Pushing martial arts horizontally: starting from predicting opportunities

In November of the 19th year of Shenzong's reign.

Qiandu City, which had been dormant for nearly ten years, suddenly changed its route and attacked Mingyue Road after several months of confrontation between the Xueyi Guards and Pingzhou, and defeated the Mingyue Road army.

But at the last moment, Master Huang Tian, ​​who had been sitting firmly in Qingzhou, suddenly announced that he would fight against the leader of the Demon Cult, Shi Zhongyu, in the 21st year of Shenzong.

Ming Xiaochen himself was also assassinated by the master of Yujingshan Miaofang, but the result has not been reported.

Xu Guang held the letter in his hand. It was sent from the capital of Youzhou Prefecture. The person standing in front of him was not a stranger, but Gongsun Wang, the eldest son of the Gongsun family.

"City Master Xu, Ming Xiaochen is ambitious. We have decided to send troops to the capital in March next year to form a coalition of six northern states. My father wants to know your thoughts."

Seeing the respect on Gongsun Wang's face, Xu Guang felt a little emotional. When Shenzong first met Gongsun Wang in the sixteenth year, he was still dissatisfied with him. Now that we see him again, his attitude is clear and immediate. It is really interesting.

Nothing changes more than this in the human world.

He returned to Yuan City three days ago. In the two states of You and Liao, no one dared to stop his Xu Zi Banner. After all, in these two states, whether it was the green forest or the alienated sect, he had already killed them. If you are timid, no one will let a sheep fall into a tiger's mouth.

The purpose of Gongsun Wang's coming here is also quite interesting, because as soon as he arrived in Yuancheng, the news came out that the imperial court had intended to worship Xu Guang as a Youhou, but it was just a rumor.

This time, I heard that it was the East Palace that was in charge, personally leading the sixth prince to come to the city and worshiping Xu Guang as Youhou.

The release of such news certainly frightened the Gongsun family. After all, Xu Guang's achievements along the way had already been reported back to Youzhou.

Xu Guang casually crushed the letter in his hand, turned it into dust, and scattered it on the ground.

"I'm not interested in that."

Gongsun's face tightened, "I hope City Lord Xu will think twice."

Xu Guang looked at him with a half-smile but suddenly changed the subject, "Xu is getting married soon. These trivial matters have nothing to do with Xu. Please tell Mr. Gongsun that if you come to have a wedding banquet, on the third day of the next month, if it's something else, , I apologize that Xu has no time to entertain."

Gongsun Wang lowered his head and fell into silence. At this moment, he was obviously no longer as arrogant as when he first met Xu Guang. Even the lion king Cong Ruhai, who had always been very dissatisfied with Xu Guang, did not dare to come over this time, lest Xu Guang would make trouble. .

After Gongsun Wang left, Cheng Lian'er walked into the room and asked someone to add some charcoal to the stove.

In the bitter cold land of Youzhou, it is already very cold in November.

"You made a lot of noise when you went out this time." Cheng Lian'er sat next to him, reached out and held his hand, and said softly.

Xu Guang smiled, pressed down her palm with his backhand, and then said softly, "In these troubled times, Zhan'er is nine years old. A person lives forever and has relatives. Even if he has to leave, he must leave something for his relatives."

Cheng Lian'er was silent for a moment and said softly, "Have you seen Sister Xiaolu?"

"I watched it with Zhan'er yesterday. She was in good spirits."

"Let's go. The demon army has become stronger and stronger during this period. When do you plan to go out again?"

"Come on, let me go out for a walk first."

Outside the wooden building, there is a large open space in the distance. There are hundreds of warriors in the open space, neatly arrayed, punching and kicking, and shouting in harmony.

Bai Shusheng, who was originally the head coach, has long abdicated to make way for others. After all, Xu Guang's subordinates are not yet strong masters due to insufficient poison-locking levels. Not counting Liu Cheng, he came to live in seclusion. When he faced Han Sui before, , his performance was very good, and Xu Guang did not disturb his thoughts.

But under the Grand Master, there are many masters of the third transformation. Bai Shusheng has broken through the second transformation in recent years, but he is still far behind.

The current coach is Zhou Tong.

Nowadays, the demon army is quite powerful. Although the military formation is not as powerful after the master reaches a certain level, it is still terrifying with the master as the arrow.

Xu Guang and Cheng Lian'er walked out of the wooden building, walked across the square, and left the City Lord's Mansion.

Looking at the people on the road, the people were decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations. After Xu Guang returned to Yuancheng, Xu Chun asked people to spread the news about the city lord's wedding.

For the people, life in Yuan City today is indeed a happy one. The powerful city lord has made a great name in Youzhou and even the entire Daqian. Here, even the most ferocious bandits have to keep their heads down.

