Chapter 369 Master and Disciple [Two in One]

"The battle to capture the city will begin in three days, Sisi, why don't you go first?"

Above the vast starry field, there are white tents embroidered with red snakes. The tops of the tents are inlaid with flame cloud patterns. From time to time, the roars of monsters can be heard from outside the tents, which is particularly creepy in the dark night.

But soon one or two rockets would be fired, piercing through the source of the roar.

Among the nine tribes, the most powerful one is the Canglong tribe, because its members are good at business and are regarded as the most similar to the people of Yin. If there is one tribe that the Canglong tribe fears, it is probably the Fire Snake tribe.

Everyone in this tribe is brave, good at riding and shooting, and many of them are proficient in fire magic. In addition, they are fierce in temperament and dare to fight to the death.

If a fight really breaks out, even if we are stronger than it, we cannot guarantee victory.

Wu Qilong was born in the Fire Snake Tribe. Because his mother was a foreign woman who was abducted from the west, he was incorporated into the slave tribe as soon as he was born. If he had not awakened his talent as a Qi Refiner, he would have been a slave soldier who walked in the front at the beginning of the war. It is unknown whether he would have lived to this age.

Even after awakening his talent and growing stronger, and receiving special training from the tribe, everyone around him was still staring at him, and his peers even hoped that he would die so that they could take away his current position.

It can be said that the only warmth and love he received in his life was the care of his mother when he was young and the woman he met later.

Wu Qilong, with his high forehead and deep eyes, sat on the hillside, looking at the starry sky. Beside him was a young girl in a red robe. She had black hairpins, fair skin, and gentle eyes. At first glance, one could tell that she was quite different from the women of the Fire Snake Tribe or even the entire Jiuyang Tribe.

Her name is Liu Sisi, and she is from Liangzhou, Yin State.

On that day, Wu Qillong ventured into Longyuan City, but his identity was exposed and he was sniped by Qi Kunlun after leaving. The protector sent by the tribe sacrificed himself to protect him.

Even so, he was still seriously injured and fell. Fortunately, he left the territory of Zhongzhou and floated along the river to Liangzhou.

At the boundary between Bashan and the imperial court, the Yin Kingdom imperial court could not send a large number of people to search for him. With his serious injuries, he would have died if he had stayed in the river for a few more days.

But it happened that the eldest daughter of the wealthy Liu family in Liangzhou was traveling on a pleasure boat and accidentally rescued him. That eldest daughter was Liu Sisi in front of him.

Wu Qillong was in a coma for several days and nights before he woke up. After waking up, he was afraid of exposing his Yangzi accent, so he didn't dare to speak. He just pretended to be a mute and wrote that he was knocked into the water by bandits.

Liu Sisi was kind-hearted. Seeing that this man was injured and disabled... and also quite handsome, she kept him at home as a servant.

Wu Qillong worked as a handyman at the Liu family while quietly recuperating from his injuries. He had planned to leave quietly and return to the Jiuyang tribe once his injuries had healed.

He never expected that something happened to the Liu family before he had recovered from his injuries.

It turns out that the Liu family made their fortune by transporting supplies to the bandits in Bashan. The imperial court could not invade Bashan, but it had strict control over important training and daily necessities around Bashan, and any large-scale private transportation was punishable by death.

But the profits were huge, so there were merchants who specialized in buying these supplies from outside and selling them to the mountain bandits at high prices. The Liu family was one of the largest among them.

Fortunately, the Liu family had been doing business in Liangzhou for many years and had many connections, so they made an emergency move.

In the end, he was only charged with conspiracy to rebel, and his entire family was executed.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Wu Qillong, despite his still-injured body, rescued Liu Sisi and led her out of the siege.

The two traveled north, one was seriously injured and frustrated, the other had a major family change, they supported each other and gradually fell in love with each other. When they returned to the Fire Snake Tribe, they had already decided to spend their lives together.

Although the Fire Snake tribe was very taboo about the Yin people, Wu Qilong was the leader of the younger generation in the tribe after all, so the tribe remained tolerant of this. They only asked Liu Sisi to cover her head and not be too ostentatious.

But Wu Qillong was a little worried. If they won the battle to capture the city and he was still alive, then everything would be fine.

With this glory, his status in the tribe will be further improved, and he can naturally protect Liu Sisi.

But if he lost this battle, or if he died in the battle, then Liu Sisi would be left unattended. The Fire Snake Tribe was considered the traditional group among the Nine Yang, and was extremely exclusive of other tribes, let alone their old enemy, the Yin people.

If Liu Sisi stays here at that time, she might be targeted.

