Chapter 142: Brother, where are the hostages?
Chapter 142 – Brother, where are the hostages?
On the other side, Nalan Baiyu gathered the disciples of the Xuan Ice Holy Land together and said bluntly:
“We are all disciples of the Xuan Ice Sacred Ground, we’ll be faster if we do the mission together, but I’ll get 80% of the martial points, and you guys will get 20%.”
“By the way, you guys use Mountain River Manifestation to transfer the martial points to me first, and I will return them to you afterward as long as you are still alive.”
Nalan Baiyu’s face was a matter of course, although the disciples were not happy in their hearts, they didn’t say anything, and on their mouths, they even expressed that this method was very good, and they looked like they were having a good time.
In fact, they understood in their hearts.
Because their strength is weak, first put the martial arts point in Nalan Baiyu that, even if something bad happens, that martial arts point is still in the hands of their own people, will not be cheaper for others.
But most of human nature is selfish, understanding is understanding, there is naturally a grudge in their hearts.
Nalan Baiyu naturally won’t think too much, in his mind, he is a god body, his battle strength is too much stronger than the Xuanbing disciples present.
He was actually carrying a liability by bringing so many people with him, wouldn’t it be too much of a loss if he didn’t collect the martial points?
When the people of the Xuan Ice Holy Land saw this scene, the higher-ups were very understanding.
However, the Xuan Ice Sacred Lord sighed and said in his heart, “This means of doing things, Zhou Xuan is indeed more than a step ahead of Bai Yu.”
Especially when comparing the two, no one was a fool, and the scales in the hearts of the Holy Land disciples watching the Martial Election right now, I was afraid that they were all going to be tilted towards Zhou Xuan’s side.
Of course, it was just a little psychological change, and it was harmless.
In this world, after all, strength was still the main thing.
Ziyang Sacred Lord saw this, can not help but old feelings of great comfort, regardless of how Zhou Xuan heart, after all, on the heart is not perfect, as long as the practice of the surface show, can get everyone’s praise will be sufficient to see its cleverness.
At this time, Zhou Xuan, has led the disciples of the Purple Sun Holy Land to the city gates.
The city they descended upon was called Xingwu City, which was the northern town of the Great Yan Dynasty.
No matter what, the entire Xingwu City is the eye of a huge array, if the Great Wu Dynasty’s cultivator army can’t attack the city, then basically don’t want to cross the northern line.
This is also the reason why the Great Wu Dynasty’s army is stationed 100,000 miles away.
Cultivators are free, a city naturally can not stop them, but there is a big formation to stop, if you do not break the formation to cross the Xingwu City jump, naturally, will be caught in the big formation, the death of the road.
Therefore, the cultivator’s so-called attack on the city, its essence is to break the formation.
In fact, the so-called imperial dynasty is pretty much the same as a clan, only the territory may be much larger than a clan.
Taking the Divine Sound Sect and the Ten Thousand Swords Sect as an example, if the two sects were at war, the Divine Sound Sect would definitely not cross the Ten Peaks to enter the interior of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.
This was because throughout the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, the ten great sword fronts were the eyes of the great array, situated at the outermost perimeter, protecting all the cultivators within.
If the Divine Sound Sect entered from beside the ten great sword peaks with a big grin without breaking the formation, it would be looking for death.
Ditto for the Great Yan Dynasty.
Zhou Xuan knew that the battle between the two armies did not have much to do with them, the Foundation Establishment Cultivators participating in the Martial Election.
After all, the people sitting in Xingwu City were all at the Spirit Transformation Realm, and the generals camped out by the Great Wu Dynasty were presumed to be at the Spirit Transformation Realm as well.
And their mission was actually very simple, Zhou Xuan casually picked it up and scanned it, it was a very classic mission, a kind of mission that would be encountered no matter if it was a FPS, martial arts, fantasy, fantasy and so on game.
Rescue Hostage.