Soon, he and Cheng Lian'er arrived at the square in the center of Yuan City. At some point, there was a sculpture here.

Xu Guang looked at it for a while and found that the sculpture's face was somewhat similar to his. He immediately understood and looked at Cheng Lian'er, "Did you do it?"

Cheng Lian'er smiled and said, "Sister Wan and I did it together."

As he was talking, a group of people who were discussing something in the distance noticed the two of them and hurriedly faced him.

"The city lord came just in time. Anwen sent a letter from the An family in Pingcheng. Anwu returned. After seriously injuring Anwen, Anwu became the head of the family. However, the transaction between him and our Yuancheng was not cancelled. Instead, everything before was continued. , City Lord, do you think we should deal with it?" Song Tao said solemnly.

In fact, Anwu was trapped in Zangfeng Valley for several years and walked out during the thunderous riots in Zangfeng Valley half a year ago. Although he returned, he kept a low profile until he became the head of the An family again a few days ago.

Xu Guang glanced at Cheng Lian'er, "What did Yanran say?"

The hatred between him and An Wu originated from Wan Yanran, but it can be regarded as a big commotion in the An family. With his current situation, the An family is nothing. It depends on Wan Yanran's thoughts on this matter. If she doesn't want An Wu to live...

Cheng Lian'er seemed to have thought of something, "I do know about this. Last month, Anwu came here to see Sister Wan. He probably wanted to end the hatred between you. Sister Wan said to let you arrange it."

Xu Guang was silent for a moment.

"Let the ghost doctor and Zhao Jun go away. The hatred of breaking down the house and destroying the family is endless. Let Anwen deal with everyone and everything related to Anwu."

Cheng Lian'er looked as if this was indeed the case.

He was still so careful, even though the strength of An Wu's third transformation was like an ant in his eyes at this moment, he still wanted to eradicate it.

"Okay, I will inform the master and senior ghost doctor later."

"City Lord, Master Shouzhen of Honglian Temple broke through as a master last month and would like to invite you..."

Xu Guang felt a little headache after hearing this. He was very annoyed to deal with these things, but even Cheng Lian'er was not easy to deal with these things at the master level.

"Send an invitation to Honglian Temple."

"It has been sent over."

"Then don't worry about it. Don't talk to me about these trivial matters. Send people out to the various sects in Youzhou. Next month I will get married. I will marry the master of Jingshou Zhai, Wan Yanran, and the manager of Yuancheng, Cheng Lian'er."

Xu Guang finished speaking softly, then turned around silently and looked at his sculpture in the square.

"Let people determine what kind of Tao these sects practice and what kind of gods they worship..."

Of the people present, only Cheng Lian'er understood the meaning of Xu Guang's words best.

He's going to start... climbing mountains and breaking goals!

The starting place is Youzhou!

…

The city lord of Yuancheng is getting married. The wedding banquet spread from sixty miles outside Yuancheng to the door of the lord of Yuancheng's mansion. It is extremely luxurious.

According to Xu Guang's thoughts, in the name of this wedding, he wanted to see clearly where the power in Youzhou belongs.

Xu Guang's rough and turbulent first half of his life has finally ushered in some stable days.

The wedding banquet lasted for three days.

Many guests came, from the Sun family, the head of the state, to hundreds of sects in Youzhou, and even some restaurants in Yuancheng, all sent congratulatory gifts, and even some people from outside Youzhou also sent congratulatory gifts.

Shi Xiong, the marshal of the Liaozhou army and horses, even came in person and had a pleasant chat with Xu Guang.

Perhaps if the news were earlier and there was more time, more people would come.

After getting married, Xu Guang completely handed over the affairs to Shangguan Rong. He originally thought of letting Bai Shusheng handle it, but unexpectedly, he just recovered the gifts from the escort Yao Hui. Shangguan Rong was quite experienced in handling internal affairs.

Apart from practicing martial arts, he only spends time with his two wives and children. He also personally trains Xu Zhan and Wang Wen. From time to time, he goes to Weishui Mansion to see Ji Xiaolu.

Ji Xiaolu is still as gentle as before. I wonder if it is because they have not seen each other for many years. Xu Guang always feels that in the water mansion, Ji Xiaolu's appearance has become much more majestic. Wearing the golden robe of the river god, Xu Guang can't help but feel a little ready to move. Feel.

When he returns to Source City, the search engine will certainly not be idle. He searches for opportunities in Youzhou every day. The foundation of Source City is growing every day. Unfortunately, there are not many things useful to him anymore.