"Leave?" Liu Sisi looked into the distance blankly, "Where to?"

"You can go to Guxu City, which is the most similar to Yin Country and is more prosperous than the big cities in Liangzhou. People from Yin Country will not be treated with hostility there." Wu Qillong planned for her, "Or I can send you back to Yin Country. What happened in your family is over. If you change your name and live in a different place, no one will notice. I heard that the south of Yin Country is like spring all year round. Don't you always think that Yang Country is too cold? It should be suitable for you..."

"Wu Qillong!" Liu Sisi suddenly shouted at him.

"Huh?" Wu Qillong was stunned.

"I... I don't have any family anymore. You are the only person I am close to in the world." Liu Sisi said very seriously: "Where you are, I still have a home. Other than that, it's all... places for wandering. Wherever you want me to go, you must go with me. I don't care what you want to do, you are not allowed to leave me. You absolutely cannot die outside, do you understand?"

"But..." Wu Qillong's voice was slightly shaken, "I'm going to the battle to capture the city. I'm going to fight. In a war, people will always die."

"I don't care who dies, but you can't die." Liu Sisi stared into his eyes, "Even if you die, I will accompany you."

"Sisi!" Wu Qilong was a little anxious, but when the words came to his lips, he was silent, and finally turned into a sigh, "Alas."

After a long silence, Liu Sisi murmured, "Why do we have to fight?"

"The people of Yin want to live a good life, and so do the people of Jiuyang." Wu Qilong replied, "We have been asked since we were young, why can the people of Yin live in Jiuzhou with beautiful mountains and clear waters, while we have to live in this bitter cold land with poisonous insects and miasma? There are only so many good places in the world, and everyone wants them, so they have to fight for them."

"It would be nice if we could stop fighting." Liu Sisi sat on the grass, wrapped her arms around her knees, and buried her face in them. "It would be nice if we could go to the south together, to a place where it's spring all year round."

Wu Qilong looked at her thin shoulders and thin face. After a moment, he said, "Sisi, I promise you."

"What?" Liu Sisi looked up at him.

"As soon as the battle to capture the city is over, I will leave everything here and follow you to the south of Yin Country to find a warm place to live." Wu Qilong held her hand, "Wait for me to come back."

Liu Sisi's eyes sparkled with joy, "Okay! I'll wait for you to come back!"

……

"When you come back, stay at Yunzhiguan for a while. I will teach you some sword skills." Wang Rulin looked at Liang Yue, whose energy and blood were full, and was a little surprised. "It's only been a few days since we last met, and you have really made a breakthrough?"

Liang Yue entered the battle to seize the city because of him, so he naturally had to come and watch the battle. But after coming a few days in advance, he found that his apprentice was different. Although he gave him some pointers last time, he didn't expect that he could really reach the Dragon Tiger Realm so quickly. He just wanted to help him take a step forward before the battle to seize the city.

Do you really think that breakthrough is as easy as eating and drinking water?

But Liang Yue would always use practical actions to tell him that it is that simple, boss.

The gold content of Wutenglan is still increasing.

Before the sixth realm, martial arts cultivation is still at the stage of focusing on "skills", practicing techniques and martial arts. Wang Rulin taught very little in this regard. It was nothing more than a technique of combining sword and heart with Taoism and the Three Absolute Swords that Liang Yue had not yet fully mastered.

However, after the sixth realm, the practice of martial arts also enters a level that emphasizes "Tao". By then, integrating all kinds of Tao into martial arts will become more particular, and there will be many requirements.

In the minds of these truly powerful people, the road of cultivation has just begun.

"Hey, it was just luck." Liang Yue smiled modestly.

Wang Rulin shook his head. "Even if I were your age, I'm not as good as you."

If it was the sixth realm, he had actually reached it at this age. But he watched Liang Yue grow up step by step, and knew that he had achieved this growth in just one year.

One year is neither long nor short.

It was long enough for a talented young man to advance from the second realm to the sixth realm, but short enough that it would be difficult to save up twenty taels of silver to pay next year's rent.

"After all, when you were young, the guidance you received from famous teachers was definitely not as good as mine." Liang Yue replied.

Wang Rulin was startled when he heard this, and then he burst into laughter, "Hahaha, that's for sure."

After a few pleasantries, he asked, "What are you going to do? I won't delay your practice for now."

"I'm just about to leave the city and go to the battlefield to take a closer look at the terrain." Liang Yue said.

Many people think that for strong people of their level, ordinary mountains and rivers are no longer important, and the terrain is unlikely to affect the outcome.