Naturally, it is not to go to the enemy camp to rescue hostages, looking for death is not so looking.
Although Xingwu City stands here, but the cultivator regardless of the speed of rush is simply not mundane can be compared, so generally speaking cultivators if a war occurs, the battle line will be drawn very long.
And in this long battle line, both sides will send countless teams of Mercedes to attack.
The strength of the realm of these teams varies from high to low.
Seeing this, Zhou Xuan said, “Let’s do it in batches, I have a mission to rescue hostages at Pipa Lake, who among you has a similar mission, or a mission location that is at Pipa Lake.”
“Senior Brother Zhou, I have a mission that is at Pipa Lake, it is to attack and kill a group of Foundation Establishment cultivators.”
“Senior brother I also have one, it’s also to attack and kill cultivators.”
The missions of the nearly ten Holy Land disciples were all relatively similar, either attacking and killing cultivators or rescuing hostages.
As for anything like burning grain and grass, harassing the camp, there was nothing at all.
As a cultivator, what kind of grain and grass do you need?
Although the Foundation Establishment realm is not yet able to reach the eternal grain, but a few months of not eating is more than enough, hungry directly a grain pills down, and can not eat for a few months.
As for the harassment of the camp, causing it to blow up the camp and so on, is even more bullshit.
The God of Transformation general camping, that is leading too many people, must be coordinated, so as to be well organized.
And outside the team camping, that are holding the array disk to set up an array, one person sitting in the eye of the array, the others do not need to sleep, are distributed in the surrounding exploration, there are enemies come to contact each other, and then enter the array, to catch a turtle in a jar.
If the enemy is too strong, then the wind is directly pulling the call, without you to blow the camp, they directly show recluse to run away.
So the essence of cultivator war is very simple.
The main task is to break the formation, followed by attack and kill, if the attack fails, the probability will become a hostage.
The reason why do not kill the person who attacked and killed, but captured alive, mainly to give the enemy a psychological oppression.
As long as you are slightly disorganized because of these hostages, then the purpose is even achieved. Anyway, the cultivator does not need to eat, and will not lose anything.
If it can be countered, it is even more profitable.
The mission that Xingwu City released to them was naturally a very straightforward mission.
Zhou Xuan turned to the few senior brothers whose missions were not in Pipa Lake and said bluntly, “Since your missions are not in Pipa Lake, there’s no need to follow us there, just wait for us in Xingwu City.”
“This, senior brother, let’s go with you guys as well, it’s good to take care of each other.”
“It’s not like we’re going to play house, what’s there to take care of, just wait for us at Xingwu City, we’ll be back soon.”
The remaining few Sacred Ground disciples heard this, and seeing Zhou Xuan’s determination, they could not say anything, and could only arch their hands in compliance.
As for the disciples of the Violet Sun Sacred Ground who were outside of the Martial Election, watching this scene with their Streaming Light Manifestations, they were puzzled.
“Why doesn’t Senior Brother Zhou let everyone go together? Or it would be good to let them choose to go or not go on their own.”
“Alas, you guys are still young and don’t understand Senior Brother Zhou’s mind.”
“Senior Brother Zhou is right in not letting these few senior brothers choose, because given the choice, everyone will surely choose to go together.”
“Why?”
“If someone chooses to go, will you go or not? If you choose to go, someone who doesn’t want to go will see this and will also be held hostage, and will surely complain in their hearts at that time.”
“Not bad, this is where human nature is complicated. Senior Brother Zhou’s move is enough to see his good understanding.”
And when Zhou Xuan exited Xingwu City, he was about to head towards Pipa Lake when he heard a voice from behind, “Senior Brother Zhou.”
The crowd looked behind, but it was the Sacred Ground disciple who had just been left behind by Zhou Xuan.
“You guys?”
Someone was puzzled.