The ghost doctor, on the other hand, enjoyed it very much. After finishing An Wu, he went out with the demon army from Yuancheng all day long, looking for various mysterious caves that Xu Guang had searched. He became good friends with Zhao Jun, who also studied poisons, although he still hadn't. Reaching the master level, the two of them combined with the Ten Thousand Poisonous Cloud Snake to develop a poison that would act on the master.

Half a year later, the messenger from the Prince of the East Palace, who had been rumored to be coming for a long time, finally arrived, which frightened Sun Bai, the leader of Youzhou Prefecture.

During this period, he cooperated a lot with Yuancheng and obviously did not want Xu Guang to become a member of the imperial court.

Although he came to grant Xu Guang the title of Marquis, Xu Guang still chose to stay behind closed doors. In troubled times, the Marquis was just a false name. The key was that he also looked down upon the chaotic court today.

The prince was speechless when working with Zhan You. After persisting for half a month, he finally decided to return to Qiandu after encountering "bandits" constantly and the prince suffered heavy losses.

And as soon as he decided to leave, the bandit disappeared completely.

Xu Guang didn't say anything about this.

After that, Wan Yanran and Cheng Lian'er suffered from morning sickness one after another. After diagnosis, they were pregnant.

Xu Guang held a banquet again, but it was not as sensational as the wedding, but the people in Yuancheng were very happy.

He now has many people under his command, but everyone knows that he is destined to go to the mysterious world. Someone must inherit the foundation of the earthly world. The more Xu Guang has heirs, the happier they will be. This is normal.

Originally Xu Guang planned to let Cheng Lian'er become the mountain god of Yuanshan, sit in the mountain god's mansion, and live forever in a different way, but Cheng Lian'er didn't want this, especially after his breakthrough in cultivation, he still wanted to keep up with Xu Guang's footsteps through practice. , go to Xuanshi with him.

Xu Guang did not comment on this and did not force it. After all, he now has the ability to protect his family. If Cheng Lian'er wants to practice, then just let her practice.

Therefore, the position of Mountain God of Yuanshan can only be inherited by the eldest sister Xu Chun. After all, the eldest sister is already a bit old and has no foundation in martial arts in her early years. She is still in the realm of bone forging. Becoming a mountain god is barely considered a way to live forever.

Time passes like water, time flies, and it’s half a year again in the blink of an eye.

Amid the rumblings, Xu Zhan once again took Xu Zhan to Weishui to see Ji Xiaolu.

Being trained in front of him all day long, Xu Zhan's temperament has become much calmer, but the out-of-touch personality he acquired as a child still gives Xu Guang headaches from time to time.

During this period, relying on the searcher, Xu Guang has basically helped him to completely awaken the foundation of the Holy Body of Fighting. The nine orifices have enlightened the four orifices. He also officially started practicing martial arts last month. However, after practicing for more than a month, his strength has declined. Having reached the peak of bone forging, even Xu Guang was quite envious of it.

While he was scolding Xu Zhan, he suddenly heard the sound from the shore.

"City Lord Xu, long time no see."

Xu Guang had already noticed that someone on the shore was always watching him, and directed You Xi to lean on the shore. He looked at the people on the shore with some surprise.

"Brother Lin, long time no see."

The man had a handsome face, his skin was like white jade, and he was handsome and noble, like a handsome young man from an aristocratic family.

Lin Xiu.

A friend I haven’t seen in a long time.

At the last wedding, Lin Xiu didn't come, nor did his uncle Ji Chongming. Fatty Ziyue from the volunteer party arrived and toasted Xu Guang a glass of wine.

"Should I call you Brother Lin or Brother Su?" Xu Guang said with a smile.

It was a joy to meet old friends again and become barely close friends with Lin Xiu.

This period of life in Yuancheng was the calmest period of his life, and even the evil spirit that was always looming in his body was washed away.

In the master realm, he is basically at the peak, and he can barely be called a supreme master in the realm. Seven tribulations are added to him, forming a complete cycle, and even giving him the thought of surviving five declining tribulations in the master realm.

After commanding Yuancheng and the Demon Army for a long time, Xu Guang felt a heavy pressure on his movements, and he had a decisive and uncompromising temperament in every move.

Lin Xiu showed a wry smile, "Brother Xu indeed knows that my real name is Su Linxiu, and I am originally from the Su family in Jizhou."

Xu Guang smiled and didn't care about it, "Brother Su, don't worry about it. Long time no see. Where is my uncle? Let's go have a drink together."

Lin Xiu shook his head slightly and glanced at Xu Zhan, who was already about 1.7 meters tall. "Brother Xu is kind and understands it. I came here this time to ask for something. You got married a while ago, and Chongming and I have been in Mingyue Road. I just came back a few days ago.”