Although it makes sense, Liang Yue still feels that the more familiar he is with the battlefield, the better.

"That's right." Wang Rulin nodded. "It's good to have this awareness. Only when you are familiar with the terrain can you better deploy military tactics. Then I will accompany you on this journey."

After saying this, the master and disciple left the city together and came to the battlefield of the battle to capture the city.

This place is still heavily guarded and blocked by formations, but ordinary people are not allowed to enter. It is naturally okay for contestants who want to participate in the battle to come and check out the terrain.

After Liang Yue and Wang Rulin entered, they still followed the previous order and walked past the locations of several flag towers one by one, including the area in the middle and carefully inspected them.

Wang Rulin commented from time to time, "This mountain road is so narrow, easy to defend but difficult to attack. We can insult the enemy's parents or even the whole family here to make them furious and want to rush over to kill us. We can wait for them here and take advantage of the defensive position."

"It's feasible." Liang Yue nodded seriously. "This place has nothing to do with attack and defense. It's a situation of fighting from a distance. If one side gets angry, then it will naturally become the attacking side."

On the way to the next flag tower, while going down the mountain, Wang Rulin said again: "This mountain road is very long, and they must be Qigong practitioners coming here to fight. The mountain road is steep, and the people coming here definitely can't walk, they must have flown up. If we ambush archers in this forest, we can kill the enemy with one arrow when the enemy takes off."

"Good plan." Liang Yue silently noted it down and added, "Besides, this place is the highest in terrain, so we can use it as a sentry post to observe the enemy's movements."

Wang Rulin continued, "The Huanglong Terrace, which is the closest to here, looks like a simple fighting arena. It is a competition of hard strength. The opponent will definitely send the top people to fight. You can put the weaker people here and use the inferior horses to delay the opponent's superior horses. The inferior horses will try their best to protect themselves, and after being defeated, they will have enough energy to turn to the nearby mountain for defense."

"As long as Yuanshan Dao can win, the opponent's superior horses will give priority to coming here to challenge. Then we can ambush them halfway and respond with the above strategy of sudden attack from behind." Liang Yue continued.

"That's right." Wang Rulin looked at Liang Yue with satisfaction. The master and disciple naturally came to the same idea without much explanation and communicated very smoothly.

"The celestial phenomena in Fenglei Valley are complicated. When fighting here, we not only have to deal with the enemy, but also with thunder and fire from the sky and the ground." After arriving at the next flagpole, Liang Yue introduced: "If the strategy is right here, the celestial phenomena will be a help; if the strategy is wrong, the celestial phenomena will be a risk."

"This is a perfect place for you to perform," Wang Rulin suggested.

"Disciple has the same plan." Liang Yue nodded. He had already decided to come to Fenglei Valley to fight with others.

His Thunder Tribulation Martial Body is just right for displaying its power here.

"Of course, if I were to choose, I would definitely choose the Youming Cave." After Wang Rulin looked at the next location, he sighed, "This place is absolutely perfect for an ambush."

"If the opponent is strong, I suggest you find someone who is weak but patient. You don't need to do anything, just lie down in a dark corner." Wang Rulin stroked his beard and said, "There are so many dark places in this place. The opponent will definitely not dare to search extensively and can only explore the way slowly. But I will lie there. If you come over, I will steal your tricks. If you don't come over, I will waste time with you. Can you do anything to me? Absolutely not!"

"Hmm..." Liang Yue nodded in agreement.

Before, I just thought that Youming Cave was suitable for ambushing people, but my opponent must think so too. Thinking in reverse, I don't need to ambush you here, I just need to do nothing, and you will always suspect that I am ambushing somewhere, which will naturally waste a lot of time.

Just lying there and breathing is a meritorious service.

Then the master and the disciple continued walking, talking to each other about military strategies wherever they passed.

"This rocky beach is the most open, and most people would think it is safe when passing by. It is a good place to ambush, either by earth escape or water escape, and attack the enemy by surprise."

"This bone field is filled with gloomy aura and remains of the battlefield. I will change into a set of broken armor and hide in the ground to hide the bodies. You will never find me unless you get within ten feet. As long as you get close to this distance, a warrior will have an absolute advantage over a Qi Refiner."

"This echo wall is a really good place. One curse you repeat multiple times can be equivalent to ten curses. It can easily make the other person unbearable and furious."

"..."

After all these discussions, Liang Yue felt deeply that his master's knowledge of military tactics was profound and his application was wonderful, almost like a god.

If you have seven kings and neighbors around, why worry about not accomplishing your great cause?

　Good morning.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)