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  Six deep bloody marks appeared in the ranks of the enemy. Anywhere they passed, if one was just brushed, it meant either cutting off the limbs or breaking the spine. With destructive force, they penetrated through the enemy formation.

  The enemy leader’s eyes bulged out of their sockets. “Drag them down! Their later power … …”

  Just as he had spoken halfway, the ghostly wail-like howl of the gigantic sword energy sounded again!

  The second platoon had arrived!

  Six gigantic sword essences cut from a small angle on the right as they curved into the enemy formation.

  Pew pew pew!

  After a string of alarming sounds of cut of limbs and broken bones, the six gigantic sword essences plowed out six broad bloody groves. Wails passed into everyone’s ears.

  The third platoon attacked from the opposite angle!

  Just as the second platoon had finished passing through the enemy formation, the third platoon had coincidentally entered the center of the enemy formation.

  Wei Ran pressed his lips tightly together. The power of the three section wave killing charge was evident! The courage of the enemy had been stolen, their morale plummeted and they had no more desire to battle. What he needed to do next was lay down the last straw that would break the camel’s back.

  The fourth and fifth platoon suddenly attacked!

  The enemy, whose courage had already been stolen, panicked when they saw the fourth and fifth platoons press forward. In an instant, they broke formation and their lines collapsed as they scattered in all directions!

  Wei Ran’s body finally relaxed. The battle had been settled.

  The three section wave killing charge was peerless in its killing power, but it was not as though it did not have weaknesses. Its biggest weakness was that it was weak in its follow up. If the enemy could stop the first few cycles of attacks, then they would be the ones in danger.

  The giant sword energies could defend, but the ling power consumed was extremely terrifying. Gathering up all the ling power before the charge was not just to posture.

  Wei Ran released a breath. This battle was much smoother than he had imagined. It now had no meaning. The leaders of the platoons directed the little teams to continuously move and cut. If there was a small gathering of people at one location, they were like sharks that tasted blood and would leap over.

  The fearful enemy fighters did not hesitate when they saw the situation, all of them turning and fleeing.

  Wei Ran hurriedly sent an order to not pursue. Their mission was to safely reach the camp, not to kill enemies. However, when he noticed some scattered xiuzhe that had been watching from far away, he guessed that those were scouts from other factions.

  This battle should have intimidated many people, he pondered inside.

  The enemy had completely fled in a short while Wei Ran ordered some xiuzhe to clean up the spoils, and everyone else landed to set up camp. The xiuzhe that had just come out of battle all had excited expressions lingering on their faces, but they still meticulously completed their orders.

  All the platoon leaders all released a breath of relief. This kind of battle was just a minor matter to them, but they had still been worried about the new members under their command. In total, no major incidents had occurred, but combat had exposed many problems.

  Some squads had not performed to their training standards when they had sent out the gigantic sword energy in the fight, and almost were not able to penetrate the ranks of the enemy. If they could not penetrate the ranks, and were bogged down in the enemy formation, the enemy would immediately have swarmed and torn them to pieces. These platoon leaders still felt fear when they thought of it.

  Wei Ran did not interfere with the platoon leaders lecturing the xiuzhe who had made mistakes. He silently patrolled the camp.

  A while later, the xiuzhe that finished cleaning up returned. The spoils of victory were given to the vice division later who would give them to Lil’ Miss when they returned, and then divided according to contributions.

  ———

  Wei Cheng Bin gaped. The swiftness in which the battle had finished with had surpassed his imagination. When he heard the platoon leaders swear at their subordinations, he couldn’t believe it. Was this not enough? Such crisp and clean combat, such strong subordinates, then why were they being sworn at?

  He was not skilled at battle, but that did not mean he did not have good eyes. He could generally see the traces of the skill of a troop. In his view, this completely unfamiliar and unique troop was the strongest that he had ever seen without exception.

  They were too demanding! Wei Cheng Bin was unable to understand.

  This victory was great motivation to the xiuzhe who were being transported. Their anticipation towards their destination rose. In the chaotic Little Mountain Jie, martial strength was the most effective guarantee of survival.

  ———

  Nan Sheng Village.

  He Xiang looked at the fake smiles on the faces in front of him. His temple throbbed. The negotiations were more difficult than he had imaged. These factions seemed to have reached a certain agreement in secret, their positions were at a strange consensus. Even the leaders that he had a good relationship with before had reversed their attitudes and remained silent.

  He knew that these people just wanted to bargain, but for him who wanted to show his accomplishments, his abilities would only be displayed if he could push the price to the bottom. There were more than a few that were scheming after his position. He did not want to give them an opportunity.

  He smiled, not showing his thoughts. “Everyone is tired today, let’s take a rest. This one has prepared a banquet especially for this, please, everyone come attend.”

  The leaders exchanged looks with each other, rose, and said they were tired and wanted to rest.

  He Xiang did not force them, smiling as he sent them out the door. When the last leader left, his dark expression could not be disguised any longer.

  He needed a way to divide them, he thought inside. Just as he turned to leave, he coincidentally caught the mirth in the eyes of one of the other elders and his mood instantly became even more terrible.