Xu Guang's smile faded slightly, he looked at Lin Xiu for a long time, and said softly, "You want me to go to Mingyue Road?"

"No, I heard from my sister that there is a poison in Yuancheng that can have an effect on the master. I want to get some..."

Lin Xiu also seemed to feel that his request was a bit excessive, and immediately said softly, "I heard my sister said that she gave the jade talisman to you. I have the other half in my hand, and I only want one of the clan's treasures, the Dream Glass Green Fire Flame. Everything else belongs to you, Brother Xu, what do you think?"

There are very few poisons that can have an effect on a grandmaster, and most of these poisons are indistinguishable between friend and foe. Once released, it is like releasing a demon.

The Jinghua poison studied by the Ghost Doctor of Yuancheng targets the will of the Grandmaster. The woman who was the Grandmaster of the Dragon Sect caught in Xu Guang on the border of Taizhou last time was the subject of the experiment.

Xu Guang was silent for a moment and then asked, "How is the situation in Mingyue Road now?"

Lin Xiu shook his head, "It's a bit bad. The Blood-clothed Guards colluded with the Xiangzhou Corpse Path, known as the leader of the five hundred masters. Mingyue Dao, Pingzhou and even Bai Yujing formed a coalition, but they were still defeated and failed to win a single victory!

The last time you were in Pingzhou, someone has already discovered it. Shigu Daojiang Buban has said that he wants to borrow a road from the Five States to attack Yuancheng. You should also have received the news, right? "

"Brother Su, there is no need to mention the matter of the secret treasure. I will ask the ghost doctor and Zhao Jun to cooperate with you on the poison of the mirror flower." Xu Guang said happily.

Putting aside his relationship with Lin Xiu, his brother-in-law Ji Chongming is now half the commander-in-chief of the rebel party. He must help with this task.

Lin Xiu was overjoyed and clasped his fists to express his gratitude.

"But Brother Xu, the Bone Path is coming with force, so you have to be careful. I heard that there is a force called Wutian Sect appearing in the world. Its organization is mysterious, but there are many masters among it, and I don't know that it has anything to do with the Corpse Path. It doesn’t matter.”

Xu Guang chuckled, "It doesn't matter, Xu can handle these things by himself."

He took Lin Xiu to the pharmacy where the ghost doctor and Zhao Jun daily researched poisons. They asked for a large amount of poisons and tracking drugs, and sent Lin Xiu away personally.

After sending the people away, Xu Guang sent the taciturn Xu Zhan beside him and returned to the city lord's palace.

Cheng Lian'er and Wan Yanran were sitting in the garden, seemingly discussing their parenting experiences.

Seeing Xu Guang, Cheng Lian'er asked, "Have you met Sister Xiaolu?"

"I've seen it before."

Xu Guang didn't take the news brought by Lin Xiu to heart. The benefits of Youzhou's remote place were revealed in one place.

No matter how chaotic the Central Plains is, it will not affect Source City for a while. As for the Corpse Road using the road to attack Source City, he only treats it as a joke.

Last year Gongsun Wangcai said that the six states would form a coalition. If it were so easy to borrow a way, the three capitals, two states and fourteen states would have returned to the imperial court.

…

Beyond the Wall.

The barbarians have always lived on horseback. The grassland is not endless, nor is it a happy land with lush water and grass. It is full of killing and looting.

Death is everywhere.

The original tribe is one of the most powerful tribes on the grassland. At this moment, the barbarian king is in his tent.

He is more than three meters tall and is covered with barbaric lines all over his body. If you count them carefully, you can see that there are five in total. This man is the barbarian king of the original tribe. At this moment, his face is expressionless and his eyes are cold.

"Master of the Honglian Temple's Zhenzhen Breakthrough. It's too difficult to invade Youzhou from here. Sugeldan, last time you said you found a secret trail that appeared in the Great Change of Source Mountain. Have you explored it?"

"Your Majesty, we have found out. From there, we can indeed cross the steep Yuan Mountain."

The Barbarian King fell into deep thought.

There is an end to the grassland, and it is the dark demonic sky that can devour everything!

I don't know what happened in the Central Plains, but the Yin Demon Sky is getting bigger every day, which has affected the entire ecology of the grassland.

"The city behind Source Mountain is called Source City, right? Does anyone over there know what masters are in Source City?"

"The warriors have already gone to the Beipan tribe to inquire. I heard that they had been there a few years ago."

The Barbarian King was stunned for a moment. The Beipan Tribe was just a mid-level tribe. The strongest members of the mid-level tribe were usually three-marked barbarians. How could someone with such strength overcome the Origin Mountain?

There's something strange about him.