However, they saw a person at the very front, take a step forward and pay a deep obeisance to Zhou Xuan:
“Senior Brother Zhou is reasonable, but although we do not have a mission to Pipa Lake, we are all disciples of the Violet Sun Holy Land.”
“As Senior Brother said, if we are in trouble, we can always look for Senior Brother. We also know that senior brother is powerful, but some small things can be commanded to be done.”
“After entering the Martial Election, there are only about twenty of us in Xingwu City, and as we are all disciples of the Violet Sun Sacred Ground, it’s only natural that we should group together and help each other, so we thought about it left and right and still decided to follow Senior Brother.” “Good.” Zhou Xuan didn’t persuade any further but nodded his head in response, “I’m sure you’ve all already made up your minds, so I’ll make it clear in advance that any ideas you have before the mission can be brought up, but you must listen to my commands in their entirety, and even if there are objections in your mind after I’ve given an order, you’re not allowed to question it out of your mouth.”
“Naturally, we will surely follow senior brother’s orders.”
Those present, most of them were Heaven Stage Qualified, they were around the same age as Zhou Xuan, but there were some who were older Foundation Establishment Perfectionists.
However, cultivators were seated in order of their strength, and although Zhou Xuan was young, he was strong, and by mouthing the name Senior Brother, they were recognizing Zhou Xuan’s strength.
So during the mission, the weak ones naturally listened to the orders of the strong ones.
Even if you are smarter than the strongest person, you cannot disobey orders.
Zhou Xuan nodded his head and did not say much, signaling everyone to follow.
Most place names were based on their images, and Pipa Lake was no different.
Looking down from the sky, two large mountains stood across the heavens and earth, and that choppy water flowed from the narrow channel between the two mountains into the middle of the massive oval shaped lake.
This is where the name Biwako comes from.
In Biwa Lake, there are several small islands.
Zhou Xuan and the others aimed to be amongst the island in the very center of Pipa Lake.
Before they reached their destination, one person said to Zhou Xuan, “Senior Brother Zhou, according to the hints on the quest, on the central island of Pipa Lake, there are roughly dozens of Foundation Establishment Perfections, and perhaps there is also the Heaven’s Path Foundation Establishment Dragon Realm in the area… I’m good at stealth, so why don’t I go over there and scout it out first?”
Those present did not sweep over with their divine sense, after all, a sweep would alert the enemy. Therefore, the best way was to send someone over to scout.
Although for all missions, there was information provided by Xingwu City’s scouts.
However, there were detailed and rough information, and there were even speculations from the scouts, the main one being vague information.
Generally speaking, the person who took the mission would re-explore it so as not to be misled by the vague information.
It was thought that Zhou Xuan would agree, yet this disciple saw his senior brother shaking his head, “You guys, you are too cautious in what you do, since this term’s Emperor has taken pity on us and we can withdraw at any time in the event of a life-and-death crisis, what is there to be afraid of?”
Saying this, Zhou Xuan Fengxu Royal Wind, rushed straight up, that vastly different from other Foundation Establishment’s huge divine sense, swept towards the central island, instantly all the information was clear.
“No wonder Pipa Lake was chosen, it turns out that the lake water was used as a guide to set up a formation. Divine Sense simply cannot penetrate into it, in that case ……”
After saying that, Zhou Xuan grinned, revealing his morose white teeth, “Gentlemen, follow me and kill!”
The Purple Sun Holy Land disciples who had just followed Zhou Xuan to the high altitude were dumbstruck when they saw Zhou Xuan directly and recklessly charge towards the central island.
Seeing this, someone clenched his teeth, “What are you all still waiting for? Senior Brother Zhou led the way, are you all afraid?”
“Afraid my ass, follow senior brother to kill!”
“Charge!”
Watching Senior Brother Zhou perform the Thunder Escape, in an instant, they could only see Senior Brother Zhou leaving a blurry shadow in place.
The next instant the shadow dissipated, and when they looked again, Senior Brother Zhou had already arrived in front of the central island.
