment this team of unique hidden souls were panicking and fleeing in all directions.

One of the hidden souls had his chest pierced by the straw man in Wu Yuan's field, and his body shrank rapidly. In less than three breaths, he disappeared with a wail.

"No, it didn't disappear, it was sucked in!" Lin Yuan's scalp tingled. He was not well-informed and had never heard of any kind of straw man that could absorb souls.

Moreover, hidden souls are difficult to detect, so how did this straw man detect it?
Could it be that all this was part of Lord Zhao’s plan?
"kill!"

After a brief shock, Lin Yuan immediately fulfilled the duties of a priest, holding the soul lamp, drawing the soul-slaying scimitar at his waist, and chasing after the team of hidden souls.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Wang Debiao woke up with a start. He heard Lin Yuan's voice. As soon as he walked out, he saw Lin Yuan chasing the air.

"Fuck!" Wang Debiao suddenly understood something and immediately retreated, closed the door of the shed and pasted a talisman on it.

Lord Zhao had instructed that if a ghost attacked, officials like them would not have many means to deal with the ghost, so they should just hide in the rune shed and not come out.

Wang Debiao hid in the shed, shivering.

"It's over, it's over. The ghosts from the Holy Spirit Royal Court have all come to Tonghuo City to kill us."

"I, I won't die, right?"

"Alas, I, Wang Debiao, have not married or had children yet. I am still a virgin for thirty years. I am really unwilling to die like this."

Wang Debiao was feeling uneasy because he had been fighting with the army for such a long time and it had always been a smooth journey.

This was the first time he was in danger.

"Boom boom boom!"

There was a hurried knock on the door outside the shed. Wang Debiao retreated to the eternal lamp, sweat on his forehead and a gust of cold wind surrounded his body.

His Yin Feng Fa was only at the third level of the intermediate stage, and might not be able to kill ghosts.

But this is the only spell he has that works against ghosts.

"Bang bang bang!"

The door of the shanty was banging loudly, and Wang Debiao was terrified.

It feels like the evil spirit could break in at any time.

But after a minute, the sound disappeared and everything returned to silence.

Wang Debiao bravely approached the door and wanted to observe the situation outside through the crack.

As soon as I got closer, I saw a pair of green eyes with pupils spinning like whirlpools.

There is grass growing around the eyes!
"Oh my God!" The weird scene frightened Wang Debiao so much that he stepped back repeatedly and fell to the ground.

"This Wang Debiao is too weak. How could he be so scared?"

Zhao Xing was floating high in the sky, directing the actions of the soul-binding grass man.

Ever since he took the Soul Pill, his control over the straw men has been greatly enhanced, and the upper limit of the number of straw men he can afford has also increased significantly.

Now, there are a thousand Soul-Binding Grass Men in action in the northern planting area.

Most of them are distributed in the four directions of the planting area, and a small part is scattered and rooted in different fields.

Knowing that his opponent was the Holy Spirit Royal Court, Zhao Xing had naturally made preparations long ago.

The best spells to deal with ghosts are [Evil of the Wind] and [Soul-Binding Grass Man].

The Soul-Binding Grass Man has one characteristic when facing an army of ghosts, and that is that he becomes stronger the more he fights!
They can trap one or more ghosts in the body of a straw man and possess some of the ghost's powers.

For example, if you capture a ghost strongman, the soul-capturing straw man will become extremely powerful. If you capture a hidden soul, the straw man's mobility will be greatly improved.

Every part of the Soul Binding Grass Man's body is filled with Yin Five Elements vortexes, including the hands, elbows, knees, head, shoulders...

Any part of your body that touches a ghost can suck the soul in and imprison it.

Zhao Xing's soul-binding grass man has been trained to the ninth intermediate level and can bind nine ghosts into his body.

Although there are only a thousand straw men, they are more than enough to deal with more than two thousand hidden souls. It is a kind of innate restraint!
Combined with [Evil of Yin Wind], it's like closing the door and beating the dog.