  ———

  “Is everyone sure of their target?” Xie Shan asked as he looked at everyone.

  Everyone nodded.

  Lei Peng rumbled, “Motherf***er, laozi even had to watch him as he went to the bathroom, it really is unlucky.”

  Everyone laughed lightly. To guarantee they would succeed with one blow, everyone had rehearsed before. They had divided the ten targets among them.

  “We will move in two hours,” Xie Shan did not waste words. All fifteen people had their own techniques. He might have the highest cultivation, but he did not dare to posture. Fortunately, everyone was rule-abiding and did not need him to nag.

  Fifteen people silently spread out in all directions.

  ———

  Lei Peng’s target was a guy skilled in dan­-making. Even though ling materials were now in short supply in Little Mountain Jie, but some businesses still had some in stock. Due to this, this person had found a pretty good job. Consequently, when he had received the jade scroll, he had weighed his options, and decided to stay with his current employer. Especially since his current employer was good to him and the jade scroll was of unknown origins. He was not willing to take the risk.

  For some reason, he felt the willies today as though something was going to happen.

  This caused him to be unable to focus. Every time he had this feeling, there never was anything good.

  He raised his head to look at the sky. The clouds were very low in the air, dense and suffocating.

  “Medicine Master He, the owner is calling you.” The busboy hurriedly rushed over.

  “Oh, I’m going now.” He refocused and hurriedly moved. There was probably another job for him to do.

  He had just passed through into the backyard when he suddenly felt pain at the back of his head. His
vision darkened, and he did not know anything else.

  Lei Peng held him with one hand and looked around. Looking around to see if he had alarmed any other people, he grinned silently before disappearing into the air.

  However, not everyone had the same good fortune as him. For example, Nian Lu.

  ———

  Nian Lu looked with panic at his target. A female xiu skilled with livestock. She was presently teaching the other people how to put together feed for ling beasts. These apprentices were extremely respectful and listened carefully.

  The time to act had arrived!

  Seeing that the target would definitely not be leaving soon, Nian Lu gritted his teeth, and decided to move.

  His figure was like a ghost that appeared behind the female xiu. His hand gently chopped, his left hand raising and grasping. The unconscious female xiu was on his back.

  His movements were clean and crisp.

  Only when he had disappeared through the door did the apprentices finally react, yelling in fear.

  The guards of the store were instantly alerted and flew into the air.

  The same situation, at the same time, occurred at different places in Nan Sheng Village.

  Nan Sheng Village instantly became a mess!

  * * *

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  One problem of posting a translation before it is complete is that terms can be modified and changed but people get used to the terms already in use and there are a lot of chapters that are posted already. Making an announcement that a term has changed and then doing nothing about the posted chapters annoys me and I feel it is irresponsible of me because changing terms leads to reader confusion. Editing and keeping terms consistent is a hard task so please go thank WanderingGummiOfDoom even if you might not read the revised chapters because he is amazing at keeping object names and other things consistent from the earlier chapters to these present ones.

  Also, the humongous sword energy is about 66 meters which is bigger than the wingspan of a Boeing 777. Imagine that charging at you.

  Chapter 246: Ambush

  The camp.

  Zuo Mo looked at the female xiu and scratched his head, “You need a name. This way, we can call each other.” After changing his body, his hair had become short. When he scratched, he felt the hair was prickly like metal wire. So strange. How could his hair be this hard?

  The female xiu did not seem to hear him.

  When Zuo Mo had inspected her injuries last time, he found that there was a strange and icy power inside her body. The reason the alarming injuries inside her body had not worsen was due to this strange power. This unknown power was like strong spider silk that reached into every corner of her body. Zuo Mo would think sometimes that if the strange power did not exist, her body would shatter into pieces.

  The reason her presence caused fear in others should also be caused by this unknown power, Zuo Mo thought to himself. No one dared to go near her. Even Silly Bird, the silly big sister, did not dare to go within three zhang of her, not to mention the cowardly pair of Lil’ Pagoda and Lil’ Black.

  Seeing the female xiu’s lack of response, Zuo Mo put his attention back on the wiry hair on his scalp. He wouldn’t be turning into a yao beast, right? he thought inside.

  The three Golden Armor Guards stood nearby with their swords. They also seemed to be slightly afraid of the female xiu. Weren’t the Golden Armor Guards golems? Why would they be afraid of a person?

  The female xiu was a puzzle.

  It seemed like there would be no result today. Zuo Mo shook his head. He had persisted in chatting with the female xiu everyday to deepen their connection, but up until now, there was no result. She was like a stone statue that stood there motionlessly. Zuo Mo had never even heard her speak.

  Was she mute?

  Zuo Mo thought uncertainly. In his mind, this female did not seem to have come from a big sect, because she was truly too unclean and ugly. Behind the disheveled appearance was a mess of dense lichen-like scabies. The only part untouched was the pair of bare feet.

  In reality, Zuo Mo had never seen such beautiful feet. Symmetrical and white like jade and porcelain. There were no flaws. They were warm and delicate, exquisite like nothing else. When Zuo Mo had been inspecting her injuries, and when he had seen this pair of bare feet for the first time, his mind had blanked for a moment.