This startled them, this speed was too terrifying.
However, they didn’t know that this was still Zhou Xuan’s speed under convergence.
Arriving in front of the central island, someone had already been watching Zhou Xuan from the air, and seeing that it was a Foundation Establishment Perfection, he could not help but frown, “Xingwu City’s scouts?”
As soon as the words fell, he saw Zhou Xuan charging directly into the middle of the formation, he could not help but be stunned, and then laughed hideously, “Truly seeking his own death!”
However, even though he was at the Dragon Transformation Realm, he was cautious and did not intend to kill Zhou Xuan himself, but rather, he intended to use the formation to cut him down.
Just as this thought rose, his vision leapt high into the air, and then he realized that his vision was looking down, getting closer and closer to the ground.
When his head landed on the ground, just as his vision went upwards, he saw a particularly familiar, but headless body falling downwards in the midst of the heights, and doubt flashed in his eyes before he was plunged into endless darkness.
“Looks like the formation gives you guys too much security.”
Zhou Xuan knew that this thing called a formation, as long as it was set up and others entered it, then there would be some contempt in their hearts, and even if they didn’t, they would still be relaxed in their hearts.
As soon as they are relaxed, they slack off.
A slackness is easy to die a violent death.
This thing, formations, was as good as nothing to him, after all, his divine ability had shown its restraint against formations in the Great Dao Mysterious Realm.
Zhou Xuan could actually break the formation outside, but instead of doing that, he directly entered the formation.
Although he was reckless, he could sometimes be meticulous in his recklessness.
The sudden and violent death of the Dragon Transformation Realm that had mastered the array disk, although the array was operating naturally, having someone in control and having no one in control were incomparable.
Of course, it was all the same to Zhou Xuan.
The main thing was that there was a group of tired people behind him, but this group of tired people had a tired role to play, and that was to make his image elevate in the hearts of the disciples of the Violet Sun Holy Land.
After all, after the Tongtian Election, he was going to establish a building, and recruiting talents at that time would be a troublesome matter, so it would be better to erect an image now and wait for the talents to come and cast themselves.
This kind of thing, the persona, was still very useful.
Just like just now, someone is going to take the initiative to come to explore the central island of Pipa Lake, which will actually put this person’s own life in danger, although when encountering a crisis you can silently give up in your heart and withdraw from the martial arts election.
But what if they are attacked? At that time even too late to exit, directly on the road to death.
He did not believe that these people did not understand, but the other party still did that.
Why?
Zhou Xuan knew that it wasn’t because his own people had set it up well.
This thing called personality charisma was very mysterious, but when it came to the critical moment, it was able to manifest itself.
When the twenty disciples of the Violet Sun Holy Land arrived at the central island, they could not help but be jaw-dropped.
“This… Senior Brother Zhou finished killing alone?”
“Terrible…”
“There’s no difference between us and a liability.”
Just as there was a sense of frustration in everyone’s hearts, they saw Senior Brother Zhou beckon, and as everyone rushed forward, they heard Senior Brother speak, “There are still some people left for you.”
Obviously, this was something that Senior Brother Zhou had purposely left behind because he wanted them to have a sense of participation.
Those present glanced at each other, shocked, but even more so, they cried and laughed.
The feeling of nervousness and urgency in their hearts directly disappeared.
Looking at the dozen or so shivering late Foundation Establishment cultivators, these Foundation Establishment Perfection of theirs didn’t mind, they directly went forward, and also deliberately distributed them, one for each person.
There were still a few people who didn’t get heads because they were slow and were the last ones on the island.
As a punishment, they could only watch everyone get heads.
And at this time, there was a disciple of the Violet Sun Holy Land, who suddenly woke up, he surveyed the surroundings, his divine sense sweeping around, he couldn’t help but be confused, “Senior brother, are the hostages not on this island?”
(End of chapter)