There is an altar on a hill thirty miles away from the northern planting area.

This group of ghosts is controlled by Qi Yuanzi.

At this moment, he was suddenly startled and found that many talismans on the altar were spontaneously combusting, and the paper figures on the altar suddenly fell down.

"not good!"

Qi Yuanzi suddenly felt something was wrong.

"Protector, what's going on?" Morik also noticed something unusual, but he was not a spellcaster, so he didn't know the specific situation.

Morik was holding a ghost-head flag. He wanted to wait for Qi Yuanzi to test the waters. If the situation was good, he would turn the sneak attack into a large-scale offensive.

Because there are five thousand ghost soldiers and eight hundred ghost generals in this ghost flag.

"We've been discovered!" Qi Yuanzi was surprised. "There are experts in Tonghuo City. The ghost I sent over has been captured!"

Qi Yuanzi possessed one of the Ding ghosts and was able to see the situation ahead.

I saw teams of straw men surrounding him from all directions and charging towards his ghost warrior.

Wherever they went, the eighth-grade ghost warriors had no power to resist at all, and only the seventh-grade ghosts Ding, Bing, Jia, Yi, and Wu could stop them.

"Is this... the Straw Man Technique? The Soul-Binding Straw Man Technique?" Qi Yuanzi was extremely surprised, "To think someone could practice the Straw Man Technique to this level."

"Bang!" Qi Yuanzi controlled Ding Gui to attack a straw man in front of him.

The soul-binding straw man was blasted back three meters, but the Ding ghost that possessed him also lost some of his soul power, but the straw man remained strong and did not fall down.

"Hiss, it also combined with the giant shield grass man. This is not a pure soul-binding grass man."

Qi Yuanzi was also quite knowledgeable and immediately saw the extraordinary nature of the straw man technique.

"retreat!"

Qi Yuanzi immediately ordered a retreat, as he knew that the sneak attack plan had failed.

"You trampled a lot of my seedlings to death, and you still want to run away?"

Zhao Xing opened his third eye and looked down, and naturally he discovered the five powerful ghost generals.

He immediately pointed.

"Woo~"

A cold and evil wind blew past the ghost named Ding.

"Chichi~"

Smoke suddenly came out of Ding Gui's body and he let out a wailful howl.

"Om~"

Qi Yuanzi's heart was shocked and he lost control of the ghost in front of him.

"Morik, we have to retreat." Qi Yuanzi looked towards the direction of Tonghuo City, "There are masters over there."

"An expert?" Morik was immediately shocked. You know, Qi Yuanzi is a sixth-rank official, and he said there is an expert?
"Okay, let's retreat." Morik put away the ghost flag and planned to escape with Qi Yuanzi.

"Wait!" Qi Yuanzi suddenly stopped him again. "I think this guy will chase us here, so let me prepare for a while to cover our tracks."

A quarter of an hour later, a flying boat landed in the northern planting area, and Han Bing hurried over with a team of priests.

The ghost lost control and was suddenly unable to resist and was surrounded and annihilated.

"Han Bing, you stay here and count the damage."

"Yes."

Han Bing had seen the soul-binding straw man before, and he also knew that Zhao Xing's straw man technique was extraordinary, so he quickly led everyone to clean up the mess.

Zhao Xing walked on the clouds and chased in the direction of Qi Yuanzi.

A quarter of an hour later.

"Shu~"

Zhao Xing appeared on a hill and scanned the surroundings with his divine eye.

"Wooga~"

Suddenly, a skull flew up from the ground and headed straight for Zhao Xing's face.

"You have a small skill, but you still dare to do the same thing!"

With a wave of his hand, the evil wind instantly destroyed the skull.

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang!"

At this time, there were bursts of explosions on the hill, and many corpses exploded. The explosions brought a strong corpse poison, which corroded Zhao Xing. If it were a priest, he might not be able to defend against the trap of the corpse explosion poison formation.