  They seemed to hold a fatal attraction that made one unable to move their gaze aside.

  It was a pity that scabies covered everything above the knees.

  She wore the mask and a loose hemp robe. Her bare feet were in the mud. The snowy white and fine bare feet and the black mud made a strong contrast. Every time Zuo Mo saw it, he would uncontrollably stop breathing. What followed after would be pity. It was very pitiful for a woman to be covered in scabies.

  He sighed inside. He didn’t know what he was sighing about. He flew onto a mountain peak. Looking into the distance, the sky was tourmaline and the white clouds were like silk. The wind was gentle and refreshing. At the base of the mountain, the Sky Star Lake was like a clear jewel embedded among the mountain peaks.

  Zuo Mo’s mood instantly opened up. Little Mountain Jie might have lost its ling energy, but there was not much of a difference to these flora and wild beasts. Due to the lack of activity of xiuzhe, the mountains were even more green.

  In order to construct the city, he moved the camp to Sky Star Mountain. He suddenly thought of the unwillingness on Chun Yu Cheng’s face, he grinned. Chun Shidi was really a manic about livestock.

  Ji Wei and Sun Bao led their subordinates and furiously rushed about.

  The amount of materials needed to construct a city was an exceedingly terrifying number. For example, the bricks. Most of them had to be cut from the mountain. Each piece had to be processed and carved with formations. It was not hard for xiuzhe to cut rocks, but processing them was not as easy.

  To increase the speed, Zuo Mo had set up a large formation to gather large amounts of Golden Crow Fire again. Each person received a portion. The xiuzhe naturally were overjoyed and worked harder.

  Each piece of bluestone was three zhang long, one zhang wide, and one zhang high. After the Golden Armor Guards mined it, the xiuzhe would start to process it. What caused Zuo Mo to have a headache was the grade of the Golden Crow Fire was too high. If they were the slightest bit inattentive, these second-grade bluestones would turn into a pile of molten rocks.

  Later, the problem was finally solved when they decided to first carve the formations before they processed with the Golden Crow Fire. However, during the entire processing method, the bluestone bricks would shrink to more than half its original size and turn to a blue gold color. The quality was extremely dense and hard. Zuo Mo had experimented. Even if he chopped with a flying sword, sparks would fly but the brick would not be damaged. Only when Zuo Mo channeled all the ling power in his body would the sword cut halfway into the brick.

  Such a material would not be enough to use to make ling armor but it was more than sufficient to use for city walls.

  Fifty xiuzhe were all tasked with processing bluestone bricks. Zuo Mo himself was busy with surveying the geography. The newly constructed city had to have formations. The formations he set up this time were to face a jindan. This was an unprecedented test for Zuo Mo.

  The large formations he had set up before, including the large formation on Desolate Wood Reef, were not enough to stop a jindan. He had seen jindan before, but had never fought against one before. He did not know how powerful they are, but he knew they were definitely more powerful than he could imagine.

  There was an innate difference in terms of comp
rehension of ling power between ningmai and jindan.

  He did not know how great this innate difference was. He could only do as much as he was able.

  The path was dangerous!

  Looking at the mountains in the distance, Zuo Mo’s eyes were black and deep.

  ———

  Nian Lu was carrying a person on his back while the scenery flashed by. His speed had not been impeded at all. If one looked closely, they would find that a white lotus was under his feet. With the white robes, the tender white lotus flower, he looked unspeakably handsome as he flew in the wind. The eyes of many young females along his path lit up.

  “Whoa! So handsome!”

  The shrieks of the female xiu were endless.

  The xiuzhe that were pursuing him heard the exclamations, causing their expressions to become even uglier.

  Nian Lu did not use any disguise at this time. He picked the most straightforward path, a straight line!

  Not just him, the other nine people had also picked straight lines. From different places within the village, they all sprinted towards the village gate of Nan Sheng Village! If one looked down from above Nan Sheng Village, they would see ten figures drawing out ten straight lines that were going to intersect at the village gate. Behind them, there were between fifty and sixty xiuzhe who seemed to be attracted and pulled towards the village gate.

  Many xiuzhe flew into the sky. They were watching the spectacle. Inside, there were very shocked. Who dared to be so presumptuous in Clear Sky Sect’s territory?

  Lei Peng was the first to reach the village gate. He even had the leisure to look back at his fellows that were sprinting towards him. Giving a smug grin, he then turned and slowly went through the village gate.

  The other nine people simultaneously saw the smug expression on Lei Peng’s face, and they all rolled their eyes at the same time. Without needed to exchange a word, they snorted, and moved faster!

  Ear-piercing howling instantly roared through Nan Sheng Village!

  The nine figures were like nine sharp arrows that howled as they headed straight for the village gates!

  The gate of Nan Sheng Village was just a symbolic construction. He Xiang had never expected people to dare to scheme against Clear Sky Sect. Who would dare to rampage on Clear Sky Sect’s territory? Only if that person did not want to keep living in Little Mountain Jie. Due to this, the defenses of Nan Sheng Village were pitifully weak.