But Zhao Xing was the Minister of Agriculture, and he could get whatever he wanted. He recognized the magic circle at a glance, and with a casual blow, Qi Yuanzi's arrangement was thwarted.

"This must be the method of Xuantian Sect. The soul-controlling sorcerer of the Holy Spirit Royal Court cannot have this kind of magic." Zhao Xing's eyes flashed with light, and he pinched his fingers, using the Five Fingers Destiny to calculate Qi Yuanzi's position. However, the other party seemed to be of great background. After calculating for three seconds, Zhao Xing did not get the exact position.

"Forget it, I'll spare your life first." It was a pity that he didn't bring the tortoise shell, nor did he have the ancient purple gold coins and the lucky coins with him.

If you have these two things and use the Five Fingers Destiny to calculate, you will definitely be able to discover the enemy's escape direction and even figure out their origins.

shuh~
Zhao Xing flew towards Tonghuo City.

"My arrangement didn't work." Qi Yuanzi and Morik said on the way back to Luoya City, "The other party seems to be knowledgeable and saw through my arrangement at a glance. Interesting, that person is actually a military minister?"

"Military Minister of Agriculture? The Military Minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty can also use this kind of magic?" Morik was extremely surprised.

"This person is different. He knows the Soul Binding Grass Man technique and an extremely powerful tracking spell. His knowledge is also extraordinary." Qi Yuanzi said, "This time he made a mistake."

Two thousand ghosts originally wanted to destroy the supplies of Tonghuo City, but now they have lost money.

"If I have the chance in the future, I must meet this person again!"

Tonghuo City.

"What's the loss?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Three people died and sixteen were seriously injured." Han Bing said, "In the northern planting area, about six thousand seedlings were lost, and 3,100 mature plants lost more than 30,000 kilograms of production. The damage is not very serious and can be repaired."

Zhao Xing nodded. The loss was not serious because it was discovered relatively early and replanting would basically not deduct any military merit.

The main reason was the death of people. Zhao Xing estimated that some military merits would be deducted for this reason.

But he also repelled the sneak attack and also gained military merit. After going in and out, he still gained a lot.

"Send back the bodies of the three brothers who died, and take care of their compensation."

"Yes, I'll do it right away." Han Bing stepped back.

After dealing with the mess, Zhao Xing came to the temple and contacted Liu Tianning from the Supervisory Department through the ground mirror.

"Om~"

A shadow appeared in front of Zhao Xing.

"Lord Liu, at 3:00 PM, the enemy used ghosts to attack our city's planting area. In order to repel the enemy, I just deployed a thousand soul-binding grass men. The location is Tonghuo City, 540 miles from the front of the Soul Sacrifice Pass in the Fire Demon Clan's territory. I am reporting this."

Every use of the Soul-Binding Grass Man must be reported afterwards, and the person Zhao Xing reported to was Liu Tianning.

"A thousand soul-binding grass men? How much casualties did both sides suffer in this battle?" Liu Tianning asked.

"Three people died, sixteen were injured, and the destroyed plants are negligible. Twelve soul-binding grass men were destroyed."

"The enemy controls two thousand ghost warriors. The lowest one is an eighth-grade hidden soul, which can hide its tracks. The highest one is a seventh-grade one, which is the five ghost generals A, B, C, D, and E."

“They have been completely wiped out.”

Zhao Xing reported the facts truthfully.

After listening to the report, Liu Tianning's eyes moved slightly.

He could hear a lot from this battle report.

The Five Ghosts Moving Method, the five ghost generals are all seventh-grade, leading two thousand eight hundred ghosts, it is not easy to wipe them out completely.

More importantly, Zhao Xing can control a thousand soul-binding grass men!

"What level have you reached with your Soul-Binding Grass Man Technique now?" Liu Tianning asked.

"Intermediate level nine transformations." Zhao Xing said.

"How many priests took part in this battle?" Liu Tianning asked again.

"There are less than fifty people, all of them are eighth-rank priests." Zhao Xing said, those who participated in the battle were only the priests who were patrolling and keeping watch.

Because Zhao Xing discovered it in advance and the Soul-Binding Grass Man performed well under his control, by the time the rapid reaction force arrived, the battle was over.

Liu Tianning was quite surprised. If Zhao Xing did not lie, this record was simply amazing.

Controlling ghosts is much easier than controlling the soul-binding straw man!
Qi Yuanzi controls the five ghosts. The ghosts also have the ability to think, especially the five ghost generals, who bear the responsibility of command and do not need to be controlled as strongly as the straw men.

Liu Tianning had long seen that Zhao Xing had an amazing talent in straw man magic, but he did not expect it to be so amazing.

The conversation could have ended here, but Liu Tianning didn't hang up the phone, so Zhao Xing could only wait.

"How many methods can your Straw Man Technique combine into one now?" Liu Tianning asked. He was naturally asking about the situation of perfect integration, not some combination of magics that just turned once or twice.

"The perfect integration of the three methods and the combination of the four methods can only reach the seventh level." Zhao Xing said, mainly because he didn't have much time to practice.

"Do you want to learn the I-self Straw Man Technique?" Liu Tianning said, "If you want to learn, I can send a Straw Man clone to you."

What?
Zhao Xing was stunned. Liu Tianning was coming to the war zone? And he was coming to teach him?

"I am willing to do this, but is this in accordance with the rules?"

Liu Tianning is a fifth-grade warrior, and one with extremely high combat power. If he were to come to the battlefield, it would seem to be against the rules, and it would be easy for Nanhuang to deduce that there was a "fifth-grade combat force entering the battlefield."

That will then trigger a chain reaction.

Therefore, during the training period, both sides prohibited strong men above the sixth rank from entering the battlefield.

"It doesn't matter. My straw man clone only has the sixth-grade combat power, and I won't go into battle to kill the enemy when I come here." Liu Tianning said.

"I am a member of the Military Supervision Department, so it makes sense for me to join your Divine Might Army."

Zhao Xing didn't know whether Liu Tianning's next sentence was implying that he had killed Qian Shougang last time, so he could only nod and agree: "Yes, thank you, Lord Liu."

hum~
Liu Tianning cut off the communication.

Zhao Xing looked at the ground mirror and didn't know what to say.

Liu Tianning seems to be very optimistic about himself, as if he is looking for a disciple to pass on his legacy.

This was completely different from his previous plan to stay away from Liu Tianning.

You can be anyone’s disciple but not Liu Tianning’s.

How many people did this old Deng kill during the reign of Emperor Wu? His hatred value is maxed out!
If Zhao Xing wants to inherit his mantle, then he will have to prepare to face endless assassinations!
If I can’t kill Liu Tianning, can I kill your disciples?

Zhao Xing was planning to learn how to use the Straw Man technique from Liu Tianning, but he never thought of doing it in such a big way.

Now that Liu Tianning came to the war zone specifically for him, everyone must know about it, and they have to acknowledge this relationship even if they don't want to.

"Forget it, let's take it one step at a time." Zhao Xing shook his head. He had no way to refuse Liu Tianning's kindness now.

Liu Tianning arrived quickly and on the third day, he arrived in Tonghuo City.

But at this time Zhao Xing was not in Tonghuo City.

He was received by Han Bing.

"Teacher Liu." Han Bing bowed respectfully. He had also participated in Liu Tianning's Straw Man Method elective course and made it to the last level.

After hearing this, Liu Tianning frowned and said, "Don't call me teacher. In the army, you have to call me by my position."

Even though Han Bing had a paralyzed face, he almost broke down when being scolded by Liu Tianning in person: "Yes, Sir Liu."

"Where is Zhao Xing?" Liu Tianning asked directly without caring what Han Bing thought.

"Lord Zhao was escorting supplies to the front line. He set off the day before yesterday and should be back soon." Han Bing said.

"Should?" Liu Tianning said calmly, "You are a deputy general, how can you not know when the commander will return?"

Han Bing didn't know what to say, and Che Shihai didn't dare to say anything either. He had also been to the Wanfa Palace.

The stronger you become, the more you can feel the abnormal strength of strong people like Liu Tianning.

They sent a straw man who looks like a real person and has sixth-grade combat power. This is simply scary!
Even Wang Ji, who was usually very loud, pretended not to hear or see anything.

The atmosphere was a little heavy for a moment, and at this moment, Zhao Xing's voice came from outside the hall: "Have Han Bing and Lao Liu arrived? I calculated the time and it seems that he will be here soon. Come with me to greet them..."

"Cough! Cough!" Che Shihai and Han Bing started coughing madly.

"Uh..." Zhao Xing walked into the hall, and was stunned when he saw Liu Tianning.

How the hell is this big guy here already! Zhao Xing felt like a thousand horses were galloping in his heart.

Although he has the ability to see through the eyes of heaven, his eyes are not always open.

If Liu Tianning's ego straw man doesn't want to be sensed by others, it will be difficult for others to detect it.

How did he know that Liu Tianning had arrived?

At this time, Wang Ji thought about it and said, "Master Zhao, Lao Liu from the Zhaoyuan Army came here yesterday and took the repaired warship away. You remembered it wrongly."

"Oh, hahaha, look at my memory."

Seeing that Liu Tianning showed no signs of getting angry, Zhao Xing hurried over to greet him: "Student Zhao Xing, greetings to Master Liu."

"Well, get up and sit down." Liu Tianning sat in the main seat and waved to Zhao Xing.

Han Bing and Che Shihai were so angry that they were trembling with anger.

What about the job title when working?!

So the two of us are not qualified to call you teacher, right?!
Then I go?
"Che Shihai, Han Bing, you go down first." Liu Tianning really started to chase people away.

Suddenly, only Zhao Xing and Liu Tianning were left in the hall.

"I calculated the time. You should be in the city now." Liu Tianning said, "Why are you delayed?"

Liu Tianning, of course, knew what mission Zhao Xing had taken and what he had done. With his authority, he could find out by just checking the ground mirror.

Zhao Xing said, "Teacher, two of the three routes for transporting supplies from Tonghuo City to the front line of Jihun Pass have been set up with bewitching magic arrays."

"When the supply escort team flew over those two places, they always went in circles and could not get through. They kept going around in circles and always ended up back at the starting point."

"I noticed something was wrong with the supply delivery to the front line, so I went to take a look. The trip back and forth wasted time."

It has to be said that the Holy Spirit Royal Court does have something special, and its methods are far more bizarre than those of the other three royal courts.

Unknowingly, they had set up a magic circle to enchant the transportation supply line, preventing Zhao Xing's team from passing through.

This kind of magic array is commonly known as ghost wall.

But the spellcaster of the Holy Spirit Royal Court was obviously a master, and the magic array he set up had reached a high level.

An advanced version of the Ghost Wall, which has the same effect no matter you are flying in the sky, walking on the ground, or hiding underground. It is very tricky.

Zhao Xing also took a long detour to deliver the supplies that were lacking in the previous few days.

"Do you have a solution?" Liu Tianning asked.

"This time, the students went there only to escort supplies to the front line to fill the gap from the past few days. They did not dare to enter the bewitching formation." Zhao Xing said.

A high-level maze is not so easy to break.

Zhao Xing could only watch from a distance and sent a few straw men in to test the situation. However, he could not find any solution for a while, so he came back to greet Liu Tianning.

Liu Tianning pondered and said, "It's not difficult for you to break the high-level enchantment array."

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